Can I join you all?
I have been trying to eat better over the last few months and am slowly but steadily losing weight. I have lost a stone or maybe just a bit more and have hit my original target of 9 and 1/2 stone and would now like to lose a bit more to get to 9 stone. (I'm 5 foot 4 and a bit) I have been feeling fantastic, so much more energy and lots of positive comments from people. As it has been so slow I hope that I am more likely to keep it off. To be honest, although the weight loss is great, this healthy eating makes me feel so good I'd settle for staying my current weight and just feeling fantastic. So far so good.
BUT my periods have just come back (toddler now 18 months - avid breastfeeder hence no period) and I am suffering this week expecting my second period. Totally off the wagon as they say. And I feel like crap. I had managed to really limit the amount of refined sugar and simple carbs (white flour, pasta etc.) from my diet but now that is just what I want!!!!!! and unfortunately seem to be having. oh dear.
I know how great I felt only last week and I want to stay like that!!!! Help! Ideas for keeping on the straight and narrow?
I was having:
Breakfast: porridge (made with water - my mum always made it like that, I didn't know that people make it with milk until I was much older!) with Oat Milk and a spoon of wheatgerm on top.
or; homemade 50/50 bread with almond nut butter or for a treat some marmalade
Mid-morning snack: something like carrot sticks and hummus or an apple or celery and peanut butter
lunch: salad with tuna or omelette or poached eggs, with greek no fat yoghurt and some fruit. Had to be a decent meal.
Afternoon snack: something like the morning usually fruit and some protein like nuts.
Dinner: lots of vege with a moderate amount of protein (meat or beans etc.) Try to watch portion sizes and keep carbs under control and preferably brown.
I'd then have a cuppa in the evening but no more food after dinner. This was a habit that was hard to break in the beginning.
I tried using myfitnesspal but I don't use much pre-packaged anything and tbh it was a pain in the arse to figure out how much calories things were that I made. It helped just to have a little think about what I was going to have the next day the night before.
Sorry this is so long. It helps to write it down somehow. At least by sitting here I am staying clear of the fridge...
My exercise has been stuff that I work into my day - I love to go for a power walk with my ipod in my ears but it is tricky to do that regularly with 4 DC and I am not keen to go in the darker evenings. I walk up and down to school a couple of times a day. Often I don't take the pushchair and carry the toddler. I try to use the loo upstairs and jog up the stairs. I really try not to use the car much. Together with the frequent and ongoing breastfeeding that seemed to be enough to make a difference.
God, this is long now.
I'll stop. I think I'll take it in steps. Morning, midday and evening. Just get through the next few days like that. Hmmm. We'll see.