I'm Dreaming of a Light Christmas. The Lose 7lbs in December Thread (Or at least not gain 7lbs!)

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Happy Advent!

Here's the link to the November thread where we cheered each other on to be MoSlender

Now we slide frostily into Christmas with the hope of losing more (or at least not losing our grip completely)

A Christmas bugger!! OMD my aching sides.....I know, I know, at least it's just my sides....

And the multi tasking, eating and buggering at the same time....oh thanks, I've burned loads of calories just by laughing at this.

You have to imagine my short reindeer legs and me grasping an onion ring... that'll lose you a few more calories

The weirdest thing about being slimmer, not as slim as I'd like but the slimmest I've ever been, Is how people treat me. People are nicer and speak to me more and help me with doors and whatever loads more than they did when I was big. It is really odd and unexpected, but it's noticeable. It's men mostly but women too. It's almost like I'm more acceptable or apporoachable now? I don't like it at all, it makes me feel really odd. I am not better or nicer or more deserving now I am slimmer. And there is a real chance I won't maintain and I'll go back to being bigger and I'll be shunned again.

Maybe it's me and I'm more confident now so I carry myself differently? It's weird as I still don't feel like I've lost weight and I know I'm exaectky the same so I don't feel more confident.

Rambling.

They're probably after an invite to your parties.....

Sorry mummy, I was laughing again because on another thread, one poster asked another if her bum was sore!!

It might be confidence. I've been underweight and overweight and although I wasnt skeletal or anything, I was shocked by how people thought it was okay to say "you're too thin".

Now I miss those days, but other than that I don't feel people have treated me differently.

I've had the "please don't lose any more weight!" Comments. I'm a size 12, I'm not far into the "healthy" bmi zone and I am really not tiny.

I'll assume it is not my weight loss and it is my wonderous personality shining through and my awkward gait due to all the Christmas buggery.

And the legs of a reindeer, makes it awfully difficult to walk normally!

12.3 this morning... again... this is getting boring now, yesterday I had hummus and crudites for lunch and an omelette and salad for dinner, 1 babybel as a snack and I hiked around half of cumbria! WHY!?

I have a work do tonight that I will be eating a lot at and I am hosting a Cocktails and Canape party tomorrow. Hopefully like Mummy I will be too busty rushing around after every one to eat millions!

I a have also had the "you don't need to lose any more now" mainly from my mother and grandmother, but my BMI isn't even healthy yet! I just carry weight on my boobs and bum so I look deceptively slim as I don't have a belly just an arse the size of jupiter. I am about a 12/14 atm, I was a big 16 when I started, but most of my clothes are stretchy, I was too scared to attempt anything stiff or tailored.

I home im busty tomorrow...

Ahaha busty and buggered! Bloody autocorrect!

I am always busty, although my bra's are rather roomy atm, I may need to go for a new fitting. I would rather wait till I have got to my goal weight so I don't have loads of clothes in millions of sizes, at £38+ a go my bras are not cheap so I would rather not just buy them all the time!

Id love to hike round Cumbria 'adds to list'

Mummy, I'm glad to hear you are busty

I dunno why I weighed myself today but it showed another half pound on. I haven't been meal planning while mum's ill, such a difference.

She is feeling better this AM so that's good.

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Hairspray, wow, that is pricey. They better be amazing at that price.

Lorelei Bravissimo they changed my life no lie! But the ones I like from there are not cheap! I was convinced for years I was a 36DD turns out i was a 34G I think atm I am more of a 32F/GG.

Cumbrian hike was for work, I work a lot with Hydro electric power generation, and most of their sites in the UK are half way up cumbrian mountains. Would have been ok but the clouds were so low I got utterly soaked, then it was a long damp journey back to Brum!

I am HOWLING at the Christmas Bugger! Vair festive

And Hairspray being too busty to eat her canapes is the icing on the cake!

Sucks that the scales are sticking for you Hair but it sounds like you're doing fabulously. I predict a whoosh.

(^ to tune of kaiser Chiefs)

Mummy I do think that it's confidence - or more specifically an absence of a lack of confidence (if that isn't too double-negativetastic to make sense). It makes such a difference: when you're lacking in confidence you subconsciously want to be invisible so subtly deflect people from engaging with you. You may not feel that you're swanning around brimming with confidence now, but I bet you're far less self-conscious, dressing differently, etc.

Oh it's hairspray that's busty, sorry mummy.

This thread should be renamed "First as Weight Loss, then as Farce"

Pray to the gods of the scales I get a woosh soon because this is all very depressing!

Not to talk about nice food too much but I am really looking forward to tonight's meal, I'm having chickpea tagine, and it comes with cauliflower couscous so I get to feel all virtuous, before diving into my salted caramel tart!

Christmas bugger

Hairspray that sounds delicious! I'm quite jealous, especially of the salted caramel tart. Is that at Prezzo?

DP and I are having take away tonight, I have been very virtuous today in preparation and have only had about 600 calories so far. Plus I am going to a bodypump class tomorrow so hopefully the consequences won't be too disasterous.. but what the heck, it's Friday and it's Christmas! sort of nearly

Soup to start, can't remember what type though!

v v virtuous for December Quim Month of indulgence and cheese.

I had a nice NSV this afternoon, had to go and get a new top for this eve as all my others are too big, went into Pepperberry and bought a 12 really curvey! and I think they come very small! I might post a photo of my outfit later, see how brave I feel!

Not Prezzo, we are going to The Botanist, AMAZING cocktails, that I will not be drinking as they are full of sugar

• Spuriouser even! Sorry, clearly not paying attention

What's NSV please?
Not a fan of chick peas, pity as they are so filling.

NON scale victory. I learnt it a couple of days ago.

I'm too busty for MN
Too busty for MN
All jealous of me-ee

And I'm too busty for the bugger
Too busty for the bugger
That mummy is hosting....

I'm a model
You know what I mean
And I do a nipple swirl with my tassels
With my tassels

Oh with my tassels
With my tassels yeah
I shake my massive bust at MNers

I'm too busty for this thread.

X post, oh I like that. Yes I might gained back that five pounds but my waist is a bit slimmer....NSV