Support Groups - Desperately Need a Diet Buddy #20

Ok, stupid question allert - you did read the book, right?

Ok, now that's out of the way...protein is usually really filling. Maybe you need to just eat more?

Haven't read South Beach but from what I can tell, it's like starting Atkins several weeks in - mostly whole foods. Which is always ALWAYS a good idea. So good luck!

I'm still floundering at 240...240...240. I am totally stuck!

B

Brandy - You must know me very well. It is like me to start a diet without reading the book but, I ACTUALLY read the book from cover to cover.

I've been filling up on a lot of cheese, hummus, cold-cuts, fish and buffalo. Yes, that's correct - buffalo.

I did lose 5.5lbs in 4 days so it must be working.

Are you still doing WW?

I swear I posted to this! Where is it??? Congrats AGAIn on your 5.5. Even I would consider eating buffalo for 5.5 in 4 days.

Mark and I have been WWing together since last Sat. He's had like 35 - 37 points every day, I have like 15 Flex leftover - more than I've EVER had leftover. He's lost 4 or 5 pounds, I'm still bouncing up and down 240 - 241. ACK!!! Oh well, when I get past this, maybe I'll have that woosh! that comes after a stall. Cross your fingers for me.

Good diet vibest to all - come check in!

B

Brandy - have you spoken to your meeting rep about this? Maybe they could help you figure out why your staying the same. I remember from WW that if you stay under your points or don't use your flexpoints you won't lose. Maybe that's it?

I was very dizzy today because I didn't eat enough. So I passed out on the bed at 5pm and woke up at 9:30 and had some dinner. This is my problem, I'm not "jazzed" about animal protein and veggies so I don't eat enough of them. I have got to start balancing my food otherwise I won't lose and will pass out! :dizzy:

Raff - I need to make some changes because you know, you get used to one thing, your body gets wise to you. I have a really bad habit of getting in a food rut and having the exact same thing or things for days on end. Sometimes weeks. I have also been neglecting the dairy big time and living on small quantites of thai peanut noodles (read: little salt bombs, my habit of the moment. No kidding, my journal for days at time looks like - peanut noodles, peanut noodles, strawberry bubble smoothie, peanut noodles). So while it's irritating to be stuck, it's also probably - now that I've looked at my journals - not the mystery I thought it was.

Now as to you - if you're not into animal protein (I'm not either, I can't remember the last time I had actual meat of any kind) and veggies, does SB give some kind of veggie alternative? Have you tried any of the soy products? I LOVE the Morningstar Farms products! Everything we've tried has been really good. Except the bacon and frankly, we were idiots to try that. I mean, you can look at the picture and tell even my dog wouldn't be fooled by that. It looked like bacon shaped gum. Hee.

So, you - eat! No passing out!

Me - lay off the peanut noodles! No more sodium bombs!

Everyone else - post! No more leaving us hanging!

B

Brandy - I can be that way also, eating the same foods till I'm sick of them.
You had me peeing my pants with the "little salt bombs"! For me it's been: cheese and hummus, cheese and hummus.

I do have to look into the veggie side of SB because as I said I'm not crazy about eggs, meat, fish and veggies, which besides cheese is what I should be eating.

Also not a fan of eggs, meat, or fish. Do love my veggies (I'm big into roasting them now which takes next to zero effort on my part, which is probably why I like it). I could totally have a cheese and hummus moment. Totally. I heart hummus in a way that just can't be good. Of course, I want it with toasted pita bread and a big honkin' side of stuffed grape leaves. All the stink you can get, essentially.

Still not 239. STILL. ACK! I swear, today I will do better. I will get the dairy I'm supposed to have. I will not eat any little salt bombs. I may even exercise. Maybe.

B

Ok, so I still have .5 to go before I hit my stinkin' 10% but this am, I have finally seen the 230s :love: the very upper reaches of the 230s, but still!!! Am thrilled :flow1:

Good for you Brandy! I'll be sending my positive vibes your way.

I don't want to get into the whole South Beach thing right now because I'm pist! :lol: P-I-S-T Pist!

Oh my! Well when ya simmer down, lemme know. I don't know if I can help, but venting is welcome! That's what we're here for!

B

Congratulate me girls! It's official - I met my 10% (I was so close, I snuck an extra weigh in - ok, a few) and I'm actuall one pound under!!! YAY!

So next 10%, here I come!

