Nothing tastes as GOOD as SLIM feels part 2

[thedogwalker]

Well here we go, New Year and NEW US. Wishing everyone good luck and sending lots of happy vibes so that we can all reach our goals

Oi! Stop the biffing everyone!
Do you want to stay overweight or shed the weight??
YOU are in control, not the food. Take charge, be strong and get back to it!

Ahem. Just taking a leaf out of Dinkys book seeing as she didn't berate any biffers this week

Dinky and iluvcake sorry to hear you're injured and pained. Get better soon! And stay strong iluvcake!

What a pain Buda. How unreasonable of him. What the heck are guests meant to do then?

Knotty you're doing well. Calorie counting really works. I use foodfocus AND have fitnesspal on my phone so I've got no excuse! Its just a pain as my allowance is so small (1200). Boo.

Not a bad day today but could have been better. I think I went slightly over today. I'll just try and cut back a bit tomorrow.

Thanks for that Shaxx! I have managed to resist. Have done 20mins on my stepper as it's low impact and some sit ups. I had soup for dinner and a cup of green tea. Have a withdrawal headache but know I will be back on track if I can stick to it for the next couple of days.

Buda, what a shame you never got to see your friend-good that didn't have to have any cake though!

Thanks for the encouragement everyone! Wow, iluvcake, soup & green tea for dinner, that's willpower!
Well, Day 3 of the Shred today. Hope I can take it! But according to my allowance, and my meal plan for lunch, dinner etc., it means I can have half a slice of birthday cake and a small glass of Cava at my friend's later, so I'd better grit my teeth and get on with it...

Morning all. Feeling less out of control emotionally today thankfully.

I still had cake though! Friend sent some to school for me. Also had one small slice of pizza - took DS for a haircut after school and then he wanted pizza for dinner so took him to his fave restaurant for pizza. I had a very small slice. And he demolished the rest of it. Didn't even leave any crusts! A full size pizza.

Dinner was turkey chilli and I had 2 white wine sodas so one glass of wine.

Need to walk dogs but it was -4 when I took DS to school so I am putting it off! Brrr.

Oh and I have just binned a chocolate pastry that I got for DS yesterday and he only ate a third of. It was too tempting to leave lying around! I had kept it as he had it just before haircut and was going to finish it after but then we did the pizza thing.

Have just had my porridge with blueberries and flaked almonds. Will make soup for lunch as I have some carrots and coriander to use up. Dinner - am not sure yet.

Keep on keeping on everyone!

Buda, well done on throwing that pastry away-would be have been so easy to just wolf it down but it wouldn't have done anything for you-just made you feel yuck. Sounds like you are back in the zone again!

knotty, soup wasn't a lot really but I didn't finish my exercise till 8.30, DH had been out for a big lunch and didn't want anything and I couldn't face cooking just for me. I defintely had enough calories overall as I had quite a bit of fruit and a packet of buttons in the morning. Well done on the shredding. Keep going with it, it does really work and helps tone you up. Before you know it, you'll be whizzing through level one likes it's nothing and onto level two!

Have been out for a run this morning. Ankle bit dodgy at first but after a couple of mins was fine. Pilates this afternoon, then street dancing class tonight. Had porridge for breakfast, just had two oatcakes & p.butter for a snack. Will have homemade butternut squash & coconut soup for lunch. Dinner will be fishcakes and steamed veg.

Yes, Buda, it's great that you threw the pastry away.

iluvcake,wow, you're doing loads of exercise today! Are you on Level 2 of the Shred? Is it a lot harder? (she says with a trembly voice).

Well, the birthday cake is in the oven, managed not to lick the bowl out (put washing up liquid in it straight away!).

Thanks for the kind wishes for my shoulder/neck - its still painful but managed to do circuits this morning and am off to pilates in a few minutes so will hopefully help stretch it out. V annoying as is postural related I think.

Buda - well done on throwing out the pastry. Stay in the zone.

Iluv - well done on run and meal planning.

Shaxx - good straight talking there

knotty, I managed to get to day 20 and level 3 (over two months mind you!) but I still noticed a difference.

I'm a bit hazy about level 2 (remember a jumping plank move that was quite hardcore)but you will definitely be capable of doing it-and remember, if it get too much-you can always follow Anita-I sound like Jillian now!

It does get easier as you go along and your fitness level increases.

I am hitting the exercise hard but I need to. I do feel quite achey now and have pinched a bit of DS's christmas chocolate (only a tiny bit). Would like to lose a bit before we go skiing on Sunday so my salopettes aren't too tight!

Flippin' heck. Must learn to read labels.

A bit hungry today so have been snacking/grazing. All on good stuff. Have some seeded crackers that I thought were spelt. No. Wheat. Aargh! Am now craving bread. Had a slice. It seems to have helped a bit. No more though.

Sausage, lentil and barley casserole in oven for dinner.

It has been snowing here all day so have been in hibernation mode.

I WILL exercise tomorrow. If not you can kick me. Hard.

Blimey, well done iluvcake! I can't imagine what Level 2 will be like, let alone Level 3! I'm carrying on with it tomorrow, then having a day off on Thursday (got too much on so might as well have that as my day off) but want to keep going on Friday etc. I wonder how long my motivation will last??

Got back from my friend's birthday celebration, and had a small piece of cake but didn't have the Cava, fancied a cuppa instead!

Buda stay strong. No more bread!
Your dinner sounds lovely and comforting.

Knotty well done! You are my inspiration at the moment

Well done on all the exercise iluv!

