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

floyd

Horrendous few days for me, just an accumulation of long hours, poor preparation and boredom with food choices. As a result I have eaten crisp butties for lunch 2 days running, too many biscuits at tea break, extra bread with meals, White toast with butter and 4 pints of lager.......

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Tomorrow I am making 4 bean chilli, butternut squash soup and spicy lentil soup to give me a few options for lunch in work.

Hoping to get out on my bike sometime this weekend, either that or go for a heavy duty cleaning session to burn some calories

have a good weekend all

OrangeFairy

Hello, i hope it is okay for me to join.

i have about 3 stone to lose and am starting seriously on monday.

I have been off and on since the start of the year but not really on it enough!

My partner of nearly 8 years with whom i have 2 daughters proposed to me at his xmas work do in dec. As it stands we may get married next year if we do it abroad or the year after if we do it here as we will have to save up to feed more mouths!! It seems quite far away but then i can't start even thinking about looking at dresses until i am at a better weight.

This weekend is going to be a naughty one. We have take away tonight and it is my daughters 7th birthday tomorrow so there will be cake and pizza!!! :cool:

I plan to do it with healthier meals and exercising using the wii fit paired with swimming and walking. I quite often have weetabix at work for lunch...not as a fad diet but because i really love weetabix!! :-)

I find eating healthy hard as i only like 2 types of fruit and i dont eat any salad and my liking of veg is pretty limited so i am hoping i can pick up some ideas on here. I like peas, carrots, swede, onions, peppers, mushrooms and sweetcorn so there is something to work with! Hopefully this board will give me some motivation.

Well done to everyone who has shed some lbs and good luck

taplady

Welcome to littlekel!

I am feeling a lot better today:j hope you are too mlz x

I got on the scales this morning and have lost 5 and a half pounds since Wednesday night:eek: actually this isn't good for me as it takes me to underweight for my SW target but I'm sure by next week it will be back on:D

am taking the food gently today as my tummy is still fragile

B - toast and marmalade

L - sml portion HM macaroni cheese with tomatoes

D - HM quorn sweet and sour with noodles

not my full 5 a day I know but I'll soo get back to it.

have a good weekend all x

floyd

Tappy can you post me some of whatever bug you had please :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:Hope you and mlz1413 feel better soon

So today has started well, managed to go shopping and not buy anything even remotely snacky or processed so thats half the battle won

B/L: Mozarella, pesto and vine tomato in wholemeal toast, like a toastie

Vegetable samber with boiled rice and 2 poppadoms

S: Only fruit today

Hoping to get a bit of exercise today but we'll see how it goes as I'm a bit creaky from doing such long hours in work, I always seem to end up really stiff and tired

Have a great weekend all and welcome to all new folk :T

taplady

floyd wrote: »

Tappy can you post me some of whatever bug you had please :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

you really wouldn't want it:D

JoJoB

Hope you are back to normal today Tappy - at least you can have a few guilt-free munchies.

Well it's the 20th of February and it has been a rubbish rubbish month. I feel very cross with myself and determined to at least make the last week of the month a good one. I have no money till the 24th so hopefully that will help! Just have to last on what is in the house.

B: one weetabix, f/f milk and splenda (150)

L: 1/2 a linda McCartney pie, one yorkshire, boiled potatoes, peas and carrots (500)

tinned spaghetti on toast (300)

S: apple, yoghurt

taplady

JoJoB wrote: »

Hope you are back to normal today Tappy - at least you can have a few guilt-free munchies.

I already have! a bar of choocie and cheese on toast for supper last night:D

back to it today

B - my sunday treat - oaty crunchy type cereal with extra seeds and raisins

L - roast dinner minus the meat(yorkie instead) at work

D - dunno yet - something light(still at work) will search the cupboards at work.

am sleeping in at work tonight so breakfast and lunch tomorrow still at work but will try and make it healthy, luckily we have very well stocked cupboards there!

have a lovely Sunday all x x

floyd

SNOW? Again? Whats that all about? I knew I should have planted my cauli seeds yesterday so now I have to dig out the shed to get everything out Booooooo

Well today I'm doing the cooking so it should all be OK provided I don't start baking

B/L: Some sort of toastie or beans on toast

Chicken burrito with spicy Spanish rice (HM), refried beans, salsa (HM), guacamole (HM) and a little soured cream

S: Probably nothing today unless I fancy an Optons hot choc

Have a good day all

mlz1413

floyd wrote: »

Tappy can you post me some of whatever bug you had please :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:Hope you and mlz1413 feel better soon

mine was a prawn sandwich but having told a friend about it at the weekend she said it was very similar to a bug she had the week before -either way as tappy says you really wouldn't want it!

I am much better thanks Tappy, have eaten much smaller amounts since and much plainer food, so am trying to stick to the portion size as a) its probably the correct size portion and b) as my WI is Friday.

Hi to LittleKel

Floyd - your 4 bean chilli sounds good can you let me know if similar to below or post the receipe if its different please?

Black Bean Chilli - serves 4 approx 430 cals per portion

400g black beans (soaked overnight and then drained)
2 tbsp olive oil (can get away with less)
1 onion chopped
5 garlic cloves roughly chopped
2 rashers bacon diced (optional)
1 tsp ground cumin
1tsp mild chilli powder (I prefer hot)
1 red pepper
1 carrot diced ( i prefer grated)
400g chopped tomatoes
bunch chopped coriander
salt & pepper

The beans must be boiled for 10 mins and then simmer for 1.5 hrs until tender, when draining reserve 225 ml of liquid.
fry onion, garlic, add bacon. stir in cumin & chilli. add pepper, carrot, toms and simmer for 5 mins.
Add half coriander, the beans and liquid, season and simmer for 30-40 mins until thickened. add remaining coridander & season to taste.


as with all bean meals please remember the next day will be windy.......

I have frozen portions of this and reheated gently with a small amount of water.

JoJoB

Yesterday was good, hoping today will go well too. Slightly shaky start as I used up yesterdays yorkshire pud batter for pancakes for DD and I had one in addition to my weetabix. It was only little though. Was supposed to go to baby yoga this morning but just couldn't face the pelting rain. No exercise yet again then! I suppose I could hoover.

B: weetabix and pancake (300)

L: hm carrot and red lentil soup, 1 slice of bread with triangle of laughing cow extra light cheese. (450)

pasta in hm tomato sauce (500)

S: apple, yoghurt