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Message 1.Â
Posted by LostInML (U13646691) on Monday, 31st October 2011
The clocks have gone back and winter is drawing in... but still we're vigilant about wanting to live in a healthy manner! That might mean eating healthy food and losing weight... or exercising more... or being more careful about how we live in general. This is the place to come if you need support or advice or just want to talk about this kind of thing.
We do have just one rule: we ask you not to reveal actual weights or size, since your problem size could be someone else's target size. We do however welcome reports of actual losses, and commiserate over actual gains.
Connected threads can be found at:
GEm's Gym (useful for talking about fitness matters)
Katy's Cookbook (for delicious recipes)
I think this quote from Michael Jordan is quite apt for us here:
"I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come. I don't do things half heartedly because I know if I do, then I can expect half hearted results." - Michael Jordan
I know that that's true in my experience - so let's be determined to make November a whole-hearted effort for healthy living! -
Message 2
Posted by Fire-Pig - proud to wave the protest banner (U12231213) on Monday, 31st October 2011
Thanks for opening Lost. Let us not be half hearted this month, but spur each other on to better things.
Good day on the food front, but mixed at work. Last week I was on an job interviewing panel, we saw 4 outsiders and one internal candidate - who was sure she would get the job in spite of not having the experience stipulated in the advert. We did not appoint her, but appointed another. her joy at getting the job was a wonder to see! I'm sure she will fit in very well, her references were superb too. The internal candidate is NOT happy and it may be a slow fuse that will erupt any time soon. She accepted the news very coldly and tried to make us feel like heels.
I am pleased with myself that I do not turn to comfort eating now after something like that, I used to.
KOKO one and all
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Message 3
Posted by GEm (U4356909) on Monday, 31st October 2011
There's just time to shed a stone for Christmas at a healthy rate for those trying to lose.
I"m doing a 21 day habit former and giving up my glass of wine while cooking supper as a daily occurence. For the next 21 days I will only have a glass when out for a meal or when we have people here for food where wine is appropriate. This is going to be tough - cover me girls...... -
Message 4
Posted by Fire-Pig - proud to wave the protest banner (U12231213) on Monday, 31st October 2011
Good for you GEm we'll be here for you!
Last month I wrote
My plans for October include, in no particular order:
1) No chocolate
2) No nibbling cheese while in the kitchen doing something else
3) Be more careful with portion size
4) Try to take more walks
5) Take up Pilates classes Â
My report is as follows
1) Only chocolate eaten was a chocolate dessert (twice when there was little choice)
2) Hardly any cheese eaten while doing other things
3) Was more careful
4) Not enough walks taken - need to take more
5) been to three Pilates classes and committed to buying mat etc and intend to continue
Intentions for November are to carry on with October's, and
6) Be far stricter with butter on bread
7) Be far stricter on amount of cheese eaten at meals
8) Only biscuits to be one plain biscuit at night with medication and one small muesli bar occasionally
9) TAKE MORE WALKS (sorry shouting at myself, not anyone else!)
10) Replace some fruit at lunchtime with veggy nibbles instead
It may not be a stone off by Christmas but I hope it will be half way there!
KOKO one and all
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Message 5
Posted by LostInML (U13646691) on Tuesday, 1st November 2011
I need more vigilance and self-discipline. Good to hear other people's goals. It helps to motivate me.
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Message 6
Posted by Fire-Pig - proud to wave the protest banner (U12231213) on Tuesday, 1st November 2011
Lost I have been surprised at myself over the chocolate. I think saying that was for October and November not life helped. At the moment there is an open packet of chocolate finger biscuits lying around. They are not sweeties but in the past several would have migrated into my mouth as I went past, now I am not really tempted.
Before last night, OH had seen small packets of chocolate covered raisins marketed as "ideal for Hallowe'en" - he bought 20 for £1, we don't usually get as many as 20 callers - however last night the last lot had to have biscuits! It meant there was no open tin of Quality Street* (other value tins from T*scos available!) thus no ongoing temptation for any of us.
I weighed myself this morning and can report a total of 4 lbs lost in October - my target for November is 6.
