Lose 10 pounds in 7 weeks - anyone like to join me?

Urm.........where does the old stuff go????

15 pounds sounds great and I'll aim to lose some of them!

Coggy - V impressed with the run! just think how much new blood you've circulated too - added bonus!

eclipse....you're so right!!!

I feel all smug and self-satisfied this morning however as I have been for a 5 mile run!!!

WITH A HILL!!!!!!!!

What a perfect little weight-loser am I?!

DH will be taking me out for lunch shortly however..................tell me that the chips are not really calling to me!!!!

Cheers, Coggy. Will-power's over-rated.

Should I be sat here drinking wine when I only decided yesterday that I was going dry for the next fortnight???!!!!

Hurry-up......if we run we may just catch up with my will-power that seems to have left the building!!!!!

.........so soon I have crumbled............

Yeah, let's go for a group target. 15lbs for (I think) 14 of us should be do-able.

Sorry Ready! And thanks. I guess you can have it next week... just had a choc egg (do you know Lindor/Lindt?? - delicious!!) and some wine gum. Uh-oh! Later....
Shall we aim at a total of 15 lbs this week? I need some motivation now that I am allowed choc again....

Darn. I wanted that platinum star!

Here's my Cauliflower Soup recipe - I should say, a lovely MNetter called raspberryberet gave it to me on the recipe threads

1 cauliflower
1 potato
1 onion
28g butter
1 pint veg stock
1 pint milk
Salt and pepper
Nutmeg (optional)

1. Chop the potato and onion into pieces.
2. Melt butter in saucepan.
3. Add potato and onion and sauté
4. Break the cauliflower into florets add to the pan and sauté until golden.
5. Add stock, bring to the boil and then simmer for 20 mins until cauliflower is soft.
6. Add the milk and heat through.
7. Season
8. Blend
9. Serve with grated nutmeg (optional but DE-LISH!)

I think I have that right?? It worked for me.

Well done ladies! Some great weight losses to motivate us all for this week! Thank you!

So this week?s summary:

Out of 14 of us, 5 no posters, 0 none movers, 2 went up and a superb 7 went down!

Platinum star of the week goes to Linjasmom with 3.3 off! and Gold star to Ready with 2.5 off! Great work ladies!

Slap round the face with a wet haddock is regretfully received by me

Weight loss total this week was 13.5 pounds

Well done ladies

Mumto3girls ? hon, I wasn?t sure if you stayed the same or went up or down?

Iwillbepg? Scotia? KittyLetteMeEatAnEasterEgg? Roskva70percentcocoa? Have we lost you?

OK, finished reading. MrsMc and Ready, I have absolutely no idea what dear Mrs K meant with that wood-thing. She thought the expression "a lot" was too informal, but I don't know what she was talking about. Thought at first she meant a "log", but that does not make sense at all. Have to admit I was 17 at the time and too shy to ask her to explain again. The American students did not understand either. Mrs Mc, you are def no hag!!
Mumto3girls, I am sure you are no heifer!
I have another recipe to share if anybody wants it? It's a low-point-dip that's great with potatoes.
Good luck to all of us for the next week now. I fear I might be stuck, it just went too well this week and I have that OK-I-was-good-let-me-have-a-goodie-feeling now. Help!
Talk to you later now....

iwillbepg ? TBC
Cedar12 ? ¼ ON
MrsMcEasterBunny 2 ¼ ON
eclipse ? 1 transient pound off
theheadgirl ? TBC
OvenReadyhotcrossedbuns - TBC
mumto3girls ? TBC
Scotia ? TBC
linjasmom - 3.3 off
mum03 ? 1/4lb OFF (yum03creameggs - all gone til next easter!)
theheadgirl ? TBC
Coggy - TBC
KittyLetteMeEatAnEasterEgg ? TBC
Roskva70percentcocoa ? TBC

Sorry, was too stupid to post like this . Wanders off to read some more....

OK, decided to post weight-loss first and then read new posts. I have lost 3.3 lbs, about one and a half kilos. Have to admit though that I've lost that before the weekend and just kept it. Lots of walking! Be back in a little while now, have to read your posts!

iwillbepg ? TBC
Cedar12 ? ¼ ON
MrsMcEasterBunny 2 ¼ ON
eclipse ? 1 transient pound off
theheadgirl ? TBC
OvenReadyhotcrossedbuns - 2 1/2
mumto3girls ? TBC
Scotia ? TBC
linjasmom - TBC
mum03 ? 1/4lb OFF (yum03creameggs - all gone til next easter!)
theheadgirl ? 2
Coggy - 1 off Hurrah!!
KittyLetteMeEatAnEasterEgg ? TBC
Roskva70percentcocoa ? TBC

PMSL at you and your patients headgirl!
No shouting at the woman this week Ready...too busy being pleasantly shocked at the pound loss!
Good effort to you too on your mammoth Easter losses.
eclipse...if you've been running...then you damn well deserve that pound!!

Hurrah, after putting on weight last week, I'm please to say I've LOST 2LBS!! So now I'm 9st 7lb.
I'm sneakily typing this from work, will check in again later. Off to finish off the patients (in a non-illegal way of course!)

