Healthy, Revolutionary and Gorgeous!

[SixPackWellies]

Good morning Fellow Revolutionaries. Welcome to Thread 2!

Me today:

coffee with soy milk
2 ryvitas with half an avocado
spicy tomato soup (homemade) with a green salad
Small portion of roast pork, with lost of veg, a tablespoon of gravy!

Onwards and Downwards!

Six ? the chocolate with sea salt is DIVINE. How effing cheeky are your ?friends??! I?m shocked.

Baking - As lovely as my menus are, they will not help me with the weight loss so I?m back to being good. Obviously, we?re discounting yesterday for reasons you will soon see

heart - Woohoo! Well done on getting in size 10!

50 You poor thing. I too have IBS and it?s bloody horrible. You probably know this already but buscopan is great for pain relief during an attack. Well done on your weight loss xx

Merhaba Emily Whereabouts in Turkey are you? Lucky you having it hot! Admittedly it?s warm here at the moment but it?s so humid. I think we?re due lots of storms. I hope you?re going to enjoy lots of lovely Turkish food.

Who wants a MASSIVE laugh at my diet yesterday?

We start with breakfast?.what better way to start the day than with bacon? Oh yes, people, I managed this in style yesterday by having my ?bacon? in the form of Smoky Bacon crisps. For breakfast.

Lunch ? chicken salad wrap

Dinner ? fish fingers, salad and chips cooked in the deep fat fryer

Snacks ? Ok, deep breaths? mini cheddars (yes, yesterday was a 2 bag crisp day), twix, the remainder of the sea salt chocolate (over half a bar), 1 slice of chorizo, 1 slice of salami, half a glass of cava ? poured it, then couldn?t drink it. Doh.

Exercise ? Err?I watched 30 day shred on youtube. Only level 1 though, I didn?t want to overdo it.

Haha hazel. You made me chuckle. Watching the shred takes effort! Can I ask how the hell you stay motivated ( ignoring yesterday's menu). If I was 8:13 I would really struggle to diet. Today is another day, so onwards and downwards.

Merhaba Emily! Hope you are enjoying turkey. We go in a few months and I'm hoping to be fit enough to run along the beach. I walk loads on holiday and last time all I could manage were mini fasts. Never managed a full fast day. Don't worry about it. You are on holiday! Enjoy.

Wellies - I feel stressed in your behalf. I hate overstayers. In fact I think I hate all guests.

50 - glad to see you are feeling better.

Twinkle - I managed to complete week 1 of c25k. Start wk 2 tmrw. Very excited. Still waiting for the pounds to drop though. I assume the pounds start to drop in subsequent weeks when the running times are longer?

Not fasting today and started the day with a v late brekkie of two fried eggs with two granary toasts. This is v unlike me but just needed some energy. Am skipping lunch and I think dinner will be homemade pizza with a huge salad.

Wellies just tell them your house is being fumigated. I bet they won't be as keen to use your house as a hotel then.

Hazel your post made me laugh. I did think you meant that the salad had been cooked in the fryer as well, the first time I read that.

Well I am feeling very positive & motivated today. I went & got my hair cut super short yesterday. I was thinking of growing it out but I got fed up & decided it really suits me much better short that when it was long (I used to be able to sit on it). Love it short!
Also, I have started repainting the living room wall - we had a leak several months ago & I've been asking DH to repaint it where the plaster was repaired. He can't now due to hernia (possible excuse, hmm?) but at least it's started. Yay! There is a good chance he will do the odd bit now I've started the job. He's funny like that.

O&D FRs.

Hehe hazel that made me laugh. At 8 13 do you still need to lose weight?

Baking - as the runs get longer then I'm sure you'll start to notice a difference in your shape.

I've had a couple of weird days where I've been picking and not eating properly. But the scales did say 10st 8 this morning which was great!

Hot
And I bought Turkish delight today
And it's hot!

Morning all ! After an atrocious day yesterday (cake, dairy milk crisps ... Waaa) Am trying to fast again. Going to try and get through till tea time on drinks and tea will be portion of cod and some cauli rice . I feel very bloated and eurgh after yesterday's binge and cross with myself , but there you go!

em hope u are having a fab holiday .
twinkle well done on getting to 10.8
50 bet the new hair looks fab .
hazel I must try this sea salt chocolate of which you speak ...

