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Message 1.Â
Posted by Curiously Frittering (U5481361) on Tuesday, 16th June 2009
Good morning fellow MFCers, lurkers and newbies. Welcome to our weekly Healthy Eating thread (formerly the MFC). We meet each week to discuss matters relating to healthy eating. Some of us are trying to lose weight, some to maintain a previous lose, and some people are just trying to be a bit more careful about what they consume.
We aren’t members of any one school of healthy eating. Some of our number are members of specific clubs or plans (WW, Slimming World, Atkins, etc). While others, like my self, just try to follow the basic (ha!) rules of healthy eating. If you have a medical condition which suggests changes to your diet, some of our members have experience of the best places to look for information on this.
Everyone is very welcome to join us for a friendly and supportive chat. However, please do not talk about how much you weigh. We prefer to discuss lbs/grams/inches lost, rather than totals. One persons starting weight is another persons goal weight.
Many of the posters here find that keeping a food diary occasionally can help to keep track of what we're eating and to identify times we find difficult.
If you fall off the wagon, come and tell us about it. That is what we are here for. No one is perfect, everyone slips up. We’ve all done (I’ve done it numerous times). And we wont judge. Our aim is to remind you of your good work up to date and hope that it puts you in a positive enough frame of mind to carry on working at it.
There are a few MFC related threads in TVH.
The rota thread for anyone willing to open up on a Tuesday:
www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mb...
You can go to the Cybergym, run by GEm, for tips on exercise:
www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mb...
and Katy's cookbook is full of healthy recipe ideas and is easy to navigate for some inspiration:
www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mb...
And as we say, KOKO (Keep on, keeping on)
All the best
CFx -
Message 2
Posted by Curiously Frittering (U5481361) on Tuesday, 16th June 2009
Morning,
I'm sorry I didn't open up first thing - busy day.
Hope everyone is enjoying eating healthily. Only a few days in for me after the slip up and I already feel so much better.
Why do I ever think eating rubbish is going to be a good idea? Who knows!
My birthday is coming up in a few weeks and it is the next target for losing weight. Don't have a set amount, rather b/f and I are having a competition. Whoever loses least has to clean the other ones flat. I'm 4lbs ahead already - but I'm not going to get complacent.
Need to think of somewhere nice and healthy to go with family for a meal for bday too. It'll be tricky - but I shall have cake and champagne, and enjoy every second! You're only 24 once!
CFx -
Message 3
Posted by puzzler76 (U3733897) on Tuesday, 16th June 2009
Morning, and thanks for opening, CF. Here are those links again,
rota:
gym:
cookbook:
I'm up 2 pounds this way, so just bimbling over the top of my maintain zone again. I did enjoy my pub lunch though.
Puzzler -
Message 4
Posted by Anne-Marie (U1474870) on Tuesday, 16th June 2009
As I posted on last week's MFC thread, I'm slinking back in - so hello again folks!
My history, for those unfamiliar with me round these parts. I was one of the original group/founders who contributed to the setting up and participation in the MFC many years ago. It helped me lose 2 stone which I kept off for 2 years. However 4 years at work later - 1.5 stones have crept back on and all the wishful thinking is getting me nowhere.
So here I am! I have also joined SW which I am going to with a friend - added bit of motivation. I also went to the gym yesterday... I have got an overall target and a first interim one which is to get down to the next half stone.
Looking forward to catching up with you all and your stories and supporting you - KOKO.
AMx -
Message 5
Posted by Mabel Bagshawe (U2222589) on Tuesday, 16th June 2009
You seem to be in the right frame of mind anyway A-M
Just osting to bump this up over last week's. Weigh tomorrow not expected to be good. Birthday last week led to a spoiling myself day (but actually didn't really enjoy the food I spoiled myself with!) Then someone left a packet of choccie digestives in the office yesterday... -
Message 6
Posted by orange pekoe (U9563764) on Tuesday, 16th June 2009
Blimey, last week's thread is loooong - will catch up with that later.
