UK Fat Chicks - Hello from one fat chick in England #16

YO! This thread has been going soooo long :) Tis great innit :p It was started by Delaney in the buddy up section looooong time ago and was moved here when the Uk forum was created. Ok most of you know that just saying :D.

Well done for starting up No 16 Veggie - you know I'm rubbish at all that 'click here' shinanigins!!!! (Wow 16!!)

Well I went to WW last night and had lost only half a pound (my scales say 1lb) but she did a really motivational talk - I've decided to start filling in my tracker again as I had stopped doing it a week or so ago - why is it we get complacent after a couple of weeks of starting a new regime??

I've woken up this morning with a runny nose and stiff neck, it was only yesterday I told my husband to stop being a wimp and that it was all mind over matter and if he told himself that he hadn't got a cold then he wouldn't get one - DOH!!!

Better go and get Sprog #2 dressed, she's dancing around the kitchen starkers!

Hope you are feeling better Delaney, and well done on your loss, every little bit counts :)
I weighed myself yesterday at Boots and I have put on 2lb, could have been worse with all the junk I have been eating :(

Veggie, you had me all confused there, clicked on the link expecting to see the usual first post, ~anybody got any thing cheerful to post~ from yourself. But it was all different. I had to close down and go back in to make sure I was in the right post.

I am easy confused, it has to be said !!

Had a horrible day at work. We rebuilt all the PCs recently and lost the software from the presentation kit which lets the remote mouse work - hope you are still with me. I've only be on that site for 5 weeks and counting - and there are hundreds of CDs and diskettes but I looked through them all, could I find the one I wanted - nope. Tried to download the drivers from the net - no chance, site closed down. Then somehow found a site with an old link which told me what file I was looking for then had to trawl the net and find the file and then figure out to install and configure it.

Made for a stressful afternoon. But hey I'm home now with my diet coke and a slice of toast. Am definately living the high life these days

Off to fill my freezer with goodies for 3 little fellas. My SIL in watching the kids in my house tomorrow and there is nothing there for their lunch or for them to drink.

By the way - eating has been really good again today and I got a walk in at lunchtime in the freezing cold. What happened to autumn. Think we have jumped straight into winter

Originally posted by Delaney
Better go and get Sprog #2 dressed, she's dancing around the kitchen starkers!
:censored: whoa! Too much info there!!!
cor remote mice...now if I saw oneI would join Delaney's sprog in running round the kitchen starkers!!!:fr: :yikes:
hope you are feeling less"coldified!", Delaney and well done for the loss.Smiling Sal, You are right in that winter has arrive sneakily but with real bite... need to go shopping tomorrow..have run out of sensible things to eat for brekkie....oh ,:nose: is anybody out there on Broadband?
Bye bye for now.wrap up warm:grouphug:
love from Teel

We're are getting broadband installed tomorrow. My SIL is house and kid sitting, Ray has left her with a great list of things the guy is to do. Poor Kirsty isn't very computer literate and the whole list is double dutch to her.

Have heard of people having problem with Networks. Yes we are geeks we have a network in the house. All the computers are linked together to shae data and share facilties, printer, scanner - when it works. Ray is a bit worried about our current network card, he just wants the guy to use ours and leave the one they want to install with us. Me thinks things would run much smoother if Ray could get the day off.

Sorry have taken my anorak off now.

I need to go see how many points I have left for today. I brought some ready brek for breakfast. Was looking for that oatssosimple or whatever it is called, but the co-op didn't have any so good old ready brek it is.

Also brought some oatcakes and they are shouting my name from the kitchen. I can already taste them with some cottage cheese and cucumber.

hi smiling sal....I got to thinking about brekfast and I remembered that I found some muller light rice pudding in single pots that you heat in the micro and it is everybit as good as redybrek and not too calorific! :chef: Well I liked it.....and Holly liked licking the pot out, but I don't suppose that's too much of a recommendation?
:cb:
I like these lightbulbs...getting the hang of it all now (I hope)
sleep well and bundle up... is is snowing in Scotland yet?:nono:

from Teel, STILL 12st3lbs....

Hi!
It is very wintery here too, brrrr. trhe snow is falling in Canada my big sis is coming home tomorrow so I am picking her up from the airport and then whizzing up to Yorkshire to my mams, and what a surprise she will have cos she doesn't know our karen is coming!!
I just hope I can hang in there and not use the next couple of weeks as an excuse to pig out.
On the up side I bought a pair of jeans today from M&S, size 16, my @rse looks the size of Africa but hey who cares!! I also got a skirt from New Look, am I getting a trendy Wendy or what ?????
Have a great weekend, speak to you all when I get back, TQ>

Hi TQ...hope you have a good time UP NORTH! well Yorkshire is up north from suffolk...wrap up warm and have a safe journey and happy time with sis, :flow1: remember Yorkshire puddings:cbg: are not calorific in themselves....it is what we put in them.....yum yum but not for my tum!
oh my goodnight where on earth did that come from?:chin: Look forward to hearing all about it when you return:cb:
love from SuffolkSheila.xox

Hi all

Just been to feed the rabbit (in shed) and came face to face with a mouse - I nearly screamed it was such a shock, came out of their rather sharpish - really wierd how it scared me when I had a pet rat for 2 years!!

TQ - what a lovely surprise for your mum, have a fabby time!

I've just got back from the gym - couldn't do as much as I would have liked with this cold - but at least I went. I'm absolutely starving and sitting here thinking about what I can eat - you'll notice I'm not one of those people who doesn't eat when they get ill...

Teel - Sprog #2 is always starkers - she's just turned 3 and doesn't like clothes!!!

We've got broadband we had it installed last month and I'm well impressed but as most people here will tell you I'm a complete technophobe (I think Veggie despairs of me)!!

Oh heaven's its Friday - I can feel the greedy demons coming...

:cb: :cp: :cb: :cp:

Can you tell Teel is one happy bunny yet?

I got on the hospital scales today and they said....75.8KG...OR 11ST 13LB if, like me you still function in good old English weights and measures....It has taken SOOOOOO long but at last I feel as if the eternal struggle (no,not the eternal flame) is actually worth it.
Suffolk is basking in sunshine today although it is cold in the wind, and Holly is aslleep after her walk and there is an air of contentment in the Teel household.....for now, at any rate,!

So bravely writing the stats...(who was it who said"there are lies, damned lies and statistics!?"

s\w 13st 3lb
interim target 11st 10lbs

c\w 11st 13lb

love to you all and stay:strong:
from a happy happy happy ...(oh I DO go on) Teel

Hate Friday nights - already eaten my low fat curry and low fat crisps - all todays points now gone and it's only 8pm!! Need chocolate.... :nono: :nono: :nono:

Well done Teel. It's great when the scales go down, especially when they move down into a new stone. I am really looking forward to getting into the 15 stones something over the few weeks.

Deleany - how did the evening go. Did you succumb to the munchies and eat the whole kitchen. Bet you didn't this only seems to happen to me. Whatever happened if you went over points, don't beat yourself up today. It isn't worth it. Just put it behind you and move on. Have a sneaky feeling though you kept it all under control.

I had a couple of friends round last night and we drank far too much wine. I haven't been drinking as much recently. Last night will need to be my alcohol night for this weekend. I woke up this morning with my pulse racing, an after effect of all that booze. Not good for my body. Need to remember the way I felt when (notice not if) I am tempted tonight.

Also eat loads of crisps and just a little dip but had a bounty too.

I had previously decided to allow myself one off program evening a week, so I guess last night was it. Back to the plan this morning.

It is Stevens birthday tomorrow and I don't have a thing organised - so I need to bribe someone to look after him so I can go shopping as Ray is working. Trust a man to blow all my plans.

Tomorrow will be difficult. I need to make some party food for the kids. I could live on those mini sausages - not good for my waist line though. Will need to work out the points on them. That might frighten me enough to just having one or two, instead of hundreds.

Can take Steve food shopping with me. Might drag then into Tescos and if I see any thing in there he really likes I can run back later and get it - I feel a plan coming together. May not need that babysitter after all. I really have no idea what to get him. All he does is play on his bike and with computer games and occasionally his action men. 5 year olds are supposed to be easy to buy for ..... Think I will get him the Monster Inc DVD, so that really just leaves a toy - hopefully tescos will have something that he really wants. If not it'll be back to plan A - if my two ever wake up and we can get the day started that is .......

Oh dear oh dear oh dear.

Let just say I am writing today off to experience !!!!

If anyone find a magic wand lying about or a genie, can I borrow them to wish away this weight.

Tomorrow is another day

OK it's a bit slow around here. Has everyone gone off on holiday and forgot to tell me ????

Im still around - just!
Had a difficult couple of days with dh, but he is a bit better today.
As for my eating - dont ask!!!! The least said the better - I am thinking of joining a class though, if I can get away
Soraya
PS Great going Teel! Thats the sort of weight I would be very happy with :)

Almost forgot - we got ADSL now :)

:high: hello the u.k. :chicken:

forgive my ignorance,Topmonkey, but please what is ADSL ?

Smiling Sal, I am sending you a genie or three
:genie: :genie: :genie: and a wizard for good measure...:wizard:
Don't lose heart, (I know you won't) and remember tomorrow is another day.After all, if we were all perfect (ha ha ) we would not need to look at this site, and we would never have met all the wonderful members in our cyber family....
Delaney...you are very quiet?!I hope you are o.k. and have not succumbed to the various bugs that are staying with people at the moment....
Hope to read from you all soon, love from Teel:grouphug:

ADSL is broadband Teel just another name for it (I think) Wish I had it aol is bad at mo I blame it on half term :( That's probably why Delaney is busy elsewhere entertaining the small people no doubt :)

Hi all

Well I've not been around as Veggie said I have been entertaining the little darlings :stress: :censored: :bomb: the least said about that the better...

I'm a bit miffed with DH as well because he's had this week booked off for at least 2 months and now he's at work saying he can only have Wed-Fri off!!

I have been soooooooo bad since Saturday - I don't know what's happened - I've not stopped troughing :ink: the thing is on Friday night I beat the greedy demons and felt fantastic and then I fell apart on Saturday morning. (It's the kid's fault they wanted McDonald's breakfast).

I can't go to WW tomorrow night (which is a good thing) because we're going to take Sprog #1 to London (the usual sightseeing and stuffing face type stuff) shoved that in there in the hope that no-one would see it!!

What a miserable post - I will go and pull my socks up and come back more cheery later... Oh I could murder a twix... help...

Originally posted by Delaney

I can't go to WW tomorrow night (which is a good thing) because we're going to take Sprog #1 to London (the usual sightseeing and stuffing face type stuff) shoved that in there in the hope that no-one would see it!!

What a miserable post - I will go and pull my socks up and come back more cheery later... Oh I could murder a twix... help...

All the usual stuffing face type stuff !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Enjoy it, how often do you go away. it is a treat and although we are still trying to be very healthy we still need our treats. This is my reckoning, birthdays, holidays and christmas are all treats for us slimmers as they are for the rest of the world.

Think I am still on my soap box from the obesity thread - sorry !

Today has been really good eating wise. Didn't go to WW. The weather was far too bad. I couldn't have walked the mile to the class in the torrential rain. Although it has been really bad here, I think we have missed the worst of it. Edinburgh (30 miles away) and the borders seem to have had it much worse. Was watching the news with some of the flooding, it is scary what the rain can do.

Anyway on the weigh in front, there is a class on Thursday evening and another one on Saturday morning. I need to go to one of these, no excuses. I have to weigh in. Not expecting a loss, not had a great weekend eating wise. But have been Ok for the last couple of days, so hopefully things will balance out or with just another small gain.

The rain has beaten my exercise the last couple of days. No walking in the rain for me, would have got washed away, can't say I would have fitted down the drain though - not yet :lol:

The weather is supposed to be as bad tomorrow, will need to wear my wooly jumper to work

Been on this site for ages now, so now it is time for bed, :yawn: as no one else is chatting. Ray is too busy drinking a beer and watching the go cart racing :yawn:

Once I've had a good nights kip :dz:, I'll be already for tomorrow. I have been an :angel: today and am going to be an :angel: again tomorrow as well as the :joker: of the pack. I am not going to be a big (or little) :ink:

Night

:wave:

hello SmilingSal, if you are still there and I think you are....'cos your lamp is still shining!!!!!:balloons: I have promised myself an early night tonight....but I get so engrosed with this site the time just flies by.....
I don't blame you for not going out in the rain....yuk! and the dog gets wet feet, wet tummy, wet wet wet!!!!!!!!!!I am sure someone ought to patent doggy size wellies....!:rain: :rain: I am not really looking forward to this week... one rehearsal (dress) and three performances of this musical in a cooooold Suffolk church about 30mins drive away...I know the production will be good but I am not looking forward to the back and leg pain afterwards and the exhaustion....what a wimp:stress: :stress: I have not played in public since March this year...so now Iam getting chilly(not quite cold) feet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


sleep well ta ta for now
love from Teel:dizzy: :cb:

OH NO!!!!

By the time I had posted,your lightbulb had gone "phut" and all was in darkness...Sorry to have missed you....:o will you have to get up earlier than normal tomorrow to get the canoe out of the garage?!:cb: :idea:

Perhaps you aught to take a few extra provisions in case the road turns into a riverlet.....:m: :cookie: :nono: :devil:

oh dear I don't think I am being much help, really.....:sorry:

:wave:love from Teel xox

Morning all...

I can't believe I lost 1lb this week - that's put a smile on my face - wasn't I having a bad day yesterday? Thanks for the advice Carol I needed that ;) I didn't even comment on the obesity thread as it wound me up too much...

Yesterday I said about DH supposed to be on holiday this half term that he was only having wed-fri off - now it's thurs-fri!!! Why is it that men think that the world will collapse if they're not at work?

The kids have just arrived and are demanding breakfast which is a cheek I think...

well done on the weight loss Melissa, you are a superstar.

hello to everybody!

Well done Delaney on your loss and I hope you still have a smile on your face!:D how was the London sightseeing?and just remember....eating involves muscle activity which surely must burn up calories!! ok ok just a tiny thought for this time of day:chin:

Tonight I have to go to a dress rehearsal for the musical in a Suffolk church for the next three nights....I need to whip up some enthusiasm to go out in the freeeeeeeezing cold and I really do not know what to have for dinner ...mmmmmn.
so I guess I'd better get a wriggle on cos time is leaving me behind.Smiling Sal wrap up warm as I think its colder in Scotland than it is here....bbbbrrrrrrr!:flame: :flame: :wave:

Am having an amazing day eating wise. I have been so good I should have wings.

If only everyday good be this good.

I'll let you into a secret though - I was absolutely starving when I got in from work. had forgotten to take half my lunch with me today and I didn't discover this until I went into my bag to get my crisps mid afternoon. Good thing is my office doesn't have any sweet or juice machines, so it was water and sugar free chewing gum to get me through until I got home. Have never made and drank a cuppa soup so quick.

Tonight is the boys swimming night. Steven starts lessons tonight - Sean has gone for about 18 months. So I'll be in the water from about 7:20 until 8:30 - am not going to wear my band so if they shout my colour out, no one will know I should have long gone. Need to stay in the water until Sean comes out of his lesson. Then it will be the dreaded chip test. I have told Ray I am not having chips tonight after the swimming, so he won't order them up for me. I am about to go and make a baked potato with ham and veg, to fill me up. Just letting the cuppa soup settle down a bit.

Once the boys are in bed, I will have a bagel and a large glass of diet coke so I don't too deprived for missing my chips. If I have the chips, i have made a deal with myself to get up really early tomorrow and go for a walk - probably in the rain. The thought of that should keep me on the straight and narrow.

The rain seems to have stopped here, thank goodness. But apparently it was snowing just outside Edinburgh this afternoon - heard it on the radio. All we need

Best go get fed, else those chips will beckon.

I didn't give in to the chips. The plan came together, I am a cool dude :cool: :smug: :cool:

We were very active in the water. Steve had his lesson first and me, Ray and Sean had a really good carry on in the water. Swimming under the water through a tunnel of legs, doing roly polys in the water and just generally larking about and enjoying ourselves. Then Steve joined us and Sean went to his lessons and this time Ray and Steve were jumping in, I didn't, too scared I would cause a tidal wave and all the water would jump out. But again it was fun and we were exercising and moving our butts instead of sitting on them watching telly.

Then we went to the cafeteria, 3 lots of chips 4 drinks and I only had one of Steves chips

Now munching my bagel and spreader cheese - becoming a habit for supper. Think I will be smiling in my sleep all night

Baby steps is the only way I am going to do this. Small changes will make big differences to me.

Am hoping to manage to WW tomorrow night. There is a class not far from me, depends on whether or not Ray is in. TQ could you not go to a different class nearer to your mothers (if you wanted to that is) the details are all on the WW website - sorry to nag - you know I don't mean it.

I am keeping my fingers crossed that I haven't gained this week. I did eat far too much at the weekend, but I am hoping it has gone by now - no harm in dreaming. I was dreaming I won the lottery tonight but that didn't come true, maybe the weight one will.

Need to go, am rambling now and I really want an earlyish night

WAY TO GO CAROL - good for you :strong:

As you know we were going to London today but we're going tomorrow now as Sprog #1's new boots didn't arrive from Next and she doesn't want to go in trainers - I have pointed out that new boots are bound to rub, but its been pointed out to me (quite clearly) that I don't know as much as a 7 year old don't you know? :shrug: Carol you are lucky having boys...

Teel - this production of yours sounds good what is it? Have you been doing this long?

I went to the gym this morning - boy it was hard work getting out the door when it's freezing out there and I sat on that bike watching MTV thinking 'I could murder a bacon sarnie' I got back and had the next best thing - M&S low fat sausage sandwhich and even though I'm not hungry Dave is downstairs with the kids eating fish and chips... Got to be good as tomorrow I'm not likely to be... oh why is this so hard?

Im really happy at the moment, I seem to have suddenly discovered willpower!
8lbs gone in about 2 weeks! OH MY GOD!

I have a question for the people in this forum who have already lost a lot of weight:

How much weight did U lose before you could notice a difference?

Coz I've lost 1st 2lbs & none of mt clothes are any looser and if anything I feel bigger than ever!!

Chichi or should that be Chichichi welcome back. How was the holiday?

When I lost nearly 2 stone last year I noticed the difference at about a stone, I had been exercise really hard and hard tighten up a lot of muscles, not so this time.

Today has been full of challenges, but i have made good choices all day - well so far.

I managed to get out for a walk at lunchtime, finally !!! Thanks goodness all that rain stopped - for a short while anyway. I only walked for about 20 minutes, must have gone about 1.5 miles, need to drive round it some day and measure it - or wait until I get my pedometer - if I ever. Still the walk was nice, it was a cold crisp day when I went out at lunchtime, has turned back into the October from ****, when I went to the Co-op half an hour ago.

I brought lots of healthy goodies in the Co-op, oatcakes, bagels, wheat crackers, salad stuff, etc.

