UK Fat Chicks - Weekly wiegh in thread number 9!

Does anybody fancy getting the weekly weigh ins going again. Remember we used to log our gains and losses and Sarah tallied them all for us on a Monday. How about we start doing it again.

I don't mind doing the tallying if you don't mind waiting until next Monday

It used to inspire me and I used to love looking at how well other people were doing

If you fancy we could all log our losses (or gains) this week on what ever day we weigh in and I'll look up Sarahs last running total and tally it all up from there next Monday

Feel free to tell me to take a running jump

Just had to say I will almost definately show a gain next week - as I like wine too much when I am on holiday.

Just had to point that out that - won't just be losers on this thread - we all slip and believe me I have most definately

Brilliant idea Carol!! and thanks for offering to do the work, i will join in after my hols, get back on 14th august so please scream at me to get weighed when i get back!!

Good idea Carol :D

I completely agree Carol it was always a big incentive to me to log my weekly weigh ins and see how well everyone else was doing too. I was really disappointed when I came on last week to log last weeks weigh in because the week before I hadn't managed to get online with working so long. no one else seemed to have been here for ages :(

Well this past week for me has been a pretty good one, I stuck well with the eating plan and managed to get my normal sessions in at the gym and the scales on friday showed another loss of 1lb so I was pretty happy with it. of course I would have been happy to see more loss, but any loss is a good one :)

I may not be logging any weight loss for the next couple of weeks though...next friday I am working all day and it looks really busy so I probably wont get the chance to go and be weighed and the following friday I am going up to Glasgow for the weekend...I will of course be weighing myself, but as it wont be at my regular time I wont be recording the weight as accurate :)

Hope everyone else wants to start this thread going again
Have a great weekend everyone :)

Ali :wave:

Down four. Still got long way to get rid of the 2 stone Ive put on but its a start.

Way to go Veg :) Keep up the good work. I too lost four last week, and I will admit to not being very good either, but I blew it all going out to dinner with hubby on Saturday, so it's back to square one.
Hope everyone has a good week.
Chris.

Hello Everyone. :)

I just joined slimming world tonight, starting weight 19 st 9 lbs (thank god they don't read it out in class :o ). So, no gains or losses to report until next week, but I wanted to delurk. I've been reading this board since the beginning of June.

Horrible weather here in Scotland. I walked 25 mins through a thunderstorm to get to my class - felt very determined. :smug:

MiniGem.

Welcome minigem
it's nice to see a new name on here :)

Congratulations on taking that first step and walking through a thunderstorm for 25 minutes to get to class...that would have been so easy to use as an excuse to put it off for another week and not go so well done to you :)

Ali :wave:

Hi minigem, I love your avatar!

Good luck with losing the weight: nice to see a new face!

Welcome Mini Gem

HURRAH a new person :D and someone round my weight :D I'm 18 st 10 can I say that quietly :(

Thanks for the welcome everybody. :D

I had good fun making my avatar - taking loads of photos of iced gems and then eating them all (before my diet started though :) ).

Thanks for making this thread come alive again, it'll be a nice incentive to see if I can post losses more often than gains. :lol: Good luck to you all too.

Just hope I don't feel peckish when I see your avatar :lol:

Hi

I too am starting back to SW next week (half price joiing) although I admit that find their diet very boring as you have to be very strict about convenience foods. I love, for instance, breaded fish (not fried) it is mega, so I think I will be following the WW diet but keeping it hush hush. Its the weigh in that is important to me;-)

Keep up the good work!

Jano

Do most people go to slimming clubs for the weigh in? I have never been to one I guess the weigh in keeps you on track? I looked at the online sins on slimmimg worlds web site once and my fave veggie burger from tesco was about 15! But its only about 250/300 cals :(

Was that on a Red or Green Day Veggie? I expect that was due to the fat content!

Jano

Was both! Thats a quick reply isnt it?

Hi everyone

hope you are all surviving the torrential rain.:)
well another good week for me to report and another 2lbs lost :)

it will be time for me to put into practice all the advice I give to other people on monday night because my sister is taking me out for a meal. Although I have been to parties and things since I started this diet and manged to stick to my calorie allowance, I have never actually been out to a restaurant for a meal, but now with only another 2 stone 8lbs to go to reach my target I will definitely be keeping my mind on that and making sure I make the best choice available for my meal :)

Hope you are all having a good weekend

Ali :wave:

Did a mid week weigh in as I need to know how much damage I have done while I was away and I missed my weigh in this week. I am up 3lbs - am quietly chuffed that it was only 3lbs I tend to be a big pig when I am on holiday and usually put on about half a stone. Can say without a shadow of a doubt though that those 3lbs are all wine !!!!!!

Hopefully when I weigh in on Thursday as usual I will have managed to shift one of them.

Will work out the stats tomorrow - will probably be the evening before I can post them.

Enjoy the meal out Ali you deserve it

Veggie I used to go to slimming clubs just for the weigh in

Hello minigem

Well done carol 3lbs gain is not bad after a holiday and once you get back on track it will soon be gone :)

I just spent the afternoon in my sister in laws swimmingpool playing water volleyball I had a great time, that should have burnt off a few calories so I can have a little bit of a treat tomorrow evening :)
I fully intend to have a good meal.
I was surprised I had a good weight loss again this week because once again although it is only 16 days since TOM paid its visit, it arrived again yesterday so although I wont be able to get weighed next week because I am going up to Glasgow for the weekend it has given me encouragement for a good loss the week after :)

Veggie I once joined slimming world and started to follow the diet but after I had lost a couple of stone the weight loss stopped and I went back to following a 1500 calorie a day diet, but I kept on going to the club just to get weighed I lost another 2 stone while I was doing that and then moved away to stoke which was my excuse for stopping the diet again that time :)

Ali :wave:

Right enough is enough - I have to get my BIG FAT BOOTY in gear. Will weigh in tomorrow - post the dreaded stats and then get my fat @rse in gear ('cuse the language) :s:

Just out of curiousity - has anyone tried Atkins - they keep on raving about it at work - but for some reason I can't get it out of my head that it is a faddy diet.

Ali - just had a peek at your recent photos - you look AMAZING!

Right - i have spent the summer not on plan but trying to eat healthily and managed to gain 8lb!!! From today i am back on plan and will report my weight every week on a tuesday as i used to - which should hopefully spur me on to stick to the plan. At the moment i have neither the time or the money to attend classes but i am relying on you people here to keep me on the straight and narrow when i need to.

Veggie, you i am now back up to the same weight as you so we can now do this together and challenge each other on a weekly basis if you like. This week i would like to loose 2lb - how about you?

Hey, just noticed that i am now a 'senior member' how did that happen? Do they mean senior as in old???

Yes it means you are very old thats exactly what it means.

Duh you've posted over 100 times I think!

Very Old - damn cheek!!!

Now you have made feel old - you are only a couple of years younger remember!!

No I'm not Im dead young me.

OK here we go with the first weeks stats - I did warn you it would be Monday evening before I posted, just made it before Tuesday ??

Used everybody's 'nicknames' to make it easier! If you said you were going to restart posted you with a 0 this week.

BPB = 0
BritinNJ = 0
Jano = 0
Mini Gem = 0
Posy = -2
Sal = +3
Tracy = 0
Veggie = -4

Our starter for 10 is a loss of 3lbs, with most people re-starting this week think we are blooming marvelous - even though I was the person who gained ???

Spot any mistakes let me know

Well, first week on the diet (sorry, healthy eating plan!) and I have a 3 lb loss to report. :D

I was somewhat put to shame by a couple that restarted slimming world at the same time I joined last week. Their losses today were 5 lb for the woman and 8 lb for the man! Bloddy ****!

Do men lose weight quicker than women, or is that just a myth?

I think the hot/muggy weather has finally broken. Perhaps I'll actually do some exercise this week. Hmm, maybe. ;)

I seem to be the first of this weeks weighers, so good luck to everyone else!

:cbg: <-- I had to find somewhere to use that smilie. That was me this evening (a little over my sin allowence anyway).

HI All...count me in on the weigh in's again please...I shall weigh in next week cos I started afresh yesterday.Monday here, so don't think I've lost anything in 24 hours.
Good luck to all this week and thanks Carol for being the weigh in lady :)

Will be wieghing in tomorrow morning, but am not holding my breathe for a loss. I haven't been as good as I wanted to. But as long as I haen't gained I will be pleased.

Tomorrow is another day.

Well done Mini gem - 3lbs is a great loss

Don't know about men lossing quicker, but my hubby recently went back to manual work and the pounds are falling off him.

Down 2 lbs last week - if my eating since my weigh in is anything to go by I quite expect to see it going back on next week - although I have time to get my act together before then

At last!! a loss for me to report - at my weigh in today i am down 4lb - looks like the fresh start is actually working for me this time - just hope that i can keep it up.

Tracy

Well done Carol Tracy and Mini gem ahem I'm conveniently away from scales!

OK here are the weight losses for last week. We are all doing just great.

Mini Gem = -3
Smiling Sal = -2
Tracy = -4

Giving us a weekly loss of -9lbs and an overall weight loss of -12lbs - not bad for 2 weeks.

