UK Fat Chicks - Weekly Weigh In - 10

Thought I'd start a new thread, in preparation of all this big losses that will be ours, over the next few weeks

Same as before, just post you losses (or gains ) on whatever day you weigh in and I'll tally it up on a Monday

We lost 11 stone 11 lbs in under 6 months last year, this year we will be amazing

2003 is going to be our year

Thanks Carol! i will be going to WW on Sat nmorning, if I dare, eeeeek!!

I'll be there Monday night - am changing classes - will be scary

Hope this one works. Have been having trouble posting.

Somehow I managed to lose 3lb over the past fortnight. And that was without exercising. Have now lost my first stone.

YO!!! LEIGH-R WELL DONE ON THE WEIGHT LOSS OVER THE CHRISTMAS PERIOD!!!!! :strong: :spin: :cp: :cb: :D

How on earth did you manage that????

Well done again, gal, and congrats to ALL of us who have made that amazing total over the year!!
WE ARE FANTASTIC!!!!! :grouphug: :dancer: :balloons: :drill: :grouphug:

Wow Leigh you are a super hero(ine), well done!!

TY all. Not sure how I did. I didn't exercise, overate a little and had a booze session on New Years Eve. Hmmm wonder if it'll work every week??? Only kidding I am back on track now.

Well done Leigh, our first loss of 2003

Congrats leigh-r :balloons:

My official start date is Monday - hubby wants to take me out to dinner tomorrow to make up for my wonderful Christmas :lol:

I have just been to WW, I have gained a big fat 10lb!!
HELP I need counselling!!:( :o
Oh well, ToM arriving this morning hasn't helped matters but can't blame it on that........I'll get me coat!!:eek: :eek: :devil: :sp: :bomb: :tape: :yikes:

Oh TQ, don't worry. You're not the only one. I'm sure I've gained loads after coming off the diet completely. I'm still not back on it properly (yesterday I ate 3 bowls of ice cream!!!). A few days ago I went to Boots and found that I've put on about 5lbs, so God knows how much it'll be by next Tuesday! :(

I have this feeling that if I've put on a lot it's not worth carrying on with the diet. I know it's wrong, as I can't have put back on everything I'd lost in two weeks, and even if I had, it's still worth losing it again. :) But you've lost so much that this is just a blip, and I hope you had a fun Xmas putting it all on. I know I did. :D

Yes mini gem I did have a good one!! The proof of the pudding is on the scales :o

well girls like you I've had a really bad weigh in too I gained 9lbs...the only difference is my crime is just being a woman...i;'ve done nothing wrng as far as eating goes, but TOM has raised its ugly head...I knew it was going to be a bad one this month because I have been getting more and more bloated daily since last friday...yesterday I had to resort back tio wearing a pair of size 16 jeans because I just couldn't get into anything else. At the time I didn't feel as though I had been deprived of anything over christmas and new year, tho I could have murdered for some of all the chocolate gateauxs that were floating around, but I didn't give in....now I am asking myself was it all worth it...of course I know it is really and at least this 9lb is just fluid, if I had given in it would have been more and not just fluid. still its only 9lbs and not the highest I have ever gained at this time of the month...looking back since I started keeping track of my weight gains at this time my highest was 21lbs gain...and it didn't all come off the following week it took 2 :(
I am totally miserable today now...not the way I wanted to start the new year off :(

Ali :wave:

It will go just as it came. Very annoying though, I thought the weigher was going to laugh when she saw the scales, good job she didn't !! Not a very encouraging start to the day though!!

I've looked at my journal and i've been this weight for the last 3 weeks so i guess i have'nt gained anything over the holidays :D now i'm planning on seeing the numbers go down.

Chins up girls. Your weigh in's aren't totally bad after this holiday season. And you know from past experiences that it'll all soon be gone again, especially the fluids!
Everyone has done so well in the past year I've been visiting this site, and I know you'll all be an inspiration to me once again this year, I want to be an inspiration to someone this year too.

I wish I had a magic wand and could make all the festive and TOM gains disappear.

I've yet to face mine on Monday night, at a new class ???? My scales were showing a 2lbs gain after a boozey night, but I reckon now I am rehydrated and after all the eating and drinking I am doing tonight, it will be more than that.

During the weeks before xmas my weight had been hovering between 11st 11lbs and 12st 4lbs, the last time I weighed myself before xmas I was 12st 2lbs, now after xmas I am 12st 1lb????!

I dont understand! I was such a pig over xmas! Chocolate, biscuits, fizzy drinks, alcohol and we had family down so we went out for dinner and lunch a lot which meant pizza, chips, lasagne, burgers, curry plus puddings!!!!!

I went out clubbing with my mates more than usual coz they were back from uni, so perhaps dancing the night away helped?

Obviously Im pleased, but part of me is kinda annoyed too, coz all year (minus my 2 weeks on holiday anyway!) Ive been eating really healthily, weeks with no chocolate, crisps, chips, cakes, biscuits, sweets etc and Ive only lost a stone, then I eat crap over xmas and lose a lb? Im glad Ive lost a lb over xmas, but how come when I eat 10 times healthier than that I often dont lose a thing or put on a couple of lbs?

U probably all think Im a right ***** for losing a lb by being a pig, sorry!

But Im really confused now though and I dont know what to do!

Well done Chi chi chi!! maybe you did plenty of exercise dancing the night away or something, whatever happened it sounds good to me. I once lost 1 and a half pound over Christmas and couldn't believe my luck. I made sure that didn't happen this year hee hee!!

Hi All

I haven't posted since September and my weight has steadily increased so I'm almost a stone heavier than when I last "spoke" to you all and I have decided that THIS YEAR is the year that I must deal with it - I'm 40 in 2004 and don't want to be "fat and 40".

I actually started the diet a couple of days ago but am going to have my first official weigh-day as next Wednesday - so my first weeks loss will actually be 1 1/2 weeks. I suppose this is unnecessarily complicated but I want my weigh-in to be on a Wednesday but didn't want to lose any more time before starting!;)

I hope no-one minds me rejoining after so long.

Welcome back Helen, you're not the only one who has been missing for a bit. I have crept back in too, but wasn't as polite as you asking if I could, just barged back on in....how rude hey? Ooops!
I'm doing a Weds weigh in too and hoping for a loss, I have been good so far.....

I have also not posted for sometime but want to rejoin as I, also, have decided that this is the year. I have put on about 1/2 stone since August time when i went 'absent'.

Today normality returns and, along with it, my healthy eating plan. DH bought me a bike for christmas and i have been out riding it most days (and am thoroughly enjoying it - much to my surprise!) I have also done a quite a bit of walking over the past couple of weeks which i hope to slowly increase. The rebounder has been bought out and dusted down and the video repaired so that i can do my excercise tapes daily as well. My weigh in day will also be on a wednesday for the time being, although this may change if i can rearrange my life to get to a class - i looked at joining WW online but it is quite costly so, for the moment at least, will just be doing my own thing.

Welcome back one and all!! We are always glad to see you, great to hear from you all, i have stuck around but still gained lots over the festivities. All that is behind us now (and in front in my case...in fact everywhere!!) So we just have to get down to it and show who is the boss, it is the one thing we have total control over, lets do it!!

Welcome back to all those who drifted away

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Arwen
[B]Hi All

- I'm 40 in 2004 and don't want to be "fat and 40".

Hi Arwen...welcome back....I noticed that you said you would be 40 in 2004, and so will I, so I looked up your profile....and fell off my chair....
WE SHARE THE SAME BIRTH DATE!!!!

So you definately have a soulmate in cyberland....good luck!WE WILL SUCCEED!!

bye for now, love from Teel xx

What a coincidence - bet you are really twins who were seperated at birth for some reality TV programme which will be shown this autumn to explain the ESP between you, even though you didn't know you were related.

Ok, my imagination is running riot, but it is a big concidence or fate - who knows. Has anybody seen the film Serendipity, all about fate when two lovers meet. My fingers are running away with me again.

Will shut up

Gained a lb tonight, a whole pound. I am cock-a-hoop. 1 pound instead of the 7 or 10 or 14 or even more. Where has all the food and wine I have drunk gone. I have been walking , but I haven't walked that far. Think I have been very very lucky this year, am still grinning ear to ear.

Here are the losses for this week.

Chi Chi = -1lb
Leigh = -3lb
Posy = +9lbs
Sal = +1lb
TQ = +10lbs

Giving us a festive gain of 16lbs. It had to happen it was that time of year.

Personally I think that TOM has an awful lot to do with it and we will see some amazing losses this week.

Thanks for the welcoming back messages. I promise to do better this time (hangs head in shame).

