Battleship Pumpkin - Veggers diet thread

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new thread for porky veggers trying to lose weight

have fun, be kind to each other, eat f+v, move around

see you in a bit

oh it is WEIGH IN DAY

you don't have to weigh in, but if you want to, this is the day

I've just found out that we missed DH's cousins birthday party. I didn't even know we were invited cause DH didn't tell me, just declined on our behalf. Garaaaaaargh! I'm bloody furious cause we missed the Uncle's 50th, then the Auntie's 50th (same family) cause no-one ever bloody tells us til the last minute but now it looks like we're avoiding them or something!!! Or just can't be arsed! And there was no reason we couldn't have gone later. Rargh, FFS.

Sorry, needed to rant.

aargh sorry pink

lemur unfortunately i was lying in a darkened room with ds1 having one of his anxiety attacks this is going to sound ridiculously self centred but they make me very very tense dealing with them
i don't know if this is normal
i feel like i am going to have a panic attack myself and i also feel really cross and want to get away from him
i let him come downstairs for a bit just to stop the situation really
he got worse down here however so dp took him up and got him to sleep
i want to help him but often just exacerbate it [guilt]

anyway
sorry end of moan

was going to do robcast week 3 but above intervened

it feels a bit grim when you are just doing childcare completely all day and then all evening as well doesn't it? i feel like my head is full of bees, was really looking forward to getting out
ah well maybe tomorrow

cereal apple pineapple grapes raisins (3.5)

2 cheese rolls
apple (1)

bit of crumpet and butter, dried apricots, half banana (1.5)

baked potato, hummus, butter, small salad, grated carrot, butterbeans (2.5)

strawberry ice cream, banana, grapes, pineapple, raisins (3.5)

12
mostly fruit though

p.s. pink you are still sticker monitor
p.p.s ellie your food sounded yum

Is this a bedtime problem atm then, the anxiety attacks? Or general? Sounds very difficult

yes just at bedtime
started because i started going out sometimes in the evening and he doesn't like it
he was having them randomly 18 months ago after ds2 was born, but he settled down majorly again
i think it is mostly to do with being apart from me, at some deep level it scares him (remember i went into the hospital unexpectedly for 10 days with ds2?)
he was ok but me starting to go out again has rocked the boat
it is VERY wearing

I'm sure you're doing all the right things and it'll settle down again. I think I'd be very frustrated!! [impatient mummy] Poor little chap

Fran, I've emailed you a link to look at my playhouse photos. They're on FB now for everyone who's on there

I don't have any answers, but I know from experience about how I feel in situations like that.

You start off feeling calm and try and make the situation better.

That isn't working, so through gritted teeth you carry on trying to work through it.

It's still not working, you're feeling tired and pissed off because it's MY TIME. So your fuse gets shorter and shorter.

DC picks up on the frustration and the situation just goes from bad to worse.

You realise that you're handling it really badly, so you then feel bloody awful.

But because you're on a short fuse already you become pissed off again, really quickly.

DP steps in, or you holler for dp to take over before someone gets thrown out of the window.

I totally identify with your comment about wanting to get away from them. I've had episodes of it when the breastfeeding relationship is really intense when they are young. God that's an awful confession isn't it?

But actually I think it's quite normal to feel like that at times. Blimey, we all need a break and have our limits don't we?

I mean I don't know how you perceive HE'ing, but I always think it's a really selfless thing to do. Your relationship with ds must be a really intense one.

Have you and dp discussed how you can both deal with the situation?

Don't be so hard on yourself. We all want to be good mum's but we're human too

Right, I'm off to look at Pinks pics then I'm going to bed to read The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Night

Morning chaps, thanks for support last night i appreciate it, but don't want to clog up thread with my wotnot
I might start another thread on it sometime, i think it will be ongoing now
tired this morning as ds2 was disturbed in night for 2 hours, then ds1 (who wakes up at 6 am come rain or shine) woke me up at 7 because his cd had finished

ah well nice sunny day here, the scales think i have lost another pound but i will wait till weigh in day to confirm
am wearing nice trousers that didn't fit a month ago

Oh dear oh dear oh dear

10 12 - That means I have gained four pounds while away, fuck it. Well, it could have been worse I suppose.

There were days when I ate scarcely and I must have worked off a whole lasagne the day I told dh I was going for a wee and decided to scale Hay Bluff on me own on a whim. I was furious he couldn't see me leaping and waving from the top after such an effort but then I saw some serious walkers in all the gear and felt a bit silly hopping and waving in tshirt and trainers so I hoofed it back down again.

