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lulu41 has lost her 3 stone and so much more she's disappeared!

821 replies

Eddas · 12/02/2008 10:52

The story so far............

UC: -2 Total: -5
Colditz: -4 Total: -11
VVV: - 2 Total: -14
arau: - 2 Total: - 11
perkin: -1 Total: - 5
silkcusion: -1 Total: -13
caykon: -3 Total: -22
loler: s/s Total: -11
happymum: -6 Total: -
glitter: -2 Total: -
mammyjo: -1.5 Total: - 14.5
eddas: -2 Total: -6
Lilibet: -1 total: -1
Ag: -3 Total: -19
FioFio: -5 Total: - 10
Moodlum: - s/s total: -5
GillL: - 0.5 Total - 17.5
ChocSpiders: - Total -
Fedda: - Total -

OP posts:
mammyjo · 06/07/2008 18:41

Well done Colditz! 2lbs is fab. It really doesn't matter that you had lost the 2 stone by April, what matters is that you have still lost the 2 stone iykwim. It is always too easy to let the weight creep back on, and you haven't. That is worth a lot of credit!
I have had an incredibly bad week, but am going to go to class tomorrow even though I really don't want to look at the result! I am going to start counting points again as it is the only way for me. If I can do it then you certainly can

Ags · 06/07/2008 22:49

Colditz, right, you have successfully maintained a 2 stone weight loss since April! This is not a small achievement. It is bloody huge. The thing that happens so often is that we more than make up for 'being good' by being very very bad and therefore the weight comes piling back.

Get your pen and paper and start writing everything down again. It really is the only way. And keep doing the sit ups! Fabulous that there is a distinct lack of excess blubber in the way.

I am a bit of a one to talk at the moment. Had a crap weekend. Really bad on Friday and Saturday (and this is after having a 'week off' the week before). So desperately trying to get myself back on track too. Was good today though.

fedda · 07/07/2008 17:18

What an inspiring tread. Thank you so much, everyone who is so positive and encouraging. I'll try to follow your advice.

OLIVIASMAMA · 07/07/2008 17:47

{blush} I've not been to WW for 3 weeks - put about 4 lbs on I think although haven't weighed myself in the last few days, don't know what's happened but I don't feel as good as I did, infact feel rather chubby again to say the very least.

It's soooooo bloody hard, anyway I'm going back this week for sentencing, I'll be back to report on the damage on Thursday after class.....oh and by the way everyone, you are all doing REALLY well and the only thing that's inspired me to go back is this thread today and my poor DD who constantly has no chocolate buttons left in her packet!

Well done everyone.

OLIVIASMAMA · 07/07/2008 17:48

oops double

Ags · 07/07/2008 23:18

Oliviasmama, the bravest thing you can do is go back knowing you have put on so well done! I didn't go last week cos I knew I had gained but am hoping for a tiny tiny loss tomorrow so will go (obviously wearing as little as possible, after blowing my nose, weeing about 10 times, cleaning out my ears and cutting my toe and fingernails to the quick!).

Fedda, how you getting on? Are you managing to avoid the sugar? Let us know.

OLIVIASMAMA · 08/07/2008 08:41

Thanks Ags, - Skipped onto my scales this morning, worse than I thought, 6lbs on! Feel soooo bad, but hey ho off we go again and good luck to you today, you are such a star, you just keep going and going, I'm full of admiration for you.

mammyjo · 08/07/2008 12:58

Well I went and the damage was 5.5lbs on!! I didn't realise it was humanly possible to gain that much in a week!
Oh well, I enjoyed every bit of it. Even my leader had to laugh because it seems ridiculous. She did ask if I was finished binging now! I knew I had eaten loads, but maybe not quite that much!

My tracker is back out and I have had 9 points up until now. I am counting again and hope to have at least half of that gain back off by next week. Fedda, hope you are tracking again too

OM, don't let the gain get you down. I am determined not to regain all the weight I have worked so hard to shift. If I can get myself back on track I reckon anyone can.

Come on ladies, we can do it!

You may wonder why I sound so jolly after having made quite an impressive gain. Since having my gall bladder out I feel so much better, I feel like I have my life back and am completely pain free. It's brilliant!

mammyjo · 08/07/2008 12:59

Oops, forgot this bit!