Today has gone really well and I still have 3 points left which I don't even want to eat!

Teel, I'm wondering if we need to lose anything near the same amount of weight; that would make us real cyber-twins and give us some healthy competition as we have the same deadline! Mind you, I may have another baby before I'm 40 which will somewhat affect my chances! I am slightly under 5ft and need to lose 101lb, but I'm trying to just concentrate on how well I do today and not look at the whole picture or I will give up before I've barely started:(

Carol, your post was really funny. I love your sense of humour;)

Is there a thread where we post what we've eaten each day? I don't have much of an imagination when it comes to thinking of meals, especially breakfast and seeing what other people eat can sometimes give me some good suggestions to try.

Way to go Carol! Hope I show a loss on Weds. I am being very good, but I feel fatter! Mind you I felt this way last year too, until I'd lost the first ten pounds and then I felt thinner as the pounds came off...does this make sense? Probably not. What I mean is I hope I have lost from being good, cos my body still feels like all the poundage is still there...

Well I have been avoiding this - I currently weight 14st 2lbs :yikes: a real gain of 0.5lb since I went to WW the 2nd week of December and a possible 4lb gain - as one of the days hubby was in hospital I weighed myself and I think I was 13st 12lbs - but hey I was really stressed and tired and maybe that's what my mind wanted me to see :lol:

To me, it was such a major step posting my actual weight - did anyone else feel like this?

However I was 15st earlier in the year, so one way or another I have managed to lose weight throughout the year.

:wave: Welcome back everybody - sorry the trauma of posting my weight made me forget to include this :lol:

Okayyyy! Here we go. I have put on 2lbs. That is not bad I suppose although apart from hovering up pretzels and peanuts I do not think I overdid things.

Anyway, Wanda, one of the ladies at the club who always has a terrific weight loss done it again 6 1/2 pounds no less!!!

I was concerned about posting my gain but there isn't any point in telling porkie pies (or eating em come to think about it) whats done is done, we gotta do what we gotta do!! And we are gonna do it!!

Big smiles, although I still feel fatter, but the scales, oh the lovely scales show a four, yes a FOUR pound loss for my first week of being back on track. I am a happy bunny! Still feel a bit rough, but a happy bunny nonetheless.
YES!!!! :)

Well done Chris, great news!!

I am having problems posting on other threads!!

ooh this one is working!!

Oooooh! Am I a HAPPY BUNNY or what?...and by the way, the answer is the first option!
I saw my dietician and I HAVE LOST ANOTHER 1 1/2 LBS! Making my total 19 1/2 lbs since I started. :D
This means that I am one and a half pounds off my first target of 21 lbs to lose to be accepted on a heart transplant list should the need reach that point. YAAAAY!!

:smug: :angel: :spin: :strong: :dance: :cp: :bravo: :goodvibes :balloons:

OHHH! I forgot in my haste to post my news to say WELL DONE CHRIS!! for your brilliant loss and I am sending a mixture of encouragers to everyone else....

:goodvibes :strong: :angel: :ziplip: :drill: :grouphug:

Well done Teel you are a superstar!!

Chris..FANTASTIC...what a great motivator...a 4lbs loss :bravo:
Teel...you too :D way to go!

Slid off the rails a bit yesterday when my brother came round to cook dinner (vegan so roasted veg with rice, salad and ciabbatta) and the good work was rather undone by several glasses of wine. I think I only went a couple of points over though and I did have 3 banked from the day before.

When I weighed myself today I was pleased that I have managed to lose 2lb. This is since Friday (and Saturday was a non dieting day) so not a full week.

Today I managed to cook veg lasagne from scratch when I got home from work at 5.30 so thats another thing for me to be pleased about - usually I'm too tired and end up shoving a ready meal in the oven. I still have some points left too!

Congratulations to everyone who has lost weight so far this week and good luck to those who are still waiting to find out.

Well done Chris and Teel, you are both amazing.

Helen..well done...hope i can post a bit of a loss this week and join you gals :bravo:

Hi everyone

still having a hard time dealing with this weight gain even though I know what it is...TOM is still with me and the scales still don't say any less :(
Trying not to let myself feel too depressed all the time and I am working out a little longer each day to try to help speed things up a bit...actually I am doing it to also keep my mind off it, it seems to help :)

Hope everyone is doing ok and getting back into the swing of things after christmas. now I've been back at work for a week, christmas seems to be a long forgotten memory. Isn't it funny how quickly we get back into our normal routines...I think I could get used to a routine that didn't involve getting up at the crack of dawn and working all day everyday...:lol: Yeah right , like that is ever going to happen :)

Well done Teel and chris a great start to the new year :)

Ali :wave:

Thanks girls for the support, it's well appreciated :) Well done to you all too, for your weigh-ins past and future.
Here's to a great New Year of future fantastic losses.... we can and WILL do it :)

Weighed in this morning @ 168lbs/12st :yikes: i hate seeing it in stones..i did'nt weigh that much when i was pregnant :lol: anyway that's a 1.5lbs loss :D as Carol would say "Better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick"

Well done Cathy, I will be jumping for joy when I see 168 pounds on my scales and I'm the one standing on them :) What are you hoping to get down to luv? Must be all those miles you've walked and biked this week :) Good for you, here's a hurrah! Hoorah? How do ya spell it?

Well done Cathy, all that exercise is paying off

Thanks Chris and Carol...Chris i would love to get to 8 and a half stones :D but i'll be happy around 9st something..about the 130lbs mark :D

Well done Cathy!! i will be happy with anything tomorrow as long as it is a loss!

I have changed to fortnightly weigh-ins, not due til next thursday. But the wait is driving me mad. My new scales are inline with where I get weighed so I can use them on a non-official weigh in. So unofficially I have lost 1lb this wk.

I have lost 6lb !! Yahoo!!

Well done TQ.

TQ - you're a star

Congrats to all the other losers - I may join you at one stage :lol:

WELL DONE TQ!!! It must have been all that skipping around in the rain ;) And CONGRATS TO CATHY AND LEIGH-R, your official weigh-in may show a 2LB loss, :D

I think we all deserve a big pat on the back for getting back op so well after the seasonal festivities...WE WILL DO IT!!

:strong: :bravo: :cp: :dancer: :grouphug: :goodvibes :drill:

I ate like a pig over xmas and new year and lost 1lb, then in a couple of days of being back on track I put that lb back on????

Im soooooo confused!

I think it might have been down to TOM though.

Ive been really good so far this week with food and excersize so if I havent lost anything by Tuesday I may have to scream! LOUDLY!

Well done TQ, cathy and leigh-r :)

Thanks for the support girls.

it was regular weigh in day today and the scales showed a loss of 3lbs...I am pleased with that as TOM is still hanging around, but I was hoping it would have been more. I wont be completely happy with any loss until it has all gone

I am feeling a little better about it tho. I know I have done all the right things I just need to have a little more patience. something I don't normally have a lot of :)

Ali :wave:

WOW...TQ...bloody fantastic :eek: and :nono: -> :eek: <- this is'nt you this time...it's ME!

Ali...great job :D

TQ, Ali, Leigh-R, fandabidozi!!! You are all stars in my book.
I just got my Christmas parcel from my Mum, I am well ticked off with Royal and US mail, she posted it on Dec fifth and it has just arrived here today and she had to pay 59 pounds postage, and sent it air mail and the cheeky beggars sent it surface.
Needless to say, she put some treats in for all of us, my Auntie even shoved some rock cakes in...and they're still fresh!! Anyhoo, I shall need some extra help to ration out the biccies, I just checked the points and a digestive is 2 points each and so is a hob-nob, so they will have to be counted. I will need the will power to stop me from shoving them all down my throat as I can be such a piggy :( She also sent the cadbury tree chocs, anyone have any ide what the points might be on one of those? I'll try and make the kids eat them all, but I don't know if I can resist just one.......HELP ME PLEASE. Thanks in advance.

I cant see the points for tree chocs just weigh them and treat them a s chocolate!! Enjoy your goodies, one at a time!!
I sent my friend in NZ a parcel with tree chocs in on 4th December and she hasn't got it yet!!

Chris..i think that's absolutely disgraceful :( i hope your Mum is going to complain and get a refund :( i'd be hopping :mad: oops..almost forgot why i came back..while i was grocery shopping last night i saw some "meatless burgers" (made with soy) and when i read the nutritional label they had 324cals and 18gms fat..i don't know about you but i think that's up there with the biggest fattest "REAL" burgers i've ever seen :lol:

worked out the points for the tree chocs, 1 point :) So soy isn't as good as we think then hey Cathy, sometimes I wonder about these fat less foods, I am having turkey italian sausage for dinner tonihgt, one sausage = 6 points although they are 70% less fat? Go figure hey...well must get to cooking, hubby's team are playing football (American) tonight so I am the cook....oh pooh!

