Confusion over different diets - will this work?

[tookoolforskool]

There seems to be so much confusion over different diets. whats good. whats not good.
Im crap at following and tbh dont have the time nor inclination to follow a set plan.
( despite the inital excitement)

BUT

Will

• smaller portions ( little bit of weighing in the beginning...no meal bigger than the size of your hand)
• no processed food
• less carbs, maybe only in one meal not in breakfast, lunch and dinner.
• lots of veg

-no low fat foods ( we all know these are high in sugar.

work?

Its the evenings that are hard i think. You are doing well in the day time...
if it was easy then everyone would be thin wouldnt they?

yesterday i had
dorset cereals 50g
chicken thigh, skin off, baked in a nandos bbq rub. with small salad
5 mini eggs ( am still unable to beat the chocolate cravings)
10 Spinach and ricotta tortellini ( carbs, meh!)

I had been intending on eating more salad... DD was having the tortellini and salad and before i knew it 5 or so made it into my mouth. so i ate another 5.

I was planning also on having greek yougurt and raspberries.. which i then didnt have, because id had the pasta.

Worse still today, most of the office ( 4 people) are going to the pub for lunch. I have said im too busy, im not, i just dont want to eat chips and steak sandwich..... ( which, lets be honest, i would do) so il shall stay and eat my salad at my desk.

;(

am posting tonight, rather than tomorrow because then, becuse ive posted what ive eaten today, i wont be able to eat anything else.
( hopefully)
Same breakfast as yesterday
same lunch as yesterday ( did not go to the pub.. AND did not eat lovely cookies from the bakery... go me!)
but i did eat... 5 mini eggs!!!

1/4 of a fist sized baked potatoe with a tiny tiny bit of butter and about 3g of cheddar.
raspberries.

Well done Took on your Pub avoidance. Demonstration of excellent willpower right there!

Today

B. Usual. Eat Natural cereal with natural yogart, strawberries and pomegranate seeds

L. Scrambled egg with salad

D. Avocado and mushroom Salad with feta cheese. Had a small amount of oven chips (about 6) and a wee dollop of mayo though. Then had three chocolate biscuits with a

Got to say though that in spite of major debinking on diet healthy eating regime, I am eating much less than I normally do. So I hope I'm not fooling myself it's a start. And I'm definately more concious of my food intake since being on this thread. So thank you Took and Everything for helping me.

Keep it going ladies...

im going to keep posting.
it does help to report in i think.
and tbh i dont think 6 chips will do any harm, the rest of your day is really really good.
and like you say, you are eating smaller portions. ( as am i)

it is a start

well done us :)

Good Morning

I'm a little slow to start this morning. Enjoying a cup of tea but haven't had any breakfast yet. I'll get round to it soon though. I just wanted to say that regardless of my debunking, I feel this is starting to make a difference. I don't know if it's my imagination fut my face feels a little thinner I don't feel any difference yet with my clothes though and I don't have any scales to weigh myself although I think I may need to buy some. We're going to be a little tight financially this month so they may just have to wait because We have just bought a dog yaaaay! Encouragement to keep me more active and get out walking, although she won't be joining us until the first week in April but I'll need to buy in all her food and accessories etc. Also it's DS2's 10th birthday mid April so we wont have any spare cash at all We're so excited about our dog though and cait wait til she comes to live with us.

Best go and have some breakfast. I'll be back later to post on todays munchings. See you all soon

Thanks so much for the invite Celestial ! I definitely need some help staying on track. I find my biggest problems are emotional eating, eating at night, and saying "oh well I've eaten a bunch of junk and am off my diet, so I should just go ahead and eat a bunch MORE junk." Oh, and one of my pt jobs is at a cinema, so popcorn with "butter" is a problem. :(

Anyway! Onwards.

Today I had oatmeal with walnuts and raisins. It was the packaged kind so highly processed, but I was in a hurry. I had a stick of string cheese for a snack and a can of Mountain Dew. I love Mountain Dew but only allow myself to have one can on Fridays. Now it's 12:40 (pm) here, and I'm having a salad with black beans for lunch.

Welcome Cheerful. The more the merrier and the more to keep us all on the straight and narrow

I sooooo understand what you mean. And I'm having one of those days today. I started off eating rubbish and it has continued all day. So i've decided to eat as much shite as I can have the day off and get back on track tomorrow

I'm sure Took and Everything will be along shortly to say hi, so meanwhile welcome on board!

Thank you! I don't have any problems avoiding white flour etc. because I have celiac disease and can't have any. So. But I can still have crisps, ice cream, the aforementioned popcorn...also have a problem with waiting too long to eat and then inhaling half my kitchen. Sigh...I've got a lot of work to do!

I have decided to do the Paul Mckenna thing. I know I said I was having a day off...but what I have eaten today is ridiculous! I'm not doing myself any favours here. Why is losing weight so bloody hard? I eat healthy meals but the chocolate and crisps are just too appealing. So I'm going to give hypnotherapy a try.

