Sandra's maintenance diary.....
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SandraB
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No, I've got the little gadgety thing but the truth is that I'm a bit disheartened and disillusioned by ww.....I think that 2lbs over 2 weeks, when I've been counting everything bloody thing I ate and worrying about it:sigh:, is pathetic! I've just made a couple of fish pies, one for the freezer, and I looked at the calories etc of the ingredients and they didn't come to much (200 for both the fish and the sauce! Courtesy of M&S) and decided that my regular eating isn't that different .....so I'm going to carry on eating as normal for a week, still recording it on here though, and see what happens. Then when Paul goes skiing I'm going to be mega strict and substitute some Exante products for at least one meal a day.....
What do you think?
Zebs07
Dance the positive spin..
I think it's worth a try! It's so hard isn't it when we only have a bit to lose - plus we're kinda used to LP losses! I think do what feels right for u - follow ur instincts!
That 4lb I put on (and blamed my period for). Ok some came off at weekend but the next day it was back (maybe my scales gave me false loss). It's still there now lol and period finished! As for my pp, bar yesterday I've been under the 29 I need to lose - although ideally I'm looking to maintain generally - but definitely not wanting to gain! Frustrating Aaaarrrrggghhh!
That 4lb I put on (and blamed my period for). Ok some came off at weekend but the next day it was back (maybe my scales gave me false loss). It's still there now lol and period finished! As for my pp, bar yesterday I've been under the 29 I need to lose - although ideally I'm looking to maintain generally - but definitely not wanting to gain! Frustrating Aaaarrrrggghhh!
summergurl
♥3 Years Maintaining♥
This really is tough isnt it ladies 
Think we are all in the same boat here. We can all pull together and we can all do it xx
Think we are all in the same boat here. We can all pull together and we can all do it
xx
SandraB
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Well I've well and truly blown it this afternoon :break_diet:......crazy cos I was so thrilled at all the comments my photo on Facebook generated! So what did I do? Only ate a whole packet of choccie biccies that's what! About a dozen of them, one after the other ......I haven't done that since the summer before I started LT and I don't know where it came from......they were French biscuits and had been in the cupboard for months and I just fancied a couple, then a couple more....you get the picture! Feel quite sick now....
Guess I better get back on the wagon double quick......maybe I'll do those tfr meals sooner rather than later!
Guess I better get back on the wagon double quick......maybe I'll do those tfr meals sooner rather than later!
SandraB
Gold Member
I know, I've got no inclination to do it again either, would just like to understand why I did it in the first place.....I think I'm bored actually! I've started to feel a lot better and I think it's time that I started looking for another job in earnest. It was ok when I was poorly but now I'm looking for things to do.....I defrosted the two freezers this morning and sorted out the drawers, fish in one, meat in another, ready meals etc....how sad is that?
Going to see if I can maybe get on my bike......though the thought absolutely terrifies me
Going to see if I can maybe get on my bike......though the thought absolutely terrifies me
summergurl
♥3 Years Maintaining♥
Not sad at all i do that all the time!!! Minus the defrosting bit & i even do it with the cupboards!! :giggle:
Maybe it was the fact that you are feeling heaps better coupled with all the compliments you recieved on your photo that made you eat the biccies?
I know for me if i get a compliment (very rare these days lol) that it can trigger off a 'naughty' stint as your feeling good, someone complimented you and now you can have a biccie .... does that make sense?
Still, i've no doubt you'll be back on the wagon quick sharp
x
SandraB
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Not sad at all i do that all the time!!! Minus the defrosting bit & i even do it with the cupboards!! :giggle:
Maybe it was the fact that you are feeling heaps better coupled with all the compliments you recieved on your photo that made you eat the biccies?
I know for me if i get a compliment (very rare these days lol) that it can trigger off a 'naughty' stint as your feeling good, someone complimented you and now you can have a biccie .... does that make sense?
Still, i've no doubt you'll be back on the wagon quick sharp
And there was me thinking that the tidying was an age thing
I've even got a bra organiser .......from Lakeland of course!Perhaps your theory is right? Dunno, but I've been getting a load of compliments lately, getting quite big-headed
but nothing's ever triggered a biccie attack.....Tomorrow is another day, got physio in the morning, lunch with a couple of girlfriends and need to do some shopping in town, need to get out of the house and away from the cupboards!
Incidentally, I'm sure that it's not true that you don't get complimented any more!
Sandra, just draw that line firmly underneath the biccies, no use crying over spilt milk etc.
Try to keep yourself occupied as you have been doing, and go bin any other french fancies you have laying around if you get the temptation again.
It is so easy just to gorge on things in the cupboard. I have just been looking for 2 tiny bars of dark chocolate from the M&S Xmas hamper. There were 4 and I ate two of them, Phill wont eat dark chocolate, and I have just searched the cupboards for them - but thankfully I couldnt find them.
