Posts by blinx

Thanks gi-jane. I really appreciate the advice. I'm going to try that, it certainly sounds easier than just jumping in.

I've been making a marked effort with breakfast recently, during the week at least and mixing some bran flakes into yoghurt, with sultanas, almonds and honey. I seem to go downhill as soon as I get to work and I just can't seem to stop myself eating between breakfast and lunch. Looking at what you're saying I'm going to try and take something healthy for a snack. I have myself convinced fruit isn't filling x( but I'll give it a go.

Our meals are always made from scratch by the other half who I'm having trouble convincing that whole grain rice and pasta etc is the way to go. I'll look up some recipes and cook one for him and see if I can convince him...

Hello there! I live just 30 miles south of London in the Guildford area. Would love to have someone to check in with - never really thought of trying this before.

I'm 21, 5'7 and 166lbs. My metabolism has totally changed and I'm looking to make a healthy lifestyle choice now that I've entered the overweight section of the BMI scale (I know, not massively over the line, but since I'm still gaining I want to nip this in the bud now). I've gained 2 stone in the last 6 months because I just can't stop eating! But y'know, I could be eating healthy things instead etc, getting more exercise to counterbalance that, so my goals consist of daily exercise (alternating cardio and strength training) and sticking to a healthy amount of calories. I guess my weight goal would probably be 140 - 147 lbs, but really I'd just like to be able to fit back into my clothes and tone up!

If you're interested let me know and we can trade email addresses or whatever. If not that's cool too :)

I'm right there with you. One difference I've noticed which gives away whether or not I'm really hungry is what I say to the other half "I'm hungry" means I'm hungry, "I want such and such" means I want to eat. But I digress. I hope it gets easier I really do! I'm going over on my calories at the moment because I *want* to eat, but I'm hoping willpower will eventually curb it. And maybe some distractions. Seems to be much harder at work though. Much harder.

I like that glass of water and gum idea, though. Sounds good. Or there's the other option for going for a bit of fruit, or waiting 15 minutes and if you still want it, have a piece of fruit, wait 15 more minutes, if you still want it... well. Eat it or keep going with the 15 minutes.

Original Post by cawilder:

Stress unfortunately is really a fact of life. For a long time I used to meditate and practice mindfulness meditation and it really helped. Yoga helps too. I know it sounds new agey, but honestly I also had horrible anxiety too and it's virtually gone.

I was going to suggest mindfulness. I did an 8 week course in it and it was really helpful. We did meditations and yoga, and each week we had a meditation to do each day and had to pick a task to do "mindfully" (like eating dinner). It was really helpful. There's plenty of stuff online and books around.

I don't have time at the moment though and like you am just eating everything in sight.

1oz a day? Heh... I will definitely keep that in mind, I'm sure less cheese would definitely do us both good.

rob I'm vegetarian which is why we went for the cheesy enchiladas. Will have to try with some fake meat although that tends to be quite processed. Not too keen on corn tortillas but thanks for the tip :)

I'll suggest halving it to the other half for next time (he does all the cooking), especially since I feel like I overate just now, though it was worth it. Might take some convincing.

How would the evaporated milk work? I've never used it for anything. Have to look at the mozzarellas, I don't think our big supermarket really has that many.

I guess I'm still getting used to just how calorific cheese is. When I was living at home I had it two meals a day. We used to get through an enourmous amount here too before we discovered there was food other than pizza and pasta with cheese (I'm veggie, he's not) and my metabolism stopped being the teenage eat everything and be ok kind. :)

Thanks for the tips.

I'm going to continue with the sunflower oil until Tuesday, I'll share those pics then, and then try olive oil since I'm not noticing a dramatic change. Skin's a bit softer, and I *know* all my makeup's coming off, but otherwise, dunno. Want to try the olive oil :)

I'm still sort of breaking out too, but it's starting to calm down now. I figured it was one of those things where it got worse before better and I think it is starting to get better now. I'll have been doing it a week tomorrow.

It definitely hasn't made my skin oily and hasn't caused any breakouts so far :)

Yeah, that's why I never add any at the table. I've been drinking more this week as that was my next goal. About 2 litres a day. Perhaps it's hormones or something else.

That echoes things I've found. I guess the 70g days are the bad ones then (there's been more than one this week) :S Will definitely have to watch that.

Thanks for the reply :)

I've been doing this for two nights now and taking photographs - I must admit the before pictures are somewhat depressing since my camera lets you see so close!

Anyway I'm not sure if I'm noticing a difference in the spots or blackheads yet (although I'm fairly certain something's going on) but I must admit that oil is amazing at getting makeup off! I was wearing a significant amount of liquid eyeliner and it got it off no problem! My usual cleanser would only get so much of the mascara off and I'd still go to bed with slight dark smudges under my eyes no matter what I did - but not anymore! So I imagine this is definitely doing something for the other dirt on my skin too.

I'll share the pictures next week and post about them then.

I'm just using castor oil and sunflower oil in the balanced skin percentages.

About two years ago, I woke up one morning and just decided I didn't eat chocolate any more. I was probably the most contented I'd ever been, therefore comfort eating wasn't much of an issue and while it did in some instances get replaced by caramel and cherries, I didn't eat any chocolate for 8 whole months. Then I went to the South of France and decided to treat myself. In those 8 months I lost about a stone (14lbs)

I'm not sure how I managed that to be honest. It was like I didn't even miss it. I was pretty busy. Commuting two hours a day, working weekends, but not stressed I guess. Whereas now, I can't even think about giving up chocolate. I'm dying for some nutella on toast right now but can't cause I used up my calories for today :S I think it's also harder for me now, having an other half who can eat anything. Chocolate is a hard one to kick, it really is. But if you can do it, don't give up. You will get to a point where you can just take it or leave it and then it's ok, if you know you won't go back into chocolate binges and whatnot. Apparently my resolve weaked once I'd had some on holiday. I'm not sure how I got back to being worse than I was before...

Good luck and I hope you do manage it :) Try chocolate that's 70% cocoa if you can't just give it up, because at least that's a bit better for you. Or some of the vegan chocolate.