YOU GO GIRL! :bravo: :cb: :dance: :wizard: :balloons: :encore: :goodluck:

And when I've calmed down I'll tell you about the whole South Beach thing.

Thanks! I'm so excited.

Wow, if you're still steamin' - this must've been some BIG SB thing.

Have a great day!

Okay. I didn't want to get into it again, but here goes:

I started SB the Sun before last and did everything I was supposed to. No sugar, flour, or anything with that. Well, I got confused as to how much I weighed and how much I lost after 4 days, which turned out to be 3lbs. A day or so later I felt heavier. Got on the scale last Sun and I was down only 1lb.


What kind of crap is that? I was soooooooooooo frustrated because to not eat carbs for me is a BIG achievement and struggle so I wanted to lose the f'n 5-7lbs everyone else does.

So now, as of today I have started Phase 1 again and this time I am going to pay close attention to what goes in my mouth and journal my food. A fellow SBeacher online is going to review my journal at the end of the week.

Hey Ladies...sorry I've been MIA for so long. Hit a wall, but then found a ladder and climbed over, so I'm back on track. Just have a moment for a quick "Hi!" and a congrats to you both for your hard work and perseverance. GO team GO!

Lorraine

Raff, sucks that your first week was a bit off, but it's very smart to have someone else look over your journals!

Lorraine, glad to have you back with us!

I'm still plugging away!

B

Ok guys, I have ten weeks (TEN!!!) before I go on vacation (and change, so like ten weeks and a few days) and I have GOT to lose AS MUCH WEIGHT AS POSSIBLE. Please be my Ten Week Countdown Buddies? And kick my *** when I slack, ok?

Okay! My foot is winding up right now as I speak. :D You can do it. And if, for some reason you don't, you must remember that you have already lost a significant amount of weight.

Where are you going you lucky stiff? I'm going to PM my home address to you so you can send me a postcard.

Thank you, but please let fly with the kicks anyway. Honest, I will be thrilled with myself if I just stay on plan this whole time!

We're going back to this place we love in Florida. We rent a big house for a week just after the kids go back to school (so we end up not having to share the beach with anyone - hee!). Tons of balconies and a pool, right on the beach on a part of the island where the houses are well-spaced and right next to some kind of nature preserve or something. The dolphins are like RIGHT THERE ten feet from you in the water. We go with some of our family and friends and just hang out, drink, play games, and enjoy the view for eight days. I highly recommend it. We found it when we were looking for a rental that would allow us to bring our dog. He likes the beach now too. It's not terribly exciting but we love it for just that reason. I will try to send you a postcard (assuming I ever leave the house, last time I was just beach - poop - house - beach - house - pool - house - beach...). If nothing else, I'll take a pic and write on the back. Hee.

B

That sounds wonderful! I love dolphins and read in a magazine that there is a place in FL called Discovery Cove (I think) where you can snorkel with dolphins. Of course, the dolphins won't be snorkeling, just us. :lol:

;)

Guess the prodigal sister has finally returned :D

After months in the wilderness, and a doctor telling me if I didn't lose weight I'd be on insulin in a year and dead in 10....I joined (or is that re-re-re-re-re-re-re-joined) WW :eek:

I'm actually really excited about it. The leader is South African and really awe-inspiring. I've also made a commitment to myself that this is for life. When I reach my goal I'm going to stay committed to WW, otherwise I'll give in again and end up back in the same place.

Things are fine here. I've just completed my second year at uni (apart from the missed exams from when I was ill in January)....once I sit my missed exams next month I'll be ready to start my final year of the degree.

The kids are growing up fast. Natty is 10 (going on 25), and changing shape much faster than her parents are ready for!!!! :nono: I think somehow she's going to be blessed with a cleavage like her Mom's! ;)

Dom is nearly nine now, and mad about ice hockey (no idea how that happened!!! :D ). He plays for an under 10 team and has Alan driving 50 mile round trips to the ice rink four times a week!!!

Anyway, I'm here, and gosh, I've really missed you all

:grouphug:

Love
Jo xxx

OMG :yikes:

CONGRATULATIONS BRANDY!!!!! I've just noticed you reached your 10%!!!!! Well done hon, I'm so proud of you!!!

:cheer: :bravo: :cp: :cheer:

Jo! Hi!!! Glad to have you back. And another WW buddy, super! Thanks for all the updates and again, soooooo glad to have you back! You start weight is where I am NOW so I guess we'll be working towards that next 10% together. COOL!

