UK Fat Chicks - Easter Chicks Weigh In Thread - End of Week 3

Here we go again - weigh in day! :(

I managed to only lose one pound this week - its the last pound of the Christmas lard so I'm very happy to wave it goodbye. :wave: I must remember this post-Chrimbo struggle next year and be more careful about the festive cheese 'n' choccie (not together, of course!)

I'm going back up to 1500 cals this week, I think its trying to exist on 1200 cals which is making me get attacks of the munchies in the evenings - something that never really bothered me when I ate more calories during the day. (Thats my excuse, anyway!!)

If I were a diet teacher marking my diet school report I would put:
'Sarah has learned a lot about dieting and nutrition but doesn't put it in to practice. She must try harder'.

How's everyone else doing diet and weight-wise - and what would your fictional diet teacher put on your diet school report???

:grouphug:

I'll join you in announcing that the Christmas lard is now GONE. I'm down to 152.5, which is pretty much where I was in December.

I think my report would be along the lines of "Generally good and does enough. Knows she could try even harder but doesn't want to put the extra effort in".

My eating is pretty good, but there are a couple of bad habits still there which I know about, and could dump, but because of my mileage at the moment I have some leeway to leave them untackled.

I've got some nice milestones coming up now. If I get there. 150 is 110lb lost, 149 is into the 140s, and 148 is a nice round 8 stone. I'm not going to kill myself getting there, but it would be nice to see them tick by.

hi, im now down to 209 lbs. i started this challenge at about 217. i have been very motivated, the only time i have been tempted was walking past a subway the other day - the smell of the bread was yum. luckily i didnt have any money on me. my main problem has been jumping on the scales too often. i find that there has been a 2 -3 lbs fluctuation which can be very disheartening. im going to try to stick to thursdays. mad

grrrrrrrrr Y do i do it.... been eating lots of chocholate this week.... back up 3lb... oh & i just remembered crisps & rich hungarian food at jens brothers:o

need to get my head in the right place again... i did it before.. just banned all chocholate as i cant be trusted!... so as of today (havent had b'fast yet) going to be writing everything down..... :angel:
i think im board now .... waiting to start work .. ive done most of the house clean... so now just been mooching about....
but ive had really massive chocholate cravings.. duno why.. not TOM... but i think once i have one bit thats it... sets me off.. :mad:


dont think ive been drinking enough either ... so think theres a bit of water hanging about.. so its prob not sooo bad.... but enough :frypan: :kickbutt:


right off to have a gd b'fast... got some porridge oats... from the food dr...
with a bit of fruit on i thinks....

hope everyone has been more controlled than me.. !!...


"School report"- must try harder... she knows what to do but isnt putting the effort it.

Up 2.25lbs :tantrum:

I'm back up to 12stone 9lbs!!!!! :mad: :mad: :mad:

:crossed: that it's water retention from the antibiotics and not flard!

I actually did my calliper reading's this morning and I'm 20% BF, which is a little lower than the last time I did them I think :chin: But I'm happy with 20% - maybe I've put some muscle on doing squats but I do feel a smidge flabby.

So hoping it'll come back off next week and a little bit more too. I've eaten all the chocolate nearly but I've got the 'rents coming for the weekend. MUST NOT EAT OUT. MUST NOT EAT OUT. :tantrum:

I never know when to post on this thread because the weigh day is Thursday and my official weigh day is a Monday :dizzy:.

Anyway, this Monday just gone I was down 2.4 lbs! I'm having my bi yearly meeting with my supervisor at the gym today to do measurements/body fat etc. so I'm hoping I will have good news to report tomorrow.

Oops just looked at the clock, going to be late for work.

My diet teacher would have wrapped me over the knuckles!!!

I scarfed down a whole pack of jaffa cakes yesterday. I always eat more in the cold weather. I am almost through a pack of rich tea biscuits while eating my freezing cold salad! Well the biccies do go so well with a cuppa. Why do I do it??! It was so cold yesterday at my AGM meeting I HAD to have a brandy!

Never mind , off with the girls to Pizza Express tomorrow for some laughs. I bet I won't stick to salad then either!

Diet teacher " Sandra is not even trying. She knows what she needs to do"

I'm up 5lbs :frypan: :kickbutt:

Hopefully next week will be better.

ps I'm going to a pot luck at lunchtime for a birthday.Will be careful.

CG - Oh dear! BIG, BIG :hug:

Do you think it might be your medication?

CG - Oh dear! BIG, BIG :hug:

Do you think it might be your medication?

