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

jackieglasgow

BUMP for Prudent!

sams247

Made out meal planner last night - see if I can stick to it, but at least it should help me with shopping (must not buy biscuits, must not buy biscuits...)

Today

Bfast - mini shredded wheat
Lunch - veggie burger, new potatoes, tomatoes, honey and mustard dressing, plus a bowl of pineapple chunks (in juice)
Tea - Sweet potatoe jackets, phily, fish and beans

Exercise will consist mainly of sitting in front of DVD this evening!!

Boodle

Hi all - hope all is well. So much going on here I can't seem to keep up with the thread. Am sure I have put on since being in hospital for a while with the little one but haven't weighed myself yet. Going to try avoiding that until the end of next month. I am sooooo hungry lately. I eat and then about 2 hours later I am woozy, sickly and clumsy. I eat my meal and then I feel a bit better and just comfortably ready to start a meal, iyswim? Just have to keep making sure I get enough calories, not too many obviously either, and if it doesn't stop happening, take myself off to the doctors. I was only tested a few weeks ago though. Was tested often when pregnant last year and even then when i got like this often, my tests always showed up fine. So if it doesn't cease in the next week or so even though I am eating enough and healthily I'm not sure what the doctor can do about it if tests show nothing wrong! Problem is that at the time I actually get tested I am usually feeling ok

Sorry - guess I needed to get that in black and white to sort out my muddled brain! Didn't mean to dump on anyone and expect them to read all that nonsense, especially as I can't seem to keep up with everyone else Hope you are all doing well and staying healthy

Yesterday I had:
Slice of white bread with half an avocado and tofutti mozzarella
S) Few walnuts and raisins
L) Half a tin of bean salad, rest of the avocado, walnuts, raisins and lettuce leaves. HM tomato swirl.
S) Dried strawberry pieces and a breadstick.
T) Small portion veggie ravioli, peas and 1 slice white bread and spread.
D) Approx 60g pasta, hm tomato sauce with mushrooms and lentils, green salad with oliveoil/balsamic dressing, and 2 quarters hm garlic toast (made from white bread crust.)

Today so far:
HM oat and raisin pancakes x 7
L) will be baked beans on toast (will probably need about 4 slices of malted nimble to make enough calories to keep me going.)

Prudent

I just want to say hello everyone. Jackie kindly gave me the link yesterday. I have been told by my doc that I am 1 1/2 to 2 stone overweight and will need to lose this as it is seriously affecting a breathing problem caused by another illness. I have faffed around for a few years over weight loss. I really must do it now. I live on my own with my daughter and really need to be there for her.

I would be grateful for any support as I am pretty clueless :o

I started this morning with a bowl of porridge (made with 2 eggs cups of porridge oats and four of water). I put a little 1% purple top milk on it.

I had a 3 mile walk around a dam.

For lunch I am thinking of some homemade soup (butternut squash and carrot) and a tuna and salad pitta. Is this ok?

Dinner: I have some quorn chilli which needs using. I was thing of having this with brown rice and carrots (I have a big bag that needs using).

Any comments welcome

mlz1413

Hello & Welcome to Boodle and Prudent

Boodle - yesterday you seem to have bearly eaten 1200 cals and today it is all carbs. Could some of your HM pancakes be eaten on different days? Not sure how big they are but was that 7 in one go?

Prudent - your breakfast seems tiny, and then your lunch is to me two lunches. I would eat more breakfast, probably 1 cup of porridge with milk/water and then either the soup or the tuna salad.
But do remember we are all different and if you have energy and this suits your lifestyle then nothing is wrong with the content.

For Dinner ensure you don't go mad on the rice, 2 tablespoons is a serving.

Yesterday I did ok but ate my dinner late as went to pub for alcoholic refreshments after helping assemble a bookcase

Today:
B: 2 toast, spread,with honey & peanut butter
L: curry with rice (where I work does a friday lunch curry and it is lovely)
planned fish & chips but as I've just eaten a main meal will just have the fish or if I find my will-power will just have a sandwich!

Hope you all have a lovely weekend.

magicgirl

i hope no-one minds me gatecrashing. i really want to lose some weight and all teh diet fads just don't suit my lifestyle so i am going for a more general protion reduction and three meals a day limiting snacks.

