tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52852472782601195872024-02-18T22:18:42.305-08:00iPodgeBattling fat muntersicodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07395364971921997612noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285247278260119587.post-22811377517817461492010-09-03T10:04:00.000-07:002010-09-03T10:04:59.686-07:00ANy stragglers want to join ipodge and unsure where to start?we weigh in on fridays. You need to follow <a href="mailto:?@ipodge">@ipodge</a> on Twitter for routine bullying<br />
you can pretty much <u>determine your own</u> diet but I use an ancient WW hybrid of NO carbs ( except cereal) and loads of veg.<br />
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TOP TIPS<br />
<ul><li> Reduce your protein size. Grill or poach all food.</li>
<li> Try to avoid adding fat (this is why i avoid carbs as i cannot resist it)</li>
<li> Avoid cheese</li>
<li> BLACK tea and coffee (tastes better anyway)</li>
<li> NO snacking on biscuits or cakes, only snacks are unlimited fruit.</li>
<li> REDUCE alcohol using the empty tum protocol</li>
<li> DONT have takeaways. </li>
</ul>icodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07395364971921997612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285247278260119587.post-28826700491751807202010-09-02T06:35:00.000-07:002010-09-02T06:35:50.886-07:00iPodge soup this is a great lunch. tasty and the calories are so low oyu need a magnifying glass<br />
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<strong>Ingredients</strong><br />
one onion<br />
one large carrot <br />
celery ( no? oh dont be so blardy fussy)<br />
half a swede<br />
pasrnip( small)<br />
Leek ( one)<br />
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you CAN get all of this in a casserole veg pack, waitrose do one, that is pretty easy to pick up in a hurry.<br />
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<strong>Method</strong><br />
<ul><li>chop all any old how. sweat( not fry) in pan with a tiny bit of oil</li>
<li>bung in a kettle of boiling water.</li>
<li>add your own homemade stock ( or two knorr veg stockpot things)</li>
</ul><strong>go and do something worthwhile</strong> <br />
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return to pan. get a whizzy stick blender and BLAST IT. add chopped parsely.<br />
you can at this point add poncey soup pasta but that obv is carb tastic.<br />
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this is a GREAT lunch if you have a meal out you cannot avoid in the evening. Avoid going too mad with the veg - you want a balance, Otherwise it ends up like baby food. NO salt reqd as stock has masses.icodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07395364971921997612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285247278260119587.post-81522225138019739442010-09-02T00:18:00.001-07:002010-09-02T00:18:44.086-07:00KEEP GOING!imagine stepping on the scales and it being on 90!icodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07395364971921997612noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285247278260119587.post-66723421950777180512010-09-01T12:16:00.000-07:002010-09-01T12:17:29.499-07:00so you are realising day one is tough?DONT STOP NOW, if you do the whole day has been in vain.<br />
Imagine getting dressed and your waistband is loose, your arse never looks big in ANYTHING<br />
you waltz into shops and buy a size smaller.<br />
all the things you HATE now about your body will be gone. <strike>You will on the other hand be bloody dull.</strike><br />
So COURAGE mes amis!<br />
<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGv0izedrkN3Sp6ugjEFryCiYoSHgE91rSOShZEn9pFFc6VrXcUCKY_Paqzx41KMv5cQu7aziWuYTd-bVIrMS4r0R7aREGBkzdBniWQPIJt9dJKgek3XV4hhq-FPnJdGcUwr2G_SNjnOGa/s1600/Muffintop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGv0izedrkN3Sp6ugjEFryCiYoSHgE91rSOShZEn9pFFc6VrXcUCKY_Paqzx41KMv5cQu7aziWuYTd-bVIrMS4r0R7aREGBkzdBniWQPIJt9dJKgek3XV4hhq-FPnJdGcUwr2G_SNjnOGa/s200/Muffintop.jpg" width="140" /></a></div>icodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07395364971921997612noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285247278260119587.post-44268011981721809602010-08-31T23:36:00.000-07:002010-08-31T23:36:15.395-07:00morning fatties here we go!new scales - gasp<br />
am seriously ON TASK Now<br />
have a great day! remember NOTHING TASTES AS GOOD AS BEING SLIM FEELS!icodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07395364971921997612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285247278260119587.post-56692484256171877622010-08-31T11:00:00.000-07:002010-08-31T11:00:56.921-07:00RE twitter by the wayif you preface any dull diet related tweet with @ipodge - only those following you and it ( i think) will read it.<br />
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.<br />
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weigh in tomorrow and make a note of it. we are starting from 10 ( did we agree that?)icodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07395364971921997612noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285247278260119587.post-52586613264564878092010-08-31T10:58:00.000-07:002010-08-31T10:58:04.733-07:00Flipping heck tuckerWent 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.<br />
Mum - 11 stone<br />
Mum - on one leg 10 stone<br />
Mum breathing in - still 11 stone<br />
Mum after a kilo of potato - 22 stone<br />
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In the end i went for the cheapskate ones <a href="http://www.johnlewis.com/150910/Style.aspx">http://www.johnlewis.com/150910/Style.aspx</a> - they measure in incremenets of 200g fgs - so every single cube of chocolate will count.icodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07395364971921997612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285247278260119587.post-20747542781184516112010-08-31T01:52:00.000-07:002010-08-31T01:52:15.694-07:00You do it YOURRRRRRR waythere 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.<br />
