Everyone has a fat friend... I don't want to be yours! 2013...

Good evening lovelies!
I have not long been in from work and I am shattered. Far too much thinking done today, I've got brain ache! Got a few bits to do from home tonight too.
Today I am on a green day, just fancied SW chips.

Breakfast: wholemeal roll toasted with laughing cow light (hex b and part of a hex a- 2 triangles)
Lunch: uncle bens tomato and basil rice... does anyone know how many syns they are please? I had about 2/3 of a packet
Tea: its just cooking! SW chips, eggs, beans, mushrooms, grilled tomato and a slice of wholemeal toast (hex b) followed by strawberries and muller light
Snacks: fruit salad containing apple, water melon, kiwi, grapes and pineapple.
Drinks: 1x fruit tea, 2 x green tea with pineapple and grapefruit, 2 cups of tea, 1 can of diet coke

Weigh in day is looming and I am desperately hoping for a loss of 1lb at least, that will make it a stone lost.
Everyone having a good day? xx
 
Hi nettie

There are 4 syns in the 250g pack of rice hun. You will get that 1lb off think positive your doing great. Just focus on 1 day at a time chick, your mega busy these days and its no good stressing x
 
Hi texty, thanks for the sun value.
Yeah I have been incredibly busy, have a big meeting tomorrow so ive come up to bed to relax and get some head space, had 2 meetings today and they drain me so much.
Today has been a red day:
Breakfast: whole meal roll toasted with laughing cow
Lunch: home made red pepper and butternut squash soup with bacon on toast
Tea: chicken, lettuce, celery, cucumber, radish, tomato, boiled egg, spring onion, pepper and beetroot.
Syns: 10 syns worth of Doritos!!
Drinks: 2 cups of tea and 2 cans of diet coke

Just realised I haven't eaten any fruit at all today... Not good!!
 
Your welcome hun. Mrs busy bee then, sometimes its hard to switch off, its nice to try and relax. When my new post starts at work ill be at meeting after meeting I fear :-( I hate them I just want to get on with my work haha
 
Hi texty... that is fab hun! you must be so pleased xx
I STS this week, seems to be every other week now. I haven't been writing down what I eat so as from tomorrow I am going to do a food diary everyday. I had 2 or 3 green days this week too and they stop me from going to the loo and I feel very bloated. Going to go back to first week basics this week and hope for a few pounds off.
 
Hi hun - Yeh I was ecstatic as I was so close before xmas so it seems like its taken an age to get there.

Well done on your STS - at least its not a gain.

I honestly have to say I have found it beneficial to write everything down the last 4 weeks, ive lost a total of 9lbs in those 4 weeks, if I hadnt written it down it probably would have been 4lbs or even a couple of gains.

I cant get my head around red n green I love my EE and its working so why try to fix it lol
 
hi hun, if EE is working (which it obviously is!) then stick with it. EE doesn't work for me at all and I quite like red and green as it gets me to think more about what I am actually eating. I am having a red day today, just had fruit and yoghurt for breakfast and I will probably have a bacon and scrambled egg with tomatoes and toast for lunch. We are having lamb and veg casserole with carrot and swede mash for tea and my syns will be used on crisps.

I have the morning off work and I am so bored, I don't know how people stay sane when they stay at home everyday. I should be in work at 1pm but I'm going to go in within the next 30minutes... cant cope with daytime TV much longer lol x
 
Lol I like an odd day off just to have a lie in and enjoy a brekkie i dont normally have time to have.

Lazy weekend for me im doing nowt lol x
 
Hi there, I have had a red day today and have had:
Breakfast: fruit and yoghurt
Dinner: scrambled eggs with tomatoes, bacon and a slice of wholemeal toast (1xb)
Tea: Lamb and vegetable casserole (2 syns) with carrot and swede mash
Snacks: packet of squares (5 syns) biscuit (3 syns)
Drinks: 2 cans of diet coke, 2 cups of tea and a pint of water

I am going to have a red day tomorrow but in the evening me and ste are going out for a meal, both the kids are sleeping out so just me and him at home, not sure where we are going so it will be difficult to syn it.

Has everyone had a good day? Anything planned for the weekend? xx
 
Hello again...
Well I wasn't going to post this, trying to stay positive etc... well blllaahhhh! I've had enough. I am really struggling and instead of trying harder I just hardly eat. I haven't eaten a proper amount of fruit for ages, I haven't kept track of A and B choices and I just feel fatter than ever. 2 people at work said that they could tell I've lost weight today and I didn't feel anything, I know I have lost it and 13lbs is an ok loss, but I just felt an emptiness. I don't know if I can do this forever! I know it's my own fault for letting myself get this way, no one has made me eat crap all my life! I'm trying so hard to keep going which is part of the reason I have posted this, I am an emotional eater and I am on the verge of eating every bit of food in the house. I feel so sad today and have done for the past couple of days.
Thanks for listening and sorry for having a whinge :sigh:
 
Hi nettie - Sorry to hear your having a rubbish time hun. I dont suppose anything anyone says will make you feel better right now. Its pants when you feel like your on a downward spiral. I just hope after a few days you feel like you can get back on it as you were doing so well, and im sure those people are right that you can tell. I think sometimes we just cant accept it. Keep posting hun its good to hear from you. Enjoy your time with Ste its quality time. xx
 
Thanks Texty, I am so tried all the time too and I am so busy at work, there is a lot going on and usually I would have come home from work and pigged out and felt ready to face the challenges the next day. Now I cant do that I am struggling with how to handle things, its the only way I knew! I have tried having a bath, reading a book, watching TV... nothing settles me and I cannot shake off this tiredness, I'm exhausted!
I love my kids so much but I just cannot wait to have some time just with Ste tomorrow, can't remember the last time they both stayed out. I need time to be me... whoever that may be... I am so used to being a manager at work and being a mum at home that I haven't committed much time to be a girlfriend!
New day tomorrow and I am going to try so hard, I think I need to use this diary more often and have a good browse of the other posts etc.
 
