UK Fat Chicks - New You in November!

Ok gals i'm going to have a go at doing the number wrangling this month.
Challenge is running from 01 November - 29 November

I'm getting really close to my holiday now, so need a good month. So i'm going to aim high:D

Starbuck
SW 251
CW 251
GW 240

Remember were coming up to the party season, what more motivation do you need than that little black dress :dancer:

Thanks Starbuck :)

Not sure I'll manage a big loss after the big loss this month but still going to try and keep up 2lb per week (and hoping to be 14 stones or less by the end of the month), and should be in Onderland sometime this month too :)

SW 203lb
CW 203lb
GW 195lb

Can you believe that it is November already? Where has this year gone?!?

My goal for this month is to be at my goal weight.......

SW ~ 149.2
CW ~ 149.2
GW ~ 145.0

Good Luck Everyone!!!! We CAN do this

Kathy

Can you believe that it is November already? Where has this year gone?!?


I know it's crazy! and all the christmas stuff has been in the shops for weeks now! it comes earler every year!

I'm going to try for 8lbs this month i think.. although to be honest just to get into the 11 stones would be amazing!..

i seemed to spend ages in the 13's and the 12's have just flown by... only 4lb till the 11's!!! eee! so...

SW: 173
GW: 165

Gonna go try out my new Wii Fit plus while my daughter's napping!

im aiming to loose a stone this month :D have only just begun dieting and the lbs are coming off quite quickly so a stone will be good for me, anything else is a +

sw242
gw234

Hey all, here we go again!

SW: 183 (well, actually had a hiccup over the weekend which seems to have made me gain like 12 lbs back - but its so unbelievable that I can't bear to put it in writing, as am hoping it is a weird fluid retention and will be gone by tomporrow, 6 have already magically floated away again) so am sticking to my 183

Goal: 174

Has anyone else ever gained that much in the space of 2 days? I'm not saying I was an angel food wise, but I didn't even eat more than 4lbs worth of stuff - there was a substantial amount of wine involved though...

PS - thanks a mill for starting thread Starbuck!

did you have a chinese or something ellie?

Chinese food is really salty and can make you put on pounds of water overnight. It'll go by the end of the week though i'm sure.

ok, so far we've got
Starbuck 251 251 240
Rainbow 203 203 195
pebbles0916 149.2 149.2 145
sophiebean 173 173 165
Kimberleyanddarren 11 11 25 (wants to lose)
TIARA 242 242 234
Ellie R 183 183 174

(hope i'm doing this right, please feel free to let me know if i'm not;))

Hey all, here we go again!


Has anyone else ever gained that much in the space of 2 days? I'm not saying I was an angel food wise, but I didn't even eat more than 4lbs worth of stuff - there was a substantial amount of wine involved though...

Yeah that happend to me a just over a month ago. My upper abdomen bloated severely and i gained 8lbs overnight. I presumed it must be water retention. I saw a doctor (because it became very painful) and it turned out i had an inflamed gall baldder due to calcium spots. Not to worry though, if your not in any pain it must just be water. It's impossible to put on that much weight overnight. As my doctor told me there's 3500 calories in 1lb of fat.. so you do the math! it's just can't be done!

Hey everyone

I've not been great for the last few days. Have been staying with family and visiting my boyfriend's parents. The diet is so difficult to stick to when you don't want to tell all the skinny people that you're on one. Or when there's good wine and cheese....oops

At least I haven't put any back on! I'm still at 223. Anyway, 217 is my (realistic) goal. It's a goal I set when I started - I get a new handbag if I reach it. Anyway, good luck everyone! :)

Hey all, here we go again!

SW: 183 (well, actually had a hiccup over the weekend which seems to have made me gain like 12 lbs back - but its so unbelievable that I can't bear to put it in writing, as am hoping it is a weird fluid retention and will be gone by tomporrow, 6 have already magically floated away again) so am sticking to my 183

Goal: 174

Has anyone else ever gained that much in the space of 2 days? I'm not saying I was an angel food wise, but I didn't even eat more than 4lbs worth of stuff - there was a substantial amount of wine involved though...

thanks for being so honest. i am actually going through that too i wasnt an angel on halloween either but how can i have gain 10 pounds that scared me straight so now im back to calorie counting.. lol i also refuse to start at the weight my scale tells me i am and am sticking to the 243 ... lets get going ladies we must be strong together.

Hey everyone

I've not been great for the last few days. Have been staying with family and visiting my boyfriend's parents. The diet is so difficult to stick to when you don't want to tell all the skinny people that you're on one. Or when there's good wine and cheese....oops

At least I haven't put any back on! I'm still at 223. Anyway, 217 is my (realistic) goal. It's a goal I set when I started - I get a new handbag if I reach it. Anyway, good luck everyone! :)

i know how you feel about not telling the skinny ones your on a diet because if you do they start saying how they have an imagenary 10 pounds to lose..well at least the ones i talk to do.