KOKO one and all
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Message 7
Posted by GEm (U4356909) on Tuesday, 1st November 2011
Good for you F-P. Theory is that it takes 21 days/repeats for a habit to change. I find that giving stuff up for any length of time means that I don't actually like it when I try and eat it again. Can't talk much about chocolate as never liked it even as a child (used to spit it out - now am a bit more discrete and go to the bathroom to remove it if I end up with any by accident!) .
I am doing well on my no mindless glass of wine challenge - am on day 3 and haven't really missed it. I have however had my wine glass with diet dandelion and burdock in or just water and that's fine. It feels the same so I have a sneaky suspicion it's the glass and activity rather than the wine that satisfies me. That's good news - my bill for bottles of wine each week was getting a bit pricey as I don't like the cheap stuff! So 3 bottles of good wine a week was about 1/3 of my shopping bill. OH will be pleased with my economy drive (and my liver will love me!)
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Message 8
Posted by Curiously Frittering (U5481361) on Tuesday, 1st November 2011
Hi all,
I signed up to WW this weekend. I've avoided doing it in the past, asi always thought I should be able to do it on my own. But, i havent - so Ive taken the plunge and signed up for 3 months.
I find that when I have 'dieted' before I've always ended up eating far too little. This way I have a better idea of how much i should be eating.
Immediately it has forced me to think more imaginativly about what I'm eating, and remembering foods and combos I enjoy. Feel better immediately.
So, hopefully this time will be the last time I start a diet. Hope to see some improvement by christmas. Id love to reach my target by my birthday in July.
Big challenge now is to make exercise an everyday part of life.
Koko all.
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Message 9
Posted by LostInML (U13646691) on Wednesday, 2nd November 2011
Welcome here, Curiously Frittering! Hopefully it will help you to work with others on reaching your goal - sometimes we just can't manage to do things solo, but there is strength in numbers. What kind of exercise do you like?
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Message 10
Posted by Bubbly (U14667393) on Wednesday, 2nd November 2011
Welcome CF,
We found WW very effective, going to the meetings for the weigh-in was uncomfortable to begin with, (even though the only people who know your actual weight are you and the group leader) but as the weight started to shift it became a real boon to hear your name announced as being the biggest loser that week. We stopped going about 4 years ago but I still use many of the recipes from the cookery book and it did make me much more aware of the calorie and fat content of food. Good luck and let us know how you are getting on.
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Message 11
Posted by GEm (U4356909) on Thursday, 3rd November 2011
Katy Tulip did/does WW and she speaks very highly of it. Katy is also a very sensible healthy eater who has had to be even more so of late as she is poorly and has to manage her diet as well as everything else. Katy lost loads of weight and has kept it off doing WW and if you check out her cookbook she very kindly did all the "points" for the recipies for WW and she also did the Slimming World conversion (Dusty is the expert on SW - she lost loads and I think is the group manager as her job now)
I seem to remember we had a discussion on here and the main good pts were that you could eat anything you chose so long as you counted it in the system. If you ate well you could eat quite a lot but if you made poor choices you'd be hungry. I think both systems try and teach that it's not a diet it's a change of attitude for life so you lose the weight and keep it off. IIRC both have a post weight loss programme which helps you keep it off. I think in both systems you get extra brownie pts for exercise (you might be able to eat more food too as they convert them to their system)
I think it's just calorie counting but made more manageable by being simpler.
Good luck - I'm sure if you commit to it it'll work. If Katy is around she'll no doubt offer some tips -
Message 12
Posted by Fire-Pig - proud to wave the protest banner (U12231213) on Thursday, 3rd November 2011
Welcome CF, I am sure that commitment is the key to success - also what I have really learnt from my time on MFC is that if there is a lapse then you have to be able to shrug your shoulders and pick yourself up and continue. One lapse is NOT the end of the world. Please don't think I am advising having lapses!!!
Good luck with it, and tell us your progress!
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Message 13
Posted by Curiously Frittering (U5481361) on Thursday, 3rd November 2011
Thanks all for the welcome. I was here last time I decided to 'get serious' and lose weight - I did lose some, but lost interest and got back to putting weight on again!
