Old Style Weight Loss 2020 - Part 3

SandyShores

I've not been logging in and have missed a whole 12 pages of this lovely thread.  My eating has gone to pot, although I've been cooking more healthily I'm afraid to say there has been no calorie counting and far too many snacky things.  I keep getting on the scales thinking that I will have put lots of weight on, but somehow unbelievably I've stayed the same. 

I am going to get myself sorted and start losing again - I need to find that motivation.  I think the excitement and stress of moving has gone and I'm not sure what I'm feeling - maybe a bit depleted and apparently when you move its normal to wonder if you have done the right thing.  Not really missing the old house, but not really feeling this one is truly home yet.  Sorry for sounding a bit flat, I really need to pull those bootstraps up don't I

Anyway, hope everyone is well and I am happily but unbelievably reporting a STS   

honeythewitch

hanert said:

Long time lurker here who could really do with some help.  I don't know if I'd be allowed to join so let me explain.  I am 5 foot tall and weigh 10Stone 12oz, my main problem is that I can eat sweet stuff all day everyday but eat very little proper food, a usual day would be a honey sandwich made with 2 slices of a small wholemeal loaf, lunch either vegi sausage and beans (half a tin) or peanut butter sandwich (made with the same size loaf) Dinner maybe a boloc or stir fry made with quorn or a bean casserole followed by ice cream or chocolate of some sort. I drink tea with lacto free milk and have cut down from 3 to 1 sugar in each cup.

I eat very small potions, maximum I have is about 4 tablespoons at dinner time, I think I get bored so just stop eating and then go onto eat something sweet straight after.

I'm trying to up my walking now that I can get out more so have that part of it in hand.

Any help would be much appreciated thank you.

I hope I am not butting in, and this is absolutely not medical advice, but you asked for suggestions so here is mine.  One easy thing that might help is swapping the peanut butter for a version that contains just peanuts and none of the oil or sugar that is in most of them? 
Perhaps you could check with your doctor in case you have insulin resistance, or something else, because although your diet might be sugar-heavy, it sounds like you are not eating all that much? 

It sounds daft, but sometimes replacing sweetness with savoury can help. So you could try  swapping  the honey sandwich for marmite,, maybe on toast? 
If you are sensitive to sugar it can cause a rollercoaster of energy slumps followed by cravings and sounds thoroughly exhausting. 

honeythewitch

Gingerlily said:

🎺🎺🎺🎺
well done monnagran on reaching your quarterly target.

Hi To Frith. I was too lazy to cook I just ate potato waffles with beans, cheese and fried egg everyday during lockdown and gained all the weight back I’d lost last year in a few months.

Me too, Gingerlily. I ended up back at square one.    Still, coming through it all relatively unscathed is the important thing. We have lost the weight once so we can do it again. 

Welcome, Frith. 

hanert

Thank you @honeythewitch I will look for a healthier peanut butter, I don't like to bother the Doctor at the moment, I'm sure he has better things to do but will pluck up courage when/if we ever get back to anywhere near normal life again!.. I love marmite so will try that at lunchtime.
@Brambling I will try for a 5lb loss until the end of the challenge please.
Will also cut down on the bread, will have a look through this thread to get some ideas.

Thanks everyone.

Marion2

Today I look rather like a scarecrow.  Hair all over the place yet again after another rather blustery walk in the rain.   That's the daily exercise over with, hopefully the storm is now moving away.

Had a good start yesterday, Friday is normally treat day so I was quite restrained.  Had a slice of cake and ate sensibly the rest of the day  Reasonably well prepared to start on the weight loss as I've recently started meal planning and batch cooking from scratch so have a supply of meals in the freezer.   .The recent heatwave was a challenge, my very healthy appetite wasn't affected by the heat, exercise stopped completely and I ate rubbish.  Think I probably gained more weight in those couple of weeks than in the entire lockdown!

ditty1234

Just had a lovely brunch lunch chat with my lovely ds, who is doing the opposite of me - pretty much what I have lost in fat, he has added as muscle, and he studies PE as well so some sensible advice coming forwards and I think I will soon have to convert my loss from exercise to food, which means I'll have to cut an other few cal's a day when I go back to work and mostly sit on my behind. A bit scary, but I think I might try to produce a list of lunch salad ideas that can easily be done the night before as otherwise I'll be back to eating the old bagels and I do believe that it is suicide by bread!
Anyways did my 10 k, ate a mushroom spinach, eggs and goat cheese on rye lunch. Yum. 

Toni'sfriend

Goodness this thread moves very quickly.

My first whole day so:
Breakfast: Banana, blueberries and strawberries (I don't usually eat breakfast which I know is very bad for me)
Lunch - Tomato, cucumber,spring onion, salad leaves and some feta cheese (cut down on the amount of cheese I would usually have)
Dinner - Chilli in the slow cooker to have with a baked potato because Himself wanted a potato. Very little meat in it which I drained of fat and made it with fresh vegetables.
I had a small bunch of grapes this afternoon.
One cup of coffee this morning and since then I've been drinking sparkly water with a slice of lemon. Might have some low calorie tonic later but try to avoid the gin.

Had a bit of a walk this morning. Just under three miles. Also went through my wardrobe and picked out what I can actually get into. Not very much if truth be told. The rest I've put away. No point in wearing something that's uncomfortable and make you look lumpy, is there?

I think I've started quite well but the test will be to keep it up. Any tips would be most gratefully accepted.

Molly41

Hello its so nice to see new people posting x
Welcome x
Monna - well done on reaching your target xx
Im really struggling atm. I think my sleep has been affected my Bonnie in that Im trying to do my tasks whilst she is asleep at night as I don't have any time during the day.
Im also weighing in a lot more frequently which is not a good sign and causes me much anxiety which in consequence causes me to eat too much - so need to stop that now!!
Anyway must try and grab some zzzzzz x

nananibbles

WI Brambling sts please and thank you
Good Morning All,
Oh my goodness, apologies for my absence - life is incredibly busy and I just haven't had chance get online. I weighed in last week but never reported it. I'm not thinking much about dieting or exercise at the moment, just happy to stay the same. I'm hoping by my next weigh in (Tuesday) that I may be able get back on here more regularly. I have many pages to catch up on so a little light reading for me when I get the chance.
Happy Sunday 
NN

Marion2

Goodness @Molly41, Bonnie sounds like a real bundle of mischief, she looks so cute in the photos.  I don't know anything about dogs as I've never had one.  I have a fluffy monster called Felix who has been such a comfort during the unusual last few months as I live alone.

Congratulations to everyone on this thread whether you have lost, gained or sts.  The most important thing is you are taking part and posting when you can despite whatever the scales say.  

I have had a slow cooker for years and use it a lot to do my batch cooking, love bunging everything in and leaving it to cook.  Today I am cooking a whole chicken in it for the very first time.  I normally buy chicken breasts or roast in the oven.

I'll be doing low carbs as this is the only method of weight loss that has ever worked for me.  Just trying to decide when my WI day will be.