New Mums: Pre-diet we had pride, now we want new bodies!

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Here we go again!

Ok it's the magic thread where we find inspiration, motivation and actually see the results we want and manage to hold on to them once we get them.

No more excuses (unless they are hilarious or necessary).

Welcome all!

Hi Beyond, great to have you back.

I have to admit I am tempted by ww too. It's such a reliable diet isn't it? Even if I did it 5 days a week I would probably manage to shift a bit of weight. I need to do something.

Hi everyone, sorry for disappearing. I've been trying to de clutter and keep off the internet!

Hope your tooth is getting better Sol.
How is everything going for you Rachey?
Nice to see you back Beyond.

The 1lb per week sounds great to me. And yes! Do WW. JOIN ME .
Anyway today was my 4th WW meeting (so 3 weeks on the diet) last week I hadn't been trying and lost 0.5lb. I was annoyed at myself so kicked my arse and today I lost 2.5lb. So 9.5lb in 3 weeks. Yay

I've slowly came round to the idea that this is long term and I'm actually doing this for myself. Plus my brother is getting married in 2017 and I want to look nice in the pictures!

So I've been trying to plan meals. Even if DH is not on board with 'healthy' meals all the time I've made sure that there is something that I can have. I've been walking more and trying to hit 10,000 steps every day. I might even try an exercise DVD again.

Congratulations Green, that's feckin amazing! You sound so determined. You're convincing me to give it a go. I might dig out the books tomorrow.

I'm feeling much better, thankfully. I couldn't have coped with too much more tooth ache. I've also been de-cluttering the house. 8 black bags of old clothes, shoes, handbags and toys have winged their way to the dump and various charity shops. I'm also going to sell all DS2 Fisher Price stuff that's too small for him. It's in great condition as he never really played with it and it takes up so much space. DS2 only likes toys that have moveable parts and the Happy People characters don't bend or move so he finds them very frustrating. I'd be grateful for any advice about online selling if anyone has any.

Well done Green that's fantastic.

I sold an activity mat on a local fb group, the woman examined it so closely and was really snooty, I felt like saying she couldn't have it. It was immaculate. It rather put me off selling.
Sorry not helpful!

That's what I'm afraid of Beyond. We have several farms, an animal train, a zoo, a train set and loads more I can't remember, I dread people being fussy when all I'm hoping to do is sell them for a tenner each.

DS2 has some additional needs and we need to buy him toys that will meet those needs, they are expensive however. But if someone starts giving me hassle I know I will get quite shirty with them. I worry that it will be more hassle than it's worth.

I've never sold toys before but would probably try Facebook first. I suppose if they are clean and working there shouldn't be a problem. Just take good pictures and be accurate in the description? I've seen friends put up toys and they seem to get snapped up very quickly if they are in good condition and reasonably priced.

There are always fussy people though, it does put me off too. My DC are still playing with the Happyland so I think we'll have it for a couple more years. I tried to clear out a box of baby toys but they discovered it and have spent 2 days playing with it all. You can't win.

I cleared a lot of my old clothes out of the loft the other month. But need to go through all the current stuff again. Started with DD2's clothes this week. It's like a never ending nightmare.

Had a takeaway curry last night. It was lovely (I couldn't even be bothered to work out points). I'm still full as we didn't eat till late. Going to have broth for lunch and then I'm going to attempt Cauliflower fried 'rice' for dinner. Has anyone tried it? I'm not a cauliflower fan really, but I keep reading that it's a good low carb rice substitute. I'll let you know how that goes!

Hi beyond sorry work has been awful :( hope things get better soon.

sol glad you are out of pain.

green that is amazing in 3 weeks. sounds like you are doing so well.