Thanks for the reminder about the CookBook GEm - I had forgotten it had WW points in it. My all time favourite quote from the cookbook is:
"The most ordinary puds can be changed beyond recognition with a bit of judicious blow torching"
I'm doing it all online, not going to meetings - so far its going well. Already notice I'm not really eating enough, so I'm trying to eat at least more fruit and veg, even if that isn't upping my points intake.
On exercise - thinking about it I probably have a 30-45min walk everyday. Often just go for rambling walks for hours around town. So more walking/more effective walking has to be one aim.
I love swimming, but it isn't terribly practical to fit in around the rest of my life.
Cycling is my new found hobby. The Boris Bikes are a god send. So I often cycle back from work, but not often enough! My aim is to get into the habit of cycling to work (then showering here) and back. Best bit is, its quicker and cheaper than the tube!
I want to be slim, but I mainly want to be healthy! And wear fabulous clothes and look fabulous in them! So not much to ask!!
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Message 14
Posted by Fire-Pig - proud to wave the protest banner (U12231213) on Thursday, 3rd November 2011
I want to be slim, but I mainly want to be healthy! And wear fabulous clothes and look fabulous in them!Â
You and me CF! I think you have to want it for yourself not for anyone else.
Who would have thought that Fire-Pig could see her O-H eating some chocolate and not grab some for herself? Can this really be the same F-P who has eaten whole large bars by herself in one evening? The same F-P who has hunted out the cooking chocolate just to get a taste of the cocoa? YES it is!
KOKO one and all
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Message 15
Posted by anagramladysin (U14258840) on Thursday, 3rd November 2011
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Message 16
Posted by Auntie Prue (U14585893) on Friday, 4th November 2011
Some of us might find this of interest. Published this week on diabetes UK's website.
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Message 17
Posted by Auntie Prue (U14585893) on Friday, 4th November 2011
.... and this is another piece of recent research that certainly pleases me!
Since I was dignosed with diabetes about 2 1/2 years ago, I started to drink more red wine because I decided that it was going to be my treat at mealtimes rather than cakes, buns puddings etc.
Since when I have lost nearly 3 stones and have kept it off for 18 months - and my HcA1c reading has fallen into normal areas without the need for drugs.
... I drink a glass or two of red wine most evenings - and some cheese every day.
Admit I shouldn't have had that flapjack when out for coffee this morning though : (
Anyway - good news that moderate consumption of red wine can help keep full blow diabetes at bay and also help us to lose weight.
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Message 18
Posted by GEm (U4356909) on Friday, 4th November 2011
CF - don't know if you listen to Radio 4 at lunch time but on Whinge and whine (aka you and yours) they did a piece on the various diets having been rated by a panel of emminent nutritionists and doctors. Apparently of the slimming clubs WW did the best (it didn't come top of the healthy eating plan but it got 4.5/5 because it promotes eating large quantities of fruit and veggies).
Despite my normal sneering at the programme it was actually quite interesting and bore out what we say in here. The healthiest diet is one that is low in fat and processed foods and has a balance of all the main food groups (wine and chocolate do not count as fruit and veg before someone comes up with that one!)
I"m doing well with my no mindless wine. We do have dinner guests tonight and I am rather hoping that they fancy a glass of wine with their meal - otherwise I am dry again tonight. -
Message 19
Posted by Auntie Prue (U14585893) on Friday, 4th November 2011
Did the programme say anything about success in keeping lost weight off over a long time period?
There is some worrying statisitc about how long it takes for successful dieters to regain plus some. -
Message 20
Posted by GEm (U4356909) on Friday, 4th November 2011
I think they said one of the categories was that it wasn't a "Diet" but teaching people to change their lifestyles and habits. Don't think they specifically talked about people regaining weight and then some but I do think the being on a diet mentality is what causes that. Stands to reason that if you then revert to your previous mindset you are going to regain the weight as it's why you gained it in the first place. IYSWIM.
I am trying to give up my mindless evening glass of wine and I know I'll have to do it consciously for three weeks before it becomes an unconscious habit. I am on day 4!
