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

Boodle

mummy2mygirls wrote: »

Thanks all for the welcome
There is always so many different advice on how many calories when breastfeeding - my plan is just to eat when hungry but cut out all the biscuits and cakes and just go for healthier options when I can.

That sounds the most sensible idea. I once read a very sensible something that said opting for a cheese sandwich if feeling ravenous was better than trying to soldier through it and end up eating a load of rubbish or else become ill x Try eating little and often like a couple of almonds or an apple every hour or so maybe.

mummy2mygirls wrote: »

What kind of LF soups do you all like? Ive never made soup before Just any veg you have in??

I just throw whatever veg I have in a pan with water and yeast extract/veg stock. Sometimes I add tomato puree, or a tin of tomatoes, or lentils. Just simmer until it's cooked then leave chunky or blitz with a blender until smooth.

B: 1 slice of 50/50 toasted with scraping olive oil spread. Tea with oat milk.
L: 1 slice 'beef', 1 yorkshire pud, cabbage, broccoli, carrots and gravy. Water to drink.
T: Half a slice of 50/50 with about 1 tbsp hummus. Slice of hm tea loaf (fat-free as no egg as well as marg/oil).
I now have a glass of red wine, and will likely have some carrot sticks, olives and poss some hummus to dunk the carrot into.
I feel I have had too much carb today; will cut back on that tomorrow.

dom300186

right i wanna join this thread from dec i weighed 210lbs now i weigh about 183lbs so a total loss of 27 lbs =neary 2 stone.
but just this last month ive been eating crap again, cooking from scratch scratch i call it did me the world of good and now im going to be back on it and eating fruit again and going out for 30-60 mins a day with the dog i was doing a 60 min brisk walk with the dog and felt so good, but then i got a cold and my body could not shift it and i caught pneumonia and was told to rest and that it could take me about 2 months to recover.
so here i am, im back to get my !!! into gear!!

katkin

I'd like to join back up too. Bit of a return as I lost all the weight a few years back there, with the help of this thread - to put it all back on again! Grrr :mad:

Portion control appears to be my issue. I love to cook old-style, but unfortunately eat too much of it...I'm forever hungry and looking for my next meal.

This thread is an inspiration and I've been lurking a while now so time to get on with things and join in.

Trying my best to get more exercise in - I do not enjoy gyms or organised exercise but I'm a happy walker, gardener and home-cleaning frantic mopper / hooverer Today I managed a 17 mile charity hike, so no excuses to slack off.

B: 2 eggs scrambled with 2 slices of ww granary
L: tuna salad sandwich, peach and cherries
salmon baked with roast veggies
S: using up lo-cal apple slice and an apple.

Another big weakness of mine is red wine - tonight I celebrated my walking success with a G & low cal tonic

Gosh it feels good to be back and on the right road.

sparrer

Hi everyone, back from my cruise and have to admit I succumbed. Badly . Started every day with a delicious mixture of fresh fruits but after that it was downhill all the way to bed time :eek:. But how to resist when it was all so good?! Will weigh in on Thursday as usual, gives me a few days to get back to some sort of normal eating routine

Sunday -
B 1/2 grapefruit, handful grapes
L grilled pork loin chop, satsuma
T 2 slices white bread (all that was in the freezer) one side with lf spread, t'other with 1/2 square lf cream cheese, sliced tomato, cucumber, lettuce
Snax grapes, apple, banana

Good to be back, and to hear how everyone's doing

sparrer

TravellingAbuela

Welcome back sparrer, glad you had a good cruise.

I am awaiting the arrival of my 3 GD's around 6.40 whilst my DD goes to work. She will pick them back up again about 4.00 pm and then we are off on our travels again till Thursday evening - back in time for looking after them again on Friday! So I have my healthy eating supplies to pack some time - alongside DH unhealthy supplies! I was quite good last week when we were at the caravan so, hopefully, this week I can be too! But we do like to eat out at least once when we are there.

