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From a Christmas Pudding to a Christmas Cracker - Weight Loss Motivation
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Fair play, Loughc, you are on fire! I had an okish weekend, but am struggling with the chocolate cravings this week! Trying to not give in but it's hard, I've had a few slips
My main meals have been on plan though so hoping that will give me something. Going to get out at lunch for a walk too. 0 -
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CheerLouth wrote: »FI had an okish weekend, but am struggling with the chocolate cravings this week! Trying to not give in but it's hard, I've had a few slips My main meals have been on plan though so hoping that will give me something.
This is how I feel at the moment too.
I suppose it's all about re-wiring the brain, I've allowed myself to have what I want since November with the excuse "It's Christmas" that it's going to take time for him to realise the party is over!0 -
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CheerLouth wrote: »Exactly, Loughc. Half the problem (in my house anyway) is that we still have stuff left over from Christmas & once you know it's in the house, it's a killer!
Same, I have 3 selection boxes, a pack of shortbreads, a box of after eights, a bag of snowbites, a bag of marshmallows and a box of festive friends staring at me in the press.
It doesn't help I keep checking the press...
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mirrorwall14 wrote: »I threw it all out. I’d totally have eaten it all. There might be a pack of Pringles but that’s about it tbh
You're a stronger person than me. I threw out half a bag of the Tesco Onion rings and the last few celebration sweets and I thought I was great at that.
I can't throw the other stuff out, I have myself convinced once I get to a stone lost I'm having a kcal-free day, where I'm not going to worry about the kcals I will consume that day.
I'll keep my meals on plan but allow myself the treats... just got to get there first!
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You're a stronger person than me. I threw out half a bag of the Tesco Onion rings and the last few celebration sweets and I thought I was great at that.
I can't throw the other stuff out, I have myself convinced once I get to a stone lost I'm having a kcal-free day, where I'm not going to worry about the kcals I will consume that day.
I'll keep my meals on plan but allow myself the treats... just got to get there first!
You can do it! I kept the mini selection box bits and marked the syns on them but they’re gone now. Then replaced the rest with Freddos and curly wurlys lol. Oh and there are some quality street in the sweets jar. At 2 syns each I have one with coffee sometimes0 -
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Well I had an eye opener this weekend as I tried to pick on outfit for Friday night - a dress that I wore to a wedding in July wouldn't zip up There's no worse feeling than that. So I have another wedding at the beginning of April and I'm determined to fit back into it by then! 0
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CheerLouth wrote: »Well I had an eye opener this weekend as I tried to pick on outfit for Friday night - a dress that I wore to a wedding in July wouldn't zip up There's no worse feeling than that. So I have another wedding at the beginning of April and I'm determined to fit back into it by then!
Ah the old saying... it's all fun and games until your jeans don't fit no more.
Christmas is lethal for that for me, one year I bought a new suit as I had 2 weddings one in October and one in December.
The October one was the 31st and the December one was the 28th, so even less than 2 months later... in October the suit fitted perfectly and come December.... NIGHTMARE. The trousers would barely zip up and the jacket had to be worn open. LESS THAN 2 MONTHS!
I've never going to learn when it comes to Christmas Splurging!
At least it gives me something to focus on in January
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Glad to know I'm not alone on Christmas splurge! I think because I spend so much of the year saying "No, I better not" to things I want, when I get to Christmas, I take the "feck it, it's Christmas" to the extreme
In other news, I'm back from my walk and I can confirm that:
1. It's bloody freezing out
2. There's also quite a bit of sunshine which makes it a "Glad to be Alive" kinda day!
Highly recommend getting out there for a bit if you can 0 -
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CheerLouth wrote: »In other news, I'm back from my walk and I can confirm that:
1. It's bloody freezing out
2. There's also quite a bit of sunshine which makes it a "Glad to be Alive" kinda day!
Highly recommend getting out there for a bit if you can
Ooooh they're my favorite kind of walks, the cold and sun together! You feel so fresh after it!0 -
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CheerLouth wrote: »Same, we have some chocolate kimberleys, two selection boxes, a box of After Eights, some fudge & a box of afternoon tea.
I've 3 Easter eggs I was given last year My problem isn't chocolate, it's crisps, especially pringles. Last of the Christmas tubes is gone at last so buying no more until at least Easter 0 -
I've never actually bought a packet of crisps, they do nothing for me.
My main problem isn't chocolate either though. Now a nice danish pastry/chocolate eclair/coffee slice/victoria sponge/pecan plait on the other hand... nom nom!0 -
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CheerLouth wrote: »I'm also not a crisp fan, Posy! The looks I get when I tell people that :pac: I hate the way they get stuck in your teeth!
I love everything else though - chocolate, jellies, cake, buns..... I wish I didn't have a sweet tooth
I've a massive sweet tooth.... same as you CL, chocolate, cakes, buns, jellies!
Been craving jellies for the past 2 week as that's the only thing I haven't had any of since Christmas.
I don't mind crisps... I do love a big bag of Crisps but I find once I have crisps I'm like I'm done with them for a while, where when I have chocolate I'm immediately searching for my next chocolate hit haha.0 -
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The one thing I'm finding with the early morning gym sessions is it's making my working week feel much longer...
After the gym I feel like I've a days work done as it is... and then I have to go to work. But it really is convenient.0 -
Got weighed last night - was up half a pound Disgusted to be honest. But perhaps the kick up the bum I needed so this week, I've committed to writing everything down & posting my meals on our SW groups FB page. Hopefully that will keep me going and give me a good result this week!
Already looking forward to my walk at lunchtime - even though it's piddling rain out! 0 -
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CheerLouth wrote: »Got weighed last night - was up half a pound Disgusted to be honest. But perhaps the kick up the bum I needed so this week, I've committed to writing everything down & posting my meals on our SW groups FB page. Hopefully that will keep me going and give me a good result this week!
Already looking forward to my walk at lunchtime - even though it's piddling rain out!
The hardest thing for me is when I gain and I feel like I was deprived all week is I get so dishearted and usually end up spiraling.
This year I'm gonna accept there will be bad weigh ins and I'll gain weeks where I didn't deserve to but there'll be weeks where i'll lose more than I deserve to too. The important thing is never stop trying.
I've lost 6lbs in the last two weeks but if I continued to eat and not exercise like I was pre-January I would have been up anywhere from 2-5lbs, so instead of being down just 6lbs I've also stopped a gain of that too.
You can do it CL, tracking everything you eat is key to success, I'm an awful picker, a shortbread here, a few nuts there, etc, it's not long until those syns fly up if you're not keeping an eye on it!0 -
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Thanks Loughc! You are right, if I was back to my old ways of Christmas past, I could easily have another half stone on so silver linings!You can do it CL, tracking everything you eat is key to success, I'm an awful picker, a shortbread here, a few nuts there, etc, it's not long until those syns fly up if you're not keeping an eye on it!
I can be the same and if I'm honest, that's what I was doing last week a bit, not keeping track of the little bits I picked at outside of my main meals! So this week, I'm going to track everything! And normally, I'm really good at that because I love making lists & I thrive on organisation. I don't know what was going on last week. Anyway, drawing a line under it and moving onwards! 0 -
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