Weight Loss the Old Style Way! Part 7. Please read posts 1 and 2 before posting.

floyd

Hi Irishmummy, welcome aboard

I'm doing OK at the moment but have been really busy hence my lack of posting

B: 2 granary toast with butter

L: Mozarella and mango salsa on wholemeal bread

Hm scouse and beetroot

S: Fresh cherries and a small skinny latte

Will see how I feel tomorrow before I decide whether to weigh or not, I'm going mountain biking in the morning to kick start things again

CCP

Afternoon all.

I did my weekly weight check this morning and I've lost the 1/2 kilo I put on last week - it's not much, but it's a start. :j

Today I've eaten:

B - granola cereal with milk
L - LO veggie pizza with red pepper sticks; pack of veggie crackers
S - two pears; pack of dried fruit and nuts
D - HM breaded chicken with pasta in tomato sauce; glass (or two ) of red wine.

Hope everyone's had a good day.

Irishmummy - welcome aboard!

Blue_Monkey

Hello there,

I'm thinking of joining you... Have slowly been piling on the pounds over the past year or so, and now could do with losing about a stone.

WW or SW etc are not really my cuppa, plus I don't want to pay money, or count calories, so hope to achieve this by just eating a well-balanced and healthy diet.

But...... my problem is that I get hungry and then want to snack, which inevitably means reaching for a choccie bar or packet of crisps. How do you cope with the hunger side of it? I don't want to be miserable/shaky/tired/cold because I'm trying to resist from eating, but this part just does me in. I know that part of it is boredom too.

I've got the Paul McKenna cd and it makes senses to 'eat when you are hungry' in that your body needs a certain amount of fuel, but I don't seem to be able to get this right. Any tips?

My day's food is usually something along the lines of:

Breakfast - 8am - large-ish bowl of cereal
Snack - 10.30am - banana
Lunch - 11.30am - sandwhich, yoghurt, cereal/nut bar
Snack - 3pm - apple/chocolate
Dinner - 8pm

I have recently started walking to work (30 mins), so I'm pretty hungry by the time I'm there, and it's a miracle if I can go until midday before I cave and have lunch.

I'm starving by the time I get home at about 6pm and raid the cupboards for anything (nuts, crackers, crisps).

On the days I work from home I'm a complete nightmare and snack all day

Perhaps its just about being discplined? I dunno...

I'd also like to eat less bread, but a sandwhich is so convenient for the office............

floyd

Hi Blue Monkey, welcome in!

I have a little test of hunger that I use, choose an item of fruit that you don't adore but will eat if pushed (mine is an apple) and each time you think you're hungry, say to yourself "Am I really hungry enough to eat that apple if its all that is available".
Usually I find the answer is no so I'm not really hungry I'm usually thirsty or bored

I managed 11 miles mountain biking yesterday and have lost 1 lb to take my total loss to 2 1/2 stone altogether. I'm pleased that I have managed to keep the bulk of it off for nearly 1 year now with only the odd fluctuation of 2-3lb that soon comes off again.

Yesterday was my day for a treat so I had a mint choc-chip ice cream and some veg samosas with my chickpea curry

Back to it today and I'm hoping to do some cooking as MIL brought round 3 lb of blackcurrants from FIL's allotment

B: 2 wholemeal toast with HM marmalade (no butter)

L: Ciabatta wiith mozarella and vine tomato and pesto

Roasted pepper sauce with wholemeal pasta and HM focaccia

S: Probably nothing if we are having bread with dinner

Have a good rest-of-weekend all

meanmarie

Seem to be unable to make any kind of effort at present....just managing enough to stay at my declared weight.

Today I have eaten:

B/L....3 slices hm bread with butter and gooseberry jam, banana, tea;

D.....roast rabbit( was tough, will braise in future) broccoli, celery, new potatoes, butter, mixed fruit sponge, extra raspberries, custard (rather a lot, made too much!) tea

Sn...1 toffee sweet,

Definitely need to cut down on bread, think that I will go back to my porridge for breakfast.

Marie

Eltee12

No, not an advert for a bizzaire diet - I was at the doctor's on Friday and during the consultation (big word for a Monday) she weighed me. the surgery scales showed me as 7lb lighter than my old-discombobulated home scales. Yaaaaaay :j. This means I am in fact 'only' 15st something, rather than 16st something. Still have approx 5st to lose though.

Also, have been advised to do an hour's walking each day. luckily it's 22mins to the bus stop each morning and 22mins home again in the evening on work days, so only have to fit another 20 mins in somewhere. Easier at weekends.

