BigMoFos Week 22

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OK, here we go ... a new thread for a new week. Big fat hairy line drawn underneath last week, and here's to a better week this week.

I love this thread, I've really enjoyed reading the comments I missed after logging off last night. This is day 3 for me of reasonably healthy food and no wine. Plus I have booked to go walking with a friend for 2 lunchtimes over the next week. I look and feel better already.

Hi everyone - wasn't around yesterday afternoon because the thunder etc seems to have knocked out the NTL server (or whatever) in our area, so we have no internet access . So just to post - I weighed, and haven't changed at all. But am definitely more motivated to go for it this week and get back on the sensible eating (I know - I've said it before etc, but this time I mean it).

Sorry WWB, due to the internet problems haven't been able to email you either, so hopefully you'll spot this.

NumberNineteen - ma'amsnet had me in stitches - love it.

Oh, and welcome violeteyes.

I echo Lemonaid and others comments. My mum was as big as me when I was growing up and I never felt ashamed of her however I was VERY affected by her (and my older sister) perpetually dieting. My mum in particular had a terrible relationship with food - eat nothing all day and then binge (and I mena relaly binge) once a day. I was definitely left with the message that thin = good and fat = bad and ironically although I was not overweight as a child when a lost some weight in my teens I was given enormous praise - leaving me with the conviction that I obviously was fat before. My body image was very distorted - its only been in recent years that my weight has actually caught up with my head! And I am now the size that I always thought I was.

Swore I would never pass that onto my children.

Hello violet - as others had said why not try to focus on healthy eating and changing your eating habits ready to slowly reduce your weight. If you stick with my doctors guideline of 1-2lb a month I'm sure that would be healthy for you.

thanks alll-think this thread will really help me keep realistic,have tendancy to do all or nothing!so far so good-resisted dh's pizza temptations with great superiority last night.he is obese himself and absolutely no help!good to hear dc not ashamed, but i agree totally about not wanting to pass on food/weight issues.want food to be enjoyed and celebrated in ealthy wat. also worry that todays children will worry more about fatter parents health because of constant media/schools fat is bad message (ott imo)the way we used to about parents smoking.hope everyone has a good day

Sue - will you come to Escale on the 19th if you're not in Kaz? We're trying to count numbers on the other thread...

true I do think focus on obesity makes childrne more conscious of it now than they used to but (like smoking) they probably worry more about your health than anything else.

The trouble with all or nothing if you don't handle food well is that it sings from all to nothing and back again, which is even less healthy than staying the same weight.

Well done for resisting the pizza - they are generally horrendous in calories and I don;t have many banned foods but pizza, indian chinese and thai takeaways are all an occassional treat (ie once every three months) in the Jonez household.

Maybe your new good habits will rub off on your DH!

will pop over now Lemonaid

Hi guys, and hello violeteyes,

I remembered to weigh this morning (I always do it first thing because I'm lighter and its slightly less depressing!)

Well the good news is that I havn't gained any weight (hold that thought, hold that thought, hold that thought) but the bad news is I havn't lost any either .

Never mind. It's a new week, i feel better and I've managed to eat breakfast!

Having mulled over the 2lbs a month target that suejoneiz dr advised, and taking the impending festive season into account, I've decided to lower my targets somewhat. I'd been trying to aim for a lb or 2 a week (then getting depressed and binging, if it didn't happen) but if I can get under 13st by christmas I reckon I'll be very happy with myself. That means I've gotta lose (and keep off, which is the hard bit for me!) at least 4lb (well at the moment it's only 4 lb, but i've been here before!).

Hmmmm, that sounds emminently do-able!

not putting on IS a good week , it's as much about learning what is normal as losing weight in my opinion. ANd 4lb sounds acheivable - it's always nice to break into the next stone isn;t it.

Sounds good, littlemisssensible.

Agree about not wanting to pass on bad habits etc to children. My mum was never very large (I think size 16 max when I was a child, and size 12-14 now), and she didn't really diet very much, that I can remember. I can only think of one instance where she did the steak and grapefruit (possibly red wine?) diet, must have been in the 70s, but can't remember her talking about weight or obsessing about it, at least not in front of me. so my weight issues seem to be self-inflicted, iyswim. Just my vision of myself, not anybody else's (well, not anybody specific, just 'society' as a whole, I guess).

My mum was always dieting but at the same time insisting we eat well (by which she mean't lots!)

I don't remember thinking of her as fat until I got to Junior school age, and I'm sure I only thought of her as fat then because she kep't insisting she was.

Looking back I don't think she was particularly large compared with most of my friends mum's!

I actually have a similar build to my mum, we both have rather large 'frontage' and tend to spread in the seating area too! My dh always says 'very curvacuous'!

When I was courting my first husband I was 10.5 stone so only 4 or 5 lbs over top end of ideal weight range but I was still considered over weight and encouraged to diet by mum and then exh!

And so the problems began!!!!!

And I would sooooo give anything to be back to that size now!

OK, we're still a couple short but here's the figures so far:

DottyDot: -1lb (total 7.5lb)
Fauve: stayed the same (total 12lb)
Flutterbee: +1lb (total 22lb)
JackieNo: stayed the same (total 28lb)
Lemonaid: stayed the same (total 16lb)
suejonez: -4lb (total 13lb)
Tawny: -5.5lb (total 9lb)
TitianRed: -2lb (total 16lb)
WWB: -1lb (total 17lb)

This week's crown goes to Tawny but I think suejonez deserves an honourable mention too so here's one for her as well

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