Wedding Diet Thread....

myconosray

Stir crazy you sound a lot like me !

citizenkitten

johannalf88
sorry i cant link as i am new but the nhs have a section on calories of alcohol - just goggle calories in alcohol.

i gave up alcohol on august the 20th in 2005 , yes i have the occasional drink here and there but i really dont miss counting the empty calories!

short reference table for others

Drink Units Calories (kcal) Food equivalent White wine (175ml) (11% ABV) 2 130 One small bag of crisps Red wine (175ml) (11% ABV) 2 120 One small slice of sponge cake Lager (pint) (4% ABV) 2 170 One small sausage roll Premium lager (pint) (5% ABV) 3 250 One scotch egg Bitter (pint) (4% ABV) 3 190 One glazed ring doughnut Cider (pint) (5% ABV) 3 200 Beans on toast Cream liqueur (50ml), such as Baileys (17% ABV) 1 160 One chicken drumstick Alcopop (330ml) (5% ABV) 1.5 200 A 50g block of medium cheddar cheese Spirits serving (25ml), such as vodka or gin (37.5% ABV) 1 55 A 25ml serving of single cream

stir - i know what that can be like, emotional is one of the hardest patterns to break because everything you feel is real chemicals. plus most diets get incredibly boring! by feeling bad about falling off the wagon you only emotionally eat more bad things! :mad:

maybe you could post before your about to break and MSE can try and prevent you or give you an idea instead.

it is a good things i am so miserably poor at the moment that i cant afford snacks LOL!

Maybe you should do a different diet every week?

week 1) dukan
2)GI
3)south beach
4) cabbage soup (god help you!)
5) etc

i am sure there are more diets than weeks of the year

i would try and plan the atkins when i know i am due a chocolate binge!:rotfl:

stir_crazy

Thanks citizen, sometimes its nice to get a bit of motivation off of this thread!

citizenkitten

stir

i take any motivation i can get and try and ignore my "fridge clearing binges" days.

no point in taking notice of any demotivator, unless on spending !

last night i cleared 1/2 pack of haribo.... sigh because they were there and i was mindlessly eating them.

note to self ban OH from bringing sweets to bed...

myconosray

Since going back to work I have lost 3 lbs! Yay finally a bit more lost I feel like I can do it again! And I've found my dress; I'm getting ready to order it over the next week or so! How is everyone else getting along?

Thriftygifty

Hello,

Can I join! I need all the help I can get... I've always been tubby and really dont want to be for our wedding but at the same time my motovation level is rubbish but I know if i'm still this size for our wedding I will be dissapointed with myself.

I'm 5ft 6 and mid August I was 13st 13lbs, had abit of trouble with the scales initally but shelled out and bought some fab salter ones from John Lewis after getting different readings all the time from my old ones, Since I started my diet i've lost 7lbs last Tuesday :j which was a massive achievement for me as i'de reached the half a stone mark, i'm aiming to loose half a stone at a time as a target. But this Tuesday weigh in i've put on 1.5lbs had busy weekend, wedding and new baby event, whats worse is I just had chinese which is really bad it wasnt even that nice .

I'm kinda following SW at home as I dont want to pay each week and my work is all over the place so wasnt sure if I would be able to attend every meeting.

Just thought i'de share my story its so difficult.

Our wedding is May next year I would like to be around the 11 stone mark, I havent and nor will I look at dresses until I get to my weight or near it!

Thanks for listening X

myconosray

Welcome thriftygifty!

This is a good place to find motivation and encouragement as we are all in the same boat!

X

Thriftygifty

myconosray wrote: »

Welcome thriftygifty!

This is a good place to find motivation and encouragement as we are all in the same boat!

X

Thank you

CompBunny

Hi all you beautiful ladies

Great thread!

Thought I would start off by sharing something my hubby to be said to me when we saw a cosmetic surgery stand at a wedding fair. It applies to us here though! He said "If the guy has proposed to you, he loves you already just the way you are!" Hopefully something to keep in mind to help take the pressure off you a little, pressure from ourselves to watch weight usually ends in bingeing! Or at least for me it does!!

I don't want or need to lose weight for our wedding, however my goal is to maintain my weight at its current level. My weight has historically fluctuated a lot, between very underweight and a bit overweight. I want to try and "normalise" in time for the wedding. At the moment I'm at a good, healthy weight (although I wouldn't say no to a bit more on my chest!!!) so will drop in here every now and then to stay on track.

Good luck ladies x

jtr2803

Hi All,

I posted once a while ago but couldn't really get involved in the chat as I didn't know anyone but thought I would pop in with a little update.

Last September I weighed in at 198lbs and I am only 5'3", I did really well for a few months and then fell off the wagon last xmas, have still been going Zumba and have recently got myself going again. At the moment I am trialling a reduced carb diet (not low carb like Atkins) and lost a nice chunk last week, taking me down to my lowest weight since Feb 09.

From that starting weight of 198, I want to lose between 30 and 40 lbs, so am a third of the way there

Good luck all, will try and pop in more often!