Beelishy's VLCD Weight Loss Adventure!!
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Lou_G
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know what you mean about the p1ssing about - we need to just DO IT already! if I'd stuck to it in the first place I'd be....well *sob* at goal by now - but it doesn't work that way - it's two steps forward, one step back, and we'll get there eventually
I'm trying to think of the money side of it - although this is my logic
I wouldn't eat a choccy bar earlier as I thought 'waste of money' even though a rocky works out at about 11p!! Then I spent £2 on chicken wings in ASDA - well done Lou, great budgeting skills there haha! But I wouldn't have stopped at one Rocky, so the bill would have been more than 11p
I'm super rubbish - I'm determined to scrutinise my finances and sort them the frick out - trying to sort 0% credit card but the only one that moneysavingexpert says I'll be accepted for I already have so wouldn't be able to transfer the balance - so that's off the table at the mo
But I got £1.05 cashback on topcashback for sampling the graze box - they literally paid me to eat it!!
I'm trying to think of the money side of it - although this is my logic
I wouldn't eat a choccy bar earlier as I thought 'waste of money' even though a rocky works out at about 11p!! Then I spent £2 on chicken wings in ASDA - well done Lou, great budgeting skills there haha! But I wouldn't have stopped at one Rocky, so the bill would have been more than 11p
I'm super rubbish - I'm determined to scrutinise my finances and sort them the frick out - trying to sort 0% credit card but the only one that moneysavingexpert says I'll be accepted for I already have so wouldn't be able to transfer the balance - so that's off the table at the mo
But I got £1.05 cashback on topcashback for sampling the graze box - they literally paid me to eat it!!
beelishy
......gettin' it done.
yeah. money, diet....we are very similar. lol. i jumped in and got the 25 months at 0% barclay card when that came out earlier in the year. whew. and they gave me pretty much enough of a limit to chuck it ALL over onto the 0%. So what do i do? spend on the free'd up cards, of course. Ugh. lol
so i dunno. i HAVE to get my bum in gear and make some actual progress rather than losing and gaining and losing this same half a stone. :/
Back down to 261 today. Which is a complete WTF moment because i had egg salads (with a little bit of light kraft) for breakfast and lunch yesterday. then i had 2 cups of coffee. then it all fell down with a packet of walkers new lower fat crisps (lower fat, but not LOWER CARB!) and then 2 or 3 of the mini milky ways. a few choc digestives......ugh.
so i have NO IDEA why my body decided to give up 3lbs since yesterday. but it did. there is definitely an optimum cals/carb intake for me...and i dont know what it is. i cant seem to figure it out.
so im just going to do my exante and get on with it. i really hope it gets to me tomorrow. i cant see it arriving saturday, so if it doesnt come tomorrow the earliest would be tuesday. *hmphf*
in the mean time...i will keep on. x
so i dunno. i HAVE to get my bum in gear and make some actual progress rather than losing and gaining and losing this same half a stone. :/
Back down to 261 today. Which is a complete WTF moment because i had egg salads (with a little bit of light kraft) for breakfast and lunch yesterday. then i had 2 cups of coffee. then it all fell down with a packet of walkers new lower fat crisps (lower fat, but not LOWER CARB!) and then 2 or 3 of the mini milky ways. a few choc digestives......ugh.
so i have NO IDEA why my body decided to give up 3lbs since yesterday. but it did. there is definitely an optimum cals/carb intake for me...and i dont know what it is. i cant seem to figure it out.
so im just going to do my exante and get on with it. i really hope it gets to me tomorrow. i cant see it arriving saturday, so if it doesnt come tomorrow the earliest would be tuesday. *hmphf*
in the mean time...i will keep on. x
beelishy
......gettin' it done.
Ok. I had a couple of babybels yesterday, a danio with nuts, a couple of mini milky ways, a couple of boiled eggs, a bit of boiled eggs on some salad with a bit of kraft light dressing, a couple of eggs (lots of eggs yesterday! lol) cooked with spinach and cheese and homemade salsa and a few chips.
im down to 259 today!! seriously WTF. lol. i'll take it. maybe i dont need to do the exante afterall. i will still do what i have when it comes. i may use porridge packs as pancakes a couple of times a day and then do my own little dinner, like spinach with quorn or eggs with spinach or salad. just to mix it up. this definitely seems to be working but im not entirely sure what IT is. its not the strict low carb i had been aiming to do. the last few days have been cheaty with those stupid little chocs and biscuits and a few chips (with ketchup!!! :O ) and such. So I need to figure it out. or just keep going and try not to think about it too much? haha i dunno. i just know that i like that is going on now. dropping a pound or two ever day is awesome. lol. so if i keep it up...i will definitely make my goal. if i get to 255 before my birthday (like sometime next week) i will re-vamp my goal again.