Also brought some of those Thai Bites, a small pack has 1.5 points in . The original plan was to share them with Ray later on, so I would only have half the points. But I opened the packets to sneak a couple - old habits die hard - they are like crackers and the oriental ones, I brought are very spicey. To be honest though they are a bit hard, a small packet might last a long time. There again it is me we are talking about. BUT instead of eating them all in one go, I've put them in a small tub so Ray can try them when he comes in. If he doesn't like them, then I'll take a few to work with me tomorrow and add them to my lunch - the points are already counted - well I reduced it to 0.5 as I only had a couple.

Had a big treat at tea time tonight - my lot went to the chippie and I had a cheese sandwich and WW tomato soup - can' t beat it - only one meal on a par with that and that's scambled egg on toast with HP Spicey brown sauce.

Need to go fold some washing and try and find some clothes to wear tomorrow. One page of trousers are getting too big round the waist, they always were a bit loose, but I think the walking and all those stairs at work are making a difference - now I just need to keep my weight under control.

Am prattling on here like I have nothing else to do. My boys are already in bed, Steve has been asleep since 7 and Sean is curled up watching a video in my bed. Was supposed to be going to a WW class tonight, but Ray and my brother had already made plans.

Hi Sal the holiday was BRILLIANT!
What I can remember of it anyway!
Foreign alcohol is EVIL!

What happened to Sarah Ann? She used to be on here all the time when I was last here.

We've been asking the same thing.

We miss you Sarah Ann - come back and say hello to us, please.

I am on a roll - not literally. Was really very down and hungry before lunchtime. I went to the supermarket for a couple of things, looked at all the chocolate and so called healthy sandwiches - over 300 calories in a chicken salad one alone.

Came out with some slimma soups, a multi pack of diet coke - to share with a collaegue and a pack or bananas.

Not a twix in site - I feel so good now.

Had one of those sizzle and stirs for tea tonight - it was marvellous. Had the jalfreezi one, was very spicey. The whole jar came in at 9 points, but split between me and Ray, it didn't break the points bank balance.

How is it though if you eat a lot and are stuffed to the gunnels, you still want more to eat. Steve got Thornton toffees for his birthday, he always eats his grans, and they are a big temptation tonight.

Things are moving in the right way. Since I have dramatically cut down on my alcohol intake - it has been hard so far, it is still hard and I think it will always be difficult - not to buy a bottle of wine of an evening and have a couple of glasses.

But since I have cut it right down to a couple or three or four glasses a week instead of everynight - my fingers are less bloated and puffy. I even took my wedding ring off tonight - hasn't been off since I got it repaired after it had to be cut off after I had Steve - probably about 4 years ago - at least - Steve is 5 now.

OK I had to use washing up liquid to persuade it off, but it is off - for years it wouldn't come over my knuckle and now I know it was all down to the booze.

My finger does have a big dent in it - but hey I am that proud of the fact it came off I don't care. I'm going to leave it off for a few weeks and see if the dent comes out - will no doubt be the subject of a few gossip sessions at work , wonder how long it will be before anyone actually asks me if me and Ray have split up.

We haven't I'm just enjoying not wearing his ring - strange the things this weight loss and healthy life style makes you feel good about!!!!

Gotta go see what happens in fit club - sad but I haven't seen it for a couple of weeks

HELLO!!!!
I am sorry I have not posted for a few days but it has been great to read all your posts. Welcome to Chichichi...I see you have been on holiday....was it a great time and where did you go?:nose:It must have done you good....8lbs in two weeks!WOW! WELL DONE!!
Smiling Sal, good for you, a twix-free zone!:cool: And hello Delaney, how was the trip to the city? I hope number one sprog didn't get too many blisters from her new boots! hee hee:devil:

I have been playing in a freezing cold Suffolk church 30 minutes from home...(or 26mins if you are running a bit late) as part of a 12 piece select orchestra for a premiere 3 night run of a musical written by a composer friend. It is based around the true tales of a 19th century vicar who ran a village church for over 32 years.One of the villagers got caught stealing corn and was transported to Aussie land, but he made such a go of life that he saved up enough money to pay for his family to join him in Australia...which of course they did, and there is a wedding and a drinking song !!!! and it is all good clean fun with noisy children dancing round the maypole.Two nights down and one to go until we are hopefully doing it all again next year in a theatre royal in Suffolk...when it will be warmer/nearer to home.....!

Well it is nearly midnight so I had better shove off and cuddle up under the duvet...talk to you all soon love from Teel


:tired: :sssh: :headache: :yawn: :wave:

Hi all

Carol - I haven't even tried those thai bites because once I get the taste for something I can't stop...

London was fab - I can't believe we did so much in 10 hours - we went to Madam Tussaurds/planetarium/National History Museum/ McDonalds/tower of London, Sprog #1 loved crown jewels, but I think her fabourite thing was the underground!!! Then dinner in Leicester Square, we were exhausted and fell into bed at 10.30 when we came in the door. We have decided to go back again one sunday and do the open topped bus thing, it was so cold and rainy it was impossible yesterday.

I made her wear her trainers Teel - I won :strong:

I weighed myself this morning and I've gained 2lbs since Wednesday :( what should I expect? I've done nothing but eat!! Must get back on track today. I was going to the gym this morning but I feel exhausted from yesterday and not only do I have to go and pick Sprog #2 up from MIL's (which is 40 mins away) I have to take Sprog #1 to a party in the middle of Leicester somewhere, they're just excuses and could go now instead of sitting here doing this... (bet I don't)

I decided to have my 'offical night off program' last night. Was trying to save it until tonight, but it didn't work. Ray was dropping a PC off at a friends about 10 miles away and I texted him to ask him to bring in a bottle of Baileys or Blossom Hill wine, true to form Ray walked in with a bottle of cheap plonk - which I like, but it comes in bigger bottles, so there is more temptatiom to drink more. Really wanted him to being in the Baileys and then I could use him as an excuse for blowing it - sad really.

Anyway I had about 5 glasses (gulp!!!) of wine, 2 cheese sandwiches with the cheese sliced very thin (I am trying, even on my 'night off'), a packet of cheese & onion crisps and a bar of tescos own chocolate and that was it - it was more than enough -lets be honest. And to thing I used to drink and eat like that eveynight

Am back to it today - there is about 2 glasses of wine still in the bottle, told you it was a big on. If I want one of them to share with Ray I'll need to save up the points today.

Am in a cleaning mood, have tidied the kitchen and when I get back from football training - am only collecting the boys not playing myself - Am going into Stevens room with a black bag and all the rubbish is going, to make way for all his birthday stuff, which is still cluttering up the living room.

Ray will think he is in teh wrong house when he comes back tonight.

Just wanted to say: IM IN TO A NEW STONE! Woohooo!!!!!

Hello to all,
poor Smiling, fancy hubby not falling in with your dastardly plan hee hee:devil: does anyone still sell those half-litre bottles of wine?:idea: just a thought, ignore the push...I am not nagging, just trying to be an encourager!:foot:

Iam on a roll, too, but mine has grilled bacon in it and I am devouring two of them for lunch....:ink: performing for a few nights has been quite good I think for healthy eating plan...I don't eat a big meal mid-day and I don't like eating dinner early and then scooting off. I hope this week's goodness makes up for next week when I am away and I know it will not be good at all!I think damage limitation is the term of choice!

Ta ta till next time
love from Teel

:dancer: :dancer: :flow2: :flow2:

Morning

The wind here is awful, it woke both the kids in the night and blew the fence down so DH is in a great mood - NOT!!

The 2lbs I'd gained have gone again - due to pure willpower yesterday and a trip to the gym - it was hard but definitely worth it. Going to the gym again tonight and tomorrow morning - I'm half a pound from my stone award at WW. My leader at WW keeps going on about how I should be able to easily lose 2lbs per week (as opposed to the 1lb it usually is) but everytime I try to tell her that I lost 12lbs on my own before I started she seems to go deaf!! She's really getting up my nose...

I'm taking a leaf out of your book today Carol and I'm going to tidy everywhere - heaven knows its about time.

Back to school tomorrow, better get Sprog #2 started on her homework - never let it be said I leave everything to the last minute...

Teel - what do you play in the orchaestra. Many moons ago I used to play a clarinet in a couple of orchestras and a brass band.

Went off plan last night as well- WHOOPS !!!!!!!

Had been nibbling most of the afternoon, everytime I went into the kitchen I had something, a slice of turkey, a few grapes, suppose they were healthier nibbles than usual. Then while the boys had there dinner, I had a cheese roll, thin sliced again - am getting good at that and another roll with oven chips. Then when Ray came in I had singapore noodles from the chinese, just lovely with more wine

Years ago I went to a local slimming class and the wee woman used to say if it took you 2 weeks to put on the weight while you were on holiday or 2 days to gain it while you over ate at the weekend then, it would take you that long to lose it, if you worked at it seriously.

Am going to take that lesson seriously and hope that whatever I have gained over the last 2 days, will be gone from my hips and tummy by Tuesday, if I work at it.

Tidied Stevens room yesterday, was really ruthless, chucked out a lot of stuff, only thing is now I've got to do Seans today. My bin is full don't think it will handle any more sneaked out toys. Also have 2 bags fo stuff to go to the charity shop - was a real good claen out and Steve just let me do it as well.

It is SO windy here there is not a single leaf left on my trees and the bird table has gone CRASH! And the door keeps shaking and making the keys jangle and scare the:censored: out of me and Holly.....

well the last night has come and gone and,yes,the m.d. did change the ending again....ggggrrrrr!and I fell big time off my plan and decided to celebrate my fee with fish and chips afterwards, convincing myself that it was realy an hour earlier than it felt like.....:devil:
Delaney I don't think much of your ww leader:shrug: she does not seem very encouraging at all and I think you are doing great with steady loss!!Can't understand her attitude...:rolleyes:

I STARTED MY IRONING PILE YESTERDAY!:angel: :bravo: :cb: well it is now or never and as I am going away tomorrow I need something to put in the suitcase.....!
SmilingSal, I play the violin....or the "vile-din "as I am sure you have heard it called.....:lol:

I am all croaky and snuffly this morning..YUK!
But off to the chores I go....if you see an alert for a lost Teel you'll know I've been buried underneath it.....See you at the other end of the day.....



:wave: :wave:

We've just had our 'new' piano delivered - when I say delivered it took 3 men half an hour to get it from next doors dining room to ours!!! Sprog #2 has been having lessons for several months now but I've just had my first one and now know middle c and d and my thumb is really sore!! It was great fun though.

Have been very good so far today and had about 15.5 points so far and with a trip to the gym tonight I should lose 1lb this week...oh listen to me counting my chickens before they've hatched :rolleyes:

Going for another play on our 'new toy' now...

I used to play piano too, but never really mastered getting the left hand fingers on the right keys, could do it on the clarinet, but not the piano. The boys have a got a little tin pot keyboard, think one of the garages was giving them away years ago and Rays dad was a taxi driver at the time and got loads of vouchers .... Anyway I have been known to play a mean "doh a deer" on it and my scales are menancing

Today has been strange, unlike Deleany I haven't been counting my points, have probably gone way over plan, will never know. Big lesson always log everything

Have spent the weekend tidying the boys rooms. Did Steves yesterday, only took 4 hours, Seans took 5.5 hours today. Have been making them tidy their rooms themselves all summer, think that was part of the mistake, Sean had rubbish shoved in every nook and cranny as long as it was out of sight. So I have been ruthless and a lot of rubbish has gone from this house for ever. Just need to get rid of it now. My wheelie bin is full to overflowing already, it gets emptied tomorrow morning and I already have 4 bags of 'boyz' stuff to get rid of - family trip to the tip needed I think

Heard on the radio that the bad weather is hitting England and Wales, Scotland seemed spared at the moment, but then we had all the rain last weekend - fairs fair we need to share. Hope everyone is alright.

I would love to start this post - free to a good home, one lively 5 year old. But think some one did that a couple of years ago on teh internet and got arrested for it.

My 'darling' son has been playing up all day and then he flutters his eyelashes at me, tells me he's sorry and that he loves me and he thinks it's the end of it.

All started off in Tescos, to do the weekly shop. Well he wasn't too bad in the shop, but when we got to the till, he wanted to climb on the bit they pass the food down for you to pack in and no matter how many times I told him to get down he just got straight back up again. Not wanting to clout him one in Tescos - although all the old biiddies we're probably thinking that was what he needed. I told him he was banned from using the computers / playstations / games on the telly for the day, Not much point on grounding him with all the rain he wouldn't have been going out anyway.

So then on to homebase despite telling me he was sorry in Tescos and that he would never do it again, less than 15 minutes later in Homebase he climbed up the till thingy again. This time I was less that gentle and hauled him off and told him to make it two days no games. Then we got outside and he saw a pal next to us on the pavement and to show off he ran accross the road, just as well it is a quiet carpark, else we'd be at the hospital or worse by now.

SO we came home and I told him to go play in his room, while I put the shopping away. But he starts up he's hungry and needs his lunch, like when he asks me to do somethign I have to do it straight away, but when I ask him to do something he just ignores me. So anyway he got his lunch about an hour later - after I had de-stressed in the kitchen with the radio tuned up full, the door shut and a cup of tea.

This is just the editted highlights, but so the day went on, with Steve being totally obnoxious They were helping me by washing the plastic toy boxes in the bath, tried to push his brother in, but actually managed to slip himself and bang his head on the floor. Then when his dad came in the cheek just poured out of his mouth. he is never an angel, but today he has had on his horns in a big way. My day with him, just went on and on and on with him getting worse and worse. before bedtime - which happened at 7:30 instead of 8:30, he was warned one more telling off and it'd be no telly tomorrow.

If he didn't look so like Ray I would think they had swapped babies in the hospital when he was born. He is driving me scatty, but I tell you one thing, I am going to win the war over his behaviour. He may have won the occasionally skirmish but I am going to be the overall winning.

Today I told him that if he didn't behave Santa wouldn't come to visit him. He had been talking about what he is going to get. AS I left the room I heard Sean say to him that I meant it so he better behave.

It's no wonder I like a drink in the evenings. Just had to share my wonderful son with you. I go to see his teacher in a couple of weeks, bet she tells me he is an angel at school. He's really good for the childminder as well, just saves it all up for me. Mum always says they are worst with teh ones they love most, in that case I need to make him hate me - only joking (i think!!!)

I just wish he wasn't so constantly naughty and cheeky and a pain in the bum. If I can't sell him on the internet, do you think I might get away with moving all his stuff and him into the garage, could be quite cosy with a gas heater in there ?

Off to find some sanity now that he is asleep. Hopefully tomorrow he will be slighty better behaved.

The wind in Suffolk is just awful and there is only one road out of the village that remains clear of a tree blocking it....tomorrow I am off to Derby!Yippeeeee! I just hope the railway companies have cleared all the trees off the line.....::fr:

To "celebrate" the end of the musical and my finally getting to Derby, I have got a cold....I HATE COLDS!!!! :devil: A tickly dry cough and a sniffley nose is all I need to stay with friends in a part of England I have never been to before.

Ah well, less of the grump!:mad: I hope everyone has a good week and life is not too stressful:stress: :stress: I hope to log on whilst I am away but if I don't, I look forward to reading all the posts next weekend.
Oh I nearly forgot this important announcement.....I HAVE FINISHED ALL THE IRONING...!!!!!!!!! :bravo:
Bye bye,wrap up warm

love from Teel:drill: :balloons: :cb:

Poor you Carol - sounds like we've got the same problem only you've got boys and I've got girls - good luck

Off to they gym to work off the two ww muffins I ate last night that I know I shouldn't....

OK the gloves are off, it's time for some serious work.

I am sick and tired of working hard at this healthly eating Monday until Friday tea time and then blowing it all over the weekend. No more I say, do you hear me NO MORE.

In future the weekends are going to be treated like any other normal day - eating wise. I need to do this.

I want to be lighter as I would love to go aborad on my holidays next summer and look half way decent in a pair of shorts.

It is time to get very very serious ................

I am not feeling well. What was just a sniffle has now turned into a full blown cold, with a rattling chest, streaming nose and a fear of coughing (in case my chest explodes). I haven't been to the gym for nearly two weeks and I believe I am eating for everyone on this board.

Talk about Self Pity City - currently residing there for the foreseeable future. Anyone wanna help bail me out! Want chocolate, but can't even taste properly, so that would just be a waste. I mean if you're gonna gorge, may as well taste what you are eating otherwise wasted effort(!) :(

I'm ill, yet I want to roller blade indoors - sheez must be really sick

Was going to reccommend snuggling up under the duvet and watching all the soaps on the telly with a hot drink and a healthy stew.

Roller blading sounds more fun

Good to hear from you BPB (sorry you've got a cold) I always fancied roller blading and I figure as there's so much of me it wouldn't hurt when I fall over :lol:

Carol - that's fighting talk - good luck, I decided about a month ago that Friday nights (which are always my downfall) are going to be 'good' nights - it's mainly working I just have the odd slip up...

Going to bed now I'm absolutely whacked - must be all the scoffing I did at lunchtime (sorry did I not mention that before??)

I have just been out for lunch with a friend - it turns out we have a lovely pub at the bottom of our road (only lived here for 3 years!!) I had the most delicious gammon steak with chips and friend egg and peas Mmmmmmm I finished off with spotted dick (or pudding as we had to say at school!) and cream - now I've blown it :ink: :fr: :yikes: :rolleyes: :lol:

friend egg, what's a friend egg?

Am being a little angel today. Have decided that my 'offical night off program' has to be a Saturday night - I am not committed enough to stick to plan on a Saturday, so no more Friday nights off. It is just one more night of the week. Saturday night I can have a couple of drinks - points allowance permitting - and let my hair down a bit.

Talkin gof har !!! I need to do something with my hair. It is past my shoulders but is a mess. Fancy getting it cut chin length and some highlights in. I am 36 and have never had highlights or lowlights (whatever they are) think it is time to change all that. Need to hunt out a few styles. A good chop will do it the world of good and if it is chin length I can still tie it back if the notion is on me. Decision is made, (if only I could make all decisions like that) tomorrow I make the appointment, I get paid on Friday so what better weekend to do it. Just need to decide on the exact style, not sure I just want it bobbed, will maybe throw in a few layers as well for good measure.

Brought my first 'stock' from my WW today. A pack of Fruities, a whole tube of sweeties for 0.5 points. Wish I had brought enough for the whole week now - will know better next week - they could be life saver over the weekend.

Am having a lazy night, the dinner dishes are still lying in the kitchen, we had chilli so it will be smelly by the morning. I am going to leave it, yes I am a slut. Ray usually tidies up after the meal, but he has had a hard day and I offered to do it but now can't be bothered - that's life for you.

Am going to have to get up early in the morning and do it as there is no worktop space to make my salad up on. Who cares an early night beckons

Is very quiet round here today - everybody must be busy.

Today has been good. Ate more than usual during the day and am feeling very full. Will need to eat something before the swimming though, else those chips will be shouting my name when I come out.

Sal - be careful with those fruities - the blackcurrant ones are lovely - only trouble is the kids love them too... I keep mine in the car for when I'm driving (ALONE!!)

It's official weigh in for me today and 2lbs off - yippee - I'm really happy and been to M&S (again) and tried on some 18 trousers but they were too small (but only just) and got a lovely top - still in 22 in the boob department but can't have everything. At least I'm shopping in a 'normal' shop.

