Team UK - August2010

terrijayne

hey team uk..ive been here for 50 days now and finally lost 1 stone!!! i live in dorset and am slightly disabled but mfp is awesome and has heklped me loads...can i join the team then??

kpnuts23

Goooood morning UK! :flowerforyou:

I hope you are all ok and had good weekends.. Mat i have noted the cheeky Chinese you had!! lol dont worry i am exactly the same after a few voddys... always have something crap to eat!! Oops!

So i had a pretty good weekend by all accounts... i usually overeat/binge/dont go to the gym... but this weekend was different.
After the amazing detox which i started on Tuesday 10th Aug, i didnt want to ruin all my hard work... here are my results

Start weight - 10 stone 10lbs.
Finish Weight 10stone 3lbs....!!!! :noway:
My eyes nearly fell out my head when i saw the number on the scales.. somehow i dont think my ticker is correct.. ill have a look at that soon! :laugh:

so anyways.. back to my weekend... didnt drink andy booze apart from a small glass of Rose with my roast on Sunday..Went to the gym n burnt about 640cals so i felt like i desearved one!

Today i feel fabulous!! my mini goal in my head is 10stone.. which i would like to be before i go to France on the 4th September! *Fingers crossed i get there* :drinker:

Whats everyone elses goals for this month?

KP

kpnuts23

hey team uk..ive been here for 50 days now and finally lost 1 stone!!! i live in dorset and am slightly disabled but mfp is awesome and has heklped me loads...can i join the team then??

TERRI - Well done on the 1stone weight loss.. thats great!! Of course you can join the team! look forward to reading your posts!! :flowerforyou:

Matt_S_1978

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Well done on a huge drop there, that's one good detox clearly.

I don't think I need to drink any more vodka. I had 7 yesterday and didn't feel even the slightest bit tipsy. I reckon the diet coke and all it's bad additives stops the alcohol from forming in my brain haha. What a waste of £30. London vodka is not cheap !!

No more chinese for a while now. Can't wait to go food shopping tonight - but buying the correct kind of foods.

erikazj

Hey guys - I've been a bit slack on the posting, although I have been lurking and reading.

Welcome to all the newbies, good luck with all your goals :happy:

Things are going slow for me at the moment, I'm in the last 8 pounds or so of my loss and it is going, but it is going slowly! I've deliberately set my cals for quite a slow loss as I'm running a lot at the moment for the training for the half marathon, and I need the fuel! August is always a bit dire for me as there are quite a few birthdays (including my own), and we generally have a few days off work.

My goals for the rest of this month is to make sure I do all my scheduled running, and to hopefully lose a pound.

Take care everyone,

Erika

queenmedusa

Hi everyone!

Hope you're all having a good day

There was an abundance of cake at work today but I didn't have any of them :noway: I was really pleased with myself since I'm normally a sucker for a pretty cake (esp. cream ones). In fact the smell of the calories turned my stomach and I went back to my desk and ate fruit! :laugh:

Also had my first Graze box delivered today. I really liked the selection they sent me so if anyone else has been thinking about trying a box but haven't yet taken the plunge you can use the following incentive code on their website - you'll get the first box free and the second for half price (normally £2.99 inc postage): R9R7GB3N

Off for a walk to the post office now (a couple of miles for the round trip) and might get myself some fruit for later. Considering doing a 1 day detox later this week but not sure if it's worth doing for one day.

Matt_S_1978

What's a graze box ?

lauz45

I don't think I need to drink any more vodka. I had 7 yesterday and didn't feel even the slightest bit tipsy. I reckon the diet coke and all it's bad additives stops the alcohol from forming in my brain haha. What a waste of £30. London vodka is not cheap !!

You know, the exact same thing happens to me! I can drink vodka and diet coke all night (my low cal drink of choice, bye bye guinness and black ) and not get tipsy. May as well just drink the diet coke and save some money!

Matt_S_1978

In London I think the coke is more expensive than the shot of voddy.

beckiboo

That sounds like a fab detox! What did it involve? I was thinking about doing one, but probably just fruit, veg, rice etc - can't be too drastic because of the breastfeeding.

Mat - I've not had a graze box but I've seen them advertised. The company sends you a box of healthy snacks (dried fruit, nuts etc) and the idea is that you leave it on your desk (for example) and snack on it throughout the day. Www.graze.com I think

kpnuts23

In London I think the coke is more expensive than the shot of voddy.

