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NOW or NEVER, NO EXCUSES thread Part 3

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CheckpointCharlie · 07/12/2012 19:29

Ooooooohhhh, that's exciting, and a bit of an honour, I feel like the Leader!

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TheHumancatapult · 11/01/2013 17:21

Icb

Sorry but that just made me laugh out loud as for other thread never saw it as admit I tend stick to this one and not been on MN much as been browsing Disney stuff

Checkpoint glad you went better safe than sorry and Ekk on nurse but glad she did it sensitive and as for clothe size think can depend where Yiu carry the weight

Wow fuckitu go you and yup buying new clothes makes you feel good and incentive

Stands upwind of tortoise Wink

I may have a day of end of month am meeting the person that got me into the yoga I Di and been key support in helping adapt and nagging and kicking my arse
He is in uk on work stuff and flying in to airport near me So has messages to say he wants to treat me to lunch ( he is married but he not a sleeve do speak to his wife who thanked me as I nag him to do his stuff to )so on based its a rare treat I shall have a fuck it lunch and accept the gain )

FuckityFuckFuck · 11/01/2013 17:37

Charlie I have the 'advantage' of being 6ft, so I can get away with being heavier than normal sized people.

I glad the palpatations were fine, and it's always good that you know you are already taking steps to prevent diabetes :)

Does anybody fancy a lesson about Saturn? It's currently DS' favourite planet and he has been teaching me about it for 3 bloody days now. He's 3 and the lessons are very short and repetitive and I am slowly losing my mind Confused

ICBINEG · 11/01/2013 17:42

hmm the doctors weight thing...I have gone in to my last 5 or so appointments massively gunned up and prepared to talk about weight. And of course noone has mentioned it.

And then they just drop it on you when you aren't expecting it.

I also think they should ask you what you are doing about weight already before mentioning it or giving advice etc. Some people are in denial and may be very very shocked. Others already have a working plan in action and the last thing a doctor to do is derail that with a misplaced comment.

So erm basically they should suss out the landscape a bit before diving in...

ICBINEG · 11/01/2013 17:43

FFF ohhh I would LOVE to hear about saturn!

ICBINEG · 11/01/2013 17:49

saturn...what do I know about saturn....

It is big...although not as big as Jupiter. It has loadsa moons and of course the rings. It is a gas giant. It is 6th furthest from the sun...

hmm not that much it turns out. The words cassini divide have also emerged but disconnected from any sort of context...something to do with the rings maybe...gah stupid brain.

I don't even know if like Jupiter it has a solid core or if it isn't big enough for the gravitational pressure to have condensed one...well I guess it must be at leasta liquid...

FuckityFuckFuck · 11/01/2013 17:51

I'll send him over in the morning ICB Grin I am trying to gently steer him towards the solar system as a whole (for variety) but it just comes back to 'Saturns rings are made of ice that has clumped together, Saturn has seven rings' lmao

I've been trying to find some good websites for him to have a play about on but they all seem to be for older children, so if you or anybody knows a good one for a 3 year old?

If only he would apply his brain to other things like, ya know, doing his trousers up after going to the toilet

FuckityFuckFuck · 11/01/2013 17:54

Apparently it has a middle of rock and ice but is then layers of farts (I presume he means gas. Thanks Grandad Hmm), but then he got annoyed because I told him he would't be able to walk on it

His solution? I want a spacesuit for my birthday, then I'll be able to!

TheHumancatapult · 11/01/2013 18:04

Well I can offer a child give lessons in Pokermon every fact you did not want to know

FuckityFuckFuck · 11/01/2013 19:25

Deal! I know nothing about Pokemon apart from Pikachu so at least I'll be learning something new!

CheckpointCharlie · 11/01/2013 19:54

Ahhhh, sweet! My dd who is just 4 has a poster in her room with all the planets on, I got it from the local garden centre and it is brill, has a little fact box about each planet too, would that help? Or usbourne might do some chld friendly websites, will have a look!

human that sounds exciting, is he a kind of guru then?

I really don't mind about the mentioning the weight thing, I was sat up with my top hoiked up on a wheely chair thing, so not my most flattering position, but she is right and I am really not easily offended at all. She had been telling me about a 60 year man who had just been in for a blood test ( I had one first and she asked me if I was ok with it, and I said 'i have had two children crack on) and he had whimpered and flinched, I was laughing so much at that I think she thought we were mates!!!!! Grin

The book is good, very slimming worldy ie eat 7 portions of starch a day, 8 portions of veg or fruit, 3 of protein and only 100 calories from fat. So very sensible and actually much better than MFP which is quite limiting for pasta and rice etc. so I might use that instead.

Either way it is a good wake up call, and in fact a distinct reality unless I get my arse (literally) sorted out!

