http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.html times health forum thread - Help/Advice needed Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:18:41 +0000 http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.htmlAh the dangerous got to have a snack, i go through that every week. But the thing with cravings is that they will pass, but the odd biscuit wont hurt. I now tend to carry fruit with me everywhere, if i get the urge i'll eat that, and try not to eat the biscuits. Do u have a cheat day !http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.htmlWed, 25 Jun 2008 12:18:41 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.htmlHi James, It's not a lot for me.. and the need to snack is more psychological rather than to do with hunger, plus the taste-factor. You'll see above in my first post that I do actually eat smaller meals throughout the day (every few hours) rather than a few big main meals.http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.htmlWed, 25 Jun 2008 10:48:19 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.htmlquote from C Emery " Have lost 2kg since I started 8 days ago " Is that correct, if so its 4.4 lbs which in eight days is not only alot but very dangerous. As for losing weight, the trick to it is to eat more but often. The need to stuff ones self with crap/rubbish/snacks is because you feel hungry, if you eat every few hours but eat heathly things, you will avoid the need to indulge in these products....http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.htmlWed, 25 Jun 2008 10:43:39 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.htmlTo be honest, I don't like milk either, and cereal is the only time I ever eat it! I find that I can't taste it in cereal though. Honey is also good on porridge to sweeten it naturally and take the milky taste away. There are also porridges where you only add water instead of milk. Or you could try a different kind of milk - soya or rice milk. They're meant to be healthier anyway ;) I'm not familiar with the Weightwatchers methodology, but I think it's better to ...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.htmlWed, 25 Jun 2008 08:58:30 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.htmlI useweightwatchers - but I think you are right about the sugar as they are still pretty high in sugar if low in calories - I am not keen on porridge as I don't like milk but may swap over to that for a week and see if it helps. I add grapes and blueberries to try and hide the taste of it.http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.htmlWed, 25 Jun 2008 07:56:40 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.htmlSally - congratulations on being so motivated and sticking at it! I thought that baked beans were full of sugar? Please check the brand that you're buying! Unfortunately, eating less, or eating healthier, doesn't work for everyone. I know that I had to increase exercise in order to lose weight. It's annoying as it didn't use to be like that, but your body gets used to the diet changes so needs more now....http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.htmlTue, 24 Jun 2008 13:36:53 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.htmlMy weight's been going up and down, but with a gradual down trend! Have lost 2kg since I started 8 days ago. This is mostly due to increasing exercise (like you suggested - going for walks at lunchtime in the glorious sun), eating a bit less (concentrating the main meal at lunch, with a light dinner and not eating snacks in the evening), and changing the snacks at work from biscuits (as 3 or 4 can easily add up to an extra 400 calories a day) to fruit (strawberries are on special offer at t...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.htmlTue, 24 Jun 2008 13:34:41 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.htmlI have 13lbs to lose and I want to do it in one month - I am sure that is achievable because in January I stopped alcohol for 3 weeks and lost 11lbs!!!! I did exercise 3 times a week as well. Well I have put just a couple of pounds back on and started drinking again. But for 2 weeks now I have not touched any alcohol and have eaten so well and healthily I thought the weight would drop off again - I am unwell at the moment so can't exercise. Am drinkin 2L of water a day plus herbal teas. B...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.htmlTue, 24 Jun 2008 13:21:01 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.htmlC Oh! Well start tomorrow and resist the cakes tell yourself you will be truthful. I understand exactly where you are coming from having eaten secretly for years and thinking that it didn't matter but for that short term pleasure you will just put off starting properly. I have had to re-educate myelf not to eat stuff that is not good for me but that I really want. It is hard but worth it. Why did you feel proud of eating in secret? Decide on a small goal ie eating porridge which will fill ...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.htmlWed, 18 Jun 2008 16:54:43 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.htmlNooooo! I had everything mapped out... porridge or banana for breakfast, salad for lunch, strawberries in the afternoon, and something healthy for dinner. Why oh why did I have to eat that caramel shortbread? It was just before lunch and I was alone in the office. As I walked past, it just oozed at me, and I [irrationally] thought, "No one will know!" It doesn't matter whether anyone knows or not. My body will know! I have such a teenage mindset, it's ridiculous. So now I fee...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.htmlWed, 18 Jun 2008 15:35:22 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.htmlJaki T wait till you get over 45 then it is really hard! Anyway we keep positive and try to eat the right things. I still think it is how you feel that counts, and we all have good and bad days! You can always start tomorrow. C Emery You need probably to fast walk if you can rather than pottering. Try the porridge this week and then add walking or drinking more water, or eating more veg next week. Don't be so down on your self. Anyway most go and do something else!...