WWW's six week 10yy boot camp, April to easter WEEK FIVE

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I cannot believe it's week five already. I think I need to re motivate myself on this, I've had about 5 days of Serious Lapses which cannot be allowed to continue. But anyway, anyone who wants some reading look here, surprise surprise main culprits are refined carbs and sugar but you all probably know that

Anyone can join, even though it's week four and once this finishes I'll be starting another because A) I want to keep going B) Some of you might want to and C) Anyone who's only just started can then keep going.

The 10yy rules are:

This is about feeling better about yourself...not necessarily a diet per se etc etc

• Sunscreen at all times. I know it's winter, there are still rays trying to damage your skin
• No or little booze. Wine at the weekend is allowed if you want it
• Walking is important, a small amount every day if possible. 30 mins if you can
• Lots of water, aim for 2 litres a day
• Apply body cream as often as possible
• Use hand cream
• Go to bed early, by 10.30pm if pos
• Eat healthily
• Be happy

The idea is that at the end of six weeks we all feel happier, healthier and glow with the good food, sleep, exercise, water and lack of sun damage.

You don't have to report back every day but I almost certainly will as it motivates me thinking someone is watching me.

Welcome all members old and new.

Lizzer, you definitely feel worse before you feel better I am afraid.

Everyone is doing so well but I have had cheese on toast with pesto on top for lunch Must try harder... must try harder...
must try harder...must try harder...must try harder... must try harder...must try harder... must try harder...

I'd like to join in please. I can't get on mn all the time (work is too manic sometimes) so I may not be able to post that much, but I like the ideas!

Back to gym today for the first time in about 6 weeks. I do a class that's a mix of yoga and pilates, really good for building strength, and it's hard work too so I'm sure it burns calories. Also some walking, 15 mins I think.

The healthy eating will be the hard bit for me - since I stopped bf almost 2 years ago my diet has got out of hand. I was so good at eating well when I was pg and then bf, but now the motivation's not there. V sad that I was motivated by dd but can't do it for myself...

Just seen photos of me from the weekend - I look horrible. Just deleted myself. I really didn't think I looked that bad. Off to burn some calories now...

Oh dear. Had a JL full length, very unforgiving mirror moment which would have caused tears to flow were it not for the fact that DS was with me. I think I need to step up several gears for this to work for me. I am lapsing very frequently and although not usually in a massive way it is clearly enough to be negating my good efforts. Really want to swear as I have two functions to go to this week and have nothing that looks remotely decent. Should I bite the bullet and join WW? Will it make a difference? Not feeling the slightest bit attractive and just focussing on all the things that I see as faults - boring DH to death with my complaints too. I'm a right whining drag and loathe it.

Some positives - pilates this morning and have eaten only healthy food. Am off to do some housework and drink lots of water.

Sorry for the long moan. Better for me to do it here than to DH!

Grapefruit and cottage cheese for breakfast. Sounds gross but I love it and its good for you!

Home-made sandwich (wholemeal bread, Italian ham) apple, nut and seed bar (very small), banana, apple juice for lunch.

Tonight: smoked salmon salad, fresh fruit salad.

Feel very tired as 1st day of TOTM.

Oh yes, 2 glasses of red wine yesterday and will have 2 tonight (sorry but I need it to destress as system down at work all day)

Dd will break up at lunchtime on Friday for approx 4 weeks

Hello all
Weekened was a write off in terms of healthy eating so will draw a discreet veil.....

Lots of walking today in arctic temperatures.

bircher muesli and fruit for breakfast (v good)
Bagel and butter for lunch (v poor)
Haddock and butterbean stew for supper with pasta and broccoli (v good)

Am feeling utterly awful at the moment - so am drinking too much wine in the evenings - chicken and egg, think it actually makes me feel worse in the long run but not at the time iyswim.

Blimey Cam, FOUR weeks? That sounds like a good day
Oh yoyo, sorry you're feeling so down, I know that loathing-in-the-mirror feeling well. No idea about ww, never been. I feel better when I know I AM doing something about it because then I tell myself that I might look shit but I won't in a while because I am doing working on it. Sympathy anyway
Swedishmum, I saw a VILE picture of me from Oct last year at the weekend and I felt SO relieved that at least I'm not quite as big as that any more. Athens sounds great though!
doggysaywoof, of course you can join, welcome!
Wow Sobernow on the comment, what a lovely thing to say. And at clothes hanging off you!! OK, maybe I'll buy celery.
Winnie, cheese on toast with pesto isn't the end of the world, it's not twizzlers or anything!
Lizzer, lol at tormenting you with their smallness. We all felt worse before we felt better but do you tihnk you're eating ENOUGH? I am aiming for roughly 1700 cals a day which means I am rarely hungry (well, plus I go over it far too often which will also explain lack of hunger feelings!) and you should be doing simiar I'd have thought. If you deprive yourself and don't eat enough you'll kick your body into starvation mode etc plus you will be miserable plus you'll give up. Post what you're eating and let us tell you!
Iota, I was in M&S in MK at lunchtime today, oooh, we probably passed each other!
When will your kitchen be ready? Jacket potato is ok and pizza is in moderation
CaribQ, I know that 'fk it, I might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb feeling, onwards!
Batters, at least there wasn't wine.

