LARDY LADIES

[Furball]

Another Tuesday! although I won't be reporting hopefully with good news until Thursday night.

Right, also thought that starting a new thread every week for just us 3 was mad so thought we'd just have our own on going thread that makes it easier to look back on - is that OK with everyone?

Furball this is great news, you're really sticking with it this time! It's so exciting being so close to losing a stone. And it must even be pleasant running in this weather. Well done!

I must say it gives me encouragement too - I'm thinking if you can do it then I can again. Dh needs to lose some weight too so it will be a bit easier if we're trying together. Plus if I can potter in the garden in the evenings instead of in the kitchen I won't be so tempted...

running in this weather is tough as you get sooo hot even at 8.30 in the morning. I get home and literally have steam comming out me trainers lol. I used to like going out in a t-shirt when it was frosty and everyone else was wrapped up in big winter coats!

I've got a wardrobe in the spare room with a size smaller clothes in and went through it yesterday and even fitted in some of it. I am deffo getting rid of current stuff when the time comes. As I hope I don't ever fit in to them ever again......

Well, I've got rid of one of those extra pounds, so I'm on the way down again - good luck this week Furball, and you too, Smalline. I've definitely found gardening instead of snacking is the way forward.

fab news heavybee well done!

woohoo! 3lbs off

That makes 1st 1 1/2 lbs in 8 weeks [yeehaa!]

bought a nice pair of trousers in the next size down today. When I got to the till they had been reduced from £15 down to £4.50 - what a bargain!

Terrific news Furball congratulations on losing a whole stone and some.

Looks like you've lost a pound since I last posted Heavybee I'm really pleased for you.

Well I had my weigh in today, the first in about 3 weeks, haven't been well recently, had this horrible ear infection which made me feel quite ill. Good news is that another pound has been lost, so that's 11.5 in total. Even better news was that I felt well enough to start my exercise routine up again, did some jogging this morning, managed to jog all the way home from the school run without stopping. I've signed up for the 'raceforlife' run which I will be doing on 15th June.

well done smalline! - you should join us on the couch to 5km thread, there's quite a few doing RFL

it's here and a nice thread, very supportive and encouraging

Sorry to hear you've been feeling so low, Smalline, I'd been wondering where you were and how you were doing. Hope now that you can jog again you start to feel better really quickly and congratulations on still losing weight in the meantime - 11.5 lb is such a lot to lose! And Furball that's just fantastic news, I'm so pleased for you. A stone and 1.5 lb in eight weeks is magnificent. Now you just have to keep it off.

I didn't lose any or gain any, or not to speak of, I lost a bit under a pound really so at least it's in the right direction. I also didn't have cake three or four times when I really wanted it so I'm hoping the desire is beginning to wear off. Yesterday after collecting the children I ate fruit instead of toast and then left the kitchen quickly.

1/2 lb this week, which i suppose was to be expected. I had two meals out - I wasn't naughty as such but you still don't quite know how things were cooked. Also went to the cinema with ds and started on his popcorn. at least it was a loss, phew!

Will try harder for next week as at 1/2lb a week I'll probably loss momentum!

Nothing, which is sad because in the middle of the week I'd definitely lost a couple of pounds, but not now. Oh well. I'm making an effort though and I'm eating less in the evenings. Good luck Furball you must be feeling great now that you've lost over a stone! And Smalline I hope your ear infection has cleared up completely, that must have been horrid.

cor blimey 1/2 lb again this week - I'm going to throw everything at it this week, to get me on a 2 lb a week track, I can't wait 6 months to loose another stone at the 1/2 lb a week malarky

Thing is, Furball, you are still losing, and if it comes off slowly it will be more likely to stay off. You probably will find it slows down now, but it will keep going down as long as you stick to it. Well done, and don't despair, just imagine what you would have felt like a stone ago to know you'd lose the first stone and be starting on the second!

Well there was no weigh-in last Monday due to the bank holiday. I weighed myself on Friday and lost a couple of pounds, however, that was before a weekend away. Went to the weigh-in today and was disappointed to find that I had stayed the same (as my official weigh-in 2 weeks ago).

I'm feeling much much better thanks Heavybee the ear infection made me realise that I haven't really been looking after myself, so I'm trying to fit in more fruit, water and exercise into my daily regime.

Furball you are losing weight. I'm sorry that 1/2lb is too slow for you but listen to Heavybee the slower it comes off the longer it stays off. You have worked really hard to loose your first stone, please don't let this slow down put you off your second. One lady at weight watchers lost absolutely nothing for 3 months last year, despite sticking to the plan rigidly. She is on maintenance now having lost a total of 4 stones, she looks fantastic.

Hi Smalline, how lovely to hear from you! I'm so glad you're feeling better - and don't worry about the weight not coming off, some of the flab will definitely have turned into (heavier) muscle by now with the exercise. Furball good luck this week but don't fret if the losses aren't so dramatic, you probably don't have so much to go now because you've done so well. The last stone is very hard to shift. It can be done though, it's just slow. I'm down half a pound today on last week which isn't much but it's in the right direction. If it stops raining tomorrow as it's supposed to I might even get out into the garden, thus avoiding the temptations of the kitchen.... Good luck to all of us!

3 1/2 lb this week - only another 1 lb to go for my 1 and 1/2 stone award! wooooohoooo

Please help me get back on track. I'm really fed up with constantly failing to lose weight.
I snack on crap all evening most evenings even when not hungry.
For example tonight i have had 2 snack size strawberry fruit corners and 4 penguin wafer bars. Before that i had a huge plate of home made but fried chips plus 3x bread and butter.
(And a can of lager but very rare for me to drink!)

