Come diet with me

[Glenshee]

This thread is for everyone who wants to stick to their diet, and would like to benefit from public support in doing so.

Rules for participants:

1. Define your own limits - post them here or keep to yourself, but be clear and specific about which foods are allowed and which ones are not;

2. Keep your diary - post here on a daily basis what you've eaten, and how this deviates - if it does - from your goals;

3. Be honest;

4. 1 month commitment required - which means that even if you have a diet slip, you are still expected to keep posting your daily reports (and hopefully get back on track in the meantime) until at least 1 February;

Feel free to talk about anything health and diet related - especially the difficulty you're facing when trying to change your eating habits - but please be supportive and sensitive to other people's decisions/choices. Negative or judgemental posts about somebody else's ability to keep to their promises strictly not allowed.

Remember - this thread is more about making it happen than talking about it.

Believe in yourself! You're doing this to become a better YOU.

Hi everyone
sorry I've been awol. I still have houseguests.

I weighed myself on 4 Jan and I was 71.0 kg

I weighed myself on 12 Jan and I am 69.2kg.

That means I've lost 4 lbs without really trying so I am very pleased.

I have tried to reduce cakes, cut out crisps and biscuits, and leave some food on my plate at each meal. I have also been swimming once. I am so pleased.

This week I'm going to do more of the same, and also try and add some fruit to my diet as currently I eat no fruit at all. Even if it is 1 glass of fruit juice per day, I am assuming that would be a good thing?

Hope you are all doing well.

I also need to cut out coke and lager, as I have been having both at meal times. I will aim for one fizzy drink per day this week and then next week, one every other day.

Feeling motivated :)

Evening all...and welcome Msbuggywinkle (and congratulations on your DD, I think it took me about 3 years after DD2 was born that I decided to sort myself out so I'm seriously impressed).

So today's menu

Bfast: grapenuts, actimel, raisins
Lunch: crab sticks, tomatoes, cottage cheese, snack-a-jacks
Dinner: salmon, peas, cottage cheese
Cup of tea and not enough water

Oh, and another 6 squares of Cadbury's caramel ambushed me when I went to put the tomatoes back in the fridge

Sorry! i've been MIA for the last few days... work has been crazy and I had a 900mile round trip on Weds which really threw me.

Rough Idea of what I've had the last few days...

Weds:

B- Costa Granola bar and water at airport
L- Mushroom Soup, chips, cider (had really sore tum after this! Serves me right I guess)
S- Kinder bueno en route back to airport
S- Cookie on plane
D- cant remember, not entirely sure i had anything...

thurs:

B- cereal bar
L- half a hoisin duck wrap from m&s, small fruit salad
D- Italian retaurant, bread with oil&balsamic, spaghetti and meatballs, pudding of mini doughnuts, dipped in choc sauce 7 cream
s- one very small chocolate

Fri:

B- cereal bar
S- kit kat
L- cream of asparagus soup, 2 small slices of seeded bread, yoghurt
S- squares crisps
D- chicken breast, tomato sauce and baby corn- but OH forgot to put any carbs on so we ended up with chips from the chip shop half a portion for me, about a zillion cals
S- 2 small chocolates

Sat:

B- 2 slices bread, 3 bacon meddalions
S- crisps
D- chicken and veg pakora, chickpea curry with chapati, gulab jamin
S- 4 chocolates and 2 vodkas

Its awful isnt it :( i'm starting again today...

Afternoon every1 yesterday's diary
B- oats (I had a bit of an oat binge) with honey and skimmed milk
L- chicken curry, banana, satsumas
D- fish, pita bread (2), some more oats :(, mullet yogurt.

I missed yesterday, unexpected guests! (Which really do throw a wrench into the diet attempts a bit!)

So yesterday not good on the diet front
Brunch - Crepes (made mine with asparagus, carmelized onions, goat cheese, prosciutto, balsamic reduction)
Dinner - Stuffed tenderloin, double baked potato, glazed carrots, miniscule sliver of cheesecake

Determined that today shall be better! Still awaiting Shred DVD, slightly afraid of it's arrival...

gomummygo - those crepes sound to die for - yummmmmm !

