Weight loss the old style way part 3.

purpleivy

deecaz wrote: »

Poor Purpleivy don't do what I just did and eat chocolate! (I blame the wine )

In the end I went and made a bowl of porridge, At least it's filling without doing too much damage. I make it with water and just have a drop of milk on it. Also a spoonful of agave nectar, I put in a grating of nutmeg too this time.

esthomizzy

Rose_Wood wrote: »

Hi All,

Well, after saying yesterday I needed to up my exercise I decided to take the plunge (literally) and went in the sea today.

Wow!!! Well done you. I went in the sea last May and my hands and feet felt like they were going to fall off with the cold (I was wearing a wetsuit too). I vowed never ever to do that again until at least June.

Well done all the losers

I've been being goodish although I went to the pub yesterday rather than the exercise class I had planned on. The bits and bobs I did (a walk and cycling about) still added up to my 500 calories (we'll overlook I probably drank them back later on) oh well at least I'm calorie neutral for yesterday I suppose. I'm now 63.2 (rather than 62.5) it's a loss but not much of one. Better than a kick in the teeth I suppose.

cheerfulness4

Hiya deecaz - welcome on board.

Well I'm totally mystified by hearing that Boots have speaking scales. What nutter thought that was a good idea. :eek: No one wants that, do they? Well maybe Taplady.
Personally, when I used to use them I'd mooch round nonchalantly looking at all and sundry items surrounding them until the coast was clear and then I'd jump on and off as fast as I could before anyone else came close.
If I was visually impaired ( and I can only think speaking ones would be designed to help them) I would still prefer to take a close friend to obligingly whisper the dreaded reading in my ear. :rolleyes:

Feeling stressy today as DS1 had a bumpsy-daisy in his car last night. He admits it was his fault, he panicked and missed the brake when a taxi came out at him unexpectedly and he clipped a stationary car. He's only 18, he'll soon learn about taxis. I hover my brake when I see one.:cool:
He knocked on the house to find the owner and sort out his mess. Ah kids! I've a feeling our credit card will have to take a bashing until he can pay us back us as he doesn't want it to affect his ins. We'll see when the quotes come in. Isn't it just typical that moneybags son just cleared his account out to pay for hols wardrobe, euros and xbox360 for DS2 (he was worried he'd be fed up as no hols for him).
Oh well, will have to pull the budget in even harder now. At least he's not hurt, nor is anyone else AND it didn't occur to me to think of eating my way through the stress yesterday. :T

Food today:
readybrek
humous on toast (if I get it made now mums coming round):rolleyes:
lamb hotpot with kale and carrots. (must get more veg)

Have half an hour till I've got to pick mum up. She's upset about DS1 and wants all the details to make sure I'm keeping nothing from her. As if.... I'd be wailing from the rooftops if one of my 'babies' was hurt...its only his pride that got bruised.

Sees you all later.

purpleivy

MORning all.

Good start, bowl of mixed cereal, plenty of oats in it...let's see if that will keep me going.

Got to go out doing errands today, must put a snack in my bag, or plan what I will have with coffee when I get there.

Dinner was going to be mushroom risotto, which will get rid of the lurking slightly unwrapped and dry looking chunk of parmesan, but dh may well be late at work, so might have something a bit more flexible. Dame Delia says to serve risotto as soon as it is done.

Any ideas for a side dish for this? Not bread or other carb thing, a veg or salad type thing.

Have a long list of stuff to do, guess I should write it down so that I am more purposeful!

Clear up kitchen dining sitting area, vac and mop - noone did this in my absence, there's a surprise.

Errands, returns to M&S, Next, call in at Boots, Post Office, Aldi and TP for some more pins.

Sort out paperwork.

Check ebay for further washunit possibilities for my new treatment room.

Get some food ready.

Make a meal plan for the next week, need to post that tomorrow.

Errrrrrm

Finish waistcoat for tomorrow.

move the laundry on.

Chase kids in what they are supposed to be doing.

Take the recycling.

Well, if I get that all done!!!!

MRSMCAWBER

Morning all :wave:

Just got back from my walk....1.5hrs rather quick to say i actually did go up n down all the aisles..and some twice . The weather has turned grotty again -it knew i had my gardening stuff to make a start :rolleyes:

• Brekkie -grabbed a jelly with cherries in before i went out, and just had a red pear when i got back
• lunch -I think i might put some slices of sweet potato to roast with some onions and have it with some leftover chicken mmmm
• dinner -haven't got that far yet -hubby is being fed at the golf course so i only have to think of something for myself -why is that harder than catering for both of us
• snackies -yog, fruit or jelly as usual

Cheerfulness... glad DS is OK and at least he went and told the owner :T ... he is obviously better raised than the prat who pushed my whole door in when i was in a car park in the UK and drove off :mad: -that week believe it or not our car got hit 3 times... 2 whilst parked and once whilst parked and i was just about to get out :eek: -I was still in there as i was writting down the reg number of the van in front in case he hit me whilst i was parked and a pillock reversed out of a parking bay and straight into me:eek: the c*w was about to drive off until she saw me get out with a face like thunder;) and hubby had to report someone on camp the other day for hitting a parked car and driving off :mad: ... I ask you how daft can you get... to get on camp you have to register your car.. it turns out it was the son of one of the high rankers...me thinks he will be getting his a** kicked not only does it look bad on his dad but the 18year old numpty is in the forces too.
Anyway..glad your lad is ok -even if you plastic isn't

I am sooo lost with my days at the moment..kep thinking its thursday... why does hubby being off work cause such chaos ..... im used to my routine..creature of habbit or what :rotfl:

BigMummaF..started going through my recipes last night ... here is the 1st lot i found.. i have tried to pick the lowest cal ones.. just let me know if any are of use and i will type you them up... can always Pm them you so i don't make the thread more difficult to keep up with...unless anyone else want any of course:D ...

