BigMoFos w/c 16 November

[LongMeg]

Nice, shiny new thread

[littlemisssensible]

Yummmmmm! Those cakes look soooooo good!

Well done Long Meg! Thats a brilliant inspiration to me! And well done everyone else!

[JackieNo]

Wow LongMeg - that's fabulous - well done you.

[TigerFeet]

Wow LongMeg that's fantastic well done

[LongMeg]

Am passing on the cakes as I don't want to undo all my good work ...

[Kewcumber]

well done. Am not weighing at the moment as I suspect that it will send me into a spiral of depression. But have resolved to be "sensible" with my eating and to come back on here and chat more as it does motivate me.

Are you looking forward to working a bit LM?

[Littlefish]

Hello everyone!

Can I come back and join? I started at weigh watchers 2 days ago. Finding it hellishly difficult, particularly as I'm doing all the cooking for dd's party.

Must, must, must do it this time. It's my 40th in April and I want to be able to have photographs taken with dd and dh, rather than being the one behind the camera.

Have missed you all loads.

[agalch]

Hey everyone

Forgot to email last week LongMeg sorry. Was crap anyway

Went shopping for something to wear to my meet up in December and found 2 dresses. My friend was great and told me what did and didn't suit me so will be taking her along in future lol. This will hopefully motivate me to "be good" for a while.

The dd's have been ill again and i got it too,no wonder when i am with them 24/7 when they are ill.Was nice to leave DH with them for the whole day yesterday tho.Was gone from 9 till 5 so lunch and a coffee in Starbucks(1st time in Starbucks) in peace.

Dd2 calling,have a good day all.

Hi Littlefish,you can do it!!!

[JackieNo]

Littlefish. Lovely to see you again. Well done you on joining weightwatchers. I know what you mean about doing party food - I suspect this week will be bad for me, as there were so many lovely snacks left over from Book Group last week that I just 'had' to finish off. Mostly gone now. And with DH away, I didn't manage much in the way of running last week, and it's tipping with rain today, so not sure whether I can face going .

Agalch - glad you found stuff to wear. The 'blunt friend' (tm Cod) is invaluable when you're not sure about something. I love Starbucks.

[MrsJohnCusack]

oh this is making me feel guilty
But lovely to see LIttlefish back!

I must get myself in order. I keep telling myself that I will stop eating muffins etc. when DS is better at night. But he's AWFUL. He woke every hour from midnight last night and I can barely remember what day it is most of the time and string sentences together, let alone resist chocolate. I don't think I've put on any weight, or only a pounds or too at the most as I hadn't a couple of weeks ago. BUt that just make sme think of the weight I COULD be losing if I made the effort....

off to find the old thread, but sounds like congrats for LongMeg then

[JackieNo]

OH no MrsJC - that sounds like an appalling night for you.

[MrsJohnCusack]

one of many I'm afraid
we stayed at my parents holiday house for 4 nights and 2 of those I got 2 hours sleep.

it's lucky he is so sweet. But horribly clingy at the moment too. aaaaaarrrrrgggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[JackieNo]

2 hours. What about DH - though I guess if DS is going through a clingy stage, it's not going to be easy to get him to take on some of the burden.

[JackieNo]

(sorry - that didn't sound quite right - I obviously don't mean that DS is a burden, just the burden of getting up in the night!).

[LongMeg]

Sounds as if you're having a horrible time, MrsJC. Sleep deprivation is just the pits - no wonder losing weight is the last thing on your mind!

Lovely to see you back, Littlefish!

KC, I'm really looking forward to doing some regular work. It's not a job I ever saw myself doing, but it's good to be doing anything, really. I can't go back to the job I am qualified to do, and the chances of finding anything else part-time which fits in with school hours and school term times are very slim (unless I bump off the school secretary!). The big bonus for me is company - I get so lonely on my own, and this is giving me something to get out of the house for, and people to talk to (even if most of them are under three foot tall). Beats sitting at home talking to the wall!

It also doesn't give me any time for picking at food or for comfort eating - two hours after I get back into the house, I'm out again. And by the time I get home, I've only got another hour before it's time to pick dd up - so no time for sitting on my arse feeling sorry for myself and comfort-eating. I've also discovered a sensation I don't think I've felt for a long time ... I have felt hungry for the first time in ages, because I'm not spending the mornings picking at junk. It feels quite embarrassing to admit that, really.

Although Cook does lovely puddings, and there's always a big lump put away for the play leaders to pick up on the way out, so it's not all good news ...

[TigerFeet]

Hello Littlefish how are you finding WW? Great to see you back.

Mrs JC you have my sympathy. You can still post him to me you know. I will swap him for a non-sleeping 3yo dd.

LM I know what you mean about actually feeling hungry - it isn't a sensation I get often although when I do I can get very light headed and snappy. (have had blood tests done - all neg - must be psychosomatic )

Not holding out much hope for any loss this week but not expecting to gain either so all is not lost

Will it be a stone in 2 weeks LongMeg?

