Diet and Exercise. Support and Advice welcome.

BunnieJ

OK, so you know in advance that your OH wont be home until late, so you have time to plan what you will eat, so that you don't resort to convenience foods. Healthy doesn't have to mean complicated. You could do beans/spaghetti on toast, with poached or scrambled eggs, a rasher of lean bacon (grilled) with grilled tomatoes and mushrooms.
Doesn't take too long, feels like a decent meal, and is healthy because you are grilling not frying.


Or pasta with veggies in a tomato sauce, or just roasted veg and baked chicken breast with herbs etc. There is plenty of time to arrange something

I do enjoy cooking and have got loads of recipe books lying around, I just need to make better use of them!

Choices. Its all about choices. Theres a fair amount of self sabotage going on in your eating habits even if you dont realise it.

You dont need to eat crap food just because its there. You dont need to buy it.

And you dont need to drink alcohol when you go out either. That might sound like your life is going to be dull and boring, but whats great about sinking a bucketful of alcohol and feeling dog rough the next day?

If you do a 30 min workout a day, thats a tiny percentage of the day. You can exercise at home if you cant be bothered to get to the gym.

And its just as easy to prepare healthy food than it is to make convenience.

The only person who can do this is you.

Diet coke is full of rubbish and really unhealthy. Its ok to have cake and chocolate but if you want to lose weight it should be occasional.

And I speak as someone who knows how hard it is. I used to have a massive diet coke habit, I ate crisps until they were coming out of my ears and I was 3 stones heavier a year ago.

You have to want to lose the weight and get healthy, really want it.
Otherwise you are going to be facing an uphill battle.

I know I need to make better choices with my food, but I'm just struggling atm *sigh*. It's the same with my exercise. Fortunately the new team I'm working with all do sports outside of work and they've been trying to get me motivated. I need to go to the supermarket tomorrow, so I'm going to sit down with my OH and do a meal plan for the week. Hopefully this will help :-)

I don't often drink tbh. A lot of the time - especially if out with my OH - I'm the driver, so I stick to soft drinks if we go anywhere. One night out of drinking every 6 weeks or so I think is not that bad. My main problem is diet coke! I've cut it down to 1 can per day (usually with my lunch), whereas I used to easily put away one of the large bottles over a day! I've been drinking squash/tea/sparkling water throughout the day when I'm at work.

I know I can do it when I put my mind to it. I survived without crisps through lent this year! But since I started eating them again, I can't seem to stop myself. As for chocolate/cakes etc I'm a complete sucker for them!

My OH just called to let me know he's on his way home, so I've prepared the veg for dinner. I'm making sweet potato and potato mash, got some cabbage and frozen carrots/cauliflower/broccoli to go with the chicken Kiev. I might have a small slice of bread pudding after, but I'm not really that fussed for it, I really made it for him.

WantToBeSE

OK, I am getting tough with myself this week. No chocolate or crisps at all.
I think I am going to limit them to once a week (Friday night) as a treat.
So, just having breakfast- coffee and a banana and a piece of toast.


Going straight to the gym at 1pm after lunch, so wont have lunch until about 3pm (after the gym). It'll be a ham salad pitta.


Dinner tonight will be turkey breast, roast veg and rice (one of my fave meals).


Taking it 1 day at a time!


How are you doing today Bunnie?

BunnieJ

Hi WantToBeSE, I hope you're well this morning!

I had a pretty awful nights sleep, I kept tossing and turning ended up getting up half an hour late. Having toast with a light cheese triangle spread (not much else in the house until I go shopping tonight). For lunch I'm probably going to have soup and a yoghurt. Not sure about dinner yet, will ask my OH what he wants. Last night's tea was really filling

I think I'm going to give up crisps too! There's no need for me to eat them. I think it's more force of habit

BunnieJ

Going pretty well so far today!

Breakfast - Toast
Lunch - Potato, sweetcorn & bacon soup

Later today:
Snack - Muller light yoghurt
Dinner - Jacket potato with beans and salad

Drinks - Lucozade (I know, but I felt like s**t this morning) and a cup of tea so far

I've still got a bit of my lunchbreak left, so planning my food shop for tonight.

How's everyone else doing?

Melonade

Afternoon

Would it be ok for me to tag along in here please?

I'm not sure how much weight I have to lose atm because I need some batteries for my scales. Probably a good thing because they aren't very accurate

I know I'm well over 10st and would love to get back under that to feel happier in my clothes. I'm rubbish with cardio :eek: I just hate it with a passion but I have got some dumbbells and I'm really starting to enjoy adding some weight to exercises. I do a bit on my cross trainer as a warmup before I start.

I'd love some advice though if anyone can help. I don't know what muscle groups to exercise on each day. I don't really like doing the full body workouts as I get really bored and I'm more likely to stop before I'm finished.

My diet is getting better and swapping foods every time I go shopping. I'm eating a lot more chicken/turkey/fish and swapping potatoes for sweet potatoes and eating more veg. I need to drink more water but I'm building that up and cut out the amount of tea I drink. All this seems to be helping with reducing my wobbly bits. I don't drink fizzy drinks and don't eat a lot of chocolate or crisps anymore, maybe chocolate once or twice a week.

Thinking about it though I'm not sure I'll fix my scales because I can get a bit obsessive about weighing myself and that probably isn't good for me. I'm just praying for a miracle that the fat from my bum/thighs can somehow find its way to my chest :rotfl:

WantToBeSE

Had a crap workout today


Only managed 15mins on the bike, 2000m (10mins) on rowing machine and then 15mins on the treadmill (incline 5.5, speed 5.9).


Grrrr..........




Welcome Melonade, the more the merrier! Just watching Andy starting his tennis match, will be back later!

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WantToBeSE wrote: »

Had a crap workout today


Only managed 15mins on the bike, 2000m (10mins) on rowing machine and then 15mins on the treadmill (incline 5.5, speed 5.9).


Grrrr..........




Welcome Melonade, the more the merrier! Just watching Andy starting his tennis match, will be back later!

Its more than the person sat on the sofa.

WantToBeSE

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Its more than the person sat on the sofa.

Thank you, you are right. Also, I had 2 great workouts on Saturday and Sunday so maybe I need a day or 2 off. I am feeling a bit better about it now, and will get back to it as per normal on Wednesday.

purpleshoes_2

WantToBeSE wrote: »

Thank you, you are right. Also, I had 2 great workouts on Saturday and Sunday so maybe I need a day or 2 off. I am feeling a bit better about it now, and will get back to it as per normal on Wednesday.

Rest days are important. I have two rest days out of seven.

purpleshoes_2

Melonade wrote: »

Afternoon

Would it be ok for me to tag along in here please?

I'm not sure how much weight I have to lose atm because I need some batteries for my scales. Probably a good thing because they aren't very accurate

I know I'm well over 10st and would love to get back under that to feel happier in my clothes. I'm rubbish with cardio :eek: I just hate it with a passion but I have got some dumbbells and I'm really starting to enjoy adding some weight to exercises. I do a bit on my cross trainer as a warmup before I start.

I'd love some advice though if anyone can help. I don't know what muscle groups to exercise on each day. I don't really like doing the full body workouts as I get really bored and I'm more likely to stop before I'm finished.

My diet is getting better and swapping foods every time I go shopping. I'm eating a lot more chicken/turkey/fish and swapping potatoes for sweet potatoes and eating more veg. I need to drink more water but I'm building that up and cut out the amount of tea I drink. All this seems to be helping with reducing my wobbly bits. I don't drink fizzy drinks and don't eat a lot of chocolate or crisps anymore, maybe chocolate once or twice a week.

Thinking about it though I'm not sure I'll fix my scales because I can get a bit obsessive about weighing myself and that probably isn't good for me. I'm just praying for a miracle that the fat from my bum/thighs can somehow find its way to my chest :rotfl:

You can do a lot with dumbells. Seated or standing bicep curls. Prone flys. Lateral raises. Front raises. Tricep extensions, shoulder presses. Bent arm pullovers.

You can also use dumbells when you are lying flat on a bench similar exercises than you would do with a barbell such as chest presses. You can also do lunges with dumbells in your hands.

What I would say though is that as you progress you should be buying heavier weights, its fine to use a 3 or 4kg weight, but over time they should increase to 6-10 plus.

Thats how you challenge yourself, Id also suggest if you prefer using weights to doing cardio that you consider buying some weights, a barbell and some plates so you can do exercises such as deadlifts, bicep curls, squats. Id get some advice on technique and how to put a programme together and for certain exercises its wise to have someone to spot the weights for you.

I dont really love cardio either but I do quite a lot of HIIT and its very effective.