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

jayII

Morning all.

Well done stokelady, that's a brilliant loss!

Today:
B: museli, ss and coffee
L: pate sandwich, dried fruit and nuts, apple
chicken and veg wraps.

Exercise: at least 10,000 steps

Have a good day all.

Need2bthrifty

Good morning and well done Stokelady that's a great loss.

Did anyone else watch the “Horizon - Truth about Fat” programme last night, I found it very interesting and am happy to say that I appear to have a functioning “fullness hormone” therefore as I suspected all along my being overweight is a result of lack of activity, working in a sedentary and stressful job.

I remember working with a lady who had a continuous problem with her weight. We often took packed lunches to the office and had our break at the same time, although I didn’t say anything to her I was sometimes surprised at the quantity she would eat because there was no way I could manage to finish everything she put on her plate. For example one day we both had a similar lunch (ham salad sandwich) mine was two slices of bread, 2 slices of ham, 4 slices tomato & 2 large lettuce leaves. She had what I would call open sandwiches on each slice of bread she put 2 slices of ham, 4 slices of tomato and 2 lettuce leaves – practically doubling the quantity of food she ate compared to me. We both then went on to have a piece of fruit, by which time I was full but she then went on to have a homemade scone cut in half, each half buttered and spread with jam. So obviously my fullness hormone kicked in but hers didn’t.

I didn’t see all of the programme as I got a phone call but will go and watch it again on the iplayer, watching without the sound they went on to do research with identical twins where one had a weight problem and the other didn’t. Fascinating stuff!!

Today for me the plan is
B – Porridge, drizzle of honey
L – Toast, lite spreading cheese, cucumber & tomato. Orange
D – Sweet & Sour Lentil Dhal, pitta bread, cucumber raita

sparrer

Morning all

Hope you're feeling better LittleMoog

B - F&F, ss milk
D - mackerel, grilled tomato. Apple
T - rf cheese omelette
Snacks - melon, apple, grapes, kiwi
Exercise - 20 mins am, the plan is the garden centre after lunch so will prob be in the garden for the afternoon . Won't be watching the budget as it's bound to mean less money for everyone except the fat cats.

Re fruit rainbowfairydust, I also used to wonder if I was overdoing it as I only have fruit for snacks, but it doesn't seem to have done me any harm, and is much better than chocolate, cakes, biscuits, crisps etc. For example I can get through a dozen or so grapes, a 1/4 melon, a pear, a banana and an apple in a day. The main advantage to me has been better skin/hair and more energy, and less food on my breakfast/dinner/tea plates. I'm also a bit naughty with veg too, when I'm prepping for meals I'll eat a stick of celery, raw carrot or mushrooms etc, then have to leave half my meal when I sit down to eat .

Wishing you all a sunny day

Rose_Wood

Morning All,

I have been reading but not posting for a while as we celebrated DH's birthday last Wednesday and the celebrations seemed to go on for rather longer than they should! I am now feeling cross with myself for succumbing to so many treats. The chocolates are now gone so I am back to being sensible - and undoing the damage the week has done. I am also guilty of being a bit complacent and thinking that because I have started running I can eat more - which is probably true but not the 'more' I have been eating.

B: Milky coffee (and another for elevenses)
L: HM carrot soup. 2 ryvitas with peanut butter and cherry tomatoes. 2 small tangerines
Poached salmon, small jacket potato with a bit of butter, creamed spinach with onions and garlic. LF fromage frais with HM lemon curd stirred into it.

Exercise: I've got my bike out and already been to the shops on it. I shall also cycle to work and back this afternoon. In a moment I am hoping to go for a run whilst DH cycles along timing me - the aim is to run 4km in 25 minutes!

Rose

ETA: I have amended my signature as I am afraid to say I now weigh more than when we started the latest challenge. I think you had better take me off this one RAGZ as I am now heavier than when I started!! Perhaps if I am careful I can get back to the starting point ready for the next challenge.

