General hysterical diet related rambling: From Flab to Fab.

Another good day today! I have rambled on enough in the above post :)

Food
Porridge with sultanas, apple and cinnamon 445
Pork chop with home made apple sauce, new potatoes and runner beans 380
3 kiwis, 2 satsumas, 4 teeny plums 320
5 coffees 125
=1261

Exercise
20 minute workout
1 mile walking
30 minutes cleaning
12 minutes trampoline
 
I know what you mean. Having the confirmation I'm doing the right thing (most of the time :leaving: ), a place to dwell on the problems of weight loss, sympathetic ears, and a place to get down all my (weight loss related) psychological bullshit is so important to getting through all of this. Not to mention the accountability.
 
:iagree: totally. It's strange, but I feel sometimes that here is where I am most honest. I can be as irrational and obsessive as I like, and I know you guys won't judge me. You can't - you don't know me! But... then I feel kind of like you guys probably know me a lot better than the majority of people who 'think' they know me... deary me, I'm making no sense.
But, :iagree:
 
p.s. You've inspired me. I bought some tinned fruit. Not as good as the real stuff, but something to keep me eating it!

Geez, your food is so good.
 
I think you can definitely be more open with people you haven't met :), and your right Amy, knowing that you HAVE to write down what you've eaten, and people will be commenting on it really does help you to make better choices.

YAY Joh! You bought fruit! Hope you enjoy it and it becomes a habit!

Today I bought my kids ice cream, and Lily had a nibble then got upset as it was "too cold", so I held it for about 10 minutes, till it started dripping down my bag, she wouldn't eat it, so I had two bites, and threw the rest away :)

Food
Porridge with apple, sultanas and cinnamon 445
Ice cream 50ish
with a couple of chunks of granary baguette 655
3 kiwis 138
=1289

Exercise
10 minutes trampoline (my arms and back were aching too much for anything else)
2 miles walking.
 
I don't know how you do it. I really don't. You eat so few calories and yet such big meals. (Then again, I don't know how you only manage two meals, either)
 
i agree aswell!We dont know each other but we all share something Loosing weight.We all nearlly have the same feelings about ourselves and the same ambition to loose the extra pounds.So we understand each other more than maybe people we know cause they arent going through the same thing as we are

When my boy gives me his iceream to hold i feel it calling out to me and always pass it on to my husband telling him to take it away cause ill eat it!!!

You had a grat day today!!!seems like lovely recepie was it tasty?How much is a portion of that?
 
:iagree: I think other people who are losing weight are definitely better to vent to, as we have got that "all in it together" thing going on. Mates can seem a bit indifferent to you being on a diet. In my case, I don't really blame them considering the amount of them I've been on lol. I started a diet diary on facebook with my closest friends (those who are not skinny lol, I didn't want to divulge my weight to a beanpole!), I expected more encouragement than I got tbh.

I'm quite lucky as I just don't feel hungry first thing :) So I exercise, clean, check my messages, shower, dry my hair and put on my make-up before I have my brekkie at about 11. So its almost lunch time by then. And porridge really fills you up. I snack on fruit if I'm hungry before dinner, and try and get out in the afternoon. Then I have an early dinner at about 6ish, and more fruit at about 10ish.

Omg, the italian chicken is to die for! SO yummy, and really simple as well. I take the seeds out of the tomatoes as they are a bit too bitter for me. Its quite low calorie without the baguette to accompany it, and you could save calories by using fry-lite... I use more beans than the recipe suggests as well- one tin between four people is nowhere near enough.

Large chicken thigh- 150
Little bit of olive oil- 60
slice prosciutto ham 43
basil- none
Tin of cannelloni beans-150
15 cherry tomatoes- 50
50mls wine 33
Garlic- hardly any =486 calories
 
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overtherainbow said:
:iagree: I think other people who are losing weight are definitely better to vent to, as we have got that "all in it together" thing going on. Mates can seem a bit indifferent to you being on a diet
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This is so true...I have found that people/friends/co-workers who are already skinner that me don't want to really admit I am losing weight...afraid I may be skinner then them someday maybe?

...lol....and my heavier or same size friends seem to kind of resent that I am trying so hard this time...you know the "food pushers" and the "really you are going to workouters"... haha

I do have a few that are really happy and supportive..its just not who I thought it would be!

Thats why I love it here..we all want our forum buddies to do well ..because it means we can and will too hopefully someday!!
 
You're right! It definitely does inspire us when we see the people on here do well! And when I see rainbow eating so well and being so enthusiastic, especially when I feel like we're similar in a lot of ways. If she (you!) can do it, I can do it! And vice versa!
 
I love that you have 'a sparkly feeling inside'.
Every woman deserves to feel like a beautiful princess.
So glad that you are free.
 
"I'm quite lucky as I just don't feel hungry first thing So I exercise, clean, check my messages, shower, dry my hair and put on my make-up before I have my brekkie at about 11. So its almost lunch time by then. And porridge really fills you up. I snack on fruit if I'm hungry before dinner, and try and get out in the afternoon. Then I have an early dinner at about 6ish, and more fruit at about 10ish."

