Team UK & Ireland - April 2011

littleoldme1981

Oh well it is a lovely sunny day in Scotland (our day of summer??) so when the load of washing is finished I am going up to the stables to see my horse (not riding due to sore knee) and then will come back and head out for a long walk (unless it is pouring with rain again by then!!)

Mairgheal

Morning all!

Well Dublin is cold, grey and windy at the moment, but it's meant to get better this arvo. I hope so, so I can go for my walk again. Haven't been able to stay within calorie goal this weekend, so coming few days have to be serious again. Seems to work for me though, being goodMon-Fri and go over a bit in the weekend.

Enchantica, wow well done on getting to target (and even exceeding it!), must be a great feeling, to have done it before the big birthday!

Go on B&V, get that pirate going there!!

Yeah a clothes swap section would be good actually. My 14s have mostly gone to charity already. I just wanted them out of the house, so I won't be tempted to put them on again in a bad week.

nikkionamission

Happy April everyone! Weighed in on Friday and had lost 4kgs in 4 weeks, yay!

It's my birthday tomorrow, I'm going to have to try extra hard to avoid eating too much cake

Hope everyone has a successful month :happy:

irishblonde2011

Hi everyone.

Can i join? Cannot believe it is april already.
I live in dublin,ireland and would like to lose 10 lbs this month.
Looking forward to getting to know you all

fimm

I need to get motivated to track my food properly again, having got lazy - if you believed what I put on here, all I ever ate was breakfast!! I think I've put some weight on too. :-( Going away at the end of the week for my boyfriend's Dad's birthday, but I am going to try to be disciplned until then...

lesley1981

Hiya

Well, I had a truely disasterous weekend! I was within calories though, so that wasn't the disasterous part.

We decided to take mum and dad out for a meal for mother's day, to a highly recommended restaurant. We drove 20 miles, and when we arrived we were told that they were so busy over lunch time that they;d ran out of a lot of stuff... this included chunky chips and wedges, mussels and....... DESSERT! Needless to say, we were not happy, and the service was shocking!

Next year, we're taking mum and dad to the all you can eat chinese buffet.... £6 per head between 12 and 5 :laugh:

On a more positive note! I'm moving out of the parents in the next few weeks!!! So I'll be burning lots of calories packing up boxes, shopping in Ikea and building up flat pack furniture...

Oh, and the boyfriend came out with a shocker last night.... "if I lose two stones would you buy me an iphone?"

elfward

Hi all,

I'm having some issues at the moment in that I'm (relatively) good during the week, but completely let the side down come Friday night! My weekends have been a bit of a splurge recently - had some delicious pork belly on Sunday, but could feel my arteries clogging as I ate it...

Does anyone have any ideas for keeping up motivation / not letting myself succumb to everything that's bad for me at the weekends. I know that a little bit of what you like won't hurt you, but a little often turns into a lot...

backinthenines

ooh I thought I had posted here but I think it got swallowed up somewhere....

After break-up with other half allowed myself a week of meltdown and a week of pity party... now trying to get on with life without him... :frown:

Utterly wubbish training weeks those two weeks, I mean literally naff all... so need to get my head out of the shed pronto!! Will gun for 3 training days this week, which isn't much for me normally, but enough in current state of mind. On a positive note it's wiped almost 6lb off me so... we'll take that! Cloud... silver lining... etc. :huh:

On a more positive note size 12s are getting rather slack now.

And I've decided to get a dog... 4 legs are they way forward, me thinks. :drinker:

lesley1981

I got some pretty good news yesterday....

The boyfriend and I have decided that it's about time we moved forward in the relationship, so we've decided to move in together! we went to look at a beautiful little house for rent on Saturday and the guy who owns it has accepted our application!!! We just need to get the financial stuff all worked out and we should be able to move over easter :happy:

Just think of the calories I'll burn when moving in!!

The move will be beneficial to both of us, as we've also decided to give up smoking when we move! And my boyfriend will also be more likely to lose weight with me packing his lunches instead of his mum (6 slices of bread.... seriously) :laugh:

The first thing I'm buying for the house won't be something "usual".... it'll be a Kinect for the xbox! I don't have the room to be jumping around like a mad woman in my parents house, but come easter I'll have all the room I need

Mairgheal

Oooh Lesley that's great news, I'm delighted for ye! And so lucky to find something straight away as well!
I would loooove a wii fit or something like that, but husband hates all Xbox/Ds/whatever stuff (he wants to keep our girls away from it as long as we can), so will need to work on that for a bit longer :laugh:
I did order the "30 day shred" dvd though, which I hopefully have today or tomorrow. He even said he'd join me. He gave me dumbells for mother's day (!), so the dvd will be good to actually use them.

