Nothing Tastes As Good As Slim Feels Part 3

[knottyhair]

Hope it's OK that I've started this new thread, but the old one is now full! Not sure if my entry went on the old one, but anyhoo - let's keep going people! Here's to eating tasty healthy food, finding and sticking with exercise we enjoy and getting fitter, stronger & hopefully slimmer! xx

Converting my spare room into a shrine?? How ridiculous. When I've got a whole house to play with?? When you press my doorbell, it says "don't you dare quit on me!". Lifesize cardboard cutout in the hall. Lounge is wall-papered with her image in various workout positions. 30 Day Shred playing on a loop in the kitchen/breakfast room and is piped throughout the house. And I make DP and DS join me in praying to her picture by candlelight before anyone is allowed to retire for the night. It's all perfectly healthy.

ROFL @dinky

Oh dear Knotty. Is the housework getting a bit much today?

Lol at deranged stalker Knotty!

Guitargirl good luck with couch to 5k. I don't know if its relevant to you but when I was doing my parkrun, a harcore runner told me I was running too fast which was why I kept having to stop. He told me to slow right down and that I would be able to keep going. It works!

JAM good luck with your mad exercise regime today. And stay away from the biscuits. Think of what they really are - a pile of fat and sugar.

I agree Milly is very pretty!

I think those chocolate snack a jacks are quite nice. They seem huge as well.

today's food is
quorn sausages, mushrooms and tomatoes
sushi for lunch (if dh remembers to bring some back with him!)
spinach dahl and rice

Oh and a run later for exercise.

Oh, crap. Just ate so many yog-covored raisins and peanuts that I feel a bit ill. :(

Ah bless you Shaxx but I definitely don't think I am running too fast!

Put it this way: I am not a natural sportswoman. My leggings kept falling down and I kept dropping my phone which meant then showing my legging-covered bum to the whole park. I looked a right state...it wouldn't have been so bad but the local park seemed to suddenly be full of professional looking runners. And me. And one other unfortunate-looking woman who looked as though she was also doing couch to 5k as she kept stopping all the time and looked like she had a terrible stitch. The whole debacle would have been quite funny if I hadn't been so out of breath.

Well, today was turd. I mean, it was quite a nice day, but I've eaten such utter crap. I am craving sugar and stodge, and have now eaten so much home made rye bread with crappy peanut butter, I feel a bit sick. I am taking action and having a can of diet coke with me all night- Not ideal but better than the m and ms...

I am putting today in a box, and forgetting about it.

Hope you're doing better, guys!

Sorry you've had a crap day today BelleEnd. Like you say, put it in a box and keep going. I've certainly had the AF related nibbles today. Tried to go for stuff that isn't too bad, like a few Twiglets and ryvita with Leerdammer Lite. Got to wait for my tea until DP gets back from his massage - had to sit watching DS eat his tea earlier (halloumi & couscous - drooooool). Fortunately for me he ate it all. Don't think I've ever wanted a curry so much! Hope you enjoyed your run Shaxx, and Guitargirl, your description made me laugh . Precisely why I do workout DVDs on my own at home so I don't inflict my gallumphing around on the general public! I nearly stacked it doing backward crescent lunge thingies this morning. Just read that back and I don't mean that you gallumph around . I'm just not very graceful!

Guitargirl lol at your description of running!

Belle sorry you've had a crap day. We're all allowed them every now and then and the occasional binge doesn't usually drastically affect weight loss so don't feel bad. But I'm sooooo envious of your home made bread with peanut butter! I can't imagine anything I'd love more than that atm!.

Knotty well done on another good day. Hope you enjoy your much anticipated curry. It must be delicious if you're having it 2 days in a row. You must give me the recipe.

I've just been for my 30 min run and am starving. Dh came home later than I thought but he did bring me back yummy sushi from itsu so I'm having that for my dinner!

