Axe the avoirdupois in August aka the 7 pound club :-D

The_Dragon

stinamoo wrote: »

I'm joining in - I've just got down to 11 stone and would love to be 10 stone 7 or elss by the end of August. I'm 5 foot 6 so getting to 11 stone means I'm finally not 'overweight' by BMI!
I know BMI is a terrible indicator of body composition (fat vs muscle etc) but it's cheering all the same.

Good to see you stinamoo and welcome to there being less of you

tara747

Welcome stinamoo!

I have done so badly today, just eaten far too much. I need some serious motivation. I'm off to try on a bikini followed by looking at thin photos of myself from a few years ago. Here's hoping it works...

Crap_with_money.com

Dragon - I bow down to your impressive inventiveness with the titles!! Well done my lovely!

May I re-join once more - and I promise to take it much more seriously this month! I weighed in at 10 stone dead on Saturday morning - so realistically I've 7lbs to go to get to target! (Hhhhhmmmm - seem to have been saying that for a while!!)

My eating habits have been a bit up and down - but the fact I had to give my car back when I left my job does mean I've been walking my little socks off since I got back from hols - so hopefully that's a step in the right direction (Boom, Boom!!)

Tomorrow - I'll start as I mean to go on - I'm fully intending to go to a Bodyblitz class at 10.45am, and I'll get started on my food diary tomorrow too - I'll maybe even giving the dreaded "cc" a bash and start calorie counting!

Tara - That almost sounds like self harm my love! There are 21 meals in the week - start by taking each one in isolation and try to make it as "good" as you can. If you slip up with one - forget it and concentrate on the next one...... (that's the theory anyway! )

xx

alared

tara747 wrote: »

I need some serious motivation. I'm off to try on a bikini followed by looking at thin photos of myself from a few years ago. Here's hoping it works...

Motivation could be to take a couple of photos wearing it and pin them onto the fridge, along with one of your "thin ones". :rotfl::rotfl:

coffeeholic_2

tara747 wrote: »

I'm off to try on a bikini followed by looking at thin photos of myself from a few years ago. Here's hoping it works...

Seeing a pic of me in a bikini always gives me a shock and the motivation I'm looking for, hope it helps you!

Think I ate something dodgy yesterday as I spent most of the evening in the bathroom, I'm still trying to work out what it was. :mad:

Will be taking it easy food-wise today, and see how my body reacts. I can't even have my beloved coffee when I am feeling a bit urgh, it doesn't agree with me at all, so its cups of tea to help me get through work.

Hope everyone is well and having a good Tuesday
xxxxxxxxx

tara747

crapwithmoney, thanks for the advice! I will do as you say and take one meal at a time. It was tortuous seeing myself but I think it has worked i.e. it horrified me! :rotfl:

alared - I would pin up a pic of me in it, but if OH saw it I would be mortified! I know he sees me sans clothes all the time, but the bikini is so tight it is not the most flattering view! I actually look better in the nude than with too-tight undies on

coffeeholic, sorry to hear you've been poorly, hope you feel better today. Keep drinking the tea xo

The_Dragon

Welcome back CWM.com, I hope you have a nice successful August!

Thanks for the comments on the titles - I try and be inventive so that people find it fun

Okay just eaten lunch - time to input it into Calorie Count and then settle down for an afternoon with a good DVD and some stitching!

Crap_with_money.com

Afternoon all!!

Thanks Dragon - sending some "success thoughts" your way too..

I'm now on day 2 of my calorie counting mission - it's very time consuming! Anyways. yesterday looked a little like this for me:

Water - Mineral Or Tap Cals 0

Breakfast
Banana, 1 med. - Fruits Cals 110

Lunch
Cream of Chicken Soup
Milk - Semi Skimmed
Bread - White, Medium Sliced, Square Total Cals 614


Dinner
Chicken, Breast, Meat Only - Cooked, Stewed
Blue Dragon Coconut Milk
Sauce - Fish, Nam Plam
Blue Dragon Green Curry Paste
Onions - Cooked, Boiled, Drained, Without Salt
Mushrooms - Cooked, Boiled, Drained, Without Salt
Cut Green Beans
Sugars, Granulated
Rice, White, Long-grain, Regular, Cooked (Thai Curry) - Total Cals 793


Snacks

Peppermint Herbal Tea - Herbal Tea Cals 0
Milky Way Bar Cals 104


Total Calories Consumed 1,622


I went to a 45 min exercise class, then walked the 40 mins home - which apparently burnt off 447 calories. I've not quite got round to figuring out how many calories I'm allowed to eat in a day yet - I'm not sure that I have the time to go through it

My eating wasn't too great yesterday - basically down to a lack of preparation - mum's getting a new kitchen in so hadn't much choice there, then OH made the dinner and hadn't heart to tell him it was too unhealthy! The Mars bar was just sheer lack of self control - I let myself get too hungry before dinner and gave in cos I was starving..

I ache all over today - my body blitz class certainly did the trick! - Although, today I'll just go for a swim - not so energetic, but it might slacken off my muscles a bit!

Ok peeps - I'm off to clean the kitchen, finish off making my (healthy) soup then I'm off to the gym for a wee swim! See you all later - happy slimming

xx

Crap_with_money.com

oh dear - my cut and paste attempt didn't work out so well!?

AdrianHi

Crap_with_money.com wrote: »

oh dear - my cut and paste attempt didn't work out so well!?

I resorted to posting images the few times I've posted a caloriecount.about.com chart.
If you have the web browser window selected, press Alt-"Print Scrn" (next to F12 key), then open Microsoft paint, select Edit-Past and the browser window image is there. Save that image, upload to to photobucket or similar and you can post it here.
It's a bit of a "faff" for sure.

It is time consuming, I stopped after a couple of weeks by which time I had a regular eating and drinking pattern going with calorirecount's help so didn't need to keep going with it.