Thanks Guys!
Yes I did eat Chinese, and had all the leftover Rice for bingie afternoon snack the following day - and seeing as am on a pretty much no carb diet, I suppose that's what did it!
Am nearly back down though - so am even hoping for a 1lb loss when I post at weekend...
Off out training now!

ladies...im back on the wagon, when i lost all that weight ive put it back on and more....

I have had swine flu hence the weight loss then when i felt better i havent stopped eating..drinking..eating..drinking....here is how today has gone...

am...

small low fat soft cheese triangle 4 cups of coffee!!
lunch: small chicken leg no skin with small salad..

(didnt touch the sides so....)

packet of salt and vinegar mcoys.

then ...small slice of choc cake
then...packet of hoolahoops
then...another chicken leg

tea....4 sausages, beans and mash...

im going off my head as i just simply cant stop eating...had 3/4 of bottle of wine last night as well havent been to the gym in months..have no motivation..self esteem at all time low...and constantly hungry!!!!

grrr!! any pointers to stop this....i cant believe how much im packing away and no amount of fruit is going to aid this i will just eat more rubbish on top!! what am i doing?:(

Welcome back touch my toes - swine flu isn't pleasent - I could barely eat when I had it and it was difficult not eating everything in sight afterwards. Fortunatly (?) I had it in the Summer so could fill up on salad.

I'm also wanting to eat a lot because the weatehr here is so cold, miserable and soggy :( I'm eating a lto of soup to help fill me up which is working. I think in your case maybe you didn't eat enough for lunch? If you'd of eaten more then planned a healthy but filling snack for the afternoon you may of avoided the "binge"? Remeber sausages are very high in calorie so try and avoid or keep your portions of them down. Also maybe if you'd of avoided the crisps you would of been stronger to resist the other stuff? I find if I have one snack like that when I'm feelign like eating everything it just makes me want to eat even more.

I also find I'm hungrier when I don't exercise. Once your strength is back may be worth starting exercising again and see if that helps. If you don't feel like goign to the gym maybe do a dvd or something at home for a while?

I do think your weight is very low for you to be feeling so bad about it - mayeb you're a small frame and that's why I don't know but I'd try not to worry too mcuh about the scales just keep anyway on what they're saying and concentrate on improving your eating and exercise habits again that way you can focus on how your body looks and feels rather than just the scales. Also rememebr after being ill your body may need more food to recover and rebuilt strength which may be why you feel like eating more too - if you can plan better to make sure you eat enough healthy food maybe that will help too.

hiya, yeah im having difficulties planning at the moment because my days are so long but you're right i did it before so confident i can do it again..i was loving the gym and the energetic feeling i had with it just need to get over the hurdle!

as for snacking i honestly dont know whats up...

when i get hungry i start to feel really faint and tired like i need to eat there and then or il topple over!its not like ive not eaten earlier or anything but i get it all the time..! strange!

swine flu knocked me for six..really poorly and the weight flew off but like ive said its here now on the old bum and thighs..

im not big really but i am curvy and given the right level of me not giving a damn it will get out of control as i get older i know it so need the preventative stuff now whilst i can do it...if that makes sense..i have large hips and curvy thighs hence my need to keep it in trim,given the opportunity my weight would go up and up and up....(as most would i guess)

im just suprised at myself if that makes sense that i can be this lazy about things and let things go so much...its unlike me and its hard to get back on it

Don't be too hard on yourself touchmytoes, you've been ill and body is just probably happy to be eating again and taking advantage of you.

Like Rainbow said maybe if you ate a bit more lunchtime and had beans and a jacket potato or something you might be able till last the afternoon without snacking.

Although i'm a fine one to talk as i'm doing Slimfast, thats how weak I am! If I start eating I wont stop so it's just easier to have the drink twice a day and forget about food althogether till teatime.

Try having a low cal hot chocolate in the afternoon if your craving something sweet. works for me!

i'm down 3lbs already this week! which makes me think i should make my target for this month lower... but i'll see how i go. i just can't wait to be under 12 stone! xx

sophiebean ~ saw your pic in the mini-goal....you look AMAZING, keep up the good work!!

touchmytoes ~ you can get back on track, i'm behind you!!!!!

The pound that I gained from lunch on Monday, is finally gone, gonna be good so that I have a loss for the week.

Everyone have a GREAT rest of your week!!

Kathy

Wow Sophie you look amazing :) Well done and well done on losing 50lb :carrot::carrot::carrot::carrot::carrot:

THe scales don't seem to be moving much for me this week :( Not really suprised - a little less exercise as the girls were only back at school on Tuesday and TOM is coming and I don't get much of a loss the week after a 4 lb loss. Very pleased to be maintaining 14 and a half stones - I'm always so sucpicious os a whoosh and expect the weight to whoosh back just as quickly. Now to drink lots of water to see if I can get the scales to move by Saturday :D

Sophie you look great in those photos! and your daughters really cute too!

aw thanks everyone! these monthly goals have really helped a lot so thanks to all of you. xxx

Hi

I will definitely be joining this forum but my weigh-in isn't till Saturday morning. Given that I am very overweight and I'll (hopefully) have that initial big loss in the first week, I think it's reasonable to expect about 16lbs loss this month. So, as I prefer to round the numbers that means I'm starting on 279.5lbs (as of last Saturday) & aiming to be 263lbs by the end of the month.

