Chris is Still Too Fat

In response to: "Daily Report : Day 3 Week 133" 2 hours old
by menhir [Member]

Sorry for lack of response....found this reply in the spam box along with about 40 other replies from other people. There's odd things going on.

If it is any consolation, I finished a second container of twiglets. I had it about a week or maybe, a bit more. Would you believe it, this incarnation are designed as mini-twiglets. All t more…

In response to: "Daily Report : Day 6 Week 133" 5 days old
by Rasal [Visitor]

Your really doing great!.I appreciate it. I will come back again soon...

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In response to: "Daily Report : Day 3 Week 133" 10 days old
by chrisistoofat [Member]

Thanks for the encouragement, Menhir. I need it.

I am not so sure about using up more reserves in winter. Seems to me I eat more to keep me warm ! So keeping within calories budget is doubly difficult now onwards.

Now Twiglets is something I have not seen for years, still less sampled. But you spoiled it by mentioning more…

In response to: "Daily Report : Day 3 Week 133" 10 days old
by menhir [Member]

Just to enthuse you, in Winter you can lose weight a little easier, as the cold weather makes the body use up more of its reserves. It won't do to replace them with lots of sweeties though. However, you are allowed treats within your usual cal intake...not out of it. (Easier said than done).

To cheer you up, I had a wee pig out toda more…

In response to: "Mid-Week Report : Week 131" 22 days old
by chrisistoofat [Member]

So it was black bread, eh ? Sounds very East European. It was quite tasty but I will not be searching it out specifically in future.

You lost your appetite ? I could do with that problem !

Oh dear : chocolate. I assume when you say 81% you refer to the cocoa content ? If so, 70% is my top limit before revulsion sets i more…

In response to: "Mid-Week Report : Week 131" 23 days old
by menhir [Member]

Sounds like you had a taste of black bread in a strange form. Sounds like reducing on intake was not such a bad thing on this particular trip.

I know I lost a bit of avoirdupois last week as I lost my appetite; it's back now, and I need to watch quantities.

We received a gift of a large bar of a Lindt chocolate nut bar - more…

In response to: "Daily Report : Day 1 Week 130" 33 days old
by chrisistoofat [Member]

Thanks for the encouragement !

Alas, I have already been down as far as 170 lbs then lost my way and ballooned back up, though only regaining about 50% of previous loss; bad enough in itself, admittedly.

I persevere; I actually KNOW it makes a worthwhile difference !

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In response to: "Daily Report : Day 1 Week 130" 33 days old
by countrybumpkin [Member]

Keep up the good work, it'll be worth it. more…

In response to: "Daily Report : Day 1 Week 129" 35 days old
by menhir [Member]

Your grant sounds about the same as mine. It needed topping up with work when there was space and time in a busy study schedule to do some.

It is true then you've only got yourself to compliment for your seamless culinary transitions into your domestic bliss.

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In response to: "Daily Report : Day 1 Week 129" 35 days old
by chrisistoofat [Member]

Nope, I was adjudged to be financially independent at 22 and got the meagre grant according to the student support rules of the day. £340 for the year if I remember correctly.

Still in touch, on a Christmas letter basis, with final landlady and husband, both now in their nineties ! Her makeshift risottos were delicious and never hav more…

In response to: "Daily Report : Day 1 Week 129" 37 days old
by menhir [Member]

I re-read your 'mature student at 22' and smiled. I was a mature student at the age you got married. I thought the graduation to maturity as a student, then, and perhaps now, was/is 23 years old.

Landladies are fatal, especially if they like you. Then following the feeding experience on with a wife, well...... the landlady must hav more…

In response to: "Daily Report : Day 1 Week 129" 37 days old
by chrisistoofat [Member]

I would settle for 19 years old if granted a wish !

Rot set in on going to college as a 'mature student' at 22 and, living in lodgings rather than halls, I was well-fed ! So I ballooned from 10st to 11.5st by marriage at 26. The ballooning then continued ... So there is still a rather small person in here trying to get out !
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In response to: "Daily Report : Day 1 Week 129" 38 days old
by menhir [Member]

It's good the wish is there.

Yep, unrealistic to think you'll be the Adonis shape of your youth. Coming the think of it, how youthful?

Two pairs of trousers in wardrobe, not unrealistic, shouldn't need to languish too long. They'll miss you.

Some people love the martyrdom of self-denial, not me. I find alte more…

In response to: "Daily Report : Day 1 Week 129" 40 days old
by chrisistoofat [Member]

Well, it's male vanity to some extent, I suppose. I would prefer to get back to the physical peak of my youth (totally unrealistic), or, failing that, a return to the physical level I had reached about a year ago, before the rot set in (much more realistic - achievable even). So an increase in muscle mass would not come amiss for that.

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In response to: "Daily Report : Day 1 Week 129" 40 days old
by menhir [Member]

I like your analysis. Do you really want increase muscle mass?

My personal analysis: pink trousers which were not as comfortable as they should have been at the beginning of this week, are more comfortable by the end of this week. To stay that way, I must not buy things to ratchet up the avoirdupois.