Glad you're enjoying about being back on track, CF. Nothing like a bit of friendly competition too, to keep you motivated! Thanks for opening up.
Anne-Marie, welcome back! I'm a relative newcomer to the MFC, but have already found it an invaluable support, and a lot of fun, so thanks to you and those others who got together all those years ago. Inspired that you kept off the original 2 stone for 2 years. I'm aiming for a sufficiently healthy diet and level of exercise to lose weight slowly and then keep it off.
I had a proper falling off the wagon week last week. It might be more accurate to say I leapt off with gay abandon. Weirdly, it was begun by a distressing barfing incident, whereby I spent four hours making friends with the toilet while my stomach rejected every scrap of its contents. I'd eaten nothing untoward that day, so wondered whether I'd actually had *too much* salad-y stuff. Or not washed it well enough? I had tucked into a bag of that allegedly "washed and ready to eat" spinach, so could it be that?
Any thoughts welcome. Anyway, I went from dry toast the following day, to biscuits and choc the next. And the next. I did enjoy them. Whether it was my body wishing to replenish I don't know. Anyway, (gawd, this is getting really long now!) I do feel that my previous reduction in cravings is becoming more my 'norm', because over the weekend I was straight back to not needing anything chocolatey. So overall I suppose it is positive.
KOKO to all! -
Message 7
Posted by Westsussexbird or Birdy aka Westie (U6316532) on Tuesday, 16th June 2009
Oh Mabel, thanks for opening up ... I had quite forgotten it's Tuesday despite putting out the wheely bins last night!
I'll be back later ...... just tagging this thread for now
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Message 8
Posted by Westsussexbird or Birdy aka Westie (U6316532) on Tuesday, 16th June 2009
Did you spot the deliberate mistake ... it's not Mabel at all :0(
Apologies CF :0) -
Message 9
Posted by Auntie Prue (U1481323) on Tuesday, 16th June 2009
We seem to have lost the Healthy Eating bit to the title this week.
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Message 10
Posted by JustJezebel (U7474974) on Tuesday, 16th June 2009
Thanks for opening, CF and hello to all.
Bit of a mixed weekend, foodwise and probably a little more wine than I should have had, but also more cycling - I clocked up a total of 7-hours-worth of strenuous exercise last week, including 4-and-a-half hours cycling.
Had some pizza last night with a group of friends - we shared 3 between the 6 of us - but also shared a bottle of wine with another pal - doh!. anyway, determined to make up for it today before tomorrow's weigh in, so have already got my hour's cycling in and have an hour's keep fit class tonight as well.
Feel like I have to stay more focused in order to achieve my goals. Sometimes I don't feel hungry at all and am more than satisfied with my daily allowance and other times I'm starving and want to stuff my face with all manner of naughties. anyone else get these 'hunger swings'?
Check in tomorrow after the dreaded weigh in.
KOKO
JJ -
Message 11
Posted by Helen (U1476131) on Tuesday, 16th June 2009
Hello all,
**waves to AM ** nice to see you again!
Well Helen is a bit shell-shocked after being made redundant last week, shortly followed by the doctor signing her off for the entire notice period! Suddenly (and with a rapid change to the first person because it's too confusing) I'm never going to see the Evil Vending Machine again (no bad thing) but I've lost all the structure to my day and haven't got round to food shopping yet so am alternately starving and "grazing" (bad thing)
I think I need to hide the laptop in o/h's car tomorrow so it's not here for me to waste time on, then I might get shopping done and countless other things I ought to be sorting out.
Will catch up with last week's thread which I haven't perused at all yet, and see you all later on (hopefully quite a bit later, if I manage to ration my laptopping and do some housework.) -
Message 12
Posted by Westsussexbird or Birdy aka Westie (U6316532) on Tuesday, 16th June 2009
Last week we were discussing whether the person opening up the thread each week could just literally do that and we wouldn't have anyone in particular 'in the chair'. I've been thinking about this and have a further suggestion to make.
