MFP thread 5

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New thread as the old one was nearly full!

Hi fearsome I had raspberry tea too, when I was pregnant. It's horrible! I've tried a few herbal teas and mint tea is my favourite. I have the Teapigs brand. I think that a cup of tea for me is something of a habit. I have tea when I get up, when I'm bored, when I'm stressed, when I'm taking a break, when I see a friend etc. And I do tend to accompany the tea with several biscuits. I'm sure that it was partly responsible for my weight gain. It's a hard habit to break though. Having mint tea isn't as nice (usually), but it is something hot in a mug so sort of fulfills that need. I guess it's a bit like vaping for a smoker! And, crucially you can't dunk a biscuit in mint tea!

Had a lie in this morning so didn't bother with breakfast. Finished week 1 C25K this morning. Had leftovers of this for lunch and I have a shoulder of pork in my slow cooker to have this for dinner with some slaw. That all comes to around 900cals so have some room for popcorn on the couch with DD+DH while watching the hurling final, and some fruit snacks.

I made shortbread and chocolate shortbread with DD yesterday and it's killing me not to eat them but don't think I could stop at one.

I'm an oddball who doesn't drink tea and coffee so save on calories that way probably. I love peppermint tea though.

Managed a Friday and Saturday night without wine and sticking to calorie goals (I did include exercise Cals on Friday but I needed some extra to account for car snacking which on a long journey I found too hard to resist)

Weekends normally my downfall so pleased still on track - helped by the fact I'm away and not in a drinking/heavy eating environment. I'm not complaining though. Got meals for rest of week planned out so should be OK to stay within goal

Very me me me post but I'm still trying to read through everyone's posts and work out who is who

Sounds like everyone is on their game this weekend, bravo! I went shopping for nearly 2 hours and then did a 50 min walk, keep me away from temptation. I've only had poached egg, 1 rasher, slice of toast with butter so far and am getting comfortably hungry now for dinner. Managed to get in my 10,000 for the first time in nearly 2 weeks, felt great. Run planned for the morning, prob 25 mins, stop for coffee and then 25 min walk back. Haven't felt this positive in a few weeks, hope I'm not jinxing myself. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday y'all😉

Wow Not2be that's brilliant! Well done on the double whammy of exercise and sensible eating. Enjoy your dinner.

You all are amazing! It really helps me to check in every day and I'm so in awe of anyone who can run. I can Zumba, swim and walk but haven't got round to running (apart from a 2.5k 'fun' run).
Last night 'out out' was great and although I was probably over my calories one blow-out was much needed. I do need to stop shopping though! Went food shopping with DH earlier and managed to come home with a dress, trouser and top. I suppose now I'm seeing a decent figure emerging it's a joy to shop. I've just had Sunday dinner and am on 1050 calories so I'll just fill up on herbal tea now if I'm hungry.

Oh enjoy loli, shopping for a better shape is v enjoyable & immensely encouraging. Snaffled a few bits this afternoon but lovely day with Hubble & kids, happy days

Haha hubbie, not Hubble! The running in my case is a slow shuffle tbh

Can I share my joy? I just went for a run? Well run/jog/walk/limp. I did 3.2kms in 29 minutes including a horrible hill up the bypass. I'm over the moon even if I'm a sweaty mess. April this year I couldn't run to the loo.

Well done loli that's brilliant
I am feeling very jealous of everyone's exercise routines!

Hi, can I join? Weighing in at 17 stone 7 and determined to et fit, healthy and feel fab. I've done slimming world etc in the past but I found I was getting obsessed. I don't think I eat too bad, but I can definitely reign it in. My main problem is exercise, because of a weak knee I can't even kneel down let alone run, and I need to exercise to keep it off really. I can do walking though, so I started taking the dog for an hour stroll every day which I'm sure will help. I'm getting physio for the knee so should be in running-jumping-boxercise-attending mode very soon, in the meantime I'm going to continue with the daily walks and watch my eating. MFP says to eat 1540 but I try to eat lower than that.

Today I had cornflakes with full fat milk (over a friends) and a cuppa tea with two sugars for breakfast. I walked the dog for an hour then, and I've got my old boxercise gloves and pads so did a bit of punching with my dad. Dinner was a chicken tikka sandwich on white bread (was reduced fat filler and butter), one of those hartley 10 cal jellys and a tangerine. I went to the gym then and weighed myself, came back and had half a slimming world chilli con carne ready meal (as it's fat free), rice, lettuce, tomato, cucumber and sour cream for tea. I didn't eat much of it because I found it too spicy and ended up chucking it, so I had a banana and some grapes instead. I've just had a handful of crispy M and Ms, and been drinking squash and pepsi max all day. I might have more grapes later.
That's come to 1158 calories, amazed me a bit but I've measured everything out properly

I lost half a pound this week, a bit disheartening but to be expected after last night catching up with a friend - racked up nearly 2000 calories, most of which were spent on dominos and wine. That's terrible, I've been eating healthier for the past year though (not fantastically as oviously am very big but trying to be a bit more sensible, and the not being able to exercise has really done it for me) and a bad day now, like yesterday for example, was probably an averae day for me around 2 years ago so I feel like I am getting somewhere. The problem is my results arent coming fast enough and I've got form for giving up at the first hurdle, so I really need to stay motivated now.

Hurray Lolimax on getting out and going for it! Glad you had a nice day Not2b.

Not such a great day for me. Am resisting food & alcohol though.

