Diet & Weight loss general support #5

AliB I totally need a kick up the bummmmmm too :redface: yesterday I thought I found it with my shopping spree, feeling good etc etc and it makes me feel like being slimmer because I already feel good about myself in my new clothes iykwim :rolleyes: I don't know if I can offer any help really but this thread is great for inspitation and I feel totally guilty for being so slack <insert smack in teh bum icon here> I have not really lost any weight for a while and keep going up and down by a couple of kgs :doh: I got up this morning thinking I would count calories but my heart isn't in it :wall:

Ginger I'm doing reversal eating for a while longer and I need to start doing it properly as in no food after 4:30! and eat a big breakfast and lunch, it seemed to work in teh 1st week when I did it properly and "the secrets of athletes" book I've read says with reversal eating and 30 mins of medium paced walking (120 steps a minute) is enough to loose weight........?

Emmy I find protein based snacks the best as they wont spike you suger levels and make you hungry so cheese slice with crackers, yogurt, whey powder in milk etc

Krys you're my hero

belfi YAY for shopping :dance:
gotta run.... at work... so :hello: hello everyone else

cherished- wow, that reveral thing sounds really hard...i'm afraid i like dinner too much, but i'm sure if you can stick to it, you wil lose heaps of weight. i know oprah says that when she lost weight she never ate anything after 7pm. what do you have for breakfast? it sounds like a great idea.

i just went for a long walk with my double pram and feel great. so what are people having for dinner tonight?

also.....do you think it's best to weigh in in the morning or evening?

Morning weigh ins for me Ginger :lol: i think as long as youre consistent with the time you weigh in it shouldnt matter. Just wouldnt weigh in in the morning one week then night time the next IYKWIM ... but thats just my opinion :)

ETA - ooohhhh i forgot to mention (how convenient :redface:) i had a kit kat yesterday :hide: felt so guilty after lol

Ginger I weigh in the morning in the nude after going to the loo. Got to make sure I am as light as possible.
Yeah I couldn't not eat after 430. Id wake up with a growling stomach at midnight and be up for a snack. I would like to cut out carbs like bread, potato etc but I love them.
Ammaki If it makes you feel better I ate a cream biscuit today and a milo with sugar and some chilly chips just 3mouthfuls so hoping it hasn't recked my hard work eating soup and jelly and fruit and diet yogurt for the rest of the day.
Ginger I am having lite pasta with chicken and vegie pie and will stack my plate full of carrots, corn, zuchini and any other no fat vegies. Will have small piece of pie and small spoon of pasta and try make it up with heaps of vegies. For the DH and kids they can have more pie and pasta and less vegies or even potato with butter and milk which Ill avoid.
I managed my first walk with the dog and my DD to the park post surgery. Its about 1000m away so nothing to get excited about. Hoping I feel well enough to start a 30min walk plus soon. Still feel to dizzy and light headed.

I just buy the salsa from the supermarket - the Doritos one is fine. Just make sure it is tomato salsa not the bean one. Also it doesn't matter if you get mild, medium or hot.

Ginger - I weigh in late morning so that my bb's are drained of milk :lol: But as long as you do it at the same time each week it shouldn't matter what time you do it.

Cool I didn't know it was 0 points. I am off to buy some tomorrow with celery and carrot sticks and yogurt.

Ginger, I don't do WW. I'm using a program that my FS put me on during IVF to help deal with my severe insulin resistance. I have a set amount of calories per day, and a breakdown on what should be fat, protein and carbohydrate (I think it's roughly 20%, 30% and 50%). I record all the stuff I eat each day in calorie king (a website), it keeps track of everything for me, as well as exercise and how much water I drink. It works for me, even with minimal exercise... and I'm just starting to get to the point where the energy boost is kicking in because my body is functioning better.

Silly me, I have a caffeine addiction! I'm unsure about what to do with regards to my coke zero intake and the headaches and trying not to be a cranky pants around Sam all the time... Have also found that the last few days I've restricted my carbs a little too much and I think that's the reason for a major dizzy spell last night. Slight modifications to how I'm eating and hopefully I'll be feeling better. It could also be lack of sleep...

