Easter target met, let's get some summer losses!!

[RufusTheReindeer]

Hi, following on from the lose a stone and half thread those of us with more weight to shift (me!) would like to carry on

Is there anyone out there to join?

I will go first

I have reached my Easter target and I would like to lose between 7 and 12 pounds ready for the summer (I may lose more in the autumn but I don't see the point if I can't maintain it)

I have let things sill a bit so my intention is to calorie count as I did before with no chocolate or alcohol from Tuesday for a few weeks. Then I will relax the choc and booze rule

jemima may go for your suggestion

BUT

Netball cancelled and tutoring has been rearranged for 5-6 ......sooooooo up to the pub

I will have a good week this week starting with Saturday !!!! Go me!!!!!

Hi again all,

Thanks for the compliment Rufus me says coming out from hiding in a shadey spot . I've got between 4 and 5 kilos to go now ( that's about half a stone). Have a great time at the pub tonight .

Super, I'm very impressed by your motivation and your ingenuity !

Jemima , I think I'll be having pizza tonight ( half of one ). Maybe even a bit of chocolate after. Why not just add up the calories and see what they come to . Perhaps it's not so bad.

Well I'm off to buy some plant pots.

feeling super ill tonight so just relaxing but walked on school runs before and just walked to dads for something we had run out of so I've at least done a little bit. has anyone else found that since cutting down on food they are really full after small amounts now.

super

Yes, I was more than happy with a child's portion the other week

Bugger, should have remembered that tonight

I am within my calories for the day (I track using MFP) but I just feel rubbish because I've eaten too many refined carbs. I have a headache now and feel really bloated, although that may also be PMT.

Never mind, tomorrow is another day. Tesco delivery is coming at 10 and I have filled my shop with loads of fresh fruit and veggies, brown rice, lentils, quinoa, fish, pulses, nuts and seeds etc - I am going to make every mouthful count! I have mealplanned until mid week on MFP, and spent a pleasant half hour pinning pretty pictures of meal ideas on Pinterest.

I am also going to schedule my exercise for the week. I do it with the DC's activities - football training, piano lessons, orchestra, pony club, drama classes, swimming lessons etc etc, but my "activities" always get put on the back burner if something else comes up. So I am going to schedule them onto the calendar just like the DC's stuff.

I've been on annual leave this week but made the mistake of checking my work email today and I think things are going to get very hectic when I'm back in the office on Monday. So I need to make plans for healthy eating and exercise now before the stress starts!

Hope you feel better soon Super. Take care.

Lovely reading you Jemima. How very un-muddled up you sound to be right there ! I agree that it's often difficult not to put our needs after those of others. This losing weight has meant that I have had to make more space for my own needs.

One of the things that made it easier for me was letting him know what I was doing. In fact once I'd watched the Michael Moseley programme about 5:2, we then watched it again together. In the past I had always tried to lose weight without telling him what I was doing. This time he understood.

My DH is quite slim and on the past I'd been afraid of telling him that I wanted to lose weight. I just couldn't stand the thought of him monitoring me etc.

He gets home late from work and I'd got into the habit of putting his needs before mine there. Often I waited for him, hungry - nibbling all the while.

Because I decided that I was going to do 5:2 I knew that 2 days a week I would be really hungry and told him that on those days I wouldn't wait. If he was going to arrive late, then I would probably have eaten first . Also, I couldn't face the idea of cooking him a different meal . So, either I would make him the same, either he would sort himself out.

What was good about this, was that because he understood what was going on we didn't get into arguments. And thank Heavens- because really I couldn't face an argument on a fast day.

Now, several months later, putting my needs first is not such an unusual thing anymore . It's ok. And we're all ok. And that's great .

So today, I have taken care of my little space in the garden. I need a shady spot when it gets sunny where I can 'chill out' . And so I'm making it pretty. It's taking a bit of time but I'm really enyoying doing it.

Take care (j200 too if you read this).

Oops 'him' = DH

DH is great, but he is just as busy as I am! With both of us working FT and 3 primary aged DC things can easily get forgotten.

Morning All,

Get you Jemima . My kids are older than yours . On that front things are easier now for me.

I think that full time work complicated things for my eating for a long time. Now it's much easier because on two of the days I don't eat at lunch time . They correspond to my fast days . Then I just have lots to drink .

On the rest of the days I either pack a lunch or buy something that I log into MFP.

Am down to 64 kg. So I've lost about a pound this week. Though it's not much I'm pleased about it. Last week-end I ate loads - big meals and loads of chocolate so I'd put on weight and had loads of calories to burn. Also, that week-end lasted 4 days .

So , now back on course.

Today, more gardening ,exercise and then house stuff.

Well done lily

I am starting my week from now and I'm really going to make the effort to log everything on mfp

What I need to do is log my dinner in the morning, that way I can see what I have left for snacks and lunch, might do that in a minute. Otherwise what happens is I get to dinner time and realise I've run out of calories!

Have a good day everyone

that's what I did yesterday Rufus, had chicken steak on bun with low fat coleslaw turned out the chicken steak was calorofic so had boiled eggs for tea. but was pretty amazed to find housework on the exercise list so that made me happy. can anyone explain to me why a strawberry Muller corner has more calories than a peach one. I'm intrigued. still not feeling very well but everyone is off out except youngest so I'm going to crack on with housework. hoping today will be a good day as I feel too grim to eat much! glad to hear about the loss, it's nice isn't it to feel like what you are doing is working.

Morning ladies and well done lily on your loss and Thankyou all for your support, such lovely people on this thread!
Rufus I log my planned day in advance and on a good day I stick to it.
Today has been lovely so far with a good long walk and just had eggs, ryvita and an apple for breakfast. Thinking positively and if I'm not pregnant this month then it must be so I can have champagne on my birthday in a few weeks (even though the only thing I really want is a BFP)

Going shopping later to inspire myself with the lovely summer clothes that I want to fit into (and buy a shrug to cover up my flabby arms for my friends wedding)

Have a good day all

Well done on your loss Lily - a pound is a pound.

