Lose Weight 32

efrieze

Its a 3lbs loss for me this week which means I am finally below where I was before Chirstmas when I went "off-piste" (ie ate like a mad person). Also back over the 4 stone loss which is good.

sarymclary

Good luck Puds and Sweetcheeks. I like the fact you're incorporating lunches out in to these walks, that really appeals to me! Mmmmm warm chicken & bacon salad *drools* by absolute favourite.

Welcome Izames & Countrymusicfan.

Re. having unhealthy snacks & biscuits in the house when you're trying to eat healthily, I have 4 children and a very slim & healthy OH living with me. Given half a chance the children would love to live on a diet of pizza, cheese melts, chocolate, crisps, biscuits, cake and fizzy drinks (preferably caffeine packed energy drinks for the teenagers). Unfortunately, I am rather proud of the fact that I produced 4 healthy children, and intend to keep them that way.

Pizza is a rare treat, and the last one we had I made myself from scratch with a wholemeal base, and low fat cheese, plus lots of veggies hidden amongst it, which they loved. I rarely buy crisps, in fact 2 bags are still left from Christmas. I rarely, if ever buy biscuits. The family's only real indulgence they get are some of my homemade cakes, which are full of wholesome ingredients, and even then they are only allowed one every now and again. The house is always full of healthy foods for them to eat, so they've no excuse to be hungry, but I hope that they are learning healthy eating habits for life. I know that when the older children are out with their friends, they do spend money on rubbish foods like bags of donuts, and chocolate, but it's not every day, and I hope they're seeing those as treats.

I see it that as the main carer of my family, I have full responsibility for what they eat, and I see far too many obese young people about now, that the job is even harder, and I don't want my children to be like me, in their 40's still trying to drop a couple of stone. My parents didn't eat that healthily, particularly my mother, and I know that was reflected in me becoming overweight from a young age. I intend to do better.

Sorry for the ramble.... :rotfl:

Anyway, well done to the losers this week. Some great results coming in.

I'm aching a bit today from my gym workout yesterday. I am determined to tackle those bingo wings! Day off today, then back in tomorrow.

I am still working on developing my (hopefully) new home business venture, which isn't entirely weightloss friendly, but being surrounded by food makes you far less likely to eat it, I find. It's taking up a lot of my time doing research, designing, and then the practical side. I got insanely excited yesterday when my new mixer arrived.... I can recall a time when it took more than that to get me excited, like diamonds or a new car! Oooh I've changed.:rotfl:

I'll be off out later to stock up on some more fruit and yogurts, as they seems to disappear so fast in this house at the moment. I have a real craving for nectarines at the moment, which is no bad thing I guess.

We had a taster evening at SW last night, and I took in some of my 'dyno-rod' soup, which they all agreed tasted lovely. I've got a large vat of it in the fridge, and have really been enjoying it for lunches this week.

I remembered to get on the scales this morning (in case I don't remember tomorrow), and was pleased to see I've broken through the stoneage barrier at last! So I'll report my loss now for fred, can you put me down for a -3.5lb loss this week please.

Have a good Tuesday gang.

margaretclare

72.3 kg today, 11 st 5.4 lbs. That means, getting back to where I was a few weeks ago at the end of January, before shingles, before all the inflammation, fluid retention and constipation from taking painkillers.

I'm very pleased! Put me down for the England side, please.

margaretclare

Izames - where did you get the word 'swithering'? Lovely word. It sounds Anglo-Saxon - is it?

I agree that anything taken as part of a lunch-box on a regular basis cannot be considered a 'treat'. You ask 'why should others be denied a treat?' Answer: because it's no good for them any more than good for you. It's not food. They don't need it. There is too much of this nowadays, and we are all seduced by TV advertising (or that's what they try to do!) Real food has been replaced by a constant flow of 'treats', mis-called in my opinion. As Eric says, we have evolved over millennia to eat real food, not be hysterical about fat as part of our food. If you take all fat out of food then you have to replace it with something else to make it tasty and tempting. Sugar, anyone???

beanielou

Great loss sary

somethingsgottogive

Morning all

Good luck Puds! Today's walk does sound like a killer :eek: Is there no way you could do it the other way around? 5 miles AFTER a meal would do me in but you're evidently much fitter than I am! I don't know if I'm going to get out today after all, my plans may be scuppered by a poorly 5 year old. She has a bit of an ear infection in one ear, heavy wax build up in the other and told me this morning that her tummy hurt and she felt sick - she is, of course, now running round like a loon with her little sister and seems fine, but I don't know if cold weather would make her ears worse..? *sigh* It'll be after half term anyway

