CharleyBarley - my new 2014 diary with pics

[SallyVater]

It can feel so hard to incorporate healthy eating with an active social life - but remember that you lost a pound last week, so you are managing to do this! It's not easy, otherwise we wouldn't all be here but I do think you're being particularly hard on yourself at the moment.

Keep on trucking and making these good decisions and your mind will follow soon, I'm sure of it.

 

[Cheese Thief]

Hey Charley,
Finally all caught up! GRR @ men with their stupid fast metabolisms and ability to down massive quantities of carbs in one sitting and LOSE weight that week on the scales! Chris is the same as Mick, needs to lose some weight but because of his height and build can pull it off. He keeps saying he's going to lose weight to and be supportive, but the next minute he's got his hands in a giant bag of crisps! As much as I love him it does drive me crazy at times as that temptation is a real killer!

Good luck at making healthy choices at your meals this week. Its crap when you don't feel like going out and socialising because of your diet though. Sounds like you've still got lots on though this week and plenty of on plan days to break up the badness. I always enjoy meals out and 'treats' when I've been on plan, for some reason it just tastes so much nicer!

Your dinner party sounds like its gonna be amazing. You're such a good cook, I've just had pasta bake for tea yet I'm drooling over your meals this week, they look gorgeous!

Well done on the pound loss, I always find after working out I retain water like crazy, so that might be why your gained after the weekend. I looked into it and its something about out muscles retaining water to help them repair! Way to encourage us to exercise though, stupid body!
xxx

 

[La Parisienne]

Charleeeeey, I've just found such a motivating read! I was feeling a bit down and it's just totally re-motivated me!

I'd really recommend you read it: The Science of Willpower

Some bits of it really made me think of you: "Losing weight is almost always a consequence of making good choices — but it’s not always a consequence. You can make good choices and not lose the weight...making the healthy choices is going to give you the consequence of health, even if you don’t lose the weight."

etc etc!

x

 

[Saruk88]

Hey Charley, sorry to hear you're struggling finding your motivation, but if I'm honest I think it's been there all along. As you said, you're eating healthily and doing some exercise, talking things through with Mick (even if it does fall on deaf ears a little), throwing away the naughties and coming on here to share it with everyone. It sounds like someone with their head on straight who's going to be a kickass, skinny minnie by the time their cruise comes along if you ask me. Keep going chica.

 

[Charleybarley]

Wow some wonderful responses which I will reply to later, here was my food for yesterday:

B - toast with avocado spread on and two rashers of bacon (no fat)





L - jacket spud with spaghetti hoops and cheese with an ickle salad

D - Stir fry with chicken and prawn - this was a beaut




And a pic of the offending Indonesian crackers compared to a regular bag of crisps





And a few other pics I took over the weekend of yummy foods

 

[Happy Holidays]

Flippin eck, those Indonesian crackers are huge in comparison!!!!!!!!!

 

[Charleybarley]

aww Charley...feeling your pain totally as you know from my wobble the last wee while.

i echo what everyone else has said...it's not easy but we definitely do give ourself such a hard time at times.
it's good that you spoke to mick and even though he can't personally relate (pretty much like my OH), a problem shared is a problem halved...or so they say.

easier said than done but try not to let it get to you too much...it will pass as you know but it's not ideal when we feel like this at times and our minds go OTT with stuff

you're not moaning at all...this is your diary and we're all here to listen, support and most can relate to how we can feel at times! if we didn't have issues with our weight...we wouldn't be here and no matter how much/how little we have to lose individually - we all get those times where we struggle a wee bit more than usual

chin up girl.... xx

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Hi Hun

I am sorry I haven't been over to your diary much, I had a read through last night but never had time to comment. I will do though. It seems you have been struggling with things a little too. I dont usually let it get to me, but as I said before, there were so many nights out coming up that I was a little overwhelmed. I also am just not losing much, if I do, I gain it the following week!

I was chatting to a friend whose wedding is in May (going to her hen weekend early April!) and she and her fiance are cc-ing and have done really well. They are giving themselves something like 1200 per day, well she is and its working pretty well. I have never been a fan of cc-ing, its seems too much like a faff to me, but I thought I would give it a go today! If I like it, I will do the same tomorrow! They only do it 5 times a week and eat what they want on the weekend and they are still losing weight. Oh well, in for a penny. I doubt much will happen over the next 2 days before WI, but I want to experiment CC to see if I get hungry etc...

I feel a lot better now I have: 1) got out of a couple of events and 2) thrown away those darn crisps!

 

[Charleybarley]

Yay sounds like you've got a plan.

I think about food loads, Bob can't believe that I'm always thinking of my next meal, I've no idea what he'd think if it was the next days food as well!!!!!!!!!!!!