Onwards and downwards x

Morning,

Ok, to answer twinkle and baking and I?ll apologise now if I inadvertently offend anyone, I?m really bad at explaining things! ?yes, at 8st 13lb I do still feel I need to lose weight. I hold the weight around my stomach so I always look bigger than I am. I?m pretty short and I?m also big busted and I have it in my head that if I lose weight, I might go down a cup size too.

I often look in the mirror and think ?ugh? but occasionally I think I look ok, then I see a photo and I?m crushed. I have seen a life coach for numerous years now (hey, I live and work with DH, I NEED to be coached in how to deal with this!) and over the years a recurring issue has been my weight. I hit a real low at the end of last year, scored highly for depression and after carefully picking apart my life with my life coach, we discovered that the main reason for feeling the way I did was my perception of how I look. It was like a lightbulb moment and I?m now slowly learning to deal with it. I?ve been banned from wearing make up by my doctor (I have open sores on my eyelids) and that has definitely helped me accept my face more. We?re now exploring the idea of body dysmorphia and the more I read about it, the more I feel myself nodding along. I don?t notice anyone else?s weight; I?m not obsessed with what others weigh, just with what I weigh. I?ve never experienced having a flat stomach, or being toned and I think that's a major problem for me. I know I could get there if I exercised but I?m impatient and if I don?t see results straight away, I get bored. This is why I low carb ? I expect to see results quickly. I also think half of my battle is I struggle to find clothes that fit, partly thanks to my breasts. I?ve actually started shopping at cheap stores because weirdly, the clothes fit better. Dresses I?ve bought from Tesco fit better than dresses I?ve bought from Pepperberry!

I bought a beautiful red dress the other day ? jersey so it could sit well over my boobs (and it did!), lovely detailing on the waist which actually gave me a shape and I felt great in it. My mum took some photos of me with my Grandad and gave them to me yesterday. I cried. I look awful. My hips look huge, I have numerous lumps and bumps & to top it all off, I was wearing a contouring slip thing to help with my shape (and to stop the jersey sticking in all the wrong places). I only let her take the photos as my Grandad is pretty poorly. Of course, she?s probably put them all on facebook which is something I don?t want to think about. One of the reasons I removed myself from facebook was I couldn?t handle seeing photos of me.

I?ve brought the worst photo into work with me and it?s my new motivation not to go out to the sandwich van.

So there we go. I hope I haven?t upset anyone and I hope it makes sense. I could talk about it more but I?ve probably already sent some of you to sleep

Yesterday:
B ? plain omelette
L ? chicken mayo and grilled pepper wrap
D ? egg fried rice with peas and peppers
S ? mini cheddars, 4 finger kit kat, 3 glasses of wine, cheese and biscuits.

In my defence, yesterday was a weird day. My Grandad had a CT scan to find out what the shadow on his lung is. Remarkably, it?s not cancer. It is severe emphysema though. So whilst I?m thrilled it?s not cancer, it?s very much hit home that he?s not very well.

Today:
B ? Poached egg on toast with a small glass of orange juice. A confession here. I don?t like poached egg on toast. I don?t know why, but I just cant eat it. So I had most of the egg and ¼ of the toast before binning it.

L ? Mugshot.

D ? rump steak with salad
S ? I have a cereal bar if I?m hungry and I might have some fruit. I have plenty of water and tea. If I crave something sweet after dinner, I?ll have an ice lolly.

Em (although you can keep the Turkish Delight, bloody awful stuff )
Twinkle Well done!
50 You sound so positive! I bet your hair looks fab!
Baking I?ve never managed to get past week 1 of c25k! Well done!

Ooh I missed you iheart! Cod and cauli rice sounds yum. Try not to be too cross with yourself, we all have off days (see above! )

I heart - don't worry. Your menu doesn't sound too bad.
50 - new hair. V exciting. Bet you look great with new hair to match new shrinking body.
Em - it's v v hot here too today. But rain forecast from tomorrow onwards! Boo
Hazel - your post did make sense. It does sound like you are v v hard on yourself. But if low carving makes you feel better then that's a start.

I've done shred and run 1 of week 2 today and am knackered. Had done errands to run in town but think I might just sit in the garden with my iPod and a good book. I've exercised 4 days in a row and am worried I'm getting a little obsessive again like I did last year. Going to try really hard to have a rest day tmrw as when I get OCD about exercise I also get v stressed. Fast day today, going to try and low carb it with an omelette.