I'm a bit miffed tonight because it's 'Salsa night' - Dave is still in London in a meeting which means he won't get home in time to watch the kids and tomorrow he's going to the cinema and friday nights its his gym night - plus he was late home last night - the kids are beginning to forget who he is!!

The kids are running around in swim suits for some reason - better go and investigate...

Still have 2 packets of fruities intact and in the car. Did buy the blackcurrent ones, obviously a bad move. Am not going to let the boys try them, these are going to be 'mums' sweets.

Avoided the chips, yet again - am on a roll (again) wish it was a bacon one,. There is bacon in the fridge can see that being our tea tomorrow, just have a notion.

it's not very fair, Delaney if you need to stay in for your nights out as hubby isn't there to babysit, but he still gets his - put your foot down, and tell him your going out on one of his nights. Easy to say to someone else, can just hear Rays reply, the second word would be off.

You'll just need to grab Dave and salsa round the livingroom in your spare time.

I mentioned to Dave about 'salsaing' round the living room - he gave a sort of satanic laugh...

I was awful last night as I was in bad mood and ended up eating several low fat chocolate mousses!! Never mind I'm being good today - I really want to lose another half stone before Christmas -that reminds me I'd better go and see if I can book some panto tickets.

Hi all. Any ideas on how many calories are burnt spending 1 and 3/4 hrs ransacking the house to find a mouse???!!! Odd question I know but that what I did this evening.

Apart from that I am having a good day. It was weigh in and I lost another pound :)

Reckon you must have used up lots of cals Leigh and just think how many more when you tidied up afterwards.

Today has been slow - you know the kind of day I mean. Although I did my best at work I don't feel I accomplished anything and tonight I have had the munches. I am fighting them though - the munches are not winning I am.

I've drank nearly 2 litres of diet coke - not that good for me, I know. But better than wine and all the nibbles I could find in this house.

Still feel that I am going to win the battle of the bulge this time. I really want to weigh in tomorrow, but will need to wait until Tuesday lunchtime for that. Strange how I get these yearnings still to stand on the scales every morning. I used to weigh every morning, but haven't done that for over a year, it was a hard habit to break and one that I still think I could easily fall into again.

Brought a whole load of healthy nibbles from the Co-op tonight, including another bag of those thai bites, the seaweed ones this time. The oriental spicey ones (not sure of the exact flavour) but they were much better. Think they are a nibble that grow on you

Nibbles have taken over my entire thought process, this whole post is about the munchies - still not eating though. I am going to be strong.

does the chat facility get used on here??? I've only just noticed the chat button

Carol the muchies??? have you been smoking anything strange or eating any odd looking mushrooms :lol: just kidding :)

its really odd but I think we all get days like that I tend to get them from time to time and all I want to munch on are sweets...I don't even like sweets and never have, but some days I just get the craving.I was told it was caused by a drop in blood sugar levels and to try to eat something that tasted sweet but didn't have the calories...I use sugar free jelly to try when I feel like that and it does seem to work. needless to say there is always some made up in my fridge.

Leigh-r the chat does get used I use to go on quite a lot, but I haven't been in there for a while now with pressure from work and my own messageboard

well off to work for me...only half a day today, I am having my hair done again this afternoon, I like being pampered :)
have a great day everyone

Ali :wave:

I went to the gym this morning and then met a couple of friends for lunch and had the most delicious club sandwhich with bacon, cheese, mayo, chips - need I go on? Anyway I'm up here out the way of the kitchen so I can't eat any more. I skipped dinner as I was still full from lunch!! Dave's gone to the gym and the kids are in bed and its only 7.30, whose gonna stop me from raiding the fridge??

Leigh - I went in the chat room a couple of times but it all happens too fast for me :dizzy:

We're having some friends over for dinner tomorrow night and I was going to cook (unusual for me as I don't usually do the 'c' word) but then Dave said it's too much hassle with the busy day we've got planned so I decided to do M&S low fat curry but when I mentioned it to my friend's husband he said 'oh god were not doing the dieting on Saturday night as well are we?' I wouldn't mind but he's about 21 stone!! (arn't I right *****?)

Oh well I'd better get some ironing done - I've led a life of leisure this week and now it's time to catch up.

OK confession time. I have a had a lousy week at work. Things are going no where fast and the atmosphere and the way the customers are being treated by the ICT management is abysmal. You may remember, I work in IT support, so our customers are the ones who do the 'real' work with the external customers. Well came home to night - knowing it had been a cr@p week and that I could have dealt with it different. But instead of eating everything I could get my hands on, I made toast and jam and then while the monkeys all had chippies I went swimming, so here I sit all tingling and refreshed from my 20 lengths. Just about killed me I I have to say, but I feel good now.

The confession ...... that is that I haven't had any dinner tonight - since I got back I've got stuck back into the jam and toast, have had about 6 slices now. That will need to count as my dinner, if I get really hungry before bedtime I'll need to have a cuppa soup.

Think it is as Ali said earlier - sometimes you just need that sugar boost and tonight I've got mine from the jam. Could have been much worse there is still a Twix sitting in my fridge and everytime I open the door it sceams my name. My answer - I'm not going to open the fridge ever again, or at least until someone else eats it - may force feed it to the boys when they come back from their grans.

A few weeks ago I would have coped with the way I was feeling tonight, by phoning the chinese takeaway and opening up a large (if not 2) bottles of wine. I am making progress - this time I can see the differences I am making.

I dont think Im gonna dare weigh myself this week coz my mum came back from Switzerland with lots of Swiss chocolate! SIlly woman!

I also went out and drunk a lot Thurs night & Fri night! But at least I danced a lot last night!

You never know Chi Chi it may not be as bad as you think:) just get weighed and face the music, its hard but be brave, my friend who goes to WW with me thought she had gained 1/2 a stone and when we got there she had stayed the same..mind you things like that never happen to me !!:?:
I expected to gain much more than 1.5lb as I have been out for meals etc with my sis being over from canada and my mams surprise 75th birthday and you know what its like when you know you are not going to get weighed.
We are going out for dinner tonight to celebrate our 9th wedding anniversary (30/10), Harry is coming with us and we have tickets for the firework display but I can't see that being much fun as it is very wet here today!! It is very wintery here, very dark and I just feel like snuggling up on the sofa with a good film or book. will make the effort though, hopefully the rain will stop soon, how is everyone elses weekend going?

My weekend is going great, thanks.

Went to a friends last night. Me and Linda have a history of being a pair of wineos and have been known to finish a 3 litre box and start on another one in a night. Have no idea how much we drank last night , but we tend to put the world to rights while doing it. Big change in my life is I am still only drinking one night a week, so think the booze has affected me big style. Did drink a lot, not as much as we use to but hey you have to live sometimes while on this healthy journey. And that'll be me tea total again until next Saturday. It is getting a bit easier to pass on the wine of an evening, sales of diet coke in the local co-op have rocketed since I stopped boozing, wonder why ?

Spent all day yesterday looking at laminated flooring, exicting !!! Apparently we are putting it down in the livingroom. Am not very exicted about that, but being as we have had just floorboards for a while anything will be an improvement. They are not even the real floorboards, just great big chipboards.

This day needs a kick up the bum to get it started, can't be bothered moving though, even though yet again the washing bin is over flowing - where does it all come from ........

The boys are having crisps and I was tempted to have a salt and vinegar crisp sandwich until my healthy angel, sits on my shoulder, told me it would be 5 points on nothing really. How things have changed, have opted for a couple of oatcakes and another glass of blackcurrent juice instead.

I'm BACK!!!Hello from Teel after my week away in Derbyshire.It was great to be away...the first time I have felt confident enough to go anywhere since I fell ill with cardiomyopathy.But, oh my goodnight,did I choose the wrong day to have bought my travel tickets!Monday 28.10.02 ....no trains going anywhere...the 2 and a half hour journey actually took 7 and a half....and all because of a bit of wind the night before :devil: Actually the gales were absolutely horrendous and at one time there was only one way out of the village.It was lovely to see the family and see some of Derbyshire through the rain...it was just as I had imagined it to be...I must have watched too many episodes of "Peak Practice!"Delaney, did you catch my :wave: as I was nearby(ish)?
I hope I haven't put on any weight this week..I know I haven't been an :angel: but I have not gone overboard either.
Smiling Sal....my memory of highlights is that I sat in a chair with a sort of bathing cap on and the hairdresser pulled loads of hairs through the miniscule holes in the cap until I looked like a hedgehog...and felt like one..and then started to highlight...this was a good few years ago but I don't think the process has changed much!!
Leigh-r did you catch your visitor :mouse:...and did you have to tempt it with : :burger: or :cookie:
Well I had better shove off now, but not before saying hello to ChiChi and Posy and TQ and anybody else who happens to be lurkin' about!!






: :D bye bye:wave: :wave:

Hello Teel
welcome back...glad you had a good time, the weather may have been bad and the journey horendous, but time away does seem to refresh you.
Don't worry if you have put weight on while you were away, You just get straight back on track now and it will soon be gone :)

Well done Carol on not giving in to the crip sandwich..you are so right, one sandwich wouldn't really fill you up and what a waste of so many points that you could have used on something else you would enjoy far more.:)

Hi all

Glad you had a good week in Derbyshire Teel (I used to live there, but then again I've lived everywhere!!)

Well done Carol - it's times like this you realise that you have actually changed your eating habits isn't it?

We've had a lovely lazy weekend (and about time too!) going to the gym tonight to burn off all the lovely grub I ate yesterday (the less said about that the better!)

As most of you know I don't do the 'c' word but I bought this WW cook book at half price at the club on Wednesday. Anyway I made stuffed mushrooms for lunch today and they went down a treat - they're 2.5 WW points each and I had 2 - they were delicious and really easy to make. That's spurred me on to make the WW chicken kiev now :chef: I'll let you know how I get on...

With the weather being so horrid the local fireworks display was cancelled so I'm off to get the local paper now to find out where there's one on Tuesday.

Give us the recipe Delaney I absolutely love mushrooms ...I could eat them until I made myself sick :)

Your wish is my command Ali...

Recipe for 2 mushrooms:-

- 2 very large flat mushrooms, wiped
- low fat cooking spray
- 2 spring onions, trimmed and finely chopped
- 125g (4.5oz) low fat soft cheese with garlic and herbs
- 1 tablespoon fresh white breadcrumbs
- 1 tablespoon finely grated parmesan cheese
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- chopped fresh parsley to garnish/lettuce/cherry toms

1) Preheat oven to gas mark 6, 200C/400F
2) Remove stalks from mushrooms and finely chop them. Spray frying pan three times with low fat cooking spray. Heat the pan, add the mushrom stalks and spring onions and cook them until softened - about 3 mins. Cool slightly.
3) Meanwhile, spray each side of the mushroom caps with low fat cooking spray and put them in a baking dish, with the brown gills facing upwards. Mix the soft cheese with the spring onion mixture and use it to fill the mushrooms. Season with salt and pepper.
4) Mix the breadcrumbs and parmesan together and sprinkle over the mushrooms. Bake for 10-12 mins. (I needed a couple more mins to make piping hot).
5) Garnish with chopped fresh parsley, serve with shredded lettuce and cherry toms.

Forgot to add the important bits:-

Weight watchers points per serving - 2.5
Calories per serving - 115
1 serving is 1 mushroom, we had 2 each for lunch.

enjoy!!

The mushroom recipie sounds scrummy, thanks for putting it up Delaney:T:,
Smiling, have you been through the agonies ..:nono: I mean "experience"of hair highlighting yet?
I have been for my 20min walk this afternoon with Holly and it was lovely and sunny although the wind was cold.Tonight I have a man coming round...(Get down, Shep!) to supposedly present me with the first prize in a daily draw I was entered in to for answering a telephone survey on allergies 10 days or so ago. I know I have to sit through a demo of somekind and there is likely to be a huge catch to the prize said to be free weekend breaks in the u.k....my neighbour is coming round to join in the fun(?) so we will see what transpires...watch this space, as they say.

Belated happy anniversary greetings to TQ!:balloons: :balloons:

Good bye xx:flow2: :flow1: :flow2::dancer: :)

Thanks Teel!!;)

TQ so sorry I don't know how I missed it but I did, just didn't notice you mention your wedding anniversary....my excuse I've not been well ( said in a very pathetic, i'm sorry voice :) )

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY !!!!!!

Delaney I am drooling just reading that recipe, off to the supermarket tomorrow to get the ingredients...guess what I'm having for dinner tomorrow :) I can't wait.

Why isn't it tomorrow yet...I'm dying to know how teel went on :)

Ali :wave:

Have to admit to being a chicken with the hair Teel, I haven't done anything with it. I cut my fringe as I couldn't see through it and haven't even made the appointment yet. I am a chicken. It has taken me so long to get it to this length I'm not sure I want it cut, all I do know is I don't really want it this long anymore - does that make any sense.

AS for the highlights, I was chatting with a friend at the weekend and decided I should stay with my own colour a little while longer, it is quite nice to know that you are the only one who doesn't have to dye their hair to cover the grey. Think that is a chickens answer to. I really need to do something drastic with it, it is driving me scatty.

Another problem is the boys keep bringing home 'friends' (nits to everyone else) and I would be mortified if the hairdresser found one while cutting - think that is the real fear - I know I just need to face it and make the appointment tomorrow I would feel much better with it cut, even just tidied up ......


Now I have used up 5 minutes talking about my hair and bugs, I ended up with an upset tummy yesterday. Not a lot of fun, has made eating strange today as I don't have much of an appetite but I know I need to eat and drink to build my body back up and let my metabolism kick back in. Nothing is easy - nits and tummy bugs, charming !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Am sitting here with my head itching now - apologees to every one.

Today has been good eating wise, really cr@p workwise. Had a lot of problems with the server at work this morning. But I survived it and the server is working better now, have just lost interest in the place.

Am waiting on a load of towels drying in the tumble then I can put another load of washing in it and another load in the washer and go to bed with my book - I really live the high life.

oh carol i know exactly where your coming from lol
i have 3 daughters 2 of them with very long hair and there forever having "guests" i havent posted weight for last week as i had that awful tummy bug thats doing the rounds on top of TOM and i just fely yukky no other word for it it has taken me a few days to eat properly again though ..........and if all thats not bad enough my pc is on verge of nervous breakdown too, its becoming very tempramental i think i have a male pc lol
and i have to work tonight !!!!!!!!!!! bonfire night i LOVE fireworks more so than the kids do ........am i ill im sure i have a temp maybe better phone in............will my bank balance cope at end of month ....................decisions decisions lol

Morning all

Better keep this short - all 3 of my kids (that includes Dave) are off ill - wish me luck...

To make matters worse TOM has arrived and my tummy is killing me - mind you with my polycystic ovaries I suppose its about time I had one, I think the last one was June sometime...

I don't know if we'll make a bonfire party tonight - maybe I'll go on my own!

Will catch up with you all later. Have a good day everyone.

Well......
o.k....suspense over!At17:40 last night (he was late) a knock at the door heralded the entrance of Leonard...not at all what I had imagined...he was tall(well o.k. so is everyone next to me) and black American with no hair, in his 30's or so. In he came said he was allergic to dogs and cats (oops, lock Holly up) but never mind, he took antihistamine tabs,then he gave me the booklet with the prizes choice in it.Now..a mini hifi...a hairdryer with lots of attachments....a weeks holiday in a sunspot up to 6 people with the accomodation paid for but I had to pay for the travel and the meals....or as many U.K. weekend breaks in a year with the same terms, i.e. you pay for travel and the breakfast and dinner, at any of the listed hotels.......well, I've got a hairdryer..what a tough choice:devil: so I went for the U.K. weekend breaks.My neighbour and I flipped through the booklet and had to :lol: 'cos the only hotel in Suffolk was...IN OUR VILLAGE!!!!!!!!!!:lol: Most of the places were in Wales, Yorkshire, Devon , Cornwall and Scotland! But hey ho, I'm sure we will go somewhere in the more clement (warmer) weather.
And then we had to sit through the demonstation of a super dooper all singing and dancing hoover!Actually the machine was brilliant and doubled up as a dehumidifier and you could put aromatherapy oils in it as well.Now how much was it?I hear you ask!! Are you ready for this.......£1599.......not so bad if you say it quickly!
Oh of course, I forgot, the firm thinks the customer has been "robbed" when he\she bought their old hoover,'cos this one is so superior, that you get the amount you paid for it taken off the price of the new one!to give Leonard his due, he did not do the hard sell bit too much. When I said no, he did the "ring the boss bit" and brought the price down but when I still said no, he did leave very pleasantly taking his expensive gadget with him, all wrapped up in its carrying case.
I hope he sold one today....he worked very hard on his presentation.....and all that 'cos I answered the phone one morning:p
So there we go.Oh, for anyone else who finds themselves being demonstrated to, L. was here for 1 hour 25minutes.......:o :eek:





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OOOO a hoover ...:lol: was it the Kirby hoover Teel?
have to admit I love those things I did have one a few years back, they cost about £1200 new back then...I got mine second hand from the local paper for £80...would you believe when we sold our pub, I forgot to bring it with me and fuuny enough when I called the new pub owners they said they couldn't find it ...wonder why :)

Ali :wave:

Kirby salesmen - Yuck ! Although Leonard sounds cut in a different mould from the others I've come across, a swarmy bunch to say the least.

I've had a wonderful day. lost 3.5lbs, been to the fireworks, like Kim I like them more than the kids do, the rain stayed off while they were on as well, although it did come on while we walked back to the car and I've had a jammy doughnut, within my points.

I've had a stomach bug over the weekend so I can sympathise with everyone else who has sickies in the house.

If only everyday could be like this though, got caught up on a few things at work, so feel a bit better about it this evening - still no hair appointment - still chicken.

:lol:

:nono: :nono: Leonard was from "GROUP CAPTIVA" and the er.....thing ! was a "queen-clean!"
Sorry to see you have been an ill Smiling... hope you are better now, and :bravo: :jig: for the weight loss. My scales STILL say 12st 3lbs..ha ha ha !But, Smiling, they say that when you have been ill and need to recuporate, a trip and a pamper at the hair salon is just what you need...sooooooo.....:devil: :chicken: :drill:

It is offical - either I make the hair appointment tomorrow or Ray is going to cut it for me with the clippers ? :GULP: !!!

Off to log up some numbers and email them to myself at work so I have no excuse to forget.

:chin: OH good on yer,as they say!
:cp: :cp: :bravo: :D :devil:

I am sure you will look every inch a :queen: :queen:

Look forward to hearing all about it.:wave:

Carol - when I lived near you I got my hair done at Aphrodite in the Callendar Squre precinct - they were always really good with ideas and did a really good job.

Teel so you didn't say when you were going to purchase the hoover ? :lol:

Well if any of you have been over on the weekly weigh in you will see my news (gained 2lbs) I really don't know how that's happened - I'm not kidding myself I wonder if its something to do with my TOM, or as I like to call it TOY, as they're so infrequent!!

