2010 Weight Loss Club: Festively Fighting Flab into 2011

[prettybird]

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.

Anyone else freezing today? Wind is so cold it's making my bones hurt IYKWIM? Days like this I realise how draughty this old house is! Not looking forward to going out with DD later. Need to go up to Tesco & should walk really, brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Will be wrapping up in 20 layers!

Blondes - have fun at your friends'.

So far today,
B - OJ & Cereal bar
Snack - Nairns Ginger biscuit

Planning
Lunch - Celery soup, ryvita & yoghurt
Dinner - Jacket potato, lf chicken in white sauce & green veg.

Off to drink a pint of sugar free squash to try & stop the munchies!

Afternoon all I have finally got round to visiting the opticians, stronger specs should be ready in a week's time, so I will be able to read the scales without so much eye strain!

Piste, ikwym about needing a wee, I have to time my runs carefully, won't go into detail....

just instructed an estate agent, the house will go on the market next week

Not very hopeful of a loss tomorrow, may be something.

Good luck with munchie avoidance Bebe. I was very cold too when outside in town.

It is freeezing out there. snowing here. nightmare.

how do you make celery soup? i like the sound of that one, is it freezable?

Mine today is porridge with tea, banana, water, tea, jacket potato with veg and smoked haddock, yogurt and satsumas. Shepherds pie tonight with the kids, so will have a 1/2 portion with veg.

am aiming to try and hit the stone monday - 3lb aim this week.

Celery soup recipe, kindly provided by Piste I think, forgive if I am wrong

Soften an onion (and garlic if you have some) in a little oil/fry light. Chop Celery into small pieces and slightly soften in pan with onion. Season well, plenty of pepper! Add veg stock & simmer until celery is soft. Blitz in blender (I always think it's quite nice to have some pieces of celery left whole). Add splash of skimmed milk to make it slightly 'creamier'. (Sometimes I leave the milk out & just serve it with a little low fat creme fraiche)

It's very cold today, I have my heating set at the lowest temp, but it has been coming on all day.

Have been out! It's bitter out there today! Soooooo windy! Wrapped up warm. DD had her coat & hat on & was in her buggy snuggle & looked toasty!

Celery soup was yummy at lunch, very warming! :) All soup gets chucked in the freezer in this house, in fact I freeze pretty much everything that's left over! HATE throwing food away, it's too bloody expensive & I just can't do it unless there is something wrong with it!

Our heating is set at 21, and has been on nearly all day. Still got cold feet from the draught coming down the chimney!

Trimmer - Good Luck with the house sale! Fingers crossed for you!

Really hope I have lost something this week, I have been relatively good. Apart from the weekend! But been good since :o

Lol - I did provide it but the credit lies with Bebe actually!

My DD is rowing this afternoon - cor how chilly does that make you feel?!

oooh, will have to go buy some veggie stock and celery, that one sounds easy and nice!

My heating is on 20, been on all day mostly. DS2 is feeling very poorly, fell asleep on me this afternoon, barely eaten, temp of just over 38, grumpy etc. Saying his ear hurts now, and he has glue ear so will have to keep an eye on him. He'll be gutted if its an ear infection though as his dad was going to take him swimming Sunday.

Shepherds pie cooking nicely. had a hot chocolate to warm up, looking forward to my dinner and then getting the kids to bed before a nice hour workout in front of Greys and Glee

we had snow today in blondesland tho didnt settle

was very bad at lunch as friend did pizza, was yummy but so bad!!

trimmer yah you can see - im dubious about losing tomorrow after todays lunch

smokin ditto snow but has gone, celery soup was okbut 0pp but parsnip was much nicer but obv 3pp

off to the gym to kick arse

Just been for a run. I have been so Bloomin good, with exercise and nosh that if I have not lost I shall sulk. Big time.

One pound here, no case for sulking. Although it really does make me question exactly what they do in BL to lose a stone in a week?