feeling mega pleased and motivated.
oh and speaking of exante. they sent me another email last night saying "sorry it hasnt been delivered, we are waiting to hear from our suppliers"...again! haha its just a one week taster. it must be something about delivery to where i am or something. very strange. it should be here today, according to what their delivery blurb on their website says. *sadface*
im down to 259 today!! seriously WTF. lol. i'll take it. maybe i dont need to do the exante afterall.
i will still do what i have when it comes. i may use porridge packs as pancakes a couple of times a day and then do my own little dinner, like spinach with quorn or eggs with spinach or salad. just to mix it up. this definitely seems to be working but im not entirely sure what IT is. its not the strict low carb i had been aiming to do. the last few days have been cheaty with those stupid little chocs and biscuits and a few chips (with ketchup!!! :O ) and such. So I need to figure it out. or just keep going and try not to think about it too much? haha i dunno. i just know that i like that is going on now. dropping a pound or two ever day is awesome. lol. so if i keep it up...i will definitely make my goal. if i get to 255 before my birthday (like sometime next week) i will re-vamp my goal again. feeling mega pleased and motivated.
oh and speaking of exante. they sent me another email last night saying "sorry it hasnt been delivered, we are waiting to hear from our suppliers"...again! haha its just a one week taster. it must be something about delivery to where i am or something. very strange. it should be here today, according to what their delivery blurb on their website says. *sadface*
beelishy
......gettin' it done.
Fool me once, shame on you...fool me twice and I WILL NEVER ORDER FROM YOU AGAIN!!!
This:
Hi Kelly,
Thank you for getting in touch to ask about the estimated dispatch of Exante Diet 1 Week Taster Pack.
I am really sorry that this has not yet been dispatched. Exante Diet 1 Week Taster Pack is on special order for you with our supplier but at this time they are unable to give me a date for when they will have it back in stock. In the meantime our buyers are trying to obtain this for you from other suppliers.
You can check the status of your order at any time by logging into your account and following the prompts. Once your order has been sent you will receive an e-mail to tell you it is on its way.
If there is anything else that we can do then please do not hesitate to get in touch and a member of our team will be happy to help.
Thanks,
Lizzie
Exantediet.com Customer Service Team
EXANTE FAIL! and thats the end of THAT game. I have packs coming from ebay and i will get some more porrdiges and just do what im going with food with pancakes mixed in to change it up. screw them .lol
This:
Hi Kelly,
Thank you for getting in touch to ask about the estimated dispatch of Exante Diet 1 Week Taster Pack.
I am really sorry that this has not yet been dispatched. Exante Diet 1 Week Taster Pack is on special order for you with our supplier but at this time they are unable to give me a date for when they will have it back in stock. In the meantime our buyers are trying to obtain this for you from other suppliers.
You can check the status of your order at any time by logging into your account and following the prompts. Once your order has been sent you will receive an e-mail to tell you it is on its way.
If there is anything else that we can do then please do not hesitate to get in touch and a member of our team will be happy to help.
Thanks,
Lizzie
Exantediet.com Customer Service Team
EXANTE FAIL! and thats the end of THAT game. I have packs coming from ebay and i will get some more porrdiges and just do what im going with food with pancakes mixed in to change it up. screw them .lol
Lou_G
Gold Member
OMG that is appalling! dear oh dear they've let themselves down! haha re. 0% card and spending on the free ones - I'm AWFUL for doing that. *cry* I can't control myself! then get loans to pay off credit card, then add loans onto the mortgage - ad infinitum would see about remortgaging but OH doesn't know how much is on the cards and I'd have to tell him! I started with a £56k mortgage when I bought my flat and 3 years later I was up to 100K (paid 10K to buy ex out of flat - rest on debts) I will never learn EVER!Just bought a mattress on Littlewoods, buy now pay in a year - did the same with an exercise bike last year, didn't pay within the year, now paying the interest *roll eyes* (and have already sold the bike before I'd even started paying for it)
would see about remortgaging but OH doesn't know how much is on the cards and I'd have to tell him! I started with a £56k mortgage when I bought my flat and 3 years later I was up to 100K (paid 10K to buy ex out of flat - rest on debts) I will never learn EVER!Just bought a mattress on Littlewoods, buy now pay in a year - did the same with an exercise bike last year, didn't pay within the year, now paying the interest *roll eyes* (and have already sold the bike before I'd even started paying for it)
beelishy
......gettin' it done.
