Weight Loss the Old Style Way! Part 8. Please read posts 1 and 2 before posting.

ellie99

minicooper272 wrote: »

Deary me, I think I'm stressed and I don't know it! I don't feel very stressed, but I do have a lot to be stressed about, which I'm hoping is why I feel tired and hungry and am craving a lot of processed things.

I was reading yesterday about a guy who is running the marathon in the commonwealth games who was overweight, and just woke up one morning and decided to start running. Wish I could get that sort of motivation!

Off to go look for it...

Let us know when you find it minicooper

Maybe you are a bit stressed, feeling tired doesn't help.

I gave up in despair today ...I lived in this house nearly 20 years, and had yucky inherited carpets all that time. Yesterday I had a new hall and stair carpet fitted at last, and this morning DS1 accidentally walked oily grease over it :mad: I'd waited until the kids were grown up, but they're obviously not grown up enough!
Spent half an hour on my hands and knees trying to get it off.

So instead of carrying on painting, I went to a friends for coffee to stop me being grumpy. Unfortunately she had cake, and more unfortunately I had to have a piece, it had white chocolate icing
Think I'm still about 1300 calories though, so not too bad.

emily_jackson

Breakfast: 2 weetabix, banana, juice
Lunch: chicken salad sandwich, apple, water
Tea: pasta bolognaise, apple, pepsi max
Supper: orange, fudge bar, water

*zippy*

Hope it all came out Ellie :eek: we are waiting until ours leave home to get new sofas, think we'll have to change the locks and make sure we only visit them if we ever get some

Your cake sounds lovely savesummore, I was going to ask where you got the recipe, but think I'd better not

Hope you have a great time tjp

B- muesli, milk, flax
S- Apple
L- protein bar
S- skinny cornflakes, few prunes
D- 2 bgty mini naans made into pizzas, tomato sauce
S- I'll probably have a highlights hot chocolate

tessie_bear

1 lb off for me this week please knitwitch

i know a loss is a loss but it seems so piddling for all the hard work and going without that goes to get a loss...i need a bit of that motivation if anyone finds it

good luck tessa

ellie99

tessie_bear wrote: »

1 lb off for me this week please knitwitch

i know a loss is a loss but it seems so piddling for all the hard work and going without that goes to get a loss...i need a bit of that motivation if anyone finds it

tessie bear, I've often felt the same, it takes so much effort just to lose one pound...but it really is worth it, it all adds up.
I've very rarely lost more than a pound a week, and often had weeks where I lost nothing at all, and it's taken me 18 months to lose 3 stone.
That 18 months would have passed whether I kept dieting or not, but I kept trying, and now I'm 3 stone less.

It's frustrating to lose it slowly, but there are meant to be benefits as well...lose slowly, keep it off? (still to test that theory )...less chance of saggy skin?

Just keep plodding along with your 1 pound a week, before you know it you'll have lost a good amount and really see a difference

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savesummore

*zippy* wrote: »

Your cake sounds lovely savesummore, I was going to ask where you got the recipe, but think I'd better not

Your more than welcome to it but then you'll have to eat the cake

tessie_bear wrote: »

1 lb off for me this week please knitwitch

i know a loss is a loss but it seems so piddling for all the hard work and going without that goes to get a loss...i need a bit of that motivation if anyone finds it

good luck tessa

Tessa I feel your pain I always think "wow ive had a great week I must have lost 4lbs!" get on the scales- oh ive lost 1/2 lb :mad:
But to second what Ellie said it does add up- 1lb every week for a year would mean a loss of 3 1/2 stones :T

Today:
B: branflakes, berries, ff greek yog
S: banana, 1 toast with marg
L: jacket potato, lf cheese triangle, 1/2 tin beans small side salad
S: Red grapes, apple
T: Vegtable pasts bake
S: small slice of hm cake

Went to the gym again last night i tried really hard so thats all I can do- I must say I dont feel any thinner though

ellie99

savesummore wrote: »

But to second what Ellie said it does add up- 1lb every week for a year would mean a loss of 3 1/2 stones :T

and that's with a week off for christmas, a week off for your holidays, and a week off for your birthday :rotfl:..what's not to like!

I've been trying on new undies to try and find the perfect fit...looking in the mirror makes me realise how much I still have to lose, not a pretty sight

Went for a walk early on, and tried to walk faster than I normally do to beat the rain. Also done nearly an hour cutting back in the garden.
DS1 phoned needing a lift later (25 miles there, and 25 miles back!), and my first thought was "that'll interfere with making a normal tea, we could have a treat" (ie junk food :eek:) WHEN will I stop equating takeaways with treats?

My second thought was "it's Thursday, weigh in tomorrow, not the night for indulging", so maybe I could get pizzas at the supermarket and count the calories.
Of course, I could prepare everything for a healthy meal now, but I never said I was perfect

tessie_bear

thankyou all for your kind words and insights....nice to post where people can understand ...lovely in facy

*zippy*

:hello: evening

The thought of a weigh in tomorrow kept me on the straight and narrow tonight too

Tessie well done losing another pound :j have you tried trying on some old clothes, might help you physically see the difference those pounds have made

B- 2 slices of toast and butter
S- protein bar, apple
L- roll and laughing cow triangle light
D- 2 dry fried egg crusty rolls with tomato sauce, doughnut, square chocolate
S- highlights hot choc
E- walked 60 mins

Carb overload, but just in calories

emily_jackson

Breakfast: 2 weetabix, banana, juice
Lunch: pasta bolognaise, apple, water
Tea: chicken salad sandwich, cherries, pepsi max
Supper: will have an orange, fudge bar and some water