Need to lose 2 stones[blush] Want to start on Monday 2nd Sept. Mainly with exercise.

[Starbear]

Got back from hols last Saturday and promised I would start weight lose on Monday. Got into work on Tuesday to find a large tin of biscuits on the desk. Not good. Thought I would try Mumsnet for moral support and found out everyone started without me.
I'm 44 years (Jane Fonda where are you now!) 12 stones 5'6 and need to join in with others to lose the flab. Have 3 year old and work part-time 3 days a week, in a Yukky job. Anyone want to join me?
What get advice on losing weight mainly using exrcise as I really love my food
With a little support I might be able to diet too.

Today: B - orange
L - tomato soup with chancky veg (shop bought), home made steak and kidney pie with shop bought puff pastry (I had small amount of pastry on my plate) with mash and peas, raspberry yougurt (made with cream) and tea with jam
tea - chese toasty, tea with jam, now I'm going to have some cherry tomatoes and tea with some jam in it

yesterday:B 3 rashers h/e bacon,2 eggs,mushrooms,plum toms,baked deans
L 1 hot x bun and 1 slice of fruit loaf with olive spread.
em chicken curry, brown rice.

lychees

Today:

b honeynut cornflakes

l salad with cottage cheese and pineapple

em chicken veg gravey and yorkie

lychees

oops ferreo rocher
at least they're gone now!

Had a good walk today the long way round to and from school.

B - 4 cherry tomatoes, after school drop - 3 small bananas
L - what was left from steak and kidney pie without pastry - just the feeling which was nice.
Cup of tea with jam in it. Lot's of crackers with tahini (couldn't eat tahini as I found it soooo bitter. Is it just me, a bad jar or is tahini bitter?)
9:20 - was sooo hungry and made soup with carro, celery, garlic, frozen peas and can chick peas with carry powder and gravy granuls which work for soups for me - just used 2 tea spoons with hot liquid and added to my soup. it was good for me.

I haven't been good today. Had some lovely Italian buiscuits (about 7!) and jaffa cakes (5)
B- poridge with honey
L- cherrues and bluberries followed by shop bought chicken in some stuff (nobody knows), coffee with honey in it and those Italian buiscuits
D - home made minced beef with toms, onion, carrot, garlic and vegie stock and garlic potatoes pie with some grated chese on top, tea with jam in it and those jaffa cakes
Snack - grapes

I put on 1 kg and 300 g! had total crap today!!!!!

i think I'm addicted to Starbaks. Help, please!!!!!!!

Fedda & Kidsrus. Some support I am hey!! I am so very sorry I haven't been in touch. My internet connection has been down for over a week. But I'm back now thank goodness. I have been lost without your support and good messages. I have some good news!!! I lost 3.5lbs this week. I think its because I haven't been sitting on my backside on mumsnet!! I think that means this week will be horrendous now I'm back to normality. Glad you've kept the thread going. XX

Congratulations, fimbles. I'll try to get back to normal on Monday as I'm still over doing it with eating big portions and having treats. I have sore throat and high temperature which makes me eat more! Any excuse!

I've just had an idea. What if instead of saying everything we have been eating and beating ourselves up for the 'wrong stuff' we were to post the things we were proud of having. it could be a sharing ideas, recipes, inspiration and positive thoughts rather then confessions of what we were doing wrong. What do you think?
Today I'm not saying what wrong stuff I had but tonight i made a big plate of cherry toms, 1/4 of red pepper (chopped), red grapes, 1 kiwi (sliced), some sliced cucumber, chopped 1 celery stick and a squize of lemon.

what a good idea a positive thread.
ive eaten today a pear, some pineapple (i didn't like pineapple until i had boxes).
i have some more advocados which i will try something different with (if i can).
Am feeling quite happy this week as i have striked on childcare and washing up when dh is home so i can get on with jobs that have annoyed me . it worked i spent 1 hour in the bath sunday and pampered myself (after i cleaned it).
1 hr on mon washing down front of house and door & 2 hours ironing im now feeling rather smug and clean.
how sad is my life

