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suejoneziscalmernow · 19/09/2006 23:14

as long as you get it before you travel doesn;t matter if its an hour before but can't get it without letter of invitation which isn't forthcoming . Local coordinator has a meeting with ministry officials on Thursday to try to find out what the problem is.

coppertop · 20/09/2006 10:25

Fingers crossed for you, Sue.

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WigWamBam · 20/09/2006 14:00

Yes, fingers firmly crossed.

Have had a bad week this week - I didn't think I'd been too out of control with the eating but last week has caught up with me and I've put several pounds back on again.

Mind you, once upon a time I would have thrown in the towel and piled everything back on with reinforcements, this time I'm not. Not sure I will be able to keep to much of a diet this week, I'm a bit of a wreck at the moment, but at least I can try and do a bit of damage limitation - and at least I know that I'm not going to stop the diet altogether and end up heavier than I started.

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Tawny75 · 20/09/2006 14:03

I lost 3.5lb's this week

I am really chuffed, went out to dinner on Saturday and I ate what I wanted.

Best of luck to the rest of you ladies

suejoneziscalmernow · 20/09/2006 14:47

I've had a shocking week. Have been completely unable to control my eating (and it shows in what I've gained), strange becuase I knew I was doing ti to make myself feel better - if I have a curry for dinner that will be nice and I will feel better. Of course I feel worse and (briefly) toyed with the idea of not weighing in this week. The good thing about BigMoFo's is that I don't feel I can feign illness/another appt etc as I could with a slimming class, or at least not without giving up MN for a while and I'm way too hooked for that!

So I have been brave and weighed and will send my (terrible) results to WWB and tomorrow I will try again and if I don't manage to be more in control tomorrow then I will try again the next day etc etc etc.

I haven't so much fallen off the wagon, this time there's not a wagon in sight!

suejoneziscalmernow · 20/09/2006 14:48

Congrats Tawny - don;t let us moaning minnies tarnish your good week

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WigWamBam · 20/09/2006 14:51

One day at a time, Sue.

At least with MoFos you don't have to look anyone in the eye as they stand you on the scales and tell you how much you've put on ... and you know that there will always be someone here to encourage you if you need it. Or even to say that it's OK to lose control every once in a while.

Having gained myself this week I know that if I were going to a slimming club I would make excuses and not go - and then pig for a bit because I'd got another week to lose the weight - and then lose control and gain again, and end up jacking in the slimming club. This time I know that a few pounds doesn't make a difference; it might mean it takes a few weeks longer to shift it, but we're here for the long haul anyway - what's another couple of weeks on top of how long it's already going to take us?

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suejoneziscalmernow · 20/09/2006 15:14

yes WWB, the fact that I weigh come what may and keep coming back here does, just in itself, make me feel better. I have ALWAYS given up at slimming clubs at this point because I am too ashamed to go back. I am also beginning to recognise that I want to eat to make myself feel better and that it does not work.

JackieNo · 20/09/2006 15:48

It is a different way of looking at losing weight, isn't it. I'm less worried about possibly putting on, partly because I know others on here have done it and recovered and got back on track, partly because I'm looking at things from a much longer perspective, and the 'aim to lose 2 pounds a month' thing.

Have just weighed, and I've lost another pound. Probably due to my, ahem, enforced detox at the weekend.

I forgot to tell you lot about my friend who's given me a huge box of Thorntons chocolates. Her DH has a distribution company and ended up with these which weren't wanted back. They're those small bars of things based on the individual chocolates. Each packaged in a box of 3, and I had 37 little boxes of these things, so over 100 bars of chocolate. However, some of them are out of date, some about to go out of date, so really only one of the three varieties is actually nice to eat. I've been giving them away to all and sundry as fast as I can, but actually haven't eaten that many myself. Still need to get rid of a few more though.

Dottydot · 20/09/2006 17:57

I had a tiny weight loss this week - 0.5lb, but I think my body's gearing up for a weight gain tomorrow at WW (gulp). I've lost the plot over the past couple of weeks and I know it's catching up with me. Am hoping a weight gain will shock me into getting back on track. I'm finding it so hard to keep motivated when health stuff is getting me down and distracted. for example I've got an endoscopy booked in 5 weeks time and I'm under doctors' orders to eat as much wheat as possible between now and then - which I've been cutting down on as part of healthy eating! But they need to see what effect eating loads of wheat/bread/etc. has on my system. So have upped the Shreddies and having a sandwich at lunch instead of a salad - but also the excuse of eating biscuits/cakes (all packed with gluten!) is almost irrisistable!

Ho hum. Must attempt to balance it all over the next week or so - really don't want to end up at square 1...