yeah...im trying to get our finances sorted because i really want to move home in the next 18-24 months (tops!!)(not discussing on fb, so shhhh lol) but of course now xmas is coming. and tabbys bday in nov....HAHA argh! lolol we have a "pay off all our debt" loan too! and now have new debt on top of it! hahaha. Gotta laugh...otherwise id just cry and cry. lolol :/
its prob best exante have done this. it will save me lots of money and my diet (whatever it actually is) is working atm so...yay! lol i will just keep on i guess! it is very low carb just not AS low as the vlcds say it should be! i did order some more apple porridge on ebay and it was posted yesterday so i will have about 8 packs of that and i will just have pancake in the mornings next week! so only need to worry about lunch and dinner for myself for next week...and ive already got tons of quorn. so i will only need eggs, and a few bits of fresh veg - spinach, peppers onions should help, anyway! we spent 113 quid on our shop last week :O but it should be comfortably under 100 this week. (she says...)
its prob best exante have done this. it will save me lots of money
and my diet (whatever it actually is) is working atm so...yay! lol i will just keep on i guess! it is very low carb just not AS low as the vlcds say it should be! i did order some more apple porridge on ebay and it was posted yesterday so i will have about 8 packs of that and i will just have pancake in the mornings next week! so only need to worry about lunch and dinner for myself for next week...and ive already got tons of quorn. so i will only need eggs, and a few bits of fresh veg - spinach, peppers onions should help, anyway! we spent 113 quid on our shop last week :O but it should be comfortably under 100 this week. (she says...)
beelishy
......gettin' it done.
LOL! MOOOORNIN!
I should start MY OWN vlcd/lcd company!!!! Down another lb today! so that's 258!! :talk017:
Im so thrilled. 3 days ago I was back up to 265 after a weekend of pizza and chocolate and rubbish! the thing is...i am definitely not in ketosis. I couldnt possibly be because over the past few days ive had the mini milky ways, a few biscuits here and there, a few chips...day before yesterday i even had a half of a cheese sandwich! :O So some of it may be glycogen, but not 7lbs of it. I am now so so in the groove and Im so afraid that its gonna go. Or stop. Or something. So Im going to keep going as I have been and see how I get on. I am only 3lbs away from my birthday mini-goal of 255!! And my birthday is still 18 days away. What an amazing birthday present to myself, if i can keep going and actually meet (or even better, EXCEED) my goal. Oh, to be 250 (or less) by the time I turn 35! *swoon* It would be the LOWEST weight since I moved here 9 (looong) years ago! This is major for me!
anyway. enough ramble.
I went on a bit of a spending spree last night. i decided to do pretty much ALL of our birthday (for tabs) and xmas shopping online and do it NOW,...BUT....pay it off, weekly. So its all going on my card and then im going to make a weekly payment. She says. But I went to order the little people disney palace thingy...debenhams had it cheaper than anywhere else....saw it a few days ago...so was looking last night and IT WAS OUT OF STOCK. So I looked at the next cheapest place Id found....OUT OF STOCK. So I went into panic mode and started buying stuff. But then i changed my mind about the happyland cottage thing we bought for zoe..so im going to ring them to cancel it this morning....and im going to get her the little people house and farm instead...way better! it makes noise! haha i know i know. Im doing myself no favours and im going to want to kick my own azz when she's playing the same sound over and over and over and over...but theyre kids...and kids love noisy toys! I cant be the selfish, mean mom that buys her toys that SHE likes and can tolerate. Or, in other words, Im not gonna be MY mom. lol ugh.
ok. coffeee.
im totally in a great mood today. can you tell. ITS WORKING! *happydance*
happy bank holiday weekend, folks! <3 xx
I should start MY OWN vlcd/lcd company!!!! Down another lb today!
so that's 258!! :talk017:Im so thrilled. 3 days ago I was back up to 265 after a weekend of pizza and chocolate and rubbish! the thing is...i am definitely not in ketosis. I couldnt possibly be because over the past few days ive had the mini milky ways, a few biscuits here and there, a few chips...day before yesterday i even had a half of a cheese sandwich! :O So some of it may be glycogen, but not 7lbs of it. I am now so so in the groove and Im so afraid that its gonna go. Or stop. Or something. So Im going to keep going as I have been and see how I get on. I am only 3lbs away from my birthday mini-goal of 255!! And my birthday is still 18 days away. What an amazing birthday present to myself, if i can keep going and actually meet (or even better, EXCEED) my goal. Oh, to be 250 (or less) by the time I turn 35! *swoon* It would be the LOWEST weight since I moved here 9 (looong) years ago! This is major for me!
anyway. enough ramble.
