NOTHING TASTES AS GOOD AS BEING SLIM FEELS

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Morning all.
New thread for weigh in Friday.
Old one taking forever to load.

Was SO bad last night. Fancied a glass of Rose wine so bought a nice bottle thinking DH would have it with me. He didn't. I had it all. Whole bottle. Dinner was actually fine - steak, a sausage, salad and a piece of halloumi. But then I had a mini magnum. And then drunken hunger kicked in when DH and DS had gone to bed. Had a packet crisps. A cheese sandwich . And another sodding magnum .

However. The good news is that I weighed and still managed to lose. Only a pound but at least i lost.

lol! My target was 9st 6 or 7lb, I got to that and thought, "oh, I could stand to lose another lb or 2".

I've now found that it's quite hard to stop losing the weight, even though I've gone past goal. Because I'm exercising 5/6 times a week and my calorie intake is around 800-1000 a day on average, I'm finding it hard to stop the weight dropping off even though I'm no longer 'dieting'. The lifestyle change (which is what I wanted to do anyway) needs tweaks, I think!

I know I'm supposed to be eating around 1200 - 1500 cals a day as a woman but I find it hard to eat like that now. If I eat that no of cals healthily (as I would prefer) it's just too much food. If I eat that no of cals by topping up with high cal food then I find I feel sluggish afterwards (as it is usually refined sugar). Plus, I suffer from migraines and refined sugar/crappy food exacerbates the problem.

Cripes, Nom. Don't fade away!!! What about things like full-fat cheese and cream in your coffee and the odd takeaway? Lots of nuts as snacks?

Nom, could you maybe do as undertone suggests by sneaking in cals with nuts as snacks or maybe a fruit smoothie for a drink during the day/early evening?

Cant believe we're on a diet thread giving advise about putting weight on

Ilythia - that is not v zoney lunch - you must do extra hard Billy Blanks in penance.

Nom

MID, 12k in 1hr 10 is very good going, consider yourself a real runner. I've applied for a marathon place next year Cheese, that is awesome if I get a place I shall be coming to you for tips. How long did it take?

Well my laptop is farked and my phone keeps crashing so am abandoning mn and off to swear at billy. Laters y'all!

I know TMAM, I feel myself going a bit anorexy where my thought processes are concerned.

I used to have the same problem in my mid-late teens, not full blown worrying stuff (my weight has always been within the normal range, sometimes at the low end but still normal), but a definite tendency towards the control of food thing - rewarding myself for not eating 'x' and being hyper-critical of every inch of extra. It hasn't happened for years and I suppose I assumed I'd grown out of it, apparently not! Thankfully, I'm aware of the thoughts and I'm aware that they're Not Normal, so I can catch myself when I feel myself going that way.

God, I sound mental.

Hey nom, just managed to read through thread. Am gld you can see that it's a bit worrying to keep losing, but can understand reluctance to biff, even in moderation. I think you need to remove all low fats from the house, 'normo' milk, cheese etc.
Make sure you have a decent breakfast as well!
just done my billy dvd, quite pleased, only had to give up on one exercise!

Still no boozing advice? Spirits better, yes? And eat before out or not? Will be fagging so that will help. Can't wait, am out with dd1's bff's mum for her birthday, not been out sans dh since went out with her 3 months ago and was recalled as dd2 had v high temp and no calpol in the house...oops.

yes, deffo stick to spirits with diet/slimline mixers for a low cal booze alternative.

I would eat a light meal (perhaps equiv to a lunch) before going out, that way you get hammered but equally you'll be less tempted by kebabs/curry/etc when you have had a few.

Oh yes, we are on the MOVE again.

15st 6 dead this morning, so 1.5 lb's for the last week
Oh yes. Am OFF the plateau and on my way!

Oh, and attached laptop to ethernet cable old school stylee so back online again, thank feck.

Well done Ilythia. Su's rules were drink on an empty stomach - one maybe two glasses then put the bottle outside the door. Think Nom;s suggestion is more sensible.

Nom - FWIW I think plenty of people have had food control issues in their past. Its good to be able to recognise unhealthy patterns and when a healthy diet and approach to exercise and life ends up being not so healthy. So, you know what to do and what not to do now. If you want to stabilise/maintain on WW's they recommend you eat an extra 200-300 calories a day over what you were eating when you losing weight - and that works out as a couple of 100/150 cal snacks you can hopefully work into your day.

