Hello from Hampshire!
bubblegumbodw
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Hi all
I've just joined here, after cancelling my SW membership. I would like to lose 3st and this is the year to do it. All support is gratefully received. I'm a 'large portion' eater who cooks most meals from scratch. My vice is snacking after tea, when 6yo has gone to bed. I'm trying to combat it by going to bed early if I feel i can't be trusted near the kitchen.
Look forward to sharing your successes and posting mine.
Sharon :-)
I've just joined here, after cancelling my SW membership. I would like to lose 3st and this is the year to do it. All support is gratefully received. I'm a 'large portion' eater who cooks most meals from scratch. My vice is snacking after tea, when 6yo has gone to bed. I'm trying to combat it by going to bed early if I feel i can't be trusted near the kitchen.
Look forward to sharing your successes and posting mine.
Sharon :-)
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Hi all
I've just joined here, after cancelling my SW membership. I would like to lose 3st and this is the year to do it. All support is gratefully received. I'm a 'large portion' eater who cooks most meals from scratch. My vice is snacking after tea, when 6yo has gone to bed. I'm trying to combat it by going to bed early if I feel i can't be trusted near the kitchen.
Look forward to sharing your successes and posting mine.
Sharon :-)
I also cook my meals from scratch so have started weighing out my portions to control the calories, my vice is chocolate and wine. Fortunately when I count the calories I tend not to miss choccie too much as the calories just aren't worth it, although I may have a dark choccie treat every so often. Wine however is much more difficult for me, so one glass for me then I might have lemonade and lime or water from my wine glass so I can try to convince myself its still naughty!!0 -
I'm not much of a drinker, so that's not a problem. I try and stay away from chocolate as I have no will power once it's open. Biscuits are my vice. I try and buy boring Rich Tea or Gingers but Hubby often brings in yummy ones and I have to be really strong with myself. This often fails at the weekend with my morning cuppa :-/0
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Hi there.
I'm also from Hampshire and also have the portion control problem! I've just started using a much smaller plate for my dinners and ensuring that the meat/fish and potatoes/pasta/rice and veg take up equal portions of the plate. I really struggle with snacking after dinner and I've not yet come up with a solution to that ..................... but I'm working on it!
Feel free to add me :-)0 -
I'm also Hampshire, add me if you wish
I find for snacking I use Morrison's dark rye crispbread, spread with Phlidelphia low fat cheese [on offer for a quid in both Morison's & Asda]. I use the sweet chilli one, but have been told the chocolate one is delish, not tried that but not sure I could stop at just one on that flavour0 -
Hello, from Surrey so not too far away. Am also a snacker, so my tips are...
You can't snack on what isn't there, so don't have bad stuff in the house. Kids like sweet stuff, so grapes and apples are good replacement as are bananas
My new trick as someone who nibbles on the raw ingredients, normally the bad ones like cheese, is to freeze immediately. So once it is weighed out, the rest goes in the freezer
Sparkling mineral water fills me up and is really nice with a little bit of cordial added, such as the Belvoir ones or Bottlegreen
The other thing is to embrace the fact you are a snacker and eat less at the main meals to leave calorie space
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Hi, I am too from Hampshire. Farnborough to be exact
I have lost over 5stones since March last year using mfp as well as joining the gym. Please feel free to add me, I would love to give as well as receive support to anyone 0 -
Hi,
I am originally from Hampshire and looking for more friends on here to for support, so feel free to add me as well.
I try to cook from scratch, does not always happen, but I try to balance the week out. My downfall is bread and pastas, and as I am not a big meat eater tend to fill up with the bread etc so trying to break that habit.
Welcome to MFP
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Hi! I'm in Hampshire too (New Forest way) and have just started today after giving SW the elbow as they dont teach you about portion control! I'm 40 this year and have a 4 year old daughter. My problem is just eating too much, too much of the time. When I'm eating, I'm thinking about what I'm going to eat next!
I'm 5'10'' and currently 171lbs so want to lose about 15lbs (SW helped a lot to get the weight off to start with but a stone has crept back on because of my bad habits!)
I've really noticed, after logging the food I've eaten today, that you really can't eat that much if you want to eat the good stuff! I'm hoping this will be a re-education for my food-obsessed brain....
Anyone please add me - I need all the support I can get!0 -
Hey I am from Hampshire too, New Forest. I cook from scratch, loving Hairy Dieters! Making a real effort to get my uncontrolled snacking sorted. doing ok this week, eating two good snacks a day seems to help.
Feel free to add me
Mandy xx0 -
Hi,i live near the New Forest, im new to fitnesspal and just getting into the swing of using it! Im another snacker and an emotional/boredom eater Would love some support if anyone would like to add me. Weight has got me down for a while but got worse when I came a stay at home mum, now is the time to do something about it!0
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Hello from Surrey
Here's a few suggestions:
Save some calories for the evening.
Have low calorie snacks instead (veggies are good).
Have your evening meal later.
Use the evening to do some exercise (fitness DVD perhaps? Bodyweight exercises?). Earn your snacks.