I went on a bit of a spending spree last night. i decided to do pretty much ALL of our birthday (for tabs) and xmas shopping online and do it NOW,...BUT....pay it off, weekly. So its all going on my card and then im going to make a weekly payment. She says. But I went to order the little people disney palace thingy...debenhams had it cheaper than anywhere else....saw it a few days ago...so was looking last night and IT WAS OUT OF STOCK. So I looked at the next cheapest place Id found....OUT OF STOCK. So I went into panic mode and started buying stuff. But then i changed my mind about the happyland cottage thing we bought for zoe..so im going to ring them to cancel it this morning....and im going to get her the little people house and farm instead...way better! it makes noise! haha i know i know. Im doing myself no favours and im going to want to kick my own azz when she's playing the same sound over and over and over and over...but theyre kids...and kids love noisy toys! I cant be the selfish, mean mom that buys her toys that SHE likes and can tolerate. Or, in other words, Im not gonna be MY mom.
lol ugh.ok. coffeee.
im totally in a great mood today. can you tell. ITS WORKING!
*happydance*happy bank holiday weekend, folks! <3 xx
beelishy
......gettin' it done.
Morning! Sunday, finally! lol Hubby is off sun/mon every week so thats our weekend!
258 again this morning but yesterday was .8 and today was .2 - I usually dont pay attention to the actual fractional number but Im pleased its going downward. Happy days!
My mini-goal of 255 is sooo close now! Exciting
Tesco today for our food shop. Going to try to keep the bill under 100 quid if i can. Ugh. lol That said, I need nappies and pull-ups for Tabs (she wears them to bed so they last ages lol).....but still.
Going to do a mini dinner for the hubby. he has some pork loin steaks in the freezer, so will do him some peas, roasties, mash and yorkshire puds. Zoe likes her dinners too and although i love my veggie ones i will stick to my diet and just make enough for the hubs and zoe. *sniff* i will miss my mash and yorkies. LOL but i will LOVE IT if tomorrow morning's weigh in shows me below 258. so that's my motivation. lol.
having my coffee and some water before a danio with nuts around 9am. Then we shall get ready for tesco. oh yay. hahaha.
258 again this morning but yesterday was .8 and today was .2 - I usually dont pay attention to the actual fractional number but Im pleased its going downward. Happy days!
My mini-goal of 255 is sooo close now! Exciting
Tesco today for our food shop. Going to try to keep the bill under 100 quid if i can. Ugh. lol That said, I need nappies and pull-ups for Tabs (she wears them to bed so they last ages lol).....but still.
Going to do a mini dinner for the hubby. he has some pork loin steaks in the freezer, so will do him some peas, roasties, mash and yorkshire puds. Zoe likes her dinners too and although i love my veggie ones i will stick to my diet and just make enough for the hubs and zoe. *sniff* i will miss my mash and yorkies. LOL but i will LOVE IT if tomorrow morning's weigh in shows me below 258. so that's my motivation. lol.
having my coffee and some water before a danio with nuts around 9am. Then we shall get ready for tesco. oh yay. hahaha.
beelishy
......gettin' it done.
259 this morning -- had a mini cheat yesterday. i baked a french coconut pie and made a dinner. i decided to have a verrry small slice of pie....omg gorgeous! and a had a small plate with a little mash, peas, gravy and 1 yorkie pud for tea. thoroughly enjoyed it and didnt feel left out of our sunday family dinner the rest of the day was pretty much on plan. a danio with nuts, quorn fajitas for lunch. so, back on it today!
In other news, my xmas shopping and shopping for T's bday is 98% complete! I ordered everything online. And today we are going into town to see about picking up a few other things. Then we will be done yay!
I hope I am at least back down to 258 tomorrow. PleasePleasePlease *polishes the pie and carby dinner off my halo*
the rest of the day was pretty much on plan. a danio with nuts, quorn fajitas for lunch. so, back on it today! In other news, my xmas shopping and shopping for T's bday is 98% complete!
I ordered everything online. And today we are going into town to see about picking up a few other things. Then we will be done yay!I hope I am at least back down to 258 tomorrow. PleasePleasePlease
*polishes the pie and carby dinner off my halo*
beelishy
......gettin' it done.
Hi! Its me again, the broken record.
