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!

Have lost two posts this morning so testing......

Rules I do Paul Mckenna. Have relaxed it a bit recently as I've been having major problems with my IBS which has caused some appetite loss, I'm currently just trying to eat more healthily for my tummy. With the obvious exception of last night's takeaway.

Good morning!

Hi Rules yes, as Hazel says we are about more than just losing weight. I want to work on my self esteem also, and also my assertiveness. (Have come to some conclusions about this- more in a mo).

That menu looks gorgeous Hazel. ! Cooking in advance is such a blessing when having dinner parties- especially on a night where you have worked all day!!!!

Right... me. Please excuse my self indulgence here. I woke up this morning and have decided that not only do i need to overhaul my diet, i need to overhaul my whole life. I am a people pleaser, and I suffer from a lack of self assertiveness. The ongoing guest saga illustrates that nicely I think! Also, I have come to realise that I have some toxic people in my life... people who make me feel bad about myself, who use me and also I have a 'friend' who is a nasty and malicious gossip. I finally realised this week that she is also gossiping nastily about me behind my back. For some months I have maintained contact with her as I felt she was bored and lonely, and I have never liked the gossip, and have let it wash over me.

So. I am 40. I don't need this shit.

I have decided that I need to cut out what is toxic in my life. That means that I no longer do pro bono consultancy work just because I am asked. It means that I will withdraw from my toxic 'friend'. It means that when people invite themselves to our house that I will assess what is actually convenient and react accordingly. It means that I will no longer use food to punish myself. It means that I will no longer listen to the inner self sabotaging voice that tells me i look awful, I am fat. It means that my family unit comes first always.

I believe that I am a kind and gentle person, and I do not want to lose that. But I want to be stronger, more empowered, and to be kind and gentle to me. Basically I am sick of allowing myself to be used because I think i am worthless.

So, sorry for my venting. But I the food issues I have are all tied up with my self esteem, and that links in to so many other areas of my life.

Food:

B- toast with a slice of smoked cheese and two white coffees
L- vegetable soup with crusty bread
D -Planning grilled fish and vegetables.

Exercise - I have a busy day today so will just try and do my loo-based squats. :)

O&D FR!

Thereal....no I have never been 3Rules

Lego.....I too suffer from ibs and have to eat differently when I'm having an attack. There are foods I avoid because of it like baked beans.....my fave thing . I should avoid wheat as its the worse for causing excessive ( farting) wind but love it

Six working on your self esteem is brilliant. It's hard but we need to learn to put ourselves first not do things to please others and make them happy. Food is so tied up in how we view ourselves. I swear I have mirror dysmorphia cause I can think I look ok in the full length mirror then go out and see myself in an other mirror and just want to hide.

Thanks for the lovely welcome

Thankyou Hazel......sorry I'm using my phone so can't look back on thread when writing message, hence so many messages.

Rules I used to have the exact same problem with wheat. I cut it out & got better but have gradually lapsed over the last few years... hence the current problems I'm having & decision to exclude a few things. Hopefully in a few weeks/months it will calm down & we'll see. I seem to be ok with spelt soda bread though, as long as it's not a major part of my daily diet. I make it myself & freeze it as it doesn't really keep very long.

Evening FRs.
Enjoyable and tiring day at the Science Museum.
I tried to just stick to the "mindful eating" principle. No planning. Just ate out (kerching!)
Bf: muesli (lidl's own granola. Yum) coffee (natch)
L: half a cheese sandwich, 2 crisps, half a chocolate brownie, mug of tea.
D: smallish portion of fish and chips, buttered roll (that was naughty) and... Wait for it...mini magnum
I forgot to WI this morning. Sorry. Will probably do so on Monday. I think I'll drop to one FD a week now and stick to the mindful eating/ p. mck thing for the rest of the time to remove some of the pressure.
Pilates was great.

hazel your party menu looks really good.

wellies and *now I have to know if you're neighbours.
wellies great WI and I love your lifestyle tweaks.
rules great to have you. Please tell us about your menu. I reckon I'm top scoffer today .
lego spelt soda bread sounds great. Can you be arsed to post the recipe?

