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hey ive found u all - not on here alot as hubbie got made redundant so hes on the bloody net now.
my polish friend gave me this slimming tea so im trying that now!!!
oh and did i say ds is in primambaby this month well dec's issue hes on the page where babies are born under the sign of saggitarius - and he won a fisher price toy this has come at a good time as there are no jobs at the mo for hubbie - so its not good!
made DS1 a bacan sarnie to have with his homemade soup earlier. I have already swapped a glass of wine for 2 rashers of bacon so I could have one for lunch. Am pleased to say I resisted
Hi all would I be able to join you? I had my DS 6 months ago and have some how managed to gain 3 stone since then I am now a massive 23 stone I did so well in my PG not putting any weight on and being good but I dont know why I have just pigged out over the last 4 months! I am joining the wight watchers thread and have all the crap books etc but would like to be where people dont need to lose 8lns for there holiday!
I have never been "thin" i used to be 15 stone and a size 16 should say I am 5'10 and a size 26 now I just feel really fat now and a few weeks ago at Chessington I had to get off one of the rides because I was too big i have crap willpower and cant resist sweets cakes crisps all the stuff I shouldnt eat and I know i shouldnt eat! so I am starting now before I put on anymore weight (I was 24 1/2 stone at my biggest but lost 5 stone last year on the cambridge diet before I got PG)
we always welcome new fighters. hope you stick around.
You sound a little like me. I am around a 24 now, but am aiming for approx 13 stone and a size 16/18 as I am of big build and would look ridiculous at a size 12(I imagine). I am clinging on to how I felt on Friday night when I went out (uncomfortable because I don't like going out anyway, but worse because I felt I looked awful. I may always be the "poor relation" but I don't always have to be the fat one!) as motivation.
Have to go to work now (school dinner supervisor) and have just had an apple to keep me going
RG - just noticed the full thread title - love it!
Sorry you had an embarrassing "incident" a Chessington. I feel for you! I would like to fit (comfortably) in an aeroplane seat and also would like to sit on those plastic patio chairs without my hips hanging out the sides and without the legs wobbling precariously when i make the slightest move! Your DC are lovely! So cute! BTW, in the pic of your pg tum, is that your nipple or your elbow i can see?!!! haha!!
I'm awful with resisting any type of food - mainly sweet stuff tho. I think at the moment the hardest thing for me to resist is a glass of wine..... or two....
Hope we can inspire you and encourage you enough that you'll want to stick around - even if you're having a bad time of it. We're all here as one very large broad shouldered family.
Whoops. I have ended up with a "flexi syn" day today. serves me right for having toast for brekkie.
I did manange to stop myself wrestling small children to the ground for the contents of their lunchboxes, but I had to have a white bread bacon sarnie when I got back, which I didn't enjoy ater the first bite, but ate anyway. M tea (pasta bake) was fairly SW friendly, and I didn't have much garlic bread. But I have had a few more choccies than I should have (not the whole box though -yet) and am going to have a couple of glasses of wine and some nibbles. No exercise either.
I think wine tempts me more than most foods too RG. I think it's because it's an "adult" treat iyswim? Buto f course, once I've had a couple (or more) I find it hard to resist most things!
lol god no even though I am a big girl god blessed me with a size B bust an A if I am at my fighting weight! make me laugh it does look like I have massive boobs and thats my nip oh god I hope everyone else dont think that and just havent said anything hay ho
Well I have had a good day stuck the diet (had a migraine most of it so was sick twice that helped lol) I know how you feel about the chair and airoplane seat my sister moved to Dubia in June and I want to visit her in the summer I have the money its my arse thats holding me back!
this thread is going back to front on here im confused - im backa again but for how long i dont know as hubbie is on here all the time - bohooooooooooooo!!
well im on this tea diet and ive lost a few poubnds can u believe it, although it may have something to do with all the walking ive been doing recently -in the countdwon to babies birthday next sunday!
i bought this dress from dotty p's ages ago its a size bloody 18, but if i try on clothes from flop shop or primark or anywhere else im a 14 - or anything else form dotty p's how bizarre!!
