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northernlass_2

boredofbeingathome wrote: »

Cornwall, to see my DD1, for a few days. Really looking forward to it.Whereabouts are you going to in france?
BOBx

canet plage, perpignon, i have checked the weather and it isnt looking very good at the moment, i hope it picks up by monday.

boredofbeingathome

I am sure the weather will pick up. All those Crepes, wine and french ....bread. I have the dreaded clotted cream to contend with, luckily i don't really like dairy products, but wine, now that's a different story.

northernlass_2

Wine and lots of it. yum yum lol

Cleosmum

Well done Northernlass and BOB, great losses!

Snaggles

Evening! Well done on the losses, and (((hugs)) Lucy, please don't feel bad - just take it a day at a time, and remember there is always tomorrow.

I find that never letting myself get to the point of feeling hungry really helps me - if I'm full, I can resist the chocolate, the biscuits, the crisps, the take-aways. If I'm hungry, I feel like I'm going insane with NEED for something unhealthy, and I literally can't stop it from leaping into my mouth.

I cook big pans full of pasta and keep it in the fridge, so I can have a pasta salad within seconds, and I'm also a bit over-excited about laughing cow on Ryvita at the moment! :rotfl:

If I get the 'must....eat.....chocolate.....' feelings, I promise myself I can have the chocolate as long as I eat an apple first. If I eat the apple and I'm still craving chocolate, I eat it, guilt free, but sometimes (not always, by any stretch of the imagination) I eat the apple and then realise I don't actually need the chocolate. And then I feel very smug and virtuous!

Having said that, I know that I have gained this week, but that's mainly because my loss last week was an 'illness' loss, rather than an actual loss. I've had a couple of really good days but sadly I think it was too little too late!

I will update the spreadsheet tomorrow evening - trying to get into the habit of doing it twice a week but I forgot at the weekend sorry!

Please don't sack me! :cool:

Cleosmum

Snaggles wrote: »

If I get the 'must....eat.....chocolate.....' feelings, I promise myself I can have the chocolate as long as I eat an apple first. If I eat the apple and I'm still craving chocolate, I eat it, guilt free, but sometimes (not always, by any stretch of the imagination) I eat the apple and then realise I don't actually need the chocolate. And then I feel very smug and virtuous!

Thats what I did tonight, really needed chocolate, so I told myself I could have it after my dinner and once I had finished some chores. I ate half and felt quite sick, more recently I could have eaten the whole bar and wanted more, so I guess thats better

Lucy1982_2

Chip_Hazard wrote: »

Hi Lucy,

I am exactly the same as you, sweetheart. I feel such anti-Chip feelings sometimes that it scares me and they all come from eating too much food. I do other daft things in life like we all do but nothing annoys me more about myself than scoffing.

Today I set off with all good intentions to go to London. I had two slices of toast for breakfast and took a packed lunch with me but that was all gone before I got there ( 11.30am ). I stopped for a wee at the services and ended up buying a Crunchie, a Boost, packet of Mini Cheddars and a yoghurt covered flapjack. Tonight I've had a portion of chips, an Ikea green cake and a packet of Jelly beans. That lot is repulsive.

Why am I telling you this? Two reasons. Firstly, I care about you and don't like to see you self-loathing like that. Secondly, it proves to you that others do it too and that you're really not alone in all this. Every person who's ever dieted has binged now and again. My old SW teacher used to allow you a good binge here and there because sticking 100% to the plan was near-impossible...:eek:

Big hug, Lucy. Take your time, deep breath and sit down with a coffee and a choc biscuit if necessary...:rolleyes: . There's no rush and no need to panic.:T. Just steadily think about what you want to achieve, set yourself a decent plan and try to stick to it. Build yourself in some wiggle room so that if things do go wrong, you won't be off target. If you want to lose a stone in, say eight weeks, make it ten weeks so that two bad weeks doesn't cost you.

Chip I have ever said I love you? :smileyhea (anyway I thought you got the green cakes for the boys? )

I promise not to rush and I just going to think about day and not try to get ahead of myself and then get stressed when I am not a size 10 tomorrow!!

Loving the idea of 'wiggling room' :rotfl: (sounds a little indecent though :eek: )

I'll let you know how I get on. Taking as much free food with me to work as I can get into my car!!! :cool: That way I will not be hungry and I wont need/want to stop on the way home, which will also save me money :T

xx

Lucy1982_2

Thanks all,

You are wondering people and I feel much better today, I need to look at it all one day at a time and not get stressed about it. I also need to eat more so I will see how it goes.

It's not going to help me at weigh in tomorrow but next week is another matter isn't it?

xx

LouiseJ

Well, I suppose my naughty ways would have to catch up with me eventually and I have put on 1lb this week. Shame on me:o

I know that I havent been putting my heart and sole into this but now I can actually see my weight going back up again I am going to draw a line under this set back and get back on the SW wagon.

I think my main problem is that I actually dont understand the SW program and am just bumbling along using the magazine and help on here and SW website. I wonder if I should bite the bullet and get myself along to a class for a while, does anyone know if there is a mimimum signup time???

OR should I just come off the SW program and just start to eat more healthily and do more excercise in general.

Just feel a bit dissapointed in myself as I know I can do this.

Is anyone else finding it really difficult too???

northernlass_2

Lucy1982 wrote: »

Thanks all,

You are wondering people and I feel much better today, I need to look at it all one day at a time and not get stressed about it. I also need to eat more so I will see how it goes.

It's not going to help me at weigh in tomorrow but next week is another matter isn't it?

xx

well said Lucy, next week is a whole new beginning.
i did really well this week and do believe it was because i never let myself get hungry, infact i ate even when i wasnt hungry and had to push myself to do so, it was a bit of an experiment and it paid off.
i made sure i had my weetabix for breakfast covered in fruit and yoghurt, then fruit at 10ish, i then had my lunch with was mostly, 4 ryvitas, tub cottage cheese, plenty of free ham and a yoghurt and fruit, then i would have veg and a cottage cheese dip about 2ish then my tea at night, sometimes i had a HEB + A so would have cheese on toast before i went to bed. i had 2 days when i was really busy so didnt get to eat as much as i would have liked but it was OK.
go on give it a go eat all the correct foods as much as you want, NEVER let youself get hungry and see how you get on.
i dont know about you but i found the SW approach to losing weight unrealistic at first, everyone tells you to lose weight you MUST eat LESS so SW was hard to take at first but eating more definitely gets the weight shifting.
Good luck Lucy we are all behind you and we wont give up on you. i feel we are all best friends now and best friends dont give up on each other.