Getting healthy and losing weight through the power of MOTIVATION

[SHRIIIEEEKPoolingBearBlood]

Motivational Monday - where we are motivated to stick to our diet and exercise plans for the rest of the week.
Progess logged on Kato's spreadsheet (if you want to of course)
:o

Yay Hair Congrats!

I am going to get back to weekly weigh ins starting today.
I have maintained, which isn't surprising as I have eaten properly this weekend with no ill effects!

Glad to hear it Bonkey. Hopefully your energy levels will increase now.

Glad to hear that you are eating properly I mean!

1lb off again, my goal of 10st 8 by Christmas is still on track (3lb to go), if not, I'll definitely get there by New Year.

Ooh you've just reminded me that my Christmas deadline was 11st. I made it!

3lbs in 8 days is quite a lot IMST. It is do-able though but you'll have to be really strict.

Who's up for a Christmas Eve weigh in to see if we reached our pre-Christmas targets? It is a Monday after all.

I'll weigh in Monday. I figure 3lb is doable as I only lost 1 this week, I have no more parties, and TOTM isn't until after Christmas. I won't be too gutted if I don't make it, 10 8 was a late target revision when I hit 11 early.

I'll weigh in on Monday, although somehow I seem to have already reached my Christmas deadline . Got blood test results back and iron still low, but not dangerously so

:o restive! You're all doing so well

Well done reastie. Good news about your iron too. Does that mean you escape the dreaded medication for a while longer? I hope so.

Right, I've officially lost 4 stone - that's got to be the equivalent of half a Kate Middleton surely - I'll go with either half! I've got one stone to go till I'm my average pre preg weight now. Thanks for all the well dones - really helps spur me on

Hair I have to ring GP re: iron to see if I can keep on my high iron diet/herbal supplements. I'm hoping so though given I've managed to increase it.

Hope all the Christmas parties are going well and everyone is getting Christmas all wrapped up. I seem to have the slowest most incompetent delivery service delivering DDs Christmas presents - there are about 5 parcels coming and some were dispatched 2 weeks ago but still haven't arrived

Yay Reastie! Well done getting 4st off.
How are we all doing target-wise? I know me and Hair made our original targets from the summer, how about the rest of us?
Should we make new targets for next year (perhaps Easter?)

Well done reastie. 4st is amazing. Good luck at the doctors.

Ok Easter target is 10st. That will be 13lbs in fourish months. Not too testing. In reality it will be more than that as I will no doubt put on over Christmas.

:o:o:o:o:o
Yay to 4 stone, that is amazing (lol at half a KM)
given you've had health problems to deal with as well that has meant dieting has been practically difficult you have done brilliantly
You're waaaaastin away

(not sure why my phone decided to make you rhyme with festive, but at least it's appropriate)

I'm not sure about targets, think I'll get through Christmas and make a decision afterwards. I haven't weighed myself for a while now but Sunday was a very very very bad day - I was up working until midnight and basically kept myself awake with fat and sugar. It actually got so I didn't really need motivation yesterday, I felt so sick of stuffing myself. OK day yesterday - ate my limit. Hopefully same today. Am taking it easy but just want to get back to the lovely 11st1 where I was then I'll be full of motivation.

Just checking in, where is everyone?

Im here.
And would you bloody believe - sick again.
I literally can't stand up for more than a few mins :(

How are you doing?

Oh no, what's up? What do you mean, are you dizzy or nauseous? You poor thing, hope you're fully better by Christmas.
I'm ok thanks. Was back down to 11s2 yesterday so hopefully back on track

Yup every time i stand or try and do something it makes me sick and dizzy. My legs can barely hold me where they ache so much.
I have well and truly had enough !
What pees ne off even more , is that i have been much much better for a few days and now this. :(

Good to hear your back with it. What's your plans over Christmas?
Going to have a few weeks off or still try and stick to a limit?

Oh no! Poor Bonkey hope you're better for Tuesday.
Sorry I was off air yesterday, DH had a day off. Back to business as usual today though, should be about this afternoon anyway.

Oh bonkey how rubbish. DO you think it's the same thing or something new?

Well, it turns out my recent weight loss in the past 3 weeks has been down to my anti depressants making me lose my appetite as one of their side effects. I could have lived with that one but sadly it seems to be wearing off just in time for christmas...

Reastie, Christmas with no appetite would be miserable, be glad it's returning.
Weighed in today to see how my ambitious Christmas target is coming along, 10st 9lb (2 off since Monday), now I'm only 1 away with 4 days to go. I can almost touch it!
My Easter target is a bit more NSV, as any more that comes off is just a bonus.
10st (or better) would be nice, I'd like to do Pilates once a week, fit nicely in a size 10, and tone my arms up for Easter (and hopefully vest weather?)

Bonkey are you any better today? Do you think its flu (and I do mean flu, not manflu).
Imst that is brilliant. The diet has really worked for you - where were you and how were you feeling a year ago?
Reastie, has the weight you've lost helped motivate you?
I'm doing ok, work night out tonight so I've eaten a bit more than I should, no bingeing and only 1 glass of wine. Going to have plenty of days off over Christmas, but they will b days off, not turning into weeks

Yes thanks I am! Still feeling abit weak but much much better. i think it was just a 24 hour thing . have kept down soup and a sandwich! I could almost feel my body absorbing the nutrients

I have decided that i am going to go and live somewhere germ infested - because logic is telling me that I will be completely well! Hospital?

I am going to get xmas out the way and then set a target for easter!

reastie Imst is right! Xmas with no appetite would be poo!
Completely forgets about current state of relationship with food
I will be eating a christmas dinner if it kills me! And it will be fecking lovely!!!

My target is next summer I want to weara my pre preg dresses to work. I have a stone ish to go. I'd love that so much. Norks yes it has motivated me to lose more weight I think - I'm feeling alot more confident in myself but I know I still have a fair way to go. Days off not weeks off will be the thing I think, not giving up over Christmas

Bonkey glad you're feeling better. Here's hoping onwards and upwards for you being healthy.

It's my birthday today which of course means cake DM has made me a lemon cake. I did ask for a fatless orange cake which has whole oranges pureed in it to bulk it up (so it's relatively healthy for a cake) but apparently it all went wrong when she tried cooking it so lemon cake it is!

Norks, last year I was eating everything within reach, just because it was there, not even because I was hungry.
I was finding size 18 a bit snug but refused to go to 20.
I could eat half a cheesecake or a box of chocs at one sitting (but never had cravings for either, just because they were there).
So much better this year, I eat only what I want to eat, and feel so much better without the weight. I recently held both of my friend's 8 month old twins, they were really heavy, then realised I'd lost more than their combined weight, I used to carry that much around all day!