BW

Ginger, I thought the reversal eating would be hard too but it really suits my lifestyle. I am a morning person and I looooove breakfast! I currently have a smoothie with banana, oat milk, flaxseed oil, whey, honey and whatever elsse I find to put in and I also have spelt toast which I make at home... On days I am not working I will make stirfry with rice, soups, anything I would normally eat for a main meal basically... That keeps me full until lunch time (I'm not even looking for a snack, which is totally unusual for me!) than for lunch I have the same, whatever type of food I would normally eat for a main mean... I find I don't look for treats, snacks or anything... When dinner time comes around I am hardly hungry and they say to eat only 300 cals, which we all know can actually be a fair bit if you choose the right foods so I eat that and am totally full :p Dinner should be eaten 4 hours before bed... I am a nana and get to bed early like 8:30-9pm :redface: so I try to have dinner at 4:30. I lost weight in the 1st week because I didi it properly but the last week I have been eating a bit more food in the evenings because I hadn't made time to cook properly for breakfast and lunch so I was hungry... But all in all I love it thoguh ;) I think my main challenge will be going out for dinner wiht friends etc.... but even some crusty bread with yummy salad or some other option and a glass of red wine can come in at 300 cals so I think it'll be ok... Even then one night out eating a main meal in the evening should be ok :p I did chat with dh about doing weight watcher online but he thinks I should give the reversal eating a proper go for a bit longer and I agree:D

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Ginger I weigh in the morning in the nude after going to the loo. Got to make sure I am as light as possible.

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:rofl: I am exactly the same... only it's after I've expressed and after I've gone to the loo... :rofl: I'm so glad there's others out there like me!

Ginger - I'm doing WW online too, but in a really dragged out, half-a$$ed kinda way - but it's working for me. Every time I need a kick up the behind (really - do need that emoticon!) I get back in and start tracking. I've found that it's been the easiest weightloss I've ever done in my life (even though I haven't been all that efficient). I do also find that doing it while you're lactating is great too, so you've picked a great time.

C1 - wow the reversal eating sounds interesting. Dunno if I could do that (bit of a night owl here, thanks to DH in part :rolleyes:), but sounds like it works great for you.

Had another good walk today, and 10,000 steps down (I like watching my pedometer). Haven't been on a cycle for a week or so, but i'm hoping all the walking is gonna still help.

Hey slimmers, sorry can't keep up today. I've had a jam-packed day and not enough sleep so I'm gonna keep it short today.

I had a loss of .5kg again this week so i'm going slowly but surely. Best way to go I guess but of course I would love to be seeing those big numbers like I started with. :rolleyes:

keep going with your fantastic work people!

Morning everyone :p

Saz well done on the loss honey

I was just having a giggle as I was changing my ticker... the stunning 'ticker' cherished goddess is getting a workout moving forward and then backwards with my up and down weight changes :rofl: AND I didnt' mention that I bought a white and pink ball gown to wear to a galla ball in October so I really will look like the dazzeling cherished goddess :lol: let's hope I can nudge a few kg's before then and look even bettter ;)

There are too many posts for personals I'm sorry! You're all doing great - even if there were gains and lack of motivation. Chatting here really helps!

I weigh in in the morning, naked and after a wee, before breakfast too hahaha. Is there any other way?? LOL. I also weigh in on a Friday - if I have a bad weekend I am paranoid it will show on the scales on Monday morning.

Did anyone watch the documentary on weightloss on Ch.. 10 I think it was, on Monday night? It was really interesting.

As for the eating times, my kids go to bed at 6:15 so we eat tea at about 5/5:30. I rarely eat anything after. We get up at 5:30/6 am and eat breakfast at about 6:30.

I'm on Lite n Easy, just for breakfast and lunch.

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Did anyone watch the documentary on weightloss on Ch.. 10 I think it was, on Monday night? It was really interesting.

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I saw some of it and I got something out if it :p I thought the soild food would keep you fuller for longer than eating soups/mixed up foods so was surprised to see soups keep you fuller for longer... I thougth they would digest quicker becuase they are already half way borken down but it's the opposite!... Maybe that's why my smoothies keep me fuller :D I will remember that though and maybe try to eat more soups although we already eat heaps of food s which have water already mixed in, like stews and curries etc... It was all interesting anyway

Oooooooooohh a pedometer I might get one also. Bet there wouldn't be too many steps on it at the moment lol
I braved the scales today and have put on weight WTF! But I think I have lost weight from when I came home. I didn't write it down so I can remember. I am now 75.2kilos :wall: it just doesn't want to budge but I am not active at the moment maybe thats why. Next way in Monday.
Off to the shops if I can to get salsa and yogurt some time today and maybe a pedometer.

Hey girls, sorry have been a bit quiet! I got right back into yoga this week with a new class - had no idea how unflexible I had become! Feel great though - I had forgotten how awesome yoga makes you feel, and how much confidence it gives you in your own body. I've lost a bit of that confidence lately, and also have had no respect for my body, hence throwing it over handle bars, putting all manner of junk into it. But feeling better now, things are looking up!

