Old Style Weight Loss 2019 Part 4

tighteningthebelt

Molly41
In the olden days I was a nurse. I know that convalescence isn't very fashionable at the moment. We are sent out of hospital the day of surgery, or the day after and we make heros and legends of people who fight to recovery and battle back to strength with unending willpower and drive.
For a lot of people, getting better actually takes ages. If you were ill or under par before the op it takes longer. I really believe in convalescence, and I believe in the body's wisdom and timing. I don't know your circumstances, but I do wonder if you might need your calories just now, in the form of optimum healing nutrition, and that's why your body is hanging on to it?

Just thoughts - sent in kindness.

tighteningthebelt

Blue_Doggy wrote: »

L: sardine salad, apple, possibly yogurt
spinach soup

Scanned this and misread it as sardine soup. My tummy just did a rollover!!!!

Blue_Doggy

tighteningthebelt wrote: »

Scanned this and misread it as sardine soup. My tummy just did a rollover!!!!

I don’t blame you, mine would have done the same ! I’ve made up some odd concoctions in my time, but not yet sardine soup. However, it might be a thing... time to investigate .

honeythewitch

millymouse wrote: »

Hi all Saturday is normally the hardest day for me dieting so I’m really going to do my best to avoid the takeaways that my son and husband indulge in. I’ve got my food planned for breakfast and lunch but have no idea what to have for tea yet.
B - yoghurt and apple
L- ham salad sandwich
D -

Hope everyone has a great day

I find Saturdays hard too. Walking past all the cakes and Cornish pasties in Morrisons knowing I have got something sensible instead is quite disheartening, and I have only got to look at crisps and I go bonkers and convince myself they would be beneficial to my diet.

tighteningthebelt wrote: »

MIolly41
In the olden days I was a nurse. I know that convalescence isn't very fashionable at the moment. We are sent out of hospital the day of surgery, or the day after and we make heros and legends of people who fight to recovery and battle back to strength with unending willpower and drive.
For a lot of people, getting better actually takes ages. If you were ill or under par before the op it takes longer. I really believe in convalescence, and I believe in the body's wisdom and timing. I don't know your circumstances, but I do wonder if you might need your calories just now, in the form of optimum healing nutrition, and that's why your body is hanging on to it?

Just thoughts - sent in kindness.

I fully agree with this. I have had two years so far of discomfort while waiting for surgery to fix something that went wrong when I was turfed out two days after major surgery.
it was explained to me that it was more cost effective to treat patients when things went wrong, than to prevent it with rest and care.
I am sure this is true, but seems inhumane to me.

I feel particularly sorry for new mothers who are chucked out of hospital before they get their breath back.

Blue_Doggy wrote: »

I don’t blame you, mine would have done the same ! I’ve made up some odd concoctions in my time, but not yet sardine soup. However, it might be a thing... time to investigate .

I had some Vietnamese friends who made it. It wasnt much different to bouillabaisse.
I am not very keen on either though.

Blue_Doggy

honeythewitch wrote: »

I find Saturdays hard too. Walking past all the cakes and Cornish pasties in Morrisons knowing I have got something sensible instead is quite disheartening, and I have only got to look at crisps and I go bonkers and convince myself they would be beneficial to my diet.

(Sardine soup)
I had some Vietnamese friends who made it. It wasnt much different to bouillabaisse.
I am not very keen on either though.

I hope you’re feeling a lot better after your horrible day yesterday.

I managed not to buy a doughnut, but only by looking at it (longingly!) and asking myself if I really wanted to pay for something that would make me fatter (apologies to anyone who is upset by fat-shaming, it’s the best way I find to make myself walk on past the temptations) otherwise it’s sooooo easy to find some justification for indulging.

How interesting about your Vietnamese friends’ sardine soup, did you actually try it? There do seem to be quite a number of recipes for sardine soup, mostly including potatoes and tomatoes.

