The Big Fat List and the Days of Doom (TM) Part VIII - The One Where We Waist Away!

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Yes, it is cushion plumping time again

Pull up your favourite chair (I'm bagging the one in the corner thanks ) stick your feet up and join in with the nattering.

Plenty of room for everyone

Hey all, another one outside enjoying the glorious weather

bee How's your finger? I enjoyed your long post about some skinnies being a bit mean, and would also rather be 'me' and happy. Glad you got garden done. I wouldn't know one end of the lawnmower to the other!

Get well soon clodagh and hope you're sleeping well face

Hiya Slinky! Finger is ok thanks. It's still numb down one side which is weird, but at least it works. Glad you liked that post (sorry for it being an epic though ). But it's funny what sticks with you. I could tell you exactly which company we were parked up at, and even what customer it was I remember it so well.

Ha ha about the lawnmower. I lived on my own for 10 years before I met H, so I got used to doing everything really. I bet you're hoping this weather lasts at least another 6 weeks

Anyone else suffering with loads of thunderflies? Pesky blighters are so itchy!

I did our lawn last night - DH thought my dad did it (nice to see him back in wanker chef mode) It got done a hell of a lot more often when I was on my own.. He has done 2 days of work. Early days, but OK so far.

my mum said the boys looked like gypsy children today!!! they made £1 each by ripping off our neighbour/the reception class teacher and forcing stuff on their friends! am going to put buggies and bigger stuff on our Local FB selling page. If only I could get rid (and make some £) then DS1 won't go to bed wit a cymbal crash every night because his drums can go back in his "den".

How does one get from hating oneself and the person they have become, to one who cares enough about themselves to commit to SW and change things?

according to control freak DS2 it is 19 days until the holiday from hell.

Evening all!

I have discovered I can MN to my heart is content in my office. The trust hasn't banned the site! As you can tell, I am having a considerably better night than last night. Didn't have the best sleep today, managed 4 hours then another hour later on.

Isn't this weather glorious. Wish I could make more of it.

Bee thanks for doing the list. Much obliged. Sounds like a nerve injury. may or may not improve. Pop and see GP if concerned. Did your DH come home? You know my thoughts / feelings on his behaviour.

Clodagh has your self esteem always been so low. Here is a boast: you are clearly an articulate woman with a GOSH. From your FB photos you are also very attractive regardless of your weight. Try not to let yourself descend into a pit of despair. Just take it one SW day at a time.

slimjim how are you getting on without DP? How is DS?

chocolate enjoy your hols, bonne vacances. Please do eat lots of cheese and croissants.

fair you can chuck a cosmo my way on Friday morning!

Good luck with DoD tomorrow one and all.

Oh ((clodagh)) sound like you're having a rough time. I found sw was the thing I did for me and stupidly I felt quite proud of achieving all the little stickers and mini goals I set myself. The more I do it the more it is my thing for me iyswim. Do you go to a real group or are you just going it online? I think a real group made me more motivated.

Ds and I are enjoying the sunshine - when I picked him up from nursery he was wearing nursery shorts, apparently they had been having fun playing with the sprinkler! Ds just loves water (too much I think and he has no fear of it at all) so was loving every minute and kept running into the spray!

Hope the night shift passes quickly face (it will with mn to keep you company!)

Good morning everybody!

Today is the Day of Doom

Get those pm's to me, and I'll bung up a list around 9.30 ish to give everyone a chance. I'm miffed with myself this week, but I know what I did.

Clodagh I wish I new what to say - but what Face said. One day at a time, small goals at a time. Glad your dh is still going to work (I can tell you where to get that frying pan otherwise ).

Slim Running around in a sprinkler sounds fun! I remember doing that when I was a kid.

Face Yay for mn'ing at work, but boo to rubbish sleep. And yes, I know your thoughts on Thing . He did come home. He thinks that by walking in chewing minty gum I won't notice. But what he probably doesn't know (and I'm sure I'm right) is that later on I can smell it on his skin, and if he breathes in my direction you can still smell it later anyway even after food.

