Louise Parker Method thread 2. All welcome

[HardRockOwl]

Precious thread is here ... Louise Parker method anyone? I know it's a bit old fashioned now .. http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/weightlosss_chat/4517125-louise-parker-method-anyone-i-know-it-s-a-bit-old-fashioned-now

Just a place to chat about the method, the ups and downs and how it works etc.

I personally have just completed the first 6 week Transform phase and have lost 18 lbs. Not quite 'transformed' yet but on my way

@HardRockOwl did you make cookies?

Rollerskating today

B- chocolate and raspberry bircher
S- Ruby red tartine but on ikea crispbread instead of bread
L- beetroot and goats cheese salad
T- primavera chicken with strawberry and tomato salad which was very nice kudos to my husband

Missed snack as I skiver off work early to skate - might eating later instead.

No I was lazy so tonight is the night!

I was ridiculous today, opened up the fridge half a dozen times, took out the banoffi pudding in there and then put it back. So so tempted to eat it. Went for a walk instead

Food times for today

Greek yogurt with berries, protein powder and peanut butter

Tofu hotdog in sourdough with salad

Cherries and a babybel

Mozzarella, beef tomato and mixed nuts

Nectarine

Not the most inspired day of food if I'm honest

Been super busy today and forgot to make my breakfast cookies last night! Could tonight be the night?!

Food times for today

Porridge with chia seeds, blackberry yogurt and berries

Piece of Wensleydale + cherries

Tofu stir fry with a peanut sauce

And now I need something else so off to look in the fridge! Maybe some mango and mixed nuts

Can't be inspired every day. It's hard; even though the food I've been having is delicious it still has to be made and cleared up after, and it sometimes feels utterly relentless.

Did 40mins of workout this morning, took the wee one swimming, now have the house to myself. Will go for a walk shortly. After food probably.

B- shakshuka, 2 eggs, spoonful of ff Greek and a pitta bread
S- smoothie left over from Sunday
L- carrot soup with butter beans ( also crusts off child's bread- the urge to eat buttered toast was strong but I resisted but for the crusts)
T- left over chicken stew, some chard and bean mash.

No snack but I'm planning to have nectarine and mozzarella later.

Made a batch of 8 this morning!

Yum @HardRockOwl! I need to ask about your salt/pepper pots though and which is which??

I am still here and reading and supporting you all from the sidelines, howver I am doing/planning a few days/weeks of Fast800 to give me a boost, so won't be posting as much. It's working so far. I have now lost all my holiday weight (9 days to put on/12 days to take off) and then some.

Ooh @strawberrybarn don't leave us for the dark side!! 😀

And I don't have salt and pepper pots? Dunno what you're on about 😝😝

Hi guys, am still here and reading. Struggling though, I'm not going to lie, hence why I haven't really been posting, I keep thinking wait a couple of days until I have something worthwhile saying then what happens is I have a good day followed by a 3 Danish pastries for breakfast sort of day and am too embarrassed to show my face 😂 I think thou, that I do credit the LP moments for at least preventing weight gain at the very least. I go on holiday tomorrow and I'm hoping this will help me reset my mind, it's been a rough period of my life and I honestly think I need to work that out as most of my eating is just emotional.

@strawberrybarn your thoughts on adding another method alongside are interesting, I've found I don't usually feel that hungry in the mornings so have taken to not eating breakfast until around 11 when it's practical and not having a morning snack. (I do often have an evening snack instead due to late rehearsals) that way I can keep as many hours as possible between last and 1st meal of day for fasting effect.

@Megasaur5keeper I agree about food prep feeling utterly relentless, similar to what @HardRockOwl was saying about the faff of making seedy strabs etc. I definitely need to just find a way to simplify everything, otherwise I've lost before I've started.

In other news, I bought myself a hula hoop so I can mix up my exercise!

@ElvenDreamer it's totally impossible I think to try to lose when life is tricky. I was really struggling about 3 months ago and simply could not have contemplated the changes I needed to make. Don't be too hard on yourself!

Food for yesterday
B- bircher with frozen rasps and nectarines, and some cocoa nibs
S- almond butter and apple
L- goats cheese and beetroot salad
S- cherries and parmesan

And so far today
B - bircher with berries and cherries
L- mackerel and beetroot salad (got pretty coloured beetroots at the weekend)
S- almonds and an apple
Took something out of the freezer for dinner and now cannot remember what because the ceiling started leaking.
So exciting to find out what it was haha

I think @HardRockOwl is right, the easy snacks are best.

Hello!

Lovely to see you @ElvenDreamerand tell me more about the hula hoop please, is it weighted? If so, which one did you go for? Yes, I do like IF too and am rarely hungry in the mornings (although I love breakfast foods) so Fast800 is suiting me just now.

I am still using lots of LPM recipes though, I had the chicken primavera the other night too @Megasaur5keeperand it was so lovely! I loved the cherry tomato and strawberry salad!

My eldest child is 15 today so we are off to Pizza Express later - I have busy studying this - www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=www.pizzaexpress.com/-/media/Files/PDFs/2022/PIZZAEXPRESS-Nutritional-Menu---22nd-March-2022-V1.ashx&ved=2ahUKEwjI99qD5p35AhWbQUEAHe04DyEQFnoECBUQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0lo4ggRozVf-Q7OyySklAZ, need to make a good choice and avoid the birthday cake!

Another new low on the scales today and I have hit 19kg/3 stone loss since mid November last year (8.5 months), yahoo

Sorry, I don't think the link works, ut it gives calorie amounts from Pizza Express menu. We don't have that on menus in Scotland (yet) so needed to google!