Sorry for the ramble, makes more sense in my head if I get it written down.

today is day 8 of my 10 Day no alcohol challenge.

today's doings:
B - crunchy museli type stuff, coffee
L - Pate n toast
Sn - not a banana, left it at home this morning
Sn - crunchy oat type cereal bar with coconut
D - Sausages, new potatoes, beans. Followed by the banana I didn't have earlier.

Ex - 1x22 mins this morning, the rest of the hour lunchtime/this evening.

NOTE TO SELF: eat more fruit & veg....

Tuesday's Plan

B - mushroom omlette, toast
L - quiche & salad
Sn - apple
D - HM lasagne & coleslaw

Ex: 1 hour walking

Good luck all

mlz1413

Hi irishmummy, balanced diets are a good way to go.:)

Hi Blue Monkey, I'm with Floyd on the snacking thing if you are hungry enough to eat fruit then you're hungry otherwise your just bored / used to snacking etc.

Looking at below
Breakfast - 8am - large-ish bowl of cereal
Snack - 10.30am - banana
Lunch - 11.30am - sandwhich, yoghurt, cereal/nut bar
Snack - 3pm - apple/chocolate
Dinner - 8pm

Could you change this to:

B: 8am small cereal (buy the individual serving variety packs to get an idea of what is a serving)
S: 9.30am banana
S: 11.30 yogurt
L: 12.30 sandwich and apple
S: 2.30 cereal bar
S: 5.00 (as you leave work OR as you get home) banana/fruit
8pm (can you eat a bit earlier say 7.30?)

This is a 'grazing' diet, ie small and often - do be careful of portion size if you do this.

Once you've got your plan try and leave each snack for 15mins longer each week so you should be able to cut back to one snack between meals.

Try not to buy chocolate bars as you will ALWAYS be 'hungry' enough to eat them. If you get a craving try a choc shake or hot choc drink.

I take 2 slices of toast to work and eat them at 9am as I find this normally keeps me going until my 12.30 lunch.

otterspasm

Hi all,
I lurk on here every now and then, mostly when I am trying to lose weight as it helps to motivate me when I can read how well you are all doing and also how everyone has tricky days too. Keep it up, you're all doing a fab job.

As you will guess I am having another bash at losing some weight. This is because I need to have some surgery and I want to get the weight off first.

I thought I'd mention that as part of this effort I have been eating more quorn products as they are low in fat...I thought that some of you might like to know that my local Lidl has had sausages, chicken style pieces and mince on offer for £1 a pack! This has been great for us and I've filled my freezer. I stuggle sometimes to diet and keep the budget low.

As I'm here I'll also add my food for today...

B 2 weetabix with milk and sunflower seeds
S slice of toast and marmite
L marmite, low fat cream cheese, tomato and black pepper sandwich and banana
S yoghurt
D pasta with pesto and quorn chicken style pieces

Good luck all
Tess

floyd

Congrats on the superb loss Eltee

Still keeping it together despite there being lots of lovely things to eat in work and at home

B: 2 wholemeal toast with a Philadelphia light mini tub

L: HM veggie chilli and brown rice

Spicy veggie burger in a wholemeal bun with HM potato wedges and baked beans (this is my comfort food dinner )

S: Small skinny latte

CCP

Hello everyone.

otterspasm / Tess - welcome to the thread. Thanks for the tip of the cheap quorn - I'm not a great fan of the pieces but I seem to remember the sausages are pretty good (and much healthier than meat ones) so I might see if my local shop's doing the same offer.

Eltee - well done on your weight loss. Exactly the same thing happened to me last I time I had a weight check at the doctors' - sadly she wouldn't let me take the nice, friendly scales home with me.

Blue Monkey - welcome to the thread. I agree with floyd and mlz's suggestions, and the other possibility that occurred to me was trying to eat more low GI foods - things like wholegrains - as your body apparently digests them more slowly so you feel fuller for longer. It might help?

mlz - I must be one of the few exceptions to the "you're always hungry enough to eat chocolate" rule - I can't stand the stuff and would have to have spent several days on a starvation diet before I could bring myself to eat it. _pale_ But then I suppose I'm just odd.

Today's meals for me:

B - chunk of HM wholemeal brick (a.k.a. bread - I think my yeast's getting a bit old) with butter and peanut butter; 4 baby plums
S - 3 mini fruit flapjacks (they really were mini ones, honest!)
L - ham, chutney and lettuce roll; portion cherry tomatoes
S - two-thirds of a banana (the remaining third was rotten and ended up in the bin. I was really looking forward to that banana, too. )
D - chicken and courgette in sweet chilli sauce, with rice and beans cooked in coconut milk