Brides to be on a weight loss mission! Part II

[SoonToBeMrsB]

Hi ladies, here is part two of the thread.

Part one here

As you were...

God, I could have written that myself gotred

That's exactly what I do, over and over again. I'm going to stick to training like a beast (a very wobbly, sweaty beast!) and counting my WW points. I bought a Fitbit so that I can up my incidental exercise too. I know that this is what works for me long term... when I can stick to it. I lost three stones on WW before, I can do it again.

I think i'm gonna give calorie counting one last shot...if my weight hasn't changed from 11st10 by the end of May i'm going to have to do vlcd/body coach starting in June as my wedding keeps getting closer & closer!

Do you do WW online or go to classes? x

I do it online. What's more embarrassing is the amount of money I've wasted on WW - even while doing all the other plans I've attempted, I can't quite let go of my WW tracker

There is a city centre drop-in class on a Wednesday morning before work and the leader is nice but I want to forget about the scales for now. I know that I won't enjoy my social events next month if I'm constantly thinking about what the scales will say, I need to learn to trust the process! xo

hmm money was a big motivator for me on CWP as it was SO expensive!
How many calories do you think I should be on? A couple of girls I follow on IG are on 1200 and seem to be consistently losing 2lbs a week but don't know if that's too low. Been on a BMR calculator and that says I should eat 1350 but that's to lose 1/2-1lb so I might get bored!! x

This is why I chose WW over calorie counting - I am never confident that I'm eating the right amount. MFP suggests 1300kcal for 1.5lbs off a week and 1550 for 1lb, but do I eat back my exercise calories? Half of them? If I eat 1500 kcal but burn 600 at bootcamp then I'm only netting 900kcal for the day! My BMR is 1700 - should I eat below that to lose weight? TDEE-80% says 1850 per day, but don't eat back exercise calories as they are already factored in. Argh!

It fries my brain. WW tells me a number, so I stick to it! xo

But you could work out how many cals your WW daily points are then divide your weeklies by 7 and times by 40...

e.g- 28 points a day + 7 weeklies =35 points x 40 =1400 cals?

I don't think I would eat back my exercise calories ever but I don't do anything intense like you. The most I do is a 20 min HIIT session 3 times a week when I can be bothered

That gives me 1520kcal, but you don't point fruit or veg on WW so that would need to be taken into account. That's another thing I dislike about calorie counting - the day I weigh out lettuce is the day I've officially gone batty!

lol hmm complicated I think I might do 1200 cals a day but don't count fruit or veg. As I don't tend to have more than 1-2 portions of fruit a day (3-4 veg/salad) x

That sounds like a good plan, I say give that a go and see where you are in a month. That way, if it isn't working, you still have time before your wedding to do a VLCD xo

Yeah that's true- Will let you know how I get on. x

That's a good idea got red. 1200 cals plus fruit and veg. I might go back to that when I'm home.

Todays menu-

B- Smoothie made from oats, flaxseed, mango, raspberries & greek yoghurt (220 cals)

L- 1/4 Cheese & Onion Quiche & Salad (280 cals)

D- Chicken & Veg Stirfry in Sweet Chilli Sauce (580 cals)

Got some grapes to nibble on throughout the day and leaves me 120 cals for something sweet after dinner.

That looks good! My plan today:

B: 50g overnight oats with stewed apple, coffee

L: Chicken salad with feta cheese, 2x boiled eggs and an olive oil dressing, 2x clementines, yoghurt

D: Kerry LowLow chicken tikka masala

S: Banana

I'm aching after bootcamp last night, it was leg day and it feels like someone has taken a sledgehammer to my glutes

Smoothie was definitely not enough for breakfast- starving now!
Love overnight oats so might have to try them again...

Need to do some exercise tonight as having done any HIIT since last Thursday!! x

I love overnight oats too, I've been making them with full fat milk and Icelandic yoghurt so they're really creamy. A massive bowl of them at 9am sets me up for the whole morning xo

Whats Icelandic yoghurt?

I still can't bring myself to buy full fat milk- I know skimmed/semi has add sugar (higher carb) but I just find it sooo creamy!! x

I started by having it in my coffee and it made such a difference! It's the easiest way to up your fat intake. Icelandic yoghurt is like Greek yoghurt but it's higher in protein and lower in sugar. It's still not exactly a "treat", it has the same sharpness but it's nice enough xo

Todays menu-

B- Porridge with PB & banana (280 cals)
L- 1/4 Cheese & onion quiche & Salad (280 cals)
D- Lamb Kofta, Chapatti, Chilli chutney & Salad. (450 cals)

190 cals for dessert/snacks.

A few unplanned liquorice allsorts fell into my mouth last night so gonna do some exercise tonight to burn them off!! x

Those pesky allsorts, they have a way of doing that!

Today I'm having:

B: More overnight oats - I'm using up my stewed apple supply!, coffee
L: Chicken salad with feta and olive oil dressing, yoghurt, blueberries
D: Chicken burrito bowl
S: Banana, 2x clementines
E: 1hr bootcamp

I am currently filling out The Body Coach's 90 day plan questionnaire - It is really in depth! As soon as I have taken my front, side & back 'before' picture (will do in the morning) it will take 7-10 days for my personalised plan to arrive! eeek x

Ooh, I'm so excited for you!

You have to let me know how you get on, I'm still really interested in the programme xo

Well I've been thinking about it for months maybe even a year and I keep seeing before and after pictures which are amazing so I thought sod it!! lol It's my birthday tomorrow so i've got a big weekend planned- then hopefully the plan will arrive after that :D xx

Ahh it was DP's birthday yesterday and my friend's two days before that. Lots of April birthdays! I'll be 25 in thirteen days, which is bizarre because I feel about 18. The fact that someone gave me a job and a bank account and I'm getting married is ridiculous to me

I'll be 24 tomorrow arghh! I feel really old actually, like I am wasting my youth?? Hence why I have planned a leopard print themed bar crawl on Saturday so I can act 18 again !! hahaha x

Happy birthday gotred!