Aiding Affirming April

[Octopus37]

Hi, here is the new thread. Without stating the obvious, think that in such difficult times, the emphasis is going to be on staying on an even keel as best we can and supporting each other. I weighed in at 9st0.5 this morning, I'm the first to admit that all I want to eat is carbs at the moment but I'm finding the accountability good. I'm aiming for 8st12.5 this month. Take care all

All your menus are inspiring. I tried that flatbread recipe, and it's a keeper!

@louhotel and @MonsteraCheeseplant well done on the exercise. I'm averaging out at 10k plus steps a day but need to start upping the exercise a bit.

@Octopus37 so pleased that you've seen that drop on the scales.

@sparkly I feel your pain. I do have faith in the plan though but it's getting harder for me.

I'm still keeping to it but I'm getting frustrated with the lack of progress.

Enjoy the lovely weather everybody x

Please keep the menu inspirations coming.
I had
B: Yoghurt
L: Chicken noodle soup
D: Spag bol plus french fancies for dessert.

Morning! Yesterday I had
b - seeded toast with a hard boiled eg
L - a small portion pasta with tomatoes sauce, and rocket salad
D - homemade sweet potato and chickpea curry, a little rice and a little nann bread.
Just to totally confuse things, I checked my weight on scales at work yesterday (keyworker) and it says I'm 2kg lighter than home scales! So I'm inclined to think our home scales are wrong

@Octopus37 well done on your loss! Hope you enjoyed your virtual drinks. @MonsteraCheeseplant can you make another batch of brownies?! I've brought a massive tub of Greek yogurt so will hopefully have a go at making some.

Ooh Sparkly that's tantalising! Will you try replacing the batteries? Or replace your scales? with the work ones

I don't know if I can be arsed to make more brownies. On the one hand I have loads of Greek yoghurt going spare still, especially after I found flavoured stuff for fewer calories for breakfast which I prefer. But on the other hand I bought fondant fancies which are also about 100 cals a portion.

We'll see.

I found a new Greek yoghurt recipe!
Muffins
So this is a site frequented largely by americans, hence the use of the word Zucchini and the idea of muffins being for breakfast. But I get some inspiration from it. I don't have courgette but do have a bag of carrots. And I don't have cashew milk so not sure what difference that would have on the calorie count either. Very tempting though.

Must look into some of these recipes. Sparkly well done on your weight loss. Virtual drinks were good, stuck to flavoured gin and diet mixers. However ate too much yesterday, seem to be having another period, so chocolate, crisps etc, weighed 9st1.75 again today but starting to understand these blips. Long dog walk today, with period don't really feel up to Joe Wickes and I am aiming for that every other day

And 4 Mr Kipling lemon whirls later................

Hope everyone is having a great day. I am setting the lower bar.

Lets not forget the extraordinary circumstances we are trying to manage our diets in! The bar should be low and we can be super kind to ourselves for falling face first into Mr.Kipling (that sounds far ruder than I intended but i'm keeping it).

Take vitamin d. It literally transforms your body.

@winterisstillcoming I can totally relate to diving face first into mr Kipling! (So rude yet hilarious) Sweet stuff is my downfall. I had a fiddle with the batteries on our scales and am now showing as lost 1lb. Will stick with them for now and see how they go. I agree these are crazy times to be trying to lose weight. However I feel like if I don't continue to up my game I could easily slip into lockdown comfort/boredom eating habits.

Poncheck I agree that vitamin D helps. Not had a good day today, eaten crisps, chocolate, garlic bread and pizza. Wouldn't be that bad, but I didn't manage a long walk even, only a short one cause of the awful weather. Hope to do better tomorrow. If I feel ok in the morning I'll do Joe Wickes. Diving into Mr Kipling sound hilarious Winters, can relate, but for me he'd have to be made of chocolate. Onwards and downwards, cannot believe its nearly May. This is the first month where I wont have met target, I've maintained at best, but will be aiming for 8st13 by the end of May.

I did feel a little bit sick afterwards..............!

