Take that!

I have lost all but 1 of those lbs and am happily gallivanting on to lose more.

I am nearing my sticking point, so I might have a stall but hopefully adding regular exercise will sort that out!

So 4lbs down and 4lbs to go for January! Yee and ha!

New Year and a restart

Well! I gained 5lbs in 2 months for not keeping my eye on the ball. OK the last 4 weeks have been a bit OTT with all sorts of Christmassy goings on! I can't really complain, but I must get a grip again!

So, I will give myself this month to lose those 5lbs again.

I need to get myself all organised, so here goes:

1. Get my gym bag re-packed
2. Make a shopping list for quick lunches and big bulky teas
3. Make a proper effort to stick to Monday, Wednesday and Friday as Down Days
4. Use mfp to check all days kcal intake

There. Short and sweet, nothing to it, just get to it!

And good luck to anyone else who drops in to read this!

1.5lbs down

So that's 4.5lbs so far this calendar month.


September's last weigh in will be next Tuesday (Oct 2nd) so hopefully I will lose another lb. My big aim was for 8lbs overall, but, over time, I will be very happy with a single lb a week. so this month I am ahead :)

And yes, JUDDD is still very, very easy to do!

3lbs down

And a week to go before the end of the month!

I wouldn't mind but I fell off a few times, including this week (it turns out it was my birthday) so I'm having a weekend of fun, food and wine!

5lbs to go before I get to Onederland.... sometime in October... for the first time in decades!

I do love JUDDD!

Just the one

Ah well. That's still a pound a week on average, which is after all what I worked out all those kcals for!

I am not sure why I was expecting more. I did lots of calculations to ensure I lost slowly and permanently. Now I want to see the kind of fast weight loss that I know is not sustainable!

Just greedy I suppose.

Anyhoo: September's target is purely based on DD successes as I go back to work and it might prove a little difficult until I get into the swing of it.

• 8 - 12 DDs
• 4 - 8lbs

Oh it has been such a long time

I'm still JUDDDering along.

Went back to work, fell off a little bit, didn't gain anything - weigh in Tuesday, so we will see what really happened.

I am enjoying this diet - is that allowed? It has had a lot of weird side affects, the return of a full button, total loss of carb cravings, increased fruit and veg consumption and an all round good feeling.

Miso soups turned out to be a good buy, odd taste, lovely smell and totally satisfying at 12kcals.

Chai teabags - who knew they could replace hot chocolate? Lovely warm, cinnamony taste... great for supper!

The 2 meals I have are doing well and fruit and miso during the day is enough - still got to drink more water though!

Onwards and downwards :)

Down Day veggie curry 250kcals

Another DD and another recipe.

I went to Morrisons and bought packs of the £1 veggies - OK the carrots were only 50p.

1 cauliflower, 5 parsnips, 5 carrots, 5 potatoes all chopped up and a pack of fine beans plus an onion, sliced, and about a third of a pot of patak's balti paste.

Fry the onion in a little bit of oil until soft, add the curry paste fry off for a couple of minutes, add the root veggies and water to cover. Simmer for 20 - 30 minutes, add the cauli, simmer fo another 10 minutes add the beans.

I turned off the heat at this point and just left it to sit. Tonight I will eat one protion and bag up at least 5 others for the freezer. I may take the sauce and thicken it up with a little cornflour, I may not!

I thought about adding a tin of chickpeas and, if I get 8 portions I may add a tin as it will still come in at less than 300kcals.

So that's 6 meals for about £1 each, or 8 meals for a bit less.

And this is dieting? It smells delicious and I know it is filling!

Food so far today is one apple and a cup of chai! I'm getting a little hungry now so may have a banana! I'm staying off the slimfast for a couple of days.