261 again this morning. MAN...I am sick of this up and down non-sense. So ive ordered a bunch of Exante from various sources (I won a massive lot of 79 packs on ebay for 50 quid!!) And I shall be starting tomorrow - Sept 1st. If I get my crap together, I could still have a nice amount off for xmas. And, I could still possible JUUUST scrape by and get to my mini goal (255 or less) by my birthday on the 11th. maybe. lol
Anyway. So tomorrow is the day! I have been mostly good. Its just on the weekends...ugh. I seem to go off track when hubby is home as my little routine goes OUT the window. I havent been completely crazy bad ...last weekend I had an ice cream and a very small amount of pie....where normally i would have had chips, pizza...etc etc etc. I havent had a slice of bread in weeks! Or pasta. Or rice. Its the little bits of crap we have....biscuits (my hubs LOVES choc digestives and custard creams. loves. them. omg.) and little mini milky way bars (this needs to stop. no one NEEDS them.) and i will have a couple here and there. and its just GAH STOP!. lol. But I have been keeping up with my water and my actual meals have been very low on carbs and high protein (eggs, quorn/quorn salad, danios). So Ive not lost control (or the plot) completely HAHA. :break_diet:
So tomorrow it is. I will be back. Full on.
watch this space.
261 again this morning. MAN...I am sick of this up and down non-sense. So ive ordered a bunch of Exante from various sources (I won a massive lot of 79 packs on ebay for 50 quid!!) And I shall be starting tomorrow - Sept 1st. If I get my crap together, I could still have a nice amount off for xmas. And, I could still possible JUUUST scrape by and get to my mini goal (255 or less) by my birthday on the 11th. maybe. lol
Anyway. So tomorrow is the day! I have been mostly good. Its just on the weekends...ugh. I seem to go off track when hubby is home as my little routine goes OUT the window. I havent been completely crazy bad ...last weekend I had an ice cream and a very small amount of pie....where normally i would have had chips, pizza...etc etc etc. I havent had a slice of bread in weeks! Or pasta. Or rice. Its the little bits of crap we have....biscuits (my hubs LOVES choc digestives and custard creams. loves. them. omg.) and little mini milky way bars (this needs to stop. no one NEEDS them.) and i will have a couple here and there. and its just GAH STOP!. lol. But I have been keeping up with my water and my actual meals have been very low on carbs and high protein (eggs, quorn/quorn salad, danios). So Ive not lost control (or the plot) completely HAHA. :break_diet:
So tomorrow it is. I will be back. Full on.
watch this space.
beelishy
......gettin' it done.
2 coffees, 3 porridge packs (made into pancakes) 2 boiled eggs. .....2L of water (aiming for nearer to 4L from tomorrow. Just didnt have the time today!) I would say today was a success. Felt absolutely fine today...probably because Ive been mostly doing low cal and low carb for a few weeks now (with the exception of the odd OOPS and meal or day off). Tomorrow would be the day I start to feel crap, if Im going to at all. So we shall see
going to weigh in everyday, for this week. i will decide what I want to do with regard to weighing on a weekly (or probably sometimes daily) basis. lol.
Also, for my birthday (the 11th) hubby is taking me to lunch at the italian place i went to with my friends a few weeks ago. I already know what im going to have and I may have a bite or two of dessert that day as well. But I will be very good the rest of the day and get right back on it the day after. So, that's sorted.
going to weigh in everyday, for this week. i will decide what I want to do with regard to weighing on a weekly (or probably sometimes daily) basis. lol.
Also, for my birthday (the 11th) hubby is taking me to lunch at the italian place i went to with my friends a few weeks ago. I already know what im going to have and I may have a bite or two of dessert that day as well. But I will be very good the rest of the day and get right back on it the day after. So, that's sorted.
beelishy
......gettin' it done.
Very pleased with my 2lbs loss this morning and it has kept me motoring along today. Ive had 2 coffees, 4L of water (Go me!), pancakes, a choc shake (the exante ones are not at all like the SnS ones. Thicker and more bland. Fine though. Not amazing. Just fine. LOL.- and then I had some quorn and spinach for dinner. I also had a couple of eggs. prob not great on cals today..but whatev. Im going to have a 3rd pack - I will try a bar. m exhausted. I didnt sleep well at all last night. ugh.
beelishy
......gettin' it done.
I also have a terrible headache and feel awful. booo.
i had a contact lens check at the opticians today and she said i have to wear my glasses only for the next 2 weeks. ugh. i hate wearing them. hence...part of the reason my head hurts. :/ I took a couple of ibuprofen and it didnt help at all. ugh.
i had a contact lens check at the opticians today and she said i have to wear my glasses only for the next 2 weeks. ugh. i hate wearing them. hence...part of the reason my head hurts. :/ I took a couple of ibuprofen and it didnt help at all. ugh.
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