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Post by cheerypeabrain on Oct 17, 2008 19:02:34 GMT 1
Hello medears...can I keep a diet diary here ? Those of you who are completely bored with my start-stop diets please ignore this thread. ;D Today I have TURNED DOWN fish and chips (a colleague offered to treat me at lunchtime), chocky bickies (another colleague's bd) and my son bought me a HYOODGE bar of Cabdbury's fruit & nut (OH is eating it for me...) Gosh, what a hero...  My sister Susan came round yesterday and we weighed each other...AAAAURGH! I want to loose weight a) For my health b) so that I can buy some nice clothes c) For my holiday next year... abroad with OH for the first time EVER! I plan to aim to lose a stone before Yuletide. I am not crash dieting but I am seriously overweight and need to loose at least 3 stone.  Today I have had... Breakfast: A great big bowl of strawberries with a muller light yogurt. Break-time: A packet of Quavers, a handfull of grapes and a pear. Dinner: Carrots, caulliflower & brussels sprouts with a small grilled pork steak. Supper (at 7pm) will be 4 low fat digestive bickies, 2oz full fat cheddar and some fruit. The weigh in is next Thursday....will I stay good?  |
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Post by emseypop on Oct 17, 2008 19:06:18 GMT 1
A foreign holiday may be just the incentive. You've got your work cut out this side of Christmas tho. well done so far. I had fish and chips for lunch  I talk about dieting an my weight a lot, but I've no willpower. One day...... |
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Post by Sweetleaf on Oct 17, 2008 19:09:12 GMT 1
I know you will succeed Cheery, you want it too much to fail, turning down fruit and nut proves it in my book!  I couldnt do it.  |
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Oct 17, 2008 19:13:06 GMT 1
I know you will succeed Cheery, you want it too much to fail, turning down fruit and nut proves it in my book! I couldnt do it. You are lovely and slim Sweetie, perfect as you are! I'll never be thin, I like being voluptuous...but it would be nice not to be the fattest person at work. |
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Oct 17, 2008 19:16:19 GMT 1
A foreign holiday may be just the incentive. You've got your work cut out this side of Christmas tho. well done so far. I had fish and chips for lunch I talk about dieting an my weight a lot, but I've no willpower. One day...... Emsey you are still young, and rushing about after little ones is pretty slimming imo ;D ..you aren't exactly tubby anyway! |
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Post by Sweetleaf on Oct 17, 2008 19:49:43 GMT 1
I know you will succeed Cheery, you want it too much to fail, turning down fruit and nut proves it in my book! I couldnt do it. You are lovely and slim Sweetie, perfect as you are! I'll never be thin, I like being voluptuous...but it would be nice not to be the fattest person at work. Im getting beyond slim actually, I have to up the ante with food a bit, or cut down on the exercise, one or `tother! I dont think you are fat, ...nor does Sleepy! Just cuddly, and lovely.  |
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Post by maggyd on Oct 17, 2008 21:39:55 GMT 1
Id cut out the 7.00pm biccies and cheese Cheery and have a banana!!  it took me months to lose 10lbs and that was substituting low fat yoghurt for the cake and biccies I dont think Ill live long enough to lose 3stone |
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Oct 17, 2008 21:41:11 GMT 1
You are very sweet...but I am several stone overweight medear...it ent healthy.  |
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Post by Sleepy on Oct 17, 2008 21:44:10 GMT 1
You are very sweet...but I am several stone overweight medear...it ent healthy. But every stone is precious pure Cheery though ;D |
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Oct 17, 2008 21:52:31 GMT 1
You are such a charmer Sleepybabe.... |
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Post by madonplants on Oct 17, 2008 22:26:20 GMT 1
Just don't forget us, when you become that size 8 super model OK? We think you are a super model anyway. When I saw this thread title, I started thinking of that advert on TV for R Whites Lemonade. I'm a secret lemonade drinker, R Whites.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqBa7eay6Fo |
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Post by 4pygmies on Oct 18, 2008 9:54:48 GMT 1
Ah Cheery darling, I know exactly how you feel...........I wish you the very best of luck. I have given up trying now as despite the hooomungous amount of exercise I get I never lose an ounce! I don't exactly over eat either these days as I don't have time to! I think you're practically perfect the way you are too (dodgy feet though... ) but if you're not happy then you go for it hunny! I think you need to distract yourself from food as much as possible - get a load of books, some arty stuff to do and an overflowing bowl of friut! |
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Oct 18, 2008 10:16:05 GMT 1
Thank you for the support chaps.  ...Keith....I would be happy with a size 16! ;D Today I've done the ironing as I got up so early! I didn't have the digestive bickies last night because I found some water biscuits which are just as tasty and have fewer calories. Today's diet diary: Breakfast: 3 slices of grilled bacon, 2 slices of wholemeal bread from a 400g loaf spread with Philadelphia extra light and an egg fried in fry-lite. numnum...  |
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Post by emseypop on Oct 18, 2008 11:25:26 GMT 1
frozen grapes cheery, they are supposed to be a nice treat when your dieting, those slimfast choccy bars are really yummy too.
