HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE

Hope you are all well, and enjoyed all the festivities, and i bet all of you are raring to go now, new year new resoulations

If you are like me and enjoyed the festivities a bit too much you will be wanting to loose all that access weight

This challenge is just for you then, there is only 3 main rules to this challenge:

1- Weigh your food

2- Write down your checks

3- Stick to your daily checks

Do this 3 simple rules every day and you will be sure of a loss in the end of your week, the reason this challenge only have 3 rules is because the more rules you make for yourself, the more guilty you will feel when you break them, and then you will break your healthy eating habbits.

So get your check book out, your diary, and your scales and start today, there is no time like the present.

I am starting today, good luck everyone. xxxxxxxxxx

HI Safaa, Happy New Year hunni, hope you had a lovely time at Christmas.

Count me in for the 3 rules Challenge, great idea!!

Hi Safaa - fab idea and you can count me in. Need to really get back into this PEPing. Will need to be starting from Sunday though as that's when I'll be able to plan for the week and do the shopping.

Have a good day and good luck with this challenge everyone. xxx

Hi Safaa! HNY!! Definitely making 2010 my year! Starts Monday, though - I'm away for the weekend for our 20th wedding anniversary!!

hiya CBx, yeah we had a good christmas and new year thank you, its good to see you here hun xxxxxxxxx


hiya Cinders good luck on your fresh start on sunday and all the best

hiya sweet, happy anniversary, and enjoy, and yes it will be your year, all the best

Brilliant Safaa,totally makes sense.
Di

hiya dianedry thank you, i thought we all get bogged down with life as you do, and just make it simple, and i am a great believer in making things easy and simple, why make it hard for ourselves and struggle, just back to basics and one day at the time and we face difficulties as it comes along one day at the time:2thumbs:

Well said Safaa - hopefully I'll be back on track tomorrow and will follow the 3 rules- I've got the latest copy of Boost for inspiration too!!

Happy new year!

Fantastic post Safaa and from tomorrow, I will be joining you in following the 3 rules!

You are so right it is best to keep simple and get back into basics

Hi girls!
3 wee rules? Can it be so easy?
Thank you for reminding me!
As from tomorrow I'll be sticking to these 3 rules.
Back to work tomorrow & back to pepping and back to the 3 rules.

Hope you all had a good Christmas & New Year.

Morv.

thanks buddy, well boost is great for inspirations have a great day tomo and may the pep be with you



hey there northernstar, welcome to the challenge and all the best


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[size="3"]hello morv its good to see you hunni, well i know its not always that easy, but the reward is great, all the best with getting back to peping and following the rules one day at the time hey, take care xxxxxx


ok my lovelies that is me for today following the rules, here is to tomo, take care and all the best for tomo everyone xxxxxx

Great post Safaa - count me in from tomorrow

OK - I mean business this time - no more playing. I've set up my progress tracker in MY PROGRESS and re-started my blog to record my daily menus

All set for tomorrow and a new beginning really looking forward to getting back into things.

Hope those of you who started today are having a good day.

xxxx

Great post Safaa

I see quite a few people have started today myself being one of them hope everyone has had a great first day back

Good Luck to everyone over the next week whenever your fresh start day is

Hi Safaa I've already starting putting your words into practice and hopefully going to find it easier as the days go bye ...but you are definitely right, writing everything down makes such a huge difference...the brain has a great way of being very deceptive when you don't and only remembering what you want it to when it comes to putting food in your mouth ...

I will make 2010 a good year

3 rules i am in!

still in festive eating mode so wont be starting until monday when i go back to work and the gym at 6am!!

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Stuck to the 3 rules today...day 1 done and dusted!

Good luck everyone!

hello there hun good to see you here, hope you had a good day today




Good on you buddy you sounding sooo positive this time, i think i will do my tracker too, good luck hun xxxxxxxx [/color]



hey Ciders well done, its good to get back into it again, i am feeling the same good luck for tomo xxxxxxxx




hey there dawn well done for starting already, hope you had an excellent day xxxxxxxx

hello Scrumtasticjojo, well done and yes writing things down makes a difference, i have days when i ate the same 4 checks over and over again they seem to stretch some how when you dont write it down, and you will find it easier and it will help also when you are out and about you will be able to guess by the amount of food and how much the checks are there is certain things now i know by heart, writing down can also work the other way when you are not eating all your checks and that also can prevent you from loosing the weight, take care and all the best keep it going xxxxxxxx




hello Skippy good luck hun, you going to the gym at 6 am that is what i call determination, all the best hunnie xxxxxxxx





wooohhhhoooo well done Northernstar that is excellent, here is to tomo, i had my second day today and that is done and dusted, take care hun and all the best for tomo xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi everyone

So how's it going with the 3 rules challenge? I've started today and raring to go. Got my PEP head on and so far so good.

Have a good day

Yeah weighing, counting and writing, but had a wee eat of incorrect items, tho all will be reported back and logged.

SpeedyX

2 after eights !!!

rule 1 = written everything down for today

hey there Ciders well done on a good start hun, how did it go today? hope you had a fantastic day




hey there speedy good on you hun, as for the incorrect items as long as you counted them it would be ok you are allowed treated as long as they were only 2 after eights, and counted for, take care hun and hope you had a good day today xxxxxxxxx



hey skippy well done hun, good luck for tomo xxxxxxxx


as for me i have been eating healthy again, and phoned my coach and i am on the straight and narrow, yayayayay this is going to be good,.
hows everyone else doing? did you have your fresh start today everyone?
anyway here is to tomo, all the best my lovelies xxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Saffa. New day tomorrow. Enough said. Scales, checkbook and pen at the ready. Need to get 3 out of 3 tomorrow.