@Octopus37 you've done well to maintain. Imagine if you hadn't kept an eye? Depending on how weigh in goes I might set 8st 13 for May. Let's see how demanding Mr. Kipling is though.

I'm finding that I'm losing motivation with all things. Home schooling, laundry, tidying.
I need a kick up the proverbial. I'm working tomorrow so hopefully that will get me out of the rut.

I'm also going to approach this positively. Instead of trying on the jeans I want to fit into, put on the ones I used to wear and enjoy how loose they feel and instead of reading all the bad things about diabetes, read stories of people who have reversed it or made positive changes.

All I know is that I genuinely cannot get through it without you all. And my bf who has been amazing too.

Thank for your positive post Winters, feeling a bit crap today weighed in at 9st2.5 this morning, feel as though I am really letting myself down. I'm having another period which hasn't helped, only had one two weeks ago. Something I could do with getting checked out but obviously cannot at the moment. Also anniversary of my MIL's death today, 5 years and feel very achey. Sorry moan over, need to be positive and try and improve. I will manage a long walk cause the weather is better today, I also plan to do Joe Wickes, even though everything hurts I'm going to attempt it. I just ate a cereal bar for breakfast. Think the weight could be partly all the salt from the pizza and crisps etc and lack of exercise. Really will get myself sorted in May.

Also understand about losing motivation, think this is a very common problem at the moment as all this has been going on for so long. Just feel like slobbing out at the moment, have been working quite hard on tidying/clearing cupboards cause we are moving house after lockdown and on my work from home, but I feel very sluggish today.

I also plan to do Joe Wickes,

This thread just keeps getting more and more saucy. I hope that you don't hurt too much afterwards Octopus . He must be exhausted, I hear lots of women are doing it with him lately.

By the way, you should be able to call your G.P. surgery still.

I weighed myself yesterday as well and the scales hadn't budged. Am really hoping to break into the 10 stone range on Saturday. It's looking less and less likely though. Annoying as I do not ever eat more than 1250 cals a day and my maintenance is supposed to be 1700. Oh well, it has to move at some point. Patience patience.

I'm lacking general motivation too, so can also sympathise. But, I know what a slippery slope it can be... It's the 1st of May on Friday and as good a time as any for a fresh start. So, for the third or possible fourth month running I am aiming for 8 stone something by the end of May!

Joe Wickes well and truly exhausted, shagged out lol. Have eaten (aside from Joe Wickes for brunch), a cereal bar, 2 oatcakes and a duo Dairy Milk. 775 cals. Been home schooling all morning, it is draining. Now time to start my work. Hounds we will achieve 8st something in May.

Crap guys... all I can do is eat... and look for more food to eat I don't know what's holding me back.

Wanna post your meals/snacks and we can have a look together?
I'm definitely erm... prioritising treats right now I must say. I made carrot cake yesterday (with low fat greek yoghurt of course! ) but somehow made it fit into my allowance.

Totally understand Heygirl. I've been the same recently, we are all so fed up. Know what Monstera means about prioritising treats, for me its important to prioritise chocolate right now. Weighed in at 9st1.5 this morning.

I feel the same. Really fed up of it all now and am really down about the fact that so many parts of normal life have just gone and there's no real end in sight is there? Our schools are starting to go back next week, but that's only certain year groups (last year of primary and secondary exam years, I think) split into smaller groups and for much shorter periods of time. I suppose that they're waiting to see what effect that has on things before deciding whether the other year groups can start to go back in some sort of very limited way. I suddenly realised that it's going to be a very long time before my son is back at school in any sort of 'normal' way.
I'm prioritising cake today but absolutely must kick myself back into gear tomorrow!

Oh it's not that I don't know what's wrong or that I'm getting meals and snacks wrong, it's that I'm living for the next chocolate treat...and then some. We've been baking and had a birthday so there's an abundance and I just want to sit on my own and eat it all! I'm like a different person from my Jan/Feb/March self on here with lovely meal etc. Sorry some of you feel the same.

Hi! Is there a may thread yet? I'll update there. Can everyone recap to where they've got to? I'm still the same old but might motivate me!

Yeah, here's the May thread