A new 'tougher' thread... and so it continues

lizzyb1812

ragz wrote: »

Fuddle - I just did Aldi, but I got 2 leeks for 79p? I got ripped off! Did buy two bags of the carrots though as I love those little ones in casseroles.
Ignore the ironing part of flylady... I always did. No one sees your washing pile, they do see the floors. You'd be better off scrubbing them or something else you will look at all day!

Really wish I could get more one-on-one time with my kids...

Leeks in Aldi - they pack them by weight so you might get 4 slimmer ones or 2 bigger ones, or one slim one and one humongous one :rotfl:. They are almost always less than half the price of the bigger supermarkets. You do have to watch some of the veg in Aldi for going off a bit quicker than normal but even that is a lot better than it used to be and I don't tend to have problems with it these days - and there's only me to eat a packful.

You would all have had a good laugh at my expense this morning. Pup and I went to a tidal estuary nearby. Had a great time hiking through the mud and sand flats, seagulls crying, a stiff marine breeze, sunny, lovely ...... until pup got so excited he barged into me and knocked me flying. I landed in several inches of sandy mud but at least it cushioned me and no bruises developing now. Gave a lot of pleasure to other walkers as I trudged back to the car :rotfl::rotfl:. Luckily I had wrapped up warm including leggings so stripped off mud soaked trousers in the carpark and spread my coat lining down on the seat to drive home soaked to the knickers. Gave my Aldi walking boots a good trial though - not a speckle on my socks or any trace of water.

Mrs_Chip

Hormones, ability to process the different food groups and metabolic types - so many things that can affect ability to lose weight.

Mum was overweight from as early as I can remember her, but she ate very little and worked like a demon at a very physical job. She could never lose weight, and became diabetic and had high BP and cholesterol. Dr said she was lying about what she ate, but she wasn't, she just could not lose it. She also had bad fibroids, and I'm sure her hormones played a big part in her weight problem. And living with my father would have left her pemanently stressed!

Kimitatsu

greenbee wrote: »

I've also realised that being interested in food helps. I lost my appetite due to anaemia and then iron supplementation, and am now so uninterested in food I can't be bothered to plan and cook properly.
Unfortunately i have a freezer full of food that needs eating, otherwise I'd be happy just with meal replacements. It isn't even particularly nice food, as since I stopped being interested in it, the quality of the cooking has dropped dramatically.

So I think i need to rediscover my love of food and cooking in order to eat properly and have a sensible diet.

For me that was the key to really losing weight! I became interested in what I was eating and how it tasted and realised along the way that if I really enjoyed it I ate less of it (I know that sounds silly ) because it wasnt eating just for the sake of it.

I realised that a lot of the food we buy is rubbish and tasted of nothing, by adding flavour I enjoyed cooking and experimenting and realising where my food came from, so I eat less but better.

Dont live on meal replacements! I have a friend of mine who has liver failure after being on a diet of these - she is less than 30 and is on daily morphine for the pain. With care and good diet she will make a full recovery hopefully in time.

greenbee

Kimitatsu wrote: »

For me that was the key to really losing weight! I became interested in what I was eating and how it tasted and realised along the way that if I really enjoyed it I ate less of it (I know that sounds silly ) because it wasnt eating just for the sake of it.

I realised that a lot of the food we buy is rubbish and tasted of nothing, by adding flavour I enjoyed cooking and experimenting and realising where my food came from, so I eat less but better.

Dont live on meal replacements! I have a friend of mine who has liver failure after being on a diet of these - she is less than 30 and is on daily morphine for the pain. With care and good diet she will make a full recovery hopefully in time.

I don't intend to live on them. I've been given a supplement called Estrobalance to help with my hormone problems, and I can use it to replace one meal a day if I'm not hungry. One of the reasons I'm having the shake rather than tablets is because it includes good quality protein and other nutrients which I wasn't getting due to loss of appetite.

Having started thinking about this, I realised that when my mother was ill, we used to make her very small meals that looked nice on the plate. Maybe I need to put the effort in for myself, and also think about the kind of flavours I enjoy!