Well done TQ, Ali and Leigh - you are all stars in my book

Weighed this morning, a bit disappointed only lost 2 lbs especially as at my sneaky peak weigh in mid way through last week I'd lost 4, but I know, that's weight loss for you, never does what you think it's going to do. It is that TOM too, so hopefully it'll look a bit better by next week.

Still it's in the right direction, it's 2 lbs off and that's the main thing - she says trying to sound positive:rolleyes: oh well keep up the good work.

Well done MD!! take it a pound at a time, we are getting there!!

Congratulations..Madam Dotty :D

Well done MD...any loss is a good loss, and it just goes to show you should stop those sneaky mid week peeks at the scales...says she who does it all the time :)

Well my week started of great. We took the kids to the park this morning, after pushing them aound on the roundabout and then on the swings, one of them asked me to get on the swings with them. It was something I have never even thought of doing for years because I just knew I wouldn't be able to get my butt in the seat. Today I did, then my sister shouted lets make auntie Ali go on the slide, and before I had even thought about it I was at the top and sliding down. I had a brilliant time, I probably enjoyed it more than the kids :) and it must have been great exercise too.
I had forgotten just how much fun it was to be a child ...now I feel like a child in an adult body....Hubby says sometimes I have the mind of a child...especially when I sulk coz he wont buy me something I want :)

Ali :wave:

Lost 3lbs. Am a very happy bunny

Here are the losses for this week.

Arwen = -2lbs
BPB = +0.5lbs
BritinNj = -4lbs
Cat90 = -1.5lbs
Chi Chi = +1lb
Leigh = moved to fortnightly weigh ins
MadamDotty = -2lbs
Peacock = +2lbs
Posy = -3lbs
Sal = -3lbs
Teel = -1.5lbs
TQ = -6lbs

Giving us a weekly loss of 19.5lbs, 1 stone 5.5lbs. Which balances out our festive gain and gives us a grand loss of 3.5lbs for this year - so far.

Watch this space for more, very very soon, because we are cooking with gas

OH WELL DONE SMILING!!!!!

AND WELL DONE MADAM DOTTY!!

IN FACT CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL US "LOSERS!"

:lol: :D :cool: :smug: :spin: :angel: :cb: :cp: :bravo: :grouphug:

Well done Carol!! We have had a terrific start to the New Year lets make sure we have a celebration each and every week!!

We are looking good ladies, long way the good work keep up :)

Yay! 2lb off this week (it'll be 2lb on the next I guess).

Sorry not posted before but I have been trying to for two days!!!

Well done Peacock.

Well done Peacock!!

Carol and Peacock great job! :bravo:

I am dreading weigh-in tomorrow. I have stuck to my points all week, gone under on most days but weighed myself on Sunday morning to find my weight has gone back up to what it was before I started dieting:cry: It hadn't gone down this morning either.

The only thing I can think of is that I was weighing myself about 11am during the holidays but that has moved to 7am now I'm back at work etc. I can weigh myself tomorrow at both times just to see but that means I won't have time for breakfast after the 11am weigh in before going to work and I will be at work from 12 till 8 so could do with food before I go really.

Anyway I feel more positive about this diet than I have ever felt before but I feel that things are conspiring against me.

On a brighter note though I decided I would go over my points tonight with a milky coffee containing kahlua and 3 after eights. I ate the after eights but didn't drink more than 3 mouthfuls of the coffee so I do feel positive that I've avoided starting a binge:)

Tomorrow I'm going to start the Wendie plan. I saw the url somewhere on this site. It involves varying the WW points each day so your body doesn't get too used to the amount I am eating. See if I do any better on that.

I'm pleased to announce that a miracle has happened in our house overnight and I have lost another 3lb:smug:

I've also decided to move my weigh-in time forward an hour a week until I reach 7am.

There is already a jacket potato in the oven for lunch (with beans) and I will buy a count-on-us pasta salad on the way into work for later. Hopefully I will still have plenty of points left for something when I get home from work tonight too.

Good luck to everyone else who weighs in today!

I'm off to do a happy dance now:)

Well done Arwen, try to get weighed just once a week, I know it's hard but its harder to understand the fluctuations of our body weight.
TQ- The ex-weight scales obsessive

Cheers you lot. I have a feeling that I will gain next week though. It is regular as clockwork 2lb on one week and 2lb off the next. I must check but I think I put on 1 week before my period and seem to lose it the week I am on. Am I weird or what?

It is my star week as we say at my club. I came on just after my class. I feel like crap but at least I am 2lb lighter!

Did anyone see that thing on TV called Bloody Women? It was on after Sex in the City.

Glad to know I am not alone but did not really offer any help.

And I am a happy bunny again this week :) The scales said another four pounds off this week, so I am well chuffed, I am, I am.
It is hard to keep off the scales I know, but I do try, plus, the battery doesn't last very long in mine if I keep hopping every time I pass them! So that keeps me off.
Have a wonderful day everyone.

I too am a habitual weigher, but I've weaned myself down to 3 times a week - Monday, Weds & Friday oh and sometimes on a Saturday. But my "official" weigh I do on a Monday morning, I just like to keep a check of how it's going throughout the week, and although its sometimes disappointing like this week when on Monday I was more than I'd been half-way through the week, I feel it helps me to see the fluctuations and I now know that it does go up and down for no reason at all.

Great Job Helen...i'm a compulsive weigher too :( i think i hop on it every time i go for a pee :lol: and i should stop because as the day goes on the weight goes up :eek: and that affects my mood i.e. "this is'nt working" "why do i bother?" which usually ends up with me eating chocolate or biscuits :mad: i'm going to put it in the closet and only let it out on friday's :lol:

Chris and Peacock..you snuck in there while i was posting :lol: Terrific.. :bravo: Congrats to both of you :D

Well done Arwen, Chris and Peacock, and to all other losers out there.

what are you all????

brilliant!! well done everyone, lets try and keep it up

:strong: :drill: :wizard: :strong: :drill: :balloons:

Oh Teel I have just noticed the little man in the hat on your last post - looks like Harvey from Fit Club/fat club whatever it was called!

Deliberate?

Yes,Peacock!!! I am sure the 3fcs included him in the smilie list 'cos he's a dead ringer for Harvey...!I think he is actually quite cute, but then I do wonder about my sense of humour sometimes.....:D

I am confessing here that I have had a completely hopeless day as far as weight loss and sensible eating is concerned.I haven't eaten a lot....just all the wrong things and not because I needed to eat.:( All my own fault I know. And tomorrow I am having lunch out with a friend at an eatery pub. So I guess in advance that tomorrow will not be op and angelic, either. I WILL START AGAIN ON FRIDAY...I have come too far to let it go now.:mad:

congratulations to Chris and Peacock!:)

I think the only way to avoid standing on the scales all the time is to take the battery out, at least that means standing on them involves a lot more effort. I was determined not to get into that habit this time and I've slipped back into it after only a week. And I only stood on them initially so I could pat myself on the back at how well I'd done so far. If only I'd known:cry:

I think I will take the battery out on the way to bed.

It is SOOOO tempting to jump on and off the scales! But then so soul destroying when they move in every direction except the one you want them to...!:devil:

I read somewhere a fairly fool-proof way of dealing with this...throw your scales out, find a pay and weigh scale in a shop and once a week, weigh yourself in as near as possible the same condition that you were weighed in, the previous week.This way, you know the scales are in the same spot, and because of having to pay, say 20p everytime you weigh, you will soon find yourself only weighing once a week!!!
I think this could be a good plan, for I am one of those that jumps on the scale two or three times a day, if I am not happy with the first result!!! But, as yet I have not been strong enough to carry this out....one day....one day!

Hi Teel

Will try taking the battery out and if that doesn't work will follow your suggestion. I'm worried weighing myself in shops though that people are thinking "why is she weighing herself, can't she tell she's fat"!

I weigh myself in Asda at the back of the checkouts. It isn't exactly what I want but I can't afford to go to a slimming club. It is off putting though as they have little kiddies ride on thingy at the side. And I feel that everyone is watching me as I stand on the scales. The machine also says "please stand up straight and still, measuring your weight and height". Thank god it doesn't actually yell out my exact weight as well or I would die.