hope everyones ok, rg hope ur still doing the gym my dear x ria hope u are well, and pink keep it up with the fatloss and hello mum x
Hi Girls, sorry not ben on..dd not been well and ive practically lost my voice..dp thinks is not such a bad thing! Had a big talk with dp about how crap i feel at minute that im not 'into' it, the stronger tabs arent working, i feel hungry a lot of the time and feel really fed up with myself..my skin is all saggy and i have no inclination to excersize/tone up..dont know why i feel like this?...but yesterday, i felt a little better, didnt eat a lot and eat better than had been and today i feel like the tabs are 'working' again?..dp thinks it IS all in my head and it WAS ME tht lost the first lot and not much to do with the tabs????...but will press on..dp says to just make sure we dont put on till after christmas then kick our own butts, but as i have lots still to lsoe and he doesnt, i cant just 'have a break' i have to get into the right frame of mind other wise it will all go back on if i 'have a break from it'..so will persevere and try my best
off to call chimney sweep/gas man now to sort out flipping fire!..hope you all ahve a nice day.x
hi pink. we were wondering.... hope your DD is better.
Wise words from your DP. Maintain Not Gain!!!! That is a sensible idea given how hectic the run-up to christmas can be, and if you have a lot of other stuff on too. If you can stay the same it's better than beating yourself up for not being perfect and not losing I THINK.
Pink - i reckon it could have alot to do with your state of mind too. The more positive you feel in yourself, the better you cope with trying to lose weight. Deffo better to aim to maintain in the run up to Xmas and if you do happen to lose anything, all the more a bonus.
I went to WW today and have lost 1.5lbs!! I know it's because i've not drank during the week (although i made up for it over the weekend ). I'm still doing the gym when i can (Xmas lunches are such a pain haha!) and plan to go on a Monday night too at my "local" Bannatynes. They do a step class on a monday night, followed immediately by body pump so i want to book in for those classes. I doubt i'll be able to do both classes back to back at first, but that's my aim, anyway.
hope you're all having a nice day. Crappy weather here - yet more bloody rain!!
we are off the drink too this week. (after tonight - we have a small bottle cos we're celebrating, sort of, as DH has got a full day contract catering a function later this week with a company he loved working for before. It will contribute a little to the christmas fund) I decided I wanted to buy Mama Mia on DVD more than I wanted a glass onf wine every night. Of course I will regret that decision tomorrow.
RG, can I ask - when you go to the gym in your lunch hour, how long do you go for and when do you eat? (and how many xmas kunches do you have???)
pink, it is you doing the work. You could still be eating all you wanted to and more even on the tabs.
I had pork pie for lunch today, for my bad food treat!
Ria, i wanted a nice glass of wine in celebration of being off the booze again this week too, but alas, we are broke until DP's cheque clears tomorrow. it's really frustrating as today is my treat day so it would have been perfect. Oh well, never mind. One extra day off the vino can only do me good i suppose!!
As for the gym, i normally just have time to fit in 15 mins on the x-trainer and 15 mins fast walking with a slight incline on the treadmill (i dont do running!). So all in all it's only 30 minutes (plus the cooldowns) but i think you're supposed to do 30 mins at least 3 times a week, possibly 5 times a week. That gives me just enough time to get there, change, work out, shower, change and back to the office again. I eat when i'm back at the office but make sure i've eaten before i go, but i leave an hour between eating and gyming otherwise it could come up again!
Christmas lunches are a nightmare when you're trying to lose weight and be good at the gym!! I had one on Wednesday last week, thursday i went to the gym, and friday i was at the pub for someone's 40th birthday. On Wednesday evening i'm off out for a dinner do with my firm so i wont be gyming at lunchtime because it'll mess up my hair and i wont have time to wash, dry and style it after my work out! Next week i have the week off work as my mum is coming home from spain on Wednesday. I dont think i'll be toooo bad next week, but then on Friday it's DD's first birthday so we will be having cake and wine (for the adults, not DD!) in the evening. Saturday is her little party so it'll be more food and drink then too. Hopefully i wont be too bad tho. The week after that we have an Xmas lunch (again!) on the Wednesday and then on Thursday is our firm's Xmas party - much drunkeness! We'll probably all go to the pub again at lunchtime to make sure we eat well as we're not sure that they are having a sit down dinner this year due to the credit crunch (blah blah blah). So yeah, lots of badness ahead!!
You probably didn't really want to know the ins and outs of my badness eating habits really, did you?!! Oh well, you DID ask!!
