Tuesday 31 August 2010

morning fatties here we go!

new scales - gasp
 am seriously ON TASK Now
 have a great day! remember NOTHING TASTES AS GOOD AS BEING SLIM FEELS!

RE twitter by the way

if you preface any dull diet related tweet with @ipodge - only those following you and it ( i think) will read it.
I'll try and get on there and shout at you so do post @ipodge any moments of weakness you have - or maybe another dieter will be ahem " robust" in "encouraging " you.

weigh in tomorrow and make a note of it. we are starting from 10 ( did we agree that?)

Flipping heck tucker

Went to John lewis to get new scales. its a minefield out there. There are some that record your weight so you can have different profiles in the family.
Mum  - 11 stone
 Mum - on one leg 10 stone
Mum breathing in - still 11 stone
Mum after a kilo of potato - 22 stone



In the end i went for the cheapskate ones http://www.johnlewis.com/150910/Style.aspx  - they measure in incremenets of 200g fgs - so every single cube of chocolate will count.

You do it YOURRRRRRR way

there wil be no strict menus here, we are all ancient, we know how to do it. For the (one) person who asked me,, mine is a variation on WW one from years ago.

typical day:
breakfast  - small cereal coffee( have black anyway)
break  - apple
lunch - ipodge soup( more later) or if at school then plain chicken, salad, no carbs
Supper - grilled or poached small meat/fish and veg (MASSES of) fruit

thats it.
 If i have pasta its with a tomato/veg sauce, no cream no bacon ( sniff)

ITS TOMORROW!

as someone who has just had pavlova for breakfast in the BATH,  I can say that we all need sorting out.  I, WE need discipline, work, schoolbags, new uniform and of course semi starvation.

 things to do today:
1. assess scales
Mine are vintage and have just gone in the bin. They were digital ones that lurched from making me Geri Halliwell to Oprah just by the twitching of a toe.
If you buy new digital scales ones in half pounds are sufficient. Anything less is ferreaky.

2. chuck out stuff you snack on. Put wine in the shed, out of reach, certainly NOT chilling nicely.

3 start planning next weeks menus.

Thursday 26 August 2010

oh by the way...

@ipodge has followed everyone on Twitter following us.

 We need to work out a way of keeping diet chat from BORING everyone on our other twitter feed.
As far as i understand it, anyone following say both @icod and @grumpywhenwoken will read comment from them to each other...
 maybe if we start all diet chat with  the hashtag?

OOH my brain hurts - any ideas?

wednesday it starts!

things to consider:

1. Are your scales accurate? you MUST weigh the first day. this will really motivate you when loss starts slowing later on.

2. Are you telling people or not? a tricky one - sometimes it can motivate, sometimes attract attention. You'll get negative comments about dieting from other people who, generally need to lose a bit!

3. Have you a target? an item you will buy when you have shifted some fat? Somewhere you want to go and look good? Try and get one  - for me its a shopping trip in early october to the big smoke.

4.  Try and think of meals you can have now to start menu planning. If you plan a day there will be fewer failures.

Saturday 21 August 2010

Vegetables on iPodge

Part of the #iPodge route to slimness involves binning carbs - ok we got that!
That means you are starving.
So you need to eat LOADS more veg than you have so far.
You'll really notice it.  IN many ways. ;)

The best way avoid slinging rancid broccoli or mouldy lettuce every week is to PLAN what you are going to eat - preferably weekly but DEFINITELY daily.

FRUIT is  allowed for moments of starvation but  if you eat a whole bunch of bananas you will stay fat.




Thursday 19 August 2010

Limbering up for ipodge! FAQs

What IS iPodge?

Ipodge is the way YOU are going to stop stuffing your face and lost TEN POUNDS ( we hope) in a month.

How can i get ready for iPodge?

You could eat a lot now - thus ensuring a pretty spectacular loss.
You could get a lot of piercings that will weigh you down in week one
You could get your head around NOT eating bread (thats a biggie)

BOOZE - I cant not drink!

Well, the choice is yours. personally I am going to do no booze week one. Thereafter I suggest the ESP (empty stomach principle) where you have ONE glass early doors as you start to cook (say about 7 30) then hide the bottle.

Will I need any special kit?

NO! we just eat less food. No stupid low cal choc drinks or sweet replacements.

Do I need to excercise?

Of course thats a good idea but not compulsory.

When do we weigh in?

 I wanted Monday am but everyone moaned. SO its Friday. we will start at the number 100 to avoid revealing rl weights. YOU do need scales, none of this " just get my clothes looser" shit