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McCambridges bread and other things...
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24-02-2008 3:24pm#1Hi girls and guys! Last weekend I weighed myself and got an awful shock. So I started cutting down and today I'm 9lb lighter than I was last Sunday (I have about 6 stone to lose so 9lb is only a tiny part of the weight I want/need to lose). I want to stay away from the likes of weight watchers for the time being as it's costly and I always lose interest. I'd prefer to spend the money on healthy foods than on a class when I can get any info I don't already have online. I'm hungry some of the time but I've trained myself to look on hunger as a positive (for the time being) and plan my next healthy meal when the hunger sets in. I was so used to eating so much that hunger is inevitable until my body and mind get used to less intake. I am drinking more water (boiled though, as I'm feeling cold alot so can't manage to have cold drinks just yet)
My diet was atrocious. Crisps every day, white bread all the time, fried sausages and eggs most days and massive dinners late in the evening, big chinese take-aways weekly etc.
Basically, I've swapped white bread for wholemeal pittas, mccambridges bread and wraps. Is mccambridges bread bad?? I really can't cut out bread altogether. I was wondering too, whether deli bought wraps are very bad? I've have one with Chicken, peppers, chedder (I know...) and BBQ sauce for lunch a few times this week. I feel like a pig after eating one but almost orgasm whilst eating it - soooo delicious. Should I be cutting those out or could I leave them in there for a while? I'm eating very very light in the mornings so am starving by lunch-time and they really satisy my massive appetite
I've also been replacing family dinners (tend to be piles of spuds or white rice with mince chicken stir-fry garlic bread and oven chips - the plate would be piled high!!) with a chicken salad or something light whiel the rest of them still gorge on all that's bad.
I've cut out whole milk and replaced with skimmed, I've cut out sugar in tea, and started using sweeteners and I've practically turned into a lettuce leaf with all the salad I've been eating. I've drizzled tesco healthy living honey/mustard dressing on my tossed salads - only about two tbsps of it, is this very bad? Whats the best dressing to use if you want to lose weight? salad on it's own tends to be very bland.
And what about low-fat mayo? I've been mixing a small tablespoon with some tuna (tinned in brine) and onions and having with salad & pitta/mccambridges for lunch or sometimes for dinner with a chicken fillet!
Most days this week I had:
Banana & cup of tea for breakfast
Mid-morning - either chopped, mxed melon or a bottled smoothie from work canteen with another cup of tea.
Lunch - Deli bought toasted wrap, or tuna/salad with 2 mini pittas.
Snack - Fruit or two rice-cakes with Laughing Cow Light.
Dinner - Chicken fillet with black pepper, cooked in oven with salad & salad dressing
(I had a whole packet of salted cashews one day for lunch but went VERY light on the dinner that evening, another day I had a chinese in the evening, chips and all and even a chicken ball or two, couldn't move for hours after it was so full eurgh)
Any tips or advice or encouragement to continue with this weight loss would be well appreciated.
I absolutely LOVE food but I'm trying to tell myself I'll love myself alot more than I do at the moment if I just could love food a little less. I realise I won't continue to lose 9lbs a week but would love to have 3 stone gone in time for my holiday @ the end of May. 0
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Well done on getting started! I have a few criticisms though.
Banana & cup of tea for breakfast
Why are you having such a small breakfast? If you're really trying to lose weight, I'd sincerely hope that you've read enough to know that breakfast is the most important meal of the day and people who eat breakfast are generally slimmer than those who don't. Have a bowl of porridge or Weetabix instead. You'll be fuller for longer and won't be starving by lunchtime, thus reducing your chances of eating a very fatty meal or snacking.Mid-morning - either chopped, mxed melon or a bottled smoothie from work canteen with another cup of tea.
Sounds fine to me. Watch the sugar in smoothies though.Lunch - Deli bought toasted wrap, or tuna/salad with 2 mini pittas.
THe BBQ sauce you mentioned is probably full of sugar. Try to do without it.Snack - Fruit or two rice-cakes with Laughing Cow Light.
