Getting healthy and losing weight through the power of MOTIVATION

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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)
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Reastie, Happy birthday! Have today off and get back to it tomorrow.
I'm surprised how many December birthdays we have here though.

Happy birthday reastie
Imst that is amazing! Well done for making such a huge change to your life

Bonkey the bracelet has arrived and looks lovely, thank you. You must have sent it when you felt lousy. I'm trying it on at the moment and it will get its frat proper outing on Christmas day. :o

Hi everyone. Glad you're feeling a bit better again Bonkey.

Happy birthday reastie! Have a good one.

IMST all the best people are born in December don'tcha know.

I'm struggling. There's too much temptation at the moment. Too many nights out and a Dominos on my birthday just haven't helped. I am keeping off the alcohol for the most part which helps but I don't hold out too much hope for a loss on Christmas Eve.

Part of me just thinks forget it for now but I know if I don't keep half an eye on things I'll regret it in the new year.

Hello ,
Five Posted yesterday. I gave it to dh to post tues but he 'forgot' , couldn't get out weds! So pleased it got to you so quick the postie has done me proud for once

Happy Birthday reastie ! :)

Well done IMST.

I have had a realisation today!
I have lost another 2lbs this week no surprise really but I look at myself now and still feel I look over weight! I feel look better , my confidence is up, but with over a stone off I still feel I look overweight.
Which, makes me wonder how big i was in the first place and I must have been in denial, I really didn't think i was that big! Its a real eye opener and a push to crack on with this weight loss malarky once I am back to normal!

Been a funny day - it seems sandwiches more like plain bread atm are back on the menu . Kept getting dizzy spells and I am completely wiped out, again I'm guessing lack of food. Have discovered that fruit juice is also 'safe' for now so i will try and get some cals into me that way! Not feeling very festive at all yet, I'm hoping with ds off school it means we can do some bits together .

Right, I have a date with my bed, a hot water bottle and Magic Mike! yes I know, I know but this girl needs some hunky men in a crap film, in her life to cheer her up

I was feeling guilty that you had dragged yourself from your sick bed to post it to me :o
Hope you can build your strength up and start to feel better. Ikwym about denial, I finally feel like I am "fat" in the way other people are fat - they have a tummy that's too big, they know they need to cut down a bit. Before I was just huge all over but I don't think I realised how huge. I really want to be as healthy as I can be, and for me I think that means about another stone or so off, and more importantly, exercise. That really has to be my resolution I think.
As of this morning I am 11st dead on :o I want to get below that weight however slightly before Christmas, and my aim is that by Jan 2nd (back at work day) I am no more than 11s2 or 11s3. As of end of January I want to be well below 11st - to have seen the back of it entirely iykwim so that even if I have a few bad days I'm still nowhere near.
I'd like to set myself a target of 10st by DS's birthday at end of April. That seems reasonable, doesn't it?

Morning everyone.

Well done Norks. 10st by April seems doable to me.

I know what you mean too Bonkey. I think I'm beginning to be aware of how people see me and I don't like it. I've had one comment since I started to lose weight from someone who saw me without my usual layer of cardigans and was surprised I had a waist.

I don't like being seen as the chunky one. I don't really want people to think about my figure at all. I just want to be ordinary and blend in iyswim?

Hoping for a good day today as I have a party tonight. I can get away with good choices as its a buffet so portion control and salad are my friends. Not really drinking either so I should be ok there too.

What's everyone else up to?

am having a stir fry for lunch of just vegetables so should be OK to have a bit more tonight - having a "little bit of everything" type dinner.
Enjoy your party :)

Ooh. Stir fry sounds good. Something hot on this freezing day. Will you put chilli in it. I love chilli!

Like the thought of a little bit of everything dinner.

I've been tidying the bedrooms all morning (even got all the stuff out from under the bed and hoovered). Ditched a surprising amount of stuff, the paper recycling is 2/3 full and it was emptied last week.
The DCs have been so helpful I've let them have a "play bath" with lots of bubbles and all the bath toys. They think it's a treat, I know it'll get the bath toys clean too!
I went out last night (2 glasses of wine again, I'm a cheap date)
Others were eating, I held my resolve an didn't as I'd already had dinner.
I've changed MFP goals to losing 1lb a week as I'd like to slow the weight loss down now.

hair completely get what you mean about blending in and people not noticing your figure (in a good way). It's odd how much I've lost yet how chubby I still am - I think I was in denial too when I was at my biggest. I think I felt the same inside so I thought I looked to same to everyone else IYKWIM but obviously I didn't.

Norks love stir frys here too - I had stir fry veg and tofu for lunch with a baked potato and some spinach and watercress.

IMST you've done amazingly - well done. You're now where I can only dream of being!

I see SIL and BIL next Wednesday. I haven't seen them since I was 2 sizes bigger. SIL lost alot of weight a couple of years ago (I'm guessing she's gone down from a 16/18 - 10/12) and I don't know why this is so important to me and realise I sound a bit needy and in need of validation but I would love for her to notice

Christmas isn't going to be the happy festivity we had planned as my Grandad is very ill in hospital and it's hard to be so happy with that over my head. Hopefully he'll be OK though, but it was touch and go last night apparently :(

Oh no I'm sorry, hope he is stable, although I assume he will be in over Christmas? :(

I hope he picks up soon, what a worry for you.
We've all done really well since we started, almost 6 months ago now, we should give ourselves a pat on the back.
People notice weight loss less in the winter because of all the coats and jumpers, we'll all emerge in the spring like slim butterflies and amaze everyone that's my plan anyway

Aw reastie. Sending much love to you.

IMST I love the idea of emerging like a slim butterfly. :)

Oh reastie :( Fingers crossed he is ok! Sending lots of postive thoughts your way!

at slim butterflys! imst thats a great plan!
I am actually a bit miffed because my coat hangs round me now - I want to whip it off and strut around in a t-shirt thant hangs flat down
. Its too cold though - and I swear I am colder because I am less fat .

Thanks so much for your messages, unfortunately he died last night

I did my weigh in a day early and a 1lb loss . I'm fully expecting to put it back on in the next week but for now it's lost.

Bonkey you are definitely right - I think the thinner you are the less fat to keep you warm so the more you feel the cold. It's one of the downsides to being slim , but, my thinking is that if you are cold then your body has to work harder to keep you warm so you instantly burn more calories.

IMST I love the butterfly analogy. I think I might use the hungry caterpillar butterfly as my cover picture on fb in the spring (not that anyone will know why except me)

Oh reastie I'm so sorry x

:( reastie .
Thinking if you and your family x

Oh reastie so sorry for you and your family. Hope you are all ok. X :(

Getting in first for Christmas Eve weigh in:
10st 8lb I made it!
BMI 29.13, plenty of Christmas buffer against new year obesity.
How about the rest of you?

Well done IMST :o
I was 10s13 this morning so into the 10s :o 6 gingerbread christmas trees later I'm probably back up to 11s6 but am happy for now

Well done you two.

I don't know how I did it but 1lb off again. 10st12 this morning. I'm hopeful the damage won't be too bad next week.

Just wanted to say have a lovely Christmas to all of you and thank you for helping me and keeping me company over the last six months.

Cheers and have a good one!!!

Merry Christmas losers! Our present to ourselves is the weight we've lost and motivation we've gained. Enjoy today, no dieting allowed :)