2010 Weight Loss Club: Festively Fighting Flab into 2011

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Here is the new thread for us to achieve success in

Old thread is here

I'll change my name to my "Christmas" one after Saturday: I'm helping to organise the Scottish Mumsnet Christmas meet-up and it might confuse things if I change my name.

piste hope that's not us, but dd and I have just had a good laugh!

Blondes What a pain....do take care, you foot will recover What a nuisance about the dentist. Bet he did have a hangover.

pretty well done!!!!! That is fantastic.

It's a Christmas miracle....I sts!!!!

Well done festive :) but :( on the poorly tummy!

bebe as a cake maker you may know what I've done wrong - I made Nigella's chocolate christmas cake, with a bunch of dried fruit, eggs, flour, 1/2 teaspoon of bicard, 1/2 teaspoon baking powder. It is disappointingly flat.

sts- yah - no i can pig out

have a fabby christmas all :)

Festive - did you use a large tin? Sometimes you can 'over work' the flour/raising agents, did you beat it alot? I have never made that cake, but on Delias xmas cake you have to add the eggs gradually to the butter/sugar & whisk them in to incorporate lots of air! Also sieving flour from a height is best to get air in.

Well done Blondes! :)

Well done on sts blondes.

Bebe - first you add fruit, prunes/dried cranberries/candied orange peel/sultanas, then butter and booze/freshly squeezed orange juice, then take it off and let it cool a bit then add cocoa powder/flour/raising agents and that's it. It tastes gorgeous. dd was stirring it quite a bit, she's helping me later with the chocolate cheesecakes, which I know come out beautifully

I didn't measure the tin I used.

Lol trimmer - no the picture of the cat is me!

Had a luxury lie in, now off to weigh. Gulp.

Any damage Piste?

I've got some gin here.

Oh lovely Trimmer, I need it Takes bottle..

One pound on here. But actually considering we've been out for dinner / drinks dos every night since the last weigh in, including yesterday, it's not too bad.

DC are brimming with excitement, there's lots of secret wrapping going on and later DS will be making more mince pies and he will help me do our cake. I also just need to check stocking gifts. < fraught >

It's just us tomorrow (v nice) then very busy on Boxing day but after a big lunch we are taking everyone on a long walk and then ice skating on the outdoor rink at Hampton Court. The forecast is lovely which will be a bargain and there is still lying snow.

If I don't catch up properly later - have a great Christmas everyone! It has been a brilliant year meeting all you Slinks, you are inspirational, and I am sure going to need you all in the aftermath of Christmas!

Happy Christmas Slinks

Festive - hmmmmmmm, maybe it wasn't cool enough when you added the flour!? Not sure what else to suggest!

Mulled - that's really not so^ bad, considering!! :)

What an eventful year we have all had! Can't believe we have kept going for a whole year (nearly)!

Happy Christmas

Cards lovely thanks slinks. Only 1lb gain is impressive piste. Your xmas sounds fab.

I am not sure what I did to the cake Bebe, but I am covering it in chocolate ganash later and some penguins.

I am feeling a bit out of sorts and still have upset tummy a little bit, ds very upset yesterday as his brilliant story got deleted for some reason, so I promised to walk into town with him this afternoon which means I may get up very early tomorrow to make cheesecakes and parsnip roulade. Going to SIL boxing day and need to help out with catering. My mum and sister seem to be bringing a ton of food tomorrow already cooked so I haven't got much more to do than making bread sauce/cranberry sauce and preparing veggies.

Merry Christmas to all you slinks (if I don't manage to sneak on again) it's been a pleasure losing weight with you all this year

Just had a huge plate of cheese & crackers! Have given myself indigestion, but was so worth it!!

Have a lovely day tomorrow everyone!

Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerry Christmas, Ho Ho Ho!!

merry christmas everyone and althought most of us havent got to our gaol (apart from bebe) we shall carry on and rem we ALL weigh less now then what we did this time last year

im proud that ive lost 24lbs and hope to lose a few more in 2011

been in the pub all afternoon and had a yummy burger and full fat butter on jacket

but hey its christmas - have fun all and glad i met you all on this thread and will have to arrange a meet next year :) xx

Merry Christmas fellow slinkies

Hi can I join? Just had the roast duck and trimmings and its time to shift the muffin top once and for all!

Merry xmas everyone!

Welcome beingsetup! :o

Definitely the time of year for 'new recruits'! :o

Hope everyone has had a lovely non diet day! I am feeling uncomfortably full, as is the Christmas tradition!

