xx Cathy xx

Hiya Bindi I'm going to be following low GI too. I've just finished day 3 of refeed week and i'll be doing GI long term. I used Rick Gallop's GI diet book and read it cover to cover. Its really useful and has a few recipe ideas in etc. I also got his GI shopping/eating out guide and recipe book. Def reccommend em x

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Starting Weight 14st 7lb
Current Weight 11st 10lb

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Will get the name of the pocket book when I go home hun

Breakfast - LT Bar

Snack Apple.

Lunch - 2 slices of wholegrain brownbread, 1 boiled egg, mixed salad. 5 strawberries, 10grapes.

Snack Madarin

Dinner - chicken seasoned with Chilli, baby potatoes, mixed veg
Low fat yogurt.

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HEIGHT: 5ft 6

START WEIGHT: 11ST 13LB

Week 1:-6 11st 7lb
Week 2:-1.5 11st 5.5lb
Week 3:-4 11st 1lb
Week 4:-4 10st 11lb
Week 5:-3 10st 8lb
Week 6: - 4 10st 4lb
Week 7: - 1 10st 3lb
Week 8:-1.6 10st 1.4lb
Week 9:- Onto refeed. -2lb 9st 13lb
Week 10:- maintanance week1 -2b 9st 11lb
MY GOALS!!

1. Gain confidence in myself - Nearly there!! Amazing how a little weight loss gives you loads of confidence - I know longer feel fat and lazy - I feel fat but successfully doing something about it!!

2. Lose 1 Stone - 1/5/08, 1 Stone gone + and extra 2 pound!!

3. Gain Confidence in my appearance

4. Lose 2 Stone - 6/6/08

5. Get to target

6. Tone up and become a sexy mama!!

Bindi

Hi oxally
Are you doing refeed for 2 weeks, just counted back your diary and you have 8 days done? Tried the orange creme maint shake this morning, its not to my taste at all so gonna stick with the bars and the soup. I have my weigh in tomorrow but feel like Ive put on weight, stomach is bloated.

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Off LT/Maintenance completely - Hope to get on the lipotrain again very very soon!!!

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No im on maintanence now but i just havent had the courage to start incorporating breakfast just yet. The bars are really tasty so im happy to continue eating them.

I think my weight might be creeping up by a pound or 2 but I think TOTM is coming up so im really hoping thats the cause!!

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HEIGHT: 5ft 6

START WEIGHT: 11ST 13LB

Week 1:-6 11st 7lb
Week 2:-1.5 11st 5.5lb
Week 3:-4 11st 1lb
Week 4:-4 10st 11lb
Week 5:-3 10st 8lb
Week 6: - 4 10st 4lb
Week 7: - 1 10st 3lb
Week 8:-1.6 10st 1.4lb
Week 9:- Onto refeed. -2lb 9st 13lb
Week 10:- maintanance week1 -2b 9st 11lb
MY GOALS!!

1. Gain confidence in myself - Nearly there!! Amazing how a little weight loss gives you loads of confidence - I know longer feel fat and lazy - I feel fat but successfully doing something about it!!

2. Lose 1 Stone - 1/5/08, 1 Stone gone + and extra 2 pound!!

3. Gain Confidence in my appearance

4. Lose 2 Stone - 6/6/08

5. Get to target

6. Tone up and become a sexy mama!!

Guenevere

Cool, I was looking in Dunne's yesterday, because I'm feeding my bf what I want to eat when I come off LT. I saw Nairns Oat Biscuits, but they had added sugar in them. I will look again for the oatcakes.

The muffins really aren't that bad for you, same calories as a cereal bar, but with WAY less sugar, and way way way more fibre.

2.25 cups oat bran (Flanahans)
1 tbsp baking powder ( I only used a tsp, and they came out grand)
0.25 cup brown sugar, honey, or equivalent Splenda
1.25 cups skimmed milk
2 egg whites
2 tablespoons vegetable oil (I only used 1)

Flavourings:
Fruit n Nut mix (no candied peel, or glace cherries)
Fresh cranberries (what I used this time)
Frozen raspberries
Blueberries
Blackberries
Apple, cinnamon n rasin
Pear and vanilla extract
Grated carrot, ginger n sultanas
Dried apricot
Pineapple and coconut
Garlic and herb
Tomato puree and chilli paste

All of the above work out at ~110cal per muffin-makes 12

Slightly more decadent is :
Raspberry and grated dark chocolate
Lemon and grated white chocolate
Cheese, garlic and herb

Method:
Preheat oven to 220C/Gas mark 7
Combine oatbran, flavouring of choice, and baking powder in bowl
Mix milk, egg whites, and oil together and blend with oat bran mix.
Spoon into 12 muffin cases
Bake for 17 mins (in an accurate oven-watch carefully the first time)
Test with toothpick, should come out moist, with one or two crumbs adhering to it, but not wet.

