Old Style Weight Loss Challenge 2021 - 3rd Quarter

Brambling

killielila said:

 any advice for the monthly sweet carb chocolate craving?

 Killelila 9lb is fantastic in a month, you're doing great, I would stick to the same scales, doctors scales are always unkind 

What about options hot chocolate mixed into a thick yogurt (total Greek 0%) for a healthier chocolate snack.  

Brie sometimes we have to move to shift the lbs  it it can be done by dieting alone it can just be slower 

zafiro1984

Yesterday
B - 0
L - soup, 2 pieces bread, apple, 50g chocolate
D - hm soup, 2 eggs, 2 wraps, salad, ice-cream.

Physically not a good day, got soaked to the skin, and my jobs took longer than I wanted. 

honeythewitch

Reporting a FLIPPING STAY THE SAME this week. 

cymruchris

honeythewitch said:

Reporting a FLIPPING STAY THE SAME this week. 

It could have been a gain.... but you maintained - so it's still positive - good luck in making a little more progress next week. Don't let a STS get you down  

cymruchris

Brambling said:

Well done losers and congratulations on breaking your stone cymruchris 👏

I'd forgotten about stones! I was working in kg and converting to pounds - but you're right - there goes a stone Here's to the next one!

honeythewitch

This might be a bit controversial, but regarding sugar cravings, my suggestion is to simply eat the sugar on its own. 
A teaspoon is only 16 calories, and even a tablespoon is 48, so if it does the trick it might be better than chomping through a heap of biscuits when all you want/need is the actual sugar? 

Or a cup of sweet tea, of course. 

cymruchris

honeythewitch said:

This might be a bit controversial, but regarding sugar cravings, my suggestion is to simply eat the sugar on its own. 
A teaspoon is only 16 calories, and even a tablespoon is 48, so if it does the trick it might be better than chomping through a heap of biscuits when all you want/need is the actual sugar? 

Or a cup of sweet tea, of course. 

That's not the same as eating a tub of ice-cream, a fresh cream chocolate eclair or (and) some steamed syrup sponge and custard though is it?    (Not that I've had any of those for a couple of months now)

jennystarpepper

@cymruchris can I add baked Cheesecake and any type of Birthday cake to that! 

Food yesterday

B - 1 Alpen light and fruit....(Mr Pepper is in the extra good books as he made a trip to T3sco as S@ins failed to deliver my bars) Have bought the Orange / Jaffa ones to try from Alldi to try and they are ok, good to have as a back-up, 2 less cals a bar and half the price. 

L- Leftover BBQ Turkey steak in Peri Peri (Manndos X hot) 2 small new spuds and tomato

D - Chilli with a few new spuds and salad (made with 2% Turkey mince), I make this with a couple of teaspoons of Chipotle paste from T3sco, it is very low cal and nearly zero fat, I also chuck in fresh, powder and flakes of chilli.  I had a small bowl of this for lunch today and it filled me up... score.  

Fruit is added through the day

Win - still not had bread

Treats Gin and a small bowl of Alldi Tripple Choc Ice cream

jennystarpepper

Airfryer question please.

Do you have one, are chips any good and what else do you use them for?

Have been pondering over them for ages, but do not want to buy something to gather dust.  I don't eat any meat (nothing on 4 legs) I do eat chicken and turkey, and can't eat anything with bones.  I am not Vegi. I just don't like meat...just like some don't like chocolate.  

Or shall I save my money and have the odd bag of Chippy chips or other takeaway as the odd treat 3 /4 times a year.

Thanks

dumpling

I have an actifry and it's been gathering dust for the past six months. I only used to use it to make chips and to be honest it was so noisy that I went back to using oven chips. In the interest of honesty we also have a deep fat fryer but while the chips are lovely, the smell of frying is gross and I hate how it lingers for hours. I am happy using the oven.