It may take a few weeks (and by then the boring stuff should gone from the freezer), but hopefully I'll get back on track soon. I'm also about to start exercising for the first time since May, which should help my appetite too. Fingers crossed I have no more treatment this year, as it really interferes with my exercise regime

katieowl_2

Mrs_Chip wrote: »

Hormones, ability to process the different food groups and metabolic types - so many things that can affect ability to lose weight.

Mum was overweight from as early as I can remember her, but she ate very little and worked like a demon at a very physical job. She could never lose weight, and became diabetic and had high BP and cholesterol. Dr said she was lying about what she ate, but she wasn't, she just could not lose it. She also had bad fibroids, and I'm sure her hormones played a big part in her weight problem. And living with my father would have left her pemanently stressed!

I think that is very true, my Mum has always been adamant that stress makes you fat, and she's been proven true. http://www.marksdailyapple.com/cortisol/#axzz1iKoGF6Yb Other links are available.

Mum always maintained that if you were under stress your body 'saved' calories, because it didn't know the difference, between a 'modern' stress and the sort of 'OMG once we've finished this mammoth there's no food till next summer' thinking of our ancestors.

I'm hopeless at 'dieting', get loads of exercise, eat reasonably healthily anyway, and suffer from bouts of low blood sugar, so find cutting food quite dodgy. Since I gave up eating much wheat (bread especially) about a year ago, I've lost 6k and have tons more energy. I'm not a skinny minnie, but as long as I can get my jeans done up I'm happy. Think carrying a few Lbs as you get older makes you look younger :rotfl:

Kate

westcoastscot

Still raining here - really lowers your spirits, I get soaked everytime I step outside, and I'm back to work tomorrow.
Cannot remember who was expressing concern about having a longer period of time off work due to illness of a loved one - I didn't work for 16 years for this reason, and was very concerned about getting a job again. I now have a job I love, in a totally unrelated field to my previous career - I realised that I had lots of skills gained whilst caring that translate to work - it's all a question of presenting yourself positively. I did re-start at the bottom but soon progressed. Just try and stay positive - regardless of outcome you're doing something invaluable for your family.

WCS

rinabean

Dieting is harmful nonsense, even when dressed up as "lifestyle changes". It does lasting damage to your metabolism. My main resolution this year is to leave it behind me, and focus on health for health's sake. It's not easy, though!

Another resolution is to wear better clothes! You would not think my wardrobe was that of a 22 year old woman. My MIL is a thousand times trendier than I am. It's hard to marry it with being OS though, I mean, these charity shop cardigans and sensible cotton tops have so much more wear in them (and I've had some since I was 12 :eek:)

The last is to stop putting things off. I kept putting off doing weights for months and months, for the stupidest reasons, but I've been at it for 3 weeks now and I have arm muscles!!! :T Makes me happy whenever I look at them. Okay, for most people these would still be firmly (ha) in spaghetti-arm territory, but I have never ever had visible arm muscles before. And to think how much stronger I'd be if I'd not kept saying "tomorrow"! I'm too cautious. I don't want to go to my grave with a list of things to start "next week"! So, starting from right now, I refuse to.

maryb

Hmm, I'm interested in diet and nutrition but I can't say that my own personal experience has borne out the theory that stress makes you fat - I took voluntary redundancy 2 years ago and my life is blissfully stressfree by comparison ( not totally - when you have children you always have something to worry about!!) And I get more exercise. But I have put on a stone and it's all round my middle, the worst possible place.

Changing the subject, I also find Lidl and Aldi veg do go off a bit quicker than other supermarkets. But that isn't necessarily a bad thing, you have to wonder why Mr T's stuff lasts so long. Anyway I find it is cost effective to buy from Lidl and Aldi but use Lakeland's green foodsaver baggies to keep the stuff from going off before I can use it

fuddle

Aaaah, I'm pleased you mentioned those Lakeland bags maryb. I saw they were on 3 for 2 and wondered if it would be an investment and did the job they were supposed to.I'll give it some more thought now, thanks you

katieowl_2

Fuddle....I like your new Avatar! :T


Kate