Hulahoopla
New Member
Hi
Apologies for the long post. I am new to Minmins this morning and have a couple of issues I need help with.
I started TS on 25th April and have 4st to lose overall.
Lost 8lb the first week. Now at the end of my second week, official weigh in day tomorrow. Had a sneaky weigh in mid-week and had lost a pound and a half, then was daft enough to have a sneaky weigh in this morning and I've put it back on. I know weightloss can be slower in week two, but has anyone else ever gained?
I have been 100% strict. I have three shakes a day made up with the 200ml of water plus masses of ice cubes, over 4l of water (I am used to drinking a lot of water anyway) and maybe 2 cups of black coffee - nothing else, every day, bar yesterday.
I suspect it could be the painkillers I've had to take. I have a broken tooth - dentist appointment tomorrow, and can only eat or drink if I take codeine/paracetamol and ibuprofen. I've had two lots of each over the last 48 hours. I know codeine can dehydrate, so I've drunk extra to be on the safe side - but still the weight gain. Also, the shakes seem to hurt worse than the food/bars, which I can eat on the other side, so yesterday I had porridge for breakfast, a shake for lunch and shepherds pie in the evening, whereas I had only had shakes up until then.
So frustrating to be back where I was a week ago, but am planning to plough on through and hope things improve once my tooth is fixed.
Second question:
I have an event coming up in just under three weeks. My husband and I will be going to a music festival with a gang of friends for four nights/three days. This is a annual event and a very rare opportunity for me to get a break and have some fun. We meet up with old friends we rarely get to see, have the odd bbq, a cooked breakfast on the Sunday and a few other treats etc. We do dance a lot and walk for miles though, so at least we burn some of it off!
I don't drink, so that's not an issue. I figured I could have the bbq burgers/sausages without the buns and as we have a caravan so can self-cater, be a bit more sensible than usual with my food, without making myself miserable with everyone around me indulging. I was hoping to have lost a stone and half by then. Planned to be sensible, but not a saint and allow for putting the half stone back on, getting straight back onto TS the morning we get back.
Only now I don't seem to be losing the weight fast enough to meet my first target or even a stone's loss at this rate and I'm wondering what other people would do. Would you just stick to the plan to be mostly sensible, with a couple of indulgences over the festival weekend or be strict and take your shakes and shaker with you?
It costs us such a lot of money to go and is a very rare chance for me to get out and enjoy myself, in fact it's a once a year chance really. I don't want to spend the whole weekend miserable and jealous of everyone else's meals.
Apologies for the long post. I am new to Minmins this morning and have a couple of issues I need help with.
I started TS on 25th April and have 4st to lose overall.
Lost 8lb the first week. Now at the end of my second week, official weigh in day tomorrow. Had a sneaky weigh in mid-week and had lost a pound and a half, then was daft enough to have a sneaky weigh in this morning and I've put it back on. I know weightloss can be slower in week two, but has anyone else ever gained?
I have been 100% strict. I have three shakes a day made up with the 200ml of water plus masses of ice cubes, over 4l of water (I am used to drinking a lot of water anyway) and maybe 2 cups of black coffee - nothing else, every day, bar yesterday.
I suspect it could be the painkillers I've had to take. I have a broken tooth - dentist appointment tomorrow, and can only eat or drink if I take codeine/paracetamol and ibuprofen. I've had two lots of each over the last 48 hours. I know codeine can dehydrate, so I've drunk extra to be on the safe side - but still the weight gain. Also, the shakes seem to hurt worse than the food/bars, which I can eat on the other side, so yesterday I had porridge for breakfast, a shake for lunch and shepherds pie in the evening, whereas I had only had shakes up until then.
So frustrating to be back where I was a week ago, but am planning to plough on through and hope things improve once my tooth is fixed.
Second question:
I have an event coming up in just under three weeks. My husband and I will be going to a music festival with a gang of friends for four nights/three days. This is a annual event and a very rare opportunity for me to get a break and have some fun. We meet up with old friends we rarely get to see, have the odd bbq, a cooked breakfast on the Sunday and a few other treats etc. We do dance a lot and walk for miles though, so at least we burn some of it off!
I don't drink, so that's not an issue. I figured I could have the bbq burgers/sausages without the buns and as we have a caravan so can self-cater, be a bit more sensible than usual with my food, without making myself miserable with everyone around me indulging. I was hoping to have lost a stone and half by then. Planned to be sensible, but not a saint and allow for putting the half stone back on, getting straight back onto TS the morning we get back.
Only now I don't seem to be losing the weight fast enough to meet my first target or even a stone's loss at this rate and I'm wondering what other people would do. Would you just stick to the plan to be mostly sensible, with a couple of indulgences over the festival weekend or be strict and take your shakes and shaker with you?
It costs us such a lot of money to go and is a very rare chance for me to get out and enjoy myself, in fact it's a once a year chance really. I don't want to spend the whole weekend miserable and jealous of everyone else's meals.