Backinthenines, great about the weight loss, reason for it is not so great, hope you're felling a litte better :grumble:

Elfward, I hear ya! Weekends are very hard for me, I usually go over on those days. I do try to keep it within limits though. So I'll allow myself to go over, but I won't allow myself to go on a "f@ck-it-binge". And in combination with being very good during the week, this seems to work for me.

backinthenines

Lesley, what lovely news!! :flowerforyou:

elfward

Great news Lesley! Although be warned - I put on a stone when I moved in with boyfriend 3 years ago, which is what I'm trying to shift now... :grumble:

backinthenines - it's great to see you're being so positive about everything. And yay to getting a dog!

I've decided that as long as I do some kind of exercise every day, I shouldn't beat myself up about overeating/drinking at the weekend. And if the weather carries on like this, it'll be much easier to exercise outside!

Frannybobs

Hi all,

I'm having some issues at the moment in that I'm (relatively) good during the week, but completely let the side down come Friday night! My weekends have been a bit of a splurge recently - had some delicious pork belly on Sunday, but could feel my arteries clogging as I ate it...

Does anyone have any ideas for keeping up motivation / not letting myself succumb to everything that's bad for me at the weekends. I know that a little bit of what you like won't hurt you, but a little often turns into a lot...

I have exactly the same issue - really good in the week, take my fruit and seeds into work as snacks, drink lots of water. Come weekends I eat more (bread especially) don't have as much fruit and drink alcohol. Like you I seem to lack the ability to do things in moderation....I think that's my last bad habit I need to break - the weekend splurges. Don't know how though!

mikeyrp

Hi all,

I'm having some issues at the moment in that I'm (relatively) good during the week, but completely let the side down come Friday night! My weekends have been a bit of a splurge recently - had some delicious pork belly on Sunday, but could feel my arteries clogging as I ate it...

Does anyone have any ideas for keeping up motivation / not letting myself succumb to everything that's bad for me at the weekends. I know that a little bit of what you like won't hurt you, but a little often turns into a lot...

I'm so lucky that my wife is also dieting - make it easy to keep each other motivated - and try to avoid the paces where we would over-eat normally . We do eat more at the weekend but we try and balance it with exercise - this time of year gardening is an easy win.

One tip from the old weight-watchers days - its OK to save some calories for the weekend - I think it was about 10% per day we were able to carry over? It was a long time ago - someone here can probably say - anyway, that would give you another five or six hundred calories to 'spend' at the weekend.

Personally I find that if I give myself a little more leeway its easier to stick to it than if I stay too rigid and then if I go over thinking 'stuff it' and going mad... Here is something to consider - what is you maintenance calories - if you stick within that for the weekend its like it never happened - you should gain and shouldn't loose weight. OK, it will take longer to loose but you will be OK.

mikeyrp

And Lesley - congratulations

phoenixstar03

Hello from the East Midlands!
I'm new to mfp too. I've mostly been using the app but would like to join in with the forums here too for extra motivation.
I had my first weigh in today, which was good. Just need to keep it up now!! 

yvonnej1

Hi Morag, welcome and well done on your weight loss so far :happy:

phoenixstar03

Thank you :-)
My biggest weakness is getting exercise in. I bought a zumba game for our Wii, so looking forward to that coming next week. I used to love salsa dancing but not been back since I had the kids.. :-/

RGPargy

Friday nights and all day Saturday are my weakness too. Tonight i've had a chicken kebab, which isn't bad in itself, but it was accompanied by a few chips and two very large glasses of red wine!!

Tomorrow i'll be going to the gym in the morning but then will be going straight to McDonalds with my friend afterwards as that's what we nornally do on a saturday with the kids. Man, i need a life!! :laugh:

lrns88

Morning all,

I've been a bit AWOL as have been away with work - and working 15 - 18 hours a day is not the time to be hot on the calories! But I'm back now.......

