am I eating enough?

Ooooh, hen night planning sound fun!! When do you get married?

I'm a vodka girl as well so if I do have a drink on Saturday it will be a vodka & slimline tonic or two which hopefully won't be too bad - I'm not going to go crazy but I'd rather plan it and maybe do it, rather than plan not to and then break my plan - if you see what I mean!

I plan on having a very similar Sunday, although two small people running around my ankles might put a spanner in the works - might take them out for a run in the woods (makes them sound like dogs!!!) to tire them out a bit and give me a bit of exercise!

p.s. I think I said 'plan' way too many times in that post?!?!
 
ha ha it's all about the planning! I have to plan what to eat every day or I don't eat enough.

That is what got me fat in the first place though, not eating enough. It sounds mad but I eat more now than I did before. I only ate one meal a day as I deluded myself into thinking this is how I stay slim when I was slim and then this is how I lose weight as I got bigger. It took me 5 years to realise I was being an idiot. My body went into starvation mode every day and my one meal a day (always way under 1000 calories) became calories that my body stored as fat. Stupid mistake and wont do that again.

That's why I struggle now as I'm eating more than I have done for years, just spread out over the day and healthier choices.

I am getting married in July which is why I done LL as I knew I needed to get my head straight around food and not just lose weight as I didn't want to fall back into my old habit of one carb laden meal a day.

I am terrified of carbs coming back next week though and I don't particularly want pasta, rice or potatoes but I will do it as I want to see if they are a trigger for me
 
Hi GTISP - not been on here for a while as its been a crazy week but thought I'd pop on as posting here seems to keep me focused!

I'm just starting week 5 of RTM and am doing well still - still sticking to plan and at weigh in last night I'd lost another 3lbs so I've got rid of that freak 5lb gain plus another lb on top - result!

I had a really good time at the races last Saturday - was very controlled with my eating and just ate what I could from the buffet (they had some nice chicken sticks and then I had a few bits of veggie dim sum) and then took my bar for the evening - I had one glass of champers and then stuck to fizzy water during the day then in the evening I got a vodka/tonic but do you know what? It tasted awful so I went on to diet coke - I can't believe how my tastes have changed - its not like me to not want vodka!!!!!

The rest of the week has been fine foodwise but my friend with cancer lost her battle on Tuesday so I've been a bit of a mess the last few days - I'm just focussing on the fact that she's not in any more pain and remembering the lovely time we had together on Friday - rest in peace wonderful Wendy xxx

I hope your trigger week is going ok so far, will be very interested to hear how you get on - I'm a bit nervous starting on my 2 meals this week but I think I've got it sussed by just replacing my soup pack with a homemade protein soup - and I'm SUPER excited to have my bars back - oh how I missed them!!!! :eek:)

Laura x
 
I am so sorry to hear of your loss, it's hard losing someone you love even when you're expecting it.

Sounds like you had it all sorted at the races. Did you win anything?

I had my weigh in last night and stayed the same (time of the month) so I'm really happy with that as when I was on abstinance I always stayed the same when on so when eating I expected to gain a little.

I had a potato on Tuesday and it wasn't that great and I had potato in a homemade stew last night which was lovely but it wouldn't have made any difference if the potato wasn't there.

I now have soup at lunch for my second meal and this week I have added some celery sticks with a tiny bit of peanut butter as advised bymy LLC last night as she said I'm not eating enough during the day (I was having an apple, LL bar and a low calorie soup until 6pm and my LLC said I should eat a tiny bit more by this point whilst at work).

I was nervous about the 2 meals a day thing but it turns out it wasn't a problem, I still carried on losing weight. Now I am nervous about the trigger weeks, not that I will have an issue with wanting more of the trigger foods (nuts is the only trigger food I can think of for me so I am staying away from them). I am nervous as I am so used to seeing the scales go down or stay the same every week I don't want to see them go up even though I am expecting it.
 
No big wins at the races, I'm really rubbish at betting so although one of my horses did come in second, my winnings were less than my original bet so I came home down (only £8 though, I was only putting on £2 a race!!!) - last of the big spenders!!!