Hi made I'm new too, have you got a target weight in mind? Sounds like you've had some success in the past, hopefully we can motivate each other.
bath I hope you're ok.

Can I ask a question sorry if this has been asked a million times before how accurate does everyone think the nutritional info from the barcode scans are? My main goal doing this is to be bikini gorgeous healthy, and I've been really looking at the nutrition info, but I realised that sometimes when you manually add a food without the barcode you can get a list of options, and it made me think about if the nutrition info is correct. My iron percentage for the week has been incredibly low for example

Thanks fear my ideal goal would be 9 and a half stone - a long way to go but I'd be a nice size 12 at weight :D I don't use the barcode scanner, I have to be careful when I enter things manually though - the difference between brands and stores surprised me

Well done loli!!! Major hats off for doing a run after a night out out😉
Welcome made, delighted to have you here. You sound all psych'ed up & raring to go, don't worry too much about the scales just yet, but watch the processed carbs/ sweet stuff even fruit. Eggs for breakfast with whole grain toast & butter, plenty of water until lunch will keep you full, sandwich if you like for lunch, I'm having sliced chicken tomato mustard, touch of mayo on whole grain for my lunch tomorrow, tasty & under 300 cals. Apple & a small handful of almonds as a snack. More water til dinner, then something protein based & filling. Its all about getting a decent amount of filling good in so we can keep going at this - weight loss is such a battle as I think we all know & temptation is all too available, anyway waffle waffle, best of luck!

I lost 3 stones with SW in the past, but as soon as I injured my knee I started piling the weight on, but one positive I suppose is that I know I've lost weight before and can do it again

Thanks everyone :D

Welcome Made! We can do this.

hopefully sorry for the non movement on the scales, hopefully it's just a blip and you'll see more progress in the next few days.

bath I think individual snack bags is a very good idea

not glad your Sunday was a good day

Emily well done for the loss and for resisting the cake.

fear fingers crossed you see some progress soon. I love herbal teas, all of them except the berry flavoured ones. I agree that mint tea is nice. I'd also recommend camomile and lemon and ginger to get started with some new flavours.

sugarand well done on c25k and for planning such a lean day

sugarm well done for your booze free weekend, good stuff

loli well done, you're a runner now!

made welcome

Well scales said I'm just a smidgen above 10st2 this morning. I was even having a perfect day earlier, with a 50 minute run, followed by a healthy lunch. But then I went out for a meal out this evening. I tried to be good by ordering 2 starters instead of having a main, but by the time I had cake for pudding I'd clocked up 1200kcal for dinner alone. Anyway due to the large exercise credit I actually ended up 6cal under. So fingers crossed there won't be any lasting impact.

Well I lost exactly the required 0.25lb to get to my next target, but I was rather hoping for a bigger loss this morning! Progress is progress though, and I'm officially at a lower weight than I was pre-PMT, so I've started the 'real' loss for this month (all 0.25lb of it!).

The older DCs are back at school today, so I can start taking DC3 out for walks with the pram after dropping them off and having fewer snacks and lighter evening meals in the house as they both have a decent school lunch. The challenge is not to end up on tired days just sitting on the sofa with TV addict DC3 for half the day and nibbling on snacks, which was my usual downfall before the holidays.

Fearsome if the information has been entered correctly it should be totally accurate, but there is always the risk of human error when inputting. Also the micronutrients often just aren't listed for package food (rather than for ingredients, where it's usually available), so some numbers will be zero where they shouldn't be.

Hi made! Nice to have you along. My main form of exercise is walking,, along with yoga, and it can definitely make a difference, especially if you can get out for 30-60 mins at a decent speed every day.

Good to be at your pre pmt weight hope - and with kids back at school sounds like you can get into a good routine. I'm 30 mins into a brisk walk, sitting down admiring the view for 5 mins and then about 15 min walk home. Was to tired to run this morning, tomorrow for sure though. Up to 11.7 this morning but it's just bloat, I'm pretty sure I'll be back to 11.5.4 in the morning after a 1200 days with lots of water. Let's start this week with good intentions & gusto😉

Hurray hope - every little matters! I'm a bloater too today Not2b. I feel it, and the scales are telling me the same.

So last tues I was 12 9. Fri I was 12 7 (but didn't report, incase I had a bad weekend ). Extra w'end cals over 1200 were compensated by exercise. So today I'm 12 8.5. I'm disappointed too, but know I have been v good. i had v late supper last night (cheat soup - Gourmet Skinnylicous - & ryvita crackers). Maybe it's still all just sitting in my stomach. It feels it.

Anyway, I'm all in my running gear, so will head out for quick blast, then must get stuck into work.

welcome made & fearsome

Well done hope! C'mon not!

Well I had some food from the chipper 😳 So I'd say that's my 1.6, not a lot but really didn't need it, I'm calling it peer pressure😁 Tuesday's my official post weekend weigh in anyway, I need a light day to get back on track - hope the run goes well. I didn't have it in me this morning but I still lapped everyone still in bed with my walk, getting back into the swing of things

Welcome made good to have you here.

I had a reasonably good day yesterday and went for a very long walk (118 active minutes according to my Fitbit) but succumbed to two glasses of wine in the evening giving me a total of 1,469 calories for the day of which about 300 were wine. Weak willed. I'm hoping that the exercise will cancel them out to a certain extent. My "maintaining" allowance is 1,540 so hopefully it won't push my weight up.
I really should start doing C25K again. I very nearly completed it earlier this year and then pulled a muscle, had to stop and never got back into it.