Weighed in and have lost just over 3 lbs this week. Hurrah. Back at 10.5.8 so moving in right direction. Am off camping this weekend so no exercise for 4 days and expecting a gain again but will be holding off from biffing so hopefully wont be too bad. Also, DS1 has now got DS2's d&v bug - am hoping he will be on the mend by this afternoon or will be quite a fraught experience.

Hi ladies can I join you too? Feel like I really need a support thread. Lost about 2st on WW nearly two years ago now, and find it horrendous trying to keep it off. I put about 6/7lb back on after losing and I constantly push the boundaries of the 'top' weight that I feel comfortable being. I have a terrible sweet tooth and find toddler teas V hard to resist (even though couldn't picture myself picking at cold fish fingers ever before having a child!!). I'm a real snacker and quite a greedy girl and find it generally hard not to think about where my next food is coming from. Anyhow, I struggle and could just do with a bit of support in general.

What do you ladies snack on when a chocolate machine is staring you in the face??!! I buy loads of fruit at the supermarket each week and then find my DS's ice cream is the only thing I actually want to eat for pudding! And I never even used to eat pudding years ago. Grrr. My main problem is that I feel I eat unhealthily, sigh.

Hey bondgirl, welcome and come on in!
WHat do you weigh now? And how tall are you? Just to check cos i am nosy y'know.
I'm afraid that my poor children got totally deprived for 2 weeks while I went hardcore to kickstart into the Zone (a beautiful place where you can waft around not eating shit) They had Nice biscuits as a treat because I think they are ming and that was it. Just fruit.

Well doen dinks > 3lb when you weigh 10st is great!

Back later!

hello all,

Had a good couple of days. Im keeping on track.

Well done Ilythia on the loss - onward and upward!

Hello and welcome bondgirl. I found initially it was tough but once in the zone its not so bad.

Weighed in at gym today - ive lost another couple of pounds. Im really pleased with my fitness level - im running better than I have for years and it has really made a difference to my shape. The size 10 jeans that were too tight I can now take off without unfastening the button!

Hope you have all had a good weekend

tibni - cripes! Good going. But again - don't fade away. What's your target? How tall are you?

Parents found me huffing and puffing to the Shred in their living room hilarious. Dad was lifting my 2.5kg weights and going 'but these weigh nothing - why do you complain so much?' He's getting on a bit so I didn't make him do side lunges with an anterior raise for a solid minute. He may well have keeled over.

Avoided biffing as much as possible while with 'the feeder' AKA my mum. She said she was so proud of me for losing weight, which was lovely (within th enext five minutes she offered me a massivle slice of cake - which I refused, obv). I mentioned in passing that I'd quite like to use the opportunity next year (when a size 12 or so) to find someone really nice. She said that I had better start wearing make up. Ho hum.

Feeling a bit wibbly as dad took the opportunity in a quiet moment to let me know he's glad I cut down on the booze as I was 'obviously drinking too much.' I mean - he's right, and I've fixed it now, but for some reason this made me really upset (I didn't say anything). Mum and dad polish off a fair bit in the evenings (white wine).

How do I stop being so madly oversensitive when it comes to criticism - even if the criticism is totally valid?

Did the schred this morning, and powered around the park this afternoon. I finally feel I'm 'running' now instead of just scrabbling along any old how. I'm going further in my 45 mins than I was.

schred? Shred. 'schred' is the Dutch version.

Oh! And look for videos of Jillian Michaels on YouTube. I hadn't seen any of the 'Biggest Loser' before - it's an eye-opener.

Ahh now I have seen Biggest Loser but hadn't worked out that is was the same trainer as I am not doing shred.

Undertone - well done for being so strong; you are making a difference in your life re weight and drink, that is something to be proud of. Re criticism I really do not have the answer to that. My very wise late father always said that it is only if we accept and take on board other peoples criticism that they bother us. So it is not the comments but our response to them that matters. Although I could see his point it never has stopped things hurting me.

Undertone im 5 7 and a bit! Now weigh in at 64kg 10st 1. I don't really have a goal apart from getting fit and feeling healthy and well.

what what? are people still posting on here? must've fallen off my list.

post weddings... i have fallen rather off the wagon and gained back up to eleven stone. two words. tiger bread.

