Marshy you are very welcome to join in
I've taken over from Wolfgirl organising for a bit. Basically the 'diet' works as follows.... These are wolfgirls original rules, with a bit of editing.
Weigh in will be on a Tuesday. It is best to weigh yourself in the morning, makes you feel better if nothing else.
- The diet is very simple! DO NOT EAT after your main meal. This means STOP picking. You can drink: water or diluted squash. This diet is like an evening FAST. You will feel the hunger pangs at about 8,9 or 10pm. But work through it, don?t give in. It?s the burning, hunger pangs that are making your body work. Utilizing what?s already stored in your body, and generally?. Just getting on with it.
- This bit could be confusing, so bear with me. Your last meal can be ANY time, 5,6,7 8pm etc. If you tend to eat late, i.e. after 7pm, try not to pick before hand, but just have a GOOD size meal when you do eat. And if you do need to eat because the hunger is unbearable, try a banana, apple or even chewing gum, or a cup of water, coffee. (by allowing this I?m meaning, that if you eat after 7pm, and your last meal was say? 1 o?clock, 6 hours is a long time not to eat anything, so again?. Eat what you like, but in moderation. And then I would say, at about 5pm just eat fruit or low fat good nutritious food iykwim )
- You can eat ANYTHING during the day
- You can drink ANYTHING during the day
- You can carry on taking medication, and vitamins. In fact very important to NOT stop ha ha ha ha!
- You should try and exercise, even if it is doing 3 more trips up the stairs than necessary, or some sit-ups or press-ups; or try walking the kids to school, nursery, walking to your local shop, swimming etc. It is not a major part of the rules, but I think we all know a wee bit of exercise will help. Especially with our Jelly bellies!!
- You can take ONE night off. That night is your choice, whether it be a Monday, Friday or whenever. And it is also up to you, whether you go ahead and pick. Its there for emergencies. But you can?t save them up, and say?. Ah, but I didn?t have a night off last week, so Im having two this week. No no no no no! Not allowed.
- Exceptions to the rule are: if you have girlie time and are feeling really pooh-pants, and desperate for that little bit of sweetness. You can pick, but how about getting your other half to monitor what you pick at, and only one small bar of chocky, or how about fruit gums, fruit pastels, they are sweet and low fat. Or someone made a great suggestions, raw jelly. A few cubes of that might do the trick. OR a bowl of cereal even!
Other exceptions are similar, like if you feeling very down, or had bad news, or need to comfort eat. I understand about comfort eating, so now and again its allowed, but only now and again. One more exception, and that is on special occasions. You can go ahead and pick/nibble.
When we say you can eat anything it is obviusly in moderation If you eat 16 cream cakes every day you are not going to lose any weight!!!
There is no DO-OR-DIE with this diet. We are all just having a try, and doing our best. There is no pass mark, no failure, but quite the opposite. Just a whacking great big pat on our backs for having a go! Lets do this eh! Lets all lose a few pounds or stones, ready for the summer. And hopefully, it will become a lifestyle, not just a diet
I think as time went on we said try not to eat anything but your evening meal after 5pm. I hope it's not confusing. I can CAT you if you like
We have lost quite a bit of weight I for one have lost half a stone.
wolfgirl would suggest a food to cut out. sweets chocolate and suggest exercisies to try.
I will email you with the chart you fill it in then I collate it al together or you email me with your weight and I add it on.
The more the merrier really!