Countdown to Christmas. Anyone with me.

[Dowser]

Just got back from holiday this morning and while I feel like I've stayed the same or even lost a bit ( I don't weigh myself as I don't want reasons to celebrate or commiserate) I want to continue with the healthy eating I did while there

I was pretty careful . Limited myself to one treat a day, a gluten free cake , ice cream lolly with chocolate and nuts around.

I never bought any chocolate ( unusual for me). Very few potatoes. I found veg and protein was enough in that heat.
Not a big drinker. A gin and tonic for me is a tonic with a splash of gin a couple of times a day and we walked for miles.

So....I have a wedding coming up next year and I have four lovely dresses to choose from. Two I got married in ( knee length rather than bridal). One champagne, other a kindd of French beige. I can get them zipped but can't breathe in them.

Then I have a pale green and a pale pink. They are unworn as they were new last year and I couldn't wear them as I'd put some weight on.

So...my plan is to practice healthy eating and intermittent fasting till Christmas.

My usual breakfast omelette but this time allowing more than 13 hours of fasting between dinner the night before and breakfast. Green soup. Today's looked putrid but tasted fine. It was a rich dark blue green as a teaspoon of spirulina went in as well. Plus a few cashews and a bit of feta

Tonight will be homemade turkey curry. Eaten by 7 to allow for the fast.

I don't want to go back to chocolate or crisps when I snack.
It's going to be painful as Im Already gluten and mostly dairy free, so I can only cut back on sugary snacks and it's so much cooler here so I want to eat.

I'm also going to look into mindful eating.

Anyone with me till Christmas.

Then it will be a couple of days off. Then back on till our next break in march where I'll have to watch myself for the wedding in may.

I like to have a goal.

Ron I'm sure you will be, and I'm sure I'm read similar to brill - will see if I can find a link to it.

I'm deciding on my plan for tonight - DH is treating the DCs to pizza, so the thought of staying low carb isn't appealing! However, I gave in last Friday, so I'm going to be good this Friday, and then give myself a treat next Friday (I really should get a star chart sorted out, they really work for me )

Happy Friday!

I'm still hanging on in there.
So busy with vicars, FD's, songs, flowers, letting people know etc haven't time to dwell on the treats I'm missing out on.

Just need more sleep....so tired.

Well done on excellent weight losses and even If the scales haven't moved much I love the dedication we are all showing.

We can do this.
From Christmas puddings to Christmas crackers ;-)

Well done Dowser: make sure you look after yourself.

You are doing so well Dowser take care of yourself too...

I must be mental, my husband was all set on getting a dominos tonight but I talked him out of it!!! And we had a slimming world dinner instead! Get me!

I have had two small glasses of wine though but am still under my daily allowance so although not great could have been so much worse! I do think my husband may hate me a little bit though!

Had chicken and asparagus stir fry for supper and am having two large glasses of wine to celebrate 1. Losing five pounds and 2. Not feeling like shit.
Ron, you so deserve that wine after passing up the Dominos!

Both of you deserve to be proud, very virtuous for a Friday night!

I've resisted my urge for pizza, but have eaten a massive amount of cheese - whilst it IS ok for low carb, I don't think it's brilliant to eat quite so much as I did! Now sipping some sort of herbal tea - there's a mixture of tea bags in the pot, so it's a bit of a Tea Tombola. I think it's plain green tea in my mug, but it tastes a bit minty too

Wow I would never be able to turn down a pizza. You are a stronger woman than me.

Cereal for breakfast
Latte
Bacon roll for lunch (half stolen by ds. (I could rent him out as a diet aid, if it's naice he'll take it) so not too bad)
Fruit for snacks and chicken, rice and peas for dinner.

I'm going to brush my teeth so I don't eat anything else before bed!

Today's food
Onion omelette
Cheese and biscuits...tiny little round rice crackers with bits of Brie on. Fancied a change from green soup.
Mince stew and rice
1 gin and tonic

Herb teas.

Morning ladies.. sounds like we all did pretty well for a Friday night! Looking back fridays nights used to be awful food and drink wise for me.. no wonder I still have a stone to lose!!

We are having a firework party tonight so just need to make sure I'm good and don't get carried away! After my pizza triumph last night I hope I've finally changed my mindset (she says!)

Ron - I know, Friday nights usually spell wine and kettle chips for me

Buuuut, it's so worth missing them out - I hopped on the scale this morning, and I've lost another 3.5lbs, so in two weeks I've lost 7lbs!

A lot more still to go, but I'm delighted and determined to keep going

tractors that is fabulous.. well done!! You will be well on course for loosing a serious amount for xmas!!