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Post by alicat on Oct 18, 2008 11:51:07 GMT 1
GOODLUCK CHEERY from me too although I agree with everyone your lovely as you are.
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Post by debbiem on Oct 18, 2008 14:32:21 GMT 1
Good luck from me too Cheery. I won't go on about me and diets and good intentions, it would go on for a very v e r y long time. I am overweight and I'm full of bad habits so I know why it's so, and I also know if I kicked some of these bad habits I'd lose weight. I also know, infuriatingly, that I have the willpower to do it, as I lost 6 stone after having my 2nd child through eating well and no bad habits, only to be surprised by my third child and somehow then it all went wrong. It's all my own fault, I can only blame worrying times up to a point, the truth is, I just love food and drink, and enjoy eating,drinking and the merry bit! I need a kick up the bum by a very big wellie to start me off and then I'll be on the road too to wearing what I want, being seen in a swimming costume, not feeling fat and conspicuous and all the rest of it. Oh and the health thing too. What you are eating sounds very healthy to me, but aren't you hungry? Couldn't you pad it out a bit with more filling, low-calorie stuff? You sound very resolute, you'll do it and well done for grabbing the bull by the horns. Why not have one of those count-down thingies in your signature, like The witch had when her grandchild was expected? One that counts down the pounds you've lost? |
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Oct 18, 2008 18:22:59 GMT 1
Gosh, you are all being very sweet.... I'm managing fine, went out with big sis today and had a meal in a GC...a big green salad (no dressing) a jacket spud (no butter) and a little cheese. Tonight I have a big casserole stuffed with lots of fresh wholesome veg and a chicken breast. I still have half a punnet of strawberries and bought apples, pears, tangerines and grapes...so I won't be hungry! My 'treat' today will either be a bag of quavers or some caramel flavoured rice cakes. I shan't go with the ticker if you don't mind...I'm just taking it a week at a time and if I didn't lose for a couple of weeks I'd feel such a failure (being able to see it every time I logged on AF!) Only downside so far has been that I ended up cooking three different meals, OH isn't keen on casseroles so I cooked him chicken chow mein, son doesn't eat so I cooked him gammon steak and chips...and my casserole will be ready in about..... now....  |
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Oct 18, 2008 20:08:09 GMT 1
OH and son are eating chocolate.... I am being strong.... |
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Post by floweringcherry on Oct 19, 2008 1:05:35 GMT 1
OH and son are eating chocolate.... I am being strong.... You are being so strong and I wish you well -honest I have never had to diet but over the last 2/3 years I have developed a 'stomach' I assume this is the mid-drift associated with maturing years! My problem is that I haven't put on weight as such, just this horrible stomach which means clothes don't fit anymore. If they fit the bum and thighs they are too tight on the tummy. If they fit the tummy they hang and look like Coco the Clown. Any advice welcome Cheery from what I have read you are lovely as you are, but if you want to change, go for it and I will read your thread with interest and encouragement. |
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Oct 19, 2008 16:09:17 GMT 1
I'm still going...ooooh THREE DAYS!!! Breakfast : Boiled egg with 3 ryvita spread with Philadelphia extra light and a bowl of yummy strawberries. Mid morning: a large juicy pear ;D Dinner: A tiny piece of fillet steak (an ounce cos OH scoffed the rest with chips, fried egg, fried onions and peas ) with 4 baby potatoes and a large mixed salad. Supper: 6 Pogen Krisprolls slathered with Philadelphia extra light, cucumber slices and grapes....yummy...I was crunching like a mad woman! |
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Post by Sweetleaf on Oct 19, 2008 20:07:37 GMT 1