What about letting the thread for the MFC/ Healthy Eating Club be a rolling one which just keeps going until it gets to 2,000 posts, when Keri likes us to start a new thread in the interests of the health of the Server. It might be that after Christmas we might like to start a new thread for the new year, but basically to just let the thread have a life of its own.
This would have the advantage of newbies being able to see past posts more easily and get a feel for how the thread is supportive over a long period of time, and perhaps it would enable conversations to keep flowing more easily, whereas now when we get to Monday evening we are all aware that we need to hop over to a new thread and perhaps that isn't a helpful thing.
I don't feel able to put my name down to open up much now simply because I never know if I will be around at the beginning of any given week, and also my OH has depression and sometimes my mind is elsewhere.
In the way that some of us post our diet sheet on a Wednesday those of us that want to record weight loss or gained can still do it on a Tuesday or a day that suits them or at the beginnning of each week the next poster could insert the date at the start of their post... but for me that would seem like an unnecessary complication ... just go with the flow :0))
It would also perhaps avoid anyone popping in feeling they have to apologise for not having been around lately as there is nothing to apologise for .. and maybe a rolliing thread would mean peeps felt able to just pop into the thread as and when it is helpful to you.
I am posting this slightly in haste as I'm going out now, but I wanted to catch you all as you check in to CF's thread this week. -
Message 13
Posted by JustJezebel (U7474974) on Tuesday, 16th June 2009
I think this might be a good idea Westie. I suppose there's no real reason for starting a new thread every week, except to draw a line under the last one! It also does mean that some discussions may be truncated or some misplaced (by a poster going to last week's thread by mistake, for instance).
See what others think.
JJ -
Message 14
Posted by Fire-Pig - proud to wave the protest banner (U12231213) on Tuesday, 16th June 2009
Westie's idea about the thread seems fine to me. I've kept all the threads in My discussions so I can go back to them. It would be easier in just one thread.
A proud Fire-Pig checking in with another 2lb off this week. Last week I bought my paper guillotine to mark losing the first stone and am very pleased with it in another few weeks ....I'll be buying something else.
Welcome back, Helen. Don't really know what to say about the reduncy, but good on that doctor signing you off. I know just what you mean about the vending machine, my doubtful was Woolies - the three bars of choc for £1 or whatever which were going to last 6 days only lasted one. I haven't bought a bar of choc since I made the decision to take myself in hand on March 7th. (I didn't say I hadn't eaten choccy!)
F-P -
Message 15
Posted by Fire-Pig - proud to wave the protest banner (U12231213) on Tuesday, 16th June 2009
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Got a bit lost spelling that didn't I? I think you know what I mean shall I try again? redundancy there is that better?
F-P -
Message 16
Posted by Helen (U1476131) on Tuesday, 16th June 2009
LOL, yep, knew what you meant!
Congrats on the 2 lb. Hope you're not using the guillotine to shave off extra weight, that would be a bit drastic! -
Message 17
Posted by Westsussexbird or Birdy aka Westie (U6316532) on Tuesday, 16th June 2009
I'm back ... and glad to see my suggestion hasn't been thrown out with the bathwater yet!
CF ... I'm so glad you are feeling better having got back on the horse again .. as it were :0) I have no idea why we sometimes find it so hard to eat healthily ... it is quite bonkers isn't it. I wonder if in nature there are any animals that deliberately eat food which is likely to damage their general health?
Puzzler, just keep your eye on the ball and you'll get back to inside your maintain zone. :0))
Hello Anne-Marie :0) It is lovely to have you back and it's interesting that you have gradually put some of the weight back on as that is what happened to me ... I lost over a stone with the help of this thread and then it gradually gradually began to creep back on again! Bonkers. Fortunately I have stayed with this thread and with encouragement from others and of course me coming in here and yelling and screaming, I have managed to get back within striking distance of where I want to be. It's a life long challenge isn't it!
