NOTHING TASTES AS GOOD AS BEING SLIM FEELS

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Sorry. I think I killed the last one.

I have done 100 sit ups in penance.
Please forgive me.

I am Jack
Jack is fat
But not much longer

Was 17 4
Now 16 1

As you were.

small you are a dieting superstar

I have lost 2st since this time last year, the heaviest I'd ever been, but most of that was lost in 6 months, the last 6 months I have lost and regained the same half stone but I haven't gone above 11st7 and went under 11st at one point, am really struggling to lost more now but am happy to be maintaining for now, wearing size 12 comfortably and even loosely in some things. Rejoining the gym has made a big difference too, am less concerned with weight loss now. This week I have been really busy, stressed and PMTish so think that to not have gained any is actually a loss, in real terms shoudl I be a spin doctor?

do ti cyb

TMAM - we do indeed have Tesco! Lots of them in fact. And I can't boycott it or be nasty as some of our friends are here with Tesco and they are a client of DH. It is not quite as good as a proper UK supermarket but it's not bad!

The toast is a one time only treat for my birthday. Will be back in Zone on Sunday I promise! No way am I gaining back any of this lard i have lost!

My mindset has totally changed. Am going out tonight and in the past taht would have been an excuse to eat crap all day because what is the point of dieting if eating dinner out? Now although I am hungry today, I am eating the right foods. Came back from school with DS and I was starving. Old Buda would have made a sandwich and had a handful of biscuits. New Buda is having a glass of water and have just had an apple.

Also - am going to a ball in 2 weeks - in past have never bothered to try and lose weight for any occasion - what's the point when I have so much to lose was my thinking. But this time I am determined to lose as much as I can before the ball so that I can feel as good about myself as I can. And my dress will look better. It's still a size 20/22 but I will look better in it.

I have finally gotten my head around the fact that every few pounds gone is great. I do not need to have lost the entire 6 stone I need to lose to feel good. I feel so much lighter. I am even conciously holding in my stomach. Never bothered before because what was the point!

I think I actually feel in control of my food and food choices at the moment. And I KNOW that crap won't make me happy. If I have a shitty day, stuffing my face with bread and crisps and biscuits will only lead me to feel more fed up with myself. Whereas staying in control will cheer me up more because i am not feeling guilty about the crap I am stuffing in my face and I will lose weight.

Someone somewhere has flicked a switch in my brain! Finally.

buda you're so right, no amount of 'dieting' will work til you're in the zone and change your whole mindset, that is what is so fab about this thread, I don't post much but yuo do all keep me on the straight and narrow (ish!)

Oh Buda

....bravo.... blows nose

LOL cyb! Here - have a tissue - stop using your sleeve.

Thanks duckyfizz. I have to say I think a large part of it all IS this thread. The title is so true! NOTHING tastes as good as being slim feels.

this thread was INSTRUMENTAL in my weight loss

Couldnt ahve done it alone (well I know I did it alone but YKWIM)

Snivel...this thread has gone all sloppy.. we are the yahyah sisterhood or summat. Up the thread.

mate at work asked me for diet tups today

god budda you sound like a....christian
you are right thouhg
this is waht i said to mate in email

"You need to think about ? the bigger picture?; the food will still be there in a few months (as I have found out!) but the DESIRE to be smaller has to outweigh the urge to scoff, because scoffing hasn?t made you happy. So, remember when contemplating crap processed cakes at work ? will this make me happy??. If it?s a one in a million cake for a special event then it might but everyday scoffing is not as rewarding as that feeling on the scales or a loose waistband or being able to fit into those clothes that ? shrunk in the dryer? ;)"

I feel awkward if people ask me for diet tips. I feel too much like saying 'put that bun down'. All too often people expect you to impart some magical secret. Again, put that bun down fatty.

but our key we have found is the motivation isnt it aka zone

Yes
But noone can give you that can they? You don't find the zone. The zone finds you

yy sheep. My mil keeps asking what diet I am "doing" - think she expects me to give her the name of a book that advises her to eat what I like but not eat choc on Tuesday or something - ie magic bullet. She doesn't seem to want to listen believe me when I say I am eating less andbeing careful.

ooh
NO ONE FINDS THE ZONE

THE ZONE FINDS YOU

I am a Christian Su! Well I used to be.

Now I am in the Zone. A Zonian?

Agree with what you put in email. I think you posted something similar on one of these threads taht I lurked on. And it stuck with me. And they are crap processed cakes. Crap processed cakes full of crap designed to make you want more. And there will always be crap somewhere. It will still be there when the weight is gone. And it will taste SO much better.

ye alhtough in a vair buddhist kind of way after the craving comes kind of acceptance of the middle way

I should be dressed in some kind of white flowing kaftan thing today. Am clearly a dieting guru

Gosh this is all a bit deep for this time of day.

DH has just phoned. Dog being 'done' as we speak. Poor baby! She was so excited to be going out with him and so excited to see vet and look what happens!

just to break the spell, my DTs are practising dressing up as WAGs for their school walking float at the village fair tomorrow - world cup theme, they chose to be WAGs

lol at wags

LOL duckyfuzz!