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SLIMMING WORLD - The futures bright - the futures Red, Green and erm Extra Easy....

949 replies

TitsalinaBumsquash · 13/08/2009 12:47

Hope nobody minds me starting anew thread?

Long threads crash my PC!

I hope everyone is doing ok.

Kepp up the good work everyone.

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ConnieComplaint · 26/09/2009 17:48

Well done Purly

Maggie - same as me, lifestyle change rather than a diet!! Though for some bizarre reason I would't have said my lifestyle before SW was that unhealthy.... but I guess it must have been!

Ria - you're fairly suckin diesel with all that baking!! You're far too good! Those pasties sound to die for!

DH is working today so I took the kids into town & between them & I we blew the family allowance (or whatever the flip it's called these days!) They got teddies each (you know the build a bear or teddy mountain or whatever it is!) - I had promised them they could have one the last time we were on town but they were £55 today they were having a promotion & they were £20 each!!

I got some books and some nice candles...

Took them to BK for lunch whilst I sipped a diet coke We also had been to a Macmillan coffee morning and they had gorged on scones, chocolate cake & sugary oatmeal biscuits.... whilst again I sipped a bloody coffee with nothing!!!!

Have bought 2 lovely big steaks for DH & myself for dinner... surely I deserve that after denying myself all day, hmm?

kid · 26/09/2009 23:20

I have written out (yet another) menu plan for next week. I am starting it Monday but have a few bits to buy.
No idea how it will go, but I guess I'm not a quitter because I never quit forever lol

ameRIAcansmooth · 27/09/2009 23:06

sounds good Connie

MY PC was ill yesterday, I have been having farmville and MN withdrawal!

I took the boys to a s,all local "stately" home, that has a "zoo" and gardens, we had the zoo bit almost to ourselves, though DS3 got a bit close to the penguin enclosure and one nipped his finger! Had a nice picnic in the gardens too (with chips from the little chippy in the village where the house is). Made them a nice roast chicken dinner too, though I didn't have any as was full from lunch.

Today we hit the boot sales and then went to the forestry and did a 2 hour walk (at DS3s pace, though he ran nearly all the way Approx 2.5 miles I think, then time at the playgrouns. Another picnic, then DS1 finally got his chinese for tea. He had chicken and veg skewers in satay sauce with fried rice, DS2&3 shared chow mein, and I had what was left (not much!!!)

back to it tomorrow. Must do some housework this week too

ameRIAcansmooth · 27/09/2009 23:22

sorry, forgot my new new name

sowhatis · 28/09/2009 14:02

That still great PurlyQueen, well done xx

sowhatis · 28/09/2009 14:05

i have been ill all week, on a variety of painkillers and cant walk more than 10mtrs at a time. still stuck to diet, but not expecting much of a loss, which is a bit gutting really as the first week went so well, but i did do alot fo walking with the dogs.

fingers crossed i loose something, weigh in tomorrow xx

AuntieMaggie · 28/09/2009 19:40

Bleurgh is how I feel about the world today and can't really be bothered with anything let alone good food! Although having said that I have been good all day.

So tired - I knew when I got up this morning it was going to be a crap day and I was right. Missed out on a promotion that I had worked my butt off for so now I'm kinda sat here thinking that I'm going to be stuck in a job I don't enjoy and doesn't challenge me anymore, earning barely enough money to feed myself never mind the children I want to start having or the wedding I want next year, and the house is never going to look nice.

Self pity all the way.... listen to me moaning!

letsgostrawberrypicking · 28/09/2009 20:10

AuntMaggie, hope things are better tomorrow for you, you sound so down. It's really hard to diet when all you want to do is drown your sorrows in a bottle of wine and HUGE box of chocs isnt it!!!

ameRIAcansmooth · 28/09/2009 21:12

auntmaggie. any chance the job will come up again if the person who got it isn't suitable? I am feeling much the same as you, but for no good reason other than I have a DH who is married to his job and seems to find anything else an inconvenience. (that may seem a bit harsh, and no doubt I will regret it, but I am fuming tonight) and I cannot rise above it, because I am and in equal measure I have turned to food, and who is that hurting? No one but me. Won't make any difference to DH if I eat salad or snickers will it?

ConnieComplaint · 28/09/2009 22:28

Aw Maggs - you know what? I sometimes believe that our paths are already laid out for us and what is for us won't go past us... I sound like my mammy

Anyway, I guess what I'm saying is it wasn't meant to be, but something better will come along

Ria darlin' - I get ya! My hubby worked all day Sat & all day Sun then blew a gasket when I was tired from playing referee between the kids and left him with them for an hour to I soaked in the tub!

And you know what???/ New Look are a shower of bastards!! I was a size 16... their size 16 fitted me... 2 stone ago... so, why.... when I tried on size 14 on Saturday, did the shirt not button, did the jeans not go over my thighs & the jacket refuse to meet in the middle???? Leaving me feeling down in the dumps, a bloater & feel like eating my way to Oz????
I mean, who the fuck do they use as a model for their sizes?????

I am 14 in Next, River Island, Topshop etc.... so why oh why does 2 stone not make a difference in New Look?/ They can shove their clothes up their arse - cos I was in a spending mood on Saturday & now I'm not!

ameRIAcansmooth · 28/09/2009 22:48

connie. Bastards the lot of them (DHs, shops, whoever), my neccessity love of charity shops means I haven't a clue what size I am. I think you your mum may have a point, but I wish someone could tell me what's going on in my life.

