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.

gomummygo - borscht :)

Your sniffer is correct, Glenshee! :) It's actually DH's background though, I learned to make it from his mum years ago. Is borscht unusual where you are? No one I've ever met here has heard of it, people are always asking why I grow so many beets. V. healthy though.

Last night - orange slices with a few pieces of feta (I know, a strange combo, but I like it)
Today:
B -toasted whole wheat english muffin with a little monterey jack
L -roasted red pepper and tomato soup and just ONE(!) of the perogies I made everyone else (SO hard!)
Snack - a few half-eaten carrot sticks/celery sticks/orange pepper slices courtesy of DS
D - thai chicken on whole wheat rice

Plus a ridiculous amount of shoveling. I don't actually know, but that has got to be good cardio.

didnt get a chance to check in last night
tillywell done honey.im impressed!
megthats major constraint on the chocolate muffin front.i couldnt do it!haha
wolfwifi didnt see any chocolate still.
glensheehow the coffee going?
you are all doing sooo well
so report for saturday
breakfast;2 slices marmite toast and a yogurt
snack;4 breadsticks
lunch;cheese and beetroot sarny.baked crisps
snack;sugar free muffin
dinner;birds eye baked baked to perfection cod with olive oil,rosemary and tomatobroccoli and carrots,brown rice.
banana

feel i slacked a bit today,especially on the fruit and veg front.will try harder today!

Hi every1 didn't get a chance to log in yesterday.
gommygo thanks for the offer :D I think I will try baking some
So yesterday was day 5
B- t with bread and a boiled egg
L- chicken curry with tortilla wrap
D- salmon with mixed vegetables

S- 1 small packet of Doritos, mixed nuts, 2 chocolate muffin
Did terrible on the snacking side but on the plus side drank 8 glasses of water

Todays diary:

Brekkie- 2 slices wholemeal toast 130cals (new loaf is lower in cals), grilled bacon medallions 60cals grilled tomatoes

Lunch- big ooops! 2 homemade plain scones... They were warm and I couldn't resist :( thin smear of NAS jam, guessing at 300cals as quite small

Snack- LF crisps 100cals

Dinner- roast chicken breast skinless 200cals sweet potato 135cals Yorkshire 75cals gravy 30cals roast veggies

Pudding- meringue 50cals scoop ice-cream 100cals peach slices

1180 but didn't feel like a v good day, enjoyed breakfast though so will def have again as a low cal weekend breakfast that still feels like a treat. Did day 5 of the shred today too.

Weighing in tomorrow and steeling myself to be disappointed as it's period week and I always gain a couple :( hopefully will start seeing the difference next week.

liveinazoo - with coffees it's not going as well as I'd like it to, but still loads better than before!

I managed to wean myself off machine coffee at work entirely, which was at least 80% of all my coffee intake. I found it very hard to break the habit at work, but this thread did it for me.

I do enjoy a cup of coffee in the morning at home very much - actually even more so on a late lazy Sunday morning as opposed to during the week (not enough distractions and urgent things to do on Sunday!) Had one yesterday (forgot to report :( ) and one today. But no more than one, which is an improvement.

Overall I feel better - rashes not as frequent and not as annoying, so happy to see the results, and hoping to do better in the future.

Thanks for asking

Hi everyone, sorry I've been awol. Houseguests and feeling unwell.
Period started today so feel like a big lump :(

Not eaten much today as have no appetite so have had
B - one pancake with lemon & sugar. yum
L - Roast Lamb, pots, veg (medium portion)
Snack - piece birthday cake
D - toasted teacake.

I know I'm still heavy on the carbs but I am trying with portion sizes - it is difficult when my hormones are directing me to sweet stuff.

How is everyone getting on?

Breakfast: shredded wheat
Lunch: toasted cheese/onion/tomato sandwich on granary, slim-a-soup
Snacks: satsuma, pear, smoothie
Dinner: tomato & basil soup (shop-bought, tasted far too sweet since I have had so little sugar the last few days!), baguette

Bit more wheat than I'd ideally like, but otherwise not too bad I think. I got one of the kids' chocolate muffins out but thought about having to admit giving into temptation on here, and put it back

MegBusset - well done, we're all proud of you :)

evening all!
glenshee80% coffee reduction is worth celebrating!
todays report
breakfast;1 slice toast and marmite.yogurt
lunch;2 ham salad rolls(no butter.heavy on the salad)handful vine ripened cherry tomatoes
snack;low sugar apricot and date flapjack(homemade) glass milk
dinner;chickpea and root veg soup.roll(no butter).banana

very wheat heavy i know but better day with fruit and veg.managed(so far)500mls water and 250mls milk

I had a lazy day with no particular plans (except to enjoy the weekend), so my day was full of snacks and tea. Not ideal, but I'm rested, happy and feel ready to soldier on with the diet next week :)

B - pita bread x 2, coffee
L - carrot rice, peas, ham
a glass of coke in a pub (enjoyed it)
T - soup with cabbage and mushrooms, toast with soft cheese
about 6 cups of tea throughout the day
Snack - apple

no water

Vitamin C, Magnesium tablets

planning to still have a cup of green tea with homemade bread (gluten-free flour), soft cheese and ham before cut-off.