LittleMoog

Afternoon all
Acid reflux is now under control, but I think morning sickness is kicking in Think I need to start eating my breakfast at home, I normally eat when I get to work as I'm not awake enough before I leave, but this morning I had to run back in from the car retching. The school kids walking past our house looked most alarmed! Managed to force down a biscuit and felt better. Glamorous this pregnancy lark :rotfl:

Today:
Breakfast: emergency anti-sickness biccie at home, then yoghurt, granola and apricots at work.
Lunch: chicken sandwich, apple, pear, satsumas
Dinner: prawn green curry, rice, some veg (not sure what yet!)

Snack: will grab something on the way to pilates - have to work later than normal so will need to go straight there.
Exercise: pilates

tink1981_2

Hi

We watched the Horizon programme last night, it was really interesting. I think I’m probably similar to Need2bthrify when it comes to what happens with my weight, it’s more down to lack of exercise and a sedentary job rather than anything o do with my fullness hormone. It was really interesting seeing the part about what eating habits a mother can pass on to her baby through what she eats whilst she’s pregnant. We are hoping to start trying for a baby next year and it’s given me lots to think about.

I think part of my problem is portion sizes and feeling I have to eat everything that is in front of me. Before I decided I really wanted to tackle my weight and started this challenge I would often carry on eating once I felt full to the point that it was sometimes painful, just so I didn’t leave and empty plate.

Have been having a pretty good week so far. I started keeping a food diary about a week ago and it’s proving to be quite interesting. I’ve been recording what I’ve been eating and when I have been eating it. I’ve been recording things on My Fitness Pal for a while but hadn’t really kept note of timings. I’ve been finding that I have been regularly feeling the need to eat something around 10.30 in the morning and 4.00 in the afternoon. Now I’ve spotted a pattern I’ve started bringing in extra fruit, seeds and veg sticks in with me to save me getting tempted to go for higher fat and sugar options from the shop.

Think fitness might be starting to improve :j have just got back from swimming at lunch time and I’ve managed an extra 12 lengths on what I usually manage in 30mins :j feeling really chuffed!

Hope everyone else is having a good day

tink x

ragz_2

Stokelady - well done on the loss, that's great! I really find brushing my teeth knocks the sugar cravings out for a bit. Definitely cut down gradually in tea and coffee or it will taste vile to you! Your breakfast could do with some protein, I rarely have toast for breakfast any more though I used to eat it for years. Maybe try just one slice, but with beans, scrambled egg, peanut butter or switch for muesli with yogurt and fruit (which I really enjoy now). Just suggestions, but even wholemeal bread is still just carbs and fibre, protein is more filling.

Have been reading about sprouting seeds, apparently they are FULL of protein...

stokelady

Thanks, Gonna try and eat cereal for breakfast, its just that I love a cup of tea in the morning and toast is the only thing I like with a brew apart from a biscuit !

Yesterday -

Breakfast - 2 rds wholemeal toast
Lunch - Ham salad
Dinner - Scrambled egg on wholemeal toast
Snack - Banana, Bag of boots shapers crisps

Too much bread in 1 day I think yesterday, payday this weeekend so food supplies are running low! Gonna look for some balanced low fat meals for this coming month and plan my shopping list around it....have a good day all :-)

FairyPrincessk

Stokelady--what about just decreasing the amount of toast and increasing your protein on the side. Like a poached or boiled egg?


Had a bit of a snafu with the increased protein thing as the meatballs planned for Tuesday night's dinner were a bit whiffy even two days before their date.:eek: Rescued dinner with alfredo sauce and pancetta but it wasn't exactly the dietary move I was hoping to make! On the whole, I think its been a bit better this week, although next week I need to portion out my peanuts into my daily snacks. I tend to just keep eating them if the bag is on my desk and I ate 3-4 days worth in two days.

Also asked my yoga teacher for some more stretches as I've increased my running distance and am getting a lot of muscle tightness. She suggested a couple of brilliant ones and mentioned that I should be doing pelvic floor exercises--I looked into it and it makes a lot of sense so I guess I'll try to figure those out and add them to my daily list.

We're supposed to have nice weather here on Saturday so I'm hoping to drag OH out into the sunshine, either to look at a flat and a potential flat area or for a walk.:T

ragz_2

The harder I try to eat well, the more I think about food. I seem to think about food constantly at the moment, it is really not helping me as I am not hungry but because I can't stop thinking about food, I eat!

I think I need hypnotizing... any volunteers?