We want to lose 10lbs *NEW THREAD*

[loopity]

A nice new thread for us all and for anyone else who wants to join in our 10lb challenge

Hi, I've not posted on here for a while so I hope you're all doing okay with your eating!

Loopity your veg soup sounds wonderful. I love soup and am living off the stuff ATM.

I was finding my weight-loss plan a bit difficult to sustian and after being ill for a week and hardly eating I put 3lb back on as soon as I started eating again. Predictable I know but a bit depressing. So I'm doing a 5 day 'beat the bloat' (!!!!) diet out of Prima magazine which is no-carb. I started yesterday and I'm going out for a staff christmas meal on Friday so i've got until then to get my flat stomach for my party frock...

Well, I'll try anyway. The idea is that after 5 days you start to re-introdice carbs and just see if any have a bad effect on you (bloating etc). I'll let you know how it goes! I love veggies esp. roasted ones so I'll be living of fthose this week with grilled chicken and that type of thing to go with it. Lunch today was a goat's cheese and mushroom omelette and an enormous salad with some watermelon afterwards. Really nice! See you all later.

Morning everyone.
I weighed myself this morning and have put on since fri .
Easy on easy off though. I'm back on track now, I always say this .
I need to be good w/e too as they really are ruining the weeks work. How many weekends left till christmas? Two then christmas weekend? So really if I want to lose another 5 pound I need to be 100% on this diet untill christmas eve. No weekend meals out...
Hows everyone else feeling? Positive?

Hi texasrose, good to hear from you again

Lornaloo, think I'm in same boat as you, had a sneaky weigh myself this morning and not good! I really need to stay out of the house during the day, this cold weather just makes me want to nibble all day and make loads of cuppas.

I bought some miso soup yesterday, has anyone tried this before? Not sure what to do with it, can you add veggies/noodles or do you drink it on its own???

Miso soup? Haven't heard of it. Is it a powder like cupa soup? If so think you just add hot water.
I had soup for lunch. I stocked up on tins of baxters soup. I might make a soup soon to have for dinners.

It's japanese, made from soya beans. I had two big bowls of home-made vegetable broth for lunch but have ruined it by having a mince pie with a cup of tea when I came in from the school run

Sorry was kind of thinking out loud then .
I have been trying to decide what to have for dinner and just thought homemade soup is nice and filling...I should have that .
Loopity I know what you mean about the whether, you just want to curl up with a nice hot drink and a plate full of biscuits. This is why I want to lose weight before christmas. I want to be able to really enjoy all the nice food without feeling guilty about it. I find the weeks quite easy provided I'm not doing something special (like the concert last wed). Its the weekends that I find hard. We always tend to go out for lunch on a sunday, and If I'm home alone on a fri night I eat badly or if Im at my mums.

If you eat something good for your tea then the mince pie wont matter. I will try and find out the cal and fat content for you.

hello , weekend hit and miss but started well today , when christmas is over can we set a new target ?? if i don't loose a little more i wont be bale to get into ski trousers in feb!!! and i am not buying padded salpoettes - n0,no,no i would rahter go in jeans than look like michellin man in salopettes.

We need a plan lornaloo - But what...any ideas? Can't afford liposuction unfortunately

Hiya mummydoc

BTW I'm making beef stroganoff with boiled rice for tea. Small portion! Stroganoff will be lean beef strips, mushrooms, onion, mustard and half-fat creme-fraiche - any ideas what the cal count would be roughly. Will have to log onto amazon in a mo and buy a cal-count book!

Think theres 289cals in mince pie and about 10grams of fat. But I haven't a clue on what size mince pie that is.
Yes we definitly need a plan. I want to lose lose lose until christmas not lose gain lose gain....hmmmm have my thinking cap on

Shall have a look for you...hang on.......

forgot to add i haven't even dared go near the scales this morning after doing well last friday, on saturday i ate 7 biscuits and a peice of cake...why , i was bored at work! what a pathetic excuse but looking back was good yesterday only one biscuit and low fat chicken casserole for tea.

289 cals - omg!!!!!

Using lean top round, plain low-fat yogurt, and very little added salt makes this a heart-healthy dish.

1 lb lean beef (top round)
2 tsp vegetable oil
3/4 Tbsp finely chopped onion
1 lb sliced mushrooms
1/4 tsp salt
to taste pepper
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp dried basil
1/4 C white wine
1 C plain low-fat yogurt
6 C cooked macaroni, cooked in unsalted water

Cut beef into 1-inch cubes. Heat 1 teaspoon oil in a non-stick skillet. Sauté onion for 2 minutes.
Add beef and saute for additional 5 minutes. Turn to brown evenly. Remove from pan and keep hot.
Add remaining oil to pan; saute mushrooms.
Add beef and onions to pan with seasonings.
Add wine, yogurt; gently stir in. Heat, but do not boil.
Serve with macaroni.
Note: If thickening is desired, use 2 teaspoons cornstarch; calories are the same as flour, but it has double thickening power. These calories are not figured into the nutrients per serving.

Yield: 5 servings--Serving Size: 6 oz

Each serving provides:

Calories: 499
Total fat: 10 g
Saturated fat: 3 g
Cholesterol: 79 mg
Sodium: 200 mg

Mummydoc, join our bad on the weekend club.

mummydoc...

Loopity that might be a big mince pie though. How big was the mince pie you had? Have you still got the pack it might say on there. Do you know where its from?

499 calories and 10grams fat if you use same measurements as that...

Hi again!

WE are having lean turkey rashers wth a harissa-spice marinade and lots of roasted veggies. The dcs and I just had a fabulously healthy afternoon snack of fresh pineapple. It was yummy and I feel all virtuous now!

Loopity I have no idea about calories I'm afraid.

Mummydoc I'm all for setting a new target after Christmas. So far I've lost 9lb but I'd really like to lose another 7 - 10 lb as well. That would put me back where I was pre-dcs and I know I'd feel better for it. I feel much better for losing this 9lb already. And I don't actually feel deprived either (except for the odd evening when I've really wanted a big bar of choc ).

To start off with I had sugar cravings every day but that's stopped now. It makes me realise how unhealthy my eating had become.

Just re read your post loopity. Your stroganoff will prob be less cals than that one as your using boiled rice.

Thanks lornaloo - will maybe use plain yoghurt rather than the creme-fraiche, maybe help to make up for the mince pie consumption

Have been thinking too, maybe we need to set ourselves daily challenges? Like go for a 30min or more walk, eat 5,6 or whatever portions of fruit and veg, menu plan ... put a lock on the kitchen door...

Btw, do you have any nice swedish recipes that I could try!!

retrieved mincepie box from the bin - from m&s - 245 cals each 9.2g fat and I actually had two

Good idea about the daily targets. I like the sound of that.
I will ask my mum for some nice swedish recipes.
The only one I know is
Pyttipana
Potato
onion
ham
peas
all chopped up into tiny pieces and thrown into a frying pan. Not v good for diet but good for something quick and easy for the kids.