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typical day:<br />
breakfast - small cereal coffee( have black anyway)<br />
break - apple<br />
lunch - ipodge soup( more later) or if at school then plain chicken, salad, no carbs<br />
Supper - grilled or poached small meat/fish and veg (MASSES of) fruit<br />
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thats it.<br />
If i have pasta its with a tomato/veg sauce, no cream no bacon ( sniff)icodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07395364971921997612noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285247278260119587.post-91103935421327323512010-08-31T01:42:00.000-07:002010-08-31T01:42:21.225-07:00ITS TOMORROW!as someone who has just had pavlova for breakfast in the BATH, I can say that we all need sorting out. <strike> I, </strike>WE need discipline, work, schoolbags, new uniform and of course semi starvation.<br />
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things to do today:<br />
1. <strong>assess scales</strong><br />
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.<br />
If you buy new digital scales ones in half pounds are sufficient. Anything less is ferreaky.<br />
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2. <strong>chuck out</strong> stuff you snack on. Put wine in the shed, out of reach, certainly NOT chilling nicely.<br />
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3 start <strong>planning</strong> next weeks menus.icodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07395364971921997612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285247278260119587.post-76325681126050416682010-08-26T11:17:00.000-07:002010-08-26T11:17:51.428-07:00oh by the way...@ipodge has followed everyone on Twitter following us.<br />
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We need to work out a way of keeping diet chat from BORING everyone on our other twitter feed. <br />
As far as i understand it, anyone following say both @icod and @grumpywhenwoken will read comment from them to each other...<br />
maybe if we start all diet chat with the hashtag?<br />
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OOH my brain hurts - any ideas?icodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07395364971921997612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285247278260119587.post-62326148914597457262010-08-26T11:11:00.000-07:002010-08-26T11:11:48.785-07:00wednesday it starts!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjPBOoBORiAuB4-vmwdLWiloOHPlVSoaxJfOGe1JZXiIl11eIFqq21d_0J8KQDE9lJi_AQb15tFilvkx4lfKb-SFz2rLheJJsaBViCloXPTCIJd0ypaLAtUtmHIy4LnqPW_tYfNNvaVPbF/s1600/scaleDM_468x481.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjPBOoBORiAuB4-vmwdLWiloOHPlVSoaxJfOGe1JZXiIl11eIFqq21d_0J8KQDE9lJi_AQb15tFilvkx4lfKb-SFz2rLheJJsaBViCloXPTCIJd0ypaLAtUtmHIy4LnqPW_tYfNNvaVPbF/s200/scaleDM_468x481.jpg" width="194" /></a></div>things to consider:<br />
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1. Are your scales accurate? you MUST weigh the first day. this will really motivate you when loss starts slowing later on.<br />
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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!<br />
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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.<br />
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4. Try and think of meals you can have now to start menu planning. If you plan a day there will be fewer failures.icodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07395364971921997612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285247278260119587.post-33411883291730781182010-08-21T07:19:00.000-07:002010-08-21T07:19:21.006-07:00Vegetables on iPodgePart of the #iPodge route to slimness involves binning carbs - ok we got that!<br />
That means you are starving. <br />
So you need to eat LOADS more veg than you have so far. <br />
You'll really notice it. IN many ways. ;)<br />
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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.<br />
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Ipodge is the way YOU are going to stop stuffing your face and lost TEN POUNDS ( we hope) in a month.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">How can i get ready for iPodge?</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">You could eat a lot now - thus ensuring a pretty spectacular loss.</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">You could get a lot of piercings that will weigh you down in week one</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">You could get your head around NOT eating bread (thats a biggie)</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">BOOZE - I cant not drink!</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">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.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Will I need any special kit?</span><br />
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NO! we just eat less food. No stupid low cal choc drinks or sweet replacements.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Do I need to excercise?</span><br />
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Of course thats a good idea but not compulsory.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">When do we weigh in?</span><br />
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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" shiticodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07395364971921997612noreply@blogger.com7