Sounds like you're getting there with your daytime meals, celery and peanut butter sounds like a good way to up your protein during the day, although I don't really like peanut butter (unless its in a PB&J sandwich or Reeces Peanut Butter Cups but I don't think I'm going to be able to have them ever again without triggering a major binge!!).

I had half a carton of the New Covent Garden Skinny soups for lunch yesterday which was really nice, although I'm going up to 2 meals it doesn't really feel much different as I'm just swapping from the LL soup to a home made one (from now on, bought it yesterday/today as I didn't have time to make any!) which contains a bit of protein (I'm going to put quinoa in my soups for the protein element).

I have to confess that I had a bit of small slip yesterday, I was making (another!) cake for a friend's birthday and I licked some of the chocolate cake mix, I then also ate 2 squares of the white chocolate I was using to ice another cake. I was SO good all through absitence when I was baking but its getting harder! Its the first lick that sets me off though so I really need to make sure I never have that first taste... something I need to drill into my head!!!!

Any nice plans for the weekend?
 
you probably have some of your glycogen stores back now from eating fruit etc so I doubt you would get a huge gain.

My LLC said that the book doesn't list everything you can eat (although I'm sure it doesn't include chocolate till the last week hehe) just the main things. I was told now I'm on weel 8 sugar free chewing gum and sugar free polos will do me no harm (good thing really as I have been eating these for the last 3 weeks as I couldn't see why not as they aren't a trigger for me and don't make me want to eat more).

I was never keen on peanut butter either but now it's ok doesn't reallly bother me but if it's going to help me feel less tired in the day then I will do it. I much prefer marmite but not with celery so I can't really think of anything I can have it with at the moment and I can't imagine it's nice on potatoes or pasta.

I have no plans for this weekend as I have no money spare but I have had a manic week at work so am quite happy to just relax and play just dance on the wii. How about you?
 
Hi ya!

Thought I'd check in before weigh in to see how you're doing?

Now that I've finished all my commissioned baking I feel much more in control of my food again - I think having to get the cakes done for other people put that little bit of extra stress on me - its been really interesting identifying 'stress' because before LL I would have said that I don't ever really get stressed, but doing this has forced me to realise that I do, and to look at the things which do get me (even if only a tiny bit) stressed!

I went out for dinner with a friend on Monday and am pleased with the decisions I made - during the day I'd been aware that I was out for food later so made considered choices during the day - i.e. not eating that extra bit of fruit/yoghurt - then in the evening, before I went out I had my bar so that I was not starving when I got to the restaurant, I also looked at the menu online and decided before I went what I would have (Nicoise Salad) - I had some olives to nibble, my salad and a glass of Rose - it was lovely!! We then sat and chatted for about half an hour before deciding whether to get desert - I thought about it, thought about how full I felt (not hungry any more, but not "full") so decided that I would have some cheesecake! It was lovely and even after that I didn't feel stuffed or over full - I went away from the evening feeling really good about myself, pleased that I'd made rational adult decisions (even if they were off plan)

Yesterday I was very good - I cut back on my snacks and went for a run and I didn't feel guilty for my off plan moment, I felt really proud that I was able to do it without it spiralling out of control - does that make sense?!?

Anyways, I'll tell my counsellor about it tonight and see what she says, I don't think its going to make me gain on the scales, it might make me stay the same but to be honest I'd be glad of that because I really don't want to lose any more weight, I'm happy where I am - I could even afford to put on a couple lbs...

Hope it goes well for you tonight - it sounds like you're doing really well with your trigger weeks - good job!!!

Lx
 
Hey Laura

Good luck for your weigh in.

I had a large jacket potato the week on the Saturday before I should have done (was officially able to have 100g of potato on the Tuesday). This potato was a lot more than 100g but I didn't gain weight from it and stayed the same (it was also my TOTM and I always stay the same during that even in abstinance so it was probably that rather than the potato).

I think as long as we don't go mad and don't do it all the time we will be ok. I mean my friends have always been slim and they still eat pizza, cake, chips etc but they don't to it every day so maintain their weight. If they can do it we sure as hell can as we have all the tools now to be able to.

