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[summergurl]

Jan ..... my job? streneous? hahahah laughable! I sit on my bum and type and will be sat on my bum typing for 12 hours; its the most laziest job in the world i swear! lol Although i shall see how it goes and if i do find im hungry i will defo have a rethink

 

[JanD]

Oh!! LOL!! Why did I think you were doing strenuous hotel work?? Although thinking about it why would anyone want their sheets changing at 2 o'clock in the morning??? I think I must be going mad kid! xx

 

[summergurl]

LOL!!!! Blonde moment?!!!! I only work at the hotel once a month, my other job, my main one is as a data entry clerk and i sit and type in addressess for 5 hours a day with a 10minute break every hour. And now that its xmas and people are sending millions of xmas cards, parcels etc its very busy hence all the overtime It's a boring & lazy job! Partly the reason i got so big in the first place! :sigh: Which is why i dont wana eat many carbs as i wont have time for exercise this week

 

[JanD]

Dunno about a blonde 'moment' - turning into a blonde 'life'! It's an age thing
I'll let you off with the absence of carbs then (just this once ) and go and search for the lost brain cells xx

 

[summergurl]

:giggle:

 

[anne-mariep]

Menu looks good. Once you don't feel like you gonna be really hungry you should be fine. Just don't be afraid to have a little extra protein to compensate for the lack of carbs it will keep you going. I too have a desk job and its amazing how you can think your hungry wen your not so I understand why your not eating much. May I ask do you ever count the cals to see how much your having? coz it doesnt seem like much.

 

[summergurl]

No, dont really count them. I have a rough idea but i base my meals on the refeed portion sizes. Of course now though my veg is up alot and i have more than the 2 spoonfulls and i always eat off a small plate, always always. For some reason it looks like more and makes me eat less ... if you know what i mean?! lol But sometimes i count my cals and on a good day usually around 1300-1500. (today is much more lol)

 

[anne-mariep]

No, dont really count them. I have a rough idea but i base my meals on the refeed portion sizes. Of course now though my veg is up alot and i have more than the 2 spoonfulls and i always eat off a small plate, always always. For some reason it looks like more and makes me eat less ... if you know what i mean?! lol But sometimes i count my cals and on a good day usually around 1300-1500. (today is much more lol)

Oh I'm the same with the plate always go for a small one. I bought a whole new set for refeed and beyond haha! Ive upped my veg intake aswell so Least i know I'm doing something right. Ive stuck with the same portions as refeed as well so least we are both on the same track. Makes me feel a little better if someone is doing the same as me haha!

 

[summergurl]

Ahhh so another bad day I had 3 hours sleep last night and then got up and did a 10 hour shift. Needless to say i am k-nack-eredddd!!! Still, staying up till about 4 then i will go to bed. Tomorrow is the first 12 hour shift so im going to work prepared

Todays food then:

Tuesday 8th December

B- Banana (1:30am). Apple & Blueberry porridge & s.smilk (6:00am)
L- Cheese triangle, ham & pickle sandwich (Craving!!! lol). Packet crispy bacon wheat crunchies.. 1 marmite cheese round. 5 cucumber sticks dipped in ex light salad cream.
D- nothing off to bed & not hungry after all the nawty chocolate today! lol

*2 litres pure water
*half 330ml can pepsi max
*1 cup of tea with s.smilk & 4!!! sweetners - the powdered sachet ones (needed a 'sugar' rush to wake me up lol)

*1 clemintine (8:30am)
*1 tube smarties (9:30am) - these were because i was bored!!! There was no work, i forgot my damn book & they were calling my name
*3 squares dark chocolate
*2 chocolates from the xmas tree

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So tomorrow i have (give me opinions please guys!) for my 1st ever 12 hour shift im just not looking forward to it but its all ££££££ at the end of the day :sigh:

Banana & porridge (brekkie)
Ham salad & balsamic vinegar dressing (lunch)
Apple, clemintine, 2 carrots cut into sticks (snacks)

All seem ok?
Then tea tomorrow will be baked salmon & veg.

I will not have any nawty food tomorrow, will not will not will not. Pinky Promise!x hehe

 

[skinnyminnycoming]

Hey Tan

Hope you're okay chick.

I've just been reading through your posts and thought I might just tell you what I do as it seems to work.

Basically, on a weekend I eat what I want then I'm very strict with myself during the week. I had a 4 day weekend this week which was very heavy.....(pub carvery, meal out, wine, roast dinner, cadbury's clusters, salt and vinegar peanuts, chinese) so I'm pulling back by doing 4 days of 1 or 2 shakes plus a high protein, very very low carb meal (s). I cut the milk out of my coffee and dont snack at all.

Its a little bit hard but its working and I've been maintaining the last couple of weeks......although I have to admit my weekends aren't usually as bad as this. It was a one off treat kind of thing!

Anyhow, just thought I'd share it with you and maybe its something you could have a go at.

You are doing really well though and you are being very good at keeping a food diary. And on top of that you've still lost an amazng 8stones!!!!

