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.

Hiya today's report
B-
muesli ( certainly more than 30g fluffy, thanks for the reply. I dnt add anything other than a banana but it's a lot) +banana+milk
L-
Mince meat and wholemeal bread
D-
Beans

Snaks-
Ice cream (1 scoop), fruits, 2 chocolate biscuits

To wrap up:
My goal was to lose a 2 stones over 2 months so far I have lost 5 lbs. my attitude towards eating has improved. I dnt keep on eating endlessly and I can now identify wen I am thirsty b4 I wud jst eat.
I am still a bit lazy where exercise is concerned but hopefully it will improve.

Thanks for the amazing support on this thread.

Two days to report.

Wednesday:
B - oatibix, skimmed milk
L - Miso soup, chickpea salad, cous cous, 2 falafel
D - 2 slices pepperoni pizza, 2 slices margherita pizza, fat free yogurt.
Snacks: fruit smoothie, Options hot chocolate

Thursday:
B - as above
L - grilled chicken udon noodle pot
D - spinach and ricotta tortellini, 2 rashers bacon, arrabiata sauce, Weight watchers icecream.
Snack: Options hot chocolate

Result: I have lost 2.5lb this week! yay! That's 4.5 altogether.

So my wrap up for the month:
I've made a good start. I know that if the weight comes off gradually, it's more likely to stay off so I'm happy with small results. I do feel healthier, and I'm still motivated. My will-power has wobbled a bit recently, as if the novelty is wearing off, but I haven't really given in. The main thing is that I am in the right place mentally for doing this - after years of moaning about my weight but not really caring enough to do anything about it, I am now ready.
What I am less happy about, is wondering how long it will be before my appetite shrinks. According to Myfitnesspal, I am not eating too little, but I do feel hungry most days between meals, and I mean proper hollow rumbling tummy hungry, not just the munchies. I would love to get to the stage where I don't feel the need for as much food.
thanks to everyone on the thread for the support and Glenshee for starting. Hope this thread runs and runs!

hi i wanted to knw if v r still continuing with this thread or was it just for a month.

I'm quite happy to continue with it (if anyone else is, obviously ! I don't want to be posting to myself )

Yesterday:-

B: 1 weetabix & semi skimmed milk
L: Chicken salad pitta
D: Smoked haddock risotto with poached egg (very nice but much more calorific than I thought it would be )

Today:
B: Smoothie & Banana
L: Crab meat pasta
D: Roast cod with lemon, mint & chilli salsa, lentils and roast tomatoes and 2 circles of garlic bread. 6 salted caramel buttons

i am here 2

B- 2 slices seeded bread & omelet
L- fish with green veges
D- baked with potato with ketchup

snaks: yoghurt, apples, carrots

i have started craving sugars again 2nd day now and want some sugarrr

Oh my goodness, I fell off the healthy wagon well and truely. Went out for meals 5 times in 6 days with way too much chocolate raiding in between. Now have a few days to be healthy again before I'm away with work for 5 days which i know will be another diet disaster.

So I know it's cheating but please can I just skip over the chips, trifle, crusty bread, tiffin, curry, banoffee pie, champagne, kettle chips etc etc and start back with today's menu which wasn't brilliant but relatively speaking better than last week.

Bfast: none (still full of haggis from last night)
Lunch: innocent vege pot, orange
Dinner: roast beef, lots of veg, no potatoes or Yorkshire pudding
Snacks: 2 slices of banana bread (made by my 8 year old, I couldn't say no)

Planning on weighing myself tomorrow, am expecting a couple of pounds on. Kicking myself as I loved this thread and it was definitely making a difference. Oh well, back on the straight and narrow again now

Hey woolwif welcome back. It wudnt be fun if v didn't fall off the wagon once in a while

Brunch- homemade chicken curry & 1 tortilla wrap
Dinner- 2 scoops of icecream :(

Snaks- carrots, oranges, 2 bananas

One thing though my sugar cravings r back with a vengeance. And the healthy stuff which worked b4 like raisins and bananas r not working anymore

Hi all,

I want this thread to keep going! I'm in it for the long haul...

