Cooks Posted February 10, 2010 Author Share Posted February 10, 2010 I am back loving bananas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chick wiggle Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Aww, poor Cookie, i sympathise with you too, Im sat driving most of the day and the temptation to just eat eat eat is sometimes overwhelming. I stopped visiting the burger vans and buying crisps and just take a couple of sandwiches with me. But its HARD! Im not very good at the advice for you Cooks, sorry, but i know you can do it, just think for every biscuit or packet of crisps, you have to hobble up and down the stairs, would that help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted February 10, 2010 Author Share Posted February 10, 2010 I am better at getting up and down now... Its just willpower and I if I transfer some of my stufbbourness into willpower I am sure I should be able to do it... well I hope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted February 11, 2010 Author Share Posted February 11, 2010 apple for breakfast so far, I will have an egg sandwich a bit later then a small evening meal... no crisps, biscuits, chocolates/sweets or anything..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 Keep it up Cookie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 good girl. Just a thought - you may find yourself craving less if you have more for breakfast; protein is good for making you feel full, so eggs and bacon, or scrambled eggs with salmon would be good, just don't add any bread or toast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted February 11, 2010 Author Share Posted February 11, 2010 okey pokes I will try adding more brekkie like that from tomorrow. I am not normally a brekki girl but scrambled egg is always a winner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaireG Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 Cooks i do this mainly to help my blood sugars as i have type 2 diabetes but it has helped me lose weight as well I've found it a lot easier to do than most diets and don't feel like i'm starving or depriving myself. http://www.the-gi-diet.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted February 11, 2010 Author Share Posted February 11, 2010 oooh that looks really good and very handy to have a list of high, medium and lows for when I do my shopping! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted February 11, 2010 Author Share Posted February 11, 2010 oooh another question, I love eatting my eggs, obviously, but seeing as I am cutting down, can I overdo it?? or can I eat as many as I like ?? what you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaireG Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 They are no longer thought of as bad cholestral wise and are a greatsource of protein so go ahead! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1049144/Eating-eggs-day-CUT-cholesterol-help-lose-weight.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted February 11, 2010 Author Share Posted February 11, 2010 I dont think I could ration my girls eggs anyhoo's they put such effort into them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerryegg Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 I managed to loose weight by eating only proper food, fruit, veg and a little meat, fish and eggs but found the most helpful thing was watching a programme called family fat surgeons. Lots of enormous people having gastric surgery and even worse operations to remove excess fat after weight loss. the majority of them had just eaten too much. One programme was about several members of the same family. Based in America. Think it was on one of the sky channels. Good luck whatever you do. Nothing is ever easy. the other tip is to remember a boiled egg and soliders with a scapping of low fat spread is about the same number of calories as a chocolate bar and you have the diversion of having to prepare it. I don't rate kate Moss as a role model but I often remember her saying 'nothing tastes as good as thin feels' or something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggy Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 I know exactly what you mean, Im having my knee repaired on Monday but my weight has soared since being so imobile & I had to take steroids for 5 weeks when my asthma went off, it makes you feel so miserable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted February 11, 2010 Author Share Posted February 11, 2010 oooh good luck with your op Tiggy, not easy at all is it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy chickens! Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 And don't get depressed when you get more mobile and fitter again - you may put weight on when your muscle builds back up - it's how tight your waistband is that matters most, not your scales. Good luck, hope you back to full strength soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted February 11, 2010 Author Share Posted February 11, 2010 thanks today so far... ahem.... Apple Egg Sandwich (I have to rethink this bread thing) Banana (had urge to do impression or urangutang from jungle book then) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaireG Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 Stoneground wholemeal bread is low GI Wholemeal pitta is ok as well. I've justhad homemade hummus with wholemeal pitta and carrot sticks. You could quite easily have an egg salad pitta or sarnie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted February 11, 2010 Author Share Posted February 11, 2010 well I have put a weight watchers loaf on my shopping order just to see what its like, I will look into different bread though as that is my wekness, I know it *holds hands up* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C&T Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 well I have put a weight watchers loaf on my shopping order just to see what its like, I will look into different bread though as that is my wekness, I know it *holds hands up* WW bread isn't bad - just pretty light. More air really! But it does stop the filling of your sandwhich from falling all over your lap... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docsquid Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 I really don't think you should think in terms of cutting out any foods. All foods are bad for you if eaten in excessive quantities, so that is the key. Eggs are fine if you have a few, but as with all foods, you can't just eat as many as you like. Same with bread - good if you only have a few slices a day, bad if you eat too many, particularly if it is buttered and piled up with sweet or fatty fillings. I would also say that buying "diet" foods frequently doesn't work because often they differ very little in terms of fat content and calorie content. However you think because they are "diet" then you can eat much more of them. It is better to train yourself to only eat three slices of bread a day, than it is to think "Weight watcher's bread is a diet food, so I can eat 10 slices a day". If you are very vulnerable to bingeing on a particular food (me and chocolate, for example) then that's the time not to have it in the house at all. I don't buy chocolate, so can't binge on it. The advice I'd give is 1. Drink plenty of water 2. Have a sizeable breakfast - aim to eat 1/3 of the calories you need each day as breakfast. If you are immobile you may not need the 1800 calories typically required, so may need 1500 calories, so your breakfast should be about 500 calories. Some protein and fat will make this meal much more satisfying, making you much less likely to snack between meals, and much less likely to feel hungry before lunchtime. I know if I have scrambled egg on toast for breakfast, I frequently don't even want to eat any lunch at all - I do eat something, but am not particularly hungry at lunchtime. 3. Don't eat anything at all between meals. If you must snack, eat raw carrot or a piece of fruit. 4. Don't cut out any foods, but ensure that you only eat small portions of high calorie/high fat/sugary foods, and do so infrequently e.g. only eat one square of chocolate, not a whole bar, only one cheese sandwich a week, not every day. 5. Use a smaller plate for your main meal - that way it looks full and you'll cut down your portion size. 6. Eat slowly, very slowly - then your stomach will have time to produce the hormones that it produces when it is full to tell your brain that you aren't hungry any more. If you eat quickly, you will be over-full before this mechanism kicks in and will eat too much. 7. Stop eating when you start to feel full (not when you are full, and not when your plate is empty). If your plate isn't empty, throw it away, don't feel obliged to stuff down food when you aren't actually hungry any more. 8. Don't miss any meals at all - if you aren't hungry, eat a little bit instead of missing a meal and bingeing at the next one. 9. Use low-fat methods of cooking (grilling on a rack, stir fry with a little oil, dry roast, braising). I would also say that you should only introduce one or two of these points per week and stick to them. Then in three or four weeks, you should have turned round your eating. Don't try and do everything all at once, or you won't manage it, then you will feel bad about failing. Better to do something you can succeed with than try to do the impossible. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 Always leave a little bit on the plate - I have a tendency to scoff the lot. Another fault is eating leftovers (now suitably done for lunch the following day with an omlette - now and again, which is divided between the two of us). Of course I could cook less in the first place, but then someone either decides not to eat with us, or hasn't eaten and wants to know why we haven't done enough for him. No names mentioned at all my son. What no cookies? Can I have a banana? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted February 11, 2010 Author Share Posted February 11, 2010 thats you lot, it really does help as this has been getting me down. I have changed my order and whipped off the weight watchers bread for the wholemeal, not my most fav bread in the world but it wont kill me. is my webcam on where did you get that pic of me Koojie???????????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 It's so cute isn't it? Hard to resist that piccy. You know me - mention banana's and orang-utans and I'm hunting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted February 11, 2010 Author Share Posted February 11, 2010 yes the challenge was too great wasn't it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
