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!

Big Targets scare me into action, so 6st for me, with dress sizes as interim targets. I am changing my eating habits / relationship with food for life (Effing Big Target!)

I prefer to ride my husband - free, can stay inside, can hide my fat arse if I want, and is safer than a horse (usually)

I have been beyond good - becoming a habit after 4 weeks - extra easy is living up to its name for me. I was sorely tempted yesterday as both kids ill, and up most of the last two nights, so shattered and would usually eat crap for 'energy' and 'comfort', but this is a big fat lie - it would make me more sluggish and miserable.

That's the rub though isn't it stinky? :( We reach for food ease, but it doesn't make us feel better. I know I will feel more sluggish today as a result of the rather cheap frozen pizza, and my muscles are still complaining from my gym class on Friday and I should've fed them with nutrients.

I'm quite excited to get my "official" number tomorrow and get this thing going.

None of us are stupid - we know what we're eating isn't helping us, but I hope that this support will help us all. Because I think when it comes down to it most of it is emotional. I've had a bollocks week, a "friend" has been mean, work a bit shit and an old boyfriend got in touch seemingly just to insult me a bit more, as though he didn't get the job done properly the first time! [fuckwit]

That's very rude about the husband stinky ! (I like it!)

I like your style Stink! When I do The List (I should not be getting this much pleasure out of organising others would you like to list the 6 stone target and the next interim dress size or just the target?? Up to you obvs. I'm so impressed with your resolve and do hope you stick around and post lots to keep us all encouraged! EE is great isn't it? I found it a real relief to be able to eat meat and (gasp!) carbs ON THE SAME PLATE!!

Boo you have no idea how much I wish I lived near someone who could let me have a go! Alas and alack, horses and riders are thin on the ground here in Tower Hamlets....

Pony I'm about your shite week. Emotional eating is such a huge issue I think for many women who struggle with weight. I know it is with me. The reason I lost all that weight a couple of years ago was because I was so unstressed, so happy - however, that is of course an unattainable state of being and I need to find other ways to channel that negativity. Into going to the gym, for eg!

I have been moderately good but I know I am playing fast and loose with the syns particularly. Which is idiotic: I am doing myself no favours. Like Pony I am looking forward to tomorrow, getting our numbers up, and getting going .

Today I have had no breakfast (not out of choice- mad morning as the electricity in our flat has gone for a burton), will get a plate of salad at work, then make a sort of yummy courgette, bean and feta stew thing at home....

Bloofer I like lists too I will have 6st as Target Loss, and record Current Loss - I haven't really accepted the dress size thing myself, but will share when I reach a size 16. EE is the main thing for me - I feel it is sustainable, and can do meals for all the family.

We have a treat meal after weigh in to boost metabolism and as a safety valve. We do not go daft, but have pizza or take away. Ultimate treat would be a Big Mac for me, but we seem to choose options that are pretty healthy when the time comes.

I am off work this week - just as well as both kids are ill, and I have a job application to complete too - it would mean relocating to an Island with a population of 29, and no shop or pub. DH and I have a lot to talk about.

Lovely stuff Stink, consider it done. And I totally hear you when it comes to accepting one's size or weight. I can remember in my darkest months, when I was far more overweight than I am now and also suffering from clinical depression, I would stand on the scales, cover my eyes and instruct my husband that if I had lost weight he could tell me what I had lost (but not the weight), and that if I had gained weight he had to tell me I had stayed the same (and not tell me the weight). Looking back I want to cry thinking how bonkers and counter-productive that was and how hard on DH .

But we are all tackling it now, and that's the Good Thing.

I do the treat meal too! It's such a good way of reminding yourself that you're still ALIVE and can still enjoy yourself etc. ANd I look the 'boost your metabolism' theory

I am very jealous of your planned relocation and CLEARLY want to hear more but am guessing you can't share without outing yourself? London life is getting on top of me just now and I want everyone to fuck off and leave me alone to my books and my boy. Failing that perhaps I should fuck off to where no-one can get to me . Sorry about your ltitle ones - hope they recover soon.

stinky All I can say is think carefully about the relocation. When I was 12 we relocated from London to Shetland. Not sure how north you'll be but it's very dark up there in the winter and after 4 months my mum told my dad to either move us back to the mainland or she was walking in to the sea and not coming back... They live in a very isolated place now, but there's isolation and then there's isolation!

Foula - 20 miles off Shetland. Isolated with a capital Shiiiit! Gorgeous - District Nursing post - I would be on call 24/7 as I would be the NHS!

Oh my. Well in that case you will come to meet friends of mine I've not seen since school. This article is fab btw, I went to school with her and I think it's a very honest article:

www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2008/feb/21/scotland

I shared a room with her sister at the boarding school in Lerwick, sometimes they'd not get home for weeks on end due to bad weather. Might be worth thinking about for your children when they reach secondary age.

It all looks very appealling to me

I found that article yesterday, and it is very good - Small world eh! My kids are 4 and 1, so would be able to give it a few years at least, and by 12, I may be happy to ship 'em off for months on end!

The primary has 3 kids at the moment I think. If shortlisted, interview includes a trip there.

I'd love it now, but it's very different to when we were there (late 80s). Don't forget, these days there's satellite TV (assuming your satellite hasn't been blown away to the Faroes and internet.