It doesn't sound sad to me . I had bath as well trying to help with my sore throat. Didn't help though. I'm going to have tea with lemon and honey now. i hope we can all write some positive things we have, I know it's not always possible but we can try and help each other having a little smile on our faces. Life is full of sadness as it is, why add to it? (I must remember that one when next time I moan)

Oh, dear, did i scare everybody off with my idea of positive things we are eating? please, come back. I was bad during the weekend and I need your support.

sorry fedda hope you are feeling loads better.
had one of those weekends.
had a family get together yesterday it started bad and got worse. 1st the coach forgot us,2nd spent 8 hrs in a pub,3rd had to sit on a freezing coach for half hour waiting for all the pi**heads so we could get home and get our kids to bed ready for school today, and 4th they were all swearing and singing v.rude songs with my 2 & 6 yo listening.
im no way a prude but would consider opk before acting like that in front of them.
but in all i enjoyed the day seeing people hadn't seen for a long time.
As for the food no diet food available in the buffet apart from the salad decorations.

Pancake day tomo are you ready for that? perhaps we could give up chocolate for lent what do you think?

I've just discovered that I like Snickers. I always thought I didn't. Two bars today along with everything else I scoft like mad. I seem to eat without any sence these days. I'm really cross with myself but at the moment I feel better. Yesterday i was shocked that my temperature was normal I felt really hot. i had a lot of licky sweets and it made my throat feel better but my tummy is (oh, dear, I don't want to say what ist's like, you can imagine anyway). Yes, I'd like to stop all these stupid treats. I feel I need them because kids were arguing today in the morning and the day started badly for me. They made friends after school but I had my stupid excuse to have 3 coffees with 2 sugars each and 2 chockies and 2 kellogs bars which are crap anyway and all the rest. When will I get sence back? I'm cooking lasagnia tomorrow for DH and me and pancakes for kids. I'm not a great fan for pancakes (I think, I thought the same about snickers so I better not try them. Mind you, lasagnia is probably worse).

Oh dear Fedda!! Please don't beat yourself up about it. You are feeling unwell, so you are bound to comfort eat. I always do, especially with a sore throat and cold. I also turn to food if having a stressful day with the kids. You are perfectly normal
Concentrate on getting well, then I am sure all will fall back into place.

Come to think of it... I eat when I'm happy, when I'm sad, stressed, lonely, unwell, well, - Is there any time when I don't eat.. possibly when asleep.

Fimbles, I'm the same! i had a bad morning. My DS just decided not to get ready for school and it took us much longer to get ready. We've made it in time but I was going back home crying. Everybody looked smiling and I was the only one. I passed Starbaks and it was hard not to stop but I made myself getting some veg and I'm cooking soup now. if I don't start eating sensibly I'll be back where I've started so I'm making broccoli, celery harts, carrots, spring onion and garlic soup using Marigold Swiss vegetable bullion (I've never tried Swiss bullion before but it smells nice and it's low colourie). let's try together. We sound similar so we might be able to help each other. I'm desparate for some support as i was doing wrong for too long with the choices of comfort food.

Hi, fimbles and kidrus. How are you? I made butternut squach soup with carrots, peas and garlic today and had 2 large bowls for lunch and possibly will have some for dinner. i had it with organic oat cakes. I also had tea with jam but i can't be perfect.

Fedda - It is so good to hear from you. I thought our thread had faded away. I had a bad weekend foodwise. It was DS birthday and so I ate loads of chocolate cake, but I have been good today so far. You are obviously doing so well keeping up the healthy eating with your fab soups. I am lacking in ideas at the moment and would love for some inspiration into quick healthy meals. Any ideas??

