From a Christmas Pudding to a Christmas Cracker - Weight Loss Motivation

CheerLouth wrote: »

Glad to be in good company, Loughc :P

Thanks for the tip! will take a look at that site!

I'm with you both - can put the weigh on no problem, but losing it is slow and painful process.

Anyway, I started this morning - well I set myself up last night with fruit and veg shop and even roasted a chicken breast for my lunches. I'm now 9st 9....which is a gain of 7 lbs since I started eating extra at the start of the December on the 'ah feic it, it's Christmas' basis.

Need to get back to 8.5 st or below now....as I already had holiday gains before my Christmas gains. I'm going to follow the WW SP plan from about 2 years ago as I have all the info & I just need to stick to the plan.

Leslie Sansone does great exercise walking videos on You Tube - you can get 1/2/3 mile walks, so you can do whatever you have time for on any given day without leaving the house......especially if the weather is bad.

What are syns?

I did six days straight in the gym, today is my first rest day. Mainly weights with some HIT thrown in (not that much as I am time restricted). I am mostly sticking to the diet, mostly as in I am not taking as many protein shakes as are in this diet as I am can't fit them in. Strangely enough I would easily fit in a portion of cods and chips though.

Week 2 of my programme starts tomorrow. I have failed in my plan of throwing in a 5k and a 10k this week due to laziness. I would like to do one tonight but its date night and I won't get away with it.

The couch to 5k is great. I had the third of my leg surgeries and was 113kg but still saw myself as a svelte 24 year old galloping around the pitch until I meet my GF (now OH). I regaled her with my past athlete prowess (I must not have looked in a mirror much). So one evening we went for a jog. Now I had not been too log off crutches but I couldn't jog. Not kidding, I thought I was having a heart attack in my 20's. After her laughing a lot and me crying (not really) we settled with small goals. I started trying to jog for a minute then walk for a minute. It was embarrassing, I used to train twice a day and I couldnt make a minute. But baby steps got me back.

I need to do that again now. My 10k times are creeping up and I am getting heavier an older.

Good man/elf. The hardest bit for me is actually physically getting out of bed then the rest is grand. I am in work by 7.30am so my alarm is 5.10am, drive to gym near work, workout, shower and drive 5 mins to work. By 6pm im shattered.

Fair play Jude and Loughc on the early morning gym sessions! I'm in my gym gear so that I don't have an excuse to not get out at lunchtime for a walk. Might try a bit of a jog. Used to be great at the running before I had the kids, even did a marathon once. Now I'd die if I had to run to the end of the road

Realised last night that we still have loads of crap in the house. Came home from work and Mr. CL had found another two selection boxes so now we had 4 sitting on top of the microwave :eek: He was going off for work for a few days so while he was packing his food bag, I was throwing in selection boxes, biscuits, pringles etc. :pac::pac:

I get up at 5.45am but between getting myself ready, the kids ready for school, lunches sorted etc & having to be out of the house by 7.10 to catch the train I have no time for morning exercise at all, that all stopped when the kids came along.

I managed to get 1n hour in on the bike last night, 400 cals & 25k covered & i was sweating buckets & managed some light weight routines afterwards but had such an urge to get stuck into a tube of pringles or bag of doritos that i ended up giving in & having some paprika pringles... i felt so downhearted after... I put it down to the first day back in work blues.

Tonight though herself is off to SW so I'll get the kids to bed & do at least 30k on the bike with no goodies after... need to get back in the zone big time!! Have to start drinking lots more water too, I used to be great for that but have let that slide.

I agree with Jude, the diet for me is the killer. I'm used to training as other than a year or so after retiring from competetive sport I've been training most of my life, my issue is I love my grub & the obese man inside of me could easily win out if I didnt beat him down repeatedly! Once I gte my head back in the zone I'll be fine but seeing all the food left over from christmas at home is making it a harder process than it should be.

Ditto, salty food....drool. I also have a half flat freezing cold large bottle of full fat coke in the fridge staring at me. I should really dump it. It was left behind by someone who was at our house over Christmas.

I am so lucky I don't live in Ireland, chipper chips...

Jude13 wrote: »

Ditto, salty food....drool. I also have a half flat freezing cold large bottle of full fat coke in the fridge staring at me. I should really dump it. It was left behind by someone who was at our house over Christmas.

I am so lucky I don't live in Ireland, chipper chips...

Boil a ham in it. I usually chuck a ham in the slow cooker with any leftover full fat coke from a party. Works in a pan too.

Back from my walk/jog. Walked the loop around our house which isn't very far & then went into the football pitch & ran around that once, then jogged home. Had to stop once or twice but made it. Feeling much better for it too Will try to do it again on Thursday

Just been to visit a local (to work) gym, was very impressed so I think I'll commit to the fees for a while. I injured my back really badly 2 months ago, i still have a lot of pain so i need to be sensible and rehab it properly. I actually am ok with my body as it is - I'm fat, but that's ok tbh - but I hate hate HATE that I stopped going to the gym and lifting weights etc. I don't think I'm going to do much with diet (except keep doing my best to make sensible choices) but I really need to get more active. Working at a desk job then spending most of my spare time trying to study and do college work is wreaking havoc on my body. It's why my back got so messed up.

If we are sharing recipes do they go in this thread or is it better to set up a new thread so that they don’t get lost in the chat?

This is a lovely bread made from porridge oats

B&C look after that back, not something I would mess with.

CheerL nice work elfo!!

Had date night last night and yesterday was my rest day, it wasn't meant to be my cheat day but we went out for an Indian and have left overs for dinner tonight so I had to curb my carb intake all yesterday.

Got to the gym this morning, drop the cardio HIT as I just don't have time for it before work, so just weights, so I will need run tonight.

As DvB was saying my plan will all change when the new baby arrives. I am planning to do the first feed, hit the gym and then work. We shall see.

Weigh day for me! Not expecting amazing results as I had a few slips in the week! But will still go and aim for better next week! Threw the last of the Quality Street in the bin last night as they were only the orange & strawberry ones left that no one likes & no point in holding on to them as I'd only eat them in a moment of desperation while commenting that I hate them

Can feel my legs a little sore from my jog yesterday but a good sore!

Animals the lot of you. Give me the blue coconut ones and I'll be happy.

Anyway the plan is to go for a small jog tonight. I have been told to bring the mutt which will mean it will be short. She loves to bark at other dogs whilst out. I have a waist leash which is handy but its trying to stop her being a sledge dog and pulling me down the road thats the problem

Your wife sounds like my type of gal, DvB - don't let chocolate go to waste, even the horrid ones! I went thru the tub of QS pretty much on my own as I do every year. Mr. CL doesn't like chocolate (weirdo) & had about two out of it. Every year, he says "are you going to eat them all by yourself" and every year, my proud response is "yep" :pac::o:P

Think we should do a quality street exchange thread on this forum

My strawberry, coconut and fudge will go in the bin. Love all the chewy caramels and toffee penny, then both green, oranges and purple. Soft caramels I can take or leave.

I fell off the wagon a little yesterday and opened a tube of pringles. Won't get back on until Monday as it's my birthday weekend but I'm determined to start back on Monday. Honest!