Oh to be thin(ner)...
Jan 7th 2005 | 10:55 am
#16
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Re: Oh to be thin(ner)...
Oh what a good idea.... the only thing is we will have to trust ourselves to weigh in at home and benhonest.
I am trying at the mo but think I will start back on the Slimming World diet as it worked last time befoire I got pregnant with Georgia whos now 1
Drinkin plenty of water not only helps your metabolism but keeps the skin clear, and helps out your kidneys.
Keep up the good work folks!
Ang
I am trying at the mo but think I will start back on the Slimming World diet as it worked last time befoire I got pregnant with Georgia whos now 1
Drinkin plenty of water not only helps your metabolism but keeps the skin clear, and helps out your kidneys.
Keep up the good work folks!
Ang
Jan 7th 2005 | 11:05 am
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Re: Oh to be thin(ner)...
I have been going to weightwatchers and had lost 2 stone by december however gained half stone due to xmas choccies lurking round every corner.
Determined to hit the target by spring 2005 ready for new life down under towards end of year.
Good luck to fellow slimmers ... btw between 4 of us at my place of work we have lost a total of 10 stone in 5 month!
Determined to hit the target by spring 2005 ready for new life down under towards end of year.
Good luck to fellow slimmers ... btw between 4 of us at my place of work we have lost a total of 10 stone in 5 month!
Jan 7th 2005 | 11:23 am
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Re: Oh to be thin(ner)...
I have been on my own diet for a week now, and have lost 4 pounds, just before christmas i found out i have a heart condition, im 3 stone overweight so am determined to shed it! for health reasons.
just been cutting out cakes, biscuits, crisps and sweets, eating plenty of salad, veg, but having smaller portions.
good luck everyone
yve
just been cutting out cakes, biscuits, crisps and sweets, eating plenty of salad, veg, but having smaller portions.
good luck everyone
yve
Jan 8th 2005 | 8:02 pm
#19
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Re: Oh to be thin(ner)...
Originally Posted by SherKhan66
Hi
Sat here pondering New Years Resolutions and all that (as you do at this time of year), mine being to stop drinking so much (already broken that! Too much nice wine here) and to eat more healthily thereby losing weight (may even up the old exercise too!). Wondering if anyone else is doing this and if so, could we all support each other - kind of like a weightwatchers without the fees where we all share tips, weight loss etc (WITHOUT revealing actual weight unless we want to!!!! :scared: )
What do people think?
My only tip so far is eat lots of salad - don't know if it's working yet or not but it makes me feel I'm making an effort ...fed up with hubbies comments re rabbit's etc when I put salad on his plate too! My message to him on here is ... 'I know you are not a rabbit!!!!'
Hoping to lose more kg than I care think about, so how about it? Shall we share and help the weight losses together...I bet I'm not the only one to be doing this!
Kim
Sat here pondering New Years Resolutions and all that (as you do at this time of year), mine being to stop drinking so much (already broken that! Too much nice wine here) and to eat more healthily thereby losing weight (may even up the old exercise too!). Wondering if anyone else is doing this and if so, could we all support each other - kind of like a weightwatchers without the fees where we all share tips, weight loss etc (WITHOUT revealing actual weight unless we want to!!!! :scared: )
What do people think?
My only tip so far is eat lots of salad - don't know if it's working yet or not but it makes me feel I'm making an effort ...fed up with hubbies comments re rabbit's etc when I put salad on his plate too! My message to him on here is ... 'I know you are not a rabbit!!!!'
Hoping to lose more kg than I care think about, so how about it? Shall we share and help the weight losses together...I bet I'm not the only one to be doing this!
Kim
I took part in something similar last year. Do a search for 'Thin Within' and see how we got on. I eventually lost 35lbs for my medical and am now quite happy at size 14. For the first time in a very long time, I can go into a shop and pick up clothes that I know will fit. I have gained a few pounds over Chrimbo as we went away and the food was excellent, lol. Now back on the road to recovery doing 'You Are What You Eat'. Bought a trampette yesterday so that I can do some exercise whithout going to the gym. Good luck with the weight loss, have also been an avid atkins follower so if you want any support/help just let me know.
Best Wishes
Sarah
Jan 8th 2005 | 8:14 pm
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From: Coromandel Valley, in the Adelaide Hills.
Re: Oh to be thin(ner)...
I lost 2 ½ stone about 2 years ago, I did it with will power: we all know what we should be eating, so it was a case of trying to stick to that.
If I was good all week I allowed myself a bottle of wine at the weekend. I also swam 3 nights a week and drank a lot of water, especially before I ate. It took me 7 months and I really wouldn't want to do it again!!
I have put back on about ¾ stone, because I broke my foot in October and haven't been swimming since, so I've cut out some of the rubbish I'd started eating lately and my wines gone out the window again!
Good Luck, it's worth it in the end!!!
