I’m a Pear/Apple - Part 5. Still going!!

Maybe, well done, it myst feel great getting in your jeans, there should be a health notice with leggings, wearing them I ignored the weight creeping on as most of us do, what is your recipe for chia chocolate pudding please.
Whiff, you have done brilliantly with your weight, like you I don't think there's short cuts, much as I want to lose it.
No weight loss for me this week but nothing has gone on which is encouraging. Inout ut on ten times faster than lose it.

Morning all….back from a week in Norfolk so now back on the wagon, back to basics till the next holiday in July. Shall weigh out all my food again and record. Just a gram or 2 over can make a difference to the scales can’t it?
Weather has been great, let’s hope it continues, have a good week 🏃🏻‍♀️‍➡️💪☀️

That shows good willpower, NanKate 🙂.

I lost a pound last week, but I've overeaten this weekend so I'll have to ease up for the next couple of days before weigh-in on Tuesday evening.

Enjoy the bank holiday 😀.

I agree TheSun I used to eat far too many fat making foods after my evening meal. Anyway step by tiny step I reduce this snacking habit and now only have one piece of delicious dark chocolate in the evening. I don’t chomp it down I suck it slowly and enjoy the taste. I really do feel my weight loss is connected to me eating between 8.45 in the morning and finishing with my piece of choc at about 7.00pm.

That sounds promising, CocoPops, it's great that you are benefitting from that. It's very difficult to break long standing habits eg. snacking, but it's that that has caused the four stone weight gain. I have to keep reminding myself that I want to lose the weight, three stone would do, I don't want to end up looking gaunt and wrinkly, a bit of fat helps to plump out the wrinkles 😉. We can do this 🙂.

Exactly * Sun* drinks don't always work! However if we don't like the extra pounds we have to try harder!! As Whiff says it ain't easy!
My news is that I have finally found something that keeps my IBS under contol. Thank Goodness. My food choices have been very limited but now I can gradually add more. Also , I can go out feeling confident without the fear of accidents. The remedy is one teaspoon of Psyllium Husk powder mixed into orange juice just once a day at breakfast. Eureka! It is quite filling too so that helps deter snacking.
Onward and Downward Pears.

Having stretched my stomach with overeating, I struggle with eating smaller portions and still feeling hungry, that's when I feel like snacking, and fruit doesn't fill a hole like crisps, biscuits, chocolate. I try to drink a full glass of water or a cup of tea when I feel peckish in between meals, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. We just have to keep trying if we're to be successful, I don't like being overweight and will be angry with myself if I don't give it my all.

Yep nankate it’s definitely eating less for life and to keep as active as we can.

Leggings were my downfall. When I used to wear jeans I knew if my weight was creeping up but the leggings just grew with me so my weight has really yo yo’d over the past few years. Even so I have to label my leggings too into ok, tight, very tight etc and, if I need to take some away with me check them again.

Thanks, Shirleyw, we just have to keep at it 🙂.

You’re back here ShirleyW so that’s a good start. Gone are the days when we let the weight pile on and tried to ignore it. Eating less for life is the only answer imo.

I put on weight recently when I had my grandsons staying but when they left I got back on the wagon knowing us Pears will support each other.

Onward and downward 👎

Morning all…I’m afraid I’ve gone ‘to pot’. Not been on the scales for about 3 weeks, I’ve not gone stupid like I used to with food but it’s not been good. We’ve been away which dosent help with the nutrition. Dosent help with my back, I was laying on bed forcing my new jeans to do up 😂….my back twinged so now I got lower back pain 🙄….my nice comfy leggings (with a long tunic) is much more comfy . Won’t be running for a week or two which makes me fed up.

Half a pound is good sunrise.

Weather is warming up, been a long time coming hasn’t it. ?

Hope your all well….

Yes, and wearing a mask would be difficult while exercising. I found them bad enough in normal circumstances and I don't have any breathing difficulties, I can't imagine wearing a mask while huffing and puffing in the gym!! 😷🥵

If I go mid morning it’s usually quiet. When I used to go years ago I preferred to go in the evening as I like having a sauna and I liked the crowd of people that went then. They were a lot younger though so I guess there’s more of a risk of catching covid.

That was a nice surprise for you MayBee. Time for you to treat yourself to some new, smaller clothes, that's when you notice the weight loss. The charity shop will be grateful for your bigger clothes.

Getting back in the gym will help your weight loss and give you those happy hormones. My daughter-in-law goes to the gym and she can see on her phone how busy the gym is before she decides to go. It would be handy if you could do this, then you won't have to be too close to other gym users.

