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

CCP

Morning all.

I gave into temptation and sneaked on to the scales this morning - after yesterday's crisis of confidence I felt the need to convince myself I am moving in the right direction. Unfortunately, all I've convinced myself is that I need new scales - mine are real cheapy ones and show a different weight (varying by about 1 1/2 kg) depending where I put them down. I think I've lost 1/2 kg - about 1lb - so far this week, but I'm not entirely sure! :doh:

I'm determined to be really strict with myself for what's left of this month - I know I'm not going to make my May challenge target, but I'm sure I can get closer to it than I am at the moment (I've still got at least 4lb to go ).

So today is:

B - four tbsp FF natural yoghurt with one tbsp stewed rhubarb (I wasn't really hungry, tbh)
S - banana
L - mixed salad with 5 weeny slices of cured ham; two small slices of WM bread (sorry, julie - yes, it's wholemeal)
S - bunch of grapes
D - small portion lamb and lentil curry (from the freezer) with steamed Chinese greens and brown rice (the rest of the garlic bread has been put into the freezer where it can't leap out and ambush me )

ragz - thanks for those NHS links. I've already decided I'm going to give the C25K thing a go when I get back from holiday - if it kills my knees I'll have to stop, but I won't know until I try - and I'll sign up for a couple of the others as well to see how helpful they are.

Have a good day, all (in all senses! ).

lovetopaint

Morning all, some very interesting posts.
CCP- glad you feeling back on track, one foot in front of the other as they say.
May2013-you have a challenge no doubt with the hotel food but there must be a way forward that is more steady than banking calories etc.

At the moment I am structuring my meals like this (told you I am a control freak):

B: 1 fruit, 1 carb, 1 low fat dairy
S: 1 fruit, 1 low fat dairy
L: 1 lean protein, 1 carb, 1-2 veg
S: 1 fruit, 1 low fat dairy (sometimes just fruit if not too hungry)
1 lean protein, 1 carb, 2-3 veg

The above includes healthy fats, I only allow myself to have butter once a day to keep it under control. I can now jiggle things around to fit in with the routine of the day, or breaks in routine (weekends/hols/eating out). I don't count calories, plus I aim for 1lb weight loss a week.

My weak areas lately have been- not always exercising everyday, not enough cardio within exercise, and sneaking in too much full fat cheese. So I may set myself a June challenge to improve these areas, will post.

The thing is, I know I am loosing weight slowly, but I only want to loose the excess fat. I think with crash dieting runs the risk of loosing muscle (the heart being one), bone, nutrients, nevermind motivation. I have felt like a frump for 13 years and I have had enough of it- nothing in the world is going to stop me from having the healthy fit body I deserve.

Phew, I had better end there! Have a good day everyone

Boodle

Morning everyone x Pleased you're back on track, CCP, that must have been a disheartening experience. I try to remember it isn't about depriving and hard work, but more taking control and responsibility for my comfort and health by being sensible well, most of the time

Yesterday I was poorly, up previous night 'being' poorly.
Lunchtime: 1/2 slice of toast and a small tin of spaghetti hoops
Teatime: 1 apple
Dinner: small portion of rice and broad beans + a mild curry with onions, mushrooms, plum tomatoes and spiced with bay, cinnamon, cumin and turmeric - was very nice.
Later on, I was suddenly ravenous so had a cup of tea with oat milk and, brace yourselves , 2 digestives with a spread of peanut butter... so good..... :cool:

Exercise: well even moving around was pretty difficult with discomfort but still had to lift toddler around etc.

Today
B: 2 oatcakes with scraping of spread and yeast extract. Half a dozen walnut pieces. Cup of tea with oat milk.
L: Possibly spaghetti hoops on toast again (does everyone regress when feeling under the weather? lol)
Might make ocean pie as have some tofu to use up.

Exercise: 2x 1 mile walks pushing buggy. Will take it easy though as still not top-notch, but might do some yoga later on depending on how I feel.

