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vixarooni

Eric_Pisch wrote: »

you have my condolences

pfft, its a fab film, if only to look at colin firth.

I've had a good weekend, went to a firework display, didnt have dinner and had two glasses of wine, and then spent all evening wondering why i felt like i had drunk half a bottle! Duh!!!!

Its hard to keep this food diary going, but its really good to see what crap i eat on a daily basis. I just dont think i can change it!!!!!! Im proper missing the gym i want another day off please!

beanielou

Vix~Hope all goes well on Tuesday.

sarymclary

Romylou - it sounds like you've had a great holiday. You can undo any harm once you're home, and recovered from the travelling. When I visited the States/Canada for 3 weeks, many moons ago, we stuffed ourselves silly, but walked loads, and came back not having gained a lb. My sister and I were stunned.

Vix - good luck on Tuesday.

Fellpony - I know exactly how you're feeling. I feel I've floundered and bumbled along this whole year. That's partly why I've finally decided to enrol with SW and follow a plan properly. I've discovered that with calorie counting I'm leaving myself too hungry, too often. If I have to choose between a 100 cals on a piece of bread, or 100 cals on a piece of fruit, I'll usually have the bread. It just doesn't help me to then lose weight. I could keep within a calorie allowance each day, but not eat enough fruit & veg, and it could be almost all carbs. At least with this new plan I have to eat lots of fruit & veg at every mealtime. To keep the weight off, I have to change my way of eating, much as Eric was saying earlier. WW new plan propoints looks very similar to the SW principle, altho' they're not abandoning their ordinary points system either. You have so much else on your plate at the moment too, so I think it's admirable that you're determined to keep tackling your weight at the same time.

So, Day 4 hasn't gone too badly. Tomorrow evening I will have properly enrolled, so I will have the advantage of having the books to refer to, and had a bit of more coaching as to the principles. I do feel a bit blind a the moment.... all will be revealed.

Food today:
B - porridge (made with water & sweetener), muller & banana
L - eggs, bacon, mushrooms & beans
D - bolognese wholewheat pasta bake + salad

I've not felt the need to have any snacks, and been more than satisfied by my meals. I'm still getting used to being able to eat the amount of food, and doing so in a sensible way.

margaretclare

Hello all, I haven't posted on this thread for a while because I was stuck at the same weight for sooooo long, either that or I was bouncing about up a bit, down a bit, on and on for ages. I hurt my wrist so stopped going to the gym, have carried on with the swimming lessons twice a week and am slowly making progress. Anyway, I started again seriously at the end of October, and since then have lost 1.3 kg. I also got some new scales, and am delighted that they're more accurate than the others, although the others cost an awful lot more. There was a little switch in front that you kicked to start it, and Someone in this house kicked it too hard so it all came apart. I went to Argos and got a WeightWatchers set of digital scales, and they weigh to 100g increments rather than 200g which the other ones did.

So, as of this morning I weigh 73.7 kg and that is the lowest I've been for many a long year. 11 stone 8 pounds and a bit. I'd like to get below 11 stones by the end of the year.

I'll let you know what the result is on Wednesday.

Best wishes to all

Margaret

de1amo

i am about 11-5 and would like to get to 11stone in the near future so it might as well be by the new year--i keep bunking off the gym for varying excuses--this week it is because i have a heavy cold--the climate i live in goes from warm one day to cold the next--21 down to 10 degrees and since i lost my weight i feel more susceptable to the cold days.-i also ride a motorbike which doesnt help matters!!--i need kicking up the bottom!!!

bettyB_2

Fellpony wrote: »

If only it was only the toffee we needed to avoid, my particular sin is roast chestnuts mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm yummy!!

Yeah! these are the best thing about xmas shopping!!!

Welcome back margaretclare and welcome to the newbies

I am v proud of myself today - cycled to the gym, did a big swim and cycled back before 10am!!:eek:

Feeling good. Going to be another year older in less than 9 weeks and really want to get below the 10 stone mark before xmas!! that would mean losing about 1 lb a week, which is do-able so long as i stick to the exercise!!

Want_to_be_free I get the same carb craving as you do after exercising, so i make sure i have soemthing before and after - so this morning i had 2 ryvita with laughing cow before heading off and then when i got back i made a big bowl of porridge and drank a pint of water. Takes a while to get through then when you're done you dont feel hungry any more!

As for giving blood, i keept thinking about it then end up getting yet another piercing and have to wait another 6 months!

Oh and both bridget jones film are fab! colin firth + hugh grant =

Brighton_belle

bettyB wrote: »

Oh and both bridget jones film are fab! colin firth + hugh grant =

Colin Firth is one of the very few actors I could swoon at:D. Not bothereed about Hugh Grant, but when they have that punch up. MMMMMMMmmmmmm:D

Margaret - good to hear from you and another great loss: you are an example of patence and perseverance and not giving up with slow slow weight loss. I'm only 4lbs behind you now: I seem to be shifting a bit at the mo, though it does go up and down and seems to be gradually down presently.
I am now regularly seeing the scales show me below the 12 st mark though and now 11st something:j. The best bit is that all my clothes are getting looser which I need as all my skin is red raw at the mo.

Sary - loving your re-oomphed SW approach. I do agree that planning ahead is the key, so you always have the right sort of meal and snacks available. SW is fantastic I think, but you can't go off piste too much because then the whole science of it breaks down and the calories then count really.
I do think eating socially is the downfall for many of us: it is a natural hunman thing to share a meal socially, or even ,as I find, to enjoy sharinga treat with your OH. So I totally get Betty why you get side tracked by take aways, or meals with friends. Well done on your exercise endeavors!

Oh and Sary - standing ovation to your DS:T. I hope he enjoys the challenge of finding new ways to eat. I think it could suit him well, as you can eat so much an at his age, he will be wanting to eat loads.

Big Welcome to all our newbies: please post often for maximum support and focus

Eric_Pisch

victory wrote: »

Sometimes eric sometimes you talk %^^*&(*()&*()&%R^$£"!$^%^*&*((^&%^$%%:D

ok so there GI 87 rather than 100 for glucose, but there still supper high and should be avoided if you are trying to control carb cravings

http://www.the-gi-diet.org/lowgifoods/

cant find the article on why it should be 4 veg to 1 fruit, i will keep looking

puddings_2

isnt colin firth the bloke thats in love actually who goes to france to write a book?

if it is then he's the lucky beggar that got a snog with lucia moniz. doh!

retiredlady

Couldn't get to club this morning for weigh in due to hospital appt so will just go for a STS this week please. Had to go for a CT scan - doesn't that stuff they give you to drink taste vile?:( I also feel like a pin cushion after all the attempts they made to find a vein to stick the canula (sp?) in:(

Oh well its all over now! Hopefully will have a doubly good loss next week!

Marion