Morning Girls ...i am feeling a little, well a lot better today..got ont he scales this morning and theyre going down again...have had to cancel my nurse app today as i now have to work PLUS carpet fitter is coming to put flooring down in bathrrom..mindee came for an hour, gone to regular group with mum for an hour now, then back here an hour, i take to nursery then pick back up in two hours!..yep, a busy day! LOL, they normally come fri but im on hol so let them switch!
I ahve ran out of tabs, cant get to chemist till poss tomorrow, but am going to see if I can do this, stope eating when i feel full, not eat out of boredom etc..but will make sure i get them before friday when we go away.
Anyway, am at training course tonight, so off to wash hair now while mindee out with mum and before carpet fitter arrives.
right this thread is defo moving backwards - anyway its babys birthday next sun so im busy dealing with his birthday - got fab T dress whihc has a leopard print on it - its gorgeous bought it in summer from THE METRO CENTRE IN NEWCASTLE!! and i can finally get into it - thing is its a size 16, but im a 14 in somethings a twelve in something else - go figure hey!
stil on the slimming tea, oh my gawd im always on the toilet!!
on a sad note, my neighbours daughter who is only 21 and shes a twin has been in hospital for the last 5 weeks with aneorexia, its very touch and go, my neighbour said that there were loads of girls on there! sad isnt it, i cant imagine being like that as i have an obsession with food, they too, but with not eating it!
Morning all..hope you're all havinga good morning so far?..Jaz..thats awful for your neighbour, its just the same only opposite way round, still an obsession with food, i just hope hers can be sorted in time poor thing
Yeah im in Middlesbrough, about an hour from gosforth i think, maybe less, go to metro quite often though as shops in middlesbrough are pants!
Off to chemist for tabs todaya s we can go to park first, nip in there wuick and back to park to play as long as were wrapped up! Have a lovely day everyone.xx
phew RG, busy. If you eat sensibly on days/meals where you aren't partying, I'm sure it'll balance out.
Hope you have/had a nice evening tonight.
I have just eaten a packet of hula hoops. I stupidly decided to extend my little cleaning job in the kitchen to doing all the bloody cupboards (and rearranging stuff as DH is out) and I haven't finished yet. May have to succumb to toast to keep me going. ANd my sciatica is twinging from crawling around on the floor
The meal last night was ok. It was in a Kosher Jewish restaurant so the food tasted a little alien in places, but generally it was very nice. Got home at about 12.30 tho - far too late! I'm knackered today!
Hi RG, glad you had a good time. I had toast and chicken sandwiches in the end, but didn't actually get sat down til nearly midnight. I have clean cupboards though (just the big one with half of the cookbooks in it left to do. maybe later...)
ooo well done Ria. I should take a leaf out of your book (no pun intended there!) and clean my cupboards but tbh, i cant think of anything more boring! haha!! I really should do it tho. Dont think they've been cleaned since we first moved in 18 months ago...
Hi RG <waves>, are you still looking for clothes? DS is settled in his new school, he loves it and they seem to like him a lot too, so he's going full days from Monday. Which means I've got some free time again.
I've got lots and lots of stuff so I'll probably have to edit it down to the things that you need the most and that are most likely to fit you.
Good going with the gym, I've been feeling the lack of exercise now that I drive DS to school. I used to take him on the bus and walk home, then (a few times a week) walk up to fetch him and bring him home on the train. That was 1.55 miles each way, and I really feel the difference now that I'm not doing it.
Ria well done on the cupboards. Do you fancy doing mine too? I don't think I've ever done them.
hi bran! <waves back> Yes, i'm still looking for clothes - i can never have enough! it does make me laugh when people say "oh i'd better get my summer clothes out of the loft" because ALL my clothes are used for the whole year lol. Sometimes i really wish i spent alot more on clothes than i do (i.e. nothing lol). I'm happy to pay postage for anything you send me - just say the word!
Why are you driving DS to school now, rather than getting the bus? is it because of the weather recently? Glad he's settling in at school, bless him.
perhaps we should all clear out our cupboards together!! (NOT!).
I had to pull DS out of his previous school (link here. His new school is the other side of the Rotherhithe tunnel, it's between 15 and 25 mins by car or an eternity on public transport with a whingey child.