Cheerful I'm currently awaiting RAST test results with a sneaky suspicion that wheat may be causing some of my health issues. I cut wheat out of my diet a while back and my dermatitis cleared up within a matter of days. But because of the RAST test I had to start eating wheat again and the dermatitis flared up. So I strongly suspect wheat to be an issue. My cereal and pastas are all wheat and gluten free. The Test was only this week so I'm going to go back to completely wheat free tomorrow in the hope that I can clear up my skin and reduce this huge tummy that I think is a combination of fat and constant bloating. I have to say though that since I've reduced my carb intake I feel better digestion wise and tend not to suffer so much with painful trapped wind. I've been tested for coeliac disease and that was negative. I was amazed though at the amount of cosmetic and body care products containing wheat proteins and wheat based ingredients!

at inhaling half your kitchen...that's exactly what I did today...except for the delicious curry which dh brought in from the take away resturaunt

I don't know Paul McKenna! Will check it out and see :)

hi cheerful :)

Cekestial - whats a rast test?

Wheat is a fucker. I know i am intollerant ( at the least ) Last night ( and more on that in a min) i had some bread. within 40 mins my stomach was bloated so bad i was looking 9 months pregnant and was gurgling and i just felt awful.

So i was doing really well yesterday
ususal cereal
tuna salad
NO CHOCOLATE
came home at then at 5pm got hit by a massive craving for a indian takeaway or a pizza.
tried to ignore it for 2 hours.
phoned my mum and asked her if i should have it. she said no.
reasoned withmyself that i didnt really want it and its just wasted money that i coiuld buy a new sunlonger with.

Tescos man delivered my weekly shop.
this was my downfall.

I decided to have two poached eggs on two slices of toast. Carby, but a better choice than pizza or curry.
:)
But it was so damn good i then ate two more slices of hot, buttered toast.
AND
then i had to try chocolated covered malted milk biscuits. about 10 of them.

I should have just had a curry.

But, im not going to worry about it, even jillian michaels recommends you have one blow out, eat whatever you want meal a week. So that was it.
Today i shall be positivley virteous.

:)

Celestial YEEESSSSS!! sorry i've just read the thread and having lost 2 stone on PaulMc. I can recommend it to everyone!!!None of that ridiculous calorie counting.......cont.

Everything probably Yr mum didn't go into it fully I do it following my blood type for my health and although he says eat ANYTHING you want it is still a very good basis for eating.

Hey Everyone

Been very good so far today. Brunch was the usual cereal, strawberries and yogart

Dinner was egg omelette with salad

That's all apart from several although I may have a choccie biscuit later. I've also been busy today so that helps to take my mind off food too!

I've listened to the Paul Mckenna CD twice now. So far so good but will need to make sure I listen to it everyday

Took Rast testing is a blood test which can highlight allergies and intolerances such as dairy, wheat, cat hair, dust etc. It isn't always accurate though as it can sometimes produce false positives (as in the case of DS3 who they said wasn't intolerent to dairy but actually was). Just another crossing the t's and dotting the i's test really. I know I feel better off wheat and really that's what I'm going to try and continue regardless of results.

ppeat Thank for your Paulmc encouragement...just what I needed I think I've also ordered the Paulmc I Can Make You Happy Can't wait til it comes. Yipeeeee

Cheerful Paul McK is a hypnotist. works with mind training for problems ie diet, phobias that kind of thing. He's British so that may be why you haven't heard of him

Everything Are you hiding?

ooh, and how do you go about getting a rast test.
Yesterday sounds like it was good. probably not enough protein?

Ive been logging everthing on my fitness pal which is quite good

AND

i got on the dreaded scales this morning, which i wasnt going to do. I had no idea what i weighed, only i knew what i was before xmas and i knew i was fatter.

Its not as bad as it could be..... im 10lns heavier than xmas.
But it means ive got a grand total of 2stone 10lbs to lose.

Weekly weight in will now be on a sunday and i shall report in.

Just had two boiled eggs for breakfast.

Hi took The Rast test can be arranged through your GP. It's just a blood sample which is sent to the nearest hospital lab for investigaion. It takes a couple of weeks to get the results back. However as I mentioned it isn't always accurate. I definately think wheat is a problem for me so even if the test is negative i'm still going to be cautious. But, yeah it should be really easy for you to arrange.

Still to frightened to weigh myself on the wii but have been looking at scales on amazon. So I ??may join you on the weekly weigh in if I can buy a set of scales

This morning DH made me 2 slices of toast. I only managed one slice

For lunch I had dorset cereal with a half pot of alpro soya yogart

Dinner tonight I think may be Pork chops with pesto and salad...but we'll see

DS3(3) Has been constantly moaning about being hungry. this is a continual complaint from him. So whilst I was typing he started to ask for yet more food.
"You're not really hungry", I told him.

