Anyone else want to lose about half a stone??

[nappyaddict]

I want to try and lose half a stone by xmas eve. Figured that will give me a bet of extra room to eat loads over xmas week

me too, what you planning?

not sure yet.i have been doing juicing but not sure i've got the time for hardcore juicing with all the planning i've got to do at the moment.

Would love to, do you have a magic wand tho?

Gor count me in! I've got big plans to start 'proper' diet in New Year but to hepl over x-mas to shift 1/2 stone would be ace! Think I need to have no wine between now & x-mas & that should help me!

Think I'm not going to do a particular diet as such. My plan is to

A) Only snack on fruit/veg/natural yogurt
B) Try to not eat anything after about 5pm (may have to stretch this a little bit cos don't always manage to have dinner at 5pm)
C) Drink 3 litres of water a day
D) Eat lots of jacket potato/salad/rice type dinners

Nappyaddict - I have been doing the following for a fortnight and have lost 6lbs:

1. Drink 2-3 cups of hot water per day.
2. Replace all other juice/squash type drinks with water.
3. Only have a maximum of 2 cups of tea/coffee per day.
4. Eat all meals of a small desert plate hence smaller portions.
5. Have bread only once a day. i.e. If you eat toast for brekky have salad etc for lunch.
6. Replace all snacks with fruit.
7. Try to do 30mins of exercise a day even if it is only walking.

Don't know whether this will help you but just thought I would pass this on as it has worked for me. Good Luck.

Is hot water better than cold water then?

Do you cut out the tea/coffee because of the milk and sugar cos I have my coffee black anyway.

I don't eat bread anyway so that one's easy.

I have been eating all my meals on our smallest dinner plate which is about 9 inches. How big are you desert plates?

Jacket potatoes are a disaster according to Jason Vale, it makes a lot of sense because it's basically mashed potatoe which has a really high GI liquid sugar.

just had ryvita and tuna , that ok isn't it? did hour of aerobics, drunk i litre water so far.

Hi Nappyaddict - My desert plates are 9 inches too!! but I try not to overfill them. I am informed (by a friend) that hot water is more of a cleansing drink, supposedly great for the metabolism and does wonders long term for the skin (how much of that is true I am not sure) but have been giving it a go anyway. I have always suffered with bad spots and I must admit my face does seem noticeably clearer but that could also be due to the fact I have avoided all chocolate for a fortnight (pats own back as real achievement for me!!) As for tea and coffee, I have just been replacing these to attempt to up my water intake as I find it hard to drink the recommended amount in one day. I am amazed that you don't eat bread and would love to hear of some menu ideas that I could try to replace it as this is what I find the hardest. What do you put in a packed lunch??

After last xmas I weighed 13 stone and now after gyms, swimming and cutting the crap out I am know between 11.3- 11.5.

But what is it with xmas time, the will power is dwindling and I am eating the chocs at work and feeling guilty after and unable to stop feeling cross at the poor will power after a year of hard work.

I only had a stone to loose to get to my altermate goal.

Fimbles - i don't really eat packed lunches but my dad doesn't eat bread either and he takes salad, pasta, rice, potato salad, a big fruit salad or crackers to work. oh and sometimes he takes soup in a thermos if he can be arsed.

Hi there,

If I'm not too late then I'd like to join you. I joined one of these threads last year and lost 6lbs so am hoping to do the same again.

I normally hover at the 9st mark on the scales. I get to 9st and cut back for a few days and go back down to 8st 10/11lbs but I've gone a bit chocolate mad for about three weeks and am now 9st 7lbs. I know this isn't terribly heavy but I had got down to eight and a half stone so have gained one of the stones that I'd lost so I'm a bit cross with myself.

Just haven't been able to resist eating chocolate. Not just a chocolate biscuit here and there either but big bars of Toblerone.

Anyway, there's two weeks left till Christmas so 5lbs off isn't an unrealistic target.

So far today I've had a bite of my DS3s toast and a tin of rhubarb. Won't have any lunch as I'm out to dinner tonight (Chinese restaurant) and will try to choose low fat dishes.

Eating has felt a bit out of control lately but feel more positive today that I can get back on track.

How's everyone else doing today?

Today I've just had a bowl of soup and some fruit.

Down to 9st 3lbs this morning!

I've managed to avoid chocolate and have eaten lots of tinned fruit. Wasn't at all well yesterday so I think that's contributed to weight loss.

I know that I haven't lost 4lbs of fat since Wednesday and it's mostly fluid but it's definitely a morale boost to see the scales going down.

How's everyone else doing?

Is it good to lose fluids?

How much do you have to lose before you start losing fat?