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

financially_gaga

Hello all...welcome to all the newbies :T

Food today:

B - skinny latte, apple and banana
S - no time!
L - mini veg sushi box + crisps
S - leftovers from twins lunchbox!
D - 2 x quorn chicken burgers and green beans

Exercise - MUST DO SOME today over and above normal 1 hour of walking! :j Weights and stretches for at least 20 minutes. Might put on the JM shred dvd if i can muster the energy!

Hope everyone is happy and healthy :j

slowlyfading

Finally feel like I'm getting back on track...

b - cheerios with skimmed milk - 143.5 cals
s - apple - 60 cals
l - half a pot couscous and roast veg (135), yogurt (108) raspberries (10) - 253 cals
t - quiche (450) with 2 waffles (210), 2 jaffa cakes (84) - 744 cals

64 calories burnt hoovering..

Total intake for today: 1136.5 calories.

Now, just got to hopefully continue...!

fairyclicks

My goodness it has got busy on here since i last checked in!! That was friday i think :mad: I did have a bit of a blip over the weekend as OH bought pizza :eek:

Anyway although i haven't been on here i have been still trying to stick with the healthy options at least. I have even managed to resist the 2 boxes of sweet mince pies the OH bought

Today then my menu looked like this:

B - banana and LF choc milk
L - 2 slices of wheaten bread & mandarin orange
S - 2 go for it fruit biscuits
D - salad mix - cherry toms, little bit of tom pasta, little bit of pot salad, little bit of cheese

Now stuffed and still avoiding the mince pies LOL!

Molly - i was just wondering if you could give yourself a consequence of weighing yourself every day - add an extra 20 mins exercise or something like that when you do it? or something you don't like doing??
Alternatively maybe try and spread the weigh ins out a bit - every other day to start with? then every 3 days etc? worth a try

Will be back again tomorrow have a nice evening all!

ragz_2

Fairyclicks, thanks for the avoiding WI tips, I really am addicted to my morning WI but I'm liking the every other day idea...

mummy2jack

Day 1 for me went well... although I am feeling hungry now so going to go and get in bed shortly to stop me from raiding the cupboards

B - 2 Slices toast with low fat spread

L - Tin soup

D - 1 Pork chop Roast potatoes, cauliflower & Brocolli

Not had any snacks today... Nor have I done any exercise really not had time.

Molly41

Fairyclicks - Many thanks for the ideas re weighing in too frequently. Great minds and all that as Im working on spacing them out to twice a week and so far so good:T

However my scales also have stand up on their side in my very small downstairs toilet. Since reading from Sparrer that they need 15 mins to adjust when put flat, I have been putting them down and then walking away and doing something else for 15 mins. It is a bit like dealing with a craving. You know walk away for 15 minutes and do something else and if it is still there after that time then do it and enjoy it type thing. Anyway I have found that when the time comes to stand on the scales, the craving has gone so i stand them on their side again. And repeat......

Molly41

mummy2jack wrote: »

Day 1 for me went well... although I am feeling hungry now so going to go and get in bed shortly to stop me from raiding the cupboards

B - 2 Slices toast with low fat spread

L - Tin soup

D - 1 Pork chop Roast potatoes, cauliflower & Brocolli

Not had any snacks today... Nor have I done any exercise really not had time.

Well done on your first day:T:T:T However, do you think you are eating enough? It is important to feed yourself enough otherwise you will succumb to cravings or lose weight too quickly and put it back on easily. Small changes, one at a time, will make such a lot of difference x

ragz_2

mummy2jack wrote: »

Day 1 for me went well... although I am feeling hungry now so going to go and get in bed shortly to stop me from raiding the cupboards

B - 2 Slices toast with low fat spread

L - Tin soup

D - 1 Pork chop Roast potatoes, cauliflower & Brocolli

Not had any snacks today... Nor have I done any exercise really not had time.

HI, welcome to the thread. I also think that's not quite enough, you could do with a few healthy snacks like a piece of fruit and maybe some nuts or some kind of protein. Snacks are not evil, they are necessary for most people to keep your blood sugar even rather than huge peaks and dips that mess with your mood and cause cravings.
I've been using https://www.myfitnesspal.com (and their phone app) to give me a calorie target and to keep track, it's working well for me as I can put my dinner in before I've eaten it and see how many calories I have left for snacks!

Weighing - I hid the scales in DDs room last night so I didn't have my morning WI this morning :j huge progress! Now they are out of the room I'll be fine, I was in the habit of weighing first thing, post wee and before clothes so if the scales aren't in there first thing my opportunity has gone! Can't wait til WI Friday now!

Breakfast - coco shreddies and skim milk, cup of tea
Snack - 3 crack'n'snack crackers, 1.5 hob nobs, more tea
Lunch - tinned soup
Snack - Grapes, square of dark chocolate
Dinner - Gammon, new potatoes, carrots and green beans with a little onion sauce (was given a packet mix by MIL)

Rose_Wood

Afternoon All,

I've got a 3 hour shift at work this afternoon so posting whilst I've got a minute to spare.

B: Muesli
L: Cheese and tomato on toast. Apple. 2 pieces of dark chocolate with my coffee.
Chicken in a mushroom and creme sauce with butternut squash mash and green beans. Raspberries with Greek yoghurt.

Exercise: 6 and 1/2 mile walk this morning plus another 1 1/2 miles to work and back so 8 miles in total.

I'm going to sit and knit tonight to keep out of the kitchen and away from the nibbles. I did really well yesterday then spoilt it all by waiting up till midnight for DH to get home from collecting his daughter and family from the airport and succumbing to a large bowl of muesli at about 11pm - normally a time I'm fast asleep!!

Rose

imogen-p

Hi,

I've dithered about posting here for too long (read months), any way this is me. I want to get back to around 9 1/2 stone, I'm currently about 10 stone 3 - I was about 11st 3lb about a year ago. I'm hoping to shift the remaining 10lb or so by the end of the year.

I struggle with the exercise part of because of a combination of lack of time (I work 30 hours a week and have a toddler) and because my knees and hips have seen better days (Which makes me sound a lot older than I am - I'm 32 - but I used to do a lot of hard outdoor work in all weathers and now my knees and hips crunch and pop when I do things like walk up and down stairs or run for the bus.) I've started to do the get off the bus a stop earlier and walk the extra bit though. I'd like to do one of those dance exercise things like Zumba, but I can't find anywhere near me that does it at a price I can afford or at a time I can get to.

Any way for food today

Breakfast: bowl of cereal. (normally have museli type thing, but had run out.)
Snack: piece of carrot cake
Lunch: prawn sandwich (prawns, lo-fat mayo, oaty bread)
Snack: lo-fat yoghurt
Dinner: Spagetti and meatballs with HM tomato and veg sauce.