Veggie - don't hide from those scales for too long.

Can I put in last Fridays loss of four pounds? And not count the gain of four pounds over the weekend? HELP!!!
Actually I am not feeling too well at the moment, I have a dizzy head, think I might need to make a docs appointment, so I've not really bothered too much about what has passed these lips this weekend, hence the four pounds coming back I suppose.....

Hi everyone.

I hope you feel better soon BritinNJ! :)

I weighed in tonight, and lost 1 lb. Not much to say it's only my second week (and I have about 100lbs to lose), but oh well. 1 lb/week = 3 st 10 lbs/year.

Good luck to the rest of you, :D
minigem.

Thanks MG. I went to the docs today. I have a dizzy head cos I am over dosed on all the pills I am taking for various injuries..AGH! So have stopped taking all pills for now and will see how I feel. Well done on that one pound, better off than on :)

Sorry it's late - lost 2lbs :D

Just got back from my aqua class - so that's exercise 3
days in a row.

Have a hen weekend coming up - so who knows what will happen at next weeks weigh in :shrug:

:o I daren't get weighed..help!!

Weighed in at 16st 5lb. will report to this thread every Monday. i have chosen monday in a vain attempt to keep the weekend from being a food fest!!

Well, still 16-5 and after the weekend i couldn't really expect a loss, so it is back to it and hoping for a loss next monday, best wishes to all of you!!
TQ

19.2 words fail me I went to the docs last year as I wanted to lose weight but felt to depressed I was about 17 st then I have just put it all back on I am such a failure.

You are NOT a failure Veggie. You are a lovely human being, stop stressing right now luv.
You have lost weight before and you can do it again. You have to want to do it though. I think that's where I am right now, I do want to lose weight, but can fit happily into all of my clothes, in fact some of them are loose on me from my initial weight loss, so I am being naughty in putting off starting back on plan until I start back to work full time in September. I actually remember weighing 11 stone about 15 years ago and thinking I was fat and I would never wear shorts or show any leg if I could help it. Now look at me, add four stone to this body and I live in shorts and have even bared my belly in front of a total stranger and allowed him to make a hole in it!!! I'm either more comfortable with myself or I am just plain mad....a complete nutter as hubby would say.
No matter though, I am happy with myself, my life and me as an individual cos I know I am a nice person albeit a fat one.
So Veggie my dear, head up high, have a cry if you want, but know that you are NOT a faliure, you have been a Godsend to me since I started reading this page, you have great wit and have made me giggle more than once and I like you :)
Well do this together if you want, let me know ok.
Take care, Love Chris. x

I have stayed exactly the same this week - not totally unexpected but i am still disappointed never the less. I have another really busy week ahead of me with a lot of meals out no doubt where i am never able to make the sensible choice. I am also starting a new job this week so i am really nervous and always eat at times like this! and at the end of all that i have a birthday to celebrate so god knows what will happen next week.

Best just keep battling away i suppose and try and take the sensible options.

Tracy

Your starting a new job? Tell all!

Thanks Chris!

starting to work part-time (thursday and friday mornings) at the local nspcc child protection centre - just want a break from working full time with DH as it drives me up the wall sometimes!!

Tracy

Good luck Tracy not that you need it clever clogs :D

thanks veggie

Love to bichon baby!!

I'm happy tonight as I lost 4 lbs! I got slimmer of the week, and even won the raffle. :D

I had a very relaxed week, so I'm going to try a bit harder this week - I know it can take more effort to lose weight the week after a big loss, but I'll give it a go. Taking walks with my books on tape etc.

Good luck to the rest of you. :)

Well done MG :) Wahoooooooooooo to you.

4lbs that is brillant well done

OK this weeks stats - is better late than never, my only excuse is I've had a lot going on in my life this week - won't bore you with all the details

I've only taken the weight losses posted until Monday and will pick up those posted since then in next Mondays post as usual

BPB -2
BritinNJ -4 (think thats right !)
Me - 0
Mini Gem -1 (watch this space next week for her big loss)
Tracy - 0
TQ - 0

Giving us a weekly loss of -7lbs and a total loss of 1 stone 5 lbs (19lbs) we are getting there

I have to get my butt back into gear and back into this. Will get the stats done on time next week - promise !!!!

Cancel me out luv, I'm not stepping on those scales again until work resumes.....LOL! Plus the four I lost a few weeks back came back....AGH!

Hi Girls,

No gold star for me have stayed the same again but in truth did not try really hard I am still very down over the robbery, just cant seem to get my head back to working the weight problem out.

Vivienne

Quick stop by - Hen weekend and still managed a 2lb loss - next week might be a different story though. Will have to catch up on all the posts later - off the gym -- have a good day y'all :yes:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY VIVIENNE :hb:

Cake on the weigh in thread shocking! :lol: :hb:

:hb: :dancer: :grouphug: Happy Birthday Vivienne.......I did it. I got the group hug. I hope

Thank you girls loved the group hug just what I needed. Now I will just have to try harder but not until the Bank holiday is over!!!!

Viv

Happy Birthday Vivienne - just logged in so not too late :grouphug: :hb: :cloud9:

Hope you had a great birthday Viv!! i am joining WW tomorrow morning, basically cos I know i can get there on sat mornings without any excuses...............wish me luck!!

Happy belated birthday Vivienne, hope you had a good one.

I managed to stay the same again this week. I haven't been working on it with everything else that is going on in my life, but from now on I am going to be making time for me so next week I hope to see a drop, else I'll still be this heavy at Christmas and a stone lighter would be a lovely Christmas present

My official weigh in was yesterday, the scales screamed 215!!! Then yelled GET OFF!
:faint:

Happy even more belated birthday Viv Hope you had a great time :)

had computer problems amongst other things as you will have seen from the other thread :) But thankfully things now seem to be sorted and this weeks weigh in was a good one with another 4lbs gone
only 2 stone 4lbs to go now to reach that final goal...I still have to keep pinching myself to make sure this isn't all a dream...it seems hard to believe that I have lost 12 stone...when I started I knew it was going to take a while...but 18 months down the line the time just seems to have flown by and now the end is well and truly in sight :)


Carol you are so right a stone gone by christmas would be a great present and will also give you more incentive to keep going...hang in there I know you can do it.
Ali :wave:

Went along to WW this morning and weighed in at 16stone and half a pound so I was very pleased, back to it now, BH weekend or not!!

Hiya All

I'm a newbie & I would love to join this thread, please! I've finally got myself motivated again (I think) now that my son's 5 months old. I tried rejoining WW a few weeks ago but it really didn't turn out to be a good night for me, so I'm going to restart a different one on Wednesday morning. My aim is to weigh in at less than I weighed at my last weigh-in, which was 3/4 weeks ago. Not that I'll weigh in at much less, because I've had a couple of really bad weeks around my daughter's birthday.

Can i just say how nice it is to talk to people who have a lot of weight to lose?! I'm sick of seeing slimming mags where the most people have lost is about 2 stone. Not to knock their achievement; I just find it very hard to relate to them, that's all! At my heaviest, I was over 18 stone, & I'm sure they probably couldn't relate to that very well, either! At my last weigh-in I was 16st 8, & I'd ultimately like to be about 10st 7 - just to give me a little bit of leeway to stay within the healthy weight range, as I'm 5' 6".

I'm sure someone mentioned Atkins? Sorry - I've just read through really quickly; & I don't even know if that's been replied to in another thread or whatever, but I have to say that 2 friends of my husbands have read that it is extremely dangerous & have immediately stopped it - i don't know the details myself.

Let you all know how i get on on Wednesday.

Welcome Shell feel free to post anywhere start new threads etc There are quite a few people round the 16 stone mark I think not me I have yo yo ed back up higher but I was 16 stone once sob!

:wave:

Welcome Shell
This is a great place to come for help and support and just a general chat.
My starting weight 18 months ago was 25 stone 4lbs, but with all the support I have got from the great group of girls who post on this thread I am now down to 13 stone 4lbs.


Veggie cheer up, you've done it before you can do it again :)

Ali :wave:

Hiya Ali

One of the very first things I did after looking at the forum was to check out your website; & I can only say that it's inspirational! I mailed the url to a friend straight away because she has a lot of weight to lose, like me, & she finds it very disheartening at times. I told her to imagine how you must have felt at the start, with such a long way to go ahead of you, & how you must feel now, when you're getting so close to your goal.

Congratulations on your amazing acheivement so far, & thanks for being such an inspiration - it certainly helped me to get focussed!

Thanks Shell

I'm glad you found my website an inspiration, If I can help just one person reach their goals by putting it online for everyone to see then it has all been worthwhile.

It was difficult at the start to come to terms with knowing how long it was going to take to reach my final goal...all I could think was that I wouldn't feel any different before I did...that isn't the case...the more weight I lose the more things I discover I can do...they may only be tiny little things and things that people who have never had a weight problem take for granted...you know the sort of things...running up the stairs 2 at a time...instead of dragging yourself up each one and stopping for breath on the third...but those things are big achievements when you have never been able to do it before.
If I could bottle up and sell the feelings I have now, I would be a millionaire...mind you after saying that, if it were possible to bottle up how I felt I would give it away free...everyone deserves to feel like this :)

Ali :wave:

OK it's the better late than never weekly weight losses - yet again I found myself still seeing 16 5 on the scale last Thursday. It isn't taking much effort to maintain my weight there, it will only take a little bit of effort to see it go down the way. Have been trying this week (not always an angel though) - so fingers crossed for Thursday.

