Anyone else out there with 5 plus stones to lose? Who fancies doing a weekly weigh in with me? ******NEW THREAD*****..old one got too big..unlike us 8-)

[PinkChick]

woohoo i get to strat new thread, old one was maxed out!

i wanted to say that i would like to lose 6lb by next time i get weighed and then i will finally lose the far away dream of getting over 2 stone!

"quake" not quale doh!

Well done you for suggesting that! I'm sure they didn't think you were causing an earthquake! I just played a game of tennis in the park with ds - my dh was horrified that I don't run for the ball. I just feel too heavy to run at the moment, walking is fine.

Had a salad tonight with prawns and some granary bread, was delicious. Then had a yoghurt - not feeling hungry yet, it would be this time normally the teas and biscuits would come out.

ooh well done Clire, sounds like theyre working, its amaizing how it makes you feel isnt it..i can have mine first thing and not have anything too eat for a while but STILL feel full..thats why im ok if like today i dont get chance to eat for lunch, obv i know i need to, but AFAIC it wont kill me being my weight, i just dont do it on purpose..glad you had fab day..i wouldnt be running for no ball either!

sorry CLAIRE..youll get used to my crap typing

Claire - I'm very impatient too and have also tended to give up easily in the past. However, i realise now that it hasn't taken me 2 weeks to put on 7 or 8 stone so it's not going to take 2 weeks to come off! The average i think is about 18 months to 2 years so it IS a long haul, but the slower it comes off, the better (in a sensible way of course!!). I'm like you too - last chance saloon for me as well!!

Pink - well done on your meal out!! at you racing DS! There's no way i can even run a step at the moment, let alone RACE anyone! haha!! Well done you!!

Hi all, have I really been away long enough that you have started a new thread???

I'm up to 51 lbs lost now

How is everyone else doing?

hi Kelah! Wow, 51lbs! Well done!!

I'm still struggling a little here - only lost about 16lbs and seem to be stuck in a rut of going up 2lb, going down 2lb etc.

RG - do you know what is causing that?

oh my gawd 51lbs that is brilliant!! well we have been out for sunfay dinner carvery and i only had the veg the meat looked vile - but i had an ice cream sundae - which is bad but oh soooooooooooooooooo lovley - but im going on the treadmill tonite for 30 mins

KelaH - well i think it's caused by my recent return to work last week (2 days a week). I've been so gutted that i have to return to work after being on mat leave and i'm feeling so fed up about it. My job isn't stressful or anything but i just really dont want anyone else to look after DD while i have to go back to work! So yeah, i think that's the underlying reason!

Jaz - Yummy!!!!!

HI there, can I play?!

I have prob 6 and a ahlf stone to lose but am not 100% as I refuse to have scales in the house! Am off to town tomorrow so will weigh myself in boots as a starter...

Have started trying to 'swap' things in my diet as I have 2 LOs' 2.6 and 10 months, and find I just need to graze all day or they exhaust me, but I have had no bread for 4 days now and am swapping it for fruit and veg....

Hi Chirpy! Welcome to the group!

Well done on swapping things, especially the bread. I love bread, but only have it once a day as toast for breakfast.

Good luck at Boots.

Hi everyone KelaH Well done on your weight loss, thats brillient!

RG, your change is bound to affect you chick, what i try and do is make sure i have lots of NCIE fresh fruit in all washed and ready to eat and pick at that..my fave at minute is red grapes

Jaz, glad you enjoyed you veggy lunch and incecream

just been talking to dp about all this, i know ive slipped a little over last two weeks, parties etc, but i HAVENT gone mad, just had normal meals as i had been but pieces of cake and corned beef pie were creeping in and i was kididng myself it was ok..well sadly, its not, ive eaten more than my fair share of cake, thats why im in such a state now!, weve been to metrocentre today i instea dof macdonalds etc i chose to go to fancy little cafe and got a panini with chicken, bacon and swiss cheese, cheese prob could have been missed out, but had that with water and thats it, wed noramlly when going here have maccydees breakfast, then pizza/burger king or something similar for lunch, chocs from thirntons or cookies from millies..so i was very proud of myself, i did havea moment in the cafe were they had this absolutely delishhhhhhhhhhhious chocalte and cream cake sat staring at me..i had to really fight with myself not to get any and i actually didnt and i did SOOOO want it, but i thought i dont mind having cake as a treat at party or something but we were only shopping!, not really a special occasion!..However..upon being drawn into the wonderful shop that is monsoon because of its 70% off illuminous stickers in window i chanced upon a lovely white with lace trim vest top and then saw this beautiful long white maxi dress with fitted boddice and then kicked out from waist..all cotton, lovely and cool, but thought i was being too optimistic and setting myself up for fall..went into try on..top in my usual size looked like i wasa kid dressed in my mums clothes..and the dress.......................i got it on WITHOUT undoing the zip or buttons and it looks bloody lovely..i had to have it!..it was £70 and i got it for £30 as, as well as reduction it had mucky footprint on bottom(easilly washable)..but i was just so over the moon, it was a full 2 sizes smaller than the tops/clothes i normally buy...phew, i cant half yak cant i! sorry guys

ooh and hi to chirpy, sorry to be ignorant..i forgot (to bore you some more)..my food today (have to do this, helps me see where ive gone wrong

brekky - branflakes with ss milk

lunch pannini with chicken bacon and swiss cheese bottle of water

Dinner - small jacket with 2 oz grated cheese, 2 slices of ham, cherry toms and cucumber (dp was like "ooh that looks posh!, what you got! and he hates jacket spuds) then glass of pepsi max (its not good for me i know but is giving me my sugary tasting fix right now, its almost TOTM so i do NEED it..and thats it..hows that??better??..fel better TBH

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww Pinkchick well done - I know how that feels to actually fit into a dress that you actually want instead the usual tents that are on offer!

