New Mums still seeking new bodies - this time we'll do it.

[SolitudeSometimesIs]

So a new thread, a new more motivated state of mind.

We will be skinny. No more excuses.

New Mums: Pre-diet we had pride - now we have new bodies.

What do you think about that as a thread title? It takes into account the changes we have achieved and the path we still continue on.

Any recommendations?

Hello,
Sounds like we are all focused on doing the 5:2 I think I will start Greens plan, and not eat til lunch time. I have been using 100-150 calls on bfast which means lunch has to be the same.
You must get the dress Sol.
I am aiming on fasting at least 3 days to kick start my weight loss again. Had a good weekend. weighing in Fri or Sat.

Hope you both had good weekends. Am starving.

3 fast days? Are you crazy Beyond? How do you not pass out? How much weight do you generally lose in a week?

I'm not sure, obviously I was ding really well before my holiday, I fasted 3 days the week after I was back and put on 2lbs...

I don't seem to lose consistently. Some of my office are doing it too and have lost on average 2lbs a week.
Because I had loads of carbs last week because I was fed up about the gain (I know..!) I am hoping the shock of low car ing will mean I lose more this week.

I like your new title Sol, very deep. I'm hopeless at that sort of thing.

I didn't eat any party food. Although it looked nice today but everyone was very restrained, and I was too busy gossiping. I hadn't done any dieting for about 2 weeks now. I think 60% of last week's meals were toast.

Back on Exante tomorrow. I like 5:2 but I really need to kick my own arse.

I could live with 2 lbs, that'd be nice. I hope you lose this week, it's so disheartening when the scales creep up.

My very funny SIL was telling me of her month on the 5:2 prior to being a bridesmaid for her sister a few years back. Basically she had 5 fast days and 2 days where she ate 1500 calories as she needed to fit in to a very slinky satin bridesmaids dress. She worked in an industry where she has to attend soirée's most nights that were packed with free food and drink (think high end fashion/media lovee-type shite) and she spent most of 500 calories on wine and the rest on apples. She was pretty much hungry and drunk for a month but looks amazing in the pictures. I think she could make a fortune selling that as the new fad diet. She's had 2 babies with one on the way since then and can't believe she put herself thorough that.

Somehow she made it sound all very glamourous, I can't see it working with doing school runs and stuff now.

I think we all seem a bit motivated for tomorrow, that should make for a good start to the new thread. I'll go with the new thread title if everyone is happy. I'll go and do that now so...

Actually, I wont do it now, there's about 42 posts left to fill.

Like the title Sol.
Hello Green.
Sorry I didn't catch up on the posts fully, will have a read through later.
Have a lovely day - just off to work!

Oh my God I'm so hungry.

What sort of dieting hell am I in?

I have a day of soup and 2 small pieces of chocolate ahead of me. I bow down to anyone who can do this more than 1 day per week.

I am hoping it gets better as the week progresses, is it always this hard at the start?

Have you survived? I don't think fast days are easy but the first few are the hardest. Food is the highlight of my day!
The thought of soup might not be helping. I think it's easier once you have a better idea of what you are going to eat (and if it's quite nice stuff).

I've started the Exante but couldn't face having that alone. So I had 3 Exante 'meals' and a very small omelette. I'm aiming to just be having Exante by Wednesday. But I felt I had to ease myself in.

I've just been playing on a website where you put your details in and it shows you what you'll look like at various weights. It was fun.
www.modelmydiet.com

How has your day been Beyond?

Oh and I've managed to put about 6lb on in the last 2 weeks. It's a real talent that I have. I'm now 14stone.

I am barely alive...I am typing this with the last flash of energy I have...

Ok, so I'm being dramatic but bloody hell that was hard. And what's weird is that I have had days where I have barely eaten a thing and been fine. Maybe because I am not hungry on my terms? I think you're right, I need to be more organised. How do I stop myself pigging out tomorrow?

6 lbs is toast weight Green. It'll be gone in no time. How many more days of Exante meals do you have left before you need to get more? Surely an omelette can't do too much damage? Unless it's loaded with tons of cheese and meat.

I'll have a look at that website, my phone has an app where you can slim yourself down or puff yourself out, it keeps DS1 very amused.

