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Losing the stones one guinea pig at a time...

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HenriettaPye · 24/09/2013 18:02

Hello quiche avoiders Wink

Lovely shiny new thread- we are a talkative bunch!

First Thread

Second Thread

To be a quiche avoider you must
-have a considerable amount of weight to lose
-be serious about wanting to lose it
-give other members a virtual kick up the arse when needed
-weigh in with us on a Wednesday (or if you weigh in on another day, post your results on a wednesday)

So roll up, jump in and lets lose lbs! and if you are having a moment of weakness just remember... what would clarinet do Wink

OP posts:
MarysDressSways · 27/11/2013 16:27

IsThat , I've lost 3st and 4lb so far, but I was 20st, so I'm still "big" as it were. And as I'm wearing the same clothes I'm not really seeing a big difference in that area yet. I generally wear leggings and dresses, which I guess are quite forgiving size wise. New clothes are a carrot I'm dangling in front of myself!

Reastie · 27/11/2013 18:37

mary yes, you see yourself every day so you probably don't notice the change. I found ( Blush ) taking pictures of myself every few months really shows me how far I've come. I look at pictures even from a few months ago and it gives me accomplishment that I don't realise I've changed much but when I compare it's clear I have.

fab losses everyone :)

LottieDidIt · 27/11/2013 21:32

sorry just a quick check in from me - 2lb off this week. There are some good losses this week well done all Smile

BirdingWidow · 28/11/2013 11:03

2lb on this week. I seem to have lost it completely - I really don't know why things have fallen apart since I went back to work. I am Angry with myself.

Reastie · 28/11/2013 13:13

birding Is it when you're out at work you struggle or when you get home from work? (just trying to think of ways to help you)

BirdingWidow · 28/11/2013 14:46

Well, I am sometimes on site, sometimes working from home. I think it is when I sit down in front of a computer... It was my habit to graze all day (before mat leave and diet) and I seem to be unable to break that habit now I am back at a desk! It may be the simple Pavlovian response to sitting at a desk or it my be also my reaction to stress (now working ft and juggling family life and work and London commuting...). Or that I am back to a weight I got down to 7 years ago before putting it back on (why? Why?). I just feel a bit hopeless, especially with Christmas so close... Sad

I was looking at photos of myself from the summer when I was about 20-25 lbs more than I am now and I looked huuuuge, like I was still pregnant! I know I am not quite that big now but I am still pretty big and nowhere near where I should be. I just don't know how to get back on track.

It seems to have been a good week for most people, well done everyone! Some v good losses on here and it is hard (as I am demonstrating!) so you should feel v pleased with yourselves

Reastie · 28/11/2013 18:24

birding you are doing really well (even with the blip) and you realise you're slipping so can do something about it. Can you have very healthy snacks by your computer so you snack on good stuff? Carrot sticks? (exciting stuff!) rice cakes? fruit? You're NOT hopeless.

clarinetV2 · 28/11/2013 18:31

Oh, those habits, they are so hard to break! I'm right there with you, Birding. I have a Pavlovian thing about sitting at a desk too. What is increasingly working for me is putting off the 'grazing' moment. I don't keep any grazing foods anywhere near me at work, so I have to physically go out and buy something. It's not actually that hard (there are two newsagents and a supermarket within a 5-min walk of my office!) but that's enough to make me think twice. So I try to tell myself I will go in half an hour if I still feel like it - and more often than not, by the time half an hour has passed I've got absorbed in something and the need to graze has been successfully overcome. It's not completely failure-proof - I think I posted last week or maybe the week before that I had been out twice in the space of about an hour to buy huge amounts of chocolate and pastries which I wolfed down. But the lapses have become the exception and not the norm. Might that be worth trying for you?

Having said that, it's not been a good day for me. I was at a conference off-site and ate the morning registration pastries, cake and sandwiches for lunch, muffins at tea-time and had wine at the end of the day. Oh dear. I was planning to eat a bit less now for the weeks leading up to Christmas so that I'd have some calories 'in credit' for the holiday. That's blown it for today!

Congratulations everyone who's lost or stayed the same this week, and everyone who's gained and is climbing back onto the wagon.

BirdingWidow · 28/11/2013 18:47

Thanks so much Reastie and Clarinet. It really is kind of you to write. I think you have both made good suggestions and I shall try them. I think I feel glum because, while I haven't put on loads if weight I feel quite bloated. Nothing that a few days if careful eating won't sort, so that's what I should do. Ho hum.

The important thing is not to jack it all in. I am determined not to do that.... Onwards!

Debs75 · 28/11/2013 18:50

I have slipped into some bad habits this week as well. My worst one is eating in secret. It's never much, just the odd biscuit or a slice of cake or some toast but I do it quickly and without thinking about it and then I don't track it because I was on my own.
College is stressing me out atm as well. I am behind due to my being ill and it is really getting me down that I am struggling. Plus the dd's are ill and this week I just haven't sat down or spent much time with them.

I think once I get over my hump I will get back on track, just in time for Christmas and all the mince pies, pudding, gateaus and turkey. Whatever I lose before the 25th I will put back on. Still I will have a good time

BirdingWidow · 28/11/2013 23:27

Thanks so much Reastie and Clarinet. It really is kind of you to write. I think you have both made good suggestions and I shall try them. I think I feel glum because, while I haven't put on loads if weight I feel quite bloated. Nothing that a few days if careful eating won't sort, so that's what I should do. Ho hum.

The important thing is not to jack it all in. I am determined not to do that.... Onwards!

BirdingWidow · 29/11/2013 05:46

Eh? How did that double post happen?

Debs, I feel much the same but I guess as long as we limit the damage in December and get back on track in the NY we'll be okay.