I have been going to the gym 4 times a week but my eating is getting worse. I need to eat breakfast and stop snacking on breadsticks and crackers. Its my Dads 60th Birthday party this week end so Diet is off again till Monday. I need to be strict and I will then see results. (fingers crossed)

I have never heard of happyland/happy people, will have to google. DS1 has so many toys its crazy.....good thing is DS2 can use them. I have started to give all my 0-3 month baby clothes to the Salvation army baby bank. Felt quite sad that I wont need them again. :(

I love ebay have sold lots of stuff on their. About to sell the fisher price rainforest swing as ds1 tries to climb in it when ds2 is in there so we dont use it.

i agree with green the more pictures and description the better. also I know where your coming from with the toys ds1 has started to get back in to thats not my books as I started to show them to ds2.

Post of shame alert

Let me start by saying that I know this is bad. I am aware how out of control my eating has become and I plan to something about it.

I have spent the last 2 weeks eating every imaginable type of junk food, takeaway, convenience food and sweet food all washed down with lots of alcohol and lattes. I don't know why it happened in such spectacular form (I kind of do, it's been very stressful here) and for such an extended period of time, but I know I have to stop. But the weird thing is, I really don't want to. I would happily continue even though I feel and look awful.

And when I say awful, I mean awful. I am so bloated that it hurts to close my jeans properly and my face is so fat. I have a lovely new roll of fat that seems to be some sort of lard equator circling my waist. I dread bending over in case my trousers rip and I have haunches like a cow just above my hips - it's like compressed fat that every top clings too and draws attention to. I am a bloody mess.

But out of the disaster that is my current state comes my plan. I am having a No-Vember. No is for no excuses, no cheating, no falling off the plan, no letting this get any worse. I'm going to do weight watchers as I have all the stuff here and I kind of know what I'm doing, I just need to stick to it. And DH is doing it with me as he has been my partner in eating crap crime so we will be supporting each other.

We start tomorrow as it's a bank holiday here and we have a few things planned with the kids. We will do it for the entire month of November and see how we get on. I need to start taking action about this before it gets wildly out of hand.

Day One of weight watchers went well (I'm aware we aren't in November yet but I felt it was a good idea to get started quickly). I have 29 points per day and I'll be sticking to that. I made burrito's for dinner with quorn mince, kidney beans and veg, I only had 2 wraps with no cheese. It was lovely.

Dh struggled quite a bit with the whole thing. He was annoyed that he used up 12 points on a big bowl of Cheerio's, so we'll put together a few ideas for breakfast that won't be as high points and unfilling.

Has anyone got any recommendations for a work out dvd? I was thinking of the Davina Mc Call one, 15 minute blitz or whatever it's called. I'm unable to sleep properly at the moment and was thinking I could do it when I'm up at 4 am. I'm currently watching Elf and having coffee so probably not the healthiest.

You sound very determined Sol. How was today?
I think you can have quite a lot to eat on WW if you plan it properly. I can photograph some recipes out of the magazine and post them if that's any help?

I have a few Davina DVDs. I think the 15 minute one was the last one I bought. it seemed quite good on the first and only time I tried it! It isn't the very latest one, but the one before that. It was only £5.

Lost 1.5lb today. So 11lb in total. Got my 5% certificate too. Although this week wasn't great. But I've now got tonsillitis again so couldn't be bothered to eat anything yesterday so that must have helped!

How is your tooth now? I went to the dentist yesterday and need 2 more filings. I could cry. It hurt so much last time. I'd honestly rather have another c section (DH feels I am being over dramatic). Plus I need to fill in a diet sheet to check for 'hidden sugar'. I feel like a child. I look after my teeth and don't eat lots of sugar. But I didn't expect them to crumble after having children .

I'll Post more later if I get the chance.

My teeth are ruined after the kids. They wrecked my poor teeth even though I don't eat a lot of sugar or anything, I don't think dentists understand how hard it can be. My dentist was lovely and gave me tons of painkillers so I didn't feel a thing (I have had a few fillings in the last year or so).

I'd love some recipes. I made stuffed aubergines and vegetable rice for dinner, DH was delighted as he could have loads and still has points for a beer after dinner. It was ok today, I have set aside a few points per day to cover the fact I might pick bits off the kids plate.