I had a banana custard muller light today and it tasted nothing like banana. Not keen at all.

My weigh in is tonight so hopefully I'm ok but it's my first trigger week weigh in so I am expecting to gain a little bit but hopefully not too much. I know it's not fat though if I have gained as my measurements are the same as last week.

I am eating about 1100 - 1200 calories now, should be on 1400 but I am eating plenty and I am never hungry. I now eat a small apple and LL bar for breakfast, special k and yogurt for lunch, salad and protein for dinner and snacks of berries, raisins and carrot sticks throughout the day. If I felt hungry I would eat more but I'mok at the moment.

When I finish RTM I may have a takeaway or go out for a meal once a week and have what I like but I am going to be careful the rest of the week and eat like I am during trigger weeks (well as long as one doesn't actually turn into a trigger)
 
well I went to my weigh in and was surprised to have lost another 1.75lbs. I was eating potatoes for week 8 and yesterday and today I have been eating special k for the second trigger weight so I expected to gain a little or stay the same, definitely didn't expect to lose.

Happy to know that a small portion of potato wont make me gain weight though just for when I go out for a meal and want a jacket potato.

I hope your weigh in went well
 
Hi ya,

My weigh in went well as well, lost a lb which I'm happy with - I really really don't want to lose any more, just want to learn to keep stable at this weight, even a couple of lbs heavier is fine by me - I was trying on outfits last night as I'm out at the weekend, and I just felt uncomfortable in some of them as my chest looks really boney!!!

I had a really good meeting though and talked through some very interesting points with my counsellor.

One issue I'm having is that I can't come to terms with the size I am now - I feel like its temporary (I'm now a size 8 in Next, 10 most other shops) because when I started (as a size 18) my goal was to be a comfortable size 12, around 10st 7lbs but I'm now 9st 11lbs and a size 8/10 and I need to readjust my head so that it stops seeing 10st 7lbs as my "final" weight, my actual "final" weight is around 10st - maybe a bit under! Does any of that make ANY sense?!?!?!

This week should be an ok week, not that much extra introduced - although it was nice to have a sprinkling of raisins in my porridge this morning!!
 
I LOVE raisins and have them every day, probably too many of them but they haven't done me any harm so I will carry on.

It makes perfect sense about you seeing you as a higher weight. I still see myself as the big girl I used to be and still hate my pitcure being taken because I forget I'm slim now.

I also hold things up in shops and say "that will never fit me" but of course it does, it just looks small ha ha.

cereal is going ok for me at the moment, it's lovely to have something really really crunchy (I usually eat it without milk as I like the crunch)

Bread week on Tuesday, that will be nice as I am looking forward to a slice of toast and I don't think it will be a problem for me as I have never had more than 2 slices in a day anyway but I guess I will find out.

So far I know I can eat potato, pasta and cereal without feeling like I need to binge and have found it easy enough to stick with the correct portion sizes.

I'm not going to have cereal tomorrow as we are going for a meal and I will probably have a jacket potato that is larger than 100g so don't want to overdo the carbs.

It wont be long until you are on trigger weeks now, it really isn't as bad as I feared
 
I'm so glad its going so well for you hon, I'm feeling really quite settled in my eating now so I'm not looking forward to trigger weeks, I'd be quite happy not to have those things in my day to day eating!!!

I had a good weekend, was out on Saturday night for my first proper night out since starting total in September and am really pleased that (a) I can still handle my drink and (b) I didn't fall into the "kebab on the way home" trap!!!!

We had a few wines getting ready to go out and then went for dinner at a pizza/pasta place - I had olives to start and then a chicken salad for main and wine with dinner - I'd made cupcakes for the birthday girl so we all had one of those for pudding, I decided that I would have one and it was delish but didn't make me want to go off binging so I was pleased with that!! Moved on to Vodka when we went on to the bars, then had a cocktail later on (sex on the beach so mostly just fruit juice and spirits) and another cupcake when we got in - I probably didn't need that extra cupcake but I'd been dancing lots so figured it wouldn't be too bad!!!!!

