Old Style Weight Loss 2020 - Part 2

dumpling

Hi everyone, I have been following all your stories with loads of interest, cheering and commiserating as appropriate. I have had a dreadful couple of weeks battling the big black dog but I feel a lot better tonight and full of zip ready to start again. 

My lovely husband is going to buy supplies tomorrow and he doesn't know it yet but there are lots of good, healthy food on his list ready to jump into his trolley. I am sick of eating rubbish and then feeling like rubbish. I always throw myself into healthy eating only to throw myself out again within a few days but this time I have my positive head on and more importantly, my forgiving myself head on too...like some freaky alien creature I guess . 

Hubby has now read the shopping list, rolled his eyes and will put on his hunter gatherer persona tomorrow morning. I guarantee there will be additions to the list such as biscuits and cakes when he returns but I will not be munching any more of them...well not for the first few days anyway  .

honeythewitch

Brambling said:

Morning all    and well done to all that weigh in 

I was sidetracked by a phone call last night and forgot to update the chart for the weekend (I've too many sisters  ) Monna is -4lb in total correct for you I can't remember if I've updated you this week already ?

Thanks for Boris' clear instructions I received a early whats app from a colleague this morning asking if she should have gone to work?  I've said not according to me as I though we had been told 'if you can't work from home you can go to work'  which implies if you can work from home stay there, I'm stir crazy as I'm on my own I think she is stir crazy because she's not!! I may be stir crazy but I think i'll stay where I am for a while longer although I find I'm talking to the cat more and more  

I think it's sad that some of the songs and nursery rhymes my parents taught us seem to be gone, I think some where old Dorset ones as I use to get blank stares when I mentioned them, most have been put into storage in my brain for now but I'm sure will return in 20 plus years when I can't remember what I did yesterday  but I can recall all the words to 'inky pinky ponky' 

Food wise today is a day of left overs    nasi goreng for lunch and roast beef and vegs for dinner 

Right must join yet another skype call have a good day all 

Congratulations and commiserations to gainers, losers and stay the samers. I havent weighed in yet. I think longer gaps work better for me, otherwise I am plunged into despair over a half a pound loss and eat cake to drown my sorrows, or i gain half a pound and eat cake as a consolation prize. 

Brambling, is this "Inky pinky ponkey, the really distressing one about  a  dead donkey"?  I was traumatised. 

Im much better now, Thank you everyone. 
Food today...
Marmite on toast. 
Duck egg on toast. Two pomegranates. 
Spaghetti bolognaise. Five satsumas. 

monnagran

Morning Losers.

Quick post from me as my tablet is pretty low in energy,  much  like its owner, but I'll be back later.

I just had to record the break through I had yesterday.  I was thoroughly enjoying my lunch, eating slowly, relishing every mouthful, when 3/4 of the way through I suddenly thought, "D'you know what?  I've had enough of this."  I arose, went into the kitchen and tipped the rest into the bin.
I know, I know.  I was brought up on the virtue of a clean plate too.  Yes, it was a waste, but at least it was a waste that went straight from plate to bin without dispersing its unnecessary calories into my body on its way.
Hallelujah!

Back later.

Izadora

Morning All,

supersaver I hope the others weren't too disappointed that the scales weigh the same and it's handy being able to have two sets. Cold beans from the tin are great, hopefully the extra protein will help you as well.

Blue Doggy There's no need to be productive all the time, some days you just need to snuggle up and keep warm. And well done for taking the doggies out, it was so bitterly cold yesterday that making it out of the front door was a great achievement.

sillyvixen That's great about your new trousers, whether you can weigh yourself or not that must be such a good reward for all of your effort.

dumpling I hope that you're starting to win the battle against the big, black dog and well done for getting positive and forgiving heads on

Honey I'm glad you're feeling better now and weighing in a way that suits you is definitely a good plan. I probably need to weigh more often so that I can't try to convince myself that I haven't done too much damage.

Black Saturn Once again your menu sounds lovely. I had one of my veg curries but "all the stuff that needed using up" curry doesn't sound quite as appetising somehow 

monnagran Well done on your break through, I love your approach to food. I really need to remind myself that I don't have to eat everything on my plate.

I braved the scales this morning and was quite relieved that it was only a +0.5lb gain I know that I shouldn't be happy about putting weight on but I'm just pleased that it wasn't a 3-4lb gain, which was what I feared. I've been having quite a bit of veg the past few days so need to carry that on as I find I definitely snack less. We've got bubble and squeak for tea today so I'll try to make mine mostly veg, with just enough potato to hold it together, and I'm not sure what lunch will be but I fancy eggs so they'll be involved in some way.

Best of luck and stay safe everyone xx

supersaver1000

There were some disappointed looks Izadora but it answered a question and they soon went onto other things.  Dumbbells are being fought over in our house (not literally).

I was thinking yesterday about the times (many of them) when I've just stuffed myself, such as eating one of those big bars of chocolate.  And other times when I have 'gone on a diet' and then immediately been drooling over all the food that I wasn't allowed.  I haven't felt that this time and I'm not sure why.  I'm not restricting any types of food at all, but I am calorie counting - currently allowing myself 1400 a day, plus any exercise calories if I need them (200-600 when I've done a 4 mile run).  I've heard other people say about diets - 'I don't feel deprived at all' and I've not really believed them.  I suppose I'm not really on a diet though - I'm balancing out my calories to lose weight.  If I want to eat something I eat it, but first of all I decide if its worth the calories.  And if its worth it and I want to go over 'calories out' limit I do.  So nothing is out of bounds, its all up to me.  I almost feel like it doesn't really matter if I lose weight - just not obsessing about food is a really good feeling.

