Blonde will make thin ....Here we go again !

[RED-DOG]

Yesterday's food.

Breakfast. Eggs on toast.

Lunch.
Nothing.

Dinner.
Large T bone steak with all the fixin's.
Bread and butter pudding / sticky toffee pudding. (we shared)

Sundries.
Beer.
Extra mature Cheddar.
Chocolate.
Red wine.

Total calories.
3000 +

Starting weight. 14st 7 1/2lb.
Target weight. 13st.
Today's weight. 13st 13 1/4.

That's a gain of almost 4lb so far this week, but I don't mind. I didn't fall off the wagon, I made a conscious decision to eat. This is a lifetime diet. I have to be able to let go once in a while.

I'll be back on track by Sunday.

[StuartHopkin]

Start weight 15st 2 1/4lb
Target weight 14st
Current weight 14st 13lb
Gain/Loss -0st 3 1/4lb
To target 13lb

Current 5k time = 33mins 58sec (06/02/13)

Hopeful to try and be a bit more serious about this starting next week..........

Only need to lose a lb a week.

[tikay]

Starting weight; 14st 0.5lb, February 1st

Target - 12 stone.

Week Two Target - 3lbs loss.

1st Feb - 14st 0.5lb

2nd Feb - 13st 13.5lbs

3rd Feb - 13st 11lbs

4th Feb - 13st 10lbs

5th Feb - 13st 10lbs

6th Feb - 13st 8.5lbs

7th Feb - 13st 7.5lbs

8th Feb - 13st 7lbs


WEEK ONE loss =  7.5lbs.

9th Feb - 13st 7lbs.

10th Feb - 13st 6lbs

11th Feb - 13st 6.5lbs

12th Feb - 13st - 6lbs

13th Feb - 13st 5.5lbs

Week Two Loss so far = 1.5lbs.

TOTAL loss so far, after 9 days, = 9lbs.


Yesterday's Intake;

1 x latte.

4 x Ryvita with Phili-Lite & sliced fresh toms.

1 x Slim-a-Soup

Grilled chicken breast, with 2 poached eggs, half tin chopped tomatoes & an oxo cube, sliced beetroot & fresh pineapple.

1 x LF Yogy

Half punnet of fresh strawbwerries

0.5lb fresh grapes

2 Rice Cakes

[TightEnd]

Yesterday was a good day. I have tried to do the EvilPie thing

Tuesday

Breakfast

2x weetabix,  129 cal 1g fat
semi skimmed milk 48 cal 1.6g fat
Apple 53 cal 0.1g fat
Tea, semi skimmed milk 29 cal 0.5g fat

Post on thread.....

Lunch

Chicken Soup : 185 cal (as per can) 8.1g fat
Apple 53 cal 0.1g fat
Tea/ss milk 77 cal 2.1g fat

Early evening

Chilli

200g lean minced beef  260 cal 10g fat
Kidney beans (plenty) 215 cal 1.5g fat
tomato puree 30 cal
half an onion 16 cal 0.2g fat
chilli powder

Small Jacket Potato c 250g weight  300 cal 0.4g fat

Carrots, Beans (lots) estimate  80 cal 1.2 fat



Evening

Tea  77 cal 2.1g fat
3 x rich tea biscuits to dunk 225 cal 9.9g fat
Apple 53 cal 0.1g fat

Drink 3 litres water during the day

totals  1949 cals 38.9g fat

30 minute brisk walk


using http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk/calories/calorie_counter.htm

http://caloriecount.about.com/

and food labels


Medical advice I last had was to be under 2200 cals a day given my age and build and current BMI.


Actually posting on the thread concentrated the mind during the afternoon/evening

Welcome all advice

There is several stone to come off, but I'm frankly embarrassed to quote weight figures on here.

[tikay]

That is a BRILLIANT start Rich, very well done.

No need to Post your weight if it embarrasses you, but remember, we are all, relatively speaking, fatties here, & we are working together, helping each other.

Hope you have just as good a day today.

Once you get 3 or 4 days in, it'll be easy, & fun, especially once you start to see & feel the benefits. 

SO pleased for you.

[EvilPie]

This is absolutely brilliant Rich.

By obsessing about the numbers in an almost ocd way it becomes like an obsession. You'll get addicted to keeping the fat and calories down to a reasonable level and that'll replace your other temptations.

You'll start to read every label when you're shopping and picking out the lower fat options just to keep your numbers right.

It's just a start but that's the biggest hurdle so seriously well done for doing this straight away.

Also I wouldn't worry about posting your weight. Let's just be honest about it mate, we all know you and we all know you're overweight. Nobody's going to be particularly shocked whatever the number is.

Just get over it and do it would be my advice. You'll get nothing but support here as long as you're putting the effort in and the boost you'll get from telling us how much you've lost will be fantastic.

[RED-DOG]

Terrific start Rich.

Keep it going. Make a pact with yourself to post both your successes and your failures.

Everyone is in it with you.

[TightEnd]

thanks

Not a single craving so far today, but the test will be in 4-7 days time. that's typically when I buckle. Might post up what it feels like, at the time. Won't be pretty, but anyway. Might get a tip or two

going to try the freeze the bread trick!