Hope you are having a good day.

SpeedyX

Well I have started.
Weighed it, wrote down my checks.
Hopefully will stay with in my checks.

Just need to think, 3 wee steps, each day get you nearer target doesn't it.

Happy PEPin

Well done everybody!

I'm still taking it back to basics..and am still writing everything down in my wee book...back to weighing all food except my free veggies and sticking to my checks (well just under my checks!)

Have a good day all xx

Hi Safaa, can I please join in from today. I have so far stuck to the 3 rules and feel good for it. I really need to do this by the book as my wedding is on 20 February (6 weeks on Saturday). I know I won't be at target for it but if I could lose 2lb a week I would be nearly a stone lighter and that would really make a difference. Good luck to everyone X

Good luck Fluters!

Good luck everyone.

Taking it back to basics is working for me - into day 3 and going well.

xxx

hello all, i'm in. I do write everything down as a rule but waver when i've eaten something i should'nt. I had to force myself through xmas but kept going. Had a good day yesterday and saved 9.5 checks.

Hi all = great day yesterday and hopefully will be the same today.

hello speedy well done on getting your check book and pen out, and i hope that you stayed on target hunnie, it is really small steps and it will get you to target hun, come on you can do it, hope you had a good day hun xxxxxxxx


hello there northernstar well done, i dont weigh my vegies either they are such small checks hunnie but they are a great fillers, and if this weather continues here, i will be returning to making my soup too which is yummy with some ryvita and filling too, take care and keep up your good work sweet xxxxxxxxx



hello flutters of course you can join, glad you feeling good too hun, gosh only 6 weeks until your wedding how exciting, it will be fantastic when you loose that stone and it is a target that you can achieve, dont forget to put the pics up, where you going on your honey moon? take care hun and all the best xxxxxxxxxx



wooohhhoooo you go Ciders so glad that everything is working well, take care hun and all the best xxxxxxxxx



hello margy, its amazing how we forget if we dont write it dont write it down!!! well done for keeping going thro christmas that is excellent what a will power, and well done on saving all those checks but make sure you have them at some point during the week, take care and all the best xxxxxxxxx




hey there buddy i hope you had a good day today and you are doing well take care and all the best xxxxxxxxxx :2thumbs:


well my friends it looks like we are going to have excellent loses at the end of this week, you are all doing sooooo well, well done
i have had a good day too, and everything is counted and spoken for, take care everyone and may the pep be with you xxxxxxxxx

Hi everyone and dare I say day 4 and still going strong writing it all down is certainly helping me and I don't know but something just clicked and I know I'm going to do it this time.

Hope you're all having a good day. xxx

Well yesterday went well =3 rules obeyed

Today so far so good should be = 3 rules

Good luck everyone.

So far so good!!

3 rules obeyed! i used all of my checks today and still fancy something sweet. i might have one of my muffins as i have enough saved checks - 17 so far. if not they will get used at the weekend for my birthday!

Hi Safaa have obeyed the three rules so far. A new slimming class has opened up near to where my other one was so a going to go there on Wednesday, always feel that I can do better when I have to go to a class. Am going to the Majestic Colonial Hotel in Dominican Republic, that was where my fiance proposed. X

Saffa - your thread must be working! Yesterday obeyed and today looks like another obedient day for me.
Long may it continue.

How are things with you Saffa?

I wrote down the chocolate I pinched from the tin at work today- that's the sort of thing I used to "forget" before.

everyones doing great

Another clean and pepped day, 3 rules obeyed. 3.5 checks saved. Tomorrow is planned including tea. Going to come up with a new work menu for next wek to.I can feel my prep motivation slipping.

hey there everyone you are all doing soooo well, i am too even when i went out for my anniversary yesterday at lunch time
i was preparing my lunch and tea to take to work today, and i grabbed a tin which i thought it was tomato soup counted it in and everything, went to work i opened it at lunch time and it was not soup it was baked beans so i had baked beans on ryvita it didnt taste so bad actually however i could not eat it all so i left half which i could have tomo for my lunch!!!!
so i also have obeyed the 3 rules even tho i had the wrong food, anyway keep up all good work, you are all doing fab, it does work going back to basics hey, all the best and i will see you tomo take care everyone xxxxxxxxxxxx

hey there hunni how did you do today hope you got your motivation back come on we can do this

Good morning everyone. Day 7 today - though not WI till Monday for my result. Had a couple of wee slips but nothing that can't be counted. Have been craving comfort food but managed to make stovies and chicken korma - which both helped with that.

Have a good day everyone. xxxx

3 lbs off!!!!!!! I've done this before straight after a holiday period - gain quick, lose quick but then I find it difficult to shift so will try to stick to the 3 rules!

WOO HOO - well done Rita fantastic result. The 3 rules is working for me too - I can feel the difference already tho WI not till Monday.

got to confess to slight slippage last night. So over a wee bitty. So 2 out of 3 rules obeyed Saffa for me.
But I pledge to follow the 3 rules to the letter this weekend(you would never guess my WI is Mon would you he!he!)

Have good weekend Saffa and everyone. Hope you are all nice and warm and have plenty to keep you happily occupied.

SpeedyX

3 rules obeyed on friday although tea planned changed. ended up pigging on bread and felt ill saturday morning and had to get weighed. 2 lbs off. saturday was a mess due to noo planning and a seriously huffy husband. I did'nt have more than my allowance as i went to bed without tea. Back on track today so far.