Mabel :0)) If you can't enjoy being spoiled at your birthday then it's a sad old world.
Orange pekoe, I'm sorry you've had an upset tummy.
If you were eating far more salad and veggie food than you usually do then perhaps your stooools would reflect that, but I think you have described something else altogether. No idea what.
I hadn't noticed we have lost the Healthy Eating bit .. you have eagle eyes Aunty Prue. :0)
JJ you are carefully reviewing how the week went and that is really one of the main purposes of this thread. Well done. When you feel starving I wonder whether you could start off just giving yourself perhaps a little something high in energy just to see if that is actually enough to satisfy that sensation ... I've often mentioned dried fruit, nuts, oatcakes .. that sort of thing. Something good for you. Then try and wait a bit and see if that starving sensation has gone. Of course if it is near a meal time then perhaps you ARE hungry!
Helen suddenly not having to go to work in such an unplanned way is hard ... As it turned out my OH never got to go back to work after being signed off sick and it has been a strange transition for him. He is properly retired now, ten or more years later, and I think that is helpful. You have time now to consider what you want and I hope you are able to enjoy this time.
Firepig ... 2lbs off this week YAY! I wonder that Woolies went bust with you eating them out of house and home :0))
Oh Helen! Lifting the arm up while you weigh yourself is 'allowed' but shaving off and amputation is a bit extreme :0)))
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Can I assume that anyone that doesn't express an opnion on having a rolling thread is happy if it happens? Nothing is set in stone, and if it doesn't suit, then we can always change back.
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Message 18
Posted by countrypug (U9227943) on Tuesday, 16th June 2009
Hi folks. Westie, I think the rolling thread idea is a great one. It would stop me having a panic moment late on Monday nights wondering if I'm meant to be opening up! If all are agreeable (sp?) I can start it next week so we don't have a date at the top.
Good to hear from all of you, welcome back Anne-Marie, and I'm sure it will all fall into place very soon! Helen, I hope you can get nesting and relaxing now, even though it is not for the best reasons.
I have miraculously managed to maintain (or maybe lose 100g depending on the way I stood
). I can only put this down to the exercise I managed on Sunday and yesterday. I have had a mixed day today, with disrupted time at work leading to a shop sandwich for lunch, not a particularly good choice really. Still, managed a dog walk, with a run at the end purely because I was running late for work! I will try to have a run tomorrow.
Here's to a great week to all.
Pug x -
Message 19
Posted by geepers (U6804393) on Tuesday, 16th June 2009
Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:48 GMT, in reply to countrypug in message 18
sticking my head in quickly to say I'd be v happy with a rolling thread too - I have found that doing the odd bit of hosting has meant I've felt more focused that week, but I think the benefits of having a rolling thread probably outweigh that. Shall we start it next week though, seeing as how this current thread is dated, and also to get the healthy eating back in again? Not sure who's due to open up next week, but they could just kick off? -
Message 20
Posted by villageschoolmaam (U11233398) on Tuesday, 16th June 2009
Hello all,
Ma'am's been to the doc for happy pills to help with all the flying (I do listen to the tapes and try to breathe as well, honest) and of course the rascal wanted to weigh me. *Sigh*
Paris for four days tomorrow. Of course it'll be wonderful but the food will be different. Maybe in my case that's a good thing, though. I usually snack less on skool trips, and there's all the walking, which will be great.
I'm seriously contemplating going back to RC club, but I'm too ashamed to show my face until I at least drop the few pounds which would take me to the point I started at there all those years ago... *Sigh again*
So sympathy to all those out there who are in the same boat. A few tiny decisions to do the right thing would work wonders.
Helen - very sorry about the job, and do take care of yourself.
Must get packing...