I haven't lost a single kilo BUT must have toned or something, because a whole stack of clothes are too big for me. I've got this ever growing pile of stuff that just can't be worn anymore, and it pains me to give it away. But it also feels great.

I thought I had a really indulgent weekend, but look back and it wasn't so bad - breakfasts were avocado on toast, lunch one day was vegie stew, then dinner Saturday was barbecued vegies and a bit of bread (OK, and a lot of beer!) Sunday dinner was sushi rolls and vegetarian gyoza made by a friend. So, altogether not bad.

Birthday tomorrow though, I wonder how bad that blowout will be! :D

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:rofl: I am exactly the same... only it's after I've expressed and after I've gone to the loo... :rofl: I'm so glad there's others out there like me!

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Ditto - only after I've gone to the loo and I won't drink any water until I've weighed-in which makes me thirsty if I have to give DD bottle / brekky first :rolleyes:

AFM: Well I weighed in 'officially' today after delaying the real weigh for a couple of days due to my artificial weight loss from vomiting dehydration AND 65.1KG!!!! So another 800g down for me from last week :D Little bit to go now and then I'll hopefully be getting round again in the good way ;)

Happy birthday for tomoz snuggly!!!! :lol: Good to see you back ;)

Great loss sas :dance:

hi girls

sas- that's fantastic! i can't wait till i'm 65kg, well done.

snuggly-what is veg gyoza? it sounds beautiful.

emmy- a pedometer sounds like a great idea. let me know if you get one, i'd love to know how much they are.

time4myself- i did light n easy just after i had my baby and lost 6kgs, i just couldn't do it any longer though. the thought of another frozen meal made me want to throw up! it definitely works though. how do you find it?

sazzafrazz-slowly is the best way to lose it i reckon. i'm aiming for a loss of about 0.5-0.7kg this week.

cherished- that smoothie sounds great, might have to give it a go myself.

is anyone else getting motivated by this lovely spring weather???

I brought a pedometer don't know if I like it yet. I think its telling me I am walking more then I really am in steps. It cost $15 but I think I should have brought the $45 which was more elaborate. I guess you get what you pay for.
I am about to go taste test some celery and carrot sticks dipped in salsa. I can't stop eating today. Have being trying to drink water in between yogurt, strawberrys, WW fruit bar and jelly. I am just so hungry. I am confort eating so now bring on the celery sticks dipped in salsa.

hmm AF just turned up and considering i didnt weigh any more or less this morning im hoping this means a bigger loss on the scales come Monday :doh:

i haven't had an af since december 2006 due to pg and bfing. crazy huh?
when she comes, she's gonna be a killer!!!!
i think that would def affect your weightloss ammaki. should be a good one next week!

Missed the show on channel 10. what was the basic idea? (I think I was on here actually!)

Cherished, LOL at your goddess dancing. I'm going looking for a weightloss ticker now... you've inspired me. Another great way to stay motivated if you like to check your GORG ticker regularly!

Happy birthday for tomorrow Snuggly!

Emmy. are you eating enough protein mate? It helps to keep you fuller for longer. Maybe try some lean meat in a sandwich or lentils in a vegie soup? I find if I just eat fruit etc I end up STARVING but actually consume a lot of WW points through the natural sugars in the fruits. KWIM? Have fun with your pedometer. I nearly wore the buttons out on mine when new from playing with the functions :lol:

Well done Sas. Pity it took agonizing on the floor in the night to get such a great number but, hey take it!!! hehehe.

porridge for me this morning, fat free iced coffee for snack, salad with 15g cheese at lunch, home made fried rice for tea tonight so I have heaps of points left to play with this arvo with snacks :)

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i haven't had an af since december 2006 due to pg and bfing. crazy huh?
when she comes, she's gonna be a killer!!!!
i think that would def affect your weightloss ammaki. should be a good one next week!

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providing i dont stuff it up in the meantime :redface: i think i know why i needed that kitkat the other day now hahaha

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Hey slimmers, sorry can't keep up today. I've had a jam-packed day and not enough sleep so I'm gonna keep it short today.

I had a loss of .5kg again this week so i'm going slowly but surely. Best way to go I guess but of course I would love to be seeing those big numbers like I started with. :rolleyes:

keep going with your fantastic work people!

