Busty Babe With GSOH Seeks SW Partner for Weigh-Ins, Bad Jokes & Barely Veiled Self-Loathing

[BlooferLady]

All right, when you've un-cringed from the above -

I'm about to (re-)embark on Slimming World and since I have neither the time nor the funds to go to classes could really do with a coupla pals for those delicious weekly morning weigh-ins. Is anyone interested? I guess it would be ideal if we were all SWing, but it ain't essential. It's the praise or blame I need, alongside willing recipients of lengthy descriptions of the size of my arse .

Few stats (and needless to say we needn't go in for actual weights here)

I lost 3.5 stone a couple of years ago on SW, and have gained about 20lb of that. I KNOW! Silly bint.

As a first step I want to lose 10lb because this will take me into the 'light enough for IVF' category (I have 6 months left before referral for fertility treatment and if not pregnant by then would like to arrive in the pink of health).

After that I would like to lose another 10lb and say 'hello stranger!' to my sad neglected wardrobe of vintage frocks.

Finally, if you are interesting in hanging out, would you mind awfully looking in the mirror and checking that you actually are properly overweight?! Because nothing would depress me more than celebrating getting into a size 16 dress, when everyone else on the thread was lamenting finding their size 10 skinnies a little snug

Right. I'll now sit back and await rejection. Alpine my luvva, if you're reading this do join!

I am hoping to manage it in 40.... DH has different ideas and is planning on 35 ... he clearly has NO IDEA how slow I am! Well done you doing it! I have done it twice before once, at 21 with a bulged disc in my back, alternated between jogging and hobbling, and once 2 years ago whilst pregnant so walked it with DD jogging the whole way at 2.5!!!

Ah, bless her little cotton running socks !

I am back in the office by the way. You can tell by the exponential increase in my posting rate

Cheep, well done on the run! I would quite like to go jogging outside but I fear public humiliation too much. Which is odd, given that I'll happily lumber along on the treadmill surrounded by the beautiful people that frequent my hideously elitist gym. I still marvel that my membership hasn't been revoked for the crime of actually looking like I need to be in a gym...and because my car is inevitably the crappiest in the car park.

Bloof, huge support for the thesis and all but biscuit analogy? Seriously? I understand that a celery analogy may not have illustrated your point so beautifully but neither would it have me craving custard creams. Mmmmmmm......custard creams! Anyway, you'll be grand now you have the thesis police C4 on your case

Wednesday is fine for me. The holy Grail that is big poos always seem to elude me on Tuesdays anyway.

I know bloof - I melted too, she then melted down when we finished because she was so exhausted! poor mite - but I had explained what we were doing it for (in very basic terms - raise money, help make some people who are very poorly well again) and she thought it was really important to do the whole thing! Gonna change the world that girl She does keep asking to come running with me but I fear I may be severely humiliated!

cheers fuck :) I can't do it on the treadmill! Well, I tried on saturday during my spa day with mate but had forgotten earphones so no music - managed about 7 mins and then found the cross trainer

PS I am back in the office too!

pixieS No PhD here! I've got a BSc and a MSc (and half a diploma

hey c4ro (what does that stand for anyway?)

erm - no idea if I am allowed to do my link? I shall put it on here, but if anyone knows that its not allowed please feel free to report and get it removed :)

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go you looking forward to your WI .... I am SOOO not! Just accidentally ordered a small dominos for moi after first day back at work has induced hell from the kids in the witching hour... even though both exhausted they are only just snoozing now (DS particularly was ready an hour ago)

ho hum - such is life... am focusing on hoping to keep increasing the distances until I am running enough to eat what I like and still lose weight

Hello everyone,

had a bit of a catch up finally-it looks like easter and bank holidays have been tough on everyone's waistlines. Including mine.

I laughed so much at the leggins article from the DM-I can assure you that my muscles are not in anyway shape or form held in my matalani leggins! What a load of BS! but then why am I suprised after all it was the DM.

What are you voting for AV-DH wants to vote yes, I'm not sure.

I am dreading group weigh tmrw-chocolate, bbq and booze this week. I went for lunch at mum's yesterday and despite her having a full understanding of SW and a promise of a SW style lunch she made, quiche,tuna and mayo full fat sandwiches and a tomato tart, the only free food on the table was one quartered boiled egg and a sliced tomato-hardly any salad in sight, grrr. I started this whole thing to try and help mum and her type 2 diabetes, I had hoped my diet would be a flagship for her but she has furiously done the opposite. She doesn't even try and now I feel like she is trying to sabotage me. Her food issues run so deep. Still it has strengthened my resolve a little. I dont want to be like her in 15 years time.

Other big news in my life is my younger sister has announced her 2nd pregnancy. Some of you know DH and I have been TTC for number 2 for a while and although I am happy for her that small shallow part of myself is less than gracious. Cest la vie, watch this space, I am 1 day late and not POAS yet so you never know, but the back ache and sore boobs tell me that i'm simply just late.

Weds is great for me in terms of weigh-in, thats my SW night so I can tell you at about 9pm when I get back.

