The 'Avoid The Quiche' Quiche- Part 2!!!

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Hi all!! (waves!)

Cant believe our last thread filled up so quickly!

For those of you who don't know us, the 'Avoid the Quiche' Quiche is a group of people who all want to lose a substantial amount of weight (no coming on here complaining about the half a stone you desperately need to lose, thanks very much!) We all have different personal goals and reasons for wanting to lose weight, whether it be for a special holiday coming up, to aid fertility or to be healthier. This thread is a place to share your highs and lows, talk to like minded people, get encouragement and offer support to others when they need it!

Official weigh in day is Wednesday- Slimmer of the week will get a virtual bunch of flowers, woohoo!!

I personally am aiming to lose 6 stone. It wont be easy but i've got a great bunch of ladies behind me keeping me focused and for that i'm very grateful!

I don't do WW or SW so am not sure how they rate point-wise but sometimes I find having a strong-tasting snack helps eg pickled onions, celery dipped in salsa. I also like a toasted pitta bread cut into fingers for a carb fix on the principle that it's low GI and so better than a slice of white bread.

Today I've been off work and have been quite productive ie tidied up a bit, did washing, cleared a cupboard, took car to garage and did 15000 steps.

Weekends are always hard though and I'd love a glass of wine now but am going to hold out and have 1 tomorrow night in front of Strictly Come Dancing as DH is away (how exciting is my life!)

Sugar snap peas often work for me, Lorelai. I've never done SW so I've no idea about this 'syns' stuff, but they're 70 calories for a 200g pack. They're sweet enough for me to feel I'm getting a bit of a sugar hit!

Thanks both. I ended up having another Alpen Light bar as I am allowed 2, and that was enough to keep me going until we started doing the bedtime routine. Once I am occupied it isn't an issue, I find I quite often eat just through boredom.

Lorelai I often find that a square of very dark chocolate and a couple of those soft dried apricots (rather than the shoe leather ones!) will tide me over very well. The flavours are lovely and the calorie load relatively small.
I also buy Doves Farm sweet oatcakes, they do fruit ones and ginger ones. They are very low sugar, and under 50 calories, but because of the oats they keep you going a bit and don't give you a sugar up and down that leaves you craving more.
Or celery sticks and a tablespoon of peanut butter is another one.

Salmon for dinner tonight. Had a few new potatoes with it and loads of lovely greens. Also enjoying some wine :)

I keep squares of dark chocolate in the freezer then when I need a chocolate fix I have one sqaure - because its frozen you cant rush to eat it and have to suck it so you get the chcoate hit without needing lots.

I need to ban any bread like substances from the house.

As long as it is here I crave it. Sliced bread, rolls, wraps, English muffins they are all a huge determent to me losing weight.

I could go months without pasta, chocolate or cheese but put a loaf of bread in front of me and willpower is out the window. Doesn't help that my FIL is the Somerset equivalent of Paul Hollywood.

Devoured 2 deli wholemeal roles with my healthy soup. Really bumped up the calories

sirzy that's genius! I'm totally trying that tomorrow.

Mia, I am the same but without the excellent, though current unhelpful, choice of FIL [but also relief emoticon]. I have stopped keeping the local bakery's granary bread in the house as it would be my undoing.

Am doing very very badly today. Made DS's birthday cake (nee recipe turned out well - phew!) but sadly had to slice the top off it to level it. This left me with offcuts of a very vanilla-y sponge, which I hoovered. And then I licked the leftover buttercream out of the bowl . I have no idea why I did it, having resisted stupid binges for several weeks now. Well, I'll be good tomorrow and then bad (but planned) on Sunday. Will have to send all leftovers home with family to avoid further disasters!

Lorelai, well done on damage limitation today

Thanks again all for your support yesterday. I am feeling a lot better today, partly because I did manage to keep on top of things yesterday, and partly because my sneaky weigh in this morning shows that I am potentially in for a good loss this week, which is always my biggest motivator.

