Calories - 31st October

FOOD AND DRINK :

Breakfast - 150 calories
Porridge and green tea
Elevenses - 350 calories
Some fat free yoghurt and home made strawberry sauce and a wallaby bar with green tea
Lunch - 100 calories
Quorn ham toasted sandwich with cherry tomatoes, cucumber and green tea
Afternoon - 100 calories
A banana and decaff tea
Evening Meal - 400 calories
Pasta with homemade sauce, Quorn dippers with peas, green beans and cabbage and decaff tea
Evening Snack - 150 calories
Toast with cream cheese and strawberry jam and decaff tea
TOTAL CALORIES - 1250

EXERCISE :

30 mins /200 calories on exercise machine
60 minute walk

Happy Halloween

I just wanted to wish everyone luck this Halloween if you are trying to lose weight or avoid the sweets. We do not celebrate so have none of these things in but I know many people do and it can be a huge temptation. You could always try giving apples and boxes of sultanas to the trick or treaters and you may resist eating those if there are any left!

Weight Update

This morning I had lost a very small amount of weight and am now 9 stone 12.2 pounds. My husband, after his meal last night put on weight and is up to 15 stone 12. He is quite cross and upset about it and has decided not to go to a curry evening next week as he gets annoyed that all his hard work get spoiled because there are no healthy options in the restaurants he has to go to.

Calories - 30th October

FOOD AND DRINK :

Breakfast - 150 calories
Porridge and green tea
Elevenses - 150 calories
A banana with some fat free yoghurt and home made strawberry sauce (just strawberries and agave syrup blended and sieved)
Lunch - 200 calories
Scrambled egg on toast with a side salad of alfalfa sprouts with cucumber and cherry tomatoes and a hot marmite drink
Afternoon - 100 calories
Some apple and a few nuts with green tea
Evening Meal - 450 calories
Fish Finger sandwich, sweet potato wedges, carrots, peas and French beans followed by some fat free yoghurt with strawberry sauce followed by a decaff tea
Evening Snack - 150 calories
Peanut butter sandwich and green tea
TOTAL CALORIES - 1200

EXERCISE :

30 mins /200 calories on exercise machine
60 minute walk

Mixed Success

I was pleased this morning with my weight as it is 9 stone 12.4 pounds - back on track. I am not sure why it went up yesterday but it has come back down so I am happy. My husband had a bad day yesterday and put on nearly one pound because he snacked on extra biscuits at work and had haggis for his evening meal followed by a big bowl of cereal. He was cross about it this morning and is eating out tonight on a work function - he also took a lot of pistachio nuts with him to work to snack on so I am concerned about what might happen to his weight today especially a she has been working so hard.

Fill Up on Fruit and Veg

There seems to be some disagreement as to whether it is a good thing to fill up on fruit and vegetables. Some diets say that you should get used to eating less and so do not pile your plate up. Others say that the fruit has too much sugar and is too high in calories. Some say that you shouldn't have too much fruit as it is too high in carbohydrates.

If you want to be healthy then you should have 2-3 portions of fruit and 3-5 portions of veg a day, at least. The reason for this is that it has been found to protect against cancer and they are full of essential nutrients. I find it is a good way to lose weight as they tend to be lower in calories than other foods. If I have lots of vegetables on my plate, I feel like I am getting a large amount of food which makes me feel more satisfied. I find that fruit stops me from wanting sweet things too often.

Calories - 29th October

FOOD AND DRINK :

Breakfast - 150 calories
Porridge and green tea
Elevenses - 100 calories
Some banana, apple and dried apricots and green tea
Lunch - 200 calories
Avocado, alfalfa sprout and lettuce sandwich with cherry tomatoes and a hot marmite drink
Afternoon - 150 calories
A selection of nuts (brazil nut, cashew nut, 2 hazelnuts, 2 macademia nuts, a walnut and 10 pine nuts) and a fruit jelly
Evening Meal - 500 calories
Pasta with home made vegetable sauce, Quorn sausages, carrots, cabbage and parsnips followed by tinned peaches and decaff tea
Evening Snack - 100 calories
Weetabix and decaff tea
TOTAL CALORIES - 1200

EXERCISE :

30 mins /200 calories on exercise machine
60 minute walk

Weight Gain

After saying yesterday that it was easy to lose weight, I put on weight for no reason yesterday. I am now 10 stone exactly. My husband stayed the same at 15 stone 10.4 after being quite naughty but exercising hard in the evening.

