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

You are so right. You really are. I am, quite honestly, the luckiest woman I know. So I'm going to cheer up and start celebrating this body that's given me two perfect children, instead of putting myself down all the time.
Thank you ever so much... Really, being on this thread is really keeping me going. :)

Just running in. Have skim read the last few posts when all I want to do it sit down for a couple of hours to reply properly.

Thanks for all my birthday wishes for tomorrow, most kind. I have got a stupidly busy day tomorrow, with school stuff, having friends for lunch , out in the evening etc. etc. Am just about to go and prepare some food now as I won't have time before everyone turns up. I may not have time to post but will hopefully on Sat.

I have been eating some truly awful stuff and it's not doing me any good. I feel tired and bloated. I need to get all this busy stuff out of the way so that I can be in the zone. I'm grabbing and running with my food at the moment.

belleEnd, do you remember that programme with the two glamorous girls that used to bake cakes with alternative ingredients? eg. Chocolate cake with beetroot. They got people to try them and app they were delicious but much healthier and lower in fat. Can't remember the name of the book. If anyone else can't either, I'll try and google it at some point.

TDW, have you tried Cox&Cox or Not on the High Street. They have some nice unusual gift ideas-and def some cotton and china(i think)!

Thanks all for asking about DS too. He moved from a lovely, small state school to an independent one. He was struggling a bit and he would have been going into a very large classs next year. After a lot of soul searching, we decided to move him. We are taking things one day at a time but every time I drive in there, I question whether it was the right choice. I miss his old school so much so God knows how he's feeling. I encourage him to talk but I'm frightened to ask him if he's happy. He seems as if he is and he does seem to be making friends but I feel really guilty for taking him away from everything he knew. It's just going to take a bit of time.

Good luck tomorrow everyone. X

Iluv - its Cook Yourself Thin. We have the recipe book - and its pretty good. DH cooks from it more than I do though Bought it as some of the recipes on the program looked really good - though have never tried the choc beetroot cake. Though that said do have a job lot of beetroots in the fridge and my parents down this weekend (they are already here actually - down from yesterday afternoon to help with childcare during the day while our nanny is on holiday)- and a cake tin Bet they dont have anything as heinous as cake in Jillians diet bible eh Knotty ?

Happy birthday for tomorrow Iluv - sounds lik eyou're going to have a busy one! If you have to grab and run make sure you have lots of healthy options - fruit, crudites etc - to hand and remember to drink your water. And I think your DS will be fine - if he's at a bigger school but in a smaller class he'll settle in well as soon as he makes friends there.

Happy Birthday iluv, hope you have a wonderful day. Thanks for the tips on where to look for annivesary presents, will have a look later.

Belle lots of hugs coming your way, I totally agree with Dinky about finding the positives. Dinky boy you are so good at this stuff, I didn't feel down, but even I was uplifted by your pep talk .

I drank about 1 litre of water more than normal yesterday and I feel better for it today, so will try and repeat.

I am a sts this week, not sad or miserable at all, I know it is a long road and it is my TOTM, so not put off at all. So still 9st 13 lbs with 6 lbs to go to get to goal.

Hope everyone has a good day, take care xx

Half a pound off, so 11 st 1. Happy with that. A lot happier today... Realized I have to just chill out. Am still waiting for my AF which makes me realize how much a silly diet can affect the rest of my health. So I'm going to stop looking in the mirror so much, and enjoy myself responsibly. :)

I have cut and pasted dinky's peptalk for when I'm feeling shite...

Keep the faith TDW - its so hard to lose those last few pounds as you reach goal and a STS when its TOTM is pretty good! Glad my pep talk pepped you up too

Glad you're feeling happier today BelleEnd and a good weigh in too! Honestly, it took me dealing with extreme weight loss many years ago, and realising it essentially boiled down to misery and control, to make me realise those things I put in my post above to you. Now I'm just focused on being a healthy weight, having a healthy active life and eating a healthy diet with a little bit of everything in moderation (says Dinky having scoffed a bacon roll with brown sauce for breakfast - figured I could do that as lunch is going to be fruit and a soup wolfed on the run). Pleased to report am now 10 stone 2.4lbs so 2 lbs off from last week. So now back to being within 2.4lbs of goal...