I think it is just human nature, there aren't many people I know that are trying to lose weight who can manage to just weigh themselves once a week, even those that pay to go to slimming clubs, they still have a sneaky look on their own scales, Yes..including me :) and it is amazing just how much weight you can gain and lose over the course of a week on a daily basis.
I think Teel is right the only way to stop yourself doing it is if you don't have any scales in the house.....hubby paid a lot of oney for my scales...don't think he would be very happy if I threw them out :)

Ali :wave:

I am currently getting weighed every Saturday morning at WW and never ever get on ours at home. If i wasn't getting weighed at WW I would be on them every morning. I only ever get weighed at home first thing on a morning, couldn't bear to see the difference in weight as the day goes on!!hee hee

A 4lb loss at this weigh-in, not bad for me for a fortnight.

Excellent Leigh, well done!!

Originally posted by tupperware queen
getting weighed every Saturday morning and never ever get on ours at home!!hee hee [/B]

COO!! TQ, YOU MUST BE AN ANGEL WITH HEAPS OF WILL-POWER!!

Leigh, well done on your loss, clever girlie!!

:D :angel: :cp: :balloons:

excellent loss Leigh-r...well done :)

Ali :wave:

Here's to another loser, Leigh-R :) Well done!

It's actually nice to be called a "loser" in a nice way hehe. Ty all. Just 4lb to go to my Valentine goal. And 7lb to my 10% goal. Wow can't believe how far I have come.

Like being called a Loser eh? O.K. CONGRATULATIONS LOSER :joker: Great Job Leigh :D

I agree, for once in my life I love being called a loser too :)

Ali :wave:

Leigh-r congratulations Loser!

Especially well done as you don't have the support of a slimming club - but you have got ours anyway!!

Originally posted by Peacock
Leigh-r congratulations Loser!

Especially well done as you don't have the support of a slimming club - but you have got ours anyway!!

Cat it's all of you on here that keep me motivated. Without this forum I would have fallen off my diet wks ago.

Thank you all :grouphug:

[QUOTE]Originally posted by leigh-r
Without this forum I would have fallen off my diet wks ago.

:D HEAR! HEAR!!!! I absolutely agree...

HERE'S TO US!!

:spin: :strong: :bravo: :cp: :cb: :grouphug:


and a couple of my personal favourites....

:dancer: :dancer:

....I feel this forum is a great inspiration to me, and thanks to each and every one of you for your help over the last 12 months.
Full of useful info and if I ever need any help/advice about diet and exercise I always come here first.

The metal :devil: was good to me this morning..i tempted fate by daring to get on it twice and it showed 166lbs :D so that's a 2lbs loss for me this week :cp:

Please help me! Im going mad!

Can anyone explain why during the 2 weeks over christmas I ate like a pig and didnt do any exersize but lost 1lb then after a week back on track I put 1lb on, then during the past week, which I thought was the most successful diet and exersize week since I started a year ago, I put on another lb???

I did five 2 miles walks this weeks! I ate really healthily and did lots of other exersizes at home!

Im so confused, should I stop exersizing and eat like a pig again?!

Grrrrr!

Chichi - wish I had an answer, but I don't. Is it maybe muscle weight ?

Leigh - Well done you Big Loser You

Well done Cathy, must be all the walking you do. I think I need a treadmill....must talk to Dave about it, hehe.
Chi-Chi, I think Carol could be right and you are gaining due to the muscle building up with all the exercise, I think Steph wrote about this happening to someone in another thread somewhere. It was explained really well.

Chichichi...can you pinpoint one food that you are eating a lot of :?: maybe there is one food that is a trigger for you..are you eating a lot of potatoes? or something else..it could be something as stupid as to much salt...or even to much flour..the only thing i can suggest is that you eliminate the things that you eat a lot of one at a time and substitute something else then see what happens...i don't think it can be muscle because from what i've read it takes ages to build that up.

I have lost 1/2lb this week and am not too impressed, it had better be good next week or I am going to stamp my foot lol!!
Strill it is in the right direction, I have a lot of dieting distractions coming up in the next few weeks so need to keep on tracking!!

The only thing I can think of that maybe I eat too much of is bread coz I always have toast for breakfast and a sandwich for lunch, but I could try swapping toast for cereal I suppose but its a bit difficult to have anything other than a sandwich for lunch coz its needs to be something that I cant make quickly in the morning and carry round college with me til lunchtime, I cant really afford to buy lunch everyday.

But I ate lots of bread when I first started trying to lose weight and I lost over a stone!

:chin: Hmmm, Chichichi..the only thing i can suggest is that you post what you are eating during the day here and maybe something will 'jump' out at one of us as a :nono: I could even input your 'diet' into my calorie counter (if you're not using fitday) to check that too :)

Well done TQ, any loss is a step in the right direction.

I like a good foot stamp, gets all the agression and tension out of you

What about salt Chichi, their is a woman at my class who sticks to plan, so she says, and rarely losses, but she adds a lot of salt to her food and this was dehydrating her and her body was hanging on to every little bit of fluid she drank.

I have no idea how much salt this woman adds to food, must be an awful lot.

One very happy bunny here.
A 6lb loss this week...sounds really impressive at this stage of the game doesn't it...I know it is only the fluid I gained from TOM, and if you look at it the other way, it means, I haven't actually lost any weight for the past 2 weeks...lets not look at it that way then :)
I'm just happy it has gone again, can't wait for this last 7lbs to join it too :)

Ali :wave:

Wow..Ali i'm impressed :eek: Great Job!

Well done to TQ and Ali, another week down....have another great week everyone.

Hi all

A good week for me, I lost 3lbs and I did a naughty evening of pizza & ice-cream with a friend, so I'm well pleased with that, although some of it is from the previous week, when I expected a better loss but didn't due to TOM.

So a good start to the year, i too have some dieting distractions coming up next month TQ, so I'm trying to get a head start with it, so to speak!

Chichi, I wonder if it is water retention, someone mentioned too much salt, are you drinking your water daily, as your body will hold on to its water if you're not drinking enough. It's so frustrating when the scaled don't reward your hard work, but sometimes this weight loss business is a law unto itself.

My advice would be to carry on with the good work, keep exercising and drinking loads of water and it should catch up with you. Best of luck

Well doen Ali and Madam Dotty.

Have a feeling I am going to let the side down a bit tonight - far too much vodka and goodies over the weekend. Can't even go for a walk to get rid of some of it, due to the rotten weather.

Never mind, it will serve me right.

Am gob smacked

Lots 2.5lbs, have reached my first stone off.

:):):):):):):):)

Here are the losses for this week.

Arwen = -3lb
BritinNj = -4lbs
Cat90 = -2lbs
Chi Chi = +1lb
Leigh = -4lbs
MadamDotty = -3lbs
Peacock = -2lbs
Posy = -6lbs
Sal = -2.5lbs
TQ = -0.5lbs

Giving us a weekly loss of 26.5lbs, 1 stone 12.5lbs .

Which gives us a grand loss for 2003 (so far) of 29.5lbs 2 stone 1.5lbs.

We are rocking ladies, we are rocking

:bravo: Carol on the 2.5lbs gone forever :D i love seeing the group loss :dizzy: that is amazing :) and makes me want to do better ;) i've been vegging out a bit today again :lol: but now you've given me the incentive to go get on my treadmill :D

WOW, are we brilliant losers or what girls? We are awesome!
Well done Carol on your loss, maybe the vodies counted as a water in take? LOL! Here's to a fab week for all again :)

Carol well done on that stone!! and thanks for doing the losses each week, we are getting there!!

Okay so it is left to me to let the side down!

Only 1lb on. I did think it would be 2lb on so not as bad as I thought!

Visited my friend on SUnday to pick up my Christmas pressies. Of course there was chocolate and OOH yum marzipan fruits. Yes they have been eaten - well except for a darling marzipan pig. How can I eat that?! Nothing to do with willpower. It is just too nice to eat!

Eek, it's been ages since I posted on this thread (or went to slimming world class), so I'm here to post the Christmas damage.

I took three weeks off the diet (eating everything in sight) and then had one week back on before weighing in this evening at +5lbs. Not quite as bad as I'd feared, and since I've been back on the diet all week I feel quite motivated again so I know I'll get it off soon. :)

Hello, New to the weigh-in...But, started SW a week ago and have had a five pound loss...Yippee!!!

Melissa... :bravo: well done :D

Good one Melissa, keep up the good work. Peacock and Mini-Gem, don't worry about the gain, it happens to us all anad you're on track to lose it all again. Keep smiling. I weigh in tomorrow and don't feel like I've lost an ounce and I only had one bad day on Friday and got right back on track since Saturday....here's keep ing finger's crossed for if not a loss, then a stay the same....

