Diet Support thread 2005

However last week I was very ill with the flu and couldn't keep any food down for several days. I weighed myself Monday and discovered I've lost the pre-xmas weight and more, and my weight is now at its lowest ebb in years. This is handy, but I don't recommend it as a dieting strategy--I would much rather have been having fun on NYE rather than losing weight in that manner.

I'm going back to the gym as soon as my lingering cough goes away--I miss having stamina and flexibility.

Which means that my motivation to diet is rather weaker, but I know I could still do with losing a fair bit - I just need to psyche myself up for a few days before getting stuck in.

I suspect it was due to:
1) My brother eating all the (mince)pies
2) Religiously exercising every day

It's the drinking that does me in every time! I was going to have a dry January to reverse the ill effects, but boys keep dragging me out and forcing pints of bitter down my throat.

Still, even if it's misguiding, I have turned into the GYM GURU. 15 minutes on the running machine? Peasy! Stand aside Paula bloody Radcliffe.

I am pleased to report that despite having comfort food stuffed down my throat all weekend by a boy, I actually hit eleven and a half stone for the first time since 2003.

I will be disappointed if my dinner there consists of anything other than a single artfully arranged stock cube.

I seriously can't feel this weight loss anywhere, but recently the improvement in my fitness levels at the gym has been utterly shocking. We'll see if this continues, I suppose. I can't say I've been particularly dieting either!

Mmmm is SGS taking you up the Oxo Tower Mark? I'm sorry, I hate myself for that.

hoho xpost!

I lost 5kgs before Xmas, thought I'd put it all back on again but only put 1.5kgs back on. Psychologically, this is brilliant.

Anyone got any ideas how I could lose a stone before my birthday (in a month)?

I wonder if I can persuade them to test me in lieu of my contract being renewed...

I can't see myself doing any exercise until it's warmer, although I did buy a skipping rope last weekend (I haven't used it yet).

All the things that make life worthwhile, IHMO!

(it's not like we kill or abuse the bees, apart from a puff of smoke every now and again. And we even build them a home!)

xpost - dairy and eggs are biggies, but theoretically you should avoid anything made with animal products/by-products. this is what a typical vegan day for me was:

some kind of hippie cereal w/ vanilla soy milk and fruit
vegetable sushi or roasted veg wrap, pumpkin cookie from hippie bakery
sauteed tofu, sesame broccoli, rice

snacks: dark chocolate, homemade popcorn, crisps, fruit, granola, toast, etc

Mind you, being a vegetarian in the first place and then not being able to eat dairy or wheat either, doesn't leave a whole lot of food left to get fat on...

Well, this didn't happen to me, more likely I just gained weight. You can eat unhealthy shit as vegan too. For the first six months I kept eating whole jars of cocoa nougat spread, because it was the closest vegan equivalent to chocolate I could find.

Luckily curries are fine, else I'd have really had no reason to live.

Perhaps you could go see an idependent dietician? they are more middle of the road than most diet organisations.

But, same as you, though I'd like to do it, (I wonder how much of my mood disorders are diet related myself) I've not got the money either. :-(

I have a really weird back. Like my butt and thighs are pretty meaty for my size, but my back is like skeletal. It's weird, like I have muscles there, I can see them just fine, but my spine down to the back of my hipbones, it's like there's nothing covering them at all. Seriously, if I roll my shoulders forward a little bit you can see every bone back there. Which is weird, whatever, but the problem is that I started doing floor exercises again and I LOOK LIKE I'VE BEEN WHIPPED. I am covered in bruises, especially on my hipbones. At my old apartment, I had a carpet I could lay the mat down on, and at my old gym they had like very thick padded foam we could do the floor exercises on. Here, I have hardwood floors and I put down the mat with a towel on it and I'm still looking like I was just tortured in some BDSM extravaganza. It's to the point where lying in bed hurts because of the bruises.

Do I just give up on working out my abs? Does anyone have a suggestion for mats or extra padding? Do I actually have to go and purchase a 3 inch thick piece of foam that can't be rolled up?

It's really gross and unsightly and making me want to just go back to my old weight stablization method of smoking 2 packs and ingesting only coffee :(

(However, take note that excessive bruising can sometimes be a symptom of anaemia - so if this isn't the only thing that causes bruising, you might want to take an iron supplement or something.)

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But in these attempts to switch to less-sweet foods, I've become addicted to Trader Joe's Chili Lime pistachios. MMM spicy fat! So, um, still no weight loss.

there was also lots of salt cod cakes deep fried, and tuna fritters, and ham, and lots and lots of octopus, and rice and potatoes, and vinho verde and that eggy bread with cinnamon and syrup, and almond pie, and custard tarts, and rice cakes, and rabbit, and pudim, and those yummy croissant type things for breakfast with plum jam and hot chocolate. Actually, a 1lb a day wasn't too bad really.

And chili lime pistachios sound really good. My fatty snack of choice is pepperoni...shh, at least I'm eating my vegetables now.

South beach isn't all bad - we just had rib-eye steak, spinach, mushrooms and garlicky chickpea mash (3 cloves of garlic and still vic couldn't taste it!)

And I'm happy to report that all this eating healthily thing and not drinking (except for last night oh dear) and walking to the bus stop thing appears to be paying off as I seem to have lost 2lbs over this past week.

(OK, it's probably only water loss, but still. It made me happy.)

I am going to be very mean, and tell my not so nice boss that I made goal, as she has fallen off that wagon months ago. (Also reaching goal means getting recruited to work for WW which is my official excuse for leaving my current job.)

nb this information is for my husband, who is seeing success! but it's still early on and he's so snacky. he is easting lots of fruits and veggies though so that's good!

so I figure I have lost about 0.8 of a stone

I'm doing OK

still gunning though

BAH

And I like Rold Gold cheddar or honey mustard pretzels, 17 (or 19?) pretzels a serving

They are all around 100 - 120 calories, I think.

I am still hovering round the 12 and a half stone (175 pounds) mark, oscillating upwards 3 or 4 pounds every now and again. I really need some kind of incentive to help me shift another 5 or 6 pounds and become properly gorgeous okay-looking. Any ideas?

The full size Cracker Jack flavored rice cakes are good if you have a sweet tooth.

getting better. I actually just started a new unrelated medication, and one of the side effects is weight loss!! hooray!!!

Scott has cooked me special diet dinners the past couple of nights. Last night I didn't give in to the temptation to drink beer though others were.

I was losing pounds steadily after having the baby, but I seem to have hit a plateau. At least I'm back to my prepregnant weight.

They say not to use breastfeeding as a diet strategy, but that's what I'm doing (while taking vitamins so the kid gets nutrients).

I have finally gotten under 10 stone! And reached goal!

Now I have to keep the weight off. Eek.

Nathalie, are you planning on breast feeding? That can burn a lot of calories!

I love south beach. I've lost another half stone since August, with lots of cheating going on, and can now fit in a suit I bought in 2001!

I'm tired and VERY emotional and I tend to overeat in these situations. There are TWO boxes of mince pies in the cupboard and I really don't want to eat them all. But I might! STOP ME!