KOKO, love,
vsm xx -
Message 21
Posted by Sister Primrose of the Red Tinsel Flag (U5405579) on Tuesday, 16th June 2009
Evening All,
My twopennorth on a rolling thread.
I find long threads very daunting. I don't like to join threads where I haven't read every post, consequently don't tend to go to them in the first place.
Obviously this wouldn't apply to me with the MFC as I am already a regular attender, but I wonder whether the freshness of a weekly thread makes joining in less daunting for newbies and lurkers? I never went anywhere near the newbies and snorkers thread for just that reason.
Even a busy week is only going to generate 100ish posts which is catch-up-able, the new week acts as a new chapter heading so you know where you're up to. I also wonder whether Tuesdays would lose their weigh in day status, I do think this acts as a helpful focus.
Also, I am usually able to remember roughly where posts I find interesting came in a thread. So, if I want to find the classic quinoa post I know I'm looking about two months ago on the 4th or 5th page. That makes searching a much easier task. This would be lost with a rolling thread.
I am very aware I haven't opened up for ages because I now have a very intensive day on Tuesdays and simply couldn't host it in the old style. I would be prepared to volunteer again if it was literally opening the thread last thing on Monday night as first suggested by Westie and then leaving folk to play nicely.
Anyway, that's my thoughts on the matter.
With regard to the usual business of the club, in response to reading the Gillian Reilly book I decide that rather than have a target weight I would have a target BMI - this being more in keeping with the motivation being healthiness than attractiveness. Last week my BMI dropped enough to move me from one BMI category into the one below. I'm happy to report that I have consolidated that this week, with another small loss.
A big thumbs up to everyone, lots of exercise going on and a lot of conciousness about the quality and quantity of the food we're eating.
CF - I can't remember whether you're veggie or not, but David Banns on St Mary's Street serves special and healthy food.
PP -
Message 22
Posted by maria_sedgegrass (U2267184) on Tuesday, 16th June 2009
Hi all, happy here with another 800g off this week. It's barmy isn't it - when it's going well you can't imagine why you ever get it wrong. When it's gone horribly wrong you can't imagine how you're ever going to get started again. The human mind is a miracle all of its own!
M x -
Message 23
Posted by geepers (U6804393) on Tuesday, 16th June 2009
Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:13 GMT, in reply to villageschoolmaam in message 20
I WANT TO GO TO PARIS. And YES I am shouting. -
Message 24
Posted by geepers (U6804393) on Tuesday, 16th June 2009
Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:16 GMT, in reply to Primrose Path in message 21
actually, those are good points that I hadn't thought of, Primmers. I'm not sure if I'd have joined if it had been a long thread. Hmmm... Can I put myself down as seeing the good points of both options? (And the reason you see me fidgeting is because this fence I'm sitting on isn't all that comfy.) -
Message 25
Posted by puzzler76 (U3733897) on Tuesday, 16th June 2009
Primrose, I'm with you on the rolling thread front. I find it helps me to put the last week behind me when we start a new thread, and I also agree about new members fearing to tread in a thread that has lots of posts. These days it would only be a couple of weeks before the thread was 200+ posts, and beyond that I think many people could be put off.
I agree with westie's points about the discussions being brought to an abrupt end on Monday evenings, but I also think that can be helpful too. We do go on a bit sometimes! A weekly thread makes us move on, I think, and if there's anything really important, it gets discussed again, or even integrated into the opening post (food diary, anyone?).
If the role of starting the thread was always just that, it would be less daunting, and I know these days I have much less time and concentration power to be able to respond to everyone, whereas other people manage to do so throughout the week whether they have opened the thread or not.
Just my musings, now I must away to do Mel's quiz!
