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!

Hello!

Very much looking forward to hearing about Hazel's dinner party.

Way to go on portion control Rules, that is always my downfall.

[waves] Amanda. Go with the flow days are lovely. :)

I am fine. I was pining the end of summer, but have decided to throw myself into Autumn. I am going to decorate the house with orange-coloured foliage, cook lovely orange coloured things and am just going to have fun. I feel exceedingly chipper. (very very rare!).

Me today- have eaten toast, marmite, pears, tinned soup. Having a farewell afternoon tea this afternoon so no dinner probably. I fancy hot chocolate though.

Ladies I was surprised by your comments on portion control. You see as I do Paul McKenna I eat whatever I want as long as I'm hungry and stop as soon as I feel satisfied, not full . so I don't tend to eat too much .

b.....oatcake and bit of cheese with fig and pear chutney
l.....three inch piece of French stick with Moroccan hummus
half a plate of stir fry

I guess I have just got used to smaller amounts

wellies you've inspired me. I must embrace autumn. I need to "autumn clean" (clearing away stuff we no longer use, big tidy) and get all "harvest festival".
Yesterday DH changed all plans so we had a Sunday lunch curry buffet and then fridge surprise for dinner followed by trifle. Lots of trifle in my case .
I need to fast but will do so tomorrow as I have a dental appt for some long overdue work. I have already had toast (unsatisfying really) and I think it will be store cupboard surprise for dinner.
ATM I am torn between wanting to organise an economical and nutritious week of meals (taking into account my fussy DH) and the need for metro "diet" the two don't always go together.
My healthy eating or fasting ideals are easily derailed when there's an unexpected change in my shopping/ cooking plans. I like to be in control of it and I find it soothing.
So if dS and DD can cope I will be tidying and sorting today. I think it will help my overall mood.

Great menu Rules
O&D FRs

Morning!

wellies dinner party went well! So much food though. We actually didn’t finish grazing on the cheese and petit fours until gone midnight Unfortunately the richness of the meal coupled with a few glasses of wine meant I was awake for a good portion of the night with horrendous heart palpitations.

Rest of weekend:

Saturday:
B – none
L – cheese, biscuits and a slice of chocolate mousse torte
D – mushroom and spinach risotto
S – bacon roll, crisps (at wedding)

I was pretty well behaved and only had 1 small glass of fizz in the room, 1 small glass of fizz at Prezzo, 2 glasses of wine and 1 and half gins at the wedding. I was shattered so went to bed early too

Yesterday:
B – fry up
L – none
D – roast turkey with all the trimmings followed by chocolate brownie
S – 2 petit fours, hot chocolate
I had 5 glasses of fizz yesterday

So it’ll come as no surprise to hear that I weigh 4lbs more today than I did last Monday. I’m a bit gutted but I can’t really say I’m surprised. Of course, this hasn’t stopped me buying a sodding twix this morning.

Anyway. I need to focus, otherwise I’m going to end up on a self-destruct mission.

Today:
B – probably going to be this bloody twix bar
L – chicken curry
D – something with salmon
S – low fat crisps
E – oh yes, the big E. I’m thinking 30 day shred. Also planning at least 6000 steps today. So far only on 728 so I need to get moving!

In other news, I have been well and truly hit with the broody stick. I’ve only just got over being hit with it when beautiful niece and nephew visited so it’s a bit of a shock to be hit with it again so soon! My friend’s 9 month old daughter did nothing but charm me yesterday. She even charmed DH to the point that friend noticed him smile at her a lot (it’s a running joke that my DH is babyphobic) and he said with no prompting “If we have one like her we can have one tomorrow”

Hazel I am reading your post and all I can see is "chocolate torte" and "petit fours"
(after packing away DCs things)

Amanda did you not see the 4lb weight gain this week?! That should stop the in it's tracks!

