Anyone want to loose just a few pounds, lets support eachother?

[Madmog]

I followed the loose half a stone for Xmas thread which I found really helpful. I lost 5.5lbs and put 2.5lbs back on over Xmas. I'm quite small boned and few pounds really makes the difference, but I need encouragement to get just a little more off (4/5lbs so I hit the overall over half stone mark would be good for me) and keep it off.

Is there anyone out there who wants to loose just a few pounds up to a stone, who'd like to join me on this thread? We could record our losses or failures once a week and give general support and advice if we have any.

[Joycey29]

Queenie - we had fajitas too! Soooo good but not every day!

Whole point is to enjoy life!

[MaureenShit]

This is in the wrong topic

[sweetheart]

Maureen, it's in S&B because of the original pre-Christmas thread. We aren't hardcore weigh losers, just shifting last few ibs.

All exercise plans for today are scrapped. Dh's nan died last night :-(

[ceeveebee]

Sorry to hear that sweetheart

Weighed today - lost another 2lb and now down to 9 st exactly, 4 to go!

[MoodyDidIt]

oh sweetheart i am sorry to hear that :( x

[YouCanCallMeBetty]

Sorry sweetheart

[sweetheart]

It's ok, it's been expected for quite some time, she was in her 90's. Lots of tea and sympathy today but will try my best to stay in track

[plaingirly]

Weighed in yesterday - 14.8 pounds off since I started! Really love MFP!

[YouCanCallMeBetty]

7lb off since Monday!!!

I know you lose more in the first week and it's mostly water and and and, but... woohoo!!!

[marceline]

Don't you hate it when you realise you've underestimated the damage - I weighed myself this morning and I was 4lb heavier than I thought. Damn! I've been very good today and have stayed within my puny 1250 calorie limit so fingers crossed!

[twentythirteen]

Can I join? I'd really just like some support around not eating crap. My basic diet is good but I live with someone who eats on the sofa of an evening and I always cave in!

[YouCanCallMeBetty]

Hi newbies!

Can relate to that twentythirteen - it's that sofa time between dinner and bed that's hardest for me. The past week I've cleaned my teeth after dinner which has helped a bit, plus logging everything on MFP has helped me resist.

Though saying that, I'm up with DS2 who's refusing to sleep, and have just feverishly stuffed my face with two kitkats.

[MoodyDidIt]

oh god i am the same twenty13 - even though i am not hungry i desperately crave stuff to nibble on while i am watching tv

have been chewing sugar free gum instead which helps a bit

[sarahlundssweater]

I mostly have to exercise in the evening when my DH gets home, so I find that when I'm finished I have more will power to eat something light, and stay away from the junk.

[Madmog]

Sorry to hear your news Sweetheart. Hope DH is coping ok with the news. A few days out from your diet/exercise won't do much harm longterm, just need to make sure you get back on track when the time is right.

Had a few worries this week over daughter (kids!), so haven't really been concentrating on my diet. Have had days when I haven't eaten much, but then had a £10 Tesco meal deal on Friday, Pizzahut gave me a large instead of regular pizza so half came home which I consumed yesterday.

Anyway, back on tract today. Cereal, one biscuit, sandwich and salad, fruit and whatever I can rummage up for tea. Just need to resist all the alcohol, choccies and biscuits we were given for Xmas - had loads.

[Allonsy]

Ok ive just had a reality check! started using my fitness pal app this morning and only have 487 cals left to see me through the day! i didnt think ive had alot at all, ive ate - 2 weetabix and a coffee for breakfast, a cereal bar mid morning, lunch was a ham sandwich, and a small pot of grapes with water, that comes to 713 cals! i dont even have enough left for dinner tonight!

[YouCanCallMeBetty]

It's tough isn't it Allonsy. Only way I can do it is by getting extra cals through exercise (30-60 mins brisk walking).

I also fill up for dinner on loads of steamed/boiled carrots, kale and broccoli, which are hardly any calories, plus veg soup for lunch is really low.

