size 16 to size 10 and anything to get there: whether you have eaten lettuce and ryvita all weekend or worked your way through a munchy box and a dairy milk get over here for MOTIVATIONAL MONDAY

[StealthPolarBear]

Rules of Motivational Monday:
The weekend is the past. You start from now. If not, you'll end up here in a couple of weeks and a few pounds heavier so do it NOW
MM involves healthy eating and some exercise. Your excuses will not be tolerated here.
MM is when we all get back into control and back into the swing of things.
Welcome all and best of luck. :)

Drink a pint of water before starting to bake so you feel full.
As soon as cakes are in the oven, put the bowl in soapy water so you won't be tempted to lick the cake mix.
Brush your teeth while the cakes are in the oven as anything mixed with toothpaste tastes nasty .

No, I seem to like most cake

I'm going to pretend we have made them with marmite!

Ah teeth brushing!!! I used to do this all the time, everything tastes gross with toothpaste!

Genius!!

Just checked MFP. One fairy cake is 90 cals and thats not including any icing

Not worth it! Not worth it! Not worth it!

NO WIBBLING
That 90 cals would get you loads of other stuff
I have just had 2 cripbreads (they weren't ryvita, they were ryvita brand but some sort of white thing, nice enough though) with houmous, red onion, cucumber and loads of black pepper. They were delicious! I also had a lump of carrot and my whole lunch was 126 cals.
Right, at 2pm I will have an options hot choc, which might stave the chocolate cravings off until later.

Where is everyone?
I've just had a bucket of popcorn that was 60cals. I actally feel full. It was buttered -- if i could get it unbuttered then it would be even better, surely?

Where was this popcorn from??

I'm here! :)

Cakes done, iced and decorated, not one has passed my lips.

I have just had a black pepper Ryvita, yum!!

Well done Bonkey on the not eating any cake front. Majorly impressed you didn't even lick the beater.

I've just been out on a lovely picnic. I'd bought some very yummy "superfood" salads from M&S to keep me on track with no wibbling on this fine and sunny wednesday. They certainly tasted "super". Have entered lunch into MFP and looks like I'll be over on fat (due to an overconsumption of olives) but not on calories.

Well done Bonkey.
Popcorn was just butterkist! Made some for the DC.
I ahve wibbled :( 7g chocolate

Stealth

Do you need to have chocolate in the house?

If I am going to be good then I can have no crap that i like in the cupboards. I buy the gross stuff that ds likes!

ouch :o
I do need to. I am addicted. DS has snickers bars which I hate bur if I had nothing else I'd start nibbling the chocolate off them

I have just ordered John briffas book...I think low carb is for me.
Feel properly awful for the first time today...actually I'll with fatigue..headache the works...also aching all over due to Pilates yesterday...

I am like stealth...I will eat stuff I don't even like when I am "in the zone"

How about buying child size bars?

Individually wrapped and smaller. No open packets in the fridge staring at you.

Badvoc Are you drinking enough? Especially in this heat!
Try downing a pint or two of water, see if it helps :)

I'm here.

I sort of wibbled - didn't do the gym as it's stupidly humid today. Will go tomorrow and work double hard, honest! :)

DH wants a takeaway for date night. Any ideas what I can have that's less than about 500cals?

What sort of food?

Chinese or italian

Nor sure about 500 cal but does Italian do any chreseless pizza or pasta with a tomato based sauce? Sorry. I know they sound dull :(

Just have a half portion of what you fancy! Having a little of what you like will keep on track long term.

Take it from me, Munchy box and lost 2lbs eh?

What Kato said!

Have half what you would normally have, then you won't feel like you are missing out :)

see this is why I stuggle to lose weight! That would never occur to me, and tbh I'm not sure I cpuld actually put my fork down with stuff on my plate

And load it onto a side plate! I'm going to enjoy it vicariously through you! Please give full details of what you order!! I'd break someone's arm for crispy seaweed!! And duck pancakes... And char Sui curry

Plate half and bin half! It's the only way!