BigMoFos Week 37

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Well done Flutterbee, Agalch and Cheesyfeet. Am being strict with myself now (atm, anyway). Must, must, must start losing again.

WWB - did they give you any feel for how long the paed appointment might take to come through?

looks like a good week overall for the MoFos. Well done!

WWB sorry you are having such a bad time with DD. Hope it gets sorted out soon.

and sorry no posting from me again. Food a disaster here frankly, am eating whatever I think might not cause heartburn/wind - not v.successfully. and am obsessed with chocolate biscuits.

You've got a good excuse, MrsJohnCusack. Time enough for thinking about eating sensibly once you've got your baby and things have started to settle down (that would be in about 3 years time, if my experience is anything to go by).

I agree, MrsJC - you have more than enough on your plate at the moment without thinking about food as well!

Jackie, the GP thought it would take about a week for the appointment to come through - no idea what the waiting list is like though. If it's too long we're considering paying to see someone privately (although it sticks in my craw to have to do it!).

yes I think I've just entered that end of pregnancy madness now really and food is the last thing I can face thinking about.
coupled with DD getting onto the road today (there is a thread about it) I am a total wreck. It's been coming a while what with the SPD and the hormones but today I've just had it . Really want to go to bed but know I am going to lie awake and fret.

no more whinging though - am going to lurk on lighthearted threads and try to distract myself enough to go to bed.

Oh gosh - I saw that thread but hadn't opened it so didn't realise it was you. You poor thing. Definitely a time to be nice to yourself, in whatever way helps.

I wonder if Sue's going to be home this weekend - when I looked at her blog last night there wasn't a recent update, but she was hoping to get a flight tomorrow.

oh I hope poor Sue makes it home soon. I can't imagine what it's like - what a baptism of fire into motherhood. still, she should be able to cope with anything after this! I miss having her around on mumsnet as well.

Thinking of her and Daniel on the plane for blimmin ages (and her mum's gone back, so nobody to share the responsibility with) - it must be such a daunting thing to face - but at least she's done a couple of shorter plane journeys, so it's not completely uncharted territory.

Oh no - bad news for Sue Can anyone think of anything?

Flutterbee - well done

Agalch, you're in good company

ChipButty, you'll have to change your name if you are going to openly lurk or join in, you are sparking off cravings

Yes - could you be CeleryButty, please?

Any chip butties lurking around this thread are likely to be scoffed pretty damned quickly, actually ...

Don't just lurk in the shadows, someone will fall over you. Come and say hello!

You could be a far more refined and healthy CucumberSandwichOnWholegrain

Any foodstuffs hanging around on this thread are likely to be eaten

I think we've scared ChipButty off. Sorry ChipButty - come back - we don't really bite, honest.

Noooo, of course we don't ...

Hi all
Such worrying news about Sue and Daniel trying to get home - I'm all stressed out just thinking about it. Hope she's OK - it shouldn't be this difficult for her.

Meanwhile I really really need help with getting back on track with my eating. I deliberately threw my 'big' clothes away and now my new clothes are starting to get tight - I didn't go to WW last night (really should have) and I'm worrying it's the beginning of the end.

Can anyone give me a sensible talking to please? I can't bear the thought that I could put this 2 stone back on - can't let it happen...

We're not going to let you! I know it's hard, but you've done so well that it would be such a shame to put the weight back on again.

I'll bet you feel much better having lost the two stone, don't you? It's a good feeling, great for the self-esteem. You want to keep that feeling, yes? And you deserve to. You are worth losing weight for, and what's more you will feel better for it if you can lose some more.

Think about how much your health will improve if you keep up the good work. I'm willing to bet that your knees ache? And your back? I know they do because mine do too - because of the weight. One of my reasons for losing weight is that I want to being able to move more easily and put less stress on my joints. I don't want to feel out of breath - and I'm willing to bet that even though you weigh less than me, you get out of breath easily, and struggle to run for a bus. Won't it be nice when we don't even have to think about it - we can just run and not struggle.

We are putting our health at risk - I know it, and you know it too. I want to be around for my daughter for a long time yet; if I don't lose some weight I will be dead of a heart attack before I'm 45. I don't want that, and I'm sure you don't want that either. Plus there's the increased risk of diabetes, blood pressure problems, so many other things that are exacerbated by being very overweight. We deserve not to have to be thinking about things like that, and our children deserve to have us around for a long time. I'm not doing this for me - I don't value myself enough yet ... but I value my daughter so much that I can't measure it, and I'm doing this for her. Worth thinking about, maybe?

Some other things to look forward to when you've lost some weight ...wearing pretty clothes in the summer, and not having to hide behind baggy t-shirts and thick trousers. Being able to walk into any shop and know that something nice on their shelves will fit you. Feeling attractive and fanciable again.

A while ago we did something with baked bean tins from the cupboard ... each tin of beans, soup, whatever, weighs a pound. 14 in each stone. 28 in each two stone. Go and weigh some; I'll bet you can't even carry a bag with 28 soup cans in it! You don't want to go back to lugging that amount around with you, do you?

I'll take my sanctimonious nagging hat off now

Just seen the update about Sue on the other thread ... seems it was all just a mix-up between departments. Looks like she may be coming home on Tuesday

Thank goodness - I hope it really is all sorted now for Sue.

Dottydot - what WWB said (gosh she's good). Do it for you, do it for your DCs, whatever.

I need that kick too, as I'm just not getting on with it at all atm. So I'm taking it all to heart too. We're all in this together - and we can do it. I came downstairs from putting the DCs to bed thinking 'what can I eat now?' - DH is lying on the rug in the sitting room asleep and snoring loudly, DS feels hot but says he feels cold, so he's probably coming down with something. But I'm going to try just to eat fruit (and maybe a gherkin - there are 2 in the fridge, left over from Christmas, together with some pickled onions).

Sue's post on her blog . Hope it really really happens for her this time.

I really hope this is it for her now - I can't begin to imagine how hard all of this is for her.

Fingers crossed that she's on a flight on Tuesday and she can finally bring her little boy home.

Still eating. DH now gone to bed, as was up to silly o'clock last night doing nothing special.

So far have had a banana, a satsuma, some healthy nuts and seeds, and 2 gherkins. And did you know that 100g of gherkin has 14 calories? I may have to eat more. Turns out there were 5 left, not 2. But will go directly to bed after Ugly Betty, in an attempt not to move on to the ice cream.