BPB - 2
Mini Gem -4
Posy -4
Me - 0

Giving us a weekly weight loss for w/e Mon 26/7 of 10lbs and a group weight loss of 29lbs - 2 stone 1lbs.

Some people out there are losing continously - well done. This week I am going to join the losers - just wait and see

Hi Ali

I'm the friend Shell mentioned, I spent well over an hour reading your diary journal last night and to say i was impressed was an understatement! I am honestly amazed by your willpower and thrilled by your well-deserved success.

I recently rejoined Weight-Watchers again and in the first two weeks lost 5lb. Unfortunately I can't get to the meeting this week due to work commitments tomorrow (usual weigh-day) and then going away for a few days. and because I'm not being weighed I am not managing to be as good as usual, I've not gained but not lost either. I shall be relieved to go back next week!

I would like to post my weekly loss to the group, is this the thread where I do this? I've looked in so many places on this website that I'm getting confused!

Helen

I was 4 and a half lb lighter on sat on ww scales, my weigh ins will be on saturdays now.

Originally posted by Arwen
Hi Ali

I'm the friend Shell mentioned, I spent well over an hour reading your diary journal last night and to say i was impressed was an understatement! I am honestly amazed by your willpower and thrilled by your well-deserved success.

I recently rejoined Weight-Watchers again and in the first two weeks lost 5lb. Unfortunately I can't get to the meeting this week due to work commitments tomorrow (usual weigh-day) and then going away for a few days. and because I'm not being weighed I am not managing to be as good as usual, I've not gained but not lost either. I shall be relieved to go back next week!

I would like to post my weekly loss to the group, is this the thread where I do this? I've looked in so many places on this website that I'm getting confused!

Helen

Hi Helen welcome to 3fc don't get confused just ask if there's owt you don't get! Glad to see you :D

Hi Helen

Its very nice to meet you :)
I know what you mean too, it is so easy to slip up when you know you aren't going to be weighed. Even after so long I still do it....My weight loss has slowed down a lot since I started and someone advised me to only weigh myself once a month instead of once a week, but I know that definitely wouldn't work for me....I need the constant threat of those scales each week or I would be forever just saying to myself ....Oh go on I can have just one piece of chocolate, I have at least 3 weeks to make up for it and I know that would be my downfall and not something I am prepared to do after getting this far.
Congratulations on your 5lbs lost so far, its a great start...just keep remembering that...If you have a bad week this week, don't let it put you off, just put it behind you and get right back on track starting afresh...when you have a lot of weight to lose, there will be many times along the road that you make mistakes, the main thing is how you deal with those mistakes...you can either feel guilty about it and dwell on them...or you can just put it down to one bad day and forget about it and start again.
The longer you fret about mistakes...the more lkikely you are to give up...so just take the mistakes as a lesson and learn how not to repeat them.
Just keep hanging in there. I have said this so often, but the rewards are definitely worth all the effort. :)
I just noticed you are from Staffordshire...where abouts...I lived in Burslem in stoke on trent for about 5 years I moved back to manchester, my home town just over a year ago.

Good luck for thursday Carol I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for you:)

Congratulations on your 4.5lbs TQ keep up the good work :)

Ali :wave:

Back again :)

Helen I forgot to mention I noticed you and shell had joined my mailing list.
I just wanted to apologise now but I started work full time a few months ago and haven't had much chance to keep up with my newsletter, I seem to be spending all my time just trying to stay on top of my emails just now, but I will be trying to get something done in the next couple of weeks

Ali:wave:

Hi

Thanks to everyone for their welcome.

I knew today and yesterday were going to be difficult because I work at a College and we've been bogged down in enrolment for the last couple of days. Even though its not been as busy as usual its still tiring and I've felt very much out of routine. I haven't been bad but haven't been too good either. I'm off to Wales to visit my parents for a couple of days now; they eat very healthily (dad has angina) so I'm hoping that I will manage to stay on track for the time I'm away so next week I can show a reasonable loss.

Ali, I agree; I really need the weekly weigh-in to keep me going, and doing it at home just doesn't work for me. I also need the motivation that the WW meeting gives me so need to make sure I stay to the talk.

I live in Burton on Trent so I'm not too far from Stoke and know a few people who do live there but can't say I know it at all well.

Don't worry about your newsletter, although I see you have produced one since your post about it. Now I feel guilty:o :(

Good luck to Carol, and anyone else who is about to weigh-in

I weighed in last night, and stayed the same.

I kind of thought I'd lost weight (stuck to the diet) but I also got my period, so I don't know how that affected things.

Good luck to the rest of you. :)

Well stood on the scales this morning and weighed the same again - despite having been down a pound yesterday morning - serves me right for scale hopping yesterday. So now I have a full week to be serious and pull off a drop in that scale for next week.

I am going to do I am I am Iam

Wa-hoo! After my not so good falling off the wagon, this mornings weigh in on the scale said 213! So I am a happy bunny...thanks for the help this week girls.

GRRRRRRR...I just spent the last 10 minutes typing here then hit the ctrl button by mistake and everything went...so here we go again :)

Helen...don't feel guilty about the newsletter...I really needed a kick in the pants to make me get something done...joining the mailing list was really what I needed to spur me into action...so Thank You :)

Mini Gem, isn't TOM a complete pain....I hate it when I know I have been really good and expect a good loss and it arrives and spoils the party....don't let it get you down though you hang in there and I am sure you will see a good loss next week :)

BritinNJ...well done on your loss...now aren't you proud of yourself for finding the strength to not give in...I'm proud of you :)

Carol...I know what you mean about scale hopping....as you all know by now I am the first person to tell you never weigh yourself more than once a week, but I do it all the time ...especially this past 2 weeks.At last weeks weigh in I was down to 13 stone 4lbs and all this week I have been hopping on and off the scale almost every time I have gone into the kitchen...I swear I have been on them so much even though the battery is guaranteed for 25 years I think it may be in danger of running out :lol:
The reason I was on it so much is that I tell myself it is ok to get on them as often as I like because I weigh what the scale says at the time I stand on them...but I never record anything as accurate unless it is taken at 1 o/clock on a friday afternoon...all this past week the scale has said between 13 stone 1lb and 13 stone and I just desperately wanted to see it say 12 stone something...I wouldn't have been disappointed when it came to my regular weigh in time if it didn't say 12 stone something, I just wanted to see it ...does that make any sense?
Well todays weigh in time arrived and the scales said 13 stone...another 4lbs lost this week and I anm thrilled about it...just need to keep up all the hard work for next week and make sure I see it say 12 stone something ...no prizes for guessing who will be scale hopping this week eh :)
TOM is due next week so that could spoil my party...fingers crossed .
I just looked at my signature...it just seems totally amazing where it says total amount of weight to lose 200lbs and now the total amount left to lose is just 28lbs ...I still can't quite believe it :)

good luck to everyone for their weigh ins this week :)

Ali :wave:

Well done Ali, keep looking at those figures cos they are real and it is happening!!
You made it happen, and we can all do the same, we are the only ones responsible for getting there it's up to us, we are women and we can do it!!

Eeee listen to TQ getting on her soapbox this afternoon!!

Thanks TQ

I like it when people get on their soap box :)
But what you said is so true....although we all know it is only ourselves that can make it happen if we all truely believed it we would all do it

Ali :wave:

Way to go Ali :) Thanks for the support again...

Well done Ali, you are working so hard for it, you deserve to reach your target (and you will)

Hoo- ray i lost 3lb!!:cb:

Well done TQ - here's to the next 3 coming off

Way to go TQ :)

Great job TQ :)

keep up the good work and watch those numbers keep going down :)

Ali :wave:

Well done TQ. 3lbs is great. :D

And Ali, fingers crossed for the magic 12. You're an inspiration!

Hi all

I saw the magical 12 stone 13lbs yesterday afternoon...ok it was back to 13 stone again today...but I saw it yesterday...I'm gonna stay off the scales until my normal weigh in time on friday now...I just wanted to see that 12 stone something .....TOM is due this week so I may not see it on friday...but I am happy that I've seen it this week at least :)

Well I'm off to bed...back at work tomorrow :(

Have a good week everyone

Ali :wave:

Ali I'm keeping everything crossed for that 12 stone something at 1pm on Friday.

Heres the losses for last week

BritinNJ = -2
Carol = 0 :sigh:
Mini Gem = 0
Posy = -4
TQ = -7.5 = 2 weeks losses

Giving us a total this week of 13.5lbs and an overall total of 3 stone and 0.5 pounds, (42.5lbs)


My TOM arrived this morning which may ruin my big weigh in on Thursday, I have been an angel I want to see the scale move. I know if it doesn't this week it will next week, but I need to see it shift, just a little bit

Come back Sarah you were much better organised at keeping the weights than I am

Thanks Carol for doing the weekly round up. :)

My weigh-in was a bit better this week. I lost 1 lb.

