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A space to talk openly about weight loss journeys and challenges. Mumsnet hasn't checked the qualifications of anyone posting here. You may wish to speak to a medical professional before starting any diet.

The Big Fat List and the Days of Doom (TM)

985 replies

BlooferLady · 13/05/2011 10:06

You lot! Over 'ere! Sorry for taking liberties with the previous thread: I am no good with suspense, and it was like looking at a gigantic throbbing pustulating boil and not being able to squeeze it

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C4ro · 17/06/2011 15:31

Ooo, aha are ace! Popbitch gave a plug to their foot of the mountain cd which made me go look them (and the wonderful 80s back catalogue!) up again. Aren't they split up now?

grinningbee · 17/06/2011 16:21

Yes Sad I feel so much better now that at least two of you like them as well.

Proper pop music, none of this just singing about bonking malarky!

Grin
Cheeseandbiscuits · 17/06/2011 19:44

A-Ha. Classic Smile

Chinese ordered Blush. I feel like crap, think I'm coming down with something so cooking has gone out the window. TBH, I don't think I'll eat much anyway!

mandalee · 17/06/2011 20:10

I just had Chinese - Monks vegetables (tofu& veggies) served over Chinese broccoli instead of rice. Yummmmeeee, and I don't feel too guilty either! Except for the dozen or so prawn crackers. Blush

Happy weekend, everyone!

humptydidit · 17/06/2011 22:49

mandalee I'm with you on falling off the wagon today Sad

Seems hard sometimes to get motivated with cooking. Don't know about you ladies, but I am single and my kids have hot dinner at school so it's v tempting to live on toast and sandwiches cos they're easy and quick Blush

Anyway, back to the straight and narrow tomorrow!

AlpinePony · 18/06/2011 05:50

grinningbee 7.5 stone? Shock Blimey, ain't we good! Grin

Well I've been rather quiet the last few days, the diet has not been going particularly well, I'm over-tired and need to eat/sleep/wash Blush properly. I'm not going to do DoD next week as I don't want to be jumping on my mum's scales and upsetting myself - no matter what they say it won't be calibrated the same as mine.

This morning I fit in to the jeans that I had to abandon at the end of my first trimester last time. The irony is not lost on me. Hmm

humptydidit I try and get around that by cooking "real" food and making lots of little microwavable freezer portions for one. I don't have time to cook real food every night but I won't eat processed crap either.

mandalee · 18/06/2011 08:54

Interjecting a little sunshine here - the protein-friendly diet is WORKING! I'm down 700 grams since last week already - that's a pound and a half and counting. SO excited to FINALLY be getting somewhere, and in a fairly healthy way to boot. Grin Hoping I can join last week's success wagon belatedly

BlooferLady · 18/06/2011 09:19

Good morning chicas! Just popping my head round the door to say what ho, and I'll be back with you in a week, mebbe less.

Am in a fearful grump because a pal has got diffed in 4 months of 'not even trying' - and by the time the OM and I had been TTCing for 6 months she hadn't even met her fella. Anyone who has miserably TTCed for 18 months for their first child without success will know exactly the miserable envious grump I am in. I just hope I can train myself not to immediately turn to food to cheer myself up!

Good luck to all and see you soon 'opefully!

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AlpinePony · 18/06/2011 09:42

How were they "not really trying"? Did he only put it halfway in? Hmm

BlooferLady · 18/06/2011 09:44

Don't get me started pony...I might mail you a rant later! You can't wait! Hope you're keeping bonny and well, pal.

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Onlyaphase · 18/06/2011 09:56

Oh Bloofer bollocks to them. Am sure you're really happy for them etc etc, but lordy such news is painful sometimes. I used to make myself feel better by rationalising that I was happy for the lucky couple, that it wasn't 'their' baby I wanted, just my own. So I wasn't jealous of them, just their situation. TBH I had to find a way to get happy with the fact DD is and will be an only child as everyone around me is fecund - at DD's tiny preschool there are 3 women pregnant with their third child, and one with their sixth!

When I was TTC, lots of people said things to me that hurt, without any malice. I don't know whether it is better to let everyone know you're TTC (and have everyone watch you like a hawk for symptoms - imagine being Kate Middleton at the moment - or not tell anyone and have pregnant friends say things like 'oh wouldn't it be lovely if we could be pregnant at the same time' and want to throw yourself under the nearest red bus.

