New Year, New Decade, New Start, New Us!!

tara747

Where is everyone??? :rotfl:

I went to visit my friend, walked there and back, so that's almost 3 hours walking today. :j:j:j My fingers are tightly crossed for a good WI tomorrow! I am so motivated at the moment, I really hope it continues. My holiday in 4 weeks is concentrating my mind! :rotfl: I am going to start trying on swimwear, summer dresses etc to keep myself on the straight and narrow.

Does anyone have ideas what I can eat with rice cakes? I bought 4 packets (on offer lol) a few weeks ago and have struggled to find something tasty to go with them. I tried low fat cream cheese and smoked salmon - the cream cheese split and caked immediately (was that because if the dryness of the rice cakes?). I also tried jam - no good. Peanut butter is better but you need need a fair bit to make it taste nice - which means lots of calories. So I am stumped!!! I might try honey tomorrow but any other ideas would be much appreciated.

Amanita_2

Sorry can't help with the polystyrene ( sorry rice ) cakes....

I ventured out for a walk today.. I am very unfit and this was a steep hill and I didn't think I was going to make it. However it was worth it ( I think!) Fab views over the Severn Estuary and we found the stone circle that had eluded us last summer.

Once we got back to the car though it started to snow - do you know you get some very funny looks driving an MX-5 with the roof down in a snowstorm. Great fun :rotfl:.

Final weigh- in for January tomorrow morning

The_Dragon

I am around (sorta!) and I stayed at 9 pounds lost for the whole of January - now I just need to lose the rest of the blubber :rotfl:

tara747

Amanita - well done on the walking!!! You are doing great. It is so worth it once you've been and gets the old feel good endorphins flowing. :beer:
p.s. I laughed at your polystyrene analogy!


Dragon, I am thrilled for you and your 9lb loss, amazing!!!!!!!!!!! Here's to a flabless, fabulous February!

xxvickixx

Tara for the rice cakes you could try marmite. You only need a small amount.

I like salsa too as that's tasty and low cal. I've been having Ryvitas spread with a small bit of cream cheese, topped with a lot of salsa and slices jalepenos - yum!

If you wanted something sweet you could try low fat natural yoghurt mixed with sugar substitue (optional - I prefer not to use this as I don't like it sweet!) topped with sliced fruit, or berries.

I'm doing my final weigh in for January in the morning...

helend

Final weigh in for January - lost not a thing so overall I've lost a 1lb. Tbf DS has been full of cold so been trapped in house, so not very active.

Ah well... hoping for a better February, should be going jogging with my OH this week - I'm actually starting to look forward to it. He's told me the route he's going to [STRIKE]drag[/STRIKE] take me on, which I really need to tweak - there's no way I'm jogging along a main road where people can see me:eek: huffing and wheezing and gasping for breath:rotfl:

See you in Fantastic Flabless February

Valentina2

Tara747. Mash up a banana with a fork until it is a spreadable consistency and spread that on the rice cakes. Sometimes I have mashed banana on a slice of wholemeal toast which is nice and filling. Helps you to eat the 5 a day too!
Ok, next thread will be on the Fb. one!

tinkerbellsmum_2

hi all hope u r well? well done on all your losses
my last weigh in was sat and i stayed the same so have a loss of 10.5lbs for jan
which i'm pleased with but should be more cause last week i lost the plot alittle but still pleased be nice if i can do that again in feb

tara747

tinkerbellsmum - 10.5lbs, wow, I feel humbled!

I weighed in at 136.7lbs, so have lost 0lbs since 1 January!!! I feel really disappointed but I had lost 2lbs between Monday and Friday so I know it can be done. The effects of the weekend's walking obviously aren't showing yet, so I will persevere and hope for a better result next week!

Well done to all the losers and commiserations to the STSers and gainers - see you on the other thread! xo

Amanita_2

Total for me is 4lb. It was 5 until the weekend!.

Still overall I'm fairly happy - plan to do better in Feb.