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that is a good loss your body is probably going through a plato time hang in there they fact is that you still lost weight which is 500 grams less that what you were carrying around

Hello everyone

Mr Squid just wanted to say that you've done SO WELL with your weight loss 9.5 kg :clap: woohooo! You must be so happy.

Ginger I have thought about light'n'easy and checked out their website but there wasn't many vego options so I think I would need more variety... That was 6 months ago though so it might have changed.... and HOLY MOLLY re af :o

Emmy I have a pedometer, I remember having to set how big my steps are so maybe you need to do that with your's?

Saz can't wait to see your ticker :p

sas you must be looking smoking hot these days, congrats honey you deserve it :dance:

and lastly but certainly not least SnugBug great to hear from you my lovely, I've missed you

Ginger I enjoyed LnE for the first few weeks but I'm SOOOO over their frozen dinners now. That's why I'm just doing the day food and cooking at night. It was a nice break not to have to cook for a few weeks and I lost 5 kg so I was happy with it.

Hey guys.
Emmy - I have used three different pedometers. Some have sensitivity settings that you turn up and down and some may need to be set to your walking stride. The more expensive ones aren't any better than el cheapo I have found. Small is best as they are harder to knock off your pants/belt. Changing pants will change how much they register. If yours is a simple vesion simply set it to zero, take 30 or so steps in what you are registering and see what the difference is. Say you are doing the 10,000 steps program - If it registers 20 to your 30 you only need to do 6666 of its registered steps to be doing 10K of real steps. If it registers 40 to your 30 you need to do 13333 of its registered steps to be doing 10K real steps. IYKWIM. Hope this helps. :)

thanks cherished yes i am feeling alot better already yes still a way to go but i am determined to get there

Hey Guys,

Sorry for my selfish post, I am here & reading, just had a full on day & I have my new Banjo boy to play with. I can tell I will rack up the exercise points with him, he sure is energetic, but in a gorgeous way!

I'll try catch you all tomorrow.

I didn't eat much yesterday due to nerves, which I found odd cos usually I'd eat to comfort myself, so I wonder if my mindset is shifting already??? Anyway, but because of that, today I am really quite hungry.

Love Jayne xx

Morning everyone :p

SnugBug :happybirthday: have a great day lovely

Mr Squid I have no doubt that you will reach your goal ;)

Jayne overcoing emotional eating was a big challenge for me so I hope you too have overcome it :clap:

AFM I wrote down a huge mind map yesterday and I think I have figured what approach I am going to take next... stay tuned and I'll let you know. Have a great day everyone

Jayne i am also an emotional eater and i have almost overcome this destructive habit May i suggest a few tips that you may want to use when you feel it coming on

when you get stressed out go for a walk or take out your emotional feeling while doing some type of exercise rather than eating
for a start you are burning off fat while you are venting you know getting it out of your system
so instead of punishing yourself reward yourself with exercise as crazy as that may sound trust me it works and you wont feel like a bloated whale because you have eaten far 2 much also a plus will be that the scales will be nice to you the following morning

Happy Birthday snugglybean hope your having a great day and getting spoilt.

Ginger I was snacking on salsa and celery and carrot sticks. Even little DD was eating them it was a fight for the last stick. Surprisingly they were pretty filling.

Despite the good start to the day I ate cream biscuits and lamb cuttlets and felt like I ruined my diet yesterday. Weighed myself this morning again and I hadn't gained any so thats something to be excited about. Ive got a wedding soon and Id love to not have the saddle bags showing in my dress by then lol.

Mr Squidipa thats a good idea about using exercise as a form of stress relief.

cherished can't wait to here about this mind-map of yours. Maybe it will be the next thing idea I steal (first was Gingers salsa dip and sticks)

:confetti: Happy Birthday Snug ;)

:happybirthday:Happy Birthday Snuggly!!!:happybirthday:

I went over by one point yesterday. Not too bad I guess. It's raining all day here so I may not get a walk. Will try when DH comes home so I can leave DD here. Can't wait for my Wii + fit to come off layby for day's like this when I can't get out. I will get plenty of use when it gets stinking hot.

I've had no oven for almost 2 months (long story, stupid electrical store) so I havent been able to bake my usual savoury muffins, cakes, biscuits etc. Probably a good thing but it does mean that I have been buying more from the shops. I prefer to bake my own so I know what's in it and make healthier variations. It should be fixed next week I hope. :fingers crossed:

Jayne, hope you're enjoying your new little furry man. How are you all settling in? have the nerves gone now? Give him a pat from me will you? I don't get any excercise from my dogs at all anymore. One is so old and the other has arthritis so they cant do big power walks anymore. They just get a run around the yard with each other and we chuck the ball.

