the losing 5 stone plus thread. It's January, here we go again!

[RiaInExcelsisDeo]

Hi RG, shall we have a new thread especially to pre-celebate the success we're going to have this year?

nite nite RG. and well done.
I'll be there soon...
have overdone the dance I think! oh, the agony! but it was bloody sweatygood fun.
tomorrow I hope to fill in the MFP thing properly...

Glad you went Ria and more importantly, glad you had a great time!! It's really important to do something that you really enjoy coz it keeps you coming back for more!! :o Any joy with MFP today?

no, had a bit of a few days... I keep logging in though, and will get on with it soon

apparently I have logged in for 5 days in a row! If only that's all there was to it!

I know what you mean but it is a start!! that's how i started out - just logging on and thinking about doing it but not doing anything at all! Finally tho it just clicked in. Hopefully it'll do for you too!

How are we all?

I've - gulp - signed up to have blood pressure, cholesterol and fasting glucose tests at work next month! Am dreading the results, but figure if I'm serious about getting healthy I should address these issues. But I might need someone to cheer me up (without chocolate) after the tests!

Hi Jammy! Well done on signing up for those tests. At least you'll have a guide to work from! It'd be interesting to know what mine are these days, what with all the exercise and recent 14lb loss etc.....

well done on your losses you guys
hope your tests go well Jammy. Let us know how you get on and we'll cheer you up.

Hopefully I have reached that point in my journey. I am thoroughly disgusted with myself - I have regained everything I had lost (almost 2 stone) and although I am still in a size 22 (rather than the 22/24 or bigger I was wearing before at this weight) and must be fitter than I was back then, I feel like a BIG FAT LUMP. I think the prozac can take some of the blame, but not all of it, and it's time I faced facts (and reflections in shop windows) and dealt with it. (this is not helped by being so hot and sweaty all the time and being a bit sunburnt!)

I have had DH take full-length photos of me today - front, side and back - wearing the clothes I saw fit to leave the house in today. I hope the next lot he takes will show a difference that will continue to motivate me

It is SO hot here ATM, I don't think I can face dance class tomorrow as it finishes at 11.45 and I have to rush to get to work for 12 with no time to change.

Can anyone recommend a good place to buy cycling shorts in a sz 22? Would like to wear skirts in this weather, but have always preferred to wear shorts under than tights in the summer.

Hope all is well with you all

Ria, try comfort shorts" from Evans. They are like tights with most of the legs chopped off (and then finished so they don't fray of course). And good luck with things. Sounds like you need to be nice to yourself (in a healthy, non-cake way of course) so take care x

Gave blood tonight and then went for a curry. Had veg dhansak and boiled rice and half a popadom with no mango chutney etc, so not too bad though. And only 1 digestive out of the pack of 3 after giving blood. And walked about 3 miles today as car has got a flat tyre.

oooh, I like those jammy. Maybe not as hot as lycra cycling shorts!

Didn't go to dance class - have finally got to a comfortable temperature and didn't want to get all hot and red faced again! I have a carpet to shampoo now though, so that's exercise!

well done for yesterday jammy, you have brilliant willpower.

weighed and measured and ready to go here

Ria - good for you for finally feeling ready to do something about your weight. Its funny isn't it, but no amount of good websites, support etc will get you to lose weight if you are not ready in yourself. It's only when you get the wake up call that you can actually see the wood for the trees, if that makes sense.

DP and I have also taken full length photos of ourselves from the front, back and side but ours is in our underwear so those pics will have to be guarded with very tight security lol.

Jammy - i admire your restraint in a curry house!! I could not have been so good!!

Nah, I don't have willpower. If I'm "in the zone" I just don't want those things. If I'm not, I find it very hard to resist

Phew! I was wondering what was up with me today, I couldn't resist picking at DD's leftovers, and was craving her chocolate milkshake (and I don't even LIKE chocolate milk really!). Then I just found out it's that time again. A day or two early, hence not got round to thinking about it yet, but pleased to have a reason for feeling out of kilter. So let myself off with 30 mins of dancing, rather than 50 mins of Davina as planned and feel MUCH better for it! And might also explain why this morning's one day premature weigh in showed no move on the scales (hence feeling I had to push the exercise with a full hardcore 50 mins tonight). Wll try again on Monday!