[Allonsy]

I will admit thats the one thing im not doing at the moment not feeling very well and my body is craving food i keep feeling dizzy dispite just eating, will start exercising this week though if i can, dinner tonight is meant to be homemade sweet n sour chicken i think todays a write off :(

[Madmog]

Allonsy, you must be disheartened. I think the thing is not to beat yourself up over it and accept it's a few more calories just for today. Have your s&s chicken as planned enjoy it, but perhaps try and eat some health snacks like fruit, carrot sticks or a big salad can fill you up. Not sure if you're having rice or something else with the chicken, but perhaps you could have slightly less.

[sweetheart]

Hi to all inc newbies!

Well done Betty on your mega loss!!!!

Thanks for the condolances, this weekends obv been a bit rough but I think we're coming out the other side now.

I agree that the evening is my danger time (and weekends!!!). Most evenings I am out doing something which I find combats this! If I am at home I find it really really hard to resis snacking too!

Well done to everyone who has managed to get back on track after a blip. I genuinely think that's half the battle. It's really important to just move on after a blip and not let it drag you down. My weekend didn't go exactly as planned because sometimes life just gets in the way of stuff but today I have been for a decent long gym session to restore some of the damage and I'll try and reign in my calories a bit too.

Allonsy, once you get used to MFP you'll be wiser about what foods contain high cals. It's just a learning process. For example, cereal bars in particular can be a real danger area, some of them are higher in calories than a meal! I also try and stay clear of sandwiches - infact I don't really eat bread at all because it is high in both calories and carbs. Also if you have sugar in your coffee switching to sweetner can make a big difference to your daily intake.

[Allonsy]

thanks for the replies, yeah i definately think the cereal bars are going to have to go theres 130 calories in it, i think coffee is my weak spot too i usually have about 5 a day and didnt realise it was so high in calories, i cant have sweetner im really sensitive to it so i think i will need to try and curb it all together.

[sweetheart]

Allonsy if you are having 5 coffee's with 1 sugar thats 250 cals in a day! What about trying a teespoon of Agarve nectar instead? It's a natural sugar extract, would that be any better? Or could you have black coffee instead of white?

[Allonsy]

Oh god i know thats terrible, i suppose i forget to count drinks im going to limit myself to 1 morning coffee, and gradually reduce the milk. Ive never heard of that pp but the last thing i tried was truvia and it gave me awful side effects

[twentythirteen]

Wow, I'm impressed with what you all do to lose weight. I don't own scales. I use the fit of my clothes and how I look nude in the mirror plus how I feel in order to "measure" my weight. But I am now jealous that you can all see any shifts that your work is paying off!

My plan so far is 1) to stick to my eating time preferences - normally I cave and eat late with OH but I prefer to eat right after work and then be done with food, and 2) to not take my purse to work so I can't buy things. I eat breakfast at home - a decently healthy meusli with some fruit - and take a reasonably healthy snack in to work for when I get hungry. I work from home in the afternoons so I can come home and make a nice big lun/din and be done for the day while having satisfied my craving to eat until I'm full!

I next need to work on cutting back the sofa eating, but as OH and I won't see much of each other this week it should be easier.

Unfortunately, I don't have many other things I can cut out of my diet, I just eat too much of what I enjoy!

Ooh, and I have added in a strenuous 20 minute walk each morning by cutting out the bus and walking up the effing steep hill to work!

Allonsy dropping down from 5 cups of coffee a day will be a shock to your system. Maybe wait for the weekend or a time when the withdrawal won't be so hard to manage???

Youcancallmebetty I like the notion of all the steamed veg. I bought loads of lettuce so I could have something crunchy to munch on!

Rigt, hope this thread keeps working, as I had you all in mind I managed to ward off extra food. So, um, that's day 1 done and dusted!

[ceeveebee]

I'm trying to do a low carb/high protein diet but also limit to 1200 calories. I find by eating more eggs, fish, meat with vegetables and no potatoes/bread/rice I am not hungry and managing to stay within the limit.
I do love pasta though but limiting to once a week and only half a portion
Works for me!