Losing the stones one guinea pig at a time...

[HenriettaPye]

Hello quiche avoiders

Lovely shiny new thread- we are a talkative bunch!

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To be a quiche avoider you must
-have a considerable amount of weight to lose
-be serious about wanting to lose it
-give other members a virtual kick up the arse when needed
-weigh in with us on a Wednesday (or if you weigh in on another day, post your results on a wednesday)

So roll up, jump in and lets lose lbs! and if you are having a moment of weakness just remember... what would clarinet do

Ok, am signing back in after some time away and I won't bore you with my pathetic excuses (although I have been very ill for more than a week now - sadly my appetite was not .

Right, I'm back on the wagon from tomorrow - still time to lose some weight before Xmas and all that it brings.

Henrietta that's great

yellow sounds interesting at your new place

Lottie to your pill. What sort of pill are you on? Only as I couldn't tolerate combined pills at all and they put me on cerazette which is a progesterone only pill but it's one of the few ones which can be prescribed to people over 12 stone. In the end hormones full stop don't agree with me.

debs sounds miserable

Birding that's great you had a few treats but are back on it and so positive.

moonshine good to see you're back on it.

Well, after my miserable week last week feeling like I'd eaten all the pies, today was back at work after 2 weeks off and got 5 comments from people saying how slim I looked. Me.....slim......wow! My manager told me he almost mistook me for a 6th former I looked really young since I've lost weight could have been the short skirt I wore which I think may have been too short though . People saying I've lost weight over the 2 week break! So I feel quite motivated now after all that upset last week. Have just done insanity with a miserable cold

Hi all. I can't believe I have been away from this thread so long it has dropped off my 'threads I'm on' Anyway, I have been doing fine with the diet, lost 3.5lb last week - night shifts seem to really help as I sleep all day and then don't get time to eat at night! Not sure if I am going to be able to make it to my SW weigh in tomorrow as I am working but am going to try and sneak out early.

How is everyone getting on?

Yay, moonshine, great to see you again. I'm another one who won't be in the running to snatch this week's crown from you, Henrietta - good luck with it! Yellow, I feel tired just thinking about everything you have on your plate (no pun intended) at the moment. Still, I'm sure it will all be worth it when you have your wonderful, wired, internetted house just the way you want it. Reastie, it's great to hear you sounding motivated again.

I went clothes shopping at the weekend and I have a whole new problem. This really isn't meant as showing off, but I'd be interested to hear the views of anyone who, like me, has been wearing size 20+ for decades, and has a history of wearing clothes that hide them as best they can. After thinking I would always look in the mirror and see a fat woman, I tried on clothes that made me look curvy and even I could see I didn't look fat. In fact, I would go so far as to say I love the way I look in them - something I never thought would happen. But the thing is, I hate talking about my weight and body size (I cringe with embarrassment if anyone so much as mentions my weight loss), and I'm feeling very self-conscious at the prospect of wearing clothes that I look good in, as opposed to hide in. I went ahead and bought some tops I really liked in charity shops, and I've been wearing them around the house, but I don't have the confidence to wear them in public, so I'm still wearing the size 18s from last winter that absolutely swamp me. Any advice? Sorry if this comes across as insensitive to anyone who would simply kill to be able to wear smaller sizes, but I'm now wondering whether I face a lifetime of hiding myself or if there's a way out of it, and I don't know who else to ask!

Clarinet - you've worked hard and I bet been through some real emotional trauma to get to this point. Now it is your duty to enjoy the rewards! Maybe just start off wearing just a new top or pair of trousers that fit properly and show some shape - I remember from my dim and distant times of liking how I looked in clothes that once I'd worn something different to my usual cover up, it opened the floodgates and it definitely became easier to wear more form-showing clothes (then there was no stopping me )

How about getting a knock-out party dress for any Christmas occasions - you can always try it out first when you're with someone you trust eg a best friend/partner??

But mostly - who gives a damn what others think or say - do this for yourself and take some pics for prosperity

Thanks all, it is a bit hellish, bur hey big picture should be worth it!
On plus side lost 4lbs this week! Mainly stress I think!

Start weight 14 stone 1
Weight last week 10 stone 9
Weight today 10 stone 8

Loss this week 1lb

Tbh considering how awful I have been this week (lots of carbs, a massive Thai meal including shares in 2 puddings, double helpings of baked Alaska, fish and chips for ds's birthday tea and white chocolate cornflake cake for ds's birthday.) I am completely that I have lost anything at all.

I must get back on the wagon properly and stop clinging on by my fingernails! I have 1lb until my first target and about 8lb until I should be able to try maintenance.

Good luck to all weighers today!

Hurrah, 1 lb down. Happy with that. Initially was getting towards 18 stone, now I'm 11 stone exactly :)

clarinet am just off to work but will try and reply to your post later.

Yay reastie well done!! 10 something soon :)

5lb off for me!!! And in delighted

Great losses.

1lb off here. Not bad given a lazy week exercise wise!

Please may I join? I've been trying to lose weight since mid-April, the start of the summer term. I've been terribly in denial and not weighed myself but reading this thread has inspired me to go out and buy some scales today. Would anyone recommend a certain pair? I've been looking at the Argos website and there's far too much choice!

