NOW, or NEVER, no EXCUSES thread part 4.

[Tortoise]

Here we are, thread 4 .
Time for me to have a large kick up the arse and lose weight! (After Easter!)

3lbs off for me this week so down to 11st 6
welcome back youcan, main thing is you still want to lose weight and havent given up!
well done to everyone who s lost this week

It's been a busy weekend that involved lots of food so having reached 10st 5 last week for all of five minutes I'm back to 10 st 7. We had a party for dd1 and have another small one tomorrow so the house is still full of crisps and sweets which I've been unable to resist. I might have to throw the rest away on Wednesday which is wasteful but otherwise I'll eat them.

Youcan I'm sure you'll find your diet mojo when you get back into it. 5lbs is very ambitious, I hope you manage. Like cookie says it's great you haven't given up.

Cookie and tortoise well done! 1lb is still very good, if you did it every week it would be a good, steady loss.

2lb of for me . Happy with that as was up 3lb last week but have had ds1 birthday and yummy cake

Yikes johnny Shame not nearer or I offer you a teen to Hoover any left overs up

Youcan

Welcome back you came back so that's biggest step and look how much lighter you are than when first started

Tortoise

It will do it better slow than fast and fall of hard

Oh you have all done well! Well done
I have been for a run..had a good day and feeling optimistic for now. My target is still 10st 10 so nearly two stone to lose but achievable.

Goodluck for this week all

Hey youcan nice to see you!

Nice one all you losers too.

My weight is bouncing around like a helium balloon with an infuriated toddler attached....

Around 9st 11 again...but I have a couple of good weeks coming till the weekend of combined DD and DH birthdays anyway...

On the one hand 9 st 7 is starting to seem impossible...but on the other hand I have been between 9 st 7 and 10 st for over a month and a half now...so my long term goal is is getting met...just would have been nice to get down there once...

Icb. My weight doing the same I bounce between 9.7 and ten stone .

The fact you maintained it shows that mindset has changed and making right choices

Am back to working out as realised its only 16 weeks to my holiday and I will be wearing shorts for definite those two weeks

How's everyone doing so far this week?
I'm doing ok I think. I did have a twix yesterday!
Just have to keep it up!

Hi tortoise. I've had such a busy few days I haven't had time to do mfp or cook myself proper meals since Friday. I have been eating rubbish but then going without a meal. So yesterday I ate birthday cake and lots of sweets and then went without dinner. I have had a salad today and might take dds out for a pizza tonight so I can at least have a pizza express leggera which isn?t too bad at 500cals.

Still surrounded by sweets, finding it hard to resist but if I can just manage 2 or 3 good days it should get easier. If I can manage 5 good days I'd like to lose next Monday.

Hey - I have not been brilliant...I am having a mega stress as have an interview on Friday. Every few minutes I get palpitations and feel sick. i had some chocolate and half a glass of wine. I just needed something.

But I have still lost a couple of pounds so not completely ruined.

I am so cross at myself for getting into such a state. Rehearsing my interview with myself and I just blather on and then get mind blank. I have good answers but getting them out is proving awkward

tortoise how you feeling ? Better one twice than whole packet

youcan good luck for interview tomorrow . That's not bad at all

johnny yes party's dangerous time and it dies seem should name loudly

Been a busy week . Going only get worse with Summer fete coming up .But am trying not take eye of the ball . Though that day anything goes

Today not been so good. Cough has been worse and went to doctors. Chest etc clear so just my asthma playing up from having the cold. Have to use a preventer inhaler morning and night as well as my ventolin inhaler. Hopefully that will help it.
As for food, not as bad as I used to be but not great either.
DD1 has 4 friends coming round after school tomorrow for belated birthday treat. McDonalds has been requested!

Pre-weekend weighin very disappointing .

I don't know what's wrong with me today.
So far I've eaten...
Rice krispies square bar.
2 gold bars.
2 pks of crisps
Pot noodle

Plus a frij milkshake.
And having McDonalds tonight .

Hey I agree macdonalds it is then

Tortoise do you think when weighed in and scales were not good that you had a feck it moment ?

I know if I do and they up I tend think oh well might as well eat what ever

I'm not sure Human. The trouble is I don't think before I eat. Just grab whatever out of the cupboard when I walk through kitchen.
Will have to try and have a better weekend.

Can you put them in a box with lid inside cupboard as gives you that few seconds more to think
Could not complete workout this morning ds3 woke early 6am . Trouble is by tonight once little two down I can rarely be arsed to do it . Looks like I need back to getting up at crack of dawn

Lost that last 1lb that had put on and it took another one with it so 2lb of for me and back to maintaining

No more meals out or anything planned to 30th June summer fete . I'm either going end up eating crap with nerves or be do busy wont have time to eat . Then next one be ds3 birthday end if July

Well done human. How did you lose that weight? Was it using 5:2? Or did you spend a week dieting again? I am interested because I lost 2.5 lbs and am less than 10st5 so thinking about maintaining. Having met my target of 10st5 I now have a new target of 10st. I might lower that again as I saw a video of me taken at the weekend in which I still looked larger than I would like. I'm short so wouldn't exactly be tiny if I were 9st 7.

Youcan I hope your interview went well.

Well done johnny though just check your perception of self is not of .

I find I'm more critical of myself weight wise than i was when was far bigger

I did 4/3 to loose it but back 5/2 to maintain

Well done on losses.
I lost 1lb somehow. Have been terrible all weekend .
Still have really bad cough. I can't do much without getting wheezy and short of breath then coughing. Pelvic floor muscles are failing too and I keep leaking when I cough too much (sorry tmi there lol)
DDs are sad that we can't go out for a day out as I'm just not up to it .

Tortoise I'm sorry to hear you're not better. A lb is brilliant, I disn't really think I deserved my loss either but just as I don't lose weight some weeks I've been disciplined I suppose there'll be weeks I lose when I don't deserve it. Thought humans idea of putting foods in box is good. Might do that myself.

Human my self image is so weird. Every objective measure tells me I look better yet I am more critical than I used to be. It's not helped that I seem to be between sizes. So today's size 12 trousers are far too big but my size 10s fit but with muffin top. Might stop when I am properly size 10 with most clothes. I always wanted to just have healthy BMi but my vanity wants me to be smaller now. When I started (at 191lbs) my goal (145) seemed completely unobtainable, now I'm thinking of 133.

torotise 1lb is good especially with not feeling well .hope you feel better soon

johnny

intresting i am the same about being critical about myself now im a normal weight/size and lowered my goal to when got to my orginal

HAven't weighed in today as had a bingy weekend with parents visiting.

On the plus side I went shopping and bought lots of size 10, 8 and one 6!?! (vanity sizing gorn MAD) dresses though...

Shopping is such a massively different experience now I try stuff on and actually kinda like what I see!

So I think I have my wardrobe sorted for the summer...although my work colleagues are going to pitch a fit when they discover I have legs..

On the minus side my DM seems pretty ill at the moment and I fear the melanoma may be rampaging.

She tried some stuff on and wouldn't have any of it because the necks were a bit lower and showed more of her black spots :(

Back on the plus side, she has actually already beaten the average life expectancy - so we shouldn't be too glum. Although next xmas is still looking unlikely.

Thanks . Will be phoning Drs 1st thing tomorrow. Too make me feel even worse, I now have a huge cold sore on my bottom lip and a small one on top lip .

In bed but can't sleep for coughing. I've been awake since 6am.

ICB Shopping trip sounds great.