Happy Birthday to iluv it is a known fact that cake, chocolate, crisps, cheese and alcohol consumed on your birthday have zero calories .
Sorry I?ve been awol, combination of being busy at work, poorly dh, a dead home PC which thankfully has now been brought back to life and feeling like a hypocrite for posting whilst gaining weight.
Despite consuming far too many biscuits, Pringles and lumps of chocolate this week I have lost 1 pound.
I?m aiming to follow the dinky diet of mindful eating for the rest of June.

Keep up the good work losers

iluv Happy Birthday! Hope you you have a great day. I'm sure your ds will be fine. Its so hard for parents as all we want is our children to be happy and healthy and sometimes its so difficult to know if we're doing the right things. I think you should trust your instincts and know you did the right thing as far as your ds's happiness is concerned.

BelleEnd sorry you've been feeling down and stressed out about food. Its good that you've realised you need to chill out a bit. You have to enjoy your life too, as well as trying to make it a healthy one. It does complicate matters when a lot of enjoyment come s from food, especially food thats probably not good for us! Stay strong and relax. Well done on your loss.

Dinky great pep talk! It motivated me too

TDW hope you find a good present! I can't think of anything else to add. We tend to not to do presents and just go out and try to do something instead or go away.

Knotty I can't wait to hear about those Jillian recipes! You've probably combusted with excitement or something

Sts for me again. I'm getting good at maintaining I still need to lose first though.
However, my running has improved. I did a 30 min run yesterday with a friend next to me walking on the treadmill and I could chat to her on and off all the way through!
Also, my dh insists that if I haven't lost weight, I've definitely changed body shape

Well done JAM and Dinky! Good results

Well done to JAM, Dinky and BelleEnd for your losses and to Shaxx and TDW for your sts!

I am also sts the same this week, have had some really good days and some terrible ones so they have obviously evened themselves out!

1lb off here very happy with that!

Well done to everybody and good luck to those still to weigh.

I had a nice long walk planned today with the little 2 in the double but it is p'ing down so i will try and get on wii fit if DD will sleep for more then 10 mins!

Morning! What a busy thread, brilliant! BelleEnd, sorry you had a horrible day yesterday, but great advice from Dinky and it sounds like you're feeling a lot better today, and a loss as well so great and well done!! iluv, HA-PEE BIRTH-DAY TO YA , have a lovely day. Glad your DS is making friends, and to be honest I think feeling guilty is just part of being a mum, there's always something for us to beat ourselves up about! Dinky, spooky, I've recently ordered Cook Yourself Thin! I managed to get as far as breakfast recipes in Jillian's book last night, and there are some yummy looking things. Probably not as yummy as bacon & brown sauce though... I'll give more info when I've had time for more extensive research . And well done on your loss! TDW, Shaxx and Guitargirl, well done on your STSs! And Shaxx, chatting whilst running sounds pretty impressive to me! And what a nice comment from your DH. I complained I was cold this morning and DP said "that's because you've got no fat on you". I love him . LadyBuzz, well done on your loss, and enjoy your Wii Fit!

I've lost a pound this week, so quite pleased given that I stuffed my face went over my allowance in London on Monday. 7.75 lbs to go. Did an early Shred this morning, as we went to see DS in his class assembly this morning, performing his BAFTA winning owl impression . Just had poached egg on toast for a late breakfast, soup for lunch and making kofte kebab things with couscous for tea later (half mince, half lentils). And can I just say we had this last night and it was rather lovely! Although I don't think it would serve 6, I did it as 4 portions, had mine with a chapatti and it worked out as 400 calories - yummy. Anyhoo, I've banged on enough, got to make the sponges for DP's second birthday cake tomorrow - cherry bakewell sponge. MUST NOT LICK BOWL. Have a good day xx

Cherry Bakewell sponge sounds good. Maybe a good one for FIL for fathers day. Kofte kebabs sounds good too! Knotty you are my food inspiring guru
You eat so well yet lose lots of weight! I'm in awe.

Aah, thanks Shaxx ! The cake recipe is here. One of the easiest ones I've ever made, have done it a few times as it's a birthday cake favourite of DP's, DS and my niece!