Debs75 · 02/12/2013 13:16

Birding we are already limiting our mince pie intake. Two years ago me and DP ate at least 1 2 every day all over winter. Last year we only bought them in December and stopped buying them when the kids went back to school. This year we aren't buying any till the 14th and are going to try and be sensible no shoving them in.

Where is everybody? It is feeling very empty here.

B52s · 02/12/2013 14:37

Chip butty and beer and wine on Friday night. Ah well. I like a shop bought mince pie too. December is going to be...difficult. But it will only be a blip in the grand scheme of things. Shredded last night, gym tonight. And salad.

Reastie · 02/12/2013 15:17

Hi all

debs that's v restrained re: mince pies. I'm gluten free so I usually buy one pack of 4 every christmas, then as I never eat pastry I usually eat half a pie, get awful indigestion, wish I hadn't and give the rest of the pack too DH. It's the same thing every year. You think I'd learn not to bother Hmm

Agree with B52 the important thing is the long run and I think we'll just have to accept December will be difficult.

Doing OK here but DD was sick last night, and I'm an emetophobe so really struggling with looking after her and feeling very anxious, which makes me hungry, so have been eating too much for reassurance/comfort Sad .

Reastie · 02/12/2013 15:18

oh, and when I say debs that's restrained, I mean the plan for this year, not the eating a few a day Grin

MarysDressSways · 02/12/2013 15:48

December/Christmas is going to be tough isn't it! It's lots of christmas meals out and drinking as well as the treats and big dinners etc. Ah well, as you say, it'll be but a blip!

Debs75 · 02/12/2013 15:49

Reastie how do you cope with gluten free? I love pies, pastry, cakes, bread. (No wonder I am this size) Have you tried gluten free pastry then you could make your own.

Maybe not the best advice to give a dieter but it would stop the tummy ache

moonshine · 02/12/2013 18:47

Oh we do 'mince pie' testing and have already decided that Waitrose come on top in this household Grin. But I only buy their mini ones and have one every now and then.

December is difficult, so it's probably damage limitation for a lot of us rather than expecting good losses. However, although I will 'relax' on certain days, I am going to try and stick to 5:2 (although it's only week 2 for me!).

I was pretty bad due to (unusual) social engagements. But I still lost 1.5lbs in my first week so am tentatively thinking this may be the diet for me. But early days yet.

Good luck all this weekend.

Reastie · 02/12/2013 19:38

Mince pie testing moon , you make it sound so scientific Grin Wink . I buy shed loads of mince pies for DH. Sometimes he eats 3 or 4 a day, yet he's still slim (although I now weigh less than him for the first time EVER Grin ).

debs you get used to it, and, to be fair, it's easier not to eat gluten when you know you'll feel really poorly if you do. In a way it's easier as I can buy bread/cakes/pastries etc and have them in the house and not be tempted by them as I know I can't eat them or I'll be ill, so in that way it's quite good. I do really miss proper bread though (just have gluten free pitta a couple of times a week for bread) and when I was pg the ONLY craving I had was for croissants, and gf croissants just do not work!

moonshine · 02/12/2013 22:57

Reastie, it's all in the name of science, natch Xmas Wink

BirdingWidow · 02/12/2013 22:59

It has been quiet on here, hasn't it ? Nice to see a flurry of activity today.

Reastie, I would hate to be gluten free as I love all of its dastardly offspring, especially bread. I can see how it would be useful to have a strong disincentive though.

I made mince pies yesterday to eat whilst putting up the tree. Unfortunately they were truly delicious as I made my best shortcrust pastry ever and brandy butter. Well, they are all gone now, not making any more till the weekend before Christmas. You are right Debs, any reduction in usual face-stuffing is still progress. It will be a difficult month, for sure. But I am looking forward to January as I truly believe, in the barren depths of winter, my motivation will come back. Possibly aided by my facing up to wearing the wedding dress and being PHOTOGRAPHED (head firmly in sand at the mo).

I have done one good thing tonight though - I bought myself some posh Lancôme cleanser as mine had finally run out after a year of mostly going to bed with makeup dregs on and eye bag cream and I also treated myself to a nice Christmassy nail polish too while I was at it. I have been slack all round (and even been chewing my nails - really, is there nothing I won't eat?!) but I find that I feel more motivated about my diet when I look after myself in other respects, and vice versa. So when I want chocolate I will paint my nails instead!

phantomhairpuller · 03/12/2013 18:33

Oh god, this thread had disappeared from my 'threads I'm on'- that can't be a good sign can it?!

Busy week for me, have started my new job. Two weeks of induction training so the 5:2 had gone out the window as there's no way I can concentrate when I'm hungry! To be honest I've a horrible feeling I'll be off the wagon until after xmas now Hmm

How we all doing anyway?

Debs75 · 03/12/2013 19:57

Moonshine we have tested mince pies before. We love cooplands brandy butter ones and the co-op ones. To be fair they are all gorgeous warmed up with thick cream on.

Right no more pie talk. I am thinking of stopping weight watchers for the month. I know I would be mad to just fall off the wagon so will try and keep eating sensibly. I am just sick of dieting and knowing this is my life for about 3 years before I get near my target weight. I don't want to be able to scoff freely I just want to have a rest. College work is getting me down atm and the harder I study the more I need to eat.

On the other hand. I went dress shopping today and I still needed a size 18, even then it was hard to pull over my boobs. I don't want to creep back up a size.

HenriettaPie · 03/12/2013 21:44

Just realised I didn't do a round up last week!!!BlushBlush I'm seriously slacking!!

This week diet wise I am totally off the rails! I've ate everything in sight. ConfusedConfused

However on a brighter note, tomorrow I finally have my gynea appointment to get my coil removed!! Yay!!Smile