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In response to: "Daily Report : Day 5 Week 128" 43 days old
by unitedkingdom [Member]

oh nice weight loss journey.. I'm Kate whats yours? can I add you as my blog friend? more…

In response to: "Mid-Week Report : Week 128" 44 days old
by chrisistoofat [Member]

Umm .. you got me there. Depends on one's belief system I suppose. Never actually tried the sacrifice tactic. Not sweeping great herds of them round here in NE Hants anyway. Plus I would be expected to clear up afterwards. No, on balance, prayer is much more neat and tidy and its efficacy will be reported in due course.

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In response to: "Mid-Week Report : Week 128" 44 days old
by The_Walrus ^Pro

You want us to pray? Wouldn't it be more effective to sacrifice a goat? more…

In response to: "Daily Report : Day 2 Week 128" 46 days old
by menhir [Member]

Mrs CITF is needed here to guard my domain from me! :)

You are so fortunate to have a built-in guardian. more…

In response to: "Daily Report : Day 2 Week 128" 46 days old
by chrisistoofat [Member]

Only assisting decorators with door opening and cups of tea. Plus answering questions if they come up (and hoping I am answering correctly as proxy !). Decorating due to flood from above. Months to sort out.

I am sure I am eating more due to cooler weather, yet I am indoors 95% of the time ! Odd. And annoying.

Anyway, more…

In response to: "Daily Report : Day 2 Week 128" 46 days old
by menhir [Member]

Are you assisting decorators?

I'm trying to keep out of the kitchen but am being coaxed into it. I suppose I shall have to think about sustenance soon.

Hard to keep the cals down. You're not far off what is a male daily norm, if I am not much mistaken. more…

In response to: "Daily Report : Day 3 Week 126" 59 days old
by menhir [Member]

Stir fry is what it says, I use a little veg oil and finish with a wee flourish of sesame oil for extra flavour. Forgot to defrost some chicken, so added chunks of lightly fried fish to the veggies, instead. The noodles were nice.

It all sounds unhealthy really, but lunch was light, a cheese scone, a couple of mini tomatoes and a p more…

In response to: "Daily Report : Day 3 Week 126" 59 days old
by chrisistoofat [Member]

Keep going indeed. If only it were not so relentless. I was going to say smugly 'wait until you see tomorrow's report on exercise' but then I remembered what will be in tomorrow's report on munching ...

Gale ? No gale down here. Was quite benign sunny day; but definitely autumn.

Stir-fry sounds quite abstemious, healt more…

In response to: "Daily Report : Day 3 Week 126" 59 days old
by menhir [Member]

Keep going..........

I had my nibbles of cheese, but then I don't usually have a daily milk allowance. I have started to reduce quantities. Tonight is a stir fry meal night.

Walked around in a gale and trotted home-insofar as gale would allow a trot - with a couple of manageable bags of shopping.

All-in-all, more…

In response to: "Weekly Report : End of Week 125 (19 Sept 2009)" 62 days old
by menhir [Member]

I didn't know chubsy.

Nice little loss there.

I haven't got round to weighing myself yet. I shall do. I don't expect to see anything wonderful! My regime started today.

Gosh it was hard to find an adjective I could live with! more…

In response to: "Mid-Week Report : Week 125" 65 days old
by menhir [Member]

I know what has caused my wobbling. It is comforting to eat things you like or to nibble when you don't actually need to, just want to. Or, take today, amusing myself in a café whilst waiting for a call to say, after a lengthy test run, the repaired car is okay to get us home.

My notebook is going to see daylight again. :)

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In response to: "Mid-Week Report : Week 125" 65 days old
by chrisistoofat [Member]

It's a struggle, innit ?

A right Jekyll and Hyde situation for much of the time, causing me to say on a daily basis, 'why on earth did I allow myself to eat that ?'. So, not much has changed here (except my weight and, oddly, my resolve) in the interim.

We shall both have to persevere. This is not so much a project her more…

In response to: "Mid-Week Report : Week 125" 65 days old
by menhir [Member]

Hi,

I am going to have to join in here. I'm impressed with you. I do and don't at the moment.

The 'do' is quite good for a couple of weeks, then the 'don't' slips in front of my thinking and taste buds and I do a don't and the benefits of the previous weeks, slip away.

Back to lunch time soups for a while, o more…

In response to: "Gosh is That the Time ?" 68 days old
by chrisistoofat [Member]

Bonjour mon ami !

Aah, curry (last night) and spagbol (Friday night)! Etc.

It is a question of degree, of course, and constant resolve. Pretty good right now on both counts but one cannot duck the physiological process for long and hunger seeps in, insidiously sapping one's resolve. And the cupboards/fridge are far from more…

In response to: "Gosh is That the Time ?" 68 days old
by chrisistoofat [Member]

We can indeed do it. We have to; we have spoken. But I am philosophical and expect a halting success, with emphasis on success rather than halting. Hence the missing schedule.

Let us see how we get on and stay in contact.

CITF
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