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jess444_2

Welcome to our lovely thread leictina. Food focus is great and really helped me to lose weight at the beginning. Unfortunately I just can't seem to make myself keep track of everything now, which is probably why my weight loss has slowed right down.

its getting the courage to turn up at belly dancing on my own. I can imagine a room full of women in full belly dancing get up with bells everywhere and i walk in wearing a tracksuit!

Vix, at the class I went to the instructor brought along a bag of scarfs and everyone just tied one around their normal gym clothes.

1 hour Bodypump for me yesterday and 1/2 lb off this week. Thanks Fred.

Have got yet another book from the library in the hope of keeping myself motivated. This one is by Dr John Briffa - "Escape the diet trap". Lots of research which all seems to come down in favour of a lower carb diet. A good read if you can get hold of it in your library.

leictina

Hi all, have weighed in this morning so my starting weight is 11st 1lb so to get to my target of 10st i need to lose 15lb.......

dannie

Hi,

-2lbs since last Wednesday so the re-start to the 5lbs monthly challenge.

margaretclare

Today, 67.9 kg.
That's the same as a fortnight ago, and - 0.7 kg down on a week ago.

I have tried, not all the diets going, but a fair number. I've come round to what my DH is always saying 'Eat less, and less often'. Obviously, although I didn't eat any of the things that are publicised as being 'fattening', even eating healthy food must have been too much.

I find I do better with lower carbs. A protein breakfast keeps me going for a long time and I don't eat just because 'it's the time'. We tend to have a good lunch mid-afternoon and often, after that, I don't want anything else. I try to avoid the TV ads with -foooood!!

This morning I had 3 rashers of well-grilled bacon, a tomato, and half a slice of wholemeal granary toast with a smear of marmalade. Yesterday I made a big pan of soup and there's enough for today as well. It has onion, leek, a small swede, 2 carrots, a tin of chopped tomatoes, a handful of lentils and 2 chicken stock cubes with water.

I'll try to get hold of the Dr John Briffa book.

bugslet

vixarooni wrote: »

Everyone is obviously busy exercising and organising christmas to be here!

I've just looked up things to do near where i am going to live and there is a belly dancing group! I've always wanted to do that so i'm really excited Best way for me to move is to have fun with it. Running hasn't really ever taken off for me yet.

Anyone watching strictly?

I'm down in Cheshire and have been doing bellydancing for 10 years. First lesson was in trackie bottoms and a borrowed belt. usually for class it's yoga pants, t-shirt and a belt ( of which I now have about 50:o).

Love doing it, it definitely makes you work muscles you didn't know you had, though weight loss as ever is defined by how much you eat as well (I'm not even thinking of weight at the minute). If you end up liking it, I can guarantee you will have fun, you will make friends, you will spend too much on things that rattle and sparkle and you will think it's a good idea to join a few others and do a performance at the old folks home. Trust me on the last one :rotfl:

Want any advice, consider me your go to bellydance nut:o

Lois_Lane

Morning all :wave:

leictina - hi there, and welcome to the thread

:j Pleased to say the effect of the liquorice allsorts lasted until today and I've lost 2lbs! :j

I've also continued with the SW plan and only had bread or cereals, not both, so I guess that's having the desired affect too.

Vix - you're in luck, check this link for details of what's on in Edinburgh.

Margaretclare - I love your OH's advice: 'Eat less, and less often' - definitely good advice. Sometimes I think I eat just because it's mealtime rather than because I'm hungry, but meals have to fit around work too. I start at 1pm and have to leave the house at 12.30 to get there, so lunchtime has to be 12.00, like it or not.

Catch you later.

LL

margaretclare

jess444, thanks for the suggestion about 'Escape the Diet Trap' by Dr John Briffa. Here it is on Amazon, and it's possible to 'look inside it' and read the summary/preface. http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0007442432/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00

He's not keen at all on exercising to lose weight. This tallies with my SD's experience - she's recently lost about 9 stone on Slimming World and says she never exercised at all, unless you count riding her big motorbike as exercise!

I also read the reviews on Amazon, and all this is helpful in itself.

Frodobaggins

-2 1/2lb loss this week and 2 x 30 mins gym sessions.

vixarooni

Leictina: Welcome! 10 stone is a good achievable target! I found that cutting out bread in the mornings helped me lose a fair bit of weight. i've become very lazy at the mo, and life has a tendency to get in the way and i use that as a bit of an excuse sometimes 2013 will be different!!

leictina

vixarooni wrote: »

Leictina: Welcome! 10 stone is a good achievable target! I found that cutting out bread in the mornings helped me lose a fair bit of weight. i've become very lazy at the mo, and life has a tendency to get in the way and i use that as a bit of an excuse sometimes 2013 will be different!!

i dont tend to have bread in the mornings apart from toast and poached egg on the occasionly Sunday morning.....but thanks for the tip.....i might try to cut out my sandwiches for at work lunches.....any ideas.....

and good luck for 2013.....