In other news, I'm having difficulty staying on the straight and narrow and have turned to exercise and it has made so much difference - I know this is hardly rocket science and you all know this - but going out and doing 40 mins cycling a few times this week has made so much difference to my attitude to food and also to my moods generally. I've been walking at least 13,000 paces a day too, which also helps. For my weight, 1000 paces = 50 calories, so every little helps!

Muser · 18/06/2011 13:22

Oh Bloof, what a fucker.

Cheeseandbiscuits · 18/06/2011 13:44

Don't gerrit Bloofer how can you only half be trying. Damn it, bit of a kick in the balls hey.

Been good today after a naughty chinese last night. Food today
B: weetabix (HEA)
L: JP, tuna and light mayo (3 syns) and salad
D: Lamb casserole
Exercise: pilates and took DD swimminging

Pony how you doing
Humpty as my DH works blody long hours, its mostly me and DD. I cook double and freeze half.

only I feel exercise is the answer. I'm going to the gym or classes at least 3-4 times a week and I feel much better. I'm much more toned now than I was 6 weeks ago.

kid · 18/06/2011 22:59

I did post a reply this morning from my phone, but it decided not to post it and I don't even remember what I wrote now!

bloof I bet it has been a very long and frustrating 18 months for you. I really don't know what I could possibly say to make you feel any better as I know nothing will make you feel better.

I went aerobics this morning, God that class is so hard. Its meant to last 45 minutes but I timed it today and it was an hour long. During the class, I thought I broke my ankle or at the very least sprained it. I was doing something or other and the sole of my foot stayed on the floor but my ankle bent over and almost touched the floor too. The noise of it crunching and the feeling of it too really scared me. But no damage done at all, I was very lucky. I have now got proper supports for them, I can't risk hurting them as that will really be inconvenient lol

I went out for a meal today and had cake and custard. I didn't even enjoy it as I was so full up from the turkey and vegetables I'd already eaten. I then went cinema and had a burger. Not just any burger, a burger king whopper!
oh well, don't have to WI until Wednesday plus I've already been to 3 exercises this week so maybe, just maybe I'll be okay? I doubt it as its also star week. Probably a gain for me then, but it will be my first gain in 6 weeks which doesn't make me feel any better.

Cheeseandbiscuits · 19/06/2011 09:04

hey y'all,

Had a rough old night as DD has a bloody awful cold! Poor wee thing, snuffle, snuffle...

Despite being shattered I'm going to be good today:
B: Strawbs and yoghurt
L: Tomato, lentil and bacon soup plus hobbit toast (HEB)
D: Pork with sage and bacon stuffing (from this months SW), SW roasties and veg...as its fathers day thought Id better make a sodding effort
Exercise: zumba class

kid well done on aerobics. Hope yer ankle is OK. Have you got proper trainers? Don't worr about the grub, today is another day...blah blah..get back on it!

Cheeseandbiscuits · 19/06/2011 09:05

Oh and the summber lamb stew from this months SW mag is FAB!

grinningbee · 19/06/2011 09:17

Morning all!

Bloofer so sorry you're down. Like Kid says, nothing I say can make you feel better, but ((hugs)).

Yesterday I didn't post my food, so:
Weetabix and a banana
Nothing (grrrr, certainly wasn't intentional!)
A big sw fry up of sausages, bacon, tomatoes, eggs and a few oven chips
Grapes

Today will be:

Weetabix
Toast and fruit
Beef curry with loads of broccoli
Fruit for snacks

I am hopefully about to have a lovely bath, but am waiting a bit as dh has just been in there for, well, you know, the thing that seems to take men at least 20 minutes, and I want to be able to breathe!!

grinningbee · 19/06/2011 09:19

Sorry for the rough night Cheese, hope the cold passes quickly!

BlooferLady · 19/06/2011 09:55

Fanks for being so nice, everyone. I'm a bit amazed how much of a kick in the stomach it feels - not helped by repeated emails asking for pregnancy advice. i have just managed to restrain myself from howling 'I don't fucking know do I: I am apparently barren!' Hmm It would be nice if she once acknowledged how I must be feeling, but nope...