I did eat a lot of toast so you're probably right About some of the gain. The omlette was tiny, I couldn't stand the shock to the system going really low calorie today. I'm sure you can relate after today

I'm happy you're still alive (just). I think a lot of the hunger is physiological because you know you have to count all the calories. I didn't call them angry soup days for nothing you know! I felt much better about it when I knew I was having a proper meal in an evening. You can have quite a lot for about 300 calories. My parents started 5:2 in January and they seem to have some really nice meals on an evening. I think a lot are vegetarian. They have the 5:2 book but I think some are just out of the newspaper or online?
My dad does look very twitchy on fast days mind.

I don't think you'll want to pig out tomorrow. I only pigged out when I made the stupid mistake of online food shopping on a fast day. I ordered loads of crap in the starvation daze. I didn't even fancy it when it arrived but I felt I had to eat it (mainly bakery items!).

I seem to have a never ending supply of Exante. I bought bars at the start of this year. I had a box of shakes that I got cheap on Groupon. Then I have afew of the savoury meals left that I don't live but feel,I have to use up. I bet I have a months worth of stuff. I just want to get into Ketosis and become obessed again. I don't mind the bars and shakes and they stopped me eating carbs.
I just want to lose the bulk of my weight low carbing then move onto 5:2 for the last stone and maintainance. This might be far into the future so I'm not planning too much.

I may have been a touch OTT yesterday. But I woke up this morning feeling awful, like morning sickness, but a brioche and coffee sorted that out (and 2 mini eggs). Being more organised on the next fast day should help that. I'll have a look at veggie meal options, thanks for the suggestion.

If you stick to Exante Green I will stick to 5:2, we can be misery buddies. Can you ditch the savoury meals you don't like and just have an omlette instead? Could you flog the leftover meals on ebay/Exante facebook page or something so that you can get some money back?

You can become obsessed again, you were like an Exante machine before Christmas, we can get you back there. It won't be too far in the future before you are moving on to losing your last stone, you know you can do this, you've done it before.

Let's get our shit together and try to lose 2 lbs by next Monday. It will spur us on and keep us on track!

Are you feeling any better today Sol? I didn't mean to imply that you were disorganised. I just thought you might be sick of soup in general. No matter how much shopping I do there never seems to be anything nice to eat.
I was trying to think of some other meals that would be easy for you.
Quorn/tofu stir fry?
Mushrooms on toast?

I really struggled yesterday. I wasn't feeling well and went to bed early in the end. I still haven't managed to have a full day on just Exante.
I have about 14 savoury meal packs left so that's not too bad. They are going out of date so I cannot be bothered with selling them. I do want to sick with it though. Tomorrow is a busier day so I'm hoping I won't think about food too much. 2lb is a good target, I'll aim for that.

How are you doing Beyond?

Oh don't worry Green, I wasn't saying you thought I was disorganised, I am saying that I am. I'm shite at making sure I have food in for me. I sort everyone else and then look mournfully in the press and wish nice food would magically appear. It never does and then I am hungry and slightly resentful of everyone with their full bellies.

How are you feeling today? Do you think you're coming down with something? Maybe you are edging in to ketosis, that's always is a horrible bit.

I ate like a piglet today but I'm on the countdown to the TOTM and the baby isn't sleeping so I'm exhausted. I should try and go to sleep but I just can't.

Hello, how are you both?

Sorry not been around, just seem so busy at the mo, did an early weight in due to TOM and seem to have lost 2lbs (although could well have put that back on due to excessive eating past 2 days). I think I have 1 week of exante products left, so planning on starting on Monday, to shift rest of holiday weight (still 5lbs up!). Then will stick with 5:2

The extreme tiredness just does not help..
On another note, do you consider baby no 3? I am really too old (and so so tired) but there's a little niggle that won't go away in my head. I had really difficult deliveries though and am 42 and so really, it would make no sense at all.....

I'm okay thanks Beyond, slightly tired but when are we not? TOTM is looming for me too so I'm slightly angry and irrational. Apart from that all is good.
Well done on your loss. I'm struggling to stuck to just the Exante this week but so far I've managed to stay low carb. I might try to just have Exante for most of next week. I'll probably just take it a day at a time though. I need to get through the weekend first. I'll join you in the misery on Monday.