Your bound to feel tired hun you have taken on a lot more responsibility. Its good to have quality time, and the kids know you love them, but you do have to make time for yourself too.

Stress at work is a major part of a lot of peoples lives, mine included most days. Its learning how to overcome that stress, its not easy. Your not the only one who would have/does reach for comfort food as a relief.

Im sure we have all been there, the thing is now ( you hit the nail on the head) you cant!! its not that you cant, its you DIDNT and thats fantastic. Its hard trying to get a work/life balance. Try and relax over the weekend and enjoy it hun, you may feel better next week. Chin up hun things will get better, its just fronting it out xx
 
nettie said:
Thanks Texty, I am so tried all the time too and I am so busy at work, there is a lot going on and usually I would have come home from work and pigged out and felt ready to face the challenges the next day. Now I cant do that I am struggling with how to handle things, its the only way I knew! I have tried having a bath, reading a book, watching TV... nothing settles me and I cannot shake off this tiredness, I'm exhausted!
I love my kids so much but I just cannot wait to have some time just with Ste tomorrow, can't remember the last time they both stayed out. I need time to be me... whoever that may be... I am so used to being a manager at work and being a mum at home that I haven't committed much time to be a girlfriend!
New day tomorrow and I am going to try so hard, I think I need to use this diary more often and have a good browse of the other posts etc.
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Sorry to hear you are having a difficult time -horrible when you feel frustrated... try to remember that it definitely will turn around. 13lbs IS great- that stone is within touching distance. I've been down last few weeks and my hubby says its the diet. Try to really enjoy the weekend, have fun. Extra work is really wearing - definitely need to balance that with some time treating yourself nicely - you deserve it
 
Hi everyone!
Just a quick catch up, nothing much to report today. Been on plan all day until me and ste went out for tea, had a Turkish dish called ferrin which was slow roasted lamb in some kind of tomatoey/ spicy sauce with rice and salad. We then went to our friends house and have not long been in... It's strange not having the kids here, can't wait to get them back tomorrow!
I am just going to read a chapter of my book then I'll be in the land of nod! Joe everyone has had a good day xx
 
Todays food diary: RED day
Breakfast/Lunch (didn't get up til 11am): bacon on wholemeal toast (1 hex B), 2 slices of water melon
Tea: steak and stir fried vegetables, followed by a fruit salad of pineapple, water melon, Satsuma and strawberries
Syns: light spread 1.5syns
wotsits 4.5
Will probably have another packet of wotsits this evening.
Drinks: 2 cups of tea... I aim to drink 2 litres of NAS juice or water

Trying to get on track with this, really hoping for a loss this week. I can feel that my jeans are a little bit loose and that is keeping me going at the moment. A few people have said they can tell I've lost weight so I just need to keep at it and accept that this is a long journey which only I can make shorter by trying my best and sticking to plan 100%
It was my target to lose 70lbs in 2013... I am going to keep this as my aim so I have 10months to lose 57lbs.... OMG that seems massive! xx
 
Hi nettie - glad to see your sticking with it hun, it would be a shame to give up. Your food sounds good today, 57lbs in 10months is achievable thats roughly 5.7lbs a month to lose. 1.5lbs a week.

You can do it chick take one day at a time a set little mini goals ie your next 7lbs, when you get there reward yourself maybe some new makeup, or a bag, a book you want to read?

Here for support if/when you need it x
 
Hi Texty,
1.5lbs per week sounds so much when I have been maintaining every other week but if I can get some good losses of a few lbs a week I should be ok... I hate being fat and I hate being an emotional eater, its just causes a vicious circle! How are you doing hun? x
 
I think your finding it hard because of your new job. When you first started I know sometimes you used to skip brekkie, but you made time for meals etc. It really is hard finding that work/life balance.

You need to make time for you, try mixing your days/meals up a bit. I notice you didnt get up until 11 ( same as me) so you had brekkie and then nothing until tea apart from wotsits, so technically your skipping a meal, maybe try slipping an omelette or something in about 2ish if this happens again. Maybe your not eating enough hun? Sometimes this can have an effect.

I know its hard but try not to think of yourself as fat ( we all do/have done it), this alone will drag you down. Your doing so well sticking with it even though your feeling rubbish and it will pay off. One day at a time hun theres no race.

Im fine ty apart from constant back ache grrr. Food wise Ive not had a great week since WI, Ive had kebab meat and pitta ( couldnt eat it all) and then on Friday I had a full blown Indian Takeaway, so now trying to do damage limitation until next WI . xx
 
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