My weight watchers 'lady' is really scary and not particularly supportive, she assumes everyone is a liar and cheats, she's been a ww leader for 24 years and apparently has heard it all before!!! Wondering whether or not to go tonight because I don't think she'll believe me when I say I've been good. Last week my friend had lost half a pound and was devastated as she'd been really good - when she faxed her tracker to the leader she got a phone call saying that because it was all in the same pen, she could tell she'd just written it out and obviously it wasn't a true account of everything she'd eaten otherwise she'd have lost 3lbs!!

I've phoned Dave at work crying down the phone - he's coming home for lunch to give me a hug. What's the point in all this hard work if I've gained 2lbs :mad: :cry: :shrug: :censored:

Sorry about that but who else would understand??

Oh dear Delaney. I am so sorry you are having such a bad time. I am sending you some happy smilies to warm you up...:dance: :flow1: :flow2: :dancer:

I really do not like the sound of your ww group leader..she sounds a right :censored: :headache: perhaps she works on a hidden agenda....everyone dislikes her so much that they loose all the weight really quickly and don't have to go to her sessions anymore!!

I have just got home from my counselling session. It always opens up some box of painful experiences and I get home feeling like a wrung out dishcloth and want to fall into bed and oblivion for an hour or so.
But it is lunchtime....and I am hungry so I'm off to raid the cupboard.:devil:

Bye....love from Teel

Big hugs Deleaney - is there not another class you could go to - where the leader would be human. Sounds like this woman lost weight the 'old' WW way and has no understanding of how it is done now - did she lose a lot of weight ?

Don't worry about the 2lbs, bet it is something to do with that TOY

Carol

Thanks guys I needed that - Teel it sounds like you've had a worse day than me :grouphug:

I've been in a terrible state all day, talk about over-reaction!! Anyway I'm going to go and get on the scales and see what her's say - I've gone over and over my tracker and perhaps I've been eating some of the wrong things (whilst staying within my points) I've also noticed that I'm not eating as much fruit and veg as I did before.

You're right Carol the leader lost weight with WW 24 years ago and I know she's a right old :moo: BUT she is very motivational when she does her 'talk'. She also knows what it's like to have been obese, in my opinion, lots of these leaders have lost only a bit of weight, whilst I agree any weight loss is great, how can someone who had a couple of stone to lose help someone who has, say, 7 stone to lose - they've never had that daunting task have they?

The other reason I go there is the class is literally at the bottom of my road - the nearest after that is middle of the day in the next village.

Well I'm off to find the lightest clothes possible - I think a suntop, shorts and flip-flops should do it... :cool:

Delaney I hope you'll be wearing a nice thick coat on top of that lot to get to your meeting?? It's a tad cold to be going out in just that. ;)

Glad I don't attend your meetings as I don't think I would keep quiet. I don't go to WW yet, but if the leader said some of those things I'd have a few things to tell her as well.

Have a lovely image of Delaney in flowery shorts, strappy bright yellow top and pink flip flops with an orange flower on the strap. All with a bright red, long woollen winter coat - lovely.

Made me smile. :)

Sure it won't be as bad as you think and no matter what we'll all be here for you.

what a day...:censored: :cry: :cry:

As I wrote earlier, I went to see my counsellor this morning....it left me feeling really depressed and tearful. My reflexologist came as usual and I said I wanted "gentle!" so she started on a metamorphic message, a really gentle feet, hands , neck and head massage..and it was not long before the tears started rolling....She is so lovely,knows just the right touch and word and encouragement to get me to allow myself to explode sometimes.The dog loves her,too!
Sometimes this burden of illness I have been saddled with seems all too great and I cannot see anyway through. All my friends are in their prime....children growing up,themselves staggering up their respective carreer ladders, going away on holidays....I am 38. I now have no carreer, I am single (I won't go into that) and feel I have no life to particularly look forward to. I have insulin dependant diabetes, a degenerating lumbar spine and this :censored: heart failure. If I just had one serious defect I might be able to handle life better, but I feel as if I have the whole****** lot!!

Sorry, girls.:sorry: I did not mean to put all of that in...I will go away and come back a happier bunny.....



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Think we need lots of smiles today!!
Big hugs to everyone in need from TQ.
Not particularly having an on track week, havent been awful but just not tracking so bound to be overdoing it!! I am on a course this week at a local college, well not too local, train journeys etc!! Went swimming on Monday and am threatening to go again on Thursday, may even manage the gym...don't laugh too loud!!
Talk to you all soon, just gonna have some ww zero point soup, cos had lovely pasta at college today!!

I cannot wait to hear how Delaney got on! :dizzy: :spin: :strong: I hope you had a really positive encounter with your ww woman. :drill:And did not get drowned on the way...the weather is awful... :rain:

Just popped in to see how Delaney got on too. We are thinking of you and if she was horrible to you, we will all be at the class next week with you to tell her what we think of her, maybe even practise the hong knog phooey Karate kicks the boys have been teaching me !!!!!!!!!

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A big hug to everyone - few people need one today.

I have days like that, when nobody loves me and the whole world is against me and it is all going wrong. I have an ex-colleague who is always there for me with words of encouragement and ways of putting it all behind me and picking myself up = wish he was here now with his truthful and honest words of wisdom.

I am enjoying a can of cider - on points. Will need to watch for my fingers bloating up tomorrow.

Had a good swim, with the boys. I even managed to do about 6 lengths. Next week I'm not going in the water as Sean was worn out half way through his lesson, due to the carry on we had while Steven had his lesson, I think.

We can do this together, but I need all of you to keep me going.

Remember tomorrow is another day

well I think it has all been said Delaney...what a stupid thing for that woman to say about the tracker just being written down before it was sent in because it was all in the same pen...what rot....I have my journal complete with pen and I write things down as I eat them, it is always in the same pen... doesn't she understand some of us do things in a set way...we all have our own little habits and that is one of mine...I am with Leigh-r on this...if she said anything like that to me I would have a few things to say back.....You are right that someone who has only lost a couple of stone as opposed to someone who has lost several stones, cannot really understand the task involved, but that is no reason to assume that everyone is lying or cheating...she is supposed to be trained to understand and offer help and advice...not to just belittle people and make them feel bad....Now we all know how much TOM can affect our weight...she should be a little more understanding and sympathetic.
Sorry for the rant there, but I am one of those who has lost the several stones and I know only too well how some weeks I have been reduced to tears because I have gained weight when I know for a fact I have been so good...if someone had said those things to me at those times I would probably have slapped her :)

think its time for bed :)

have a good day tomorrow everyone :)

Ali :wave:

Thanks for all your comments you're all fantastic :cp:

Well, the news is I lost 1lb!!!!! Very confused but it put a smile on my face. I've decided to stop this weighing myself every morning (it's going to be hard I know) I will weigh myself every Wed morning for our weekly weigh in and then forget about it. Last night at Salsa I wore a new size 22 fitted top and 2 people separately said 'wow you've lost weight' and 'you can really see the weight coming off Melissa' and now I feel brilliant :dancer:

I tell you something - after reading Teel's post it put my 'problem' into perspective!!

See you later...

OH WELL DONE TO DELANEY

:bravo: :cp: :bravo: :cp:

and people are noticing....and making THE RIGHT COMMENTS!
I suppose TOB (the old bag):devil: did not have a smile on her face??

See you later love from me:cb: :dance: :cb:

To be honest teel she would have liked me to have lost more - she reckons I should be losing 2-3lbs per week but that just tough :censored: !!!

good morning Delaney.....well there is no pleasing TOB, is there....
it is a wonderful day here in Suffolk, wall to wall blue sky, so I am taking Holly off for a walk before it turns horrible. Yee ha! then I will have managed my 3 x 20 challenge for this week, any extra will be a bonus.

:cb: :dance: :cb:

love from me xox

Well done Delaney

sounds to me like TOB as Teel calls her wouldn't be happy with your efforts no matter how much you lost, lose less than 2 - 3lbs and you haven't tried hard enough...lose morte than that and you will be shot down for overdoing it...just ignore it and keep on doing exactly what your doing, we know your doing great :)

Ali :wave:

Ignore tob Melissa!! you know you are doing well and so do we, 2-3 lb every week would be great but this is the real world and we are real women and, and and...ooh i will shut up!!;)

TOB - love it

My WW leader is not TOB, Gail is VLL (very lovely lady), but she can't count. Was looking at my WW card this morning and I have gone from 16 stone 7.5lbs to 15 stone 12.5lbs, and my card shows I've lost 8.5lbs, according to my maths it should read 9lbs - can't wait until I get to class next week, so I can get it altered.

Today has been a struggle, I am thinking of giving into it and having something to eat - but then I will regret it after the 30 seconds it is in my month.

Will probably need to go to bed early to avoid the munchies

:lol: tob v vll...

mmmnn. tough choice!!

Raining today....now, are we up for a walk in the wet with the dog? Thank goodness there has been three lovely days this week and I have done my 3x20 challenge....Delaney, you are right...walks will become fewer as the winter season homes in!!

I fell off my road completely yesterday evening...the day had been fine, then at 17:40 the phone rang. It was an oboeist who was playing a run of Gigi at the local theatre..one of the violinists in the band had hurt her back and could not play...would I? Could I possibly????Pleeeeeeese? And so I said yes,and threw myself into frenetic activity...wash hair..get the long black velvet affair on thinking dinner...can't have nothing and hypo...so I stopped at sainsburys and bought a pack of sandwiches and a bottle of water. Now that would have been fine...it was after the show. The chinese takaway is SSOOOO near and I was hungry..and.....oops, special fried rice and Cantonese style sweet and sour pork....what a :ink: :devil: But Iam back on it today.




Get your umberellas out everbody...:rain: :rain: :rain:

Not raining herer is very cold though.


I have no energy, feel like I am getting a cold, can feel it at the back of my nose and throat. You should have seen the speed I went up the stairs at work just before lunch - dead slow doesn't even cover it. Had my lunch and went for a walk, brought another sandwich out of boots as I was starving and walked back. Just as slow.

My energy level picked up a bit during the afternoon, but still a long way from normal. Have a feeling tonight could be a struggle

:( oh,poor Smiling...sounds like you are getting something you could do without.

Wrap up warm and cosy and start usind the lem-sips and the vic...Am sending you a few healthy treats to help you through it...

:balloons: :flame: :flow2: :flow1: :flow2: :flow1: :wave:

Hope you are all well on this not too bright but definetely breezy morning!! I have come home from WW with a brand new determination, no nowt the leader said, it wasn't the usual one and I thought i would just come home and enjoy the day!! A busy day but hopefully a good one!!
I weighed in at 15-5 today which i was pleased about cos it meant a 1.5lb loss, however it is the weight i was 4 weeks ago, the next 4 weeks has to be better than the last 4, I need 100% effort putting in and then hopefully in 6 weeks time the scales will show a register of 14stones ?lbs, this needs to happen so I do not lose the plot during the festivities, yes i am sure the scales will be 15+ in January but how much gained will depend on the next few weeks. Its like a new beginning, I am feeling evangelical............lets hope it lasts!!:)

Sorry I've not been around for a day or so - I've got a terrible cold, I've been in bed for most of the afternoon. Still it means I've not eaten too much... Talking of which, I came off plan 'big time' Thursday and Friday - so maybe this cold isn't so bad... Sorry you're not feeling well either Carol.

Last night Dave went to play football at 7.15 and was back in the house at 8.15 with a badly swollen knee - so we were in casualty on Friday night - not something I could recommened! He's ok though which is the main thing.

Well Done Michelle - another 1.5lb off :D

Teel don't worry about the chinese - how many calories do you think playing the violin burns up?? You definitely deserved it.

Well Melissa hope you are feeling a little better, this time of year is awful with all the nasties going around, you too Sal!! Hope you are tucked up with something to make you feel better at the moment. I am itching for a bottle of wine at the moment but am trying not to give in!!

Probably having a life!! hope you aren't all coming down with the winter nasty bugs that are flying around. Hope Melissa and Sal are feeling a bit better today, I went to bed at 9.30 last night couldn't make my mind up if it was cos I had no wine to drink or it was just sleep that was needed. I woke up at 8 this morning and have got up feeling ok, got the house to blitz today which is not something to look forward to but hey its gotta be done, hope you all have a great sunday whatever you do!!

Hi TQ

I am here ....does that mean I haven't got a life?hehehe!:devil:

It is such a miserable day here in Suffolk :rain: and I haven't got anything planned...I am not quite bug-ridden,have had a vague headache for a few days....glad to hear you are feeling better this morning.
I live almost on the railway line and last night I woke up to hear a huge rumbling sound....realizing what it was, I looked out the window and yes! An enormous machine was snail-pacing up the line straightening the bits and bobs and making a load of noise:devil: Usually we get notice from the firm that they are going to be working on the line,but I guess mine got lost in the post!!!!

Teel - that's a bit cheeky of the railway people wasn't it? I'm not very nice if I get woken up in the night - as Sprog #1 found out at 4 this morning!!

Still feeling yukky but at least it's just a cold and not flu. My parents are popping over soon, haven't seen them in a month, which is very unusual for us. We were going to go out for lunch but I was really good and said I'd 'fall off the wagon' if I did so were staying in now - phew!!

Kids are fighting - see you later...

I am still here, but not functioning at 100%.

The cold hasn't really come to anything, more just aches and pains and feeling very tired and energyless - maybe it wasn't a cold. I am a bit snivelly, so who knows.

Had one of those days yesterday, where no bad how I was feeling I had to push myself through it for the kids. yesterday was mum and dads annual bonfire party. First me and the boys had to go to my work and check those peskie back up tapes - and thank goodness, if the building burns down today I have a copy of all the computer data - sitting in reception - so it will burn too - just realised that, but it is there until they come in and collect it and take it off site tomorrow.

Then it was off to the hairdressers and I now have a brushing my shoulders - just - length bob. I had 6 inches cut of my hair and no one noticed. Dad thought something was different with Steve, mum couldn't see it for looking and Ray didn't see a difference either. Thank goodness for sisters, mine walked in and commented straight away. Going by my families respsonse will be interesting to see if people at work notice.

Then it was get ready for the party time, build the bonfire, sort out the food and the booze and then enjoy ourselves. Had good fun, drank too much, ate all the wrong stuff - but hey it was fun. I oohhed and Aahhed at all the fireworks and taught the kids bad habits by trying to toast marshmallows on the bonfire - but hey it was good fun.

Today has to be a better day eating wise, Still lacking on energy, but I have to tidy up - yet again- and get us all organised as I am going away over night, Monday night, to the Crieff Hydro - work thing, won't be fun let me tell you. So need to think about packing and what goodies am I taking with me. Have a few WW munchies in the kitchen to hopefully stop me over eating. Does mean I won't weigh in on Tuesday as I won't be back until mid afternoon and the class is at 12:30. There is a class on Wednesday night which clashes with the boys swimming lessons, but another one on Thursday night which I am hoping to get to - and just see how much damage I have done this week.

Best go get this day started as it is nearly lunchtime and I haven't so much as washed a dish yet - or eaten anything - not good.

I am having an (un)deserved break from the housework whilst eating or should I say drinking my lunch....haddock chowder......wonderful, not everyones bag I know but believe me I enjoyed it!!
there is so much rubbish in this house we are paper collectors, i keep thinking ooh i might need that , then I throw it away 3 months later..along with a pile of other junk.
Well better go get cracking and get to it. C ya later!!

Originally posted by Smiling Sal

Then it was off to the hairdressers and I now have a brushing my shoulders - just - length bob. I had 6 inches cut of my hair [/B]

:bravo: :bravo: oh well done to Smiling, I hope you feel better for it and yippee! dh didn't have to get the shears out!
I think everyone is feeling under par today...it has been really miserable here all day and I have a bad :headache: :headache: still.....glad the bonfire and fireworks were a success, Smiling...ooooh,toasted marshmallows,yummy!:chef: :T

here are a few smilies to warm us into the evening...bye bye.

:flame: :flame: :flame: :flame:

Am definately feeling a bit down the boys want to go swimming but I can't be bothered - me ? Who would usually jump at teh chance to go swimming, anytime.

Tomorrow will be a better - more cheerful - day

Well the house is clean(ish), the car is knackered (head gasket) the toilet needs replacing and I dropped my 1lb weight from my balance scales onto the top of my cooker (glass) and smashed it so all in all it has been an eventful day!!
I am using the new computer Dh bought today (well I mean we really can (!!) afford it at the moment :nono: :mad: )
I shall try to simmer and not let any of this affect my food intake, hope you all had a great weekend cos mine has been quite a strange one:?: :^:

OOh I forgot to mention we have water pouring through the kitchen ceiling too, the flat roof has become a watering can again!! Keep smiling!!

:(

Oh deary me TQ.!
I am very pleased that you did not drop the weight on your toes or foot...I think I would hear the scream from here!:fr:
Smiling Sal,how are you? Hope you are feeling betterish today..
Suffolk is cold damp and 'orrible but I have managed to take Holly out for a short walk.It does not seem to have worn her out though, she is running round and round the house with a squeeky soft toy in her mouth....whatever possessed me to buy her that?!:mad: :cb:
I still have a more-or-less headache and am in grumpy land at the moment. I cannot think of any particular trigger for the low mood that has descended but I feel as if any one were too nice to me I would start off a small stream...not good:nono: I suppose it is early days though,in the big scheme of things, having been in hospital for 18weeks I should not expect to come home and be perfectly well.....
On a completely different thought track,does anyone else's dogs like grapes? I am sitting here demolishing a few, which I am completely capable of doing myself, but Holly insists on joining in..
she is very fussy about her fruit...likes Fiji apples and sometimes a bit of pear, but:nono: :nono: to bananas (don't blame her!) or soft fruit. Strange dog....her favourite lick out the dish is if I get an Indian takaway...but I won't go into that!!!


Here are a few warm-us-up smilies...ta ta for now.


:flame: :flame: :flame:

Sal - so what did people at work think to your hair? I'm dead jealous - since my brother and hairdresser (the same person!) pushed off to live in France my hair's been a complete fright! Desperate to find somewhere - the only place I fancied was £90 for highlights!!!!

TQ - sorry to hear of your w/end - our conservatory (less than 1 year old) has sprung not 1 BUT 3 leaks and the people who built it, who couldn't wait to take a big, fat cheque off us say they'll be out 2 weeks after receiving a letter explaining the problem.... (don't even get me started on that one!!!!!!!!)

Teel - my hamster loves grapes - the kids and Dave would kill for a dog but I still won't give in...

My salsa teacher has started up jazz classes again - they start next monday night are great fun and really hard work - kind of like dancing aerobics - that should get me in the 15 stone somethings before Christmas...

I have been very good all w/end (due to cold) and today I have been a saint - it better be a good weigh loss this week.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by teel
[B]:(

On a completely different thought track,does anyone else's dogs like grapes?


My dog loves grapes - she plays with them first tossing them in the air and throwing them around and then devours them. She also likes apples, tomatoes, radishes, carrots, peppers to name but a few - anything except dog food!!!

Tracy;) :D

What a horrible day - it's absolutely bucketing down here and Sprog #2 was sick all over my car doing the school run this morning - if it's going to carry on like this I think I'll go back to bed...

On a better note I have been an :angel: for the past few days - I'm looking forward to tomorrow's weigh in.

Going to sort out the spare room now - wish me luck...

Not exactly good for the weight/waistline but very good for the soul......