Good luck everyone!

Welcome back touchmytoes - you've been having a rough time eh - good luck this month!

Kathy, well done on getting rid of that Lb - it's terrible how one little pig out get's you isn't it!

Sophie, i went and looked up your Photies - lovely, what a big difference.

WELCOME ALONG BAKEWELL, AND GOOD LUCK, I startded out in feb of this year 1/2 a stone heavier than you are now...so it can be done...

hello everyone.. ive been sticking to my plan and im glad to see the pounds i gained binging going away believe me i learned my lesson and im planning ahead for thanksgiving...lol a friend told me about making califlower as my mash potatoes it sounds good and its way lower in cals... anyother ideas.

its good to see everyone here and the new ones too. i think of all of you as my online partners in crime. lol i really wish i would have found this sooner this support really makes a difference than doing it alone.

Yeah it really does. I find that the days that I pop on here are the days that I do my best in terms of eating and exercise. If I don't come on I definitely lose that bit of motivation that helps so much!

Hi Bakewell! Good luck with the big November whoosh! :)

Well I've had weigh-in today and the first 9lbs is off. I'm delighted to have had such a good first week to keep my motivation up.

SW 279.5lbs
CW 270.5lbs
TW 263lbs for November target

BTW Ellie you are an inspiration - well done on your fantastic weight loss so far. I hope to be following in your footsteps.

Wow, way to go Bakewell. That's amazing :carrot:

Well I've had weigh-in today and the first 9lbs is off. I'm delighted to have had such a good first week to keep my motivation up.

SW 279.5lbs
CW 270.5lbs
TW 263lbs for November target

Welcome Bakewell and well done on such a good first week :)

I stayed the same :( was to be expected with TOM and whoosh last week and hoping I will get a good loss next week :) Very pleased to of maintained at 14 and a half stones though :) Feels very strange to be so "light" - I haven't weighed this for about 11 years.

i'm down 4 pounds this week which is just great for me!

although i've been the same exact weight for 3 days, which is annoying. Serves me right for looking every morning dosn't it, if I hadn't looked I would be even more pleased.

I'll post everyones progress up a bit later when everyones had a chance to report in;)

Hey Guys,

Well done Bakewell and Starbuck -great loss.
Rainbow, I am more or less with you at the maintaining, but managed to get rid of 1 extra lb as well as my weird 2 day 12lb gain!
So at exactly 13st (182) I absolutely need need need to be 12st something next week.

I'm having a bit of a weird time at the moment. I've been eating really well and in the last week have noticed a massive difference in myself. I'm much more energetic (can run up the stairs to my flat without panting, can get up in the morning more easily), and have lost 3 inches from round my middle since I measured a fortnight ago. I still haven't lost any more weight though! It's very annoying! Is it because it's just after my first big whoosh?

I think I'm also going to have to buy more scales. Mine only have a little line for every two pounds, which is no good to me when every pound counts! Are digital scales the best way to go?

Well done you guys that have made it/are sooo close! I'm jealous!

I must try harder!!

I'm having a bit of a weird time at the moment. I've been eating really well and in the last week have noticed a massive difference in myself. I'm much more energetic (can run up the stairs to my flat without panting, can get up in the morning more easily), and have lost 3 inches from round my middle since I measured a fortnight ago. I still haven't lost any more weight though! It's very annoying! Is it because it's just after my first big whoosh?

I think I'm also going to have to buy more scales. Mine only have a little line for every two pounds, which is no good to me when every pound counts! Are digital scales the best way to go?


That can happen where you stall a bit after the first loss, but you kinda should have lost a bit (though everyone is very different) - its the old thing, up the excercise a little, and cut the calories a bit more to try and get the scales moving.

I have had a few problems with scales, and had to return various ones that were completely wrong - most people say that the best scales are the heavy duty doctor type ones -but they can be difficult to read - I bought this one about 2 weeks ago, and am very happy with it

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/8324647/c_1/1|category_root|Health+and+personal+care|14418350/c_2/3|15701120|Health+monitors+and+aids|14418375/c_3/4|cat_14418375|Scales|14418376.htm

Good Luck!

today i weighed in at 246.4 im now down 4.8 of what i gained on my halloween binge. i keep telling myself if you cant do the time then dont do the crime...lol well its a lesson learned.

good job to all of you losing lets keep it up we got 22 days in november left and they just keep going by so fast soon well be in dec.

beescwee.... i have a glass digital scale, i absolutly love it. i just got it a few months ago because my other one (lol was 6 yrs old) i finally got rid of it when i went to the doctors and found out my scale made me 10 pounds heavyer.that whole time i honestly didnt know i was 10 pounds lighter...