I feel incredibly sick now (maltesers) and no better. I was going to watch Strictly on iplayer but don't think I'll bother.

kid · 28/09/2009 22:56

I stuck to SW 100% today and feel great for achieving that. I know its only day 1 and things may change, but for now I am enjoying being strong and sticking to plan.

I hope everyone has a better day tomorrow if you had a bad day today. A good nights sleep cures a lot of things.

ameRIAcansmooth · 28/09/2009 23:05

well done Kid

ConnieComplaint · 28/09/2009 23:06

Great Kid - day 1 is the hardest And now you know the great feeling you get by sticking to it, you'll do the same tomorrow

Ria - maltesers sound good, but then again so does a Mars and a mint Aero

I wish I could throw my sense of guilt in the bin, because if I took a bit of a bar of chocolate I'd feel crap.

A man who often gives me wee insider stories (for work) came into the office today - he's a little dote who lives alone - and he brought me 2 buns! An apple one & a rhubarb one I brought them home to Dh who duly informed me of their taste so I can pass the message back to said man tomorrow - pretending it was me who ate them!!! You know how some people get offended if they know you haven't appreciated their effort??

I missed strictly on Saturday night - don't know how 'cos I'm sure it was probably on both TVs... Dh watches in the kitchen 'cos that's our 'used' room (the cosiest!) and the kids probably watched it in the living room ('cos they talk too much and make too much noise so their da usually kicks them in there 30 minutes into any programme)

Anyway, I better go to bed soon, I started work at 9am and wasn't until until 8.45pm. My colleague is off for two weeks so am singlehandedly doing two people's jobs (without twice the pay natch!)

letsgostrawberrypicking · 28/09/2009 23:12

must be one of those days for most of us - i have just GORGED a 140g bar of Dairy Milk after sticking 100% to the diet, cycling miles over 3 days and getting on my scales to find i have GAINED 2 LBS

but oh i did enjoy the chocolate

still, 2 days to weigh in so perhaps I may of kickstarted my metabolism by that choc and lost some by then

ConnieComplaint · 28/09/2009 23:19

No No NO NO!!! Don't go for a sneaky weigh-in!! The scales lie when it isn't weigh-in day!!!!

I stood on mine this morning totally by mistake (honest guv) and I found I gained 2lb... but I know I have been a good girl... well, what I have eaten hasn't been enough to gain 2lb!

My own scales weigh me different - and you could weigh 3lb different on Monday than a Tuesday! So I always go by SW scales.

A bar of choc isn't too bad & you may have had the syns for it without actually realising! 140g of Dairy milk is about 45 syns so if you had about 6 or 7 under each day you may be able to pull it off.

letsgostrawberrypicking · 28/09/2009 23:27

suitably chastised for my cheating fling with the scales CC

I will be a really good girl now as i feel I have had my "splurge", especially as this week is slimmer of the month - am sure i havent a chance as have only lost 5 lbs this month but it's good to have a little goal to stop me being silly again!!

AuntieMaggie · 29/09/2009 13:51

Thanks girls.

Feeling a bit better today - haven't managed to get feedback yet but am chsing it.

I was ok last night - I had real chips from the chippy for tea with egg and ham, so not a complete binge but enough to make me feel better.

Back to it today....

sowhatis · 29/09/2009 16:17

Hi All!

Im off for my weigh in soon, wish me luck. I have stuck to it totally again, but nowhere near expecting the same 10.5lb as last week. anything will be good as my back has been so bad i havent been able to walk anywhere, let alone do any proper exercise. please tell me you still loose even if you have sat on your bum all week?! (hoping!)

will let you know how i get on.

Keep going girls, it will be worth it xxxx

kid · 29/09/2009 16:42

half way through day two and its still going to plan. I am going to have to change my planned dinner but thats okay as I can have salad and add some olives (which I will of course syn now I know they aren't free!).

I don't have any tomatoes for it which is no big deal as I hate them anyway lol

PurlyQueen · 29/09/2009 19:10

Well done, Kid!

Let us know how you get on, sowhatis!

MamaG · 30/09/2009 08:52

I need inspiration - need to take something along tonight as a taster ... maybe something sweet?

MamaG · 30/09/2009 09:15

caught up now, well done all on the losses and maintains!

I am so of 10.5lb loss in one week! I lost 1/2 a pound last week (crap eh?) even though i've been good, so hoping for a better loss ton ight.

grinningbee · 30/09/2009 10:08

I must be awful, or I have a scale addiction - I weigh myself every morning, and before I go to bed too!

2lb off this week, but I think I shall take next week as a holiday week due to the upcoming few days away. Just looked at the weather forecast - rain and wind in the mid 40's mph! Joy. Stuck in the caravan we shall be then!! Might brave zooming out long enough to show dd the sea if it calms down a smidge.

So I shall be stuck indoors with no internet, no sky tv, no nooky as it's star week (and mil will be there!!) and should be having no chocolate... Should be fun

MamaG · 30/09/2009 15:08

lol grinningbee, you're going to have fun aren't you?!

I have made teh SW strawberry cupcakes. Just 2 syns each (but they are a mouthful each, so weeny but cute!) and they're actually v nice! If nobody eats them tonight, I'm going to eat them ALL myself to save the embarrassment of my stuff being left on teh table