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BigMoFos Week 32

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WigWamBahhumbug · 14/12/2006 10:48

New thread ... let's see if we can get back into our stride again this week.

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whoopsfallenoffthexmastree · 15/12/2006 07:05

Hello everyone
Sorry I've not been around - things here been manic and the diet has been the last thing on my mind!
I'm also ttc now so hopefully will have an excuse for putting weight on rather than losing! although am hoping to try and keep it under control!

Dottydotthehalls · 15/12/2006 09:52

woo-hoo - 1lb off! Was very nervous going last night because I've not been for a couple of weeks and had convinced myself I'd put at least 4 lbs on... So 1lb off was a fantastic surprise! And keeps me under the 14 stone mark - currently 13.11 (and desperate to get under the magical 13.7 mark - I've never managed to do it since being a 'grown up'..!).

So, renewed enthusiasm here for being good and just hoping to stay under 14 stone over Christmas!!!

JackieNoHoHo · 15/12/2006 09:58

Well done dottydot. That's great news.

tiger8565 · 15/12/2006 10:02

I just wanna say good luck to you all....getting past a little barrier like own a stone, or past a lb marker is a big thing, keep at it

littlemistletoesensible · 15/12/2006 10:49

Well done Dottydot!

I'm for a Christmas Amnesty week too! I shall be back in January but it would be nice not to weigh during the festivities because how ever much I tell myself that 'I knew I'd put some weight on' and 'it's ok this extra weigh was budgeted' and 'it'll come off again in Jan' I know I will still feel crappy about it and that'd spoil the New year celebrations!

Hope all that makes sense Xmas Grin

JackieNoHoHo · 15/12/2006 10:56

WWB - have you noticed that the festive emoticons don't work any more? I'm thinking that maybe you're behind the new layout .

WigWamBam · 15/12/2006 11:04

I can't stand the new layout - nothing to do with me! If it means they bring back the old one then I will welcome the festive smilies with open arms, because at the moment this new layout and colour scheme is 90% of the way towards curing me of my MN addiction!

JackieNoHoHo · 15/12/2006 11:06

I have to say that although I'm not too keen, it's not bothering me too much. And sounds like they're going to have a bit of a rething and tweak it a lot anyway, from what Justine says. I reckon if I give it a week, I'll stop noticing the changes.

littlemistletoesensible · 15/12/2006 11:17

Must admit I found it a bit irritating this am when I logged in and couldn't figure out where all the 'normal' bits I use to get to this thread had gone . Figured it all out eventually, but can't say I'm enamoured of the new look!

WigWamBam · 15/12/2006 11:18

It's bothering me quite a lot at the moment. I'm getting a headache from all this horizontal scrolling because it doesn't all fit on the screen, plus the colours are making my eyes hurt. It lacks the simplicity that made MN stand out from other parenting sites, and already my RSI is giving me gip this morning from constantly having to use the horizontal scroll to get to the menu bar and to read the entire message.

I never thought I would say this but if it stays like this I shan't be sticking around.

JackieNoHoHo · 15/12/2006 11:21

I'm not having to scroll horizontally (am at work atm, so no idea what it will be like at home), but yes, that would be incredibly irritating, and as you say, lead to problems. Sounds like they are going to try to lose the bar down the left hand side, so I hope that will sort that problem.
Don't go, WWB. Give it a while, see if they can sort it out to make it a bit better, please.

littlemistletoesensible · 15/12/2006 11:53

As JackieNo said.....Don't go WWB

Give it some time to improve, I'm sure it will!

WigWamBam · 15/12/2006 13:40

Well, they seem to have changed it ... it's still bloody awful though. I'm just finding it too much like hard work to actually work my way around the site - it's hard to differentiate between the topic titles up at the top. Will see what they do with it later on.

littlemistletoesensible · 16/12/2006 07:01

Hmmmmm. Seems back to normal to me now!

The log on bits seemed to be where I remember them and so do the 'threads I am watching' bits. Is that my imagination?[hmmm]

I didn't have a problem with having to scroll left and right to read text though so maybe its not all back as it was! How is it for you WWB, any better now?

LITTLEdonkeyFISH · 16/12/2006 08:36

Morning all!

Well done Dotty! Keep it up, you're doing so well.

I know it was ages ago, and you've probably forgotten, but there was a conversation about being an "ex binger", or "ex anorexic". I just wanted to say that as some of you know, my mum has been anorexic/bulimic/compulsive eater since I was 7 years old (I'm now 38). A few years ago, I asked her whether she considered herself a "recovered anorexic". She said that anorexia was a means of coping with the situation around her. Like a broken ankle which has now healed, there is still a weakness there but she feels that if the same set of circumstances occurred, she would now had a different set of strategies to deal with it. However, the weakness is always there, and she is always aware of it.

I found this really interesting as for me, it really put eating disorders in the same sort of bracket as any other addition like alcoholism. Eating is my way of dealing with outside (and inside) pressures. I need to learn other coping strategies before I can let go of my main crutch.

