Thread: Treetops Diary

I have been a serial dieter since my early 20"s - now in my early 40's & have tried more or less all of the diets! Rosemary Conely , Slimming World, Weight Watchers, Slim fast, cambridge, Lighter Life, celebrity slim, hypnotheraphy blah blah blah!! Most of them have had success and then when I get to where I am happy with - I sabotage it myself by going back to all the naughty foods!! So a definate yoyo dieter.
A few years ago we moved abroad & we've settled in a bit of a "holiday" diet mentality - lots of barbecues, eating out & lots of wine & socialising which has made me put on another stone We have regular visits from family & friends from the UK so it has been difficult to get out of the holiday mode - but unless I want to be adding on 2 stone every year - I have to change things NOW!

I have just started a sort of low carb diet combined with a celebrity slim shake for brekkie - at the moment I couldn't face a cooked breakfast! I have cut out all my big carbs like bread, pasta, potatoes, rice also caffeine & all alcohol. I started on Monday at 14st 4 I think because I have cut out 3 massive parts of my diet - my body is screaming inside!! As a result I had a horrible migraine yesterday with sickness & hot & cold shivers & had to take to my bed - luckily DH was on hand to take over with the children
So, still feeling a bit shaky this morning, but also feel dehydrated so have had a few pints of water already & also a celebrity slim & hoping that my body is now used to its new regime & will carry on with all its abstinences! Naughty, I know but i weighed myself this morning at was at 13st 12 so something is working; in addition it is totm, but I am dertimined not to do a WI now till at least next monday.
I am spending hours on here finding lots of tips & inspiration & will use my diary as tool to help me stay on track during my weight loss journey. First goal will be to get to 13st by Christmas - so around 2lb a week.

Treetop

Good luck, nice to 'meet' you..you'll get lots of support and advice on here. keep posting!

Awww Treetop, you and me too. I am an expert dieter, especially the so called fad ones. I lose the weight no trouble then put it all back on and more some when I start eating properly again.

Hubby and I are going kind of Rosemary Conley ie low fat and exercise and we feel so full of energy that we don't feel we are on a diet.

Good luck, I 'm sure you will do it with all the support on here

Thanks for your support & encouragement both!
Been very good food wise today - but think that's down to not feeling 100% after yesterdays migraine.
Drank plenty of water & had 2 CS shakes & some cauliflower with soft cheese - sort of like a cauliflower cheese for dinner.
Feeling much better now though, so will do some meal planning now the littlies have gone to bed :-)
TT

Food today - choc CS shake for brekkie; chicken ceaser salad for lunch & homemade cauliflower & broccoli soup for dinner plus been snacking on almonds. Drank loads of water plus a couple of herbals teas.

My Neris & India IPD book arrived today - thankyou Amazon! So been very anti-social this afternoon reading upto week1. Hopefully the recipe book will arrive soon too so that I can try some new recipes. Went to the supermarket today & stocked up on meat, eggs, cheese and veg for the weekend.

Feeling a bit tired this week - hopeing for the energy surge sometime soon :-)

Catch up over the weekend - bonfire night tomorrow - dinner may be a challenge as supposed to be eating there - might have to have a hot dog with no bread or maybe just the filling of a jacket spud. I will not cheat though!
Have a great weekend everyone

TT

Good day on the diet
brekkie - mushrooms,smoked salmon scrambled eggs
lunch: Tuna salad
Tea - pork chop with cheesie spinach
Drank gallons of water & read another chunk of the Neris & India book.
Made a biiiiiig mistake & weighed myself this morning - I was feeling really pleased with myself & feeling "thinner" so jumped on & I'd put on 2lbs since I weighed myself 3 days earlier
I Will try & stay away from the scales - I'm my own worst enemy sometimes with the darn things!
Still, looking at the positive - I am on day 6 of no carbs, no caffeine & no alcohol The only way has to be a loss

Forgot about the bonfire night - the family all had drinks & hot dogs etc - I abstained & had a bottle of water :-)
TT

Okay - the end of the first week - really pleased with myself that I have ditched the alcohol, carbs & caffeine & I feel really good. Stomach has gone a little flatter & less bloated & I am enjoying the diet so much! Yetserdays meals were:
Brekkie: mushrooms fried in buter & scrambled eggs with cheese
lunch: tuna salad with avocado, rocket & baby tomatoes & mayo
dinner: roast lemon chicken, cauliflower, cabbage & celeriac dauphnoise which was from the pig2twig web site & so yummy!
Snack - a handful of almonds
Drank loads of water & herbal tea

The outcome - I weighed myself this morning - & I have dropped 7lbs since I started a week ago today! This is a bloody miracle - I haven't stopped eating I haven't enjoyed this level of weight loss in a first week since I did Cambridge or Lighter Life!

Roll on the next week!

Hi good to "meet" you! Well done on your weightloss this week, that's fab!

well done on your weight loss and good luck with your journey!

Kate x

Thanks WilliamsMummy & Kater

At the risk of sounding smug ;-) I had another great day yesterday!
Took the 2 dogs for a 30 min walk - up & down Hills
Brekkie - egg mayonnaise
lunch: roast butternut squash soup
Dinner - salmon, celeriac dauphinoise; cabbage & broccolli
Snack - handful of almonds
Gallons of water & herbal tea & couple of decaf coffees

What a fab diet :-)

My goal this week is to resist the scales until next Monday & aim for a 2lb loss - be v happy with that!

TT
xxx

Mmmm your lunch sounds really tasty might have to try making some of that. Hope you're having a good day!

Well done on the weight loss. Doesn't it feel great? Here's to the next 7lbs and marking up a whole stone lost

Thanks ladies for your kind words & support!
I am on day 10 now & am starting to get some renewed energy - the weight loss feeling is sooooo goooood!

I have family visiting us at the moment, which is always a more relaxed way of eating & drinking for us (however, we do tend to get a lot of visitors for a couple of weeks at a time - so not very conducive to losing weight!) But this time, I was determined not to add another few pounds to the load & will be delighted to say when they fly home on Sunday that I will (hopefully) be 10lbs lighter than when they arrived! Our evenings our normally spent around several bottles of wine & lots of food - they have still had the booze & lots of food - I've had the water & still lots of food & I haven't had any a less good time without a drink, it has just been great to spend time with family :-)

Yesterdays meals were,
brekkie - leftover celeriac dauphinoise & handful of almonds - couldn't face an egg yesterday!!!
Lunch: Sausages & egg ( my dh had bought these from the butchers - but then I found the wrapper & discovered they weren't cumberland or olde english - but honey roast flavour - our butcher makes his own sausages with lots of different flavours - but honey - carb city!! - although they were delish!)

Dinner: Grilled pork souvlaki & rocket & lettuce & tomato & caesar dressing

Lots of water, decaf coffee & herbal tea & a snack of nuts

30 min walk with doggies

Another day dawns & already been for my 30 min walk - dogs are pooped - I've got some jobs to do around the house!


xxx
TT

Another good diet day yesterday - I had a few nice comments that I looked nice from some friends - always boosts the morale!

Breakfast yesterday was egg mayonnaise
lunch - homemade cauliflower & broccoli soup with cheese
dinner: roast chicken & celeriac dauphinoise & rocket
Snack - handful of pistachio nuts


Today - I had a whoopsie roll toasted with cheese on the top
Lunch: whoopsie roll with an egg & sausages - bit life a breakfast burger from Macs!
Dinner - roast chicken, green beans & cabbage

My legs are aching a bit as took the dogs for a really long walk today :-)
All good!

TT