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

LavenderBees

Morning, All

Total disaster last week and this weekend, completely lost the plot, but I now feel more on top of everything (housework and garden chores up to date, and have caught up on quite a bit of sleep), so feel a bit more positive today....I need to get a grip of this [STRIKE]eating[/STRIKE] stuffing food down me because I'm stressed malarky. Not good! But it has helped to see a number of you also have similar troubles at work and a similar reaction to eating (and in my case, drinking alcohol) to compensate. I expect I have put on at least a couple of pounds if not more, as have quite simply been a bit of a piggy (well...a lot of a piggy, if I'm being honest). I think you'd all be shocked at how much I've been able to put away, and I could still eat more. I'll spare you the details, but I'm thoroughly ashamed/fed up with myself.

Back on the weight loss trail again, I hope. Today, I'll be preparing my hm muesli, salad for tomorrow's lunch, and taking some portion controlled meals out of the freezer for the week. I have fresh stuff to use up, so it will all be incorporated into the meal plans.

I know someone on this thread sprouts beans for salads. Is it you, Need2bethrifty? Could you help me get started on this? I've never sprouted before :rotfl:, though I do grow my own salad leaves on my kitchen windowsill, and I have lots of herbs. What do I need to get started and what do I do?

So, my plan for today then is -

Brunch - hm wholemeal/seed bread, baked beans and poached egg

Dinner - small lamb steak, lots of spinach (tho where it all disappears to is beyond me! ), carrots and peas, hm jacket wedges flavoured with garlic (lots:rotfl:) and rosemary

Treats - I'll be SO MAD with myself if I do....:mad:

Exercise - very lethargic, and I know I should as it will help make me feel better, but feel the need to stay within the house as my comfort blanket and read books/mags.

Really hope all who have been feeling stressed and shattered, like me, are starting to feel better now. A bit of warmth and sunshine to sit outside would be a help, but it's not going to happen. It's freezing here, and forecast for rain. I feel an afternoon on the sofa, wrapped in my throw, with a hot water bottle, coming on.

Take care, everyone. Off to get my brunch before I get too hungry and eat more than I need.

LB xx

russetred

Another nice but cold day up here. The garden is springing into life and its good to see the veggies starting to grow. Sunday was a double celebration with my wedding anniversary and my DD's birthday so was a bit boozy, actually it was very boozy!
B: egg bacon,sausage and fruit pudding
L: nothing
T: Roast turkey, roast tatties, asparagus in holandaise, mange tout and sweet and sour red cabbage with gravy. Chocolate and caramel tart with ice cream
S: handful of cashew nuts cause I ran out of crisps:eek:
E: none

I also agree with Molly I'm not on a diet as you can see from above! I just have smaller portions of whatever is on offer and through the week exercise a lot more. I'm also completely addicted to crisps and could never give them up. The weight is still coming off steadily without any great hardship.

Need2bthrifty

LavenderBees wrote: »

Morning, All

I know someone on this thread sprouts beans for salads. Is it you, Need2bethrifty? Could you help me get started on this? I've never sprouted before :rotfl:, though I do grow my own salad leaves on my kitchen windowsill, and I have lots of herbs. What do I need to get started and what do I do? LB xx

Hi LavenderBees, you sound as though you are having a really tough time. I can totally relate to how you are feeling – been there, done that, got several of the T-shirts – curling up on the sofa with a good book, watching a film with a box of chocs or a glass/bottle of wine is very often all you need to switch off and re-charge your batteries. Just try and remember the 80/20 per cent rule and so what if this week has been 80% bad – next week you can turn it around.

And yes, t’was me sprouting seeds – I use a kilner jar, holds approx 500ml, an old pop-sock (one that doesn’t have a hole in the toe and washed of course) and an elastic band. If you don’t have a kilner jar something like a large mayonnaise or coffee jar would do something that has a fairly wide opening.

A couple of dessert spoonful’s of the seeds in the jar, cover with water and soak overnight, put the pop-sock over the opening and secure with the elastic band. Rinse the seeds a couple of times then drain off the water, leave it propped at an angle (approx 45 degrees) on the draining board, I use a large fruit bowl, to allow the water to drain out. Rinse out regularly to stop them drying out or going mouldy. Within 2-3 days they should be sprouting and ready to eat in about 4-5 days. This amount gives me about 3 good handfuls of sprouts to put in salads/sandwiches.

I have mine on the kitchen windowsill – it gets the sun most of the morning – so I rinse it regularly, but if you are out at work all day I would suggest not putting the jar in direct sunlight. I’ve tried alfalfa, broccoli and fenugreek seeds all of which were a great success and a great addition to boring old salad leaves.

Good luck with the seeds and just remember things could be worse – at times when I felt like you do now I would recall a little story a friend once gave me about a sparrow who decided not to fly south for the winter. However as the weather turned colder he changed his mind and started flying south. But soon his feathers started to freeze and he fell to earth but landed in a fresh cow-pat – he thought he was doomed but as the warmth of it started to defrost his frozen feathers he began to sing – a cat passing by heard the singing, cleared away the s**t and promptly ate the sparrow. The moral of the story – If you’re warm and happy in a pile of s**t…….keep your mouth shut!!