Calories - 28th October

FOOD AND DRINK :

Breakfast - 150 calories
Porridge and green tea
Elevenses - 100 calories
Banana and green tea
Lunch - 200 calories
salad of green leaves, alfalfa sprouts, red pepper, tomatoes and avocado and green tea followed by a kids yoghurt
Afternoon - 100 calories
Quorn ham and pickle sandwich with green tea
Evening Meal - 350 calories
Stir fry vegetables (carrot, courgette, onion, red pepper, cabbage, mushrooms) with Quorn satay sticks and noodles followed by some custard and decaff tea
Evening Snack - 150 calories
Peanut butter on toast with decaff tea
TOTAL CALORIES - 1050

EXERCISE :

30 mins /200 calories on exercise machine
60 minute walk

More Weight Loss

My weight was down to 9 stone 12.8 (My husband was 15 stone 10.4) this morning which is good. It seems to coming off really easily at the moment which means that I am likely to get to my target quickly if I am sensible. I have just found out that I may be staying with my parents for a week in November so that will be a tricky time. My husband will be away on a course with work and my Mum will be recuperating and thought it would be god for me to stay and help out. Problem is they have no exercise machine and tend to eat big portions and seem to want to feed me up. Perhaps I will take some workout videos with me, I will have to give it some serious thought.

Weight Loss

I didn't keep track of what I ate yesterday because I was out. In the morning I weighed 9 stone 13.8 pounds so I was determined to be sensible. I missed my morning snack knowing it was likely we would have big meals but we didn't and although the only exercise we did was walking we both managed to lose weight. Mine went down to 9 stone 13 and my husband is now 15 stone 10.

Calories - 24th October

FOOD AND DRINK :

Breakfast - 150 calories
Porridge and green tea
Elevenses - 100 calories
Banana and hot marmite drink
Lunch - 150 calories
Cream cheese, Quorn ham, and alfalfa sprout sandwich with cherry tomatoes followed by green tea
Afternoon - 50 calories
An apple with green tea
Evening Meal - 350 calories
Rice, carrots, green beans, sweetcorn and Quorn dippers
Evening Snack - 250 calories
Fruit smoothie, mango and a boiled egg with decaff tea
TOTAL CALORIES - 1050

EXERCISE :

10 mins /90 calories on exercise machine
100 minute walk

Weight Loss

Thankfully my weight came down to 10 stone 0.6 pounds this morning after getting back to it yesterday. I will need to stay on track today as tomorrow I am having a meal at my Mums house and it will be a roast dinner. I will also be having lunch out while shopping and getting something low in calories sandwich wise is almost impossible and there are always so many tempting things to choose from!

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Calories - 23rd October

FOOD AND DRINK :

Breakfast - 150 calories
Porridge and green tea
Elevenses - 100 calories
Banan and green tea
Lunch - 150 calories
Cream cheese, Quorn ham, red pepper and alfalfa sprout sandwich with cherry tomatoes followed by green tea
Afternoon - 100 calories
Some apple, dried apricots, almonds, cashew nuts, pine nuts, pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds with green tea
Evening Meal - 450 calories
Pasta with home made sauce with carrots, brocolli and peas and Quorn sausages followed by a biscuit, a decaff coffee and a decaff tea
Evening Snack - 100 calories
Weetabix with a decaff tea
TOTAL CALORIES - 1050

EXERCISE :

30 mins /250 calories on exercise machine
100 minute walk
30 minute muscle toning workout

A New day - A New Start

So my weight went up to 10 stone 2.4 pounds. I am not surprised. I will be back on track today.

My husband lost weight and is now 15 stone 10.8 pounds which is the lowest he has been for ages, I am so proud of him! He wants to be 14 stone by Christmas which is a loss of about 2.5 pounds a week. It is possible and I will be supporting him. It could be tough for him in December though as he has about six Christmas parties, but he is getting better at being restrained at these sorts of events.

