Hello all.
I appear to be 3lb down this week so am now 12 st 13.5. So into the 12s and just 1.5 lb off my Christmas goal of 12st12 - overweight and not obese!
Unfortunately I think this has got more to do with my having an upset tummy over the weekend (thanks to baby and nursery germs AGAIN) than actual healthy eating so I wouldn't be surprised to go back up again. I don't feel as pleased as I should be because I don't feel as though I have got my eating under control at the mo. For the last 4 weeks I have been very 'picky' and hence have been STS or gaining 0.5lb per week. TBH that's not as bad as it would have been in my pre-diet days, I am much more conscious of what I eat and even when I am naughty it is not the huge chocolate / crisp / bread binges that I used to have. But it's still not great to be sneaking in so much chocolate. I have also lost my motivation to keep logging everything on MFP and that is definitely making me lazier about what I eat so I should get back to that.
Still, I am feeling a little more motivated by seeing the 12s. If I ever get to see the 11s it will be the first time since my teens - now that really would be something!
There's been a fair bit of news in recent days - welcome to the new people first. Mary, you have done really well so far and must be feeling the difference already. And Another, well done on 4lbs this week.
Now, Henrietta, that sounds awful. I hope you feel better soon and get back to your own bed. You're the 'mum' of the thread and we miss you when you are quiet!
cq, I have been thinking a lot about your situation. I have some sympathy for the house chaos as I have had extensive work done in the past (re-wiring, new windows, new kitchen etc, all following on closely from each other and in a small flat).The difference is that I was going out to work in the day, which meant I didn't have to live all day with the dust and the cold and the mess and being cooped up all the time. I am not surprised you are fed up. I also do truly have sympathy for the impact of the peripatetic life that you have been leading. It was a very different stage of my life but I was an army brat. We moved every 1-2 years, sometimes moving countries. I went to 13 different schools over my school career and so was always leaving my friends behind, and was always the new girl. I was clever and tended to get picked on for that so it always took me some time to settle in somewhere new... and then we would be off again. I would not say I was an unhappy child, not at all, and in spite of the bullying I never hated school (too swotty for that!). however, I think I took comfort from food and my parents saw it as a treat which, with all the disruption and yet good behaviour, I frequently 'deserved'. That has carried on into adulthood unfortunately: I still see food as a reward and as a friend. That's what I have to try and let go of but it is hard. I don't think you should feel at all bad that this isn't the time to get on top of your weight. Stick around with us anyway and when you are ready you can tackle it. Hopefully if this is your forever house you will lose the weight, as you have before, but feel settled enough not to put it all back on again. That would be a good result!
Clarinet, thanks for sharing your wisdom and also your fallibility with us! I find it strangely heartening that you can fall off the wagon but not slide right back to where you were. It makes me feel that I can get over these diet doldrums too.
Even when I am not posting I am still here, just have nothing interesting to say or not motivated to write much on my phone with my fat fingers.
Gosh that is long! Best get back to work