OV Slimming Club part 2

[Twiglet]

Hi Girls, Sorry this week has been mad! What's weird is I did a really long post in here Monday morning, before work, and its gone. Maybe I didn't submit it, very odd. Anyway Monday I was working all day, Tuesday I had to do Tuck Shop duty at school half the day, then head into work. Yesterday I was out again all day, and then had a school meeting in evening, so haven't been online for a while! Every time I did click to come in here, I would get called away, so I have just given up!

I have decided to up my food intake, as nervous as that makes me, just to see if it makes a difference. I am also going for a 30 minute power walk the minute I get up, before I start the family breakfast, to see if that boosts my day. One night I did another 30 min walk again, just to try and boost the metabolism. My legs are killing me today, so its obviously having an effect.

Hope everyone else is going well. Its hard being on a different time zone sometimes! This weekend is a test though. I have a meal out with some girlfriends tomorrow night, then Saturday we've been invited around a family from school to have a BBQ, and Sunday is Australian Mother's Day, and the kids want to take me for lunch! I will have to very careful, and maybe walk for an hour each day, instead of 30 mins!!! EEEEK!

[janny]

Morning all Just got off the treadmill having done a good 40 mins run.Must plan todays meals although its looking like an orignal day with
courgette red pepper and mint frittatta for lunch and spicy lamb for supper plus fruit muller lights and lots of water
I have a wedding to go to next week so need to look my best.

Back in the dark ages when I was a fitness instructor I used to tell my ladies to hide the scales and buy a tape measure to keep track of what was happening to their bodies somehow losing an inch and a half from the midriff is better to know that losing 1lb .

Have a good day everybody -today is laundry day here -luckily the sun is shining so hopefully it will all dry -but then it will need ironing -but I suppose it all counts as exercise.

[fiona]

Julieb I agree with Mizzy you are not eating enough for a start and you can have a far more substantial lunch than you are allowing yourself. You are setting yourself up to fail by depriving yourself and then getting hungry / tired. (Sorry this is not meant to sound as harsh as it looks in print!)

There are loads of things you can have for lunch, can you take it into work with you? If you can, you can have red day - meat / fish / eggs & salad, green day - rice salad, pasta salad, bulgher wheat etc. Eggs are free at any time so you can have hard-boiled egg salad or make a frittata. If eating something like that is difficult then make a sandwich, and also sticks of peppers, celery, carrots etc.
You can have treats, just plan them in.

Again you didn't eat enough for supper - you could have had potatoes which might have filled you up.

Mag is bi-monthly and last one was out about 4 5/ weeks ago, so a few more weeks yet.

Theresa it sounds as if you are doing well, you are picking us up at different times but we all have the same problems and goals.

Well done Jill for making the decision to go, that's the hardest thing, and then staying focused is the next!

Was feeling quite ill this am so just had water for breakfast, out with the hounds and now feeling better so just off to make a frittata so I can have that with large salad. Supper will be chilli with rice and large salad. Am getting all my old mags & new recipe books out to draw up a menu plan.

Not sure if Mizzy has posted this weeks password on SW - trout.

[LiesaAnna]

beautiful day here in Brighton, and i have a fridge full of lovely low cals and salads!!!

[fiona]

Good for your Liesa, are you still seeing the nurse or doing it on your own?

[E. Cosgrove]

I have lost 1 1/2lb!!!
just the motivation I needed to keep going.[msnsmile2]
I am 2lb away from my stone and 3 1/2lb away to the change stone bracket, I am determined to get there before my hols....... 2 weeks tomorrow

I nearly couldn't be bothered to set up a packed lunch this morning before I came to work
[msnsad] I was feeling so despondant I thought I would stop at the shop......that is bad news[msnsad]

I am really glad I threw together a chicken and tomato wholemeal roll, a yoghurt and some grapes.
I will do my weekly shop on the way home whilst I am feeling highly motivated
Good luck to everyone else who is weighing today and welcome back Theresa[msnsmile2]

[Twiglet]

Congrats Liz that's great!

I do try and come here when I can, touch base with everyone and keep motivated!

[fiona]

Well done Liz!![clap][clap]

[mizzy]

well done Liz [clap][clap][clap] i'm really pleased for you[msnsmile2]

Theresa it's lovely to hear from you, i hope you have a great weekend and a lovely mothers day lunch[msnsmile]

i'm having pasta for lunch today then i'm going to have a mini snooze[zzz] didn't get the best of sleeps last night and my head feels really strange (i think it's the anti convulsants doing their job!) so a little sleep will either work wonders or make me feel like death, fingers crossed it isn't the latter[msnsad]

will catch up with you all later

Mizzy[msnsmile]

[jbrinkworth]

Hello again everyone,

Thanks for the advice Fiona, I know I should eat more really, but like theresa says, its quite a scary thought. I've got so much to lose. Seems like such a mountain to climb, and it doesn't make sense to eat more, especially when I'm not hungry or tired, I just fill up on raw veg and some fruit. I think I'm a scard of carbs cos I used to eat so many of them, I love them, bread, pasta cous cous,etc I think if I eat them I won't lose weight and I find it hard to judge how much carbs have without it being too much! cos too much can't be good either can it! sorry, mumbling pathetically here!

Well done Liz! 1 1/2lb is great - keep it going!

I've just found out that there is a SW club in the next village to me so maybe I'll pay a visit and perhaps that will give me more confidence!

Julie B