Wedding Diet Thread....

ellay864

Thanks WhiteSapphire...any food in time of illness never counts as bad
I also agree with your earlier post about the way we think of food as bad - then you eat one, get depressed as you've 'fallen off the wagon' and promptly decide that the diet might as well be over and then go binge...I've done that so many times in the past.
I now kind of follow the Paul McKenna thing loosely - it doesn't matter what you eat, but you only eat when you're hungry. It's cutting out my snacks that's made the difference for me. I was losing weight the week before the bug thing hit and yet I still enjoyed evening meals that many diets would say are wrong - steak&kidney pudding and chips, pasta bake in a creamy sauce with garlic bread too. But if I felt full before the end I left a bit, and I didn't have a pudding - previously I always had a pudding just because that's what I always did.
It does require willpower too but it means I never feel totally deprived, and if I do have the odd snack I don't beat myself up over it.
One thing I also do that does work for me is I buy what I call 'incentive chocs'. I've got a box of mint chocolates which for me is the best treat in the world. I allow myself one each evening if I've not done any other raiding of the goodies in the house. My 16yr old always has a bag of fun-size bars in the fridge and I would usualy come home and have a couple of them, and dip in them in the evening. Now they're off limits if I want to have one of my nice mints.
We all need a bit of a treat and it doesn't mean we're sinning!

hp3

Hi everyone,

I am new to all these forums so I am making my way through them slowly. I am getting married in 2013. I know it's ages away. But I need to start thinking about keeping in shape. I have always been able to eat lots of everything I like and never put any weight on (been 8st) all my life but recently it's started to catch up with me.I got weighed at the Drs and had out half a stone on very quickly. I am wondering if it is worth joining a slimming class? I love chocolate and cannot remember a day when I didnt have a bar! Yes that's my downfall. I joined a gym for a year and did about 3-5 fitness classes a week but found that just made me out more weight on? and the prices went up so I cancelled my membership. I try to go walking as often as I can so I think i'm generally fit enough its my food intake. I hate feeling hungry and snack all through the day. I try to eat as healthly as I can but there are days when all I want are cakes, pizza, curry and lots of bread. Has anyone got any tips on the best slimming classes to go to or any other ways of keeping the weight off?

Rups32

Hi Hp3

Welcome here. Thought id quickly check the feed whilst in Scotland. Got here yesterday Codemonkey and ran a 5k charity in which I was so bad that i wanted to todie. Sob sob.

Just had a mcdonalds as was starving. Grrrr. I hope to be good for the rest of the week. Fingerscrossed.

Hp3 I TOTALLY AGREE about going to the gym and being hungry.grrr. I was told to have a protein shake once in a while to feel full. Annoying. Imgoing to finish reading Pauls book too and follow that.

I hope i reallydontput on weight this week. Well done to all for their losses. Tuing on my phone is soooo slow so im going to go.lol. X

codemonkey

hp3 - you will gain weight when using the gym - lean muscle weighs more than fat. Hence, those giant weightlifiters have really high BMIs but really low body fat.

Rups - you ran a 5k. Pat yourself on the back.

slowlyfading

So, another day where I could have been better

brunch - bread sticks and hummous
late lunch (3pm) - roast pork with cabbage, small yorkie, carrots, peas and roasted parsnips. Left the roast pots though, banoffee cheesecake (sooooo good).

Tomorrow will be better, promise...

codemonkey

slowlyfading wrote: »

So, another day where I could have been better

brunch - bread sticks and hummous
late lunch (3pm) - roast pork with cabbage, small yorkie, carrots, peas and roasted parsnips. Left the roast pots though, banoffee cheesecake (sooooo good).

Tomorrow will be better, promise...

Doesn't seem too bad to me. Although I did read that and wonder why you were having a yorkie chocolate bar with your roast dinner :rotfl:

slowlyfading

codemonkey wrote: »

Doesn't seem too bad to me. Although I did read that and wonder why you were having a yorkie chocolate bar with your roast dinner :rotfl:

That would have been interesting :rotfl::rotfl:

ellay864

Just shows a woman's mind is on automatic divert to chocolate
I weighed in this morning and have lost 2lbs this week. But today I've been out to the zoo...indulged in their chocolate cake at lunchtime, then just been to a Beefeater for meal...half roast chicken with TWO yorkies (batter not choc!) and a rich chocolate cheesecake

codemonkey

Shall we all just write it off and start again tomorrow.

Technically I am allowed snacks and sweets today but I don't think the diet guy meant eat a whole pack of jaffa cakes. Why do I even buy them?:rotfl:

Totally craving salty snacks today though.

ellay864

codemonkey wrote: »

Shall we all just write it off and start again tomorrow.

Technically I am allowed snacks and sweets today but I don't think the diet guy meant eat a whole pack of jaffa cakes. Why do I even buy them?:rotfl:

Totally craving salty snacks today though.

I find it scary how much you think like me :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: