Weight Loss the Old Style Way! Part 4. Please read posts 1 and 2 before posting.

Miss_Cinnabon

woohoo my first award:D :j :j

well done to mrsm:T :T

and to taplady for this weeks loss:T :T

dont think i have lost anything this week, keep weighing myself:rolleyes: and still the same as last week, cant complain really, as feel more energetic and i did lose 6lbs last week:D

had cereal this morn and off out a walk shortly dropping the kids off at school

havent set a june target so will do that now, target will be to lose 5lbs

susie

Sunnyday

Morning peeps,
i`m still lurking, i hardly ate anything yesterday apart from some salad at teatime, i was just soooo busy.
I`ll try and be better today.

I did get weighed this morning and another pound has vanished, i`m 15st 3 lb now so i`ve lost 7lb altogether:j

Better get moving now or i`ll get behind with all my jobs, have a good day everyone.
SD

cheerfulness4

recovering_spendaholic wrote: »

I am also going to rethink how I shop. At the moment I seem to spend some part of every other day in the supermarket buying stuff I don't need! I have 2 freezers full of meat, veg, hm ready meals and bread and yet I go in for - say - some milk, and end up filling one of those small trolleys full of stuff!

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I totally understand that pattern! That really added to our financial problems because I was always in there buying when we didn't need it, a real shopoholic. I just used to find it relaxing and convinced myself that it was an 'allowable spend' because we needed to eat right? I was a lunatic. Half the time I didn't even know what was in the freezer and cupboards and would still buy takeaways when they were heaving. Madness.
Joining the Grocery challenge really centred my mind.
And you must keep posting. As everyone has said, different routes to the same place.. we all just want to hold hands on the journey.
WELL DONE Kyle on slimmer of the week! :T :j

Mum coming up for the day again. She is my anchor at the moment. Difficult day yesterday with DS1 (he was on phone half the day crying) Realised hes not fit to work at moment so he has had to leave his job. DH telling them today. Such a pity as he loves it but can't persuade him to go to docs yet so can't get sick leave.
Will really have to pull our belts in now as thats a financial blow as well as the worry of getting him well. We will survive! Things are rarely as bad as you think. :rolleyes:

Back to scrambled eggs brains again when it comes to meal plan. Didn't have our chicken dinner yesterday as I was preoccupied with life so think we will have that today.
Just had toast and jam and I fancy the crackers and cheese for tea I didn't get yesterday. Had a tortilla instead for my tea.

Keep smiling everyone and keeping our joy for June.

Well done Sunnyday :T :T :T

CRANKY40

Well Done Kyle!!!

rockie4

Morning :hello:

:j :j :j :j Well done all the losers :j :j :j :j

I've got WI tonight :eek: I will be very miffed if I haven't lost this week, I have stuck to SW 100%, I've kept a food diary on which I have recorded EVERYTHING that I've eaten including the Magnum I had last night
Because I was ill last week I had no alcohol at all so had LOADS of syns to play with........mmmmmm, empty calories and all that, makes you think.......:think:

Soaked oats, yoghurt and berries for brekkie, I've got egg salad for lunch so might go and get a tub of cottage cheese to top it up a bit. Melon and grapes for snacks and quorn saugage and mash for tea (after WI)

I'm going to try a new dance class tonight,:dance: round the corner from home so not too far to go.
Loads of walking today, I'm on the bus 'cos OH needs the car :rolleyes: and have done 4000steps already today. Might take me a while to get home as well with the fuel protests that are planned round here today!

See you later :A

MRSMCAWBER

Morning all

Back from a short wander.. about 1hr in total..but its so bloomin hot -im chuffed i did that Its 77 here -indoors in the shade and its only 11am :eek:

I did treat myself to 2 kilo of fresh apricots mmmm and a big tub of krautsalat nomnomnom:D ..... oh and the goats cheese roll with basil in it -that is super nommy -only if hubby asks tell him its herb as he doesn't like basil yet he loves this :rotfl:

Meals for me today :-

• brekkie -30g of meusli and milk
• lunch -think its going to be fruit..i have loads of it
• dinner -doing a pasta dish using the portion of hm chick n sweetcorn soup and the cream/egg/cheese mix left from making the quiche..with veggies in it mmmmmm
• snackies -fruit or yogurts

I was just saying on the grocery thread that even though i have meal planned for the month- this week i have not had to use 3 of the meals as im using up things from other meals -like today..so its saving us quite a bit :T

Oooooohhhh result on the baguettes...oh my god... they are amazing :j .. i did hubby a cheese salad one last night and had a bite -just the 1 mind and eeeee by gum they are far better than my normal bread and i make damn fine bread if i say so myself .
So they will be getting done on a regular basis -hubby has taken a cheese salad 1 with him today -they are that big they need cutting in 3 :rotfl: but its going to work out easier than making loaves for his pack up... 1 batch of those a week with a pasta salad or salad on the days in between and i don't have to keep thinking "how much bread do we have?"

Recovering/cheerfulness
I know where you are coming from too I used to be terrible for nipping into the supermarkets.. even just for some exercise -but coming away with "extras" even though a lot of the time it was meal food not goodies.. its still extras we didn't need. Thats why i have started trying to have more NSDs.... until today i hadn't been to the shops since saturday. It really does help -as long as you have enough "good" stuff in to keep you going so you don't end up eating "whatever" just because its there...

Cheerfulness hope DS feels a little brighter soon..sending hugs to you all..keep going girl -you are doing great and coping wonderfully..and don't forget to ask for help when you need it and to put a little time aside each day for yourself

Well done on the losses SunnyDay and taplady :T

Nice to see you back Toniwoty

Frogga -"fat mans fingers" indeed...how wude:rotfl:

right i had better get off -be back later..have a great day everyone and keep going
hello to everyone not mentioned

saversarn

Hi All,
Well done Taplady
RS . Don't you go near that room I tell mine I don't mind cleaning if it's tidy but you can not clean a mess so I won't,but they do it themselves these days. As for the books I used to love Malory Towers, was there some called St Claires as well?
Well done kyle and thanks for your hard work toni (glad you had a good holiday but I'm not going to talk to you again until your tan fades!)
Beanilou hope you feel better soon, and hugs for cheerfulness (I am missing the mention of boiled duck eggs and soldiars on the thread.)
My plan today
B- egg mayo sarnie
L peanut butter tiger roll

Toni- meanmarie is on holiday in Oz at the moment not MIA.
D samon salad
snacks melon apple and satsumas washed down with liquorice tea!!!

queenpig

Sorry havent been here for a few days just been busy.

Been good, but bad at the same time tuesday I think it was made a right hog out of my self, i really did. then last night i have a take away pizza:mad: but for the 12 english pounds you cant go wrog with what we got. Anyway.

b - nothing hungry
l - cheese sarnie.
t - fry up lol

snacks nothing if i can help it.

floyd

Hi all :hello:

Much of the same today, late breakfast so probably won't need much for lunch. Its a lovely day here today but I have lots of work to do so no fresh air for me :rolleyes:

B: Porridge with water and skimmed milk & banana
L: 3 ryvita with cottage cheese, strawberries
Not sure yet, down to OH but he usually chooses well so it will be fine.

Didn't have any Malteasers the other night, changed my mind so I might have some later

Have a great day all

recovering_spendaholic

Hello everyone - well done Kyle on SOTW!

Cheerfulness - sorry that DS is still depressed - it's so hard to know what to do and if he won't go to the doctor then that makes it doubly hard. I never had depression until after the birth of DD1 and I have had it on and off since then. I resisted going to the doctor for ages but when I did she prescribed anti-depressants which worked wonderfully well and really really helped me. The I got this heart thingie and can't take that particular AD any more and I have been quite bad with it again. The only type of AD I can take has the side effect of increasing anxiety so I won't take it. I do hope you can persuade him to visit the doctor.

After yesterday's mad eating my guts are really giving me some gip (gurgling like Vesuvius and explosive wind:o )today so I am taking it lightly. I made a big protein drink thing for brunch - 1 tbs oats, bit of Slimfast powder, skimmed milk, banana and ice all blended together and it is really lovely. I have just finished drinking it! I will have another one made with some strawberries later and then if my stomach is feeling better I will have some tea. I have lots of leftover cooked chicken so will try and do something with that, or I have a 500g pack of extra lean mince with which I was going to make chilli, but given the state of my guts might have to wait until tomorrow :rotfl:

Beanielou - hope you feel better soon.

Mrs M - congrats on the baguettes - I have tried and failed to make them a few times - for some reason my hm bread always tastes "yeasty" - do you know what I mean? What am I doing wrong? Lucky you getting the fresh apricots - I loooove them but whenever I have bought them from the supermarket they are all dry and fluffy and not at all nice lately. My favourite fruits are greengages - I just love them and can't wait for them to come into season!

Well done on the loss Sunnyday!

Fingers crossed for WI tonight Rockie!

I bought some frozen fruit (black forest mixture) reduced in Mr T's last week and decided to make some jam with it. I defrosted it and then whizzed it in the processor and then seived it to get out the little seedy bits and then boiled it with some sugar to make seedless jam. I got 4 pots of jam for £2 and it is lovely - even both DD's say it is the nicest jam they have ever had. I am going to get some more if it is reduced again! I love making jam because it is not tempting to taste while making it and it still allows me to "cook" which I love doing, plus the end result isn't tempting for me as I never overeat jam. I also love making chutney - if anyone knows a good apple chutney recipe can they post it because I have a load of apples which are really sour and I don't want to waste them, and they are cox's so won't stew well.

Hope you are all having a good day - I am still working my way through the books!