:laugh:

queenmedusa

What's a graze box ?

Thanks Becki for kicking this off. They're a food delivery service set up by the LoveFilm people. You can set up a delivery for how ever often you want one (I'm having one delivery per week). They send you a box with 4 little compartments filled with nuts and seeds or dried fruit or flapjack or crackers. You can select what you like and don't like so they'll never send you stuff you don't like. I've said I don't like the unhealthier things like chocolate! The best thing is that the calories are already in MFP so you can see up front what'd do you the most damage and 'Bin it' so that Graze don't send it to you Their idea is that you graze throughout the day to keep your blood sugars level but I must admit that I wouldn't want to eat it all in one day as mine came to over 700 cals (because of the nuts they sent). Will see how I get on but for the price I'm very impressed by what I received

MairiK

Hi everyone another newbie here, only joined mfp last Wednesday and am really enjoying the experience. Like many here i don't have a special reason/occasion for losing, just that i need to do it. I have decided that it's time I put myself first, look after me for a change.
I'm enjoying finding my way around this site and reading other people's stories.
Nice to meet you all

Matt_S_1978

Yeah I have a dangerous habit of once a nut, always a nut. I consumed a whole tub of mixed nuts from Asda once, it had pine nuts in it and it gave me metal mouth for a week. Was nasty !!

Matt_S_1978

Hi everyone another newbie here, only joined mfp last Wednesday and am really enjoying the experience. Like many here i don't have a special reason/occasion for losing, just that i need to do it. I have decided that it's time I put myself first, look after me for a change.
I'm enjoying finding my way around this site and reading other people's stories.
Nice to meet you all

That's as good a reason as any. Good luck with it.

sim247

Beckiboo - I am also interested in maybe doing a detox for a short while but I like my food too much! Like the idea of being able to eat rice etc. Maybe I am looking on the wrong sites for detox advice.........

queenmedusa

Yeah I have a dangerous habit of once a nut, always a nut.

LOL - yup, sounds about right. I love Levi Roots reggae reggae nut mix but I looked at the cals at the weekend :sad: Needless to say I'll never buy them until I develop the will power to put the packet down :laugh: Pine nuts are not ones that you want to snack on tho as they're too expensive. Gotta save those little dudes for pesto and salads only. But no metal mouth (I hate that!)

Ms_Natalie

Hi guys...I would love to join! I'm from south wales :flowerforyou: and have been on MFP since April of this year and have managed to lose just under 32lbs! I am stuck at a plateau at the mo and after a seriously bad day today...I have decided to jump back on the wagon and give it my absolute everything! :happy:

I believe this group will hold me accountable and help push me along...and hopefully I can offer support to you guys too :happy: I would love to lose 8lbs by the end of september and this will push me intothe 10 stone region! I cannot remember the last time I weighed in at under 11 stone!

Please feel free to add me as a friend! and good luck to everyone for this week! :flowerforyou:

Ms_Natalie :happy:

beckiboo

Hi Ms_Natalie & Mairiki! :flowerforyou:

I lost 2.5lbs this week! Yay! I wanted to reach 155 this month which takes me to a BMI of 25, so I've only got 1.5lb to go until I reach it. Which means I'll hopefully be in the 10 stone range by the end of the month! So excited! :happy:

JimJam87

Hi eveyone, hope you're all having a good week so far :flowerforyou:
I went to an exercise at DW gym last night called Twisted Candy, has anyone tried it? It was sooooo much fun, it was like a dance aerobics class but different genres, so we did some hip hop and a bit of salsa as well. I loved it but I'm achey today! According to my HRM I burned nearly 550 cals too

Ms_Natalie

Hi eveyone, hope you're all having a good week so far :flowerforyou:
I went to an exercise at DW gym last night called Twisted Candy, has anyone tried it? It was sooooo much fun, it was like a dance aerobics class but different genres, so we did some hip hop and a bit of salsa as well. I loved it but I'm achey today! According to my HRM I burned nearly 550 cals too

wow, that's a fantastic burn! It takes me nearly 50minutes of brisk jogging to get to that sort of calorie burn :happy:
Today is a new day and I really am feeling optimistic! I'm going to jump on the treadmill this afternoon and aim for 4.5 miles/ or maybe even 5 if I feel up to it :laugh: I need to bump start my metabolism and hopefully I'll see a shift on the scales this friday. I'm even thinking of starting my own blog...maybe this will keep me determined and hold me accountable.

