Let's lose a bit of weight

[Mac]

ho hum.....back to the drawing board then.....on the plus side, I'm wearing a work shirt which I haven't been able to for 4 months due being a chuffer!! And it's quite loose! Thanks for your help guys....

[Two_Sheds]

I'm afraid that pulses are also heavy on carbs - soya beans at 6.2g per 110g, cooked, to haricot beans at 18.1g. On Atkins

ho hum.....back to the drawing board then..

Sorry Mac, I thought you weren't doing Atkins?
I'm a veggie, so I do my own modified version of a low-carb diet. Basically a bowl of veggies (raw or stir-fried) with kidney-type beans and salad dressing. Sprinkle of nuts for texture. A little bit of rice or noodles if I feel hungry.

[OverWyreGrower]

Hum, I stayed the same this week, which is good really.... and someone said yesterday I looked like I'd lost weight

Have been snacking on dried apple rings at work, although I really fancy some toast this morning....

[Mac]

Hi Two Sheds, sorry, I'm sounding really contradictory..I'm not doing the Atkins, but do want to cut down on my carbs. So I'm not having as much bread, spuds, pasta etc...but am having fruit and carrots etc.. The pusles/lentils etc...were going to be my easy sub for spuds/pasta, but if they're also really high on carbs then that would be a bit daft. Again, sorry to be so confusing, but I've been trying to find the "easy" answer online but it just aint there! Will probably just go through a bit of trial and error. Thanks for all your help though.

[Two_Sheds]

The pusles/lentils etc...were going to be my easy sub for spuds/pasta

I use them as a substitute for meat. They are almost a complete meal in themselves:

A typical nutritional breakdown for dried haricot beans (baked beans)
is about:
45% carbohydrate
25% fibre
21% protein
2% fat
with also iron, calcium & vitamins

Soya beans would be the lower-carb option, at 21% carbs.

Pasta is about 71% carbs, bread about 44%.

[kirsty b]

Sis came over today and we went out and walked together. Was nice to have company, and we did 6.5 miles in 2 hours. Got rained and snowed on, but thankfully, we worked up a sweat so didn't feel cold!

Weighed myself and while the scales have stayed the same, I bumped into a friend who said it looks as though i've lost weight. Which was nice. Perhaps I'm getting a bit more toned now.

[annacruachan]

I use them as a substitute for meat. They are almost a complete meal in themselves:

A typical nutritional breakdown for dried haricot beans (baked beans)
is about:
45% carbohydrate
25% fibre
21% protein
2% fat
with also iron, calcium & vitamins

Soya beans would be the lower-carb option, at 21% carbs.

Pasta is about 71% carbs, bread about 44%.

The Atkins website says to subtract the fibre from the total carbs to give what they call digestible carbs. The rest just goes straight through I guess! That makes beans a much easier option if you're not doing Atkins.

[annacruachan]

That's good, kirstyb and OWG. Sometimes your weight stays the same while your fat sort of relocates itself! Then you start going down again.

[Plot10]

Just like to say how positive and supportive this thread is.

I recently joined a diet website and while the tools and charts and everything are great I can't believe how banal the posts are (won't say which site).

"OMG - i ate chocolate now I feel terrible" etc, etc, etc.

I had a bag of chips on Wednesday but I'm not about to throw myself off a bridge over it.

Maybe it's because people on this site have got an outside interest, and probably a better idea of healthy eating.

Sorry for moaning, it's been a long week!!!:

T

[annacruachan]

Moan away, plot10, plenty of broad shoulders here - too broad on some of us! Just don't binge while you're doing it!

[Two_Sheds]

Had a 20 min run in the sleet & wind this morning before breakfast, get me. Felt really good when I stopped! Energetic, skin glowing, virtuous, smug.
toast - jkt spud, beans - soup - no booze

[Plot10]

Thanks Anna

BTW I just love the mental picture of fat relocating itself!!!!

T

[Glutton4...]

Thanks Anna

BTW I just love the mental picture of fat relocating itself!!!!

T

Yeah - for me it brought back the episode of Dr. Who with the little 'Adipose' fat people with legs - yeeuuuccchhh!

I wish my fat would relocate itself, or preferably emigrate completely!

Welcome to the dieters' thread Plot 10; whingeing's fine, bingeing's not!

[bubblewrap]

Why are some people fat?

Here's the answer!
This is why you're fat.

[annacruachan]

Here's the answer!
This is why you're fat.

We know, we know, bubblewrap! I bet you're one of those skinny whippets who just love to poke fun at those of us who are addicted to sweet things. Not fair!