Congratulations on your weightloss Green, it's fantastic. You must be absolutely delighted. That's rough that you have tonsillitis, have you antibiotics?

My dentist is lovely too. I should have just admitted to drinking coke zero and I might not have been given the diet sheet!

I had numbing for my last filing but he put the needle in the really soft part at the very back of my mouth, rather than the harder gum. My brother told me it was blocking the nerve (don't know how he knows this). The needle knacked and I honestly saw stars! So I'm not looking forward to it. Plus I was vain last time and got a white filing as it was in my lower tooth. These other 2 are lowers, so going to have to pay for another 2 white ones (seems pointless getting amalgam when I've started with white). I'll survive, other people have bigger problems!

I'm going to hunt the magazine out, plus I bought a book. But something I did make was cauliflower rice.

Back soon

Cauliflower rice. I google recipes and found one that seemed easy. Made it and I wasn't overly impressed (lots of reviews said it was just like the real thing). I'd got carried away and grated a whole cauliflower so had made lots of rice and had tons left.
So the next day I had some for lunch and it seemed to have improved and I liked it the day after that too. So low in points, very filling (and it didn't give me terrible wind like I'd feared!)

So I think it's a good alternative to soup/salad, especially for lunch.

Oh and yes I am really pleased with 11lb. I'd never been that impressed with WW before. I'd always felt too hungry and that you couldn't have anything too enjoyable on it. But the pro points are much better.
So I'm trying to stay really positive about it, try new recipes and act like its a whole new 'thing' for me. Plus because there was an offer on when I joined I can claim my 2 months of subscription back because I've lost 10lb.

I haven't been to the doctors about the tonsillitis. I usually only go if I feel really rough.
It's half term and everything seems like too much of an effort with the children. I feel slightly better today though.

Are you not having the extra 49 points per week? Or are you saving them for the weekend?

I'm saving the 49 for the weekend - alcohol basically.

We went to a Halloween party yesterday and I had a few of my weeklies though - there were too many tasty things. I used 10 I think. But I plan to be careful from now on. I have made zreo points soup for lunch and a chickpea and vegetable tagine for dinner (it's 7 points for the whole thing and there'll be enough for me and DH).

I found my weigh in sheet from the first time I did ww. I was 15 stone 2 lbs starting, this time I was 14 stone but I am much "bigger" now. I feel much more overweight, I have to wear different styles of clothes to hide the bulge and my figure is so different. I also wore a size 12 dress when I was 13 stone 8 lbs back then. I was 13 stone 8 lbs yesterday and I wouldn't fit my arm in a size 12 dress, never mind my arse.

My goal by Christmas is to be in size 14 jeans. I really need to tone up though. My muscle tone is shot to shit.

I'm too afraid to try that cauliflower rice, I hate cauliflower. It stinks and looks like a brain.

Here's a couple of recipes from the WW magazine

I've been saving most of my weeklies for alcohol too. Although I ended up giving curry and chips last night so I'll probably try to avoid having any more of them this week.

I think your perception of weight changes when you are over weight. I used to feel huge at 12stone, but that's my target for the moment.

In the WW magazine there is a lady who is my height and has got down to 11.7 stone. She looks great but mentions she can fit into 8-10. Before I started all this dieting I used to fluctuate between 11-11.7 stone and was always size 14-16.
I remember being 9stone as a teen and not fitting into a 10.
I'm rambling now.

The tagine sounds nice. I cleaned the kitchen cupboards yesterday and have lots of chickpeas to use up, so I'll have a go at something like that.

It's great that your husband is so supportive. Mine refused to eat something I was making the other week. So I left him to sort out his own meal. The next day he admitted to eating the left overs as it had looked so nice (it was).

I had very similar thoughts about cauliflower. It did smell when I was chopping it, that disappeared quite quickly. Get your DH to make some? You can buy cauliflower rice ready made apparently. I think Tesco and Asda sell it?