B

It's good to be back. I'll just have to make sure it's for good this time! :dizzy:

Welcome back Jo! :wave:

Is this an open thread or can anyone join? I am in desparate need of support in my need to lose weight. I defeat myself and need someone to talk to.

Hi PT

This is a great thread and anyone can join. Some of us have been together since the first thread, #1, which I started three years ago :yikes:

As you can see, sometimes the downs cancel out the ups, but we have had some incredible success stories over the years, and while it may seem a hard road, we've always had hope, and encouragement on this thread.

In fact, I've drifted by the wayside more than once, when life became too much, but I'm back and positive.

You're more than welcome to stick around, and we'll encourage you as much as we can.

Jo

Thank you Jo. I have been in a long time struggle with my weight and struggle still to this day. Intellectually I know what works as I work in the fitness field, however, I can not motivate myself to complete any type of program or even begin. I have even gone to the point of trying hypnosis. I guess my sub-conscious overpowers my conscious because I self defeat. Does anyone have any suggestions. :?:

Welcome Chris!

I guess the way I need to begin is to review various "proven" eating plans. I know that Weight Watchers is highly recommended by the FDA. I feel that since I am quite active I need my carbs so that eliminates Atkins, plus I am not really into all of the high levels of protein since all of my family has high blood pressure, heart problems, etc. except me. I have looked at and heard good comments and results from Bill Phillips Body For Life eating program. Any input? Pros and Cons? Suggestions?

Hi Chris :wave:

There is a Body for Life forum in the General Diets section http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=42844

If you are into weight training there is Ladies and Gents Who Lift, most of us in that forum have done/still do BFL or something similar... But we are here or there to have fun and help each other...

Please join anywhere on 3FC where you feel the most comfortable...

THREE YEARS??? :dizzy:

WOW!!! :hb:

Welcome Chris! Personally, Body For Life just seems impractical for me. I don't know tons about it but it just seems like BFL would take over my life and eventually, just be too consuming for me to keep up. I like WW because it's not my WHOLE life, but it works. If you are an all or nothing person, maybe BFL would work for you. It would set the bar too high for me. I know I'm never going to work out THAT much and restrict my food to that extent, and I don't want to. But that's me.

As for the self-defeating thing - sometimes it helps to know why you do things, and sometimes you just have to get around the things you do. We ALL have self-defeating bahaviors or we wouldn't be over-weight. I can spend the rest of my life trying to figure out why, or I can set some limits and try to keep myself from behaving that way. As I am not that introspective, I'm far more likely to change my behaviors and form new habits than I am to delve into my psche and try to figure me out.

Good luck in whatever you try, and welcome to our little group. We've been together for three years (really??? three???) and there are some great girls here!

Brandy

P.S. Exactly two months till I go on vaca - let's see how much weight one girl can lose in a two month panic diet :lol:

Yep, three whole years!!! :cool:

I joined 3fc in May 2001, and my first every post was the start of a thread called 'Desperately Need a Diet Buddy' :D

Funny how time flies!!!! :sunny:

Brandy, is your vacation down to stay with family???

I can't believe it's been three years! WOW!

We have rented a house in Fla on the beach (we went there a few years ago) and we'll be having family stay with us. It was soooo much fun last time and we've really been looking forward to. And our dog likes the beach too! This is sort of my Christmas gift from my husband. He got a new fancy schmancy laptop and all I could think of was VACATION. So yes, my Christmas gift is coming like nine months late. Hee.

B

Welcome Chris! I'm following the South Beach Diet which is a "good fats, good carbs" diet. So that may be an option for you.

Jo - It's been 3 years for me as well and I can't believe it. Next year we should have a 4 year reunion!

Nicole - I PMd you to get a recipe that I'm dieing for.

Talk to you soon.

Wow, nearly off the front page.

Hope you all had a good weekend.

I'm just about to go to my first weigh-in <gulp>. TOM too, so I'm sure I'll be disappointed with the loss even though I've been rigid in sticking to my points.

I'll let you know how I get on.... :^:

Jo- how did the weigh-in go? I'm down a lb today. Wish it were more.

Did Brandy go away yet?

Hi guys! Once again, my weight is stuck. Oh well. TOM and all, maybe I'll have a big woosh coming up. Congrats to all you losers - I'm happy for you, but also a little envious :p

Jo, good luck on the weigh in. Thinking thin for ya!

