Michael Mosley - Blood sugar diet Part2

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Bsd part 2

My TDEE is 1600 calories, calculated as sedentary. I am counting everything I eat! I weigh 151 lbs and the calculator I used suggested that my healthy weight would be between 110 and 123 lbs - what's that, 7 stone 12 to 8 stone 11? So there's a lot of weight to lose. I have an office job and drive there and back, but I have just counted 60 steps in one direction between my desk and the kitchen, so every time I fill my water bottle up it's 120 steps. Times that by 3 and add in walking into the office (further) and out again at the end of the day, plus a bit of moving around the house and I can't be that far off. Grr.

My steps this AM have been to the medicine cabinet for Nurofen......tied one on at big do last night, alcohol tolerance is now rubbish rubbish given up old habits... yeuch. Have do tonight and are away over weekend partying....

Celeriac is yummy -. But no way can it be done into spaghetti without a spiraliser unless you have all day and strong wrists... can be shaved using a spud peeler though. Remoulade is delish totally agree!

Tooextra 1 for me to do my 10000 steps I need to incorporate over an hour of solid walking into my day on top of general pottering.
Do you have an iPhone? The health app counts your steps for you!

18 days now and I've lost 9lb, which I'm very pleased with as I am now no longer "obese" but at the top end of the "overweight" band. Porridge for breakfast again, cottage cheese and a pear for lunch and a nice chickpea and spinach curry with cauliflower for supper. I haven't turned my attention to exercise yet, maybe next week if the weather is better. I have run before but I don't really enjoy it much.

H3. Sorry to hear about the head. Hope it was fun though!

Suffering from post-alcohol amnesia... probably a good thing....

What is wrong with me. I just had a delish bowl of Spanish chickpea soup and feeling pleased with self. Then just ate a big chunk of brownie.
Sometimes I feel like I self sabotage....

Hello Moo - I think I probably drank 10 chocolate brownies worth last night..... am cursing self. Mind you I feel so rough I suspect that I shall be on Spritzers at tonight's do... can't be doing this hangover thing tomorrow, driving to Bournemouth...

Huge sympathies H3l, hoping the nasty feeling doesn't last too much longer - I hope you enjoyed it at least? I'm in a meh mood, don't want my lunch but I'm hungry, just not hungry for what I have 😖 Anywayyyy I'm sure it'll pass, looking forward to some wine later (sod the sugar, I'm preferring white these days) Lets hope I don't end up
hungover again

Hi Not2B - I am terminally hungover, did have an excellent time. Investigating hypnotherapy - now that my tolerance has gone down so much (good thing) I need to learn when to stop, as drinking that much is bad for the diet and my poor liver!

I know what you mean about being hungry for the right thing, I want cheese, but as we are going away for the weekend & are out tonight (oh gawd) I have nothing in the fridge. Except celery & 2 squashy tomatoes - these will not satisfy the munchies!

What home made liquor did you make the other day, am fascinated? Daren't go down that route, would be permanently attached to the bottle, like a baby......

H3 with her alcohol amnesia

I had nothing to eat in the fridge. At work, I went to the sandwich shop, very rare, and ordered a jacket potato with fajita chicken. I just ordered my usual.

I normally take lunch, but once a month, or every couple of months I treat myself. But why did I order my usual, without even thinking?

Habits obs that's what you did, perfectly logical, I did it with a latte yesterday, forgot my weekly treat is now a cappuccino .........

at H3I3's amnesia. Probably a good thing!

Moo, I have an android phone and it has a Health app that apparently counts steps. I am struggling to make it count anything at the moment, but I will persevere.

Do I need to hold it in my hand or will it count steps if it's in my pocket?

