CiderwithBuda and anyone who wants to join - the no crap carbs plan

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After Megglevache's inspirational thread and photos showing her FIVE STONE loss I am inspired to start yet again.

I'm not dieting. I'm just going to avoid wheat and sugar. And good waaaayyy back on wine.

So no bread, pasta, biscuits, cake, sweets, white rice etc.

Please join!

Well done Who Knows!

I have a notebook I write what I eat in the front and keep track of my weight in the back. I find the shame of writing down 'chocolate' or 'half a loaf' prevents me from doing it.

Am very impressed with the weight losses on this thread! I chucked my scales out and my jeans and bras tell me if I'm on track! I also go on how I feel too-
The support on here is fab and am loving the recipes- feeling inspired this last stone is going to be the hardest I reckon

So, did my Advent plod Run, although my running closely resembles walking, but I think there was more running than walking today, actually for the first time ever. So that is 5 days in a row - I haven't run ever if I could help it five days in a row since I was a wee kid and I have loved getting outside in the mornings and seeing the bits of sun there have been. 20% done.

Ok foodie day, homemade smoothie for breakfast, soup and nakd bar for lunch, picked at a few bits with the kid's tea (slapped wrist) couple of chips and quern mini sausages. Was meant to be going out tonight but totally skint, so finding the positives will not drink a load of wine or eat too much. Will have some homemade chicken curry with DH in a bit. Made it in the slow cooker with a tiny bit of creamed coconut, lots of garlic and ginger, spinach and tomatoes, so its quite wholesome.

It was all going so well till we got to the Indian restaurant . I was with a group of friends and we all order different things and share, including starters and poppadoms. In mitigation I only ate a tiny bit of mango chutney, and about half my main course which was a prawn biriani so no cream and I didn't eat too much of the rice, just a sliver of naan bread. All washed down with water. And I did go swimming at lunchtime.

Mary - is this ADvent run following some sort of programme like Couch to 5K? I did that a few years ago and really enjoyed it, but I then developed prolapses and stopped running, I might feel confident enough to try again once I've shifted a few stones.

Well I went to a carol concert with my DM and MIL last night and took sweets for us all... but turns out it was a sing along so still in my bag!

I've had a couple of very busy days and have tried to stick to the plan but I've snacked a bit more than I should have (packet of crisps and a two finger kitkat yesterday!)

Today I've had a couple of hash browns and baked beans for breakfast because everyone wanted a cooked breakfast.
Lunch is potato and Savoy cabbage soup (yummy bbcgoodfood recipe)
Dinner is chicken curry and brown rice. Fruit for snacks.
I'm determined to stick to that today.

I'm also going for a long walk and I'll do some abs exercises.

Hi all. I'm still here but feeling guilty!

Fell off the wagon. Already!

Indian food on Wednesday night with lots of prosecco. And a friend made the most stunning deserts you have ever seen. Served in pretty China teacups and saucers with a sparkler in each one. Gorgeous. But very sweet and I only managed about a third of mine.

Had a manically busy day on Thursday and ended up in town with 20 mins to spare for lunch and the only easy option that end of town was macdonalds.

Of at a friend's overnight on Thursday - lots of champagne and a yummy dinner. Steak lots of veg and a small amount of mashed potato so that wasn't too bad.

Bacon roll for breakfast and then a cheese baguette for lunch.

Damage not too bad on scales this morning considering.

Back at it today. Although had a slice of toast - needed to take some pain killers and don't like taking on an empty stomach. Lunch will be a yummy salad of spinach leaves, feta, walnuts and pomegranate seeds and avocado. Dinner will be steak, mushrooms, onions, peas and sweet potato wedges.

We are starting the Christmas decorations today so it will be a busy day.

Oh, try not to worry about it Cider, what's done is done, the main things is to get straight back on track again and view it as a lapse, not an inevitable slide back into old habits. That's where I've gone wrong so many times in the past - I'll look forward and think, well, I'm going on holiday in a couple of weeks, no point worrying about it till after that, then you get back and start thinking about the next excuse and so it goes on. I really want to change that this time, there will be days off when a more "normal" diet is eaten, but I want to be straight back to the new regime on the days when there is no excuse. So that the healthy eating days become the norm, not the other way round.

I realised that I'm not going to be able to change my weight very much before my Xmas holiday.
I'm still at it, but funnily enough as soon as I took the pressure of the holiday off myself, and accepted my weight, I found it easier to make better food choices. So I've lost 4lbs this week, without actually making much effort . I've a history of disordered eating and have to be careful not to restrict too much anyway.