Rice cakes are pretty rubbish. Ryvita have a gorgeous cracker wit sunflower seeds and oats in them - try those instead.Dinner - Chicken fillet with black pepper, cooked in oven with salad & salad dressing
Sounds fine. You could steam the chicken if you wanted.(I had a whole packet of salted cashews one day for lunch but went VERY light on the dinner that evening, another day I had a chinese in the evening, chips and all and even a chicken ball or two, couldn't move for hours after it was so full eurgh)
100g of cashews has about 600 calories. Chinese/chips = awful, I'm sure you know. rubadub had a thread where he worked out that a take away had about 2,000 calories in it. Add chips onto that? You don't even want to think about it.Any tips or advice or encouragement to continue with this weight loss would be well appreciated. I absolutely LOVE food but I'm trying to tell myself I'll love myself alot more than I do at the moment if I just could love food a little less. I realise I won't continue to lose 9lbs a week but would love to have 3 stone gone in time for my holiday @ the end of May.
You want to lose 42 pounds in ~14 weeks? That's 3 pounds a week, or a calorie deficit of 10,500 per week. You'd have to work unbelievably hard to lose that. Not to rain on your parade either, but 9lbs in a week just isn't really possible. A lot of it may have been water. You should aim to lose 1-2 lbs per week.
Try to eat 6 small meals a day, it'll keep you fuller for longer and you won't have fasting periods where you're tempted to snack. SMALL is the key-word though.
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First off: Congratulations.I am drinking more water (boiled though, as I'm feeling cold alot so can't manage to have cold drinks just yet)
This is a sure sign that you're seriously under-eating. I've had that feeling before when I've been trying to "make weight" for a fight. Your body starts trying to conserve energy wherever possible. My advice: eat more, but still enough that you're losing weight. 9lb's in a week is way way way too much weight to be losing.
Didn't get a chance to read the rest of your post 'cos I'm in a bit of a rush. Promise to though.
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ApeXaviour wrote: »Yeah OP sorry for my tone
For what it's worth....I didn't see anything wrong with your tone. Anyway....Is mccambridges bread bad??
Pretty sure it's crap, yeah. Check the ingredients list. I use Brennans wholegrain for what it's worth. I wouldn't eat much of it though.I really can't cut out bread altogether.
No way. Good bread is brilliant.I was wondering too, whether deli bought wraps are very bad? I've have one with Chicken, peppers, chedder (I know...) and BBQ sauce for lunch a few times this week. I feel like a pig after eating one but almost orgasm whilst eating it - soooo delicious. Should I be cutting those out or could I leave them in there for a while?
Doesn't look like the end of the world to me, but not great either. I'd consider it a semi-cheat meal. Two cheat meals a week is a good guideline that I picked up somewhere (possibly the stickies in here).I'm eating very very light in the mornings so am starving by lunch-time and they really satisy my massive appetite
As the others have said....set yourself up at breakfast time. Porridge is a real winner when you're trying to lose weight. Keeps you going for ages and is really nice on your tummy. 60g of porridge made with water is only 220 odd calories if memory serves.I've also been replacing family dinners (tend to be piles of spuds or white rice with mince chicken stir-fry garlic bread and oven chips - the plate would be piled high!!) with a chicken salad or something light whiel the rest of them still gorge on all that's bad.
Well done. I'm sure that's very tough.I've cut out whole milk and replaced with skimmed, I've cut out sugar in tea, and started using sweeteners and I've practically turned into a lettuce leaf with all the salad I've been eating.
All really smart moves.I've drizzled tesco healthy living honey/mustard dressing on my tossed salads - only about two tbsps of it, is this very bad? Whats the best dressing to use if you want to lose weight? salad on it's own tends to be very bland.
I'd guess that two tablespoons is around 12 grammes or so. If you have an electronic scales (if you don't, I'd invest in one) best thing to do is stick the bottle on, zero the scales, take out your two tablespoons and stick the bottle back on. You'll be able to work it out yourself from the nutritional information on the bottle. I found doing stuff like this really really helpful.And what about low-fat mayo? I've been mixing a small tablespoon with some tuna (tinned in brine) and onions and having with salad & pitta/mccambridges for lunch or sometimes for dinner with a chicken fillet!