I did feel a bit annoyed as I was hoping for more after maintaining last week (TOM?) but keeping to my diet both weeks. I think I should add a wee bit more exercise to my routine.

I cheered up when I found out that I was joint second for slimmer of the month for August! :D The guy that won it really deserved it though, he lost another 4lbs tonight and got slimmer of the week too. His wife and I had both lost half a lb less than him in August.

While I'm here I'm just going to recommend M&S count on us Chocolate Honeycomb or Toffee ice cream. Both are very tasty. And Fox's big softies mini chocolate bites. They're just half a sin each on slimming world. Guess what I just had for dessert? :sssh:

I had been showing a 4lb gain over the last two weeks and am not going to class today but my scales (which are pretty accurate) show I've now lost 3lb of that gain.

I don't know if you want to include this in your tally of weight loss on this thread though as its not an "official" weigh-in.

I'm just so glad i didn't binge yesterday as I feel so much more positive now the scales have gone down a bit more!:D

I won't update my signature line though until I go back to the WW meeting next week.

well done to you Midget Gem

or even mini gem - sorry:)

Ha. :)

Thanks Arwen, you made me laugh. No one who met me would call me mini or midget gem. Since I'm 6'1" and need to lose about 7 stone, I might one day be mimigem though. :D

Midget gems I love them, especially the black and red ones.

Well done on the pound off Mini Gem - every pound gone is a pound in the right direction

Stick with Helen we can do this, I have had a a sticky summer, I have lost and gained the same 7lbs again and again and again.

:lol: lost 3lbs this week :dance: :dance:

surprised you didn't all hear my squeals of delight whereever you live.

am really motivated for the next week now - just got to remember how I feel at the moment everytime I think of stepping of plan

Best go get this day started :hyper:

Carol, congratulations - 3lbs is great! :D

well done carol!!

Hi All,
Vivienne coming in with 2lb loss not much but at least its going downwards even iif its slow. Hypothyroidism makes it very hard but will try to keep positive.
Hope you all had a very good week end.
love,
Viv

Well done MG, Carol and Viv....Helen.....wahoo! Good for all of you. I forgot to weigh in this morn..lost a day this week....no excuse of course, but I don't think I've had a loss :(

Hi
I have never been to a slimming club as they are so expensive but I am waiting for an appointment with the Dietician at my Doctors. In the mean time I am weighing myself each week.
I lost 3 pounds since the 28th August, not a lot but I like it. I was 12 stone 4 pounds and now weigh 12 stone 1 pound.
How does the weigh in thing work? When and where do we post it or is that a daft question?

My husband is also trying to lose weight with me and we both need as much incentive to keep going as possible as we always start out well but end up back to the old way of eating. Yes I am a yoyo dieter but this time I am determined not to give up. I need and more importantly want to lose the weight. It will help me lower my cholesterol and ease the pain from my arthritis.
:dancer:

Yes, Jingo please join in!! Just choose a day and register your weight loss here every week on this thread, then Carol does the tallyting cos she is clever like that!!

I have lost 1 and a half pounds this week and am really pleased, a weight loss every week will do me fine, its the gaining and staying the same I can't cope with.

Have a great weekend everyone!!

Well done TQ.

Jingo everybody posts there losses on whatever day they weigh in - we are different. And then on a Monday (or sometimes it's a Tuesday) I tally them all up - cause I'm clever - thanks TQ

I'm pleased to report a 2lb loss this week. 2lb may not seem much when I haven't been to the last two meetings but I've also gained and lost an addional 4lb in that time so I'm more than happy with this.:)

I've been struggling with the desire to stuff my face with chocolate for the last two days so decided to give myself permission to eat as much of it as I wanted to today.......guess what I forgot to buy!!!!!!!!!! :D

:wave: Well done TQ and Helen on your losses this week. I am back on track, and so far so good for staying o track. My official weigh in will be next Monday so finger's crossed I will show a loss.
Had to smile to myself today, the people who work in my classroom with me all know I do WW and know I am back on the plan this week, and this morning they all commented that they thought I looked slimmer...hehehe :D

Hi all - I'd like to start reporting my losses again if that's ok?

Start - 1st Jan 2002 - 18.4
Now - 11th Sep - 16.12

Is that all you want from me? Can't remember...

That is it young Delaney you are excused now ;)

Hi everyone

sorry this post is late but due to work I haven't had chance to get on before now.
Well TOM did arrive and spoil the party, and I have also decided to change my weigh in day to saturday as I am now working all day froidays and can't get away to be weighed. so at least on a saturday I can guarantee I can always get weighed at the same time coz I don't work saturdays..thank god :)

Well as I said TOM arrived but thankfully I stayed the same weight didn't gain anything so I was more than happy with that....That magical 12 stone 13 is still the incentive to hang in there this week, plus the fact that it is only 3 weeks to my birthday...I knew I wouldn't be at my goal weight but I set myself another target of getting below 12 stone 10lbs for then, so far that is still possible, to be honest I think I would be thrilled just to get under 13 stone :)

Well done to everyone who had a loss this week...as for the rest of us who stayed the same or even gained...keep your chin up and just hang in there

Ali :wave:

You will do it Ali, just keep on at it, the magic number is just around the corner!!

I forgot to post my weigh-in result on Tuesday night. I lost 2lbs, so was very happy with that. :)

Well done TQ & Arwen. Good luck to everyone else. :D

Good for you MG....and to Ali, I was reading your page last night, it must kep you quite busy, you are obviously quite puter lit....I don't have a clue when it comes to this thing. I muddle through though....LOL....everyone have a good week....

Well it is Friday again and that means getting on the scales.

Weight this week 11 stone 9 pounds
Starting weight 12 stone 4 pounds
Goal to reach 9 stone
First acheivable goal 11 stone.
Height 5 feet 2 inches

Not a bad start at least I am losing around 2 pounds a week. I am planning on small goals that way I don't get put off by the whole thing of having to lose 3 stone.
Well done to everyone it is not easy keeping to a diet but together we will win the battle.
:)

Right I have had a busy week and this is me just getting round to posting all the weights from last week - Mon 2/9 - Mon 9/9.

Mini Gem -1
Arwen -2
Sal -3
Tizme -2
Jingo -3

Giving us a weekly weigh in total of -11lbs and an overall total of 56lbs - 3 stone 11.5lbs.

Sorry its so late in being posted. Will do it Monday morning next week as I am away from Monday afternoon until Wednesday night - work - nothing exicting.

Didn't weigh in this week - will regret that next week. Steve wasn't well yesterday morning and I was feeling under the weather and had to get him organsied as well as Sean to school, back to it next Thursday after hotel food for 3 days - scales will be up most definately.

Well I have been missing in action for a little while, but I am still hanging in there.

My excuses, 4lb gain in one week :eek: :yikes: :no: after a 4lb loss over two weeks (TOM?), hen weekend, wedding (7 courses yum), but I have been going to the gym fairly regularly.

Will post weight on Tuesday (and see the damage!) and get back on track regardless.

I have just weighed in and have lost 2 and a half this week, so thats 7lb in three weeks, oh yes I am very pleased!!:D :dancer:

Well done TQ, keep up the hard work it is paying off

way to go TQ well done :)

my weigh in was a good one again this week I lost another 2lbs. finally under the 13 stone barrier...now weighing in at 12 stone 12lbs...that means there are 2 more weigh ins before my birthday and 3lbs to lose to get under 12 stone 10lbs...its certainly possible...you can bet your sweet bippy, i'll be working out as often as I can this next 2 weeks :)

Ali :wave:

Wahooooooooooooooo to TQ and Ali...you are both doing so great :) Have a good week .
Chris.

Congratulations Ali - you must be SO chuffed.

I am down 1lb this week - not a lot but at least it is off and not on!

Tracy

OK the losses for this week are

Arwen - 2 (counted last week - by mistake but worth mentioning again)
Minigem -2
TQ -2.5
Ali -2
Tracy -1
Jingo -6 = worked that out from the weight you joined us at and your current weight

Gives us a weekly loss of 13.5lbs and a new grand total of 70lbs - 5 stone exactly.

Am dreading my weigh in on Thursday after yummy hotel food - I am determind to be good the scales will tell the truth

I'm starting our new week off badly - a 1 lb gain. Not really sure why, unless I was building muscle because I did more walking.

For the first time in the two years I've been here, I walked the 2.5 miles from university to my flat. Twice in one week, too! Not sure if that's really enough to be muscle building though. My consultant seemed to think that I must be doing something wrong with the diet to have had a gain, but I think it's a bit dramatic of her really, I'll wait and see if it becomes a pattern before I panic.

Anyway, well done everyone else - that was a great weeks work last week. :D

:) Another pound gone for good. I know weigh:
11 stone 8 pounds.

One pound off is better than a gain.