My muscles have died a death too. I must do something about that as it just gets worse as you get older

sol at least you had a good blow out before knuckling down to the diet. I can recommend the 30 day shread its pretty intense but works the instructor is the pt on biggest loser the dvd is pretty cheap.....about a fiver. How have you found ww this week? Its good that DH is doing it with you. I wish I had some support, my oh eats the food that I cook but will then recommend a take away at the weekend and I have zero will power.

I agree with the perception of weight after I had ds1 I was 15 st 8lb and I didnt think I looked as big as that. I got down to 11st 7lb when I got pregnant with ds2 a year later. Now ds2 is 5 months I am 12st 7lb and I look huge........its all round my belly and I look like a apple on a stick.

I have been going to the gym 4 times a week but not been eating very well so I am not seeing a change in the scales :( I am thinking of upping the gym to five times a week but I hate washing my hair nearly every day.

green congrats on the 11lb loss :) hope you are feeling better

Hi Rachey, sorry I somehow missed your last post. Did you have a good time at your Dad's party?
To be honest I would think that going to the gym 4 times a week is enough. You shouldn't be too hard on yourself. How old is your baby now? Are you still breastfeeding? I found it really difficult to lose much weight before my children were 1. Maybe take measurements every month instead of weighing. Or just weigh once per month?

I'm am feeling better now thank you. Have a great weekend

Rachey there was a thread in Chat a while ago about how naturally slim people eat and how they exercise, it was very interesting to read. But the big thing I took away from it was one poster who wrote "Lose weight in the kitchen and tone up at the gym". It really made sense to me. I know that when I used to work out I'd think "Ok I burned off 500 cals, that's the snickers bar from Monday", but the body doesn't work like that. And I'm not entirely convinced exercise revs up your metabolism long-term. I remember reading a study saying that your metabolism is higher for approx. 20 mins post-workout, as in once you have cooled down, everything returns to normal.

I have The Shred, I can do 3 days and then I am in bits. I had to go down the stairs on my bum for about 4 days after I stopped doing it as my legs were in bits. My fitness level is very poor, I need something a bit more basic.

Thanks for the recipes Green, I'll have a look in Tesco for the cauliflower rice. I'm trying to shave points off everything. I have pretty much given up bread and pasta, I cant justify the points. How many points can you have per day? Can you allot some of your dailies to chocolate, crisps or wine? That way it mightn't feel too bad if you've used up your weeklies.

My first week of ww has been fine. I'm just trying to break bad habits like my evening snacking. I refuse to go over my dailies though.

I've just eaten lots of bits of Hallowe'en chocolate. SHIT!

green Thanks my Dad's birthday was great.......hard work running round after ds1 but he loved the disco. Ds2 is 5 months, and still breastfed. Thanks for the kind words, I should be a bit easier on myself......I just have no self control at the moment :)

sol That is so me, i work out and then Im like so I can now eat shit. I will take all that on board.

Im an awful person we are sitting in darkness to avoid trick treaters :)

No trick or treaters here tonight. So I'm eating Haribo. Don't think this week will be very successful at WW!

I don't think I'll ever have much self control.

I ate quite a bit of the leftover Hallowe'en stuff. I think today and Monday I will be having zero point soup by the bucket load. We had loads of callers but I went through the DS's bags when they got in and removed any stuff I didn't want them to have and put it in the pile for the trick or treaters, so we have loads left over.

If you are still breastfeeding you can have lots of propoints Rachey. You get an extra 10 per day I think. I did it after DS2 was born and I lost 1.5-2.5lbs per week. I started when he was 2 weeks old so it might be worth it. You can still it shitty food, you're just held accountable but you can earn extra exercise points too so you could have a takeaway at the weekend.

I've no self control either Green, that's why I'll be up and down weight wise forever. DH has incredible self control, the weirdo. He eats his allotted points and stays on track, it's infuriating.