Not on vacation yet - still several weeks to go. I keep telling myself this is a GOOD thing as it won't hurt to lose a few more lbs. I'd like to make another trip home between now and then - my best friend has just had her second kid and if I don't get in there with the good gifts early, I could lose my favorite fake aunt status!

B

Well, as you can see from my sig, I only lost a pound.

I was really disappointed with that, I've stuck rigidly to the plan, been totally good and only lose a pound in the first week.

In the past I could always count on losing 4-7 pounds in the first week. Although the leader did say that with my liver not working properly that can slow my metabolism down, which might make it harder for me to lose.

I'm not giving up though. A pound is better than no pounds, or pounds gained.

Jo - Any loss is worth the effort. Just think, a lb is 4 sticks of butter (I don't know about the UK). If you look at it that way then it seems like alot.

As for me, I was binging today. Went off my foodplan today because of T.O.M. and didn't stop eating till 8pm. Good God! I thought I was going to explode. Now I feel physically sick. :( I've been following my food plan for exactly 3 weeks and this was my first, and hopefully, last slip.

Hey!

Where'd everybody go?????? :shrug:

I had a busy weekend......decorating the hallway, and moving the furniture round in Natty's room so we could put up a computer desk and give her our old pc (NOT connected to the internet....mean parents!!!)

Been sticking to the plan and am fairly confident of having actually lost a decent amount this week now TOM has passed.

Hope you're all ok.
Jo :grouphug:

Hi all! Another casualty of PMS/TOM here - no loss, totally stuck!

Jo, SMART parents! I'm always surprised when people give their kids net access with no supervision. Scary!!! And congrats on your lb! Fingers crossed for this week.

Raff, had my own bingy day (seriously, if I were telling tales - which I am not - I would own up and say Entemans might have been involved). Am now trying to pick up and move foward while pretending the whole thing never happened. Maybe denial can work in my favor for once.

Anyway, new day - new week. New start.

B

Yes, have to confess to having been swayed by Entemans more than once.....ooooh their Raspberry Danish...ooooh and the carrot cake..... :hun: I better stop, it's weigh-in tomorrow!!! :D

Brandy, she thinks we're awful for not letting her have access in her bedroom (but when she told me about one of her friends showing her a site called RateMyPoo...I seriously felt vindicated!!!) If they want or need the internet, then they use MY computer, in the dining room where I can see what they're doing.

I've known so many people who have given their kids unrestricted internet access....one of whom the girl ran away at 12 to meet up with a 25 year old she met in a chat room...and the parents still couldn't see where they'd gone wrong when social services were involved and the police confiscated their pc. Utter madness.

Right I really must go and do some housework. It's nearly 3:30pm and I've been threatening to do housework all day.... :^:

Jo

PMSing here too. Cravings like you wouldn't ba-leave! I was doing so well on my foodplan and now PMS had got me wanting all kinds of weird things.

Hi Ladies,

Sorry I've been MIA for so long (since 11 June to be exact!) ... Had a virus on the computer, and with everything else that's been going on, school hols, going on vacation, etc, it's taken us until now to get it sorted ... a computer guy came yesterday and spent 5 hours sorting out all the problems that we had with our pc! I've been having withdrawl symptons ... felt like my life-line had been cut!!

Anyway, it's great to see so many of you posting again ... for a long while it was only Brandy and myself ... we were getting a little lonely!

Can't possibly go back and read all the posts that I've missed in great detail ... it would take me until Chirstmas! ... Although I have had a quick scan through them ... Well done to anyone who's lost and welcome to any newbies :wave:

Just a quick update ... I've now been on vacation ... we ended up going to Thailand ... had a lovely relaxing break ... ate too much ... drank too much ... gained lbs!! Managed to be fairly sensible since I've been back though and got down to what I was before I went, so I'm pleased about that. I've got relatives arriving from the UK this afternoon ... my mom's two younger sisters and one of their sons, who's the same age as Tom (15) ... I get on really well with them so I know we're all going to have a great time ... of course it means that it's going to be about 3 weeks that I'll be 'off plan', but I will try to be sensible and go straight back to WW when they leave.

Probably going to be pretty busy of the next couple of weeks with the visitors, but I will post whenever I get chance.