Distraction techniques, when the munchies strike get up and do something (anything!).
Have a glass of water, give it 15 mins, ask yourself if you are really hungry? Give it another 15 mins....0 -
Hi,i live near the New Forest, im new to fitnesspal and just getting into the swing of using it! Im another snacker and an emotional/boredom eater Would love some support if anyone would like to add me. Weight has got me down for a while but got worse when I came a stay at home mum, now is the time to do something about it!
I'm starting to thing that MFP is a good way of owning up to what you eat (obviously!) but that when I was on Slimming World I was accountable to them and not to me. I started to feel guilty when I'd been going to group and not doing "as well as I should have been". Bloody nonsense! And MFP is free! Very pleased I've found MFP and some lovely supportive friends - it always seemed like a competition to lose weight at SW and people tutted if you had a good week!
Still only in my first week but love it so far. Even had red wine last night nom nom. Might have to start thinking about moving my *kitten* and doing some exercise soon...... :-)0 -
Hi, Im from the New Forest too. MFP is an invaluable tool to me, that has permitted me to loose loads, and seeing that Michael Mosely program last August has motivated me.
Happy to support and keep you going...0 -
Hi, I'm from next door in Surrey
I've also got 3 stone to lose. 0 -
Hi I'm From Fareham. My problem is bread and butter, I have managed to cut this out using Ryvita and dairylea light, not as bad as I thought.
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Basingstoke here, added a few from the thread but feel free to add me. On here everyday and hit the gym 4-6 times a week so pretty active. Been logging everyday since I discovered the app about 110 days ago, totally changed how I eat and ( not too surprisingly) the results I got from training 0
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hello! im from Rowlands Castle/Hampshire! 3-4 stone to lose! Please add me 0
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Hey everyone just discovered this thread, hope your all doing good I too am from Hampshire in the fareham area, feel free to add me.0
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Hello from Southampton! 0
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Hi, I'm from Alton, Hampshire :-) finding mfp a brilliant tool, it's a long term thing and it's helped me sooo much for me not eating after 8pm and weighing everything to get accurate cal count is the way im' going, biscuits used to be my vice also, like crack to me typically they've got large packs of mcvits digestives two for a pound atm :sad: :laugh: om nom nom nom only joking i can't go back to the bad biscuit place ever again :laugh: 0
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Hi can I join?
I currently live in Gloucester but grew up in Bournemouth and still have Family in the area. I've just started using MFP properly and its been a real eye opener. Would like to lose at least 28lbs but there is plenty of scope there for extra if I really get into it.
Am not looking for mega numbers at the minute as am getting married next month so don't wanna go too mad lol but do want to eat properly and tone up at the same time so hopefully the flabby bits go to.
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Hi,i live near the New Forest, im new to fitnesspal and just getting into the swing of using it! Im another snacker and an emotional/boredom eater Would love some support if anyone would like to add me. Weight has got me down for a while but got worse when I came a stay at home mum, now is the time to do something about it!
I'm starting to thing that MFP is a good way of owning up to what you eat (obviously!) but that when I was on Slimming World I was accountable to them and not to me. I started to feel guilty when I'd been going to group and not doing "as well as I should have been". Bloody nonsense! And MFP is free! Very pleased I've found MFP and some lovely supportive friends - it always seemed like a competition to lose weight at SW and people tutted if you had a good week!
Still only in my first week but love it so far. Even had red wine last night nom nom. Might have to start thinking about moving my *kitten* and doing some exercise soon...... :-)
nodding along to all your points esp. being accountable to you! was only thinking that exact same thing today!0 -
Hi,i live near the New Forest, im new to fitnesspal and just getting into the swing of using it! Im another snacker and an emotional/boredom eater Would love some support if anyone would like to add me. Weight has got me down for a while but got worse when I came a stay at home mum, now is the time to do something about it!
I'm starting to thing that MFP is a good way of owning up to what you eat (obviously!) but that when I was on Slimming World I was accountable to them and not to me. I started to feel guilty when I'd been going to group and not doing "as well as I should have been". Bloody nonsense! And MFP is free! Very pleased I've found MFP and some lovely supportive friends - it always seemed like a competition to lose weight at SW and people tutted if you had a good week!
Still only in my first week but love it so far. Even had red wine last night nom nom. Might have to start thinking about moving my *kitten* and doing some exercise soon...... :-)
nodding along to all your points esp. being accountable to you! was only thinking that exact same thing today!
Hi ya all i am from the New forest too, feel free to add me anyone biscuits are my naughty pleasure, i am new to MFP and am totally loving the easiest logging and tracking of calories ever. whoever creted this site I LOVE YOU.
Bit confused about some of the slang people use sometimes but i am sure i will work it out eventually 0 -
Hello, I'm also from Hampshire and new to MFP. Have been reading some of these posts and just wanted to say thank you for some of the good tips.
Snacking is one of my biggest problems and Im finding it a hard habit to break but looking forward to trying a few of the suggestions that have been posted!
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