I started with teh best intentions but as usual, time ran away from me and i ended up with only a glass of milk. I have just finished my lunch (which was supposed to be my breakfast) of two poached eggs on two slices of toast (no butter) I hope to organise myself enough to be making my own bread soon but that is still a while away yet.

i am tasking my two older children with making tonights dinner of shepherds pie which i make with mince and veg. i usually put pesto thru the mash so its sort of a one pot dish only i find i need about three pots to prepare it. whatever is left goes in teh freezer. (it is rare to have left overs but the children are happily munching on some left over rice from a takeaway that has come from the freezer mixed with left over chicken kiev and frozen veg)

in an ideal world, i would probably have poached fish and steamed spinach but i know once the pie is in the oven i will be wanting some so i will stick with that today and ease myself into this. i don't want to go down the road of differnt meals for different people as that is what ends up costing us more.

mlz - good luck tonight.

boodle.. the oatmeal and raisin pancakes sound like my sort of brekkie. have you previously shared the recipe? i would love to see it although i would have also thought 7 sounds a lot!

prudent - best of luck. i hope your health sees some benefits from your new venture. x

Boodle

Hi guys. thanks for your thoughts. That was 7, I had four at 7:30 then another three at 10:00. They are about 4.5cm diameter. My diet is all to pot at the minute, especially cos so hungry. Couldn't keep away from the white bread am afraid yesterday.

MLZ- thanks for the tip. i agree I have let the carb-watch slip a bit, and my mealplans have been mostly shot at the mo. Will try to do better next week. 1200 cals is about right for me for shifting weight tbh.

Prudent - well done for going for it I bet your daughter is very proud.

Magic Girl - when I make the pancakes I don't measure anything especially as they are usually to use up leftover porridge. I use about 100g plain flour, a dessertbowl-ful of porridge made with instant oats, milk, water and raisins, 1 tbsp veg oil and enough water to make a pancake batter. Pour onto a griddle pan and spread out with fork to make thinnish pancakes. Flip when brown to finish off. Obviously, if there is less porridge I add more flour or oats and water to compensate. I sometimes add different things like vanilla or no raisins, cocoa powder + sugar, etc, etc. I don't know if it's advisable to eat 7 in one morning tho!

Prudent

Thanks for the recipe Boodle.

Have changed from original plans today. Not a terrible start but probably ate too much. I did follow the quanity tip on the rice though - thanks

Here is what I have eaten:

Breakfast: Porridge

Lunch - Butternut squash soup + 2 very small slices of sour dough bread with half a tomato sliced and made into a sandwich.

4pm - bad time. Big sugar dip and had just been round supermarket. 1 orange and one small slice of .sourdough bread

Dinner - (made veg soup)

2 ladels veg soup. This is just veggies and marigold stock
rice (portions as above) with sweet and sour which was mainly veggies and a bit of quorn.
Sugar free jelly (about 1/3 packet - I think whole packet only 10 cals)

Comments welcome I know the bad point was 4 pm.

Prudent

Prudent wrote: »

Thanks for the recipe Boodle.

Have changed from original plans today. Not a terrible start but probably ate too much. I did follow the quanity tip on the rice though - thanks

Here is what I have eaten:

Breakfast: Porridge

Lunch - Butternut squash soup + 2 very small slices of sour dough bread with half a tomato sliced and made into a sandwich.

4pm - bad time. Big sugar dip and had just been round supermarket. 1 orange and one small slice of .sourdough bread

Dinner - (made veg soup)

2 ladels veg soup. This is just veggies and marigold stock
rice (portions as above) with sweet and sour which was mainly veggies and a bit of quorn.
Sugar free jelly (about 1/3 packet - I think whole packet only 10 cals)

Comments welcome I know the bad point was 4 pm.

Edit: going to have another walk. About 30 mins later on.
How did I manage to quote myself? :rotfl:

Prudent

Morning everyone:)

Managed to resist the munchies last night!

Food today:

B. Porridge, sunflower seeds
S. (joining a walking group this morning so will prob need a snack after) either a peach or banana
L. Veg soup (this batch has onion, celery, cauliflower and courgette), prawn salad + small slice wholemeal soda bread.
D. Quorn chilli, brown rice and salad, sugar free jelly.

Edit: Had a baked pot instead of the rice at dinner time.

Exercise: joining walking group - not sure how long walk is going to be. Will walk to meeting point and back which is an additional 40 mins. I am trying to save petrol money to afford a swim