Puzzler -
Message 26
Posted by Mabel Bagshawe (U2222589) on Tuesday, 16th June 2009
I too prefer a new thread every week. It reminds me I have to do my weekly weigh
I think it also prompts people to check in with reports - with a rolling thread it would be too easy to "forget" to report the good or bad (particularly the bad!). -
Message 27
Posted by orange pekoe (U9563764) on Tuesday, 16th June 2009
I see the sense in your suggestion, Westie, but I think Primrose's arguments are strong. We don't lose much with the slight wobble over Monday night/Tues morning posts, and a fresh thread is definitely a much easier prospect to dive into.
I don't know how the opener used to do it, but having visited this thread for a couple of months, I'd see it as only needing to commit to getting that opening post out to start the thread.
We all do a pretty good job of supporting each other. Whoever has more time that week will respond, I don't see that as a 'host' role.
Funnily enough, I'd just put my name down on the rota earlier this morning before Westie made her suggestion, so it's in my interest to begin a rolling thread next week! But I'm happy to join in the rota regularly if we stick with the weekly threads, so that it's not too onerous for those who volunteer. -
Message 28
Posted by geepers (U6804393) on Tuesday, 16th June 2009
Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:49 GMT, in reply to orange pekoe in message 27
I think I'm going to jump off the fence on the 'stick with weekly' side. Blimey, me being decisive? -
Message 29
Posted by Westsussexbird or Birdy aka Westie (U6316532) on Tuesday, 16th June 2009
I quite understand and agree that there are advantages to both a rolling thread and a weekly thread, and I don't mind which system it is decided to go with.
Westie :0) -
Message 30
Posted by geepers (U6804393) on Tuesday, 16th June 2009
Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:08 GMT, in reply to westie (westsussexbird) in message 29
shall we stick with weekly then, but with 'hosting' duties limited to opening up, either late Monday evening or as soon as poss on Tuesday, plugging (and preferably also bumping) the gym/cookbook/rota threads, and either posting a link on the old thread to the new one, or asking if someone else could do it? -
Message 31
Posted by countrypug (U9227943) on Tuesday, 16th June 2009
Sounds like a plan to me! I'm with geepers on the indecisive front, as I can now see the benefit of the weekly option too. I think when I open up, I tend to be around on and off, but as soon as there are a few posts up and running, I then tend to leave others to it.
Of course there is the other option of a monthly thread (runs off ducking from the missiles being thrown....)
I'm glad to hear you have had a good couple of weeks Primrose. I don't really have a long term goal, and tend to go for mini targets really. I was just thinking about this today actually, as when I started 2 years ago, any long term target would have seemed more attainable. However, I think, like you, that in the end I would hope to achieve getting to a healthy BMI. I do check where I am with my BMI from time to time, and it is satisfying to see it drop.
VSM, have a great time in Paris. I also hate flying but can get there (just). We are off to Paris in July for DH's 50th birthday (although he thinks we are going to a cottage in Northumberland! So keep any good tips in mind for me please! And, of course, have a great time.
Pug x -
Message 32
Posted by Dusty Substances (U1474929) on Tuesday, 16th June 2009
vsm ... as a consultant for SW can I just plead with you not to feel ashamed to go back to your RC group? What on earth is there to be ashamed of, and if you are made to feel ashamed then I wouldn't think much of the group!!!! But I doubt you would be made to feel ashamed. I am always thrilled to see people return, and as they do a 'restart' I'd only know they were heavier than the first time if they actually told me, and then I make a point to forget really quickly! Nobody in the group would have a clue and are always delighted to see an old friend.
It is more likely that 'the few pounds' will come off more quickly if you rejoin, so what are you waiting for? Go for it when you get back from your trip. Have a lovely time.
Dx -
Message 33
Posted by Westsussexbird or Birdy aka Westie (U6316532) on Tuesday, 16th June 2009
Pug and a miraculous maintain :0))
vsm do enjoy France. Get back to your club if you think it will help ... I bet they will be thrilled to see you again.
Primrose well done lowering your BMI.
A real achievement.