Colditz: -2 Total: -28
VVV: -4 Total: -34.5
arau: - 2 Total: - 11
perkin: 0 Total: - 5
silkcushion: -1 Total: -17
caykon: -2 Total: -30
loler: -3 Total: -28
happymum: -6 Total: -
glitter: -2 Total: -
mammyjo: +5.5! Total: -29
eddas: +2 Total: -4
Ag: -5 Total: -67
FioFio: -1.5 Total: - 21
Moodlum: -1 total: - 5
GillL: - 4 Total - 21.5
ChocSpiders: - Total - 8
Fedda: 0 Total - 11
Squiffy: - 5.5 Total - 26.5
Lennygrrl - 5 (in about a month) Total - 14
Short -1 Total - 9
Lilibet -3 Total -3
Bananaknickers- - 3 total 17.5
oliviasmama: - 3.5 Total: - 15

mammyjo · 08/07/2008 13:01

And good luck for tomorrow Ags

Ags · 08/07/2008 13:31

Ta Mammyjo and Oliviasmama. I got my tiny loss today, half a pound! I am really pleased to be back on the wagon and hoping for 2.5 loss this week to get to 5 stone!

Colditz: -2 Total: -28
VVV: -4 Total: -34.5
arau: - 2 Total: - 11
perkin: 0 Total: - 5
silkcushion: -1 Total: -17
caykon: -2 Total: -30
loler: -3 Total: -28
happymum: -6 Total: -
glitter: -2 Total: -
mammyjo: +5.5! Total: -29
eddas: +2 Total: -4
Ag: -.5 Total: -67.5
FioFio: -1.5 Total: - 21
Moodlum: -1 total: - 5
GillL: - 4 Total - 21.5
ChocSpiders: - Total - 8
Fedda: 0 Total - 11
Squiffy: - 5.5 Total - 26.5
Lennygrrl - 5 (in about a month) Total - 14
Short -1 Total - 9
Lilibet -3 Total -3
Bananaknickers- - 3 total 17.5
oliviasmama: - 3.5 Total: - 15

Ags · 08/07/2008 13:32

By the way MJ, so glad you are feeling better!

mammyjo · 08/07/2008 14:12

Well done Ags! I was wishing you luck for tomorrow, but didn't actually notice that you posted your message yesterday!

bananaknickers · 14/07/2008 18:46

Colditz: -2 Total: -28
VVV: -4 Total: -34.5
arau: - 2 Total: - 11
perkin: 0 Total: - 5
silkcushion: -1 Total: -17
caykon: -2 Total: -30
loler: -3 Total: -28
happymum: -6 Total: -
glitter: -2 Total: -
mammyjo: +5.5! Total: -29
eddas: +2 Total: -4
Ag: -.5 Total: -67.5
FioFio: -1.5 Total: - 21
Moodlum: -1 total: - 5
GillL: - 4 Total - 21.5
ChocSpiders: - Total - 8
Fedda: 0 Total - 11
Squiffy: - 5.5 Total - 26.5
Lennygrrl - 5 (in about a month) Total - 14
Short -1 Total - 9
Lilibet -3 Total -3
Bananaknickers- - total 20.5
oliviasmama: - 3.5 Total: - 15

still going. Where have you all gone?

mammyjo · 15/07/2008 12:52

Hi all. Much better week for me this week, lost 4.5lbs of the 5.5 I gained last week! I am really pleased with that

Colditz: -2 Total: -28
VVV: -4 Total: -34.5
arau: - 2 Total: - 11
perkin: 0 Total: - 5
silkcushion: -1 Total: -17
caykon: -2 Total: -30
loler: -3 Total: -28
happymum: -6 Total: -
glitter: -2 Total: -
mammyjo: -4.5 Total: -33.5
eddas: +2 Total: -4
Ag: -.5 Total: -67.5
FioFio: -1.5 Total: - 21
Moodlum: -1 total: - 5
GillL: - 4 Total - 21.5
ChocSpiders: - Total - 8
Fedda: 0 Total - 11
Squiffy: - 5.5 Total - 26.5
Lennygrrl - 5 (in about a month) Total - 14
Short -1 Total - 9
Lilibet -3 Total -3
Bananaknickers- - total 20.5
oliviasmama: - 3.5 Total: - 15

