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Following on from this thread

VT - how much are you aiming to lose a week - and are you fairly small to start with?

start weight: 11st 13lbs
goal weight: 10st 8lbs
target loss per week: 2lbs
goal date 23 August

says target cals for me to eat per day is 1083

vt your start weight is my goal weight

I am allowed 1400 calories by FF and it says that at my weight I need 2400 calories a day at a baseline level. I never eat that much!

Have just had another mooch on FF and discovered how it lets you manually input foods - which is great.

I love it! so glad I chanced over here yesteray.

You never doubted her though shiney, when others started to get suspisious you still defended her, proud of you mate

I get a bit confused on FF, very unusual as i am normally a techno freak, must be my adversity to dieting

Shine - you've done a good thing on that thread. I'm for you that you can so easliy empathise but you will be in a good position of offer advice and support.

Got to get a document done by 5.30pm and I'm so tired I'm drooling all over qwerty.

Drink water Syc, keeps you awake (mostly cos you have to keep going the loo )

I think it's because you are a glass half full not half empty kind of gal Shine

I always picture you with your best foot forward and a twinkle in your eye.

Don't do anything please, to shatter this illusion .

I have got to get out on a training run tonight. Race for life in less than two weeks. Still on the last of my ab's but think my ill excuse can no longer be employed. Plus it will help use up some calories from last night.

Hi all, VT 1000 cals is not much, difficult to eat that little IMO, but if you log in lots of exercise you can have more. The fact that I will not and cannot eat cottage cheese, and can't have a salad without meat or cheese and ideally potato might be the reason I can't eat that little.

I would be on the same except I've set it to only lose 1lb a week, that way I can feel good if osme days I eat less than I should (instead of feeling bad for eating more than I should on the other days). 2lb a week is a 1000-cal-a-day deficit, which is quite a lot.

More shortbread forced down my throat by old lady, so another run planned for this evening, even though the one on Tuesday was awful.

I tried to come on here earlier in the day, when my boss appeared and gave me lots of complicated instructions. Now he's gone out for the rest of the afternoon so I can safe. It's only a week's temping anyway, what are they going to do, fire me?

Hope the troll/not-troll isn't causing/receiving too much hassle.

rite, not a bad day

crunchy nut cornflakes
egg salad, half a slice buttered bread
tagliatelle napoletana
lots of water

off to work...laters

sorry you've been through some hard times shineon..

i re-read that thread.. & tbh didn't see too much "troll" shouting...a few posts wanting more info..understandable imo....sometimes people shout troll to protect vulnerable posters who may get too involved...possibly?....and don't forget we've just had the outing of lola.

good

the thing with trolls is they leave mumsnet laughing..it's the genuine nice mumsnetters they sucked in who are left hurt (quite badly in some cases).....i know you understand me.....

right, i'll shut up now.

laters x

I am hoping this will be worth it.

I feel weal and spaced out.

Have eaten -

2 apple muffins
slim fast bar
slim fast milkshake
piece of ham
one bite of chicken thingy
one piece of garlic bread
lots of drinks

and why why why am I making lovely muffins and bread when I am meant to be losing weight?

Shine - I hope you didn't hurt yourself on that cake.

How are you going to make sure it doesn't turn into 3 cakes?

How did you come by this cake you fell on so awkwadly?

a. At work, someone bought it in.
b. At home, my child brought it home/a neighbour gave it to us.
c. In a coffee shop - I was out and I couldn't resist.
d. At tesco. I drove there on purpose and bought it. Shame me now, for I have sinned on a thread of my own creation

Fess up and then we can judge ye accordingly.

Baker girl, how can I put this.

STOP BAKING!

Look at your food for the day, no wonder you feel a bit weak you poor love!

You need some fruit and veg in there otherwise you'll feel lethargic and bloated.

It's important to remember the slim fast shakes etc aren't free from calories and are supposed to replace meals.

I was thinking of using up some of my spare LL packs when I started WW and I figured out the bars are equivalent to 4 points. Put into context, that's the same as a small bacon muffin from Eat....or a Tesco Light cheese and ham sandwich.

I think they are fine to use for a limited period of time, but you won't lose the weight unless you stick to them as meal replacements.

Please roast yourself some vegetables tonight and eat lots and get yourself nice and full.

No potatoes, no parnips. Onions, mushrooms, swede, pumpkin, squash, garlic, carrots etc in a 1 cal spray...salt and pepper. Lovely

at 'shame on me'

Not running. Got home and couldn't be bothered. Could blame stiff neck from office chair. Actually just lazy.

I will sit here and eat stuff from my (2nd and therefore last cos I'm not paying £3 for them) graze box. Korean rice cracker anyone?

Thank you Sycamore.

Wouldn't mind telling what and how much to eat so that I can lose weight.

I bake for the kids lunchboxes so can't give that up.

I am not going to buy anymore slimfast stuff as it confuses me too much

Just got back from another 20 minute run - not as fast as last time because I changed my route to include more uphill.

I'm at how little calories you're being told to eat VT. I wonder if you're trying to lose weight too quickly?

My start weight was 11st 1lb
Goal weight 8st 9lb
Lose 1lb per week
Target date 3rd Feb 2010

I've been told to eat 1531 cal per day. I've just re-done it to say I want to lose 2lb per week and it does say 1031.

In theory, it would be easier to maintain your weight once you'd lost it if you did it really slowly, at 1lb per week I guess. I suppose it depends if you have a goal date for something special, or if you just want to get thin IYSWIM.

However, I'm bfing, so would lose weight even if I ate 2031 cals per day, in theory. I lost 2.8lb last week. I'm hoping to start my 30s slim and toned!

Trills - I have to run tonight otherwise I am screwed when it comes to next Sunday. All my family will be there to watch me crawling over the finish line and I will be ashamed...there will be 9 year old girls pointing and laughing at me from the sidelines, already finished the race, already dressed, already eaten their picnics and just watching all the sad old dears waddling their way home.

And my dad will be looking down on me from the non religious place where he is now residing shaking his head in disappointment like Bobby Moore saying "Ecky thump Sycamore"

"I always told you there were no short cuts to success love. You reap what you sow" etc.

Bakergirl - I hope I have understood your post properly - apologies if the below is exactly what you DON'T want

A good diet day goes something like this:

Breakfast: Low fat plain yoghurt with one teaspoon of honey and a handful of blueberries.

Mid-morning snack of apple or rice cake with marmite or berry fruit or if you must, a WW style bar or crisps (that's me then )

Lunch: A nice salad with a good amount of protein in it - so egg or chicken, prawns, salmon etc. A measured amount of dressing - like one tablespoon low fat dressing. A small portion of carbs - croutons, or a couple of chopped new potatoes or a small portion of pasta is actually quite nice too.

Afternoon snackage similar to mid-morning. Knock yourself out with a yoghurt if you want!

Dinner - Well - I just direct you to Sazzle's amazing recipes .

Portion control is all. If you're more than 2 stone overweight chances are you idea of portion is out of whack. Mine was - by a very amount.

Cooking for yourself in an evening whilst you're dieting is quite important I think. Lovlingly preparing healthy, tasty nutritious food - these are the BUILDING BLOCKS upon which we will forge our future of staying slim once we have lost the weight.

It's a good idea to start getting into those habits now. Ok, we want to lose weight, but also, we want to re-train our brains around food.