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

bramble1

What i can have for breakfast thats as filling as porridge but cold??? I can't really stomach hot stuff in the summer but nothing fills you up like a bowl of porridge in the morning!

I have burnt so many calories today. Trying to not drink tonight so i don't undo all my hard work .

Have had a sandwich so far today and nowt else, so will have a snack soon

Kleopatra

bramble1 wrote: »

What i can have for breakfast thats as filling as porridge but cold??? I can't really stomach hot stuff in the summer but nothing fills you up like a bowl of porridge in the morning!

Bircher muesli

I soak 25g porridge oats (I like jumbo oats) in a little water overnight and a squeeze of lemon juice. In morning I mix it with half a chopped apple (chopped in small whizzy but could be grated) and about 3 tablespoons of natural yogurt.

Soaking the oats makes it creamier and sweeter as enzymes work on it.

I love it like that but you can add seeds, nuts or other fruit if you want

I think you can make it up and store in fridge for a few days but I prefer to make it each morning.

bramble1

Ooo thanks for that - will give it a whirl next week!

prophecy_grrl

Weetabix? It's v filling, I have a banana sliced up with mine, yummy

ETA - ha, my weetabix suggestion sounds lame now compared to bircher muesli! I didn't turn to the next page before replying sorry bramble1 x

bramble1

I like wheetabix too - just wasn't sure if it's as filling as poridge is - with porridge i really dont need to snack between meals!

CCP

Evening all.

I started my new voluntary job today and spent most of the day on my feet, shifting plants, display stands and watering cans - that must have burnt a few calories!

Today's menu was:

B - peanut butter and banana sandwich on HM seedy WM bread
S - handful of cherry tomatoes; portion of dried fruit and nuts (I wasn't really hungry but thought I'd better eat something)
D - chorizo and bean chilli with the last of my HM bread

I'm currently drinking a glass of cider (well earned, I think!) and may have a glass of wine later, too.

Kleopatra - thanks for that recipe for Bircher muesli - it sounds really interesting and I intend to try it next week. :T

ragz_2

Hmmm....
Breakfast - 2 ryevita with marmite and soft cheese
Snack - Nectartine and another ryevita with same
Lunch - Bacon, cheese and salad tortilla wrap
Dinner - crispy aromatic duck pancakes (homemade) X5
Pudding - Ben and Jerry's Ice cream (half frozen yog half full fat with fish!)

Erm... yeah...

sparrer

Thanks newlywed and julie, thought it seemed okay but just needed a second opinion
bramble I was going to suggest fruit'n'fibre which is quite filling but like Kleopatras muesli idea too. I've got the ingredients, think I'll make some up this evening

B - 2 lean back rashers, tomato, mushroom, slice WW Danish. Grapefruit juice
L - Mr M Chinese meal for 2 reduced from £6+ to £2.49. Thought it would do me 4 meals, put 1/4 on a plate and had 2 mouthfuls. Now I know why it was reduced _pale_. Rhubarb Muller
S - salad, prawns. 1/4 melon,
Snax - grapes, apple, banana, Snack-a-Jack creamcheese with chives. Neighbours DD gave me one over the garden fence this morning and I really liked it so bought a pack while I was out shopping. A bit high in fat (8%) but thought I'd just have a few a day to make a change from fruit.

Exercise - mowed the lawn, all 10'x16' of it! Takes longer to clean the mower afterwards than than it does to cut the grass
S

TravellingAbuela

Morning everybody! Well I am feeling pretty pleased with myself! I have just been on the scales for my weekly weigh-in and, despite being quite sinful this week, I have somehow managed to lose 1.5 lbs! At the start of the May Challenge 3 weeks ago I was dead on 10 stone (been stuck at that for 3 years since stopping smoking!!) This morning I was 9st. 9.5 lbs. That's 4.5 lbs lost. I know it's not a lot for 3 weeks (semi) dieting but it's the equivalent of 2 bags of sugar and I am happy with the slow and steady progress! I must be doing something right in amongst the wrong!!

Today's menu:
B - Porridge with mixed berry compote (it's what I find most filling so I tend to have it most days)
L - Jacket potato with prawns and a big salad. WW fruit fromage frais.
D - ?? Promised OH I'd make a curry but in view of weight loss I shall have something less fattening myself!!
Snacks to be grapes, satsumas or mini banana.

Gardening planned for today (weather permitting) so if I attack the weeds with gusto it should be good exercise!

ps Kleopatra I too think your muesli sounds lovely, shall try that sometime.

juliethemuse

TravellingAbuela (love the name btw) congtrats on the weight loss,
i would rather lose slowly and keep the weight off than pile it all on again, which is what happened to me before on the last diet i went on, i barely ate anything and took laxatives to shift even more, which was super stupid, i lost four stones really quickly, but of course i couldnt sustain and it crept back on again - but now i'm older and wiser thankfully, which is just as well as its coming off slowly this time, and i will get there eventually,