I miss y'all and I miss being in control of my eating, and so hope I can get things together in the next week or so. If nothing else I need to lose that 1.5 stone to be slim enough for IVF, if it comes to that, so I'm not doing myself any favours by stress-eating (so far this morning - homemade flapjack and 2 flatbreads with tahini all over 'em, but then I'm hungover, so...)

Happy eating all!

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Cheeseandbiscuits · 19/06/2011 16:46

Aah Bloofer we will be glad to have you back in our ample bosom!

Never made lentil soup...tuna and pasta for lunch at about 2.30 as DD now developed diarrhoea! Joy.

I have thrown away the Indian takeaway menu I was looking at and will def def make the pork. Wish DH didn't work so bloody much, at least he could then help with cooking - and I wouldnt want to order takeaway!

grinningbee · 19/06/2011 20:47

Oh Cheese, poor dd and poor you! And please come back soon Bloofer.

Speaking of ample bosoms, who wants a laugh at my expense?

I was sitting on the floor earlier feeding ds a bowl of porridge. I felt a tickling in the bra region. Pulled my top away to see if it was a hair... nope, it was a spider. Pulled the top off faster than lightening, and the fecker just sat their on my boob! At that point I yelled for dh who was ahem mid poo, and he rescued me. Amazingly I held on to the porridge.

As if that wasn't enough, tonight on our return from the pub (diet coke for me) I got changed. I felt a sharp pain in the pants area. Then another. Rubbed said area only to feel another sharp sting. Pulled the pants away from tummy (they are bridget joneses) only to see a bloody red ant merrily biting me! I have a huge red welt now and it really hurt Sad

What do we suppose the third thing will be today?

kid · 19/06/2011 21:27

oh dear grinningbee, I hate spiders and don't fancy being bitten by a red ant either! Fancy letting the spider sit there until your DH could rescue you. The spider would have been thrown across the room had that been me. I would have then done a silly dance wiping where it had been having a mini breakdown!

Scary that you got bit by the red ant in your underwear. Dread to think how it got there! Were your clothes drying in the garden?
Do you have any signs of a red any nest near your house? My sister has about 9 in her garden! They contain some sort of jelly mass inside their nest. Hope you don't find anymore crawling around.

As for the 3rd thing, lets hope its not a bee that decides to sting grinningbee!

Back to SW. I had to cook dinner today for my in-laws. I didn't find out until a few hours before they arrived so had to go out and buy some food for everyone. It was fine though and I didn't have any roast potatoes. I made some mash for myself but did have gravy.
I didn't have any wine though, I stuck to diet coke like a good girl Smile

I was going to do meal plans for the week but I'm not in a very good mood tonight so I think I'll sit here and silk instead. I definitely won't be doing any ironing, washing up or anything else around the house thats for sure. I'll just surf the web till bedtime.

Oh, I've booked yet another class at the gym. I'm going to try out cardio combat next weekend. I may live to regret that though as my exercise regime for the week is Weds = aerobics, Thurs = bootcamp, Sat = aerobics, Sun = cardio combat. Come on weight, start falling off me as I'm going on holiday in less than 2 months!

Hedgepig · 19/06/2011 22:17

Bee are you living in a tent? sounds like a lot of wildlife round your place

we've had a nice weekend a bit busy, I drank 2 glasses of wine on Sat PM while at DS1 football club presentation and it all went a bit down hill after that to be ended by DH and I finding the children's left over Easter eggs Blush. I really have to stop drinking as I can be pretty strong willed when I haven't had a couple of glasses.

Bloof sorry your friend hasn't been very sensitive, she should engage her brain a bit methinks

Cheeseandbiscuits · 19/06/2011 22:29

Haha poor you bee. What an exciting day you have had! In October, we were walking in kew Gardens when 3 wasps got stuck in my cleavage and stung me...I was 20 weeks preg and starting pulling my dress off much to the amusement of the coach drivers in the carpark!

Been good here. The pork in the SW mag needs much much longer to cook but is otherwise pretty tasty. Had a few glasses of vino tonight when DH got home from work to celebrate fathers day. Zumba was bloody hard work.

DD still poorly and has a dry nappy 4 hours after changing her...hmm starting to get worried about her!

kid · 19/06/2011 22:41

cheese has your DD been drinking much and is she hot?
I'd give her a bath which would hopefully make her wee. I'm sure the cool air on her skin would give that effect, well it sure did every time I took DS's nappy off when he was young!