Thanks everyone for your warm welcomes. Have a great day everyone :flowerforyou:

thecountess

just saying hi on this posting im from lancashire and continuing to start dieting or dieting to continue dieting ...either way im here in the past ive always concentrated on food but this time ive decided to try and actually do more aswell so im sticking on a pedometer .but cant find anywhere on the site to enter pedometer step readings each day ...am i missing something

JimJam87

just saying hi on this posting im from lancashire and continuing to start dieting or dieting to continue dieting ...either way im here in the past ive always concentrated on food but this time ive decided to try and actually do more aswell so im sticking on a pedometer .but cant find anywhere on the site to enter pedometer step readings each day ...am i missing something

Where in wonderful Lancs are you from? I'm from Blackburn x

JimJam87

just saying hi on this posting im from lancashire and continuing to start dieting or dieting to continue dieting ...either way im here in the past ive always concentrated on food but this time ive decided to try and actually do more aswell so im sticking on a pedometer .but cant find anywhere on the site to enter pedometer step readings each day ...am i missing something

Where in wonderful Lancs are you from? I'm from Blackburn x

STUPID SLOW COMPUTER MAKING ME DOUBLE POST! :grumble:

James501

Hey again to all the newbies. Great to see so many of you joining us losers:laugh:

Think this is by far the most members of team UK we have ever had.

Hope you are all finding this board as helpfull as i do.

Ok my friends i need your support in the next 2 weeks. 4lbs still to go before the end of the month and i really could do with a little support. Your positive words and any little tips would be brilliant to keep my eye on the prize. x

Hows everyone else doing this month?

malboroman

A few more pounds down this week so happy-days! I was definitely craving some fried chicken tonight (why are there so many chicken shacks on my walk home?) but have managed to resist.

yvonnej1

Hows everyone else doing this month?

Pretty gutted about putting on 2lb last week. Hoping I can get back on track though as I don't want to start putting back on the weight I've worked hard to lose.

lauz45

I feel like i'm doing okay, still fit treats into my calorie allowance (I should have fruit instead of a truffle or fab lolly but hey ho), not got enough exercise in though, going to make sure I do the 30 day shred tomorrow, and fit in a run. I've ordered some shiny new scales from amazon so I can see accurately what I weigh/lose and my body fat percentage, so that'll be good.

I'm doing a 5 day expedition next week for the duke of edinburgh gold award (my work force us to!) so going to burn squillions of calories next week! Just need to buy some lower cal boil in the bag meals, i'm not having 2000 a day like they expect us to with the ration packs they give out!

erikazj

Hey again to all the newbies. Great to see so many of you joining us losers:laugh:

Think this is by far the most members of team UK we have ever had.

Hope you are all finding this board as helpfull as i do.

Ok my friends i need your support in the next 2 weeks. 4lbs still to go before the end of the month and i really could do with a little support. Your positive words and any little tips would be brilliant to keep my eye on the prize. x

Hows everyone else doing this month?

You can do it James! Really watch the sodium, drink loads of water and be good

wizzywig

Hi everyone

I have been filling up on veggies and fruit, trying to keep away from the naughty biccys who are calling eat me, eat me. Managed to do a bit of exercise this morning too, and found an exercise website on the internet so did another 15 mins this evening.

Lauz45 I have some scales that tell me what my body mass index is as well as fat percentage and how hydrated I am. I must drink more water, but I always forget. The scales tell me that my fat weighs nearly 3 stone!!!! and my BMI is 28.6 (mind you it was 29.4 in October 09) so I suppose I am on the right track now, I'm just so impatient, that's why this site is so good for me, I used to give up because I wasn't seeing any results, but now I am logging my calories, checking in and (trying) to up my exercise and I realise that it is not going to be a quick fix. It helps to know that there are others finding it difficult too and we support each other.

Well it's nearly 11pm and I am so tired, I think I'll call it a night, (having trouble typing too!) Congratulations to all who are losing and to those like me who are a bit stuck at the moment, don't give up, we can do this - we can be losers!!

Good night

Viv (Wizzywig)