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Rosemary Conley - anyone had success with this?

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KBear · 13/03/2006 20:56

I just joined tonight. Want to lose 1st 9lbs - wish me luck. Anyone got any tips?

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jasper · 23/08/2006 12:52

kbear and lily, well done.
It is such a slog isn't it?
i lost two and a half stone at weight watchers two years ago and much of it has crept back on.
I am too embarrased to return to my old class!
I know i would be made most welcome but think a change would help me.

I firmly believe losing weight and staying focussed is 95% a mental battle.
I have probably said this before but I feel like I have a switch in my brain; when it is in the "on" position with lots of focus I can lose weight but sometime for no reason the switch trips and goes to "off" and at those times I CAN'T DO IT! I feel compelled to stuff my face with chocolate, crisps, wine, bread, and anything else tasty and unhealthy.

Some days when i have been on a weight loss roll for weeks I wake up and think "oh no, the switch in my brain has flipped again!"

I have yet to experience an uncontrollable craving for broccolli.

Please could some of you St Rose followers tell me about this GI Jeans thingy and inspire me to sign up!

Thanks

FN · 23/08/2006 13:05

Jasper, I am quite new to this but the first two weeks you do the kick start and you simply choose a breakfast, lunch and dinner from the choices in the book and have a fruit power snack mid morning and mid afternoon, no alcohol for the first two weeks but after that its fine to as there is a alcohol allowance which can be saved up for the weekend for example.

Cos the meals have already but suggested (you can change using the low GI foods and using the same number of calories) its quite easy and the recipes I have found to be very tasty and I have found a new love for prawns.

After the 2 wks kickstart you then go onto the number of calories for your height/weight worked out by RC consultant, you then eat food throughout the day following the guidelines such as nothing over 5% fat per 100g (except for 1 100 cal treat per day) and low-medium GI foods which are listed in the book. Also recommended to exercise to keep your matabolism going etc. and I can certainly recommend this as I worked out for the 5/6 days a week 20-30mins in the morning and losts around 8 inches in the first two weeks! I can now do up some trousers I once couldn't .....and I am not one for exercise too so thats a double shock.

I too struggle with sticking to diets have had one of those "switch off" moments last week but back on track now. When followed properly the plan doesn't leave you hungry as the low GI foods leave you fuller for longer and are much healthier for you.

All I can say is give it a try the classes include an exercise group too which is much better value for money I think, so you are paying for weigh and exercise not just to get on them scales. Its educational in food nutrition and I have already started to make lifestyle changes here and there...

Good Luck!

.............gosh that was a long one .... sorry I can waffle sometimes hope you don't mind...

jasper · 23/08/2006 13:17

FN thank you that was a great reply.
Is the first two weeks torture?

FN · 23/08/2006 13:37

No not all all, like I say the foods fill you up, although I found when I just had a sandwich at lunch or pitta I was hungry come dinner time and so had to be very good on those days but having said that...there are other more filling lunches to choose from one of my favourites was the prawn and pasta salad

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KBear · 23/08/2006 17:01

My top tip is don't let yourself get starving. Always eat fruit mid morning and afternoon like it says, keeps your sugar levels up and then you don't burst through the door at night all starving and headachey and then eat the wrong things then get grumpy cos you've eaten the wrong things etc etc!!!!

Also, save your 100 cal treat for the evening when you get the munchies about 9pm!

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FN · 24/08/2006 09:43

really lost the plot again yesterday! Don't know whats up with me, so today is a new day and I got up and did my exercises so started the day well and have the right food with me for work and veggies to nibble on for power snacks.

lilibet · 25/08/2006 12:30

I lost 2 1/2lb!!

But 1 lb of it was shoes (see below!)

Come on FN, it can be done, what's your weakness when it comes to food? Mine used to be getting in from collecting ds2 from school and eating 5 or 6 slices of bread and butter

And then haivng my tea!!

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KBear · 25/08/2006 12:45

lilibet - you do make me laugh with the shoe thing! Can't you just take them off rather than factor in their different weights every week?!!!

Well done on losing though.

DH has lost 10lbs in two weeks - dontcha hate men.

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lilibet · 25/08/2006 12:57

that's why I lost the 1lb kbear - I decided to go shoeless permanently!

I got slimmer of the week with my shoe weight loss - I would have felt bad but the next nearest loss was 1lb so I would have won anyway

my dh is lighter than me - I really men sometimes!! Has he been following Rosie?

FN · 25/08/2006 13:10

well done lillibet, mine I think is boredom at work and I just snack from the snacks that I can get at work...I was so focused the first couple of weeks and week 3 well has gone all pear shaped and week 4 is looking that way too

So far so good today though, I have had my dinner at lunch and will lunch at dinner if you see what I mean so I am fuller before I get home and less likely to snack. Still exercising though and my DH is motivating me by kicking me out of bed and saying Rosemarys calling!...he means well.