Hi, fimbles, I wasn't doing well from December onwards so I'm desparate to get back to normal. Yes, soups are great. Inspiration? Well, any combination of any veg you like and the more the merrier. Today - half a butternut squach roasted for 40 minutes in it's skin and then the skin easily peels off, 2 chopped carrots, 2 garlic cloved crashed, chopped spring onions, frozen peas marigold veg boullion and when it was ready i added fresh coriander and partly blended everything so I could see the veg as well. The other day i just do 3 chopped carrots and a banch of coriander with garlic and blend it. my other soup has chopped tomatoes base with whatever veg is at hand, could be beetroot, carrots, onion, broccoli, celery, garlic. You can see, i just use whatever i have. I can add some canned chick peas or beans or, believe it or not, a handfull of oats. Whatever works for you is good. i hope that helps but if not, you might just google soups and see what takes your fancy. There is also Katy's thread where i post as well and somebody posted some easy soups ideas. Salads are good as well and also piling up your plate with plenty of veg so you don't have to eat something you don't feel is right at the moment. i had my soup today with oat cakes, they are nice and they don't need any spread on them (at least i didn't use any). please, do post, it will be a shame if our thread will just stop, I like it best.

I cannot understand why you are struggling Fedda - You are eating so many vegetables, I can't keep up!! I never have this much fruit and veg in the house. The only thing I can think of is perhaps, because you concentrate on veg, you are possibly not consuming enough calories/fat? I don't know its just a suggestion, unless the snicker fetish is still ongoing I was once told, however, that you do need a certain amount of fat in your diet. Do you use a slow cooker for your soups, or just cook on hob???

Fimbles, my weak points are teas with jam in it and coffees with 2 sugars. I do eat enough fat if not more then I need because I cook chicken and duck with skin on and eat it and i eat lam's, beef. pork fat + I spread my toast with a thin layer of butter as i hate marg so i'm afraid it's that i eat too much. My portions are huge. i can easily have 3 southern fried chicken drumsticks for my lunch 9the type Sainsbury's sell in hot counter) and i have 2 to 3 large soups bowls and I'm not happy if i have less, that's why no matter what i eat i'll never be size 10 and I'll be lucky to be size 12 unless i shop in Marks and Spencer where they have elasticated skirts and trouses and i full myself that I'm size 12. i cook my soups on a stove and it takes my around 30 minutes or less unless I roast the veg first, then I go, call my mum and by the time i finished chatting my roast veg is ready (I'm such a chatta box). I also don't do any exersise apart from school walk 9not school run), occasional cleaning the house or bending for some scattered around toys so you see, I'm a lazy cow.

No, No, No - You are not a lazy cow!!! Unless, of course, you are calling me one too. We are so similar, I try my best to exercise, but always find some excuse not too. I take the car to school when really I should walk, and my downfall is chocolate and crisps. You will be size 10 if that is what you want to be. Sending positive thoughts your way. No more negative posts. As I have said before - we will get there together.

Fimbles, all your positive thoughts are received with lot's of thanks and I'm sending mine your way. We are similar, only li=ckily i don't like crisps but unfortunately i like chocolate and peanut cookies. Luckily I don't have cookies and chocolate is nearly all gone as I'm not the only one who likes them. If I do excersise it's only 5 minutes and usually i can sustain more if i dance which i haven't done for ages. i was too lazy to make soup so I really fancied cheese and heam toasty and I only had white bread so I don't need to continue, you know the rest, i had it with my tea with jam in it for lunch
No, I don't call you lazy cow and I don't call anybody lazy cow apart from myself because i don't excersise and i should, the house is in the mess, the wash has to be done, the dinner plates are dirty and I'm here, on my computer writing to you. So, who am I? You ge the picture.

Oh Fedda - I hope I didn't offend you. I was only saying that if you considered yourself lazy then I was too as I don't do much exercise and I hate housework. I was trying to point out how similar we are, I didn't mean to give you the wrong impression and apologies if I made it sound that way. I think you are too hard on yourself. You are a Mum - this alone is hard work. I always say the housework will still be there tomorrow, and I have accomplished more if my children have spent quality time with me and go to bed in the evening happy!!!