Wedding Forum - GENERAL CHINWAG THREAD w/c 28th December...

Lol Emm x

I ended up putting a wash load on and then hanging it once it had finished..... I've done some core muscle exercises with OH and just had paella for tea nom nom nom.....

OH and I are going for a good walk tomorrow as we are child free so can go out regardless of the weather!!

I'm not a big shopping fan IDL..... Hate clothes shopping and I'm not a shoes/bag fan.

I'm a bit weird lol

I love shopping.

Now contemplating takeaway for dinner.

I agree Becci! Mmmmm brownie.

Deal haha .. I'll wait until later in the night still quite full from tea!! Ate it really slow as its meant to make you feel fuller

Thanks ladies.

I'd eat the brownie Becci. You've done brill with your exercise so you deserve if

We've just had tea. Made an apple crumble earlier so will have that later. Monday all fattening stuff is going out of the house so there are no temptations

Oooh I love apple crumble.

That sounds nice too mmw2b!

I'm sure you'll get a table if it's just the two of you idl :) I bet there's not many people out after Christmas and new year now :)

You will do it Michelle

Thanks Becci, well done to you for day 7 :)
I'd have the brownie and smoothie, if you've only had half your allowance it should fit in nicely.
Are you doing calorie counting?

Good idea Steph

Also got sil coming round for a catch up and a few drinkies xx

Well the brownie was lovely but was 520 calories of naughtiness! That's the same as the pizza!!!

I'm calorie counting yeah Steph as not able to run and took for granted being able to eat what I wanted before the accident when I was exercising so now need to be super strict until I've lost the weight again.

I read that to loose just 1lb a week you need to consume 3500kcal under reccommended which is 500 per day so I've been trying to stay 1000 under required per day after exercise to try get it off quicker

I don't get that Becci.....what's your recommended cal intake?

I tend to stick to 1200 per day and if I exercise I don't eat what I've worked off

Ooooh, I see.... I was gonna say 3500 is a lot of calories and 500 surely isn't enough.

I have to admit about 300 is used of my daily coffee intake and so I have little calories for food but I'd rather not eat that drop caffeine lol.... So unhealthy.

I am going to try and cut down on coffee though, substitute it with water and do 3 meals a day...... Fingers crossed x

Evening all,

Work was pretty calm, I found myself getting up and walking around just for the sake of it though.

Got home, hubby got me a micro meal for dinner. I was Hank marvin, I'd not eaten all day, it did not hit the sides.

Asked hubby this morning to wipe down the shower as I'd bleached it and to rinse it out. Just asked him, he'd not done it!

Work early tomorrow, but at least I am done at 230pm.

Big brownie! Sure SW have their own version.
I'm on 1200 per day as well. Last time I did 1500 and lost about 2.5 - 3 stone.
For some reason the app wants me to eat less. It does let you eat back calories though so you have to be careful.

Steph, I would have but got an early shift tomorrow so I'd be the first one in the shower next, he did go and do it though.

We've arranged with a few of us at work to go out for afternoon tea later in the month.

And yep use a daily spray, but every now and again I bleach it, leave it to soak and then do it.

I lost weight on about 1400 calories a day. 500 calories is how far under the recommended intake you should be each day (adding up to 3500 under each week) to lose a pound a week. Generally to lose weight the target will be somewhere between 1200 and 1800, depending on the basal metabolic rate. Anything under 1200 isn't usually recommended.

I couldn't do the 500 to be honest. Crash diet of 1000 maybe but on 500 I'd get so bored. I mean what do you even eat as meat / protein is high in calories.

Steph, when I was looking into it, some people were finding it easier to actually forgo meals on the fast days as when you ate it made you want to eat more, if that makes sense. Unlimited water, have to be careful with fruit due to the sugar content. 0x0 cubes were a fave to drink as well as low in calories. You can make a hearty meal though if you want to save it for one meal. Depends on how you can cope with it. Every time I tried to do it, I got called in to do a night shift. No way was I doing a night shift on 500 calories. Hubby came home the first day we were going to do it, I'd got a headache mid afternoon so had to eat something, I mDe tacos for dinner, I asked if we should do the one box or two, (one is not enough to for everyone but two is too many), he said thought we were doing 5:2. I then pointed out that the meat slice he ate when he got in was 492 calories so that is him for the day.

Spanish chicken, sausage casseroles, chicken tikka masala, enchilladas, chilli con carne meatballs to name a few :)

Yeah, I've always been accustomed to one meal a day since year 7 as I don't like to eat in company so would work for me but I know if you eat regularly and try to just eat one meal a day it can be tough