DS "Yes I am"

Me "No, your tummy isn't hungry. It's your head telling you that your hungry not your tummy...so you aren't hungry really"

DS "Yes I am. Heads can't talk mummy!"

Hope you are all having a happy healthy day

I have not been doing well this weekend but am determined to start anew today. I've slept in late while DS watched TV so I haven't eaten anything yet. (It's almost ten in the morning here) I'll be back later tonight to let you know how I've done today...I'll be absolutely honest, hopefully that will keep me on the straight and narrow. :)

Are we recording our exercise too?

can do if you want.

Im not going to do anything extra until ive dropped a stone.
I did the 30 day shred before xmas and though i toned up lots ( lost 12.5 inches in 3 weeks) i didnt really lose much weight. even though i was eating well.

I need to drop some lbs as i am overweight. so im going to drop a stone then shred.. am hoping also, if i plateau out, then that will give it an extra boost...hopefully.

so, rest of days food intake
salad.
4 bbqed chicken wings
handful of potato wedges ( oven baked)

homemade choc chip cookie.

no tea.
because i ate the cookie.

This morning for breakfast I had a bowl of oatmeal, a cheese stick, and coffee.

Lunch was a bit disastrous... some friends and I went to a cafe and I had a veggie omelette with hash browns, which wasn't terrible. But then my friend didn't eat the rest of her fries and gave them to me and I ate them for her! (Quite a few) There's something about potato based foods that I just can't turn down! AAAGGHH!

For supper I had a salad with tuna and a bit of cottage cheese. Oh, and an apple.

Not terrible I suppose, but think I'm going to have to stay away from restaurants for a bit :)

Now if I can just control the night eating...it's going to be rough b/c I'm not going to bed for a few hours (only a little after 8 pm here) and DH is not here so I'll be a bit bored.

tookool I was reading one of your earlier posts and I have to say I feel your pain when it comes to toast! I eat TONS of it when I get the chance (when I have gluten free bread) It's so perfect. I could probably eat an entire loaf, hot with butter.

Celestial it sounds like yr DS needs Paul MC. you could do it as a family. Cheerful the same for you !! On P.Mc. You CAN eat yr toast but slowly and consciously and chew 20 times!

Hi ppeat lol. I hear ya! Must admit though I really quite enjoy being selfish with Paul. It's 25mins of relaxation bliss! So gonna wait til DS3 is at nursery and have a lovely time with just me and paul

I've been doing well with it. Listened every day (I think this is day 4 for me). Eating my food slowly and chewing at least 20x (It doesn't mention this on the cd but I know because I've been lurking on your other thread and I've lost my book so I can't remember if it said it in there). I have succumbed to the evening cravings though, so still need to do a bit of work on the technique I think. Although I am very midful when eating my snickers bar and chewing each bite a minimum of 20 times . I suppose I just need to practise more. I haven't been hungry this morning so didn't eat. For luch I had a Pork sausage sandwich with tomato sauce. I only managed half of it because by chewing slowly and being mindful I realised it was actually quite horrid! But even by eating just half a sandwhich I'm satisfied and don't need to eat anything else. Anyway we'll see how it goes. I've got my eye on the 5 cd box set which I'll hopefully but soon.

Cheerful I'm not very well just now and have been off my work for 6 months but when I get back on track then I'll join you in posting my exercise.
We have just bought a dog and she will be coming to live with us on Sunday < uber excited emoticon > and I'm hoping that I'll be able to gradually build my strength and energy up by taking her for regular walks. So she'll be my exercise for the time being

Took How are you getting on today? Stay away from those cookies!

am pissed off and fed up with salad.

breakfast - doreset cereals.
lunch - more pissing salad and 3 chicken wings
one cookie as a snack. ( yes i know... made them for people coming over... few left, gah!!!)

no dinner again, becuase that will take me over 1200 cals.

have started a rant thread about how small amount 1200 cals is. its tiny.
i quite fancy a 'proper' dinner. something that isnt salad. or just plain veg.
but once breakfast and lunch are out the way there seems to be only a small amount of cals left.

:(

took please get yourself the Paul Mckenna CD I can make you thin!!!!! You will be able to enjoy what you want to eat, eat what you want to and chuck the calorie counting. But you will develop a fresh approach to food and and a fresh approach to the way we obssess think about food. Not only have I taken a non guilt approach to what I'm eating but I'm also feeling better about me as a good and beautiful person. I'm learning to approve of myself and respect me for who I am. I have reduced my food intake practically without thinking about it although I'm still learning and could do better and i've only been doing this for 5 days. I think probably this is the least hungriest I've felt...ever! And i'm not obsessing!

Took if you are really struggilng and need a shoulder PM me!!!!

Well I need it too, then!

Have done awful today. :(