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

ragz_2

The_Dragon wrote: »

I tend to have a cheese sarnie for breakfast and it certainly keeps me going!

I hope that's on wholemeal/granary bread?

AlwaysHappy

Hello everyone - I am going to subscribe to this thread for a bit of motivation hopefully. I haven't been on a diet before so am a little nervous of starting, I have never had a problem burning off all the junk I eat. However, I now have M.E and thus am much more sluggish, and, I think age is now against me. It isn't a lot I have to lose - probably 8lbs (that I have put on in the last 4 months- and all on my hips!!!) - but I am also wanting to turn the tide as the weight gain has been very quick. I know that cutting the rubbish out of my diet will be a good place to start, and exercising would be useful, though with the M.E that becomes quite difficult. Any ideas where to start would be great.

lovetopaint

ragz wrote: »

I think it is important (and certainly Moneysaving and OldStyle!) to learn how to eat better for good

I am trying to do this, thus this week have decided to ditch low fat spread and have real butter...what?...I know...but I only have two slices of bread a day, sometimes none. I am just into the idea of cutting out as much processed food as poss. I have just got to keep my beady eyes on the OH :cool: , he loves butter but I have laid down the ground rule that he is not to use it all up !

Ida_Notion

Food today...

Breakfast: none
Lunch: half a small granary roll filled with some Polish reduced price herring stuff, lettuce and low-fat mayonnaise (herring proved to be too salty for me so I binned the rest. Eeek - not very MSE), a banana and a plain yoghurt.
Dinner: smoked haddock, mashed potato, green beans, mushy peas and a bit of onion sauce
Snack: small corned beef sandwich that ambushed me from behind the fridge door about an hour ago. In my experience these things can be dangerous if left to their own devices, and this one showed every intention of swelling later to accommodate an inch of cheese and joining forces with a Mars Bar. I thought it best to eliminate it there and then - the world is a safer place now

Exercise today...

A walk to school and back, twice, covering about a mile in total
Forty-five minutes around the assault course known as Asda, including a brief but intense round of competitive sport in front of a chiller cabinet, where yellow stickered meat was offer
A gentle stroll to a nearby pond five minutes away, to feed the ducks in a romantic setting of idly drifting wheelie bins and semi-submerged shopping trollies

I'd like to offer recipes, but I've forgotten everything I know (trauma does this to you ) as my husband has insisted on doing most of the cooking that goes on in this house since The Great Turkish Delight Disaster of '02. I can't even approach a saucepan anymore without half the family turning pale and trembling and the other half threatening to leave home.

'Well done' to everyone who's losing, and 'hang on in there' to those who aren't. We're all going to get right where we want to be

sparrer

Managed to stick to water when I was out, just got back and had supper of 1 1/2 slices of WW bread (I got two out but felt piggy so have put the odd 1/2 back in the pack ) with Flora extra light, an inch of chorizo and a 1" cube of half-fat cheese followed by a banana and cup of green tea. Wish I hadn't had the chorizo but it's gone now and shan't buy any more. I hope...

Had a word with the physio this morning, she's given me some suggestions for exercises I can try so going to have a go before bed. Seems a good time to do them, then I can collapse into bed when I need to

Night night
S

procrastinator

Good morning
Not doing too bad, dinner yesterday brown rice and lentils okish. Had a couple of chewy sweets from the tin at work, they're nearly gone now. Will take more fruit and yogs.
Bfast fruitnfibre
Lunch salad - with beans had advocado yesterday
Dinner undecided - mushroom omlette?
Need to shop.

mlz1413

ida notion your post really has put a smile on my face!

did well yesterday had a snack as i got home of handful of raisins and a dozen small olives which worked out to 100 cals then I managed to walk away from the kitchen. This is my worst point! as it takes 15 mins for the food to really start impacting on your hungry pangs I can easily eat for 15 mins

today - not very organised no apples or shops own crisps with me!! that means when I buy lunch I'll be looking at the snack area - bad bad thing to be doing ! I must be strong, I must be strong....


Edit: AND I power walked 1.5 laps of the park for this mornings dog walk instead of the normal 1 lap walk!
B: 1 toast, l/f spread & 100g baked beans = 200 cals
S: mini sausage roll - oh yes I remembered that!!!
L: sandwich of some form
S: yogurt - actually I remembered this too!
macaroni cheese with bacon

thinking about it I have some carrots in the car so will use those as instead of my apple. so i shouldn't need to buy anything, I've been better and more organised than I thought :A

thank goodness for posting on here.:)

ragz_2

Morning all!
Breakfast was 2 slices of (white, all we had) toast with tuna mayo.
Snack - Currently I am picking all the raisins and interesting nuts out of my very overpriced birdfood so that the birds can enjoy the 49% of the bag that is peanuts. Also eating dried apricots.

Lunch will be cauliflower cheese left over from yesterday's dinner.
Dinner will be haddock marinaded and baked with chargrilled veg and new potatoes.

Exercise done for the day - 1/2 hour brisk walk followed by 20 minutes MOS Dance DVD

CCP

Morning all!

I was a little bit naught yesterday and had two and a half olive rolls with my salad dinner - bad CCP!

Today will be:

B - granola cereal with sliced banana and FF natural yoghurt
S - pear
L - six mini falafel (bought not HM ); mixed salad; cherry tomatoes; apple
S - two plums which a kind colleague rescued from a meeting for me
D - roast veg lasagne made with two pasta sheets and cottage cheese topping

Good luck with avoiding dangerous, lurking food, all.

shezam

Morning!

Today goes like this:

Br- 2 w33tabix, 1 banana, 1 cup of tea, 1 sugar, ss milk
Sn- 3 Go ahead biscuit slice things (49 cals each)
Lu- Salad from garden, cucumber, cherry toms, 1 slice of ham, light salad cream & Yoghurt
Sn- Banana
Di- Homemade curry with a small portion of rice, must try resist going to shops and buying naan bread!

Looks like its alot when written down! I also have a handfull of cherry toms with me & an actimel, not sure if I will consume it all. God it does look alot!!