Having treats in the house - I have to say I agree with the many others who say it's not a treat if it's something you have on a daily basis, so in those cases it's probably not going to do other family members much harm taking away the salt and sugar laden goodies for a while - and teach them about healthier options too!
Up until my eldest was about 3 she'd never had a whole packet of sweets, any fizzy drinks, crisps etc and didn't even know what a Macdonald's was - I was totally paranoid about passing on my eating habits to her. For the last couple of years I've loosened up a bit and we'll get a little packet of Haribo or Quavers once a week or so, if she's been good at school, and when she's at grandmas I don't panic when the cake tin comes out and she wolfs down three But it is not an everyday thing at all, and we don't keep things like that in the house because it would then become a regular part of their diets. I'm really proud that both my girls really like fruit and vegetables, and expect a midmorning snack to be a banana or a yoghurt or something and not crisps Oh, don't get me wrong though, the youngest isn't old enough to bother yet, but when my eldest is having a stroppy day and we don't give into her demands for sweets and chocolate she will have a melt down in the shop!

Diet pills - a couple of years ago, when I was stressing about my wedding dress not fitting I popped into the pharmacy to ask about Alli. The woman in there told me all about the effects and that it was hideously expensive, but if I was serious about it to see my GP about the NHS alternative. Gp said I was an acceptable candidate and gave me a prescription for the stronger Orlistat. I ended up putting on weight because, well, I cheated, and 'forgot' to take it for a couple of days if we were going out for a takeaway etc... plus, it gave me horrendous headaches. Not fun I've still got about two months worth in the cupboard!

SGTG x

izames

Brighton_belle wrote: »

But if they are having them every day, as an expected part of lunch and snacks, then they are not 'treats' are they - they have become 'essentials'? (Sorry, not having a go, just extending an interesting topic).
When I was growing up, a small packet of crisp was a rare treat - a few times a year, or at a kid's birthday party. Now, many kids seems to automatically have them as an essential to packed lunch and yet they are laden with fat & salt and fairly addictive.

You're right, I agree - these things were treats when I was younger and not part of everyday life. When my son was at school I would mak him packed lunches with a protein filled wrap, and a tub of fruit and plain yoghurt with a small blob of honey, and 'treats' were not a daily occurrence. I need to be as strict (or caring) with myself

margaretclare wrote: »

Izames - where did you get the word 'swithering'? Lovely word. It sounds Anglo-Saxon - is it?

I think I got it from where I live now, in the NE of Scotland. I've lived up here for 26 years, and have picked up all sorts of lovely dialect lol

margaretclare wrote: »

I agree that anything taken as part of a lunch-box on a regular basis cannot be considered a 'treat'. You ask 'why should others be denied a treat?' Answer: because it's no good for them any more than good for you. It's not food. They don't need it. There is too much of this nowadays, and we are all seduced by TV advertising (or that's what they try to do!) Real food has been replaced by a constant flow of 'treats', mis-called in my opinion. As Eric says, we have evolved over millennia to eat real food, not be hysterical about fat as part of our food. If you take all fat out of food then you have to replace it with something else to make it tasty and tempting. Sugar, anyone???

Again, I have to agree - I just have to be reminded of these things! My problem is that I know the theory, but I'm not very good at implementing it! I know we should be eating real food, fat is not the enemy - sugar causes most of the problems we now experience. Think I'm going to have to broach the subject with my bf, hopefully he will agree and it'll make my weight loss journey a bit easier and him a bit healthier

bettyB_2

Just made the decision to stop doing SW for a while.
I'm getting frustrated with the plan, and i've been thinking a lot about my lifestyle and i've decided to focus more on exercise and healthy eating in general...
I need to make big lifestyle changes and i need them to be of my own making.
SW is fine but I am struggling to incorporate it into my life and ultimately that'll be my downfall - this needs to be for life not just for the duration of a 'diet'

lolly101

Hi Everyone!

