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One armed too, as he'll need the other hand to keep the roll of carpet from curling up.Originally Posted by Spikey M
I managed to sleep 6 hours or so from midnight last night so my sleeping pattern should be sorted. Its important for me to have a proper routine when dieting so I can set in stone when to eat and when not. Gym was so much effort yesterday, then went for a run this morning. It may have only been 3 weeks, but I feel like I've got a lot less energy. The Jaffa Cakes from NYE are still in the cupboard, so I'm winning that battle. Papa John's have sent me an email saying they're doing 50% off pizzas at the moment, though, so that's another battle.
Got a busy January and February with stags, weddings, birthdays etc so definitely on the healthy eating wagon.
For the rest of this week it'll be:
Breakfast:
Porridge, Cinnamon, Honey, Apple
Lunch:
Burrito Bowl. Chicken with Cajun spices, chopped tomatoes, roasted red onions, peppers & mushrooms with a mix of Quinoa & Brown rice.
Dinner:
Tonight - Steak with sweet potato wedges & mushrooms, green beans & sweetcorn
Tomorrow - Spaghetti Meatballs
Friday - Chicken stir fry
As next week is a full week I'll throw in some egg muffins for alternate breakfasts & change up the flavoured chicken for lunches. Maybe throw in a couple of boiled eggs for snacks.
I find I can stick to this relatively well, certainly until a Thursday at least but with busy weekends, I'm hoping I can go the full 5 days and damage limitation on Sundays.
Got to get a beach bod in time for my cycling trip in April. 3 months. Fuck sake.
Not had a great start at resuming the diet. Two false starts so far, think its due to not being in a proper routine yet (3 proper days at work, haven't shopped properly, etc). Will try again tomorrow.
It's with deep sadness that I inform you all the Papa is on his way.
I'm not going to be too hard on myself this week since it's back to work week. There's only so much misery you can endure.
Also someone in work brought in some millionaire's shortbreadthat was delicious so I had three bits of it (they were only small but still). It was so good. The caramel bit tasted like daim bars.
What's Papa? Do you have Papa Johns over there?
I had a McDonalds on Monday
I think I'll be doing a lot better come Monday though as my Mum and Sister are going on holiday for 10 days.
I've also ordered a load of pickling jars as I think making loads of vegetable pickles (sprouts and cauliflower will be first up) might be good.
I'm doing better than I have done in a long while on my high protein, low carb, low Gi diet. But not nailing it yet - sometimes having a small glass of smoothie after a meal, and eating dark chocolate as a compromise (low sugar if you get 75%+ cocoa bars, to be fair).
With sweet stuff like that I can probably consume 1,000 calories in two minutes and it not even dent my hunger. Stunning.
I'm not going to be too hard on myself this week since it's back to work week. There's only so much misery you can endure.
Also someone in work brought in some millionaire's shortbreadthat was delicious so I had three bits of it (they were only small but still). It was so good. The caramel bit tasted like daim bars.
Having come to terms with what I've done tonight, I will bounce back stronger than ever tomorrow.
You might as well eat spent matches once you get into that all-cocoa territory.
I prefer really dark chocolate most of the time. Just let it melt in your mouth one block at a time.
I'd rather eat 4 Yorkies in 50 seconds.
I once made the mistake of consuming cocoa nibs.
It might have been dirt though.
Oh it's nowhere near as nice as other chocolate, though it seems to satisfy my sweet-craving and is better when you let it melt like Offy says.
As much as I'd like to switch to low/no carbs I don't think it's viable on a budget of pretty much nothing. Rice/pasta (brown/wholegrain), beans and meat is my staple lunch and dinner, and I'll keep bread around in some capacity as a quick snack but I won't be buying anymore marmite because I can go through a loaf a day easy when I'm on the good stuff. I feel like it's more important to stop eating sugar, anyway, which I've done. Then I've got protein powder which fills a hole and cures a sweet tooth if ever it pops up. I've just done quite a big shop on Amazon Pantry so won't be making any takeaway mistakes.
I need a lot more vegetables back into my dinner because I feel tired and gross ATM. No carb/low carb makes me a miserable bald which isn't fun.
Do you take a multivitamin? I've noticed my mood is worse whenever I run out, so they must do something.
I've last 2kg since monday. it'll be mostly water weight after all the boozing over Christmas but still pretty good going. I want to lose atleast another 10 really. 15 to be back to my ideal weight.
I haven't for 10 years. What sort of ingredients do you look for when shopping around?
I think I'll be aiming for similar. I definitely don't feel as fat and sluggish as just after Christmas, which is nice, but I have no way to weigh myself here. Might post some scales when I'm back in Jersey in a couple of weeks.
I tend to just search on Amazon by highest rating first and make sure its an A-Z multivitamin. I imagine they're all basically the same, so price does come into it as well.
Thanks mate.
No problem. This is the one I use currently but as its "made in UK" I'm not sure if it'll be the best option down your end.
The wife is back on slimming world (she lost 2 stone in 4 months this time last year post-pregnancy) so I'm hopping on the bandwagon too.
The amount you can eat on it is unreal. Unlimited pasta, rice & noodles
Is it that zero calories noodles stuff or what?