Tomorrow is my birthday and I am having a real treat, a low fat Tiramasu for dessert.
I am cutting down the amounts as I only need enough for us two and the recipe makes enough for 6.
Hope you all have a good weekend.:wave:

:hb: :hb: :hb:

Happy Birthday Jingo I hope you have a great day tomorrow
and congrats on the 1lb off this week :)

Ali :wave:

Happy happy birthday!! Hope you have a great day!! :hat: :gift: :dancer:

Happy Brthday Jingo!! Have a brilliant weekend!! :hb: :hat: :gift:

Hiya All

I'm back. I haven't been posting because I've been away, then came back to find out I'd been burgled & have generally had all sorts of stress going on! I'm hoping to get back into the swing of things shortly, but I can't get back to WW next week because I have a funeral to go to Wednesday morning, so it may be a couple of weeks before I can fess up to how much damage I've done!

Glad to hear that you all seem to be doing so well, though - hopefully that will inspire me! Congratulations on getting below the 13 stone mark, Ali - you must feel great!!!

Lost 1/2 lb this week, am trying not to be too despondent as TOM is due. Just got to keep on tracking!!

Hi everyone

Shell sorry to hear about all your troubles, I hope you will be back into the swing of things again soon.
I am feeling great about finally getting under the 13 stone barrier. This week I lost another pound so I now weigh 12 stone 11. One more weigh in before my birthday next sunday and I set my target for that to be 12 stone 10 or under so fingers crossed that I manage at least another pound next week and I will be one very happy little bunny :)

Well done TQ it may only be half a pound this week but it is half a pound off and not on and that is always a good thing....Keep up the good work :)

Ali :wave:

Thank you for the birhday wishes I have had a great time and enjoyed having some of things I am not supposed to eat.
Monday will see the diet back on track.
I hope that everyone has had a good weekend see you all next week.:)

Happy Belated Birthday Jingo. Comiserations on your upset Shell. I hope you get everything sorted.
Have had a great week, I am one happy bunny. Have lost six pounds since last Monday :)And.......I have managed Tae-Bo Mon, Weds and Friday of last week and I have just finished thrusting myself round the living room again this morning. Add to this my nightly walks with the dogs and I reckon I'm back on track....We can do it ladies!
Everyone have a wonderful week...you are all my inspiration, thanks.

I've lost two pounds and had no earthquake ;)

WELL DONE VEGGIE - told you you could do it.

way to go veggie

Forgot to post this last Wednesday - lost 1lb - I'm now 16.11 (I like to think of it as slow but sure!!) We're only 30 miles away from Dudley here but we slept right through it!!!

What time was the earth quake? It was probably me thundering around my living room doing Tae-Bo this morning.....ar-ar-ar!!!

Here are the losses for the last 7 days

MiniGem = +1
Jingo = -1
TQ = -0.5
Ali = -1
BritinNj = -6 WOW :dizzy: :dizzy:
Veggie = -2 :D Way to go
Delaney = -1
Carol = +3

Giving us a weekly loss of 7.5lbs and a new overall total of 5 stone 7.5lbs. The weekly loss would have been higher if I hadn't been living it up in a hotel for most of last week. :mad: :dizzy: :?: :^: :lol:

Arn't we doing well? 5 stone and 7.5lbs!!! When any of us are struggling we must all remember that we are in this together and just how well we've done...

I weigh myself on my scales and ww scales - and as I post my scales weight on here I have lost 2lbs this week and I am now 16.9.

Hi everyone
Well I have not lost or gained this week I am the same as last week 11stone 8 pounds.
Slow but sure wins the race, maybe next week I will have lost something.
Not a good week for me I have been feeling a bit down. My arthritis has been playing up and is very painful so I hit the comfort foods. :(
Silly! yes it was. Not doing myself any favours! True if I stick to the diet and lose the weight I will be helping myself so giving in to feeling sorry for myself is not helpful.:nono:
What am I going to do! Keep going it is only a hiccup:halffull:

Have a good weekend everyone.

I managed to lose the 1 lb I put on last week, but no more, unfortunately. TOM was due though, so it's a wonder I lost anything!

I'm really impressed that we've lost such a lot together in such a short time. :) It helps remind us that there really is a downward trend between us, even if we have a bad week.

I have stayed the same this week and am feeling really miserable. I am not giving in though, no way, i have made a big pan of zero point soup and will be eating it today ha ha !! I cannot taste a thing cos I have a cold boo hoo!! I need cheering up HELP!!

I have lost 3lbs this week which means not only did I reach my birthday target of 12 stone 10lbs...I passed it and I now weigh 12 stone 8lbs not only that but I also realised that I have now lost more weight than I actually weigh now... I have lost 12 stone 10lbs...I am totally amazed and I feel fantastic :)

I am one very happy little bunny today ...I can't wait for my birthday party this evening....which I would like to say is now going to be exactly what I wanted it to be and not the meal that everyone else had planned :)
Hopefully I will be able to get some photographs taken tonight and I will post them in my gallery so you can all see.

TQ...you just hang in there and I hope your cold gets better soon :)

Mini Gem well done on losing that 1lb from last week especially with TOM being due any loss at this time is always a bonus :)

Delaney congrats on the 2lbs
and Jingo you are right, it is only a hiccup, we all have them, you just hang in there and don't let it get you down.

Well I better run I have lots to do before this evening
have a great weekend everyone :)

Ali :wave:

Ali - congratulations, happy birthday and have a great time at your party. I look forward to seeing the pictures.

I too am a very happy bunny, I lost 2lbs this week. Nearly fell off the scales with surprise, must be all those stairs at work.

Have a wonderful birthday Ali - congrats on the weight loss, I can just imagine how you must be feeling :hb:

Didn't want to hijack the birthday post - so new post.

I am still with you all - I have been writing down everything I have been eating - however outrageous - but have been going to the gym at least 3 times a week (normally 5 times) and I have noticed a weight loss and inch loss.

I have decided to be strict from tomorrow (1st of the month) and rejoin WW. Imagine if I can lose weight by exercising, what a difference actually monitoring what I am eating will make. I am quite good about actually going to the gym even when I don't want to, but I think I need the accountability of a public weekly weigh in also.

Congrats to all you losers/gainers/stayers - we've all been there:dizzy:

DOH!



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Happy Birthday for yesterday ALI!

Happy birthday Ali hope you had a great time. Well done on weight loss keep it up.:hb: :hat: :flow1:

Hope you had a great 40th birthday ALI, you did it, you are not fat and forty and theres nowt wrong with being 40 :D :hb: :cp: :hat: :gift: :cb:

Here are the weight losses for last week, looking good ladies, we are getting there - baby steps is the only way to do this.

Jingo = 0
Minigem = 1
Me = 2
TQ = 0
Ali = 3

Giving us a weekly total loss of 6lbs and an overall loss of 5 stone 13.5lbs.

just came into this one now, and feeling left out so adding myself Chris = 0 :)

Hi everyone just a flying visit while my emails download and then I need to get to work

Thanks all for the birthday wishes...I had a fantastic time doing just what I wanted to do....They did manage to get me to have a meal in the end, but it was at the pub where I wanted to go to in the first place, but they told the pub how many people were going and they closed off the top floor of the pub for us..so those that wanted to eat could and those that didn't could still stay up there and just drink without disturbing anyone else not in our party who had gone just to eat..which was really nice. I was very good and had a salad and a jacket potato.
Afterwards we all went back to my sisters, where they had decorated the house with birthday banners and balloons, it really was great.
my hubby had made the biggest chocolate cake I have ever seen for me, he said he looked to find a recipe for a low calorie cake but couldn't find one and he thought...oh what the heck..she wont eat it anyway so he went all out and made one for everyone else to enjoy....I swear there must have been about 100000 calories in that cake...but I did eat some of it and I don't regret it at all....I cut down on my calories for 3 days before saturday and I cut down again on sunday so I think I have made up for anything that I ate over my limit on saturday...If I have gained anything this week I am not going to beat myself up about it...it was worth it and I think just this once I deserve it...now I am going all out to reach my final goal...this is definitely the home stretch :)
Today is also my 20th wedding anniversary and I am cooking a meal for us both...no danger in me overeating today :)
I got the new digital camera that I wanted and took some pictures on saturday night I will try and get them posted on my webpage when I get home, but being my wedding anniversary I'm not sure hubby will be too thrilled if I spend it on the computer so it may be tomorrow before I get it done.
Well better go...work calls :)
Have a great day everyone

Ali :wave

Cheated a bit here and stepped on the scales, buI have good news cos it showed a four pound loss from last week...wonder why it showed today after one day of being on track, after a bit of a naughty weekend?
Have a great week everyone. Ali, your hubbys chocolate cake sounds scrummylishus, I'm glad you ate some and enjoyed it, cos you certainly do deserve it :)
Chris.

Chris, I have decided that scales are more tempremental than men !!

Glad you had a good time Ali, wish I could be as focused.

WW today, new offical weigh in day, Gained 4.5lbs - thought it was 5.5 - said so on the other thread, but it is only 4.5 - just checked with my footnote. So I gained this week and will no doubt undo everybodies hard work in the group total, but I think most of the gain is down to the different scales, different time of day and the fact that I couldn't strip naked in the church hall to weigh in. So onwards and downwards to next Tuesday.