I do still have the problem of not having much to wear on holiday - I think I've got two evening outfits and one daytime that fit !

Good luck to all of you over the weekend, it's so hard at this time of year, we're all so busy, lots of delicious food everywhere we turn and the cold weather too all make it very challening.

Morning! Been to a lovely yoga class (on my bike) and only now having something passing for breakfast: oat milk smoothie with blueberries, smidge of frozen banana, almond butter, cinnamon and maca. Home alone with 2 small ones who now want to do Christmas baking. This may be testing in more ways than one.

Will try for my advent run later, hopefully with 10 year old in tow, but may intentionally just walk today, see how it feels and how the weather is.
Who knows advent running is here, the idea is 30 mins run/walk (or sub another exercise) each day for advent. There is a lovely Facebook group and everyone is posting pictures of their runs (or their shoes, or their breakfast after, or weirdly their Garmins with timings and distance, so my fb newsfeed is really cheery and motivating) There are some serious runners on there but also lots of plodding newbies like me. I'm doing it because I want to do c25K proper in January after talking about it all last year and not doing it, and this is to kind of limber up and get in the habit, really enjoying it so far - I really like being outside.

Cideryour social life sounds fab and delicious, just let the baguette and macdonalds be your 20% and get on with it.

Mixen that sounds like a really healthy attitude, its much better to take a long term view and just try to do the best we can. Where are you going on holiday? I'd love some winter sun.

Prosecco open and dinner guests here... What the don't realise is the meal they are about to eat is from the hairy dieters cook book!

Whoknows talks sense... Always keep in mind it took you months, years or even decades to gain the extra weight... A morning, day or week of upset is not going to affect your long term goal.

I ate too much tonight. I feel very bloated and uncomfortable.
Hopefully I'll be able to remind myself it's not worth it and begin tomorrow with renewed determination.
I feel so much better when I'm only eating healthy food and smaller portions. Why is it so hard to stick to? Argh.

I completely get that 411, it makes you feel better, skin looks fab, you have more energy etc but then I become a greedy pig and eat enough for four!

Well last night my dinner guests ate their hairy dieters meal and scoffed the lot... I had a diet portion and felt full and included which really helped. I made low fat chocolate mouse and served with fruit for dessert. I did include a full fat pud but this gave me a safe option.

The five gallons of Prosecco probably undid all of the above!

Wildflowers - meal sounds good (which one did you do - I have the hairy dieters books and like them) and you would have had the five gallons of prosecco anyway but this way at least your food choices were good!

Weekend has been a mix of healthy and not so healthy. But not too bad over all I think. Lots of prosecco, some mulled wine, too much white bread and the first mince pie of the season.

WhoKnows - I agree - I would usually completely throw in the towel at this time of year but I am happy enough to be concentrating on eating right when I can at the moment.

I'm off to Bath xmas market today. Which will involve mulled wine and a nice lunch with Prosecco. Shepherds pie planned for dinner tonight - I will have cauliflower mash with mine.

Will be back on track properly tomorrow. Nothing else on socially till our xmas drinks party on Friday night. And I think from then until xmas we are fairly quiet so should be able to stick to plan.

Mixen - well done! Loss sounds great but probably the mind set of choosing healthy foods is more important.

Meggle - wise words!

TheRealMary - I like the sound of the Advent running. I tried C25K last year and loved it. Got to week 7 and had t give up as my knees didn't like it. Really want to shift weight so I can do it again. I'm rubbish as going out in he cold though! Will have a look and maybe start tomorrow.

Right - off to shower now. And xmas markets might be a bit miserable as it's chucking it down here at the moment.

I've drawn a line under the last week and it will be the last line I draw (otherwise that'll always be an excuse for me). I've re-downloaded MFP to help me be accountable and I have just got to do it- otherwise time will zoom through to May and I'll be the same size on holiday still drawing lines.

For breakfast today I've had mixed berries with full fat plain yogurt and a sprinkle of granola. Lunch will be a bagel with Philadelphia and a satsuma and I'm roasting a chicken for tea which I'm having with salad, coleslaw and avocado.
I'll attempt a bit of exercise later too.

I had a terrible day food wise yesterday. I'm so rubbish. Whenever I fall off the wagon, it takes me ages to get back on!

This week, I'm going to eat breakfast later. I'm aiming to have it about 11 and to have dinner by 7.
I've done it before and it's worked well for me.
By eating breakfast later, my appetite seems to be less for the rest of the day.
It's a struggle at the moment but it will help me to get back on the wagon.

