How many guinea pigs can we lose in 2014?

[Sirzy]

New thread for those of us with lots of weight to lose, following on from the previous 3 threads. For those who weren't aware a guinea pig weighs 1lb

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Laughing at "twiglet gate"

Did you leave any evidence?

Well done on all the brains that have been lost! I will wigh in tomorrow :)

Lost absolutely nothing :(

Clarinet, I wasn't the only one there. Me and some friends and my husband were all scoffing. I swear there's crack on those things.

ooh, ooh, love that list
reminds self to send newcomers in the direction of you lovely people if they need a cheery place

I've lost 0.8kg, which is about a pound and a half. I'm happy with that this week.

I swear there's crack on those things.

[inserts spluttering out loud icon]

So that's why one bagel always leads to another... there's a secret ingredient.

I'm watching Top of the Pops 1979 on playback while typing this, and Dame Edna came on with Disco Matilda just as I opened your post, Mary. The combination of both has cheered me up massively and distracted me from how hungry I feel and how much I'd like to polish off the block of cheese which is just about the only addict food in the house.

Did you survive the cheese compulsion? I have laughing cow light (or extra light) for my cheese fix!

It's Cathedral City light for me. I survived fine last night. But there were biscuits at work today and I succumbed big time. So annoyed with myself.

clarinetV2
But there were biscuits at work today and I succumbed big time.
Next time you are offered biscuits from the plate or tin at work
ask yourself
how well did all of my colleagues wash their hands before touching that?
you'll never have a biccie at work again

Good strategy Talkin!

I've not tried the cathedral city light. Is it much lower in calories/fat?

Avoid anything that is marketed as Light
to take the fat out they put all sorts of other junk and processing in.
The best thing with cheese is to buy the strongest flavoured one you can and just have a little bit of it.

Step away from the diet foods - they are setting you up to fail.

good grief I missed a WHOLE THREAD . Hello everyone, how are you all. Incase you wondered where I've been bet you haven't the original WL thread I started my journey on has been resurrected so I've been saying hello to old friends and continuing my journey. Hope you're all doing well. I've finally nearly finished all my christmas chocolate!

This weeks weight losses -

Helenagrace - 3lb
Clarinet - 5lb
Sirzy - STS
MarysDressSways - 3lb
Debs75- 3lb
Moonshine - 3lb
Sleepingbunnies - STS
Reluctantbeing - 1.5lb

total loss - 18.5lb

Biggest loser (in the nicest way possible!) - Clarinet!

Well done Clarinet!

Re the cheese thing Talkin, I'm not eating cheese at the moment so will be safe. And I'm not having anything marked "light" apart from one laughing cow light triangle at lunchtimes, but I shall heed your words and avoid other similar things if I see them.

I'm going to make sprout curry tonight, parrrrrrrrrrp!

That is some great weight losses there for the first week of the year.

Talking we tend to go for the strong cheese so we don't eat too much of it. I do though eat a fair bit of quark and low fat cottage cheese.

Where has everyone gone?

I decided to do more activities with the kids and we baked cookies yesterday. Not my brightest move as I must of ate 6 at least. Still the kids loved doing it and waiting for the monster cookies to come out of the oven. It is all part of my master plan to bake more rather then buy processed crap. I can do cakes, buns, breads, soups and stews. One day I will master cookies and pastry.

Im still here, had a bad eating weekend but knew I would be. Still managed to run and do my wii fit though

Happy Monday all! I had a bad weekend eating wise too (cake/booze/chocolate). Oh well, these things happen! I'll be good the rest of the week

first 5:2 fast day tomorrow.

I am armed with no calorie noodles, wish me luck!

OK, midway through last week I decided to give low-carbing a go, and signed up to the bootcamp thread. And then I thought about it some more. I know I'm addicted, and maybe in the long run I'll have to do the low carb thing properly if I'm to break the addiction, but I honestly think I would just feel I'm punishing myself at the moment if I tried to do bootcamp, which for me can only lead in one direction - self-sabotage followed by weight gain.

So I've decided to give 5:2 a whirl instead. My 'light' days have been around 1000 calories for the last year or so, and I've accustomed myself to being hungry and knowing the world won't end. On Saturday I had my first fast day, and I didn't find it that hard, to be honest, knowing that I could eat my TDEE (about 1800 calories) the day after. Today I'm having my second fast day, and doing well so far. I think I was slightly over the 1800 yesterday, but not disastrously so, maybe by 100 calories or thereabouts. I have planned my meals for tomorrow and Wednesday so that I stay within 1800, then another fast day for Thursday, then the next on Sunday. I'm hoping this advance planning will help me stay on track for a bit. Next week I'll take stock and see how it's been, whether it's something I think I can maintain.

Good luck, lubeybooby. What are no calories noodles? They sound like something I should investigate! My low-cal staple of choice, odd though it sounds, is raw white cabbage. It's one of the few raw vegetables that I simply adore and it makes a good snack for when I'm ravenous.

Clarinet - low-carb is not for everyone, it certainly wasn't for me. It has to be a lifetime commitment which I personally find rather depressing. That' not to say that I haven't cut down massively on carbs but still tend to eat pitta breads, couscous, wholemeal bread v v occasionally and I don't ban any fruit or veg. I hope 5:2 works out for you. I thought it was a fantastic plan, sadly it didn't seem to work for me either .

I drank my first alcohol this weekend, but did it consciously and only 2 glasses of red wine. Still tried to eat reasonably well. If I can lose in the week and sts at weekends, I'll be happy [fingers crossed].

Good luck for the week all!

clarinet it's noodles made from yams that have about 5 calories for the whole serving. Quite expensive but I got 12 packs in case i don't deal with hunger well, intending to jazz them up with nice veg or maybe have for dinner with protein and veg. www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0055CRH1S/ref=oh_details_o04_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I too have done low carb and broke the addiction or so i thought (was fine for 8 weeks and lost loads) but then i craved tomatoes so badly I'd have sold my grandmother for a punnet to eat like sweets. while tomato is allowed in small amounts it's one of the more carby fresh things so I couldn't have my punnet. It was weird not craving bread or cake or or anything, just tomatoes... they broke me in the end.

I have high hopes for 5:2 being sustainable long term for me but I know I'm going to find it hard to accept any hunger, until it settles down. hence the no cal noodles just in case.

Might have to check out those noodles!

I low carb in that I'm avoiding bread/rice/pasta/potatoes etc but I'm still eating veg and tomatoes. I think it's best to be flexible about these things really! A total ban works for some people but I think it would be too much for me. I eat lots of tomatoes!