Nettee's Christmas madness

[Nettee]

I have just weighed in for the last time before Christmas and am now only 2 1/2 lb above my target

the children are now off school for three weeks and normality returns on 9th January.

On that day my aim is to still be in single figures in the 9s (ie 9st 9.5 lb or less). Bonus aims include keeping my shiney new 2 1/2 stone award, maintaining or even losing a teensy bit more. Christmas will be well over by then so I ought to be able to undo some Christmas damage in the first week of January.

I have started badly by eating everything I can see this afternoon and I am off out for a Christmas do this evening.

My plan for the first 9 days until weigh in is where the madness begins. I am going off SW and am going to do a version of the 5:2 diet where tomorrow and next Thursday I only eat 500 calories. I will attempt to be mainly sw on the other days but will not get too worked up about it as it is Christmas week. I am sure this will be enough to put me off intermittant fasting for life and I plan to try to be on plan as much as is feasable after 28th December. Hoping though that next weeks gain will be minimised.

I intend to weigh in daily for the next 9 days and then go back on official weigh days only after that. I will attend group and I will post on here to attempt to maintain motivation.

wish me luck.......

 

[Nettee]

I continued to eat lots yesterday - had a good evening out and a 1 1/2lb gain for this morning's weigh in

I am now over half way through my first fasting day and so far so doable. I am having 5 small snacks/meals of around 100 cal each - sw principles are helping as I am having lots of superfree to make it feel more like I am actually eating something! Hunger is going up and down but not to extremes so far. It is all I am thinking about today though - I suppose partly because it is new and exciting - although thinking about what I am eating, when I am eating so little is a bit silly......

I am intending to have a reasonable sw day tomorrow as there is no reason why not.

 

[Nettee]

I have had 507 calories today and have finished eating. Strangly haven't felt hungry in the later half of the day, it is like my body has accepted the fast for today and isn't fighting it. I do feel like I am working a night shift - kind of sluggish survival mode. Also have had a bit of a head ache but have kept drinking water which i think is helping. find it hard to believe this is meant to be good for the health.

 

[Nettee]

3lb off - 1.5lb altogether. Have had a big bowl of pudding rice, muller light and fruit for breakfast but I wasn't hungry for it and I still feel weird. Will see if the cravings hit later but planning a larger portion sw day all day. Have left over chilli in the fridge for lunch - yum!

 

[Nettee]

One extreme to the other here - afternoon binging. I do feel more normal now though. Seriously considering not repeating the experience next week. Will see how I am tomorrow and have another look at success express maybe.

 

[Nettee]

2lb up this morning so + 1/2lb so far. Not suprised after two days of excessive eating. I think I am going to do my best to follow ee principles over the next three days where I can. I honestly felt like the fast was a 48 hour ordeal from which I am not yet completely recovered - although nearly thank goodness. So probably shouldn't do it again.

Also if I do that the day before weigh in then I would essentially be cheating and in for a massive gain for the following week.

So next thursday either I will come crawling back to sw and do success express or I will try 800 cal instead (at risk of all the arguments above applying).

 

[Nettee]

Chinese this evening after a synned to the max day. Fairly low syn options though. Oh yes and wine so not a brill sw day but a good family pre Christmas Day anyway

 

[Nettee]

Another 1 1/2 lb on so 2 in total so far. Scary how quickly the numbers on the scales can change. I am sure it is mainly fluctuations in fluid levels though.

I am Intending to go out for lunch today so can't expect much better for tomorrow..... At least if I fill up at lunch time I will be less likely to graze all afternoon.

Also I am doing the Christmas grocery shop - how many syns can I put in the trolly? Lots of super free satsumas to compensate!

 

[Nettee]

Christmas eve and a panic tidying and cleaning day is due. Also perhaps a panic sw day before Christmas tomorrow. Another 2lb up after lunch out yesterday and starting on the chrismas treats that I bought in the supermarket in the morning. They are low syn treats but of course depends how many you have! So the running total is 4lb up in 5 days and this is before Christmas has even arrived .

 

[Nettee]

OK, a positive decision for today
i will have an ee 100% day and for supper we will have lamb shanks in mint gravey for 1/2 syns with celeriac mash and broccoli.

