BigMoFos Week 49

[JackieNo]

New thread (we're almost up to a whole year of threads now).

Hi Guys,

Not been posting as I'm getting VERY stressed with house hunting! ArgggggggggH

Its good to see you again DH, I was wondering where you were and if all was ok, I even considered emailing but didn't want to be intrusive! I hope you decide to hang around, its good to chat and this thread at least feels friendly and comfortable (I very rarely venture any where else as the posters all seem soooo angry!)

I've lost 1lb this week so hopefully back on track after the Easter binge!!! Though I havn't gone to the gym this week as I've been feeling 'delicate' . Actually the old chest (I'm asthmatic) has been playing up a bit, what with all the lovely pollen suddenly flying around!

Wow - I go off to work and the thread gets really busy. Hi EllieG, and welcome.

WWB - you talk so much sense - I'm really glad you're back.

DpahneHarvey - I posted on the other thread, glad you had a successful shopping trip.

I've just weighed, and have lost 1 lb. Which is nice. Can I remind people to send emails with their weight losses (or gains) to the usual address, please: [email protected] - it's much easier than trying to collate things by trawling through the thread. Sue - do you want to do them this week? I started an Excel spreadsheet last week that I can send you, if it helps (but I need to update it with ForcesSweetheart's weight loss which I got completely wrong last week).

Oh Fauve ... can you imagine the horror that VB would feel surrounded by the combined forces of the MoFos? The stuff of her nightmares, I'd imagine She could easily be mistaken for one of our arms ...

Jackie, I talk a load of old cobblers most of the time so it's nice to be on a thread where they think I talk sense

Well i will attempt to put pics on my profile againand see if i can manage it.

Am almost hoping that tonights gain will give a kick up the bum to get me motivated again.

wish me luck!!

Agalch - found your wedding pics on your post natal thread - here they are - you look gorgeous! And your DCs are beautiful too.

Agalch, you're gorgeous! You look absolutely stunning and it looks like a really lovely, happy day.

Loads of good luck vibes coming for tonight ... I'll lay odds that it won't be as bad as you think.

Oh, you are gorgeous, Algach! All those kilts, too... Makes me think of David Tennant, mmm...

Hahaha, WWB, re Mrs Beckham being mistaken for one of our arms

you are indeed georgeous Agalch - you are right to feel that you looked fab cos you did. Try not to lose that feeling too fast, nobody looks georgeous all the time but we really shouldn;t put ourselves down for it. We are so hard on ourselves. Funny how so many of us seem to be in a dip at the same time.

I do feel better having weighed at Boots and really decided to start again (rather than my rather half hearted attempt at starting again last week).

DH - one of the things I faced up to as part of being on this thread is that I am a food addict but I would never admit it even to myself before. (I'm not suggesting you are as I have no idea). I don;t know why it took me such a long time to accept it, somehow just being greedy and having "lapses" was somehow more normal. But when I have a bad week like last week and I think "I must get back on a diet", I can almost feel the panic welling up inside me at the thought of having to cut back on my food. I rarely enjoy my binges as much as I think I'm going to and they leave me depressed rather than happy. None of that is a normal attitude to food and I do now accept it is an addiction which I will always struggle with, I am like an alcoholic - I will never be "cured". However in my saner moments I also learnt that the way to get back on the straight and narrow is to be kind to myself and set myself small targets. Not - I will cut out all cake/bacon sandwiches/chips etc this week and get back on my diet, but I will cut out baocn sandwixhes and have chips only once this week and I will have a piece of cake twice and hope I can stay the same weight. Then next week, I cut the chips completely and go to one piece of cake etc etc. I have also learnt that if I keep getting back on the wagon I will lead a healthier lifestyle for longer than I would otherwise and possibly even shift some more weight.

Well just emailed my loss of half a pound.I have no idea how the hell that happened but hey maybe someone up there likes me lol.