Bad Day

I had a very bad day today. I felt very low, realising how soon it is until my Mum's operation and stressing about some other issues as well. I ate my whole calorie allowance before lunch and continued to eat badly through lunch. I was more restrained later but I am sure I have done a lot of damage. I am not looking forward to what the scales are going to say tomorrow. Sometimes I wish I could do a diet like Fat Loss 4 Idiots where I can lose 11 pounds in a week and then I would already be at my target weight.

I have been thinking about Christmas this evening and so have got my head back on track to making sure that I remember I need to look nice for the beginning of December and fit nicely into my dress for the Christmas party as well as looking good for the big day as it seems there will be quite a few people for lunch. Then there is the family party afterwards which is another opportunity to show off! I know I should be doing it for me and for health reasons not looks, but these little things help to keep me motivated.

My Taste is Changing

I started eating some crisps earlier. I haven't eaten any for a long time and after the first two I stopped enjoying them. I had another and decided that I didn't like them. I used I could live on crisps because I loved them so much and I never seemed to be satiated on them. It is really interesting that not only did I not like them, but I decided to stop eating them and have something I liked instead. Okay, I must admit that it was some buttered toast but at least I didn't waste the calories on something that I didn't enjoy and was unhealthy.

Calories - 21st October

FOOD AND DRINK :

Breakfast - 150 calories
Porridge and 2 cups of green tea
Elevenses - 150 calories
Apple, orange Woodies bar and green tea
Lunch - 200 calories
Cream cheese, Quorn ham and salad leaves in a sandwich with cherry tomatoes and cucumber followed by a biscuit and green tea and decaff coffee
Afternoon - 100 calories
Some banana and grapes with a green tea
Evening Meal - 450 calories
Quorn fillets in a mushroom sauce with pasta, carrots, green beans and peas followed by a kids yoghurt and decaff tea
Evening Snack - 200 calories
Buttered toast and a few crisps with a decaff tea
TOTAL CALORIES - 1250

EXERCISE :

30 mins /225 calories on exercise machine
100 minute walk

Weight Gain

I thought I ate quite well yesterday and I did loads of exercise and my weight was back up to 10 stone exactly. I assume that it could have been due to putting on some muscle - I really do not understand these things! Anyway I am very pleased with how I look and will keep at it and I am sure I can still be down to 9 stone 11 pounds by the end of the week - although I will be eating out over the weekend so I will have to work very hard at it.

Calories - 20th October

FOOD AND DRINK :

Breakfast - 150 calories
Porridge and 2 cups of green tea
Elevenses - 100 calories
Banana and green tea
Lunch - 250 calories
Cream cheese, Quorn ham and salad leaves in a sandwich with cherry tomatoes and cucumber, a slice of bread and butter and green tea
Afternoon - 100 calories
An apple, 4 cashew nuts, 4 pine nuts, 2 dried apricots, an almond and some grapes
Evening Meal - 400 calories
Rice and Stir Fry vegetables with Quorn Fajita Strips and decaff tea
Evening Snack - 100 calories
Weetabix and decaf tea
TOTAL CALORIES - 1100

EXERCISE :

30 mins /265 calories on exercise machine - cycling
30 mins / 215 calories on exercise machine - running
Half an hour toning workout
100 minute walk

Target Achieved!

I am so pleased my weight is 9 stone 13.4 pounds this morning. Yay yay yay!!!!!

My next target is 9 stone 7 pounds. I wanted to reach this by Christmas but have now decided that it would be really nice to get there by my husbands works Christmas party. I have not met any of his work colleagues and it will be nice if he can show me off! I have also decided that I want to work out more toning muscles particularly by thighs, arms and abdominals, so if anyone has any tips for that I would appreciate it.

Therefore my next target is 9 stone 7 pounds by 6th December which is 5 weeks time so I need to lose around 1.5 pounds a week. That means by this time next week I need to be 9 stone 11 pounds.

Cravings

I have been craving shortbread biscuits all week. My husband had one the other day and it got me thinking about these diabetic ones they have in Boots and I really wanted to buy some. I even went into the shop the other day and looked at them, but they are 75 calories per biscuit and there are 10 in a packet and knowing me I would eat the whole thing at once. They are the only sugar free ones that I know of and they do not come in smaller packets. I don't know what to do, I would love to have one but I know if I buy the packet I am unlikely to be able to resist eating them all in one go. I even though I would reward myself when I get to below 10 stone by buying them. I know this is silly and I should not be using food as a reward, but I also know that if I do not have them I will start to eat other unhealthy food like the biscuit I had just now.

I think I need to start being able to control myself and resisting temptation but I just don't know if I can risk it. What would you do?

Calories - 19th October

My weight was down to 10 stone and 0.2 pounds this morning...so near and yet so far!

FOOD AND DRINK :

Breakfast - 150 calories
Porridge and 2 cups of green tea
Elevenses - 100 calories
Some apple, banana, grapes and dried apricots with a few cashew nuts, almonds and pine nuts and green tea
Lunch - 250 calories
Baked beans, tomatoes, mushrooms, Quorn ham and fried egg and two cups of decaff tea
Afternoon - 100 calories
cooked apple and sultanas with a biscuit and decaff tea
Evening Meal - 400 calories
Pasta with home made vegetable sauce, Quorn dippers, broccoli, peas and carrots followed by a kids yoghurt and a decaff tea and decaff coffee
Evening Snack - 200 calories
Quorn ham and pickle sandwich and some cooked apple with sultanas with decaff tea
TOTAL CALORIES - 1200

EXERCISE :

30 mins /250 calories on exercise machine
45 minute slow walk

Calories - 18th October

My weight was down to 10 stone and 0.6 pounds this morning...so close to my target!

FOOD AND DRINK :

Breakfast - 150 calories
Porridge and a cup of green tea
Elevenses - 50 calories
Half a banana
Lunch - 200 calories
Falafels and salad (lettuce, tomato and cucumber) followed by some cooked apple and sultanans a green tea and a decaff tea.
Afternoon - 100 calories
2 almonds, 2 cashew nuts, a dried apricot, two grapes, a few melon cubes and some apple and a decaff tea and a decaff coffee.
Evening Meal - 550 calories
Lemon Sole Goujons, homemade chips, carrots, cabbage and peas with 2 cups decaff tea.
Evening Snack - 150 calories
Quorn ham sandwich and green tea
TOTAL CALORIES - 1200

EXERCISE :

30 mins /250 calories on exercise machine
120 minute walk

Calories - 17th October

FOOD AND DRINK :

Breakfast - 150 calories
Porridge and a cup of green tea
Elevenses - 100 calories
banana and green tea
Lunch - 200 calories
Spicy carrot and parsnip soup with a sandwich of soft cheese, salad leaves, tomato and cucumber with green tea
Afternoon - 50 calories
An apple and decaff tea
Evening Meal - 300 calories
Quorn sausage, onion and ketchup in a sandwich with baked beans followed by a kids yoghurt decaff tea
Evening Snack - 400 calories
Fruit smoothie with some mango and a decaff tea, bread and butter and green tea
TOTAL CALORIES - 1200

EXERCISE :

30 mins /250 calories on exercise machine
120 minute walk

More Weight Loss

My weight was down to 10 stone 1.4 pounds this morning, so nearly back on track after my binge the other day. I still really hope that I can get down below 10 stone before Monday morning weigh in and then I will still be on track for my Christmas target of 9.5 stone.

My husband has been doing a training course this week and has done no exercise and been eating the biscuits and baguettes that they provide for food through the day. His weight is creeping back up. I feel sorry for him as if I was sitting surrounded by that sort of temptation, I would eat it too and he finds it hard fitting in exercise in the evenings as he has had homework and prep to do and he is tired from the intense learning and driving. Hopefully I can get him back on track this weekend with some walks and healthy meals. Wish me luck!

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Calories - 16th October

FOOD AND DRINK :

Breakfast - 150 calories
Porridge and a cup of green tea
Elevenses - 100 calories
banana and oxo drink
Lunch - 150 calories
Home Made spicy carrot and parsnip soup with toast and green tea
Afternoon - 200 calories
Oat biscuits, some buttered toast and melon with green tea
Evening Meal - 500 calories
Pasta with home made sauce, fish fingers, carrots, brussels sprouts and peas followed by cooked apple with sultanas and decaff tea
Evening Snack - 100 calories
Grapenuts and decaff tea
TOTAL CALORIES - 1200

EXERCISE :

30 mins /250 calories on exercise machine - running
140 minute walk

Keeping Track of Calories

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Some Weight Lost

My weight went down to 10 stone 2.8 pounds this morning. I was a bit disappointed as I had it in my head that I would quickly be able to lose everything that I put on but of course losing nearly a pound in a day was pretty good especially considering that I had to stay in with my sons as they were poorly so I only got the chance to have a very quick walk in the evening. They are going to play group today so I will get that nice hill walk first thing in the morning which I love and then again at lunch time.

Calories - 15th October

FOOD AND DRINK :

Breakfast - 150 calories
Porridge and a cup of green tea
Elevenses - 100 calories
banana and green tea
Lunch - 100 calories
Home Made carrot and coriander soup with a young leaf, cucumber and tomato salad
Afternoon - 100 calories
Grape Nuts with semi skimmed milk and decaff tea
Evening Meal - 400 calories
Brown rice, Quorn sausages, carrots, peas and green beans followed by a fruit juice jelly and decaff tea
Evening Snack - 150 calories
Wallaby Bar and decaff tea
TOTAL CALORIES - 1000

EXERCISE :

60 mins /400 calories on exercise machine - cycling
25 minute fast walk

Huge Weight Gain

I probably ate about 2700 calories yesterday and did not exercise machine. However, despite my weight being up to 10 stone 3.6 pounds, I am happy that my blood sugar is back in balance and I feel like I am getting over the sinus headache that I had yesterday. It was that time of the month as well so all in all was not a good day!

I did not eat lots of unhealthy foods but lots of proteins as well as complex carbohydrates and some fats to get my blood sugar back on line.

I have decided that I would like to get to my target weight of 9.5 stone just before Christmas. It is exactly 10 weeks until Christmas Eve and that means that I need to lose just over one pound a week, on average to get to that weight. I do not feel that is unrealistic and it would be fantastic to have a great body to show off to the relatives that I will be seeing over the festive season!

Plan for today

My weight this morning was down a little bit to 10 stone 1.4 pounds. I have had low blood sugar for the last few days and it is even worse today. I have therefore decided that the sensible thing to do is to stop counting calories today and to try to build my blood sugar back up by having larger portions, more protein and fat but still trying to keep a balance. I am craving biscuits but obviously they are the worst thing I can have so have had a bean burger and salad sandwich instead hoping that will help this morning. I may not exercise either - apart from walking as it made me feel extremely low last night. I will see how I feel later on.

Calories - 13th October

FOOD AND DRINK :

Breakfast - 150 calories
Porridge and 2 cups of green tea
Elevenses - 100 calories
banana and decaff tea
Lunch - 150 calories
Home Made carrot and coriander soup with toast and decaff tea
Afternoon - 100 calories
apple, melon and grapes with decaff tea
Evening Meal - 450 calories
Fish finger, ketchup and raw spinach sandwich with carrots and peas followe dby some cooked apple with sultanas
Evening Snack - 100 calories
weetabix and decaff tea
TOTAL CALORIES - 1050

EXERCISE :

30 mins /200 calories on exercise machine - running
100 minute walk

Sucess

Well the hard work yesterday paid off and my weight is back down to 10 stone 1.6 pounds. I have decided to set a target of getting under 10 stone by this time next week. This is such an exciting target for me as I have not been below 10 stone for as long as I can remember, so it must have been when I was at school or college.

My husband thought that he had a bad day yesterday but because he had lower calorie meals (as I cooked most of them!) his naughty snacks did not do as much damage as he thought as despite being over 16 stone again on Sunday morning (due to doing no exercise for 3 days and having too many naughty snacks) was 15 stone 12.6 pounds this morning.

Calories - 12th October

FOOD AND DRINK :

Breakfast - 150 calories
Porridge and 2 cups of green tea
Elevenses - 100 calories
biscuit, banana and decaff tea
Lunch - 250 calories
Home Made carrot and coriander soup with toast followed by a kids yoghurt, apple crumble and custard and decaff tea
Afternoon - 50 calories
Some melon, banana and apple and green tea
Evening Meal - 500 calories
Tuna fish cake with rice, peas, carrots and Brussels sprouts followed by apple crumble desert and decaff tea.
Evening Snack - calories
Decaff tea with a peanut butter and jam sandwich
TOTAL CALORIES - 1200

EXERCISE :

30 mins /200 calories on exercise machine - running
30 mins / 200 calories on exercise machine - walking
60 minute walk

Oh dear!