I've got too many to post, I thought I could drop them off to you in the city (you are in the city aren't you?). I've even got too many to carry really so I'll have to edit it down to the things you are most likely to get use out of. Most of it is quite unstructured so it will be flexible across different shapes and sizes, but unless you are very apple-shaped you'd only be able to wear some of the trousers.
Bran - glad you got DS sorted at school. what a nightmare for you!! Still, if he's happier then that's the most important thing.
I do work in the city, yes, but i'm not at work now til Wednesday 10th December. I should be able to meet any time after that. Either that or i could paypal you, say £20 and you could send what you can for that amount and then we can meet up for the rest?! haha i'm so cheeky! you might not even WANT to give me loads!
Basically, as far as trousers go, i have large thighs so all of my trousers are either wide leg or stretch or the next size up so that it'll fit my legs. I think i'm more of a pear than an apple. i have got a waist (somewhere) and my hips are deffo bigger than my bust. Think that's a pear anyway!
how's everyone been this weekend? DP's parents are buying us a dining room suite for Christmas It's a huge present, but obviously we wont be getting a really expensive one or anything. I think the one we've chosen is around £250, reduced from £500. Bargain! We've been moving the dining room around today to try and accommodate it. At the moment the dining room is used as a music studio/decks room. The vinyl, decks and music pc do get in the way but we've now moved the music pc to the conservatory temporarily and had a jig around with the rest of the stuff and it looks much bigger in here already! Now all we need to do is move the breakfast bar a bit and we should be sorted. This is just until we can afford to do the room up properly, i.e. replastering, decorating etc. It'll do for now tho!
I'd like to think that everyone is off exercising their socks off, but I suspect they are actually shopping, going to office parties, drinking too much and eating mince pies.
I don't think many of my trousers will fit you as they were all carefully chosen to fit narrow hips and legs and a large waist. I'll send any wide-leg ones that I have. It might take me a wee while to get around to posting stuff as I'm ignoring tackling other more urgent things first.
Am crap at keeping up with this thread as I mn in bursts here and there!
Anyway, my goal at the start of this year was to weigh less at the end than I did at the start and I achieved it!
My total loss for the whole year is 30lbs!!!!
Sure I still have loads to go, but the more I keep it up the easier it gets and I know I can probably lose that in about 4-5 months next year rather than taking a whole year.
Bran - I think you are right about the office parties and eating too many mince pies! Great stuff re the clothes, much appreciated.
Summat - Well done on your loss!! That's brilliant! Keep it up! I think i will take on your goal of weighing less this time next year than what i do now.
I'm having real trouble getting into WW (or any diet for that matter!) at the moment. it's probably due to too many things happening, i.e. office parties, DD's first birthday, Xmas parties this week and next and then Xmas. it's a dieter's nightmare!
so we can afford christmas, just no time now to go shopping.
I am givingup relaxing until after christmas now. I just can't cope with any more than I have to, so I'm afraid food preparation is low on my list of priorities, so long as the kids are getting meat, fruit and veg (and TBH, looking at DS2 in the bath tonight his poorliness has made him all ribs, so as much yorkshire puds, dumplings and stodgy milky puddings as I can get into them the better)
My parents go away for 2 months after christmas, so that will be my motivation (as it is every year), on 2 Jan (hopefully family day out/picnic & takeaway on NYD)
I know what you mean about the food. Just now I wouldn't mind if I never ate a big meal again. I have even turned down chocolate
I am starting the exercise plan before 2nd Jan. The eating plan is rescheduled for when the cupboards are bare. DS2s birthday is the 8th, that always causes me problems
I'm happy to eat a big meal again, even roasts as i love them! I only had 2 roasts over Christmas lol! It's just the crap that i wish i never bought so much of.
I have just received the contents of DMs freezer (they go away for 2 months tomorrow). I have the left-over xmas cakes to collect later. Might be restarting 2nd FEB!!!
Oh no!! That's not a very good start haha!! We didn't buy a Christmas cake this year because (a) i couldn't be bothered to make one and (b) we're not keen on it anyway!
we have a tiny xmas cake, and we made gift-sized ones for family. It is the choclate-coated variety (that won't be in date when they get back) that I have to collect. They shouldn't be too much of a problem as the boys will eat them very quickly, but when I'm dying for a treatof the naughty kind, even cake would do
some chocolate coated stuff is lovely and some is not so lovely! We bought an "Extra Special" chocolate log from Asda and i have to say i think it's awful. the icing on the outside (and on the inside for that matter!) is way too rich, even for me. It's probably because it's made with better quality ingredients but it's one thing that i wont be diving down in desperation! Practically unheard of for me not to like something chocolate!!