Now i have made one positive change. I have given up squash and now only drink water (don't like tea or coffee)

Last time i weighed myself (a few weeks ago) i was 12st 8lbs. Not so much worried about the weight or being a size 14. It is all the wobbly fat and bingo wings i hate.

How can i sort myself out? Do i need proper help with my over eating at night?

Can't really get to exercise classes and even though i often think during the day that i will do a dvd that night, it never happens. Even the running fizzled out even though i did like it.

Please help me.

don't panic tortose! I was eating like you only it was during the day. I've been on this thread for something like 3 years so shows how long I've dragged it out for. But I realised when my 16's became to tight that the only thing that would help me loose weight was ME. Someone at school said they were doing slimming world and would I like to go with them. Nope I said, been there done that. Got home and thought - it's a good diet, you can eat loads, sign me up. I've since stuck to it like glue over the last 9 weeks and have 1 lb to go for my 1 and 1/2 stone award .

now take your crap you were eating

you can have as many mueller light yogurts as you can eat, so on SW that wouldn't be a problem. On a green day you can eat as many potatoes as you can manage so you could also have a massive plate of SW (made in the oven with Fry Light) chips and that wouldn't be a problem and you could have a couple of slices of bread (no butter though mate, come on ) as what is called a healthy extra so that wouldn't have been a problem. The penguins would be a problem, you are allowed 10-15 (I have about 7 ) syns a day and I have managed the art of actually eating, enjoying and tasting (rather than munching down before the wrappers fully open) 1/2 squares of cadburys chocolate and can say that a whole small bar is now too much I don't drink so am lucky as thats where alot of syns go. But 1/2 a lager is about 6 syns.

So, if you look at it like that you haven't done too badly.

The other thing I do is meal plan and shop accordingly. the last thing you need is to get to the cupboard and start rummaging cos you can't think. Thats where it all falls apart.

If you are just wanting to tone the flab, could you run in the evening when you are most likely to snack? as I know what you mean about the DVD - I bought one just before christmas and haven't even unwrapped the celophane yet but you probably know from the couch potato thread I run 5km 3 times a week. It takes 30 mins, I listen to my music, get lost in my own world and help burn flab and am proud of the fact that at a size 16 (am a 14 now!) didn't look like an athlete, so shocked the hell out of anyone that saw or knew me!

Loads of Mnetters to help you along the way Tortoise. What do you think about it all?

Thank you furball. I think this thread was one of the 1st ones i posted on after i joined MN about 3 yrs ago!

What you post says sounds great. Money is tight and i find it hard to meal plan, never know what to make/cook.

It is difficult to run in the evenings because i have no-one to sit with DC. I have left DS1 with DD's in bed and DS2 cycled along with me, but only managed that once! By the time i have walked upto 6 miles a day on school runs etc i don't feel like running but i was really enjoying it. If i had the money i would buy a treadmill thing.

There isn't a slimming world group near to me which is a shame because i have often thought of joining. I did WW years ago which helped me lose lots but i hated point counting!

hows tricks tortoise?

Not too bad so far today. Normally snacking starts once all DC are in bed.
Last night it was 3 packs of crisps. Not much food in the house really other than crisps.

We had spaghetti carbonara for tea. Went down well and so easy to make. Why have i not made it before!

Thnks for asking.

Hello Tortoise, nice to see you again! I know what you mean about snacking and it's difficult not to have snacks in the house if you've got children to deal with, but Furball's advice is (as always) all good and learning to plan meals is a great start. Also if you can manage not to buy the bags of crisps in the first place you can't eat them! I find if I'm trying to make/knit/sew something in the evening which involves NOT having sticky or greasy fingers I can manage on just cups of tea. My main method of keeping off the snacks is just staying out of the kitchen. I have to report no loss or gain this week but it's been chaotic and I'm quite pleased with that. It should be a bit more straightforward this week.
Furball you're doing so well, you're losing enough for all the rest of us by yourself! I'm so pleased, nearly a stone and a half is truly impressive. Is there anything we can do to help you keep it off now that it's gone?
Smalline how are you getting on with fitting more fruit and water and exercise into the day? I'm trying to remember to drink more water now too and it does make me feel altogether better so I hope the same works for you.

Good luck to all of us & let's hope we can follow Furball's example!

Tortoise - I know it hasn't got the same 'crips satisfaction' rating but how about getting in some nice crunchy fruit and veg and preping up aload of say chopped carrot for snacking on in the evening - I know it all sounds incredably dull but it may save you from crip overdose. You could have a pot of houmous or tzatiki or salsa as a dip and raw cauliflower and cucumbr is also nice dipped in. Or chopping up some really cripy tasty apples like 'pink lady' which taste like apples should taste. That way you can still satisfy your nibbles but you aren't damaging your weight.

I've been there tortoise, not being able to decide which flavour crips to have so have a bag of each honestly I have, it's more habit than anything but deffo a road to weight gain.

heavybee - your words are always so kind unfortunately even with nearly a stone and a half off - I am only half way there......I'm keeping at it.

Furball you are absolutely right about the carrot sticks and houmous. It's one of my favourite snacks - houmous is good for you and filling without being wicked, definitely better than crisps, and carrots have just the right desirable sort of crunch. Tortoise you may find the children like it too, even my pernickety pair will happily eat raw carrot chopped into rounds, especially if they get their own bowlful each so they don't have to share!