I did a mad thing today, I am skint but for some reason and spur of the moment I spent £56 quid on clarins. Ok it will last me a year or more but I really cant justify that at the moment! Why oh why!

evening fish :)

fingers crossed for your lack of AF... well done you waiting to POAS... when I was TTC I was doing it a day or two early!

What clarins stuff did you buy?

I am also skint and yet seem to be contemplating an arm band for my phone while running and possibly a jogging buggy for DS!

CheepCheep, i bought some moisturiser and eye make-up remover. I can only use thier eye make-up remover as I have dodgy eyes and I have had really dry skin, I can justify it in that I never spend money on make-up or stuff like that, and I dont buy many clothes so this once yearly splurge on clarins isn't too bad. Also my wages are going down this month( ia m losing a day a week at work-not through choice) and i will Have ZERO cash to spare, si this is the last month I can do this.

I'll keep on justifying it!

Cheep? is your name from that song in betelauteguesusesserseseesssss?
:)

Lol- I thought it was this:

thats what it makes me think of anyway xx

Oh lovely Clarins - Fish you so rarely splash the cash on yourself. You have lost loads of weight and deserve a treat. And it's an investment I tell you. Did you get any freebies?

Cheers boobies, tis true i do rarely spend that mind of money on myself.

I got £20 of boots points with the purchase so actually not that bad when you think of it those terms!

Evening all, well done on the Clarins Fish we all need a treat from fine to time. I'm trying to get to the shops to buy new pants, as my maternity ones are now way too big (DS2 is 2.5 so time they went really).
Bloof good luck with the thesis there's nothing like a tight deadline to focus the brain. At least it sounds like you are still speaking to your supervisor, mine communicated only by smiley or sad faces on post it notes for the last year of mine .
I'm fine for a weigh in tomorrow too.

Pmsl fish no... Just a made up random! I called DD dawdlydora as a nickname at the time so called myself mummy noseynora on here, its just altered with the seasons hehe I did chuckle at that video!

Ok so tomorrow I am starting SW and forcing encouraging DH to join too. His parents are still here and full of the Daily mail health advice. "we eat pumpkin seeds and haven't had a day off work for 25 years." Apparently pumpkin seeds cure the common cold. Oh dear, they have been here too long. Now where is my glass of wine and remainder of easter egg.

Im impressed with all the running - I need to get a decent sports bra to hold my humungus milky boobs back!!!

Good luck tomorrow lovely ladies. I'm going to aim for one stone initially. Tomorrow I am going to eat:
B - Branflakes and natural yog and fruit
L - cous cous grilled chicken and salad
D - prawn stirfry
Plus milk and 2 alpen light bars as Im allowed extra healthy extras as BF! I'm actually looking forward to starting now!!

Got weighed at class last night and lost 5lbs. Though the group leader gave slimmer of the week to someone who'd lost 4lbs which I was a bit about but never mind. Main thing is I did it!

But am working nights from tonight which is always bad for me as my food intake doubles.

MORNING ALL and a happy Day of Doom [TM]!

Don't forget to PM your deets to the luscious onlyaphase this morning.

I am sitting drinking some ferociously strong coffee. I am not going to weigh myself until I have pooed. Even if it means sitting here so long I am late for work.

I shall catch up on all your gossip when I am at work. GOOD LUCK ALL!

Well done viva thats a great loss, I need a few weeks of being good to boost mine back up to those levels-shame stone 2 wnt come off as quick as stone 1 for me.

SOTW thing is annoying-that happened to me last time, I lost 4.5 lb and the person who got the basket only lost 3. I was a bit put out but I asked my friend at group to badger the consultant and it turns out you cant get SOTW if you gained/maintained in the previous week, missed the previous week or had SOTW the week before. Was that why?

Ah, that'll be it then, I had put on the week before. Good job I didn't make a fool of myself by wresting her to the ground for her sticker then.

Good luck Bloofer.

Nothing to report.

viva Well done on your tremendous loss and I wanted to say I loved your comments about SureStart on another thread. You summed up everything I ever felt was true about the scheme, yet, because I don't live in the UK have always been shouted down about my knowledge. You of course, being actually in the system and telling it as it is was a breath of fresh air. I've got a case of hero worship going on now.

cheepcheep I've got an armband for the ipod. It's a huge fucking pita.

1. You look like a total wanker.
2. As you draw your arm back the wire lengthens, as you draw your arm forward your arm/hand/fingers get caught up in it.
3. see 1.

I tend to stuff mind down my bra now. Yes, it gets damp - but the best things in life are!

Sports bras - IMO, overrated. I'm an F-cup - I bounce whatever I wear and tbh the least bounce I get is with a really well fitted Freya or Curvy Kate bra because they actually support each individual breast. Sports bras must be great if you can wear them bandage tight to cover your AAA cups! Do you get triple A boobs? Or am I confusing them with batteries?

fish Your sister is clearly a caaaaaaaaaaah! I ordered the "Shag Dictator" from Amazon last night. I don't know why really. I know I ovulate, I've been pregnant before - I'm just not very good at it. I have regular sex et al, so why in God's name I think this will help I don't know. TTC does tend to turn the best of us in to lunatics.