Haing said that, it is Friday and I have some wine with my name on a a thread full of drunk people to deal with!

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Youcanringmybell · 11/01/2013 20:10

Oh bless CCC - enjoy the wine. You have a thicker skin than me!! Bring the book next friday x

Fuxkity - your son sounds adorable. Same age as mine?? My ds is 4 in March?

CheckpointCharlie · 11/01/2013 20:12

Will do babes.

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FuckityFuckFuck · 11/01/2013 20:31

Enjoy the wine Charlie I might have a cheeky rum and coke later on but not enough for the drunk thread.

Youcan Yep, he's 4 in Feb. This age is soooo much fun, despite how exhaausting it is

Youcanringmybell · 11/01/2013 21:35

Ah Fuckity - yes but so sweet. My ds has some days where he is very trying but other days when i could just eat him he is so adorable.

Schooldidi · 11/01/2013 21:41

ICB I really laughed at your swimming pool escapade. That sounds like something I would do, but of course I would have a 2yo with me as well and she would probably climb into the locker or run off so I would be unable to run after her.

FFF My dd2 has just discovered letters and I get a constant stream of 'look, there's B for me, there's m for you, and d for daddy'. Wherever we go she is spotting letters that belong to people. It's lovely but it's driving me mad. I'd like some facts about Saturn for a change, can we swap for a while (does yours sleep? If so would you be willing to swap permanently?)?

CCC I was told that 3.5 years ago and it's taken me this long to do anything about it Blush. I went to the GP about my fertility and she found I have pcos which often leads to diabetes as it can cause insulin resistance (which makes it harder to lose weight but easier to put it on apparently). I did lose about 2 stone but then fell pg, which was in fact my aim, so pretty much fell off the losing weight wagon. I'm a bit blase about getting diabetes though as most of my family have it so I'm pretty much resigned to getting it at some point and I'll just control it with medication or insulin. My mum was diagnosed 33 years ago and it's only just starting to affect her in any way. It is better to do something about trying to avoid it though, which is partly why I'm here, as well as wanting to feel better about myself and to be in tip top condition for when I persuade dp to have another baby.

FuckityFuckFuck · 11/01/2013 22:37

We could all set up child-swap days so we can talk about something different! Sadly, mine isn't a sleeper :(

For the last week, OH has been sleeping downstairs so he doesn't keep elbowing me in the back and DS has got into a routine of sleeping in his bed, then about 2am climbing in with me, and then about 5am going downstairs and climbing in with OH until it's time to get up. He's going to be gutted when OH can come back with me again Grin

Although it will stop him watching stupid shopping adverts in the morning. He was asking me about what I had on my boobs yesterday and then in all seriousness, started telling me about a genie bra that will give me boobs when mine disappear and how it has pads to give me shape Shock

TheHumancatapult · 12/01/2013 08:03

Fuckity in that case mine is all yours he was still awake at 11pm !! He is good and stays in room but sleep for the weak mind maybe reason is often falls asleep on way home from school ( has hour ride as in speech unit )

Hehe love the bra reccomendatikns will ask him one for me I quite like mine ti disappear

Checkpoint

Guru no just flaming obsessed with them

Youcan enjoy the wine

Ok is it wrong I have enjoyed looking at menus for holiday so can plan where we eat that know my fusspot kids will eat as have to book character meals in March even though not till September . But I'm planning in my head what will eat

Ccc I saw a Differnt a locum and he mentioned my weight recently I nearly twatted him when he said I need loose a little bit as classed as overweight . Told my nice Gp And he laughed said considering what I was and classed as morbid obese being overweight is nothing and to ignore him

JohnnyDeppsfuturewife · 12/01/2013 11:26

icb how funny! Nice to have a hunky lifeguard, that's even more of a reason to go swimming (hopefully he won't remember you're the woman who got stuck to the locker)

fuckitty well done on loss, at 14 I bet you look great.

ccc glad nurses comments didn't upset you. I got told off for being obese when I was expecting dd2 and it upset me. Such a bad time to say it, it's not like you can lose weight and exercise, and I was eating healthily and avoiding the stuff they tell you to.

I had a bad day yesterday.

  1. Man on busy train gave his seat to me, must look pregnant. Is it possible every part of me is shrinking except my stomach? Saw a friend and she said 'wow your arms have shrunk' my arms weren't big before but now it seems they're tiny.
  2. Tried on leggings and nasty gym clothes for my pilates course which starts next week and i just about squeezed into a 14. I hate vanity sizing, most of my clothes now are a 12 but I choose generous brands so I am in denial about my real size which probably is a 14. Anyway I look awful and it's put me right off my classes. It's like a catch 22, I don't want to do any exercising until I look less like a blob but I won't look less like a blob until I exercise.
  3. Ate 4 cakes (but they were small) as a result of the above 2 but went without dinner so hopefully it won't make too much of a difference, I've been healthyish the rest of the week.