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Message 21
Posted by LostInML (U13646691) on Friday, 4th November 2011
Shame I don't even like red wine, then, isn't it? I only ever liked the stuff that was bad for me. My OH happily eats porridge and oily fish because he likes the taste; his idea of a 'treat' is a 'wholemeal date slice' (now discontinued at our local bakery, presumably because he was the only person who bought the thing!) Whereas I.... no, I won't continue, because I have at least turned my back on sweet things with very little regret, if I'm honest.
If I could only do the same in other areas, I might get somewhere!! -
Message 22
Posted by GEm (U4356909) on Friday, 4th November 2011
Oh dear - we happily eat porridge and fat free yogurt because we like the taste too. Also eat veggies because we like them more than meat. Confession here I watched the British food thing last night and I've bought a small rib roast for Sunday lunch to have with roast potatoes and veggies and yorkshires (we are doing a half marathon in the morning - so we'll have earned it) - not bad for an almost veggie eh?
I'll have your red wine Lost. I have a bottle warming in the kitchen for supper guests. I am so hoping they aren't doing a no drinking evening then it's within my rules to have a glass with them..... If they don't I can't!
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Message 23
Posted by Auntie Prue (U14585893) on Friday, 4th November 2011
It is a happy thing that porridge, which is so good for us, is also delicious.
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Message 24
Posted by anagramladysin (U14258840) on Friday, 4th November 2011
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Message 25
Posted by LostInML (U13646691) on Saturday, 5th November 2011
I sort of knew those facts about you, GEm. Is it really virtue if you're virtuous by default?!
Lost a pound this week, but considering I put 2lbs on the previous week after my delicious cheese & fig stuffed chicken, I'm not even back to square one. Discouragement is seeping from every pore (not aided by the ton of marking waiting for me and a dispirited feeling that my Saturday is already spoken for in every respect, with no room for pleasure at all, not to mention an administrative bungle on my part at work, discovered yesterday, which may result in awful repercussions next week.)
I avoided the marking last night to go and play badminton with friends... on the grounds that I deserved a night off and badminton was virtuous. Don't about the exercise benefits, but the social aspect (the real reason I went) didn't turn out as well as I'd hoped, so I'm sort of feeling I'd have been better following my natural instincts and putting duty before pleasure. I don't have that choice today! -
Message 26
Posted by GEm (U4356909) on Saturday, 5th November 2011
Lost - no virtuous isn't by default. I think not having the wine is virtuous because I actually want it but am not having it. ( I did get a couple of glasses last night - phew!).
Sorry you are feeling a bit down - and yes you do deserve a night off and should have some fun. Life is very short and it shouldn't be all about work..... In terms of the admin error I'd go in on Monday morning and immediately fess up and tell the person who is in charge/affected what you are going to do to put it right or if you can't how you will help them cope. I have always taken the view that once a problem is shared then the person made a genuine mistake and is being open about it and is prepared to put things in place to help out so it's not something they should be punished for. I am less forgiving when people try to hide stuff or pretend it hasn't happened. I guess only you know if it's the right thing to do but once you've decided how to act you can stop worrying about it and wait until you can "action" it and then get on with it.
In terms of your diet and exercise - well sometimes our bodies take a while to respond. If you are chopping and changing then there might be a delay to the virtuous week while your body peeps round the corner to see if next week it's going to get plenty so doesn't need to eat any fat reserves or if it's going to be a lean week and it had better eat what it's got slowly. My body knows it gets regular food and plenty of it so my little furnace churns through the fuel like there is no tomorrow. Mind you they say we are three meals away from anarchy - in my case it's probably one meal as I am very grumpy if I don't get to eat!
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Message 27
Posted by Fire-Pig - proud to wave the protest banner (U12231213) on Saturday, 5th November 2011
Lost I am sorry you are feeling so down. I think GEm is right in what she says about the admin error. Try to put it in the compartment saying "deal with on Monday" and don't let it dominate your Sunday. I know that is far easier said than done.