[LongMeg]

If not a stone then not far off - in spite of an enormous slice of Cook's bloody lovely mandarin cheesecake yesterday I was good and resisted having another piece today though [saintly emoticon]

Feeling hungry should be a normal thing, shouldn't it - your body telling you that it's ready for food. It's quite shocking that it should be such an alien sensation.

[Kewcumber]

I set my preferences for threads to time off my list after 3 days bit keep losing this one

I think if you haven't worked for a while it doesn't much matter what you do, you just need to do something. Having said that if you trianed to be a brain surgeon it might be a bit of a waste

I was out of work for a year once (initally by choice as was made redundant, then by necessity as recession and couldn't find a job) - by the end of a year I was ready to do ANYTHING!

[Kewcumber]

has anyone tried the Paul McKenna tapes? am wondering if they might help me.

[JackieNo]

LongMeg - you go girl!.

Haven't tried the Paul McKenna. It's quite a lot of money, but then I guess I can spend quite a lot of money on food that I don't need.

I've had a fun day - DD has threadworms and . We're all treated, and I've done loads of washing (well, as much as I can given that we don't have a tumble drier).

[Kewcumber]

thanks for sharing Jackie!

[Littlefish]

So glad your job is going well LongMeg. I find that I eat much less on my working days - fewer opportunities because I'm so busy. I just have to watch it when I get home, because I'm really hungry. The other thing I have to be careful of is making sure I drink enough at work. Sometimes I get home and realise that I haven't had anything to drink all day because I've been so busy. Not good.

Jackie, sorry to hear about your little wriggly visitors. Hope they have all stopped wriggling now!

Thanks for asking about the WW Tigerfeet. Tonight is my first weigh in. I've tried hard to stick to the plan, with only a couple of blips (delicious Sunday lunch for instance. I just couldn't resist my own home-made cauliflour cheese!). I hope I've lost something - anything just to keep me motivated for next week. Actually, my motivation feels quite high. I just keep thinking about a wedding I'm going to which happens to fall on my 40th birthday in April next year. It's a black tie do and I really want to look and feel fabulous. There are lots of people going who I won't have seen for a while, so there's the possiblity of stealing the lovely bride's thunder and doing a big reveal! (only joking!!! )

[LongMeg]

Oh Jackie - poor dd. Hope the treatment works and you're soon free of the little blighters.

Littlefish - I'm having to make sure I drink more too. I've never drunk enough, but working is making it worse - if I'm in the dining room it's hot and dehydrating, and if I'm outside then I'm usually doing something active with the kids which also leaves me thirsty. I was gasping for a drink when I left yesterday and it's really making me think about how much I drink (or don't!).

KC, my sister bought me the Paul McKenna book and CD a couple of years ago - I think I played it twice and decided it wasn't going to do anything for me. The suggestions in the book seem to be based on common sense (think about what you're eating, stop when you're full) but the CD just annoyed me! I'm pretty sure I've still got it somewhere, if I can find it you can have it (but it could take a while to unearth it!).

[TigerFeet]

I remember getting theadworms as a child - complete pita for everyone, all that cleaning etc. Sympathies to you and dd JackieNo - hopefully you can get rid of them first time.

I really ought to drink more water - I have a diet coke addiction that I find really hard to kick and generally drink black coffee aside from that - not good is it ? I have decided to start the day with the juice of half a lemon squeezed into a mug of hot water in the hope that if I start the day hydrated it will help me feel better. I need to up my water intake as well though which just isn't happening

Kewcumber I have the Paul McKenna book to hand, I can send it to you if you like. I used it for a while and it did work but like everything else I have tried I just never kept it up!

Glad to hear you are getting on well at work LM, and the cheesecake sounds lush [dribble]. I am seriously considering what I am going to do when dd goes to school, I always thought that things would be easier the older she gets (hahahaha) but I can see that a school age child with two FT WOTH parents and no other family nearby is not really a good situation. I would love to finish now and spend the next few months with her before she goes off to school... dh doesn't see any of it as a problem though.

DD is now sporting a new pair of pink framed glasses after having been dx'd with a squint and lonsightedness. She is so proud of them

Oh, and after all that, I can also announce that my weight has stayed the same this week

[agalch]

Lost 1.5lbs this week. DD2 got chicken pox so prob haven't had time to stuff my face as i have been apt to do recently lol

[littlemisssensible]

Hurrah! Poxy 'puter is up and running again! Just in time for me to get busy with SA Returns

Sorry to hear about the worms JackieNo, they are 'orrible! DD gets them fairly regularly but mainly because even at 9 she still puts everything in her mouth!!! Hair, ribbons, pencils, pens, plastic toys etc, etc, etc!

Well done again LM! I'm glad your're enjoying the job even if it isn't quite what you've always done! I love my LO's to peices but it was good to get back to adult conversation and to use my brain a bit!

MrsJC I hope you're getting more sleep now and that LO is a little less clingy. I find lack of sleep the one thing I can't cope with... I just end up in a heap on the sofa inhaling sugary snacks and sugary tea!

Talking of sugary tea, I seem to be drinking a lot of it again. The sugar content has gone up too! I must try and join Little Fish and LM in drinking more water.