Thread: Determintation and Motivation!

Originally Posted by letmeout

Thanks for the info Thumeloulou. I'm going to try the oatbran porridge for sure. That's a heck of a difference in the fibre department. I keep meaning to get some lemon as I read somewhere that it can boost your wl. I remember my mum doing that when I was a kid. She said it was to retrain her taste buds so that she didn't crave sweet stuff.
EE really is easy when you get the hang of it. You have to have a third of your meal as super free ffuit of veg and you can put what ever you like on the rest of your plate ( free food or from your syn allowance of course). The point of having a third free foods is to help you control your portions. C's often don't emphasise this enough I think. People will say they can eat a whole chicken, pound of pasta etc- but of course they can't because they must have the equivalent or more in veg !
At the end of the day it doesn't matter which plan though does it? The important thing is to stick to it and be honest with ourselves. If you have Red and Green works for you there's no need to change.
You're doing well- good luck
xx

Thank you:-)
Will definitely try giving we a go at some point, though for some reason I need to get my head round it! Maybe ill try it Wednesday after weigh in, I can record it on here and see if I've got it right!
Trying to stick to syns today, but I know even if I have an extra wine, I've got Sun, Mon, Tue to do the immaculate plan!
X

Originally Posted by HLBGirlie

Keep going... Your food dairys are looking fab!!! You have started back up so please stop being so negative with yourself! You will get back into to it and it will feel like it was when did it in 2005!!! You'll get to your goal weight in no time and there is plenty of support on here to help you xxx

Thanks for the support lovely :-) I don't think I realised my negativity with myself... It comes naturally to reassure others, but I didn't realise I was down on me... Been a hard few years, I guess it gets ingrained.. must start believing in myself again. x

Originally Posted by thumbelloulou

Thanks for the support lovely :-) I don't think I realised my negativity with myself... It comes naturally to reassure others, but I didn't realise I was down on me... Been a hard few years, I guess it gets ingrained.. must start believing in myself again. x

yes you should start believing in yourself again! i found that on the weeks i was negative with myself i lost less.. the weeks i was positive i had big weight losses =] x

Saturday- green

B: oatbran (b) milk(a) banana
L: homemade sweet potato soup, mullerlight
D: jacket potato, cheese (a) salad, homemade burger (b) free onion chutney, extra light mayo (1)
S: Clementines, apple, carrot
D: 3 glasses wine (18) tea, black coffee, sf squash
Total syns: 20 (!) Whoops!

Sunday - trying the EE THING!

B: oatbran (b) milk (a) banana
L: 50g salmon, v small jacket pot, syn free onion chutney, salad (lettuce, tomato, spring onion, grated carrot, mushroom) extra light mayo (1/2)
D: bacon, 2small wholemeal (6), much salad, extra light mayo (1/2)
S: Clementines, carrot, free soup , 28gchristmas cake (5)
Drinks: tea, lemon water, sf squash

Syns total:12
Total for week: 90/105

Monday - ee
A: 100ml skim milk, LOW FAT CHEESE
B: cereal

B: skimmed milk, oatbran, banana
L: carrot, free leek soup
D: carrot, cauliflower, 1/2 small jacket spud, butter 5ml (2), chicken casserole made with tin toms, carrot, herbs, stock, skinless chicken, pearl barley (allowing 2 syns for this as I got it out of the freezer- it was made in the slow cooker, and I'm 99.9% sure its sw friendly in terms of oil etc, just being on safe side! Obv pearl barley/chicken on opposite plans but guessing its ok on EE). Mayo (1/2) low fat cheese
S: clementines, carrot, celery mullerlight (1)
D: tea x 3, sf squash, lemon water

Syns: 5.5
Weekly syns: 95.5/105

Tuesday EE
A- milk 100ml, light cheese
B- cereal

B: oatbran, milk skimmed
L: jacket, salad, light cheese, chutney (1) Muller vanilla
S: grapes, carrot, celery, Clementine, apple, special k bar (4)
D: PASTA, light Philly (4), 25ml stock, broccoli, carrots, courgette. Toffee Muller.
Drinks:tea, lemon water, coffee black.

SYNS: 9
WEEKLY: 104.5/105 (recon there's probably some way I should round that up..)

