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

Rose_Wood

Afternoon All

I didn't get chance to post yesterday as we were really busy and then I was really tired but I didn't lose anything. I am not too worried as I am eating really well and if I end up staying at this weight it will be ok. I think it is really hard to lose once you only have a few pounds to go and I am at my original target anywhow.I have managed to wean myself onto black coffee over the past 3 weeks so was hoping I might have dropped but haven't.

B: Poached egg on toast (half of one of DH's lovely soft white rolls).
L: HM pancake stuffed with spinach, beetroot leaves and parsley (all HG) and garlic, red onion and mushroom and topped with creme fraiche and cheese. HM chocolate mousse.
T: (Pack up made and ready to take to work) Prawn mayonnaise salad - with HG mixed leaves, baby onions and my first HG cherry tomatoes, with mushroom and mixed seeds.
Snack: Half a bar of dark chocolate (20g).

Exercise: 10 mile run (!!). My friend and I are very slow but did it and could have gone further. We are adding an extra mile to our long runs every 3 weeks. This time last year I hadn't even started running so am very pleased. 2 miles of walking once I have gone to work.

Rose

PS Good luck with your 5K tomorrow Welsh Woofer.

minicooper272

I spotted a poster for a local running event today at the gym - it's a half marathon (no way!) but they also do a 4k fun run. Tempted to aim for the fun run, give myself some motivation to train for something.

Atm I am interval training for 15 mins at a time (and finding it tough!), and today managed 2k (50:50 running:walking). Is it possible to up that to 4k by October, running 100% of the time?

Need2bthrifty

Hi Folks, a quick question - has anyone tried making meringues with a sugar substitute?

Having defrosted my freezer I found a container with 3 egg whites in it - left over from my indulgence phase when I made some Raspberry Ripple Ice Cream - which was delicious by the way, but I don't want to throw the whites away and thought I could make meringues.

I've had a search through the Cooking Index but couldn't find anything, so I thought I would ask you

nat21luv

Bad day, eating everything in sight!! Very silly as I can't afford to eat the cupboards bare and it's not doing me any favours! Oh well, tomorrow's another day.

WelshWoofer

Rose_Wood wrote: »

Afternoon All

Exercise: 10 mile run (!!). My friend and I are very slow but did it and could have gone further. We are adding an extra mile to our long runs every 3 weeks. This time last year I hadn't even started running so am very pleased.

10 miles:eek::eek::eek:
That's some going! Well done.

minicooper272 wrote: »

Is it possible to up that to 4k by October, running 100% of the time?

YES YES YES!
You can do it.
You have a month and if you can trot 2K now you can build up to 4K by then. I found that if I don't worry about speed and just concentrate on keeping going I'm able to run for much greater distances than I thought I could. Just do 0.5K extra at a time and keep doing that distance until you feel comfortable with it. Do it at a slow pace, even if its feels like you're only just going a bit faster than walking, once you can do the distance you can start to work on how fast you go. Good luck!

Mint1955

It might sound daft but if you run with a stop watch/timer ticking up from zero you will find it easier to keep going past your target and push on. Whereas a timer counting down means you will automatically start to slow ready to stop when time is up. It's just a brain trick but it works ;-)

savesummore

Good luck for tomorrow WW!!

Ive eaten abit too much today

Oops- fresh start tomorrow

Sezzagirl

So, an okay sort of day

b- nature valley bar + lf greek muller yog
l-crispbread with cottage cheese + apple
d- Hairy Dieters masala chicken + thai rice +salad
s- (and this is where it goes a bit wrong) bag maltesers while waiting for kids to come out of the cinema(where they managed to eat £7 worth of pic'n'mix:eek:) kitkat & a cupcake!

I am in awe of anyone who can run any where:T! I did 2 walks with the dog today but one was quite slow as took my nephew who has a broken leg! Lots of Dog running around but not so much of me moving!
I sent Mr Sezza to do the evening walk cos I was cross that he's come home later than he said so dinner was cold!

I think moving more needs to be my aim from now on!:j

jammy_dodger

Need2bthrifty wrote: »

L – Lentil & sweet potato pate, pitta bread

like the sound of this Need2bthrifty is there a recipe on here for it ??

Rose_Wood wrote: »

Exercise: 10 mile run (!!). My friend and I are very slow but did it and could have gone further. We are adding an extra mile to our long runs every 3 weeks. This time last year I hadn't even started running so am very pleased. 2 miles of walking once I have gone to work.

Rose

Wow i am in awe 10 miles is amazing :T:T:T

jd xx

Need2bthrifty

jammy_dodger wrote: »

Need2bthrifty wrote: »

L – Lentil & sweet potato pate, pitta bread

like the sound of this Need2bthrifty is there a recipe on here for it ??
jd xx

Jammy dodger, I think it's quite lishious & got that spicy kick on the tongue - its a BBC Good Food recipe - I've have tried doing links but they don't seem to work for me, but if you search on their site under the full name it will come up.

Re my meringue query - I tried doing the egg whites with just the sugar substitute and OMG ended up with something that looked like meringues but had the texture of Quavers/Skips :rotfl: :rotfl:- must try harder!!