NOTHING TASTES AS GOOD AS BEING SLIM FEELS

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Sign in please with weight loss so far.
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started at almost 11 7
now just over 10

if you go onto twitter you can see dhs VILE knee op

See I just can't do that. Can't just not eat, when people around me are eating delicious food. I can do it somethings (for example if I've just a snack not long before ) but just not eat anything? Nah. Hmm maybe thats why I'm on a diet thread!!!!

agree pointydog diet food is crapola

better to have what you fancy even if rarely/in microscopic amounts

bobbie what do you do for protein now?

I do avoid nuts though. Just cause I know if I buy a bag, "to last the week" I'll actually eat them all in a few days and that will be bad.

reducing portion size helps me loads and eating whatever fruit and veg I want

I have a q for su and the long distance runners - what do you eat post gym to fend off post-exercise munchies?

I am going to put a post it note on my big kitchen cupboard.

"NUTS SCHMUTS"

i run right before the evening meal so just eat when i get in but with an eye to portion control

usually just protein and heaps of veg ie yesterday's omelet and asparagus

other meals have been pan fried lightly smoked salmon and green beans

wild mushroom soup with meatballs (2 poss 3)

i initially went crazy after a run eating but am now accustomed to it + don't feel famished

For protein I do...

an egg for breakfast sometimes, or a couple for tea sometimes.

Fish. Lots.

Nuts.

Humous.

Pine nuts.

Parmesan cheese (about once a week).

Oh, and I do a bit of quorn and soya occasionally.

But I do try to avoid normally.

lentils would be a v good addition
in this house we eat

falafel
black bean burritos
tuscan bean soup
chickpea stews
spaghetti and lentil bolognese (good if you can have carbs otherwise )

we are not veggie but i try to do a veggie meal at least 1x a week

lentils v good as they satisfy like carbs, yet are protein

What about quinoa (in salads) or bean based salads bobs - they could probably help you meet your protein reqs too (and having carbs in them too fill you up)?

dinky i don't get hungry post-run either and i go for 45mins-1hr several times a week. oddly i often fancy a cup of coffee. am sitting here in running clothes and must go but it is bloody horrible out there.

ds doesn't like potatoes so we don't bother with them any more. i also like gherkins and little pickled things.

if i don't eat enough protein my blood sugar goes v wonky hence my horrific weekday bacon roll habit.

I'm generally ok if I exercise pre-breakfast or lunch as will just eat my meal post exercise - but if I exercise mid afternoon or early evening am fighting the desire to eat something till the next meal time. V envious of those who are not hungry post exercise - though not envying Fishie with her run (am meant to be doing some sprint training this long weekend at some point - am putting it off till tomorrow as is appalling out there).

Doesn't like potatoes??

I wish I didn't. I suspect my probs would be over.

Beans great idea.

Like beans.

Also like lentils.

Have cans of puy lentils in cupboard. Need to learn to make dahl.

All v helpful

Will weigh myself in 1 week

No more nuts

Will prepare large salad at supper time and eat LOTS of that rather than other family stuff

Some fruit tea infusions instead of chocolate for sweet snackage

I find a frozen weight watchers yoghurt lasts ages in the evening watching tv

(had green tea at starbucks, was a bit bleurgh but felt v virtuous)

distraction techniques
WALK AWAY form the food scoffing area( eg staff room on firdays)

How long do you put your yoghurt in the Freezer Darrell? I tried it with a muller light once when I started on WW and it was minging! Impressed at your green tea at starbucks- su will be proud.

oh you poncey veggies - just eat some meat fgs

Don't Su..am that far from a sausage at all times.

put all yoghurts in freezer at beginning week
get out at least 30 mins prior to eating
the ww fromage frais suprisingly tasty

the main ting is that they take an age to eat as frozen, hence occupying hands and mouth for hours

ooh Darrel the idea of frozen yogs sounds delicious. I had a 90's throwback obsession of hunting down those strawberry mousses that were in small pots with a cardboard lid that you kept in freezer, and either defrosted fully so it was like an actual mouse, or eat it straight from the freezer as a solid almost-icecream affair. They were gorgeous, and I haven't found any

So I might try your idea instead . Post dinner biffage is (one of) my downfalls, DP insists on keeping cheese in the house (nice cheese too) as he is slim like a whippet and can eat whatever he likes . So come 10pm he gets out the little cheeseboard and crackers. It is really, really difficult to say no. The worst thing is, when he wants to lose weight he hardly has to think about it and has lost half a stone.

Cheese - check out Tesco. Online has the Birds Frozen Strawberry Mousse (4 pots) which look v similar to the 80s numbers...

dh lost a stone by accident recently and he looks so much better

i cope wiht post dinner biffage by not eating dinner till 9pm