Belle, I feel your pain. I can be virtuous (sort of) for 3 weeks and then go crazy for a week. Damn PMT it turns me into Jekyll & Hyde. It?s why I keep losing and then gaining, sadly there has been more gain than lose lately which is why I?m aiming to be hardcore virtuous for June. I did Shred, netball (we won woo hoo!) and a pedestrian 26 minute run. Only managed 2.4 miles but that did include a long slow hill for a third of it. There had better be a loss tomorrow or I fear Dr Hyde may make an appearance. I hope you are feeling better today.

My plan for today: I have dressed up in nice clothes, done my hair and make up. If I look nice, I'm less likely to stuff my face, for some reason.

Will have salad for lunch and dinner, with half a piece of bread with each meal. Will also have a diet coke at teatime to stave off hunger pangs... I had one last night and the fizz filled me up and made me feel better.

Hi everyone,

I think that I am self sabotaging wrt dieting. I do really well for a while and then, for no reason that I can work out, I blow it and put loads of weight back on.

I have weighed myself this morning, with a view to shocking myself into not blowing it any more. I am so with myself, because if I'd stayed on track I'd be about half a stone lighter than I am now!

Have had a fat free yoghurt for breakfast. Has anyone tried the new Tesco 'Yoo' yoghurts? They are quite big pots, so not as low in calories as some, but the toffee ones actually taste like toffee and are quite filling.

Not sure what luch will be, maybe soup. Dinner will be something salad based.

Sorry for being so moany everyone.

JAM well done on another mammoth session!

Belle good for you! I always feel better when I make an effort. I'm usually so down about my weight that I often think 'whats the point?' instead. Whiach is no good of course.

Karma I know exactly what you're going through as I seem to do this all the time. I've read stuff about how your body gets used to a certain weight and when you lose weight, it tries to get you back to where you were. Does that make any sense? Its something like that and I really think its true for me.
Every time I lose some weight, its like I suddenly have to eat and eat until I get back to where I was.
I have no idea how to combat this.

Today I've had quorn sausages, mushrooms, tomatoes for breakfast.
I have salmon salad for lunch and dahl rice for dinner that I didn't have yesterday.
Ds1 wants lasagne so am making that for the family. I'm glad I have something already prepared as the cals in lasagne are so high!

Will go to the gym for a cross trainer session later.

Morning. Shaxx, hope you enjoyed your run, and your yummy sushi! I think you have amazing willpower to make lasagne and not have any . The curry recipe is here . Very easy, involves a bought paste but was just really tasty and quick! JAM, I agree about the PMT thing. I always get a real munch on but it's savoury bits that are my downfall. I've rediscovered Twiglets which have helped! And I'm full of admiration at your exercise regime. BelleEnd, glad you're feeling better, and looking gorgeous! Are you having anything with your salad tonight, protein-wise? Karma, don't worry about "moaning" (I prefer to say "venting" ), we all do it sometimes, that's what this thread is all about.
Well I bit the bullet and had another go at 6W6P Level 2, and I really enjoyed it! Still struggled with some of the moves (fell over repeatedly during one particular move ). Was a sweaty heap at the end. Had Weetabix and skimmed milk for breakfast, more minestrone for lunch (good job I like it) and a vegetable "paella" with mushrooms, broad beans & peppers for tea. Got to eat later again tonight as DS has Beavers so need to save some calories for when the munchies hit about 5pm. Hope you all have a good day xx

[Shaxx falls off her chair when she realises that Knotty linked to a recipe NOT ON THE BBCGOODFOOD WEBSITE]

That's exactly it Shaxx. I just want to eat and eat even though I know I can't be hungry. It's almost like I'm scared to stay on a diet in case it doesn't work, so it's like I ruin it for myself before it gets to that point, so i am still in control of things, if that makes sense.

knotty, your lunch and dinner sound lovely. wish I could enjoy exercise too!

karmabeliever, I know exactly where you're coming from. I am in a cycle of being really good and then compulsively overeating... Sometimes (like last night) until I think I'm actually going to be sick. It has nothing to do with hunger, just this weird compulsion to eat and eat and eat, and weirdly, the need seems to come from my chest rather than my stomach IYSWIM. I've never thought about it properly before MN, but I have now read a few books on compulsive overeating as an eating disorder, and I hope that now, even after I've had a binge, I can wake up the next day, accept it and get back on the wagon. I've always thought it is like bulimia without the vomiting.