I've still not done any exercise yet as I've been feeling really tired recently. I think I may be low on iron or something as there should be no other reason for the tiredness. I've always been a bit prone to anaemia so I've started some multi vits.
I'm going shopping in a bit so am going to be lots of wholesome and healthy food.

Have a good day everyone.
I think it was Dinky's idea but I really find it motivating to look ahead to the end of the day and picture myself being happy that I had a good day and not being cross that I ate crap that I didn't need.

Morning! Thanks, Shaxx, what a lovely thing to say . Sorry you're feeling tired. Just a thought, but have you had your thyroid levels checked? I was diagnosed with an underactive thyroid a few months ago, but have much more energy since I started on the medication.

Day 4 of Shredding today. Had a slice of toast and a small banana for breakfast, and am having some home-made minestrone type soupy thing (if you get my drift) for lunch. Will have 2 clementines this afternoon. Tonight I'm doing a "healthy" fish and chips from Good Food website. I have enough left in my allowance for one biscuit at a friend's this afternoon, and a Yeo Valley chocolate mousse tonight! Yee-haw!

Hi all

Well have been v. good today. Had porridge this morning. Had a can of mandarin segments in the cupboard so rinsed the syrup off them and had some of them in the porridge with some flaked almonds. Very nice.

Lunch was a slice of rye bread with tuna and sweetcorn followed by a yoghurt and an apple.

Exercise has been clearing snow off the drive. 3 times. And now I need to do it again. Yay!

Off to school for parent/teacher meeting.

Dinner will be salmon and roast veg. Will do potatoes and peas for DH as he is not keen on roast veg.

Thread gone quiet again? Where is everyone?

I'm lurking as I've been very bad all week and I've been too embarrassed to come on . Just have not got my mojo this week at all, all I want to do is eat chocolate and ice cream .

Not going to weigh myself this week as it will destroy me to look at the scales, I need a big kick up the bum to get me back in line.

Hope everyone is having a better week than me, which won't be hard. Take care xx

TDW - consider that bum kicked! Hard.

Right - today is Wednesday. Finish your crap. And then start again tomorrow. Don't weigh on Friday if it will depress you (I so know that feeling) but at least if you have had even one day of being back on track you will feel mentally better.

I am going to a black tie Burns Night on Saturday and although I know that 3 days of being good won't make me look different I know I will feel better so i am determined to stick to it.

Come on. You can do it! I am even going to do half an hour on my cross trainer tomorrow.

Don't be embarassed thedogwalker. Just forget about the last few days and come back and get back to feeling better.
The problem with eating stuff like chocolate and icecream is you end up craving more of it and it makes you feel tired and sluggish, so you think you need more to give you a sugar high and energy spurt. Its not worth it.
Hope everything else is ok and get back here as soon as you're able

Just echoing Shaxx, TDW, we all have bad days. Great advice form Buda as well.

TDW im with you this week, and also too scared to weigh in.

Hey! Get back here thinbride. We know you want to
Don't weigh in. Just start again.

Someone please tell me why I shouldn't eat those yummy chocolate cupcakes calling me from th e kitchen! Help!

Shaxx, don't do it! You'll feel worse afterwards! Think how good you'll feel when you go to bed tonight knowing you resisted! See if you can work one in tomorrow (or half a one?) as a treat?

Hi everyone, I hesitate to say it as each time I have in the last few months I have fallen off the wagon again but I think I am FINALLY back in the zone. Have done ok with food for the last few days, have done Shred for the last 3 days and walked the 2 miles from the train station to work.

But, God, do I need to . I weighed on Monday and was officially back the weight I was more or less at my heaviest: 13 stone 2. And none of my clothes fit. Right, am off to do my shred for the day.

Thanks Knotty! I've resisted and the feeling has passed. Well actually ds2 left most of his and I had a tiny bite of it then quickly binned the rest. At least I know what it tastes like.
It just proves to me that when I crave things, I actually only want to know what the taste is like and I actually don't need to eat a whole cake or whatever.

I'm going to have a cup of tea now.

Welcome back Guitargirl.
It sounds like youre doing well. Keep tracking your food and exercising and you can lose weight in no time

Welcome back guitargirl, you can get that weight off, you're on the right track and your're in the right place.

Come on the thinbride (have you got any pics of wedding dresses you could stick on the fridge door?) and TDW-don't be embarrassed, we all have good days and bad days-just keep going and try and make sure the good days outnumber the bad ones!

Shaxx, hope you've resisted the cupcakes!

I am feeling rubbish today. Jarred my neck this morning and it hurts to move which in turn has made my back ache. I've also got a really sore throat and just ache everywhere. Just before we go on holiday. Flippin' great. Have been good foodwise though.

Just saw your post Shaxx, well done!! You're right, sometimes just a little bit of a taste of something is all that's needed-everytihing in moderation and all that!

Shaxx thank you for your post about looking ahead to the end of the day and feeling happy for having had a good day and not eating crap - it struck a cord with me. I've been feeling low, no major biffing and I have still been shredding but I just feel "what's the point? I'm never going to be slim" Consequently I end up eating rubbish stuff. Nothing major just the odd biscuit here and there but I've realised from using Food Focus that they all add up.

Work is a bit manic, I work mornings but I've also been doing work from home in the evenings which means home stuff has been slipping.
I'm tired...I eat a biscuit... I'm fed up with the state of the house...I eat a biscuit....I hate the way I look and feel....I eat a biscuit... I'm more tired...It's a viscious cicle.
Anyhow, I saw your post as I left work and it has stuck in my head. Once I got in from the school run I didn't stop. I got the children involved with some chores, had fun with them and achieved much more than I normally do of an afternoon and a biscuit didn't touch my lips. I'm feeling a lot happier tonight... thank you.