Be Good to Yourself - Part 2

[another]

Welcome to the thread Karen [msnsmile] It's good to have you aboard!!

Yes, we aim to lose weight and encouraged others too! So, we post food diaries, receipes, hints and tips etc. Some of us belong to Slimming World so we follow a diet plan /healthy eating plan. If you need help with anything ask away!!

[Karen]

Thanks Frances. I go to the gym 3 times a week, but still struggle to loose weight [msnsad] I am trying the old cut out the fat from diet routine as it did work once before. I just had a ryvita with tomatoe, cucumber and prawns. Would have prefered low fat cheese as well, but cheese is my down fall as I do love it!

[SDJ]

Welcome Karen to this thread. We try to encourage each other with different ideas and sometimes recipes, and we have our high's and lows. Mine is a low at the minute as I have gained half a stone since reaching my target weight in January[msncry]

Sadly, the days for the gym are gone. My philosophy is if I never started, my body won't miss it[msnwink]

Sandra

[Fourdents]

Well, we shall miss those who are not participating any longer for reasons known to themselves. Thankfully this topic will continue as people come and leave. I have been "in & Out" of this thread for some time - reading, so I guess I shall have to be more active posting from now on.

In July I shall be taking part in the Race for Life in aid of cancer research. Far from fit I have to work at getting into shape = more excercise and a better diet.

First thing to be doing is cut out all the rubbish food and get regular eating patterns.

[canarypam]

Take a look at the Slimming World web site it's a really easy to follow plan and you never need to be hungry. You can download a 7 day menu to get you started if you like the look of it. Basically there are green and original days.

Good luck with however you choose to do it. I'm off to class now and hoping for a loss [msnsmile2]

Good luck with your Race for Life Linda I was thinking of doing this but that's as far as I got maybe next year as in Norwich it's taking place this weekend.<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Fourdents
Well, we shall miss those who are not participating any longer for reasons known to themselves. Thankfully this topic will continue as people come and leave. I have been "in & Out" of this thread for some time - reading, so I guess I shall have to be more active posting from now on.

In July I shall be taking part in the Race for Life in aid of cancer research. Far from fit I have to work at getting into shape = more excercise and a better diet.

First thing to be doing is cut out all the rubbish food and get regular eating patterns.[/quote]

[Margaret]

I would like to join this thread if thats ok? Like Karen I have often read the other posts and like the idea of everyone encouraging each other. I'm 47 and my weight has only started to be a problem for me in the last couple of years (middle age spread?)[msnwink]
Anyway I've got to the point where I am now DETERMINED to lose at least a stone and I need to acheive this by the time we go on our hols (23rd August)
I look forward to joining in
Margaret

[Snapper]

I hope this is a useful bit of info ...

I've just swapped my gym membership, from being a member of Virgin Active to being a member of, errrrr, Virgin Active. However I'm now a member of Virgin Active through PruHealth, my healthcare insurance provider.

It works like this ... the usual membership costs are £40-ish a month (reasonably typical for a good gym). Through PruHealth, if I go on average twice a week or more, which I do, the cost drops to £5 a month. Yep! That's a fiver a month; or sixty quid a year. Amazing huh??!?

It gets better still ...

Each time I swipe in to the gym it allocates Vitality Points. They're a bit like Nectar points, or any other loyalty scheme I guess. At the end of the year, if I haven't claimed on the health insurance all these Vitality Points could translate to a cashback reward against the healthcover. The max is £350, and this isn't hugely more than the cost of the health cover. To me it works out pretty much as a free gym membership and a discount against health insurance. I get more, and pay less ... just for trying to stay healthy!

We also checked out Boots' health insurance and they do a similar scheme.

So anyone with health cover who also has a gym membership, do give your insurers a call and over a year it might save you about the equivalent of a flight to Florida!!!

So all that said, my target for the coming months must be to train more and get beyond 'Average' on the Concept 2 4-minute O'Neil Fitness Test.

Just out of curiosity, does anyone know how healthy, or un-healthy, are French bread pizzas? If you make them with baguette (is this healthy or un-healthy), pasta sauce (reasonably healthy), ham (pretty healthy) and cheese (ahem - OK - there has to be some concessions!!)

[Twelvetree]

Having been a shy and silent but dedicated follower of this thread for a long time I felt now was the time to join in and carry on the encouragement to all who are attempting to lose weight and be "good to themselves." The loss of the main contributors should not prevent all us other ladies (and gents) carrying on the good work that they started and I am sure that this thread will go from strength to strength. There already seems to be some new faces appearing so onwards and upwards.

[another]

Welcome Patricia and Margaret, good to have you aboard and thank you for the info Steve.
Not sure about the baguette pizza (though it sounds yummy!!), white bread, especially rolls/baguettes are not that good !!
However with all the time youare going to be spending at the gym you will probably burn it all off [msnwink]

[Sally D]

As I started this topic (originally called OV slimming club)http://www.orlando-guide.info/forums/topic_17136.asp I would hate to see an end to it.

Altough I have not been joining in for a while I would like to say that it was a great help to me having other people encourage me. I lost 1.5lb off 4 stone. Sadly a lot of it has gone back on again so maybe it's time to rejoin.

It's lovely to see some new names on here, so keep it up and I do following the thread even though I have not been taking part.