Hi all! Sorry, have been AWOL as got back from holiday at the weekend but just not had a minute-MIL was here for a few days, then just one thing after another!

I managed to lose a total of one measly pound on my low carb regime before my holiday. I lost a lot in the first week then it all piled on again when I had a couple of slip ups!

Anyway, I didn't feel too lardy in my bikini (when I sucked my stomach in!) and only put on a couple of pounds while I was away.

Will have a read through what everyone's been up to when things calm down here. Got to dash out to get fancy dress stuff...

Good luck for weigh in tomorrow everyone! x

AF started today. I wasn't expecting it, so it is early. Do you think we are all starting to sync, like women who live together ?

Belle it is a horrible feeling. Am determined to stop messing this up though and get to a point like everyone else, where I eat a healthy diet with a few treats and don't spend all day thinking about food and weight.

knotty Your swottiness is impressive (though I admit to laughing when imagining you falling over at that one move over and over!) I am terribly ungraceful (should that be disgraceful? :o ) and have real trouble with exercise dvds... I just get confused and end up doing a series of random, unaerobic movements. I bought the Lucy Benjamin DVD once, and probably lost more weight laughing at my own stupidity than with actual exercise :o

iluvcake Did you have a nice holiday? Low carbing is like that for me too... When I started, I would lose half a stone in a week but then four weeks at the same weight. You wore a bikini... I am so impressed. I went to the beach in a swimming costume last week for the frst time since I was seven, and I felt okay (except for my boobs, which are the most serious casualty of my weight loss. If anyone sees a pair of boobs, or a spaniel whose ears are missing, please PM me.) :o

karma I know this is going to sound odd, but your post has really comforted me. I always think I'm the only one who thinks this way, the only one who obsesses about food. Since losing weight, I obsess even more... I am always thinking of the next meal, what's in the pantry, how much I'm allowed etc etc. I actually feel fatter now after losing 2.5 st than I did before because I'm more preoccupied with my weight and what I eat. It's exactly as you said... I just want to be able to stop thinking about it all the time.

Shaxx Your post is very interesting regarding the body remembering weight and trying to get back to it. I wish mine had 9st in its memory! It's weird isn't it... I do think of myself as a size 16, and that any other version of me is temporary... I wonder what that means, psychologically.

Today has been good after yesterday's bonkersness.

Quorn sausage salad with 1 piece rye bread
Mackerel salad with 1 WW wrap.
1 can diet coke. That did wonders for the mid-afternoon munchies.

The WW wraps are absolutely disgusting. I quite honestly could have been eating card.

Good luck in tomorrow's weigh-in... I expect to have gained a bit, and would be delighted with an STS.

Belle, you are most definitely not alone in your way of thinking. I honestly think a lot of women are like this, but we all think we will sound crazy if we talk about it, so we don't.

Regarding the WW wrap. The only nice WW food is their chocolate eclairs (83 calories each). Everything else is very bland. I'm sure they only sell because when you are on a diet you are grateful for anything that resembles food .

Have had about 300 calories of chocolate today, but my total for the day so far is 1,000 so I am on track to stick to my 1200. Am having lots of coffee, to stave off the munchies.

I have just been for my second constipated shuffle gazelle-like run around the park.

If I don't have a loss tomorrow then I will be miffed!

iluv welcome back! glad you had a good holiday. You're fine if you can happily wear a bikini!

glad to see everyone is doing well today! keep it up. I'm sure we all know how much better we feel when we're doing well.

I've just been for a run! I'm so pleased with myself. I would never have thought I'd be the type of person who'd actually WANT to go for a run.
I think I'm hooked.

I've heard so many people say 'when I started running, the weight just fell off me!. I wonder if that will happen

STS....AGAIN!
Why do I bother?
Better luck to everyone else