Store in plastic bags in refridgerator or freeze for longer storage.

My BF had a bagel today, a disaster on a Low GI diet, but they're his favourite, so now and again he has one, and he had his muffin after it, he said it kept his cravings away, and kept him fuller twice as long as a bagel would, and it's only a small muffin, so I reckon it's cos it's so Low GI/GL.

Hope you make them! Keep posting!

Guen

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Starting weight: 17st 12lbs

After 24 weeks on TFR: 11st 1.6lbs

Total lost: 6st 10.4lbs

Week 1 on Refeed: + 2.7lbs
Week 2 on Refeed: STS
Week 3 on Maintenace + 4 lbs
Week 4 on WW -3.5lbs

Current Weight:11st 4.8lbs

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That recipe look gorgeous hun. And tell your bf its okay to eat high GL bagels just tell him to make sure that he puts low GL ingredients inside it

Breakfast LT Maintanence bar

Snack - apple

Lunch - chicken salad, gonna try a celery stick. a handful strawberries and grapes

Dinner - low fat spag bol, 4oz of spagetti, mushrooms and onions
Low fat yogurt.

Think TOTM is coming!! This will be the real test against cravings

I went shopping last night and was gonna buy a tiny bar of dark choc incase the munchies hit. But decided against it - I think I will always be afraid to eat choc and crisps. I havent decided yet if thats good or bad...

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HEIGHT: 5ft 6

START WEIGHT: 11ST 13LB

Week 1:-6 11st 7lb
Week 2:-1.5 11st 5.5lb
Week 3:-4 11st 1lb
Week 4:-4 10st 11lb
Week 5:-3 10st 8lb
Week 6: - 4 10st 4lb
Week 7: - 1 10st 3lb
Week 8:-1.6 10st 1.4lb
Week 9:- Onto refeed. -2lb 9st 13lb
Week 10:- maintanance week1 -2b 9st 11lb
MY GOALS!!

1. Gain confidence in myself - Nearly there!! Amazing how a little weight loss gives you loads of confidence - I know longer feel fat and lazy - I feel fat but successfully doing something about it!!

2. Lose 1 Stone - 1/5/08, 1 Stone gone + and extra 2 pound!!

3. Gain Confidence in my appearance

4. Lose 2 Stone - 6/6/08

5. Get to target

6. Tone up and become a sexy mama!!

Guenevere

I think being afraid to eat choc n crisps is a good thing!
We didn't evolve eating processed food, dairy, or high fat food, and our bodies don't react the way they should to it! Stupid bodies!

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Starting weight: 17st 12lbs

After 24 weeks on TFR: 11st 1.6lbs

Total lost: 6st 10.4lbs

Week 1 on Refeed: + 2.7lbs
Week 2 on Refeed: STS
Week 3 on Maintenace + 4 lbs
Week 4 on WW -3.5lbs

Current Weight:11st 4.8lbs

oxoxallyoxox

I think its our minds that dont work the way they should. Chocolate and crisps are fine in moderation - but its our minds that say ah another bag/bar wont do us any harm. I havent figured what my trigger food is yet - so ill avoid most of the bad stuff until I do.

I want to go to the pictures this weekend and im even afraid to get some popcorn

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HEIGHT: 5ft 6

START WEIGHT: 11ST 13LB

Week 1:-6 11st 7lb
Week 2:-1.5 11st 5.5lb
Week 3:-4 11st 1lb
Week 4:-4 10st 11lb
Week 5:-3 10st 8lb
Week 6: - 4 10st 4lb
Week 7: - 1 10st 3lb
Week 8:-1.6 10st 1.4lb
Week 9:- Onto refeed. -2lb 9st 13lb
Week 10:- maintanance week1 -2b 9st 11lb
MY GOALS!!

1. Gain confidence in myself - Nearly there!! Amazing how a little weight loss gives you loads of confidence - I know longer feel fat and lazy - I feel fat but successfully doing something about it!!

2. Lose 1 Stone - 1/5/08, 1 Stone gone + and extra 2 pound!!

3. Gain Confidence in my appearance

4. Lose 2 Stone - 6/6/08

5. Get to target

6. Tone up and become a sexy mama!!

Guenevere

Maybe you're right, I tend to always go with the genetic/evolution explanation for things. It's so much more romantic!
Popcorn is tricky, cos of the medium/high GI, and it's hard to have something with it. Oh I know...butter and cheese are low GI! LMAO!
Em, maybe bring just a small bag of Manhattan popcorn, or have some nuts instead!
I wish I was where you were!

