Weight Watchers

[ClareBarr]

Have decided....no more cakes between now & my birthday. Meeting some friends that afternoon, so I'll allow myself a cake (or 2...) then. I'm gonna have to be more tough on myself! It's really annoying that I'm eating healthily in the day, then I get these cravings for sweet foods in the evenings! Grrr.

[Virgin_Pornstar]

Boo!

Just popped in to say you guys are brilliant, always encouraging each other on here! Keep up the good work, you are an inspiration to us all!

And yes, I'm sad enough to have registered this name just for a laff!

[Beate]

Boo!

Just popped in to say you guys are brilliant, always encouraging each other on here! Keep up the good work, you are an inspiration to us all!

And yes, I'm sad enough to have registered this name just for a laff!

Hello Sydney_Bristow. Not sure whether to laugh or cry!

[Sydney_Bristow]

I prefer laughter, I'm sure it burns more calories (someone correct me if I'm wrong) which is quite appropriate for this thread!


Anyhoo, I just wanted to say that you guys really are fab. Although I'm not regular at reading posts, I do love the camaraderie on this thread, how you encourage and motivate each other and how much fun you have along the way. I love your recipes and tips too!! So, as I said earlier (while wearing another dress ), keep up the good work!!!

[Diane65]

Of course it's not aimed at you Diane - they are random diet tips

Definition of random in English:
adjective

1. Made, done, or happening without method or conscious decision:

I feel relieved that it is purely random but what a coincidence

It's always nice reading the posts on here, always a lot of funny banter :) I too have been naughty with the calories over the past few days, Diane! Went out today (again, after a good few days indoors)- had a coffee & cake with my boyfriend before seeing The Visit at the cinema.....it tasted yummy but even though I tried to remember the quote I saw here the other day from Preston1990 ("nothing tastes as good as skinny feels")-which I thought was a fab quote - I still gave into temptation! It's so difficult! Oh well, tomorrow's a new day :)

Does jumping at scary parts in films at the cinema burn any calories?! Oh how I wish it did....

Of course jumping about burns calories

Just arrived home from work and omg I know that life can be a challenge Well a rather large package arrived from the lovely Canadian_turtle with a huge packet of Dutch Liquorice and if that wasn't enough on it's own a packet of large coconut rings complete with edible paper I feel like I'm a breaking point as still have the chocolates to devour (if I was that type) plus the butter cookies apart from getting my teeth wired I don't know how I'm going to cope.

I started off well with all bran and then ham salad for lunch and a ham salad sandwich for dinner and hopefully I can be monitored with the goodies situation - Liquorice my cat can guard the cupboard

[Diane65]

Boo!

Just popped in to say you guys are brilliant, always encouraging each other on here! Keep up the good work, you are an inspiration to us all!

And yes, I'm sad enough to have registered this name just for a laff!

Welcome to the thread Another coincidence with the name I take it?

[ejwrank]

Yes, ClareBarr, I am sure that jumping at the cinema is great for calorie burning. As for Belvitas, I'm afraid I have never eaten one of these things -- I am guessing they are another version of a Ryvita which I personally find about as appetising as cardboard. Diane is great at consuming things I've never heard of with her Belvitas and Virgin Pornstars. I must lead a very sheltered life.

You are dead right about the camaraderie and joshing on here, Virgin_Pornstar. Always smile when reading others' comments which are funny and clever and encouraging.

[Diane65]

Ejwrank, Belvita are really just biscuits but as they are designed as a breakfast I pretend that they maybe a tad healthy

Posting my menu of the day for tomorrow a bit early.
Porridge
Bruschetta - already chopped my tomatoes(free from my neighbour), garlic and basil and an orange (free from The Lowry orange pyramid as part of a moving art exhibition)
https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j ... 2582,d.d2s if anyone can find anything remotely healthy from the menu I will be having that. "Home of hearty food doesn't sound very light"

Good luck everyone

We appear to have lost MrGlass from this thread I will give him a nudge as we both promised ejwrank that we would be good.

[Preston1990]

I'm gonna have to be more tough on myself! It's really annoying that I'm eating healthily in the day, then I get these cravings for sweet foods in the evenings! Grrr.

Well, if it's any consolation ClareBarr, I've been struggling with something quite similar to that very recently too.

Yesterday, I started out eating pretty healthily but after about 9 O'clock (at night) it all went awry:

Brekkie: I Skipped it because I got up late. (I never said that I followed my own tips ) I did however have a black coffee.
Lunch: Really Big Salad with 1/2 can of Chick Pea Dahl and some left over chicken curry from the depths of the fridge,
Evening Meal 1: Cheddar Cheese sandwich with sliced tomato on thickly sliced (unsliced iyswim) wholemeal bread.

I know that cheese and bread is not the best diet food, but nevertheless all was not so bad and pretty much going to plan so far

Then about an hour after finishing the sandwich, serious hunger pangs started to strike.

The next thing I knew my life had morphed into a cross between "Groundhog Day" and "Man versus Food" as I entered into a seemingly unstoppable iteration of extreme gluttony. Within the next hour and a half I went back and forth to the kitchen like a man possessed and consumed the following:

Evening Meal 2: A chocolate chip cookie.
Evening Meal 3: 6 chocolate chip cookies.
Evening Meal 4: Cheddar Cheese sandwich with sliced tomato on thickly sliced wholemeal bread.
Evening Meal 5: The remaining 4 Jaffa Cakes. If there had of been more I would have had them as well.
Evening Meal 6: Cheddar Cheese sandwich with sliced red onion on thickly sliced wholemeal bread.
Evening Meal 7: Cheddar Cheese sandwich with sliced red onion on thickly sliced wholemeal bread.

