Thank you all. Tractors well done on the loss, you are so right on it starting and stopping with us.
Chesty I totally sympathise, hormones suck. Is there any mileage in not weighing on ovulation week in the future? I’m at same time of the month and just looked on the scales, am only 2.5lbs up now which is a big improvement on nearly half a stone on Saturday morning but think the current bit is ovulation, it’s worse than pre period these days.
BeeakingSad, sorry about the fridge, not good to come home to. That’s actually very impressive a pound, well done ! It’s great we’re all going away then coming back and KOKO.
MagicKeys don’t be too despondent about a gain, a lot of it will be water and will be off in a couple of weeks. I definitely could only have over eaten by a pound tops in total as was only 3 days didn’t count and was fairly active so worst case scenario was extra 1000 cals a day on those days, but scales showed nearly half a stone. Bloody unsettling to see though and I do get how people come back, see the gain and never get back on track.
My waist measurement is now half of height at BMI just over 26, but hip to waist ratio too high when last checked it. I think I probably will end up about right at top of BMI to half a stone under.
Welcome to the thread and to MN LovelessLily and so sorry about your Mum, that must have been a huge shock. You’re off to a great start and I think most of us can relate to having been in denial, will never forget the moment I saw 19 on the scales. A few more weeks and you’ll see 17 again.
Happy anniversary Fate, that’s great you’re both lighter than your wedding day. I’m enjoying being lighter than DH for first time in our relationship. Totally hear you on the others going on about not losing more weight. I’ve stopped engaging on it now i’ve decided and am going to charitably put it down to it being such a contrast to before and I think I look lighter than I weigh. Saw a couple of friends fleetingly yesterday and was in one of my new t shirts that fit better so had the whole I can’t get over how thin you look again. I honestly don’t look thin, just a hell of a lot thinner than before.
Have made the decision to ditch one friendship that has been weird for a bit. Think i’ve posted about it before. I’ve gone from largest to secon thinnest and the person who was in that position before has gone a bit weird. One day there was a constant at atmosphere between us the whole time and not goid for group dynamic so I’m bailing. She absolutely ripped into me by text about 6 months ago fior something she feels another of group and I did that she found rude and accused me of lying. Interestingly she didn’t raise it with other friend (thinnest in group). I apologised at time to keep the peace but am still pissed if so after a whole walk of her talking over me and than resorting to cultural stereotypes about my Mother plus loads of comments on and off about how skinny I look, i’m Out. Sorry, bit long there, think I needed to get that out.!
On plus side as have said before, I love the effect it has had on some other friendships where I now access parts of their life I didn’t before ie. the exercise bits and it has added a whole new dimension which has been lovely. Overall everyone has been really supportive. I know it has been hard at times for a close friend who thinks she isn’t very intelligent (she is, just not confident). We’ve always been an unlikely friendship to look at but she’s been like a sister to me. She was telling someone a couple of years ago that i’, the brains of the friendship and although she never said it, I know she saw herself as the attractive one. She is and has always let that define her so been struggling a bit with the whole ‘losing your looks ‘concept, not helped by a very critical DD who keeps on saying how old she’s looking, People are talking about my weight loss and I think a guy we both know was saying something quite complimentary about my new shape and I think she found that hard as she is usually the one who very frequently gets compliments. She’s had to rethink how she views herself a bit and is now finding that she is starting to think about what she wants to a much bigger extent (always did everything based around her now two adult DC) and taking up new interests which she’s loving and she has also changed and is also taking control of her life much more. Sorry to ramble, bit of a brain splurge.
Fezzes bloody well done to you, that’s fantastic and you’ve inspired me to get off my arse and go for last ore pre Hospital run!