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.

so did i fedda couldn't do much else.it was pouring with rain and we trudged along the beach through the puddles looking like drowned rats.
we had to strip before we could get back in the car.
but it was a good day with a great atmosphere and we sang singing in the rain around the course.

Well done, kidrus

Good for you doing race for life. I, like Fedda, really don't do running. I've decided I'm not built for it (weak knees)and really admire people who do, so well done, kidsrus!

I did my weekly weigh in this morning and am half a stone lighter than 3 weeks ago. Hooray! I think I'm getting there!

...that is until next week when the stress of full time teaching begins and I'm too tired to exercise and don't have enough time to eat properly (takeaways...etc - dh won't cook). I hope that, with your help, I will stay on track. Prepare for some whingeing!

Well done MrsM on the weightloss so far, Keep up the good work, and Well done Kidsrus on the race for life. I am thinking of doing it also, last summer I couldn't run from here to there without getting breathless, but some friends encouraged me to start running and although it didn't really help with the weightloss in September I did a 10k run for Cancer Research. Unfortunately due to the darker evenings, I have let the running slip, so once again am unfit!! But, I do plan to start again as soon as it is light in the evenings to be able to go out. Good Luck kidsrus - You are a star!!

hi all, i havent been gym today, af arrived this morning. i always have heavy one so, there is no way i make gym.
we went visit sil in hospital so all day was mad rush. i had
oat bar for breakfast( rushed to feed ds, and dd and ended up with oatbar in the car)
salmon and salad for lunch
and had omellette for tea(dh made it for me as i was bisy with dc)
had only bag of waler crisps in the car as snack.
hopefully will make gym tomorrow
how is everyone doing for valentine`s day?
we are not too romantic, knackered with two for a day trip. want t go bed early

Hi, I had left over chicken drumstick for B, L - cafe rouge English breakfast with sausage, bacon, tomato 9mushrooms were not nice so I had to leave them) and toast with a scraping of butter + orange juice
A cup of tea with jam
4 - coffee with 2 sugars and cherries (anything to keep me off biscuits)
D - M&S lobster in breadcrumbs and some other stuff + 3 chippies + 2 slices of garlic bread; bluberries, grapes and raspberries with 1 scoop of strawberry pavlova ice cream from M&S, tea with 1 sugar and lemon and crackers + flaked almonds

Morning all.

Managed to be good enough yesterday to be able to have a couple of glasses of champagne with dh without going over points. I even had some spare.

I am off to hand this essay in and will go straight to the gym. Another good day for me!

Hope everyone is well today.

Evening all. B - poridge with honey and grapes, coffee with crackers
L - can of sardines with cherry toms, grapes, toast with thinly spread of butter, tea with 1 sugar
Coffee with 2 sugars
D - rainbow trout grilled with almonds, steamed green beans, boiled carrots, home made french fries, salad of toms, cucumber and grapes
Bluberries, raspberries and pear with a scop of M&S Strawberry pavlova ice-cream
Coffee with crackers

well done fedda you have eaten really healthly today it all sounds delish.
I went shopping last night to stock up on low fat snacks for the evenings, while i was in the honey section i noticed they had some nectar which is made from plants for sweetening drinks and food and thought of you and jam. Have you ever tried it?

well done mrsm what are you eating to make it fall off so quickly (i need to know your secret)

agave nectar
here it is fedda

Thank you, kidrus, it sounds very interesting. I'm really sorry I'm really set in my ways though and i love honey and jam so I just had a cuppa with honey and toasted flaked almonds mixed with honey + mandarine + apple. I eat too much, that's my problem and i don't excersise. Silly bily me.

Hi, everybody. B - mixed granola and muesli with milk
L - eating out - big portion tai stir fry noodles with sprout beans, read and green peppers, peanuts, soy sauce and chicken, jasmin tea
Tangerine, apple
D will be can of sardines with 1 toast with butter, toms, cucumber and grapes salad and coffee with 2 sugars and a cereal bar

B - muesli and granola cereal with milk
L - eating out - noodles with veggies + tea
tangerine, apple
D home made vegie soup with carrots, celery, yellow pepper, sweet corn, herbs and spices and had it with crackers.

Fedda - You would be so proud of me.... I'm making soup!!

Excellnt, fimbles. i forgot to mention that I also use passata - sieved tomatoes in my soup and it was delish. Did you enjoy yours? I [;anned to leave some for 10 o'clock snack attack but it was too good to leave so I had tea with 1,5 sugars and lemon with some crackers. I'll probably have an apple now.

It was lovely. Hubby was so impressed. I made loads so I have some left for lunch today. It had so much more flavour than a canned soup. Feeling very proud of myself, and will definately be trying some more. And it was so easy - like you said it would be.

Lovely to hear about your success, fimbles. May i ask for your recipy, plrase?

hi all, for some reason i couldnt sigh in for 2 days it could be silly pc.
i havent been gym either due to af, having back pains and etc.... big excuse
made cookies with dd, and ended up eating all by myself. dd only enjoyed baking bit. its cookie mix rom john lewis she had xmas. it tastes rather yummy.
B- shredded wheat with handful of raisins
L- bowl full of salad added with tsp of mayo shared with dd.
D will be soup with wholemeal bread.

Hi, DforDiva. it's nice to hear from you and you meals sound good

B - poridge with honey made with semi.
L - roast chicken with 1/2 Yourkshire pud, 2 roast pots, stir fried carrots and couliflower with water, tea with jam and granola cereal
D- grilled kippers with cucumber and walnut bread with Lupal no salt spread
Will have coffee with 2 sugars and crackers later.

Fedda - Of course you can have recipe. I fryed 1 rasher of chopped bacon in pan until soft and then added 1 onion, 1 carrot, 1 celery stalk (chopped) and cooked for 5 mins. Stir in 1tbsp of plain flour and then add 550g canned tomatoes, 3/4pt chicken stock (I made mine with water and stock cube), 1tbsp tomato puree, salt & pepper, 1/2tsp sugar, 1/2tsp basil and 1 bay leaf. Bring to the boil and simmer for 45mins. Remove bay leaf and puree if required and then return to saucepan to heat and serve. It was absolutely divine!! However, been out this evening and had roast dinner, apple crumble and custard and chocolates

Oops, I should have said chicken stock. Sorry, apparently this makes all the difference.

Oh, I am going mad .... I did say chicken stock

Thank you very much, fimbles for the recipy and for a lovely warm post. Your soup sounds absolutely divine. I must try it.

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