Okay so here are the results so far for our first week.

Starbuck 251 248 240
Rainbow 203 203 195 (was to be expected after the whoosh:D)
pebbles0916 149.2 149.2 145
sophiebean 173 170 165
Kimberleyanddarren 11 11 25 (wants to lose)
TIARA 242 246.4 234 (don't worry too much, a bit of halloween candy weight wont stay around for long:carrot:)
Ellie R 183 182 174 (you've done really well to continue losing, with everything you've lost already:dizzy:)
beescwee 223 223 217
touchmytoes 144 144 (not sure what your monthly goal is?)
Bakewell 279.5 270.5 263 (amazingly well done!!)

Well done girls, we've not done too badly at all! let's keep it up and see how low we can go!:smug:

Everyone seems to be doing very well!!! I stayed the same........
Have a GREAT week everyone
Kathy

Well done all those losing.

Starbuck 4lbs is great when you're well underway with your loss. I also wanted to say I love your little personal comments on the round-up! :)

Rainbow it's great to see someone who's lost so much weight. I can remember how good 14 1/2 stone felt - I was that in 2001 before I had my son. I'd just lost 4 stone on WW and thought I'd really changed my bad habits for good, but from the moment I was pregnant I couldn't stop eating. That carried on afterwards as he never stopped feeding & I was constantly starving. Before I knew it that 4 stone had piled back on, followed by more over the years. I could kick myself now for letting it slide. I'm looking forward to feeling that way again though, and I don't intend letting it slip back on this time. I definitely have no more children planned! :)

Felling a bit meh today, can't believe I've been 248.2 for the nearly last week!

Don't understand how I can stay at the exact same weight, even the .2 all week!!!

Anyway i'll keep plodding along, hopefully be a better readout on Sunday:^:

Keep at it Starbuck - so many times that's happened to me & I've ended up thinking "Why am I bothering?" & going off the rails. You know if you're sticking to it the scales will catch up eventually so don't get too disheartened.

Felling a bit meh today, can't believe I've been 248.2 for the nearly last week!

Don't understand how I can stay at the exact same weight, even the .2 all week!!!

Anyway i'll keep plodding along, hopefully be a better readout on Sunday:^:

When that happens to me I drink a laod of water then tend to go down just before weigh in day - I don't really trust those loses when I suddenly lose 2lb before weighing in but do seem to be maintining them. I will be doing that teh next few days though I did finally go down 1lb today - first time the scales moved in 10 days or so.

Well done all those losing.

Starbuck 4lbs is great when you're well underway with your loss. I also wanted to say I love your little personal comments on the round-up! :)

Rainbow it's great to see someone who's lost so much weight. I can remember how good 14 1/2 stone felt - I was that in 2001 before I had my son. I'd just lost 4 stone on WW and thought I'd really changed my bad habits for good, but from the moment I was pregnant I couldn't stop eating. That carried on afterwards as he never stopped feeding & I was constantly starving. Before I knew it that 4 stone had piled back on, followed by more over the years. I could kick myself now for letting it slide. I'm looking forward to feeling that way again though, and I don't intend letting it slip back on this time. I definitely have no more children planned! :)

Thanks Bakewell - I will fele happier at 14 stones though ;) That's the weight I was when I got pregnant with my first - before that I yoyoed between 13 and 14 stones for a few years. I managed to lose weight between each pregnancy but could never stop eating once pregnant and after the girls were born also no more children planned so hopefully this weight loss will be perminant :)

I've lost 5 stones since March (so more slowly than Ellie) and I lost the rest last year when I had some teeth problems so couldn't eat and then was too scared to eat anything solid. I did plan on keeping up losing weight after that but badly broke my ankle and didn't want to lower calories while recovering. Really hoping to see 13 and a half stones this year :D but I was expecting to get to 16 stones by Christmas originally so any extra is good :) I woudl never of managed to lose so much or to be so determined without the support of this place :)

anybody had this happen before...

clearblue preg test the normal type not digital comes up faint positive, as the expiry time has gone its getting darker and darker but within the designated time it was still a faint pos..

anyway, did a clear blue digital today and 'not pregnant' on the screen...

damned things..anyway, not going to take another test until next week..im only about 5-6 days late with irregular cycles and Im not sure when i ovulated this month..

also with 5 previous loses im a little sensitive to the symptoms...

but it was a defo cross in the box and the paper work that comes with it say...if there is a cross in the box welcome to the club?!! so confused!:dizzy:

it might be too soon for the digital version to pick up, try in a week and it should be long enough to pick it up.

When I was trying for a baby hubby bought a job lot of 50 pregnancy sticks from ebay for cheap as he was getting fed up of me buying one everyday.