I think the main achievement for me was more the day afterwards with my hangover, I didn't do the whole "eat crap to make me feel better" thing, I went straight back to plan and if I felt 'nibbly' I just nibbled on fruit and veg and diet coke - YAY!!!

I'm not expecting (or wanting!) a loss this week so will be happy to stay the same - my scales at home are saying that I've not put on so fingers crossed... Am going out for another run tonight so that will help put anything right, but really the only "off plan" things I had were the two cupcakes - right?!?!

How are you feeling about weigh in tomorrow? Was the rest of your week a good one?

Lx
 
remember you're not eating masses of calories so there is a chance the cupcakes have done no harm at all. As long as your body is burning off more calories than you consume then it should be ok.

I have learnt that during my trigger weeks, as long as they don't turn into real trigger and I stick to the correct portions then I haven't gained weight. Well potatoes and pasta didn't make me gain, I will find out tomorrow about cereal and bread.

I start my weeks on the Tuesday but my meeting and weigh in is on Wednesday evening so I have 2 days of eating a new trigger food before getting weighed.

I had my first sandwich just now, wow I forgot how full a sandwich makes me feel. I got the danish bread which is only 61 calories per slice and smaller so i don't overdo it.

When I have finished RTM I wont eat bread every day but I am looking forward to having marmite on toast.

I will be happy to stay the same this week as I don't want to lose more before my wedding as my dress wont fit and I can't afford to pay for a specialist to adjust it as it's a corset. I'm already a bit nervous as I was 15lbs heavier last time I tried it on (beginning of RTM) and it was at smallest size I can wear it. If it doesn't fit I may have to gain a few lbs and then lose them again after the wedding.
 
Oh man, self sabbotage alert!! I've discovered a trigger and something I WON'T be buying again - dates :(

I popped to Holland & Barrett at lunchtime to get some raisins for work and I picked up a 250g packed of dried dates as well - I've eaten (save for a large handful that I gave to a colleague - say 50g) the whole bag :( and now feel really bloated and over full

I went right back to my old ways of "all or nothing" and just wanted to get rid so that I didn't eat any more, I couldn't just leave the unopened packet in my drawer.

Right, lets get something out of this - I now know that I can't have packets at work, I need to bring in controlled portions - I can do that!

Moving on...

Wow, nearly wedding time - how exciting!!! Its July isn't it? Nearly time to start counting down the sleeps!!! hahaha!!!

Good luck tonight! x
 
my mum is like that with dates (but she stays a size 8 no matter what she eats as she's on her feet all day at work) I don't get it as I can't stand them ha ha.

My trigger is nuts and crisps, well they used to be, so my LLC said I must must try them now whilst on RTM or I will never learn so it's not a bad things, just a learning curve.

I'm not doing cheese week as I don't eat cheese much anyway and haven't missed it so I am doing bread now and the snacks for 2 weeks as I need to try lots of different things as these are the kind of things most likely to be my triggers so I need to find out which ones but for 2 of the days I will have cheese instead just to try it out.

I have also found out that I can have a chicken kebab now from our local kebab place as I am eating bread so can have the pita, my LLC said they are only 300-350 calories and she has them all the time! I supposed it is just marinated flame grilled chicken breast in a pita with salad. So we are having my first takeaway tonight in over 6 months, quite exciting as I know it is a healthier option and I can eat a meal from the same takeaway as everyone else.

Oh I stayed the same this week thankfully as I really don't want to lose more until after the wedding (I actually think I will need to gain a few pounds before the wedding and then lose it again afterwards if I decide I want to, but I am on holiday for a week all inclusive in April so I think that may sort that little problem out for me).

Oh I have found if I eat bread in the day time I get really bloated and feel sick but if I have it in the evening then I'm fine, my LLC said it's the same for her so that must be normal ha ha.

My LLC said if I have nuts to put them in little tubs to make sure I don't have too much as I already know they will be a trigger so I think it will definitely help you with the dates.

How did you do?
 
Well done on staying the same - your LLC sounds really good, like mine, I think it really does help knowing you've got that support behind you, I've noticed on this forum and some other ones that other people's counsellors aren't nearly as helpful or readily available as ours seem to be - I'm thankful I got a good one!!