SAZZ _ Just try & eat one point less today to counteract the 'whoopsie' yesterday. The furry man is so beautiful. He is sleeping very well as well which is good & he is definitely more & more playful each day that he gets to know us more. I can't wait to be able to take him out for walks.

MR SQUIDIPA _ Thanks for the tips! I did think to myself, I don't want to stuff up my 3.2kg loss because I was nervous so I ate & then I would have felt even more nervous cos my tummy would have been overloaded. So I'm pretty happy with myself. I also find if i have a 'lull' in the afternoon's when I feel overly tired, just getting out for a quick walk around the lake energises me heaps, it's fantastic!

SNUGGLY _ Happy Birthday! Hope you're spoiled rotten!!!

EMMY _ I have been looking up the WW 'filling' foods & they do work! It's amazing, but they do. WTG!

Sorry guys, off to swimming lessons for us, first time leaving Banjo home alone, I hope he's ok!

Thanks girls! I'm having a great day but sooper dooper hungry for some reason! Started the day with marmalade on toast rather than my usual bran flakes and fruit, might be something to do with it.
All the cake at work was gone by 11am! Even with two birthdays today!

Otherwise.... just another day!

Aaww Jayne how is Banjo settling in? Can you link us to photos anywhere?

Saz i couldnt live without an oven for so long!! How do you do it? Lol.

ooo cake, how'd you go Snuggly :lol:

AFM Minorrr blow out last night with some hot chips :hide:
BUT i was still under my points so :dance: ... covering my but today tho, have had nothing but fruit and soup :lol: Even popped into the shops to pick up some salsa! Am going to have sakata's with it tho hehe, only 1.5 points per serve!! Dinner tonight is a chicken stir fry with celery and shallots which is only 4.5 points, the rice is a couple more points but for dinner i thought that was pretty good ;)

You guys are all doing so well. :clap: You should all be very proud.

I had my WW meeting today. I considered not going as I didnt want to face the scales after having a run in with every single bad food you can think of over the last week. I decided to go and have put on 300grams. Not as bad as I thought but I am certainly not going to pay money to put on weight!!!

I felt good that I was honest enough to own that weight loss and now am more determinded that ever to get rid of that an more this week. We have a very ritzy function next Friday night that celebrities will be attending and although I am no where near my ideal weight I would love to make a dent this week.

I have started my day well by having poached eggs on a piece of wholemeal/wholegrain bread then have just had salmon, tomatoe, avocad and some light cheese on a sandwich and am snacking on some strawberries.

Mr S- great tips about the emotional eating. thankyou, I will try to apply ;)
Snuggly- Happy bday hun! Hope you are having a good day. I am finding my breakfast has a massive impact on how I feel later in the day. My most filling breakfasts are baked beans on toast or poached eggs on toast. I think the added protein makes a difference and the fibre as well.
Ginger- :welcome: to the group! I weigh in at midday on thursdays at WW.
Amaki- That sounds like a great dinner. I am going to have the same but without the rice as I have already had 3 bits of bread today. I am sure with your good work today you will make up for yesterday.

oooo sounds like a big function Ali, i hope you have fun!! :lol: Sorry to hear about the 300g but hey, you were honest about the reasons!! It shouldnt take to long to shake that off ;)

Ive had no bread today :dance: thats where i have come undone previously, i LOVE bread! Im still munching away on fruit :) the Sakata's i bought from the corner shop were out of date and ewww lol

Ali, I think the key to losing weight is not beating up on yourself when you do happen to gain. Just so long as there's an overall downwards trend, then everything will turn out all right in the end. I like your honesty, and hope to be able to do the same should I ever experience a gain on my weightloss path.

Doing ok here. Usual special K breakfast and scrambled eggs with toast for lunch... have already entered in to CK what I'm going to eat for dinner and the damn thing is complaining at me about not consuming enough calories! I don't think I can possibly eat much more! I've just snacked on a special K chocolatey bar (caramel flavour) and I feel so naughty! But I needed to get both carbs and calories up otherwise people will think I'm starving myself! Only 89 calories per bar...

Don't know how I'm going to weigh in this weekend. Don't think I'll bother with visiting DH at work tomorrow and not sure if we'll find the scales in the garage or not... I feel good about how I've eaten overall. I've never blown out on carbs, and I've only had one day where I've exceeded my calories (and many where I've been way under) and only a little bit over on fats on a few days. There'd better be another loss!

BW