Then when I got back to dh I realised there was no way on earth he could have seen me right up there so I was leaping around to no avail and I expect the other people thought I was bonkers.

Then there were the lie-ins with tea and an books and cake, there was a towering sponge welcoming us that was smothered and filled with buttercream and jam
and topped with mini eggs and it was preposterously delicious and would have rude not to enjoy it. I resisted it for three days and then caved. There were also fish and chips by the river [twice], lasagne and garlic bread, a barbeque, cream teas and lots of wine. So it could have been worse.

We had such a lovely time. We spent hours by waterfalls in the sun the weather was baking most of the week. Sigh.

Right, back to the old grind.

Franny - That would drive me mad. When ds2 woke endlessly during the evening I thought I would crack up, you just need the evening to recharge. Hope it settles down.

Hmm, what shall I eat today then. I am ravenous of course.

I am not good at dealing with things like anxiety. I try hard but just get impatient. Hope it settles down again.

Have had my morning weetabix.

franzo, if you have a google, there are some wonderful 'mood management' cds for children out there. I had one for ds2 when he was , erm, needing help shall we say stabilising his emotions...

It was very soothing to listen to and gave us things to talk about and 'tools' to use when he felt upset.
I no longer have the cd, so can't remember the company but they had a load covering a wealth of emotions!

Pink - how annoying. Can't you confiscate his lego or something?
DH does similar things, only he just utterly forgets to tell me so we don't go.

I am stuck in a rut, foodwise.
porridge (again)
veg soup (again)
fat-free yog thing (again)

thinking of morrocan chicken and roasted veg cous cous for dinner.

You are having a post-chip dip too then, Elli.

I am in a bit of a rut as well. Am bored of my low fat dinners, we should swap. I've got roast chicken for dinner I hadn't thought of doing flavours with it. Morrocan sounds nice.

do you like smoked salmon?

a pacl of trimmings with some low fat phil and spaghetti and herbs and lemon is LOVELY, but I am bored of it.

I have a lot of chicken too. Maybe I need to do some more things with beans.

fran that sounds hard
dd1 went through a stage of it when she was about 3, i spent every evening lying on her bed crying, it was so wearing. i don't really have any advice, i just rode it out. it was fucking hard though so you have my sympathy and empathy. i realise your ds1 is older (is he 7?) would he respond to some sort of reward scheme? has it become a habit do you think or is he genuinely scared you might not come back or something?

guad i had salmon trimmings and low fat philly on a bagel for lunch omnomnom, with some salad of course

granola with sultanas, apricots, dates

OJ

banana

so 6 or thereabouts so far

tomight we are having chorizo risotto, made with no cheese. i fry off the chorizo first then add the chopped onions and garlic to that so it fries in the oil given off by the chorizo - no added fat. chuck in a few handfuls of petits pois while its cooking and serve with salad. really tasty and not too bad fat wise i don't think.

tomorrow is chilli & garlic prawns with noodles, served with stir fried veg, again not too bad fat wise

might make some fish cakes this week too, admittedly I will fry them but i will have mine with salad when the rest of the household will have chips

beans more tricky in the summer i think

i tend to use them in stews in the winter

lamb and cannelloni & black eye beans a favourite

someone has stolen my baby and replaced her with this little person who has teeth and opinions and is doing her damndest to crawl

if you're using philly for pasta sauce, it's good with bacon and mushrooms too

tiger, your baby is crawling

I am going to get lots of bakin gpotatoes and make up fillings

today: weetabix and milk and glass of fruit juice
3 oatcakes with little butter and honey
banana
away to have tangerine

Tiger - that sounds nice, like a carbonara. Pjiladelphia is a great all rounder isn't it.

I like bean salads in the summer but I get bored of making them too. Chickpea with loads of herbs and lemon and other bits is nice. I am going to put mint in my green lentils and I've put some tarragon in the cjicken. Smells nice but not ready for AGES and I'm so hungry. Have just eaten six matzos. Mouth like a desert.

Who was talking about diet crackers? People always seem to think of ryvita as a diet cracker but I just like them. They are the same as cream crackers anyway, you get two for a ww point. I usually have three and pile them high.

You also get three rice cakes for a point and only one oat cake which has put me off a bit. I'm not bothering with a cracker that has the same points for one as a slice of bread! Well, not while I'm on a diet anyway. I think it's because they have oil in them maybe.

I normally eat oat cakes with peanut butter and banana, or egg mayyonaise