I stayed the same last night which was good and bad, its what I wanted but it almost felt like a let down because I'm so used to losing each week, do you know what I mean? There's some crooked thinking right there!!!

Had a good chat with my LLC about the 'date' issue and she said its good we've identified it now - dried fruit/nuts etc were one of my 'things' as well, I used to go to Holland & Barrett at lunchtime and buy bags of chilli crackers/seaweed peanuts/bombay mix and eat loads in the afternoons at work, that and the evenings are my hot spots that I need to keep an eye on - no more trips there at lunchtime for anything now, I'll just wait until I'm doing a supermarket shop and get them there!

Am feeling pretty sh!t today - have my friend's funeral tomorrow and I'm dreading it, I offered to do a reading and now its just making me super anxious just thinking about it - I just hope I can hold it together :(
 
I hope today goes smoothly for you. Funerals are horrible as they are a final goodbye. I will be thinking of you today.

I know what you mean by feeling a little let down when you stay the same. I did lose a little (0.2lbs) but it's so insignificant I just say stay the same as it basically is the same. If it wasn't for my wedding dress I would probably have been gutted as it is the first week (bar totm) that I haven't lost in over 6 months! I am now on week 10 of RTM now though so I know I shouldn't be losing any more and to be honest I am so happy not to gain at all, not once as I am the only one in my RTM/maintenance group that hasn't/didn't in any week in RTM as I have been sensible with portion sizes.

I haven't been a saint, I have eaten things I shouldn't when I shouldn't but I have always pulled it back before and afterwards, never felt guilty as it has always been planned.

It is fantastic that we have good LLC. I couldn't have hoped for a better one and she has become mine and everyone else who does LL friend as she is just one of those people who everyone likes.

Anyway, cry and let it all out as much as you need to today, don't hold it back as that's when emotions get too much.
 
How have you been doing?

I lost another half a pound this week.

I am now eating what I consider normally as both my final 2 weeks of RTM are snack weeks as I don't eat cheese enough to worry so I will have cheese a cuple times during this time just to see it affects me.

I have now had, potatoes, pasta, bread, cereal, soft cheese and snack-a-jacks and none of them have been a problem so as long as I keep 'normal' portion sizes the future of eating is looking good
 
Hi!

Sounds like you're doing brilliantly - well done!

I'm just starting week 8 and am not too concerned - I've not been overly strict with myself (i.e. I've been tasting things I've baked, I went out for Indian and had some potatoes and mini bhajis) and still stayed the same this week so I think I'm getting the hang of this "moderation" thing!!!

Even though I'm introducing staples this week I'm not going to go mad as I've not really missed them, so will just be having a little bit here and there just to have a taste - I've bought some new potatoes to have with our roast on Sunday and I'm going to do a chicken bhuna another night so I'll have a little bit of rice with that as well as veggies - I've not really missed having them so I don't feel the need to bring them back in in a major way!

What are your plans once you finish RTM? I'm planning to continue getting weighed weekly for quite a while as I want to make sure I'm keeping on track and I'll definitely be going to the monthly management meetings!

Lx
 
moderation is definitely the key, we don't want to ever feel deprived so a little bit of what we fancy isn't always a bad thing.

I am going to carry on going to weekly weigh ins and stay for the whole session every other week as I get on well with my LLC (she lives in the same apartment building as me, moved in after I started LL and she didn't realise I lived there).

The weigh ins are definitely staying weekly as I don't want to gain too much and I trust her scales. I don't mind gaining 5lbs or so as I have lost more than I thought but I don't want to gain any until I go on holiday as I will probably gain a little then and I don't want to gain more than 5lbs.

If I do gain the 5lbs back I will be losing it after my wedding again. I am still worried that it will be too big and I can't afford to have it adjusted so if I do gain a bit on holiday I will lose it after the wedding. I have lost 15.5lbs on RTM so it's not an issue.

It sounds like you have it all sorted in your head now too so long live our slim selves!

On that note I am going to go grab my chicken salad for lunch
 
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