My dds are obsessed with the moon. But I think that's because they don't like going to bed and the moon comes out at bedtime so it's a delaying tactic to ask to look for the moon!

TheHumancatapult · 12/01/2013 12:06

Johnny I know it seems hard thinking everyone be slim and toned bit often they ate not and a right mix of people . The gym bunnies tend not to much as its not high impact

Man in train may just been brought up to offer a woman a seat on a train both my boys would do automatically for a older person or a woman or a young child as otherwise they know I growl at them to do anyway

Yup I felt like slapping and saying Ffs not easy to loose weight in one if these things and deck it 8 stone is good going so stick it in pipe and smoke after you removed head from own arse

Youcanringmybell · 13/01/2013 08:17

Morning

well...Johnny - sounds liek no damage done at all if you skipped dinner. Not something you should do oftne Young lady but I know how the things you mentioned can make you feel shit. I had a small cookie yesterday....I just could not refuse when I gave the kids some.

Human - how you feeling for weigh in tomorrow? You must get so excited on a sunday to see what good you have done?? I am feeling like I have lost abit...hopefully a good chunk of the 5.5 pounds I put on. I am back MFP now and tryin to do less than 1000 until I catch up with xmas weight gain.

So I will be taking some little green pillstonight. Because I have been on mainly soup and cereal bars I think I have visited the WC about once this week and feel bloated - TMI I know Blush

Anyhoo...just thought i would say 'hi'. Goodluck for tomorrow weigh in ladies. I am ever surprised that we are still here, in touch and dealing with our weight one bastard pound at a time.

TheHumancatapult · 13/01/2013 08:33

Youcan

It's slowed down now so not Look quite as good as it did before but will keep going chipping away at the weight and still using the smaller goals method

Yup youcan tip drink lots and lots of water with tablets and if Yiu can drink hit water they work better ( I have a non functioning bowel due to accident so rely on the little pills to work and yes I always do on a Subday ready for weigh In Monday

Yup were here and Loosibg slowly we can do it ladies it's not if Yiu fall it's how you pick self up and try again

Schooldidi · 13/01/2013 08:56

Is it ok if I weigh in on a Sunday as I'm always really busy on a Monday? I'm going to anyway, so I hope nobody minds. I weighed this morning and now weigh 14st 5.5lbs. That's a loss of 3.5lbs this week so I'm really pleased with myself Grin.

FFF I'd love a child swap day. I'm not sure dd2 would enjoy it though as she is cripplingly shy and will not speak to people she doesn't know well, even mil gets the cold shoulder a lot of the time and she obviously does know her.

Youcan I hope this isn't a long term plan to restrict yourself so much and then take pills, it's really not a healthy way to lose weight . You need to make sure your body is getting the right amount of nutrients you know.

Johnny A lot of men give up their seats for women, whether they are pregnant or not so don't worry about that. As for gym/pilates clothes, I wear loose 'yoga pants' and a big tshirt. I still look shit but not as shit as if I tried to wear leggings. I don't think they are a particularly good look for anyone. BUT I don't think anyone will notice how you look in your gym clothes, they'll all be too self-conscious about how they look in theirs, I know I never notice what other women are wearing.

Human you'd think locums would want to avoid conversations about weight wouldn't you? They don't know your history or anything.

My af is now 5 days late. Time to POAS for most people isn't it? BUT I have pcos and for most of my life I wouldn't even have noticed that I was late because I was so irregular. It's only the past year that I've been regular enough to notice it. I don't want to get my hopes up so I'm pretending not to notice that I'm late for another week or so (although I did buy a couple of tests yesterday in case I change my mind)

Youcanringmybell · 13/01/2013 09:33

POAS!!!! I am so excited for you.........good luck didi!!

I am only on under 100 for this week trying to get rid of xmas weight gain. Then back to 1200 a day Smile

Schooldidi · 13/01/2013 10:16

Thing is, I would be excited, but dp would be horrified. So I'm rather in 2 minds about it. It's very unlikely as we've only dtd twice this month and used condoms both times with no accidents that we noticed. But then again I said that this time last year and I was, but then had a mc, after spending weeks persuading dp that it wasn't the end of the world to be having another baby. That's another reason I don't want to POAS, if it's a bfp then I have a period tomorrow then it's a miscarriage, but if I don't then it's just a period that happened to be late iyswim.

TheHumancatapult · 13/01/2013 10:46

Didi

Maybe give it a few more days then so are a couple weeks then retest . Loosing weight can help with pcos