Right, am gong to try and catch up !
Hattifattner, congrats on 5lb loss, how amazing.
Lola, with the bit about meetings versus home, I think it really depends on how much you personally need the weigh in bit to pull you back on track. I missed 2 weeks in June as had stuff on and had put on the previous 2 weeks and June was a write off with 3.5lb gain. However, went to meeting on Thursday and it really helped me to draw a line and am hoping to report a decent loss this week. I need it, others don't, guess you have to find out which camp you are in.
NorkybutNice, a belated welcome and fingers cross for a good first week. I can't do the Shred as is too harsh on my knees. Did it once, but second time gave up after 5 mins as could feel it doing knees in and they were sore. Maybe give it a go and see how you get on but if you don't like it, there's loads of other things to do. I try to be what I think of conciously active eg. take things upstairs, park further away. Combined with gardening at allotment and some dog walking, it's enough exercise to boost my loss and I don't notice it too much as I have to do it anyway. With the wine it is fine to have it your points. And with the weeklies it is experimentation I'm afraid. In theory you can eat dailies and weeklies but a few people find they can't. I can but try to eat weeklies spread over Thur to Sun, having a high point day on a Saturday, then Mon to Wednesday stick to dailies and go easy on carbs.
Chockybick, thanks for Bienenstich points.Well done for not eating cake at your meeting. Flipping heck, WW is expensive in Germany. I am sort of contemplating a WI at the meeting local to where we are staying as I know you WI at any meeting with membership. But in reality think I shall take the Wii and weigh on that. Have big family reunion on 2nd August at my cousin's house, so need to keep to straight and narrow between now and then.
Debs39, congratualtions, what a lovely reason to put on weight !
Herdingcat well done to stick to it and manage a half pound loss with all those visitors, very impressive.
PrettyMeerkat Sorry you aren't losing, I agree with VNMum about the carbs. Maybe try a protein breakfast and see if that helps all?
Bartlet I agree with you about eating chips as a concious decision because you want chips and not as a treat. Don't get demoralised about gain, I've had a few friends who have started excercising and gained, it does start to come off again.
Wrongdecade, great result after your holiday, would love to follow in your footsteps but suspect I won't !
Noway good loss, well done.
Froot, you are the Queen of low point alcohol drinks, haven't been drinking but am inspired to try one of those.
Littlefish. It is flipping hard when you have a lot to lose and really does become a journey, however naff it sounds. I've got a similar amount to you, 7 st 4lbs in total. I think you have to look at it as something that happens in stages and that there are a series of hurdles to be jumped. June has been one for me and I went completely off the rails with 3.5lb gain. But have drawn my line and am doing it again and was saying to DH to put the gain in context, I've lost over that in a week before. So I guess it's just like him putting on a few pounds over Christmas then cutting back and losing it and that's the challenge we'll have when we get to goal.
The times when it is hard and we slip are great practice for when we have cracked it and are at goal (and we will be). Keep at it, it will happen and in a few months you'll suddenly realise instead of being half way through, you're 2/3rds, then 3/4s and it won't seem as bad. DH said today what a huge task it seemed a year ago (15th July I started), but now I have just under 3 stone left, am hoping to have 2.5 stone by the time I go away, and all of a sudden it doesn't seem too bad. Hang in there and maybe plot your monthly weight loss on a graph and see the lovely downwards line, plus treat yourself to something you really would like to wear in your next size down and hang it on the wardrobe door. Oh and looking at old photos has given me a kick up the backside, I am so not going back there again. Keep going, you are doing brilliantly.
Korma you have lost a huge amount of weight in 3 weeks, 11lbs. Pick up 22 packs of butter and it puts it in context. It isn't sustainable to keep at that rate, please don't be demoralised with a pound, they really add up after a bit and PP becomes easier as you feel more familiar with it and then time speeds up and before you know it, the pounds here and there have added up to serious weightloss.
Benbon congrats on the loss.
Collision, well done on pulling it back, you've done brilliantly with that.
Lola good luck with the switch to online, holidays are hugely motivating I find !
HMC and Willaby 1lb to go for both of you, how exciting and excellent timing, just before school holidays
VNMum sounds like a good plan between now and WI, a few days on track can make quite a difference I've found in the past.
Androbobb, love the bathroom and am very jealous as ours has tiles off the wall and needs to be done but can't be until house rewired which is happening when we are away.
Apologies for the very long post and to anyone who I have missed or posted since I started typing ages ago !