Enjoy your tidying and sorting, I really enjoyed doing that the other week and tonight I plan on tidying and sorting my clothes so I can work out what I need for A/W this year.

hazel those 4lbs will go soon enough.
I am already planning when I can make the crockpot chocolate pudding recipe I found online

Might WI onthursday this week.

Good morning.

I am not weighing in... too scared!

me today:

B- weetabix, milk and honey
L- going out for lunch with DH. I am tempted by Indian
D- Veg soup probably.

Glad the dinner party went well Hazel, the menu sounded glorious!!!!!

Also have a tidying and sorting day ahead of me Amanda. :)

Well I am surrounded by mess!
Spring/ autumn cleaning is overrated!

B: toast and jam
L: samosas, toast, tortillas (leftovers really)
D: omelette and actifry chips.

Trying not to snack or stuff.

Morning Ladies

I try not to weigh myself too much. With doing weights the fat is turning to muscle so the scale reading is not accurate. Also, If you eat too much then you put on water as well so weight is not a true one. I got fed up of going on the scales and being upset. I have to say though that doing PM I never gain weight so maybe that is a positive thing. DH and I have started doing long walks this last month (9 miles) and that seems to be changing the size of my legs. I go to my gym in the garden a couple of days and do treadmill and weights so that all helps.

Don't know what I will be eating today as not sure what I will feel like or how hungry ill be ha ha!!! So will post later.
Who is the other lady who does PM please?

Menu

Toast, apple

Wrap with salad, soup

Quesadilla and salad for dinner

Another 1lb off so now 10st 7.

Well done *Twinkle".

Yay twinkle

Go Twinkle!

I'm failing today. Twix bar, 2 cans of diet coke, 2 bags of low fat crisps. GAH.

I also really don't want to exercise when I get home because it's cold, dark and miserable. I just want to wrap up warm in my duvet.

Friends are currently enjoying 32 degrees. I'm trying not to be jealous. Failing. I need to text them to ask if I've done the right thing with some of their plants but I can't bring myself to as I won't be able to bear it if they gloat about the weather. Am such a child

Well I've just been to the gym and now having half a Tesco finest swiss chocolate cheesecake slice with coffee. My daughter is having the other half. OMG it tastes amazing.

So today I had:-
Slice of toast, salty butter and marmalade, cup of tea in bed

Tesco finest chocolate cheesecake (half a slice)

Mini chicken (one) little fillet, half jacket potato with salty butter, broccoli and homemade cheese sauce, carrots and peas (very small portion but didn't eat it all as was full)

Tesco finest chocolate cheesecake ( other half) mmmmmmm!!!

lots of cups of tea.

Exercise.....weights and one mile hill walk.

Me today:

B- 1 weetabix, milk and honey. Three coffees
L- bizarre duck samosa on a salad.
D- veg soup.

Yay Twinkle!

Rules I do PM as well as you. although at the moment, finding time to eat breakfast or lunch on any weekday is an achievement. Today it was chips at Morrisons while waiting for DH to finish college so I could set off for work. DD stole half the chips, she is very helpful!

Hazel I find the cooler weather helpful for exercise, as I mostly walk (to work & back, shopping or wandering with DD in big heavy pushchair) so as long as it's not too rainy I don't mind. right now it's not so great... been drizzling all day.

Well, I maintained this week, still at 9.5. Happy with that, seeing as I had Chinese takeaway for dinner twice last week. It was a special occasion though so it's not a frequent occurrence.

must go, am breaking one of my rules, the one about getting to bed at a decent time. Very naughty.

Onwards & Downwards Fellow Revolutionaries.

Well done on 9st 5!

Annoyingly I stuck to cals yesterday but my scales now say 2lbs on? Grrrr.

Menu

Blueberry bagel

Wrap with salad and soup

Going to theatre straight after work so might grab a Subway for dinner as it will be late by the time I get home

Fruit as snacks

Morning FR's!

Right. Need advice, if anyone has a spare 5.