I've read that article several times and envied Amy very much but did wonder about "childbirth" - although I see she went over to the mainland. My boy was a month early and we were both very ill - what if the weather had been bad? I suppose in life or death then the RAF can be sent in (they've got a base up on Unst).

There's not much in Lerwick so you might want to budget for an annual escape to the bright lights, big city action of aberdeen!

Hello hello, can I join in this lovely thread please?

I'm just emerging from the minefield that is TTC. I've got a lovely 4 year old DD and have spent too much time and money over the last 3 years trying to provide her with a sibling. We have now officially given up as I am getting past it - am 41 years old and have run out of time. money and viable eggs.

Anyway, having taken stock of where I am now, trying to focus on the good bits, I was horrified to realise that only about 1 in 10 of my clothes actually fit me. This weekend was a nightmare of looking at my summer clothes in linen and cotton, none of the forgiving long jumpers and leggings of winter months. I actually gave up on Sunday, realising that whatever I wore it was going to look awful. It was quite freeing in a way, to just accept I was going to look fat no matter what I wore - at 5 foot 7 and about 14 and a half stone, I'm far heavier than I should be.

However, I resolved last night to join my local SW class tomorrow morning. I really can't deal with being hungry, get so bad tempered and ratty, that I can't be doing with calorie counting at all. But I don't want to be the fat mummy at the primary school gates in September, so I have to do something.

I will be going to the official weigh ins at the weekly classes - I may as well try to make use of my uber competitive streak - and will post my official starting weight tomorrow.

Welcome only I am 41 as well, and have a lovely 4yo DD - has yours mastered the bum wiping yet? I am quite of your weight

This is a lovely thread, and you will not be hungry on SW - Extra Easy is fab.

I'm in a fearful rush and will be back later, but wanted to say hyellow to only - and welcome!

alpine I would be having a few holidays to keep grandparents happy, and as I would be on call 24/7, I would need to get away. Bit expensive though...

So long as I can get MN I would be happy

I am trying to find out how much postage is to and from the Island.

The helicopter can be there in 20 mins, and the post is for a resident nursie, so in some ways the island is better served than other places.

I have not told anyone in RL about applying, but am a bit concerned about anyone googling for info re the job might see this, but then thought it may cut down the competition, being Super Nurse 'n' all...

You should enjoy the interview process, I know my dad was seriously "woo'd" when he went up for his interview - and all expenses paid to move us up there. Gosh, finger's crossed for you - how exciting! If you get it I'll have to send you in to nose around the people I know!

Welcome only - this is the home of the old, the fat and the infertile!

Thanks all for the welcome - Alpinepony the bit about the home for the old, fat and infertile did make me snigger.

Stinkypinky your potential job sounds lovely, and surely as you've got young children they'd love to have you up there? I fell in love with the idea of living on an island a couple of years ago when we visited the Scilly Isles, but am not sure I'd cope with living that far north. Lovely in the summer though - does it ever get dark June?

can I join?

I'm short and fat and have just had to go into a 38F bra.

So yes, imposing cleavage, but I'm 30 and 5'1" and look like a bullfrog.

I've realistically got 2 stone to lose, ideally (to put me into a healthy BMI) 3 and a half.

I would celebrate a size 16 dress. doesn't have to be vintage, new Look would do.

I'm TRYING to follow SW Extra Easy!

Yo yo, another joiner! Hello Colditz (or Coldit's, as my father once memorably spelt it ).

I confess, dear mothers superior, that I am about to bake some cupcakes for various birthdays. But I will still Face the Scales tomorrow morning, I vow and declare.

Be back soon - off to catch up on Waking the Dead before tonight's ep! It's all rock'n'roll chez Bloof.

Welcome colditz You say you are 'trying' - what are you having trouble with? Or is it just sticking to it? Weigh in day is tomorrow, so you are just in time

only hopefully a young family would be welcome - need to find out how big the accommodation is - could be cosy! I live in the central belt, and it doesn't get proper dark in Summer - camping is always a challenge as DD1 is used to a blackout blind.

Hmmmm I see you are a Pratchett fan Colditz

well, when I say trying ... I mean that I attended 3 meetings in February, then got bored and gave up, and that a weekend of feeling like a bloater in a badly fitting bra has given me the self loathing incentive to get out my little plastic folder and try again.

So ... today I had tinned tomatoes on toasted white bread (7 syns)
Ham and mozzerella salad with sun dried tomatos (3 syns) (HEA)
Turkey fillet with baked apple, carrot and rice (HEB)
3 cups of tea with sugar and skimmed milk (3 syns)

I NEED the self-aggrandisement of a group of people to crow (or whine) to, and I don't like ANYONE at my slimming world group.

I did weight watchers to great effect 3 years ago (lost 2.5 stone) but I need something that fits with hungry children.

I didn't like anyone at my old SW group either Colditz, I hardly ever used to stay for the classes, but instead just paid for the privilege of being weighed. .

I did our food shop today and the fridge is full of stuff I can eat without guilt. I just need to find an exercise book to write in and then I'm all set. I've been fairly good today I think, probably a bit too much bread.

Alps riding will be child-free, although I will be making enquiries for miniboo as he has expressed an interest, to my joy :)

I hate SW groups too. That being said I dislike almost everyone, so there is no great surprise there

We can both self-aggrandise and crow and moan here, no wuzzles.

I do wish I hadn't drunk 2 cans of Magner's and decided to do some baking though - I think I burned the cupcakes and I have cream cheese icing down me cleavage...