Mini gem a 3lb gain is not bad at all for 3 weeks off the diet, it will soon be gone again now that you are back on track.

Well done on your loss Melissa you've made a great start :)

Chris we can never tell what those scales are going to say until the proper weigh in time arrives as we all know by now just exactly how much our weight varies from day to day...good luck :)

Ali :wave:

OK sigh of relief here. I said last night I felt as if I'd not lost an ounce, and I haven't. But..I haven't gained either, so I am ok with that. I find it strange not to have a loss in my third week though, although I've taken a pills this week for allergies and headaches and I have been told that they can slow the weightloss. It happened to me last year after I hurt my knee, I kept gaining even though I was on program, and when I came off the tablets it showed a 7lb loss in one week :) Maybe I'll have a good loss again next week.

Well done Melissa, 5lb is a great loss.

Chris, it sounds to me like you will have another good loss when you come off your tablets again if thats whats happened before so don't get disallusioned because you can't see the loss on the scales at the moment:)

Talking of scales, I have managed to not stand on them all week so I need to pat myself on the back I think as that is a big achievement for me:smug: I've also managed to lose 2lb this week so have now lost my first 1/2 stone.

And I managed to get my daughter into nursery a bit earlier today as there was a vacancy so got to go swimming for the first time since june. Did 20 lengths and could have done a few more but ran out of time as I needed to get to work.

All in all a good day - until the bus stopped suddenly just as I was getting off and I fell over. Embarassing or what:o

Good luck to everyone else and well done to anyone I missed out.

thanks everyone...I am hoping that the five pounds is just the beginning!!!

It looks like we are all doing really well, even with the holiday's and the small gains we are all doing great!!!

I have gained 1.5lb this week and have a 'face like thunder' TOM not due till next Saturday so can't blame that. :(
I did have a really piggy weekend last week but thought I would get away with it....obviously not, wahhhhhhhhhh!

Never mind TQ we still love you

TQ...i've had a :ink: y friday and saturday..feeling a bit fed up and lethargic thanks to the beers that i drank last night :( never mind there is alway's next week :)

I have been an angel this week. I am only hoping it pays off, after last weeks pig out and still showing a loss, I will be happy with just one little pound off !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Why do we put ourselves through this every week

well I was an angel all week too, but I have stayed the same again this week...tom is due next weekend and I am dreading having a gain this month like I did last month, it has taken me all this month to get rid of what I gained then, and I am starting to feel that if that keeps happening, I will be stuck with these last 7lbs forever...irrationality hormones must have arrived a little earlier than TOM :)

I know I just need to hang in there and it will come off eventually, it just wants to torture me a little while longer :)

Ali :wave:

Ah! Never mind TQ. Join me in the naught corner! I expect I shall be put there tonight! I have indugled rather this weekend (paid on Friday -that's why!). I actually indugled in alcohol on Saturday night! Double brandies. ALong with pierogi smothered in butter. Then on Sunday I had a cauliflower cheese from M&S along with a pot of vintage cheddar mash and spinach. In case that didn't quite do enough damage I then had a M&S chocolate covered marzipan bar (well alright! 2!). Then I had a very small pot of Haagen Daz baileys ice cream.

Then, (yes there is more!). I decided to have lunch with a friend today so went to the greasy spoon for a number 8. (fried eg, mushrooms, chips and beans). Oh! and a not slimming raspberry yoghurt and a marzipan bar. I think I will have to enlarge the naughty corner.....Fancy having to be weighed on a Monday evening!

I shall console myself by going to the pictures afterwards. I will probably see Gangs of New York, as I will see Chicago tomorrow with a friend.


Have a good week (well, better than mine anyway!).

Hiya Everyone

I'm another one who hasn't mailed for months but would like to sneak back in, please!

I had several false starts where I knew my heart wasn't in it before I even started, so it's no wonder those attempts were doomed to failure. However, I now seem to have found my motivation from somewhere again, & I'm back on it with a vengeance!

I rejoined WW nearly 2 weeks ago (weigh-day is Wednesday), & last week I lost 5lbs. I'm actually looking forward to Wednesdays to see how I've done - how sick is that?! :) Last time I posted Carol & I weighed nearly the same - now I'm over a stone heavier & she's over a stone lighter!!! :yikes: Well done Carol for that!! :bravo:

Anyway; this is just a quick one to say I'm back! I'll check in on Wednesday with the news; & hopefully I'll have chance to catch up on some of the other threads in the meantime.

Am a happy bunny - another 2.5lbs off. TOM started this morning and I thought that would have ruined everything, but obviously not.

I am so happy :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

Posy those pounds will go, they are just very comfy where they are.

Shell, it's been pure **** to get down, all hard work and determination. I have struggled more than I would like to get this far, goodness only knows if I have the willpower to get as far as Posy.

Will pop back shortly and do the weigh in tallys - need to catch up on the other threads first.

Well done Carol! :bravo:

Now I have another 2.5lbs to catch up on!!!! :) All I can say is your hard work & determination are obviously paying off because you're getting there - the results speak for themselves! I've certainly got the determination back now - I'm only just starting on the hard work part!!

As for being able to do what Ali's done & stick at it for the long haul like that - I can only look upon her website in awe & wonder!!!

Ali: I'm sure if the power of us all willing you on has anything to do with it; that last 7lbs will be gone in no time!!! I think we'll all be celebrating when we get the posting to say you've done it - you're an inspiration to us all!!!

The scores on the door for the UK ladies this week are

Arwen = -2lb
Bakewell = -5lbs
BritinNj = 0lbs
MelissaA = -5lbs
Mini Gem = +5lbs
Peacock = +1lbs
Posy =0lbs
Sal = -2.5lbs
TQ = +1.5lbs

Giving us a weekly loss of ..... 7.5lbs .

Which gives us a grand loss for 2003 (so far) of 37lbs, 2 stone 9lbs

No one is going to stop us now

Well done carol, that is just brilliant especially as TOM arrived too.now can your hormones have a word with my horemones and tell them to do the same for me next week please :)

Welcome back Shell, it's nice to see you again.
Has Helen been in touch with you yet about this coming sunday, I am coming over to meet up with her and she said she thought you might like to come too, but she hadn't spoken to you about it?
if not give her a call.

Ali :wave:

All sorted Ali - I'm really looking forward to meeting you! :)

Carol...great job...you're on a roll :bravo: how cool that some of you ladies are actually meeting each other in the flesh :D you'll have lots to talk about i'm sure ;)

I have read Posys diet journal (especially the beginning) quite a few times when I've felt my motivation needs a bit of a kicking and just find her story so inspiring. I feel that I want to take an autograph book or something with me!:)

Not to mention that I think I also need to compile a list of questions because there are so many things I keep thinking of that I need to ask. Posy, you have been warned:D

Cathy, no need to feel left out! Vancouver, no problem. Whats the best time of year to visit:)

Great Shell I'm glad your coming too, I can't wait to meet you both :)

ask as many questions as you like Helen and don't worry if you forget anything, you always have my phone number :)

Ali :wave:

:lol: you're going to jump on a plane and come visit me eh? :s: the climate is great so pack that hot little bikini won't you :D

Woah, I lost 5lbs this week. That's me officially back to my pre-'Christmas 3 week diet holiday' weight. And just two more pounds to go for my 2 stone award. I think this coming week might be less dramatic as I'm going to visit my family from tomorrow to monday (for the first time in a year and a half? - it's 11hrs from scotland to cornwall).

I'm pleased to be seeing them all again when I'm feeling slimmer than normal, hopefully I'm not heavier than when I last saw them, but I'm not sure what I weighed then.

Anyway, must sleep it's an early start. :D

:bravo: Mini Gem...enjoy yourself :D

Brill Mini Gem, well done on the loss. Have a great time with your family. Say hello to Cornwall for me, it's one of my most favourite places to visit.

well done mini gem. It is always good to see family you haven't seen for a while when you are feeling so good. I lived in stoke on trent for 5 years and didn't see much of my family while I was over there because I owned a pub and it was difficult to get time off to visit even though it was only 60 miles away. I remember coming over after I had lost almost 4 stone, I was feeling absolutely brilliant and although I didn't come over with the intention of wanting loads of compliments, I did expect someone to at least make a comment that I looked slimmer, but no one did, until I actually brought up the subject myself and then it felt like they were saying it just because they thought it was what I wanted to hear not because they had noticed and I was really upset about it. It spoilt my visit. Don't let that happen to you. You have a great time :)

On the positive side, the one thing it did do, was make me more determined to lose more weight and really make them notice the next time I saw them :)

Ali :wave:

FOUR POUNDS OFF OF THIS FAT BODY :) :) :) I am a happy thinner bunny again this week. Well done to everyone else too....