I keep,thinking about baby number 3. DH pointed out that I wouldn't cope and he's probably right. I have a massive list of reasons why we shouldn't have another but I also have a niggle. I'm hoping it will go away. I don't know if it's because everyone seems to be having numbers 3 and 4. There's a lot of new babies about and pregnant women at the moment. That might be causing it.
It's a difficult decision to make but it's 3 against 1 in this house. What does your DH think? Did the doctors say it would be okay to have a third?

How are you doing Sol?

I should have said 3:1 is DH +DDs : me.

Hi, TOTM here too. Not as angry as other months which is nice (for everyone) but my throat is all swollen and I have a bit of a temperature again - I feel a bit sorry for myself again.

Congratulations on the weight loss Beyond, you're doing so well. Exante has made a fortune from this thread

Green have all synched our periods. Oh dear, d'you think our husbands have a support thread on Dadsnet? It's hard to get back in to the swing of dieting again isn't it?

As for baby number 3...Good God no! The Hotel Sol has shut it's doors after being trashed by the last occupant (eyes up DS2). I am not good at being pregnant, there's too many complications and the second was WAY worse than the first. Also I feel that we can afford 2 kids and still have a good standard of living, whereas with another baby we would be very strained financially. I always, always wanted 3 with a possibility of a 4th but I am happy with our decision. I'm sorry that you are both have next-baby-niggles, it must be dreadful to feel like you want another but you're not sure if it's a possibility. It's not even a rational choice, it's one that is so emotional.

How come it's everyone against you in your house Green? Are you ok?

I'm fine Sol, don't worry. DH is just being sensible and DD1 has told us she wants no more babies. She is very sure of that, she loves her sister and they are best friends. Anyone else would be an intruder! DD2 is a completely different toddler to DD1 so I don't think I would have a relaxing pregnancy. She is so clingy and I think she would be a terrible middle child. My inlaws have 3 girls and there is quite a lot of competition between the younger 2, my SIL bares the brunt of it. Plus like you say there is the money side of things.
Maybe if I was working we would want a third. We are saving for an extension so we'd have to put a hold on that. Then we'd be really stuck for space. Plus we'd probably need at least one bigger car.
Anyway I get massively fat when pregnant. I waddle round like a zen goddess. I need to be thin and move on in life.
DD1 is very keen on getting a pet, so I might have to get some guinea pigs to satisfy my urges! (I love GP's)
I was just wondering if I could let my heart rule my head for once but I'm too sensible.

We all used to have synced periods at work. It's so weird, hormones are crazy. They travel across the Internet.

Internet travelling hormones are definitely the stuff of my DH's nightmares.

Oooh guinea pigs are terribly cute and they have the lovely option of putting little jumpers on them (my cousin has 2 guineas that she dresses up occasionally). I don't mean to sound flippant, nothing will take away the desire to have a baby but I have had to put the children I already have in front of my phantom babies.

Money is a huge factor when we were considering more children. We would have to move house and get a new car on top of the day-to-day expense of a third baby. It would also mean we would have to watch every single penny from here on out. We are hoping to go on holiday in 2016 when DS2 is about 2.5 years, if we had another baby we'd be going no where and little extras like trips to the zoo/cinema/eating out wouldn't be an option. DH is seriously considering a vasectomy as the pill is a disaster for me.

Internet travelling hormones could be on Dr Who?

The pill sends me crazy. DH wants a vasectomy, that's what fuelled yesterday's chat.
You are right about holidays and all the extra stuff. Babies don't need very much but DD1 has became a consumer! They would suffer with a third. I've never been a baby person. I was dead against it in my 20's . I'm sure it's purely a biological thing. Plus we can't be bothered to move the cot from our bedroom, it's good storage though!

I'm going to have to research guinea pig clothes now.

If I'm honest I would like DH to have a vasectomy, we did research and it it much less likely to fail than having the clips applied to your fallopian tubes or wherever they put them. DH was also against me having very invasive abdominal surgery rather than him have a 30 minute procedure. I think we will be using his tax rebate to ensure our family is complete.