I'm another newbie who'd like to join this thread - I hope it will give me the willpower that I need to lose some weight. My goal for 2009 is to be able to sit in my seat on the plane when we go on holiday and not need the seatbelt extension thingy.
Last spring, after we'd moved from Essex to Scotland, I managed to go to the gym three times a week, and lost about a stone, but then we moved house again, and another bout of depression struck, and I've barely been back to the gym since - and I think the weight is all back on.
I know I need to do something now, as my left knee is giving out - I'm around the 20stone mark, and my poor joints have had enough - it's got to the point where my knee hurts whenever I walk, and I'm afraid it's going to give out underneath me. I even struggle to go shopping (which is so not like me).
Anyhow - maybe posting here will be the start of a whole new me.
feel like a hippo, my back is twingey and have decided enough is enough and I'm starting TODAY I will just manage the NYE/NYD festivities as best I can, because "managing occasions" is something I need to do, instead of having a full-on binge.
I am though, I have weighed in at 18st 4lb, which is only 2lb more than my last weigh-in on 1 Dec.<<massive relief>>
Hi, I would also like to join if that's okay. I weigh between 19 and 20 stone, I'm going to weigh myself tomorrow morning and start tomorrow. I have tried lots of different diets in the past, I think for the whole of January I'm going to try eating healthier food and start exercising, if that doesn't work I'll have to try something else, I want to change my habits for life.
I would eventually like to get down to about 13 stone.
I know what you mean about the seatbelt on planes sunnygirl, I needed one for the first time about 2 years ago, our inlaws live in ireland and we fly quite often, it would be lovely to not have to worry about asking for an extension.
Last summer we went to thorpe and dd1 was about 1cm too short for the fast rides, I promised her I would take her back when she is tall enough and take her on them, dh doesn't like rides so it's down to me, but at the moment I don't think I'd fit in some of the seats.
I would also love to do a parachute jump for charity, my friend did one a couple of years ago but the weight limit is about 15 stone and I was too fat so had to give it a miss.
you look fab in your FB photos RG, I had you at about 14st maybe. So we have more reason to chivvy each other along now - we are diet twins!
welcome kslatts.
Have to confess to a crap day today. It went to pot last night when DS3 wouldn't go to sleep til midnight. DS1 is cooking his first "dinner party" today, and his friend is ill, so I'll have to eat loads to make him feel better, so it might end up being 2nd Jan/Monday after all
anyway, happy new year to you all, enjoy your festivities
My dh works shifts, which means I can't attend the same exercise class each week, but first thing tomorrow I'm going to look at what shifts dh is working through January and schedule in some exercise classes.
I am picking dh up from work at 9.40pm tonight so I will not be having any alcohol this evening which is good as I won't be able to use a hangover as an excuse for delaying my plans.
Ria - 14 stone??? hahahaha! The camera has obviously been kind to me in those pictures!!
DD has been playing up the last few nights at bed time. She just doesn't want to go to sleep. I think it's separation anxiety as she's been rather clingy too. I have been in her bedroom for an hour tonight just standing next to the cot and she STILL didn't fall asleep. I gradually edged out of the room and got as far as the door, took my window of opportunity and shot through the door, only to be met with "WWAAAAAAAAAAAA!!". The bloody moo wasn't asleep or had seen me nip out!! Other than bringing her down again and giving her more milk (which i really dont want to do) i have no idea what to do!
last new years we spend up in DD's room rocking her around at the stroke of midnight as she was suffering badly from colic. I really dont want a repeat performance tonight!
Hope you all have a better one than the one i'm ear marked for tonight lol.
my night was similar RG, at 8pm (i had taken DS3 to bed) I was joined in bed by a wailing DS2 when the fireworlds started. DS3 then woke with his cough around 11.30. It means I didn't get to eat anything I suppose!
You really do look good in your pics RG
won't be re-starting today as going to Dsis's with the boys as DH working. And will be having a "bit of an evening" with DH too as he didn't get in from work last night til 1am.