Well done to Chris, mini gem and anyone else I've missed. This is just a quick post before work so I've not had chance to read any of the less recent posts.

I have another 2lb loss today. Should be happy with that but can't help feeling it should have been more. Still even 2lb a week will get me to target by christmas, though I don't expect it will continue at that rate.

Well done Chris, Arwen and Mini Gem, What a bunch of losers, in the nicest possible way

Well done to Mini Gem, Chris & Helen. It really looks like we're ona roll now! Wednesday weigh-n must be lucky - I've lost 4lbs today too!! :)

:bravo: Chris, Helen and Shell :D Helen..you are doing great ;) they say you should aim for a steady 1-2lbs per week loss to keep it off so you are right on target..well done!

Well I don't know what happend to my last post! Mind you I should keep very quiet as I am indeed in the naughty corner again. 3 pound on. Still not surprising!


Enjoyed Chicago at the pictures anyway....

Never mind Peacock - it sounds like it was worth it!!!! :) Pierogi & marzipan bars - yum!!!!

1/2 lb off this fortnight, however, I can't complain as the dreaded TOM is due. I am 1/2lb short of my January challenge, which isn't too bad. 3 1/2lb to go before Valentines.

Bakewell - it certainly was. Trouble is, as it is getting colder I am still stuffing for England!

I am hoping for a loss this week, pleeeeeze!! Tom is due tomorrow but I hope there is a loss cos I have lots going off in Feb and need to have a bit of encouragement, I am getting ver y 'stale' with my eating habits need some new ideas and motivation I think. WW lady not the most inspiring but Sat morning class is most convenient for me.

Stick with TQ we'll be here for you

Thanks Carol! i need all the help I can get. So far so good today!!

Hi to everyone...from a bitterly freezing cold, windy and snowy Suffolk. Gosh it has been absolutely bbbrrrrrrrr!
All my plans for the weekend have gone astray because of the snow. Honestly, England has this little bit of winter weather over a couple of days and the country grinds to a halt...Somewhere in the Alpine regions have to be prepared and live and work in this several months a year....:mad: :mad:
Friends of mine who live 90 miles away were coming to stay from tonight till Sunday, primarily to have a photo-portrait done for my Christmas present. So, that has been postponed for tomorrow and they are not coming, so Iwill have to organise another visit to the hairdressers and try and wait patiently for the next opportunity when we are all free....and I sat in all day waiting for the courier delivery of my new mobile phone which never turned up and now I cannot have it delivered till Tuesday....aaaaarghhhh.:?: :(
And the car is taking it's m.o.t. test on Wednesday which it fails year on year with unacceptable exhaust fume levels, something it has done ever since it had it's first test 7 or so years ago...my goodness I feel SO STRESSED out tonight......

:eek: :shrug: :stress: :stress: :headache: :hyper:

Hey TQ..if you want to shake up your diet i know of an absolutely fantastic site for W.W. recipes :D i hope its alright to post this as i'm still not sure about the rules for posting other websites :?: anyway, its not advertising so here goes :D
www.angelfire.com/journal/wwrecipes/index.html

No loss this week..but i did get rid of the couple of pounds that i gained while off program 4 days last week..only day 3 of slimming world so early days yet..sorry to let the side down :( i will be posting a loss next week i'm sure :D like the rest of you GOOD GALS!

Wee message from TQ - she's unable to post again

"Can't post again....
......would you please post my weight loss for me I lost 2.5lb . today. Thanks a lot I have no idea why I can't post sometimes it works then other times no matter how many times i re connect it just won't happen.
Cheers
TQ (Michelle)

__________________
Starting weight 20 stone +
end of 2002 14-13
11/1/03/15-1.5lb
Loss this year 7.5lb lb
Target.......to lose Xmas xcess!!
"

Well done TQ

TQ... :bravo: good job! it must have been that snow shovelling..it was funny because when you mentioned it the other day i was reading a mag and it was right there..it burns up to 300cals per hour :D there is a post that the website was having power trouble or something..must have been why you could'nt get in :?:

I'm a happy camper this morning..my metal :devil: is co-operating and i'm down 2.5lbs since Monday..4.5lbs if you count the weight i gained while bingeing last week :lol: i was'nt going to count it until next week but i could'nt wait to tell you ;) :cp:

oooh cat90!!!!! you.......LOSER!!!!WELL DONE TO YOU!!!!
:D :dizzy: ;) :lol: :cb: :cp: :dancer: :goodvibes :grouphug:

love from Teel

Well done all you losers.

I am letting the side down this week as expected with TOM arriving on weigh in day, but at least this month only showed a gain of 3lbs...a lot better than last months 9lbs so that should be a little easier to get rid of.

Ali :wave:

good job losers!!! I lost nothing this week, but next week will be better!!! I shall press on!!!

Melissa, the main thing is not to get discouraged.

As you say "press-on" and ye shall be rewarded! Don't get demoralised or depressed by your weigh-in and remember that its quite possible that next week will show a good loss.

I am speaking from experience here. Previously I have let a bad weigh-in (ie a smaller loss than I had hoped for) or bad dieting day turn into a week of overeating - but no longer:)

I had a gain, a very small gain, much smaller than I was anticipating. I gained 0.5lbs, am amazed that was all.

But I am back on plan now and I will lose that 0.5lb plus a little friend for it next week

What a week, weigh to go everyone and those of us that didn't lose, well there is always next week :^:


Arwen = -2lb
Bakewell = -4lbs
BritinNj = -4lbs
Cat90 = -2.5lbs
Leigh = -0.5lbs
MelissaA = 0
Mini Gem = -5lbs
Peacock = +3lbs
Posy = +3lbs
Sal = +0.5lbs
TQ = -2.5lbs

Giving us a weekly loss of ..... , 14lbs 1 stone exactly.

Which gives us a grand loss for 2003 (so far) of 51lbs, 3 stone 9lbs

Hi everyone!

Against all the odds (crisps, chocolate, chips, the occasional glass of wine) I have lost half a pound.

We had a shock moment at the class tonight. SOmeone brought their little girl who we put on the scales and she weighed 3 and a half stone. This is the amount my friend Wands has lost so far! Wanda cried out Oh God! I've lost a child!
That is quite something when you think about it. I have to lose just over "the child" so it really made me think as well! Imagine if your are setting your heart on losing two or three!

I need to lose several children...LOL Hopefully next week I could lose at least a quarter of a child...:)

Just reporting in to say I've lost 2lb again this week, which is now 11lb in total. Quite pleased with that.:)

Peacock, my daughter is 2stone 7lb and I need to lose about 3 of her. I'm actually looking forward to the day I've lost the amount she weighs so I can pick her up and really feel what I've achieved, though by then she will probably be rather heavier than now:)

Good luck to everyone else

Great Job Helen :cp:

No loss for me this week, but thankfully no gain either so I'm happy. Well done peacock and Helen on your losses this week. Here's to the rest of you for you next weigh in too. :)

I weighed in this week. My motivation seems to have gone with the fortnightly weigh-ins. Another 0.5lb gone. I think TOM has left me with some excess, so hopefully more of a loss next week.

well done everyone, heres hoping this post is successful, i lose nearly every post I write!!

Just got home from this weeks SW meeting...I am happy to report a 2 1/2 pound loss!!! WOOOOHOOOO

Well done everybody

Have lost 1.5lb this week!!
No weigh in now until 1st March as I am away at a conference , then visiting my mam at half term. Need to get a grip and keep up the good work though!!

Well done TQ - you can do it, is there a WW class near you mam's you could just go and get weighed at - might help keep you on the straight and narrow ?

:bravo: TQ :D no loss for me this week :( lots of exercise but too much chocolate and the beer i drank last night can't have helped :lol: last week the scale did'nt co-operate until Sunday but i don't think that that is going to happen this week.

These things happen Cathy, bet that dratted lump of metal will have moved by last weekend.

Well done all you losers.

Keep your chin up Cathy and just get back on track this week, your efforts will be rewarded.