You go girl i bet you felt a million dollars has your hubbie seen the dress, you need to go out now and celebrate in some fancy lavish restuarant - ur on your way now and thers no stopping you - WELL BLOODY DONE GIRL!!

Im going to have to read what you have been eating from start to finish now as i want that big achievement!

Hope you spoilt yourself and got matching shoes or wedges and your hair done and makeup!!!

I love maxi dresses but cos im small they just dont cut it with me! boohooo

by the way i think its bohoo or boohoo.com anyway its a fashion site with fabu clothes and accessories check it out!

Ooh, Nice dresses, well done PC, good for you!! Did you get that feeling where you want to run out of the changing room and make everyone see that it fits?!!

thanks for welcome
I was am a bit of a bread eater but today I had
frosties (am using up pack, shhh), oj and 2 poached eggs for brek
Spinach and chorizo tart for lunch
big salald with mixed baby leaves, small boiled potato, boiled egg, bit of chorizo, pepper and cherry toms for tea and I am stuffed.
Also had a pack of small crisps (those mutlipack ones) a milkyway type bar and a big glass of full fat coke (see ref above re: coming on!)
Oh, and 2 glasses wine, but again, see above!

Good idea posting food, will help me if you don't all mind me using up htread!
Plus I came on yesterdya for first time in 3 yrs and 4 months so am feeling like poo generally.
Am going for nice walk tomorrow (as parking is nowhere near town) while carrying DD2 and pushing DD1 so wish I could weigh myself before, but hey-ho!

You have all already done brilliantly well done!

thanks Jaz and CP..i felt like saying to the girl in changing room "do you KNOW what size this dress is??"..put it on when got home to show dp(he was sat outside shop with dd trying to keep her amused), he said it looked lovely, its very holiday, white with shoe string straps and kind of off white embroidery on body/boobs bit then just hangs..loely

am going to get wieghed in min(even though my day is eevry other tues)..you know what im like.

hope everyone has a lovely day, of to pick mindee up shortly, not due but her dad ill so giving mum a break for few hours as favour..should have picked a day it wasnt pouring down though should i!

Hi Chirpy, welcome.

RG - can't see too much wrong with what you are eating, maybe a bit too much cheese? Are you drinking plenty of water? Coz that can make a difference.

Pink - great news on the dress - isn't it great when you can see the weight loss

My WW leader gave us an interesting visual the other week - she had melted some lard and poured it into a water bottle (just a small one, picture it), and that was a pound of fat!!! So every pound you lose is that much fat gone. She suggested doing that (melting a pound of lard etc) and keeping it in the fridge as a visual reminder of just what an achievement it is to lose even one pound.

KelaH, our SW consulatant had a 2lb peice of silicone that she handed round class, it looked gross, yellow faty lump..and thats what you'd lost(when you lost 2lb)..that was a good visual, theyre fab arnt they

weeeelllll..i have just got weighed....and have lost 3lb last week (although official weigh day is tues, so) and i am got down to ..da.da.da.da.da.da.daaaaaaaaaa 14st 12lb..1bloodylb off 2 stone....sorry am not big headed really, just oevr the moon and know you all know what it fels like..fel free to tell me to shut up

That's brlliant Pink - well done

thanks, am over moon

Well done on the dress Pink, that's great!!! Well done also on getting down into the 14st bracket. I'm not really - honest!! Got a fair way to go yet before i get anywhere NEAR that.

Funny you should talk about WW visuals! Went to WW this morning and she had some little parcels of lard wrapped in clingfilm. Each one represented the fat content of certain foods. She had one there for a marsbar, one for a bag of crisps, one for a pork pie, etc etc. Quite effective i think as i'll be thinking about how much fat is in stuff in block form now, rather than it just being a number that goes in my head and makes a hasty exit soon after. She also had a jar of water, into which she put a crushed up bag of crisps. All the potato sunk to the bottom and then the fat from them separated and left a nasty thick layer of fat on the top of the water. That made me think twice too! Thankfully i hardly have crisps so that wont be too hard to avoid.

KelaH - yeah i know cheese is bad - i love the stuff that's my problem. I have also been going over my points most days so really and truthfully i know where i'm going wrong. I just need to pull my socks up and stop feeling sorry for myself for having to go back to work.

So i got weighed today and i've lost half a pound. It's not a lot but at least it's in the right direction.

I've updated the list - not included your weight tho Pink as your day is tomorrow.

Ags -3.5 lbs -71 lbs
BananaKnickers -4.5lbs -4.5lbs
Chewing20times -5lbs -21lbs
Kelas -5lbs -31.5lbs
Jaz236 -14lbs!!!!!
Sandramaryb - 7lbs - 14lbs
Michie40 -? -7lbs
Sussies -2lbs -2lbs
RGPargy -0.5lb -17lbs
Chocolatespiders - 2.0lbs- 5.0lbs
Ria 00 00
SummatAndNowt -3lbs -3lbs
ChipButty -1.4lbs -9.2lbs
PinkChick -2lbs - 24lbs
Aero - 3lbs - 20.5lbs

thanks Chick, you've only hit a blip yorsefl, you ahve been doing really well, going back to work is a big thing, just dont let it spoil your hard work..you sound like me and kind of argue with yourself about wanting and needing things..Me:"yes i am stressed now wheres that 1/2 choc gatau from weekend".... and so the problem begins, i eat if im happy, i eat if im sad, i eat if im stressed, excited, upset..no need for occasion, I EAT!

and yes, well done a little 1/2lb a week is still nearly 2st in a year, so still a significant loss, it IS going in the right direction