Am a massive yo yo dieter - 11 years ago i weighed 9 stone 3 for my wedding, end of pg (9years ago) i was 18 stone, got down to 11 after 2nd pg (5years ago) and now up to nearly 15 (gulp) agan. I really want to lose 4 stone by the summer as have a clsoe friends wedding and it will be 20 years since DH got together
Yesterday, I was late for a very posh wedding. The reason I was late was that the zip on my dress collapsed as my MIL and DH tried to pull it up. Hugely embarassing ad MIL was not meant to see the sights she then saw! Zip was mended but I spent the whole day and night messing around with very uncomfortable hold-you-in undies watching thin friends on the dance floor. Felt sorry for DH and ashamed.
I am 32, weigh about 16stone 8lbs and am a size 22/24. Would dearly love to be 11 stone again....
I've been fat since the age of 10 (very skinny child but when puberty hit early I expanded a stone a year). Have tried every diet under the sun from the conventional WW, Rosemary C, SW (lost 3 stone the put on 4 when I stopped) to India & Neris and currently Tescos.
Am off to read all of this thread (and previous one). But if anyone can recommend a diet a website or...anything at all please help as I can't go on getting bigger every year.
hey there notbloodybranston (interesting name?). come on in. we're a lovely bunch on this thread, no judging, just support. sorry for your day yesterday I am a size 24 bottom, 22/24 on top (though my lovely comfy ASDA PJs are a 24/26 and I love them). I am tall too, so feel massive, but hadn't realise how bad I looked til i saw some photos my Dad took in the summer.
these links might be useful - herehere and here, they are all from Mnetters.
I am doing SW. Can't decide whether to go back to class because there is a new diet that sounds pretty interesting.
I want to lose weight before my parents get back from their holiday in March, and I would like to be wearing size 22 jeans (because I have about 20 pairs packed away that I can't wear - all stuff I've bought from charity shops thinking "they look massive" and then not being able to get them on) I would also like to be fit enough to do Pen'y'Ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough this year when I go to the Dales (not all on the same trip though!)
Ria - sorry your NYE was pants. Thankfully DD went down about 10ish (i think?!!!) so we managed to get 2 hours of "me" time in before all the fireworks etc. Thankfully (and i have no idea how) they didn't wake DD at all - we were prepared for the worst when they were going off all over the place! As for my pictures, i think you must be looking at someone else's photos. I dont look good in ANY pictures, trust me! (me? take a compliment? NEVER! ). We are the same clothes size too, you and me, so if i look good, you must too!
Stillenacht - hello and welcome! Your name sounds German - do you have connections to Germany? DP's grandmother is German I'm also a yo-yo dieter, although over the last few years i seem to have lost my bounce as i've stayed up rather than go down!
Kslatts - we are similar in weight. I weighed myself yesterday and i was 18st 7lbs IIRC. At my last WW weigh in i was 18st 2lb so i've put on a fair whack over the last 4 weeks. Unfortunately for me i have had lots of Xmas lunches and dinners at work that i've had to attend - well, it'd be rude not to wouldn't it?!
Branston - hello and welcome! Loving the name, what's the story behind it? Sorry to hear about your zip episode. Sometimes we need these things to happen to us to give us the kick up the backside we so desperately want! My extra kick up the jacksy was going to the work's xmas party and seeing all the skinny secretaries having fun and there was me chair bound because my high heels were absolutely crucifying me. I've not worn heels for years and i'm convinced they kill my feet now because they are burdoned with an extra 7 stone of lard that they are not designed to take!
I'm going to have a big ebay splurge this weekend and stuck all my crap unwanted items up to see if they will sell. We have so much stuff that we dont use laying around the house. I would have chucked half of it but then i realised that people will actually pay money for it so as we're watching the pennies at the moment, it's time to see if i can actually MAKE some pennies rather than spend them!
Hi! Boring story behind name. Surname is Pickles and each time I have been pregnant and people are suggesting names we always get "how about Branston? Ha ha ha". Jokes were at their height when I joined Mumsnet and were getting tiresome.
Off to have a look at SW again (husband rolling eyes as I vainly bounce between diets). Ho hum
Good morning, I have just found this thread can I sign up to it please .
I am going back to WW AGAIN, an hopefully am doing it online instead of trying to find time between 2 jobs and 3 children to go to a meeting.