I have two sets of scales, one weighing less than the other so I ignore that one. However I used the machine at the doctors today and my weight was the one on my other scales. I’m at my lowest weight for nearly twenty years. I’m sure it’s because of my cholesterol lowering diet because I’m certainly not starving myself. The downside is that I have some lovely clothes, tunics etc that are now too big for me and I’ve got to reappraise my wardrobe. Going to go back to the gym in a couple of weeks although still worried about catching covid as I’m still being careful. My daughter caught it for the first time recently; she has been exposed to it several times without catching it. She had, however, stopped taking VitD3 for a while because she’d ran out of them. Having had two cold viruses in as many months I don’t want to catch covid too. Not being able to walk far I’m desperate to get some exercise and really want to start back at the gym.

I lost half a pound this week, it's slower than I would like, but I'm not being too strict!

No I haven't and never would. There are no short cuts when losing weight .Its hard work it but is satisfying when you do it .

Plus you don't know what's in them or the harm they can do to your skin and leech into your body .

Has anyone tried the slimming patches? Any reviews?

Anyone bought slimming patches? Any reviews?

NanKate glad you had a good time listening to the jazz. It's one of types of music I hate. Love classical ,opera ,music from the 70's my teenage years but also love Nordic and viking music. Plus fisherman's friends who I saw in February. 4 concerts down 5 to go if I don't book more.

Went to Mendelssohn concert on Thursday which was wonderful. A friend was in another box and she kindly gave me a lift home .
Because I am disabled part of the Phil access scheme when I buy my ticket I get one free for a companion. But no one wanted to come this time . I always give the unwanted ticket back at least 4 weeks before I go so they real sell it or gift it . I am a bronze member of the Phil which goes towards musical education for children . Think next event I am going to is. Late 26/27 programme event so beable to get tickets early before they go on general sale. Going to see the Harmony Orchestra which is the youth orchestra all the seats are free a friend is going with me and we are in a box.

Sun that's sounds like a nice break and well done resisting all the goodies. When I go away I do have lots of carbs that I don't normally eat for breakfast at Premier inn . And always have to have ice cream at least twice .

MayBee that must have made you feel on top of the world getting in those jeans . Your eating plain is working well for you .

I somehow lost 3.5 lbs this week . But going out for lunch on Friday with my local GN friends . But I don't have any dinner so I can have a naughty pud. Haven't choked on any food since going veggie . But still dropping plenty down me 🤣🤣🤣🤣.

At craft group on Wednesday one of our members was teaching us mosaic . She supplied everything we needed.. I wasn't happy with my effort so used a thin screwdriver and used the otherside of the coaster to redo it .
Happier with my second try.

Have a good week everyone.

On the down side I have clothes I love that are now loose on me eg Sea Salt tunics.

Well done, MayBee, it's very satisfying when you can get into clothes that didn't fit before. I have racks of clothes that are too small for me, but I'm determined to get back into them 🤞. It isn't easy.

I’m still losing inches and a bit of weight. I tried on some jeans yesterday that I haven’t worn since I started wearing leggings ten years ago and they fitted me…last time I tried them on they didn’t. And this is with me no longer getting much exercise because of my knee. I’m eating three meals a day which includes tea bread or banana bread for late breakfast. All I can put it down to is only eating Aldi protein sourdough bread ( I had got into the habit of eating white bread again which always makes my stomach swell) having a chocolate chia pudding each day with apple, blueberries flax seed and full fat Greek yoghurt ( I think that clears your digestive system out) and then some sort of evening meal. Using Benecol spread to reduce my high cholesterol and taking plant sterols which, I think, stop your body absorbing the fat from food. I know during lockdowns I lost inches without trying because I wasn’t eating between meals. And I’m still trying to drink a glass of warm water when I wake up instead of having tea or coffee. I’m eating a lot less cheese and, when I do eat Aldi lower fat cheese. I’m not actually going hungry; chia is supposed to be very filling and curbs your appetite.

I am pleased to have lost half a pound this week. Me and hubby spent Friday to Monday at Warner's Runnymede Hotel, the food, buffet style, was plentiful and delicious. I was so disappointed to have gained the last two weeks, I was determined not to gain this week. Instead of a full English every morning, I had a poached egg on brown bread, with either smoked salmon or carved ham, mushrooms and sliced tomato, then a bowl of fruit, including prunes, always helpful!! Dinner was different roast meats, I skipped Yorkshire puddings and roast potatoes, but had cauliflower cheese, carrots, peas and a little gravy. There were some delicious looking desserts, but everything had the calories on a little card beside each dessert and they were very high 😱. Instead I had strawberries, melon, pineapple and banana. I resisted the fancy biscuits in the room and didn't snack at all. The long weekend was fun, good entertainment, a relaxing massage and an enjoyable couple of hours in Windsor on Sunday. I spent all day today cutting the grass, collecting leaves and doing laundry. I was proud of myself for not giving in to temptation and the half pound off is reward enough to keep me motivated and to do better next week.

Whiff and NanKate, at least we have Easter behind us. Onwards and downwards 😂 x