Where's twinkle iheart and baking

Please excuse excessive use of "great" in this post.
O&DFRs

Hi Ladies,
bf.........small bowl of rice crispies
Lunch...Half a M&S 3 bean wrap
Aft.......some M&S Pistachio choc
Dinner..quarter salmon fillet, one spoon mash with welsh salty butter, broccoli, carrots, peas with a dill and parsley homemade sauce.
Pud......homemade and freshly picked (lol) blackberry pie with cream.

Someone was trying to tell me to try the 16.8 diet today. Anyone tried it? This lady eats from 1.00pm till 8.00pm and then fasts till the next day till 1.00 again.....havnt heard of that before. Looked on line and these fasts seem to be all the thing at the moment. Do they work long term though? Just curious.
Hope you all had a lovely day.

rules your lunch and your evening pud look particularly delicious.
Re: 16:8. I think it's a good idea personally.
I started this doing 5:2. I started in April and in a about 3 months or so I'd lost almost 2 stone. I've plateaued now but that might be because I am at (or very near) target weight.
16:8 might best be described, I guess, as skipping breakfast and not snacking in the evening.
I am an advocate of skipping breakfast, except I can't bloody manage it ATM and have just loaded the bread,aker ready to have a fresh, warm loaf for toasting in the morning
Actua
Oy you've reminded me that I had pledged to only eat between 11am and 6pm (similar thing) during the week. Saving that yummy toast for the weekend.
I'm willing to buddy up on the 16:8 principle. I might cheat at weekends.

Thereal Im thinking of giving it a go, the 16.8 as I rarely eat breakfast and don't usually eat till oneish anyway. So eating normally until 8.00 is so very do able. Do you know how much you can lose doing this? Whar I like about it is its eating normally but fasting without a lot of effort.

Shall we give it a go then??

That's it......just did some research (lol) and I will start this tomorrow. Think I will do 11.00 till 7.00 as that means I can have breakfast at 11 if I want and dinner at six. Whats not to like

And of course when I am eating I will be eating mindfully and normal.

Hello everyone! Loving the mindful eating theory, well done on the losses for the losers. Wellies I like the new assertive you. Now when can I come to stay for a holiday?? Haha.

Sorry I haven't been around. Lots going on. Mood up and down. We are in the process of buying a house and its nearly finished us off I tell you! Lots of big stressful things on. I'm close to tears most days. But the positives are I'm still running and all the changes going on should all lead to a better future. I just seem to have lost some of my coping mechanism. I'm not dieting but not bingeing, there that's another positive. I'm off to Uni next week to retrain. A complete career change. I'm scared. My confidence is low. But the positive is that I'm saying goodbye to a (successful, well paid) job which led to a mini breakdown.

Sorry for the mush mash of pluses and minuses. Very indicative of my mood. Thanks for letting me offload.

Hi FRs

Amanda sorry but I'm definitely not neighbours with Wellies. We've checked. I know it would have been fab.

Today I had:
B: banana, plain yoghurt, spelt toasted muesli. Tea.
L: Baked potato, butter, tuna. Left half of it.
D: Leftover Chinese. Yummy but it's gone now.

We are having beef hotpot tomorrow.

DD has this week:

• said her first word (properly, in context) car, complete with pointing at a car & doing the Makaton sign for car. She has been vaguely signing for a bit but hasn't really said any words before now. Other than Yeah! and GaGa which is her name for IgglePiggle. She did say Book a couple of times but I think that was a fluke.

She has also gone from being absolutely terrified of the train (on Tuesday), by which I mean 20 minutes of screaming, clinging to me, hiding her face, & it took ages to calm down after we got off, to being happy & confident (today), so much so that she escaped & ran off down the aisle. While it was moving. Leaving me to figure out how to catch her, while also keeping an eye on the stroller and my handbag & shopping on the seat. Little monkey. 16 months old. It's better than the screaming though.

