The NO EXCUSES, Now or NEVER slimming thread

[Youcanringmybell]

This is a thread for those who are pig sick of over eating and binging and have decided enough is enough.

There will be no excuses on this thread...no 'oh but I was due my period' or 'oh but it was left over so I finished it' etc

IF you need to have a nice meal as part of a celebration DO IT but no more excuses - have the meal and move on.

This is a thread for the brave.....this is a thread for the serious. Join at your peril.....

Monday mornings are weigh in - so that we cannot binge on the weekends. I am deliberately being hard on myself and if you want to do it to please join. Even if someone wafts wine and banoffee pie under my nose I will not have it - even if the world is going to end I WILL NOT HAVE IT

weigh in Monday morning and post here

Oh and drink some wine and eat some choc while you still can because on Monday you will be in hell

My Focus is taking kids to Wdw next year and thought of asking for seat belt extension or even worse them bringing it without me asking is cringe

But biggest difference is giving up gluten

Oh and working out for least 20 mins every day

it's these last bastard few pounds that are killing me. on one hand I fit into the size I want to be and on the other I can weigh myself each day and be target 1 day up next etc.

I really want to maintain this time, so it's not about a blow out getting to goal (ie my Sunday- pizza self sabotage) it's making the changes for life

Morning!

Welcome to the fold human - I originally thought your 50lb was a typo but wow, that's amazing, well done!

So my AF/BFP dilemma has been solved so now it's onwards and upwards (downwards?) with the weight loss.

Back to work this afternoon so I must keep up my resolve and keep off the snacks (doable as long as no one brings in treats).

Stick with it this week, ladies, we're starting to see real progress.

Anyone got good ideas for filling low fat meals? My main one is homemade veg soup. Basically any old veg boiled up with veg stock and wizzed up. Any other good ones?

Fermez I have PM'd you about the tax code. Let me know if it doesn't make any sense

Well, I have managed to drop DS off at nursery without howling my eyes out. He looked so little in his uniform this morning :( He was very excited and buggered off to the cozy corner without a second glance :) I can't wait until 12 so I can go get him again, the house is far far too quiet.

Tiggy Have you got the Hairy Bikers book? There are loads of recipes in there. The Tuna and chilli spaghetti is very yummy

Is that the new hairy bikers diet book i saw in asda? Will have a look next time i'm in there

Hi all, sorry I didn't post my weight yesterday. I did weigh in but then had work and fell asleep putting dd2 to bed so didn't get on last night either (or mark the books I brought home to do, or celebrate dp's birthday as adults :()

So I weigh 13st 10 which is 1.5lbs off this week and a total of 4lbs. That doesn't feel like a lot but at least it's coming off (even if it's slowly) and I am not doing a drastic strict diet I'm just eating healthily (vaguely following SW but not obsessively).

Last night we had a chinese for dp's birthday followed by the key lime pie we made at the weekend. It was very nice but I will have to be more careful for the rest of the week. Just off to the gym now :)

There's the hundred calorie book that is my best friend especially when the munches strike

And no not typo sadly same to go again . But think the next 50 be slower and harder so I may need kicking regularly , though you can always throw cakes and buns to

I confess.....I am drinking wine and eating chocolate. I have had my worst day ever at work, nearly cried, nearly told "boss" to shove it, am still tearful, I need a new job .

Waits to get thrown off thread .

Ah I'm an all or nothing it's either no biscuit or chocolate or whole packet of biscuits followed by chocolate

And sometimes you just got to have the day of long as one say does not turn into a month

tschiffely don't panic, sounds like you have had a shockingly shit day...
What happened? Can we help in any small way!

Maybe this might cheer you up;
phwooar

Ps hello human and well done goldidi!

Evening all.
Mad busy day today! Spent the morning putting all the new stock out in the charity shop then went for a long walk with a friend before picking DC up from school.
Breakfast was a special k bar
Lunch was a bit rubbish and i wasn't actually hungry! Half a can of low fat rice pudding and a home made smarties cookie!
Dinner was lasagne and veg.

Fermez Ah i see, im sorry about your miscarriage. It must be hard being on your own. Hope you've had a better day today.

Welcome Human.

tschiffely Sorry you've had a bad day. BUT food won't make it better. As Youcan said DO NOT TURN TO FOOD TO MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER - IT WILL MAKE YOU FEEL WORSE.
Have a (( hug )) instead

I'm not meant to be on here! I have work to do but can't get in the mood to get on with it!
At least im not hungry!

Sorry it's a day late but anyway, here it goes-I put on a bloody pound. Not happy and just goes to show you can't be good mon-fri then completely relax at the weekend and still expect results!! I joined SW yesterday so I'm going to seriously focus on following it!! Well done everyone on your losses woo hoo!! X

Ooo er 666 posts!!!!

It has been a loong day

I have had a head ache for over a week now... my boobs are killing. I am NOT pregnant...so I wonder what is wrong huh?? So in my obviously distressed state I am issuing this statement:

YOU MAY NOT WIN EVERY BATTLE, BUT BY BECKHAM'S SWEATY JOCKSTRAP WE WILL THE WAR.

