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

[HenriettaPye]

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!!

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!

wow Reastie. Your photo is amazing on MFP

Yes Reastie I'm a teacher too. I think work has really contributed to my weight.

Last academic year our school was in special measures with Ofsted expected at any point. Thankfully when Ofsted finally arrived we were graded as good.

The pressure last year was immense though. Weekly observations combined with regular drop ins resulted in the whole staff being stressed. It didn't make for a good working environment.

Hopefully now Ofsted is off our backs things will be a bit more relaxed and I won't be turning to wine and rubbish food just to reward myself for getting through another day.

I'm a teacher too. We had ofsted last year but I can't imagine working under that sort of pressure. Thankfully I work in a very supportive and hard-working department. I just wish that smt would recognize that and possibly even congratulate us on getting the best results in the school. But no, not a word has been said to us, all just moaning about lower exam results than expected - in other departments, ours were better than ever before.

I lost 2.5lbs this week, taking me to 1st 2lbs in total. I'll tell you again on Wed so I'm included on the official list

Thanks for asking Reastie. I'm doing ok. Gritting teeth (although a cheeky look this morning said no change).

Hope everyone has a good day!

Thanks mia . We had ofsted (well the private school equivalent of) a year ago and got outstanding. There was huge pressure before then on us and it seems to have not let up since . We still get alot of unplanned drop in observations (so I'm permanently on tenterhooks as I worry about these things) and so much paperwork, I've been marking baseline tests we've had to do the first week of term all this morning . It's even harder for me as I teach cooking so I have the lovely smell of cakes and jam tarts etc to contend with when I work to have to resist! It's impossible not to get hungry! It's good for the school the SLT are being on our backs so much as there are great improvements but it's so stressful. That was a bit dull wasn't it...

Summer well done on the loss

Lay glad you're OK and still plodding on working on it.

Good news is a did insanity first thing today. Been since Sunday that I last did a workout and I felt it today.

Am feeling glad I'm not a teacher...

Today was to have been a treat day. But on Wednesday I went to a work event run by another part of the organisation - they were doing a kind of 'meet us and hear about what we do', and there were take-away bags of goodies at the end. I thought all the goodies were leaflets, pens, pads, that sort of thing, in a canvas bag, but when I got back to my office and emptied everything out there was a 100g bar of Divine dark chocolate lurking at the bottom. Now, I don't particularly like dark chocolate, but coming across it unawares as it were meant I didn't have a chance to muster my usual strategies for chocolate avoidance. Which meant that before I knew what I was doing it was eaten!! I won't let it do any damage - I'm making up for it today by not having the lovely Milky Bar I was looking forward to. But I'm cross with myself because I'm having to forgo my favourite chocolate for something I didn't particularly enjoy. Grrrr.

That actually wasn't the news I'd come on here to share. With the weather turning colder I thought I'd look out the winter clothes I bought last autumn, see what they're like on me now. I was very happy when I bought them as they were size 18 below and 20 up top, down from 22/24 in previous winters. I tried them today but they are hopelessly baggy. I really do look silly in them. I can't afford a whole load of new clothes again - and for now I'm OK with the warm weather clothes in size 14/16 I bought last spring, though they're pretty baggy now as well. But I thought I'd at least go and look in some of the shops even if I have to hold off until it gets really cold as I haven't got cash to spare. I can't tell you what a pleasure it is to go into normal shops and try on ordinary clothes, not just get anything that happens to be there in a 22. So I gave size 12/14 a go. Too big!! Incredibly, I am now a size 10 below and 12 up top, and even that's quite generous because I don't like tight-fitting clothes. I can't believe it. I never, ever, thought I would be buying clothes in those sizes. Now all I have to do is save up so that I can actually buy something. It's the weirdest feeling.

I am having a bad few days food wise but today I am dressed in all size 14 clothes which in itself is a miracle.

Really jealous of you clarinet and Sirzy. I wish 'normal' size clothes fitted me.

Not going to happen anytime soon though. Had a bad couple of days regarding food. Need to get my head back in the game.

I was size 20 when I started. Will be happy when i can get into size 12, would love to get into size 10 bottoms eventually but not expecting that any time soon!

That's a really bad sentence.

I wish 'normal' size clothes fitted me.

I wish I could fit into 'normal' size clothes

I'm really jealous of size 10-12. That's fabulous. I'm aiming for size 14 as that's the size I was before dd1 (14 years ago). I'm quite tall and busty so I think I might look a bit silly if I managed to get smaller than that. Even dd1 is a size 12 up top and she's only 13! I did manage to do up a pair of size 16 trousers this morning but they're still a bit tight to wear outside my bedroom camel toe

Wow, this dress size reduction is very motivating. I was a size 22 this time last year and in the past month I've discovered I'm now a size 14 which I'm really proud of. I love the fact I'm not limited by which shops sell 'plus size' clothes (I remember going shopping and quietly sobbing I could buy clothes from barely any of the shops as they were all too small for me). That's not meant as a show off at all btw, it's meant as a 'if I can get there you can too' type of comment.

So it was Pizza Hut dnephew decided on. I feel I did pretty well. Diet cokes and a bowl of salad with the tiniest amount of sauce then a super thin prawn pizza with more salad at about 600 cals. Hoping it shows on weigh in tomorrow

wow well done on all the dropped dress sizes that's brilliant!!

I honestly cannot ever imagine getting into 'normal' size clothes. I remember being so chuffed many many years ago when I had dieted previously and I bought a size 14 shirt from miss selfridge!!

sirzy how long has it taken you to get to a 14?

argh half a post - I can't post properly on this phone!

well done debs on your pizza hut choices, I went to my dnieces party a couple of days ago and resisted all the party nibble except a little piece of pizza. It just made me realise how many calories I would normally consume if I wasn't on a diet, I would usually devour all the dips hmm I love dips, and probably nibble the whole time I was there.