First challenge - not sitting in a beer garden all weekend with cider in my hand! Think I'm going to alternate alcohol and water, that might help a bit! Going to the gym this morning and then cycling to the pub so getting a bit of cardio in first!

I'm going to do this eat natural "diet" - it isn't a diet really, it's a detox/new lifestyle thing. Going to have a read up of it now and will blogpost about it when I've got my head around it! Seems very logical though! I delayed it until after going away with work, but have busy weekends coming up - figured sticking to it 5 days is better than no days at all!!

Hope you're all doing well and enjoying the weather

xxx

oldtyke

Hi from E Yorkshire. I've been on here a few weeks. I've been going to Slimming World, but struggling so I decided that this week I'd track calories on here and see what happens.

Morag you will LOVE the Zumba on Wii! Mine came on wednesday and I started the 20 mins beginner "Party". OMG! It took me an hour to stop sweating! But it's such fun! And I can really feel my lower abs. I'm doing it every day.

fimm

Just back from a long weekend away with my boyfriend and his family - lots of nice food and now I weigh 1kg more than I did the last time I weighed myself! Oh well. Should be able to track and eat sensibly for a while now.

sundream

Hi all
i found this app about a year ago, but as usual fell off the wagon, trying to be more focussed and I thought that a group might help this time. Can anyone tell me how the whole group thing works, i like the sound of the UK and Ireland one as I in Northern Ireland.

Also I have too much time on my hands at the moment as I've broken my wrist meaning I can't get out on my bike, etc. to offset my eating.

I'm currently 111kgs but looking to get below 100, this time last year I peaked at 122, spuring me into action, but after loosing 17 kgs I have since crept back up to 111, I'm weak, but I'm going to try to stick to the food diary thing.

Mairgheal

Hi all,

Weekend has been hard on me, as usual, but back on track again today, also as usual :laugh:
Weather's just been gorgeous this weekend hey, we spent ages in the park, my girls on their bikes and me trying to keep up with them, so I did get some exercise in at least.
I also received my "30 day shred" dvd in the post today, so will be starting that tonight, yikes! Anyone else here done/doing it?

Hi Sundream, welcome! I'm in Ireland too, but ROI (Dublin). I guess there's no real purpose of this thread, bar chatting and trying to keep each other morivated. I understand there is a sub-thread however with weight loss challenges (southern softies v northern numpties I think it's called).
Best of luck with your weight loss anyway, we're here to kick your *kitten* if needed! :happy:

sundream

Thanks Mairgheal, boy do I need my *kitten* kicked,

The weak weekend thing seems common, I had a terrible lunch on Friday (home 2am Sat slightly under the weather) and a similar experience with friends on Saturday night. I was brutally honest on the food app and discovered I can do a weeks calorie intake in 2 days, not good, i didn't realise guinness had so many calories.

Back on the treadmill today though.

mikeyrp

GOING TO CHINA ON FRIDAY

Not sure how much chance I stand of logging in on line - or of finding the foods I eat in MFP off-line mode. Or knowing what it was I ate to look it up. I guess I'll just try and eat health food in healthy amounts and cross my fingers.

I WILL keep exercising though.

Wish me luck

Mairgheal

Wow Mikey, China! Work or pleasure?
I wouldn't worry too much about logging, I find that near-impossible when I'm away. Like you say, try to make healthy choices and you probably walk more than usual as well, you'll be fine. I'm sure Chinese food in China is completely different than the greasy rubbish they serve here as well!
Have a lovely time anyway!

Shocking sometimes isn't it Sundream, when you find out the calories of certain foods. I was in M&S recently and got a cinnamon swirl, one of those swirly puff pastry things. 370 cals! Insane, for something you've finished in 3 bites. I won't be buying that again...

I started the "30 day shred" last night (with the husband) and we both really enjoyed it! I'm not too sore just yet, but judging by the comments on other threads, that's still to come.... :laugh:

markomark

Hi all

Someone mentioned this thread to me a couple of weeks but I couldn't find last month's!

Anyway, glad I came across this one!

If anyone wants to add me then feel free, I am in the Midlands near Leicester.


Good luck to all!

troysmum

Just found this thread, wonderful

backinthenines

Hello to all the new faces!! :flowerforyou:

I'm off to Lanzarote in just over a week. Will see if I can can log from the phone or find a cyber cafe for an hour a night or so to keep on track. LOL