I did one and really really really faint line but could have been nothing so chucked it in the bathroom bin. Did one in the next morning for some reason, I told you i did them all the time! and there was a definite line, looked at the one in the bin and that now definitely had a darker line too.

Told my hubby who didnt believe me, hadn't realised it was april fools day! he had to be shown the evidence before it sunk in.

Best of luck with it!

anybody had this happen before...

clearblue preg test the normal type not digital comes up faint positive, as the expiry time has gone its getting darker and darker but within the designated time it was still a faint pos..

anyway, did a clear blue digital today and 'not pregnant' on the screen...

damned things..anyway, not going to take another test until next week..im only about 5-6 days late with irregular cycles and Im not sure when i ovulated this month..

also with 5 previous loses im a little sensitive to the symptoms...

but it was a defo cross in the box and the paper work that comes with it say...if there is a cross in the box welcome to the club?!! so confused!:dizzy:

Test again with a normal clear blue in 2 days. A fiant pos is a pos though so you should get a definate positive by then. DOn't bother with clear blue digital - it's not a very sensitive pregnancy test so just confuses things more. You need more hcg in your urine on a digital test to get a result than on a normal clear blue. If you didn't then testing first thing in the morning before drinking anything would be better too. All the best, hope it's good news for you.

Thanks for the scales advice guys! Mine keeps telling me different weights every time I step on it now! Piece of rubbish!

Tiara, you must have been so happy to see ten pounds magically disappear! Woo!

beescwee... yes i was..lol i went out the very next day and bought me a purse since that was my next goal present... lol
yes girl i would so get a new scale. i got mine at walmart. My sister and a friend was with me and we tryed out like 5 scales to make sure it worked.. lol it was fun luckly we were in a isle that only like 4 people passed so it wasnt like we had an audiance lol..

Hi ladies, well my daughter's been ill all last weekend/this week so i've not really been very active as i've been looking after her. I've also felt sooo sick however as a full time mum i'm not allowed to feel poorly! anyways due to my lack of appetite i'm down to 11 stone 13lbs, yay! bye bye 12 stone! xx

Poor you for not having time to be ill! (I'm currently sitting on the couch surrounded by tissues...) Good news about the loss though! I was a bit worried that lying on the couch ill with no exercise would make me put on weight - but hopefully the lack of appetite will prevail, as in your case! Fingers crossed! Your progress pics are brilliant by the way :)

I've come down another pound today (that's 2 in the last 2 days). I'm so glad! I've decided that I'm just going to read the scale as it is until pay day, when I can get a new one!

been having real trouble the last few days trying to get onto 3FC. So sorry I havn't been posting.

Hoping i'll be able to get on tomorrow for the weekly weigh in!

Haven't been able to log in either until now.

I lost 2lb this week :) Onderland next week maybe???? I hope so. Now 201lb :)

been having real trouble the last few days trying to get onto 3FC. So sorry I havn't been posting.

Hoping i'll be able to get on tomorrow for the weekly weigh in!

me too... they said the page was no longer up and they kept redirecting me. i was so mad i thought they got rid of this site but im glad they didnt and i was able to get on today.
i exercised yester day i went for a swim and walked on the beach it was fun,,,
get well ladies being sick:( is never fun..... take care :hug:

Hi everyone,
I've been up and down a little all week, but just hovering around 13st, I am going to wait till tomorrow to post my weight, as its last day of that time at the moment!

Well done Sophie for getting in to the elevens, and Rainbow, yay, nearly in the 100s

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/mini-goal-photo-album/186451-my-50lb-loss-pics.html...... i posted it if u want to see my before pics...

Tiara, wow! WELL DONE!!! you look great! :D You're so pretty :) It's great that you have wonderful pictures to always inspire you. :carrot:

And well done Rainbow - another 2 smelly pounds gone for good :D

I did it! I reached my 217 this morning! I'm so happy! I doubled checked at my sisters to make sure it was right - I'm so happy!! :dizzy:

Beautiful bag, here I come! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

beescwee... yea im so happy for you.. thanks for your comment...



heres to everyone eles having a good weigh in...

Tiara you do look great :) Well done on weight loss so far :)

beescwee you're doing really well :) Well done :) 217 already :)

Well done Sophie :) Hope you are all better now.

Hope everyone else had good weigh ins :) Ellie you will be in the 12's very very soon I am sure.

Tiara ~ Awesome pics, you look amazing!!!
Rainbow ~ Almost Onederland......You GO Girl!!!!! You can do it!!!

I stayed the same AGAIN.....as least I'm not gaining

Everyone have a Wonderful week
Kathy

Starbuck 251 247 240 Hey at least it was something, that's what I told myself:^:
Rainbow 203 201 Your on your way to onderland!195
pebbles0916 149.2 149.2 At least it wasn't a gain;) 145
sophiebean 173 167 165Your going to have to change your monthly target, your going to smash it:carrot:
Kimberleyanddarren 11 11 25 (wants to lose)
TIARA 242 242.8 234 Love your photos!
Ellie R 183 182 174 So close to the 12st somethings:D:D
beescwee 223 217 217 Wow you need a new monthly target too:dizzy:
touchmytoes 144 140 144 (not sure)
Bakewell 279.5 268 263 Another good week!

