The Lose Weight The Old Style Way Thread.

kittyscarlett

frogga wrote: »

Thankyou for that Kitty I need a reminder every now and again to stick to the point xx:rotfl: Nothing of what I said has anything to do with O/S . Well, you could say I've saved you all money on reading my threads and not paying for expensive therapists!!!:rotfl:

Oh gosh, not at all Frogga - I actually think there's a flipside to everything - the plus side of OS eating is eating less convenience foods and making more stuff from scratch etc, but I do think there can be a downside too ... again, for example, my family were very OS meat and three veg, I loathed meat as a child ( and lets not even go there about fish ! ) but was under constant pressure, nagging, cajoling and threats to eat it, because a) they really thought it was unhealthy and just plain wrong for someone not to eat meat b) that it was a waste not to eat it and an insult to them because there wasn't much money around. This has led to some guilt issues around food and money related.

Do you see what I'm getting at here ? The subject is *very* relevant to both OS food prep and eating and its something worth discussing in further, only because I am new to the boards I really was not sure if I should be starting another thread about it

taplady

Morning!

work today for me and I have to have lunch and dinner there.Lunch will be ok because I can have something on toast or make some soup - they love my HM soups at work!:D but I think I am taking a service user out for a meal tonight in a pub so it will be harder faced with all the lovely fattening foods on the menu.
For brekky I had a 27g bowl of porridge at 7.30 and have just had a slice of cinnamon and sultana bread toast after dashing around like mad cleaning the house etc before work.
Dont think I'll make the SW weigh-in this week but according to my scales I'm about the same but I thought that last week and had lost one and a half pounds!:j

have a great day all! xxx

forgot to say well done Tine!:T

frogga

I get ya! xx I'm always getting "told off" for going off the point and posting in the wrong place et.c so I have to keep myself in check! Hi board guys you lovely lot , you xx:rotfl:

I don't think it helps me to keep dwelling on the past and what has happened .............................."tell me about your Mother:rotfl:

I guess all things make you the person you are now and it certanly showed me how NOT to bring up kids so I guess it's all good for the tadpoles xx

floyd

Well done everyone and may I say what a lovely quote from MRSMCAWBER Your not on a slippery slope....we are all attatched to the same OS rope, so the most any of us will do is slip a little...and the rest will hold onto you until you get your footing again...and then it will be someone elses turn and you can hold us up.... it was only a little wibble..don't worry about it

I am expecting today to be tough because we have a group away day today where everyone takes an item of food for a big buffet. I made sure I volunteered for salads so I can do tabbouleh and cous cous without too much oil and some other things I can pick at guilt free.
Trouble is, there will be cakes, muffins, pastries and cheese with crusty bread, will be hard but I am determined not to slip up.
Have a good day everyone

rockie4

Wow ! What a lot of good hints, tips and recipes I've picked up from you all:T :T :T
I've just gone back and read most of the thread through again, I had a cr*p night again last night. :mad:
OH wanted to go for a walk to Ikea after tea, I didn't really fancy it but went anyway (OH is out of work and also suffers from depression so I try to keep him occupied) Ended up in the cafe having cinnamon doughnuts ARGHHHHHH!!!!!:mad:
Came home and had a slice of toast with a LARGE G&T....this morning I realised I should have done some ironing as I had nothing to wear for work (nothing that fits comfortably anyway) so am sat here in a pair of jeans that are cutting me in halfand a top that has definitely seen better days :eek:
Still it should stop me eating!
Brekkie was a boiled egg and soldiers - comfort food!
Lunch is a hummus and salad sandwich on OH's granary bread
Tea will be Egg, chips (SW style) and beans.
I've got some savoury snacky things in for this evening - hopefully OH is going out so I plan to paint my toenails and maybe give myself a facial

Sorry for moaning

whatatwit

Hi gang.

I am starting to post on this thread as I have just shovelled down the last piece of fruity flapjack that I made on Sunday.....these were made for Mr Twit and Miss Twit, but.....I must confess to sort of hiding them in the cupboard and eating several every day.