As for my weigh in, well I am happy to report that the 3lbs I gained with TOM has gone, I was hoping to have lost a little more just to get me under 11 stone 7lbs, but it wasn't to be, I was 4oz short of being 11 stone 6lbs, but not to worry I will work hard this week and hopefully get below it.
Today is the anniversary of starting my diet, exactly 2 years. You already know I was desperate to be at my goal for today, but I got so close, only 7lbs away from it, so I am not too disappointed. I have just dragged all my clothes out of the wardrobe that I saved from back then and looked at the size of them compared to what I am wearing now...then a size 30 - 32...now a size 12 - 14...size 12's at a squeeze :)
The scales may not say I have reached goal yet, but what I am wearing makes me feel as tho I have, so I am a very happy little bunny :)

Ali :wave:

Posy..you are a weightloss DIVA :D :bravo: i would'nt let a puny 7lbs stop you from celebrating :dance: maybe this is the weight your body wants to be..is 7lbs going to make that much difference to how you look? i think not...CONGRATULATIONS!

well done Ali! Nothing will stop you from getting there those 7lb are the trickiest ( they usually are!!) but you will get to your goal!!

Thanks ladies

Cathy I agree the last 7lbs is probably not going to make that much of a difference and it may be that my body wants to be 11 stone 7. but after all this time I have to get to 11 stone just so I know, if when I get there I go back up to 11 stone 7 well thats fine, at least I will have reached my target and I will know for sure...does that make any sense ?

Ali :wave:

Ali, you are absoluutely awesome luv. I'm sure you will lose those seven pounds, you are so motivated I can't think your body will beat down your will power :) Happy weight loss anniversary to you too.

Thanks Chris
I spent the whole of my anniversary cleaning and tidying the house and making room for all my gym equipment, I pretty much have it all in one room now which will make it quicker and easier to use, part of my problem was I was having to set things up before I started a workout and then put it all away again, now I can leave it where it is and just concentrate on using it...those last few pounds wont know whats hit them ...she says ...hopefully :)

Ali :wave:

Am another 2lb lighter and am feeling amazing.

Those last few pounds will go Ali, happy weight loss anniversary.

Here are the scores on the doors for the UKFC this week

Arwen = -2lb
BritinNj = 0
Cat90 = 0
Leigh = -0.5lbs
MelissaA = -2.5lbs
Peacock = -0.5lbs
Posy = -3lbs
Sal = -2lbs
TQ = -1.5lbs

Giving us a weekly loss of 12lbs.

Which gives us a grand loss for 2003 (so far) of 63lbs, 4 stone 7lbs

Well done to TQ, Carol, Melissa, Ali and anyone I've missed:)

I am really hoping to lose 3lb this week (wednesday weigh-in) so I can reach my 1st stone lost before visiting my parents next week. Once I'm there I think things should be ok as mum is also on a diet and dad has to be careful with what he eats as he suffers from angina. Husband will just have to eat whilst we are out of the house! What bothers me more is the 17th century banquet on saturday night with something like 20 dishes, all cooked in an authentic manner, even the veg isn't unadulterated. I just know I will overdo it. We are visiting my parents from Sunday to Tuesday night so I'll be back home for weigh-in on Wednesday. Seriously wondering if I should take the scales with me.

Good luck to all of us who weigh-in over the next few days:)

Well done all, we do look good when it's all written down in such lovely colours, don't we! Carol, do we each have a special colour, or do we just get what we get? Well done on your two pounds, you did say you were an angel, you were right luv :)

Yay! minus 4lb this week!

Mind you I have felt really rough for 2 weeks (this week is star week so no wonder I felt c**p). I spent the weekend in bed (no! not doing that - I might have lost more pounds if I had!)

my target for this week is two pounds although I went to York for my hen weekend (this last one) and there was to much chocolate to resist...So, we shall see if my bender will have any effect at my thursday night SW weigh in!!

63lbs lost since January :yikes: you girls are phenomenal :bravo: i just wish i was contributing to it :lol: i will find my stride here..i promise..i need to sit myself down and have a serious talk with myself :lol: congrats to you all :D

I lost 1lb this week (that's over a fortnight actually, it was too icy to go to class last Tuesday, but I'm sure I maintained anyway).

I'm hoping for another lb next week because that will get me my 2 stone award! I'm not starting on that tonight though as I'm currently eating Viscount biscuits ("the mint lover's biscuit").

The weigh-in lady said that you could really tell the difference from when I started, which was nice to hear. :)

Well done everyone else, that was a brilliant week if you look at the summary. :D

Well done everybody, we are amazing.

The colours are random, I just pick them from the list, if anybody has a favourite colour let me know and I'll domy best to keep you in it.

Mellisa, was it your hen weekend, for your wedding or a hen weekend for another wedding ? I am very nosy !!

Reporting in with a 3lb loss this week,:dance: That is exactly one stone off and I'm one happy little bunny today.

I've even managed to requalify for my charm bracelet - started it 18 months ago putting on 1 charm for every 7lb lost and ended up with two on then regained all the weight and more. Now I've lost my first stone I can wear it again and start accumulating more charms.:)

Shell (Bakewell) has asked me to post on her behalf with her weight-loss of 5.5lb over the last fortnight. She is having computer problems and can't post at the moment.

Well done to mini gem and peacock and good luck to everyone else!

:cp: Helen and Shell :D

Arwen,

I love the idea of your charm bracelet. I hope you get to buy a few more charms for it soon. :)

Well done Helen, Shell, Mg and Peackock, am pleased to report even though my body seems to be storing food stuff, it hasn't stored the fat, so stayed the same this week, am getting a bit despondent about three weeks at the same, but it's better than a gain so will smile about that and try for some more exercise. Haven't even been able to walk Pen and Lew for a few days as the roads and paths are so icy, I know we;ll injure ourselves walking, they are getting some exercise chasing balls and toys around the house though. Good luck to all who still have yet to weigh in.

just home from SW lost 2 pounds this week!! WOOOOHOOOO

:cp: great job Melissa :D unfortunately i have'nt been able to get "into" the plan like you have..i really should try and follow it to the letter and give it a decent chance..it certainly is working for you :D

Yay! Well done Melissa!

all i have to say is 1lb on :(

Oh well done to everybody!!you lot are just stoopendously brilliant!!!
for those that did not lose...never mind do not be too downhearted, for you will all get back in to the positive losing mode soon enough.Good luck to all...;)

Well done everybody.

Leighs whats a pound, a cuppa of tea before you weigh in as my WW leader is always saying. Sometimes our bodies just don't do what we want.

I have been exercising a lot more this week, have added aerobics to the walking and swimming and think I will have a gain from all that muscle I have built this week - if the aches are anything to go by that is - Monday will tell.

i hate reporting a gain too :cry: i don't want to spoil your fabulous stats :( but i'll have to fess up..gained 1lb..i thought it would have been a lot worse considering my diet..so i'm happy with that..i will be weighing in on the 1st of the month from now on..so i've got 2 whole weeks to lose some lard :D

Hi everyone

weigh in was very disappointing again...I stayed the same...I have been doing a lot of thinking about this and I have come to the decision that I may be undereating. I limit myself to 1000 calories a day now which is what the slimming magazines recommend if you have less than 14lbs to lose. Now if you look at the charts in the magazines, my weight range is 142lbs - 154lbs so the 154lbs I am aiming for is the maximum and if I was aiming for the 142lbs then it is more than 14lbs away and accordingly I should still be eating 1250 calories a day. So for the next 2 weeks I am increasing my calories back to 1250 a day to see if that makes a difference. Hey the worst that can happen is I may gain a pound or two, but that isn't the end of the world, at least I will know for certain if I am eating the correct amount and if I do gain I can always go back to the 1000 cals a day without too much trouble.
I just feel as though I am in a rut and I need to do something to try to get these pounds moving again.
I am not too depressed about staying the same again tho, I am getting pretty used to that, when I do feel down about it I look in the mirror, it certainly is much more pleasant seeing what looks back at me now than what looked back 2 years ago :)...I bet any money once I get to goal it wont be as easy to keep staying the same and I will be complaining about that too.:lol:

Ali :wave:

Thanks everyone, I was really pleased with the loss...
For everyone who stayed the same or gained, don't worry!!! You can do it!!

**spreading fairy dust over us all in the coming week**

You have come a long long way Ali, just take it one day at atime do not get despondent just keep looking in the mirror it will give you something to smile about!!

Bad Peacock! I put 1lb on. Still not bad although I swear I did not have much of an appetite until Friday - ah well. I did not eat anything bad just too much I suppose!

I am not disheartend even though the little girl who comes to our weigh in was put on the scales and she has lost! Her parents/Grandparents have gained and she has lost! (I want to stress before someone gets the NSPCC out that we only put her on the scales for a laugh!)

Thats ok Peacock, we have all been there...You will make up for it next weigh in!!!

I have mine on Thurdays and because of a certain very large box of chocolates I am concerned about a gain myself...:O

Ali..1000cals a day :eek: everything i read say's not to go below 1200cals a day..i think you're right your not eating enough :) you'll soon see those pesky 7lbs off :D

Can I just say Jesus Christ. This was actually quite embarrassing. This week I lost 10lbs!