Had a great thai meal this lunchtime -

Hot and sour soup
Green vegetable Curry (coconut full - yum yum!)
Vanilla Ice

Oh and diet coke!

Don't even think about the calories or sins in that!

It did my friend good - (menopausal).
It did me good too!

Well, once in a while....

Once in a while does no harm at all Peacock.

I have eaten not to badly considering I was staying at a fancy hotel where they do it all for you. The worst I did was the booze, story of my life that one. But then I went to bed at 11:30, after drinking about 7 / maybe more glasses of wine and 3 baileys. Most of the crowd stayed up until 4am, a few weeks ago I would have probably done so, but I am learning my lessons and 4 hours of drinking was enough, another 4 would just have finished me off completely.

Would have been as well sitting with them, as I couldn't sleep when I got to my room, was very noisy and hot. I did manage to get some sleep about 2am. Less said about the team building the better !!!!

The hair - a lot of people can't believe I have cut it off. Still not done anything about the highlights. Need to book the appointment soon and get them done before christmas. Although there is very little gray in it, so maybe I should stay with my own colour for a wee while - who knows.

Need to go quickly tidy the livingroom and then snuggle up with Ray and a glass of wine, sorry. Old habits die hard............. :(

Eat drink and be merry for tommorrow I diet. I will be back on plan like an angel from tomorrow morning. I am not going back into the 16 stones for anyone

Oh Dear!

Again I went through a bag of Christmas goodies I was giving as presents. My Dad's fudge has been tampered with! Must have mice (ahem!!).

Well I must sort out this rodent problem -all 13st 2 1/2 llbs of it!

Peacock....I tried the new white chocolate fudge bar in a minute of sheer wickedness the other week...it was delicious!!!:devil: :devil: :T :T I have Holly to blame,of course, even if she isn't with me at the time!!
Hope you find your :mouse: soon!

:wave: :wave:

byeeee!

Can't believe it is gone 11 o'clock - where has today gone !!!!

Had a row with Steven at the swimming tonight. I didn't go in, as Sean was too tired, last week, for his lesson after playing around with me for half an hour. But Steven wasn't doing anything he was told. He wouldn't stay out of the water until his lesson started, he was climbing on the bars, being cheeky and downright rude to me. So while he was at his swimming lesson I phoned Ray and as soon as Steve was out of the pool after his lesson, Ray took him home, no chips and hot chocolate for him. I walked up the stairs from the changing room with Steven whining that he was hungry. I told him I wasn't listening to him as he never listens to me - made a few people smile. Hopefully he will realise very soon that he is not going to win the battle and that me and his dad are in charge and he will do as he is asked. His teacher told us at parents night that it is a pleasant change to have a child who will take a telling and then behave - think she may have my Steven muddled up with someone else. I don't want to stamp all his character and live out of him, just want him to behave - most of the time and do what we ask.

Just had to get that off my chest.

Eating has been good today, no exercise. My boss was coming down from Dundee for a meeting so I didn't manage to get out - will need to make up for it tomorrow.

Was talking to a friend earlier she has lost over a stone this year, but has stopped. She isn't trying as hard as she was and the scales aren't going anywhere - she is quite relieved they aren't going back up. We were chatting for ages and she is off to try and do something about her portion sizes to see if that will give her a boost before christmas

Am hoping to weigh in tomorrow night. Ray is working until 6, so it really all depends on what time he gets in. There is no way I could take the boys to a meeting with me, not with the way Steven is behaving at the moment - Saturday morning class is looking more likely to be the weigh in this week.

Oh poor SmilingSal.....trouble at the pool with Stephen....hope it is more peaceful today....:devil:

It is a dry day here after a really windy, rainy night, so I plan to have lunch and then take Holly out....make the most of no rain!!I seem to be keeping to my 3x20 challenge...I am aware it is more of a stroll than a brisk walk but I do not want to put my heart under undue stress. Unfortunately my dietician has cancelled our meeting by the scales tomorrow, do it another time. I think I have lost another pound but my scales are so unreliable...!

Well teel you will be glad to hear that I have wrapped up allthe other choccies for Christmas so er the huge rodent won't get at them anymore (unless she rips off the wrapping paper that is).

Well Delaney how is little madam - Sprog #1. They know it all don't they? Boys can be just as bad. My nephew has his moments... Why is it they cannot understand the adults know things they don't?

One minute they expect you to know exactly how many worms are in the garden and in the next - you don't know anything!

Steven started as soon as I picked him up this afternoon. Whining about going swimming and that he would be good, if I took him. In the 2 minute journey from the childminders to home, he degenerated in to great big sobbing tears and wailing, all because he wasn't getting his own way. So once in I put him straight in his room, took a while for him to calm down, but finally he realised he was getting no attention. Told him I had had enough and if he keeps behaving like this he will be spending a lot of time in his room. I am not willing to take him anywhere when he is behaving like that.

So now he is curled up on the couch watching star wars being a little angel - wonder how long it will last ?

Eating has been really good. No exercise again. We have had a horrible day weather wise. Walked out to the car park, under a minute out of the office, and got absolutely soaked. The rain was coming down like there was no tomorrow.

If Ray isn't working at the weekend, then we'll be putting wooden flooring down in the livingroom, think I'll tempt fate tonight and start to move some of the stuff through to my room, out of the way

need to go make something for us all to eat - not sure what I fancy tonight

Peacock I am so proud of you - I would just take the paper off and eat them. the rodent in this house isn't as well house trained as the one in yours. I always by the choccies at the last minute

Dear Peacock.....everyone will think you are just SO organised for Christmas...!!I am not sure whether you have an :angel: or a :devil: sitting on your shoulder...hehehe.

Dinner tonight was:T and I feel that I have had a fairly successful week. Tonight it was;scallops,peppers, mushrooms and sweetcorn all stirfried together with ready boiled white rice, with some sweet'n chilli sauce. I have not done desert yey...usually fruit of yoghurt.
I am going to try and send an attachment of Holly, my Westie.....let me see now......

HEY IT WORKED!!!I I just need to find out how to chop the blank bit off the bottom...

:cb: :cb: :cb: :cloud9: :high: :balloons: :balloons:

Sorry not been around for a couple of days but it's been hectic here.

Been shopping to Nottingham today and bought the most gorgeous New Years Eve outfit it's a satin burgundy bustier with organza blouse to go over the top and black trousers - it's to die for - had it on for most of the night - much to DH's delight (the less said about that the better!) The best thing is that the top part is a size 22 and the bottom half is 20, I know for lots of people that's still huge but to me its fantastic (I was size 28 earlier this year). DEAD CHUFFED!!

Carol - keep up the good work with the kids you have to show them whose boss - I have terrible trouble with Sprog #2 she's a very willful child and has taken to hitting and kicking if she doesn't get her way - well I can tell you neither me or her father are standing for it and last night Dave sent her to bed - we were sitting eating dinner and she just started shouting and when I told her to eat her dinner and quieten down she hit her sister!! (nice child!!)

Friends coming over tonight - I am sticking to the diet coke and we're having Sainsbury's low fat curries (haven't told them yet, he he).

I am going to order some size 20 trousers from Next Directory now - they won't fit for a couple of weeks but I'm going to keep them hanging up in the kitchen to spur me on...

Have a good night everyone.

I sent that last message without seeing the last couple of posts (don't know how that happened).

Cute doggy Teel - wait till Veggie see's it (where is Veggie?)

Weigh to go Delaney!!There is no stopping you now you are buying slinky burgundy bustiers and trousers...
Go get 'em girl...:cool: :smug: :devil:

And yes where are you,veggie???
come out, come out,whever you are....:shrug:

Come on Veggie - please come out and play

Teel - Holly is cute. I would like a dog, but we are all out of the house from 8:40ish until 5, so it wouldn't be fair on it.

Delaney - well done on the trousers. I brought a pair of size 22's out of Evans in October. Thought they looked super glamourous at the time, but now I have noticed the material is hanging as it shouldn't under my stomach, just a flap with no me inside it. And when I hang my phone on them at work they sag to what ever side I have the phone on = where did all that extra material come from.

Am wearing them to work at least 2 times a week now, will buy a new pair once I reach 15 and a half stones, but I need to get my moneys worth out of these. I will need something new for Christmas too, I brought a nice blouse for the wedding which will do, but not sure about the rest of me. Am only going to friends so might wear a work skirt, which is also getting a bit big around the waist. Long time to go before it is too big round my hips though

Been for my weekly swim. Managed 26 lengths or it may have been 28. I lost count between 5 and 7, yes I know the missing number is 6, but wasn't sure if I had done 5 or 7, so I took the lower number so I didn't cheat myself.

Going to weigh in tomorrow morning. I am expecting to gain, just feel that way about it. Haven't been that good. Will miss my own WW class again next week, as the school is having 2 in-service days and I have managed to get the days of as well. There is a local class at 10 on a Tuesday morning, if we are all up and organised by then, I'll go to that one

Am having a glass of cider - on points, probably shouldn't the night before a weigh in but I have to be honest to myself. It has been a cr@p week at work, so here's to a great few days off.

Need to book tickets to Harry Potter in the morning, hoping to go on Monday.

In a strange mood, am back at 16 stone, have only slipped a little bit, but back there I am. I did say I would never go over it again, so I need to get my act back together. Have actually been back on plan since Wednesday, only slipped a little bit, did drink more than I should which is probably a lot ot do with it.

Was thinking last night while swimming up and down the pool, that this weight loss business is hard work. It isn't going to just fall off by itself because I want it too. If only it was that easy.

The swimming was hard, that was what got me thinking like that !

I need to go find a happy pill. Have had a bad day with Steven, 3 times today he has wound me up like a coiled spring. I am not reacting, but am talking to him, taking things off him, lack of computers and videos, being big punishement and have even put in hi sroom until I can face being with him (can I admit that without the social workers coming round). Yet again he is being a little angel, but we all know it isn't going to last - have no idea where all this sudden behaviour problem has come from, he has never been an angel before, but now he is down right horrid !!!!!!

Well suppose that sums me up - am having an indian takeaway for dinner - can I admit that on a healthy eating site - I only have enough points for half of it - there is no way half of it will go into the fridge for tomorrow, or even the bin.

Tomorrow I promise to be back on form - I have to be

Booked the tickets for Harry Potter - we're off to se it on Monday evening (teachers in service days here so we are all off - thought it might be quieter than the weekend and during the day on school holidays)

Night

Morning, how is everyone doing. I am trying to put on a positive attitude. Once saw a presentation by Ann Gruber (I think) about how it is all about the way you tell yourself you feel. Ten minutes ago I felt a bit down and listless. Now I am telling myself I am on top of the world, full of energy and very positive about everything. Will let you know later if it works.

Have booked Harry Potter - version 1 - was that the Philsophers Stone, through Sky for this evening, we see the new one tomorrow night. So need to have this day and house all organised, so I can sit down with the boys and curl up on the couch and watch it with them

Have already sent Steven to his room, this morning and we have only been up an hour - but I am positive about it :) honest !!!!!!

Sal - I know what you feel like when you say you've slipped back up to 16 again - I slipped back up to 16.2 this morning!! Mad at myself but I've only got myself to blame - I pigged out big time on Thursday night on a roast chicken dinner and mash and then yesterday we went to MIL's and ate for England!!! Never mind I am full of motivation now like you and I'm going to gym/swim tonight and tomorrow I'm at my new Jazz class and with a trip to gym/swim on Wed morning hopefully I'll be ok for weigh in on Wed night!!

I sympathise with the kids issue - Sprog #1 was in a sulky mood all day yesterday it was all I could do not scream at her. Sprog #2 was having tantrums all day too - no idea why!! They were driving me crazy.

I hope you enjoy the Harry Potter film - let us know what you think - I'm desperate to see it but Sprog #1 is 7 and the 1st one really scared her and from reading the book the 2nd one is darker so Dave and I will have to go and see it first but we're busy every night for the next couple of weeks!

Got to go and get Sprog #1 ready for a birthday party now which is the other side of Leicester. I really should be getting the housework done not galavanting round after a petulant 7 year old!

Wow I'm in a right old mood arn't I??

Hello from Teel

It is a grey damp day in Suffolk but Holly and I have just put our wellies and done our 20minute walk. The birds are singing but I'm sure I don't know what about!

I am sending you girls some packets of healthy motivation...
:angel: :strong: :goodvibes
:drill: :drill: :drill:
as I am sorry you are having a difficult time.
Smiling, I hope you enjoy Harry Potter films.I read books 1 & 2 before watching the video of number 1.I think the film would be quite scary for a youngster as reading the book allows the imagination run wild.....
I hope Stephen settles down a bit....a lot!Just a thought, is he happy at school?Please feel free to tell me to butt out..just trying to be of some use.
Delaney you are not allowed to lose heart, either!You have both done fabuloso and there are a few stiles to get over just now...oh deary me...what am I twittering on about?

Steven is happy at school, according to his teacher he is an angel in the classroom and if she does have to give him a telling off, she only has to say it once and he is behaving.

Am putting it down to a combination of getting all the mischief out of his system, can't be an angel 24 hours a day and just pushing his luck to see how ar he can push me.

Am being an angel myself - so far today. Have just made some no point veg soup for dinner, well part of it anyway. Whole house now stinks of onions

Well done Carol - keep up the good work. It's good that Steven is happy at school - you'd rather him be naughty at home and good at school wouldn't you? I don't know what I'd do if a teacher told me either of mine were naughty - mind you, Sprog #2 (also known as Suburban Guerilla) hasn't started school yet!

I'm up here out the way of the fridge! Had 25.5 points (26 is my allowance) for today and going to the gym in an hour - not particularly looking forward to it tonight - I've got that Sunday night feeling, it usually starts with the 'antiques roadshow' music but has come early tonight...

Hi ALL!!Hope you have had a great weekend so far, mine hasn't been too bad, went to a neighbours last night and had a few glasses of wine, not to mention the nibbley bits!!:o It was good to be out of the house on Saturday night though.had a lazy day today, watched Lord of the Rings and now Harry is enthralled in Grease, it's amazing but he seems to know all the songs and he has never seen the film before, must be the school discos!!

melissa, you will be ok just keep thinking about that new outfit!!

I too watched Grease, although I was reliving my very youthful past. I too knew all the words, much to the boys embrassment :) :( :)

Can't believe how much I have eaten today, had tinned fruit and raisins for breakfast, a tin of soup, bread and a salad for lunch. WW zero points soup, a baked potato, cottage cheese, salad with Kiwi fruit, followed by sugar free jelly and yogurt, for tea. Still got a packet of those WW sweets that are like murray mints, some dried apricots (working on my fibre) and a bagel and spreader cheese to eat. All this comes in at only 18.5 points, am supposed to be eating 24 - will need to find something to get it over the 20 - can save the rest towards a night out on Friday.

Am feeling positively stuffed at the moment, if this is what planning and being organised can do for me, then I am all for it - although all the salads will get mundane after a while. Brought a load of frozen veg today as well, so can start incorporating that into my meals - again !!

Melissa, if you want to borrow some of my points, feel free - if only it worked like that.

For the last 2 wks I have struggled to eay my weekly allowance of calories. I am on 12,600 a wk (1,800 a day). I'm just not feeling hungry. And I can't force food down me throat. I generally have a sandwich at lunch (6 days a wk), the last fortnight I haven't really wanted it. And then I don't feel like having a cooked meal at tea time either. I have gone from eating and eating to not wanting to eat :( It is starting to get to me as I now I need to eat a certain amount in order to lose weight without my body going into starvation mode.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by leigh-r
[not wanting to eat :(

Oh Leigh-r ...is it catching,by any chance?;)

I have just tallied up my eats for the day on the fitday site...aaagh! You think you have done well for tea,(making up for bought ready salad buffet bar lunch) having had 2 rolls, unbuttered or marged, but with light mayo and skinless chicken breast...only to find out each roll is so crammed with carbohydrates I have gone way over my carb. target for diabetes.
:shrug: :eek: and I only did a 20 minute walk with Holly today.....

:wave:

Morning from a dark and dismal morning, where is ths sunshine for those cold but crisp autumnal days. All we seem to be getting is rain, rain and more rain.

Eating went great yesterday until about 9pm, when Ray came in with a bottle of wine. This time round I am beating his(our) bad eating habits of going out to the chippie a couple of times a week. He still goes, but I have started making something quick for myself when he goes. But when he just turns up with a bottle of wine for sharing, fresh out of the chiller in the shop, it is harder to say no. A new challenge to be faced I think.

Am struggling along at the moment, think the healthy eating is just about winning over the rubbish I eat. But the big down fall is the exercise. I used to get up at 6am and work out - when I was very motivated. I was also losing then, so prehaps I need to reconsider lying in bed until 7 ????

I really want to lose this weight. Was lying in bed before the boys got up this morning and told myself there really is no contest. I want to lose weight more than I want to share a bottle of wine with Ray every night. Sounds easy when I write it down like that, but will need to break it to him gently tonight - not over a bottle of wine.

He has been more aware of being my diet sabbateur recently. He went to the chippie for the teas last night but before he went he said it wasn't much use for me. So at least he is recognising that I don't want to eat all that rubbish, I had soup and a salad last night not the chippie. But when I do lose weight it is the weeks I am watching my alcohol intake. I don't drink a lot, there are many people who drink more than me, lots more, I just drink often. Has to be less often in the future.

Lots of things to think about today. Wine and exercise. One I love the other is a necessary evil.

This journey is all about changing habits and making better choices - I am in it long haul, but I just wish I got a bit more support from Ray. He doesn't critisize me about my weight, but isn't encouraging or supportive about any loss either. Time for one of those awkward talks in my house tonight when the boys have gone to bed, I think.

Cut my finger making soup yesterday and still have the plaster on, you have no idea how difficult it is making it to type.

This is all too serious for a Monday morning - no work today - hurray. Harry Potter this evening = set myself up for a fall by booking the tickets for 6, Ray 's now not sure he can be home by then, depends if he gets stuck in the traffic in Edinburgh or not. Well I am going to enjoy it anyway, with my packet of WW sweets, the ones like murray mints, don't know what they are really called and if can fit them in my handbag, a bag of salt and vinegar snack a jacks. If they don't the bag I'll have them when I get home. No pop corn for me - I am determined.

Away to find my cheerfull head, it is probably in the kitchen amongst all the washing up - does anybody else live in a tip? Am going to drag the boys out to a country park in a while, if it ever gets light and then maybe round to mum and dads for an hour or so. Need to get off this butt and go do something (besides the dishes)

Originally posted by Smiling Sal

does anybody else live in a tip?

Yep I live in a tip. I tidy hubby makes a mess 10 secs later :( Really annoyed this morning as we have the valuer coming round to value the house for our landlord. I'm trying to hoover and hubby is chucking sweet papers everywhere :( And I didn't get hoovering finished before valuer arrived.

Originally posted by teel
[B][QUOTE]Originally posted by leigh-r
[not wanting to eat :(

Oh Leigh-r ...is it catching,by any chance?;)


It would be great if it was catching wouldn't it?

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is really good. There are some scarey bits in it Melissa, not sure it is any worse than the first, don't want to ruin it. The boys really enjoyed it, but they don't scare easy. Sure you and hubby will enjoy it, even if once you've seen it you decide not to take the kids.