Thanks for the nice things you have said about my pics,i loved my DH and the boys in their kilts

I too have to accept that i have a food addiction Sue.I will def binge now and again but im not sure i can ever say i never will again.Emotions play such a big part in my eating habits.Eating still makes me feel really good at the time but there is such a low after it it's never worthwhile.

Well i may lose next week as i am poss getting a root canal done so may not eat much

Hope you all have a good weekend xx

Is there a day for emailing weight gain/loss? Not really sure how it all works.
Suejonez - good advice about small targets. I keep cutting out absolutely everything, and then I can't maintain it for more than a few days and I feel like a complete failure. I was sure I had lost a pound or 2 this week but then when I weighed myself this morning it seems to have gone on again, so am bit narky.

I haven't e-mailed yet. Is it too late? I'll do it now, just in case....

Ellie, we email weights on a Thursday and they're generally listed sometime on a Friday. The email address is [email protected]

You can email a starting weight if you want to, or just email your weekly losses. If you don't want to weigh in then that's fine as well - whichever feels more comfortable to you.

Sue, I'm nodding in agreement and complete understanding with your post about being a food addict - you're describing me there too.

Ta. I'll email in next week then in that case as this being the first week I have no gains or losses to report til then.

Agalch you looked gorgeous, and I'm sure from those piccys that you still do! I'm envious anyway ! You LOs look lovely to (as does DH but I think that might be the kilt )

Thankyou for a bril post Sue. I know I have somewhat less weight than some of you to lose but I definately seem to have the same 'problems' with food. I do love it so and I find it impossible to have just a mouthful of a 'treat' I've always got to stuff as much as possible even after I get to the point when I'm not really enjoying it anymore . I've been thinking of myself as just plain greedy but I guess addicted is a valid description . I deal with it by only having small amounts of things in the house so that I can't binge, but when I'm feeling particularly low I'll binge on whatever is there even if its only baked beans!

my lovely boy done good today here

That's amazing, Sue - well done

That is such a lovely thread, sue - you must be incredibly proud of him and also of yourself.

must confess Jackie that I have felt a little emotional on and off today. I remember so vividly the adoption specialist saying that he thought DS has a 20% chance of mild-moderate CP and I made the difficult decision to take him anyway. I can't believe that was less than 6 months ago and that we have only been home three months.

I am incredibly proud of him (they don;t do a weepy grin emoticon)

OK - I'm doing the weights. Here we go - eyes down for a full house etc:

coppertop: -3 (total -3)
agalch: -.5 (total -25)
JackieNo: -1 (total -1)
WigWamBam: -7 (total -7)
LittleMisssensible: -1 (total -5.5)
Fauve: +1 (total -15)

So this week's crown goes to the indubitable queen of the MoFos: WigWamBam, with a massive 7lb loss - that's absolutely brilliant! And an honourable mention to both coppertop, whose 3 lb would normally have won her the crown, and to agalch, who lost weight despite being convinced she wasn't going to.

Sorry - x-post there sue - that really is incredible. Your faith in him and yourself really has been justified. And I definitely think we need a 'welling up' emoticon.

Sorry Jackie I didn't email cos I posted earlier in the week
I lost 3.5lb

Well done WWB what was your secret??

New thread
(sorry I missed you out, whoops)

That is wonderful Sue!

Thats really fab WWB - what a good start to your new start (IISWIM)

Jackie - I had absolutely no faith in myself at all, I fluctuated between thinking everything would be just fine, when I was visiting him and just somehow knew he was fine (wishful thinking?) and being convinced that it was all going to be a disaster and everything that everyone said would happen (CP, mental problems, chest problems, blindness, deafness).

My moment of clarity was when the doctor who assessed his medical said when I was vacillating "it comes down to whether you are prepared to tkae on the risk or not - can you walk away now (about 4 days in) or is it too late for that?" And I just suddenly knew it was already too late for that, come what may, he was going to be mine and we would just make the best we could of it between us.

Sue, I think you're a good team, the two of you .