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Post by Rosefriend on Jan 2, 2012 18:36:05 GMT
As it looks as though there are a few of us want to lose a few pounds, to make it easier I have opened this thread where we can chat, exchange recipes etc etc....
RF
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Post by Geranium on Jan 2, 2012 18:49:46 GMT
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Post by Auricula on Jan 2, 2012 19:19:13 GMT
Good thinking RF - I'm in ;D
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Post by MamIDdau on Jan 2, 2012 19:22:38 GMT
Me too  |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jan 3, 2012 17:40:52 GMT
So - what do you all do - starve, use special diets, TT's soup..what??
RF
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Post by Geranium on Jan 3, 2012 17:49:55 GMT
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Post by Rosefriend on Jan 3, 2012 18:10:36 GMT
For at least 6 years now we have been doing a sort of variation of the Hays Diet.... www.dieting-review.com/haydiet.htmI have only just googled and don't really know what is said on that website. However, for my OH and I the diet is ideal - we are never hungry, only hunger for special things... On this diet you cannot have carbohydrates with meat and veg so we stuff up on veg and salads - or we eat Carbos with eggs/salads/veg etc.. We eat bread/toast for breakfast (continental here) and eat a full meal at lunchtime and little or nor Carbo's for tea around 5/6 pm.. Saturday is what we call "our day" - we eat and drink what we want... actually the more you are into eating less one automatically eats less fatty things although my OH has a duck breast once a month...or Yorkies, etc etc... We don't call it a diet, just a matter of keeping in our clothes - we just eat roughly what the rules state and if we are good and have kept our weight we tend to ignore things for a while... However I do cut fat off meat (apart from crackling - that's my Sat. meal) and use reduced fat things apart from butter - my Doc said to stop messing about and just eat good butter and good produce and less of it...I do!! RF |
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Post by MamIDdau on Jan 3, 2012 18:43:33 GMT
I just calorie count at the moment because that's the only way I know I'm consuming less than I'm using. When I was a postie, it didn't really matter what I ate because I was doing such physical work it just burned off. If I went on a diet, I'd have lost the weight no problem. Unfortunately, this head thing started suddenly and then the exercise stopped just as suddenly but my body didn't adjust as quickly. The weight piled on and then I couldn't shift it because I couldn't exercise.
I joined Slimming World and although I had a moderate success, it was really demoralising seeing people eating exactly the same as I was, but more of it and more chocolate etc and losing loads more weight in a shorter amount of time. Fair enough, some of them had a helluva lot more to lose... but it was really getting me down, and the more depressed I got, the harder the weight was to shift. I've now lost just under 2 stone in 10 months (which when I think about it like that seems like quite a lot actually!) and I want to lose another this year, which I'll do by just watching what I eat- but not fastidiously! ;D
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Post by Amber on Jan 3, 2012 19:42:53 GMT
I've substituted bread for Ryvita and don't put butter on them. I have stopped nibbling cheese when I grate any.  For breakfast I'm eating stewed apple with non-fat yoghurt, and I'm about to start cooking porridge as a change.Thats a good idea....good for your colesterol. Try and get oat bran if you can...its good for the "digestive system"...I have it every morning with a good shake of cinnamon and a tsp of splenda |
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Post by Geranium on Jan 3, 2012 21:07:28 GMT
It'll have to be whatever I can get from Sainsbury's, Amber. We do our shopping on-line now. Do you get oat bran from a Health Shop?
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Post by Auricula on Jan 4, 2012 9:54:19 GMT
I only eat once a day ( at 8pm) and I try to make that meal as fat free and sugar free as possible. During the day I just have copious amounts of coffee ( fat free milk ) weak tea ( ff milk) or fruit tea and possibly a pear or few grapes if I feel very hungry. Last night I had vegetable casserole with chick peas. I don't like cooking so the simpler the better for me If I'm busy I don't feel hungry at all - it's if I'm sitting around that I notice that I haven't eaten...........just writing this makes me want to eat ;D ;D I went to Slimming World to lose weight after my hip replacements and try to stick to their fat free/sugar free principles. It's wine that's my downfall, but I'm trying to be strong ;D ;D |
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Post by Geranium on Jan 4, 2012 11:09:04 GMT
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Post by Amber on Jan 4, 2012 12:08:40 GMT
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Post by Geranium on Jan 4, 2012 12:39:24 GMT
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Post by Amber on Jan 4, 2012 16:04:04 GMT
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Post by MamIDdau on Feb 23, 2012 21:08:00 GMT
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Post by Auricula on Feb 23, 2012 21:31:17 GMT
I have made that soup, but without the chilli as I'm allergic..............very nice I have a week to lose as much weight as I can, so I've dug out the SW book  |
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Post by MamIDdau on Feb 23, 2012 21:42:25 GMT
It's only 202 calories a serving, but mine should be a bit less through using fry light ;D But I did have 2 helpings haha
Did you see the link to those juice master things I put on the "what's for t?" thread?
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Post by Auricula on Feb 23, 2012 21:53:04 GMT
Yes, thanks |
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Post by MamIDdau on Feb 23, 2012 21:57:44 GMT
I bought his book a few years ago to give them a try. Mainly to give myself a detox actually. I lasted 3.5 days because I was still cooking tea for the ex and I missed chewing lol
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Post by Auricula on Feb 23, 2012 22:00:07 GMT
My aunt once did the Cambridge diet, but she gave it up because she missed chewing..........can't see it myself  ;D |
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Post by MamIDdau on Feb 24, 2012 21:40:48 GMT
I expect I could've eaten some fruit or something instead whilst on that Juice Master thing... But I really wanted cheese lol
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Post by Auricula on Feb 25, 2012 9:44:16 GMT
Sometimes....only cheese will do ;D I had a lovely meal out last night, but was very sick when I got home.Found out that the soup had paprika in it Still, saved on the calories  |
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