I wish I could blame the medication. I finished the steroids and have gained the weight back that I lost when I was on them.

I've been eating a lot the past week :devil: :o

CG - that's got to be water retention, or medication or something. You didn't sleepwalk into McDonalds and go mad did you? :lol:

CG - that's got to be water retention, or medication or something. You didn't sleepwalk into McDonalds and go mad did you? :lol:

No McDonald's but we ate out a lot at the weekend and I had indian buffet on monday. Plus I ate a lot of chocolate Thursday and Friday. I'm really good at gaining.

Perhaps the medication is not out your system yet? I think these things take a while to go.

MY Diet Teacher would have to put me in detention. After yakking on about eating no milk chocolate (jaffa cakes don't count, anyway aren't they dark chocolate?) I then go and have a highlights bar and a flyte bar. Well they are marketed as low fat/low cal anyway. Back of the class with a dunce's cap on it for me.

I too weigh in on a Monday and was down 3.1lbs this week. I don't hold out much hope for this week though. I'm a freelance cake designer and pastry chef and I've been exceptionally busy with work for the last few days, and it won't stop until Sunday. A shameful amount of fondant, buttercream and cake trimmings have wound up in my mouth - bad, bad, bad :-(.

I've been sent to the headmistress.

I too weigh in on a Monday and was down 3.1lbs this week. I don't hold out much hope for this week. I'm a free-lance cake designer and pastry chef and I've been exceptionally busy with work for the last few days, and it won't stop until Sunday. A shameful amount of fondant and buttercream and cake trimmings have wound up in my mouth - bad, bad, bad.

Well done csiaddict especially given the fact that you're a pastry chef.

Oh my god CSI - I love buttercream! When I was very bad I would make up a small amount of buttercream in a cup and eat it! WOuld you believe I was so desperate I made some at work ...with a hard sugar cube - I ended up crunching it smaller with my teeth. Gross.

Is buttercream when you mix butter/marg and icing sugar together in to a paste and add in a bit of vanilla or other flavouring? If so then I :love: the coffee variety.... :drool:

CSI well done for losing that 3.1lbs - especially under such difficult circumstances. :congrat:

*Cough*

I've gained two.

:o :o :o :o

I've been overeating and drinking because of the cold.

Any excuse!

HI Easter challenge chickies :wave: I forgot to get on the scales this morning... although I did have a sneak peak yesterday afternoon with clothes on and had eaten and it showed a gain.... :( But I'll do a nakid weigh tomorrow first thing and be extra good today.

:hug: for all our gainers... back on track my women :kickbutt: if you need it too

Big :hug: for you losers this week, fabby job ladies...

I am a busy bee today, I've been to curves, Hannah got sent home from school again by the nurse, I'm really starting to dislike that woman and now I am cleaning and rearranging stuff.... Good luck to all for another fun filled losing week..

my report card would say ' Christine is not working to her full potential, if she stopped eating and concentrated on what she was doing, she'd go far"

I've lost 0.8 of a pound but I've squeaked into the 152 bracket so I got to change my tracker. I was disappointed as I'd had a practically perfect week.

My fictitious diet teacher would write:

"Doughnut is very aptly named. She's round and squidgy and full of cr*p". :)

1 pound off !

:angel: haha CSI ... im joining you.. however have been :angel: today !

1 off...for a grand total of 2 since the New Year.

My diet teacher would say, Lisa knows what she has to do and does half of it very well with exercise. However she completely ignores the other half of the equation and eats and drinks to excess far too often :)

Yes Sarah- that is buttercream but whe I do a sneaky one at home just to eat out of a cup I use ordinary sugar - somehow that does not count?????!!!!!!!!!!! I love love love coffee buttercream.

My report from the teacher would be, "Carole is getting expelled for bunking off".
I have'nt been to RC this week, because my eating is so out of control at the moment I'm ashamed!

It's horrible to say, but reading everyone else is having problems too,does make me feel a bit better.
Carole

Yes Sarah- that is buttercream but whe I do a sneaky one at home just to eat out of a cup I use ordinary sugar - somehow that does not count?????!!!!!!!!!!! I love love love coffee buttercream.

You can forget all those fancy-schmancy gateaux and eclairs - my absolute favouritest EVER cake is triple layered homemade coffee and walnut with coffee buttercream filling AND covered with yet more coffee buttercream then topped with a dusting of grated chocolate over. :drool: :drool:

Carole - I think we're all struggling at the moment. I dunno about everyone else... but the problem with me seems to be that I haven't got anything planned which gives me motivation. I found it reasonably easy to stay on plan in the lead up to Christmas but wanting to look good in skimpy summer clothes seem such a long way off....

Sarah! How very dare you mention that cake! It is my downfall!!!!!!!!!

Its the one I always used to have for my birthday cake when I was a kid. Nobody else in my house liked the walnuts... so after one slice they wouldn't have any more... all the more for me!!!! :T :T :T :T :T :T

And I was skinny as a rail when I was a kid! What went wrong......

:wave: nakid blob on scales this morning show a GAIN of two pounds...it must have been the birthday cake and chinky that we had for Hannah's birthday, although most other days I was within points...oh well, into the third week of the Easter challenge and all I've done is show a gain, I'm telling ya girlies, if this challenge was to gain, I'd win face down... :)

i need to go swimming :-( but somthing i can look into seriously this week. I had such a fun productive week. College work has gone great, they gave me a £100 bonus for my good work and attendance which was great, but had the dinner party around my bed as part of my project and it was such bad food, and i got considerably drunk i think i counted about 3000 cals

my weight isnt going anywhere im eating about 1200-1300 a day which is less then normal to scare the weight off (apart from yesterday) and its getting annoying. any ideas what to do, do u think if i exercise apart from walking everyday it will start to shift?

I'm dead chuffed today because I've lost another 3 lbs! :carrot: Not bad since I had a night and two days away, and had a delicious Cheese and bacon burger with potato wedges at the pub! :o

Am I too late to set an Easter target and start the challenge? If not, I would love to lose another 14lbs before Easter...think positive and all that! :D

Bits - well done! I love it when you get a reward like 3 lbs but you still manage to have treats. OK, only happened to me once but I share your joy!

Hello Toys - don't think we've "met" before. If I were you (which I'm not so feel free to disregard this) I'd up your calories a bit - say to 1400-1500 a day but you've got to exercise more. I think if you're not exercising now then to do so on the same number of calories as you're having at the moment is just going to make you really tired - 1200 is quite low. Hopefully 2frustrated will check out this thread again - I've noticed from other forums that she's really good at this sort of thing.

Will done Bits - :congrat: - its NEVER too late to join the Challenge. :welcome3:

Toys - I think Doughnut is right - you need to increase your cals to the equivalent of your BMR. If you have a look at www.fitday.com (http://www.fitday.com) you can work out what your BMR is or, if you like, you could tell me how tall you are and your age - and I'll look it up in the chart at the back of my Rosemary Conley book. Its probably somewhere around 1500 to 1600 cals. I think what quite a lot of us do now is 'zig-zag' our calories - the theory is that, in time, your metabolism adjusts to function at the reduced amount of calories being eaten and when you zig zag this adjustment doesn't happen. Calories are worked out over the week rather than over the day - so some days have higher amounts and other days are lower. There's a zig zag calculator at the bottom of THIS (http://strengthnspeed.tripod.com/Nutrition/ZigZagCal.htm) page. I generally have my higher calorie days at the weekends and on DH's day off and my lowest calorie day on Wednesday before weighing myself on Thursday mornings.

Oh good, that'll give me something shorter term to work towards then :) I was lucky this week that it was only my second week. Next week I have 3 nights away which usually equals at least one pub meal and two 'take-aways' from Tesco or the local petrol station whichever one I can find! ;) Might have to take some cup-a-soups and things with me instead or I'll regret it next Saturday!!

thanks sarah, i had a look, popped in my pounds (213) and it said i should be eating like 1700-2045 thats crazy, I dont think my body needs that much. Honestly ill get home and somtimes if i have a 170 brek fast a 400 lunch of fruite and cereal bars and a dinner of salad protein and a bit of carbs im usually full. I have lots of water and if im huingry ill have a small ice cream for about 30 cals or some more fruite for about 100 cals, so im eating about 1100 and my body doesnt want anymore......

do u reccommend i eat more aof a certain food? if so what? and when?

i usually go up to 1400-1500 cals on weekends, so thats 3 bad nights and 4 good nights a week. And i am exercising i walk about 4 miles on average travelling to college, but i guess my body must be used to that strain now???

i will start swimming but i was loosing SO MUCH offf just dieting before christmas 2-3 pounds a week, it was like fat dripping off bacon. I dunno just a bit disheartening.

any advice would be very appriciated.

Hi everyone -
well done to eveyone who's lost this week :cp:
:hug: for those who haven't.

I've stayed the same this week:mad:

My report would say - "Mary needs to stop bunking off PE and do some exercise!" - come to think of it - that IS what my school reports used to say!

Joined a leisure club with pool/gym this week so hopefully better results next week:swim:

Free - that really does sound like your metabolism has adjusted to the lower calories. I think you have taught your body to not want any more - but your BMR means your body needs more than you are eating just to stay alive - and thats without any kind of activity at all.

I wish I had your appetite - it must be me... I find it absolutely no problem to get through 1500 cals a day! :( I could probably get through double that without a problem.... :rolleyes:

I'm not a nutritionist but most of the articles/books I read all seem to recommend the following:
A substantial breakfast with dairy/protein, carbs and fruit (mine is about 400 cals)
A mid morning fruit snack (50 cals)
Lunch with carbs, protein and veggies (400 cals)
A mid afternoon fruit snack (50 cals)
Dinner which should be mainly veggies with protein and not so many (if any) carbs. (500 to 600 cals)

You should aim to have at least three portions of dairy a day - especially at your age - to ensure you don't get brittle bones as you get older. Also there has been research (http://www.webmd.com/content/article/23/1728_56703) showing that low fat dairy helps your body get rid of fat.

Rosemary Conley says to have a 100 calorie treat each day and a 100 calorie glass of wine - but both wine and treat are optional.

Good luck!

Sarah I went to fitday and registered.

Where does it tell you what your BMR is? Can't see it :o

so should i increase my cals to loose??? im confussed?

Yep - you have to eat more to lose weight. Not like mad amounts but basically, like Sarah said, if your body believes more food's coming (based on you starting to give it more) it won't be so cross about giving up the fat. If you zig zag the theory is (I haven't tried this yet) that you'll confuse your body sufficiently into just keeping up wih you instead of knowing exactly what to expect and adjusting to that. I would say that for your age and weight you are eating too little and your body's now trying thang onto its insulation.

Just having a left brained moment, but what is your BMR? Maybe I'll go to fitday and see....

I like your new picture NJ.

BMR is your basal metabolic rate - the number of calories your body needs to keep you alive if you stayed in bed all day and never moved. Mine's apparently 1456.

Thanks Doughnut... I couldn't think of it at all...I like my new pic too, sent it to lovely hubs and told him to buy me one for Valentines day....

Did you ever find it on fitday CG?

ok ill try it, i just hope i wont put on weight :-(

Thanks Doughnut... I couldn't think of it at all...I like my new pic too, sent it to lovely hubs and told him to buy me one for Valentines day....

Did you ever find it on fitday CG?

The only info I put in was my weight. I just saw on calories burned today basal. So my question is do they work out work your basal is just from your weight??? Sorry to be so thick.

Freethetoys - if you put on weight while eating the same cals as your BMR you really would need to go and see the doctor. The government keep telling us that the recommended daily amount for a woman to MAINTAIN is 2000 cals - and the more you weigh the higher your BMR is.

CG and Chris, I think BMR is worked out according to age/weight/general activity.

Free... your diet seems low fat but watch the sugar!..... cereal bars, ice cream are bad for that etc.. it converts straight into the bad stuff !......

you may put on the 1st week or so... as your body is thinkin woo hoo food at last.... but after then you should see results with exercise...

I'm up just over a pound this week so I'm back to where I was 2 weeks ago. Starting to feel a little disillusioned with it all again, that Monsoon dress seems like it gets further away every week. But I found a bike that I can buy second hand for £35 so maybe that will give me the kick up the backside I need.

Wanna - I'm feeling a bit the same as you... I think I'm going to get out the food scales and start keeping my food and exercise diary again. I'm not sure why I stopped... I know I'm getting a bit heavy handed with my portions. :(

WWAB.... stick with it... i put on 3lb las week after s/s... the week before.. so was back to where i started this challenge... but i hadnt been gd.... i however have been angelic this week... (well stuck to my programme) and lost 2lb again so.. its working already... HOWEVER... i havent really lost much since oct.. (lots of reasons) but dropped a dress size... .. so keep with it... !

i need to get some exercise in... didnt feel too well last week.. but will go spinning 2nite.... even tho its all booked up i will go early hehe.. will sneak on a bike..

a bike is gd... you can sit & watch tv and peddle away .... esp at £35.... bet thats cheeper than your monsoon dress!

roll on febuary / march warmer weather i say... you dont fancy salads etc when its freezing & blowing a hooley.... ! althought i love the cold...

but i will for one be complaining about said heat once it gets here ....

im not one to be easily pleased lol

Sarah - get the book and scales out immediately and don't feel down. I'm a fine one to talk normally but today i feel positive :) i've just looked properly at your stats and seen how far to come. You've lost absolutely tons and you don't have that far to go. You can do it! :hug:

Thanks for the kind words Sarah and Lou.
My bike is actually a proper outdoors bicycle - I intend to cycle to Uni every day, as walking hasn't done any good at all. I lost weight before cycling in but that bike was a real cheapy and its pretty done.
I already have an indoor bike but it doesn't seem to help either - seems I need to get out and really challenge my body to lose weight. And my Monsoon dress was bought in the sale last week - reduced from £85 to £25.50!

thats a gd bargain!>...

ahh u can get an indoor cycle trainer if u have an outdoor bike... cycleops i think they are called (one make anyway) ...... and wanna cylce indoors
www.wiggle.com is a gd cycle store...
or evanscycles ...

if u need kit to get started....


are you keeping the speed up when u cycle indoors.. getting hot & sweaty??? or to interested in TV and just have the legs move a little?????!

try turning up the resistance to make ur legs work ....

bit far for you.. but.... evans cycles do trail rides they look cool... might sign up .... there are others.. too...

Weigh in day tomorrow ... and the scales aren't lookin' too good for me - but I shall keep my fingers crossed :crossed: for an over night miracle!

See y'all tomorrow morning!

:grouphug:

Weigh in day tomorrow ... and the scales aren't lookin' too good for me - but I shall keep my fingers crossed :crossed: for an over night miracle!

See y'all tomorrow morning!

:grouphug:

Do you have to remind me :faint: that's me on the scales tomorrow.

I'm going for a new start tomorrow as I haven't been sticking to any healthy eating plans.

I wished I hadn't looked now :(

I am up to 96.3 kg - about 15st 2lb - no wonder my trousers are tight. This is the heaviest I have been -ever! I blame payday - I can afford to eat now!!

BU**ER.

My problem is that I am eating EXTREMELY healthily - or so I thought.

Culprit no 1: I got the Diet Doctors' (http://www.five.tv/programmes/dietdoctor/)book for Chrimbo and I got all enthusiastic after reading it - their eating plan is very balanced - and VERY windy .... basically low fat protein, oily fish - and loads of fruit, nuts, seeds, beans and veggies. *parp* - sorry, pardon me!

Culprit no 2: I've been watching The Truth About Food (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/humanbody/truthaboutfood/) - once again, all the info given in the various programmes makes sense... On their website you can watch the segments from previous and FUTURE programs so I 'pre-watched' the soup diet (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/humanbody/truthaboutfood/slim/soup.shtml) segment in next week's programme - and it seemed like an excellent idea - so I've made gallons of soup - yet more veggies and beans - *parp* (pardon me!) BUT they also have got a really good bit which shows that if we eat more dairy foods (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/humanbody/truthaboutfood/slim/calcium.shtml)our bodies will eliminate fat *polite cough* by way of the loo... then, of course, there was the segment that said if we eat more protein (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/humanbody/truthaboutfood/slim/satiety.shtml) we feel more satisfied for longer. (For me dairy and protein eaten on the same day equals... wind ... what a surprise!)

Well.... put that all together and you end up being the one person that NOBODY wants to be in a small room with ... with a net weight gain of 2lbs in a week.

*parp* - pardon me!

:crazy:

Oh dear! I'm sure you'll straighten out soon! :lol:

I do like those little pro biotic drinks. They seem to keep me settled in the old tum department :yes:

Are you just eating too much healthy stuff?

Oh yes, EVERYTHING is healthy - its just that when you put together all the stuff that the various plans/diets say you ought to eat, in the quantities they say you ought to consume, it works out to far more than I'm used to.

The Diet Doctors say to ignore calories and to do the old fist and palm of hand way of measuring food protein and carbs - plus beans/pulses, seeds and nuts and 6 to 8 portions of fruit & veg a day... *parp* (pardon!) The biggest calorific increase is to my breakfast.... the seeds and nuts I've added to my oats and fruit have more than doubled the calories in my breakfast. (Tasty though! :drool:)

Ah probiotics... I shouldn't have a problem that way - the way I've increased my dairy is by having a couple of low cal bio yoghurt snacks. I just think my digestive system is in shock. :faint:

:rofl: @ Sarah's parping.... I'm right there with you luv, my bum rumbles like no ones business.....Dave and the kids keep telling me not to eat so many veggies... but I love em and they fill me up :devil:

G'morning - I've started this week's new weigh in thread - just click -> HERE (http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1555941#post1555941) <-