I might mention the finger to my gp. Half of the top feels numb like when you've been to the dentist. I'm hoping that when the purple nail bit grows through it'll come back. Boo if it doesn't though.

We're off out shortly to a library storytime thing. Ds will think all his birthdays have come at once. He loves books, so I may never get him back out!

Food for the day:

Weetabix and a banana
Savoury rice and salad, yogurt
Left over quorn lasagne

2 x alpen lights for a snack

Syns = 0 (at the moment)

Morning!

I don't know if its my stupid bastard wanking computer but I can't message anyone this morning Bee so here are my stats for today -
Pix - original start weight 13st 9, re-starting again from 10st 9.5, current weight 10st 7.5, loss this week 2lbs.

Sorry to put them on the thread!
Back later for a proper catch up

Wow what a virtuous day bee - no syns and a trip to the library my ds loves his books too :)

thank you for your loveliness

the sun has vanished! we are going to a local minor stately home with animal park today, with the cousins. Even DS1 is coming, so no doubt it will be a stressful day of sniping and bickering. Luckily the GPs are in charge and the boys usually behave well for them.

good luck for DoD everyone

Hello all!

Somewhat in haste owing to the puzzling expectation on the part of my employers that I must work for my living:

I have lost 1.5lb. A loss, at least! I would've expected more as it was for a little over a week but I feel trimmer, and, most marvellously, I am (give or take a lb or two) at the lightest I've been for about 2 years, so this is nice. If I can lose 3lb this week, I will then be lighter than I've been for 2 years, and will celebrate by going face down in cake

Clodagh darling don't give in to the demons. I speak as one who knows. When I mizz about all this I rant and rave and need a slap so much that you would expect me to resemble Quasimodo after a 2 month binge on trifle, dragging a mis-shapen hump about and wailing THE BELLS! THE BELLS!! etc. etc., when actually I'm a perfectly average looking person who could do with losing some weight.

What I mean is, what you see is not what everyone else sees. Innit though.

Bee I will be PM you - thanks for listing!

Sorry not to be responding properly to everyone's posts: I'm so lame. Kisses though.

PS we need a new thread!

Afternoon all.

Bollox. I had a mega gain. So big I can't even bring myself to put it on the list, but suffice to say I'm on plan 100% from this morning onwards. Am sick of eating crap.

I am so peeved at my consultant (hark at me ) but I text her through the week (yes, believe it or not, even those of us who are fully trined 'experts' in weightloss still need help/support!) and she never replied to me.

I told her I needed to book holidays for the next 2 weeks as I'll be away and she never even replied to me. I also sent a second message saying I was struggling at the minute but hoped to get this week (tonight) for some motivation. She never replied so I went to a different lovely group last night. The gain is hard to swallow the week before I go on holidays and I'll need to rethink 2 pairs of the shorts I have packed....

Clodagh, you are you. There is no other you, and those who know you love you for that... those of us who don't know you, admire and respect you for all the hard work you do and the time you spend here supporting and motivating us.

As an old saying goes, 'to the world you are just one person, but to one person (or one family) you are the world'

FHF I think that's really mean of your consultant - if you're struggling you need support . I love that saying you put up. How very true.

Pixie You're on the list, well done

Jodie Yay on the loss - pm me if you want the full monty on the list tonight

Slim Oh, how I wish it had stayed virtuous. The dc stayed good for so long at the library story time, and then got bored. My friend and her dd came along too. We left before it finished as the dc were getting a bit, erm, lively. Then onto a coffee shop where the dc half demolished cakes and spilt drinks, and we tried to drink a whole cup of coffee. I caved in and ate half a fairy cake that my dd left. Not sure of synnage, but it wouldn't be the full 15, so I don't feel too bad. It's the only naughty thing I'll have today.

I seem to be missing a few pm's - come on chaps!

Oh! Need to think of a new thread title..... back shortly with a linky

Right then you lovely lot - New Thread is here