I would even have had another sandwich after that, but there was now no bread left.

I went to bed early feeling very annoyed with myself and surfed the net looking for tips on "how to stop snacking at night". There was some quite good stuff actually - if I get a chance later I may pull together some of the better ideas, and put them up on this forum.

I fear the worst for my next weigh-day at the moment - but there are still 3 days left to try and make some amends for my indiscretion. We'll see

Boo!

Just popped in to say you guys are brilliant, always encouraging each other on here! Keep up the good work, you are an inspiration to us all!

And yes, I'm sad enough to have registered this name just for a laff!

Hahaha - Nice one Syd

Of course it's not aimed at you Diane - they are random diet tips

Definition of random in English:
adjective

1. Made, done, or happening without method or conscious decision:

I feel relieved that it is purely random but what a coincidence

It is quite a co-incidence, but life is full of coincidences, Diane.

I once saw a Horizon programme which said that it had been scientifically proven that all of Shakespeare's plays were written by a zoo full of monkeys on some old discarded typewriters.

That is just what we call fate or fortune. Kermit is a noun that means fate or fortune. When you encounter something by chance that seems like it was meant to be, then it could be kermit, your destiny. The word kermit comes from the Arabic word ḳismat, meaning “division, portion, lot.”

Just arrived home from work and omg I know that life can be a challenge Well a rather large package arrived from the lovely Canadian_turtle with a huge packet of Dutch Liquorice and if that wasn't enough on it's own a packet of large coconut rings complete with edible paper I feel like I'm a breaking point as still have the chocolates to devour (if I was that type) plus the butter cookies
apart from getting my teeth wired I don't know how I'm going to cope.

For goodness sake Just cos the paper is edible, it doesn't mean you have to eat it!

I'd recommend that you start off by eating all the centres of the coconut rings - they'll be fine.

Then, you can have one coconut ring outer, or piece of liquorice, or butter cookie for each pound of weight that you lose over the coming weeks. This is what we'd call in the trade a "self-regulating feedback system" i.e one which automatically imposes its own level of self-control (which is obviously what "may" be lacking here )

That German restaurant looks scrummy But I see what you mean! The food does look rather "hearty". If it were me, I would have the Salmon or the Tuna dish, but I know you have a strange and, I must say, rather "picky" aversion to fish. How about having the italian salad? - I see that you can get it served up as a main rather than a starter. But do you know what? Why not just skip the diet for once and just have something you really fancy. Shame to eat something that you don't really like when you are out somewhere nice, just to save a few cals. You may want to think sharing desert with someone though or skipping it altogether, or maybe taking half of it home in a box for later.....or even much later

Whatever you do though, just bear this in mind.....

Spoiler

Show

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dHsg1ES96E4

Be good everyone and try to find time to fit some exercise in - maybe just go for a walk


Preston's Random (and Shamelessly Plagiarised) Diet Tips - No. 8
Switch from calorie-laden beverages to water, skim milk, vegetable juices, and small portions of 100% fruit juice. If you drink alcohol, do so in moderation, and choose lighter drink options.

[Diane65]

I'm gonna have to be more tough on myself! It's really annoying that I'm eating healthily in the day, then I get these cravings for sweet foods in the evenings! Grrr.

Well, if it's any consolation ClareBarr, I've been struggling with something quite similar to that very recently too.

Yesterday, I started out eating pretty healthily but after about 9 O'clock (at night) it all went awry:

Brekkie: I Skipped it because I got up late. (I never said that I followed my own tips ) I did however have a black coffee.
Lunch: Really Big Salad with 1/2 can of Chick Pea Dahl and some left over chicken curry from the depths of the fridge,
Evening Meal 1: Cheddar Cheese sandwich with sliced tomato on thickly sliced (unsliced iyswim) wholemeal bread.

I know that cheese and bread is not the best diet food, but nevertheless all was not so bad and pretty much going to plan so far

Then about an hour after finishing the sandwich, serious hunger pangs started to strike.

The next thing I knew my life had morphed into a cross between "Groundhog Day" and "Man versus Food" as I entered into a seemingly unstoppable iteration of extreme gluttony. Within the next hour and a half I went back and forth to the kitchen like a man possessed and consumed the following:

Evening Meal 2: A chocolate chip cookie.
Evening Meal 3: 6 chocolate chip cookies.
Evening Meal 4: Cheddar Cheese sandwich with sliced tomato on thickly sliced wholemeal bread.
Evening Meal 5: The remaining 4 Jaffa Cakes. If there had of been more I would have had them as well.
Evening Meal 6: Cheddar Cheese sandwich with sliced red onion on thickly sliced wholemeal bread.
Evening Meal 7: Cheddar Cheese sandwich with sliced red onion on thickly sliced wholemeal bread.

I would even have had another sandwich after that, but there was now no bread left.

But do you know what? Why not just skip the diet for once

Pot, kettle and black springs to mind

I don't think I have much chance of saving myself this weekend as out for a McMillan coffee and cake afternoon tomorrow with my mother and she will think that I'm ill if I don't have cake. Then I'm heading off to https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j ... 7793,d.d2s for dinner as my friend is only home from Wales for 6 days so it's the only time we can both meet up

My neighbour has just arrived with 2kg of plums for me and another ton of tomatoes so now deciding if there is anything remotely healthy I can make whereas my first idea was plum cake or plum pudding. I am free tonight and I like baking/cooking so can have fun deciding what to do.