Sounds fine to me. Maybe replace the mc cambridges with ryvita or crackerbread.Any tips or advice or encouragement to continue with this weight loss would be well appreciated. I absolutely LOVE food but I'm trying to tell myself I'll love myself alot more than I do at the moment if I just could love food a little less. I realise I won't continue to lose 9lbs a week but would love to have 3 stone gone in time for my holiday @ the end of May.
As faith said already: 2lb's a week is a really good goal to maintain. edit: Just working with numbers here. Pretty impossible to lose 9lb's of fat in a week so some of it must have been water. Don't let that put you off. Just don't be surprised if you're up a bit. The important thing is that the /trend/ is downwards.
Some general tips:
Only weigh yourself once a week, in the buff, at the same time (after the morning pee is usually best, only because it gives you consistency.....your stomach is empty and you're relatively dehydrated so your /actual/ weight will be silghtly higher than it). Don't be put off if you only see a small difference from the week before. This can be caused by a large number of things. The important thing is that the trend is downwards.
The 6 meals a day thing works a treat.
Increased protein and veg as apex said. Also works a treat.
Porridge is great in the morning. Try mixing it up a bit if you're finding it boring. A tiny bit of jam. A few raisins. That kind of thing.
Make sure you have plenty of fruit to hand. It's good for snacking on and will fill you up a hell of a lot more than (for example) a biscuit. 1 medium apple is roughly = 1 digestive. When you're hungry, there's no question which is more filling.
The stickies on here are absolutely class. Chock full of really useful information. Use them to the absolute max.
If you want to keep a constant calorie deficit (e.g. to lose 2 lb's a week) I found it easier to exercise a bit and eat more. e.g. I wanted to have a deficit of 1000 calories a day to lose 2lb's a week. If I did no exercise that meant I could have like 1400 calories a day or something frightening. Absolutely impossible to maintain. So...walking to work, playing tennis, swimming, hitting the gym, hell even sitting in the sauna meant I could eat a lot more but still lose fat. This is all in the stickies anyway.
Generally avoid getting any calories from liquids.
edit: Last edit, I swear. Get a proper "before" picture of yourself. Let it all hang out. I'm down around 2 stone from my peak (and have gained muscle, so lost > 2 stone of fat). I don't have a proper before picture, but about 3 months ago I dug out a photo from a holiday I was on a few years ago. Was pretty shocked. Makes you feel great.
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Well done on getting started! I have a few criticisms though.
That's what I'm after, thanks for the quick response.Why are you having such a small breakfast?
Always in a massive rush in the mornings....lucky to even get time to peel a bananaTHe BBQ sauce you mentioned is probably full of sugar. Try to do without it.
Have to admit - just devoured another one of those wraps for my lunch. They are delicious and yes, the sauce is probably FULL to the brim with sugar, otherwise, why would I feel already addicted to the things? I'll def cut them down, maybe one a week or something as a treat.Rice cakes are pretty rubbish. Ryvita have a gorgeous cracker wit sunflower seeds and oats in them - try those instead.
Actually had bought ryvitas (sesame seed ones) the other day but just hadn't tried them.....thought I'd hate them but they're tasty and very satisfying! Good plan to swap Rice Cakes for those.100g of cashews has about 600 calories. Chinese/chips = awful, I'm sure you know. rubadub had a thread where he worked out that a take away had about 2,000 calories in it. Add chips onto that? You don't even want to think about it.
Maybe I'll have a chinese take-away once a month instead of once a week You want to lose 42 pounds in ~14 weeks? That's 3 pounds a week, or a calorie deficit of 10,500 per week. You'd have to work unbelievably hard to lose that. Not to rain on your parade either, but 9lbs in a week just isn't really possible. A lot of it may have been water. You should aim to lose 1-2 lbs per week.
