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

DundeeDoll

B 2 slices toast and strawberry jam
L cheese sarnie
D cottage cheese saladwith new pots
S banana after gym and just about to have a big bowl of strawberries and yoghurt nom nom
Well today was first session with personal trainer. I have some injuries (rotor cuffs and right knee) which have scared me off exercise (and i suffer from lazyitu/ :rotfl:) a friend of mine happens to be a fully qualified PT and yoga teacher and reckons she can set me on the road to suppleness, fitness and weight loss. So 5pm tonight i dutifully rolled up. Like you welshwoofer and minicooper my muscles will ache. Will let you know my progress

ragz_2

savesummore wrote: »

Hi :wave:

Where is everyone?

Eating
I am REALLY struggling. I have a lot of excuses though
It's summer holidays, I have 3 small children, I am busy, stressed, tired and have to buy and prepare a LOT of food! Simply having to co-ordinate the eating of four other people ALL day means I am constantly thinking of, preparing or eating food.
People want to go for picnics, meat up for lunch, dinner etc - everything seems to involve food and I don't have the time to prepare low carb alternatives for myself so I am just eating whatever's around and letting myself off because I am tired, busy, stressed mummy.

See, I said I have excuses
But I still feel guilty about it. I know I could try harder and do better...
Moan over...

vikki_louise

Hi, I'm new to the thread, 2 years ago I was a size 10 (and on the smaller side) now 16 if lucky, we think it's go on for medical reasons as I didn't change my eating habits so now need to eat less calories, my parents who I live with do too. We are OS, I want to calorie count as I think it would really help realise excatly where are calories are coming from, what small changes can be made (first one I'm doing is switching from butter in mash potato to semi skimmed milk in it) but I don't really know how to do this. We have friends who calorie count but eat prepackaged food. I don't know how many calories are in gravy with a roast, sure I can look at the bisto packet but what about the meat juices (including some fat) added or for quickness my mum puts rice in the pan with oil to fry the starch off before boiling-how much does that add etc.

Also would love to know everyone's favourite healthy recipes, I have an illness so I can't cook (or do exercise) but my mum is always open to new things, my dad does eat some veg meals but is very much a meat, potoato and peas man, a jacket potato to him is a luch time things where as a piece of fish with potatoes is a dinner thing etc.
Looking forward to getting to know people

DundeeDoll

Welcome vikki one quick way to cut calories would be having smaller portions. Try a slightly smaller plate /bowl, up the portion of veg, swap high calorie treats for fruit and veg. Do you drink alcohol? Specially bad for me cos a) empty calories and b) reduces my resolve. Does your surgery have a dietician who could give advice? Ditto physio for an exercise plan suited to your health. The nhs site also has very good tips for healthy eating.

DundeeDoll

Lol ragz if i was as good at losing weight as making excuses i wouldnt be on this thread :rotfl: i have just restarted at the gym (put right off by injury not sustained in the gym - see what i mean about excuses?) but went back yesterday, booking myself a session with a personal trainer. She got me to do various things, scribbled lots of notes and tomorrow i see her again for a tailored plan to strengthen my knees and improve my rotor cuffs. I'm also trying the 30 day good housekeeping diet where you count units rather than calories. I like cereal foods, and am down for 8 carb portions, 5 protein, 2-3 dairy, 2 fats, 3-4 fruit and 1 treat. Put like that sounds so easy! 3 sessions per week in the gym and 2 20 minute brisk walks per day.
Cups of tea with milk DD
B toast and jam CC F T
L cheese sarnie, banana CC PP F
D cottage cheese salad with pots CC PP F
Supper - CC P F D

sparrer

Morning all, welcome vikki

ragz procrastination is my middle name. If it weren't for meeting DD at the gym every day I wouldn't get off my butt in the mornings, and it's a good excuse for us to spend some coffee/shopping/lunching time together afterwards

B - F&F sk milk
L - veggie lasagne. The leek 'leaves' worked beautifully, looking forward to tasting the result. Apple
D - mushroom & bacon omelette
S - nectarine, orange, pear
E - appt with physio first thing (9.30am is first thing to me) for an update on pulmonary exercise, then 1 hour pulm class. Going back on Tuesdays so no gym but the work-out is beneficial in other ways

Have a sunny day

LittleMoog

Morning all

Pilates was hard work last night, my core muscles are really starting to struggle. I only have 2 more classes though, and then I'm stopping until January. Hope my back will hold out without it, as it's been getting a bit twingey lately. My instructor has given me a list of gentle exercises to do at home every day though, so hoping to keep them up.

Meals:
Breakfast: yoghurt, babybel
Lunch: ham and philly sandwich, apple, plums
Snack: mr kipling cake bar, mini pepperami
Dinner: thai green curry with prawns, peppers and peas, rice. Slice LO cheesecake if I feel like it.

Mint1955

Today I have to do another couch to 5k week 4 run!! Please whoever has a tame instructor find out how we can tame flabby tummy ;-)
I am mint1955 on my fitness pal.

Aldahbra

WelshWoofer; Wow I'm so impressed. You have got time to achieve it, go for it girl.

Hello vikki_louise welcome to the thread. Have you talked to your health provider about what exercise you can do? I would have thought that there was something. There are exercises for people who can't get out of their chairs, even bed ridden people. My mum can't walk but can do 5 mins a day(to be increased as she gets fitter) on a certain type of exercise bike, for example.

WelshWoofer

Just back from my run and I used www.walkjogrun.net to map a run out of 4K and guess what.... I ran the whole way in pouring rain:j:j:j. Felt tired towards the end but kept going and made it home, think if I'd pushed it I could have done a little bit more. It took about 27 mins so not too bad - need to work on my speed a bit once I get to the magical 5K. Hoping that won't be too long now. I have the 5K "race" on Sept 2nd so should be able to manage it by then.
The Couch to 5K really helped me to get started but I'm sort of doing my own thing now - if I was following the plan I'm at week 8 standard now - my goal was to get there by the end of the summer holidays so I'm ahead of schedule:T

Ragz - I have every sympathy for you - there's only me and the dog to please here but when I was married I found it so much harder when feeding someone else, let alone 3 kids. Cut yourself a bit of slack - the school holidays will end (unfortunately for me the teacher!) and you will get back on track, think of whatever you can do now as a bonus.

Hello vicki-louise - welcome to our merry little band. I'm sure that if you give us a few examples of meals that you/your family eat we can come up with a couple of ways to cut the cals or make them a bit healthier.

Dundee Doll - keep us updated on what the gym instructor says, always happy to steal other people's ideas;):rotfl:

Right better have a bath, still very sweaty and stinky........