Well yesterday was a bit of a disaster! I just about managed to recover lunch and we got a roast cooked in the end after having a power cut between 11 and 12am. I ate a modest lunch but then had left overs later and lots of other additional bad things and put on 1.4 pounds in the day making my weight 10 stone 2.6 pounds. Back on track today though.

Weight the Same

My weight stayed the same yesterday which I am not surprised about as I ate quite a bit in the evening and didn't do so much exercise. I am 10 stone 1.2 pounds which is still very exciting! I am having guests for lunch today so it will be roast potatoes, friend bean burgers and puddings so I will not be counting calories as it will be too complicated and I may easily put on some weight.

Calories - 10th October

FOOD AND DRINK :

Breakfast - 150 calories
Porridge and green tea
Elevenses - 50 calories
Small banana and green tea
Lunch - 150 calories
Cream cheese and lettuce sandwich with red pepper and cucumber sticks and decaff tea
Afternoon - 50 calories
an apple
Evening Meal - 450 calories
Nut roast, rice, soya beans and french beans and green tea with some grapes
Evening Snack - 450 calories
Buttered toast, raw foods cocoa bar and 2 cups of decaff tea
TOTAL CALORIES - 1300

EXERCISE :

15 mins /150 calories on exercise machine - running
100 minute walk

I Cannot Believe It!

This morning I remembered that I also had fruit juice yesterday, pushing my calories up even higher. I was therefore not looking forward to weighing this morning. My husband was pleased as despite eating 6 biscuits yesterday and doing no exercise he lost half a pound and is back below 16 stone again. I actually lost a little weight and am now 10 stone 1.2 pounds. I wonder if I miscounted my calories or something. I did eat mainly healthy stuff - even the chocolate truffles were the home made ones from fruit, nuts and cocoa powder so they were almost healthy!

Calories - 9th October

I did not do well today. My parents came over and my Dad told me I was getting too thin and I shouldn't lose any more weight. Then I had to make something for them to eat so it didn't go well. By the evening I really needed some chocolate....

FOOD AND DRINK :

Breakfast - 150 calories
Porridge and green tea
Elevenses - 100 calories
A banana and a hot marmite drink
Lunch - 200 calories
scrambled egg on toast, a kids yoghurt and decaff tea
Afternoon - 250 calories
Cooked apple and sultanas with custard and decaff tea
Evening Meal - 850 calories
half and avocado followed by roasted sweet potato, spaghetti with homemade sauce and carrots folowed by a green tea and chocolate truffles
Evening Snack - 150calories
Peanut butter sandwich and green tea
TOTAL CALORIES - 1700

EXERCISE :

30 mins /230 calories on exercise machine - running
80 minute walk

Wow!

Well my weight this morning was down to 10 stone 1.6 pounds. I am so happy - I will soon be below 10 stone which I have never been since I was a child. It is such an exciting milestone for me.

My husband was not so successful and unfortunately his weight was back up to 16 stone and neither of us are sure why. he has taken to having a packet of crisps a day at work and I have suggested that he try going back to having the biscuits he used to have which were the same calories but possibly less fat. Hopefully he will lose some weight tomorrow.

Calories - 8th October

FOOD AND DRINK :

Breakfast - 150 calories
Porridge and green tea
Elevenses - 175 calories
An apple and a Thorntons diabetic fudge bar with green tea
Lunch - 150 calories
An avocado and lettuce sandwich with some red pepper, spring onions and cucumber with a green tea
Afternoon - 75 calories
a banana and some grapes and a glass of water
Evening Meal - 450 calories
Tofu marinated in a tandoori curry and yoghurt sauce with sweet potato, french beans and peas followed by a kids yoghurt and decaff tea
Evening Snack - 100 calories
Weetabix and green tea
TOTAL CALORIES - 1050

EXERCISE :

30 mins /200 calories on exercise machine - running
100 minute walk

Yay!!