Even more fantastic was all I had to eat was a packet of snack a jacks and a packet of WW caramints (read the name of the packet) shared them with Steven so had even less points than I had planned for. No popcorn what so ever :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

Hi....popcorn is horrible SmilingSal....sticks to your teeth, hair, and everything else if you let it:devil: who am I kidding? Well done...you are a glistening star...:angel: (sorry, have not got any stars.Will an angel do?)
Glad you liked the film..I think the effects must be staggeringly good as they were in the first one.Did Ray make it in time and is Stephen being a junior angel at the moment?

I am meeting my dietician tomorrow in (or should that be on ) the normal place...the scales. I haven't seen her for ages...she doesn't know about the last 4 lb loss yet so I hoping this will be an additional loss to that.
Smiling, how is your finger? Good job you did not cut it off or you'd have had to wrap it in some of those frozen veggie packs you stored up with last week.....hehehe!!:?:

:strong: :strong:

Be strong, everyone. Love from Teel

I'm glad you enjoyed Harry Potter Carol - sprog #1 really wants to see it but when I explained it was going to be a bit scary she went a bit pale! Well done on sticking to plan - I'm not so sure I could have been as good as you - when I go to the cinema I 'have' to have a big cup of peanut M&M's mmmmmmmmmm

My trousers arrived from Next - they're a size 20 and too small (only just though :) ) I have hung them in the kitchen so everytime I go in there I will see them and be motivated.

Went shopping to Birmingham with a friend yesterday - really disappointed though - I'm between shops!!! I don't want to shop in 'fat' shops but all the trendy shops I want to shop in like Wallis, Next and Oasis seem to only go up to an 18! Oh well, I guess I'll just have to be very good for the next couple of weeks and then I'll be in there... can't wait.

Went to my new Jazz class last night - wow - it was really hard. I was sweating buckets (sorry, was that too much information?) I reckon it had to be at least 6 ww points off! It was much harder than any aerobics session, we learned a rock 'n' roll number it was such a laugh - I'd recommend it to anyone who loves to dance. I came home and collapsed on the sofa and Dave made me a cup of tea and took my stinky trainers off for me as I couldn't even bend down - now that's love for you :love: :lol: (sorry, if that made anyone feel sick!!)

Better go and get Sprog #2 dressed - I've been really lazy this morning...

Wow Delaney - Next trousers huh? Did you know there are a few Next to Nothing/Choice outlets -mainly that sell Next off cheap. I have managed to get some 20s and 18s in the past. In fact it is the 18s that had been too tight that I am wearing now.

I think they are only in London/Essex but may be worth having a look if ever you are near one.

There's choice in Barkingside, Essex and one in Basildon I think, some others I cannot remember where but also one in the exchange in Ealing (Next to Nothing) and another in Golders Green.

Of course most stuff is size 8 (because whatever Shop assistants say about big sizes not being bought well how come in sales there are scads of size 8s - or in these anorexic times is an 8 now big?!)

The jazz class sounds great. I wish I had more money to be able to go to gym etc. Your bit about sweating- it never takes much for me to sweat! Everyone else just has a healthy glow and my exercise mat is awash! (That is when I have afforeded to do aerobics)

Hello everybody and thanks for the welcome back. As some of you may remember, I moved from north Devon to London back at the start of August. The whole thing has been incredibly stressful and my sister got very ill just as I moved away. I am glad to see so many familiar “faces” still posting and hope you are all doing well. I have come back for some of your expert advice. Since moving to London I have put on nearly a stone :( The problem is that my boyfriend is a postman who has to get up at 4 am. He likes to go to bed very early, usually after we have eaten. Also, he doesn’t like me going out in the evening without him so I have been missing the walking I used to do as exercise.

I haven’t explained it very well, but I just feel fat and fed up. A few years ago, I lost a lot of weight (nearly 7 stone) and so far I have put on about 3 stone back again. What a waste, why do I do this to myself??

Sorry to come back here and vent but I knew you would all understand my frustration.

Have a good day everyone,

Phoebe :)

Hi Pheobe - I know exactly where you are coming from. I lost over 3 stone after having son number one, only to put it all back on and a lot more by the time I feel pregnant again 2 years later. At the time I was totally disgusted with myself, but have learned to live with me and my fat and am doing something positive about it - very slowly - like you are. Pposting here shows you are still committed to being healthy. You haven't gained it all back, a bit of effort and it will soon all be gone again. We are glad to have you back.

How about walking at lunchtime from work, or if you are going to bed early, with your boyfriend, get up early and walk in the morning instead of the evening - just an idea. No matter how it goes we're here for you. Hope you sister is better

I put on weight very easily. Was chatting to a friend earlier and admitted that one thing that spurred me into WW in October was the fact that if I didn't the closer it got to Christmas the more eating I would do, and then over Christmas I would just eat whatever I wanted as I would be starting a diet in January, as usual. But I made the choice that I wanted this year to be different.

Better get of my soap box.

Am having a lazy day, have a lot of stuff to do but can't be bothered. Really fancy just finding myself a good film on the telly and curling up and watching it - but I wouldn't get peace from the boys. Back to school and work tomorrow - normal routine will soon kick in.

Hi Phoebe and welcome back - you've come to the right place! I hope everything settles down soon for you and that your sister is ok now.

Well I'm so hungry I've just chewed off my nail extensions!! How many ww points in acrylic?? :lol:

Am struggling today - to eat enough. I am cutting down in preparation for some extra calories in the form of a curry on Friday night and a few glasses of wine. So me and a friend sat down and worked out we'd need to save about 30 points to cover us, and maybe cut down again a little for a couple of days after to compensate any over spend - have I already told you this it seems very fimilar ??

Anyway, for dinner I had zero point soup and a variation on a theme, zero point vegetable curry. Just made it like the soup but didn't add any water and left the vegetables chunky and of course added garlic and curry powder. Had that with pasta and coleslaw - no accounting for taste.

So I ate loads for very little and I am not very hungry, but I still had 6.5 points to eat to get me to 20 points - thank goodness I wasn't aiming for 24 today. So have just had a bagel and spreader cheese and will try one of those WW all day bar thingys to take my points unto 19.5 - then need to find something quick for 0.5 points. Was supposed to be taking a packet of fruities to the swimming with me, but forgot them !!!!

No chips again there this week - am on a roll with that.

Am looking forward to the indian night on Friday, I am working hard so it will not make a big dent in my healthy eating. Have never done it like this before. Previously I would have cut down a little, like 4 points over the entire week and then ate well all day and stuffed myself all night. We are going to a buffet night, so guaging what I eat will be difficult, but I am determind to enjoy myself and not go too much over the score.

Never thought I would say that

Sorry if I am being repetitive, it's this worry of having to eat all this food so late at night - seems like a fimilar old habit I used to do.....

Sal - enjoy Friday night (you are allowed a night off, I said so ;) )
I know what you mean about eating late at night though - something I've worked out for myself (because I'm cleaver like that :lol: ) is if I eat a big meal at lunch and have a light tea - I lose weight, if I eat a big meal in the evening I gain weight!

I was just over on the weekly weigh in and saw an old page from a couple of months back and my post said I'd lost a pound and now weighed 16.11! Wow sometimes you forget how far you've come don't you? Last night I bumped into someone who last saw me in July - she said 'wow, you've shrunk' it felt fantastic :D

I have to go and get on with the housework I've been flying around all over the place having coffee with friends and shopping and now I have to make up for it all and do some housework!! YUK :(

Good afternoon everyone!

I love Indian food, I am very jealous Carol, have a great evening and enjoy yourself. You seem to be doing very well at the moment. I think you and I are similar when it comes to wine, I can't resist the stuff. In fact, I had 2 glasses at lunchtime. Very naughty I know, but it is pay day (any excuse!). I hope I am not coming across as an alcoholic!

Off topic, does anyone know what happened to Sarah that used to post here and keep us all in check? Also, Veggie, are you still with us?

Phoebe :)

I think we are similar Pheobe - I have been fighting the wine for the last wee while. I think the booze is one of th ereasons I haven' tbeen losing weight.

Have had a bad day adn Ray has offered to get a bottle of wine for tonight - I am very tempted, but have said no as I want to indulge tomorrow night and lose weight on Tuesday.

Why is it not easy

Evening all...

I'm lucky I'm not keen on the taste of alcohol, apart from red wine, pina colada and gin (that sounds like rather a lot though doesn't it? :lol: ) I'd much rather have a cup of tea than a glass of something at night - I suppose I'm not so much of an angel but more of a boring old fart arn't I?

Wow where did the week go, Friday already! I have to be good this w/end as I stayed the same this week and I have to lose another 5lbs for Santa - please send me good vibes gals!!

Have a good one everybody.

Hi to everybody ...from a wet cold Suffolk.And I am sorry to admit this , but as there is only you reading....my favourite drink is a nice cold pint of lager shandy made with carlsberg....preferably drunk on a warm evening on the lawns of a beautiful English pub,in good company ......does that make me a lager lout??

:devil:

Thinking of you tonight Smiling, have a wonderful, wonderful evening with your indian....and your hubby of course!mmmn :T :T
I am imagining the spread...oooooh nan breads, rice, poppodums, sag aloo passandra....OH TEEL DO SHUT UP!!!

Delaney go for it gal, I am sure you can lose 5 lbs for Santa and here are a few vibeletts to help you on your way....:goodvibes :goodvibes :goodvibes :goodvibes :goodvibes

teehee! love from Teel

I usually forget about the colour button, but tonight I thought I would use a nice blue!:cb: :cb: I am longing to know how Smiling enjoyed her Indian and the rest ot the evening....I know if I was her, I would have definately had eaten the pistachio ice cream for the desert choice........ooooooooh!:T :T :nono: :nono :devil: But now it is time for bed in Suffolk...so good night to you all and I hope everybody has a safe and happy weekend. :strong: :strong: :goodvibes :goodvibes :

love from Teel

Didn't have the ice cream Teel, had the gateaux and some indian sweets, they were green and very very sweet. all the wine and spicey food was good last night - I did really enjoy my night out then. BUT it is not so wonderful for my body this morning.

You think we would learn from experience. I don't suffer from hangovers, just can't handle coming in at 2am and then getting back up before 9 to organise football training. Need more sleep ......

Hello to everybody!! I am just writing a short post to say I AM HERE AT LAST!! Bit like my last train journey...I thought I was on the old site for ever and would never get here!

But all is well nad I will post properly tomorrow when I get my brain in gear.... Good night to all

love from Teel

:wave: :wave: :balloons: :balloons:

Anybody for a cold??? Told hubby to keep it to himself but no he couldn't manage that and now I have a stinker of a cold. Just what I don't need. Although I am attempting to carry on with my exercise regime ( I need to burn off that Chinese from Saturday night).

Very kind of you to offer, Leigh-r, but I think I can manage without it at the moment!!!Oh poor girl, I hope you feel tons better soon. It is all misty down in Suffolk this morning but I must get out for a walk with my dog.Iam still keeping to a 3x20 challenge set on one of the other threads and I, too must do some "penance" for the demolition of half a Terrys white choc. snowball last night. Not sure why I ate it really, but I do take some consolation from the fact that a year ago I probably would have eaten all of it...... :devil:

I hope everyone has had a good weekend.I have felt quite bereft not being able to post whilst waiting to go on the new server so it is nice to be here at last. I think it is also great that so many people use this site that 3FC needed to move to a larger capacity provider to accomodate us! WELL DONE 3FC!!! :bravo: :cb: :smug: :high: :balloons:

Yep I had a good weekend apart from eating a Chinese on Saturday night. :(

Today, however, is not so good.
I have successfully blown up 2 yes 2 printers :(:(:(
And to add insult to injury I went to go to buy a new printer and the car died :(:(:(

Well £20 later the car is sorted. And another £60 later I have a fully operational printer. Just nned to replave the 2nd printer at some point.

I wonder if this is going to be the start of a really bad week, what with the cold as well.

I could just go back to bed and not get up again until next Monday.

OK it's offical I am finally here. Checked this morning was still on the old server, but here I am.

Have had a hard week, feeling like I might be getting a cold myself, something is hanging over me, not sure what yet though. Have a feeling that dreaded TOM is about to start, have that bloated feeling.

Am all with Leigh for going back to bed and getting up next Monday.

OK now I'm here what can I tell you about my weekend.

I was that good all last week through to Friday, I went out determined to enjoy myself and I did. I ate loads, drank too much and talked for Scotland.

Then on Saturday morning I just kept eating. We were laying laminated floor in the livingroom - or rather Ray was. I cleared the livingroom and then sat on my bum and ate. Had toast for breakfast, then a McDonalds (why ????), followed by 2 sausages in batter from the chippie, a chinese and a load of vodka and everything else I could find to eat.

Have no reason why, but I slipped right back into my old eating habits, for absolutely no reason. :o :( :mad: :^:

So when I got up Sunday morning, I was detemined to turn over a new leaf. Got up and took all the food out of my cupboards and put the points value of absolutely everything on the labels, everything except the boys milk shake powder and Rays black pudding. There is no chance I will eat either of those.

So since Sunday I have been back on it with vengance. Yesterday i was in danger of not eating enough - wonder why I wasn't hungry ? Ending up having 17 points, that was with us going to the Brewers Fayre for our dinner, had oriental chicken, one of the weight watchers meals and I drove so no booze.

Today I am only sitting at 8 points, but think dinner will put me up to about 16, so just need to find a supper and I'll be fine with today. Last thing I want is to end up with this body going into starvation mode.

So that was my weekend, here's to a not to embrassing weigh in tomorrow. Just have to face it and move on. It happen. As a woman I have seen talking about Emotional Intelligence.

"Stuff happens it's the way you deal with it that counts"

Love that quote, carol, will try to remember it, in my case wine chocolate (and the rest) happen!! :) my weekend was quite calorific, but enjoyed it been back on track for the last couple of days and am still hoping to reach 14-13 before crimbo, But won't beat myself with a big stick if i dont!!
have been on strike today and am now going to go and face some christmas shopping!! wish me luck!! TQ

Hello - am going to be an angel this week. Am determind to make a stone before Christmas, but like TQ I won't beat myself up with a big stick if I don't make it. Back to 5lbs to go to be there. That dreaded TOM is due and I know that if I stick to my plans I will weigh less next week.

best go am far too busy at work to be chatting, but you know how it goes................

Sean has been super adorable tonight, not very often I can say that. He wanted to know why I had written "3 points" on the side of the biscuit tin. Explained all about points, it's full of penguins at the moment. Told him how many I should be eating and how I am going to lose weight. The little angel then went and got me 8 penguins, so I can eat my 24 points tomorrow and get skinny like him.

Not sure his idea of losing weight is very healthy, but his heart was in the right place.

Am going to change the way I count my points from now on. I was saying to Gail (vll) that I always struggle over the weekends. So she suggested that instead of starting my points week on a Tuesday night, I start it at 6pm on a Friday. That way I have 168 points for the entire week. I need to keep an honest count of what I eat over the weekend and then on Sunday night, tally it up and work out how many points I have remaining for the week and divide it by 5, and thats the points I have left to do me everyday that week until 6pm on Friday when it all starts again.

Figure if I don't try I won't know if it works.

Was saying to Ray earlier that I might end up with lots of veg and free salads the first week as I always over eat at the weekend. But if I end up with only 10 points a day, Monday through to Friday one week, I figure I am soon going to learn that I can't each that much at the weekend. Also I will learn how to make appetising variations on the zero point soup, like zero point chilli, zero point stir fry, zero point vegetabel stews, etc.

I need to enjoy myself this weekend but keep the head, especially if I want to eat 'REAL' food next week. At least I have to Friday to eat 24 points everyday - if I can.

Next big problem is that I am struggling to eat enough at the moment. Am sure it is only a temporary problem. I know where I am slipping. It is during the day. I am only having breakfast of cereal or toast and then lunch of a salad and a sandwich. I used to eat at least 2 other times during the day. The healthy snacks are in my desk but I haven't been hungry - I nearly forced down a couple of oatcakes this afternoon, as I know I have to eat more than I am, but common sense told me to leave it, as if I ate them then I would probably struggle eating tea. Am eating a big sensible meals, soup, fish in breadcrumbs, potatoes and veg ann sugar free jelly with a dutch crispbread and yougurt. I am eating volume but just not a lot of points.

Need to come up with something high in points which isn't cheese or wine or even chocolate, although I could always have one of Seans penguins.

hee hee.I am not sure what has happened but my puter has started singing "I'm singing in the rain "to me........!!!!!!!

I did just pop by to send you this, Smiling....

Those are the kind of penguins I like, can't eat them.

aren't they cute or aren't they cute???


love from penguin-mad in Suffolk

Those chips at the swimming we're calling my name tonight. Steven and Ray had some while Sean was swimming and I was tempted, but stuck with the diet coke. And then when Sean got his I nearly brought some. I did steal some of Seans, but for every one I stole, he took a big sip of my juice so I reckoned I was going to end up being the loser as I would run out of juice long before he ran out of chips.

Thanks heavens for fun loving and 'sharing' seven year olds. ;)

Second time this week, Sean has spurred me on to the healthy eating. Funny how his tit for tat, you eat mine and I'll eat yours worked tonight, I finished the juice while he munched his chips.

Was busy busy at work, didn't really stop all day, but came home feeling that I hadn't accomplished anything. Tomorrow is another day.

Have a friend coming to work for lunch tomorrow, am looking forward to it, haven't seen him for 2 months. Will probably mean going to O'Neills and having chips and an O'Neill burger, dread to think how many points are in that. Will be salad for tea tomorrow night !!!!

You will be so busy catching up on each others news that you probably won't have time to eat, Smiling!!I hope you have a great time with your friend and get a few comments as to how much weight you HAVE ACTUALLY LOST! :D :angel: :wave:

bye for tonight
love from Teel

I have spent some time looking at the food reviews on this site and would love to try the new vanilla coke...but I have never seen it .....has any body else??? Also I cannot locate any suppliers of Lean Cuisine...the beef teriake (sp) and the newly rated honey chicken look scrummy but I don't know where one can purchase them. My local sainsburys used to stock that range but now it seems to have changed everything.....HELP!!! :(

It is definately winter in Suffolk today....but at least we have not got any snow yet.....

Smiling, I hope you had a great time lunching with your friend..... Has anybody heard from Delaney yet.....or spied her amongst the Christmas shoppers? Perhaps TOB gobbled her up as part of her snack during weigh-in last week..... :devil: :p


hehehe!! bye for now

love from me

Now I have a terrible image of Delaney and TOB, but all I can see of Delaney are her legs sticking out of TOB's mouth, kicking her feet for all her worth - sorry sometimes I have a really silly sense of humour !!!!

Lunch was great, it was really good to catch up with Stephen, we walked to town, I had a burger with no cheese or anything and I did leave one chip on the plate. We did tons of talking so surely that burned off some cals as well, it is exercise of a form isn't it ? He has losts lots more weight than me, so praise was due for both of us. Had a really good time and am still on plan - just by the skin of my teeth.

Tomorrow will be a good exercise day at work, I need to pack up all my stuff at work and organise old kit from one room until another - will give me a good work out after todays - fat full lunch.

