NOTHING TASTES AS GOOD AS BEING SLIM FEELS

[BudaisintheZONE]

And a very good morning to you all!

New thread!!!!!!! As promised.

Weighed in and have lost the holiday kilo. So back to 15 st 3. Am still amazed that I only gained a kilo. There was NO restraint!

Goal now to get to 15 st.

Hi dinks! Yes, know what you mean about how quickly fitness levels can diminish. Even walking up the stairs to my flat now leaves me out of breath . I daren't try my old friend the Spin class, or even a run. Think I'll just knacker myself out and scupper a full recovery.

Wow, thats amazing that a toddler caused your sprained shoulder! I have no DC yet but I carried a friend's one year old recently, before I was struck down with the lurgy, and my arms were killing me for a week afterwards! Hope your shoulder gets better quickly.

I know cake has sugar dinky! It also has flour which I am also avoiding! And i made the cake on Sunday to use up some apples that were a bit past their best! I am a nightmare.

Rest of cake is in freezer.

Am about to have a yoghurt.

Am not as hungry today. I am sure yesterday's hunger was just getting back used to being good after a weekend of eating the things I shouldn't.

Cheeese - sorry you have been poorly. Sounds nasty.

Haven't made soup yet but am planning on the recipe of the week one on here - the butternut squash and red onion one. I love soup weather too.

Well done Buda! That soup sounds lovely. May have to try it later this week too.

Evening all!

Been good all day.

Porridge for breakfast.
Rye bread with 2 eggs, cherry toms and a spoonful of mayo for lunch.
Snacks were an apple and a yoghurt.
Dinner was 2 mugs of the soup.
Treats -3 glasses red wine.

No exercise though. Will make up for that tomorrow.

Feeling positive again.

Not as hungry today as yesterday.

That's more like it Buda! Glad you're back in the zone. Make sure you drink lots of water too and will help flush out toxins, make your skin all lovely and fresh and fill you up between meals too (though on the down side will result in lots of extra trips to the loo...)

Was relatively good yesterday but had 2 choc bars (I know, should only have had one for treat on the bootcamp regime) so going to force myself to do a run at lunchtime today in penance.

Hope everyone else is doing well with bootcamp

Morning Bootcampee's

I have been really good since monday only had a turkishdelight as a treat last night.

Also i power walked with my friend last night just over 3 miles as was very refreshing!

Got some yoga Sky+'ed so i will do that after i drop ds to playgroup this afternoon.

think i will have an egg salad for lunch and just had a bowl of porridge and banana for breakfast.

Morning! Well afternoon now I suppose!

Am in the ZONE! Finally head seems back in right place.

Will it make me happy?
Will it be there when I am slim.
And finally.....
NOTHING TASTES BETTER THAN SLIM FEELS!!!

Need to remember those mantras.

Breakfast was porridge with blueberries and flaked almonds.
Lunch was 2 slices rye bread, a hard boiled egg, 2 cherry toms, 2 slices turkey and some mayonnaise.

Walked the dogs for an hour in total. Came back and was about to have a snack when my sis called so by the time I got off the phone to her I was starving so skipped the snack and had a bigger lunch.

Dinner will be soup again.

Morning all

quite a good day yesterday and did a sneaky weigh in this morning and scales are looking in my favour! yesterday I had:

special k for breakfast
cup of tea for 11sies
lunch was half portion of rice with chickpea and aubergine curry (not creamy - small portion)
fruity cereal bar at 4pm
dinner was pork loin steak with apple sauce, and loads of steamed cabbage.
NO EVENING SNACKS

I'm going out for dinner tonight - curry place - but will aim for dry curry and plain rice. To balance out, I will have soup and salad for lunch.

Still walking into work - that's three days in a row now - and really enjoying it. It's also quicker than public transport

Sounds like everyone's doing well. Keep strong for weigh in tomorrow!!

Hello Ladies! May I join you? Buda has very kindly directed me over to this thread from the one I started a couple of days ago "Why can't I stop stuffing my face"-am confused about how to link!

I am 10st 2 and would like to lose a stone. My problem area is my tummy/tops of arms/back fat. I look about six months pregnant by the evening and I can't get clothes to fit me properly-tops are tight under arms and shirts always gape.

Can I just ask, what is biffing?

Hello Iluvcake. Just read your other thread and wondered how you are getting on.