I also get tempted by bread, but more by the amount of spread I put on it - I could probably manage a slice of bread without going overboard, but the butter/spread would kill any hopes of weight loss. So better for me to abstain entirely as well. We have bread in the house, but the only time it tempts me is when it is fresh baked and I am hungry, which luckily has only happend once since I started this.

Morning Ladies.
Todays good (ish) news is I tried on my relatively new John Rocha at Debenhams jeans (size 18r) and they are too big. (Tbh I'd say they are more of a 20)
Its goodish because I have had barely any wear out of them and it seems like such a waste, but its good because they are too big and I have a wardrobe full of clothes which are too small.
So I am wearing my black Jaeger 18s which fit perfectly around hips and bottom, but are a bit snug around my waist, but still comfy enough to wear, and probably will remind me to reign it in if I have any gluttonish tendencies.

So if any one would like a pair of good condition jeans, large 18r , let me know. Free to a good home.

Hello ladies. I'm sorry I've not been about. I have been reading along and lurking but felt too embarrassed and like a fraud to post. Tbh, I've not been dieting for at least a week and a half :( I don't know how it happened really, I have just gone back to my old ways and I hate it and I hate myself for it. I've eaten what I want and haven't been to the gym. I feel rubbish.

I want to get back into it but I can't stick to it. The past 3 days, I've started well with a good breakfast but by mid morning I'm eating crap again I went to town the other day and bought a load of rubbish food which I felt guilty about when buying and felt guilty whilst eating it- so why do I do it?! I need help to get back in the zone. Please please give me a massive kick up the bum! I have just over 14 weeks until we go on holiday and I don't want to feel so self conscious etc there. I know I'm not going to be a size 10 by then but I'd like to be at the very least 15 st dead on. So that's 1st 1, that's doable right?

Sorry for waffling but writing it all down has helped.

Isaac, I'm a lurker on this thread, haven't posted before but I feel your pain! Don't panic. There is so much you can do in 2 weeks. Get back on whatever plan works for you today. Walk for 1 hour per day. Do the squat challenge every day. Combine this with the sit up challenge. I am desperately trying to loose 10 pounds by next weekend for a party (people I haven't seen in years will be there, yikes!) so I am doing the lose a stone in a week diet .... I know, I know, but I'm desperate. You can do it!

Isaac, try not to beat yourself up about it - the more you feel bad, the more you wil comfort eat to make yourself feel better/punish yourself further and it is a viscious cycle. 14 weeks is plenty of time to lose 1 stone, there is no need to panic. Why not take the rest of the weekend off, indulge in all those foods you bought without any guilt, then start fresh on Monday with a new, positive attitude.

Issac. Stop looking behind you or you'll lose sight of where you are going...

I will probably gain this week, as I have just had 2 days when I did not record what I was eating, or come on this thread. It was quite deliberate as I was trying to give my body a shock as I think it had got too comfortable and I had practically plateau'd ! I didn't go crazy or gorge myself silly, but I knew all the while I was going straight back on track on Saturday.
I'm back in the swing of things!

LayMizz, I really like that saying, I might have to borrow it please. Whats is the opinion of weighing yourself everyday? I know its kind of against the rules but is twice a week ok? Like after the weekend (thats Sunday morning for me) and then proper weighin on Wednesday? I think it helps remind me to keep going.

Isthistrue, ask yourself honestly - when you get on those scales and they say no change or half a lb gained - what is your reaction? Does it make you more determined, or does it plant seeds of doubt, and lead you down the path of 'sod it - it's not working, I deserve a treat'
Everyone is different; but know yourself.