I've pigged out a bit today (despite my best intentions not to )

Breakfast - Smoothie & cereal bar
Lunch - Roast lamb dinner (including bad things like cauli cheese, roast pots/parsnips/squash, yorky pudding). It was a reasonable sized portion though. Large glass of red wine and a decent sized slice of banoffee pie
Dinner - Nowt. I still feel stuffed tbh

another awol here.damn computer ate every attempt to post friday.was mad here yesterday.i wrote it all down so here including today is a 3 day report

friday
b;cornflakes and flaked almonds
s;apple
l;spinach soup.cheese roll(no butter)
s;low sugar coconut and carrot muffin
d;pasta with pea pesto.tomato and basil salad.natural yogurt and sunseeds

saturday
b;almond butter on a crumpet.banana
l;carrot and sweetcorn soup.crusty roll.no butter
s;low sugar carrot and coconut muffin
d;chickpea casserole and rice
black grapes and milk bfore 9pm

today
rice krispies and sunseeds
nutty parsnip,leek and potato soup.crusty roll(no butter)
snack-2 rice cakes and marmite.apple
d;pea and broadbean risotto withlittle grated cheese
natural yogurt

im really chuffed with the last few days.i feel a lot less irritable and dont get ravenously hungry all of a sudden so im hoping this means that i have balanced my blood sugar levels

glensheeive never heard of barley coffee but you sound very ahppy and positive it will keep you off the other stuff!
wolfwifwhose leaving chocolate in your fridge to tempt you?
hello to everyone and fingers crossed this damn thing will post!!!!!

Hoorah liveinazoo It posted !

liveinazoo - well done, great to feel you're making progress, isn't it?

I had an ok day.

B - 2 cups of barley coffee with milk :) porridge with a tiny bit of jam
L - rice + sautéed veg
snack - ham sandwich + barley coffee :)
snack - roasted and salted cashews

Dinner in an indian restaraunt - lamb chops, rice and meat in simple terms (can't remember how it was all called), naan bread, about 4 glasses of water

Late evening - 2 cups of tea

Vitamin C, Magnesium tablets

Notes: No coffee (great); but not enough water.

vanfurgston mullet yoghurt :o
liveinazoo it's DH's Christmas chocolate stash, it's now on top of the tallest cupboard in the utility room, out of reach. But I have found myself wistfully gazing up at it, haven't got the stepladder out yet though.

Today's report:
Bfast: porridge and raisins
Lunch: salad and "healthy" pizza (plus some of the chocolate the girls had put on their ice creams)
Dinner: smoked salmon followed by vegetables in tomato and garlic sauce
Snacks: none
Drinks: way too much diet coke

Been in v grumpy mood today, think everone will be glad to be back at school/work tomorrow.

Thanks tilly, your sinful lunch sounds delicious!

Livinazoo it sounds like you've turned a corner! I am still struggling with those ravenous feelings, was hoping it would pass soon!

Today's damage:

B - Cinnamon raisin toast, half of a piece of pemeal bacon that DS didn't finish
L - Small portion of linguine w/ spinach, garlic, sundried tomatoes, white wine vinegar & olive oil, one slice of baguette
Snack - Blueberries
Ridiculous amounts of herbal tea
D - Caprese salad, small filet

tillyscoutsmumim like taxes honey,i will always be around

wolfwifif he doesnt hurry up and eat them he doesnt deserve have them

Weigh in again this morning. I am now.......

11st 10lb

I have lost another 4lb so that's 10lb in 2 weeks

Reasonable day yesterday!

B mango smoothie

L three root boulangere and glass of wine

D 2 slices of home made pizza

S two pieces of fruit bread

Sunday:
B - Oatibix, skimmed milk, NO SUGAR! I managed, and it tasted fine (hardly noticed tbh)
L - post-swim visit to McDonalds: Grilled chicken salad with caesar dressing. About 6 chips (couldn't resist a small nibble).
D - Beef casserole, small mash, broccoli.
Snacks: 2 homemade cherry shortbread biscuits - well, they were made by the children.
Evening - small glass wine (boys been doing my head in).

Hello, well I went a bit off-plan over the weekend but am back on track today! Just marking my place and will be back tonight to post the day's intake. Well done all of you who've had more staying power than me :)

Woolwif my phone was being extra helpful :)
TilltScoutSMum. Good on u that's impressive

When I weigh myself early in the morning I am 5 lbs lighter but at night nowt
I can't keep away from the scale . Must wait a week,

Yay Tilly! Congrats on the great progress! :)

Thanks

Now, this is where it gets tough for me. I often drop the first chunk quite easily (because I'm such a greedy pig normally) but then it starts to slow down rapidly and that's when I start to lose motivation. I know that 1-2lb per week off is actually more sustainable long term but I still struggle to make the sacrifices I need to make for such "little" reward.

I'm glad this thread is here to hopefully keep me on the straight and narrow

How's everyone doing today ?

My day:-

Brekkie - (Yup, you guessed it) Smoothie & cereal bar
Lunch - Chicken Gyros pitta with salad and tzatziki
Dinner - Sausage, potato, beetroot & courgette bake and 1 chunk of Cadbury's caramel

2 coffees and 8 glasses of water/squash

Back on track today:
Breakfast: porridge & cinnamon
Lunch: low-fat tuna mayo granary s/wich, banana
Mid-afternoon (ravenously hungry around 5pm): few sweet potato chips, corn on the cob, apple, satsuma
Dinner: veggie bean burger in brown bap, oven chips, salad, fruit corner
One glass wine