I too am always struggling with stuffing my face. I tried some of my summer clothes on this morning. I know it sounds bizarre but I remember when it got to summer this year I was thrilled that I could still fit into the things I had bought last year. Anyway, this morning's try on session wasn't good - lots of rolls and stretched fabric. Anyway - come next summer I will be gutted if I don't fit my summer wardrobe. It has really given me a bit kick.

"Nothing tastes as good as being slim feels" is sooooo true! I need to lose about a stone but it may as well be five because when it gets to evening time I become possessed... old soft Rich Teas don't even escape!

I've had a plate of carrot sticks and hummous for lunch and some fruit.... so let's see how the rest of the day pans out!

Hi! you made it!

Biffing is eating too much crap. And it is NOT allowed. (Says she who has lost the same 3 pounds about 10 times since July through too much biffing).

Being "in the zone" or zoning is when you are sticking to plan.

Need to remember these mantras:

Will it make me happy?
Will it be there when I am slim.
And finally.....
NOTHING TASTES BETTER THAN SLIM FEELS!!!

Interesting article in the Daily Mail this morning here.

Hi Looneymum too!

Hi Buda!. I have just made the Butternut Squash & Red Pepper soup as I have had a B. Nut for ages and couldn't be bothered doing anything with it-until now!

I have been snacking on carrot sticks all morning, trying to stop myself thinking about cake and biscuits. I have one WW cake left in the cupboard. I ate THREE of them yesterday so may just throw the last one in the bin as I can't stop thinking about it.

I've just had a packet of WW cheese puffs before lunch as I was starting to get shaky. Good point about the chromium. I've tried that before. I have some astragalus in the house that has helped before.

Loonymum-LOL at old soft Rich Teas!! I have been known to eat cooking chocolate/stale easter eggs/cake frosting out of the tub-God I sound mad!

I won't make it to WW until a week on Wed (12 days?) so until then I will be dipping in and out.

Thanks so much.

Hello all , just checking in with my halloween name change.

(its Mamamiafigaro)

All im gonna say is i gained a pound.

I've been lurking on this thread for a while and love the positivety and the mantra. I'm 5'8" and 14 1/2 stone, and want to get down to 12 stone, for starters.
Like lots of other people, my problem is binge eating, like a whole packet of Oreo cookies (which aren't even very nice) in the car on the way to pick up my son from the station, and having to find a bin to put the empty packet in.
So, I'm not worrying about the specifics of what I eat as, when I'm not in binge mode, I eat healthily, I'm just doing this to break out of the cycle of binging, which, for me, means changing how I look at food.
At the moment, I'm finding keeping dried apricots, that I've cooked with a bit of water, in the fridge is really good for picking at.
Have a good day everybody.

Hi reptile! Welcome.

It's great to seem some new people joining in.

I like Oreos.

Right - for new people. Friday is our official weigh in day. You can post your weight and your target or just your loss if you like.

I started at 16st 10 in March and at my last weigh in which was 2 weeks ago (didn't weigh last week as I was sick) I weighed in at 15st 1. Am desperate to get under that 15 stone.

I weighed this morning and due to a night out last night I appear to have gained 2 kilos (4 pounds) since yesterday when I had a sneaky weigh in! So am not going to post a weight today.

Diet wise I am not following a particular regime really. I am on the 'no crap' diet! Basically nothing made with flour or sugar. Which cuts out a lot of crap.

Hi newbies - welcome to our merry band. Reptile - you're right, its best to look at what you're doing as changing your food habits and approach and attitude to food, and once you do that, you'll hopefully stop bingeing and the weight loss will follow. What triggers your binge eating? In my case its stress or boredom. Can you find another outlet to deal with those issues rather than binge eating? I personally find exercise is my great release - love those endorphins! But am recovering from a shoulder injury so 4 weeks of enforced non-exercise and binge eating saw my scales moving in the wrong direction - however pleased to say I have managed to start exercising again and weighed in this morning and have lost 1.5lbs so down to 10.5.5 so scales moving in the right direction.

My aim is to try to get under 10.4 by my birthday (in November) and down to nearly 10 stone by Christmas. Not much to lose but that last half stone is proving v sticky!

Mamma (like the halloween namechange) - so you put 1lb on (which could be water retention). Keep up with the healthy eating, water drinking and exercise and I bet you'll see a loss next week. Buda - ditto to you. You had a bad start to the week but a good end to the week eatingwise so keep up the excellent work and you will see a loss. Keep the faith.

