On a mission to lose 1st. anyone fancy joining me?

savesummore

amyb wrote: »

Eating regularly.

Eating breakfast –

Not thinking I’m on a diet -

If you want something - have it.

Only 2.5 weeks in so obviously not a big success story but I’m happy with what I’m doing.
I’m losing so far, I get to eat dinners with my BF (Sausage and Mash this evening) and I don’t feel deprived.
I think half the battle is finding a plan/routine that works for you.

I think this is great advice, especially the part about not thinking we are on a diet. Its a good long haul approach and one that will hopefully keep us sane

unixgirluk wrote: »

If you wish away my 3 stone I'll wish away your 4 stone

It is difficult but I suppose I'd rather take my time and it doesn't go back on this time.


Did anyone see Horizon: Eat, Fast and Live longer? Only watched half of it so far but very interesting programme.

I saw this!! I found it very very interesting but there no way I could fast :eek: specially for 4 days :eek::eek::eek: Im ready to pass out after 4 hours :rotfl:

GFN123

Thanks everyone for your wise and kind words I am perked up today though haven't really been very focused on the healthy eating side as went for lunch with a friend but...


...she is about to qualify as a personal trainer and I volunteered to be her first client I'll get mates rates in return for a testimonial.

She will come round or we'll go to the park etc and I'll get a specially designed programmed and we'll do an hour a week together plus exercises that I can do at home as well. I think it is the only way I can get motivated so something very positive came out of lunch! Looking forward to it now.

Onwards and upwards.

WantToBeSE

Hi guys

I am struggling a bit today, due to the fact that i am due on my period and i have the munchies! I am doing everything in my willpower to resist all the homemade goodies i made the other day! They are all calling me from the kitchen.

I was wondering if you guys could help me with something, and i need honest answers please!

I want to start doing to C25K, but dont have regular childcare. My kids are 8 and 12 and was wondering if you think that they are old enough to be left at home for 20mins 3x a week whilst i go for a 20min run? I will literally be only 20mins.

Please be honest, i wont mind if you say no...i just dont know if it is frowned upon??

If not, i will just have to drag them out with me for a good walk 3 times a week, and start the C25K when they go back to school in September.

Wyre

The 12 year old I would say yes, chances are they bring themselves home from school on their own and I bet that takes longer than 20 mins. The question to me is over the 8 year old.

My youngest I couldn't leave with my next one as she was a right handful. She has calmed down a lot in the past couple of years. Is your youngest the quiet type? Will they not use the phone/oven/kettle/answer the door? Are the two liable to fight even if they are well behaved individually?

In all honesty I probably wouldn't do it, but only you know your kids and how responsible they are.

ebsks76

Hi all,

I know my mum leaves my two sisters, 12 and 7 alone for half hour while she goes for a run 3x a week.

She puts a movie on the TV for them and leaves a drink and fruit for them, and they have not moved by time she returns.

The 12 year old is responsible for her age, and knows how to get help if she needs it and can handle the younger one. They are only allowed to use the phone in emergency and not allowed in the kitchen/answer the door.

savesummore

WantToBeSE wrote: »

Hi guys

I am struggling a bit today, due to the fact that i am due on my period and i have the munchies! I am doing everything in my willpower to resist all the homemade goodies i made the other day! They are all calling me from the kitchen.

I was wondering if you guys could help me with something, and i need honest answers please!

I want to start doing to C25K, but dont have regular childcare. My kids are 8 and 12 and was wondering if you think that they are old enough to be left at home for 20mins 3x a week whilst i go for a 20min run? I will literally be only 20mins.

Please be honest, i wont mind if you say no...i just dont know if it is frowned upon??

If not, i will just have to drag them out with me for a good walk 3 times a week, and start the C25K when they go back to school in September.

Hi,

Just a quick one from me as I have no kids but when I was 12 I used to watch my younger brother who was 6 yrs old for up to an hour maybe an hour and half but ive always been old headed and he was a good kid- I think you must trust your instincts
HTH

I_wanna_live_for_free

lazy_daisy wrote: »

Hello! can I join in, please? I only want to lose one stone so it should be easy, right? (er, apparently not!)
I visited my lovely Mum yesterday and we sorted through some old photos, some of which showed me looking really slim. They were about 25 years old, (I'm now 50) but I remember how easy it was to buy lovely clothes that looked good, how I could run upstairs without collapsing at the top, and not having a roll of flab that I can rest a cup of tea on when I sit down! Oh happy days....
So the plan is:
1- follow that clever advice from Paul McKenna (thanks G&B!) and not eat just because I'm bored, restless, waiting for tea to finish cooking...
2- ignore all the cakes/biscuits brought into work practically every day by my kind(?) colleagues, replace with fruit/healthy snacks..
3- cut down on the booze, (oh merlot, merlot how i love thee..)
4- move more. I'm quite active already but much less than I was when those dratted photos were taken.
So, here goes, I' m going to weigh myself now.
Good luck everyone!
Love,
LD xx

did I write this?!

I_wanna_live_for_free

No problem leaving the 12yr old, depends how sensible they are together really. I don't have a problem with children being given a sense of responsibility - at 10 I was making the dinner for everyone on a wednesday as it was younger sister's ballet night and Mum&Dad had to take her, wait there and bring her home and older sister & brother never managed to get home before 6 those nights either. Odd that every other night they were home at 5 past 4... :mad:

I've had serious munchies today too. Made a nice roast beef sarnie for lunch, merest scrape of butter, horseradish and oodles of lettuce, was totally yummy. Mixed salad to go along with it, 2 satsumas and grapes. Then I stuffed a whole bag of mini cheddars Tonight I realise why, good old mother nature :eek:

Going to fess my sins on MFP and see how many days calories I've borrowed :rotfl: really really got the urge for a huge glass of red, too. Ignoring that for time being!

lazy_daisy

LOL - I wanna live for free - good to know I'm not alone! Do you have a tea-shelf as well?
I've had quite a good first day, apart from some choc chip cookies that we shan't talk about....
B - banana porridge
L - tinned salmon and salad sandwich with lurvely Warburton's seeded bread
D - DD's infamous sweet and sour chicken stir fry with noodles.
Not too bad. Oh, and NO MERLOT! Boo

I_wanna_live_for_free

I do indeed have a tea-shelf. It's gradually pushing the laptop away from me :rotfl: