Is OS bad for me?

boo81

Hi

The more OS I get the more weight I seem to put on and I really dont know why!

Someone please tell me what is wrong with my diet, I eat the following on a typical weekday:

Breakfast: sugar free organic apple and sultana muesli no added sugar but add about 1/2 tsp with skimmed milk
Mid morning: 250ml fresh orange juice
Lunch: 1 slice wholemeal bread (no butter) with either cheese and pickle or tuna mayo and lettuce. Cho rice crispie cake or nectarine compot with fat free natural yoghurt and handful muesli
Dinner: normally during the week - pasta with tomato sauce and cheese, spag bol, veggy curry, brown rice and small naan, roasted veg and salmon fillet. Sometimes desert of fruit and cream but prob only once or twice a week.

At weekends I dont normally have breakfast and often have a treat or two of something sweet like a cake or icr cream, often have one meal out of filled baguette, burger etc per weekend. I am more liekly to have things like pastry but 2/3 evening meals will be substantial.

I only drink water at other times or sugar free cordial at weekends and I dont think im a big eater. If I have pasta its normally 4oz portion.

I think my diet is pretty good, what would you suggest for me? The OS routine seems to be bad for me. I dont want to feel deprived and never have treats

allIcouldwishfor

I know what you mean, I've put on a stone since I got my breadmaker after advice on this website!!!

Do you drink alcohol at all? Wine is my big downfall and not only is it "empty calories", once I've had a glass all my resolve goes out the window and I start raiding the cupboards for nuts, etc. The breakdown of alcohol by your liver also produces chemicals that tell your body to stop burning fat and start storing it.:eek:

Other than that it might be worth checking your portion sizes? They can creep up without you realising.

scuzz

I've always been told it doesn't matter what you eat as long as you do some exercise. If you have a desk you at work (like me) and you eat lunch at the pc then those calories are going to stay put. Try and make an effort to move about as much as you can.

Your diet sounds sensible, (much more so than mine) but maybe join a sports club or go for walks with family and friends

Please don't think I'm being rude and assuming you don't exercise, I'm going on my lifestyle

I know you're under a lot of stress personally, which could be adding to the weight gain.

newlywed

I found that baking and cake making has crept most of it up.

But also portion size. Try dishing up a large spoonful less than normal and see if you are still hungry (freeze the extra for lunch of course )

I have been doing this and me and OH haven't been hungry so we have definitely been overeating due to my portion sizes

If you think of a size of a microwaved "ready meal" for one - how does it compare to the quantity you put on your plate each meal? Obviously the quality doesn't compare but maybe it is quantity.

boo81

Well alcohol is certainly not an issue for me as I drink probably once every few months.

Im not the most active person I will admit, I walk to and fro the bus every day and walk most weekend but apart from that at the moment not much. I have joined a gym and im waiting for the card, im a bit worried though as my osteopath has told me that he is not really keen on me doing anything as my back may flare up. Im hoping the opposite!

Its hard to say with portion size, I know my lunch is very small compared with others and my weekday meals are not big (I neither feel uncomfortably full or hungry).

Maybe I should just accept im not supposed to be the svelt size 10 I used to be!

overlykeensaver

your weekly menu looks pretty healthy to me but maybe your weekend is where it is creeping up. Perhaps you could reduce your cake treats to just one at the weekend and opt for something slightly more healthier when you treat yourself to take-away?

As for exercise, if you take the bus, would it be possible to get off one stop earlier and walk the rest of the way? If you work in an office block - take the stairs instead of the lift, not just on thh way in and at the end of the day but even when you go to see people on other floors (that is if your office is like that of course! Try to think of easy ways to incorporate a bit more walking into your day - perhaps a ten minute walk at lunchtime? It does us all good to get some fresh air!

MrsTinks

When you go to the gym make sure you tell them about your back and they should be able to give you a program that shouldn't cause you too many problems - but to tell them! They need to know so they can factor this in!
Also worth investing in some good shoes to help you support your back when walking
And it might be worth checking with your GP that there isn't a medical reason for your weight gain... you're not on the depo injection are you? (I gained 2 stone on that and still struggling to shift it!) or it might be thyroid etc - you seem to be eating balanced so I would definitely check with your GP as well as doing some more excercise

Plum_Pie

I discovered last autumn after an exciting half hour with the kitchen scales, that in guessing by eye rather than weighing out portions of ingredients like rice and pasta, I was eating about 50% more than I thought I was. Yikes! I'm more 'portion-savvy' now.

My mum is totally old style including doing and eating lots of baking. She does this by 1. v small portions, esp at lunch 2. almost no protein foods 3. Tons of exercise (esp gardening and walking). She's a little too concerned with her weight for my liking, but I offer it up as an example of being OS and slim.

patchwork_cat

Hi
Weigh your food and do a calorie check. If you are eating about 2000 calories and still gaining weight - see your dr.

thriftlady_2

Home baking is definitely responsible for my weight problem, but I don't have to make biscuits and muffins, no one is forcing me to eat them :rolleyes: I'm trying to scale down my baking and just concentrate on bread. I don't find this as hard to resist as a biscuit, and the kids were as pleased as punch to have bread and hm blackcurrant jam for their snack this morning.

I think it is a bit of a myth that you only get fat if you eat processed junk, I'm living proof of that :rotfl:

boo81

To be honest im scared of going to the dr, I went a few years ago and I should have complained at the time because he was so horrible to me.

I went regarding my knee hurting (had got back from snowboarding and was suffering months later) and he gave me a halfhearted once over without even checking my records when I have had past problems diagnosed. He then prodded my little fat roll over my jeans and said "well THAT wont help the situation will it?". Then we got into my eating habits which were still not exactly bad at the time and he told me the only way I could lose weight would be to cut calories by about 200.

To be honest I tried counting calories but found it absolutely impossible to do.

I make it sound like im huge but im a size 14, all my clothes are a 12 and hardly anything fits me which is so depressing, also I cant afford to buy new ones!