Does anyone fancy being my MFP friend?

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I've just started using it again but I haven't got any friends on there & don't want to publicise it on FB! I think if I had some friends I'd feel a bit more accountable & less inclined to cheat.

I did see a thread from January where people had given their user names but felt a bit rude adding them without checking first.

Last time I used it I managed to lose about 1 stone but I've since put it back on -& the rest!-

I'm 5'10 and currently 13 stone 8. I think I'm heading for about 11 stone but I've never been a healthy weight (heaviest was about 15 stone 7) so I'm not entirely sure at the moment.

My user name is SophieHQ.

Thanks for accepting my request Play would have been back sooner but had a toddler poonami situation!

How many calories does everyone have for a daily limit? Mine's about 1800 to lose 1lb per week, so definitely managing and if I make smart choices it's plenty for 3 meals a day and some snacks! I've got quite a bit to lose but I think I need to do it slowly so I don't quit after 3 days and then put on more weight.

I've got mine set at 1400 but struggle to eat that many tbh, I only have it that high as I'm breastfeeding but am weaning DD into formula at the moment so will drop it down to 1200 soon. Mine is set to lose 2lb a week.

Haha I think we are all just awful - dp accused me of being a secret eater when he bor rowed my car and found a multi pack of wotsits on the back seat oops!!

But of a naughty day today and know I've forgotten to log stuff but I can't remember what (horrible migraine all morning) so just not logging a 20 min bike ride in the hope that it cancells out any naughtyNess!

Welcome newbies - ill get adding when I log back in tomorrow, bedtime for now stupid head has wiped me out!!

Hope you're feeling better today Giraffe, well done for the bike ride.

My calories are set to 1500 for 1lb a week. If I set it lower I get demotivated if I go over, I still aim to be under each day though.

I'm dog sitting for a friend today so we're going for a nice long walk around the park after nursery and then more of the DVD this evening.

I read about a tip to control anger once where you put an elastic band around your wrist & ping it when you feel yourself getting angry. I'm thinking of adopting it to control the binges! Apparently the pain makes you think more about what you're doing. I tend to think I'm treating myself by eating the biscuits, but it's not really a treat if you feel guilty and crappy after is it?

I'm so sick of feeling bad about my weight, I spent the evening of my birthday last month crying because I looked and felt awful in everything I tried on for a night out. Moaning about it does nothing though so I really need to make some proper changes this time. I'm still feeling motivated at the moment and I think I actually enjoyed the exercise yesterday! Maybe not during it but I definitely felt good after.

Yeah, I'm sick of there being clothes I don't wear. I do love 1950s/skater dresses, but I realised last year that I was running the risk of only wearing them because they were most flattering on my figure.

I hope that a little suffering now will mean I can wear whatever I want this summer.

I allow myself 1600 calories a day, still breastfeeding so I'm starving all the time. I'm doing a nutritional program too and I'm getting weighed in tomorrow arg.

Didn't manage a workout yesterday as I fell asleep putting DS to bed! I did manage a walk with the dog though & I came in under my calories goal for the day so I'm pretty happy with that.

We're spending today sorting out the garden so lots of heavy lifting and constant moving, that's got to count for something.

I'm going to try to be extra vigilant about logging as the weekend is usually the time I trip up & 'treat myself'. DH is terrible for 'shall we get a takeaway' or 'let's grab a coffee & a bit of cake' and then I undo all the work from the week.

Hope everyone has a lovely weekend.

Bah, yeah, weekends are so dangerous. It's the wine that starts me on a downward spiral. Keeping this one quiet as a weight loss defence mechanism. Just walked to Argos #party

I feel awful now, I succumbed to the weekend treat, had pulled pork nachos for a starter and then a HUGE hot dog with double portion of chips the good news is I only had a few chips (DD wanted them in her "pile") and only managed a third of the hotdog (which wasn't actually a hot dog, it was a proper sausage!)

I have had the usual breakfast and lunch today though, and bought some stir fry for tomorrow's dinner so I don't feel I've ruined my efforts, more got it out my system iyswim? Stopped eating before getting to the uncomfortable full stage which is unusual for me so I'm feeling positive

Sounds like you did pretty well to me Jumble. Stopping when you're full is the main thing really isn't it, a bit of junk food every now & then won't hurt. And like you say better that it's in a controlled way than a full on binge!

I weighed myself this morning & I've lost 2lbs! I actually couldn't be happier, I'd forgotten how easy MFP is when you really stick with it. Feeling even more motivated to carry on now.

Well done on the loss Smiling that's amazing!