Am very tired, had my Steven in our bed for the last 2 nights, I don't get a good sleep when he is there, he is too restless and sleep so close to me, every time I move he snuggles closer. It is nice for a while, but I am fed up with it, I have warned him he is banned from my bed tonight. Will see what happens, he has already been asleep for over an hour.

I was going to go for another bath tonight, but might stay out of it and watch the Robson Green program that is on. Decisions decisions, my life is full of choices at the moment.

hehehe:devil: :devil: ooh you are wicked.......But I can here the teeth grinding from here!!!!:T visions of prehistoric beasties prancing around with bits hanging out of their mouth....:eek:

Glad you had a good time with Stephen.

Be back soon love from Teel

:wave: :strong: :wave: :dance:

mmmmn......this is a pelarosaurus!....apparently found in England.......and Leicestershire is in England...:devil: :devil:

And I think it is jolly necessary in this life to have a silly sense of humour....I take mine with me where ever I go.....

Hello, it is very quiet around here today. Just finishing my salad for lunch and thought I would pop in and say ' hello'

Teel - re vanilla coke, I saw some raves for it on another board. I would guess it is a recent thing in USA so will take some time coming over here.

Smiling Sal - your Sean sounds a real sweetie. Such a shame they grow up! If pnly kids logic worked in the diet world!

Have started counting my points from 6pm tonight, have 168 points to do me all week and I when they are done they are done - could be a big problem if I have none left after Tuesday - just means I'll need to be very very careful this weekend.

Is having a postive effect already. I have the munchies and instead of just diving in and eating, and thinking I will count again tomorrow. I have stopped a couple of times and thought about what it will be like the rest of the week, if eat too much tonight.

Not sure how I am going to cope with this, I will settle down to in after a couple of days. Am still doing exactly the same thing, just changing the way I measure it all, weekly instead of daily. Just this small change has brought it all back to the front of my mind, am concentrating on it again.

Hope everyone is OK, speak to you soon

Hello to SmilingSal....as I see your light is all lit up shining and bright.

I am not going to post much tonight....have journelled but failed on my 3x20 challenge this week....been fairly OP though. I will write tomorrow when I hope my normal crazy exuberance and questionable sense of humour can cut through the black depressive mode I am in at the moment.....


Night night from England

:wave: :wave: :grouphug:

yes I'm here, have been reading through some of the threads we have created this year. Have come across lot of fimilar names and conversations, has been quite nostaglic to read what we were talking about earlier this year.

Have just been into the kitchen for some juice, opened the 'goodie' cupboard to see what there was for eating and shut it again after deciding I didn't really want anything. That doesn't happen very often to me - I am amazing tonight. If only I could be this amazing all the time, I would have lost lots of this weight.

Night night to all friends here, old and new

Carol
xxxx

Originally posted by Smiling Sal
Have just been into the kitchen for some juice, opened the 'goodie' cupboard to see what there was for eating and shut it again after deciding I didn't really want anything. That doesn't happen very often to me - I am amazing tonight.
Carol
xxxx

:cp: :strong::cp: :strong: :cp:

YO!!YOU ARE SUCH A STAR!!!!!
Its good when we think those thoughts, is it not?

Thank you Peacock for the news of Vanilla coke....it will be good to have something new to tickle the taste buds when it arrives over the pond!!!Shame, but I don't really like lemon in my coke when it has been added by the slice, so I have not bought the "new"coke with lemon variety.

TOB hasn't spat out Delaney yet then? She must taste good....wonder what "flavour!" shower gel Delaney uses. I LOVE the purple imperial leather.......:devil: :devil:

I too like the purple imperial leather.

Steven decided to stay with his Gran last night, so me, Ray and Sean went to the Indian for dinner. They have a buffet night on a Saturday and it was really good and so I was I. I did have wine, I did eat a lot, but I stopped a long time befoe I reached that stuffed feeling. There was more wine at home, but when we got in, I was so tired I went to bed the same time as Sean and slept right through to this morning - so no additional nibbles for me last night,

Just not sure how to 'point' my Indian last night. I didn't have a pudding, I was given the last glass of wine as my dessert ? But I had pompadoms, with spiced onions and peppers, a variation (2 medium platefuls) of meats with a little sauce and some rice and wine. Was going to allow 30 points for the whole experience, as the sauces can be high in cals and sat fat. At the moment I think 30 might be a high estimate, but then in a couple of hours, I'll be kidding myself on that it is too low and wondering if I should allocate 40. Am going to go for 30 - decision made !!!!!!

Need to do some washing today, this house is a bomb site. Yesterday we got some units delivered by Index for the livingroom, 2 out of 3 of them are damaged and need to go back and be replaced. Only thing is one of them is now out of stock, but I can get it at my local store - why didn't I just go there in the first place. Home shopping sucks, when it all goes wrong.

Looks like I am working all next weekend now, I ws trying to keep it down to the Sunday only, but that is not going to be the case, may be able to not go in until about lunchtime on the Saturday, depending on how late we stay on the Friday night. We are moving the office around, so there will be lots of exercise taking place, gotta find a positive reason for being there

Am off to try and persuade Sean to eat breakfast, thing he is full up with naan bread from last night and the sweet out of his advent calendar.

Happy December !

I had a huge amount of points last night too, it had been the xmas fayre at school and after being good all day i came home to a huge curry , wine and haagen daaz. Today is another day!! I am off to santas Kingdom at wembley, will have to have willpower from somewhere!! have a great day everyone.

This starting counting your points on a Friday evening is amazing. I have had a wonderful weekend, have eaten out twice but have made sensible choices about what I have eaten and how I have balanced it out with the rest of the day. I put last nights curry down to 30 points, had lots of goodies and tonight we went to a local restaaurant and I had gammon and potatoes and veg and lots of diet Coke. Think Ray like the idea of me drinking less and driving more. Tonights meal measured up to about 15 points, not a lot in the big picture.

Think I am going to balance out at about 20 points every day for the rest of this week, I am very happy about that I can live with doing things this way. I won't see a difference in the scales for doing it the 'new' way this week, as I've only been doing it since Friday, but I do feel better about the whole weekend thing than I usually do.

Talking of shower gel has anyone sniffed/tried the Marks & Spencer winter spice one. Bright red and spicey! Lovely! Limited time available though because it is a Christmas thing. They do bath stuff too.

On the subject of flavoured coke I love the lemon coke as I prefer a slice of lemon in it and do not always have a fresh lemon around (except a very green furry one in the fridge!). I think this will be my Xmas drink (with an occasional cocktail).

Well (confession time) I did have a couple of glasses of wine and brandy -no, not together!- at my friend's house this weekend. I don't really enjoy drinking much but thought the brandy would help my dodgy tooth/teeth situation as my mouth is a bit tender. It sort of did but I tend to get an ache in my arms after drinking alcohol.

Originally posted by Peacock
[but I tend to get an ache in my arms after drinking alcohol. [/B]

:devil: :devil: Is that 'cos the wine glasses are so big, Peacock??
:D hehehe!!

The M & S winter spice collection is lovely, I totally agree. I bought the room spray and the hand wash and it is a gorgeous rich colour as well.

No new WW class for me this week. Sean isn't very well, so it will be off to the usual class tomorrow lunchtime, around all the moving. Will just need to make time for the meeting to see what the new 'gimmick' they are introducing. As long as it works, I don't really care what it is.

Have eaten like a pig today, but am still within points. Have a friend coming round with a desk for Sean later, was going to put it in Seans room, but now that he is sleeping will need to just put it in the livingroom, with all the other rubbish!!!

Ray went back to homebase to change our livingroom units, but they are a discontinued stock and we can't get them anywhere - So we are compirsing with yet another bookcase. We may have some furniture back in the livingroom by Christmas.

Have worked very hard today, lots of physical exercise, lifting and movin gand bending. Will all help burn off some of this weight.

Need to go look after my sick wee man. Realised tonight how grown up he is getting, he is only 7 for goodness sake. He sat on the couch and did his homework then told me he didn't feel very well, calmly and sensibly adn that he thought he was going to be sick.

Now though he is watching Chitty Chitty bang bang in my room, he better not be sick in there

:( Oh poor kid....hope Chitty Chitty Bang Bang took his mind off things and he feels better in the morning, Smiling Sal. Hope it is nothing you are likely to catch, you are so busy at the moment re-jigging your furniture.

:strong: :strong: visions of wee Scots woman tossing furniture up the stairs and across rooms as if she were tossing the caber..(sp)

Hey!! No-one has dropped by to say hi since I posted 23 hrs ago....think I will have to do a roll call

:drill: :drill:
Well I hope you are all fine and Smiling Sal has not caught the lurg from DS.
I am afraid I have been filling my picture files with nice, cold seasonal stuff....hope you like the ones I put up....
Smiling Sal, I hope you had a good weigh-in at ww today, TQ, are you still lost in Santa's kingdom at wembly?Or are you still trying to get all those packages home safely?!

Ta ta for now..get those thermals out ready for the big freeze over the weekend.

I am here, I think :dizzy: :dizzy:
Only had time to come on and do my journal today. It's 3 minutes from midnight and I am finally sat down and relaxing. Weigh-in in 2 days and fingers crossed that I'll have stayed same or lost.

Hi all, time for a quick reply whilst necking my heinz tomato and lentil soup, (my current fave!!)
i am out of Santas kingdom but feel as busy as one of Santas helpers at the mo, still loads of shopping to do and hundreds (it seems) of cards to write!! Weight loss should be good this week cos time is so short i am eating on the run, talk to you soon, be good, TQ

I have bought all my presents feel free to throw things at me :D I havent paid for them all yet though HA :( :o :?: :^:

VEGGIE!!! Is that really you come back to us??
:cp: :hat: :high:

Huh! But with news like "I have bought all my pressies!" I think you aught to go into hibernation again....... :cb: :cb:

Veggie I to have bought all my pressies. But having said that I only have to buy for my hubby. So far only 1 item and of 3 paid for :(

I am still here and so far I am surviving the dreaded lurgy. Sean is much better, although he still has a cold, but at least he has stopped being sick and his temperature is back to normal. To be honest I am feeling a bit under the weather, but think that is due to the big office move we are doing at work. I stripped all the PCs of one floor yesterday and have lugged loads of kit around the building today. Keep telling myself that it will all help the weight loss.

So I am very very tired and am waiting for Ray to finish tidying the kitchen so I can go and make the boys pack lunches for tomorrow. They usually have school dinners, but tomorrow is the schools Christmas dinner and there is no way they will eat anything like that, so it' smums sarnies for a change.

I have brought most of my presents and have paid for all but 4 of them, just need to buy some padders for the boys, pyjamas, socks, the kind of presents to make the pile look a bit bigger on Christmas morning.

Am being good eating wise but not an angel. Struggled not to buy a bottle of wine in the Co-op this evening, but I walked past them all, evening the nice one with the blue label that was shouting my name. May regret that later this evening, but not bext week on the scales. Just got to keep reminding myself of that.

Once I have made tomorrows lunches, I'm off for a long hot soak in the bath with a good book, my babadas and a large glass of blackcurrent juice - am looking forward to it. Ray will just need to do 'bedtime' tonight.

I went for a swim last night. Sean didn't go to his swimming lessons, so while Steven was having his, I swam backwards and forwards to my hearts content. Have no idea how far I swam, but I was in the water for about 40 minutes. Much more fun than just sitting watching.

Is anybody else having strange taste changes. I have always hated chocolate drinks. But last week I brought some of the Cadburys Highlights for the boys and tried a mouthful myself. Am hooked now. Think I have drank more hot chocoloate in the last week then I have in my entire life so far.

Need to stop rabbiting and catch up with everybosy else.

See you tomorrow

Am still here, but today I am eating for Scotland, am going to end up with a very lean week next week if I keep eating points like this all weekend.

Spent all day moving PCs which must count for something and tomorrow I get to start moving them all into there new homes, once the electricians have got all the desks wired up.

Busy busy busy.

Sean was sick again this morning the poor wee soul isn't very well at all at the moment, the only consolation is that appears to be a lot of it going around at the moment. At least now he has the weekend to sleep it out of his system.

Need to work all weekend - worst luck.

Any other WW watchers out there, what do you think of the new strategy ? Don't want to post my thoughts yet as I know TQ goes tomorrow morning

Ray has gone for a takeaway - I will need to work hard to burn off these extra cals

See you

Ayup all<

I have been so busy this week as I am sure we all have, food has not been top of the list, lets hope tomorrows weigh in proves this!!!!
Just about got the prezzies sorted, cards yet to write/post, no oven so cakes not even thought bout!!
Going to France tomorrow, in laws here to look after h, we are staying overnight, looking forward to it, but could do without it if you know what I mean!! Xmas will come wether i am ready or not so am trying to enjoy it!! Got a dress from matalan for £8 and am really thrilled with it!!!!!! i will P-A-R-T-Y in it this Xmas and all that jazz!!
Keep up the good work!!
Carol_ looking forward to the WW 'surprise' tomorrow!!

Me again!! have been up since 5am, dunno if I am excited about the trip to France or what but I am wide awake. I have cleaned the kitchen and am about to iron. No doubt I will be flagging later.

Carol- spoke to my friend last night who goes to ww and she said they had to sing simply the best and rock around the clock at her meeting this week due to the launch of their new time to eat, diet. Just sounds like more money making sales ploys to me, ever the cynic!! so scales are back and after all that toss em out stuff over the last 2 years....says she who will buy em in a weak moment thinking they are what I ned to make me lose weight!! Lets hope not!!

Well better get off and get ironing, have a great weekend folks!!
TQ

We didn't sing but we had to cheer !!!!!!!!!!!!! Think it is just a money spinning re-launch of pure points under a different name. With a few subtle changes.

Was dicussing it with a friend who goes to a different class from me and we decided that they have implemented it now at their quietest time so that the leaders can get used to it and then in January when the advertising campaign starts, every one will look like they know what we are doing. My friends leader has been doing the quick to kick for a fortnight and has lost 11lbs - what she didn't tell her class was that she had gained 7 of those, whilst on holiday the week before - so yes she losts them, but they would have been water weight. (friend helps out at the class - that's how she knew about the gain)

And the price is going up in January to £4.75

Have finished moaning, have a great time in France, I'm off to work

I rejoined WW about two weeks ago with a work colleague. She spends most of her time at work browsing the WW site, so told me last week that the price was going up in January and also the new slogan. Personally I just think it's a marketing play to sell more WW branded stuff. Did you know those wonder scales are about £35!!!!

Interesting article the other day in the Mail, the author of Fat is a Feminist Issue (Susie Orbach?) and a few others are planning to sue WW. If anyone's interested, I'll type the article out in full and post.

Apparently you'll receive literature or something every week as opposed to the old system where you got nothing after week 10.

Gail had a round leaflet all about pancake day with her on Tuesday. She said we would get something every week from now on, with a bigger item the first week in the month.

Everything Gail was talking about was expensive, the scales that point the food for you, the database, nothign for those on a budget here.

Will just need to give it a go and see how I get on.

Think I have forgotten what points are and how to count to 24 this week

Am very tired - again - is my danger time - eat more when I am tired.

BigPhatBooty - I'd be interested in the article that you spoke about.

Smiling Sal - Everything Gail was talking about was expensive, the scales that point the food for you, the database, nothign for those on a budget here.

hmmm I was thinking of joining after xmas. Am on a tight budget which is why I haven't joined before.

Leigh,

I don't know whether you like the sound of the eating plan for slimming world, but if you're on a budget then you might want to consider it as it's a little cheaper.

At the moment it costs £3.75 a week, and there are always offers on when you join. Either it's the full £10 to join, but your first class free, or you have to pay for the first class, but the joining fee is half price at £5.

After that there are things you could spend your money on (their own muesli type bars, recipe books) but all you actually need is a set of regular kitchen scales.

Anyway you can find out more at their website http://www.slimming-world.co.uk or feel free to ask me. I know I sound like I'm on comission, but I promise you I'm not! :)

Minigem.

TQ.are you returned from France yet laden with all sized bottles of wonderful stuff?

Am I being extra thick this morning? I know dawn has not cracked yet but I could not sleep.....but did I read that ww had a sheet about pancake day, last week???????It's not FLIPPIN' Christmas here yet,let alone Shrove Tuesday. I know we can get easter eggs usually on Boxing day but this really does take the biscuit!! or the pudding,as I prefer.What does everyone else think!!

Leigh if you just go to meetigs and don't buy all the WW stuff you'd be fine. I only buy the WW caramint sweets as I have become addicted to them. I don't buy their expensive chocolate bars, cook books, pedometers, etc. and now scales. I just make do with m own things and it is working for me, albeit slowly.

Mini Gems slimming world sounds, good I know you do red and green days. And again I know a woman who has lost a lot of weight following that plan.

Ate far too much last night, but then today is a new day and I have to make it my back to plan day. Am off to try and point out what I will be eating for the day.

Am hoping all the additional exercise this week will keep my weight steady and not show too much of a gain this week - no harm in wishful thinking

I rejoined WW for the 4th time 3 weeks ago and the colleague I joined with showed me this article on Friday 6th December. Just want to see what everyone else thinks.


Daily Mail - Thursday 5th December
Why I believe Fergie’s diet only make you fatter by Susie Orbach (Author of Fat Is A Feminist Issue)

With its beguiling “before” and “after” photos of weight-loss triumph, the commercial diet industry has traded for too long on our modern obsession with our weight.

Over the years, we’ve been urged to eat less fat, then to eat more fat; to eat more carbohydrates, the to eat no carbohydrates at all.

Diet plans come and go, and with them the happiness and emotional well-being of the millions of people who are sucked into the weight-loss dream.

Now it’s time to make a stand. I have convened a lobbying group, AnyBody, to campaign against the body hatred that is now so endemic to our society.

We’re attacking this problem on many different fronts, one of which is a planned legal action against the diet industry giant Weight Watchers.

We intend to represent thousands of women and men who have paid out many hundreds of pounds to Weight Watchers, only to find that they have ended up fatter than before they embarked on its’ laborious programme of counting “points” and weekly weigh-ins.

I know we will face criticism for even contemplating court action. Critics will argue that this is the compensation culture gone crazy and that those who fail to lose weight have only themselves to blame, because they are greedy people, lacing in will power, whose weight gain has more to do with their predilection for junk food than any flaws in the Weight Watchers’ system.

But the reality is very different. There is sound scientific evidence that suggest that the whole concept of dieting is fundamentally flawed.

Our campaign is not to make loads of money but to challenge the ideas of Weight Watchers and other organisation that are as questionable and even potentially harmful.

I want to make it clear that my quarrel has never been with the concept of weight loss.

Obesity is a serious problem. Government figures suggest that more than half of women and tow-thirds of men in Britain are over-weight or obese.

Our children are affected, too: one-third of all girls aged 11 are overweight and 20% of all 11 year old boys are overweight.

These figures are disturbing and the problem requires solutions that work.

I first crossed swords with Weight Watchers in a TV debate in the early Eighties. My book, Fat Is A Feminist Issue, had raised the hackles of the diet industry by arguing that diet plans simply don’t work.