Well I'm trying to lose "weight" and whether that 9lb was made up of mainly water or a mix of fat and water I'm just glad that I've shed the lbs and am carrying around 9lbs less this week. It's a genuine reading, same scales (digital one), same clothes, same time of day exactly one week later, 9lbs lighter (on the scales) I weighed myself yesterday morning first thing in my PJs and again the same thing today and was 2lb lighter than yesterday. I do understand that usually my weight creeps up a lb or 2 as the day goes on but usually by evening I'm down to what I was in the morning again, or less. I know the weight is dropping off quickly because I've just started and have so much excess but if I've lost 9lb already, then I realistically only have to lose 33 lbs in 13 weeks, which is about 2.5 lbs per week from now on. Also, I reckon I'll lose more than 3 lbs this week meaning my total weight loss for the 1st two weeks would be around 12 or 13 meaning I can average out the weight loss to even less per week from now until end of May....if you get me? Am I making any sense?!? At all? ha
I have to stop weighing myself though, the weight loss is bound to solw up a bit and I'll drive myself demented. Have to set a day to weigh myself, possibly Sundays.And don't forget that breakfast is the most important meal of all.
I'm working on it!Thanks a million for your long response. All taken on board I had two ryvitas (not the sunflower seed, but the sesame seed ones) this morning with mashed banana instead of my usual banana. 0 -
Always in a massive rush in the mornings....lucky to even get time to peel a banana
I know this won't be a popular idea, but try getting up 15 minutes earlier every day so you have time for breakfast. You'll be doing yourself a massive favour - not only will it help you lose weight and control your eating, you'll probably find you're a lot calmer throughout the day too.
(If I was to get up 15 mins earlier every morning, I'd be in bed an hour earlier the night before in preparation - but you mightn't be as lazy as me! )Have to admit - just devoured another one of those wraps for my lunch. They are delicious and yes, the sauce is probably FULL to the brim with sugar, otherwise, why would I feel already addicted to the things? I'll def cut them down, maybe one a week or something as a treat.
Definitely, it's good to have treats. You'd go crazy without them. Try playing around with different sanwich fillings - I find half an avocado mashed up with a teaspoon of light mayo makes a great replacement for other sauces. I randomly stumbled across my favourite sandwich in the world over a year ago when I had an odd assortment of ingredients (spinach, tomatoes, avocado and apple).Actually had bought ryvitas (sesame seed ones) the other day but just hadn't tried them.....thought I'd hate them but they're tasty and very satisfying! Good plan to swap Rice Cakes for those.
They sound just as good! Maybe I'll have a chinese take-away once a month instead of once a week
Definitely try and cut back on that! If you're going to have a take-away, plan in advance to do more exercise to combat it, and eat less during the rest of the day.Well I'm trying to lose "weight" and whether that 9lb was made up of mainly water or a mix of fat and water I'm just glad that I've shed the lbs and am carrying around 9lbs less this week. It's a genuine reading, same scales (digital one), same clothes, same time of day exactly one week later, 9lbs lighter (on the scales) I weighed myself yesterday morning first thing in my PJs and again the same thing today and was 2lb lighter than yesterday. I do understand that usually my weight creeps up a lb or 2 as the day goes on but usually by evening I'm down to what I was in the morning again, or less. I know the weight is dropping off quickly because I've just started and have so much excess but if I've lost 9lb already, then I realistically only have to lose 33 lbs in 13 weeks, which is about 2.5 lbs per week from now on. Also, I reckon I'll lose more than 3 lbs this week meaning my total weight loss for the 1st two weeks would be around 12 or 13 meaning I can average out the weight loss to even less per week from now until end of May....if you get me? Am I making any sense?!? At all? ha
That's great! But don't forget that, as you lose weight, your daily calories needs go down, simply because your body is doing less work. There's some great stickies in here and in the Fitness forum for figuring out your basal metabolic rate, or how many calories you'd burn if you just lay in bed all day. You can then figure out how many you need for weight loss/maintanence.I have to stop weighing myself though, the weight loss is bound to solw up a bit and I'll drive myself demented. Have to set a day to weigh myself, possibly Sundays.
Yeah, only weigh yourself once a week. I do mine on Saturday mornings.I'm working on it!Thanks a million for your long response. All taken on board I had two ryvitas (not the sunflower seed, but the sesame seed ones) this morning with mashed banana instead of my usual banana.
