Old Style Weight Loss 2020 - Part 3

tighteningthebelt

Hi everyone 🙂

Apple and 25g feta for lunch
Dinner will be chilli with courgette and green beans. Stewed apple and a bit of custard for pud. 

We have been stewing windfall bramleys like mad. All hands on deck! We have 46 jars now so nearly than one for every week of the year. So satisfying even if I didnt do much myself.  The next batch will mean the jars are used up now so that will be the end of that!

I found myself irritated with a friend yesterday. Shes lost a stone in a month which is great obviously. She reckons shes done it by cutting down on cake and "just healthy eating". Now, one thing I do know a bit about is dieting (sadly) and I dont think you can lose 3lb a week / ½lb a day ish just by "healthy eating". The sums just dont stack up. Its possible to lose it but its blooming hard work. The only time I achieve those numbers is when I do water fasts for half the week around the chemo. I dont know why it's got under my skin so much, she's actually a nice person. 
I remember being annoyed with a woman I used to work with who had a bypass and told everyone she was losing weight by willpower. That got under my skin too. Grrr. Grrr over!!!! 

Hope you're all having a good day 🌼🌻

Brambling

That will only work if she was eating a lot of cake - generally for the 'average' person you need to eat 500 calories less a day to to lose a pound a week (3500 = 1lb)  so if she was having a large slice a day and biscuits it could be possible.  Well done to her if she has lost the weight 

As someone who has battled all my life with food and diet and weight I also get annoyed when told how easy it has for someone to lose weight 'and this is what i should be doing' - TBH maybe i'm just jealous of people who control what they eat!

Izadora

Afternoon All,

Molly I'm glad Bonnie's settling in and hopefully she's letting you get a good night's sleep now.  Well done for keeping up with the food diary and recognising hunger which is likely to pass.

zippy Well done for your loss, it would be impressive without having been to eat out.

ditty Well done on the loss. Hmmm, fun isn't a word I tend to think of when it comes to running I'm currently on week 5 of C25K (my next run is the dreaded 20min one) and it's weird because I really hate running but I'm kind of looking forward to getting to the point that I can run for 30 minutes and have the freedom to just plod along for the sake of it rather than having to run/walk when I'm told to.

TTB People can be lovely but also irritating at times and you're right that the sums don't seem to make sense. Based on 3,500 calories being roughly equal to a pound you'd have to consume 1,600 fewer calories a day than you're burning to lose a stone in a month, which is a lot harder than 'cutting down on cake'.  Maybe she's got an amazingly good metabolism but I think that would probably be even more irritating than pretending it was easier than it was

monnagran There have been a couple of times I've caught myself in the supermarket giving myself an out-loud talking to about not putting rubbish into the trolley!! I think the bemused looks from other people were what gave it away.

Honey A dead oven doesn't sound like a good start to the day. I've never had a halogen one, so can't recommend anything, but I hope you get it sorted soon. Thank you for the advice about the sweet omelette, it's not something I'd heard of but it sounds like it should be good.

ouraggie Well done for the STS. I find that I struggle to eat sensibly when I know I'm going on holiday, it's like I start the relaxation a bit too early. I hope you have a lovely time away.

Sirens I hope all goes well with GCSE results tomorrow and enjoy your time off.

Brambling I've found that the worst people for thinking that dieting's easy are those who have never had to do it. My husband eats pretty much what he wants, when he wants and does very little exercise but I don't think his weight's gone up or down by more than half a stone in all the time I've known him and he honestly thought that "eat less, move more" was all it took to lose weight. Don't worry, I put him right and do regularly tell him that I hate him for his automatic ability to maintain his weight

There's not really much to report here. Other than a couple of beers while we were having a zoom quiz with friends I've been sticking to healthy food, avoided eating any more of the cake and have kept on with C25K. I'm so bored with being at home that by now I would normally have devoured my own weight in chocolate but I'm actually kind of enjoying the challenge of seeing how long I can leave the packet of my favourite biscuits in the cupboard before I give in and open them.

Best of luck and stay safe everyone xx

greenbee

TTB - delurking to say that I'm willing to put money on her having dropped a lot of carbs, which will then mean she's dropped water weight. Different people have different ideas about what 'healthy eating' involves too, so that's not really a helpful description. I can lose weight cutting out crap, but not significant amounts - I only really shift it properly when I up the protein and fat and drop the carbs (but I don't go full-on keto - I like veg too much and struggle to eat the protein I should, let alone more!).

Molly41

And breathe……
After a mad 3 hours Bonnie is having a nap - goodness its tiring work being a puppy and being a doggy mummy!!!

I had a picky day yesterday as had a bad day with my Bile Salt D so had double steroids. Consequently felt starvling all day but resisted as much as possible. Going to try hard today.

Hope you have a good day xx

Brambling

You lot are quiet today 

Hope your DD got what she wanted with her GCSEs SIRENS and you have enjoyed the cheesecake 

Molly I hope the whirling dervish is currently calm, I remember the last kitten I had I asked my then young nephews to visit as they would play with her for hours and she would then sleep as she was a ball of energy who climbed the walls and the curtains and tormented my adult cat - Even after 3 years I miss her she was a PITA but a cat with character  I should have known as when I went to see her they had to dismantle a reclining arm chair to find her and the owner (a friend of a friend) was very keen for me to take her even lent me the cat basket so 'I could take her now' 

I decided after another STS weigh in yesterday that I need to go back to some old habits and lose some new ones.  So tonight I'm going to go through the freezer and menu plan for the week and try to avoid all none F&V snacks as I can't seem to stop at just one.  Monna the cat looks at me a bit strange when I stand talking to myself in the kitchen, I need to start listening to myself again I do on occassion speak sense

Lunch today was a cottage cheese and gammon salad and dinner will be mussels in white wine with something............. I have menu planned the with something yet

tighteningthebelt

I wrote a post earlier but obviously forgot to post it. I do worry myself.

I ate like a horse/ food addict yesterday.... so today I have pulled myself together. In a way it's good to remind myself what I'm like if i loosen the reins. 

Anyway... back on our wagon
L apple and 25g nuts
D pesto lentils, stewed apple and yogurt. 

Hope you're all having a good day 🌷

Marion2

Hello All

I've just joined the forum after reading your lovely posts on this thread.  Weight loss with humour and support sounds ideal for me!.

I gingerly stepped on the scales this morning, haven't weighed myself for a while but clothes are getting really tight.  The numbers were not a pretty sight so can I join you please?..  Realistically I need to lose a stone and see how I look/feel.  Could you put me down for 5lb please @Brambling as it's only just over 5 weeks until 30 September.  Need to ease into this gently 

tighteningthebelt

Hi everyone and welcome marion2 👋🌻
Food for me will be the same as yesterday as I have leftovers. 
Have a good day everyone 🙂🌻

Toni'sfriend

Hello
Can I join please? Stepped on the scales yesterday after catching sight of myself in the mirror. 12 st 31/2 lbs at 5 ft 1 ins.  A truly depressing and unhealthy place to be. I've finally admitted to myself that there is no quick fix and this is going to take a while. 

I would really appreciate some support.