So far today no syns and no hexs - and a lovely filling breakfast of egg, mushrooms and potatoes.

Will report back this evening!

 

[Nettee]

Yay - a successful day I stuck to the plan, finished the wrapping and tidied the house. Christmas might happen after all

:xmascheers:

 

[Nettee]

:xmassign:

weighed in 2 1/2lb lighter this morning so just 1 1/2 up in all so far.........

started on the chocolate coins and have a day of feasting ahead

:26: Merry Christmas to anyone miniminsing today

 

[Nettee]

1 3/4 lb up so 3 1/4 in total. Not too bad after an evening Christmas dinner last night.

Left overs to deal with now but I am not feeling that tempted to eat much tbh!

 

[Nettee]

Not an excessive day yesterday although I did enjoy some leftovers at lunch time and a small ish portion of non sw lasgane with salad at dinner. 1/2lb off this morning - now only a 2 3/4 lb gain.

So today was supposed to be my second fast day - but I really can't go through another 500cal day. I have kept changing my mind between 800 cal and success express but have decided this morning to go for the 800 calories split over two meals (in sort of keeping with the original plan) and to have unlimited tea with milk, tomatoes and celery. I am still quite intreged by the fasting thing and this is longer stretches between anything substantial. Also I get the new sw pack tomorrow where I can read about se properly and maybe give it a try before next week's weigh in.

Ought to bring my gain down to something quite small for tomorrow

 

[Nettee]

I have eaten all my allowance for today - again I don't feel that hungry, just a bit spaced out. Better than last week I think - maybe because of the extra 300 or so calories.

I am not a convert to IF though - back on sw tomorrow!

 

[Nettee]

3lb off today so now 1/4lb below my starting weight. 800cal was much more doable - I do feel a little light headed but not bad and the hunger didn't completely go away so much more normal.

See what the official weigh in results are at group this morning then the challenge is not to gain before next Wednesday when I will not be doing a down day the day before weigh in (maybe will be doing success express to give me half a chance though!)

 

[Nettee]

1lb up officially - still think they tweaked the scales last week and it was really a maintain but I suppose their scales are probably more accurate than mine and also loads of people lost 1.5 or 2 lbs. Anyway in the grand scheme of things a pound up over Christmas is pretty amazing and now I have to maintain a little bit of focus for next week which won't be any easier with lunch out tomorrow, christmas dinner no 2 on Sunday and new years eve on Monday.......

Have had a good look at the new books and I am all keen to give success express a try - although I am trying to think when I might fit this in before next Wednesday - will have to do on plan when I can and perhaps brace myself for another gain.

Have had quite big an off plan lunch with leftover lasagne and Christmas dinner. Hopefully I will be full for a bit now though and I will aim for a sensible supper.

 

[Nettee]

oh well, yesterday went to pot really - I am partly going to blame the fast the previous day - I was on catch up. No more fasting for me - I can't eat what I like on the other days (I know Christmas is an extreme example), it makes me want to over eat at other times, it makes me feel ill and I have a deep feeling that it is not a healthy way of living despite what the experts say. After all doctors used to prescribe smoking for all sorts of things.

I am not daily weighing now so will take the next 4 days as a whole and see what I can do. I have had a good breakfast this morning which is always a good start.

Really need to get back on the body magic wagon at some point as well.........

 

[Nettee]

argghh - I am all interested in the new books and thinking about sw but eating lots of hifi bars, Christmas pudding and left overs. Tonight I am going to cook something half nice for nye but I suppose I need to make it sw friendly as I am in total control and it is only me and my husband eating itl I haven't weighed but am quite worried about Wednesday. Still it will be a fresh start.

I am really here to say today will be different and I am going to give success express a try. I have had a good se breakfast with egg, mushrooms and tomatoes and have all my extra hexs still available for the day.

will have to have a good think about what I could do about supper to keep us both happy and me on plan........

 

[Nettee]

We will have lamb tagine - not free but lots of free bits to it including the cous cous with it. I will also have lots of salad.



More of a problem is the baked cheese starter especially if we have it with bread......