Have a nice relaxing day - after all tomorrow IS another day - listen to me getting all Scarlett O'Hara :rotfl:

Rose_Wood

Afternoon All

I seem to have been very busy just lately so just reading not posting. I know I have been overeating too.

B: Poached egg on toast
L: Jacket potato with butter. Small piece of sticky toffee pudding.
T: Tomato soup with roll

Exercise: 5 mile walk this morning. Walk to work and back later.

Rose

LavenderBees

Need2bthrifty wrote: »

Hi LavenderBees, you sound as though you are having a really tough time. I can totally relate to how you are feeling – been there, done that, got several of the T-shirts – curling up on the sofa with a good book, watching a film with a box of chocs or a glass/bottle of wine is very often all you need to switch off and re-charge your batteries. Just try and remember the 80/20 per cent rule and so what if this week has been 80% bad – next week you can turn it around.

And yes, t’was me sprouting seeds – I use a kilner jar, holds approx 500ml, an old pop-sock (one that doesn’t have a hole in the toe and washed of course) and an elastic band. If you don’t have a kilner jar something like a large mayonnaise or coffee jar would do something that has a fairly wide opening.

A couple of dessert spoonful’s of the seeds in the jar, cover with water and soak overnight, put the pop-sock over the opening and secure with the elastic band. Rinse the seeds a couple of times then drain off the water, leave it propped at an angle (approx 45 degrees) on the draining board, I use a large fruit bowl, to allow the water to drain out. Rinse out regularly to stop them drying out or going mouldy. Within 2-3 days they should be sprouting and ready to eat in about 4-5 days. This amount gives me about 3 good handfuls of sprouts to put in salads/sandwiches.

I have mine on the kitchen windowsill – it gets the sun most of the morning – so I rinse it regularly, but if you are out at work all day I would suggest not putting the jar in direct sunlight. I’ve tried alfalfa, broccoli and fenugreek seeds all of which were a great success and a great addition to boring old salad leaves.

Good luck with the seeds and just remember things could be worse – at times when I felt like you do now I would recall a little story a friend once gave me about a sparrow who decided not to fly south for the winter. However as the weather turned colder he changed his mind and started flying south. But soon his feathers started to freeze and he fell to earth but landed in a fresh cow-pat – he thought he was doomed but as the warmth of it started to defrost his frozen feathers he began to sing – a cat passing by heard the singing, cleared away the s**t and promptly ate the sparrow. The moral of the story – If you’re warm and happy in a pile of s**t…….keep your mouth shut!!

Have a nice relaxing day - after all tomorrow IS another day - listen to me getting all Scarlett O'Hara :rotfl:

:rotfl:Oh dear! That's the best laugh I've had in ..well....for ever it seems :rotfl:Thank you for that!! :rotfl:

And thank you for the info on the seed sprouting. I'm looking forward to trying them. Em, but can I ask another really basic question...? where do you get the seeds from?? I've never seen them (though haven't looked properly really). Where should I be looking??

ta ever so :rotfl:

LB xx

savesummore

Hi All!!

Need2B I love the sh*t story or should I say story about sh*t :rotfl:

I have been swimming this morning which is good but oh dear what I ate yesterday is hideous!! I dont know what came over me :eek:

I was fine all day up until I had my tea (earlyish about 5pm) I had a roast chicken dinner very nice fairly healthy etc then about 7pm I was hungry so ate:

A chicken sandwich with packet of crisps
About 8 spoons of B&J ice cream the new caramel one :eek:
AND whilst standing by the kitchen sink I shoved in 1/2 a piece of chocolate birthday cake!!!!!!!:o

I dont even know what came over me I think it was a sugar induced frenzy!!!

Anyway back on the wagon today.

Nice to see you back Lavender Bees and Need2b- i bet going through those photos was lovely

sparrer

B - spicy, fruity porridge
D - crevettes a l'ail, gratin d'aubergine, tarte tatin.
T - none
S - melon, banana
E - 20 mins this morning, if that dinner goes down far enough may do another 10 later!

have a good evening

EllaRose

Hey all

I've gone off the rails a bit this weekends in terms of eating loads/not moving, so its nice to read everyone's posts and realise we're all in the same boat!

Back on the grind tomorrow, I think!

Aldahbra

magical wrote: »

I get so mad at myself if i have a piece of cake as i think it ruins my diet.

the problem is when i do get down to the size i want, then i'm going to put all the weight back on by eating cake again.

i need to change.

Me too

That could have been written about me. I am a text book yo yo dieter. Every time I say that I won't put all the weight back on again, and yet here I am.......

Still I have had a good weekend diet wise so motivated for the rest of the week

LavenderBees

Morning All,

desperately trying to get back into my routine...here's today's plan -

Brekkie - hm muesli
Lunch - salad and hm bread
Dinner - need to use up some bits, so it's going to be smoked salmon bits from the freezer, a spoonful or so of left over low fat creme fraiche, a squeeze of lemon juice, a couple of bits of spinach and some pasta

exercise - running around like a headless chicken at work

treats - Get a grip.....NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :eek:

Daren't go anywhere near the scales......:mad:

Have a good day now.

LB xx

wanders off muttering "sparrow and sh*t, don't forget...":rotfl: