Good morning, healthy eaters!
I've remembered how much more difficult it is to eat regular healthy meals when I'm at work and the kids have to be got to school in the mornings. Sweets instead of fruit and bread in late afternoon yesterday; swim after work; more sweets; had planned a series of small pieces of writing while I swam and wanted to get them written, edited and sent in the evening so I picked at odds and ends as I worked rather than making proper meat-carb-and-veg. Breakfasted on digestive biscuits and coffee while producing industrial quantities of white toast and milkshake, packing lunchboxes, brushing hair and letting out buttons on Kevin's skirts. Ate mid-morning snacks in car between Kevin's school and my workplace. The TSP, couscous and dried mushroom I've planned for lunch sounds unappetising now, but by 1pm I'll be hungry enough to eat sawdust and ticker-tape.
Be organised. Don't be like me.
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I'm lucky because we have a sandwich person visit work at about 10.30, although it is quite hard to find anything that hasn't been drowned in mayonaisse.
Michelle - congrats on your run and hang in there on the staying the same weight-wise front.
Redhead - I did 24 mins and 37 seconds which is an improvement on earlier this year but a good few minutes off what I have run before. My friend with me did 21 mins and my other friend did 29 mins. We started not too far back from the front and because so many of the people around us shouldn't have been so near the front, I found free road after the first half kilometre although it was difficult dodging loads of people right up until then. When I ran the FLM in 4 hours, there were bottlenecks the whole way round. I couldn't believe the number of people walking on the carpet when I got to the cobbles - I had to run on the cobbles to dodge round the walkers and it was a nightmare having to change pace to slow and then pick it up again with 22 miles in your legs.
She - sorry to hear about your ITB
On the weight front, I'm still at 8.13 so it's still getting there slowly.
And although I haven't touched bran cereal or muesli for over a decade, I still like stewed prunes and figs and lexia raisins, so I've survived relatively unscathed.
Then I have my cereal once I get to work
Will
Unlike junk food which you can just pick up off the shelf you always have to plan what you're going to eat don't you? I try to keep loads of fruit (fresh and dried) and nuts/seeds for emergency snacking, although they just doesn't hit the spot like chocolate does!
I became totally veggie 7 years ago. I abandoned red meat about 12 years ago after I'd been to a conference with some scientists from SmithKlein Beecham who told me about BSE before it became public knowledge. I found that I had gradually reduced my chicken and fish intake quite naturally and so it made sense to go all the way. I spent a few years still thinking like a meat eater and making ridiculous meals that simulated what I'd been used to but then I gradually adapted and it's just a way of life now.
One thing I have noticed is that if I cut out dairy products and go vegan (which I do over Lent each year now) then I always feel really healthy and full of vitality. However, it's far too strict a regime for me to keep up permanently!
Well done RM on your speedy time, that's excellent!
V-rap, I remember All Bran and wheatgerm well - because it was sooooo vile! Couldn't stomach the stuff now. I like stewed prunes too - help to keep the insides clear, don't they?!!!
WW, I used to use something similar a as hangover cure, except I used Mars bar and lucozade. Don't think it actually helped get rid of it but always made me feel better!
Have a good day all.
The best hangover cure in the world is full-fat Irn Bru - the sugar rush just takes over - along with a fried egg on a soft white roll with loads of butter. Honest!
I'm a two stone overweight woman who has just taken up running (well walking/jogging really!) and I'm new to this website.
I've been looking at this forum and thought perhaps it would be a good place to get some advice/help with losing weight and getting fit, which I need to do for health reasons and so that I can fit back into my clothes, most of which are now too small!
I have tried healthy eating and fitness plans in the past but have never managed to stick to them for more than a couple of months at a time, however this time I really want to succeed and would really appreciate any tips or ideas.
I'm a bit nervous about posting on this forum though, because many contributors seem to be experienced runners who don't have very much weight to lose and who already eat healthily - I'm very impressed - and I'm not sure if I might be a bit too much of a beginner for this group. Please let me know if there is another group that would be better for me to post to, if not any advice gratefully received!
Some people are more experienced runners, but hopefully it isn't so intimidating getting realistic running advice from people who aren't already stick insects. I only got back into running a couple of months ago a a way of getting the lard off.
Don't be nervous. We're a friendly bunch and our use of cattle-prods is sparing and well-intentioned. As far as running goes, few of us are doing 100-mile weeks and 40-mile long runs. And we all started somewhere - this time last year I didn't run, and two months ago I restarted after a break and wasn't even able to fit a 100m jog into my walks. Now - this is not a miracle story, it's just an example of what a normal body can do - I can run 7 miles without a walking break and have lost 10 pounds in weight.
It does demand determination. Whether it's resisting the temptation to eat a couple of pounds of something from Thorntons when stressed or getting out of the front door to run when there's a frost in the air, there will be difficult days. We all have them. And we post them, and somebody pops up with a word of encouragement, and it does help!
Hang around and keep posting.
Cheers, V-rap.
If you feel the need for support and encouragement then just post a note on here and people will add their comments. Our friendly resident doctor Velociraptor is a mine of information and explains things in a way that we can understand so don't be afraid to ask questions.
Good luck with both the running and the weight loss - I've found they go together well.
And welcome to the new recruits! As has been said before, you will find everyone on here really friendly, encouraging and helpful - and I certainly rely on this forum to give me support when I need it (which is most days!). The thing is, even if you don't change your diet too much, the fact that you have taken up running will certainly help with the weight loss and make you fitter too! We all have different amounts to lose, but the fact that we are all here supporting each other, really helps. Today I have been very good!! Managed to do my longest run ever without stopping.. 8 & a half miles!! And, because I did such a good run, I've been behaving myself with the eating today too.. oh no, tell a lie, I have sneaked a kit-kat! - but it was medicinal, because of the long run!
RM - well done re. your time at the FL - excellent - you must be so pleased!
Michelle x
Michelle - it's really really really nice to know i'm not the only one who falls down and has a sneaky chocolate bar sometimes.
As a further incentive, i'm thinking about joining slimming world when i get back to uni - a weekly weigh in may give me the much needed kick to keep my diet on the straight and narrow.
On the plus isde,though, i've found my thing with this running business. I'm an addict! It's really hard to keep myself on every other day, i want to run all the time. as soon as i get home i'm raring to go again, although ifi did om sure it would kill me instantly.
Anyway, nice to be meeting you all, hope to find a gap in the busy student life (!) to keep coming back and chatting. i have a suspicion you may all prove invaluable in my quest to a slimmer me!
Pamela x
just a thought. works for me for things i hate, like ironing. persuade yourself that it's actually more fun to do it than to not, and you'll be looking forward to it.
My general theory for life is very simple - if something's not fun enough as it is, alter it slightly until you really do enjoy it. i do the ironing in front of the tv watching a good film now, or the friday night sitcoms. i dont have suggestions as to how you do it, as i dont know what works for you, but try spicing up your run a bit, and see what happens.
Happiness, like life, is self service. no-one's going to hand it to you on a plate, so go out there and make it happen.
good luck, sweetie, i'm sure it'll come right soon.
Pamela x
Good luck to you all (3 stone overweight)