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!

Morning.

Amanda thanks, I’m in the process of handing it all to my solicitor this morning. I’m just scared that he’ll physically harm one of us. It’s really not easy to live with that fear.

Actually, Mark Webber said something at the end of his disastrous race yesterday which has really helped me put it in perspective “it's annoying but someone's had a tougher day than me somewhere and that’s the way it goes”

Anyway, I’m trying to focus on other things. Like my weight and my awful hair. Time to get back on track & start treating myself nicely again.

I’m going to attempt 5:2 tomorrow but I’m really worried the weight will pile back on when I stop because, lets face it, I’m not going to be able to keep that up forever! I’m also going to speak to my hairdresser before my next appointment – I’ve gone really quite blonde and my roots look horrendous 6 weeks post colour. Hair is also straw like. I’m considering going back to natural colour but that’s quite dark so I’m not sure if it’ll be too much of a change in one go. Rather than stressing, I’m going to just sort it. I’ve pulled my appointment forward a week and I know I can pop in for a chat this week to see what she thinks.

Weekend food:
Sat:
B – eggy bread
L – cheese and biscuits
D – chilli with chips and rice.
S – none but far too much alcohol again

Sun:
B – scrambled egg, 2 rashers bacon, mushrooms and beans
L – none
D – roast turkey with the trimmings followed by a huge bowl on vanilla icecream, caramel mousse and salted caramel sauce
S – 8 squares of milk chocolate. Wine.
Was wedding anniversary yesterday though so not too bothered

Today:
B – none
L – Heinz ravioli
D – seabass fillet with veg
S – I need to avoid the van but I have some dark chocolate with me as I quite often fancy something sweet after a meal so I figure a square or two of dark chocolate will be enough to take the craving away.

No alcohol, plenty of water and some exercise also on the cards for today. Planning tomorrow’s food already. I’m thinking hard boiled egg for breakfast, soup for lunch – butternut squash or a chunky veg concoction and salmon with stir-fry veg for dinner. That should be filling and under 500kcals. I hope.

Amanda I quite often feel I need sugar when I'm tired so you're not alone there. You poor thing, I hope you get some respite soon xxx

Monring all.

Hazel hugs. Glad you have handed everything to your solicitor, let them take on the burden for you. (As much as possible anyway)

Hope it goes well, you poor thing.

Busy weekend, and back on track today. This week I plan to only eat things that are 'worth it' both taste wise and nutritionally, and to have calorie free drinks. Also, I have bought a pedometer and my usual step count just going about my business is approx 9,000 so i am aiming for 15,000 every day this week. I weighed in on Friday and I am 10 stone 8-ish.

hope everyone has a good week. Hugs all FR's.

Ah you've just reminded me I forgot my pedometer this morning. Damn. That's an excellent step count by the way - I tend to average 3-4000 a day which is rather embarrassing.

Thanks for all the hugs and support, it means a lot xxx

Aaah, yes, but you have an actual office job. I have a work at home job where I am always avoiding work by going to the shops or the bank or just upstairs to turn on Real Housewives

Hello everyone, sorry I haven't checked in for a few days, have had a v busy long weekend.

Today's menu

Fruit

Soup
Popcorn
Chicken

Dinner is fish, potato and peas.

Might go to the gym later, will see how I feel.

B: 1 slice toast and marmite, coffee
L: bowl of chips and some olives
D: spaghetti puttanesca, salad, chocolate cake
S: tube of fruit pastes, small buttered roll, slice of bread and jam, 2 after eights, several cups of tea.

Weight: about 56 stone.

Pastels. Ffs

Hi Ladies,

Havnt eaten much the last couple of days as DH working lates.

Yesterday:

Chunk of Somerset Brie with Ryvita mediteranian herb flavour
Handful of Bendicks mints
Pink Lady apple
Fresh ground coffee with vanilla and frothy milk

Today:

one Nairns Cheese Oatcake
Chunk of Somerset Brie and and apple
Handful of nuts and seeds
Plain omelette

Morning all.

Amanda I made enough curry last night for 6 people, and while DH could only eat half his plate I ate the lot. And 8 pappadums. So I am also 56 stone.

Mmmm.... omelette Rules. I know what I might be having for breakfast!

I walked over 17,000 steps yesterday. It all seemed to add up very quickly and I did not do any specific walk- just when I did the shopping, banking and school run I went the long way round, instead of the usual routes. Aiming for the same today. Mind you- eating giant mounds of madras and korma did not help.

Today :

B- am seriously thinking about that omelette!
L- salad sandwich
D- DH groaned this morning 'please, no more food!' so maybe a veg soup of some sort.

mmmm....... just read the unhealthy colleague salad and sauce thread in AIBU and now I am dreaming of a mega super salad.

B- fruit
L- mega salad with lots of lovely stuff
D- soup

17000 steps wellies?! Wow. I wish I got up to that amount just by doing my normal stuff! Have forgotten pedometer again today, although I’m wearing a dress so have no idea where I’d have put it!

rules that’s a tiny amount to eat! (Brie though….mmmmm)

Amanda I love after eights. I love them so much that I can’t have them in the house as I can scoff a box in one sitting. I’ll have to get some at Christmas though!

Hi Twinkle did you get to the gym? I keep thinking I need to make some popcorn, it’s quite a virtuous, filling snack, no?