I use MFP to meal plan so I know I won't go over my calorie allowance. probably a bit boring but I am a little bit over organised like that.

Started the day with a 5k power walk, then had banana, blueberries, natural yoghurt and granola for breakfast. Couldn't resist snacking on a few strawberries, a kiwi fruit and a few cashew nuts when Tesco turned up mid morning. I'm now making a salad for lunch with baby spinach, beetroot, orange, goat's cheese, pumpkin seeds, pine kernels and sunflower seeds.

Hoping it stays dry this afternoon so we can go for a family walk in the Bluebell Woods.

j200 have a good shopping trip. If I could just recommend a firm called kettlewell colours if you can't find a shrug. They do variations in different colours, might not be your taste but might be worth looking at.

Might go for a walk this afternoon, need to pop to DIY store and argos but apart from that I've got nothing to do.

jemima that lunch sounds lovely! Won't tell you what I've just eaten (303 cals, now I'm stuffed!) but it's definitely not as healthy as that!

Thanks Rufus, got mine in monsoon but will take a look as love a shrug!

So today has been ok food wise, not quite 1200 but 1350 however walking whilst shopping burns the extra doesn't it ?

Jemima you are inspiring, what did you have for dinner?

I had a crayfish avocado salad from pret for lunch and no other than the gorgeous Tom Daly came and sat next to me!

Dinner was BBQ chicken breast, roast veg and salad, snacks have been fruit, Greek yog, one mini milk and 2 options hot choc drinks and one square 70% green and blacks. In control

finished my myfitness tracking for the day and there is a little warning message about being below calories and how it can hinder rather than help and such. does anyone pay attention to it. I haven't done it intentionally just not felt much like eating with feeling ill but don't really want to eat for the sake of it either.

Breakfast today was yoghurt, dinner was cereal and tea omelette with turkey and sweetcorn but I have had 2 snack pack oreos whilst watching BGT. if im totally honest im not sure I even know how to eat healthy. obviously I know whats healthy and whats not but in terms of putting meals together I am rather shit at stuff like that! Current weight as of last sunday ( i dont have scales so have to do at my nans every weekend!) was 13st 6, when I first started tracking was 13st 11 so it is coming off and I am noticing feeling better, not noticing any clothes fitting better yet though.

The clothes are a huge problem for me at the minute hardly any of my outfits fit properly or they are ripped so I feel like bad about myself.

Im glad your shopping went well, I think the walking certainly would burn calories in fact I am amazed at some of the things that do burn calories!

On another note, TOM DALEY! where do you go for lunch and can I come? :)

Supermario sorry to hear you are still feeling poorly I have never been under on MFP but I would ignore it if it is a one off.

Westfield Stratford is the place to go, have seen him every time I go at weekends in the food court- he always has a big salad!

ah he's so lovely .

long way to go though probably 7 hours travelling to sit and watch him eat a salad is a bit steep.

think it's mostly because I have been Ill I would normally have a dinner instead of cereal and more snack things. no running up stairs today but have hopefully burnt some sorting the house out.

If I'm having a fast day or a good day I come under on mfp

I always ignore the warning, with the exception of holidays I have lost weight every week and quite often 2lbs which is unheard of for me

So I ignore, ignore, ignore (at least until I've reached target and start upping my calories again)

Well done everyone

And clothes wise I was trying not to buy anything but had to buy jeans and that's when I started getting the compliments, when it was obvious I was smaller and not hiding in baggy clothes

My aim is to loose 1.5 stone by the summer holidays :) I really need to be able to wear shorts this year! Everyone in here sounds really motivated which is great :) I've been ill for a couple of weeks so my diet and exercise was difficult to keep up but as of Monday I'm back in my diet with 100% determination :) I know you all can do it ! When you feel tempted you just need to remember why you started ! Also I find a vision board works great or buying something nice in a size smaller and hang it in your bedroom in full view :)
Let's do this !! Woohoo! Xxx

It's lovely to read you all at the start of this Sunday morning .

Welcome on board Jaynie. Glad that you're feeling better now. You sound very motivated too. Tell me, what is a vision board ? You've got me curious now .

Well done on your FD Rufus - I did an extra one yesterday . I'm preparing for today's big meal at dinner time . Don't intend to deprive myself then .

Hope you're feeling better Super.

And about your own hopes for your pregnancy, I'm thinking about you j200. Well done for trying to stay on an even keel whilst waiting If the difficult feelings ever get the better of you, feel free to rant about it here.

And, oooh yummy , yummy Jemima. Your food sounds delish . But for me I'm too busy at the moment to be able to concentrate on putting any fancy dishes together . That'll have to wait for me for a bit. Still giving my main attention to my little garden plot right now.

Up early today and going to have a cuppa with my neighbour before her little ones wake up. Then exercise and out for lunch.

Looking forward to reading you later. Have a lovely morning on me.

Morning all,

I have just done a superdrug early pregnancy test, still only 12dpo but got a faint line!!! Ahhhh i am over the moon although still can't believe it as very early days. Might also explain the extra 5lbs i have put on this week clearly not that easter egg Taken me over 2 years to get here and all the stress has been the cause of my weight gain.

Lily you have a home grown veg plot, amazing!

Have a good day all, I will be having boiled not poached eggs for breakfast not that I have already obsessively read pregnancy food guidelines as been up since 5am

Welcome Jaynie too, this is a lovely thread to join

oh j200 am so happy to see this, I know it's early days but I am sending every positive vibe imaginable to you. take care of yourself