SO CLOSE AND YET SO FAR...AM STILL THE SAME TODAY, SO WILL HAVE TO GO WITH THAT...grrrrrrrrrr

oh well it turned out that it wasnt good news after all anyway....the worry has made me lose 4 lbs from 144 start weight so 140lbs today....

I may make that 130 by xmas..you never know ...xx

Sorry to hear that touchmytoes:hug: I'm sure it'll happen for you one day.

today im 242.8.....all halloween weight gone now starting fresh.

Only a quickie as I have to get the kids to school. I've finally got on here to post my 2.5lb loss this week - but you're already ahead of me Starbuck! :)

Well done to everyone losing this week - it's great to see people reaching different goals. Ellie, keep at it, I'm sure it will be good news next week.

I'm only 11.5lbs down which isn't a lot when you're my size but friends at uni are already saying they can see the difference. I didn't think anything of it as most of them know I'm back on WW (especially as my WW leader is another friend from uni! :)), until a friend who didn't know asked me. What a great motivation! :D

bakewell... hey 11.5 is a lot be proud congratulations... it helps if you look at pic of yourself at least it help for me i loss 50 pounds and i didnt think it was a manjor difference untill i looked at a old pic then i was like wow look how far i came .. i hope this helps... good job

Thanks for your comments guys :)

well done to everyone so far!!

I think I'm going to just aim for another 2 pounds this month - I don't think I could lose any more than that after the big crazy whoosh of the last week!

Good luck with the next week everyone!! :D

So, I had to do a quick post, I am in the 12's phew, I thought it was never gonna happen!

Well done Ellie, yeah:cp:

wowowow everyone's doing so well!

well i think i have hit the wall. my weight does not seem to want to budge below 167.. i normally lose a least 2lbs a week but for the last week and a half.. nothing.

I knew it was gonna happen sooner or later. think i'm gonna have to step up and start doing some more excerise.

Well done Ellie! You must be feeling great!

Sophiebean don't let it dishearten you; those scales are bound to start moving again soon.

Thanks Tiara. I had a look at your photos - you look great. I know one of the places it tends to show first is on my face, so I'm looking forward to maybe having at least one less chin by Christmas!

Congrats Ellie! You must feel fantastic! I can't wait to get down to where you are....

Sophie, maybe it's just your body still trying to recover from being ill? I'm a bit worried that I'm not going to lose any more for a while too. Anyway fingers crossed for you! :)

Thanks everyone!
Good luck to you all this week...I'm posting my weight today
CW: 178

Plesed, pleased! My next big thing is to get to normal BMI, am just 8lbs away

That's brilliant! :D

I'm down another pound today - Woooooohoooooooooooo!

(can you tell I'm still relatively new to losing weight?) :D

That's fantastic Ellie! Well done beescwee! Every pound off is a step in the right direction.

Another 4 lbs off for me too. I'm delighted because that's my first stone and 5% of my body weight. I'm now chasing the 1/2 lb I need to hit my November target next week & my next Silver 7.

Well done Beescwee, and Shell, that brill both of you!

Well done Shell! That's super! I'm sure you'll definitely meet your target :D

I'm desperate to get one more pound off so I can add another banana to my signature :D

Is that sad? (never mind!!)

That's not sad it's perfectly understandable! I'm sure you'll soon be proudly displaying 3 bananas!

beescwee.. its not sad..lol its something to look forward to. hey i bribe myself with things right now my newest bribe is jewelry.. and i say if it works use it...

:(Stayed the same :( Don't know why :?::(

Well done everyone else.

Aw sorry Rainbow, I know how annoying that is. But next week you should have a lovely big loss in to the 190's

That must be so frustrating for you Rainbow, but don't let it get you down. Keep at it & next week the scales are bound to get moving.

Hear hear! :)

Sorry i'm a bit late with the scores on the doors this week;)

Starbuck 251 246 240 Dosn't look like i'm going to make it to the target this month, will try though
Rainbow 203 201 195 Don't worry honey, you've done so well!
pebbles0916 149.2 149.2 145
sophiebean 173 167 165 Fantastic:D
Kimberleyanddarren 11 11 25 (wants to lose)
TIARA 242 241 234 Well done on getting rid of the candy weight! and have a happy thanksgiving:turkey:
Ellie R 183 178 174 You go girl!
beescwee 223 216 215Can't believe you finished early and got a new goal
touchmytoes 144 144 (not sure)
Bakewell 279.5 264 263 Nearly There:carrot:

Hi Guys..

well finally i'm down one more pound! one pound in two weeks is really disheartening... i know how you feel Rainbow! but don't worry... it'll pick up again soon.

sooo... i went shopping yesterday and i wandered into Primark, (which i think have rather small sizes) tried on a pair of size 16 jeans (which around a month ago looked a bit too tight on me) and dundundun THEY WHERE TOO BIG! omg i almost screamed with delight right there in the changing room!... the pounds may have slowed down but i must be losing inches!... i will have to start measuring!

beescwee, ellie & bakewell you all rock! Starbuck your doing great.. you set yourself a big target.. 5lb for 3 weeks is amazing!