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.htmlWed, 18 Jun 2008 09:27:20 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.htmlBTW you said that you felt like your metabolism is slowing down with age. Tell me about it!! I've just hit 40 but with this healthy eating/lifestyle I think I've got so much more energy to go and do things now. If I eat junk foods I feel very sluggish all day and sit around.http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.htmlTue, 17 Jun 2008 21:48:55 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.htmlGood tip, thanks. I remember reading it in the porridge thread but forgot about it.. http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.htmlTue, 17 Jun 2008 21:43:33 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.htmlYou could take your porridge to work in one of those soup flasks!! I swear by porridge - keeps me full all morning and managing to resist biscuits in the staff room.http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.htmlTue, 17 Jun 2008 21:30:34 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.htmlI've continued with my 'sensible-eating' diet and even managed to avoid all biscuits and Kit Kats which were constantly in front of my face today all through a course I took at work. Then I went window shopping after work, walking around lots of shops.. that's good for me, right?! But somehow I've put another kg on, so now I have 5kg to shift. I bought some porridge and promised myself to get up 30 mins earlier this morning, but it just didn't happen, I just...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.htmlTue, 17 Jun 2008 21:28:06 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.htmlHello C Yes walking does make a difference to your muscle tone for legs and bottoms particularly if you go up hills. Try 30 mins or if you bus get off earlier and walk the stop.They say that if you do 30 mins am then more at lunch time or evening that you will feel the difference. If walk more than 15,000 steps per day you will loose weight. You may not be hungry in the morning but some fruit or something first thing is a must and a glass of water first thing. Anyway good luck with starting...!...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.htmlTue, 17 Jun 2008 14:51:08 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.htmlHi C, Wise words from Fiona, and I think it is the pyschological challenge which is the biggest hurdle. It is for me, I know this for certain, and from what the other AbFabers share, it is for them too. You have a choice. You can do something about it, or you can continue to sabbotage your own desires and successes. No one else is going to make that difference, only you can. What you can get from here, is support and re-assurance. I cannot stress enough how wonderful this community ...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.htmlMon, 16 Jun 2008 16:59:52 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.htmlHi C - maybe you have to make some of these things work for you. I think it's easy to go through life telling yourself that you'll start tomorrow, or that you can't do this or that because it doesn't fit in with your current regime. Part of the journey that many of us have been on since we joined up here in January is about making these small changes to our lives, and making them permanently part of the new us. I spend weeks at a time living in hotels which was a proble...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.htmlMon, 16 Jun 2008 15:19:17 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.htmlThanks for your comments. I forgot to say that I breakfast at work when I get into the office, so porridge wouldn't really work for me.. I'm just not hungry first thing when I get up to go to work, and prefer to sleep the extra 30 mins rather than breakfast at home! Frozen grapes won't work in the office as we have no freezer! Short walks - I think I could do this, yes. Are they really that effective though? Or would you have to walk for ages in order to burn anything off...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.htmlMon, 16 Jun 2008 12:33:19 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.htmlHello Well done on recognising you need to change. I do think as you get older you need to eat less and exercise more certainly in your late 20's thru 30's and 40's you will notice the difference. Small steps are a good idea. How about walking more get a pedometer Drink more water this should help with weight loss Try eating more veg if you can. Ok its good to rebel but ask yourself why you have joined the health club if you are happy this way. Anyway good luck...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.htmlMon, 16 Jun 2008 12:25:46 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.htmlQuoting: UrbanAngelcould a mod move my thread to Diet & Nutrition Tips or somewhere ... probably easier if you copy and paste it yourself! Quoting: UrbanAngelI also feel as though I'm always hungry Have you tried having porridge (with soya milk) for breakfast? There's a whole topic aboutn porridge somewhere. Will fill you up for ages. Quoting: UrbanAngelFruit just does not appeal to me Some of us are now addicted to frozen grapes - again their's a whole topic devoted...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.htmlMon, 16 Jun 2008 11:56:25 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.htmlOops, I just realised that 'Website Support' is not a forum for website supporters helping you, but for technical website problems! Please could a mod move my thread to Diet & Nutrition Tips or somewhere?http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.htmlMon, 16 Jun 2008 11:20:16 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.htmlHi everyone, This is my first post on the forum after joining last week. I recently decided that I want to lose 4kg and return to my 'normal' weight which I used to be for several years and was happy with. I am not overweight but don't like the way that my body is changing and need to stop it now before it spirals out of control. I am almost 28 years old and have noticed that my metabolism is increasingly slowing down, so that I put on weight a lot easier. Also, I moved ...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_1049_0.htmlMon, 16 Jun 2008 11:03:56 +0000