If I was good all week I allowed myself a bottle of wine at the weekend. I also swam 3 nights a week and drank a lot of water, especially before I ate. It took me 7 months and I really wouldn't want to do it again!!
I have put back on about ¾ stone, because I broke my foot in October and haven't been swimming since, so I've cut out some of the rubbish I'd started eating lately and my wines gone out the window again!
Good Luck, it's worth it in the end!!!
Jan 8th 2005 | 8:29 pm
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Re: Oh to be thin(ner)...
Originally Posted by hughes27
Hi
No, your not the only one, I too decided new year, new diet, new life in Oz and have been doing the Carol Vorderman 28 day detox diet since New Years day - hard work!!! I am now on day 7 and counting down the days till I can have a chinese take away.
Alison
No, your not the only one, I too decided new year, new diet, new life in Oz and have been doing the Carol Vorderman 28 day detox diet since New Years day - hard work!!! I am now on day 7 and counting down the days till I can have a chinese take away.
Alison
what does the detox involve? Is it just another diet or is it to cleanse your system. Do you feel any better with it or is it early days?
Eric the Viking
Jan 8th 2005 | 8:36 pm
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Re: Oh to be thin(ner)...
Hi
Been eating lots of salad and drinking lots of water. Need to really think more about what I eat (and drink - think I should cut down on alcohol too...but Australian wine is so nice and cheap here!! )
Just wondering if anyone on here has done the Atkins type diet and did it work...I read somewhere that if you do that then you are changing your eating habits for life and would prefer to eat a balanced diet that is healthy for life (with a few treats along the way!)
teach - will check out the thread you mentioned - thanks for that and congratulations on losing so much! Hope I can report something similar on here one day
Off to eat more salad - good job the veg here seems to taste nicer!
Kim
Been eating lots of salad and drinking lots of water. Need to really think more about what I eat (and drink - think I should cut down on alcohol too...but Australian wine is so nice and cheap here!!
)Just wondering if anyone on here has done the Atkins type diet and did it work...I read somewhere that if you do that then you are changing your eating habits for life and would prefer to eat a balanced diet that is healthy for life (with a few treats along the way!)
teach - will check out the thread you mentioned - thanks for that and congratulations on losing so much! Hope I can report something similar on here one day
Off to eat more salad - good job the veg here seems to taste nicer!
Kim
Jan 8th 2005 | 9:46 pm
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Re: Oh to be thin(ner)...
*groan*.......diets.......*groan*................. I managed to stay on my diet for ONE DAY!! last week....good on monday, but tuesday was a washout, and wednesday i just gave up!!!
My ideal weight loss would be 3 and a half stone, but would be happy with a half stone weight loss to get me down to 13 stone!
I need a gun to my head to keep to a diet...................
good luck to all those who are dieting/contemplating it!!!!
sue
My ideal weight loss would be 3 and a half stone, but would be happy with a half stone weight loss to get me down to 13 stone!
I need a gun to my head to keep to a diet...................
good luck to all those who are dieting/contemplating it!!!!
sue
Jan 8th 2005 | 11:52 pm
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Re: Oh to be thin(ner)...
My mum was a big follower of the Atkins diet and she used to regularly lose a few stone over a period of 1-2 months. I have also tried the Atkins diet and lost around 7-12 pounds within a month but found that I became very depressed and lethargic. I later found out that The Atkins diet has been linked to Depression!!! my mum also suffers from Depression. So now I dont do it. When I want to lose half a stone (I weigh 9 and a half) I drink loads of water, eat loads of fruit and veg and just one small portion of meat a day. I get terrible cravings for sweet stuff though, although normally I dont eat much chocolate or puddings (Must be the thought of dieting which increases cravings). When I get a craving I eat a small tub of Ambrosia low fat rice pudding. I normally lose the weight within 2/3 weeks.
Jan 9th 2005 | 12:01 am
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Re: Oh to be thin(ner)...
Originally Posted by Eric the Viking
Alison
what does the detox involve? Is it just another diet or is it to cleanse your system. Do you feel any better with it or is it early days?
Eric the Viking
what does the detox involve? Is it just another diet or is it to cleanse your system. Do you feel any better with it or is it early days?
Eric the Viking
The detox diet basically is to stop caffeine (tea, coffee & coke), stop eating processed foods, stop diary products and only eat pure foods, oh and a load of supplements (5 different tablets to compensate for what you are not eating). I do feel a lot better, to start with had really bad headaches, but now on day 9 and feel great!! I think this week I will start to see the difference with my waistline, improve my skin and can even help with aches and pains - cleansing the whole body. Very strict diet, but I need that and is only for 28 days. Everyone is supposed to loose between 1-2 stone and that is all I need to loose (11lbs that is). See how I go on!!!!