Congratulations on all of the losses this week!

somethingsgottogive wrote: »

I don't know if I'm going to get out today after all, my plans may be scuppered by a poorly 5 year old. She has a bit of an ear infection in one ear, heavy wax build up in the other and told me this morning that her tummy hurt and she felt sick - she is, of course, now running round like a loon with her little sister and seems fine, but I don't know if cold weather would make her ears worse..? *sigh* It'll be after half term anyway

That sounds just like my 6 year old! He has exactly the same problem - wax in one ear and an infection in the other. The cold weather definitely doesn't help, he gets infections a lot more in winter, they also seem to be harder to shake off.
He tells me he has tummy ache every morning to try and get a day off, I don't believe him any more so he tried telling me he had diarrhea this morning (an instant two days off school!) - I almost believed him until I realised that he hadn't even got out of bed yet, never mind been to the loo!!!



Well, I have definitely fallen off the diet wagon. I went out on saturday and drank way too many cocktails, followed by half a 9" pizza (I ate the other half for breakfast ther next day!). To top it all off, we had a takeaway sun evening.
I weighed myself yesterday morning and I had put on 4lbs!!! That was the morning after the takeaway though so I'm hoping that my weight will have settled down a little by weigh in tomorrow.

I'm not really following any diet at the moment and have completely lost my motivation. I've not been feeling that positive about dieting for nearly a week now, probably as I've been hovering around the same weight (well, until I put on 4lbs, lol) for over two weeks.

I've got a few BL episodes stored on my sky box so may try get my bike and power plate out tonight and watch them while I'm doing it - as seeing their efforts always makes me realise that I can/should do more, and that I will see results... if I put the effort in!

Princess_x

Well done to all losers so far! :T

sarymclary wrote: »

Good luck Puds and Sweetcheeks. I like the fact you're incorporating lunches out in to these walks, that really appeals to me! Mmmmm warm chicken & bacon salad *drools* by absolute favourite.

Welcome Izames & Countrymusicfan.

Re. having unhealthy snacks & biscuits in the house when you're trying to eat healthily, I have 4 children and a very slim & healthy OH living with me. Given half a chance the children would love to live on a diet of pizza, cheese melts, chocolate, crisps, biscuits, cake and fizzy drinks (preferably caffeine packed energy drinks for the teenagers). Unfortunately, I am rather proud of the fact that I produced 4 healthy children, and intend to keep them that way.

Pizza is a rare treat, and the last one we had I made myself from scratch with a wholemeal base, and low fat cheese, plus lots of veggies hidden amongst it, which they loved. I rarely buy crisps, in fact 2 bags are still left from Christmas. I rarely, if ever buy biscuits. The family's only real indulgence they get are some of my homemade cakes, which are full of wholesome ingredients, and even then they are only allowed one every now and again. The house is always full of healthy foods for them to eat, so they've no excuse to be hungry, but I hope that they are learning healthy eating habits for life. I know that when the older children are out with their friends, they do spend money on rubbish foods like bags of donuts, and chocolate, but it's not every day, and I hope they're seeing those as treats.

I see it that as the main carer of my family, I have full responsibility for what they eat, and I see far too many obese young people about now, that the job is even harder, and I don't want my children to be like me, in their 40's still trying to drop a couple of stone. My parents didn't eat that healthily, particularly my mother, and I know that was reflected in me becoming overweight from a young age. I intend to do better.

Wow. I wish my family was like that. I'm currently 19, nearly 20, and I would have loved it if my parents taught us all to be healthy. (At this moment in time, it's the other way round!). I've stopped having crisps, chips, cake, biscuits, white bread, white rice, white pasta, cheese etc. since October now, but the rest of the family do. My eldest brother is living over with his wife for a short period of time, and they've been eating healthier too (though not as much as me lol), but i like that they're trying and the fact that they're not trying because of me, but because they've read up the benefits of being healthy. They're both the opposite of me though, in that they're trying to gain weight lol, but just in a healthy way rather than eating junk all the time. But you know when you're sort of the outsider, like the odd one out, and you see how you used to live like too, and I never realised how unhealthy my family were. Besides me, my parents, and my 11 year old brother are the only overweight ones, my parents both on the obese line, but rest of family are slim. They're always having chips, my mums healthy stuff (like vegetable soups and sauces) are made with lots of oil, it's disgusting. My dad last week did shopping for quorn strips, fish fingers, cods, tuna, but then ruined it by getting loads of chips. :rotfl: The family literally live on crisps and don't see it as a treat at all.

The one bad thing about losing weight in an unhealthy family is that there's always something unhealthy about. The worst thing is the first few days, when there's temptation all around you, and you have to learn to overcome that, and then it just gets easier. Hopefully, i'll have a healthier lifestyle.