My weight was just 10 stone 2.6 pounds this morning which was fantastic - I am so happy! I have done some new calculations and have decided that as it is best to have a BMI less than 21 for disease prevention then my weight needs to be below 9 stone 9 lbs which is weight loss of just 8.5 pounds. Hopefully I can do that by Christmas.

Calories - 7th October

My weight was down to 10 stone 3 pounds this morning so just another 1 pound loss and I will reach my weekly target.

FOOD AND DRINK :

Breakfast - 150 calories
Porridge and green tea
Elevenses - 100 calories
Some banana and a kids yoghurt with green tea
Lunch - 150 calories
A soft cheese, lettuce and Quorn ham sandwich with some carrot, red pepper, spring onions and cucumber and a hot marmite drink
Afternoon - 100 calories
3 plumsand some apple with decaff tea
Evening Meal - 600 calories
Quorn Mince in gravy with onion, peas and carrots in gravy topped with mashed potato served with broccoli and brussels sprouts followed by apple crumble, decaff tea and decaff coffee
Evening Snack - 100 calories
Weetabix and decaff tea
TOTAL CALORIES - 1200

EXERCISE :

30 mins /200 calories on exercise machine - running
80 minute walk

Ideal BMI

I am sure you are all familiar with the area of BMI and how it predicts the safe weight for our height. I have just finished my nutrition course and there is some interesting information in there about BMI. Basically not all bodies or countries agree on what is a good BMI to be at. Generally the figure in the UK is 18.5-25 but For Heart disease prevention the figure is less than 25. For cancer prevention it is recommended that BMI through the whole of the adult life should be between 18.5 and 25. This all ties up nicely until you look at the European goals. Their population goal for BMI is 21-22 hoping for an optimal level of 20.

At the moment my BMI is 22.4 which is a healthy figure for the UK guidelines but needs to be less for the European ones. I have calculated that to have a BMI of 20 I woudl need to weigh 9 stone 2 pounds which is a further 15lbs weight loss and my husband would need to weigh 10 stone 11 pounds which would mean he would need to lose 71 pounds or about 5 stone. That seems like a lot to me. He has a weight goal of 12.5 stone (BMI 23.1) and mine is 9.5 stone (BMI 20.8). I think we will get to those weights first and then decide whether we think we can live healthily at a lower weight.

Calories - 6th October

FOOD AND DRINK :

Breakfast - 150 calories
Porridge and green tea
Elevenses - 100 calories
Half a banana, a kids yoghurt and a green tea
Lunch - 150 calories
One slice wholemeal bread filled with soft cheese, lettuce and Quorn ham with cherry tomatoes, cucumber and spring onion and a hot marmite drink followed by a decaff tea
Afternoon - 100 calories
Apple crumble (with a seed, pecan nut and oatmeal topping and green tea
Evening Meal - 650 calories
Pasta with home made sauce, Quorn southern fried burgers, carrots, brocolli and peas followed by two plums and some green tea
Evening Snack - 150 calories
Peanut butter on toast
TOTAL CALORIES - 1300

EXERCISE :

30 mins /215 calories on exercise machine - running
30 mins / 200 calories on exercise machine - cycling
120 minute walk

Sunday's News

Well I was not anything like as good as I planned. I only did a short 30 minutes on the exercise machine and made some apple crumble and custard and bought some cream. It was lovely but I paid the price and my weight is 10 stone 3.4 pounds this morning. My husband, however, lost weight because he can eat a few more extra calories to me and he was pleased. He reached his weight target for the week this morning!

I think I should start setting weight targets too. I would like my weight to be below 10 stone 2 pounds by Saturday morning. His mew target is 15 stone 10 pounds (he is 15 stone 12 pounds today).

Today's Weight

After eating so much last night I managed to not put on too much weight - I am just 10 stone 3.2 pounds. I was really pleased but just hope that it does not decide to go up today instead. As I am at home with my husband this afternoon I think I will leave him to look after the boys and do some housework as that is what I did on Friday that lost me so much weight. I think I will have a go at cleaning the windows and dusting the ceilings and then do a workout on the machine and then a muscle toning workout and maybe something else too. After just having a slow short walk yesterday I feel like I need to stretch out a bit!