Sorry, totally got your name wrong isthiscorrect ! (Typing on a phone, can't see up thread)

Hey, Isaac, good to see you back. Just over a stone should be do-able by the time you go on holiday, I think. Try taking it day to day, or even hour by hour. There's no point beating yourself up for having (temporarily ) gone back to your old ways. Your body is addicted to the kinds of food you've been eating, and not yet addicted to exercise, so it's very difficult to establish new habits. No point feeling guilty about it, because what you need now is strength of mind, and the thing that will most undermine your strength of mind is feeling guilty - spoken by one who has an advanced degree in self-sabotage! Make tomorrow the day you try to get through following whatever eating plan it is you're using. Don't think about all the other days to come, just focus on tomorrow (or Monday if you're taking the weekend off), and allow yourself to feel really proud for each day or even part of the day that you get through. Same with managing to exercise. And when you think to the future, think about your holiday and enjoying it at a weight that allows you to feel more confident, rather than thinking about the days between now and then as deprivation. Then when you next go shopping, ask yourself, 'what treat does the healthier, leaner me need?' - and look for some kind of healthy (preferably fruit/veg) treat that you don't normally get, to reward the healthier self towards which you're working. There is a healthier Isaac waiting to emerge and she needs a little TLC - you can do it!

After last weekend's self-sabbing I decided I need to slightly increase my treat allowance. So I've had two croissants as well as eating healthily otherwise, and I'm feeling perfectly satisfied with no desire to binge, which is a huge relief as I was worried I might be losing control at weekends.

Sounds like a good idea to try to kick-start your metabolism, LayMizz. Hope it works, and congratulations for getting back onto it today.

BirdingWidow DS's cake sounds wonderful, not surprising you slipped off the wagon making it! Have a good party and get back on plan when it's over.

I only weight myself once a week. It wouldn't work for me to do it any more often than that as I would obsess about weight and food and that would make me think about it even more than I do already iyswim. But others on this thread have said they find it helpful, with some people weighing in both morning and evening. So I think it depends on you, Isthiscorrect, and what motivates you. Maybe try your twice-weekly weigh-in and see how it goes. If you find it has de-motivating effects you can always go back to once a week.

Fantastic post as always clarinet!

I think I need some kind of strategy to get me through this time of day (4-6pm), as I always seem to start wanting to eat, through a combination of hunger and boredom (well, more that I haven't got anything in particular to do). I need something that I can eat that is filling but healthy. I might start having to have something in the fridge like a cold omlette/frittata, or some pasta salad or soup, so that I can snack without turning to 'bad' things.

*Issac I have weeks like that.
I eat through boredom, stress, tiredness, happiness and because I am hungry. I have awful days where I just can't stop eating and then others where I forget to track. These are usually interspersed with good tracking days which makes it worse.

I have weigh in tomorrow and my WW leader wants to talk through my week. I am on the verge of giving up and just enjoying scoffing food all day. I have lost some weight this year but nowhere near the amounts the other girls in the group have. I feel a fraud for going and that I am wasting my money

debs75 you are SO not a fraud for going to WW. It's not a competition. If you had never gone in the first place, you would have continued to eat unhealthily, and probably put on a couple of lbs a month, so right now add that 24 lb weight gain to the amount you have lost over the last year. What is it ? One stone? So right now you would be 3 stones heavier than you are today.
When you next feel like jumping off the wagon, go to your kitchen cupboard and gather together 20 tins of food. Give or take, that weighs about 20lb.
Put it in a carrier bag and walk up and downstairs a few times. Then be relieved that you can put it down!
Frauds are people who lie to themselves and blame weight gain on anyone/thing but themselves.
You had the bollocks to admit to yourself that you had a problem, and furthermore, the guts to do something about it.
You started to walk away from your weight problem. Now keep walking away. Don't let it keep calling you back. There's so much waiting for you at the end of this trek! And we're all on that road with you.

Lorelai I always make a big batch of soup at the weekend (really basic, onions in fry light, then squash, carrots, whatever veg is hanging around)
If I feel hungry, I heat a mug full in the microwave.
Are doing WW? It is point free.
What about rice cakes? I didn't think I would like them , but snack cater for sweet and salty cravings.

Thanks clarinet what you are doing makes sense; if you are allowowi g yourself a treat, then you are less likely to fall off the wagon in such a spectacular fashion