So glad you could enjoy your red wine last night GEm. I definitely think I am being virtuous not eating chocolate when others in the house are - it wouldn't affect you, I don't drink alcohol so that is no temptation to me. Thank goodness we are all made differently, the world is far richer by our variations!
Today I had lunch with friends at a pub, my choice was a chargrilled chicken and bacon salad. Well I would not have known the chicken was chargrilled but it was delicious and I hope a good choice. Along with several others I did not have a sweet. I was tempted but .....
This morning I weighed myself and had lost one pound in the week, so back to where I was before my weekend in Chester!
KOKO one and all
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Message 28
Posted by GEm (U4356909) on Saturday, 5th November 2011
I did jerk chicken last evening for our guests and I did jerk aubergine for us at the same time. It was absolutely delicious and ours was pretty low in cals (veggies are so low in cals it's barely worth counting them - Katy always says most of them don't have to be counted on WW!) . I made my sauce with limejuice, vinegar, redhot chilli,spring onions, salt pepper, onion, garlic, a tablespoon of rum and a tablespoon of black treacle combined with cinnamon, nutmeg and mixed spice - all whizzed up in the food processor to a paste. It was very hot and scrummy. I reckon I needed to count pts for the treacle and rum but given the sauce was shared between 4 portions even that must have been fairly easy on a diet. It worked really well with the aubergine for those who are veggie or who want to really manage calories. Served with some rice and a big salad it worked perfectly.
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Message 29
Posted by LostInML (U13646691) on Sunday, 6th November 2011
Admin. error is already confessed... I don't hide those things away, as they can come back to bite you at any time! There may be repercussions... will have to wait and see on that one. My boss was very supportive and offered to take the flak if it comes (though he's away next week, so not sure how he'll do that!!)
Felt pretty ill yesterday... didn't make swimming... ended up in bed in the afternoon which meant most of the cleaning didn't get done. Feel much better today, though. -
Message 30
Posted by Fire-Pig - proud to wave the protest banner (U12231213) on Sunday, 6th November 2011
Lost - does the cleaning HAVE to be done? Your health and well being is more important than a clean house.
In this pig-sty, as long as the kitchen and bathroom are clean, the rest can wait, if time is short. (OK it's not really a pig-sty just a play on my board name!)
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Message 31
Posted by GEm (U4356909) on Sunday, 6th November 2011
Erm - cleaning? It's not time to put Christmas decs up yet is it? Or take them down or spring or something? Okay - phew. As Quentin Crisp said after the first 5 years the dust doesn't get any worse. Lost - who (apart from you) will notice if there's no cleaning done? Go out for a long walk through the leaves - it's a lovely day, go for your swim or to the gym and then curl up on the sofa with a mug of tea and a good book. Life is too short
G
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Message 32
Posted by LostInML (U13646691) on Sunday, 6th November 2011
The bathroom has had a quick lick and a promise...the kitchen has had surfaces wiped. That will do for now. I'm no cleaning fiend, I assure you...
The pile of ironing may need to be tackled today... but I can live with that! -
Message 33
Posted by Bubbly (U14667393) on Sunday, 6th November 2011
Lost,
Bugger the housework! When you are on your deathbed will you look back on your life and wish you'd done more cleaning? I will regret all the things I didn't have the chance to experience but not the housework that didn't get done, as long as the kitchen and the bathroom are sanitary does a bit of dust or clutter really matter. Mostly we just move the dust around, it doesn't actually go anywhere. As for the ironing, just do enough to last you a few days, that gives you time in hand to keep doing a little at a time.
Having said all that I've just put my house on the market so have been frantically moving dust around in between doing double shifts and having a small social life. This has mostly meant shoving stuff in cupboards out of sight and warning the estate agent that on NO account are they to open said cupboards as I cannot guarantee their safety!
Gem, your receipe sounds delicious and am determined to give it a go when I have finished tarting up the house.
Off to local stately home garden centre for brunch with friends then off to work this afternoon. List of chores for children to do thiis afternoon has been greeted with silence and stunned expressions, tough!