Carol, well done on going to WW. See how your weigh in was less than you thought, that's a nice way to start back on programme isn't it luv. Glad you did it, cos you do sound focused to me. I love the fact that you're brave enough to post your journal, I have had a read and you not only make me laugh with your ways of words but the fact that you are so honest about yourself is such good character :) I truly reckon you are back on track so here's to you and a great week.
Take care.
Chris.

Carol its nice when you don't gain as much as you think you have...don't think of it as a gain anyway, just take it as a new start...you are doing great ...just hang in there :)

just popped on to let you all know I have put a couple of pictures on my website if you want to go and take a look...I was having a bit of trouble getting the main pictures to download properly last night but I managed this morning so I will add some more later

Ali :wave:

Ali, just looked at your new pics. You look absolutely wonderful. Your dress is fantastic. :)

Ali you have so much to be proud of, those pictures are gorgorous.

I bet people you haven't seen for a while walk right past you.

Ali - you look amazing! Now where did you say you got those shoes...... :s:

Thanks everyone :)

I just put a few more pics on the webpage which was more of a challenge than it should have been...all the files kept getting corrupted as I tried to upload them...I spent hours trying to figure out what was wrong I saved them all to different formats and still no luck. I finally gave up and went off to check my emails and found one from angelfire telling me they were having trouble with the servers ...it wasn't me at all...oh well...it kept me from snacking which is a good thing...TOM is due this week and I always used to get really hungry around this time...over the past few months I haven't been too bad, but this week I seem to have gone back to how I used to be and if anything looks remotely like food, I could eat it...the dog is starting to look very worried :)
I haven't given in to any temptation though...I've come to far to blow it all now :)

Thanks Chris I love that dress too...the only thing I don't like is that it shows off all the flabby loose skin on my upper arms...but I can always wear a cardigan to hide it :)

Carol there are loads of people who don't recognise me now, especially as I now have very short red hair...for the last 20 odd years it has always been very long and Black.

BPB....I got the shoes off a stall on the local market...only cost me £10 and I love them :

Ali :wave:

Sorry that I couldn't post this earlier (computer down) but the good news is I lost 2lbs this week - I am now 16.9!! I know for a lot of people that is still huge - but for me I feel positively skinny!!

No loss to report I'm still stuck still never mind it will shift.
Well done to everyone who has lost something this week. Have a great weekend.:(

Oh I am so peed off, I have gained a lb, now i tried to be cheerful when 2 weeks ago I only lost 1/2 then when i stayed the same last week I thought well it will be a good loss next week..........and now I am a lb heavier so that means I am half a pound heavier than I was 3 weeks ago, i hate those bloody scales...sorry for my swearing............help me.

Strange thing is I have on my tightest trousers today and they glided on, no lying down to fasten the zip etc!!!!!:mad:

Hi Michelle - I'm sorry you gained 1lb - but remember how well you've done - you've lost about 5 stone for heaven's sake!! and don't those tight trousers feel great???

Hi everyone

you and me both TQ...I'm pretty naffed off too :)

All week I have been checking the scale to see how things were going after the party and up to yesterday they said the same as last weeks weigh in, so I was really pleased...then suddenly yesterday there was a massive gain of 9lbs...I felt really bloated and had all the telltale signs of TOM...I think I knew it was due this week, I had just forgotten...maybe it was because I was just feeling so happy at reaching my birthday goal I didn't want to spoil the feeling by thinking about TOM. Well it made an appearance this morning, so this weeks weigh in is very disappointing with a gain of 2lbs...but at least that is better than the 9lbs that the scales were showing yesterday...I think I would have been suicidal if I had to show a gain of 9lbs even though I know the reason. Well I think I do...obviously TOM is playing a big part in that gain, the other thing I did think about was did I over compensate for my birthday and not eat enough...I really could have done with TOM staying away for another week just so I would have a better idea. But there is no point dwelling on it. Of course I am disappointed about having a gain, but I am not depressed. I am right back on track, though I have to admit, I don't really feel as though I have been off track at all...I did find it difficult yesterday to stay within my calorie allowance, because I just felt so hungry all day, but that is normal during TOM...no matter how much I eat I still feel hungry....I ended up going to bed early so that I wouldn't eat something I wasn't supposed to eat.

So sod the scales TQ, ignore what the numbers say and just go off how your clothes look and feel, that is the main thing after all .
Hang in there girl your doing great :)

Ali :wave:

Remember girls, those inches still fall off even though those bloody scales might show a gain. TQ and Ali, you are both so fantastic with your losses...just don't think of the gain this week. Remember those clothes hanging off ya :)

I've just realised that I didn't post on Tuesday, I lost 1lb this week. At this rate I could still lose almost a stone by christmas, so I shouldn't complain, though I wouldn't mind the numbers being a bit more dramatic. :)

Hi all, well I am feeling much better today,I have symptoms similar to IBS and have got so used to it that I didn't realise how constipated I was, I don't know if my fluid intake is too low (though it wasn't last night..the empty wine bottles in the kitchen prove that!!) but I must make more of an effort with the water, starting right now:nono:
Well hopefully I have got over yesterdays weigh in and am just going to get over it and get on with it. There really isn't any alternative is there, it is only a number. Ali proved this with her 9lb gain overnight, it is just not possible is it??
We can all do this weight loss thing we have the power and we are going to use it, thanks for all your kind words you have really cheered me up today have a great Sunday:wave:

Had a very phyilsophical (sp) discussion about time last night with a couple of drunks, all about what is time how was it decided that they would be 60 minutes in an hour, what is a second, do we really exist, if we are all flat what is our understanding of height ? On the same jist - what is a pound, why did we decide that a pound would be a pound, what does a stone really mean, is it something we as humans have just dreamed up or is really relevant and important. Was too sober for the conversation last night, think I still am but it does make you wonder if our drunk minds, might have something........

Glad you are feeling a bit brighter TQ

Sean - my 7 year old just told me I look a teeny-weeny bit slimmer, not a lot but a teeny-weeny bit. A compliment indeed from Sean.

Personally I think I have lost a bit of my midriff this week, but I didn't think anyone else would notice. I hope this is a case of out of the mouth of babes .......... as the proverb says.

On top of the world now.

i think sean deserves a little:gift: he really mustve made your weekend with that wish my kids would notice but then im mum they dont pay attention to me i could come in with a skinhead and peirced brow and theyd still walk past and ask for something to eat:shrug:

Ok here we are with the weight losses for this week

Chris = -4 put you first this week, can't be forgeting you again
Me = +4.5 different scales
Delaney = -2
Jingo = 0
TQ = +1
Ali = +2
Minigem = 1

Giving us a weekly gain of 0.5lbs. I take full responsibilty for this as I weighed in on different scales. I have been an angel this week though so watch this space ......

Gives us a new total loss of 5 stone 13lbs. Next week we will make 6 stone, no problems

Thanks Carol, Haven't managed to weigh in this week yet as this morning when I plonked myself on those things it said 'lo' which means the battery has gone again, I reckon I've changed it about four times since I bought the things which was only about six months ago!
I'll try and remember to buy a battery on my way out to 'Back to school' night at J's school this evening. Am actually planning on treating myself to a cappachino on the way...my life is SO exciting, isn't it girls... :) From the Wawa as it's the only place on the way to the school, out here in Boonie Ville...

Yes! Yes Yes!

Despite eating a whole bowl of trifle, a pack of jaffa biscuits, half a pack of shortbread and a 14 sin bottle of soup I have lost!

13.5 1/2 last week down to 13.2 1/2 this week.

I started on 22 July at 13.12 so this is not bad if a little bit slow but I would rather that than lose a whole damn lot and get 'cocky' and put on loads.


How has everyone else done?

Am just back from WW, still out of breathe from rushing around to get there - big news, down 5.5lbs. Tis amazing but true, so am now offically 16 stone 2lbs. Thats 226lbs for any american friends who may be reading.

next week will be difficult as I am away for the weekend, but I can do it if I want it bad enough and right now I want it real bad.....

Hey Carol, absolutely brill luvey! Well done. I can see the glow from that halo shining all the way over here :)
Peacock, well done too, a little trifle never hurt anyone I say.
As for me weighing....forgot to buy the battery yesterday...oops...I'll get it tonight. Have a great week everyone.

Well done Carol that was a great loss. :)

Sorry I don't mention all the people who lose every week, I do read all the posts and think you're all wonderful though.

This week I'm rather pleased with myself, I lost 2 lbs and got my one stone award. :D One down, six and a half to go. :o

:cp: :flow1: well done carol and mini.......reaching that first stone is a great feeling mini im sure i actually did a tigger style bounce round the house when i reached my first stone:flow1: :cp:


:cloud9: :flow2: :cloud9: :flow2: :cloud9:

Another 2lbs down for me this week - YIPPEE I am now 16.7 - that's nearly 2 stone for me!! Arn't we doing well? Dead chuffed for us all.

Congrats to you delaney and to everyone else.

Even if you have maintained or put on as I have in the past if you don't let it become too much of an issue you can lose in the next week.

Have a good week everyone.