• banana + gingerbread slices -148 cal
• greek honey n lemon cake 82
• chewy fruit muesli slices 112
• cinnamon and apple gateau 203
• blueberry muffin 139
• spiced banana muffin 124
• carrot muffin 155
• raisin bran muffin 131
• yogurt honey muffin 131
• cherry marmalade muffin 154
• prune n peel rock buns 135
• banana n apricot chelsea buns 214
• sticky date n apple bars 183
• apricot sponge bar 153
• apricot yogurt cookies 95
• butermilk biscuits 92
• oaty crisps 86
• orange cookies 84
• pear n sultana tea bread 200
• herb popovers 75
• cheese popovers 92
• ham n tomato scone 113
• cheese n marjoram scone 205
• oat cakes 102
• dill and potato cakes 121
• cheese n chive scone 121

I have loads more to go through..sat on my backside this afternoon :T .....

I think me n hubby are down for another walk round the golf course in the morning..so thats about 2.5hr extra exercise ready for Friday...fingers crossed Come on someone, how many weeks are there in this challenge? i have a memory like a sieve :rotfl: ...need to shif 6lbs more by then ...

right i had better get off...hope everyone is well..
hello to M.E, taplady, newlywed, rockie, saver, spendaholic, all the newbies and the many more out there
have a good day everyone

saversarn

Morning,

I have a head ache....and I'm sure it's nothing to do with my Gin consumption last night:whistle:
Nix I go to salsa on a thursday night- you're welcome to join us (although not much Ooop North about Kent!) My hips are now a lethal weapon have a mind of their own, my pelvis gyrates independantly .. I can feel the nipple tassels calling:shocked:
Today breakfast porridge, lunch ham sandwich and fruit, dinner cod veg maybe a slimming cheese sause
I brought some blood oranges and am frankly disappointed I remember when I was younger they were really red inside, the ones I got from my local tesco are barely grazed (little specs of red in them if you have keen vision) I was looking for a full on haemorrhage.:rolleyes:

newlywed

Ooh mrsm - yes please:

• spiced banana muffin 124
• carrot muffin 155
• yogurt honey muffin 131
• cherry marmalade muffin 154

Can you tell what food I miss???
And if you've got any double choc muffin recipes with about 10 calories and only 2 fat grams... :rotfl:

Anyway, made bread pud the other night with left over ends of the wholemeal loaves. Added stewed apple from the freezer, raisins, spices, etc and just a touch of sugar. So have been eating that for snacks Got to be less fat than toast, with marge and choc spread on it though

Feeling rough today TOTM.

Food today is porridge with cherries (from a jar - cos I was bored of porridge and cherries are my fave).
Snacks are an apple, a banana and the bread pud I've just eaten.
Lunch is pasta with olive tomato sauce
Tea is sausage casserole in the slow cooker.

Went for extra walk yesterday while the weather was nice and sunny at lunch. Not sure whether to walk today as I feel wrecked.

Nix143

Morning all, how you all doing today?
Well had hair done last night, got home and just couldn't be bothered cooking so I had a banana and a handful of those japanese seaweed cracker type thingies. Bit hungry now tho so will have some porridge as that always fills me up, lunch will be HM pea and ham soup (thank heavens for batch cooking) and dinner, I have no idea. Dinner is a bit of a minefield for me, I keep meaning to menu plan but some nights I have DS with me and some I don't and when I don't I never bother thinking about what I will eat, I have hard time justifying using 'proper' food for a meal just for me and I end up eating a sarnie.

Hope everyone has a good day today, weather here is awful but I'm off to Amsterdam tomorrow on business - get me, I sound so glamorous its not, believe me - so expect an update on Friday where I've eaten the dutch equivalent of motorway junk Saversarn

bobbadog

Hi all

Kept to plan last night (dinner of lasagne, granary garlic bread, salad) but didn't go that easy on portions! Didn't snack at all yesterday though and was hungry so all good really.

Today:
B: 2 x wholemeal w/ lime marmalade. Again.
S: handful of seedless red grapes
L: noodles and veg
mushroom ommellette, beans

Have a few errands to do at lunch, will try and squeeze in a trip to market en-route, have no fruit at home at all!

Have to say - my Grocery Challenge this month is going quite, quite rubbish. Have stocked up a bit, but still spent half already! OH is off work at the mo and eating more from home, but still - blimey. And that's with shopping in Lidl! xx

WelshWoofer

Yesterday wasn't too bad - stuck to the general food plan with the small addition of a creme egg.:o
Managed to do an hours walking/trotting in the evening too so not too disasterous.

Today I have...

Breakfast - mini tracker bar
Lunch - the last of the leftover chilli bean stuff and a pitta bread, grapes and satsumas
Dinner - Linda McCartney lasagne (bargain 39p from Farm Foods, bought 3!) and salad

Snacks - 1 pk of low fat crisps (can give up choccy but crisps are a different matter!)

Seeing boyfriend later - first time since the weekend - so may get a bit of extra exercise IYKWIM!!;)