Bubbly xx -
Message 34
Posted by Auntie Prue (U14585893) on Sunday, 6th November 2011
I have never understood why people take up ironing as a hobby. ; )
In our house, the iron gathers dust because it is used so infrequently.
My mother taught me how to hang clothes out to dry, so that they rarely need pressing - I keep a stack of plastic hangers with the clothes pegs.
Seriously though - I agree about keeping the bathroom and the kitchen clean and let the rest go hang.
Hope you feel perkier soon. -
Message 35
Posted by GuzziNut (U6364582) on Sunday, 6th November 2011
Hahaha ironing, fraid to say in the guzzinuthut, on the rare occasions something does get ironed, firstly we have to find the da*n thing... Stiff Sussex breezes blow the creases out of most things here
So chin up lost and hope you feel better soon
I'm back to spiking the lawn, it's good excercise ! Tho a combined lawn spiker and pogo stick is what I want really, that would be fun -
Message 36
Posted by GEm (U4356909) on Sunday, 6th November 2011
OH is preening himself. Half marathon (13miles) in 1hr 52 mins
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Message 37
Posted by Fire-Pig - proud to wave the protest banner (U12231213) on Sunday, 6th November 2011
Well done GEm's OH. Was he sponsored for charity? I was so pleased when EP did a sponsored run in October. It really showed he had got his life together again.
I was at home for lunch today, first time since last Sunday - roast pepper soup followed by bread and cheese for OH, some chicken breast and tomato for me. I found a piece of cheddar about two inches by one inch and only a quarter of inch thick. In earlier times that would not have lasted in a box - you can guess where it would have gone! Not the dustbin by the door!
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Message 38
Posted by GEm (U4356909) on Sunday, 6th November 2011
well done on resisting the cheese. One thing you can do with little bits is use them to flavour veggie soups - they just give it that zing for a few calories once you split them between the no of portions.
Thanks for well done to OH - not sponsored but it was our local running club's event which attracted people from all over the world (the winner was an Italian who was heading back off to italy today!). He came in just about half way through the field. I haven't done a half marathon yet - I'm training for one in the Spring. There is one around Christmas where he could do the half and I could do 10miles so we'd finish roughly the same time but you have to wear Santa outfits of some sort. I expect I could rig something up.....
He has however been in the tin of Quality St I bought for Christmas and it is looking rather depleted! Looks over reading glasses at him
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Message 39
Posted by GuzziNut (U6364582) on Sunday, 6th November 2011
GEm the guy has just run a half marathon, I think he deserves the quality street, seeing as iirc he doesnt drink, so can't have a celebratory pint
I mean, all we manged today was some extreme gardening and a rather enjoyable walk
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Message 40
Posted by Bubbly (U14667393) on Monday, 7th November 2011
Well done to Fire-Pig and G's OH! I wish I could run, I used to love it although I was a plodder, great for keeping weight off. Can't do it anymore as an encounter with a horse has left me with a dodgy hip which only tolerates a small amount of weight bearing exercise.
Came home at 9.30 last night to find list of chores completed by offspring who were both very keen for me to admire their efforts. Sight of son with a hoover in his room was a visual oxymoron!
Had a lovely lazy morning with friends reading the papers and consuming too much coffee - spent the afternoon zooming around work trying to get the caffeine out of my system! The other member of staff spent the afternoon sat on the settee waving at me as I zipped past him every so often and then proceeded to tell the night staff that HE was tired ....MEN !!!
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Message 41
Posted by GEm (U4356909) on Monday, 7th November 2011
OK - I give in he's probably ok with the chocolate. He still has a 30" waist at approaching 50 (almost there in fact) so I guess it's not doing him any harm. And yes he doesn't drink though he did have a pint of alcohol free Becks Blue at lunchtime!!!!
He wants a stretch out run today so we're off for a 10-15km trail run (probably quite slow) as soon as he's back from work. No such thing as a wind down here!
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Message 42
Posted by Curiously Frittering (U5481361) on Monday, 7th November 2011
Morning all,
A 2lb loss this week.
I'd have liked a bit more on my first week, but to be honest my body is behaving very strangely at the moment so I'm grateful to have lost anything!