They give us an external structure of rules and regulations that make us feel temporarily safe but fail to look at what I regard as the real problem: why people eat when they are not hungry.

After a robust debate, I spoke to Weight Watchers’ then chief executive in Britain, an American. She told me that one of the biggest problems confronting Weight Watchers was recidivism - people who followed the diets and then went back to their “bad” eating habits.

She seemed genuinely concerned and told me that they were working with psychologists to confront these problems.

Since then, Weight Watchers has become a multi-million-pound business, and I don’t believe it is the very “problems” of recidivism that has made Weight Watchers its fortune. For those who feel they are overweight, Weight Watchers offers what seems to be the perfect solution: you can lose weight while still eating your favourite foods, albeit in smaller portions.

Food and drinks are given “points” depending on their saturated fat and calorie content. Members are given a maximum number of points to stick to with the aim of losing between one and two pounds each week.

Some members opt for go-it-alone programmes at home but most attend group meetings run by a Weight Watchers leader.

They pay £9 to register and a weekly fee of £4.50 for the privilege of being weighed in public and attending a discussion on weight loss, although I believe a big money spinner for Weight Watchers is in the sale of pre-packaged diet foods.

It’s certainly true that people do lose weight with Weight Watchers. The problem is that they quickly put it back on again. The reason is simple: our bodies are simply not designed to diet.

Our metabolisms have what scientist call a “set point” - something like a thermostat in a central heating system.

When we gorge ourselves at Christmas, our metabolisms speed up to burn off the excess food. But when we reduce our intake, as when we go on a diet, our bodies go into survival mode, slowing down our metabolisms.

If we continually diet, our body thermostat eventually fails to rest itself once we begin eating normally again. Our metabolisms continue to operate at the slower rate and we start to regain weight.

This leads to the “yo-yo effect” - a vicious cycle of weight-gain and weight loss.

If the plans actually worked, members would have to sign up only once.

Instead, they find themselves returning to its products and promises time and time again.

This leads to huge profits for the diet companies. During the Nineties, American consumers spent more than the annual government budgets for education, health and welfare combined. I believe that the real solution is to re-educate our bodies and minds to eat only when we are hungry. It suits the diet industry far better to convince us that we need their programmes.

There is no doubt that they have a captive market - psychologically prepared for them by the media, fashion and advertising industries who constantly bombard us with photographs of slim and beautiful young women.

They create a vulnerability in all of us that enables organisation such as Weight Watchers to make millions.

For Weight Watchers it’s a win-win situation. The relatively few people who do not lose weight permanently can be claimed as a victory and photographed for publicity purposes.

The rest will continue to buy their products - blaming their failure on their own lack of will power and putting their trust back into an organisation that has failed them in the first place.

BigPhatBooty - ty for typing all that out. It was a good read.

Smiling Sal - ty for your suggestions. But am still concerned about the cost of attending each wk to ww.

Mini Gem - ty for that am off to have a look at Slimming World.

Leigh it does work out expensive. I haven't been able to afford to go for a long time. Ray was working at a very low paid job and we were struggling to survive. When Rays current contract comes to an end WW will be the first thing to go. It has helped me to focus for the last few weeks, but I know I will get to a stage where I am just wasting my money by going as I'm not following any of the stuff and I will just jack it in, yet again and spend the money on something more worthwhile.

BPB - Thanks for typing all that. A lot of it rang true, between WW, Scottish Slimmers and Camelon Slimming (local club) I reckon I have joined and rejoined about 8 or 9 times. Each time being heavier than I was when I left the last time.

Just think of all that wasted money and effort.

I know I struggle with my metabolism. I don't think mine speeds up to cope with the additional food at Christmas and that is where my problem comes from. Over every Christmas / New Year holiday for the last 14 or so years, I have gained half a stone, on a good year. Usually if I'm honest it is more like 10lbs to a stone and then I struggle during Jan to Mar to lose it and then gain it all back before the schools finish at the end of June, usually all gained back long before that. And then I gain steadily until about October when I get an attack of the guilts, thinking, I weigh so much now so after Christmas when I've eaten everything I want over the holidays I will weigh XX stones.

I remember watching some documentary a few years ago about a group of 'laddos' and one said he would sleep with any woman as long as she was under 12 stone and I was so proud of the fact that he would sleep with me. (Not that I would sleep with him, he was hideous, but I was that proud that I fell within his 'sexy' weight limit, even if I was on the very top of it) That thought has been going round my head a lot recently, not sure why.

I am hoping Ray will get kept on at work until the end of April, if not longer. Because if I am not fed up with it by then and jacked it all in myself, I'll have stepped in to my starting to regain weight cycle. I really want to do this. I want to be sitting here next year telling you all that I have gone out and brought my size 12 dress and the 'just-in-case' outfit which will be all fitted and stunning. I don't want to be hunting out those shops which do size 22's. Am fed up with being a size 22, but don't want to be a 24 - you know what I mean.

I think I have the mindset this time. I do line the WW fat cats pockets with my membership money every week, but I don't buy their brand stuff. Am afraid I see the £35.00 scales that point your food for you as the height of nosense. I can weigh out the chicken and look in a book for the points value, why do I need a machine or a database to do it for me.

All the goodies are the same, the cereal bars are nice and are only 2.5 points, but the jordan ones I brought are nicer, bigger and better value for money and points at only 2 points each.

I could go on for ever. I shouldn't have read the article. it will be interesting to see if they do manage to being a court case against WW. I would be an ideal example I must have weighed just over 11 stone when I first joined a slimming class and here I am several years later, weighing in at 16 stone 7lbs, when I re joined, 10 weeks ago.

Am going to copy this into my journal. Am too lazy to write any more.

Am just back in from work. The office is moved, half the people won't be able to log in tomorrow as I had to rob peter to pay paul to have enough network points for the top floor, but the bit I stole them from will have noone working at it tomorrow, so I should have a chance to find a more permanent way around it then

Am very tired, am going to have a cheese sandwich, a packet of salt and vinegar crisps, couple of glasses of wine and then off to bed.

Some one notice I have been losing weight :)

Isabelle will be getting all her computer problems fixed first from now on.

Was so chuffed that some one noticed :dizzy: :p ;) :D :D :) :dizzy: :lol:

ya hoooo!!! it is great isn't it when folk start to comment on how well you are looking.....And SmilingSal...YOU ARE DOING GREAT!!!!
I think it is down to you racing hither and thither getting all your family sorted and ready for Christmas...look! I caught a snap shot of you in the high street the other day!

I hate the slimming industry.......i am not even going to start ...........at the moment it is working cos i am sticking to it wish i could keep it up without the weigh in but been there and failed many times so i just have to part with my cash each week.

Had a great weekend in France, brought too much wine, beer and spirits, not to mention Baileys but Xmas comes once a year!!! Will try not to go mad and become an alcoholic between now and new year. Had some lovely food will have to live on free soup this week, ha h a!! Hope you all had a great weekend. TQ

Smiling Sal - ty for wot u said about ww. Have talked it over with hubby and decided that I'll continue as I am. When I get stuck that'll be the time to consider going to a slimming club.

Hi all - WW will only be getting my money for a limited amount of time. I think I rejoined just to kick start the loss, as I was following the points programme (to a fashion) on my own. One thing I have noticed this time round is that there are signs up in the meetings saying that you will have to pay for missed weeks. Why should I have to pay for the privilege of not turning up. I would be more likely to let my membership lapse and then wait for a token so that I could rejoin and not pay the membership fee. **** will freeze over before I pay for the missed weeks. :devil:

Saw an article in today's Metro...

Four of the bewt know weight loss plans are to be road tested by dieters for a new reality tV show. Diet Trials will track 300 volunteers as they spend six months on Weight Watchers, Slim-Fast, Rosemary Conley and Dr Atkins programmes. Weight loss will be monitored and the most effective approach revealed in the finale of the BBC show, to be aired in March. A spokesman said: "This will be the first programme to comprehensively address dieters' concerns and give them guidance."

Should be interesting....

Should be an interesting program BPB.

TQ - send up the Baileys, else I'm coming down for a bottle. That is going to be my tipple on Christmas eve once Santa has been and filled my living room

Teel - I loved the piccie and there I thought I had been shopping incognito as well.

Leigh - As they say if it ain't broke don't fix it. Your current plan is working for you, so stay with it.

I have totally gone off plan for the entire week. I have no chance of losing that last pound to make a stone tomorrow. I have eaten far too much, exercised a lot but I know I have gained, I can see it in my body shape - my tummy is bloated - not much fun, but if I gained it in a week I can lose it in a week - will be hard work, but I am going to weigh in next Tuesday at 15stone 8.5lbs. Goodness only knows where I will be tomorrow. I will know by lunchtime.

Am very tired - again!!!!!!!!! The move at work went extremely smoothly, everyone could access the computer network this morning, which has won me a lot of brownie points. But now it is all done I am exhausted. Think I could sleep the clock round if I was given the chance.

I have found a low fat Christmas pudding in Marks & Spencer....
it is..
200g in weight

in 100g...cals 270
protein 3.1
carbohydrate 57.7
of which sugars 43.9
fat 2.5
of which saturated 0.9
fibre 4.9
sodium 0.27

you can boil it, microwave it or steam it and it is suitable for vegetarians. I found half a pudding was enough. :T :T :T and it is great for those who don't want a lot of stodge before The Queen's Speech :queen:

It's funny but now that puddings and mince pies are vegetarian I just don't crave them! Mind you I am happy that there is vegetarian jelly now as I do love trifle! I know you don't need jelly in trifle but still...

I think I will just have a jelly on Christmas day - no pud for me!:dizzy:

the road test of the diets will have my viewing. it sounds interesting.

Those diets were on TV before one day - it was the Atkins diet and two people tried it. Although the male had a good weight loss it was agreed that the diet was unhealthy. Dr Atkins lectures aboad luxury cruises so the diet is obviously a money spinner.

Just to let you all know that I am available on msn messenger. I have had to change my sign in name. I am now on leigh529@msn.com. Please feel free to add me. Available most of the day.

Peacock - you may be interested in the discussion Stef and I had a while back about Atkins.

Atkins' road tested by Denise Welch and male reporter (http://3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=22044)

As far as I remember, the male reporter lost 14 lbs and Denise lost 7lbs. They both said they felt very unwell almost from day 1 and had no energy whatsoever...a bit like the feeling you are going down with the flu, I think the reporter said.
They agreed that yes, they had both lost weight, I think it was for a fortnight, but did not feel "well" on the diet and that it was a terribly unbalanced way of eating.
I think I should be sick having to eat so much protein...you could eat meat three meals a day if you really wanted to!

Somehow, I do not think that is the plan for me!!:(

Hello - have had a horrible week, after all the stress of working the weekend to complete the office move. On Tuesday the unit which connects the PCs to the network server, dies completely. I mistakenly thought on Tuesday night it was aj ust a power issue, but all the time I was sleeping the unit was failing little bit by little bit. So by the time anyone got into work on Wednesday they couldn't log into the computer systems.

Took me about 2 hours to figure out what was going on and then a further hour to get someone out from Glasgow with the emergency spares. Then they had to come out again today, as half the floor points weren't numbered, making it impossible to finish the job.

So by end of play today, most people could connect to the network, but whenever someone came back into the office and tried to log in, I had to swap their cable with someone who had gone out.

I appreciate that lot, probably means nothing, but it was one lot of stess I didn't need. My knees were sore yesterday after crawling under desks, usually commando under panels and trying to decipher half rubbed away labels. Decided it is character building, there was no point in getting all stressed out about it. Fell asleep at 7:30 last night, not much use for anything. Am managing to stay awake a bit longer tonight.

Eating was really good yesterday, didn't have time to think about food . There was the left overs from a buffet put out about 3pm and myself and my colleague from Glasgow, were 'ordered' to stop for 5 minutes and grab some thing to eat - sound advice. We were that busy we didn't even stop for a cuppa.

Today though, I have been for an indian at lunchtime, had chicken tikka and then a burger king and a cheese sandwich. Think I am making up for yesterday.

Tomorrow will solve all my problems, when the next unit arrives. That should allow me to get eveyone logged in, prehaps even have a connection left over for myself.

Will be able to think straight tomorrow night. I'm taking the boys to the pictures to see Santa Claus 2, should be fun. Am going armed with my WW caramints (only thing I buy from them)

Speak to you soon

Didn't your company issue you with knee pads then?

Hey this is a sure sign your knees are getting thinner!

No knee pads. Never thought about thinner knees :) :)

No pictures tonight, Steven had his Christmas party at school today and is worn out - his poor old mum is dead beat too. We are going to go tomorrow night - earlyish nights for everyone tonight I think.

Ate well until I came in from work and then I had 3 (THREE !!!!!!!!) packets of quavers, 2 small bits of cheese and a finger of fudge - all in all I reckon that came in about 14 points - some healthy diet - not :(

Still I start counting my new week at six and since that time I have had nothing to eat, but I have walked nearly a mile round to the shop and then on the childminders and back. Is a very nice night, even if it is freezing.

We are supposedly going to put the Christmas tree up tonight, instead of going to the pictures. Think if I can I will leave that treat for tomorrow, might not be able to get away with it, but all I want is some peace and quiet and possibly a bath followed by a hightlights hot drink and bed.

Have a busy day planned for tomorrow, need to take Sean to football training, go to WW, put up the decorations, go to the pictures, do a big christmas shop, plan the rest (last) of my christmas pressies.

Need to find some energy to do all this - will need a hundred mars bars purely for the glucose, if I feel the way I feel at the moment

No pictures again tonight - this time I am too tired.

Ray is going out with a couple of friends, the boys are going to bed with a video - they don't know this yet and I am to veg out on the couch in the livingroom with some diet juice and maybe a a couple of glasses of wine - who knows. It is Saturday night after all.

Need to try and find my energy, seems to have ran away from me at the moment. Am even considering having a McDonalds with the boys for dinner and that is sheer laziness on my part as well as a waste of points, as I'll be hungry again within the hour.

Need to go plan a very low point, low fat feast - had a big baked potato with chicken and mayo earlier - not usually my kind of thing, but I ate it for lunch for some reason !!!!

Need an early night, that will get me back on an even keel

Hello Carol..
I hope you feel somewhat recovered tomorrow after your good nights sleep...

I found this wee beastie lurkin around so thought I would send him up to you on the overnight sleeper train!!!

love from Teel xx


p.s.:sssh: :sssh: :sssh: :yawn: Smiling's a' sleeping!

I have just finished decking the halls, etc!! No cards up yet will have to wait until next week. Dave has gone shopping with H, hope it is for my pressies!! I am really tired and am counting the days until Thursday, then no more work for me until 6th January!!
Hope you have recovered Carol, I recovered with the help of i/2 a bag of tortilla chips, bottle of wine and a large Baileys. trying hard not to go too mad today. Dh has got me some count on us meals to get me through this week.
Hope you are all getting there with the festivities, talk to ypu all soon, TQ.

Well I went to bed early last night slept for a couple of hours and then lay awake from about 1 until gone 4 :( Even got up and made myself a hot drink and lay on the couch and read my book as Ray was annoying me - he was asleep and I was wide awake - didn't take much to annoy me last night. I manage to sleep from the back of 4 until 9 this morning so am coping with today - just. Hopefully tonight I will be out like a light.

We are off to see Santa Claus the movie at 7pm, couldn't get tickets for the 5pm showing. So the boys are going to have their baths early and then go to the pictures and come back and go straight to bed. It finishes at 9:10, we will be home by 9:30, as long as they are straight into bed and asleep they won't be that much later than usual.

I am so off plan with my eating. I have no idea where my self control and will power has gone. I am going to weigh in this week but have already consoled myself that it is going to be a gain week. But if I weigh in this week and gain, then I have made a bargain with myself that I won't gain any more over the holidays. Will be tough but I am the only one who make it happen

Started to paint Seans room again this afternoon - after about a 2 month gap of starting it. Have finally finished the woodwork and want to start the ceiling this evening after the piccies. If I even just get it edged, all ready to roller tomorrow night. His new bed is sitting in the garage along with a desk for his playstation and the TV he is getting for Christmas, so I really need to do it this week.

I hear dinner coming up the drive. Am having a sausage supper - yes I am that much off points !!!!!!!!!

Tomorrow I have to get my act together again !!!!!! Else I'll go back to WW after the holidays weighing more than I did in October.

Carol hope you enjoyed the film, the next few weeks are going to be very hard, very hard. i could panic if i thought about it too much. i just hope whatever happens I can get straight back to it in 2003. I know i will gain, it is just a question of how much!!!!
I don't seem to have stopped this weekend. I have just had a great bath with bath bomb and candles. Need to stock up with them instead of chocs, etc.Will be going to bed soon i think, 4 more days to work, not that i am counting or owt!!!

Good idea about the bath bomb! I got one fro Lush on Saturday. I will make the most of baths at my family's over the Xmas period as I only have a shower back home. I also bought some Karma soap which is really pongy and nice. Unfortunately I didn't leave the food alone and ate a lot of c**p!
Still it is our Slimming World party tonight so a quick weigh in and then the drink and nibbles appear!

Have to face WW tomorrow, am expecting a big old gain. But I need to go to try and keep myself focused - even just a little bit over the holidays

Am off work on Wednesday for the nativity play at school and then finish up on Friday, am really looking forward to it. A whole fortnight with no computers, apart from when I am chatting here

Will report in how big the gain is tomorrow

I hope you enjoy the nativity play tomorrow, SmilingSal. I loved the ones I went to. The children are just so cute and innocent when they are young.

Is it right what I think I heard on the news about no camcorders or photos are allowed to be taken, in case the pictures fall into the wrong hands, like those of a paedophile or anybody else with awful intent??It seems so sad that the human race has come down to this level. I wonder if "man" will ever recover from this violent and violative age.I think the human race has gone too far to know how to turn around..

Teel:(

Good Morning Ladies :wave: do you think i could join you :?: I know Carol (Smiling Sal) from another thread..which is kinda slow right now :( I'm originally from Preston, Lancashire but i'm living in Canada now (don't hold that against me will ya? :lol: ) I've finally got the resolve to do this..AGAIN! I can pick my moments can't I? I'm hoping that i can lose some flab over christmas and the new year but i'll be happy if i can maintain :) I lost 30lbs last year on W.W. but i'm not a salad eater and even though it worked for me i was always hungry :( I slowly but surely fell back into my old eating habits and quit exercising so i'm now back where i started :rolleyes: this time i'm going to try portion control and exercise..nothing will be off limits (in moderation) but i will be trying to make better choices.

Carol..glad to see that you are still around..Terry does'nt post much now..i think she's just disappeared altogether not moved to another 'home'..our thread is very slow must be the season or something...as you can see i'm starting over..I need your help!!

Stats 5'4" current weight 12st 1lb/169lbs.

Parents are allowed to video/take photos at our school. I know lots of schools have banned this and make their own video that you can buy for a fee and any profit goes to the school.
i know photography is banned in most public swimming pools these days, what a world we live in, better to be safe than sorry, lots of sickos around today.

Hi Cathy!! Didn't see you there, good to meet you, you are very welcome. I think it's a great time to get the diet bug, i have a friend who has just started and nothing will stop her over Christrmas, wish I could say the same about myself!!