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Starting weight: 17st 12lbs

After 24 weeks on TFR: 11st 1.6lbs

Total lost: 6st 10.4lbs

Week 1 on Refeed: + 2.7lbs
Week 2 on Refeed: STS
Week 3 on Maintenace + 4 lbs
Week 4 on WW -3.5lbs

Current Weight:11st 4.8lbs

oxoxallyoxox

you see I have to watch my calorie intake aswell. At the moment im still on a pretty low calorie If my calculations are right im eating between 1200 - 1300 a day. But im not excercising lately - since refeed my energy has plummeted - not that i had a whole lot in the first place.

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HEIGHT: 5ft 6

START WEIGHT: 11ST 13LB

Week 1:-6 11st 7lb
Week 2:-1.5 11st 5.5lb
Week 3:-4 11st 1lb
Week 4:-4 10st 11lb
Week 5:-3 10st 8lb
Week 6: - 4 10st 4lb
Week 7: - 1 10st 3lb
Week 8:-1.6 10st 1.4lb
Week 9:- Onto refeed. -2lb 9st 13lb
Week 10:- maintanance week1 -2b 9st 11lb
MY GOALS!!

1. Gain confidence in myself - Nearly there!! Amazing how a little weight loss gives you loads of confidence - I know longer feel fat and lazy - I feel fat but successfully doing something about it!!

2. Lose 1 Stone - 1/5/08, 1 Stone gone + and extra 2 pound!!

3. Gain Confidence in my appearance

4. Lose 2 Stone - 6/6/08

5. Get to target

6. Tone up and become a sexy mama!!

Bindi

Oxally,
I was exactly the same, had no energy after wk of refeed. It was shock to the system as I had so much energy while on tfr.
What nuts are good to snack on?

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Off LT/Maintenance completely - Hope to get on the lipotrain again very very soon!!!

oxoxallyoxox

Unsalted peanuts - but they are quite high in fat so only a handful

Or toasted sunflower seeds or pumpkin seeds.

If you making rice or noodles toast some sesame seeds and throw them in they are really lovely

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HEIGHT: 5ft 6

START WEIGHT: 11ST 13LB

Week 1:-6 11st 7lb
Week 2:-1.5 11st 5.5lb
Week 3:-4 11st 1lb
Week 4:-4 10st 11lb
Week 5:-3 10st 8lb
Week 6: - 4 10st 4lb
Week 7: - 1 10st 3lb
Week 8:-1.6 10st 1.4lb
Week 9:- Onto refeed. -2lb 9st 13lb
Week 10:- maintanance week1 -2b 9st 11lb
MY GOALS!!

1. Gain confidence in myself - Nearly there!! Amazing how a little weight loss gives you loads of confidence - I know longer feel fat and lazy - I feel fat but successfully doing something about it!!

2. Lose 1 Stone - 1/5/08, 1 Stone gone + and extra 2 pound!!

3. Gain Confidence in my appearance

4. Lose 2 Stone - 6/6/08

5. Get to target

6. Tone up and become a sexy mama!!

Teg

Yum sounds tastey. Any ideas on some exciting salads to serve to my guests at the barbq sat night.

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Starting weight-16st 2lbs
Lost 54lbs in 9 weeks on LT.
5 months past
Gone back up a dress size (or 2)
Back on LT for 3 weeks

Week 1 - -13lb

Bindi

I love salads with a drizzle of krafts honey and mustard dressing, its delicious, you only need a little drizzle on it, its so tasty and little or no calories

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Off LT/Maintenance completely - Hope to get on the lipotrain again very very soon!!!

oxoxallyoxox

Yep thats the one I use its gorgeous. Im loving balsalmic vinegar too. At the moment in Dunnes they are having sales on all the dressings. Either 2 for 3 euro or buy one get 1 free. The other day they had palats of them out. Madness.

Gonna get a sweet chilli one there is one i saw that has hardly any calories and I think it has vinegar in it so it would reduce the GL of it.

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HEIGHT: 5ft 6

START WEIGHT: 11ST 13LB

Week 1:-6 11st 7lb
Week 2:-1.5 11st 5.5lb
Week 3:-4 11st 1lb
Week 4:-4 10st 11lb
Week 5:-3 10st 8lb
Week 6: - 4 10st 4lb
Week 7: - 1 10st 3lb
Week 8:-1.6 10st 1.4lb
Week 9:- Onto refeed. -2lb 9st 13lb
Week 10:- maintanance week1 -2b 9st 11lb
MY GOALS!!

1. Gain confidence in myself - Nearly there!! Amazing how a little weight loss gives you loads of confidence - I know longer feel fat and lazy - I feel fat but successfully doing something about it!!

2. Lose 1 Stone - 1/5/08, 1 Stone gone + and extra 2 pound!!

3. Gain Confidence in my appearance

4. Lose 2 Stone - 6/6/08

5. Get to target

6. Tone up and become a sexy mama!!