I was quite impressed with myself because usually I hate to waste food and feel like I should eat it, but I did think about how well I'd done this week and how badly I wanted to keep going!

The last time I lost a significant amount of weight I never gave myself a hard time if I had the occasional takeaway or meal out, I'd just chose what I wanted and get back on it the next day. Now if I do that I seem to think 'fuck it, the diet is ruined so I'm going to have cake!' but I resisted

What's everyone got planned for today? Unfortunately I'm working today and it will undoubtedly be very busy I really dislike working weekends!

Thank you, fingers crossed I can keep it up this week.

We really do sound scarily similar Jumble! I have to physically move food away from me because even if I'm completely full I have to clear the plate! It's why I never make DS finish everything in front of him.

I think it's quite common isn't it to beat yourself up if you have a bad day, then I end up thinking there's no point anyway as I obviously can't do it so I may as well eat the entire pack of mini rolls! I'm determined not to do it this time, it's fine to slip now and then.

We haven't really planned anything today, DS wants to plant some flowers so will probably do that & then just a bit of a lazy day really. I'll probably try to fit in a workout this evening.

Tomorrow I'm going to a Mother's Day tea at DS's nursery. There's going to be a lot of cake apparently. I'm going to have a couple of pieces and be extra strict the rest of the week, I do not want to see those 2lbs ever again!

Hope you had a good day have some cake tomorrow, life's too short to deny yourself everything!

DP is currently cooking tea and I'm sitting on the settee with a coffee and a blanket looking like a little old lady. I was so hungry before I had 2 oatcakes (good) with pâté (not so good) as a snack. I have a new found love for oatcakes, they satisfy the need for something crunchy. I'm not too much of a savoury fanatic but I do have the odd craving for Pringles and sour cream dip!

I'll definitely be indulging in the cake tomorrow, the cook at DS's nursery is awesome & I've just seen a picture on facebook of what she's made!

DH bought me croissants & a latte in bed this morning and made sausage & mash for lunch so I've had every reason & no excuse for doing a workout tonight. I've just finished 5 of the Davina work outs & am sitting in front of an open window .

Give me 10 minutes to cool down & I'll be joining you under a blanket, although not literally!

Oatcakes are another thing I had to stop buying! I could probably eat 7 or 8 at a time. I love them with Brie or goats cheese & a bit of honey. Everything in moderation is fine isn't it, I'm just aiming to be in or under my goal each day.

Ohh I'm jealous, I do love cake I make a lovely dark chocolate cake but my portion size is probably double what a normal portion is and I'd have a slice for each meal if I could!

Sounds like a lovely breakfast! And good on you for doing your work out, I've heard that Davina's new 7 minute work out DVD is good (is that the one you have?)

Ohhh with a bit of goats cheese, they would be yum! They come in handy packets of 5 but at 50cal for one I had to control myself and just have the 2! And now I've had tea I'm absolutely stuffed. I still have about 500 calories left so may use them for supper if I get the pre-bed munchies.

Have you ever done any type of low carb diet? I've been reading a bit about low carbing, mainly nosing around the low carb message board, and people seem to have good results. I'm still eating carbs though, just not too much, and I've started using more full fat things like full fat Greek yogurt. I'm not sure i could go completely no carbs but I'm still getting the starving feeling in between meals (mainly before bed!)

Also DP has just joined MFP and is trying to eat a bit healthier. Slightly jealous that for him to lose 1lb a week his calorie limit is 2,700 and mine is 1,800! Although I'm the bad influence, I'm always the one who wants chocolate and pudding (all the bad sugary things) and he eats them but if I didn't get them he wouldn't want them!

Hopefully though if he's doing it as well when I want to give up he'll not let me as it'll make it harder for him

Dark chocolate cake sounds fab, I love dark chocolate!

It is the new Davina one, there's quite a long thread on chat which inspired me to buy it. I was pretty sick of the shred! I'm really liking it at the moment, although I've only been doing it since Monday! It's good that you can mix up the workouts as they're all individual. Also if I'm feeling lazy I just tell myself I only need to do 1 & 7 minutes is nothing really. Any exercise is better than none at the moment!

I did try the low carb thing but just found it too hard to stick with. When I was using the cream i'd bought to make scrambled eggs to make a large hot chocolate I realised some thing had gone wrong . I'm still trying to stick to eating less carbs & more veg though and I don't buy low fat anymore. It did make me realise how much I actually like veg & too many carbs make me feel really bloated.

DH is on a bit or an exercise kick at the moment which is helping my motivation. He's generally very supportive but he's just sat down next to me with a giant cookie so he's getting the death stare now

500 calories under is awesome, doesn't sound like a couple of oat cakes is going to ruin it now.

