Wedding Diet Thread....

MrsDrink

I personally lost it following Tesco Diets. I signed up to their 'total wellbeing' plan - which consists of the foods I've been writing as my food plan for the last few days. It is a 'particular' diet I guess but to me it's just meat and two veg - normal foods, lol just less of it and no take aways lol. I still have snacks, I still have chocolates and my full fat yoghurts. But I just have less of them. With the chocolate thing - I find having a higher quality chocolate like Hotel Chocolat satisfies much far better than something like dairy milk. With dairy milk I could eat a whole bar and still not feel satisfied, but I can happily have just one hotel chocolat truffle a night.
As for the exercise - I started off very unfit, but I made the conscious decision I needed to move my butt. I started off on wii fit, doing 30 mins every night. I have since progressed from various exercise DVDs (a variety of Davina ones, Claire from Steps, Clubland ones), swimming (which I find really boring, I'm much better out in the open waters of the sea than I am confined doing laps in a pool), eventually started running. Then I joined a Yoga class, and a Body Balance class. I did join the gym (on a pay as you go basis), but running on a treadmill was no where near as fun as running on the streets. Now I alternate between a cardio and strength training. I do not do anywhere near as much work as some of you guys (and I'll be honest I worry that for the amount of exercise some of you are doing you're not eating enough). My average 'good' week (before the summer hols) consisted of: Monday - running, Tuesday - Yoga, Wednesday - a chapter of a Davina DVD focusing on arm strength, Thursday - Pilates, Friday - running, Saturday - a chapter of a Davina DVD focusing on arm strength. Sunday - day of rest (or some light cardio DVD). For those wanting a home DVD I highly recommend Davinas ones - the great things is you can download chapters from her DVDs on iTunes. So like I have two that focus on arms cause they are my biggest bug bear. I don't do her bums/legs cause the squats kill me lol. So downloading them from iTunes I could get just the ones I'd use rather than buying the whole DVD. Obviously you might find the actual DVD cheaper on ebay etc... but this way they are on my laptop and I won't get scratches on the DVD - lol

How is that for rambling!!!

Hadley1

Well done Rups.

MrsDrink

Rups that resistance is really impressive. I am lucky because I don't work in an office so I don't have 'naughty' food lying under my nose, and I can avoid staff rooms when it's people's birthdays etc. Just keep telling yourself you've managed to resist this far, don't give in and ruin all that hard work and determination

Hadley1

Thanks so much Mrs D.

Thats so helpful. I think its the exercise I am going to have most problems with. Time wise more than anything - drive to work and then site at desk all day. No gym near work and commute is probably about 3 hours per day. A dvd or two might be just the answer!!

I am feeling motivated and ready... but its teh weekend coming up and local beer festival - but I must be good!!:o

MsShopper

Wow, well done you, MrsD! How did you do it? Do you have any great tips? (Sorry, just saw you'd already been asked that!)

I'm trying to do the same, more or less. I have almost nine months to go before we get married and want to lose three stone, or more if I can. I bought my dress two sizes below (eek!), and am about half a size down so far.

Rups32

Thank you Hadley and mrsd. I keep saying that to myself.. even when the slim girls are like 'you want some?' i keep sayig no i am allright. hehe. there is a guy who sits opposite me and he goes to the gym every day!!! he eats chocolate and stuff in moderation but he burns it. he is very fit. lol. i did give him permission to nag me if i make an excuse to go to the gym so he said fine. if i crave it, i will have it but at the mo, i feel i have no need to even if i look at it so i avoid it. its everywhere around me. i thought my old team were bad. now i keep saying to myself i want to wear a bikinon holiday so i have to avoid!!!!! lol

mrsd you do a lot of exercise too and yeah the davina dvd is good. i have lent mine to someone so need it back and have to find time now to do the shred. lol

MrsDrink

MsShopper wrote: »

Do you have any great tips?

I've said it before and I'll no doubt say it again - my biggest tip would be to find a way of eating that suits you and that you can do for the rest of your life.

I haven't cracked it clearly - else I wouldn't be on here complaining about how hard my last run was and be carrying a stone more weight than I'd like to be. But I'm a damn sight closer to it than I was 2.5 years ago!

Rups32

mrs d i totally agree with you. i can not do diets etc so i would rather eat well and if i crave something naughty, then have it in moderation.

MrsDrink

Oh and as for the snacks - I always plan mine - I know that when I get home from work I can have a yoghurt and my scotch pancake (or an english muffin/slice of toast if I haven't got any scotch pancakes left lol), and I know come bedtime I will indulge in a wondeful hotel chocolat choccie. This means when irritating people offer me something like a chocolate covered digestive I can say no - because I know if I was to have that I wouldn't be able to have something nicer later.... if that makes sense? It helps me - cause while a choccie digestive is nice I'd much rather have my planned snacks/treats.

MsShopper

Great ideas, thanks MrsD! I think I'll adopt your snack strategy!