I made Kahlua H3l, I had a divine expresso martini when I went out last week got p*ssed and it set me on a mission to get the recipe. Then realised in rip off Ireland I was looking at between €24-27 a bottle! Outrage! So I found a recipe and I had bottles of vodka (presents and I only drink in cocktails so it had been safe) Trip to ikea for bottles & martini glasses, 3 hours stirring a concoction on the stove and voila!
Yeah...maybe I should have just bought a bottle 😁

I tried the steps on my phone, wasn't great. My reco would be walk around as much as possible in daily life (up/down stairs, take the longer route where possible) And then in so much as is possible, walk a brisk 20-30 every day. You'll make a dint in the 10k if not meet it

I've just realised I can't count and my ideas about walking yo the kitchen etc add up to 1000, not 10000!

V. annoyed here.. have done all week counting on MFP 800 cals and have actually put on a pound!! . .(but am a bit 'bunged this week , ..and its been a very stressful couple of weeks at work also ..) Took a couple of Ducoease today and hoping for a result !! (and maybe a whoosh? ) tomorrow! .

ok so its week 10 and i have had a couple of weekends being a bit naughtywith and stayed the same , but WTF?!! ,

Ah well .. will keep at it ..Onwards and hopefully 'downwards' have ordered a bikini for my holiday in June July

Blimey, home made Kahlua, you get an award Obs - can't imagine stirring & smelling all that lot without drinking it......temptation... You are a one strong woman for not quaffing the lot!

Laska - I am with you on this, despite transgressions, even when on track, my weight loss, for such a sturdy bird is slooooooow.....my metabolism must be well & truly screwed.... All I can say, is sod the scales, hang on in there & tell yourself you will get a weight reduction but it will be slower. Like mine.

WE WILL GET SLIMMER!!

2extra - oops.......

Honest, we will get there!

Hello ladies - I have been having a bit of a think......

Don't faint.....

Temptation..... I reckon that we almost subconsciously push ourselves to the edge..... Eat crap when we know we shouldn't', drink when we know we are hurting ourselves.

Why?

In my small mind, I wonder if we need to almost get totally disgusted with ourselves before we can stand upright (&) reject our vices.... when we actually smell, taste, imbibe something and realise that enough, is enough....

How we balance that out with the treat mechanism which is instilled within us from a young age, is a challenge, down to music classes at school - 'Every Good Boy Deserves Friends" - or in our case, deserves a chocolate, a glass of wine, a pie.

I'll shut up now & get back in my box. Just trying to work out why it is so hard to "heal ourselves" for want of a better word.

Xx

2extra -I can't bloody count either...... Deffo with glasses of wine, you are not alone...

H3I3, yes! I have to be either disgusted with myself or have a specific goal like a holiday or something to focus on. Otherwise, I do nowt except feed my face.

I think my metabolism is screwed too. Stopped breastfeeding DS at New Year, and since then I've tried low carb, 5:2 and now this and any weight loss crawls off. I need to do real proper exercise to boost it, I think. Not tonight, though!

Definately .. it was an URGGH!...WHOISTHATTERRIBLEOLDWOMAN?JOWLY!FLOBBY!!FOUL!FATOVERHANG!...!YIKESITSME!!...ARGGH!! moment (suddenly actually 'seeing' myself in a mirror-backed shop window) that finally made me get back onto it properly ..and the realisation when I had to go to a funeral earlier in January that not one of my decent coats would do up any more .. ( and blow me if I was going to buy another ..)

glad I came back and wrote that .. I nearly was going to reach for some choc a while ago (only 2 squares .. BUT.. I am slightly over my 800 today already )

so.. bed , book and mint tea..

Morning all
Thanks for the encouragement yesterday, for once I didn't go overboard on food and drink when I was out! Still cheated of course... but MFP didn't crash when I told it!

Checked the scales this morning and I'm 1/4lb up since yesterday, can live with that, so it will be interesting to see tomorrow morning if the losses re-start straight away. For me finding ways to still go to restaurants without completely messing up any weight loss is such an important part of keeping me on the straight and narrow!!

Not2b, Wicklow and London can feel very different
London somehow has me hooked although some days it sucks everything out of me. My husband is English so that's the other part of the jigsaw I guess.

Speaking of which, it's our 2 year wedding anniversary in 10 days time... I'm aiming to lose 4lb by then as it would drop me into the next stone bracket and 7lb from my wedding weight.

Have a great day everyone!