I haven't eaten very healthily over the weekend, but in terms of actual quantity of food consumed not too bad I think, my appetite seems to have diminished a bit, but the snacking habit lingers. For example I had 2 mince pies and 2 glasses of mulled wine on Saturday night, but no dinner. Also, looking back, I've only had "normal" bread once in the last week, no cereal, pasta only once, potatoes only once, quite a bit of rice but fairly small portions, definitely changes for the better. I feel a bit slimmer, perhaps some bloating has gone. It's always going to be hard at this time of year.

The411 - breakfast later is a good idea. My "keep full" plan for the daytime is that I have breakfast as normal (7.30) then take a thermal cup of coffee (latte, made with skimmed milk) to work and drink that between 9 and 10, it means I can get through to about 1.30 before I feel hungry (normally it's about 11.45), have a later lunch and not get the munchies after picking the DCs up from school. It also makes me less likely to eat biscuits people keep bringing to work at the moment - we've two birthdays this week and someone left last week, also our suppliers often drop things in at this time of year.

Oh and I keep telling myself, if I can do it at this time of year then I can do it at any time, that is quite a motivating thought.

So I did Ashtanga full primary class yesterday - loved it, but it only runs once per week and I can't get a yoga home practice going at home, too much mess everywhere many distractions. Then Sunday lunch out with friends - I may have had a vat glass of wine and a yorkshire pudding, but lots of veg, and no sticky toffee pudding. So not too dreadful.

Have been out for my plod along the beach, 40 mins, no idea of distance or speed. I think any of that running geek gps tech might lead to disheartenment. Its blowing an absolute hoolie out there today.

Cecy I am so with you on the drawing the line stuff. I keep on doing it, so I have decided that from now on every day is a new day - and I am going to stop waiting for Monday (or the first of the month, or the new year).

Who's I'm the most ridiculous snacker. I snack on nutritious stuff, but its still calories I don't need and that doesn't register with me somehow. Need to break the habit.

Monday is here and we are all ill . so no appetite and lots of hot orange for me.

I made the cod wrapped in parma ham, no one had a clue it was 'diet' food. I love their recipes.

I've been a bit of a pig this weekend, really must try harder! I'm the same weight as I was last week, which is something I suppose, but I feel bloated and sluggish. I've eaten berries with Total 0% and honey for breakfast with a skimmed latte, a large ham salad with boiled eggs and homemade potato salad, a packet of Walkers Pops and two tangerines for lunch. I've got yoghurt, an apple and a banana for the afternoon and I'm off to bootcamp at 5.30pm.

Sigh. I'm gripping this wagon by my fingertips!

Bugger. I think I might have done my knee in a bit, it's sore on the inside tonight and twinging as I go up and down the stairs. It's the knee that has been arthritic in the past but since I took up yoga a year ago it hasn't been bothering me, but oh boy is it sore tonight. I expect its that combined with impact from excess weight and crappy running technique. So I suppose that's that for a few days at least. I was really getting into it too.

Well, after two days of eating well (aside from the five couple of Quality Street) I'm down 1.8lbs since Sunday morning. Obviously the crap that I ate on Saturday caused a bit of water weight.

I'm doing alright but I'm really obsessed with food at the moment, I'm not sure what's wrong. I can think of nothing but eating, even as I finish one meal I'm thinking about when I can next eat. I've upped my protein and fat intake so I have no reason to be hungry but I feel like Pacman!

I am ravenous too SoonToBe, I think it's a combination of force of terrible habit, the perishing cold and upping my exercise. I had a bowl of homemade vegetarian minestrone for lunch and it was tasty and all but I could really do with some lovely pilau rice and naan and poppadums to go with the curry I'm making for supper. I've had my 20% slippage for this week though so going to have to be strong-willed.

Knee pain prevented any advent running and I'm really disappointed, tried a bit of yin yoga at home (was stuck in with poorly 10 year old so swimming and studio classes off the agenda too) but it's just not a very conducive yogic environment. I've realised that I really like being outside, regardless of the weather, but only if being active enough to keep nice and warm.

Couple of busy work but sociable days ahead with lots of mulled wine and mice pie threats, which I shall have to cordially dodge.

Also - a confession. I have no idea how much I weigh, and consequently if I have lost anything or not. The scales we have were DH's mothers from before the dawn of time, I'd say they were accurate to the nearest stone, perhaps. Should I buy some or force myself to go to Boots and stand on one of those machines? Or just forget about weight entirely?