buffie Posted February 13, 2006 Author Share Posted February 13, 2006 Well done jackie . I wonder how all the girls are doing.... Come on let us know. I have already posted my improved steps and did 12500 today as not so long an evening walk. It amounts to 90 mins of good walking though and 5 miles so thats great. BBx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 I keep forgetting to put my pedometer on, so have no idea how I'm doing. My clothes aren't getting any looser, so I think I'm not doing very well! I've just got a membership for the local council gym and swimming pool, so when the kids get back to school next week, I'll start walking and get swimming and hopefully see a difference! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffie Posted February 15, 2006 Author Share Posted February 15, 2006 Hey don't be hard on yourself! BBx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 I agree Buffie - I think we are too hard on ourselves. Life is tough enough without beating ourselves up about forgetting the pedometer or having an extra chocolate (bar!). I think rather than feeling guilty you should look forward and continue to do your best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffie Posted February 15, 2006 Author Share Posted February 15, 2006 That's it don't try just do your very best!!! BBx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 But I am trying (very trying Paul would say ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 You'll get there Mel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 I think I've got there and am now on my way back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurpleHen Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Well - I have made 7585 so far today - so it's improving with a bit of extra effort Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffie Posted February 15, 2006 Author Share Posted February 15, 2006 Great Jackie I had a lean day but i will up and at it tomorrow. i use pedometers with clients and they are so effective for motivation. Come on girls every step counts! BBx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Thanks for the motivation Buffie, if only you could motivate me away from the biscuit tin at work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 and the chocolate vending machine My problem is the pedometer I had (a free one with Special K last year) keeps on falling off my waist band (obviously not enough room for it ) or someone I manage to zero it / or turn it off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 I've really got the munchies today, must be the run I did last night! That'll teach me to be energetic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 why is it that when I eat breakfast (admittedly at 5.15am) I am really hungry by 9am, and when I dont eat breakfast I can usually last till lunchtime (and its porridge for breakfast!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Dunno about that one Mel. I love porridge though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Me too - a right regular goldilocks me (especially the bit about falling asleep after breakfast ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheilaz Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Mel, I always have breakfast, but, as you say, I always have what I call "porridge gap" well ahead of lunchtime. I don't get it with cereal, unless low calorie! But Mel, I think it is a good thing...it's getting our metabolism working efficiently, so to be hungry in the morning, despite breakfast, is a good thing! To use it to advantage, EAT mid morning AND lunchtime, even mid afternoon & then a meal straight after work too. This sounds like eating more, but it's healthier & WORKS! I'm not shouting, just excited. Porridge Fruit/yog etc Lunch (big & healthy) Fruit Dinner (smaller portion) ..............Honestly, if you have this routine, it stops the evening munchies & cravings. It's only my own theory, not out of a book (well, it may be somewhere) but I think it is the healthiest lifestyle. Mel, this is my 2nd serious posting in one week, I'll go & be flippant somewhere else! I don't always achieve this...some days it just has to be choc. all day long. But, to you.....or anyone who skips meals (hopeless, body thinks it's starving & starts storing fat) EAT loads in the morning (healthy stuff I mean!) Funny about porridge though isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Sounds like the GI book Sheila - good advice, pity I don't take it Can we go off and be flippant together now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola H Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 If I eat porridge for breakfast I don't get the mid-morning munchies I can manage until lunch time before my tummy rumbles and even then don't feel very hungry..........The only trouble is I really don't like porridge I have to gulp it down quick and don't enjoy it what ever topping I put on it.....................The chooks love it though and always eat my left overs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 I now like to have a boiled egg and dry toast for breakfast but it doesn't last as well as my old 'usual' breakfast. I have for a few years started the day with chopped apple and Flaxseeds covered in 190ml of (homemade) plain yoghurt. It is amazingly filling and seems to last. Like Sheila, I am of the 'eat a substantial lunch' and a lighter evening meal brigade. Amazingly for me I don't usually even think about food in the evenings, so it works for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Me too, the light late meals that is. I find that I can't eat much later in the day as it just doesn't digest. It also suits my lifestyle not to eat much in the evening as I am either busy sorting Rosie or doing housework/stuff. So I have: either porridge (with raisins and brown sugar) made from organic semi-scummed milk or Special k with chopped up organic strawberries and blueberries and the same milk Bigger meal at lunchtime i.e. mackerel salad or big bowl of soup and bread In the evening, I either have eggs done some way or another, toast or cereal. My problem is the biscuit tin at work. When I am really concentrating I tend to pick at food whether I am hungry or not! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheilaz Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Sounds like the GI book Sheila - good advice, pity I don't take it Can we go off and be flippant together now? Definitely! Two serious posts and a mind puzzle explanation ( ) are quite enough for one day. Let's go and be silly! Oh, & although full of advice, I still nibble unsuitable things all the time if I feel like it (then wish I didn't) For some stupid reason our shop had toffee & fudge & chocs HALF PRICE. I don't even like toffee...but it was very soft, like fudge! Must resist sugary bargains! But I've never read a diet book in my life. They must have copied me. I tend to believe a little of what you fancy does you good ...I love food...a bit of everything. It's much easier if I don't have choc/biscs/crisps in the house (obviously)...but that's impossible if living with lots of other peeps. Esp. 8 stone man who eats junk food (not OH). (son, 21, bad habits but could be worse!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crooked Chicken Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 I've just munched my way through 4 (not bad) Green & Black's organic praline collection. Feel like another 4 now. What with that and a mug of strong coffee, think I'm gonna be buzzing till 2 in the morning. I'm sooooo weak willed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurpleHen Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 Feeling rather smug - managed 14109 today Just wish I had the same time during the week to do all this walking... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffie Posted February 19, 2006 Author Share Posted February 19, 2006 why is it that when I eat breakfast (admittedly at 5.15am) I am really hungry by 9am, and when I dont eat breakfast I can usually last till lunchtime (and its porridge for breakfast!) THINK 6 MEL AND WELL DONE SHEILA No more than 3-4 hours in between meals this helps speed up the metabolic rate. Irregular eating, like dieting or yo yo dieting, irregular eating, cause the body to retain fat, body thinks it may be a famine, and stores energy so increasing weight. Breakfast is vital as the body is empty and needs fuel so eat it everyday and by 9ish mel you need to have a snack and then a lunch and so on, with time your body regulates itself and with a bit of exercise you are a fine working machine! The body is then going to move naturally to it's set weight point, everyone is different and we don't have scales here. Weight fears often lead people to skip breakfast and the cycle continues of on and off eating. It's simple and it works, that's part of my job! BBx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