Welcome to all the Newbies!!! Great to see some new faces around the place.

Okay I bootcamped like crazy this week. I was 100% on plan with my eating and my yoga.

Got on the scales this am and seem to have bypassed 9' 10" and have arrived very suddenly at 9'9"!!!!

I'm chuffed to bits with myself :)

I've gone from 10'5" to 9'9" in just five weeks.

10lbs!

4 to go.

So take heart all of you. It took me nearly a full year to get my head in the zone, but it's there now and it's EASY!

Back later to post to individuals after the weigh in :)

Dinky, just saw your weigh in congrats! I agree that last half stone is a killer, and is usually the reason I totally give up in the end.

Not this time though. Sliding into my size 10's this morning felt fantastic. I treated myself to a new haircut to celebrate last night too.

oooh here's what I ate yesterday:

Porridge
Pear for a snack
Veg soup and a slice of homemade Frittata
Cappacino mid afternoon
Turkey stir fry for dinner

Pu-erh tea and a very nice Lemon and Ginger tea from Aldi. Very cheap too!

Hi all.

I found it quite difficult yesterday afternoon and evening-I've realised that probably every 5-10mins food used to cross my mind and I would be forever dipping in and out of the fridge/cupboard, so it filled a lot of my day. I think I'm going to have more time on my hands now!! I did snack a bit last night but as I had literally started the day before, I think I needed to do that. I had bits of chopped olives, carrot sticks and fruit.

Last night I had salmon and roasted veg for dinner and nothing else. Normally I would want something sweet afterwards.

Today I've had porridge and fruit for breakfast.

I had a very busy morning and then met a friend for coffee. I was SO tempted by the cake(the little voice in my head was saying "one piece of cake won't make any difference") but I had a cheese scone (which would NEVER usually be my first choice-I would have gone for choc fudge cake/coffee cake). I know it's not a particularly low fat option but at this point, it's the sugar addiction I want to crack. When I got home, I had 15mins before I had to do the school run so I had 2 corn cakes with a tiny bit of cheese and some grapes.

Unfortunately, when I got home, I felt stressed as DS had a friend to play and they were both driving me mad and I succumbed to 4 mini jaffa cakes and 4 mini choc digestives.

Normally I would be cursing myself but I feel slightly different this time. I'm just going to put it behind me. Today wasn't a typical day food wise anyway as I was rushing around a lot.

I feel so much better today actually. I thought I would be shaky and headachey but I'm fine. I'm not having the highs and lows and shakiness that I do when I eat massive amounts of sugar.

I weighed myself this morning and I was 10 stone exactly so I'm going to use that as my starting weight.

Ooo - some new faces - very exciting!!

Congrats encyclo - you are doing fab - size 10!!

Congrats to Dinky too! Buda and Mama - keep going!!

Have been very good this week [virtuous]. Well, apart from massive biffing last Saturday.

It showed on the scales this morning as I have lost 3.75 pounds. Am now 11 stone 6 exactly. Am going to try really hard not to biff over the weekend so I don't make it even harder for myself next week.

Am going to Spirit of Christmas at Olympia on November 7th with a friend who I haven't seen in ages, since I was 13 stone 3. I would LOVE to be 10 stone something by then! That's my next goal...

iluvcake - how tall are you? 10 stone doesn't sound very overweight??

I'm 5ft 3 and half. People always say I don't look overweight but I have a massive stomach and chunky tops of arms.

I'm a V/apple shape.

The same height as me! And the same body shape - I am also very apple. And have always had big tops of arms - even when I weighed 8 and a half stone (many moons ago!).

HI Guitargirl - well done on such a fab loss!!

iluvcake - you are doing well. I know what you mean about needing to snack a bit on the first day. You need to get used to it. I am the same. But once you stick to the right things it's not too bad even if it seems to much.

Well considering I was shattered and slightly hungover today I did well till dinner. Breakfast was porridge with blueberries. Lunch was soup. Snack was healthy tortilla chips with some hummus. Then DS has a friend over for a sleepover and DH is still away and I was still shattered and couldn't face cooking so ordered pizza. Had 2 slices. Was going to have wine but decided not to! Had a cuppa instead. Must be first Friday night for YEARS that I haven't had a drink!

Am off to bed shortly with a big glass of water and my book.