Vanfurgston try Options hot chocolate for a sugar craving, works for me!

Well I fell off the wagon this weekend too, so severe damage limitation mode this week.

Friday:
B - Oatibix, skimmed milk.
L - smoked mackerel pasta salad (I dusted down my old Weight Watchers recipe books, this one used to be a favourite).
D - Salmon fish cake, small portion oven chips, carrots. Fat free yogurt.

Saturday:
B- as above
L - as above
D - DH took me out to Chinese restaurant where they are now doing Eat as Much as You Like (oh bugger). So: mixed starter - spring roll, seaweed, wonton, spare rib, prawn toast, chicken satay. 3 crispy duck pancakes. Chicken with cashew nuts, 1/2 egg fried rice. 1/2 pint lager.

Sunday:
B - as above
L - McDonalds grilled chicken salad with caesar dressing.
D - Had a friend round. Roast chicken, yorkshire pud, 2 small roast pots, roast parsnips, carrots, broccoli, gravy. Apple pie, custard. 1 glass red wine. Friend brought chocolates, so it would be rude not to have 1.

So, the bad news, I also fell off the wagon yesterday lunchtime. The good news is that I've lost 2.5 lbs this week (after 2 weeks of losing absolutely nada !) That's 13lb off in total since 2nd Jan

vanfurgston - the sugar cravings are a killer Mine are definitely linked to PMT and for a couple of days I just have to go with it. Resistance is futile

fluffyanimal - I have been craving chinese food but our usual restaurant is an all you can eat place and I just know I will pig out in a monumental manner. We are going there with some friends in a couple of weeks. Your post made my mouth water.

woolwif - welcome back. I am salivating again at the mere mention of banoffi pie, trifle, crusty bread and champagne. You can keep your haggis though

So, yesterday I had:-

Brekkie - none (didn't get up until 10.30
Lunch - KFC Zinger burger, 2 hot wings about 3/4's of a portion of fries, a few spoons of beans and a full fat pepsi
Dinner - Huge salad, a few pieces of chicken breast and a whole meal pitta

Thanks fluffy I will try the hot chocolate but I do feel I may have to give in a teeny bit as Tillyscoutsmum said.
I m completely fixated on cake and have valiantly resisted for four day now. Sigh I m so brave

Forgot abt the ice cream I have not been so courageous after all

hi all.im still keeen to post if youll put up with me
do you bake vanfurgston?
i got a lush banana and oat meffin recipe from carrots and celery if you want it
the zoo hoiusehold has been poorly with colds and fevers so havent eaten anything worth reporting for a few days.we are now on the mend so heres todays report
breakfast;cornflakes and blueberries with skimmd milk
lunch;broccoli and pea soup.marmite sarny
snack;banana (and custard cream)
dinner;veggie pasta bake
ev snack;yogurt

i will do the recipe as i remember tilly wanted some.apologize for no links

banana and oat muffins
7oz plain flour
3oz oats
1tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp baking powder
2oz light brown sugar
1 egg,beaten
3floz milk
3floz veg oil(sunflower or rapeseed)
1tsp vanillla extract
3 very ripe bananaspref with lots black spots)mashed

mix flour,oats,soda,powder and sugar in a bowl
in a jug mix egg,milk,oil and vanilla
make well in dry ingredients and tip in liquid and bananas.using a fork lightly mix til just combined(will look lumpy)
3/4 fill 12 muffin tin lined with cases and bake in a preheated oven for 20-25mins til firm to touch and golden

want any more recipes gizza shout
"see" you all tomorrow!

Oh dear...not exactly back on the straight and narrow, but here goes.

Bfast: grapenuts, Actimel, raisins
Lunch: out for lunch at Italian, garlic bread, rosemary bread chicken sandwich, chips (didn't eat all the chips or bread)

Am I allowed back in?

We've had guests for a couple of days, and a dinner party in the middle of that. We are all foodies so I have cooked up a storm. It has not been good. I am so far off the healthy eating wagon that I can no longer see the wagon because it is covered in bearnaise sauce!

The good news is that I have continued the shred, but still feel so sluggish, which I suspect is the food.

