Dinner!!

[Charisma]

for dinner today i had a spag bol.... but cause i realised the amount of mince u can have is really small i added beans cause there free food!! is that cheating?? or is that allowed?? will i still lose the weight??

 

[mod-karen79]

are you on a red or green day?

 

[Taz]

No that's not cheating at all but if I have spag bol I use Quorn mince as it's free. I'm guessing you are on a green day

 

[Charisma]

yeah its green day! i was goin to have quorn but OH doesnt like it so thought may aswell have mince its such a small amount your allowed tho

does everyone else weigh food still strictly?? or do you just kinda guess??

 

[mod-karen79]

bulking it out with beans will help your weightloss as they are a speed food ...i would use quorn mince and don't tell OH, just throw in some bovril!

i weigh everything that needs weighing - particularly cheese!

 

[Charisma]

oh good cause i have been weighin everything very carefully!! i will start gettin quorn then can u have as much of that as ya like!! i still dont believe im gonna lose any weight and thats being completely honest cause its such a strange diet and i dont understand the works of it i put that down to bad experience tho

 

[mod-karen79]

don't question or you'll be here all day! it's worked out by nutritionists who know what they're talking about, as opposed to us lot, who haven't really got a clue!

trust me - it works! i eat quite alot food, especially in the evening and i'm 30lbs lighter for it!

 

[Taz]

Look at my ticker Charisma, I eat loads! Yes you can have as much Quorn as you like

 

[Charisma]

Taz can i ask how much exercise you do a week?? for how long and what kinds??

 

[Taz]

Well I haven't done any this week cus I've been nursing a whiplash injury but I usually do 5 hours of martial arts per week, karate and kickboxing.

 

[Charisma]

blimey, that seems alot!!

 

[Taz]

I started in March 2007 with just 2 hours of karate a week (I'd had a knee op in the December before so I didn't want to overdo it!) then I started kickboxing at the beginning of this year.

 

[Charisma]

at the moment imtryin to find exercises to fit in like exercise dvd gonna do today, go walking sometimes jogging.... hopefully gettin a cheapish treadmil in couple weeks so i think ill use that alot which i enjoy. how important is exercise to slim world?? would you still lose wwithout it?? (not that im planning to not do it )

 

[Taz]

You would still lose without it. I lost my first couple of stone with zero exercise but I feel so much better in myself since I started proper structured exercise and it helps to increase your metabolism but never NEVER weigh yourself after exercising!

 

[Charisma]

never NEVER weigh yourself after exercising!

being dizzy but how come???

its good to know you dont have to exercise yourself crazy to lose it. i feel much better bout that pound gained now tho. i really will have to wait till its been a week! what day is your weigh in??

 

[Taz]

Wednesday evening is my WI. You always weigh more after exercise, something to do with the muscles and water or something like that. Not entirely sure but I always weigh 2-4lb more when I come back from karate! It's gone again by morning though

 

[Charisma]

oh cool thursday morning will be mine... good to know about exercise!! just wish i cud speed the whole process up

 

[Taz]

Yeah we all do hun, I wish I could just wake up in the morning and it all be gone!

 

[Charisma]

so how long have you been doing SW?? and how much have you lost on it so far??

 

[mod-karen79]

you're weightloss will be a combination of things.

when i started SW i went for a 1.5 hour walk and 2 x 1 hour swimming sessions and i lost 1lb - wasn't impressed! but last week i played golf for 2.5 hours and did a 1 hour swimming session and lost 3 lbs.... but this week i have done no excercise at all and lost 4 lbs!

i've lost the majority of my weight doing no exercise... but some weeks i do 3 or 4 hours. i work different shifts each day, so struggle to fit it in - mainly because i'm disorganized! towards winter i will get a gp referal for my local sports centre, as i was offered one last week, but said i'd come back at a later date.