I mentioned that a friend might be coming this week, and I had put her off coming at the weekend, due to my new improved empowered self and wanting the weekends to be just family.

She is arriving today, leaving Thursday. In her e-mails she said she wanted to do all this touristy stuff- the local National trust place, a particular museum etc, a particular well-known and well reviewed gastro pub etc. This is fine, although means I will be doing a fair amount of driving. I just called her to check her arrival time and she made a very strong point of taking the off peak train because it saved her £10.00 and she is 'royally skint'.

Hmmm. I recall last time she stayed she was also skint and I ended up paying for pretty much everything. To be honest, I just do not feel like hosting and paying for everything as well. I am sure she does not mean it like that.... but knowing my roll-over-and-show-my-belly-tendencies I KNOW I will just suggest 'Oh no, i'll pay, don't worry'.

So... I need support to stay strong. I do not mind buying dinner at the pub for example, but the National trust place (which I have been to a thousand times with all our guests over the years) is about £18 to get in, and I have to pay for me and the Dcs as well.

So.... here are my thoughts. I am picking her up at lunchtime. I am proposing that we come back to mine, have a glass of wine and I ask her what she wants to do tonight, if she wants to go to the pub, or if i will cook at home because she is skint. Leave it to her. Tomorrow I need to think about that too. It may just be a phrase she uses.... after all she is about to go on a cruise..... so it may be that i am a bit hypersensitive about how sheer bloody expensive it can be to host people, even if they are paying their own way. But I might be coming on here for some strategies so that my new improved empowered self does not fall at the very first hurdle!

Apologies for rabbiting on about the persistent guest problems! I like my friend and am looking forward to seeing her, but alarm bells rang, and that might just be my mis-interpretation of things!

Hi Wellies You can do this! Stay strong. Do not back down. She needs to value your friendship as much as you value hers.

I think your idea is good “Now, tonight, I’m happy to go out for dinner but if money is tight then I’ve got XXX that I can cook”

For the day out I’d warn her in advance of the cost “I know you want to go to XXX but it’s £18 to get in, I remember you saying you were skint and I don’t want you to feel awkward when we get there so are you happy to pay £18 to get in? If not we could do YYY which is free/much cheaper” Also if the café is expensive, etc mention that too.

I wouldn’t pay for dinner as in my mind that creates a rod for your own back. Of course, you want to treat your friend so buy nice wine/snacks/etc but if you pay for dinner she might automatically assume you’ll pay for the day out too.

Thanks Hazel, your phrasing about what to do tonight is perfect. Also pointing out the cost tomorrow. I really do NOT mind treating her for some things, but last time I think i paid for everything, and although we are blessedly and thankfully not on the breadline, we still have our pressures as well.

I am about to go and buy a chicken for roasting and a few bits and bobs. Then I CAN say 'I have chicken I can cook'.

She is great fun, so I may be being a little unfair, but am jaded now!

O Wellies I can see just where you are coming from. Is she coming to see you or is she coming the have a mini break and using you as a free hotel?? See to me it seems like the latter. So those points you mentioned on how to broach things with her are good ones as is the comments made by Hazel. If I were you I would write down bullet points on a piece of paper or on your phone that you can refer to when you are about to mention these things to your friend so you can do it right. Always helps to have things written down in black and white.
It also seems rude of her to expect that you will be free to go along and pay to see all these places with her. You could also say that you are a tad skint yourself when she says it thus removing yourself from the position of having to pay for anything for her. You are feeding and housing her so you shouldn't feel that you need to pay for anything. In fact if I were a guest in someones house, I would be paying for them when they came with me to go anywhere. I would also be giving petrol money. Its the least I can do when someone is kindly putting me up. Sorry, didn't mean to rant, just how I feel.

Ditto what everyone else says about your friend!

I would never expect a friend to pay for me, but then we all went to uni together so we've been all been skint together!