Thanks Peacock - I know exactly what you mean - if you do have a bad week (and who hasn't?) its easy to fall of the wagon and just eat because you feel awful but as someone on here put (sorry I can't remember who) you are only a failure if you stop trying...

WELL DONE Melissa and Carol!!and all of you who have lost this week, i hope i will be joining you on saturday, we are not going to fail we are all going to do it, it is compulsory!!

Compulsory !!!!!!

If you stick to plan you will lose weight, thats the law

Yes even if you dont lose and manage to gain you must never ever give in scales are crap tight trousers and tape measures rule!! :)

here, here!!

:flow2: :dancer: :flow2: well thats my first week over (tough or what) and im pleased to report 3 lbs lost ........would be even more pleased if it wasnt 3lbs of 9 i gained..........does that make sense ?:flow2: :dancer: :flow2:

Great news anyway!! It is on its way off again thats all that matters! :)

At last a loss to report, I have lost 3lb this week , oh deepest joy. That is exactly 5 stone according to DH cos i couldn't see the scale when I was at my heaviest and i darent look down cos i thought I would weigh more (!!!!?????!!!!!)
I am having my hair cut this afternoon by way of celebration.
Have a great weekend everyone!!

Ok not much but a pound lost at least I have started losing weight again. I hope to lose more next week. I am sticking to the diet and everything is low fat so I should be losing but somehow I am not. Maybe I am just stuck for a while. I am still weighing out the food as well, Oh well things will start moving again.
Have a good weekend everyone.:)

:cp: well done TQ and jingo .......heres to all of us becoming a bunch of right losers.........in the best meaningful way of course:dancer:

Well I gained. I knew I would. Too much chocolate and Thai food. Well it is not every week I go out. I had a blast while I was doing it! My present to myself as a reward for doing loads of Christmas shopping!

I thought Karen our SW leader would strip me of my 1/2 stone sticker I got last week! I'll just sit in the naughty corner I think.

I seem to go back to 13st 6.5 lbs each time. I dunno what it is about that number I am sure.


I got the SW Food Glorious Food book. There's a recipe for Falafels which is sin free on Green. Yipeee!

Whooops I forgot to say it was a massive 4lb gain.

I'll get me coat......

Hi everyone

last week was a pretty bad week I was really suffering with TOM...over the past few months it has been arriving every 2 weeks, the one good thing about that was that it was never very heavy and only lasted about 3 days, and I didn't get as much pain...this month however it seemed to have remembered it was only supposed to arrive once a month and I have felt aweful...I was so bloated and crampy I just haven't felt like doing anything.....I still made myself get up early and do a workout before I left for work...I kept telling myself it would make me feel better....I'm not sure it did...but it did take my mind of the stomach cramps while I was doing it :)
Weigh in day wasn't great I hadn't put anything on, but I hadn't lost anything either which was slightly disappointing. But after saying that I have been on the scales every day last week because I was curious to see just how badly this TOM was affecting me and on wednesday I was showing a gain of 26lbs...can you believe that....I didn't panic though because I know I hadn't done anything wrong....next week I should have a better weigh in day.
On saturday afternoon my hubby bought me some new trousers and a new top...size 16's....I looked at the top and thought it looked so tiny and it would never fit me. But it did...perfectly...the trousers however, were a different story...they are way too big...I am going to have to take them back for a smaller size...It feels so great to be able to say that :) and certainly made me feel much better at staying the same weight this week...onwards and downwards for next week :)

I have a tiny 1lb loss to report this week!

At least it is a lb off and not on so it is in the right direction if nothing else!!

Congrats to Posy and Tracy. See, even if the weight loss is modest or you maintain your clothes tell you you are on the way to losing!

Stayed the same this week (stuck at 16.7) never mind that's given me the kick up the bum I need to get back on track!!

Well done all you losers :lol:

PHEW! Stayed the same, even though I ate McDonalds at the weekend.
I can do this....especially for Santa!! There's some lovely Christmas clothes starting to appear in the shops now.....I'd like to buy a smaller size.

I only gained 2lbs this evening. Was very surprised after all the eating and drinking I did at the weekend. Taking into consideration that I weighed in after eating my lunch and dinner and all the fluid I drank during the afternoon. I normally weigh in before lunch, so taking that into consideration a 2lb gain is ok. And also the fact the moon is in capricorn - think I did OK. Only kidding about the moon bit

But 2lbs is 2lbs and I am determined they will be gone by next Tuesday lunchtime

another 4lbs gone this week .............woo hoo now i can go visit M I L and not mind when she delibrately offers me goodies
carol that 2lb gain was probably your lunch and not a true gain youll see next week , try and weigh before lunch might help

Ok one pound back on:( so back up to 11 stone 8 pounds.
Excuse! None too much eating if I'm honest. We had a pie for dinner and some nice but totaly bad sausage rolls 2 each.
Why? I fancied them and counting the cost so I am now going to re think things and make a fresh go at things.

:mad: I am so mad at myself as I promised I would not do this. I do this too often start off ok and then slacken off. I get the wants not that I am hungry I just want things like chocolate, biscuits or a cake. I can go for ages without and then I am tempted and even though I can resist I do give in from time to time. Result! either sticking or gaining.
Then I get fed up and before long give up again but I really must do that this time. I have far to much at stake, my health. I am still waiting for an appointment with the dietician at the Dr's. Six weeks so far and still no word, o.k its not long realy I suppose but it is to me.
Any ideas on how I am going to stop this irritating wanting food when I do not need it and not even hungry? :(
I hope you all have a good weekend.
I am helping a neighbour out this week she is 89 and housebound her family are away so I am cooking her Sunday dinner. I may have problems but nothing like hers and here I am be moaning I am gaining weight again!

When I weighed in on Tuesday I stayed the same.

Reason: eating a whole tub low fat ice cream one day, quite a bit of picking during the week, and a portion of chips. Oh my!

Been having horrible cravings due to cold weather and stress eating due to being very busy with uni work. Have been a bit better this week so far. :)

3lbs off for me this week...and a pair of size 14 trousers now hanging in my wardrobe...I am one happy bunny this week :)
I disciplined myself really well and made myself do my exercise routine before I left for work, it meant getting up an hour and a half early but a 3lb loss this week has made it all worthwhile and I will be doing it from now on.
Have a party to go to tomorrow so those size 14 trousers will be getting their first outing :)

Hope you all have a good weekend
hang in there everyone...we can do it

Ali :wave:

Against all the odds I lost again! 2lb last night.
Mind you at the beginning of the week I guess I had been pretty good. Towards the end though there had been a leaving do and I went to a noodle bar. I also went to a market and bought some crunchies and flakes (well, 4 for £1!! so I bought two lots!) I have had quite a lot of chocolate and crisps, plus staying at my frind who saboutages my diet (she even put mayo in my sandwich -I don't even like the stuff!)

Ok am slipping in my tasks as weight tallyier upper. Here are the fortnightly scores on the doors.

Peacock = 1
Sal = 3.5
MiniGem = 2
Delaney = 2
Flumper = 7
TQ = 3
Jingo = 0
Tracy = 1
Ali = 3
Chris = 0

Have counted in Peacocks loss for this week, else I'll be too confused next week. Well done everyone !!!

Our fortnightly loss is (drum roll) 22.5lbs

Giving us a total weight loss of 7st 7.5lbs , since the end of July

Think we all deserve a big pat on the back. In a few weeks we'll have lost a whole person

No weigh in for me yet this week. Weather was too horrible to walk the mile to class at lunch time. Can't manage tomorrow night as Steve starts swimming lessons at 7:30 and Sean at 8. There is a class on Thursday evening and another one on Saturday morning. I need to get to one of them, I will get to one of them. I like this visiting other classes of WW

A 1lb off for me this week Carol - now 16.6 - can't believe it after I was so bad at the w/end just goes to show how exercise and a couple of good days really helps.

Woo hoo Flumper - how did you get 4lb off??

Thanks for keeping a tally Smiling Sal. We have probably lost a Kate Moss or Calista Flockhart so far......

I would probably have gained this week, pizza, haagen daaz , wine you name it, not to mention a flake or two!! I am off back up the M1 again today so no weigh in this Saturday either!! If I come out the same weight in 2 weeks time I will be happy, please NO gains !!
Have a good time , speak to you all soon!!

delaney i wish i could say oh the 4lb just dropped off (i wish ) but it didnt i was very strict with myself and also it was only my 2nd week back on this torture trail so my body probbably went into traumatic shock

overstatement you may think well i think not i gave in on monday this week to the voices screaming at me just eat it just eat itand this weeks weather reports reads as...........oops hahahahha meant weighty report .....mind you the weather hasnt beeen to s**t hot either
3lbs!!!!!!!!!!!!!yes 3 whole glorious lbs right back on again
do i regret it .....if im honest no .........cos i liked eating exactly what i wanted too................but tuff t*****s cant have it all my own way back on the trail as of today

This week has been a disaster. Fridge freezer packed up then just to add to the fun the cooker decided to join in as well. Hence I had to dig out the catalogue and order a new fridge and cooker. Expensive! yes but I need both items.
Cooking with a slow cooker and microwave is not my idea of fun, I get the cooker Monday a nice new gas one. The other was electric as the old address I lived in had no gas, so at last I can cook with gas which I much prefer.
:)

On the personal side things are not that brilliant. I have had problems with family for a long time now and sadly my daughter has decided that I no longer exist. When out shopping I saw her in the supermarket and was close enough to touch her. She totaly ignored me and that really hurt. So I have been feeling rather down as a result and trying not to show it.
Diet has suffered with both events.