Wow!!

Well I was hugely surprised this morning when I weighed and was 10 stone 2.8 pounds. The housework I did must have really burnt off some calories as that was a loss of 1.4 pounds.

I doubt I will be so happy tomorrow as I was out today and although I was pretty good, I still managed to have a huge lunch and then when I got home I had really low blood sugar and was really hungry and ate loads of food. I am sure that I have eaten 2500 calories today and I just had a short walk and no other exercise.

Calories - 3rd October

My weight stayed the same at 10 stone 4.2 pounds. I was not surprised as I did not do that much exercise and I ate quite a lot of calories.

FOOD AND DRINK :

Breakfast - 150 calories
Porridge and green tea
Elevenses - 150 calories
Peanut butter and jam sandwich
Lunch - 100 calories
Bread spread with soft cheese with lettuce and cherry tomatoes and a hot marmite drink
Afternoon - 100 calories
A banana and green tea
Evening Meal - 450 calories
Brown rice with curried butternut squash, sweetcorn and peas with Quorn sausages followed by 2 plums and a cappuccino
Evening Snack - 100 calories
2 Decaff teas and weetabix
TOTAL CALORIES - 1050

EXERCISE :

30 mins /225 calories on exercise machine - running
120 minute walk

Calories - 2nd October

FOOD AND DRINK :

Breakfast - 150 calories
Porridge and green tea
Elevenses - 100 calories
A banana and green tea
Lunch - 250 calories
Quorn ham and pickle sandwich with a salad of lettuce, tomato, cucumber and red pepper followed by some kids custard and a plum with a cup of green tea
Afternoon - 200 calories
A boiled egg and some melon and green tea
Evening Meal - 450 calories
Pasta with home made sauce, fish cake and stir fry pak choi, carrot, onion and green beans followed by decaff tea.
Evening Snack - 200 calories
Custard and decaff tea
TOTAL CALORIES - 1350

EXERCISE :

30 mins /250 calories on exercise machine - running
120 minute walk

Weight Loss at Last!

Well all of the exercise was worth it yesterday. Not only do I feel thinner but I lost weight and am now 10 stone 4.2 pounds. I also have some fresh motivation as in a few weeks time I will be visiting people who have not seen me for a while and it would be really good to look and feel amazing! I have also started looking after my skin more by moisturising with a skin tightening cream, putting bio oil on my stretch marks and using a scrubby facial wash and body wash. I have started washing my hair every day and I can really see the difference, even if no one else can! It is great way to treat myself without it being food related.

My husband stayed the same weight despite having a few treats yesterday which is good. I am hoping he will lose some more soon before I start getting used to his trimmer look - it is nice that every time I look at him I see how much thinner he is looking and feel compelled to compliment him.

Calories - 1st October

FOOD AND DRINK :

Breakfast - 150 calories
Porridge and green tea
Elevenses - 100 calories
Two plums, an apple and a decaff tea
Lunch - 250 calories
Quorn ham and pickle sandwich with a salad of lettuce, tomato, grated carrot, cucumber and red pepper followed by some kids yoghurt and kids custard with a cup of green tea
Afternoon - 100 calories
A banana with some melon and green tea
Evening Meal - 500 calories
Vegetable casserole (squash, potato, carrots, onion, mixed beans and brussels sprouts) with bean burgers with 2 cups decaff tea
Evening Snack - 100 calories
glass of water, weetabix and decaff tea
TOTAL CALORIES - 1200

EXERCISE :

60 mins /450 calories on exercise machine - running
30 mins / 175 calories on exercise machine - cycling
100 minute walk

Weight the Same.....Again!

I am not sure why my weight will not go down. I know the scales have not broken!!

I have decided that I must work harder at it today - do more exercise and try something different with eating. I have decided to eat more food but keep the calories down and then if my body has gone into starvation mode it might come out again. I will try to drink a bit more too and see if that helps.

My husband had a bad day yesterday. Four people brought cakes into the office for birthdays and leaving dos. He was pretty good and had two very small cakes but managed to put on half a pound. Hopefully he can get rid of it today - I will be making sure he gets on the exercise machine tonight!