50 glad you like the haircut. It makes such a difference to have a cut that auits you doesn't it. I wish I could handle short hair. It would look like a wire brush atop a watermelon on me. .

six your account of your guests has made me chuckle. Fake contageous illness and put them off staying. Or the fumigation thing, or "water being switched off" or... We'll think of something.

twinkle well done! Great new weight.

iheart you are being too hard on yourself. It's only food. My new (non holiday tested) fasting tip is a zero fast. Onceistsrt it's harder to stop eating. Cups of tea / coffee to get through.

hazel I'm so sorry that your granddad is poorly. That's awful.
Re: looks. Fwiw, I find many women are unhappy with the way they look, for lots of reasons. I have only recently come to terms with the fact that I'm not as beautiful as i would like to be and I'm in my 40s now. That's a lot of time wasted and many years when I probably should have enjoyed being youthful and firm fleshed. So, unless you're older than me my sage advice would be to enjoy whatever youth you have, truly.

I had fruit for blast btw. I wanted yogurt and honey but managed to buy the worst yogurt in the known universe (2 giant tubs in the fridge right now) so am a bit pissed off on the yogurt front. I should fast tomorrow but not sure whether I will.

Blast?! Seriously?
Breakfast. There was no blast, well not yet anyway!

Morning all!

I am slowly recovering from the guest experience.

Hazel I could have written your post. I also have many of those feelings. You do indeed sound very very hard on yourself, and I am glad the life coach is helping you explore those issues. One of my fears is that I will spend my whole entire life loathing myself for how I look.

Today, I have a mega salad planned for dinner. Grated carrot, cucumber, salad leaves, boiled eggs, chopped beetroot, avocado, parsley and coriander, with a honey mustard dressing. That;s the plan anyway!

It's v moving to read we have all at some point hated our looks. I loathe my looks/hair/body. Despite being told I have great skin, a good firm body, lovely shiny long locks, freckles etc. however, there's v rarely a day in my life where I have liked myself. My dh is gorgeous and for the first ten years of marriage I felt unworthy of him. Things are changing slowly. I'm trying to accept myself more. A difficult childhood with neglect has left me with no self esteem. What's helped me a bit is seeing my kids grow up and not want them seeing my self loathing. Also, try and see your good points and list them. Anyway, am babbling so ill stop but just wanted to post as I felt really moved by it all.

Baking, it was having DCs that really motivated me too to change how I approach food and life. I was brought up with a mother who was hyper-critical of me... she would boast about me to others, but would be very hard on me for everything- I was too shy, too fat, too pimply etc. yet it was a reflection on how she feels about herself. SHE has spent her entire life being emotionally crippled by how she feels about herself. I desperately do not want to live like that, nor do I want to continue that family trait.

I also feel unworthy of my DH, who is extremely good looking. I can never believe that he is with me, and loves me. Sometimes I worry that with my very accomplished techniques in self-sabotage, I will drive him away. It is strange though...... I have a few male admirers, and so objectively I tell myself that this MUST mean that I am reasonably attractive, but cannot believe it in reality. I would like to be able to just come to terms with myself and to stop this terrible belief that I am unworthy of love, respect etc.

baking I think you?ve earned a sit in the garden with a book!

Emily I agree, good hair makes all the difference. I tried dry shampoo today (I know, so lazy) and my hair feels horrid Your advice is sound. I?m already kicking myself for not enjoying life more when I was a teenager. My 20s are also rapidly slipping away. Where does the time go?

You?re on holiday?ignore the fasts. Eat well tomorrow but don?t deprive yourself of yummy food.

wellies big hugs, so sorry you feel the same. It doesn?t matter what others say either does it? Sometimes you just can?t stop feeling this way. Your dinner sounds lovely by the way, I might do my best to make our salad tonight more interesting!
baking You?re not babbling! I?m glad you?re beginning to accept yourself more.

I like the idea of thinking of good points and listing them. Unfortunately, I?ve only so far been able to think of 1 thing: My nails. My nails are strong and grow quickly. They look lovely painted.

I also like the idea of thinking of good points and lisiting them. I vote we do one for every day. We all seem to have gotten into the habit of beating ourselves up. So how about we actively try and combat that default setting?

