Not a diet but a healthy change...

[Joycey29]

Have recently let half a stone creep on (reckon due to the pill) and want to lose it over the next 6 weeks!
No drastic diet plan as such as want to keep it off! Anyone want to join me in my six week journey???

Hi rainbow
That's exactly what happened to me when mine were little, post preg weight hung around then a few lbs crept on each year. Good for you making a change before it gets too hard, good luck!
I had lovely big tuna, egg & avo salad & Apple. Just about to have a jacket potato with cottage cheese & more salad. Prob have some nat yog w nuts & strawbs too. Check back in tomorrow everyone.

Welcome rainbow!!

Welcome rainbow!

So far today:
Breakfast - mini salmon & avocado roll
Lunch - big salad (with roast veg, beans, nuts...), bowl of tomato soup
Snack - lentil crisps
Dinner - low fat cheese ravioli, loads of veg and salad with extra light mayo, yoghurt
Water, tea & coffee

Managed to drag my sorry, good for nothing, hungover rear-end out for a 5k run which was quite a feat I thought.

Now I just need to avoid munching through the rest of the evening.. Will drink decaf tea to distract myself and have a small supper later before getting a much needed early
night.

Hi Rainbow!

Today's food:
Two pancakes
Beef noodle salad
Pasta with pesto

Snacked on one slice of pizza nicked from kids tea and a low cal ice lolly

Ran 9k this morning and did a 45 min toning class.

Wow bangers that is impressive!

Thanks penguin, starting to actually like running! Not braved more than 10k yet though so that's the next step.

Well done everyone you are doing really well with the food and exercise!

Number one rule of dieting - don't bake a bleeding cake!! On the plus side it's finished

Menu

Crumpets and scrambled egg
Fishfingers sandwich, apple, cereal bar for lunch
Dinner was chicken, potatoes and loads of veg - peas, sweet corn, carrot, brocolli, green beans and parsnip
Snacked on cake, custard and sugar free jelly.

Ran 3 miles

I got to about 10pm last night before caving only munched on veg sticks so it could have been worse but still not pleased. It's just tiredness and stress I know - need to learn my lesson and go to bloody bed instead! Had a supper of oats & banana as I knew I'd wake up hungry otherwise.

Hi all & welcome Rainbow!
On school residential so good choice limited and I m starving due to fresh air!
Hoping bodyboarding and rafting counteract yesterday's cooked brekkie, huge picnic and lovely wraps for tea!

Can't help this week, back on it next week!

Oh and I have to bake a cake tonight!!!!

Joycey that sounds like exhausting fun and I reckon you're earning a few good meals!

DH has just text saying he'd like us to have a proper meal together tonight with a few glasses of wine as he's been working so much - who am I to refuse!

Off to the gym this morning so will have a healthy day in preparation for a slightly naughty evening! Got to live a little right?!

Oh and have a girls night out tomorrow - we know how that's going to go don't we!!!

Penguin I think you did really well considering your hangover, see my hangover day above! Have fun bangers, all that exercise, almost at target, that's why we're doing it so that we an enjoy the good times with out the fall out.

Stress at work plus donuts on the office - have already caved (twice!). Help!!!

Thank you everyone

Me and DD have been out on an early morning stroll and bike ride for her for a good 3 miles while she sat on the bike and I pushed it

Penguin is it because you're hungry perhaps that your resolve is weak? I would try to take protein in to fill me up, drink lots of water & try to focus on a 'nutritious treat' at a time that I'd decided instead. Much harder to resist if you're hungry & stressed. Can't do anything about it for today but maybe try to have a plan for another day? Remind yourself why you're changing to a healthy eating plan & if it's too much focus on 1 new thing each week, good luck!

I am doing this ... only just seen this thread. Weight increased by just over two stone thanks to steroids, I expected it to fall off when I stopped taking them (before Xmas actually , but it hasn't. I tried 5:2 which I think is great but I really struggled with fast days lately so I decided to just to lots more exercise, track calories, be sensible and eat what I want to within reason.

I think that exercise is the key for me. Today's menu banana, greek yoghurt and berries with coffee. An Amy's wheat free burrito for lunch because I found one in the freezer (only 256 calories apparently) and not sure what for dinner but I am having a glass of prosecco!

45 minutes on my cross trainer and a 40 minute walk with the dog and DD tonight.

MFP tells me that I will lose a stone in five weeks if I exercise at 30 mins on cross trainer and an hour walk a day. I walk anyway but have got back on my cross trainer for a few days in a row this week for the first time since I was ill really.

I will not be fat on my birthday in September.

I no I need to increase the amount of water I drink so today I brought a fridge jug type thing that holds just under two litres and filled it with lemon and limes to give it a bit more flavour and aim to drink that today

Thank you for the support ready

I wasn't hunger this morning (already had eggs for breakfast!), in all likelihood it was exhaustion. 9th day at work without a day off (or 12th not counting days off sick) and came in this morning to all hell breaking loose in the office. It's calmed down a bit now so will breathe deeply and drink water.

Poor you penguin. Just goes to show what a direct impact stress & lack of sleep has on our eating habits. Hope things improve soon for you. I hate when I'm doing well, life derails me & im back where I started! The trick is as you say, drink lots, take care of yourself & get back to it x
Welcome lavender!

Welcome lavender!!

Today's menu involved an Indian takeaway - husbands choice. I'll have to run over the weekend and have a good weekend!

Menu
Cereal bar, fruit, latte

Chicken salad for lunch and then dessert at Creams. I had the lightest thing I could find on the menu! Crepe with strawberries and maple syrup and half a scoop of ice cream

Chicken curry, half a portion of rice, naan, 1 meat samosa and a tandoori lamb chop. Lovely!!

Snacked on a bag of quavers

Welcome to lavender.
Penguin don't get downhearted - the worst thing you can do is shrug your shoulders and think 'that's that then' and dive into a pile of biscuits. Write today off and start again tomorrow!

My menu today was poor to say the least!
Greek yog and banana
Pain au chocolate
Half a bag of crisps
Few chips
Burger (naice one) for dinner
Two small glasses of wine
Oooops!!!

Thanks everyone - I had herbal tea instead of prosecco last night , not sure what is happening here. Onwards and upwards. I actually weighed the two pieces of bread I sliced for toast (weekend treat) this morning. It is all going very well.

Yesterday was chia pudding,
quinoa w courgette, asparagus, corn & Parmesan, nat yog w straws,
graze box, cacao & banana milkshake
Small beef curry, rice, poppadom & naan
Hot cacao.

Oh & a beer!

Welcome lavender!

Thanks bangers. I managed to pull myself back from the brink of a day eating junk and get back to the healthy eating.

Yesterday's menu
Breakfast - egg sandwich, apple
Mid morning panic - 2 donuts
Lunch - mackerel salad
Snack - apple
Dinner - tuna, chickpea & humous salad (+ seconds), muller light, banana
Tea, coffee, water, sf pop

No time for a run (12 hr day at work) heading out to do 8k now because I HAVE THE WEEKEND OFF!!! woo hoo!

Forgot to add my large glass of red wine at dinner! Bloody hell it was nice though..