GemskiB Member

This is pretty much it. You make a good choice, or constant good choices, and other people feel guilty that their choices aren't so good!

It is hard. I get a bit of a wind up about it at work occasionally. But at times like these (busy social festiove times) I do let up on myself. I am still exercising and still counting, but for everyone around me this is a time of year that does centre around food. Personally at this time of year I am looking to maintain,…

Bump, some good ideas here. I make a low cal dressing with 0% yoghurt and a touch of mayo and harissa and have that with cooked potatoes, tomatoes, spring onions and some lean meat or tuna. Sometimes I mix up the potatoes for lentils, just out of a can, or add a boiled egg. Add a handful of salad on the side and bob's your…

I don;t do this but a friend of mine does - she has porrige made with water for breakfast, home meade soup or salad for lunch, sometimes tuna with the salad, and then at dinner time normally something like a low cal veggie burger with some veggies. She is doing it for the health benefits rathger than for eight loss, and…

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It's a fickle world we live in. Unfortunately, until people _see_ you eating the right foods/exercising/making progress, it's all a bit like "yeah whatever ok". To be fair I have said a thousand times over that I have wanted to lose weight but it's never been the right time for me before. Now that changes are taking place…

Maybe that's it - I am starting to see it, but it has been slow and steady. Hey hum, I will get used to it/learn to deal with it in due course!!

OMG serious?! There have been a couple of posts like this. I mean I know losing a lot of weight is hard and a lot of folk on the TV have had bypass/bands etc. My stepmum had a gastric band but she is the only person I actually know to have had one. SO rude. At least ask how it's been done rather than make an assumption!!!

I think this will be a good response to use. I've never taken a compliment well, but this is a good way of saying I'm getting what I'm working for and we don't need to bang on about it!

Exactly! It's OK to say "you've lost weight" but to say "you've put on weight" is basically the same thing. If it's people who I know and love telling me well done etc that's OK - they see how hard I work and know how food/my weight have affected me my whole life. Was just odd from a virtual stranger!

I have a polar FT4 and it does what I need it to :) It has a chest strap that can go in the washing machine and a watch to monitor your work out with. the higher up number polar models (ie FT7) just had more capacity for logging workouts for more money but I log my workouts here :) Hope this helps!

Generally I exercise straight after work, in my way home. I have to walk past the gym which helps but it does mean being organised. And normally I have a snack around 330/4 to make sure I'm not ravenous by the time I get in. As for morning exercising... Never really done it but I'm about to this week. Booked in for some…

Love this :-) I'm down 19, excited to get to 20 for a proper milestone. Thanks for sharing!!

Love my FT4, best purchase of the year!

I have lost around 18lbs. I was feeling a big disheartened about not dropping a full size in that time, but then it occurred to me that I never faced up to being in a size 20. All my 18 stuff is now huge and I am only just getting into 16, and that's with stretch. You have already lost a size, just not the one you wanted -…

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No PB2 in the shops here in the UK - I am going to have to bite the bullet and spend £7 on it from amazon marketplace. I hope it's worth it! :)

Bump... I love lentils, gonna give this a go next week :)

I have tried them - I got them from Amazon (UK). I think they were OK, a similar consistency to rice noodles, but a bit more sloppy. Two things though - they're expensive! And they smell a bit funky. I had read somewhere about the smell, and the tip was to rinse them in plenty of water. I did, and they were OK, but despite…

Fantastic. Truly inspiring :-)

Mexican bean lasagne thing... Serves 4: BASIC INGREDIENTS 6 soft tortillas (the small long life ones) 2 x cans black beans (400g each) 2 x cans tomatoes with chilli (400g each) 1 x packet fajita seasoning 70g Mexicana or cheddar, grated OPTIONAL EXTRAS 1 sliced onion A few mushrooms Crushed garlic Oven to gas 4 or 5 If…

When I add rice I always weigh dry and when I search I do something like "white basmati rice dry" :)

Mexican bean lasagne thing... Serves 4: BASIC INGREDIENTS 6 soft tortillas (the small long life ones) 2 x cans black beans (400g each) 2 x cans tomatoes with chilli (400g each) 1 x packet fajita seasoning 70g Mexicana or cheddar, grated OPTIONAL EXTRAS 1 sliced onion A few mushrooms Crushed garlic Oven to gas 4 or 5 If…

Look up what he's been doing in Aberdeenshire in Scotland... He might not be a political figure but he certainly evokes political feelings!! Also, IMHO he's an utter idiot :-)

I don't so much have a cheat day as an occasional cheat meal, if we're out to the theatre or something. I do think it boosts me to work harder other days, and even with "cheating" I still count everything. Actually, I was at a bit of a plateau not long ago, and that coincided with a week off work and an unavoidably social…

Running aggravates my back, and frankly I hate it. Hurts my knees and ankles too! I do high impact once a week, normally Zumba (also aggravates my back and ankles a touch but I really enjoy it) and the rest is cross trainer/elliptical, walking, hillwalking, swimming and weights. Lost 6kg so far, another 25 to go, feel free…

I do all my weights raw and include cooking agents such as oil, I measure it all. I figure that with lean meat the lost its going to lose is water :-) but that is just my opinion!

Adding you... This is the first time I've felt in control of what I am eating every day! Started at 222 currently 209 :-) x

A friend of mine has a couple, they look lovely, not too obvious which I think is the point :-)

Love this! It's so true... I have days where I'm bad, but I log it all regardless, never enough to gain but yip this is true!!