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serendisglair

Suggs wrote: »

I know I know, but Victory gets a well done and she is meant to maintian
still want to feel like Im part of the group. If you rather I go, you only have to say. Sorry, having a real bad day today. I should be happy, cant even think a positive thought

Of course we wouldn't rather you go suggs! why on earth would you think that!

Big hugs to cheer the day up

katiepoppycat

Well Done Suggs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

katiepoppycat

and thanks for the votes of confidence guys, I just need to keep focussing i think. Off to check the LW thread - seem to remember there was a falafel recipe on there. I am entertaining on sat on green ( forgreen read indian takeway whilst everyone else eats pizza) so some synfree munchies would be a good plan methinks. does anyone else have some green munchies to recommend? that aren't crudites that is. I like carrot sticks asnd cherry toms but they do get dull quite quickly, even with a large amount of garlic and yoghurt dip.

missyg_3

I think we can consider Suggs fully sync'ed with the rest of us TOTM'ers

Does anyone feel like posting up their exercise routines, I might be heading towards a bit of a rut with mine and I could do with some inspiration. Here's mine:

Days 1&2
Approx 60min Gym workout - 5 mins warm up, 10 mins bike on high tension, 10 mins cross trainer medium tension (5 mins forward, 5 mins backward), 10 mins on lateral thigh trainer with 2x 1.5 kilo hand weights (approx 400 reps each arm), 5-10 mins rowing/abs exercise & stretches.

Day 3
Lighter/shorter version of the above workout plus a workout DVD.

Day 4
Either a day off if I feel on track, or start straight back again as Day 1.

Every day
Minimum 2 mile walk, up to 4 miles. I've stopped running.

Extras 1 or 2 per week: Swimming (60-70 length 25m pool), cycling (12 miles), skating (2 hours), dry slope ski-ing (1.5 hours). I'd quite like to try some new things, indoor pref, I'm up for most things.

Comments and critiques welcome...

serendisglair

I think the recipes thread may have been affected by the servers...could only view two pages....

time to rebuild folks....

jenpoptab

hello. I'm happy to report a 1lb loss, so I am one pound off goal, and I've lost 13lb in 11 weeks, so I'm really happy. Will try and post later as have got hungry baby to feed.

serendisglair

whoa there missg!! you've made me come obver all faint just thinking of the exercise!!!

If you are doing all that regularly then you should definitely be munching more than 1000 a day!! you might find with a bit more fuel you can exercise for longer and longer...

have you thought about joining a local netball team? or a similar team sport...would definitely keep the interest alive...you could be a rugger player like suggs...or hockey?

bails

Sorry Suggsy, my memory just fails me [STRIKE]some[/STRIKE]a lot of the time, you know I wouldn't deliberately leave you out. Well done on your loss :T and yes, now it is maintaining time, and that is really hard but we will help you every step of the way. (Also, sometimes we are posting at the same time so you don't always see every message - I've just looked back through whilst looking for something else and notice I have 'missed' a few posts that way this morning).

victory wrote: »

you have to learn your own body, your own buttons, what presses them, what makes them decide you want choc etc rather than need, that is the difference...

As bails says, tiredness plays a huge part, as well as my downfall boredom, loneliness, fed up ness, talking to my mother,relationships,work, trigger points loads of them, just re teach brain to not reach for food, reach for a walk/gym/exercise/write thoughts down,talk to someone,have a bath,a hot mug of your fav drink etc.

Lying to yourself is also a huge one for me or was...it kept me fat, hidden,in a bubble and now I am honest with myself and the way I see food and act around it it is liberating.

KPC wrote:
I have a gain of 0.2kg to report which could have been worse. Am trying to be better. Raphael, I know how you feel - i lose, gain maintain and it swings wildly all over the damn place. The stupid thing is that if I i put my mind to it, I know I can shift the weight - I just need to put my mind to it. I find that I can be good all week then at weekends I go to pot - and then i just really go for it, thinking, if I've blown it, I may as well REALLY blow it. Which is stupid and pointless and self destructive. I am a real foodie though and cooking and feeding people has always been a big part of my life. I find it really hard to not do that, and the healthy substitutions only go so far towards fulfilling that need. Some days I tell myself that i really do want to lose the weight, and thats more important than the food, other days I just want to enjoy eating and not think about whether it's good or bad. I can't seem to find a happy medium between the two points. I've always been a bit of a compulsive eater, and always used food as a reward so trying to balance all these things together is proving very challenging and I find it easy to give myself reasons to give up. On the plus side, I know my body shape has changed since doing SW as my clothes fit differently.

