SLIMTEMBER: Duncan from blue and tea that makes you poo

[WhatsGoingOnEh]

It's here!!!!!! Forget all you've ever known about steady, gradual weightloss, SLIMTEMBER IS HERE.

BTW I asked the consultant how much an appendix weighed... he gave me a [conf look and said he'd never thought to weigh one but it was about the size of the average little finger, so not much I guess .

Bet he weighs the next one he takes out now you've given him the idea.

I can only hope he didn't ask you why you needed to know...
You'll be at least half a stone lighter tomorrow.
You'll see.

No he didn't. I nearly volunteered the information when he looked so confused but thought better off it!

Glad to hear you're at home and able to eat (high protein for speedier recovery, I think). :)
Hospital food is abominal and shocking. I had to buy food for ds when he had an emergency appendectomy last year, as the hospital did not have a gluten free option. When I was in hospital for a scheduled surgery, I was offered a gluten free stale sandwich, thick with margarine and a sprinkle of plastic cheese, and a pot of reconstituted uht orange juice- one teeny weeny bite put me right of food!

Down 0.2kg this morning. :)
Although this week feels painfully slow nothing to do with chocolate and alcohol earlier in the week, I'm very pleased altogether as I lost 5.5kg in 4 weeks (just under 2lb from 1 stone). Only 0.5kg to target 1 and 5.5kg to target 2.

Flighty, they are n their way to you. x

DP is going away for the weekend. Thinking I shall do a juice fast

Thanks peeps.

The food wasn't so much bad as non existent. At the beginning of lunch yesterday the options were chicken pie, salad, pasta or fish, 2 choices of sandwiches & 3 pudding options or cheese & biccies.

By the time the trolley got to me it was cheese & bics or a cheese sandwich! Much the same scenario the night before too.

Tbh I've still got next to no appetite. Had half a tin of soup & a couple of bits of toast today.

Have veg curry to heat up as DH is working late tonight but not sure I can be bothered.

Mum is coming over with supplies of easy comfort food.

Ds struggled to eat for a few days, too.
l4k Are you feeling better?

Juice fast at a weekend , would it contain some vodka?

Down 0.5kg this morning: I have reached target 1!

Well done on target 1 Fav

I still don't have scales but my death jeans fit very well now.

Well done Fava!

According to my scales I have put on a lb since last week

Don't care atm. Parents en route with lots of instant rice & pasta meals & ice cream .

Just seen your jeans news too Vic - congratulations!

As long as I don't need to breathe too deeply or bend my knees it's all good

Thank you:)

Death jeans! That brought tears to my eyes, it should be added to Glad they're less deadly now.

I love that video

It's been my tune during my new dieting and exercising regime.
My other favourite is [ the duck song]

Oh that's going to be stuck in my brain

yep! and the very next day1

1=!

WHY am I not losing weight?

I'm counting my calories and logging them on mfp.

I've upped my activity. I do the 10K steps most days, recorded by my fitbit and go to Zumba where I sweat my ass off!

But I've not lost anything. In fact last weekend I put ON 3lb (how?) and have only got rid of half of that since then.

I've looked up the side effects for the gabapentin that I have to take for my trigeminal neuralgia and the NHS lists 'Weight gain' as a common side effect.

It's really stressing me out. Normally, this activity and food intake would have seen me losing some weight. But it's not happening.

I'm going back to the drawing board from tomorrow.

I've worked out my BMR and will eat those cals, plus half of any that I earn through extra exercise. I will go walking tomorrow, swimming with DD2 Sun, Walking Mon, Zumba Thurs, aquafit next Fri. And will really cry if I've not lost anything by next week.

I had to go to the drawing board too; what worked for before was no longer working but you will find what works for you now. I played with carbs, protein, fat; carbs and protein; carbs and fats; protein and fats; and back again (read the books and medical papers). I'd tried to lose 6kgs since June, really tried in July, by August I was on a war path, in September I became a rebel to both ''senses and sensibilities''...at least the exercises keep us toned :)

Following on from the Duncan Blue diet I have eaten healthily this week - small portions and no cake,biscuits,chocolate,bread or potatoes.
I have lost another 3lb so the total loss is now 14lbs in less than 2 weeks

It was hard at first but now I am determined to stick at it. Ideally I would like to lose another 2 stone before Christmas but that might be a bit ambitious.

Tessie, wow, well done. Two stone by Christmas can be done. :)

Another 0.5kg down despite sins I'm not confessing to. :)