I drank wine and ate garlic bread and pizza last night and went to bed too late.

Anyway, today someone at work told me I'd lost weight too so that was nice. I still am a heifer and feel like it (esp with pmt) but it's an improvement. After my period I might get dh to weigh me and only tell me if it's good news. I just realised that we went to my sisters for Sunday lunch and although I ate too much I then didn't eat anything in the evening because I wasn't hungry, it didn't occur to me and we didn't get back until 9pm. So that's good.

Today
Granola
100 cal of prawns
strawberries and blueberries
an M&S count on us sandwich with soft cheese and onion chutney, 300 cals
lots of water
walked half an hour at lunchtime, with sunscreen
and have had 2 chapatis this evenign because ex dh brought them and I was starving when I got in
No idea what we're having tonight, fish maybe

AAAAGGGGHHHH WHINY DS IS DOING MY HEAD IN. HE IS SUPPOSED TO BE IN BED but his dad sorts it when he's here and he's chatting in the other room so I am gettnig the whinge fest (all unreasonable, I can't do anything about any of it and have said so, calmly)

I've realised I react to stress by
a) eating
b) drinking
and I mustn't. Although I was stressed by something at work at lunchtime and going for a walk made me feel much better. So that's a lesson.

My wedding ring is loose too so that's good.

Well done everyone Day 2 of week five is nearly over.

I am working on it, not doing working on it, yknewwimeant I hope!

www- I was that slim young beauty, who didn't look old enough to be buying that bottle of wine

oh my pants just caught fire

Yes Iota, and I was the woman who looked a bit like thsi

oops just twisted my bum round the telephone wire

But I'm younger, obv

Hey, it needed to be a Biiiiig telephone wire too

Dh is going away tomorrow and the sofa man has gone too today so I've bought granola and a tuna steak for tomorrow, plus will make soup with veggie box stuff that's left.

4 weeks off CAM - wow! It hardly seems any time since half term. I just hope the weather's good for our measly 2 weeks. It's pretty miserable in the countryside in the rain - turns me to toast and butter for comfort.

I'm glad so many of you are doing so well but cross with myself. I'm fine for ages then lose the willpower.

WWW, you made me feel a whole lot better BUT I ruined it further yesterday by eating homemade flapjack!

Today is another day and a good thing is that I've not had alcohol for 10 days again!

Have walked today.
Have 'creamed' (Batter's that expression always makes me think of you )
Have had big bowl of vegetable soup for lunch and nothing else so far (how did that happen?)
Now need to consume water....

Hi all. Have not had too great a day, lots of snacking, had a crappy stressful day, and couldn't face being healthy

Lots of walking today though - did swimming this morning with dd, and then took her to the park on the way to fetch ds1 from school, so walked about 2 miles altogether (ok, so not that much, but at least something).

Someone say something to cheer me up, I feel very down today. Sorry to be gloomy.

SHELL, excellent on the exercise front and brilliant fun for your dd too

Yes, 4 weeks bar a couple of days, however, we're going away for 1 week (to a spa hotel somewhere in Southern Europe and I'm getting some treatments - so don't feel too bad for me!)
1 week she's at Easter ballet school (studying for Grade 3 now)
1 week at fantastic private school play scheme
1 week chilling out

I want her life !!!

The thought of exposing my body soon in swimming pools etc has focussed the mind wonderfully on the food front today

Batters, good news about the ring!
Winnie 10 days with no wine is marvellous, never mind about the food, that's an achievement and will have made all the difference
Tortoiseshell, sorry you're gloomy but well done on the walking, I ORDER you to have to glass of wine to cheer you and relax you
Swedishmum, granola and tuna and veg soup
sounds good

Not a bad day:

Granola
apple
a few pine nuts, walnuts and brazils
300 cal 3 bean salad for lunch
another apple
and we're having cod wrapped in proscuitto with green beans, lemon, garlic and olive oil for supper
and I have a glass of white wine
but hey, ex sil is here so we're having a ncie evening
didn't walk today
drank lots of water
used body lotion this morning

evening all

thanks for the kitchen sympathy, batters

Kitchen is NOT going well - the sink doesn't fit the base and the taps don't fit the sink in the utility room. How did they let us order this non-compatible stuff?

The local electricity board are cutting the power all day Friday for emergency repairs - kitchen fitters faces dropped - no power tools

Some of the end panels are AWOL

So on the food front I have had a big flapjack, a chocolate mini bite, ready made cannelloni and a lamb and mint sauce sandwich.

Exercise NIL - had to stay in and have kitchen crises

Happiness - not too high - am hacked off with it all and have spent the day sending doom and gloom texts to dh who is skiving off abroad and needs to share my pain.

Shell - come round to my building site , have a coffee and share my pain You will go home happy with your lot

am here but wallowing in the porky non-achievers' end of the thread
Good to see some making good progress.
Lunch of cottage cheese, flatbreads, mango chunks and banana = good
Brisk walk to and from work = good (15 mins each way)
Hasty sausage sandwich after parents' evening = bad bad bad
I want Cam's dd's life too. Not to mention a sweet young face like hers
Tortoiseshell, I mentioned it on a different thread, but does the thought of gumby dd featuring in a Sunday School dance presentation of Palm Sunday cheer you up just a smidgen? I will be peeping between my fingers...