*** Big Fat Weight Loss Thread ***

[Martynt74]

If anyone sees any cheap snacky foods give me a shout. The PHD Smart Bars i bought months ago following a cheap deal on HDUK have finally ran out. They worked out around 20p per bar and worked well for the odd snacks, not too nice to be moreish and end up with me eating them constantly but nice enough that it worked!

I know the NAKD bars are often available on deals too, just doesn't seem to be anything around at the moment.

 

[Alice In Wonderland]

If anyone sees any cheap snacky foods give me a shout. The PHD Smart Bars i bought months ago following a cheap deal on HDUK have finally ran out. They worked out around 20p per bar and worked well for the odd snacks, not too nice to be moreish and end up with me eating them constantly but nice enough that it worked!

I know the NAKD bars are often available on deals too, just doesn't seem to be anything around at the moment.

Do you like KIND bars?

 

[Martynt74]

I'll generally eat anything, so certainly not fussy. My main criteria is cost. Whenever i look, a lot of bars like this work out around £1/bar and there's no way i'm paying that. So just look for stuff on offer and try and stock up.

 

[Alice In Wonderland]

I'll generally eat anything, so certainly not fussy. My main criteria is cost. Whenever i look, a lot of bars like this work out around £1/bar and there's no way i'm paying that. So just look for stuff on offer and try and stock up.

The kind bars that I get from the Co-op are £1.40 for a single bar which I think is extortionate.

However, even though you pay for quality (they are mainly nuts like almonds with dark chocolate and salted caramel) you can buy them from Ocado and get 5 for £5.

I'll only buy them from the Co-op when they have them on offer for a £1 each but I think they're great.

 

[Martynt74]

The kind bars that I get from the Co-op are £1.40 for a single bar which I think is extortionate.

However, even though you pay for quality (they are mainly nuts like almonds with dark chocolate and salted caramel) you can buy them from Ocado and get 5 for £5.

I'll only buy them from the Co-op when they have them on offer for a £1 each but I think they're great.

Yeah, too much for me! I just want cheap snacks. Although a search came up with these

12 X KIND Peanut Butter Dark Choc Bar Gluten Dairy 40g for sale online | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for 12 X KIND Peanut Butter Dark Choc Bar Gluten Dairy 40g at the best online prices at eBay! Free delivery for many products!

www.ebay.co.uk

Depends if you're happy risking buying food from ebay


Actually, this is more my level

12x Kind Protein Dark Chocolate Nut Bars (4 Packs of 3x42g)

12x Kind Protein Dark Chocolate Nut Bars (4 Packs of 3x42g) Mixed Nuts (54%) Protein Bar with Peanuts (31%) and Dark Chocolate (15%). 10g Plant Protein High Fibre Source of Protein Ingredients you can see & pronounce #1 Ingredient Peanuts Gluten Free No Artificial Colours, Flavours or...

lowpricefoods.com

 

[Alice In Wonderland]

Yeah, too much for me! I just want cheap snacks. Although a search came up with these

12 X KIND Peanut Butter Dark Choc Bar Gluten Dairy 40g for sale online | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for 12 X KIND Peanut Butter Dark Choc Bar Gluten Dairy 40g at the best online prices at eBay! Free delivery for many products!

www.ebay.co.uk

Depends if you're happy risking buying food from ebay


Actually, this is more my level

12x Kind Protein Dark Chocolate Nut Bars (4 Packs of 3x42g)

12x Kind Protein Dark Chocolate Nut Bars (4 Packs of 3x42g) Mixed Nuts (54%) Protein Bar with Peanuts (31%) and Dark Chocolate (15%). 10g Plant Protein High Fibre Source of Protein Ingredients you can see & pronounce #1 Ingredient Peanuts Gluten Free No Artificial Colours, Flavours or...

lowpricefoods.com

Ooh, those Kind-protein-dark chocolate look good!!

 

[DeliciousStorage]

If anyone sees any cheap snacky foods give me a shout. The PHD Smart Bars i bought months ago following a cheap deal on HDUK have finally ran out. They worked out around 20p per bar and worked well for the odd snacks, not too nice to be moreish and end up with me eating them constantly but nice enough that it worked!

I know the NAKD bars are often available on deals too, just doesn't seem to be anything around at the moment.

A few days ago MyProtein were selling 2 boxes of Hotel Chocolat layered protein bars for £1.68 with every order using the app, and free delivery on orders over £10. You can still get 1 box for free with every order but sadly have to spend £40 for free delivery now.

 

[AndyCr15]

a lot of bars like this work out around £1/bar and there's no way i'm paying that.

Hmm, where is your line drawn. I tend to think if I can get a decent high protein, low(ish) sugar bar for a pound or under, I'm quite happy. Grenade bars can be up over £2 each, whish is silly. Even with an Amazon subscription you're still paying around £1.50 a bar. I have a few boxes a month still as I REALLY like some of them.

I quite like Trek Salted Caramel Protein Flapjacks as I think they come in around £2 for 3 on offer reasonably often, but they're not as... lets say healthy as some of the other bars I guess. Probably better than a chocolate bar though!

 

[Alice In Wonderland]

Hmm, where is your line drawn. I tend to think if I can get a decent high protein, low(ish) sugar bar for a pound or under, I'm quite happy. Grenade bars can be up over £2 each, whish is silly. Even with an Amazon subscription you're still paying around £1.50 a bar. I have a few boxes a month still as I REALLY like some of them.

I quite like Trek Salted Caramel Protein Flapjacks as I think they come in around £2 for 3 on offer reasonably often, but they're not as... lets say healthy as some of the other bars I guess. Probably better than a chocolate bar though!