Eltee12

Morning All

Eltee12 wrote: »

Tuesday plan

Br - might try the [STRIKE]whatchamacallit [/STRIKE] Bircher museli mentioned on here

Had the museli thing yesterday - strange but enjoyable, will try to have at least once a week. I had yog, honey and mixed seeds in mine.

Today's doings

Br - toast, cuppa tea
Sn - blueberries - very nice they are too mmmmmm
Lu - tuna, mayo & salad seedy roll
Sn - Cereal bar
D - Sossies, mash, peas, onion gravy mmmmmmmm

Walking - did 20 mins this morning; 20 mins planned after work

Thursday

6a.m. C25K plan

Br - beans on toast
Sn - Yog
Lu - cheese omlette, salad
Sn - banana
D - not sure yet

40 mins walking planned

Am off to visit parents at the weekend - lots of walking & c25k-ing along the sea-front (to cancel out the fish n chips we're having Friday night)

Have a nice weekend all

El

Lazy_Liz

Hi everyone, hello new people great to see you on here.
Lost 2lb, hope it does not go back on now I am feeling better.
Making riccotta dumplings for dinner tonight, I think they will be fine calorie-wise if I don't put the 6 tablespoons of olive oil in the sauce!

May, I travel for work too and agree food in hotels can be terrible, the key is to ask for what you need. Dressing on the side, no butter on the veg etc. you are the customer so be brave. Try to eat the quantity you would at home, if you don't normaly have a starter and desert and bread and glasses of wine with dinnner, don't have those at the hotel, tough but it works.

Ida_Notion

Just a quick 'Well done!' for Lazy Liz - I know you've had some difficulties recently in getting shot of those two pounds, so I thought I'd wave them off with you. My reasoning is that if they're given a big fanfare on their departure then they can't fail to realise that they're on a one way ticket, with no return

vixtress

hello all
managed to swim 50 lengths last night (1250m):D
the plan for today is:
b. 2 x wm toast & small glass of smoothie
l. 1 very nice yellowed stickered bread roll, a mountain of spring onions, toms, cucumber, apple & peppers with a drizzle of dressing and LF houmous
d, bacon wrapped chicken breast stuffed with LF philly & sundried toms served with butternut sq mash, asparagus, ts broccoli and green beans

hope your days going well xx

mlz1413

aternoon all, good to see so many posts but I'm not going to try and comment on all! So lots of will power to you all.

Today:
B: 2 slices toast with spread & jam - took me until 10.30 to finish them due to being busy at work
S: none see above
L: off to get a sarnie, maybe tuna & sweetcorn
S: crisps
pasta (bu$$er all else in the cupboards - roll on payday!)
Humm that's a lot of carbs!

no fruit left in the house so eating is going to be left overs and odd things until I get paid and get to the shops (friday)

WI tomorrow have a feeling I've STS but hoping for a loss as I've still got 2lbs of the 7 in May challenge to go.

May2013

Hi All

Just a quick update ..thanks very for the advice you've given me so far. I will shake things up a little from next week but unfortunately the fridge is rammed with lettuce, cucumber etc etc so will have to stick with the salads for a day or two yet

Today
B - none (had to leave for work too early)
S - apple
L - Peppered mackerel, couscous and salad
S - plum
D - yet more salad (yawn!!) with grilled chicken breast

Tomorrow
I've got to set off at 6.30am so won't have time (or want) to eat breakfast before I go....planning to have fruit mid morning to keep me going. It'll be a working lunch in a hotel (pre booked buffet for the meeting), I'm not sure how easy it will be to request a 'lite' option but I'll have a go and see what turns up.

Thanks again everyone for your suggestions.

sparrer

A very warm welcome to the newbies :wave:

Had no structure to my eating today, I overslept and that made my whole morning routine topsy turvey.

Brunch - Low fat sausage (completely tasteless, come back Cumberland bangers) mushrooms, tomato, onion on a slice of WW Danish toast.

Snax - Cherry chocolate Muller, not had it before and was very, very yummy . Apple, banana, plum, 2 satsumas

Supper - F&F, Muller

S