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

Eenymeeny

newlywed wrote: »

I was really good yesterday... then bought some magnum whites so had one of those. Then ate a biscuit in the evening too. But I had walked about 3 miles though.

Been good today. For exercise I washed the car, stripped and re-made the bed, and did an hour of ironing.

b: 2 shredded wheat with raisins and slice strawberries
l: baguette with pastrami, low fat cheese and rocket and low fat mayo
s: grapes
d: low fat sausages, mash, veg and gravy.

Trying not to think of food but we're out tomorrow so I have to go do packed lunches.

Tomorrow will be the chippie for tea too!!

So May 1st I'll start with a little more commitment

(just looked at slimming world stuff and am debating it - like the idea of a list of food you can eat as much as you like - but OH says it's a waste of money - I'm just looking for any extra motivation)

Hi newlywed, I found that SW did work but I preferred to walk from work home instead of getting a bus to their meeting because of class timings and giving them my money for the kind of support that I'm getting on here. Thanks everyone..:T
Have you thought of getting their cookbooks from the library or buying their books and magazines second-hand from Ebay? You'll soon get the idea and it'll be the old-style method.:D It's pretty simple really, and there's a thread on here for SW for advice and ideas too. HTH

floyd

Hi all,

I'm so bored of being ill now Seems every time I have time off work I am ill, probably because the stress drops and I'm left susceptible to everything doing the rounds. Still coughing like someone with a 60-a-day habit! I had planned to go biking every day I was off and haven't managed once because my lungs are in tatters

Onwards and upwards, back to work on Tuesday so no doubt I will be well again by then

B/L: 2 wholemeal toast with light cream cheese (no butter)

Not sure, just realised the menu plan ended yesterday so I will have to rapidly come up with something as the closer it gets to dinner time, the more likely we are to end up eating take-away

Have a great week all

CCP

I had my weekly weigh this morning and, despite the Great Quiche Binge, I've lost another 1kg this week. :j

Today I've had / am having:

Brunch - smoked salmon and avocado on HM brown bread; fruit salad with LF fruit yoghurt
Snack - portion of dried fruit and nuts
Dinner - chicken parmigiana with pasta; glass or two of wine

floyd - I really hope you feel better soon, preferably before you go back to work on Tuesday.

newlywed - a friend of mine did slimming world a couple of years ago and found what she liked most was the recipes, so Eenymeeny's suggestion of having a look at some of their books might be helpful. I didn't realise there was a SW thread, so I might mooch over and have a look to see if there's any interesting recipes on there.

zippychick

CCP wrote: »

I had my weekly weigh this morning and, despite the Great Quiche Binge, I've lost another 1kg this week. :j

Today I've had / am having:

Brunch - smoked salmon and avocado on HM brown bread; fruit salad with LF fruit yoghurt
Snack - portion of dried fruit and nuts
Dinner - chicken parmigiana with pasta; glass or two of wine

floyd - I really hope you feel better soon, preferably before you go back to work on Tuesday.

newlywed - a friend of mine did slimming world a couple of years ago and found what she liked most was the recipes, so Eenymeeny's suggestion of having a look at some of their books might be helpful. I didn't realise there was a SW thread, so I might mooch over and have a look to see if there's any interesting recipes on there.

We also have our very own recipe thread here

CCP

zippychick wrote: »

We also have our very own recipe thread here

That's brilliant - thanks very much zippy! :A

katylou6180

Hi all,

Well, I bit the bullet and joined a well known slimming club that uses a "points system"..I have managed to drop 11lbs in 2 wks but I will say that at the start I have got a LOT of weight to lose (at least 7st) and i will then still be overweight!! I don't know if anyone has any "real" advice for me as I know..just don't eat so much!! I have noticed my costs skyrocketing though, due to oodles of fruit & veg ( I have been making use of aldi and the market) but theres three of us in here and one only eats rubbish, so I have to buy that for him or he won't eat- I won't give the son "low fat substitutes" as he is not overweight and children need a balanced diet(he's 11). I have now found myself buying and cooking three different meals!! I am also really really struggling with the lack of carbs...as it seems to me really "protein heavy" and sometimes all I want is a baked potato (and I never have put butter or cheese etc on...just a plain one) and salad! I don't know whether (as I'm going with a family member) to just keep the "well known slimming club" as a "weigh in" and go back to good old fashioned calorie counting, as i'm sure if i aim for 1000-1500 calories a day and low fat stuff I will still lose, and it just seems so much easier than all this food combining lark! I have found myself dreaming about pasta! lol I just want some inspiration for cooking as i'm tired of anaemic looking chicken and salad, and I would rather have a wisdom teeth pulled than have "veggie substitute meat" in anything again as it seems to look and act like sponge! I don't need crisps/treats/cake or chocolate, do u think I will be ok sticking to three meals a day, nothing inbetween with a "portion controlled" dinner ( as in, a "portion" according to the pack or with generic things without packets using the general calorie counting guides)....slowly losing the plot and my bank balance, any advice appreciated Thanks in advance all...surely someone'll save me! lol

newlywed

Thanks all, yeah I have been ebay browsing but some sw books clock up quite a bit on bids and I'm tight - er moneysaving!!

off to that recipe thread thanks.

katylou6180

has concluded that diet does not equal moneysaving

Eenymeeny

Thanks for the links Zippy, I'll have another look
I borrowed a SW 'best of' type of recipe book from my local library... can't get better than free:D

TravellingAbuela

Well as I promised myself, I spent yesterday (well some of it anyway!) browsing through recipes, LF cookbooks etc. I also dug out my trusty Calorie Guide which I bought many, many years ago! I am going back to the old fashioned way and trying to limit myself to 1,000 to 1,200 cals a day and everything that passes my lips will be added up! Can't be bothered working out points etc!

I made lots of LF soups to freeze in single portions (Cheese & Red Pepper, Tomato, Lentil & Basil and also a Celery one). I also stewed a mixture of berries (from the freezer, still a few left from last summer's picking) and froze in portions in yogurt pots. To top porridge at breakfast and have with sugar-free jelly and FF yogurt for dessert. Plenty of chicken and fish in the freezer.

So today is the day - new month, new start! I WILL lose this excess stone!! Good luck one and all. And Floyd I really hope you are feeling better and manage to enjoy the last couple of days before work on Tuesday.