Thats fantastic Sophie, and yes I think the jeans in particular can be on the small side there, so big yay

Well done sophiebean! If that isn't inspiration, I don't know what is! :)

Bet you've got your sights on the size 14s now! :D

The scales have moved again :) but not weighing in again until Saturday though so everyone will have to wait to see if I make it to Onderland this week ;) . Actually think the kebab we ate on Friday (very stressful day and hadn't eaten :( ) may of caused some water retention so hoping for a whoosh by Saturday and have been drinking a lot of water in the last few days as well as being careful about what I eat. .

Hope everyone else is having a good week.

sorry ive not been around much guys.

Well down another lb just cut out alot of rubbish but my weight goes up and down like a yo yo so im pleased at least that im under 10 stone again, just going to slowly creep down another maybe 3lbs enough to allow for some movement at xmas!!

xx

I'm feeling a bit down at the minute because I am losing weight but it doesn't look like it.
My stomach is still huge, so my jeans are hanging off my legs but still sticking to my stomach.
I'm trying my best this week and can see my face is definitely thinner, just need to keep at it.

Hey good luck Rainbow, I know you can do it!!

Touchmytoes, that's great, and also best of luck with trying for a little one.

Starbuck, I know how that feels, even now when I am feeling quite pleased with myself its still hard with saggy tummy, inner thighs and underarms to feel all good, think I need a bit of Gok Wan..... but you just have to focus on the good bits as you say like your face, and the tummy WILL follow.

I'm feeling a bit down at the minute because I am losing weight but it doesn't look like it.
My stomach is still huge, so my jeans are hanging off my legs but still sticking to my stomach.
I'm trying my best this week and can see my face is definitely thinner, just need to keep at it.

I have the same problem. The top half and bottom half of me look like two different people I am sure! It always comes off my tummy last - very frustrating as I would be a size smaller if it wasn't for that.

I'm down to 206lb :D But today I am soo bloated, and weighed in at 208.8lb... bleurgh.

Sometimes when my tummy is feeling a little saggy i try and incorporate some sit ups into my exercise, although the are not instantly making a difference they do pull all the right muscles and i do feel tighter so to speak.
but i know how you feel mind as my problem area is my hips..i have child bearing ones which seem to collect fat! thats where most of my excess fat is and always the last place that it goes from...

I have the same problem. The top half and bottom half of me look like two different people I am sure! It always comes off my tummy last - very frustrating as I would be a size smaller if it wasn't for that.

i could have wrote that myself! my biggest issue is my lower stomach. Since i've had my daughter i've lost some elasticity in the skin so not only is it fat.. it's saggy and covered in strech marks! *sob* :cry:

Even though i was overweight before i got pregnant and i weigh a stone less now than i did then.. i still feel like my belly is where i carry most of my weight.

anywho.. enough moaning. down another pound.. so i reached my target! yay :)

Starbuck your doing sooo well.. it sucks when you can't see the results but they become more noticeable in time.

i could have wrote that myself! my biggest issue is my lower stomach. Since i've had my daughter i've lost some elasticity in the skin so not only is it fat.. it's saggy and covered in strech marks! *sob* :cry:

Even though i was overweight before i got pregnant and i weigh a stone less now than i did then.. i still feel like my belly is where i carry most of my weight.

anywho.. enough moaning. down another pound.. so i reached my target! yay :)

Starbuck your doing sooo well.. it sucks when you can't see the results but they become more noticeable in time.

Thanks everyone for trying to cheer me up:)
I agree it's probably due to childbirth more than anything else, I had two caesareans.

It's just annoying that when I look at the scales I know i'm the same weight as i've been before, but can't fit into the same clothes. I suppose i'll just have to consign myself to the knowledge that my body's changed.
Hopefully one day it'll look a bit better than it does now.

It's also my time of the month, and this time round i'm suffering. So i'm feeling sorry for myself anyway:(

hey ladies ... well i did bad at thanksgiving starting fresh 2mo.. black friday was crazy but i got my wii and wii fit plus so im happy... congratulations to all of you who made it through thankgiving just a couple more days then well be in dec....

I made 214! Why helllooooooo new Mr banana! :D

Starbuck, maybe doing something like Callanetics might help? It's totally changed my body shape since I started doing it (for the better!).

I must say, I'd like to say thanks to not having a thanksgiving here in Britain! Have fun with your Wii fit Tiara - I totally want one!