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 12lb, Wt loss 4st 3lbs
Murtette: Start Wt 13st 6, Target Wt 10 st 6, Current Wt 12st 5 lbs, Wt loss 15 lb
RatherBeOnThePiste: start wt 14st 2 current weight 11.8 target wt 11st wt loss 2 stone 8lb
Trimmer:Start wt 12st 12.5 current weight 12 stone 3 target wt 10stone 10lb; wt loss 9.5lb
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 2lbs ; current weight Wt loss 13lbs
Prettybird: start wt 13st 5 lbs; Target wt 9st 13 lbs; current wt 11st 12lbs ; wt lost overall 1 stone 7lb
Hecate - start weight 36 stone . current weight 22st 2 lb weight loss this week: 3 lbs.
Smalline - start weight 13st 1.5lbs. Current weight 12st 5lbs total wt loss 10.5lbs
LollipopViolet - start weight 13st 1lb. Current weight 12st 4lbs total weight loss: 11 lbs
smokinaces -start weight 13st 9, current weight 12st, weight loss 23 lb

1lb here too, pleased with this loss as have had a few lapses.

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 12lb, Wt loss 4st 3lbs
Murtette: Start Wt 13st 6, Target Wt 10 st 6, Current Wt 12st 5 lbs, Wt loss 15 lb
RatherBeOnThePiste: start wt 14st 2 current weight 11.8 target wt 11st wt loss 2 stone 8lb
Trimmer:Start wt 12st 12.5 current weight 12 stone 2 target wt 10stone 10lb; wt loss 10.5lb
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 2lbs ; current weight Wt loss 13lbs
Prettybird: start wt 13st 5 lbs; Target wt 9st 13 lbs; current wt 11st 12lbs ; wt lost overall 1 stone 7lb
Hecate - start weight 36 stone . current weight 22st 2 lb weight loss this week: 3 lbs.
Smalline - start weight 13st 1.5lbs. Current weight 12st 5lbs total wt loss 10.5lbs
LollipopViolet - start weight 13st 1lb. Current weight 12st 4lbs total weight loss: 11 lbs
smokinaces -start weight 13st 9, current weight 12st, weight loss 23 lb

3lbs off! Whoop!
Well done Trimmer & Piste :)

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 9lb, Wt loss 4st 6lbs
Murtette: Start Wt 13st 6, Target Wt 10 st 6, Current Wt 12st 5 lbs, Wt loss 15 lb
RatherBeOnThePiste: start wt 14st 2 current weight 11.8 target wt 11st wt loss 2 stone 8lb
Trimmer:Start wt 12st 12.5 current weight 12 stone 2 target wt 10stone 10lb; wt loss 10.5lb
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 2lbs ; current weight Wt loss 13lbs
Prettybird: start wt 13st 5 lbs; Target wt 9st 13 lbs; current wt 11st 12lbs ; wt lost overall 1 stone 7lb
Hecate - start weight 36 stone . current weight 22st 2 lb weight loss this week: 3 lbs.
Smalline - start weight 13st 1.5lbs. Current weight 12st 5lbs total wt loss 10.5lbs
LollipopViolet - start weight 13st 1lb. Current weight 12st 4lbs total weight loss: 11 lbs
smokinaces -start weight 13st 9, current weight 12st, weight loss 23 lb

well done piste,trimmer and bebe :)

im rather pissed off - sts and have been within my points - but i ate my weekies and lots of fruit - maybe too much? :(

tho i have measured myself as i do every month and have lost 7cm since this time last month :)

STS is still good Blondes & well done on the cm loss, that's fab! :)

stamps foot its not :( i deserve to lose

im very pissed off - sts and eaten 29pp a day (even my pizza blip yesterday was 23pp and had o point soup for tea to counter balance and still 29 yesterday

but i ate ALL my weekies and normally i dont (have 20/30 of them) and 3/5 of fruit a day - maybe too much?

so why if i ate my 29 every day and my 49 - why didnt i lose

'blondes sobs'

I don't know, possibly other factors at work. Maybe having the bulk of points in One meal yesterday instead of throughout the day tipped things a bit? Sts is still good, could have been far worse.