Over and out.

I have to re-issue because i cocked it up

YOU MAY NOT WIN EVERY BATTLE, BUT BY BECKHAM'S SWEATY JOCKSTRAP WE WILL WIN THE WAR.

So tired i had to read that 3 times before i could see the error lol!

Had some yogurt just now. I know it was because i was bored! Gave me something to do other than listing more stuff on Ebay! I've got loads of paperwork to get done too but can't focus on that tonight.

Morning all! A MANICALLY busy day ahead. I love my new class but there is one thing I'm struggling with. The chair of Govs is this blustery old Sargent Major type and insists on volunteering in my year 6 class 2 mornings a week. But he's a bit of a nightmare - I'm perfectly able to keep control of the class, but if he thinks a kid's not listening he bangs the table really hard in front of them to make them jump. He also interrupts me to "clarify" what I've said when I know I've been clear enough.
Yesterday we had a set of artifacts in class and I wanted the children to examine them - I could hear him saying "NO NO IT CAN'T BE XYZ" totally ruining the activity. AAAAAAAAAGH!!!!! May speak to the Head about it, but suspect I will have to gin and bear it.

Anyway, that's not diet related at all. Thanks for the good wishes tortoise - I feel a bit silly moaning when there are people trying to raise kids on their own - I just feel I'm chasing everything up at the mo and struggling.

Have a good day everyone!

fermez - It doesn't have to be diet related! I like to think we are all friends now...and in a way if we are beginning to talk about other things perhaps food is not ruling our every thought!!
He sounds like a bit of a nightmare, very stressful. I keeping track of him is harder than teaching the children! What age do you teach? And stop apologising for not having children!

I had a friend round last night and she bought red wine.. I has a small glass

fermez I think we can talk about anything on this thread which is great. Sometimes it's nice to be able to have a moan or ask advice especially with one else to as moan to.

Feeling stuffy nosed this morning! Had a special k bar (yes just one today!) for breakfast. Lots of work to do today so I don't fall below my 20 hours a week that I have to do.

Had an awful start. Had a massive row with my son before he went off to school so cross and angru, mostly with myself that i started comfort eating. Doing random things like walking past the box of cereal on the side and digging my hand in as i pass. Then walking round eating a fist full of dry cereal. Also had a fondent fancy must stop right away :(

That man sounds like a nightmare Fermez. Is there any way you can tactfully set him off on an activity with the really weak kids? One that might need them to be a completely seperate group in a different room? Or would that not be appropriate for your class? I would hate to have someone like that in my classroom, it's bad enough having some of our LSAs who talk to the pupil they are assigned to while I am talking to the class - when I've just shouted at the class for talking!! I do like to send them off with a little group of disruptive kids into the office.

tiggy step away from the kitchen. Can you go out somewhere to take your mind off it? Or get stuck into a job that needs doing?

I forgot to have dinner last night because I was so busy. I took dd1 to orchestra, went to the gym while she was there, went back to collect her then went to my own orchestra (first night last night and it's full of pensioners but I enjoy playing and this one is convenient). All in all I didn't get home til 9:30pm and then I had 2 sets of books to mark and 3 lessons to plan! So I forgot about dinner. Good from a dieting point of view but bad from a health point of view (and mood, I've been starving all day!!!)

Aw - I have FRIENDS! Hahaha it may sound tragic but I don't have many up here at the moment. And I NEVER thought I'd be someone who found genuine support from people on the internet. I can genuinely, hand on heart swear that I couldn't have changed my eating/drinking habits in this way and started this crusade without this thread and the people on it. Ok, wanky soppy shit over!

Had a delicious shepherd's pie for tea last night and took the leftovers for lunch today. It was LOVELY (obv, I cooked it!) but cannot help but compare the fat/calories in it compared to my usual soup. It can't be good. Or not as good.

Goldidi I totally understand about the talking thing - it drives me insane. The bullet got well and truly bitten today though. The children have started keeping a "learning diary" - a record of what they learned, what they enjoyed/didn't enjoy, etc. We do not mark these, to encourage the chn to write purely for themselves in this piece of writing.

Annoying CoG came over and asked did I want these marking as he noticed I hadn't done it. I replied no, and explained why. We were doing a piece of extended writing that I really wanted to use as an assessed piece and he took it upon himself to "mark" the chn's diaries, reading out loud passages and getting them to alter bits. Livid isn't the word. Not only has he done what I asked him not to, but he disrupted the chn's writing time and totally lost their focus. As a result, a whole group of chn's writing won't reflect their best ability, and we've been building up to this piece for a week. Told Head though. She is sorting it.

FUCK'S SAKE THO!!!!!

Youcan - was it decent red wine??? I have cracked and am enjoying a delicious g and t but I am REALLY looking forward to some nice red at the weekend! Will no longer apologise for not having children, also :)

Tortoise Don't send your germs this way, thanks!