Feeling sort of better now and will have to get stuck into the diet again. Sorry to be a gloomy thing.
Well done to all who lost and I hope that everyone has a good week.

Sorry to hear about your daughter Jingo. I guess she knows where you are when she wants you...

On a better note I am slimmer of the week at my club yesterday. I lost 1.5 bs (and it is a star week for me). I was well happy so I celebrated by going to watch My big fat Greek wedding! Great!

2lbs off - am making progress, slow but steady

Stayed the same again this week...oh well ...not to worry I know itr will come off eventually.
Been sick all weekend with the cold from ****
got sent home from work yesterday and today, but I am feeling a lot better this evening...off to bed for an early night dont want to miss another day at work...no I don't love work that much...but I do like my pay packet to be full at the end of each week :)

Ali :wave:

Am slipping it's Tuesday again, but here are the weight losses from last Monday up until today

Delaney = -1lb
Flumper = +3
Peacock = -1.5
Sal = -2
Posy = 0

Giving up a weekly loss of 1.5lbs and a new total weight loss of 7stone 9lbs.

We are doing it

Another 2lbs off for me this week - Dead chuffed :D (Now 16.4)

I missed my weigh in last week, but stuck to program. Last night showed a 4lb loss. :D

well done Delaney and Mini gem...two great losses this week :)

Ali :wave:

mini gem can I ask how long it has taken u to lose 18lbs (I hope I got that right). Am interested as we both have the same start weight and also the same target weight.

Leigh - I hope you don't mind me sticking my oar in here but... I started on January 2nd at 18.4 (fell off the wagon May-August but I've lost 2 stone exactly (as of today) in that time - hope that's of some help.

Well done to everyone.

Delaney we are almost the same weight now - I feel a little bit of friendly competition coming on here to keep me motivated. Need to try and keep up with you if nothing else, if you get too far ahead of me, may go sulk in the corner.

I am only kidding, we are all indivduals and no one two peoples weight loss is going to be the same, but if I can hang on to anybody's coat tails on the way down ....... if only !!!

Posy - you have lost a lot! Can you tell me how you managed it. Was it ok or did you find it hard? Keep up the good work,

Originally posted by Delaney
Leigh - I hope you don't mind me sticking my oar in here but...

No Delaney I don't mind you sticking your oar in. Thanx for the info.

My weigh in was today.
Another pound off :)
Its coming off slowly but at least its coming off

Well done Leigh - good for you. Why don't you come over and post on 'Hello from one chick in England' the more the merrier you know? ;)

WELL DONE EVERYONE!! I am dreading my weigh in on Saturday bound to be a gain but I will deserve it, my sis has gone back to Canada today, time to get myself back into the good habits whether I like it or not!!

Peacock I counted calories ..started off sticking to 1500 calories a day and as the weight came off I introduced exercise...I have to admit I didn't find the courage to join a gym until I had lost over 7 stone but since then I have been going at least 3 times a week...my wonderful hubby has been buying me lots of exercise equipment that I use at the gym and I now have everything at home apart from one piece so I have cut back the amount of time I go to the gym and work out at home instead...I get more done at home, because I don't have to wait around for anything and I am not distracted by talking to anyone, I just get on and do it.....If I said I have found it easy I would be lying, there have been many times since I started that I have found it very tough, but I have just hung on in there , the rewards I get as I lose more weight make all the effort worthwhile...but after saying all that I can't say it has been incredibly difficult either...yes there were really tough days, but they were not as many as there were good days...I think I have reached the hardest time now and that is because having already lost 13 stone and only have a stone and a half to go to reach my goal , although I don't find the eating or the exercise difficult anymore, the weightloss has really slowed down...which was obviously expected, but that is making it difficult because I am just so impatient to get there...I do get more down when I don't lose anything or I only lose a pound, but I have come too far now to give up...I will reach that final goal come **** or high water no matter how long it takes :)

Ali :wave

Hey Leigh,

just been very busy, in my final year at university, would have said hi otherwise. I joined slimming world on 30th July, so that's 13 weeks on the diet for 18 lbs. Not losing as fast as I could, but it's still over 1lb/week, so not bad!

I'm going for an anniversary meal tonight, so went clothes shopping yesterday. Very excited to get 2 size 20 tops (have been wearing 22-24), and even one 16 (god knows how!). Stick with it Leigh, it's really worth it, good luck! :D

Thanx mini gem.

Well i have been to WW and faced the music and found out I have gained 1.5lb, to be truthful it could have been much worse. Still its over with and now i have to get back on track.
i really want to be in the next stone by the time i hear the jingle of Santas sleigh. Only one person can make sure that happens and that person is me...........with your help of course!!;)

no loss for me to report this week stayed the same again. which I am pleased about really having under eaten so badly this week it could quite easily have been a gain.
I found out this morning why I have been feeling so bad...can you believe it at 40 years old I have caught chicken pox...those darling little kids love to share everything :)

TQ it is certainly possible to be in that next stone by the time santa comes. you just stay focused and think of what a great present that would be to give yourself :)

Ali :wave:

Thanks Ali! I feel I can do it no matter how hard it gets we have to keep going and the rewards are going to be so worth the effort.

I couldn't agree more TQ

It has been said before, but for something good to happen, anything not just weight loss, you have to work hard and put in the effort.

Chicken pox - are you covered in little dabs of camoline lotion, of do they do it all different these days. Touch wood my two haven't had it - yet !!!!!!!

We all need to live a bit TQ - 1.5 gain is nothing, a bit of effort and that will soon be gone and you'll be on your way to a good christmas present to yourself. We know you are going to do it

yep my legs are covered in calomine I think I should have my hands tied up to stop me scratching them and making them worse. They are not sore, but its very annoying :)

Decided I was going to try a few weights this morning as I was feeling better and my horrible hubby appeared with the digital camera, so for those of you who think I look good pop on over to my gallery and have a look at all the flabby bits :)
Hope you have strong stomachs :)

Ali :wave:

Ali, i havent had a look at the pics yet but i did look the other day and all i can say is you are looking good girl!! Dont worry about flab stretch marks etc after all how often do the public see you without your kit on;) all everyone will see is the big smile on your face after all you have achieved!! thats all that matters!!

Hi Ali had a peek at your pics. Flabby bits?? Soz couldn't see any. You look great

TQ you are right...not many people will see me without my kit, and as far as the flabby bits go I can hide pretty much most of them

Thanks Leigh-r, its mainly my arms that are flabby and the top of my legs, but lets face it for most of my life this poor old skin has been carying around 25 stone+ I can't expect it to be perfect instantly just coz I lose the weight can I :)

Weekly weight losses for this week are

Delaney = 2
Mini Gem = 4
Leigh = 1
TQ = +1
Ali = 0

Giving us a weekly weight loss of 6lbs and a new total loss of 8 stone 1lb.

Are we cooking with gas or are we cooking with gas.

i will post weight on thursday ive explained somewhere else about it lol if i start typing it again ill rabble on .....as i do ................im convinced im a talkaholic

Unfortunately not weighed last night as the leader was ill. I might try a class this Thursday but it does clash with a dinner engagement!

Am down 3.5lbs. Have made it into the 15 stones

Hurray !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oh well done Carol that is fantastic...doesn't it feel good to get into that next stone down :)

Well done Carol - a new stone - that feels fantastic doesn't it?

At official weigh in this morning I am 2lbs HEAVIER - absolutely devastated and I really (and I mean that REALLY) don't know how that's happened. I have been sitting crying in the kitchen whilst trying to go over my tracker and see where I went wrong. I had a bad day saturday when we had guests but I went to the gym twice and swimming twice AND made up for it by having 1 less point per day for the rest of the week. Absolutely dreading tonights weight watchers...

Don't worry Delaney.

I have found (to my utter amazement) that 2lbs come off just as easily as it goes on (well nearly). Sometimes anyway.

I am getting weighed tomorrow at another class as my Monday class leader is ill. I have been a bit naughty but I have a dinner with the girls to look forward to on Friday so I will concentrate on that!

Todays weigh in - I have lost a further 2lbs :)

Well done Leigh-r you've made a great start hanbg in there :)

Ali :wave:

No weigh in from me this week as I went to a fireworks display instead.

It's been my worst week so far on the diet though, or off the diet should I say. Slap up meal earlier in the week (anniversary), then two days of non-stop choclate and irn bru in a frenzy of essay writing and sleep deprivation. Oops! Hopefully I can make up for it by eating better this week though. :)

I forgot to say that I was surprised at my 2lb weight loss this week. Hubby treated me to a tub of sweets on Sunday and I haven't managed much exercise this week.

Only a half pound gain. I will try harder now as CHristmas coming up!


Now 13st 3.5 pounds