I need to initially go to the first meeting to get up to date cookbooks and all the other bumph that goes with it. Until then hopefully I will eat sensibly.
I know my downfall, its the dreaded drink. I have been ill recently and have been drink free for a few days so hopefully its a step in the right direction. . I'd love to lose 2lb a week, Its definately acieveable. I'm meeting a friend in the summer for the first time (we met online) so I would like to be ALOT slimmer.
Hi all, I have been lurking on this thread for a while and have decided to jump in.
Was a skinny malink up until about age 16 then weight crept up a bit until having DD (10 yrs ago) and has continued to rise ever since.
In September I weighed 17 stone. Have been going to WW for about 2 years but never really made the effort. Had a bit of a break through in November and have managed to lose 10 pounds. Only gained 1 pound over christmas and now feel back on track.
Am terrified of losing the impetus as has happened coutless times before. Also have a serious fear of diabetes so am hoping that will motivate me.
DH also now joined WW so is a bit easier with a buddy!
I am feeling determined but have a mental block about exercise. I think I was born lazy! {blush]
have walked 5 miles today and only eaten toast for b/fast and fruit (the snack bag of graped from tesco after the walk were the best thing I have ever eaten)
bugger, still have to get the shopping out of the car.
hopefully no fireworks tonight, the boys should sleep after all the sea air and exercise.
Can I join you? I need to lose at least 5 stone but am more concerned with getting back down to a 14 from a 20.
I'm all set to start dieting and exercising from Monday - except there's still loads of Xmas food in the house cos I've been ill over Xmas and New year and everything tastes rubbish! I'm keeping my fingers crossed for feeling better by Monday.
I think I'm going to try SW as I lost a fair bit of weight with them before and find the plan quite easy.
I'm also due to go back to my GP at the end of the month to reduce the dosage on some of my meds so hopefully that will help too!
Good luck at GPs Auntie Maggie and well bloomin' done on the walk Ria! MrsH - I think it's fab that your husband has joined - it always helps me if my DH joins as well but unfortunately/fortunately he kept the weight off after our last diet...Hello Shineyshoes - have always struggled at WW but not done it for years (been more of a SW girl) so might go and look at their website.
I have emailed a personal trainer. We can't really afford it but have persuaded husband that the extent of my misery is worth one session per week as long as I put my heart and soul into diet/walking/swimming. Am justifying it by pointing out we have kids therefore no social life except inviting mates to watch DVDs and I can't go clothes shopping because size 22s are rare at the Trafford Centre.
Off to try and register for Manchester 10KM in May which will just be a long walk but at least will get me moving.
Sorry for rambling - baby is playing on floor and is making his way to plug so am just speedramble
am actually knackered branston. and want chocolate! (only because I have loads of tisying to do - we left the house in a rush this morning for DH to go to A&E for an x-ray as his arm wouldn't move (he has a long-standing shoulder problem) so I have all the washing up and stuff to do now that I didn't get done this morning. DH is sleeping due to the meds he was given. I would love an hour of me time in my PJs with a glass of wine and my book...
Shinyshoes, MrsHammond and AuntieMaggie - hello and welcome! I'm also a member of WW but haven't been since the beginning of December. I'm dreading going back because i've had nothing but work lunches, dinners, parties and general Xmas foodage to contend with since the end of November! My downfall is also booze. I'm a sucker for a glass or two of wine most nights and that's the main thing that stops me losing weight! Good luck to you all!
I seriously want to get back into the habit of exercising too but it's just sooooo hard!
RG - I have a big pile of clothes in the corner of my bedroom that I feel guilty about everytime I see them. I'm sorry I've been too lazy busy to sort them out and send them to you. I find the whole run up to Christmas thing a bit over-whelming, plus we went away for over a week to my parents so clothes just keep dropping down my list of priorities. DS is back in school on Monday so I'll be able to get myself a bit more together once that happens.
I've put on 1kg over Christmas, which isn't too bad really. I'm planning to start walking again as it seems to be the tipping point between staying the s
jaz. not good atm is it, and a bloody awful time of year for it too
. I have already swapped a glass of wine for 2 rashers of bacon so I could have one for lunch. Am pleased to say I resisted
, obviously not ready to be an exercise junky yet
I am now a massive 23 stone 
. Clinging on to my willpower! 