Well done beescwee! Knew it wouldn't take you long to get that third banana! :-)

Starbuck your body will be changing all the time while you're losing weight; so don't get disheartened. Who knows how it will change as your weight continues to go down? Keep at it and I'm sure you'll start to feel happier before long.

Another 2.5lbs for me this week, so that's 18lbs altogether and my November target met. I'd really like to lose 9.5 in the next 3 weeks as my WW 10% award would be a great Xmas present, but I think that might be asking too much. We shall see. I just know that I'm going to put some on over Xmas, so if I don't do it before I will probably have to resign myself to not getting it till at least the end of January.

just a quick post to say i'm down another pound.. also i bought i pair of size 14 jeans today!! i was a size 22 nearly 5 months ago so i'm really pleased with my progress :)

just a quick post to say i'm down another pound.. also i bought i pair of size 14 jeans today!! i was a size 22 nearly 5 months ago so i'm really pleased with my progress :)

that is totally brilliant well done you....i rewarded myself today for being so good with some pop corn and the new twilight new moon film.....woop woop...team jacob anyone?

Well done Sophiebean - that is fantastic progress! You are definitely an inspiration to me.

I'm with you on that one touchmytoes - the reaction in the cinema when he took his tshirt off was hilarious! :D

Hey everyone...
just a quick post, well done to all else
im at 176

xx

Starbuck - I had 3 c-sections so you can imagine the mess my tummy is in but slowly it's getting better - well betterish - actually I think it's a lost caused but not as bad as it was.

Well done to everyone :)

I went down just over 5lb this week so about half a lb below 14 stones but will count the half pound next week (plus I am sure this is my week before tom whossh that i seem to be getting so the half lb will come back anyway), so 196lb this week :D 1lb away from goal but very happy with that especially as a week ago I'd only lost 2lb all month.

Now hoping I can get to 13 st 7 by the end of the year, but as near as possible would be good.

Also got into a pair of size 18 jeans I bought in August this week :) They're a little tight but look OK. Hoping to get into the pink 18's I bought soon :)

Oh and being 14 st also means I finally lost every lb of pregnancy weight (from my 10 year old) - next big goal is 13st which was the weight i was when I got married.

Wow everyone's doing so well!!!!

Congrats Rainbow on getting to your goal:D

I'm down 3lb this week too!

Yay starbuck!!! well done, and thanks for compiling all November.

i will do december if no one else is up for it...but as iv done before a couple of times, if anyone else wants to, am also v. happy with that.

NAMES ANYONE??????

I'll do it!!! (I haven't posted a thread or done anything like this before, but I'm sure I'll manage!

3lbs in a week is ace Starbuck - are you feeling any happier yet? :)

Well done for 18lbs Bakewell, that's amazing! Make sure and aim for your 9.5 - have faith!

Sophiebean, size 14 is AMAZING! I can't wait to get there! And in such a short space of time...That really is incredible. Congrats!

Well done everyone else too - what a brilliant month for everyone :D

(I'm down another pound today - YEY!)

Is there anything I need to know about posting the weigh ins? How often etc.?

Seen as nearly everyone has checked in, here are the final results.

Starbuck 251 243 240
Rainbow 203 196 195
pebbles0916 149.2 149.2 145
sophiebean 173 164 165
Kimberleyanddarren 11 11 25 (wants to lose)
TIARA 242 241 234
Ellie R 183 176 174
beescwee 223 213 217
touchmytoes 144 139 (not sure)
Bakewell 279.5 261.5 263

Everyone has done amazingly well this month, however the biggest loser by a landslide is Bakewell with a massive 18lb loss this month:carrot:

See you all in the December thread;) Do we have a name yet?

how bout 'determined in December' or 'dropping off in December'.. im not good at these things

I'll do it!!! (I haven't posted a thread or done anything like this before, but I'm sure I'll manage!

3lbs in a week is ace Starbuck - are you feeling any happier yet? :)

Well done for 18lbs Bakewell, that's amazing! Make sure and aim for your 9.5 - have faith!

Sophiebean, size 14 is AMAZING! I can't wait to get there! And in such a short space of time...That really is incredible. Congrats!

Well done everyone else too - what a brilliant month for everyone :D

(I'm down another pound today - YEY!)

Is there anything I need to know about posting the weigh ins? How often etc.?

Cool, thanks Beescwee....no not really, just once a week, has been kind of Sunday or Monday as a regular tally, with everyone weighing in from Friday on...
just go to UK Fat chicks main page, and start a thread from there.

Touchmytoes...dropping in December good.

or how about just Down in December?

Be slender in December?

Once we've chosen, I'll put the new thread up.

Thanks for the info Ellie!

huh.. weighed in today i gained so my grand total is 247... im shooting for 234 next month ...

well now that i got that off my chest i really like SLENDER IN DECEMBER... its got my vote...

yup, slender in December good...

way hey...my pictures on here after many attempts

Ah there you are! its nice to put a face to a name!!