Yesterday: around 1300kcals
B – none
L – Heinz ravioli
D – seabass fillet with carrots and mushy peas. Unfortunately DH did a buttery sauce for it so it wasn’t quite as healthy as I’d hoped!
S – 8 squares of dark chocolate , hot chocolate. NO alcohol. No exercise either though.

Today:
B – none
L – mugshot
D – salmon with veg
S – hard boiled egg and aiming for just 2 squares of chocolate. Max of 2 cups of tea and I have a litre of sugar-free squash here.

I’d hoped this would come in at under 500kcals but it’s not looking like it will. Bugger. I should have made a soup. I guess I could see if the van has a soup on board but I don’t know how many calories that’ll be. Damn. Even if I take off the snacks I’m still over 500kcals. I’m under if I take off the mugshot and add the egg but I can’t last all day on an egg. ARGH why didn’t I plan this better?!

Really pleased I didn’t drink yesterday though. Neither did DH. We both stayed in and looked at holidays. We are still no closer to choosing one. I’ve thrown Mexico into the mix now. Tonight I intend to stay in, make a soup and paint my nails. Rock n roll.

hazel don't worry if you're a bit over 500 cals. It doesn't really matter. That's a good start. Replacing the mugshot eith soup would be more nutritious and less hunger- inducing though (for next time).
Well done on an alcohol free Monday.

I am giving 17:7 a go today. Had black coffee this morning (so changed to instant, I can't bear fresh black coffee) and just had a cup of tea with a bit of milk and honey. Will have some soup for early lunch and risotto ("bisotto") for dinner. No snacking.
Now I have to make a giant chocolate cake.

I'll see what soup the Van has today amanda It's just avoiding having a roll with it which will be an issue

No food yet and I'm not massively hungry so will try to leave it as long as poss before I eat.

Ooh risotto DH doesn't like risotto so we never have it.

Talking of cakes, I need to make my Christmas cake this weekend!

Ooh. Christmas cake. Yes. Must get onto that.

When you buy your soup and omit the roll, just remind yourself it's only one day. I am always surprised at how satisfying soup is without bread. Genuinely.

They only had minestrone or chicken and veg so I stuck with my mugshot. So far I've had that, 1 cup of tea and a square of dark chocolate. Feeling quite good! Drinking a reasonable amount of water. Not achieving much at work though. Need to get on with that really. DH having a bad day, must try not to add to it!

Love making Christmas cake - the whole house smells delicious.

Definitely going to join you on christmas cake baking this weekend.
Hmm. Round or square?.....

Round here, mainly because I know the recipe works perfectly with my round tin! I'd prefer to do square for easy decorating though. I had to ask DH to do the icing for me last time as I just couldn't get it right.

Round should be easier to ice in theory.
Sugarpaste drapes easily on round.
Royal is easier on round than square 'cause of fewer "corners" IYSWIM.

I have no idea what I tried to use last time. Whatever it was came out of a packet

I might try something a bit flamboyant this year. I just did stars last year and whilst it was pretty, I want to do something a bit "oooh, pretty!" even though it'll probably just be me and DH who see it

My inability to stop scoffing has pushed me to 400 calories ALREADY

1 x tea
1 x mugshot
1 x hard boiled egg
4 squares of chocolate.

I might forget the salmon tonight and just have veg in some format. Especially as what I actually fancy is salmon and pasta with a load of fresh chillies and lovely olive oil.

I guess I can earn back some calories if I exercise, right? I know that's not quite the point but I'm still consuming a hell of a lot less food than I did this time last week.

You can still fast today. It would be fine to go to 600 calories tbh. It's your first fast.
Remember you can eat tomorrow. You can't "eat back" your exercised calories on a FD. But in your first few fasts it's fine to go over 500. Lots of ppl find they're on 600or even 700 in the first few fasts.

Phew. So I've not failed completely then?! I'm a grazer without a doubt so I may need to think of some "picky" lunches which I can graze on all afternoon. I'm thinking maybe a rice cake, light philly or light babybel, celery, cucumber, silverskin onions, but I'll see how I cope on Thursday with my soup

Still at work (grrr) missing all the lovely sunshine.

Ok FRs.
Today's menu. Aiming for 17:7. No snacking. Mindful eating.

B: black coffee.
L: French bread with cheddar and Branson (it was open, so economically I couldn't justify making or opening soup today. Half an "amore" yogurt, five grapesm one after eight.
D: pea and ham risotto. One individual Creme caramel pot.
Snacks/ drinks: 3 cups of tea with milk 2 black coffees. About 2 egg cups full (that's a guess, I didn't measure it in an egg cup) of chocolate fudge cake for testing purposes.
So, I did snack but not wildly and I only ate between 11am and 6pm.
No exercise. I am utterly shattered. Up 3 times last night. When DCs are in bed I have to make a gargantuan batch of white chocolate frosting . I do need to taste it but will only have a dab.
O&D FRs.

The OED might want to reconsider the definition of "dab".
I can suggest: "akin to a bucketful"

Good Luck to you doing the fast diet. . I can't go without food for long periods as it brings on migraines.
So yesterday I had :
piece of toast with welsh salty butter and Australian honey
coffee and shared packet of Revels in cineworld with DH
Duck pancakes, fried noodles, fried chicken rice and honey and lemon king prawn in sesame seeds ( went to fave Cantonese Restaurant....Date Night )