TSR Weight Loss Society Part II

excellent! I had a gherkin which counts since its a pickled cucumber, i had 2 lots of veggies in my pasta, and a portion of tropical fruits in my porridge, so i'm not doing too badly either.

ooo good stuff. Dried tropical fruits? I'm not a big fan of them! Innocent smoothies are on special offer atm....the blackberry, boysenberry and blubeerry one is SO nice and so popular. When on special there's rarely that many left unless I go early on. Also the one that was for spring(purple passion fruits and lychees) was lovely. The new one for summer i think is pineapple cocounuts and lemongrass...I'm a bit wary of trying that but once my current ones run out I'm definetely getting two more in the 2 for 4 quid offer...take advantage me thinks!

I've started having like about 250-300 cals of chocolate or a little treat a day within my cals. Is this okay? I find it stops binging cus I know I can save some cals and have something hat I fancy!

If you forgot to brush your teeth last night, did you decide this morning to throw in the towel and never brush your teeth again? Since you're obviously a slob who doesn't have enough self- discipline to remember to brush your teeth, why bother brushing them at all if you forgot to last night?

Of course not.

So if you had ice cream for dinner last night, or didn't exercise yesterday, or gained a pound this week, don't throw in the towel! Make a healthier choice for dinner tonight by eating something lean. Go for a short walk. Weigh in again next week.

Just do NOT give up.

hmm, yes, I lost 3 stones that way.

oh dear! Do you have breaks at work other than lunch? Just make sure if you do you have a snack during your breaks, and maybe a snack before your flute lesson.

I prefer early lunch too, and i also have early tea (5pm). That way i'm having big meals every 4-5 hours, with small snacks inbetween as needed.

Exam stress and not enough sleep are starting to catch up on me Had to leave the gym earlier than was planned (after a toning class) because I started to feel really tired and weak. Apart from that, they day's been good (just drank too much diet coke - but that's to stay awake while revising)

Anyway, I'm reigistered with Sparkpeople and get e-mails for them - and it sounds like good inspiration for everyone who has the 'all or nothing' approach and tend to give up after a slip (like me) so I though I'd post it here:

I'm feeling the exam stress and not enough sleep thing too. Although the more tired I get the harder it is to revise so it's such a vicious circle Does anyone know of any foods that'll give me energy but aren't too high calorie? I know that nuts are supposed to be good but was looking at some today and a tiny pack is like 300cals which is too much for a snack. I'm trying to be sensible with regular meals etc and am being less strict with myself as to carbs as they provide energy (and to be fair, I've stayed exactly the same weight for the last 2 weeks so it can't be doing any harm.)

Going to treat myself to something naughty but yummy this weekend Anyone had anything particularly good lately? After 10 hours in the library today I feel like I deserve it

That's a really good tip, Gosha. I guess it's really easy to get into negative thought patterns but yes, slip-ups are definitely not the end of the world