Food-wise, I am planning to start anew tomorrow!

liveinazoo i do attempt baking everynow and then but it take too long to clean up and the results are i am afraid to say far from edible. i can do very simple breads and things so will give ur recipee a try.

B-chicken noodle swoup (homemade)
L- pilau rice (homemawde)
D- 1 cadbury chocolate bar (arnd 280 cal but oh so worth it)

snaks- sunbites, oranges, muller yogurt.

just realised i forgat mention oven temp 180oc/350of/gas 4
shall we overlook all the "no no's and just jump back on the wagon?

gomummygo

wolfwifwe need carbs in the winter for energy and they elease happy chemicals in teh brain so dont be too hard on yourself

fluffyanimal keep going!!

vanhave you tried fruit salad with 2 squares choc grated over the top?it is sweet with a hint lovliness

tillyyoure doing brill

todays post
breakfast;rice krispies,sunseeds and blueberries with skim milk
snack;1/2 red pepper
lunch;marmite sarnies,baby corn cobs
snack;banana (and custard cream..theyre all gone now
dinner;lentil and carrot burger on toasted english muffin with guacamole
banana and oat muffin
ev snack(to be devoured shortly) yogurt and sunseeds

failing miserably on the water front...on average 500mls a day.def still need work on how improve this one!

I'm here

I started level 2 of the shred yesterday so I've been too busy dying to post

Yesterday

Brekkie - 2 weetabix with semi milk
Lunch - Crab meat and salad wholemeal pitta (with low fat fromage frais dressing)
Dinner - Thai chicken stir fry and rice

Today

B: Smoothie
L: Mushroom & prawn stir fry
D: Spag Bol with 2 small circles of garlic bread and a teaspoon of parmesan

I'm still doing ok but I'm getting a bored of some of the meals now. I seem to be having lots of things with garlic, ginger & chilli in which is very tasty but just a bit "samey". I'm also spending a fortune on food because I keep buying lots of fresh stuff to make all these meals

Tillys I am with you - Have also just done level 2 of the shred for the first time, about an hour ago. Had gotten confident on level 1 and level 2 has certainly put and end to that!

Yesterday's report
B - poached egg, 1/2 ww bagel w/ tomato
L - flatbread with umami, olive oil, peppers & red onions
D - ciabatta w/ turkey, swiss, roasted peppers & spinach
Snack - baked potato with fat free sour cream (blech, now I know why I never bought that stuff!) and chives

liveinazoo Do you like spicy food? Eating a lot of spicy food really helped me change my water habits a while back, and the habit stuck, iykwim?

Hi people. I jumped off the wagon for a bit (hopefully no1 noticed).

Yesterday's report

Breakfast: banana pancakes (4) (double yum)
Lunch: chicken curry with 1 pita bread
Dinner: chicken noodle soup (homemade)

Snaks: mixed nuts (oh no they r back)

Hi everyone,

Work is getting hectic and don't normally get online in the evenings, so sorry for absence, i am here and still plugging on! liveinazoo I will try out that recipe, it sounds yum!

Monday
B - Oatibix, skimmed milk
L - Smoked mackerel pasta salad, roast pepper and tomato soup, fat free yogurt
D - Chicken curry made from leftovers of Sunday's roast chicken, tomato-based sauce

Tuesday
B - As above
L - Smoked mackerel pasta salad.
D - Home made chilli, small portion of rice, grated half-fat cheese. Weight watchers ice-cream.

evening all!glad you havent all run off and left me
todays report
breakfast;special k with bluberries and sunseeds,skimmed milk
lunch;spinach soup and cheese sarny
snack;cherries and yogurt
dinner;spring green,basil and cashew risotto.slice banana malt loaf(slurp)

gomummy i dont eat a lot of spicy food.might have to try that if all else fails!

liveinazoo - I've recently discovered banana malt loaf as well In fact, I just remembered that I forgot to put it in yesterday's food diary

Today

Breakfast - Cereal bar and skinny latte
Lunch - Smoked mackerel & lentil salad (its all about the smoked mackarel today )
Dinner - Homemade salmon fishcake, flagelots and salad