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The 'Avoid The Quiche' Quiche- Part 2!!!

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HenriettaPye · 26/08/2013 19:53

Hi all!! (waves!)

Cant believe our last thread filled up so quickly!

For those of you who don't know us, the 'Avoid the Quiche' Quiche is a group of people who all want to lose a substantial amount of weight (no coming on here complaining about the half a stone you desperately need to lose, thanks very much!) We all have different personal goals and reasons for wanting to lose weight, whether it be for a special holiday coming up, to aid fertility or to be healthier. This thread is a place to share your highs and lows, talk to like minded people, get encouragement and offer support to others when they need it!

Official weigh in day is Wednesday- Slimmer of the week will get a virtual bunch of flowers, woohoo!! Flowers

I personally am aiming to lose 6 stone. It wont be easy but i've got a great bunch of ladies behind me keeping me focused and for that i'm very grateful! Smile

OP posts:
MiaWallace · 04/09/2013 09:31

2lb for me this week. I'm a daily weigher and was potentially in for a bigger loss this week but then I overindulged yesterday.

I'm back to work tomorrow after having the summer off. It means avoiding naughty food will be easier but it will be more difficult to find time to exercise.

Congratulations to everyone this week whether you lost, gained or stayed the same. As long as we keep returning to the thread then it means we are trying to do something about our weight.

In the 4 weeks since this thread has been running we have seen a lot of people come and go already. Phantom it shows your commitment that you haven't left us Smile

MiaWallace · 04/09/2013 09:32

ooops just to make it clear that's 2lb off

IKnewHouseworkWasDangerous · 04/09/2013 09:45

Mia you couldnt be more right. We are still here a month later. We are still going. Ok it may be slow going but we are still here and it is going!

Thanks for that.

LegoAcupuncture · 04/09/2013 10:14

Well done everyone on the losses, especially birding who is in the magic 100's.

I too lost 2lbs this week (WI on Monday) so looks like 2lbs is the running theme this week Grin

ThwartedbyMum · 04/09/2013 13:15

I joined the thread in the first week then fell of the wagon so didnt revisit. However, I restarted last Wednesday and I have lost 7lbs this week which I am extremely happy with!
Starting weight 17.0
Current Weight 16.7
It is so nice to be able to share this with people who understand!

MiaWallace · 04/09/2013 13:16

Yay, glad to have you back with us Thwarted. Well done on your great loss.

Sirzy · 04/09/2013 13:55

well done Thwarted. Stick with it!

2lb a week will do nicely, even 1lb a week will do as long as it is going down. I am going to be 30 in january and want to be under 12 stone at that point so need to lose 1 stone 8 between now and then which shouldn't be impossible should it? 18 weeks to lose 20 lbs sounds realistic?

Debs75 · 04/09/2013 14:19

Weighing In: 14 stone 5 pounds.

A slight gain of half a pound so back on track now the kids are back at school. Definitely going to be a loss next week

LayMizzRarb · 04/09/2013 14:49

bloody bloody bloody one 1b on. so blimmin unfair! I only slipped up 1 day, and then not spectacularly. And I have been super strict in the 3/4 days since.

Not giving up though.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

HenriettaPye · 04/09/2013 15:38

Well done on all the losses everyone! I've slipped up majorly today! Was in m&s cafe with my mum this afternoon and had a cheese scone and piece of choc chip shortbread! BlushBlush

Will have to use today as my treat day. Wink

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Sirzy · 04/09/2013 15:52

Lay - don't worry you will be back on track next week I am sure!

cq · 04/09/2013 16:04

0.8lb gain this week. Sob. But I deserve it, have allowed myself to be sabotaged by other people this week - why do birthdays revolve around food and drink? I should have planned better Hmm

Onward and downward though - I am still tracking and still posting here so that is keeping me from straying too far off the straight and narrow.

IsaacCox · 04/09/2013 16:25

Iknew I have PCOS but I don't think it's affecting my weight loss, I think the exercise I do helps though.

I have spent about 4 and a half hours painting today- and that's just one coat on one wall thanks to a stupidly small paint brush! I was thinking of the calories burning away whilst doing it and dancing to the music stations Grin

I've realised that I have now lost 10% of my body weight which I know is a good thing and reading the benefits on here I'm hoping it does help with fertility and kicks off my periods! I know the day I get one I'll want to be shouting it from the rooftops Grin

Well done on all the losses and don't let staying the same/gaining stop you. It's just one week out of 52 in a year :)

Lorelai · 04/09/2013 17:15

I made some cookies with the girls this afternoon, and they smell soooo good. I was seconds from eating one but I resisted and had an Alpen light bar instead. Phew, that was close :)

clarinetV2 · 04/09/2013 17:23

I feel a ranty, preachy thing coming on, so this could be a long post! I'll preface it by saying I went on my first diet aged 9 in the mid-70s, and I've been yo-yo dieting ever since, never getting below 11 stone in my adult life before putting it all back on again. So in one way it's deeply ironic that I'm about to launch into a lecture on weight loss, but in another way I do know what I'm talking about. Smile I can't just read people beating themselves up about only losing a pound, or nothing, or gaining a pound and not say this... partly because so many of my failed attempts at weight loss have failed when I've had a couple of weeks of no loss or slight gain, thought, 'Right, that's it, there's no point in me depriving myself of all my lovely treats if I'm not going to lose weight anyway', taken refuge in food to make myself feel better, and hey presto there I am back at 15 stone.