I'm in a good rhythm at the moment. The amount of uni work I have to do is ridiculous, so exercise is very appealing at the moment as it means getting away from it for a bit. Got a trip back to Jersey next week for a week so I'll try not to drink, but a hiccup wouldn't exactly be unexpected since that's all anybody does.
That was the one I did before.The wife is back on slimming world (she lost 2 stone in 4 months this time last year post-pregnancy) so I'm hopping on the bandwagon too.
The amount you can eat on it is unreal. Unlimited pasta, rice & noodles
A woman in my work goes to it and swears by it. It does sound pretty good too.
I reckon weekly meetings and weigh-ins do have a huge effect. Imagine the shame of turning up having put on weight. Everybody just looking at you like you're a useless twat.
Yeah, I'm not going to meetings but the wife is.
It's not zero calorie noodles. You basically can eat unlimited amounts of meat, veg & carbs to fill you up but it needs to be a balanced meal of the 3.
You need to incorporate one thing from the healthy extra A column (Dairy) and healthy extra B column (Bread & Cereals) once a day.
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I'm also allowed between 15-20 syns a day and you're encouraged to use at least 75% of these. If you want to have dairy or bread & cereals more than once a day, you need to syn it. Additional milk is something like 2 syns, a Freddo bar is 4 syns etc etc. Theres an app which tells you how many syns things are.
Thats basically it. So far this week I've had
Breakfast - Egg, Bacon & mushroom omelette.
Skinny Latte (5 syns)
Lunch - Chicken Pasta with cajun seasoning, cream cheese (Healthy Extra A), courgettes, red onion & pepper
Snack - Crunchy Chilli Rice Crackers (4.5 syns)
Dinner - Chicken Curry with brown rice last night, Salmon, veg & noodles tonight.
Roughly 10 syns a day, so if I want I can eat whatever is another 5-10 syns. As I hadn't had one of the Healthy Extra B's yesterday, last night I had some toast & low low cheese spread (3 syns for an additional portion of cheese spread)
Outside of that, you can still eat as much meat, veg, fruit and pasta/rice/noodles as you need to fill you up. It's the sauces etc which carry the syns.
It's probably changed a bit but I remember there were loads of recipes for free sauces anyway. I've a book of them somewhere.
Yeah there is, we made a pretty tasty chilli sauce the other night for homemade chips.
It's decent and being able to eat loads as long as it's the right stuff keeps me going.
Also being able to eat like a monk but then smash 2 bags of McCoys a day (7 syns each) is the kind of diet for me.
I always used my B for olive oil ( I think they changed that then later on that you couldn't) because Frylight is the fucking devil. Syns were nearly always McCoys too
The diet listed above is probably more than what I eat normally... No wonder I'm wasting away.
Skip breakfast and add a couple of Red Bulls in there. Get on the Phonics diet. You can even chuck in a couple of pints for good measure.
I don't mind the Frylight, I'm sure you're not supposed to use half a bottle per meal like I do but fuck it.I always used my B for olive oil ( I think they changed that then later on that you couldn't) because Frylight is the fucking devil. Syns were nearly always McCoys too
That Frylight stuff needs about ten speays to stop stuff sticking to the pan.
You might as well piss in the frying pan as use it. The only thing was that when I made curries I made 6 portions, so one tablespoon did the onions for that much instead of the 6 it would take to make them separately. Microwaving the chopped onions for 3 minutes first helps too.
Yeah it's useless.
You're probably using the same amount of calories and fat as olive oil all things told.
Nah, one tablespoon of oil is like 100 calories. 10-15 or so sprays gets me through the aromatics frying and meat sealing before you add liquid.
Nothing wrong with fat. I've had success with keto in the past, but drinking got in the way of that. I can't do it at the moment because its a bit expensive for a student. Its a good diet for people working full time that can't be arsed with exercise.
If I was going to follow it again I'd use the oil as my B anyway like my old book says. It worked then.
Or Syn a proper oil like rapeseed for curries.
Short of preparing for a bodybuilding competition, I don't see how your choice of oil will make a difference. It's like when my friend's fat twat sister had them all drinking almond milk, as if those ninety extra calories a glass were the difference between her knuckles being visible and not.
I'd only choose rapeseed (or sunflower) over olive as the latter burns at a high heat.
I've got milk, almond milk and soya milk (both unsweetened) in the fridge. Generally use milk earlier in the day and soya milk later on. Almond milk gets wheeled out now and then, but its mostly there to use for curry pastes. Almond milk is the crappest alternative milk. I drink a lot of hot drinks during the day, so I do think it makes quite a big difference for me, especially since I have about 70/30 milk/water with coffee.
The hazelnut milk is nice in porridge, though I normally just make it with water and stir in yogurt once it's cooked.
Hazelnut milk is awesome in smoothies.
I mixed it up and had salmon with this beauty.
http://www.jamieoliver.com/news-and-...a-dhal-recipe/
Fry light's been fine in my experience, but I've been used to it for years (probably going right back to my ocd and eating disorder days).
My girlfriend's been on slimming world for months, so I've been getting used to the recipes. They're pretty good, and it doesn't feel like diet food at all.
God you definitely need motivation not to just binge eat shit. Really struggling right now.
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