Haven't totally splurged this weekend, but felt like I'd had enough indulgence to not feel deprived, or like I was on a diet.
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Message 43
Posted by Auntie Prue (U14585893) on Monday, 7th November 2011
Sounds good to me CF.
Slow weight loss is more likely to stay off too.
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Message 44
Posted by LostInML (U13646691) on Monday, 7th November 2011
My, you're all very talkative today! Well done to GEm's OH (can't imagine running that far ever, let alone in that time...) & to all who have lost weight/ resisted temptation. Have done quite well myself today so far and have a meeting tonight, which effectively occupies time without food being anywhere in the vicinity.
Funny you should mention cleaning and Christmas decorations in the same breath. New Christmas card holder has just arrived (needed to protect newly plastered walls... this one will stand like a tree on the hearth with cards strewing out of it.)
The great shelving project is almost complete, by the way. I hope it will be finished as my Christmas present!! -
Message 45
Posted by GEm (U4356909) on Tuesday, 8th November 2011
Oh lor - I have just committed myself to a 10 mile (16k) run on Dec 27th...... that means a dry Christmas!
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Message 46
Posted by Fire-Pig - proud to wave the protest banner (U12231213) on Tuesday, 8th November 2011
GEm, you are trying to conquer the mindless glass of wine while cooking, may I suggest, ever so politely, that after you have succeeded with that you try to work on speaking without thinking? !!!! I'm not a runner but surely you can have a little on 25th? Also think of the aftermath of the run.
Things still going fairly well here, quietly but determinedly. I WILL do it, without the Orlistat. Yes it was a kick up the bum to prescribe it, but it has made me look at my food more carefully.
Off to make a big pot of winter veg soup. I'm working odd hours now that we are out of season, I have today off, tomorrow morning and Thursday afternoon then working all day Friday. Today is housework day.
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Message 47
Posted by Miftrefs Laura in Lothian bufily ftitching (U2587870) on Tuesday, 8th November 2011
Afternoon all! I inadvertently fell off the MFC threads at the start of the month!
It's been... interesting...! All kinds of great excitement/ anxiety/ excitement as the long fight to be a student again finally reached the right conclusion last Friday, when I went, with my student card, to my first meeting with my new 'mentor' who proved to be excellent and very capable too. Throughout the 'alarums and excursions' phase, I had a filthy cold for two and a half weeks, with concomitant loss of appetite alternating with guzzling of comfort-food, which seems finally to have lifted, thanks to eating a ton of raw onions and inhaling sage-steam, it would seem.
I am back on my little food-calculator, which I use more for nutrition than for calories or fat counting - it's now an online one, CRON-o-meter, and it's interesting how consistently I am very low indeed on Vitamin D, normally under 25% of the RDA. I always thought I was well-up on iron too, what with my passion for meat and watercress and salads, but no, I have to check in the afternoon and work out a way to increase the iron levels of my evening!
I have lost two pounds, no change in measurements, but I'm so damn glad to have shifted the cold that I feel quite healthy!
KOKO, all...
laura -
Message 48
Posted by Fire-Pig - proud to wave the protest banner (U12231213) on Tuesday, 8th November 2011
Lovely to see you here, Laura. I hope you have finally beaten that cold. I was so pleased to read that you have met your 'mentor' and all is well now with student Laura.
Today's soup was superb - I can't give a recipe as it was made from what was in the veg drawer, and a bit of this and a bit of that seasoning!
Off soon to my Pilates class.
KOKO one and all
F-P -
Message 49
Posted by GEm (U4356909) on Tuesday, 8th November 2011
LOL FP. You are SOOOOO right. It was thrown at me as a challenge. The boys I race with have signed up for this 10m run and the comment was - will you be up to it by then G. My response was a lazy 'Spect so" next thing I have my race number......
Right NY resolution - engage brain at least 10 mins before mouth
G -
Message 50
Posted by anagramladysin (U14258840) on Tuesday, 8th November 2011
F-P
My chef son calls this "summer soup"
Ask what's in it -- some o' this, some o' that.
xxx ana
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