OH and son are eating chocolate.... I am being strong.... My problem is that I haven't put on weight as such, just this horrible stomach which means clothes don't fit anymore. If they fit the bum and thighs they are too tight on the tummy. If they fit the tummy they hang and look like Coco the Clown. Any advice welcome Sagging tummy muscles can be tightened with leg lifts, dont do sit ups....they damage the back. Lie comfortably on the floor, and lift the legs off the ground by about 4" Hold them there for a count of ten. Do this daily in sets of ten, increasing as you find it easier. Its harder than it sounds, but it uses the tummy muscles in a way that makes them stronger, you should see a noticeable difference in a week. |
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Post by floweringcherry on Oct 19, 2008 21:31:17 GMT 1
My problem is that I haven't put on weight as such, just this horrible stomach which means clothes don't fit anymore. If they fit the bum and thighs they are too tight on the tummy. If they fit the tummy they hang and look like Coco the Clown. Any advice welcome Sagging tummy muscles can be tightened with leg lifts, dont do sit ups....they damage the back. Lie comfortably on the floor, and lift the legs off the ground by about 4" Hold them there for a count of ten. Do this daily in sets of ten, increasing as you find it easier. Its harder than it sounds, but it uses the tummy muscles in a way that makes them stronger, you should see a noticeable difference in a week. Thanks Sweetleaf, I will give it a go. I did try sit-ups but they strained my lower back. Until 2005 I was doing quite strenuous work, gardening and working in a Garden Centre, lifting the heavy sacks and pulling the plant trolleys and the heavy garden furniture obviously kept the muscles taught. I will try the leg lifts, thanks ;D |
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Post by petal on Oct 19, 2008 21:40:45 GMT 1
My problem is that I haven't put on weight as such, just this horrible stomach which means clothes don't fit anymore. If they fit the bum and thighs they are too tight on the tummy. If they fit the tummy they hang and look like Coco the Clown. Any advice welcome Sagging tummy muscles can be tightened with leg lifts, dont do sit ups....they damage the back. Lie comfortably on the floor, and lift the legs off the ground by about 4" Hold them there for a count of ten. Do this daily in sets of ten, increasing as you find it easier. Its harder than it sounds, but it uses the tummy muscles in a way that makes them stronger, you should see a noticeable difference in a week. thanks for that info, i will try that,i should have done that before my hol's,then i wouldnt have looked like a u no what? |
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Post by 4pygmies on Oct 20, 2008 7:11:30 GMT 1
Crikey, well done Cheery! Your diet sounds hard work though to me.............but if you are enjoying it that's great I have subsisted on toast, Lemsips and soup all week ( a combination of feeling horrid and being too tired to cook anything after work) and I haven't lost any weight at all...anyone else would have at least lost a few pounds - humph! Do you have a weekly weigh in time? |
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Post by madonplants on Oct 20, 2008 11:03:15 GMT 1
Crikey, well done Cheery! Your diet sounds hard work though to me.............but if you are enjoying it that's great I have subsisted on toast, Lemsips and soup all week ( a combination of feeling horrid and being too tired to cook anything after work) and I haven't lost any weight at all...anyone else would have at least lost a few pounds - humph! Do you have a weekly weigh in time? You need to go on 'I'm a Celebrity, get me out of here', they always seem to lose weight, 4P. Rice and beans, urgh!!!  You are a celebrity, you had a garden at GWL!! Keep up the good work Cheery, we are all proud of you. |
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...Keith....I would be happy with a size 16! ;D
You are a celebrity, you had a garden at GWL!!