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Lois_Lane

katiepoppycat wrote: »

de!amo is the public holiday for st george's day? ho cool is that?

St George's Day is a public holiday in parts of Spain too - other countries celebrate it more than we do!

LL:)

vixarooni

Brighton_belle wrote: »

Vixarooni - forgot to say: now I have met the delightful granny, she is definitely is a !!!!!! you know:D

1. Where was my invite!!!
2. When did this happen?
3. Where was my invite?
4. Granny is like a stick of brighton rock, with !!!!!! written in the middle.

My diet is going fantastically well. Im going to start next week, trying to move out and diet isnt the best of ideas!

Lois_Lane

Missy™ wrote: »

I should add that it's a guide only and everyone's different. For example my maintain cals come out at over 2000/day because of my activity level, but I've never been able to consume that much without gaining weight .

I have this problem too - if I eat the number of calories advised for me to lose weight, I stay the same. I only lose weight if I reduce the advisory figure by another 200 calories. Do you have any theories as to why this is the case for you?

LL

Missy™

Glad it's not just me Lois! I'm thinking that towards the end of my weight loss and when I first started maintaining, I probably didn't do myself any favours by keeping my intake so low (circa 1200/day) for several months. I'm now nervous about dropping my calorie intake too much whenever I have a couple of kg to lose (such as now), because I tend to think it messes me up longer term. What about yourself?

katmad99

Eric_Pisch wrote: »

dont starve yourself, you will just break your will power and give in ..

its important to kick the addictive foods and focus your will power on not eating them for a week or two, after that time the addictive cycle will be broken and life will become very much easier, high fat foods, refined sugary foods, chocolate, cheese and if you can caffeine.

yeah I have given up choc a few times for a month at a time and it is true that by giving it up for a couple of weeks you no longer crave it.

thanks for the tips

Brighton_belle

vixarooni wrote: »

1. Where was my invite!!!
2. When did this happen?
3. Where was my invite?
4. Granny is like a stick of brighton rock, with !!!!!! written in the middle.

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Keep up vix:D - we posted last week we would be meeting as granny is on hols in sussex this week. She and Mr Granny spent the day in Brighton on Wednesday so Granny and I met for afternoon tea while he went off looking at architecture and stuff.
We did toast you with our vast vats of tea though.

Are you cooking for yourselves still at Matt's parents?

katmad99

thanks for the kind words everyone, sorry i had a hissy fit

the 6 meals a day sounds interesting - will check out the link, thanks missy. I sit at a desk all day so i only burn about 1700 a day so need to cut cals down quite far, but 6 x 200 shoud be fine

katmad99

how does this look as a 6 meal plan? my biggest meal will have to be dinner. it comes to 1300 (i only burn 1700 on an average day) but I also burn at least 100 walking to and from work

9.30AM - granola bar and cup tea = 230 cals11.30AM -nuts / seeds = 200 cals1.30PM - pitta, salad, tzatziki = 230 cals4PM - fruit or crisps = 100 cals6.30PM - stir fry / healthy dinner = 440 cals8PM - yogurt and peppermint tea = 100 cals

Eric_Pisch

katmad99 wrote: »

yeah I have given up choc a few times for a month at a time and it is true that by giving it up for a couple of weeks you no longer crave it.

thanks for the tips

that's brilliant as it confirms my theory

there's a huge amount of research going into lower carb diets at the moment and it certainly does seam to be better to eat good amounts of healthy oils and fats but nobody seams to be looking at my theory on how important the whole addictive food cycle is on breaking dieters morale and the role it plays in Yo-Yo dieting.

Eric_Pisch

katmad99 wrote: »

how does this look as a 6 meal plan? my biggest meal will have to be dinner. it comes to 1300 (i only burn 1700 on an average day) but I also burn at least 100 walking to and from work

9.30AM - granola bar and cup tea = 230 cals11.30AM -nuts / seeds = 200 cals1.30PM - pitta, salad, tzatziki = 230 cals4PM - fruit or crisps = 100 cals6.30PM - stir fry / healthy dinner = 440 cals8PM - yogurt and peppermint tea = 100 cals

give it ago and see how it works for you

the "science" behind eating small but often is two fold, it goes back to our evolution when we where basically just like gorillas and we would graze constantly for 12-14 hours a day but also by eating regularly you are keeping your metabolism running flat out which helps to stop it shutting down and it also helps to stop hunger.

each meal does not have to be the same size or calorific value, in fact its good to change things about to stop your body getting into a pattern

mine typically works like this

7.00am carb load on 2 nana and 2 apples
7.45 cardio / strength training
9.30 protein supplement to help repair damaged muscles, and who wants to eat protein at this time of the morning
12.30 lunch about 500 cals, contains protein
4.00 fruit (often raisins as there a super antioxident)
7.30 dinner (i get home late) about 800-900 cals

i then have a "floating" snack of 100 cals if at any time i feel hungry, some days i do some days i dont

I have a large meal at night as I can not sleep if I am hungry

I have also found out that food eaten late at night does not always get turned into fat, we store glycogen (like a battery) in our liver and muscles, 2000 cals on avg for spare fuel (I assume this figure changes depending on how big / small you are and how much muscle you have). Whilst I have been on a lower carb diet I have not been filling this store up (so i am assuming theres no spare energy to be turned into fat) which is why when I do cardio (heavy energy use) i have been going into ketosis.