The spelt soda bread is dead easy to make actually. It's not a loaf though, more like rolls. I do have a recipe for a loaf but it seems a big hassle when I'm not really so interested in food ATM.

Spelt farls. Makes 4 - 8 depending how big you want them, I make 8 small ones, cool then freeze them. I got the recipe from this book but I've changed the method slightly. The book, by the way, is fabulous if you do have IBS problems IMHO.

450g Wholemeal spelt flour
1tsp sodium bicarbonate / bread soda
2 decent tablespoons live yoghurt (I use full fat but you can use low fat)
180 ml water

Mix it all round with a palette knife till it binds a bit, then get your hands in & knead for a minute until smooth. Flour a board/clean worktop & roll out into a large round, then cut into 4 quarters. Or you can roll individual thin ones to make yeast free pizza bases. Get a non-stick frying pan & cook for about 5 minutes on each side until puffed up & brown (don't let them get too dark though).

Receipe sounds brill Lego will try it.
Baking.....wow go you, off to Uni as a mature ( ish) student. My friend did it a couple of years ago at 44 and after initially being scared she loved it. There were others there who were older but she just ended up mixing with the younger ones and had a whale of a time. I'm doing the OU at the moment. What will you be studying?

Morning FRs

Hey Baking moving house and changing career . I am impressed. So exciting to be starting at uni. I would imagine it will be good for your confidence. when I was at uni (many moons ago) there was a "mature" student on our course. She was fabulous and is still a good friend. We all adored her and thought she was so cool just because she had some life experience. I know the whole process of career change was a great boost for her too. House buying is a nightmare though. It will be so lovely when that's completed.
Have one of these too (((Baking)))

Ok Rules 16:8/ 11-6 it is. Although I wish I hadn't read this until tomorrow . There's a new loaf in the bread maker, filling the house with the aroma of fresh bread. But I will hold off until 11am. Definitely. I can eat at the same time as an early lunch for the DCs.

lego thanks for sharing that recipe. It looks good. I'll definitely be making that. It has to be more nutritious than white bread. Ahh. Me about you and Wellies .

Wellies great on your new assertive self. Imagine arranging a "meet" and we all decide to go to yours . Then overstaying our welcomesso you'd have a houseful of "Revolutionaries" all planning activities for the day and expecting dinner every night. your DH going "who are these bloody women in my house?" at least we'd know each other's menus.

Oops. Hang on

Sorry.DS getting up.
So: bf: coffee
L: probably something toast- based. Maybe with soup?
D: slow- cooked beef stew thing. With jacket potatoes probably.
No snacking. Which means avoiding the biscuits at toddlers

Thereal......god, got so hungry I was losing the plot ha ha. Didn't eat much yesterday and hardly ate much at dinner so need to eat more today so I can get through the mini fast thing. Was reading Marks Daily Apple and he suggests that for women 14:10 is better. Who am I to argue lol!! So Im starting off with a 14:10 which suits me much better.

www.marksdailyapple.com/why-fast-part-six-choosing-a-method/#axzz2elFkuBYy
he mentions it in the second bit

Ok Rules that makes sense. I avoided toast this morning and lthough I haven't actually eaten anything I did have milk in my coffee, so I guess I need zero cal drinks to start the day
I always feel better/ calmer/ in control / less ravenous at midday when I skip breakfast. I do love breakfast but it makes me feel hungry and a bit sluggish. HO hum. 14:10. Sounds great but it makes me smile that really, all we're doing is not stuffing our faces non-stop that would be a start!
I will almost certainly be "cheating" at weekends although staying focused on avoiding binges/ comfort eating. It should be easy but I know it's not.

I might also stick with one zero fast a week.

Sorry to sound dim but what's " one zero fast".?
With regard the 14:10.... I think it's doable. 10-8 or 11-9 or 12-10. Yep....I can do that with mindful eating. We can pur our menus up and compare notes and hopefully weight loss.