hello i am new to this site i need help in staying motivated need to loose 3stone before july next year

[melanie1963]

help help

[mitzymoo]

Hi angel

Welcome to the family xx

We're all here for the same reason so don't be afraid to ask for help or advice, and if you're having a low day, come to us and have a good rant, we all need it at times.

My tip is:-

Draw around a teaplate onto a piece of card (cereal box if nothing else to hand)

Draw a line through the middle of the circle deviding it into two equal sections

Draw a line through the middle of 1 of the halves to make 2 equal parts

You should now have 1 half and 2 quarters

The largest portion is for vegetables and fruit,

1 of the smaller portions is for meat, fish or quorn or similar products if you don't eat meat ,

The other smaller section is for Carbs, wholegrain, wholemeal, wholewheat, brown, seeded and spelt are as we know the healthy options but I'll let you into my little secret sweet potato is not a carb!!!!! It's. A veg so fill you boots!!!!

This time of year is a good for stews, soups, stuffed marrow or pumpkin (if you were lucky enough to get some!

I hope some of this has helped give you a few ideas, also if you know your blood group, check out the blood group diet, it will give you some ideas of foods to try and what may not suit you.

I'm blood group O negative and I found out I'm wheat intolerant! I've made the few changes it suggested and my psoriasis has nearly all gone off my face and scalp, and I don't feel bloated.

Good luck on your journey to the new you! I hope you have more ups than downs and remember to come to us if you need us, and if you would like a healthy lifestyle buddy i'd be honoured to be there for you, i'm always here.

Take care and angel blessings xx

[melanie1963 in reply to mitzymoo]

thank u mitzymoo great advice I really need to cut back on carbs ie bread pasta rice potatoes and red wine love to have u as a buddy here xox

[Windswept1]

Welcome. read the posts on this site for inspiration. I have changed my eating habits in terms of quantity and portion control and although I was always active have upped my exercise.

I followed the NHS plan on this website.

My tips are

-use a smaller plate,

-portion control by weighing things like rice & pasta

-don't get really hungry as you are likely to eat too much afterwards

-don't ban anything you really like, just have occasionally and count in you daily allowance

You obviously have a realistic goal to lose in 6 months so take it steady. I take it you have an incentive as well.

Good luck

[melanie1963 in reply to Windswept1]

thank u windswept a special holiday in july to look forward to dont want to be chubby on the beach

[mitzymoo]

Hi angel

I'm honoured.

My name is Deb, i'm 44, i've been married 21yrs but we've been together since we were 16! (get less for murder) hee hee, i have 22yr old twins boy and girl and they're both still at home. And we live in Doncaster, South Yorkshire.

I forgot to give you the blood group diet it's dadamo.com

I choked on some food 9yrs ago and the whole of my right side went numb, they thought I'd had a stroke but mri was clear, i tought myself to write again and now do crafts to keep the used of my hand even though i can't feel it.

As you can imagine my weight ballooned. I've always struggled with my weight but being house bound and with crap balance, everything i eat goes straight to my hips!!!

I joined as my weight has plateaued and I was advised to join a weight loss group, but i am disabled and need someone with me when I go out. So i heard about this site and joined.

I'm sorry it ended up being a biography and i hope i haven't scared you off

Take care and angel blessings xx

[melanie1963 in reply to mitzymoo]

i am A positive BLOOD GROUP mitzymoo iam 50 been married 30 years 2 sons 25 and 21 still at home too looking to get own homes soon i live near durham north east england ...lets do this togeather hun hugs mel xox

[Prin in reply to melanie1963]

I think we are the same age and married for 30 years too only difference I stopped after 1 boy ( he is travelling at the moment, anyway I am at the end of my journey, it's about finding a sustainable eating plan, I didn't follow it on my big hols this year star all inclusive @ Sandals (March ) I had lost a stone by then but put 7lb on . I think any other time I would have drawn a line under the diet and gone back to my old ways, but I set myself a goal of a healthy BMI and I have done it! if you want a beach body I would recommend Body Pump exercise classes, (not that I have one mind) if you list my posts I have ones called before and after they are the photos! Good luck and welcome aboard, join us each Monday for the weigh in!

[melanie1963 in reply to Prin]

i was mrs fit until an achilles rupture and plantar tendon injury 2 years ago thats when the weight crept on at last after 2 years of physio and injections iam almost pain free but now have 3 stones to loose and cant do treadmill or aerobics classes only swimming and walking at the moment must get my head in gear to eat well ....thank u for the invite xox

[mitzymoo]

Hi Angel

I always said if the kids haven't moved out by the age of 21, i moving out and leaving them! That didn't work hee hee, but kirsty is half way there, she stays at her fiance's over weekend (who also lives at home)!

When we were their age we'd got married and moved into a private rent house, and the kids were a year old!

These days people can't afford the bond or if they can the bills'll cripple them!! I don't mind them still being here they help me, which is a godsend as after a trip in an ambulance to a&e on sunday i found out one of my discs has either slipped or squashed.

I'm shuffling round the house with two walking sticks but i'm seeing my chiropractor (healing angel) as i call him tomorrow, hopefully he can do his magic.

I really appreciate you wanting to be my buddy

Take care gentle hugs and angel blessings xx

[melanie1963 in reply to mitzymoo]

take care mitzy it is much harder for kids to get on the ladder these day ......hope he can do some magic for u today hun xox

[mitzymoo]

Morning angel

Hope your ok xx

Thanx i'll let you know later, not looking forward to the taxi ride there! The guy that brought us home sunday had a lead foot and it was agony!

It is really hard for the younger ones these days, they say the economy is on the up, but it's still gonna take few years before we notice it.

Kyle is still trying to get a job! They went to college for 3 years after school and i think that's the worst decision we made. All their friends that didn't all got jobs! He's been passed round all the agencies and now back at job centre.

We live across the road from an asda and he's always applying but not even got a reply to most of them. If he could just get an interview, they'd see how willing he is.

Kirsty has been lucky she's got into the council on apprenticeship, she did her first one in admin and now she's. Doing one in a dementia nursing home, and has been told when a job comes up it's her's.

Hope you have a good day, take care and angel blessings xx