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

ragz_2

Welcome to all the new posters, I will add those of you who requested it to the list later. Minicooper, I don't do 1/2lbs on the list so would you rather 3 or 4lbs? (Sorry, but it's complicated enough without trying to do half smilies etc!)

I must admit, my diet the last few days has consisted of more biscuits and Aldi chocolate mousse (DO NOT ever try them, they are just too good, unless of course you have iron will power in which case they are a divine dessert for not too many calories) thank fruit and veg. I am PM but that's a poor excuse, I seem to be in some weird self defeating eating contest with myself. I ate half a pack of biscuits in one sitting earlier, just because I told myself not to...

If I manage to end the challenge the same weight I started it will be a miracle, I wouldn't be surprised if I've crept back up to 12 stone by now!

I cannot seem to talk myself into exercise, this time last year I couldn't get enough of running and swimming...

sparrer

B - spicy fruity porridge
D -Fusilli with fried diced red & yellow peppers, red onion, mushroom, chopped lean bacon, mixed together with 1/2 teasp green pesto and a dollop of ff yogurt
T - 3 Crackerbread w/prawns, marmite,marmalade
S - nectarine, melon, pear
E - 1 hour pulm exercise this morning followed by 30 mins at the gym. Fortunately all reasonable gentle exercises otherwise I wouldn't be able to post yet!

sock knitter when I was manager of a housing scheme we did armchair exercises on a Thursday. The residents paid 25p each a week and a couple of times a year we'd spend it on going out for a meal. One time they chose a pizza restaurant where the staff joined in the [STRIKE]chaos[/STRIKE] fun they created and sent them off with a balloon each. One lady lost her and it went soaring into the sky, she refused to get into the car until I went back and got her another one! Crazy days...:D. I'm sure your people are much better behaved

Don't want say too much but it's been dry for 5 hours!!

minicooper272

Ragz, make it 3 please! Also try this: instead of saying 'you CAN'T have this', look at it and ask 'what's more important to me today, this [chocolate bar/biscuit/cake] or losing weight?' It works 99% of the times, but sometimes you just really want a biscuit, in which case I think there's nothing wrong with it as long as I've weighed the options (no pun intended!)

Today I'm off food. Became very ill after breakfast (muesli, yog and a kiwi), had a small lunch to settle my stomach (salad wrap) - it didn't work... But I may feel well enough for a slice of toast for dinner. I won't be going to exercise class tonight though.

WelshWoofer

Hello all!
Not too bad a day yet.....
I listened to the Paul McKenna Think Yourself Thin thing last night in bed and if nothing else it relaxed me and made me sleep better. I have had a controlled day with food so far and am not starving as I usually am by the time I get home - coincidence? Maybe but it can't hurt.
I also managed the Shred yesterday and will do it again tonight - I won't weigh until Saturday as that was my first weigh in so hopefully there'll be a small change.

Food today...
Breakfast - cereal bar
Snack - banana
Lunch - LO bean chilli and a satsuma
Tea - wholewheat spaghetti and tomato sauce with a teeny bit of cheese grated on the top

Rose_Wood

Evening All

RAGZ, I too am struggling and keep eating at the moment so you are not alone.

I didn't get chance to post yesterday as we were quite busy and then went to see Chicago in the evening, with a meal of steak, scampi and chips on the way! I was supposed to be being 'good' today but ended up eating several treats to use them up.

B: Raspberries with Greek yoghurt
L: Spinach, sweetcorn and cheese omelette.
Stir fry with noodles, garlic, onions, prawns and mushrooms with left overs of sweetcorn and swede also stirred in. White chocolate (left from trip to theatre yesterday).
Snacks: Large HM scone and butter

Exercise: 6.5 mile walk. 28 lengths of swimming pool - I would have done more but ran out of time as the session finished 35 minutes after I got in.