Me - I like that I am very good at dealing with complicated admin issues and can quickly and efficiently sort out problems. That makes my DH's business run more smoothly and is valuable to him and us.

Oh- and I like my eyebrows. :)

Great idea. I l

I love my freckles. I used to hate them. Felt they looked blotchy. I'm olive skinned and over the years people have told me I look unusual with freckles. My kids love them and now so do I. Embrace all your negatives!!

I love freckles. My DH goes all wobbly when he sees a woman with freckles too!

Sadly I have none.

Ah this is more like it! Look at us lot being a bit more positive

I'm with you wellies, one good thing a day. I already feel better. I'm getting my head sorted with work too, I feel completely suffocated by it so I'm formulating a plan. I'm a brilliant procrastinator so I really need to just get on with it.

I've stuck with my eating plan so far today - Had a mugshot for lunch followed by a cereal bar.

Well done hazel. Small steps. Take it one meal at a time. You are br

You are being terribly hard on yourself!! And I bet for no good reason :)

Hmm what's a good point about me? I have nice eyebrows! My nails grow lovely and square and look nice with afrench manicure. I think I have a sexy personality which makes me more attractive and makes men are past the wobbly bits! Actually just thought of another: I know how to dress well for my shape. My sister says she can never tell when I've put on weight because I cover it so well :)

Good morning Fellow Revolutionaries!

May I present, a 10 stone 8 pound SixPack! (AND I weighed myself after having two cups of coffee!)

1 pound down, hurrah! [twirls]

Would love some ideas on how to dress well for my shape, twinkle. :) I am top heavy and always feel I look like a mushroom.

Today's plan;

B- soy coffee, strawberries and yoghurt.
L- mega salad with avocado and hummus. Mmmmmm.
D - fruity rice with tofu (A DC fave) and broccoli on the side.

Hmmm... one good thing about me. My legs are quite nice, and I can wear short skirts.

O&DW FR!

Wow so many posts recently...

Hazel poor you - open sores on your eyelids, sounds awful. I'm too lazy to wear makeup even though I'm a bit of a plain Jane, especially in summer, it just makes me feel hot & horrible. Hope your Grandad gets better soon.

Wellies Congratulations on the weigh in! Also, very jealous of your admin skills as I am utterly crap at it. Can I pay you to come & organise our house?

My good point: I also have quite nice fingernails. They are a good shape & grow smooth & are very strong. I don't bother to paint them at the moment (used to & probably will again when I don't have a grabby toddler).

Plan for today:
B sourdough toast with poached egg, coffee.
L rice cakes with peanut butter, fruit if still hungry
D The plan is to make meatloaf (which we've never had) so we'll probably have that with salad.
E walking to/from work, have to take DD out this afternoon as the gas man is coming to do the gas check. It's only 4 months overdue. We have rung the landlord loads & they are not bothered. It's been the same every year since we moved in, 5 years now.

Right you lot, with your fabulous fingernails (mine are uber rubbish, i think they're made from cling film) and good eating the last couple of days. I am to reveal it but here's today's menu thus far...
Bf: coffee with some kind of unidentifyable milk, fried (yes, fried) eggs, small piece of toast, slice of watermelon, 4 cherries, apple tea, yogurt (found some nice stuff) with honey and a square of the most sublime turkish delight.
Obviously decided not to fast today (never let it be said that i can't take advice hazel thank you . I do, however, plan on eating some nourishing foods and not having too much rubbish (turkish delight doesn't count before you ask, it's magical heavenly goodness). On a practical note, it's true that you can only eat what's available (obvious) and as we're in a pretty remote area i can't upload a bucket of snack calories onto my midriff without some considerable effort of shopping. So even when if dh is being particualrly annoying and arseish apart from the TD there'sno comfort eating options. Also, ithink it helps with not being able to drink atm.

wellies hurrah on yourWI. I'll probably wait until i get home if that's ok [doffs cap to esteemed leader of revolutionaries]

twinkle great post. It's really quite inspiring to read such positive comments.

And thank you to those of you who share so freely. It's a priveledge to read your personal statements. Makes me realise i'mnot alone in scary- imperfection- fearing land.

Onwards and downwards (for you guys, imay well be going upwards fellow revolutionaries.