Morning all, so we are off to Cornwall today, early start and a service station Greggs late breakfast. Had a mini panic attack over what to order as the rest chose bacon rolls and pain au chocolat etc but then spotted porridge pots and went for the apple and cinnamon one which seemed to be sugar free as far as I could work out and was pretty tasty so that was a morning win. Suspect a lot of the week will be off method as we are self catering and husband has planned and will cook for the week so there will be an element of damage control going on! Will focus on the exercise element instead...

@strawberrybarn this was the hulahoop I went for in the end,not really knowing what I was going for, but I'm enjoying myself! www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B09Y5KN8J9?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_image&th=1

Well done @strawberrybarn ! Great news.
Hula hoop fun. Tried a class once and mostly got exercise picking it up...

Food times -
B- bircher with berries
S- cherries and cheese
L- mackerel and beetroot salad
S- almond and apple
T- bolognese in a pepper with veg.

2 charcoal crackers with cheese as a worth it pre bed.

Morning all

Well I'm very annoyed with myself. I have had two days of what can only be described as stupid eating and I have no idea why

I 'think' it's a mixture of reasons. I've been very disciplined for nearly 4 months and also I have not lost anything much for a week or so, so I'm feeling like I'm plateauing a little

So those are my excuses for eating ..:

3 mint magnums
Brie baguette with chips
Banana cheesecake
Chocolate covered pretzels
Wedges of cheese
A bag of Percy pigs
Kinder bar
Praline bar

over the past 48 hours. And this is just what I can remember! So, it's clear to see that the snacky over eating monster is still alive and kicking!

So I need to really have a think about this. I need to regather myself and stop the rot NOW whilst it's still salvageable

Trouble is, I don't really know how to do this.

My plan for today is to swim as usual and do my 5K walk later as usual. I will not try to cut back or anything like that on my usual food today in an attempt to 'make up' for it

I've had porridge, kefir yogurt and strawberries for breakfast and I feel perfectly in control again so I literally am at a loss as to why I did what I did

I suspect a spot of self sabotage and boredom with the weight not dropping as fast as I'd like it to,

But I can't bear to waste my hard work over the past 4 months so deep breaths and just carry on

@HardRockOwl a couple of days will not wreck all the effort you have made and all the results- as you say, deep breaths and carry on as normal! No point beating yourself up and restricting- you'd just end up miserable, starving and in a cycle of eating more later.

You've lost a huge amount of weight - give yourself credit for that. And your chat is motivating others too!
Hope you have a nice swim and walk.

I echo the above. What would LP do? Probably say it was an elaborate step sequence that took you quite far outside the circle but an elaborate shimmy will get you back. Maybe think of it as a bit of research for which things were the items you have missed most and would like to bring in when you move to lifestyle phase!

Today I have had
Eggs on toast
Apple
Cheese roll
Small piece of cake and 3 biscuits
Tonight will be homeade curry based.

Lots of coast path walking with many ups and downs, I worked up quite sweat! Will probably do some kayaking later.

Ha, thanks for the words and encouragement. I shall keep shimmying back towards the hallowed circle.

Porridge, berries and yogurt for breakfast

Feta and salad filled wrap for lunch

Fruit salad for one snack
Mixed nuts for second snack

I think dinner will be tofu stir fry and I'll not think about the remaining mint magnum in the freezer.

Eating so erratically really doesn't suit me at all. I feel very tired today although I've done my swim

Today has been

B- blue Berry pancakes with raspberry sauce
S- 4 serrano ham and manchego roll-top and an apple
L- leftover cod tray bake and a potato skin with cheese.
S- a spiralised apple because to get something out of a cupboard the spiraliser had to come out, child saw it, wanted a spiralised apple which she inevitably didn't actually want.... and some almonds
T- sandi's salvation stew from lfl. And 2 alphabet chips (l and I...)

@ElvenDreamer - that sounds like a fun day !

Hello all - sounds like we are all potentially doing ok again?! Long May it continue

Much better day for me today. I'm trying to draw a line under the past two days as it's done now

Porridge berries and yogurt

Fruit salad

Wrap with feta and salad and tomatoes

2 tbsps mixed nuts + 1/2 banana

Tofu with noodles and green veg

Went swimming too

Food times

Greek yogurt, strawberries, banana, protein powder and chia seeds

Apple + peanut butter

Wholemeal roll with Brie, hummus and salad

Cherries

Lentils with goats cheese, veg, pistachios and pomegranate seeds

And mine-
B- bircher with citrus puree (need freezer space!), rasps and hazelnuts
S- small piece of gouda (about 10gr).
L- seabass, pancetta, Green veg, a small side salad and 2 chips, and a teaspoon if sticky toffee pudding

S- crispbread, cashew butter and strawberries
T- beetroot and goatcheese salad.

I'm back in my pre pandemic skinny jeans now which is fun. Need to get them taken up as they were always a bit on the long side...

Are you feeling back on track now @HardRockOwl
Looks like you're back in the food circle!

Morning, I'm not putting in my food as inspiring it is not! As I said before, husband in charge of food this week so I'm just doing the best I can and trying not to worry.
Activewise etc though it's going well, did a just under 5k run yesterday morning and a slightly longer walk in the afternoon. Also making lots of time to do things I love like reading, crochet etc so that I do feel rested and head reset for when I get back. Off to the Eden project today so while it won't be a strenuous one, we will at least be on our feet all day, then probably some kayaking in the evening.

Have a good one everyone.

Afternoon all

Yes @Megasaur5keeper I'm feeling a bit more in control although thinking about food quite a lot 😀

Breakfast was porridge, soya yogurt and chopped nectarine

Cherries and 2 babybels as one snack

Lunch was 4 lentil rice cakes with light soft cheese and tomatoes

Another snack of fruit salad

Not sure about dinner just yet