Sorry for the long ramble, not sure what anyone can do to be constructive but needed to get it off my chest a bit i think ( and my stomach, and my thighs . . . )

I just wanted to bring these two posts up and thank Victory and KPC for their honesty, on here and with themselves. It plays such an important role in WL and I am happy that you felt able to share your feelings on here.

Victory made a great point about diversion activities which can help to get over a craving. And whilst you're doing them you can allow yourself the space to think about why you really wanted to reach for food - understanding that can free you up to deal with it in a more positive way, at that moment and in the future when it happens again. I'm not keen on this word at all but it's a very empowering feeling indeed.

I'm sure we can all relate to the 'blowing it' scenario KPC talked about - I have certainly been the queen of this in my life. In one way, it is self-destructive I agree, and perhaps also a way of protecting yourself - that 'bubble' Victory talks of. Breaking that cycle is extremely hard but it is possible and I think honesty with yourself is the first step. I find writing my diary is a great way to really get to the bottom of things - sometimes I don't even know where to start so it may just be ' I was desperate for a Wispa...' and see what comes.

I feel really strongly about getting away from thinking of foods as 'good' and 'bad'. This is something that I certainly grew up with (and terminology that my parents still use) but it just throws so many more challenges into the WL pot (and there are enough already aren't there?!:D). I mean no disrepsect to anyone by this, and I know that many of you are happily doing SW successfully, but one of the things that put me off was the use of the word 'syn'. IMHO, for food to be a sin or a reward gives that food too much power. We need to be in contol of it, not the other way round, and that is one of the challenges we are all dealing with.

Have a treat if you want one (and I mean having thought about it first) and not because you 'deserve' it. We deserve massages and pedicures and warm bubble baths and whatever else you'd like to reward yourself with.

As for the cooking side of things, I have never been a lover of it...until I started this WL 'journey'. Here's my honest bit - I now realise that food has always been my enemy, for reasons connected to my mother and because it kept me as it's 'fat prisoner' if you like! By taking time to understand why I reach for food (and this has taken a long time) I am now able to come into a positive relationship with food, and therefore cooking. What is it about cooking healthy food that doesn't quite do it for you KPC? Is it that you have to count points, or that you have to adapt old favourites/miss things out?

Sorry for blabbing on, I hope you can relate to some of what I've said. I'm in no way sat here thinking 'I've had a good loss this week, I now know all the answers' - far from it - I just hope that the insight I have gained over the past year or so may be helpful to others.

bails

Oh Suggs, I'm sorry you're having such a bad day, we definitely, definitely, definitely don't want you to leave us! And anyhoo, there's no way you can now we're all in sync, it might upset the rest of our cycles :rotfl:Cheer up lovely boy, we still all want you around :grouphug:

Fantastic news on cracking that first stone Emmalis, and inspiring your mum too; your work here is done Well done to Jenpoptab and Delly too.

Missyg, I would definitely echo Serendisglair - I am amazed that you are not the one falling over faint! And where's your rest day you naughty, naughty girl?! At least one a week is essential, ideally two. Now I've slapped your naughty b0tt0m, and once you start eating more, how about mixing it up a little. Your body gets used to any exercise routine after 4 weeks so changing it every month keeps it spiced up and stops your body from plateauing out.

Serendisglair, I think I have a low GL recipe for falafels, shall I go and dig it out and see if it fits with your plan?

serendisglair

Thankyou bails!!!

That was a lovely thoughtful post and did justice in linking those written by KPC and Victory...

definitely worth thinking about...I know I am a boredom eater....can't quite break out of the habit but it is way way worse when I'm on my own and idle...

Maybe though that is the ideal time to break out the nail polish.....