loler · 17/07/2008 13:10

Oh dear - felt that I really didn't want to show my face here. My name is loler and I'm a foodaholic - in last month have rediscovered cheese and butter and chocolate and wine and cider and cake and icecream and creamy pasta sauce. Thought I'd managed to conker my like of these. Have tried to get back on the wagon, not too sucessfully so after a slight loss think I have gained about 6lb. Will weigh in on Sat (my normal/old day) and confirm the worst then!

Ags - still impressed!
Mjo - congrats on getting the gall bladder removed. Did you have a massive flare up or did you reach the top of the waiting list? Hope you are back to normal now.

Off to find my ww book and pen and paper....

Colditz: -2 Total: -28
VVV: -4 Total: -34.5
arau: - 2 Total: - 11
perkin: 0 Total: - 5
silkcushion: -1 Total: -17
caykon: -2 Total: -30
loler: +6 Total: -22
happymum: -6 Total: -
glitter: -2 Total: -
mammyjo: -4.5 Total: -33.5
eddas: +2 Total: -4
Ag: -.5 Total: -67.5
FioFio: -1.5 Total: - 21
Moodlum: -1 total: - 5
GillL: - 4 Total - 21.5
ChocSpiders: - Total - 8
Fedda: 0 Total - 11
Squiffy: - 5.5 Total - 26.5
Lennygrrl - 5 (in about a month) Total - 14
Short -1 Total - 9
Lilibet -3 Total -3
Bananaknickers- - total 20.5
oliviasmama: - 3.5 Total: - 15

ThatBigGermanPrison · 18/07/2008 08:51

Colditz: -1 Total: -29
VVV: -4 Total: -34.5
arau: - 2 Total: - 11
perkin: 0 Total: - 5
silkcushion: -1 Total: -17
caykon: -2 Total: -30
loler: -3 Total: -28
happymum: -6 Total: -
glitter: -2 Total: -
mammyjo: +5.5! Total: -29
eddas: +2 Total: -4
Ag: -.5 Total: -67.5
FioFio: -1.5 Total: - 21
Moodlum: -1 total: - 5
GillL: - 4 Total - 21.5
ChocSpiders: - Total - 8
Fedda: 0 Total - 11
Squiffy: - 5.5 Total - 26.5
Lennygrrl - 5 (in about a month) Total - 14
Short -1 Total - 9
Lilibet -3 Total -3
Bananaknickers- - total 20.5
oliviasmama: - 3.5 Total: - 15

Still here, still plugging away, to those who have fallen off the wagon - just get back on again. It will be ok. Better two mars bars a day for three weeks than a mars bar daily for life!

fedda · 19/07/2008 22:50

Hi, girls. I'm still trying...

mammyjo · 21/07/2008 09:20

How is it going Fedda?

I weigh again this evening. I have had a good week, but sneakily weighed myself and reckon I have only shifted a pound. I have had bigger losses lately mainly due to being unwell, but I am eating a lot more now! Still, a pound a week is good anyway isn't it I am so chuffed that I am still going with this. I am convinced that the monthly pass has a lot to do with keeping me going to my meetings, and for some reason, my head is in the right place too.

Loler, I ended up getting another flare up on a Friday, was admitted again, and the surgeon who was on call for the weekend took my gallbladder out on the Saturday. I was so grateful to him! I have my life back and feel so much better now, it's great!

bananaknickers · 21/07/2008 13:26

I agree with the monthly pass mammyjo. It keeps me focused - as I don't like wasting money.

I have been to the charity shop today and brought some more clothes in smallers sizes. I don't/ can't afford to spend money on clothes that I won't be in for long. I will have a blow out when I reach goal.