You seem to have it going on, I my try this tomorrow. If I do house cleaning first and take my shower. Maybe I wouldn't dread it so much!

Its so good to read your messages!!
 
When i lost weight before, and went from almost a size 18, to an 8-10 I had an overweight friend who didn't once comment on my weight loss. I didn't want to bring it up as I would feel like I was rubbing her face in it. She commented on it after, when I had regained the weight, but not a single "well done". She was a food pusher too, all that "Goooo oooooon, treat yourself!" type thing. Sometimes I did, but i only ever overindulged massively when I was with her. My whole treating myself mentality has changed now. I am DEFINITELY not treating my body, my body can't function as well as it should be when its lumbered with fat. And I wouldn't really be treating my mind either, I'm proud that I have stuck to it, my mind is proud I've stuck to it. I will be giving my mind unnecessary grief if I give it loads and loads of chocolate. So.... if I'm not treating my body, or my mind, it isn't a treat. A treat is a big crunchy salad or some nuts and dried fruit. I DO feel superhappy and sparkly that I am DOING THIS!!!! WOOOHOOOOO! The people who are really happy for you are like golddust :D

I weighed myself, and didn't get a "fat message" on the printout!!!!! It gives you a fat message if your bmi is under 28, so I'm very chuffed with that!

When i lost weight before, and went from almost a size 18, to an 8-10 I had an overweight friend who didn't once comment on my weight loss. I didn't want to bring it up as I would feel like I was rubbing her face in it. She commented on it after, when I had regained the weight, but not a single "well done". She was a food pusher too, all that "Goooo oooooon, treat yourself!" type thing. Sometimes I did, but i only ever overindulged massively when I was with her. My whole treating myself mentality has changed now. I am DEFINITELY not treating my body, my body can't function as well as it should be when its lumbered with fat. And I wouldn't really be treating my mind either, I'm proud that I have stuck to it, my mind is proud I've stuck to it. I will be giving my mind unnecessary grief if I give it loads and loads of chocolate. So.... if I'm not treating my body, or my mind, it isn't a treat. A treat is a big crunchy salad or some nuts and dried fruit. I DO feel superhappy and sparkly that I am DOING THIS!!!! WOOOHOOOOO!

I weighed myself, and didn't get a "fat message" on the printout!!!!! It gives you a fat message if your bmi is over 28, so I'm very chuffed with that! You can see the message I used to get on the bottom left... After just a few days in my bag they look digusting lol eeek.

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Thanks Joh! :D

I like having a shower straight after doing cleaning, I don't like using chemicals, and I hate the way they smell. Its like I just want to scrub it all off as soon as its done :) And, my house is a lot tidier now that I do it every morning at the same time lol. Hope it works for you Anna :)

^^^^^wow, thats long!^^^^
 
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Thanks Vick. my bmi's not quite healthy yet, but healthy enough not to get told off by the weighing machine :)

Forgot to say earlier, I went to a teddy bears picnic at my sons school. The kids ate a healthyish packed lunch, then after there was a buffet of cake, biscuits, chocolate/mini rolls etc... I didn't eat anything :) And also, his school is 6 floors up, the special school he goes to is on top of a mainstream school. I carried a buggy, a heavy bag and a scooter up 12 flights of stairs, and was hardly out of breath :) The trampoline doesn't get me out of breath either now, I used to be puffing away after 10 seconds, now I can do it for 15 minutes with no excessive breathing. So I might just start going jogging now I am a bit more fit.

My calories for today are a bit under, even with loads of fruit planned for tonight. Sharon the marvellous cake lady is coming over tomorrow though.

Food
80g fruit and fibre 150mls whole milk 382
306 cals. Used green lentils, and only 2mls of oil in the dressing. The flavours are delicious.
tinned pineapple, 2 apples, 5 plums 305
6 cups coffee 150
=1145

Exercise
20 minute workout
0.7 miles walking
45 minutes hardcore cleaning.
 
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Congrats on your BMI...and I must say the way your dedication to healthy food is very inspiring...you rock the right foods...hell ya!! :) :)

I have yet to grasp that aspect...I stay in my "ranges" but I have no issue grabbing a burger for lunch if it is with in my allowances...I think I would drop weight faster if I ate healthier at the same calorie amount.
 
Thanks! Well, I'm enjoying this feeling while it lasts lol, The last time I felt like this I was in crisis a couple of weeks later.

As long as your staying within your calorie allowances, and not having a burger more than twice a week you'll be fiiiiiine, your doing fantastically :)

I'm very almost a size 14 now, according to my measurements, so I am going to buy myself a nice interview outfit (for the princes trust) in a size 12. When it fits, I am going to get in touch with them. I have been busy making moodboards. I think its quite an English style, so everyone will probably hate it, but heres what I have in mind (will have to find a look-likey handbag though as its $2410).

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I'm going to make some similar moodboards for a target weight clubbing outfit, and a casual one later.
 
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