Alison
Jan 9th 2005 | 12:36 am
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Re: Oh to be thin(ner)...
last year i started a sea food diet, lost 15 pounds in 3 days.
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Jan 9th 2005 | 12:45 am
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Re: Oh to be thin(ner)...
There wa an 'expat' diet about this time last year.......think it was mcmercer and a couple of others. Dont shoot me if I am wrong.
I desperately need to lose the 2 stone that I put on since I packed up the 40 a day ciggie habit. The weight was getting me down, until my GP advised that it was better to be a bit overweight, than carrying on with the fags.
Now, when I know how much my daddy is suffering (lung cancer) I am glad I packed up the fags. A little overweight, but a no-smoker
I desperately need to lose the 2 stone that I put on since I packed up the 40 a day ciggie habit. The weight was getting me down, until my GP advised that it was better to be a bit overweight, than carrying on with the fags.
Now, when I know how much my daddy is suffering (lung cancer) I am glad I packed up the fags. A little overweight, but a no-smoker
Jan 9th 2005 | 2:05 am
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Re: Oh to be thin(ner)...
Keeping a food diary helps also, it shows what you have been eating and no lying to yourselves. I think if you just change your food to healthy eating no junk etc you feel alot better and no so aware youre dieting. If you crave that chinese get your partner who isnt on a diet to get a small portion and have a couple of spoonfuls at least it helps take the craving away, and if its like my partner he shovels it down so fast that would be all I would get lol. Drinking water before your meal helps also in filling you up so you dont eat so much. In Australia you also get loads of places like at the Malls that sell salad, noodle soup, melon juices, a favourite of mine was watermelon and rockmelon, carrot and celery really refreshing with ice in it. I think it was easier to keep the weight off in Australia than it is in the UK.
Jan 9th 2005 | 3:08 pm
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Re: Oh to be thin(ner)...
Don't worry too much what you eat.
Get a map out; work out a 5km running route.
Get a rucksack and fill it with something heavy. Warm up.
Go for a run, and don't jog - run. Work up a sweat. Push a bit hard. Don't be scared!!
You will find that over years, your fitness level stays around the same and you will be able to do this over longer distances. If you get a bit out of shape, then do it a bit more often. Your muscle memory will have you back in shape within days. The secret, of course, is not to let yourself get out of shape. I can let myself go for 2 weeks. A few runs and a bit of sweat soon puts it back.
That's what I do. And I eat cakes, etc.
Cheers
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Get a map out; work out a 5km running route.
Get a rucksack and fill it with something heavy. Warm up.
Go for a run, and don't jog - run. Work up a sweat. Push a bit hard. Don't be scared!!
You will find that over years, your fitness level stays around the same and you will be able to do this over longer distances. If you get a bit out of shape, then do it a bit more often. Your muscle memory will have you back in shape within days. The secret, of course, is not to let yourself get out of shape. I can let myself go for 2 weeks. A few runs and a bit of sweat soon puts it back.
That's what I do. And I eat cakes, etc.
Cheers
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Jan 9th 2005 | 3:30 pm
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Re: Oh to be thin(ner)...
Originally Posted by hughes27
Hi Eric the Viking
The detox diet basically is to stop caffeine (tea, coffee & coke), stop eating processed foods, stop diary products and only eat pure foods, oh and a load of supplements (5 different tablets to compensate for what you are not eating). I do feel a lot better, to start with had really bad headaches, but now on day 9 and feel great!! I think this week I will start to see the difference with my waistline, improve my skin and can even help with aches and pains - cleansing the whole body. Very strict diet, but I need that and is only for 28 days. Everyone is supposed to loose between 1-2 stone and that is all I need to loose (11lbs that is). See how I go on!!!!
Alison
The detox diet basically is to stop caffeine (tea, coffee & coke), stop eating processed foods, stop diary products and only eat pure foods, oh and a load of supplements (5 different tablets to compensate for what you are not eating). I do feel a lot better, to start with had really bad headaches, but now on day 9 and feel great!! I think this week I will start to see the difference with my waistline, improve my skin and can even help with aches and pains - cleansing the whole body. Very strict diet, but I need that and is only for 28 days. Everyone is supposed to loose between 1-2 stone and that is all I need to loose (11lbs that is). See how I go on!!!!
Alison
If you're looking for a shorter version (to kickstart a diet/ get an idea of a detox) I found the Boots own version pretty good. Its just for 5-days, same principles as the above one and really works. I did it last March and felt fantastic for it afterwards. Probably only lost a kilo (but then only had 4-5 to lose) but it was a really good way to get into healthy eating. I still only drink herbal teas, use soy milk on my cereal & no longer add sugar or sweetner to the very rare cup of coffee I have (used to have 4 or 5 a day, now probably 1 or 2 a week!) sounds odd if you don't do it, but is great if you can get used to it.
Last edited by mlbonner; Jan 9th 2005 at 3:38 pm.