Had the day off because of teachers' strikes btw and had a fab day out with DD at our local arboretum :)

Oh phew for that Jammy! I bet you were relieved!! Glad you had a good day with DD. :)

Out on the beer tomorrow night. As much as i am really looking forward to it, i am scared of a gain because my weight loss has slowed down. First week was 6lb, then 4lb, then 3lb and last week was 1.2lb. Hoping that i will get at least 1 or 2lb off on monday, despite the beer......

maybe you need the beer to surprise your metabolism RG? enjoy!

I enjoyed our strike day too Jammy. DH swapped his day off so we could have a family day. We walked from Sandsend to Whitby, round Whitby and then back again , I shared fish and chips with DS3 too, so didn't have to feel guilty about a full portion (I can't actually eat a full portion without feeling ill anyway)

I have had loads more water and fruit and veg than of late, and granary bread rather than white today, though I have bought a curry to share with DH, and will have a couple of glasses of wine. Slowly does it and better choices. Have been cleaning like a mad thing so might let myself off the planned DVD tonight, though I might play on the Wii.

Have a good weekend

Glad you enjyed your day Ria, and keep at it with those small changes!

You can tell it's definitely Time of Month today - I had chocolate and wine with dinner and have done no exercise. Has ended up 87 calories over my MFP allowance, but hey ho! I did cook dinner instead of ringing for a take away, and I did weigh and measure and undertake some form of portion control. And most importantly I put the chocolate back in the cupboard before it was all gone!

well done jammy, I think the key is learning to deal with it as you have, rather than giving in. 87 calories isn't a lot in the great scheme of things.

(unlike me - another totm for me. I could almost cope with the irregularity/indecision/prolonged-ness if I didn't have to have the misery, pain and comfort-eating every couple of weeks! Why not just once at the beginning of however many months the cycle lasts? DM said I should make DH get "snipped" - hate talking to my mum about that stuff - and have the hideous implant removed, but that is too final for me IYSWIM, even if I have to suffer. The chances of us having another baby are very unlikely - sensible heads on - but I can't make the final decision yet.)

Oops, sorry, am in a gloomy place tonight

Hi guys. Can see you are doing well from MFP.
am just logging in here to winge and moan

Had my GP appt this morning.I have to have a week off the prozac, then start new meds next week. The leaflet says weight gain common, but fingers crossed they make me feel better in myself so I can control that better. Am feeling generally pants and am really hoping these ones work.

Hi Ria

As you say, hopefully the new meds will make you feel better and you can get the losses you want. It might only say about weight gain because maybe they give you the munchies or something??

Good luck with them - hope they work for you! :o

Fingers crossed for you Ria. Hope the new ADs do their job!

Not at all sure I'll see a loss this week. Will find out tomorrow though when I step on the scales. And I'm getting scared about these blood tests next week. A friend had them yesterday and although her blood glucose and pressure were OK, her cholesterol was high - and she's fairly healthy now and has lost loads of weight.

Well as I thought, no loss on the scales. But have been told I'm looking good, so will be content with that :)

Fair play Jammy!! Its great when people notice isnt it!

Hello all, been reading your tread with interest so well done to all on the losses so far here.

Is it to late for a newbie?

I have decided that I want to do something about my weight for the first time in a long time. I'm 5'4" and a BMI of 49

that's good jammy. good luck with the tests.

hi cowboylover, always the more the merrier here

well, came off the prozac on Thursday, Friday a bit pants, spent Saturday and Sunday doing a manic clean of the conservatory (and barring a row with DH last night) I felt like a new person this morning. I am a bit weary now, but given I've just spent 2 days doing more housework (and in quite intense heat) than I've done in weeks, and spent the night not sleeping on the sofa, I think it's acceptable tiredness! start new meds on Thursday, hope I still feel human.

why are there halloween smileys?

PAH! Just had a look at my BMI, and even if I lose 5 stones, I will still be in the "overweight" bracket rather than "healthy". currently am "obese", but I suppose it doesn't say morbid!!!