There is also an oat bar with apple that I've been buying from morrisons and currently it is 2 for £1.50.

I can't remember for the life of me what they're called though.

They um, help you go to the loo which I guess is the fibre content and they're really filling.

A bar and a portion of fruit is a decent lunch for me.

 

[Martynt74]

Hmm, where is your line drawn. I tend to think if I can get a decent high protein, low(ish) sugar bar for a pound or under, I'm quite happy. Grenade bars can be up over £2 each, whish is silly. Even with an Amazon subscription you're still paying around £1.50 a bar. I have a few boxes a month still as I REALLY like some of them.

I quite like Trek Salted Caramel Protein Flapjacks as I think they come in around £2 for 3 on offer reasonably often, but they're not as... lets say healthy as some of the other bars I guess. Probably better than a chocolate bar though!

I'm generally at the cheap end, for me, these bars are just something to top up calories on days where i'm likely to come in relatively low. I do have some of the Huel type stuff which serves the same purpose, but sometimes just grabbing a bar around 3pm for that afternoon lull works better for me. Not looking for anything nutritious/healthy.

The ideal is something like those Snickers Proterin bars i got a few times from Amazon. About 18 bars for a fiver. Came in just under 30p a bar and were excellent. Not seen anything like this pop up on HDUK for a while though. The benefit being they were >200kcal which worked well. I've sometimes considered the bars in supermarkets, but they're generally small and i thinkn i'd eat about 5 of them at once!

 

[Martynt74]

Update, i clearly wasn't looking hard enough. Need to monitor those "going out of date" websites more often!

The Root beer is for the wife and we needed the soy sauce

 

[tom_e]

Root beer...you monster

 

[Martynt74]

Root beer...you monster

For the wife! I despise the stuff, which confused her as she claims it's like Dr Pepper apparently. It does not

 

[AndyCr15]

Need to monitor those "going out of date" websites more often!

Never heard of these before. Can you share us some links?

 

[Martynt74]

Never heard of these before. Can you share us some links?

This was one, i think it used to be called Yankee Bundles, benefit being free delivery over £20. 8% cashback too

Discount Dragon - Big brands. Better value.

Discover huge savings on all your favourite household brands. Shop from thousands of fantastic value products, and enjoy free delivery.

discountdragon.co.uk

I generally see them advertised on HDUK. Then just found this one

Savoury Biscuits & Crackers | Motatos

Up to 60% off on groceries and household essentials at Motatos. Nationwide delivery & free shipping on orders over £40. We are a different kind of food store!

www.motatos.co.uk

 

[Alice In Wonderland]

These are the healthy oat bars which are really filling and I think cost effective.

Certainly I've found myself hungrier these last few days when I've not had them.

I found them on amazon too and you could get 20 for £16.99.

Apple Vegan Flapjack

A deliciously satisfying oat bar with wholegrain oats and apples pieces. 90g x 20 Ingredients: Oats (42%), Vegetable oils (Rapeseed oil, Palm oil*) Golden syrup, Sugar, Apple (6.5%), Vegetable glycerine, Soy flour, Flavouring, Cinnamon. For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see...

mabaker.eu

 

[tom_nieto]

Stalled a bit over the last week (97-98kg on the scales). Going through a dip in motivation I think. Had a very busy week with ridiculous on calls and also guests over which meant hospital fry ups, takeaway and booze.

Going to go for a long cycle tomorrow and attempt to get back on track. A couple of weeks of leave coming up will make it easier to plan meals and hopefully hit the gym.

 

[tom_nieto]

Back into the 96’s on the scales now. Getting into the difficult stage of the process where the initial excitement has worn off and also Christmas is coming which means more opportunities for booze and sweet treats.

Dug out the skipping rope which hopefully will help a little!

Hope everyone else is getting on ok?

 

[AndyCr15]

I'd had a few naughty days a couple of weeks back and had peaked at 15st 10 and I think of 15½ as my point to do something about it, so thought last week I'd hit it hard. Kept down around 2,000 to 2,200 most days and managed to do indoor cycling 3 evenings, got to Saturday down around 15st 7.

It can be frustrating. This quote is from three weeks ago, I got to 15st 7 on the Saturday. I've been reasonably good*, with a decent amount of cycling, but this morning I was only 15st 6...

But... this is why I weigh regularly and look at the trend more than the individual result. This is the last 3 months -

The shaded line is the actual results and the harder line is the trend. You can see those low weigh-ins at the beginning of November, but the trend was still quite high.

I think of it like -

Your Weight on Scales = (Your Actual Body Weight) + (Your variable weight)

When (Your variable weight) can be how much food you have in your, your water retention which I guess includes how hydrated you are from recent exercise etc and probably many other factors I don't know. We know the variables vary even just through the day, so we weigh at a set time each day, but there are so many other day to day variables. By looking more at the trend and having faith in that, it keeps me going. Thinking I only lost 1 lb in the last 3 weeks would make me want to quit

* tbf, I'm very aware I'm not trying really hard at this point. I've probably averaged around 2,500 calories on non exercise days, which isn't low enough to really drop the weight off. I'm trying to balance the hunger vs the calorie control.

 

[tom_nieto]

I seem to be managing <2000 calories on a “normal” day. The problem comes when there is a nice dinner with friends, coffee out and about, drinks etc. My progress is definitely hampered by numerous cheat meals or days. I need to focus on keeping healthy choices and the long term rather than hitting a target weight by a specific date. I’m definitely going to be enjoying nice food going forwards. Logging meals and weight seems to help, but again, I don’t foresee myself doing this forever.

Weight variability is a strange thing!