I hope this lasts and I keep wondering if tomorrow I'll wake up obsessed with eating again.  Its definitely easier being at home as you don't have to plan what to take with you to work.  When you want to eat you go and find something, although I used to find being at home harder as the food is right there calling to you.  I think running regularly is helping, but I really don't know what has changed this time and I hope it stays.

Blue_Doggy

Good evening everyone 
 
sillyvixen it seems you don’t need scales, you have proof that you’re losing weight! Congratulations 👏👏
 
dumpling good to see you back, so sorry you’ve had a rough time lately. I’m sure your positive, self-forgiving head is not alien but your real head shining through 
 
honey cake is a false friend, it’s lured me in often enough, and I find myself trapped in soft billows of sweetness - which mostly billow themselves onto my hips.
 
monnagran 👏👏👏  just 👏👏👏
 
Izadora so glad your worst fears didn’t come real. Your extra veggies sound an ideal plan.  Good luck! 👍
 
supersaver well done on your new plan, best wishes for a lighter future
 
I’ve been catching up with emails, and trying to read a book for my reading group newsletter. I’m not saying anything about future food strategies, there’s a gremlin about that sees to it that I go on a binge shortly after posting about high hopes.
 

What I ate today
B : porridge 
L : peppered smoked mackerel salad (lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber); tangerine
AT : one Florentine
D : tomato & thyme omelette with mixed vegetables; cinnamon yogurt 
2 squares of chocolate 

Brambling

Evening all 

Dumpling don't be so hard on yourself and listen to the wise Monna       remember it wasn't many months ago that we nearly lost you   

Well done on getting into the size 12 trousers Sillyvixon, i find walking is a great exercise and I know when I had to have a heart stress test 8 years ago they had problems getting my heart rate up and decided it must be all the walking I was doing at the time. I don't think they believed me when I told them how much I was walking a week and the treadmill was getting faster and faster and the incline steeper and steeper one nurse said to the other "I must walk more....."  I was a couple of stone slimmer then but still big busted and it wasn't comfortable I thought I was going to give myself a black eye   

Monna I had the empty plate epiphany a couple of years ago when I was forcing myself to finish dinner and wondered why? i'm a middle aged mature intelligent woman and my dad had been dead 35 years, but i could still hear his voice making us sit there until we had cleared our plates and my mum didn't do small portions    Those last mouthfuls do mount up, I don't have children but I'm told its the same as eating what they've left on their plates.  

Honey glad you're feeling better and for you I'll drop the dead donkey 

My hairdresser texted me this morning and i have a provisional appointment for the last Saturday in July (he's going to be a busy man and he knows i prefer Saturdays as I don't work locally)  so it will be 5 months between hair cuts for me by then, I don't mind the grey roots too much except when the landing light bounces off of them and they glint in the mirror ( which is going to be turned to face the wall) but my fringe is driving me nuts and i daren't cut it myself as my hair has a mind of it's own and tends to grow out and not down.  By the end of July I may have learnt to embrace my grey  and save myself a small fortune in the process !!

B - over night oats and berries
L - spicy bean burger in a pita bread with raw spinach
D - liver, bacon, mash potato, cabbage and runner beans and maybe some wilted spinach as the bad needs eating

dumpling

Awww, you are all so lovely, thank you xx
I'm just popping on before I go to bed to say that I have had a great day, both mood wise and food wise  
My meals today have been 
b - Weetabix, milk and sweetener with a yoghurt
l - ham and mushroom omelette with a large salad and loads of pickled veg
d - king prawn stir fry with noodles
s - slice of bread and butter, apple, banana, satsuma and a small amount of grapes.

Right, I have to think of something exciting to do with some frozen sea bass my husband bought me for tomorrow. My cat will certainly have an opinion on it I'm sure . Good night all xxx

aimeemum

Morning all....weigh in day and the pizza, bank holiday cake and lovely farm shop pies have meant a 1lb gain for this week. I'm not happy but it could have been a lot worse!! So, current weight is 10st 11lb. 
Back on the wagon for a week to attempt to get o single figures in the lbs section....still got half a stone to go! 
Hubby has hurt his neck so I envisage a busy day today. Chilli and rice for tea, and not sure about lunch yet. 

honeythewitch

It is hard to stay on track when your focus is battling through supermarket deliveries when only half the stuff arrives, and otherwise at the mercy of what you can find at the corner shops for a fortune. 
I shouldnt be ungrateful really. We do have food, but I feel like if I am forced to eat my way through another soggy white sliced loaf  I shall scream! 

Food yesterday. 
Marmite on white toast. and more marmite on white toast. 
Bacon egg, mash, tinned tomatoes. 
Tuna butty on white bread. *sigh*
An old Gullon sugar free chocolate wafer thing I found at the back of the cupboard.  I didn't  seem to mind this being white flour at all!