Happy birthday to youuuuu ilove, hope you have a wonderful day! I'm sure your DS will be fine once he settles, and it's really great that you were proactive in trying to improve his education now.
justaminute well done on your loss! If you continue to lose weight whilst eating Pringles and biscuits, you could start your own weight loss plan and make millions!
WEll done with the running, Shaxx. That is really very impressive. I am trying to tackle the garden, but it's a bit of a David v. Goliath (and I ain't the big one!) at the mo!
guitargirl an STS is good, well done :)
LadyBuzz D'you do a lot on the wii fit then? We have a wii but not wii fit, and I was thinking of getting that Michael JAckson game and making a fool of myself whilst keeping fit. :)
Totally impressed that you've had a loss after your London day, knotty- Nice one!

In the spirit of chilling out, I decided to succumb to the baking urge this morning and am making a version of these
Not perfect, I know, but I'd forgotten how calm and relaxing I find baking... I love it. I feel better and I haven't even eaten them yet! I doubled the recipe so that they could go in the lunchboxes next week.

What can I do that's healthy with four egg yolks?

They look lovely BelleEnd! Glad you've decided to bake again. I'm not sure what you can do now with 4 egg yolks that's healthy but you can freeze them individually. Just need to beat a pinch of sugar or salt into them (depending on whether you'll use them for sweet or savoury dishes later).

Thanks knotty. I've promised to bake a bit with DS1 when he comes home from school- We're going to make wholewheat vegetable pasties to take on our Leicester trip tomorrow, instead of stopping for fast food on the way. He loves cooking and I haven't done that with him for ages, so I'm really looking forward to it. :)

Belle You could use one of the yolks to make egg wash to glaze the pasties with.

I love a bit of baking too. I made a Victoria Sandwich last night. I'm now itching to make the cherry bakewell version. I could kick Knotty

Sounds like you're having a lovely day Belle - well done to the other losers and stsers today. 4 egg whites... erm, maybe custard? I dont know, am not much of a baker (DH is the baker in our family) - JAMS suggestions of egg wash glaze is probably a good one.

Thanks Knotty for the recipe. I think I'll give it a go but without the icing. I might just put the almonds on while baking?

Belle glad you've started baking again. As long as you limit yourself to one piece of whatever you bake, there's no reason why you shouldn't! Its all nice and fairly healthy anyway.
Try this for using egg yolks
www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1881/ultimate-vanilla-ice-cream

Thanks! The eggwash is a good idea. I won't do the ice cream, as I would eat the bloody lot. The one-slice rule is where I may fall down, however... I reckon I'll give a bit to friends etc at the school. This is what I did all the time before I started on the healthy eating... My popularity has gone down since the mars bar muffins stopped appearing! :o

I'm going to make some falafel tonight.

Thats the one thing that would put me off ice cream - if I knew it had raw egg in it. Yuk.

I'm not making anything today. I can't be bothered to cook. I've got some chick pea curry in the fridge and the kids can have cod and chips from the freezer.

Mars bar muffins???? now they sound good belle

I used to use the wii fit loads after DS2 was born and i did find it made a difference but i haven't done any exercise on it lately. Will be interesting to see if i've improved since joining the gym
I quite fancy that Michael Jackson thing too, i have the normal just dance but have injured myself a couple of times including a remote to the face whilst doing MC Hammer it is fun though and the DSs both love it.

Morning! BelleEnd, enjoy your trip to Leicester, and your pasties! Hope you enjoyed cooking them with DS - my DS loves cooking as well, and I really enjoy doing it with him . JAM, ow! . Shaxx, nothing wrong with freezer goods sometimes . Hope you know the song or you'll think I've lost it . LadyBuzz, at your MC Hammer incident!

Did 4 circuits of BFBM this morning, and need to do some serious housework as it is a tip, and DP's sister & family are coming this afternoon for 2nd round of birthday cake. In my defence DP has been drilling holes and generally making a mess installing a new boiler so it wasn't worth me cleaning before today, honest. Cereal & skimmed milk for breakfast, tomato, red pepper & chilli soup for lunch, and grilled mackerel, potatoes & salad for tea. Small piece of birthday cake this afternoon . Have a nice weekend xx

Will pop back once the shame has waned slightly (need harsh words and motivation and a leg up back on the wagon!)