New day tomorrow Sandra.
Try to keep yourself occupied as you have been doing, and go bin any other french fancies you have laying around if you get the temptation again.
It is so easy just to gorge on things in the cupboard. I have just been looking for 2 tiny bars of dark chocolate from the M&S Xmas hamper. There were 4 and I ate two of them, Phill wont eat dark chocolate, and I have just searched the cupboards for them - but thankfully I couldnt find them.
New day tomorrow Sandra.
irish molly
Maintaing LT loss on GL
Sandra, seems like you are having a real up/ down week. You will know best what plan will suit you best going forward. Probably after a few weeks pp you would be very familiar with the values of foods and would unconsciously count them with no effort. After all you have lost each week and probably at a rate appropriate to the ratio you have to lose at this stage. Try and look at it in a more positive light cos you are doing very well.
SandraB
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Thursday.....busy day today! Got up a bit late so only had time for a Vitamin C drink (and a coffee which Paul brings me in bed every morning) before physio. That went well and I'm definitely getting fitter I think, I can really push myself for an hour and work up a sweat which feels wonderful! Got home and had another coffee and was going to have a late breakfast but Paul's mum rang for a chat, then a Recruitement agency with news of a couple more jobs, so I didn't have time to have anything before I had to get ready to go out for lunch.....
So, today's food....
B vitamin C drink
L noodles with shredded duck leg and veggies, yummy, a glass of SB
Snack two pears
D think I'm going to have a couple of boiled eggs and soldiers cos lunch was quite a decent bowlful! Had the eggs. Muller light yogurt
Hot choc and two red devils! They were on special offer, just a little bag, and I couldn't resist.....decided to have choccies but not by the truckload
No biccies today and no inclination to have any either.......lunch wasn't the best choice that I could have had but as it was making up for breakfast and an hour of exercise, I thought that I could justify it
) before physio. That went well and I'm definitely getting fitter I think, I can really push myself for an hour and work up a sweat which feels wonderful! Got home and had another coffee and was going to have a late breakfast but Paul's mum rang for a chat, then a Recruitement agency with news of a couple more jobs, so I didn't have time to have anything before I had to get ready to go out for lunch.....So, today's food....
B vitamin C drink
L noodles with shredded duck leg and veggies, yummy, a glass of SB
Snack two pears
D think I'm going to have a couple of boiled eggs and soldiers cos lunch was quite a decent bowlful! Had the eggs. Muller light yogurt
Hot choc and two red devils! They were on special offer, just a little bag, and I couldn't resist.....decided to have choccies but not by the truckload
No biccies today and no inclination to have any either.......lunch wasn't the best choice that I could have had but as it was making up for breakfast and an hour of exercise, I thought that I could justify it
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summergurl
♥3 Years Maintaining♥
More than justified! :giggle: Glad you are doing well at physio and feeling much fitter for it xx
xx
SandraB
Gold Member
Good day so far today.....had a friend round for coffee, he's just split up with his wife .....so had my sympathetic ear and shoulder to cry on ready.......got confirmation of my second job interview in London....all expenses paid! Yippee.....might have to have a bit of a shopping trip methinks!
Edit.....meant to add, went to the opticians to collect my lenses and the receptionist said that she barely recognised me! I haven't been in for 6 months....she's quite a big lady and was really keen to know what I'd done to lose the weight.
Today's food
B branflakes and milk, a banana and a vitamin C drink
L rest of the fish pie from the day before yesterday...tasted even better today! Muller light yogurt, a pear
Snack 2 finger kitkat
D going to roast a chicken, roast spuds, brussels sprouts, carrots, broccoli, gravy and stuffing.
Got a bottle of SB chilling in the fridge cos we have things to celebrate tonight! I've got a second interview and Paul completed a deal and bought another company to add to his 'empire'!
Happy Friday everyone x
Edit.....meant to add, went to the opticians to collect my lenses and the receptionist said that she barely recognised me! I haven't been in for 6 months....she's quite a big lady and was really keen to know what I'd done to lose the weight.
Today's food
B branflakes and milk, a banana and a vitamin C drink
L rest of the fish pie from the day before yesterday...tasted even better today! Muller light yogurt, a pear
Snack 2 finger kitkat
D going to roast a chicken, roast spuds, brussels sprouts, carrots, broccoli, gravy and stuffing.
Got a bottle of SB chilling in the fridge cos we have things to celebrate tonight! I've got a second interview and Paul completed a deal and bought another company to add to his 'empire'!
Happy Friday everyone x
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summergurl
♥3 Years Maintaining♥
Awww well done on your celebrations for tonight - enjoy that sb mrs xxx
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