Well done chick xx

 

[JanD]

Looks okay Tan .... still question if it's enough tbh - I mean I can't see that there's more than about 900 cals in that menu and there's a danger of your metabolism slowing down .... just a thought xx

 

[anne-mariep]

Hi Tan, I share Jan's thoughts but i suppose you know how much your body needs so perhaps it is enough. Do you feel hungry at all after your lunch?? Just a thought coz you don't seem to have much. Good Luck with the 12 hour shift Just stay away from them vending machine's they are EVIL. haha!

 

[summergurl]

Managed to get on here this morning before leaving for work and read what you wrote jan and took a nutrigrain with me. Glad i did as i was very hungry having missed dinner last night.

Todays food then:

Wednesday 9th December

B- Banana (1:30am) Nutrigrain (4:30am) Porridge with s.smilk(6:00am)

*Small Apple. Clemintine (9:40am)

L- Ham salad with balsamic vinegar with roasted garlic dressing.

D- Baked salmon, cooked veg with a tbsp of LF onion & chive soft cheese mixed through. Boiled egg.

*2.5litres pure water
*1 cup tea with s.smilk & 2 sweetners.

*1 slice of cheese
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Whooppp!! I avoided the lure of the machines today. I think cuz i ate little but often i managed to get through my first 12 hour shift. I also drank 2.5litres of pure water! :banana dancer: go me! lol

Anyways - not long been home and already showered and going to have tea about 3:30 then off to bed at 5.

Only 2 days in to all this overtime and already feeling like a social loser :giggle:

 

[JanD]

Glad it worked out okay for you Tan. Social loser you may be but think of all the calories you're saving and all that dosh!!! xx

 

[summergurl]

haha true jan, true!!! and its only for 2 weeks!

Oooooh forgot to mention, just because i wana tell somebody and the bf isnt up yet; upgraded my phone today and ordered the iphone!!!! aaahhhh im a little excited so i hope it lives up to my expectations, otherwise it will be going back! lol

 

[JanD]

You'll be able to farm wherever you are then!!! Hope it's as good as you're expecting! xx

 

[anne-mariep]

Congrats on getting through your first 12 hour shift your menu looks excellent for the day. Little and often is a great idea. Oh I so want an ifone but me and technology r a bad combination. Think I have a laser beam coming out of me that breaks everything hahaha! Anyway enough drama from me. Hope tomorrow goes as well as today. xxxx

 

[summergurl]

You'll be able to farm wherever you are then!!! Hope it's as good as you're expecting! xx

haha noooo thats the thing, i cant go on farmville on the new phone although there is an application called ifarm .. pretty similar apparantly! lol

Todays food:

Thursday 10th December

B- Banana (1:30am) Nutrigrain (4:30am) Porridge with s.smilk (6:00am)

Apple & clemintine (9:40am)

L- Ham salad with LF Vinegarette

D- Quorn chicken style pieces frittatta (sp?) with a tbsp of grated smoked cheese & some sweet chilli sauce :drool:

*3litres pure water
*1 small glass pepsi max

*2 carrots into sticks munched throughout the morning

 

[anne-mariep]

Excellent day again Tanya your really doing brill. Keep it up. I love carrot sticks dip them in salsa yum yum and salsa is really low cal/fat.

 

[summergurl]

Wow! I'm actually amazed - I'm on my phone on here!
Hope it turns out ok!
(it turnt out ok!! editing now to bold it etc lol)

Friday 11th December

B- banana (1.30am) nutrigrain (4.10am) porridge (6.00am)

*1 clemintine. 1 small apple (9:40am)

L- ham salad with balsamic vinegar with roasted garlic

D- baked chicken breast marinaded in bbq sauce & some spices. Cooked veg with LF soft cheese mixed through. LF choc mousse.

*3 litres pure water
*1 cup tea s s milk an sweetner
*small glass pepsi max

*1 cheese triangle
*1 inch width slice of home made victoria sponge
(i made it yesterday aswell as cupcakes & muffins for my mum to take to work today - her day for cakes - and she brang home half the sponge and it'd be rude not to have a bit seeing as i havnt actually tasted my sponge untill now after all them cakes lol - anyways i thought it was a little too sweet but everyone else said nooo its fine - just me then lol)
*2 chocolates off the tree

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Another 2am start in the morning, thankfully finishing at 11:45 tomorrow and only 4 hours sunday - the tax man really is guna love me and my 58hour week lol So food wise will pretty much be the same except im having a sandwich tomorrow for lunch when home!! :drool: *thumbs up!!!* (Y)

Edit! Weigh in!
So got home from work just now and couldnt stand it any long, im feeling sooo hungry today but i wanted to weigh myself aaaaaaaannnnddd even after eating all that food (besides tea) and 3 litres of water ive lost 1lb since saturday!

Now, whether that will do me any good mentally we shall see - all i wana do now is munch some bread and pick and pick. But im now only 3lbs up from my orginial finishing weight Which isnt too bad i guess, would still love to be 3lbs lighter! ha