Glenshee what is carrot rice? (well carrots and rice obviously but how do you make it?)

actually i also had a bit of raw veg salad today at lunch, but just not as much as i would when i make an effort to eat healthily.

MegBusset, carrot rice is basmati rice sauteed with grated carrots, onions, and on occasion something else :) - like chickpeas today.

It looks something like this allrecipes.com/recipe/carrot-rice/ or this divya-dilse.blogspot.com/2008/05/carrot-rice.html

I love it :)

Bit of a bad day today but I bloody enjoyed it !

Breakfast - Glass of smoothie

Lunch - Roast chicken (and I'd unfortunately be lying if I said I didn't have a leeetle piece of skin), roast potatoes, Roast parsnips, stuffing, Veg (incl a bit of cauli/broc cheese), gravy. One glass of red wine

Tea - Chicken salad roll and a packet of crisps (ooops !) and one chocolate

2 coffees and lots of water.

The weekend is over now so back to being very good again next week. Hopefully my shred dvd will arrive early in the week as well

Tillyscoutsmum - enjoying the food is important!

Normally when you overindulge it's not even all that enjoyable anymore, it sort of becomes a fix and nothing else, at some point. That's where it's real sad.

Hello all

Day started well with branflakes and raisins, followed by a run by the sea.
Lunch: crab sticks, tomatoes and packet of snack-a-jack rice cakes
Dinner: roast chicken, carrots, broccoli, green beans and stuffing followed by an orange

So far so good as braces still a faff to take in and out so snacking not worth the effort. But then whilst I had them out for dinner the rest of a box of chocolate pralines forced themselves down my throat before I could stop them. Oops.

Naughty chocolates

Evening all (realizing you're all probably fast asleep by now) :)

Today:
B - 1 lattke, tomato juice
L - Grilled turkey sandwich with spinach and a bit of havarti
Lots of oolong tea
D - Salmon wraps w/ red pepper, red onion, cucumber, tzatziki (but homemade so not quite so bad)
Current snack (still not cutoff time!) - carrot sticks in hummus

Shamefully little exercise

@ Woolwif

Chocolate was is always my downfall, but they were SO yummy. New week and feeling strong. Thinking positively though, normally I'd have chocolate every day and that was the first since last Tues (and I don't think I ate quite a week's worth last night )

Morning everyone. Don't get much of a chance to MN over weekends, so here is my account of the last few days:

Friday:
B- Optivita cereal, skimmed milk, 1 tsp sugar
L - Toasted cheese sandwich, grapes, banana
D - 4 slices (= 2/3) 12" thin pizza - normally I would eat a whole one.
Snacks - 2 cadburys choc eclair sweets.

Saturday:
B - Optivita cereal, skimmed milk, 1 tsp sugar
L - Toasted cheese sandwich, grapes
D - 2 half fat sausages, small portion mash, 1/3 tin of beans - normally I would eat 3 sausages.
1 measure cherry brandy in the evening!

Sunday:
B - Optivita cereal as above
L - Was in McDonalds. I normally have the veggie deli, then share chips with the DC. But I saw that the veggie deli was 480ish calories, so I went for the small Mayo Chicken (315), and not a chip passed my lips. That was really hard and I felt quite grumpy, and very hungry. We always take the DC to McDonalds after swimming, so this is going to be tough.
Had a banana when I got in, and a chocolate biscuit .
D - Chicken casserole with tomato-based sauce, mash, broccoli, carrots. Skinny Cow icecream.

Still haven't weighed myself, want to hold out till Friday.

I have been putting on weight slowly but surely for several years. However in the last few weeks I've ballooned! I feel really fat all of a sudden. I don't mean my appearance makes me feel fat. I mean I've got to a point where my body is really feeling it. My knees hurt and my legs ache. My toddler can pretty much outrun me! I feel heavy and weary. Something has got to give! I've never dieted before, I don't know where to start! I need help ladies! I've already cut out my bad habit foods (cheese, beer and chocolate) and started eating carrots when I want a snack. (this is a big change!) But is that enough? I don't want to go on a crash diet as I know that's bad for you. But if I just start eating sensibly and having super healthy snacks instead if my usual sweet / fatty snacks, will that do? I'm clueless about this stuff!

Oops that was a bit long, sorry!

I was just wondering whether I should post something so long here or start a thread and I hit send by mistake! So it looks like I've gate crashed without asking if it's ok?!

Would it be OK to join the thread? I think I'm going to need all the help I can get!

morning! Week 1 done and I have only lost one sodding solitary pound :( nevermind, better off than on I guess...