If anyone would like to add me on mfp I am jessicamancs

MissElodie, it's true, watching what you eat really does show you how easy it was to consume so many calories previously.
For instance, I love onion rings, but a bowl of them (as served in a Beefeater restaurant for a starter) is one whole day of WW points!
I would have then had a steak and jacket pot and thought myself as being restrained [smie]

MiaWallace, you an me both; it will be lovely to buy 'normal clothes' again. I'm just outside of Marks and Spencer size range. Keep with it - we can do it.
Debs75 - I'm impressed at your restraint. I know how easy it is to say 'just this once'

Hi all. I haven't posted for a while but have been reading all your posts. I've been struggling with motivation a bit the last few days, was very tired Friday night and didn't have much food in the house, so reported to a Chinese :( I justified it to myself at the time, by thinking about not wanting to deprive myself, occasional treats are ok etc, but I do now wish I hadn't done it. Funnily enough I managed to cook a healthy meal last night without going shopping, so there clearly was enough food in the house!

Anyway, I am back on track now, all this talk of normal size clothes is inspiring me. One of my biggest motivations at the moment is being able to fit into the 'normal' scrubs at work instead of having to have my own pair of out size ones which are a different colour to everyone else :( I don't think I will manage it for when I go back in Oct but I definitely will by my next placement in the spring!

Hopefully I'm getting some motivation back.

Started well this morning. I've done my hip hop abs workout and going to try and do another one this evening.

Porridge for breakfast.
Plan to have poached egg on wholemeal toast for lunch
lean pork and vegetables for dinner

Will treat myself to hot chocolate made with skimmed milk this evening.

Hi everyone. Reastie, Sirzy and Clarinet, your stories about how you have dropped so many dress sizes are really inspiring, thanks for sharing with us. Whilst it can feel so sloooow while we are trying up lose the weight, it puts it in perspective to think that from one winter to the next it can make such a difference- worth having even if 1-2lbs feels slow at the time. I am going to visualise my size 14 self going for my final wedding dress fitting next spring. It should be realistic as I am an 18-20 now but somehow I have trouble imagining myself ever that slim.

The wedding yesterday was lovely. It rained during the ceremony but not the rest of the time so sandals okay. I was quite bad food-wise. Was a rush to get there on time so no time to grab a sandwich for early lunch. Ceremony at 12, meal at 4. Drinking in between, so when someone offered me a sustaining snickers bar I ate it . Then there were a few canapés, then the meal (prawn starter then salmon, nice and not too naughty), sticky toffee pud, chocolate wedding cake (had only a small bit, left icing) and a bacon roll much later ( I left most of the bread). Still pretty calorific even though I didnt feel as though i had eaten a huge volume of food. I did a fair bit of dancing so hopefully that cancels out at least one of the sweet treats!

I also managed to make a bit of a tit of myself. I had ordered a bra in a few different sizes as I wasn't sure what I needed and can return wrong ones. In the morning I tried a couple on before settling for one, put my dress on and travelled across London on the tube. Sat through wedding, photos etc. it was only later that a total stranger tapped me on the shoulder and told me that I had a label sticking out by my shoulder. Not just any label but a huuuuge panache label attached to my bra strap announcing my bra size to anyone within 15 feet. Mortified... [Blush] And DP didn't notice a thing.

oh birding poor you! sorry that has really made me giggle! My DP probably wouldn't have noticed either - thank god random person did!! I once went out with my bra attached to my bag merrily hanging down...luckily not for too long though - the builders outside my house soon alerted me to the fact

Laymizz wow I can't believe a starter of onion rings is a whole days allowance

just to clarify it wasn't the bra I was wearing hanging down - made it sound like I was exposing myself!!

Feeling good today as was wavering a bit with the motivation before holiday. Holiday was fabulous and not gaining weight (though not losing either) kept me motivated and have come back fully recharged to get the rest off.
Did a 4 mile run this morning with some killer hills in it, so pleased with myself for not stopping at all and just pushing on! I have booked into a 10k race in 6 weeks time and then a half marathon (Good God what am I thinking!!) for the 1st December!! Feel slightly sick at the thought of the half marathon but will give it my all!!!
Its my birthday in a few weeks so I have asked for vouchers for my favourite shops and when I reach goal I will go and splurge!! I have only brought myself one new dress in the last year and that was for a funeral!!

I did my 10k walk this morning :) Very impressed because I managed it without feeling tired and could have actually carried on. For a great cause aswell which made it even better

Well done, YellowCanary and Sirzy on your energetic Sunday mornings! Most impressive - and that's amazing that you're going for a half marathon, YC. Glad you had a good holiday too. Birding, you must be mortified, but it gave me a good laugh I'm afraid. I'm sure you'll get to a 14 in time for the wedding, that's a great goal to aim for. Mia, I hope you've managed to get back on track. Remember, one gerbil at a time! Debs, that's fantastic restraint at Pizza Hut, you must be feeling proud of yourself.

I had a really hungry evening yesterday. They happen sometimes, out of the blue. I'm perimenopausal and my periods are infrequent and unpredictable, but when one happens I get cravings like you wouldn't believe. Yesterday, of all things, I wanted cereal bars. I could have polished off dozens of the little blighters if there'd been any in the vicinity. I ate the four apples in the fruit bowl instead, and then had to take myself off to bed (half past 9 on a Saturday, boy do I know how to live) to stop myself getting the bus to Asda and stocking up. Came dangerously close to a massive fail there - I could easily have bought boxfuls and had the whole lot. So I'm feeling pleased today that I resisted.