Blondes that's crap. I don't think that is too much fruit, I find 29 points not very much to eat and without fruit couldn't stick to it. It'll show next week on the scales.

Fab inch loss

Bebe/piste - well done!!

Would you ever consider a 10K race piste? I am coming to the conclusion that I need to have sometime to aim for or I won't run.

Just had a bit of a blowout breakfast 420 cals! Crumpets with Cruncy peanut butter & a banana. Yum!

Taking DD out to lunch today, only to a cafe in a shop I need to go to, but she is very excited! Trying to stick to just 'treating' myself on a weigh day....not sure it'll work! Maybe I should switch to weighing on a Mon again? Although with DH eating healthier it might be easier to stay good at the weekends?

Really need to do some proper exercise. Definitely noticed more wobble in the tummy since stopping the sit ups so they must have been doing something! Will start up again slowly coz I don't want to hurt my hip too much.

Pretty - I get that same feeling where leg meets body. But I get really bad sharp pains in the front of my pelvis which seem to radiate from that point . Just wish it'd go away. Anti inflammatories did nothing for me either!

The main thing Blondes is that you are losing inches (ok cms) so you must be losing something, you are back in the gym now probably losing fat and gaining more muscle, you know that muscle weighs more than fat, you are probably looking leaner, and that is what is going to get you back in your trousers. I went through the same thing in November last year, week after week of sts, but my trousers were getting looser and looser so I knew I was losing something

Well done Bebe you are back on track, super losses too Trimmer and Piste that is the way to do it.

Another pound for me too :) Slow and steady progress. Would have liked it to be 2lb but I shan't complain too much If we do go skiing this year (currently humming and hahhing and wondering if we can find a good late deal) then I'll probably still have to wear dh's old salopettes again :( - but at least I will have lost c.2 stone since this time last year, so they will be much looser!

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 9lb, Wt loss 4st 6lbs
Murtette: Start Wt 13st 6, Target Wt 10 st 6, Current Wt 12st 5 lbs, Wt loss 15 lb
RatherBeOnThePiste: start wt 14st 2 current weight 11.8 target wt 11st wt loss 2 stone 8lb
Trimmer:Start wt 12st 12.5 current weight 12 stone 2 target wt 10stone 10lb; wt loss 10.5lb
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 2lbs ; current weight Wt loss 13lbs
Prettybird: start wt 13st 5 lbs; Target wt 9st 13 lbs; current wt 11st 11lbs ; wt lost overall 1 stone 8lb
Hecate - start weight 36 stone . current weight 22st 2 lb weight loss this week: 3 lbs.
Smalline - start weight 13st 1.5lbs. Current weight 12st 5lbs total wt loss 10.5lbs
LollipopViolet - start weight 13st 1lb. Current weight 12st 4lbs total weight loss: 11 lbs
smokinaces -start weight 13st 9, current weight 12st, weight loss 23 lb

thanks guys, just feel a bit :( as was 100% good

well done pretty

and yes smalline i have lost 7 cm's in the last month

Hi everyone I sts this week im not suprised had good and bad days so there we go.

Blondes im sure you will get there but I understand how upsetting it is when you dont lose and have been good.

Big well done to piste, trimmer, bebe and pretty.

Blondes. I would be curious to know how many calories you are having with your WW plan. I aim for between 1000&1300. Sometimes it's less. Could you maybe work it out both ways one day? Do the WW then go back and check? Dunno. Pants though.

GT. I am going to do a 5K first then see! My friend runs half marathons regularly and she is lending me book she has found motivational.

Lovely losses ladies and sts is def an achievement.

Bebe - how's your DH getting on at the end if week 1?

Made a really nice veggie soup today - leek, carrot, cabbage & onion. It was just right on such a bitter day! It was very gusty on my bike this morning and my face looked like this

Am running once the sun goes down ( Piste has vampire tendencies )