This thread is really helping. Thanks ladies xx

Colditz: -1 Total: -29
VVV: -4 Total: -34.5
arau: - 2 Total: - 11
perkin: 0 Total: - 5
silkcushion: -1 Total: -17
caykon: -2 Total: -30
loler: -3 Total: -28
happymum: -6 Total: -
glitter: -2 Total: -
mammyjo: +5.5! Total: -29
eddas: +2 Total: -4
Ag: -.5 Total: -67.5
FioFio: -1.5 Total: - 21
Moodlum: -1 total: - 5
GillL: - 4 Total - 21.5
ChocSpiders: - Total - 8
Fedda: 0 Total - 11
Squiffy: - 5.5 Total - 26.5
Lennygrrl - 5 (in about a month) Total - 14
Short -1 Total - 9
Lilibet -3 Total -3
Bananaknickers- - total 22.5
oliviasmama: - 3.5 Total: - 15

mammyjo · 21/07/2008 15:16

Well done BK! I will be back with my results tomorrow

fedda · 21/07/2008 16:50

Hi, mammyjo, it's up and down but not too bad at the moment which means no gain but no loss. I can't be strict so I'm trying my best having salad with lemon juice and tiny drop of olive oil and fruit and berries but I eat other things of course. Today I wanted to take a bus as I was tired but I thought I needed to walk so I did.

bananaknickers · 21/07/2008 20:58

Another 2lb off this week

Colditz: -1 Total: -29
VVV: -4 Total: -34.5
arau: - 2 Total: - 11
perkin: 0 Total: - 5
silkcushion: -1 Total: -17
caykon: -2 Total: -30
loler: -3 Total: -28
happymum: -6 Total: -
glitter: -2 Total: -
mammyjo: +5.5! Total: -29
eddas: +2 Total: -4
Ag: -.5 Total: -67.5
FioFio: -1.5 Total: - 21
Moodlum: -1 total: - 5
GillL: - 4 Total - 21.5
ChocSpiders: - Total - 8
Fedda: 0 Total - 11
Squiffy: - 5.5 Total - 26.5
Lennygrrl - 5 (in about a month) Total - 14
Short -1 Total - 9
Lilibet -3 Total -3
Bananaknickers- 2 total 24.5
oliviasmama: - 3.5 Total: - 15

mammyjo · 22/07/2008 08:40

I have lost another 1.5lbs this week taking me up to 2 1/2 stone!! Needless to say I am very pleased with myself!

Colditz: -1 Total: -29
VVV: -4 Total: -34.5
arau: - 2 Total: - 11
perkin: 0 Total: - 5
silkcushion: -1 Total: -17
caykon: -2 Total: -30
loler: -3 Total: -28
happymum: -6 Total: -
glitter: -2 Total: -
mammyjo: -1.5 Total: -35
eddas: +2 Total: -4
Ag: -.5 Total: -67.5
FioFio: -1.5 Total: - 21
Moodlum: -1 total: - 5
GillL: - 4 Total - 21.5
ChocSpiders: - Total - 8
Fedda: 0 Total - 11
Squiffy: - 5.5 Total - 26.5
Lennygrrl - 5 (in about a month) Total - 14
Short -1 Total - 9
Lilibet -3 Total -3
Bananaknickers- 2 total 24.5
oliviasmama: - 3.5 Total: - 15

Ags · 22/07/2008 13:53

Couldn't make last week's weigh in but went today and have lost 3.5 lbs. Finally broken that 5 stone barrier! Very pleased. Well done to everyone who has fallen off the wagon but jumped back on. Not easy but very worthwhile in the end.

Colditz: -1 Total: -29
VVV: -4 Total: -34.5
arau: - 2 Total: - 11
perkin: 0 Total: - 5
silkcushion: -1 Total: -17
caykon: -2 Total: -30
loler: -3 Total: -28
happymum: -6 Total: -
glitter: -2 Total: -
mammyjo: -1.5 Total: -35
eddas: +2 Total: -4
Ag: -3.5 Total: -71
FioFio: -1.5 Total: - 21
Moodlum: -1 total: - 5
GillL: - 4 Total - 21.5
ChocSpiders: - Total - 8
Fedda: 0 Total - 11
Squiffy: - 5.5 Total - 26.5
Lennygrrl - 5 (in about a month) Total - 14
Short -1 Total - 9
Lilibet -3 Total -3
Bananaknickers- 2 total 24.5
oliviasmama: - 3.5 Total: - 15

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