Stick with us beingsetup Plenty of support here.

The strangest thing I ate yesterday was marmite flavoured chocolate My niece bought me some 'very peculiar' milk chocolate - it left a very interesting after taste. It's available from bhs, for all you marmite lovers.

Will catch up properly when back from SIL. Hope you all had a lovely day

I got 2 bars of the marmite chocolate for christmas too! I'm the only one in the house who likes marmite.

Welcome beingsetup

HI everyone thanks for the replies! I'm on my first day today after the xmas blowout! Doing ok so far....

Marmite flavour chocolate...

I tried and failed to get some of that chocolate...it's like gold dust around here!

Got MIL coming over for Boxing day buffet! Wish me like!

luck....wish me LUCK!!!

beingset up - welcome

add your name and weigh (if you dare) to our list

i had a fab day yesterday pigging out,weighed myself this am (just to see) and i have def gained a few lbs, but will see what the official weigh in says on friday

actually ive lost 26lbs this year- better than 24
Disenchanted3:start wt: 13 st 7,target wt 10st 5lbs,current wt 12st 4lbs - wt loss 1stone 3 lbs.
Blondeshavemorefun;Start wt 13st 5 lb,target wt 11st,Current Wt 11 st 7 lb - Wt loss 26 lbs
Bebejones: Start Wt 15st 1lb, Target Wt 10st 7lbs, Current Wt 10st 6lb, Wt loss 4st 9lbs
Murtette: Start Wt 13st 6, Target Wt 10 st 6, Current Wt 12st 3 lbs, Wt loss 17 lb
RatherBeOnThePiste: start wt 14st 2 current weight 11.9 target wt 11st wt loss 2 stone 7lb
Trimmer:Start wt 12st 12.5 12.5; current weight 11 stone 13 target wt 10stone 10lb; wt loss 14.5lb
Jodie - Start wt 11st7 Target wt 10st,current weight 10st 12lbs Wt loss 9lbs
Poohbearsmom: Start Wt: 15st 4lb, Target Wt: 10st, Wt Loss 1st 9lb
Laughalot: start wt 13st 4lbs; Traget wt 10st 5lbs ; Wt loss 16lbs
Prettybird: start wt 13st 5 lbs; Target wt 9st 13 lbs; current wt 11st 13lbs ; wt lost overall 1 stone 6lb
Liz Abbott: Start wt 15st: Target weight 11st
Huffythethreadslayer: start wt 14st 9lbs: Target wt, 13st
Hecate - start weight 36 stone . current weight 22st 2 lb weight loss this week: 3 lbs.
DespicableMe - start weight 14st10lbs. Target 11st6lbs; wt loss 2st10lbs
Shivermetimbers - start weight 27st3lb. current weight 22st5lb. wt lost 4lb
Smokinaces - start weight 13st 9. Current weight 12st 2.
Sandstorm - start weight 12st 4. Current weight 12st 4
Amygeorgina - start weight 20st. Current weight 20st. Target weight 15st initially, 5 st to go!
Smalline - start weight 13st 1.5lbs. Current weight 12st 3lbs total wt loss 12.5lbs
Rugbylovingmum - start weight 14st 3lb,

and yes i had marmite choccy a few months back - tbh i couldnt taste the marmite

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrggggggghhhhhhh!!!
I don't mean to sound like an ungrateful b@#h but I wish MIL would ask what to get DD rather than buying her ten tonne of useless tat stuff we will never use & don't have room for! She doesn't have a lot of money & must spend loads on buying her loads of presents & 'spoils' her rotten. But I wish she would just buy her one big thing that she needs/will use rather than all the stuff I now need to find homes for because DD isn't interested! Including the 8* soft toys that she gave her today, 2 of which are the same size as DD!

Have been indulging in the usual Boxing day left over nosh! I much prefer Boxing day to Christmas day, all the fun stuff with none of the stress!

Blondes - 26lbs is such an achievement you should be really proud of yourself! :)

bebe - you are our queen - you lost 65lbs this year - bloody amazing!!!!!

I shall be putting on several lbs on tho :(

Sorry mil gave useless tat - could you not give her a list next year of what dd wants and she could pick an item off it

Maybe say to her that you had several same pressies and don't want that to happen again

I've just come back from mil - she means well but it's kind of a strain going there and awkward silences - thank gawd for Joseph on tv