Tractors that's fabulous. I was down to 10.7 this morning so I had a coffee and walnut cupcake for breakfast. (There is a backstory, but it's dull.) Need to do better for the rest of the day.
Stay strong Ron!

Thanks both! This thread is really helping me stay motivated.

Still rather horrified about how much still has to go, but at least I'm now half a stone closer. DH has said I should take some photos of myself to track it, but I really can't face that! If I'm feeling brave at some point, I'll give you an idea of the figures we're dealing with...they aren't pretty

My original aim was to have my BMI merely in the 'overweight' range, rather than the 'obese' range. I won't make that by Christmas, but hoping to be at least halfway there. Clothes-wise, I'm a 16, (sometimes 18) at the moment, and I'd like to be in a pair of 14 jeans by NYE.

Oh well done Tractors and Harvey that's why I don't get weighed. I would celebrate with something ' nice' and just delay my weight loss.
I'm feeling thinner...therefore I must be thinner.

I am fighting the urge to eat chocolate because I'm so annoyed at the FD's
I've just given them a blast now as they aren't very good at communicating what is going on .
Won't put it all down here but it's a sensitive time...so I'll breathe. I'm upset. I'm disappointed and I'll go and have a hot drink instead.
There's nothing I can do about it...but am fuming.

Harvey ...you should be able to eat that one cupcake and go steady for the rest of the day without ruining things.

Tractors you don't need to tell us the numbers if you don't want too, but we are all here to support one another so we won't be horrifies whatever they are, and you are making a brilliant start to loosing it 7lb down is very impressive!

I have taken the photos of myself so I can see my progress it was hideous to do but it is helping now I can start to see some slight changes

This thread is really helping me as well. It'S providing a great combination of accountability and empathy - so I don't beat myself up for the odd poor food choice.
Tractors don't be too fixated on BMI. I think it's unlikely that you're actually obese at a size 16 - there's loads of evidence that BMI is not an accurate metric.
(Btw I am feeling bad that the lady who cooked the delicious Indian food has disappeared - I think she thought we were (I was) culturally insensitive and patronising. Aargh.)
Dowser be easy on yourself!

You can always do measurements. Do them every month...it's a good way to see weight loss.
Weight loss is a bit unreliable for me.
If legs are swollen in summer, I could be 2-3 lbs or more up. In winter I could be that down but still have fat tum and bum.

I am trying to ignore that craving for sugar. Argh!
I won't be best pleased with myself if I succumb.

Ah, I've missed those posts from the Indian lady. I hope we didn't frighten her away.

:-(

You guys are great... but I'm 18st7, so definitely obese, even at 5ft 11!

I think it was the fact that I was still a size 16 that has lead me to be in denial for so long - I live in jeans (relatively thin legs) and long tops, and carry a lot of my extra weight around my waist and boobs. The tops still fit, but are riding higher on me than they should, and coupled with the fact that the weight is in the unhealthiest place, means I should try to lose a fair whack, even if I don't focus on my BMI.

Dowser - yes, I'm starting to think measurements might be the way to go for me too. I think I'll record a few things and see what appears to be most motivating after a few weeks, then stick with measuring that

Hope everyone is having a good Saturday - the DCs have been running riot in the park all afternoon and we're now home, all rosy-cheeked, for hot chocolates (for them) and a decaf coffee (for me)

Boys off at the footy so had a domesticity orgy. Made the Christmas cake, Christmas pudding, six jars of Christmas chutney; pricked out my lettuces and potted up my salvias (why do all gardening activities sound like smutty jokes?).
Now too exhausted to think about food, which I know is Not Good. I am also becoming a mad control freak and refusing to eat food I haven't cooked myself so I know exactly what's in it.
Talk some sense into me, people!!!!

Right ! That's it I've cracked.
I've had two squares of moser Roth dark chocolate with orange centre.

I'm calm now. I've got it out of my system.
I'vee been stalking it since yesterday.

I think I'll stop now and put the rest back in the fridge and see if I succumb tomorrow to the rest.

Actually if you'd seen the portion of turkey curry and rice my dh served up for me.....huge
I halved it and there was still loads.
No wonder I'm the size I am!

( he's a feeder!)

Oh Dowser! It's only two squares, and you had much less at dinner than you could have done. Stay calm.

Lol...yes am fine now.
Should have done it sooner.
Then it wouldn't have been on my mind for over 24 hours.
Probably why I had that stonking headache in the middle of he night.

Yes....I'm blissfully vcalm now...floats around with a beatific smile on face...loving everyone ;-)

Oh Dowser, you are definitely deserving of your two squares, you need some cheer Hope you get a good sleep tonight!