Team UK - August2010

Onion rings are my BIG problem! The ones in Wetherspoons are divine and I always have a portion when I have dinner there but, as tasty as they are, I can't help that the sight of all of the grease in the bowl makes me feel a bit poorly. Well done for resisting them.

Hi to all the newbies! Look forward to hearing how you're all doing. Have spent a couple of days doing heavy duty gardening so haven't done a proper workout but have definitely burnt off all of the calories I've eaten (and a few hundred more according to MFP). Weigh in due over the weekend and hope that I've reached my goal of 2lb loss this week.

I had an egg McMuffin on Wednesday so I'm not completly virtuous! I was going to a meeting with my boss but we weren't going to have time for lunch so we went to Maccy D for breakfast instead. I was within my calorie limit too (and it's my first McD visit of the year). To be honest I find it amazing how quickly the days calories go and am not surprised how I gained so much weight when I ate more than I am now. I used to happily stuff food into my face without thinking about it and have always eaten a lot of cheese but now I see how many cals are in an ounce of cheddar and think how many ounces I used to eat! Think we should be aiming for 70/30 ratio anyway - good to naughty (at least that's what my trainer said) so the odd treat won't hurt so long as you get back on track x

Good luck for today Yvonne. I decided today was the day for trying to get back into my size 14s! Could do them up but they didn't look pretty *lol* Don't forget that your body changes over time so even at the same clothes size your body will look different - especially when you've had children. You may want to try a different bra size! If you haven't been fitted recently it may be a good idea since a lot of women are walking around with the wrong size on and weight gain/loss will move your sizes around (you may go up a cup size and down a back size). You're doing great - what's it like to be a size 10? I've never been a size 10!!!!

double posted, which is odd.

I've managed to run out of food for breakfast, any ideas ?

Normally I hate cereal, but I've been heaps loving fruit and fibre mixed with natural yoghurt. Or if you are talking yummy weekend brekky, you could get some of the tesco light choices sausages (only 150cal for 2) and dry fry some veg - last week we had cherry tomatoes, onion, mushrooms and zucchini (courgette but I'm Australian :P) and it was absolutely delicious!

I'm not using this one as an official weigh in as I only weighed my self for 1st time last Thursday but today it said I had lost 1kg. So don't know if that is a water retention thing or just cos I was running on empty after the gym. Either way a good first few days.

You may want to try a different bra size! If you haven't been fitted recently it may be a good idea since a lot of women are walking around with the wrong size on and weight gain/loss will move your sizes around (you may go up a cup size and down a back size).

Oh don't even go there with the bra size thing, it's always the first place I lose weight Let's just say if they get any smaller I'll probably be able to borrow my 13 year old daughters bras!

Hi Team

:flowerforyou: Beckiboo - oh to have your willpower, I came home from work on Thursday and daughter wanted takeaway (pizza) hubby ordered donna meat and chips ( yes I know the calories!) . Now if I had been more organised I would have had something in the slow cooker or something planned I'd have passed on it, but willpower had deserted me and I went for a childs portion of scampi and chips. In fact it's been a bad week for me as on Friday (13th) I went into Leeds (retail therapy ) with a few friends and we stopped off at M&S for a cuppa and slice of cake.

Need to get back on track starting today. I usually do a Sunday dinner so this week I'll have to up the veggies and drop a few roasties.

:flowerforyou: Yvonne you have some good goals, I'm not doing too well with mine at the moment. I still haven't been exercising regularly. I wish I could buy some motivation to get me started!

:flowerforyou: Nessaj well done on the weight loss, you are well on your way to your year end goal.

To everyone else, never, never give up, remember we are in this for the long haul.

sorry james i deleted your friend request by mistake ..im not very computer good .i still cant figure out how to add food on here and use the site .so now im not only struggling with my aweful weight but also this site ...oh woe is me

Another newbe here! I started dieting in August 2009, after realising how much my weight had gone up after returning from a cruise! (I put 10lb on in two weeks!!) But seeing how high my weight was at that time just spured me onto properly diet.

I want to lose another stone by March next year and thats me done until the July wedding! However, I'm finding this last stone so hard to budge!

hi wizziwig i am sure that you are right and organisation is the key to diet and even will power if i were more organised then things would be ready in advance so i would not then be tempted by other stuff ...perhaps i should see this as my key stratorgy ..to be organised all the time

Yippee - UK people - thats cool!

I live in Dorset and came across this site through a friend. I have been logging food intake for past couple of weeks, and this week started logging exercise. My weight loss to date is from end of Jan this year since I started SW.

August so far has been a bit slow - only 2.5lbs down in 2 weeks. In fact since hitting the 2.5 stone loss the next 1/2 stone has been really really slow. I was averaging about 7lb a month and its taking double the amount of time. My target for August was to loose the final lbs to acheive the 3 stone loss. I am half way through the month and just 2lbs off that goal.

I am dog sitting for a friend this week, so along with my dog I have been taking them on a 70-90 min hike in the morning and 30min run in the evening. When my houseguest goes home next weekend, I hope to start running with just my labby starting at 1min interval running and increasing as my stamina increases.

Next week is also really busy as I have plenty of days out planned. I am a childminder so school holidays always mean I can head out further afield and get some more exercise under my belt.

I don't have a wedding, special occasion or holiday to motivate me, I am trying to shift the weight for me alone and to hopefully be a better role model to my daughters. I hope that everyones August continue to inspire other people.

Debs

uf353432 & Sim247 - exact same reasons as me. I'm hoping to wait until 6 months to wean my daughter and I really want to do Baby Led Weaning (no purees, straight onto finger food. You just give them what you have to eat) so I need to improve my diet by then. I don't want her eating some of the rubbish I do!

I'm awful at cooking too, so I suppose I should start practicing soon. Trying to plan a balanced diet scares me silly - I rely on the same things day in day out- all very carb heavy. Eeeeek!

....Oh and I had a bacon double cheeseburger in Burger King :blushing: Haven't had one in years and the first mouthful was bliss, had slight attack of guilt halfway through but hey-ho. Checked the nutritional info when I got home and compared to some of the options it wasn't sooooo bad :ohwell: Still within my calories thanks to my trip to the gym this morning Must get back on track for my goal to eat mainly healthily though, had chinese takeaway last night too. It's been a very naughty weekend foodwise.

Ooops I had a chinese with friends in Chinatown last night, curse those vodkas as if I wasn't tipsy I'd have said no to the chinese. Must work harder at the gym this week to recover. That's been the only bad mark since I started this last week.