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

sparrer

Morning all

Have to start with an apology - it was bramble1 who suggested the small plate/teaspoon, not Paul McK. Try eating a bowl of soup with a teaspoon and you'll be full before you finish!

fuddle yes I think it's fat which is stored as the body thinks there's no food coming so holds onto the fat as a reserve - but ragz can explain it better than me

B - F&F s milk
D - as yesterday, sparrers 'carbonara'
T - slim soup, 2 crispbread
Snacks - fruit
Exercise - 1/2 hour pulm, shopping. First trip out since I got the ci so will be taking it slowly

Found my step counter, will see what I do in a normal day today then try to increase it daily

Have a super-slim day!

LittleMoog

Phoolgrrrl wrote: »

I would like to join too.

Have signed up to myfitnesspal and got the blackberry app. It suggested 1200 cal a day, think is pretty drastic but will try!Went 44 cal over yesterday but well on track today.

B oaty bar
l lentil carrot soup, 2 slices bread, activia yoghurt
D Veggie Stir fry
S Banana, box raisins and apricots

And have 250 calories left for snack later too.

I have 10kg to loose on drs advise, so 22lbs. Would like to do this by Easter, and maybe more after! Currently 13 stone.

When I did weight watchers before you could save points for wine/treats, can you do this on a 1200 cal diet, or is it best to eat all calories on the day?

Tonight I will tidy living room so have space to do 30 day shred again.

on the mfp app there's a weekly tracker, and I tend to be under my target on weekdays/exercise days, and a bit over on the weekends, but as long as my weekly average is below the target, I'm happy I probably wouldn't take them over more than a week though as I weigh in weekly.

There is an approach called zigzagging, where you purposefully vary your calorie intake across the week, while keeping your weekly average the same, which can help to bust a plateau as it makes your body work harder, as no 2 days are the same. There are lots of posts about it on the MFP forum.

blondy24

B - HM Granola
S - Milky Coffee
L - L/O HM quiche, half a jacket potato and salad
S - Banana smoothie
T - HM Pork Casserole and jacket potato

Total - just under 1200 calories :j

slowlyfading

b - cheerios with skimmed milk
l - tuna sandwich, packet of monster munch, rocky biscuit
s - small glass of chocolate milk
t - HM pea and ham soup

vintagebrighton

Okay, am now signed up to myfitness pal and I have new batteries for my scales. I will have to face the truth in the morning :eek: Think I've also worked out my sig. Wow, if I can transfer all this action to my diet I'll be rocking!!

vintagebrighton

Yep, it's sorted

ragz_2

Weighed myself this morning and I am back to my "end of last challenge" weight after PMS and Christmas added 3lbs...
Now weigh 11st10lb. Target will be to lose half a stone, so 11st3lbs. Any more will be a bonus and less to lose next challenge!

springiness

I'm back again, not lost any weight since a few months ago. I'm going to try and post more regularly.

I've got better at spending less money on food, sandwiches, snacks and doing better at making my own pasta salads for work :j. But it is difficult and I struggle to make anything in the morning before work - even breakfast.

B - yoghurt and banana
L - bought cheese pasty and cheese sandwich from shop (failed on Old Style) but only ate the cheese pasty!
S - crisps (small multi-pack)
D - soup and bread roll

At least lunch for tomorrow is sorted - cheese sandwich.

Edited to add, I want to lose about 2 stone but I don't weigh myself regularly so will be going more by clothes sizes. I'm a 14 and would like to get down to a 10.

leandygandy

Hello, you lovely lovely people!

I am using MFP to monitor my eating - username is the same as this one so if anyone else doing MFP fancies a buddy then send me a request.

I've logged all my meals and exercise done and have just over 100 calories left - now the question is, should I eat them, and if so what can I have? I wish I'd bought some jelly in the food shop, that would be a nice dessert and feel a bit 'treaty'.

Also, I currently get 500 extra calories per day as I am a nursing mother - naturally at the moment these enable me to have that slice of cake with my brew, but I need to reeducate my mind so that when the littleun is weaned I don't continue eating these things! Any ideas of things that could replace the 'naughty' but still be 'nice' would be much appreciated.

B - porridge with cinnamon and raisins, cup of tea, glass of OJ
L - two wholemeal pitta with laughing cow light and salad leaves, yoghurt, ready salted crisps
S - raspberry sandwich cake, cup of tea
D - leftover roast lamb, roast potatoes, brocolli

Once the calories drop (still have another 3 months if we make it to 6 months exclusive feeding wahoo!) I wouldn't have the crisps or the cake, but these don't add up to 500 calories...

Also, hubby is a total salad dodger and a fusspot eater to boot so he will be providing his own meals some nights when the dinner on the meal plan isn't to his taste. Tips on how to keep my resolve strong while he eats pizza/KFC/crappy food please!

ETA : My target is to get my BMI down from 37 (obese) to 18.5-25 (healthy) and into a size 14 clothes. I want to get fit and healthy for my little girl.

fuddle

Dinner - 2 small pizza slices, 2 garlic bread sections, tomatoes and reduced calorie coleslaw.

I'm not too happy with my portioning tonight as I was back to a meal plate but I was so hungry I couldn't refrain. I only had an omlette for lunch. This obviously didn't fill me so need to factor in some healthy snacks at around 3pm.