You know, knowing you are at target and being so slim, I wouldn't have thought you were the same as me and others about food i.e. struggling and thinking about it all the time. You seem so controlled Michelle and have tons of will power, I guess thats the key isn't it Mind over Matter. I don't have that Mind part down pat yet!!!! I will keep trying though. x

 

[Charleybarley]

Sounds like we have the same problem, hun! My OH is the same, I was away last weekend and he had 5 kebabs - 5 while i was away!!! And he didn't put on any weight! Every time I see him eating naughty stuff or huge portions I want to do the same! So unfair! I'm lucky as he doesn't like chocolate so this house has been chocolate free since January (I can not resist chocolate).

I suppose we both need to remember (learn, for me!) that our bodies just aren't the same as theirs and so we have to adapt accordingly.... Easier said than done!

Gooood luuuuuuck!!

xx

5 kebabs!? Thats immense and I am a little bit jealous I have to admit! Yes, thats the key to think about, I (as in my head/heart) might need the same amount of food as Mick, but the reality is that my body DOES NOT need the same amount of food as him! I just feel all hard done by and sulky when I see his portion compared to mine :cry:

Chocolate is not my friend, but savoury food I am a demon for!

You are doing so well Sophie, really dropping the kilos right now. Perhaps I need to stop kidding myself that what I am doing, i.e. naughty nibbles "one won't matter" type of thinking just doesn't cut it.

Charleeeeey, I've just found such a motivating read! I was feeling a bit down and it's just totally re-motivated me!

I'd really recommend you read it: The Science of Willpower

Some bits of it really made me think of you: "Losing weight is almost always a consequence of making good choices — but it’s not always a consequence. You can make good choices and not lose the weight...making the healthy choices is going to give you the consequence of health, even if you don’t lose the weight."

etc etc!

x

Ooh, I may give that a go! I am not usually into self help books, but I will try just about anything!?

Talking of reading, has anybody read Moloka'i ? Its a really good read!

Thanks Sophie! xxx

 

[Charleybarley]

Hey Charley,
Finally all caught up! GRR @ men with their stupid fast metabolisms and ability to down massive quantities of carbs in one sitting and LOSE weight that week on the scales! Chris is the same as Mick, needs to lose some weight but because of his height and build can pull it off. He keeps saying he's going to lose weight to and be supportive, but the next minute he's got his hands in a giant bag of crisps! As much as I love him it does drive me crazy at times as that temptation is a real killer!

Good luck at making healthy choices at your meals this week. Its crap when you don't feel like going out and socialising because of your diet though. Sounds like you've still got lots on though this week and plenty of on plan days to break up the badness. I always enjoy meals out and 'treats' when I've been on plan, for some reason it just tastes so much nicer!

Your dinner party sounds like its gonna be amazing. You're such a good cook, I've just had pasta bake for tea yet I'm drooling over your meals this week, they look gorgeous!

Well done on the pound loss, I always find after working out I retain water like crazy, so that might be why your gained after the weekend. I looked into it and its something about out muscles retaining water to help them repair! Way to encourage us to exercise though, stupid body!
xxx

Thanks Bev.. Yes grrr to men indeed the Bas1ards! If I were a 7 foot man my weight would be ok!!! Yeah Mick is the same. He keeps asking me to bake him a lime and coconut loaf, his favourite, I do usually make it for him (I can resist that as my sweet tooth isn't too sweet!) but I told him "we are supposed to be working together to get this weight off" and he said "its only a b!oody cake loaf, whats the harm in a couple of slices a day" Well the fact that there is half a pack of butter in it for one!!! I am going to make it and he is going to eat it and it wont make much of a difference!

Yeah, I really hate sacrificing meals out and usually I won't, but for the first time in a long time I have actually wanted to cancel - I want to fit in those b!oody bikinis come Christmas! I hate wasting money and I have wasted over £100 on those bikinis! At the minute I look like the Michellin Man in them!!

Thanks for saying that about my meals! I feel that way when I see other meals on here too, but its lovely hearing it from someone about my own cooking. I do love cooking, very much and not just the naughty stuff either! I will try and take some pics of our Saturday night meals!

Hmm could be the water thing, I did go a bit mad at the gym both days on the treadmill and bike, taking it to the limit of my heart rate etc. I felt a bit rough afterwards, but I was weirdly enjoying myself! I keep meaning to go in the mornings this week, but my bed has been magnetised and I clearly have a metal plate in my head!!!!! It could also be my periods, I had mine last week, but I never noticed weight gain during, only a few days afterwards - I am pretty sure I am alone in this phenomenon but it always happened to me when I went to SW classes, I always gained or STS on the week after Star Week!

 

[Charleybarley]

Hey Charley, sorry to hear you're struggling finding your motivation, but if I'm honest I think it's been there all along. As you said, you're eating healthily and doing some exercise, talking things through with Mick (even if it does fall on deaf ears a little), throwing away the naughties and coming on here to share it with everyone. It sounds like someone with their head on straight who's going to be a kickass, skinny minnie by the time their cruise comes along if you ask me. Keep going chica.

