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A space to talk openly about weight loss journeys and challenges. Mumsnet hasn't checked the qualifications of anyone posting here. You may wish to speak to a medical professional before starting any diet.

I need to lose 10lbs anyone want to join me?

988 replies

loopity · 11/10/2006 13:32

Need the encouragement and motivation of others!

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loopity · 01/11/2006 20:30

Hi everyone

BlB - Sounds like a great evening out. Think we've all been good to ourselves this week . As long as I reach the 10lb goal by Christmas then I'll be happy s'pose!

Today for me has been alright-ish

Breakfast - half slice of toast, half-fat butter, cup of tea

Lunch - Brought a picnic to the park, lovely crisp autumn day here - bagel with slice of smoked salmon and philly light, apple, pancake (the sort that are a bit like a crumpet - I'm in Ireland) and spread, flask of tea

Afternoon - small slice of halloween cake (sponge and buttercream)

Dinner - chicken breast wrapped in 2 slices of bacon, potatoes, carrots and cooked beetroot, stuffing and gravy. Another slice of halloween cake (small)

Now - glass of red

So would have been okay if had stayed away from the cake! Bit scared about the weigh-in tomorrow but if it's not good then hopefully it will make me get my act together!

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sweetheart · 01/11/2006 21:11

BlB - your day out sounds great! I'll salvating at your food diary! Well done for getting back on track today - I'd be tempted to write the whole week off coz I'm crap like that.

Mrs Fish - Glass of fizz - do you mean champagne? You posh thing you!!!!

Food for today

Breakfast - 3 cups of tea
Lunch - salad and wafer thin chicken
Dinner - Lamb bisto irish stew thing with 3 roast pots and veg. I also had a couple of bites of ds's milkybar

I did go to the gym at lunch time though so I'm hoping it will be 1Ib off tomorrow so I'm half way to the 10Ib target.

I feel quite dehydrated tonight - I think it might be the pre prepared jar of sauce I used tonight - I don't normally use them and they are usually quite high in salt aren't they!

Oh well, I'm off for some squash - good luck tomorrow everyone!

dislexicicecream · 01/11/2006 23:48

hiya
off out agen tomoro, so will try to post my weight b4 i go,
felt weird today maybe just over tired my sleep patten is a mess cos baby just started sleeping through night this week,
breakfast nothing
lunch 4 snack a jack rice cake things
dinner rice and some peas
drink coffee
good luck for tomoro

dislexicicecream · 02/11/2006 08:19

hiya every one stayed same this week was good but nevermind cos im sure there will be a loss next week,
have a good day every one x

MrsFish · 02/11/2006 08:56

Sweetheart - Glass of fizz - Cheap mans champers, we drink a lot of cava, I actually prefer it to the proper stuff and it is a hell of a lot cheaper

I have stayed the same this week, not surprising really as I had 5 crap days, managed to salvage it the last two.

I have another meal out to get through on friday, offered to drive so I can stay away from the alcohol.

Friends coming on sat night, so a takeaway beckons there. Must try and stay good

loopity · 02/11/2006 09:36

Morning everyone

Just weighed and I have a pound off and don't know how as haven't been overly good, but will probably show it next week instead.

I have lots of family coming round for dinner tomorrow night so will need to watch the wine and food intake so that I don't blow it!

DIC, great your little one has started to sleep through. Had to pinch myself this morning that ds2 had, for the first time ever, not woken in the night - he's a terrible sleeper!

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MrsFish · 02/11/2006 11:13

My ds son had a wakefulmorning, woke at 4.30, but went back to sleep and didn't wake until 9:45, bonus

BIGlilBUBU · 02/11/2006 11:28

Im a pound off
2 inches off my waist
Nothing off my bust
Nothing off my hips
Nothing off my thigh
Nothing off my arms
2inched off my belly
A tiny bit from under bust, less than half an inch.
Right now im putting this down to...i've come off my af. So that would explain the inch loss round my middle but know where else.

sweetheart · 02/11/2006 12:38

loopity, well down on your Ib off - whats your total now?

I have stayed the same which I am a bit disappointed about but not really surprised at.

Mrs Fish - godd for you tring to be good. We have a meal out on Saturday but I'm going to drive so I don't drink but I will eat whatever I want. Sunday we have family and friends coming for fireworks so I might have a hotdog or chilli on the go. I will try and be good the rest of the time though so it doesn't ruin my whole week!

BIGlilBUBU · 02/11/2006 15:22

Id just like to say that im no longer trying to go wheat free. It just didnt work. All my favourite foods have wheat in. So im just going to stick to wholemeal wheat and im going to try and avoid bread, which i dont normally find hard as long as i can have pasta and things. So this week no bread but wholemeal wheats ok.

BIGlilBUBU · 02/11/2006 15:23

Not including wholemeal bread

costababe · 02/11/2006 19:48

ok yesterays food diary
Brekkie, usual fruit, lunch two crackers with philly and a slice of advacado, dinner small portion of chicken curry, snacks one chocolate dinosaur biscuit, oops!!, and supper one weetabix with ss milk.

Well hurrah I lost 1.5lbs this week, slowly slowly!! Spent three hours pounding the streets looking for an outfit for the wedding I have to go to in three weeks, found fab dress, so very happy today.

Bit concerned weekend coming up, out tomorrow night with mates for a nosh up! and party on Sat, so probably be back at the shops on Monday swapping my dress for the next size up!
Well done to all.