Maria :0)
OP doing an Opening Post :0) -
Message 34
Posted by villageschoolmaam (U11233398) on Tuesday, 16th June 2009
Thanks everyone, some great advice there.
I know the RC club people would be lovely, and the leader is the best exercise instructor I know bar none.
Loved the post about making the BMI the goal, not the weight.
Just about packed...
bonsoir... -
Message 35
Posted by Westsussexbird or Birdy aka Westie (U6316532) on Tuesday, 16th June 2009
au revoir :0)
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Message 36
Posted by Helen (U1476131) on Tuesday, 16th June 2009
You didn't know the gorgeous Rhys who used to take the Boxercise Circuit at my old gym.
***happy sigh*** -
Message 37
Posted by archingmad (U8292055) on Tuesday, 16th June 2009
In spite of some pretty carp eating choices, I have managed to stay in my desired stone zone, but will have to watch it if I want to prevent a creep up into the next one.
I have those mad swings of appetite, too. Think I'm too old to blame hormones. Feeling a little sensitive on this issue as it is my last birthday in this decade tomorrow. Food diary should be interesting ...
In keeping with my total lack of ability to make any decision, large or small, I'll go wherever the thread takes me. As I'm such a wuss at committing myself to opening up, I'm not really entitled to have an opinion, anyway. -
Message 38
Posted by Sister Primrose of the Red Tinsel Flag (U5405579) on Tuesday, 16th June 2009
the reason you see me fidgeting is because this fence I'm sitting on isn't all that comfyÂ
Do be careful Geepster OG, would hate to see you adding splinters in your bum to the things you see Health Professionals about - so undignified
Have volunteered to open up 21/7
PP - international woman of action -
Message 39
Posted by Wanda_Ofwandas (U2258758) on Wednesday, 17th June 2009
Morning, all!
Another vote for the weekly thread from me, please. I like the feeling of today-is-another-week if I need to start from scratch/renew my resolve. And if it's OK with everyone that the keys get left with me and I open up and pop back *much* later, that's great 'cos it means I can do my share of hosting.
Am feeling pleased again this week as the scales yesterday showed me three pounds down. The best thing about this is that I've got rid of the rogue ones that high-jacked me recently *and* one more, so I'm now officially my lightest since getting onto this plan, and at a new weight instead of hovering around the same few pounds. Lovely.
Had my weekly clothes try-on yesterday and found that my current favourite and benchmark dress from my starting point will soon have to be taken in... and that the waistband part of it is much nearer my waist than it used to be. Good stuff.
Must dash, got too many things to do today, will whiz back in later. -
Message 40
Posted by puzzler76 (U3733897) on Wednesday, 17th June 2009
I'm going to do a food diary today in the hopes that it helps me keep off the biscuits at the breastfeeding cafe, or at least limit myself to one! I need to focus on my 5-a-day a bit more too, so I've just had lots of lovely strawberries with my breakfast and I'm off to get some juice.
Puzzler -
Message 41
Posted by Curiously Frittering (U5481361) on Wednesday, 17th June 2009
Morning All,
Hope you enjoy the trip vsm.
Excellent work on positive thinking still here. I keep an eye on my BMI and will feel much happier once it is down a bit, but I still concentrate on my weight as the goal as I can relate much better to what that actually means.
PP - I've been to David Bann, and it is lovely. But at the moment I'm thinking The Outsider on George IV bridge - lots of healthy yet delicious options. It has been a favourite of mine for 3 years, but I've just realised I haven't been since August last year! Need to go back! I may head to the Dean Galleries too and have some cake! Very naughty!
I think I'm back on with the eating well, now I need to get back into the habit of walking out of the way routes to places. But laziness is so much easier!
Have a friend who has gone back to WW - I don't think its for me but I'll be interested in what receipes and things they suggest.
The throught of going to a weight loss club makes me want to be as awkward as possible. A stubborn 'don't tell me what to eat - right, I'm going to have some chips'! Which is very silly, I know they are there to help, but I wouldn't like it!