Ilythia I am 5' 8" and I weigh 10st 2lbs as of this morning. 9st 7 was my weight loss target when I did WW. The thing I find hard I think is that when you are doing WW or similar you can say 'No thanks, I'm doing WW' but once you've lost the weight, get the compliments it's harder to say no, I'm watching my weight - because it kind of implies whoever is offering you the cake/biscuit etc etc ought to also be watching theirs and by implication you sort of make them feel bad. But I suppose I shouldn't worry about that. I was terrible at my friend's DS's 3rd b'day party yesterday (home made cake is defintely one of my weakest points!!) and ate four pieces of cake. So I've got to try and be good this week. 10st is meant to be my wake up call but I've ignored it of late... I've actually considered going back on WW to maintain my weight, as I found once I developed a 'pattern' i.e. what I could eat and snack on and still lose, I found that enormously helpful. Eating for me fulfills every aspect of mood - I eat to comiserate, to celebrate, because I'm bored, because I am happy/sad, feel I deserve it. Got to try and alter my attitude to it, really. V hard.

Aitch - bummer re: tiger bread. Also a bit . Yes of course we're still here - I'm still fat! No-one gets to leave while I'm still fat!!

bondgirl and tibni - you'll laugh but at 5' 7" myself, 10.5 stone IS my target weight! Different strokes for different folks. WHy do you think you need to diet? is it just because you used to be slimmer?

For me it is about trying to find a way to eat in a more balanced way and stay healthy because at present I have no chance to exercise (used to go to the gym before I had DS and husband is disabled following a stroke so I have no way to go to the gym regularly at moment). And I'm afraid it's also partly just plain vanity - I like being able to look better in clothes and enjoy being able to fit into smaller sizes and get a buzz out of that. I also put weight on in an unbalanced way, IYSWIM, so it's sort of about body shape too. I'm quite flat chested, and I seem to put weight on on my bottom and thighs, so I'm trying to even myself out a bit. Oh dear, that all sounds a bit shallow now I've put it down in black and white...

Sorry meant to add undertone I wouldn't laugh at anyone no matter what their target - everyone is different shapes and sizes and has different targets, I know, and it's really hard work reaching them whatever it is - eek, hope I didn't give that impression

Well I was 11st 4 when I joined this thread - not big as such but with a cake shelf over the jeans and love handles. I was just squeezing into my size 10 jeans because I hadn't the money to replace my clothes and didn't want to.

My target was 10 - 10 7 but I really wanted to get fit alongside the weightloss. When I am bigger I hide in baggy clothes, will not wear anything fitted and don't feel good about myself. Right now I feel like I look good - I have muscle tone developing and today I ran a sub 30min 5km (the first time I have attempted this and after my megga workout yesterday).

My weight goes to my core area - and with a history of type 2 diabetes I know I have to be careful. I can carry the weight ok as I am hourglass and my chest/bum acts as a distraction. Before my change in lifestyle I was dreadfully constipated and often felt bloated.

I have often said on this thread that I hadn't really got a goal weight; I evaluate as I go. Im not "dieting" as such now but I am being careful and exercising and trying to ensure I don't go on self-destruct. Right now I have a healthy mid range BMI. Undertone your goal is actually the same as mine was but weight training and running seem to have taken extra off me.

Eveneing all (well, near enough)

I tried to post on this thread this morning while stuck in soft play hell but my phone won't let me post for some reason so anyway.

Under, I know what you mean re running, I went out again yesterday for the first run in weeks and was pleasantly surprised to find that, although I stopped (to pick up a fallen child actually [good samaritan]) I managed quite a good time and 35 mins without dying! It's a revelation to me that I can run.

2.5 kg is massive, I use 1kg atm ( as it's all I have) but after a few anterior raises I am dying, so make him join in, cheeky fecker, re criticism, I haven't spoken to my father in over 7 years, which has helped Seriously though, if my mum starts I just revert to teenager mode 'Yeah, whatever, god, you are so unfair' to point out that I am not a teenager and she should not speak to me like that. Sometimes it works, other times it amuses me enough to avoid the tears.

Had mega biff on friday, but danced for nearly 2 hours straight. Bought a burger on the way home which was so good. I may have told a passing policewoman that it was 'better than sex' I shouldn't be allowed to drink.
Saturday morning I was so dehydrated I weighed 2lb less than friday! had mad carb craving after 5 hours kip so bad day but ran on sunday and did much better food wise.

hey aitch, tiger bread is my downfall too, it's so good, especially the end bit with thick salted butter

tibni, that's very impressive!
Bondgirl, I am 5ft8 and can't think I would ever be that weight, haven't been under 16st since I was 18...Am aiming for 13st atm which should make me a size 14-16ish I reckon as am a size 18 at just over 15.
Just rememebr , the title of the thread is a joke and once your BMI is normal you need to start eating 'normally' without zoning too much, don't beat yourself up over cakes, if you can't have a bit of cake then what's the point!