So I've just done a calculation. Since I began this latest (most successful ever) weight loss plan just over a year ago, I've lost an average of 1.46 pounds a week, rounded to the nearest hundredth. But I don't think there are any weeks when I've lost exactly that!! A lot of weeks, particularly at the beginning, I could lose three or four pounds in a week. But they were always interspersed with weeks of losing much less, or nothing, or slight gains. Sometimes it was explicable - I'd gone off plan, or had made an advance plan to eat more than usual (e.g. Christmas/New year, and again on holiday back in July). But mostly it wasn't. Bodies are unpredictable, and often, for no apparent reason, I would go a week or two without losing anything, even when my calorie intake and activity levels were the same as the week before when I'd lost three pounds or whatever. In April/May I managed a whole five weeks without losing a single pound, and then with no change in eating plan or activity levels, began losing again. I have a bit of a theory that those of us who are/have been significantly overweight and have yo-yo dieted might have bodies that are even less predictable than the average, but I have no idea whether that's scientifically possible. However, what I have noticed is that lately my weight loss is doing what it 'should' much more predictably. I know that I'm taking in 3500 calories less than I'm using each week, and I'm now almost always losing the pound a week that the textbooks say I should (ha! I bet all that changes next week now I've said it...)

But I really want to say to those of you who are feeling bad about little or no weight loss or slight weight gain, please don't worry about it. Bodies do that. You're in it for the long haul, and there will be setbacks for no apparent reason. If you've stuck anywhere close to whatever plan you're following, give yourself a huge pat because you've made healthy but not always easy choices and you deserve to feel very proud of that, no matter what the scales say. There are three big things that have made a difference to me this time around, and one of them is accepting that my poor, addicted body which I have mistreated for so long is not going to meekly fall into line and do exactly as expected. So take a deep breath, hang on in there, keep making the healthiest choices that you can, and you'll see the weight go eventually. If it doesn't, that's probably the time to take medical advice.

OK, rant over!! Hope it's not too preachy.

moonshine · 04/09/2013 17:30

Mm, M & S scones - can't resist them, nor the toasted cheese & ham sandwich they serve in their cafes.

I've somehow lost 2.5lbs this week, although, being a daily weigher, I know most of that went in the first 2 days so have sts for quite a few days. Was hoping to lose a quick 2 stones over the next few weeks as I feel how I look holds me back from certain things, including looking for another job (hate mine atm). But, somehow, have managed to get an 'informal' interview this Friday so I have to put the 'front' on.

It's strangely 'comforting' to see others lose slowly, despite lots of effort and having a fair bit to lose - it makes me feel like I may not not have a uniquely freaky metabolism after all.

Sirzy · 04/09/2013 17:32

fantastic post Clarinet, it is so easy to get caught in the week on week weight without looking at the bigger picture.

How many of us feel so much healthier already for eating better and exercising more? I have certainly noticed much more energy and an ability to run around after DS without getting breathless.

Lorelai · 04/09/2013 17:39

Spot on clarinet. It is so true.

Sirzy, yes, I have been feeling loads healthier - my insides almost feel 'clean' if that makes sense? Having trouble sleeping though which is odd, it's as if I have too much energy!

LegoAcupuncture · 04/09/2013 17:56

Excellent post Clarinet.

Daily weighers, you need to stop! No good can come from weighing each day. I know I faulter if I weigh mid week, learnt hat lesson a couple of weeks ago. So please, just tis week try not to weigh yourself until weigh day, you might be pleasantly surprised.

I sorted through my coat cupboard yesterday and got rid of last years coats. They are all frumpy badly fitting coats more suited for a 60 year old, yet I am only 32. I bought myself a lovely coat from Next in the sale a few months ago and it didnt fit, was very snug, yesterday it fitted lovely and dare I say it, come winter I might not fit into it Shock. However, it is still nice having an actual proper "trendy" coat ready to wear rather than an Ebay special.

So my inspiration for today is, I want to be able to buy my clothes with confidence, not from larger ladies sops, from any shop I choose and OT look frumpy.

MiaWallace · 04/09/2013 18:25

I have just been trying on my work clothes ready to go back and I'm no longer a 22. I'm a comfortable 20. Still a long way to go but it has put a smile on my face Grin

Reastie · 04/09/2013 18:41

Absolutely clarinet well said. I try to think of it as a marathon not a sprint (someone on another mn thread introduced this analogy to me and I like it). 1 lb a week is GOOD. Keep that up most weeks and in a year that's over 3 stone.

Mia a size down, that's fab

Lego coat too big? Also excellent.

Keep getting more weight loss comments at work, it seems I have made a real difference this summer Grin .

LegoAcupuncture · 04/09/2013 18:51

Yay! Well done Mia.

Reastie, I'm gutted I've gone into work and nobody has commented on my weight loss. Suppose it will take a few stone before anyone notices anyway.

SummerHoliDidi · 04/09/2013 18:59

Great post clarinet. Where were you on Saturday when I was ranting at my sw group?

I lost 1.5lbs over the past 2 weeks. I got very annoyed and ranted about how I'd been so good and I deserved more, especially when others had eaten loads of rubbish and still lost more than me. Blush I have since worked out that I was hormonal which explains not losing as well as my stressy rant. I think this week should be more even though I've had 2 greasy school dinners this week.

iknew I've got pcos too and I sometimes think it's affecting my weightloss but I'm not sure if that's just an excuse.

phantomhairpuller · 04/09/2013 19:12

My knee support arrived so I've just done my first C25K run!! I'm so frikking proud of myself!! Grin

I ran all the running bits and even had a random burst of energy when I'd finished (i went too far so had quite a long walk home Blush) so ran for a bit then too!

This is a major achievement for me- I am NOT a natural runner!! Wink

Sirzy · 04/09/2013 19:14

Well done Mia and Lego on shrinking a dress size :)

Phantom - well done for getting back into the excerise!