MrsMc ? Oh honey. Hug. Don?t be so hard on yourself, it was Easter and you have visitors. That is the hardest time to lose weight. Just let it motivate you for this week. That?s how I always feel when I let things slip ? use it as an incentive! And don?t forget AF is in town ? it makes a difference!

Coggy ? PMSL at the way of dealing with tricky veg Those things look really nice, don?t know what to do with one ? would leave it to rot in my fridge too Good luck at your weigh-in tonight, no arguing with the lady this week

Mum03 ? Well done on the loss, shame on your for giving it to a fellow dieter though Miss you on the temp thread ? hope you are ok?

Mumto3girls ? I think it helps to have others on here to support each other! Together we can share recipes and incentives!! We can do it

Cedar ? Don?t worry, as Coggy says, ¼ of a lb is hardly anything!

Linjasmom ? Will post my cauliflower recipe later. It is lovely, and quite virtuous

I am really pleased ? I lost 2 and a ½ lbs

Hope everyone else is ok??

In theory it looks like there's another pound off this week but I weighed myself after a very long, sweaty run so I know it's all water. But still, as long as I don't drink anything for the next week or so, maybe it'll stay off.

In reality I don't think I've lost anything this week. My weakness is alcohol. Not drinking too much of it but eating too much when I've had a few. All good intentions fly away. Haven't solved that one yet.

Apparently our weight can vary by a few pounds a day so the 'on' people, try not to worry too much unless it's still there next week.

iwillbepg ? TBC
Cedar12 ? ¼ ON
MrsMcEasterBunny 2 ¼ ON
eclipse ? 1 transient pound off
theheadgirl ? TBC
OvenReadyhotcrossedbuns - TBC
mumto3girls ? TBC
Scotia ? TBC
linjasmom - TBC
mum03 ? 1/4lb OFF (yum03creameggs - all gone til next easter!)
theheadgirl ? TBC
Coggy - TBC
KittyLetteMeEatAnEasterEgg ? TBC
Roskva70percentcocoa ? TBC

mumto3girls - well done on coming out to us, now we can work together to get to be how we want to be. I certainly have some work to do to get to where I want to be.

Okay..I'll admit it. I weigh 12 stone 5..( run and hides )...

It's the most I havewighed in my life and I can't stop comfort eating!!

Oh Mumto3girls ? sorry it?s not worked for you this week either, it was Easter though! I do think this thread will help us, I feel the shame today anyway! Bet you are not a heifer at all! You?re probably right about my hormones!

Well done Mum03 off is off!!

iwillbepg ? TBC
Cedar12 ? ¼ ON
MrsMcEasterBunny 2 ¼ ON
eclipse ? TBC
theheadgirl ? TBC
OvenReadyhotcrossedbuns - TBC
mumto3girls ? TBC
Scotia ? TBC
linjasmom - TBC
mum03 ? 1/4lb OFF (yum03creameggs - all gone til next easter!)
theheadgirl ? TBC
Coggy - TBC
KittyLetteMeEatAnEasterEgg ? TBC
Roskva70percentcocoa ? TBC

MrsMc - please don't be too rough on yourself, {{{hugs}}} to you.

Cedar - seems you got my 1/4lb when I sent it away I obviously did not throw it far enough....! Please feel free to pass it onto someone who is not dieting and not back to me for next week

I was just relieved not to have put on any weight this week, now easter-egg season is over, perhaps we will all do better?

Mrs MJr - I can't even bring myself to put my weight up on here! I weigh more than I did the day I went in hospital to have dd3 who weighed 9lbs 8oz!!

I am a heifer - I've seen your pics you are not a hag and you're just hormonal today. Cheer up and have another bite of egg - then just do the Davina Mcall video again!!

Coggy ? sorry, crossed with you, hope tonight goes well for you!

Oh dear I could cry, really, feel like a fat, miserable, exhausted hag this morning Must try an awful lot harder!

I know you won?t be happy Cedar so better luck next week!

iwillbepg ? TBC
Cedar12 ? ¼ ON
MrsMcEasterBunny 2 ¼ ON
eclipse ? TBC
theheadgirl ? TBC
OvenReadyhotcrossedbuns - TBC
mumto3girls ? TBC
Scotia ? TBC
linjasmom - TBC
yum03creameeggs ? ? TBC
theheadgirl ? TBC
Coggy - TBC
KittyLetteMeEatAnEasterEgg ? TBC
Roskva70percentcocoa ? TBC

Thank you theheadgirl and eclipse I like him!

Linjasmom ? how bizarre about your teacher not liking ?a lot? that?s a great way of explaining how much I eat in my opinion! I think it?s fine to use in this context don?t you ladies?

Cedar...I was just going to post something about pressure being at the top!!!
You never know.....what with Easter and all...you still may win...after all 1/4 lb isn't hardly anything.

Ready...the artichokes are like flower petal things...I don't need to worry about them now though as I got one out this morning and it had gone moudly!!!! Ooops! One way to deal with tricky fruit and veg I suppose!!!!

Linjasmum.....was the 'a lot' to do with measuring wood? [confused emoticon]

I am dreading the weigh-in tonight.....not even got on my scales this morning as I think it will put me off going!!!!!
Oh well......I'll be back on later tonight to tell all and catch up with everyone else's losses (hopefully).