I'll post my weight later when I know what it is. Ugh, that's a scary sentence to write! I started off kidding myself I was still a size 14 but the truth is I was hugely bulging out of the few vanity sized 14s I could still get into at all, so what's that realistically? At least an 18? I'm 5' 7". I think I might just about have got a handle on it enough to face the truth, over 6 months in! I am currently on the threshold of squeezing into a 12 but no one knows better than me how deceptive that can be

I can't weigh today, my dad is staying with us and he's been up with ds1 since 6.30

Given that I weigh on the wii in the lounge, I'm refraining today as I'm buggered if I'm gonna weigh in front of anyone!

I'll weigh in the morning and report back

Well done Hen! I think it's safe to say you'll get slimmer of the week! Certainly no competition from me, I know that for sure!

Well done everyone so far - IsThat, I make that 3 and a half stones altogether, which is a milestone, so congratulations! And Reastie, soon be in the 10s which is an amazing achievement. As for you, Henrietta, and (virtual ones, calorie-free, of course) - fantastic news, and hope this is the start of a long downwards slide. Yellow, well done, although I do hope the next few weeks begin to calm down a bit.

I've stayed the same this week, which I'm happy with. I suspect I gained in the first few days, then lost what I'd gained, but so long as the net result is to stay where I am I'll take it! Over this coming week I'd like to lose the extra pound that crept on when I wasn't looking, so that I'm back down to target. I know how easy it is to start going back up again, one guinea pig at a time, and I don't mean to let that happen.

Crossed posts with you moniker, welcome

Hello and welcome, Alternative. I'm afraid I'm no help on the scales question - I've got the same set I've had for nearly 30 years, bought at Boots back in the day when they made things to last... oh dear, there I go again, sounding like my mother...

Good luck, though, with your first weigh-in, whatever set of scales you decide on. Let us know when you've done the deed. In a strange sort of way you might feel better once it's done. At least you'll know the worst and you'll be able to begin realistic goal-setting, and you'll get loads of support and help on this thread.

welcome alternative!

Thank you for the warm welcome. Really lovely of you all.

I'm having second thoughts and a wobble, thinking of welcoming back the warm fug of denial! You see, this is how I put on the weight (avoiding mirrors) and how I've gone so long without assessing the damage even having acknowledged the problem .

I'm quite scared of bringing scales into the house. I had big weight control issues as a teenager, obsessive, disordered eating to get and stay skinny from a not naturally tiny frame. DD has just turned 13 and I've noticed her watching what I eat and limiting her intake as I've lost weight. She's not a skinny child and I really want her to avoid what I went through. I think bringing scales home may enable obsessive behaviour on her part. Hmmm. I may investigate if there are public scales in Boots, I don't think there are though.

Morning all,

well done on the losses and STS everyone and especially Henrietta yay you'll well and truly back on track!

2lb off for me today which I am really pleased with as it takes me to 14stone 13 so I hope never to see 15 stone again never ever ever ever! (sorry just had to reiterate it to myself there!)

Welcome to Moniker Don't have second thoughts now - you've made the first step now by deciding to do something and by joining the thread . It might be a scary thought weighing yourself and you may get a little shock even but once its done you might feel a bit better knowing that now you are going to do something about it iyswim.

Reastie what a compliment almost being mistaken for a 6th former I'm glad you've got your motivation back. I'm on Cerazette at the moment but not getting on with it - maybe hormonal contraceptive isn't for me either!

Nice to see you back Moonshine

alternative you could measure yourself instead of weigh. It shows you things are going in the right direction without the need for scales. Also try teaching dd she can eat everything in moderation. Small portions but nothing off limits. Big portions of veg. Processed stuff to a minimum.

Good luck :) we're all very friendly and understand the ups and downs of this journey.

Hello all. I have STS this week, which is better than I deserve. I have not been eating as badly as if i were not dieting but have been very 'nibbly' around the edges and that is not good. Think that starting work again has upset my equilibrium and I haven't settled into a new groove yet.

Broadband router is broken at home so am typing with one finger on phone. Won't get a replacement got a week or so so DP and I may have to talk to one another of an evening .

At work so no time to write more but welcome Alternative and well find Henrietta. Clarinet, there's a lot I want to write to your post of yesterday but in a nutshell, it is not insensitive, it is inspiring. And I think you will have to take it gradually with a few well fitting items, worn on selected occasions, so you don't feel like a big 'unveil' is happening to invite comment! But find things you love and look good in and evolve towards that well-fitting style more and more.

Seems like a generally better week, well done all!

Officially STS, I didn't go to WW so being conservative
Unofficially 12lbs I jumped on our scales which weigh about 5-6 lbs under and they stopped on 13stone exactly.

It is all this blasted UTI, my appetite is zero, yesterdays cal intake was 44 which is quite frankly pathetic. I am vomiting up almost everything I eat or drink and I am really dehydrated. On the plus side the new painkillers are keeping the pains under some control so I can focus on my assignment for college, appropriately titled 'Healthy Diet'

Bloody hell Debs, that sounds like one hell of a UTI! Are your trousers falling down? Hope you feel better soon

Just weighed myself in Boots, 12 stone 3lb. It's not as bad as I'd feared! I think I must have lost 2-3 stone in the last 6 1/2 months so from a starting weight of about 14 stone. I think I need to get down to 11 at least. I was 9 stone 7 for years after both my DC, there really is no excuse. So maybe I can lose 10lb by Christmas? Get into the healthy weight range?

Sorry to just talk about me! I'm in the high street picking up Waterstones' wifi, I'll write properly later.

Just realised, that's more likely a 15 stone starting weight isn't it?