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WigWamBam · 20/09/2006 19:41

Oh Dotty - it's hard to balance it all out, isn't it.

Right, this teetotal MoFo is so heartily peed off that she is contemplating breaking into one of dh's bottles of wine and using it to wash down the big box of Thorntons that she bought for someone's birthday present next week ... does anyone fancy (a) joining me in a sozzled night in or (b) kicking my bottom and telling me to pull myself together?

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WigWamBam · 20/09/2006 19:51

No takers?

OK ... am off to eat the chocolates and get pished (which given that I haven't drunk alcohol for years and years and years isn't going to take very long )

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JackieNo · 20/09/2006 21:21

Oh no WWB - just saw this - not sure what to say, except sorry I wasn't around earlier, and you do what you need to do. Just come back afterwards. So sorry you're feeling peed off. YOu could have had one of my out of date Thorntons - that would have put you off chocolate for a bit. Very waxy.

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WigWamBam · 20/09/2006 21:27

It's OK Jackie - I did the right thing and left the Thorntons alone. Had a drink though and probably shouldn't ... although I've just spoken to dh on the phone and said a few things that needed saying but which I would have bottled out of if I'd been sober so it's not all bad.

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JackieNo · 20/09/2006 21:49

Well done on resisting the Thorntons. Well maybe it's good to get stuff said. Hope it sparks a constructive discussion with your DH.

Dottydot · 20/09/2006 22:09

WWB - I was so pissed off coming home tonight I bought a bottle of white wine - first time I felt drink a drink since I joined WW 8 weeks ago. Put it in the freezer when I got home at 5pm and only remembered about it 15 minutes ago!! Will have to save it for another day..!

JackieNo · 20/09/2006 22:11

Bit like freezing your credit cards so you can't buy anything, eh. Wonder what happens if you put a frozen bottle of wine in the microwave. Best not, eh!

TitianRed · 20/09/2006 22:12

Lost 5lb in my first week doing SW. Reading everyone's posts has really helped my motivation so thanks everyone! x

JackieNo · 20/09/2006 22:13

Well done you, TitianREd. That's great.

TitianRed · 20/09/2006 22:16

Thanks! 21lb to go until my first target (10 percent of weight). Keep up the good work girls!

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WigWamBam · 20/09/2006 22:19

Freezing the wine ... that's one way of keeping on the wagon, I guess! Maybe I should have frozen dh's instead of drinking it.

Jackie, I'm hoping that dh has really listened to what I was saying - I guess I'll have to wait until he's back home on Friday to find out. I'm pretty pleased with myself for raising the subject, but whether it makes any difference is anyone's guess. Bloody MILs, bloody mummy's boys.

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justamum · 20/09/2006 22:37

sorry no one was around for you earlier WWB, in vino veritas eh! probably needed to be said and better off out in the open than festering under the surface. I find things get better when i have ranted a bit; dh thinks i'm insane at the time then thinks about it and realises there is a kernal of truth underneath all the screaming.
I've just watched "you are what you eat" and "Ian Wrights overweight kids", it like fat people night on channel 4. DH and I had a big discussion about how we want to bring up our children and how we need to do something now before they pick up on our food problems. DS is generally a good eater but at 2.7 is just at the age where he is starting to push the boundaries to see if he can get away with only eating what he wants.
I'm worried that I am such a mess with food atm that he is picking up my habits already. I do eat plenty of fruit and ensure that he gets his 5 fruit and veg each day but I am really struggling with it all just now. the dcs are really hard work; dd is teething and has grumbled all day and ds is just the worlds most boyish boy and never stops, ever. I hate moaning about them but sometimes i just reach boiling point and then I reach for the chocolate until it all goes away! is there anyone with older kids who can tell me it does get easier?

JackieNo · 21/09/2006 09:32

I think it often does get easier, at least for a while, justamum. But I'm constantly aware of how I'm acting around food, and paranoid about passing on bad habits or attitudes, especially to DD - I think somehow you identify more with a daughter and worry that she'll go the same way as you, iykwim. And I kind of look back at my childhood, and wonder what my mum must have felt watching her teenage daughter get bigger and bigger. I can't remember any pressure to diet at all, which I guess might be a mixed blessing. Just rambling now...

lemonaid · 21/09/2006 09:53

I lost 5.5lb this week!!! No idea where that went. I suggested to WWB that I may have a tapeworm... That puts me a tantalising 0.5lb from my first stone...

JackieNo · 21/09/2006 09:56

Wow - well done! I've often thought that tapeworms might be a good solution to being able to eat what you want and still lose weight. Do they have any side effects, I wonder...