I also snack when I get home, I am thinking of doing the Kickstart again on Monday to get me focused, I know you shouldn't do regularly but I really haven't been doing it past two weeks what you think? I am also joining a class very soon so that should help loads rather than do on my own at home.

Kbear thats amazing what your dh has lost, why can't women lose it as fast should be the other way around I say

Lilibet my dh weighs lighter than me too

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KBear · 25/08/2006 16:48

We have been on basic rations since our camping holiday which skinted us (but was worth it!) so I've been making vegetable soups and lots of low fat low cost stuff this past week (delicious too if I say so myself and so nice to come home to a meal already prepared previously - stops me eating the wrong stuff). I think his rapid loss will slow down now though. Also he's been off the beer for two weeks so even though he doesn't have much, a few pints over the weekend adds up to lots of calories.

I just got a Cadburys Caramel from the chocolate machine and ate it all. What is wrong with me?? I blame the management for putting it outside my door.

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jasper · 25/08/2006 17:03

what is the RC policy on missing a class?
I work one monday night each month so would miss once a month.
Do I have to pay for a missed class or can I go to another class run by the same leader on a different night for that week?

Still undecided!

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KBear · 25/08/2006 17:08

go to a different class or pay £1 fine in our area.

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jasper · 25/08/2006 17:19

thanks Kbear.
Do you count calories in the plan?

lilibet · 25/08/2006 18:43

I have never counted calories. If the weight loss stops I will do. the woman who takes our class would rather that you didn't apart from in cases like above. She says that if you have to weigh and count everything you are less likely to stick to the diet, whereas three low fat meals a day with fruit inbetween and exercise, will make you loose weight and is something that you can stick to for life.

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KBear · 25/08/2006 20:46

I did in the beginning but I "know" now what is what and let's face it, the fish and chips I just had for dinner ain't the way to be losing weight. FISH AND CHIPS and A CADBURY CARAMEL - Kbear you are BBBBAAAAADDDD.

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jasper · 25/08/2006 22:45

that's a relief.
I had read somewhere the class leader assesses your weight, lifestyle etc and suggests your daily calorific needs.

i was reading an old copy of RC's Hip and Thigh diet last night and she was dead against calorie counting back then.She said it was likely to lead to feelings of deprivationa and eventual bingeing.

If she had changed her mind now that would have been a bad sign.

lilibet · 26/08/2006 12:57

I do have a calorie allowance of 1500 a day, but as I said we are only advised to use it when there seems to be a problem.

I am now doing 16 minutes step a day!! [saintly emoticon]

Kbear

Bet they were luverley!!

FN · 26/08/2006 15:20

10" mexican pizza last night all by 2 peices and then today chips, spring roll, so kbear you not done as bad as me I don't think..........I agree with countnig the calories though I find it difficult

every day I try again and it doesn't work...

lillylove · 26/08/2006 16:37

hi there, i am thinking of joining the rc diet but am confused about the rules, a friend of mine said so long as what your eating is less than 5% fat ( is this saturated or just fat? ) per 100g you could eat as much as you like of it, another friend said that isnt so, can anyone clear this up for me????

lilibet · 26/08/2006 16:42

When you start you are given a quite strict two week starting plan, this has no food over 5% fat and no alcohol, if you can stick to it it's wonderful and you will get good results.

After that you are given a calorie allowance, mine is 1500 per day and in that 1500 you can have a 100 calorie treat, which you can either eat each day or save up for a week. That treat can be anything you wnat, a mars bar, a cream cake, fish with batter, anything.

What I tend to do is try and stick to the 5% fat rule for everything, I probabaly have more than 1500 calories a day but I have really changed my eating habits since starting this back in March and it's working for me. I think it's very hard how slowly the weight is coming off but htat is supposed to be the best way.

lillylove · 26/08/2006 21:34

thanks lilibet, so as long as its under 5% per100 you dont have to weigh anything ?

jasper · 28/08/2006 00:04

You have all talked me into it.
I am joining tomorrow.
meanwhile I can't stop thinking about fish in batter....

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KBear · 29/08/2006 20:22

The book will explain everything. You do have to count calories and it is advisable to stick to the 5g fat rule as this encourages you to eat healthy stuff.

Well my Friday blow-out almost blew it. I only lost half a pound this week as opposed to my 3.5 pound loss last week. I am also blaming AF which arrived today.

Salsa'd like mad tonight, was a great laugh though.

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lilibet · 29/08/2006 22:34

4lb in two weeks is pretty good going kbear

Lilibet sneaks back to her big bag fo crisps