My mum's eating is mostly under control now. She's definitely not anorexic. I think she has occasional bulimic episodes, but she's put on weight recently which may mean she's in a binge eating phase. It is so depressing to think that she's been like this for 31 years. I don't think I can bear to think of the rest of my life stretching forward like that. All the more reason to continue with my counselling and get this thing beaten!!!!

JackieNoHoHo · 16/12/2006 10:43

That is interesting, Littlefish - it's about finding first the triggers for the eating, then finding something to replace it with. But what? It would be great if one could simply replace the eating with, say, cleaning and tidying, or exercise, but I just know it's not going to happen. I guess they have to be mental rather than behavioural replacements - changing the way our minds react, so that we can then change the way our bodies react. I guess your counselling is doing that, Littlefish. And actually these threads are starting the process too, for me, at least.

twoisenoughmum · 16/12/2006 15:27

Hello Mo Fo's. Just popped in to say an early Happy Christmas One And All. I'm banning myself from Mumsnet until the New Year because I really do have too much to do now and not enough time to do it in.

Hope you all enjoy yourselves and are we agreed that there should absolutely no denying ourselves anything we fancy ? - perhaps just denying ourselves the third or fourth helping, or denying ourselves if we feel full to the point of being uncomfortable?

Twoisenough's mantra for the Festive Season is: Remember to drink the occasional glass of water, remember its supposed to be fun and remember not to worry about the weight you may/may not have put on. It is going to make not the slightest bit of difference to my overall journey (sorry, bit of cod-therapy speak slipped in there) - so sod it!

See you all soon.

  • and those are specially for you WWB.
JackieNoHoHo · 16/12/2006 15:39

Hi twoisenoughmum - have a great Christmas, and see you after the big day. Your mantra sounds just right.

Dottydotthehalls · 16/12/2006 18:01

I think what'll help me through the next couple of weeks is the fact that I got sooooo drunk about 3 weeks ago, I'm still completely off alcohol! Went to my work's Christmas do last night and was on diet cokes all night - another party tonight and I still don't feel like drinking..!

Can't believe at 37 I'm still daft enough to get slaughtered though...

Not doing too bad on the eating front this week - although not well enough to lose the 2lbs I wanted to. I know how to lose 2lbs in a week, just can't seem to get into the right gear to achieve it!

Dottydotthehalls · 16/12/2006 18:02

I think what'll help me through the next couple of weeks is the fact that I got sooooo drunk about 3 weeks ago, I'm still completely off alcohol! Went to my work's Christmas do last night and was on diet cokes all night - another party tonight and I still don't feel like drinking..!

Can't believe at 37 I'm still daft enough to get slaughtered though...

Not doing too bad on the eating front this week - although not well enough to lose the 2lbs I wanted to. I know how to lose 2lbs in a week, just can't seem to get into the right gear to achieve it!

JackieNoHoHo · 16/12/2006 18:17

I think what will make me put on over Christmas is the alcohol - I can't remember the last time I had an alcoholic drink - DH is on ADs so can't drink, and I can't do more than one in an evening as I'm such a lightweight (well, on the alcohol front). So I just don't drink at all. And with the ILs staying, we'll be having bottles of wine, and gin and tonics before supper, and port possibly afterwards, and who knows what else (champagne on Christmas day). Bound to be bad for me!

WigWamBam · 16/12/2006 21:09

Sue is stuck in Kaz over Christmas - she must be so disappointed.

I don't drink at all, so won't be putting weight on with the booze.

Shame I can't say the same thing about the mince pies and lovely puddings that will be knocking around ... although as we're spending Christmas Day with MIL and SIL, maybe that will be enough to put me off my food!

JackieNoHoHo · 16/12/2006 21:17

Saw the update on the other 'my bags are packed' thread. I checked earlier today, and there wasn't anything. Must be sooo frustrating for her, poor thing. I wonder if there's any way of getting some books and DVDs out to her? Of course, we don't have an address, so no idea how we'd go about doing that.

We'll have the ILs here for Christmas - it's not Christmas day itself I'm particularly worried about, just a general accumulation of too much food, alcohol, chocolates, stress over the next couple of weeks in general. But in reality I guess it might not go on for that long.

WigWamBam · 16/12/2006 21:21

No, it's the whole couple of weeks that's the problem ... dh and dd would complain vociferously if we didn't have any goodies in, but if they're in I won't be able to avoid eating them. Ho hum ...

Do you think that the postal service would get some stuff to Sue quickly enough? I'm sure we could manage to extract an address from her somehow once she's rented the flat; just not sure the postal service would be up to the job! Would be lovely to try and send some books and things out to her.

JackieNoHoHo · 16/12/2006 21:27

I just did a quick search on the Fedex site, and if we sent a parcel tomorrow, it wouldn't get to Almaty till Tuesday 26th Dec - and we don't yet have an address anyway. Not sure if there are any quicker ways to get stuff there.