Ah thanks for saying that - I am motivated most of the time, but that devil within me arises and then there is no stopping me, not even the picture in my head of me in that bikini!!!

 

[Charleybarley]

Flippin eck, those Indonesian crackers are huge in comparison!!!!!!!!!

I KNOW! They were huge - I have to add that I don't think that I even ate half the packet. I feel guilty about wasting food, but it was a stupid purchase and one I thought I could control - seems I cant control that sh!t!

 

[Charleybarley]

Wednesday 19th March

Hello all!

As I have put in an earlier post, I am giving CC=ing a go today! I doubt I will last the day, but I just wanted to experiment and see if I could do it. So far so good, but it is only 1.40pm and I have just eaten a yummy lunch (pics later).

I am not doing this out of frustration and desparation, more just a curiosity. M F P has profiled me as needing 1300 some cals a day to lose 2lb a week. I think thats a civil amount. Although I calculated my breakfast yesterday and it was a whopping 400 cals or something!! I was a lot more mindful for this morning's breakfast!

We will see. xxx

 

[jenniecakes]

Are you going to be calorie counting all week?? Xx

 

[hendopig]

Mfp is amazing. I use it quite a bit too

Good luck on your CC'ing quest :-D you might well find it really suits you Charley. There are a few other apps too if you can't find something on MFP xx

 

[Charleybarley]

Are you going to be calorie counting all week?? Xx

I dunno yet Jen, I will see how I go. I can do today and tomorrow but Friday is a no go as it Saturday (heavy food days) xx

 

[Charleybarley]

Mfp is amazing. I use it quite a bit too

Good luck on your CC'ing quest :-D you might well find it really suits you Charley. There are a few other apps too if you can't find something on MFP xx

Thanks, yeah I like M F P too, CCing is all very new to me, I am quite excited (prob not quite the word I am looking for) at getting my teeth into something new. Who knows if it will last. I am doubtful. But I will not fall too much into the trap of ready meals and eating cr!p just because I can - I will use my cals for good ... sometimes! Although the burden of lunchtimes will be easier if I can sometimes go for healthy ready meals, like today's Innocent Pot which was fooking andsome! I would never eat something like that usually, but it was really really nice (albeit small!) and I had a lil salad too! Innocent Pots in Sainbos for half price at the mo by the way £2 each!

I have been doing some light research this afternoon (whilst pretending to work of course!) and on reading through their forum on M F P that the profile guide under estimates what you should be having and suggests you find a BMR / TDEE calculator - which I did and it is very interesting. They say a lot of people who attempt CCing give up quite easily because they are suggested as having too little cals on the M F P profile. So if you do this TDEE test thingy it says what you should be on for a more realistic figure and to lose slowly and steadily, which I am aiming for anyway.

So, I have upped my daily cals to 1500 (which is still below the figure the TDRR test gave me, but I think its managable).

Ok, I am now sounding like a bore to you all with my new exciting information, that you have probably all heard before!

 

[Happy Holidays]

You know, knowing you are at target and being so slim, I wouldn't have thought you were the same as me and others about food i.e. struggling and thinking about it all the time. You seem so controlled Michelle and have tons of will power, I guess thats the key isn't it Mind over Matter. I don't have that Mind part down pat yet!!!! I will keep trying though. x

That's it the whole food aspect just doesn't leave you, ever, last night I lay in bed going over in my head what to have for lunch & tea & then would I be full enough from it & is it SW friendly. It is about staying in control, yep mind over matter x

 

[Charleybarley]

That's it the whole food aspect just doesn't leave you, ever, last night I lay in bed going over in my head what to have for lunch & tea & then would I be full enough from it & is it SW friendly. It is about staying in control, yep mind over matter x

Hmm, interesting - I guess we will always be small, whether we are round as rubies or slim little waifs!!

X

 

[Charleybarley]

Well today's cc experiment has gone well, I will be doing it again tomorrow - I did go over by 40 or so cals but Rome wasn't built in a day! I need to assess what I am wasting cals on. Starting with my greek yog, it is delish but is 10%, there is a Total Yog at 2% but I have only found it in waitrose, which is annoying because they don't have a waitrose near me. There is one nearish to work so i will take a long walk there soon to stock up. It's also expensive - but ah it's worth it.

Food today:

B - One slice of bread with LCL cheese spread, some spinach and a soft boiled egg - yum



L - Thai Curry Innocent Pot with salad - yum



Snacks - Grapes and Greek Yog with Granola and Honey

D - Gammon Steak, Egg, Jacket, Spinach and Onion Salad - yum



I did take the rind off!

Good day, my friends - good day xxx