Meanwhile todays menu:

B - Porridge with raspberries
L - HM soup with Nimble sandwich & salad. WW berry fromage frais.
D - (to take with me!) Smoked haddock, salad and new potatoes. SF jelly, meringue nest, raspberries & dollop WW LF creme fraiche
S - fruit and cheese curls

Have a good week everyone, shall report back Friday!

ragz_2

Miss_Penny_Pincher wrote: »

breastfeeding burns around 600 calories a day

https://www.breastfeeding.com/all_about/all_about_lose_weight.html

Yes, but we lay down fat stores while pregnant to supply a lot of those calories
Anyway, there are so many different guidelines like you all say it's best to just be sensible about it. I think really we all KNOW when we are eating too much, if we're honest with ourselves.

Mummy2mygirls I mostly make tomato and lentil soup as the lentils have protein in so make a more satisfying meal. Google for recipes, you'll get tons. Basically you can throw most veg in a pan with stock, cook it and blitz it and you'll get soup but learning what seasonings and herbs to add can make the difference between a boring 'diet' tasting soup and a really delicious one!

Sparrer Welcome back, don't stress abvout the cruise food, I woul dhave eaten everything if it was free/all inclusive! You're back now and can put it behind you. Do some extra exercise to make up

Welcome new posters :wave: Do try to read back as much as possible, there's some great tips and info on here

I went for a 25 minute run last night, covered 2.3 miles. Then went to the kebab shop, I must have looked really silly in there in my running kit! DH chose a kebab as his Fathers' day treat, the biggest one they do (he only ever manages half at a time so he's having the rest for dinner tonight ). I had a small chicken one, which is probably one of the healthiest takeaways, I was surprised when I was doing WW that it was only about 6 points. But thinking about it, grilled chicken, loads of salad and one pitta isn't too bad, only the mayo that's naughty so I only had a little bit. I love kebab shop salad as it's really filling.

TravellingAbuela

Mummy2my2girls - I have recently put a couple of my favourite slimmers soup recipes at the end of the long running "Soup making" thread. To save typing them out again here is the link! They are at the end of the last page. https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/44262644#Comment_44262644

Beki

Hi all, do you mind if i join you? I've got a few stone to shift and thought i'd do it the old style way seeing as it's my fave board

Today's meals -

Breakfast - banana and a cup of coffee
Snack - 3x segments terry's choc orange
Lunch - home made chicken, veg and lentil soup
Snack - low fat yogurt
Dinner - a big jacket potato filled with turkey breast/fat free natural yogurt
Snacks - (evening - can't go to bed on an empty stomach unfortunately ) 2x slices ww toast with marmite and 30g grated cheese on top

lovetopaint

Hello newbies and returners

Thanks Miss Penny Pincher for your encouragement, I needed it! Back on track today.

Today:
B: val museli, 2 dried prunes (stop laughing), sk.milk.
S: nat yog, pear.
L: half tin mackerel, 2 slices wh.gran. bread, spring onion.
S: carrot sticks.
veg omlette, new pots (200g?), salad, few kidney beans, balsamic vinegar.

Exercise: 30 mins workout on wi, lots of housework.

Have a good day everyone

vixtress

morning all

welcome to the newbies, nice to see we are busy again :wave:

well the birthday weekend is well and truly over back to work this morning, managed to resist jumping on the scales this am but i suspect they would read a few lbs higher than they did on friday morning

did have meals out and cooked for me on friday and saturday and takeaway last night but i did better than i could have done, didnt eat huge amounts between meals and went fairly easily on the booze so the aim this week would be to sts.

plan for today is:

1/1 a buttered crumpet (swiped off kids plate ) 2 x wm toast with cheese spread

apple

quinoa with LF feta and peppers/celery/toms/cucumber

not sure about dinner, need to do a bit of shopping after work

hope youre having a good day

vix