Rose

sock-knitter

sparrer wrote: »

B - spicy fruity porridge
D -Fusilli with fried diced red & yellow peppers, red onion, mushroom, chopped lean bacon, mixed together with 1/2 teasp green pesto and a dollop of ff yogurt
T - 3 Crackerbread w/prawns, marmite,marmalade
S - nectarine, melon, pear
E - 1 hour pulm exercise this morning followed by 30 mins at the gym. Fortunately all reasonable gentle exercises otherwise I wouldn't be able to post yet!

sock knitter when I was manager of a housing scheme we did armchair exercises on a Thursday. The residents paid 25p each a week and a couple of times a year we'd spend it on going out for a meal. One time they chose a pizza restaurant where the staff joined in the [STRIKE]chaos[/STRIKE] fun they created and sent them off with a balloon each. One lady lost her and it went soaring into the sky, she refused to get into the car until I went back and got her another one! Crazy days...:D. I'm sure your people are much better behaved

Don't want say too much but it's been dry for 5 hours!!

some behave occaisionally, some are extremely childlike, but all are such fun to be around

mlarky

Welshwoofer, I have used Paul Mckenna a lot and really like the positive self image it gives you. It stopped working for me when I didn't have time to listen to it every day - hopefully in the summer I'll be able to go back to it. But its certainly a very holistic way of losing weight.
Busy day today so no time for a walk - and none tomorrow either as I have a trip to the vets in the afternoon.
B, fruit n fibre, L, LO chicken pasta with cucumber, red cabbage and salad leaves + apple, D, beans on toast with 2 slices of bread. Snacks (so far!) packet of crisps, small piece of fruit loaf.
Mlarky

LavenderBees

ragz wrote: »

I seem to be in some weird self defeating eating contest with myself. I ate half a pack of biscuits in one sitting earlier, just because I told myself not to...

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Yes, it's soul destroying isn't it? That's what I was like at the end of May and last week. The good news, though, is that I'm sure you'll tire of it, and go back to eating fairly healthily. I gave myself permission to pig out and now no longer want to, though I am not eating well enough to lose weight yet. I also daren't weigh myself to see the damage ...I hope to be back on track properly for the next challenge...There will be a next challenge, won't there? :rotfl:

LB xx

chelseabun_3

Help! I'm having a crisis! I just can't seem to stop eating sweet stuff. Yesterday we went to the gym, I was good (ish) all day but then had half a large bar of Galaxy as a treat. Today I bought crisps & dairy milk (bar and a half size) on the way home. The really irritating thing is when I've eaten them, I think "I didn't really enjoy that - wish I hadn't had it". Grrrrrrr!!!:mad::mad::mad:

I really want to get my head in the right place to say no - most of the time!

Yesterday I had: B - porridge, blueberries & yogurt; L - HM bread toasted with butter & peanut butter (not too much!), banana; T - lamb burger, baked potato, carrots & cabbage; S - 4 (:o) digestives, 1 Kit kat (2 finger) PLUS half bar Galaxy (so approx 55g). Exercise - 1 hour gym, cardio & weights.

Today I've had: B - porridge, blueberries & yogurt; L - HM bread sandwich with cheese (small amount) & grapes; S - 2 coffees & chocolate twist pastry ; T - small piece pizza, falafel wrap, CRISPS & CHOCOLATE. What is wrong with me??? I just can't seem to say no at the moment! (To chocolate, that is .....:rotfl:) Exercise - walking up & down hills at lunchtime for 20 mins or so.

I really have to get myself together. I'm off to make a pasta salad for tomorrow's lunch. That will be wholemeal pasta, small amount of cubed feta, baby tomatoes, black olives, rocket and a dash of olive oil. No chocolate in sight.

I will have a better day tomorrow ..... CBx

**purpleprincess**

Managed 10,000 steps today and 40 lengths of the pool (1 kilometre)

Tired now though! Managed not to have a man-sized portion of dinner as well. I have been in the bad habit of having same sized portions as my boyfriend...