Am ready and waiting for your PMs re weight loss results, very excited at the responsibility. Will post updates tonight when Fish gets back from her meeting.

Wow to Viva that is a great loss. Am deeply envious of your self control.

I spent the long weekend eating cakes and drinking wine. T'was lovely at the time but I regretted it sharpish when I'd put on 2.5 lb this week.

My sister is visiting in 10 days time. Until 8 years ago I was the slim one, she was the chubster. Now I am the chubster and she is lovely and slim. I find this a tad difficult to deal with at times and would like to be 3 stone thinner by her visit in 10 days, although I would settle for a few pounds so I can get into my jeans again. Does anyone else have this sort of thing going on with a sibling? Totally get Fishs mother/daughter sabotage-esque lunch party too. Bloody relatives!

Also Fish congratulations for your impeding auntdom - I've had major major conception issues, numerous IVF cycles and operations over the past 6 years, and the issue that sticks with me and upsets me most was my SIL's announcement of an unplanned pregnancy on the day my second IVF cycle failed. Some things are easier to deal with than others!

bloody gained

Now then....

well done to all these healthy eaters here, I clearly need to start me some of that as just running and hoping is NOT cutting it so! Today I had breakfast! Believe me, a feat in itself! I had raisin wheats with semi milk. Have brought an apple to work to snack on so thats a start.... god knows what I will eat apart from that!

c4ro - thank you so much for the sponsorship - really sweet of you! And sponsoring for DD 2 years ago is just bonkers I shall use that sponsorship as motivation to make it to my next distance goal - THE WHOLE LOT I have found a 5k route around my house so am going to start doing that and just alternate when I need to walk for a little while, then build up to the whole distance - eeeeeeeeeeek

To those TTCers when we were TTC DS, we'd been going a few months and I was getting frustrated (clearly no idea) so started reading up, and I read the best way to do it was to try and do the deed every 2-3 days throughout the whole of your cycle to ensure the swimmers are top notch quality, then up it to every 1-2 days for fertile period. We did 3 days then 2 days and conceived the first month of doing it... obviously could be sheer fluke but also mentioned it to a friend who had been ttc for about 6/7 months and they conceived the month they did it too - good luck! :)

Alpine - I use my phone for my music, which wouldn't have a hope of fitting inside my sports bra... I got one of the top level shock absorbers (E cup) and its amazing.... no bounce at all - went for the high impact ones! Borrowed DH's arm band - and yes I do look a wanker but it works... phone doesn't really fit though so have now ordered one that it will fit...

only - I so know how you feel! All through childhood and until about 22 I was the 'skinny' one.... lovely flat stomach, but very toned so weighed more than my sis whilst being a fair bit slimmer.... bleurgh.... well we all know how that turned out! Thats why I am here!

Well I lost one whole actual entire pound. Oh yes Bloo, we shall all stand and applaud . This makes me half a pound heavier than when I started the fucking fred! .

BUT. I shall console myself by thinking that had I not been Slimming Worlding then what with Easter and the Royal Wedding I would be at 16 stone by now, no doubt 'bout it.

I do think this is a WHOLE LOT harder than when I did it 3 years ago. I know that I am not being as strict as I could be (sneaking dried fruit, putting sugar in my tea, dot of olive oil in salad dressings, the odd choccie), but when I did it before I lost 2-3lb a week not being strict and doing FAR less exercise. What the fuck?! Is it the difference between 28 and 31 do you think? . So I am going to have a week in which I do try far harder to be strict, write all down, and I'm going to start weighing twice a week so that I keep a closer eye on things.

VERY WELL DONE to Viva on a storming loss, and at the notion of your wrestling a competitor to the ground for her Slimmer of the WEek basket of bananas!!

And also well done to Fish on the Clarins. I do think this sort of thing is necessary to the soul, especially if you are trying to lose weight which does indicate you're maybe feeling less than pleased with yourself just now. I have been using a (very discreet!) fake tan for the first time ever and got some (also discreet) semi permanent eyelash extensions. Oi, stop laughing!!!!! None of my fucking clothes fit, I have lopped off my beauteous long blonde locks, my cheekbones and jawline have vanished, age has withered the bloom on my cheeks and altogether I have never been less of a babe, so I decided I needed every bit of help I could get!

Sorry about the rotten week Pony .

only my luvva I am so, so very sorry about your conception troubles. I am on my 16th babyfail month, although honesty compels me to admit that I couldn've conceived this month anyway, since any secks that was had was the non-baby-making kind - I've decided morning sickness isn't what I need right now thanks. but we will pick up again full throttle come July. ANyway. I utterly know what you mean and found it very hard to take when my 41 year old sister effortlessly got pregnant with her fourth child just as I was in the midst of a calamitous period the very month we all thought I had finally managed it. I also find it very hard when people who started TTCing at the same time as me - or indeed after! - are now not just pregnant but have 3 months old babies. Stupid fat lazy womb of mine. Anyway. A manly punch to the upper arm for you.