[kinboshi]

Yesterday was a good day. I have tried to do the EvilPie thing

Tuesday

Breakfast

2x weetabix,  129 cal 1g fat
semi skimmed milk 48 cal 1.6g fat
Apple 53 cal 0.1g fat
Tea, semi skimmed milk 29 cal 0.5g fat

Post on thread.....

Lunch

Chicken Soup : 185 cal (as per can) 8.1g fat
Apple 53 cal 0.1g fat
Tea/ss milk 77 cal 2.1g fat

Early evening

Chilli

200g lean minced beef  260 cal 10g fat
Kidney beans (plenty) 215 cal 1.5g fat
tomato puree 30 cal
half an onion 16 cal 0.2g fat
chilli powder

Small Jacket Potato c 250g weight  300 cal 0.4g fat

Carrots, Beans (lots) estimate  80 cal 1.2 fat



Evening

Tea  77 cal 2.1g fat
3 x rich tea biscuits to dunk 225 cal 9.9g fat
Apple 53 cal 0.1g fat

Drink 3 litres water during the day

totals  1949 cals 38.9g fat

30 minute brisk walk


using http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk/calories/calorie_counter.htm

http://caloriecount.about.com/

and food labels


Medical advice I last had was to be under 2200 cals a day given my age and build and current BMI.


Actually posting on the thread concentrated the mind during the afternoon/evening

Welcome all advice

There is several stone to come off, but I'm frankly embarrassed to quote weight figures on here.

Sounds like a very balanced diet there, and a good amount.

If you wanted to be more selective, you could knock off some fat/calories with a different choice of soup and the same with the biscuits.  But that's only nit-picking.

[tikay]

thanks

Not a single craving so far today, but the test will be in 4-7 days time. that's typically when I buckle. Might post up what it feels like, at the time. Won't be pretty, but anyway. Might get a tip or two

going to try the freeze the bread trick!

If the first 5 or 6 days goes to plan, you will sail through that first "test", you really will.

The thing is self-motivating, when you see & feel the success, it has its own momentum.

I do that OCD thing when I buy stuff, I know the Kcals in EVERY product I buy, & I check each one carefully, & know them off by heart. So when I have a snack, or meal, I can make a mental note of how many calories I am eating.

If only you were OCD, it'd be easy.  Oh, wait.....

[Leatherman]

Great start Tighty

Were all with ya pal

[tikay]

Here's a great afternoon snack, Rich.

4 x Ryvitas, with lashings of Phili Extra Lite, & as many slices of fresh tomato as you can balance on them, all for around 200 calories.

Add a "Slim-A-Soup" & you are still south of 250.

[TightEnd]

OCD works on cricket averages, height of floodlights etc

I've never ever got it to work for food.

Funny old world, the human brain.

I am going to post on here when I am being tested,mentally. I've never sailed through once 4-5 days have gone to plan!

[Marky147]

Nice start Rich well done, I'm a carb binger myself too... More of the sweet variety, Haagen Daz, Lindt, but I have been known to murder a Tiger loaf in a day too


I've not got access to it at the moment, but I've got an Excel product which is amazing to use for dieting. You enter all your details into it age/height/weight and it will tell you your BMR.

If you PM me an email, I'll send it over as soon as I can for you to have a look at. It's really easy and even I managed to operate it with no problems so you'll be fine

From that you can work out how many calories you lop off in order to drop weight. 500 a day for 1lb, 1000 a day for 2lb etc.

With regards to the missing meals, when I'm monitoring what I eat I go by the basis IIFYM 'If it fits your macros'.

I have daily targets that I have devised from the calculator I mentioned earlier and my target for the day is to get somewhere close to the numbers in that. It doesn't matter if I eat 6 meals or 2, as long as I hit the protein/carb/fat targets for the day it's all good!

I actually enjoy trying to hit the targets once my head is into it and it becomes a game of sorts

[millidonk]

Norrrrrrrrrrr,

I wasn't going to read thread as I knew it would make me feel guilty as I was making plans for an unhealthy tea, but then I saw all the posts and wondered what was going on. Great work Tighatmous! you have inspired me not to pig out tonight and to get back on the wagon properly.

So far this week:

Mon: 0600 - Gym, 0730 - 1/2 tin grapefruit segments in natural juice, 1230 tin of soup, 1830 - 2200 bbq chicken wings, ham/cheese toastie x2, popcorn, toffee crisp, toast with peanut butter and jam

Tue: 0600 - Gym, 0730 - 1/2 tin grapefruit segments in natural juice, 1230 tin of soup, 1830 - 2200 5 pancakes with everything, chocolate bar, micro chicken burger, big bag of onion rings

Wed: 0730 - 1/2 tin grapefruit segments in natural juice, 1230 will be a tin of tomato soup, 1830 - Was planning on an Indian

It is clear, I don't snack enough in the day and eat pure shit at night

Tighty to give you some comfort that you're not alone in the figures department: Current weight 24st dead, highest of last year 25st 7, lowest 22st 4.

Let's dooooooooo this.