FrugalLina

tighteningthebelt wrote: »

Just on YouTube. The one I was listening to is called 'the aetiology of obesity'. In this one he is talking to a group of doctors.
https://youtu.be/ZKC3hiyLeRc
If you search Jason Fung there are lots to choose from, and he is a good speaker, easy to listen to. The arguements are compelling (probably the same as in the book you've read).
Your losses are compelling too! I'd like to find out how many fasting days do you have in a week? And what do you drink while fasting?

Lovely, thank you, I shall listen to those, his arguments are compelling in the book and as I suspect I get near diabetes point as I gain weight, I felt it was relevant to my situation.

I am fasting every other day. It is tough, but I can just about cope. I drink water and coffee throughout the day and he suggests a bone broth for lunch, so I have a vegetable one instead. I wee a lot, LOL.

The fasting is really only missing breakfast and lunch, you do get dinner. He does have another diet where you don't eat at all every other day - no way could I do that!

My body is responding well, I don't get the shakes when I am hungry any more, which is encouraging.

FrugalLina

So yesterday was a normal eating day and I enjoyed a lovely overnight oats breakfast with delicious blackberries (Tesco frozen ones - they are huge!).

I had soup for lunch and then I was out for a curry dinner which I was careful to eat the vegetable one with just plain rice and no naan. I probably shouldn't have had the Alpen bars and Nakd bars when I got home though!

Today is a fasting day and I shall have some more of those meatless chicken nuggets with a lot of veggies for dinner. As it is Saturday night - movie night - I shall make some popcorn with just some salt on it for a treat. :j

I am gradually trying to increase my steps and I walked into town to buy some frozen foods for my new (to me) chest freezer which arrived yesterday, so hopefully now I can avoid extra trips (and temptation) to the supermarket.

Have a great Saturday everyone!

Molly41

Tighteningthebelt - thank you for your kind words. My husband thinks the same way and as I was very ill for a long time so think it has taken its toll.

Brambling

Frith wrote: »

Please put me down, Brambling.

I don’t even know what I weigh at the moment. Everything is a bit up in the air at the moment (both sons going through a rough time at college) and I’ve been eating almost non-stop.

Welcome Frith :wave: do you want to add a target . Sorry things aren't great at the moment i think a lot of us stress eat

Honey I hope your back is feeling better today

FrugalLina are the meatless nuggets quorn?

Blue Doggy I was once asked what did I want more to lose weight or the cake, some times I win sometimes the cake :cool: I'm sure I must look strange sometimes in supermarkets standing there trying to talk myself out of putting something in the trolley

I'm feeding my sister and nephews tonight and the [STRIKE]boys[/STRIKE] young men will put together some flat pack storage I've brought for my small bedroom which I plan to turn into a office/sewing room. I'm cooking Chinese/ Asian - salmon, beef short ribs, stir fry veg, rice and noodles with bean sprouts followed by key lime pie and fresh berries. My skinny nephews have hollow legs and any left over dessert will go home with them.

I seemed to have missed lunch and I have been picking whilst prepping dinner tomatoes from the window sill with a small piece of cheddar, sugar snap peas and other veg whilst slicing it, pack of crisp. I'm sitting before sorting the ribs in the pressure cooker having just had a cuppa and a two finger kitkat with a cuddle from the cat

tighteningthebelt

Seems Saturday is everyones temptation day!

I have no willpower at all with anything that's made it's way into the house. I'm totally incapable of having one solitary biscuit. So I have to take action upstream.
I shop online, i have now deleted all sweet stuff from my shopping lists, and bread.
My plus points are; being in this group, Iiving on my own during term time so I can retain high kitchen control, and being far too idle to go out in the evening when I fancy a snack!

Reporting in...
B -
L - 2 beetroots, 1 corn on the cob, 2 crackers, no butter little cheese (we do funny mix ups on here don't we!!)
T - LO small pasty, mustard mash, carrots, spring greens. Stewed apple, little cream.