BIGlilBUBU · 02/11/2006 20:01

Im not going out tomorrow night, so i wont be drinking, which means no hang over food. So hopefully the weekend wont be a problem for me. Perhaps sunday i might go out for dinner with dp and ds and treat myself to something yummy. Provided im good untill then.
Well done costababe for your 1.5lb off. Whats the dress like?
Hows everyone else been today?

BIGlilBUBU · 02/11/2006 20:04

Oh yeh forgot to say i got a dance mat today. Havnt used it yet but cant wait to give it a go. I still havnt managed to get a pedometer. Ill go into argos next time im out shopping.

superblastofflips · 02/11/2006 20:06

big - im finding it quite hard to stay off wheat as i havent even started it though! but everything i like got wheat in it! = oh well

brekkie - crunchy nuts with banana and ss milk
mid morning - crumpets x 2
lunch - wholemeal sandwich with ham and a slice of cheese - good for you make
tea - homemade chicken paparika with mushrooms and onions & chips and a fresh tomato
snacks - yoghurt, grapes, apple, orange and a mini bar of choc Freddo !

superblastofflips · 02/11/2006 20:09

costababe - well done on your weight loss..a pat on your back

dislexicicecream · 02/11/2006 20:15

what a long day it has been
my friend and i have decided that tuesdays and thursdays r going to be walking days where we do nothing but walk around town/beach and stuff from when we take kids to school till we get them agen,we also said the days that r to cold we will take babys in there buggys to the ice rink and skate we went there today and there was only 1 peson skating so shuld b fun they said its always like that when kids r at school
we boath got new pedomiters today and i clocked up 18,465 steps today so far,planing on going on dance mat in a bit to so that will rise ,thats if i dont get playing sims 2 insted lol ,
im also off the no wheat thing big,
today i had
breakfast cornflakes skimed milk
lunch cheese salad sandwitch with no butter or mayo
dinner 2 ryvita 2 rice cakes low fat cottege cheese and black pepper , and a fun sized bag of multeasers,
drinks coffee,skimed milk.
well done to every one who lost today and also well done to every one who didnt dont let it stop u this week as u might get a good suprise next thursday on your weight losses.

dislexicicecream · 02/11/2006 20:20

sorry just re read the post, i didnt mean take the babys skating that wood be silly i meant they wood be on the side in there buggys while we skated lol, thats why we checked today to c if it was bisy or not,
oh and my mesuerments r all same this week but i got 1 inch of my waste,

BIGlilBUBU · 02/11/2006 20:25

Wow dislexicicecream thats alot of steps...well done. Where did you get your new pedometer?
I've got the sims2 too addictive isnt it. I had to stop myself playing about 8months ago, ds was getting abit neglected lol.

mummydoc · 02/11/2006 20:30

hello again, i was with you in the first week but went on holiday for 1/2 term so missed second weigh in day but got back last saturday and have been good since then so here goes:

starting weight 87.4 kg
after first week 86.0kg
after holiday 88.4 kg
today 87.3 kg

i know not fab but there are no more distractions until christmas so am really determined . i basically am doing slimfast brekkie and lunch ( but not every lunch) and following slimming wolrd for supper, so either loads of carbs or loads of meat. not sustainable in the long term but can do until christmas , still would like o be 80 kgs by christmas...still struggling not to polsih of kids tea - also feelign alittle down in the dumps this week so had a fair bit of wine aswell...ho hum onto another week, well doen every who is still going for it.

costababe · 02/11/2006 20:34

WOW re the steps today, thats great. Skating sounds fun too.

My dress, its a silver grey with black and white print in odd places, fitted to the hips with a sligt a line, its a bit difficult to describe, but it is lovely, its one of thoose dresses that looks nothing on the hanger but comes into its own when on.

BIGlilBUBU · 02/11/2006 20:48

Sounds really nice costababe, i love it when dresses just fit right. Im very envious of you being in spain. The whether here as suddenly turned very cold. Not good for diets, just want to eat loads and hibernate.
Hi mummydoc where did you go on holiday? was it nice? I bet its been a bit of a shock coming back here, its suddenly turned cold. Presuming you went somewhere warm that is.

BIGlilBUBU · 02/11/2006 20:51

sorry ment to say...has suddenly gone cold...not as!

costababe · 02/11/2006 21:02

Just to cheer you up a bit, it was freezing today, coat and boots weather, hope it will buck up again soon.We live in Catalonia which is northern Spain, 1.5 hrs south Barcelona, so we have proper seasons here and changable weather,
Jan is really freezing, we get snow and hail and all the other shite weather but for a much shorter spell ie 6 weeks.

BIGlilBUBU · 02/11/2006 21:51

To be honest id proberbly prefer that to living somewhere without a change in season. Christmas would still seem like christmas but you also get lovely long hot summers. lol...
Food today
Breakfast a bowl of mini wheatabix with raisins in them and one whole wheatabix.
Lunch Bowl of Wheatabix with semi skimmed milk.
Dinner whole meal pasta with roasted peppers onions carrots and pine nuts with a big side salad with a balsamic glaze...yum yum it was delicious. I was going to have it with brown rice but it takes too long and i was hungry.
Snacks 2 satsumas and some raisins.
Drinks loads and loads of water and 2 cans of diet coke.