I joined Slimming World in January and have lost 2.5 stones, but I can feel myself back on the slippery slope to naughtiness.

Enough drivel for now, I will be back later to read the whole thread, but I felt that unless I posted right now..I would put it off for weeks.

See you later..

The Twit.

newlywed

whatatwit wrote: »

I am starting to post on this thread as I have just shovelled down the last piece of fruity flapjack that I made on Sunday.....these were made for Mr Twit and Miss Twit, but.....I must confess to sort of hiding them in the cupboard and eating several every day.

I do that but with bought biscuits. Hide them so OH doesn't see them - and some in my desk at work so he doesn't see :rolleyes:

Sorry, used to do that (although yesterday it was fig rolls). Being good now.

Had porridge with cinnamon and raisins, a banana, an apple, two small wholemeal rolls with ham and pickle and am just contemplating having a fruit tea instead of normal tea.

Dinner will be omelet with prawns and peas and salad... (or maybe the low fat home made chips, if I'm extra hungry...)

frogga

Welcome Twit,

Food today :

Brekky ~ Fruit salad ( banana,grapes,apple and satsuma)
Snack ~ 6 nuts and 4 dried apricots
Lunch ~ Houmous, spinach, watercress and tomatoes on seedy bread
Tea ~ Jacket Pot, mixed spice bean chilli, red cabbage and carrots

Yummy xx

Miss_Sparkly_Star

Hi Frogga,

My eating dissorder counseller told me to "plan" a binge. Perhaps once a month. Spend time in the shop choosin all the things you really want. Lay them out on the table and decied which one you want first. Then stuff as much as you like, and REALLY enjoy yourself. When it's over it's over. If you need to do it once a month.

OMG - this is the worst thing you can ever do.

I was a prolific binge eater. I went from 10 stone to 17 stone in 3 years, lost all my friends, didn't go near a man..just ate and ate and ate.

I have now finally taken control of this eating disorder and believe me it is an eating disorder that is ignored compared to anorexia and bullimia.

I wish I could tell you exactly what it was that made me change my eating but I just remember waking up thinking..I am going to die unless my eating habits change.

The only thing that has made me get my weight down from 17 st 4lbs to 13 st 13lbs in 3 months is the power of the MIND.

I have trained myself to stare a cake and focus on all the crap that's oozing out of it, fat sugar, lard and imagine that seeping into my body....yuk!

As a society we would never encourage an alcoholic to just have a 'another pint' or say to a drug addict, go on just snort a line of cocaine.

I am a recovering food addict and have to go completly cold turkey to come off the junk...this is my food diary.

Breakfast - W/bix with skimmed milk.

Lunch - Wholegrain s/wich with no butter, egg salas, tuna.

Dinner - Salmon/Chicken with salad.

Snacks - make a lovely fruit salad and leave it in the fridge and snack on that with organic yoghurt and raisins.

I've found that my tastebuds have changed, I'm embracing quality organic food and refuse to put rubbish in my body..I also need to stress the importnace of the exercise. I go the gym three times a week and have also invested in a personal trainer. £15 per week worth every penny and very cheap compared to the amount of money I spent on takeaways.

I also find that you need a goal to look forward to..Xmas is my goal and the image of me in a Size 12 Black Dress is what I think of every day.

My final tip..reward yourself..If you have the money each time you lose another half a stone, get a body wrap or a massage. You're pampering yourself and your body will benefit too. I no longer relate rewarding myself equals a takeaway.

Sorry for going on..I am just a completely different person and wish I'd done this years ago..the thought of getting my life back fills me with joy.

WE CAN DO IT!!!!

frogga

You've hit the nail on the head as that was exactly how I felt! He is a professional though so who am I to judge? Perhaps it works for some and not others. Well done you on getting yourself "right". However, I have been "fixed" just the way you say. I lost 9 st in 8 months and thought "never again will I binge," but I did. Then I went back up to nearly 19 st again. Good luck to you though. I hope you really have got yourself sorted xx