I wouldn't be complaining if I thought by some miracle I'd actually lost that amount of fat, but in one week I seriously doubt it. I've been thinking about this and here's what I think has happened.

Last week I could have been retaining water. I had a weight loss of 1lb over the previous fortnight, so maybe I'd actually lost another couple of pounds (though I wasn't very on plan).

When I've got my period I can become very sensitive to fat in my diet, and it was just like that this week. I lost my appetite and for about 3 days before weighing in I ate only one meal (and a reasonably light one at that) a day.

I hadn't eaten anything all day (except some sugar free mints) before I weighed in, so I didn't even have the usual weight of food in my stomach.

Anyone want to take bets on how much I put on next week, just through eating normally again?

Losing 1lb got me my 2 stone award (yay) and my club 10. I really do feel better for having lost 10% of my starting weight, even though by my bmi I'm still obese and need to lose nearly another stone before I'm just overweight.

Because of this crazy loss, I also got my 2.5 stone award last night, but I just don't feel like I've earnt it - the weigh-in lady insisted that she had to put the sticker in my book.

Well good luck to everyone else, can anyone beat that one week loss? ;)

Well done Mini Gem - you are amazing. Just stick to plan and I will bet that very little of it goes back on next week.

I lost 0.5lbs this week. Think TOM is due, can never tell. Feeling the right way for it to be nearly here and have a spot on my chin, so what more proof do I need. It just needs to get a move on and start before next weeks weigh in.

Have been lacking in my weight loss counter duties, will go find a bit of paper and work it all out.

Late but still here, this is the weight losses up until the evening of Monday 17th February, will count all losses since then in next weeks regular round up.

So watch this space for Mini Gems and Peacocks already posted results.

Arwen = -3lbs
BritinNj = 0lbs
Cat90 = +1lb
Leigh = +1lbs
MelissaA = -2lbs
Mini Gem = -1lbs
Peacock = -4lbs
Posy = 0lbs
Sal = -0.5lbs

Giving us a weekly loss of 8.5lbs.

Which gives us a grand loss for 2003 of 71.5lbs, 5 stone 1.5lbs

Will be back on the ball next Monday and no mistakes - girl guide honour - am the wrong sex for the scouts !!

Mini Gem..you are a treat..i had a right good giggle at your post :lol: just the way that you phrased it..the first part i'm on about :lol: don't argue with that woman either..you take your sticker and CONGRATULATIONS :D

A pound off.
Am off away tomorrow until Sunday, will try and keep track of my cals. It should be ok as I intend on not drinking (alcohol that is).

Hey, hey, hey, what do ya know. Jumped on those scales this morn, a day late, and lo and behold, two pounds gone! Wahoooooooooooooooooo :)
Well done Leigh-R.

leigh-r and chris :bravo: :cp:

Well done chris and leigh :)

:( Gained a pound...I thought as much, too much take-away and chocolate...It started on V-day and just got worse...Oh well, next week it will be better...

Well done chris and leigh-r :)

Chin up Melissa, just hang in there :)

In one of the other threads I post on I was asked exactly what I ate to stay within my calorie allowance...I always tell people I have a huge plate and I fill it with veg to bulk it out and fill me up along with my usual ww ready meal or whatever I have with it. I always tell people I eat loads of veg but just saying that doesn't really give you any indication of exactly how much that is.
So finally I had the bright idea of taking a photograph to show you all the size of my plate and how much food is on it.
The meal on this plate totals 322 calories and when you see it you will understand why I am never hungry.
Hubby is always asking if I need help to carry my plate and when people see me eating from it they can't believe I eat so much and still lose weight.
I just posted it in my gallery if you all want to go and have a look

Ali :wave:

Goodness gracious Ali, you are so tiny and that plate is huge! No wonder you hubby offers you help to carry it. What sort of veggies do you eat on a regualr basis?

every day chris for lunch with my sandwich made with ww bread I have a huge mixed salad, and what was on my plate which also is something I eat every day is cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, green beans, runner beans and brussell sprouts.
people keep asking if I ever get sick of eating the same veg over and over again, but I don't I just vary the way I serve it. Last night I chopped it all up into little pieces and mixed it all together and poured the tagliatelle over the top, other times I just serve it all out on the plate individually so that it looks nice :)
I keep raw veg and salad in the fridge to snack on and also some ready cooked, which I nibble on cold...hubby thinks that is disgusting, cold cooked veg, but hey there are no calories in it and I actually like it :)

Ali :wave:

And I thought I ate a lot of veg, my plate is nowhere near as full as yours Ali, maybe that is where I am going wrong.

I try to eat a mixture of veg with my dinner every evening and have a large salad with a sandwich at lunch as well. Guess I must be doing better than I thought

:lol: Ali that pic is hilarious..the plate almost takes up the whole cushion :lol:

Well done to everyone who has lost this week - MG thats brill 10lb is fantastic, whatever the reason:)

I've had a 17th century banquet to contend with this week as well as 3 days visiting my parents in Wales so I was pleased to find I'd stayed the same.

The banquet was really good but I only had one spoonful of most of the dishes and some I didn't try at all. I avoided the desserts like the plague but did drink a whole bottle of white wine. I also did some very energetic dancing (loosely classed as a jig) in a pure wool dress so that must have burnt up some calories. All I can say is no wonder they all died young if thats the sort of temperature their bodies heated upto on a regular basis!

Parents was OK too dietwise. Did succumb to wine with the evening meal and a dessert but obviously didn't do too much harm. If we hadn't had lunch out on Tuesday (veg lasagne and chips) I might even have managed a slight loss!

Actually found it harder to get back to counting points once we got home but today was OK so think I've got back into the swing of it now.

Hi everyone

sorry I haven't been around to post. I was hit with this vomiting and throat bug that has been doing the rounds on friday and I only managed to get myself out of bed yesterday :(

weigh in was a gain of 3lbs, which the doctor and dietician said I should have been looking for so that was a good thing, the only problem I have with that now is that I realised TOM is due this week so if I have another gain I wont know if it is caused by the increase in calories or TOM. I spoke to the doctor again yesterday about it and she said I may just have to scrap this months weights and restart again after TOM to be sure, so I am not looking forward to this coming weigh in at all, its hard enough to see a gain at TOM but at least I know the reason then, this time I wont and I will be worrying about it. The main thing is to keep focussed and not let it get to me too much, I am in no danger of giving in...not now, I feel as though I am working so hard to get to goal now, this is definitely the hardest part, but I will do it :)


Ali :wave:

Stayed the same - will do the weekly weigh in stats from home tonight

1 pound on this week. Not too bad. Not toounhappy with that but I am going to make a real effort this week (except for Sunday at Wanda's when I am having pancakes!)

Pleased to announce another 3lb off this week which makes a grand total of 1 stone 3lb, (the most I've ever managed to lose on a sensible diet) and only 6lb to go before my 10% target:dance: I've also dropped into another stone zone now. Funny how 15.13 sounds so much better than 16 something!

Good luck to everyone else.

Ali, the size of your plate is truly amazing, almost the same size as you now! What the doctor says about increasing your calories does seem to make sense so grit your teeth and hang in there for a couple of weeks and hopefully you will soon see a drop in the scales again.:)

Helen CONGRATULATIONS! :balloons: it's great when you drop into another 'zone' over here we don't deal in stones just lbs so i like dropping by the ten's..can't wait until i start doing :rolleyes:

No change for me this week, and I haven't been dieting this week either. I took a week off, ate what I wanted, no exercise and loads of alcohol. Plus TOM is due and I am bloated so I think I did ok.

One pound off this week!!! not brilliant, but better than I thought I did...:)

So much for my real effort. Been stressed so been bad. Had a Magnum (why??!) 18 sins that was! Just had a can of Weight Watchers no added sugar low fat low cal rice pud. Not nice and I have just found out is 15 sins on a green or red day. I will have to start taking my sins book with me when I shop.

I will be in the shop all night - after checking everything is veggie friendly (no gelatine) then is sin friendly....

I don't even know why I bought the rice pud. I don't usually have puds. Ah well....

1 off this week - not brilliant, but not bad!

:cp: Melissa and Madame Dotty..just think of it as another 1lb of lard thrown away :D

Yaaayy! I'm down 4lbs :cp: :cb: it took me two weeks to achieve but i'm just so happy that i'm contributing to your FABULOUS stats at last :dance: i hate recording a ++++++ :p my next weigh-in is April 1st :joker: and i really wanna lose 10 by then.