Feeling super flump today few things going on that have stressed me today. WI tomorrow and feeling on a downer. Had a good week but not expecting anything now. Glad there's nothing to snack on on the house or I'd probably eat it.
Will see what tomorrow brings :-/

Hiya! just want to say I think your doing great!! your days are full of the right things and there seems to be a lot of variety which is great because it will stop you being bored! as for worrying about weigh in try not to, at the end of the day the damage is already done, or maybe its not? you could suprise yourself... if not just get STRAIGHT back on it!! I started this in August and up until a few days ago I was doing EE allllll the time and I got bored in the end I think, put about 4 lbs on over xmas. Just started doing Green Days and im all excited haha! quite sad really, but it feels like when I first started and i love the extra HEX's!! Just thought i'd comment anyway and dont lose faith you'll get there in the end!! xx

Thank you good to have another opinion on my food diary!
Just having one of those days. I dont feel like I've fallen off plan, just dont feel like it'll show! It's early days though, and I'm feeling more determined now than I have in 4 years! I know why I'm doing it and what I want to achieve so gotta keep on. Xx

Originally Posted by thumbelloulou

Feeling super flump today few things going on that have stressed me today. WI tomorrow and feeling on a downer. Had a good week but not expecting anything now. Glad there's nothing to snack on on the house or I'd probably eat it.
Will see what tomorrow brings :-/

Chin up chicken. Remember the title of your blog and remind yourself why you're doing it. Determination and Motivation. Every pound lost is a pound closer to your 1st4lb target. Even if you STS that's not a step back. I had a downer day yesterday, but got back ontop of things after a spot of PMA - Positive Mental Attitude.

I'm sure you'll be fine for the WI tomorrow, you've been sticking to the plan and being varied in your meals. Don't beat yourself up and realise what you've already acheived.

X

Cheers Becca, just have a lot going on at the mo, so the odd low day is fairly normal. I'm usually quite good at avoiding, but I forgot to take a day of Echinacea & vitamin c after the kids started streaming and now its taken hold and I feel rotten!

On a good note, another 1lb off, so just a stone to go which I could achieve by end if April if my 1 a week trend continues!
X

Wednesday - EE

HEXA:
HEXB: 2 small wholemeal bread

B: lm sausages, 2 wholemeal toast, scram eggs, clementine, banana
L: cottage cheese, tuna, sweetcorn, tomatoes, cucumber
D: roast lamb, sw roasts, carrots broccoli, swede, green beans, leeks, GRAVY (3)
S: clementine, apple
Drinks: tea, coffee
Syns: Meringue (2.5), creme fraiche (2), wine (20)

Total syns for week: 27.5

The lamb was amazing ,-)

Thursday... Not sure what sort of day.. what started as a cold has turned into something horrid. Never had migraine before but I have the headache from hell, my eyeballs hurt. Have had to get someone to collect kids from school as I can barely stand up. I don't get ill! But I swear this is down to missing one day of Echinacea

pm: Small bowl leftover veg, beans mash Swede/ celeriac/ carrot, green beans, broccoli, few peas. Morcel lamb.
Later: another small bowl left over veg.

Celery, Philly light 30g (1/2a)

4 x Clementine

Tea, sf squash, mint options with half milk (1/2a) whiskey,lemon, water, tsp syrup (3.5)

Lemon cheesecake Muller (1)
1/4 crumpet (1.5)

HEXB: Special k chewy delight bar
Hexa: milk light Philadelphia

SYNS WK:33.5

Glad I've managed to vaguely stay on plan. Hopefully feel better tomorrow.

Friday- ENDED up being a bit all over, maybe red!..
still feeling rotten and a bit icky, but supposed to be off to Wales with a load of friends to a cottage with a pool after school. Trying to find some energy to pack!

Hexa: milk
Hexb: special k chewy delight, wholemeal bread

B: cherry choc Muller (1)
L:
D: tomato soup (sf)
S: Clementines, apple, ham, special k chewy delight (5)
Drinks: tea x 3, coffee, sf squash, prosecco (15)

Syns: 21

Made it to Wales and the journey was nutty, currently its slightly overridden the feeling of illness! Just a couple of glasses of wine to wind down, the sleep for me