It's my pleasure. You're off to a great start, keep it up! Maybe start a food diary too?0 -
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ApeXaviour, Khannie, rubadub, DublinWriter - thanks to all of ye for your replies aswell. When I manage to get online it's never for long so that's why you haven't received replies.
but I've taken everything each of you said on-board. Thanks
And Faith again, I will try that getting to bed early thing but by the time my daughter is in bed it's always almost 9pm and I like to have a least several hours to myself after that. Find it very hard to discipline myself to get to bed early. Even last night, I was physically IN bed before 11:30, but read for at least an hour. Had the ryvita with banana again today and it's amazing, as I get used to my new diet, even bananas are beginning to taste WAYYY too sweet for my liking.
One of you mentioned grapefruit - detest the stuff. Not going to eat something that I actualy dislike eating...not worht it.
Went into work today and there was 3 cadburys roses sitting under my computer monitor - happens v. often @ work as I'm not ther ein the afternoons so someone will leave a few for me or any other absent colleagues if there's any goodies going around. I resisted them, wasn't even tempted, for a few hours, then coming near to lunch-time I ate all 3 of them. They tasted good! I know they won't help me lose weight but I'll be extra good this evening so hopefully they won't havetoo much of a negative affect.
As for veg, I'm not getting enugh veg and have rarely had a hot dinner since I began so I need to start planning evening meals better to include veg and proper meat, can't live on chicken fillets and tuna for the rest of my life either....
Hmm....as for the scales, didn't get near them this morning, but am 2lb lighter right now than I was yesterday. If this continues, according to the scales, I should be a stone lighter next Sunday than I was 2 weeks previous. After that, my goal is 3lb per week for 4 weeks and 2 lbs per week for 8 weeks (added onto the stone in the first two weeks - probably mainly water and absolute excess baggage......gives me three stone in total ) If I only shed 2 or 2.5 in total between now and the end of May, I'll still be happy as I realise the weight will start coming off slower as the weeks go by, but I'll still give it a lash!
After that I'd really like to shed another 3 stone but hopefully I'll have set in place a proper diet/lifestyle for myself to stick to in future and with excercise I might even reach my ultimate goal. So fingers crossed I have the will-power to continue on the road I'm on and thanks for all your supprt and sugestions so far.0 -
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Aw ****e, why is McCambridges bread bad? I thought because it was wholegrain and high in fibre it'd be good for me? That's my entire "healthy" breakfast ruined
McCambridges bread is very good. Its the main bread that Weight Watchers recommend. I did weight watchers about 3 years ago and that was pretty much the only bread i used and it tastes yummy. It aided me in losing almost 2 stone in a few months. Unfortunately I stopped going and have put it all back on ... really wanna lose it but have so little motivation despite a holiday to Canada coming up and my boyfriends 21st and wanting to look great and get a new dress for it ... dunno what's wrong with me. Having a full time job where you're sitting at an office desk all day doesn't help either !!! Last time I was working in a restaurant and on my feet all day !!!
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dunno what's wrong with me. Having a full time job where you're sitting at an office desk all day doesn't help either !!! Last time I was working in a restaurant and on my feet all day !!!
It's pretty clear what's wrong with you - you're not exercising. Working as a waitress is stressful and takes a lot of energy. You're always running around. If you switched to a desk job and didn't maintain a similar level of exercise, no wonder you put it all back on. Well done on losing it the first time, and if you did it once, you can do it again! Get out there, go for a jog, join a gym, whatever - you'll soon start losing weight again!
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It's pretty clear what's wrong with you - you're not exercising. Working as a waitress is stressful and takes a lot of energy. You're always running around. If you switched to a desk job and didn't maintain a similar level of exercise, no wonder you put it all back on. Well done on losing it the first time, and if you did it once, you can do it again! Get out there, go for a jog, join a gym, whatever - you'll soon start losing weight again!
Try keeping a food diary too.
Yeah did fall back on my walks a fair bit. Joined a two seperate gym's in the past year or so and it's just not for me. Last time I lost it I just went out for a 40 minute brisk walk every 2nd evening at least along with pointing my food the Weight Watchers way. I think when you're going to the meetings you feel more pressured to go out and walk or stay away from the bad food. Can't afford to be spending that money on meetings though when I should have the willpower to do it myself anyway !!!0 -
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