CFx -
Message 42
Posted by Westsussexbird or Birdy aka Westie (U6316532) on Wednesday, 17th June 2009
Archi, well done for staying in the "zone". Have you got your pedometer strapped on yet? :0))) And yes, you are entitled to have an opinion, and your opinion is the same as mine ... I'll go where ever the thread goes :0))
Wanda dashing about and whizzing back .. no wonder you are losing all this weight :0)
Puzzler, the way I'm thinking at the moment I would give myself permission to have that biscuit and enjoy it. I would break it into a couple of pieces and enjoy each half with a space inbetween ... and think about the fact that you are enjoying it ... actually taste the biscuit. I am trying to break my old way of eating in a mindless way.
Well done CF ... I've never been to a class as I suspect I'm a bit like you but this thread has been such a help to me I can't tell you.
So, I will join Puzzler in doing a food diary for today. We have leftovers from yesterday and the opportunity to eat out, and knowing I'm doing the diary will help.
Cheers Peeps :0) -
Message 43
Posted by Dusty Substances (U1474929) on Wednesday, 17th June 2009
Oddly enough CF, at Slimming World we don't tell you what to eat, you chose, and we can give you a recipe for chips that you can eat to your heart's content.
Winky wotname.
Dx -
Message 44
Posted by Curiously Frittering (U5481361) on Wednesday, 17th June 2009
I know Dusty, I know.
And its stupid, because it would be my own choice to go so I would be the one asking for the help - but as soon as someone made a suggestion, I'd be thinking to myself that I wanted to do the exact opposite.
I'm not very bright!
CFx -
Message 45
Posted by Dusty Substances (U1474929) on Wednesday, 17th June 2009
The groups don't suit everyone, but in SW (can't speak for WW) we explore ways in which people come up with their own strategies, and ideas and suggestions are just that - very much like it is here.
Dx -
Message 46
Posted by orange pekoe (U9563764) on Wednesday, 17th June 2009
Maria, I couldn't agree more about the mental aspect to losing weight. For the previous four weeks, I've found it pretty much a breeze, then had this ridiculous week last week.
Reading your post, I thought "Yep, it's mind over fatter!" -
Message 47
Posted by Auntie Prue (U1481323) on Wednesday, 17th June 2009
I am with those who would prefer not to join slimming clubs - from what I have heard, including comments here, I would find it all a bit "Brownyish" with their coloured days and "syns" - and I didn't get on too well in the Brownies either!
I know what I should be eating - and I find all the encouragement I need to do so here. This has been my most succesful go at losing weight ever - and it hasn't even been that difficult. Westie can take a lot of credit for getting me onto a good eating regime. I don't want to just lose weight - I want to eat healthily.
Common sense and scientific evidence win over commercial clubs for me every time. -
Message 48
Posted by Dusty Substances (U1474929) on Wednesday, 17th June 2009
Well, as I say they don't suit everyone, but for those who need the help (like I did) they are literally life savers.
Dx -
Message 49
Posted by countrypug (U9227943) on Wednesday, 17th June 2009
I just had a quick check in, and unless I have read the message wrongly (quite possible), it is Archi's birthday today so ....
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
Sorry to shout, but I thought you might be busy. I hope you have a happy, restful day, and don't be too hard on yourself if you have the odd treat, as you deserve them.
That's it folks.
Pug x -
Message 50
Posted by Fire-Pig - proud to wave the protest banner (U12231213) on Wednesday, 17th June 2009
Happy Birthday archi!
Not sure about BMI as I still have a way to go before I get out of my current zone! I am trying to think of healthy eating being the goal rather than a number on the scales. It is not easy to change the way of thinking, but I am trying (yes I know the double meaning!). I think I look better already, but only one person has commented, so far. I KNOW I feel better both in myself and about me, so I am winning and staying positive.
F-P
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