I wish I could do an exercise DVD, the Davina one sounds right up my street! Unfortunately we live in an upstairs flat with laminate flooring the one time I tried doing something on youtube I lasted 30 seconds before stopping. I didn't want the neighbour to complain about all the noise

Hahah, but hot chocolate without cream is just WRONG! Same as me really, lower on the carbs and trying to fill up on protein and good fats! I am feeling a bit puckish now, but I think it's probably thirst! Might make a green tea to see if that helps. Unfortunately I have a very bad caffeine habit I need to kick so I'm trying to have more green tea and less caffeine. I know I definitely don't drink enough water.

Death glare is warranted, dare I say LTB? My DP told me proudly that he had a kinder bueno and a bottle of lucazade and still had over 1,000 calories left the lucazade I don't care about but kinder buenos are lovely!

May or may not have slightly lost it at DP for using vegetable oil on the sweet potato wedges instead of fry light...I think I'm losing it!

He made chilli con carne and him writing in every.single.bloody.thing in the recipe section and then debating the size of the onion he used has given me the RAGE! And the fact that he used over 100 of my calories on OIL has pushed me over the edge I planned to have some dark chocolate with those calories. Can't believe his selfish selfishness.

Can anyone tell its been a hungry day?

Apologies for radio silence - found a great way to lose weight though, 2 days of d & v with nit even toast staying down must hAve helped in the lbs reduction surely?!!
Back to normal tomorrow I hope - think everyone deserves a treat just for the fact it's Monday :) god I'm such a terrible influence haha! It's only because I'm jealous of everyone's ability to eat!!

Ha, I feel your pain with the diet rage! DH cooked this evening & I quizzed him on the amount of everything that went in!

I bought a couple of the hairy dieters books recently & they've been really good. Most of the recipes are quick & fairly strait forward & really tasty. They use 1tsp of oil to make wedges as they put them all in a bowl to coat, before I was probably using a couple of tablespoons!

Nursery cake was lovely today, and all cut up to toddler size with tiny plates so fairly easy to control myself.

No exercise today as I was out this evening but I've still managed to come in under my goal. Don't think I've ever managed to log 10 days in a row before!

Have you thought about getting a step & using that in the evenings? I have in the past done half an hour up & down the bottom step while watching tv. Probably much quieter than jumping about to a dvd, I'd probably come through the floor if I did it upstairs!

Hi Giraffe, that sounds horrible, hope you're feeling better now. I always treat myself to a latte at college on a Monday, it's the only way I can get through the evening! Roll on Friday!

Awww giraffe I really hope you're feeling better soon! The only plus side of being ill is not having the ability or desire to eat anything!

I'm glad you enjoyed the cake Smiling I've just had a couple of strawberries (the last of the fruit in our house until I'm off on Tuesday and can buy some!)

I never thought of that, I might have a look and see if I can invest in one I do remember the step machine being the one thing I positively HATED at the gym, but I think a normal little step shouldn't be too scary! I need to dig out my weights too, I bought a set of 3 different weights and can only find the 2 heavier pairs. I definitely need to use the lightest pair first as after I did some exercises with the middle pair I was aching the next day

I had a mini victory today which I'm very excited about and forgot to mention earlier! I went for the co op meal deal today as I didn't have time to pack a lunch. So I tried a new Mediterranean salad (which was lovely) but to my horror they didn't have any of the little bags of fruit you can get in the deal. So I was checking out all the calories on the other snack options (the brownie is my favourite but it's nearly 300cals!) I found the crisps and got a packet of quavers. I wasn't planning to eat them but come lunch time I was starving and they went down a treat so Yey for me, resisting the stodgy sugar even though I love it so!

DP said he used 2tsp but I know what he's like making chips, he gets a bit oil crazy in the pursuit of beautiful crispy chips!!

Invest in an airfryer - best thing my dp ever did i use it for chips all the time and they're delicious!.

little better today, back at work boooo! but another day on the sofa would have killed me off i think, wont be doing any exercise until i can eat properly though!

quavers are a great little treat in place of a brownie well done jumble

smiling i keep reading about the hairy dieters books they worth a purchase? may have to invest in one or 2 :)

Silly question but what IS an air fryer? I'm intrigued by this

I hope work goes quickly for you, it's no good being ill at work but maybe getting up and about will do you the world of good

I haven't actually had quavers in about 2 years (normally I go for a whole tube of Pringles or a big bag of cheesy Doritos) but I remembered how good they were!