It's good to be back ... I've missed you all!! :) :grouphug:

Nichola :D

Glad you're back now Nichola.
We had a trojan last week on our computer and although we got rid of it, the pc hasn't been the same since. :mad:

Well, I lost another 2 pounds this week....although yet again I'm disappointed. Had my weigh-in been two days earlier I would have been 4lbs down....and I was really good in those two days so I've no idea why it went upwards again. Grrrrrrrr.

Right off to tidy the house, got two internet buddies coming over the weekend...one Saturday (who has become a family friend since we first met), and one Sunday (heading home to Scotland from a vacation in SW England).

Jo, congrats on the 2lbs loss, that's great so don't be disappointed that it wasn't more ... we all know how much our weight fluctuates throughout a week, so best just to weigh once a week (says she who has been on the scales everyday this week so far!! :o

Have fun with your friends this weekend ... I'm already exhausted with having my visitors here since Tuesday ... Can't seem to get them to go to bed until around 3am!!! ... having difficulty keeping up with them ... I can manage one late night a week but then I'm exhausted for the rest of week and need to recover!! Then the problem is that they're not getting up till really late and wonder what they're still tired ... they blame it on jetlag!!!

Oh well, I think I'll go back to bed for another hour to see if I feel any better!! :tired:

Nichola

Welcome back Nichola!

Congrats on the loss Jo.

I'm still here working the South Beach diet. Getting tired of it, but every time I want to stop I ask myself what the alternative would be.

Very short message: am still doing WW. Struggling for about a week, fine now. I hope. Fingers crossed. Hi all and will catch up soon!

B

Hi Girls,

Visitors went back to the UK last night and I've started back on my WW plan straight away. I've had a mammouth month ... nearly 2 weeks on hols and then 2 weeks with visitors eating out every single day!! Boy have I chucked away some food!! I thought I could eat, but seeing how much my visitors ate, I realise just why they are so much more overweight than I am ... I don't want to go there!! Weighed in today and have gained 3.5lbs since my last WW weigh in, so not quite as bad as I had expected ... PHEW!! :o Visitors have also gone home to start WW again and will be emailing me regularly so that we can all try to keep each other motivated.

Had an email from friends a few days ago who were hoping to visit us in October, but they are now unable to come and are planning a longer trip next summer instead ... PHEW (again!)!! ... My friend has such a fantastic body that, quite honestly, I was dreading them visiting looking the way I do, which I know is an awful, selfish thing to say! Anyway, I'm determined not to look this way when they eventually come ... I know it's a long way off, but I also know that by they time they do come, I'll be down to my goal ... and this time I really do mean it!! ... No more messing around!

Hope everyone else is doing ok :)

Speak again soon.

Nichola :wave:

Hi! Glad you guys had a good visit!

Still plugging away with WW here. Haven't made much progress (ok, any at all) but have not really been pushing either. Am now back to working a little harder and hope to have good results to report soon!

B

Hi All! I'm still here too. Doing the South Beach thing. What a b*itch! A few times here and there that I went off for the day I already feel like I'm gaining weight back.

Hi Girls,

Glad to hear you are both still plugging away at your plans ... Brandy, I'm with you all the way with the WW ... Raff, what's the SB diet like, is it similar to the Atkins plan? How long have you been on the SB?

Well, I've been ok so far this week, although it's taken a bit of getting used to, counting all my points again etc. Went over my points a wee bit last night due to having wine with dinner ... I blame Nick for this!! But it was the first time in about 3 weeks that we have actually sat down together over dinner and talked to each other, so it was nice to relax over a bottle (or 2!! :o ) ... Will cut down a little today to make up it!

I still have almost 2 weeks left of the school summer hols until I have to return to work on 25 August ... I can't believe that I'm actually looking forward to going back to work. I need to get back into some sort of routine ... I'm sure it will help with my diet. I've already planned out my meals etc. I'm going to take cereal for my brekkie as I don't have time to eat it at home in the mornings before I go to work ... at breaktime I'm taking a fruit salad ... and I will take a healthy packed lunch, either sandwich or salad. Last term I never bothered taking any lunch as I only work until 1.20pm, but always found that I was ravenous by the time I got home at around 1.40pm, and always grabbed the first thing that came to hand ... usually not a very healthy option!! We have a 20mins break at 12.15 for lunch, which is a little early, but I think it will be better to have something then and maybe a healthy snack later in the afternoon when I'm at home. That's the plan anyway ... hope it works!!

Keep up the work everyone! :)

Nichola

Hiya,

I'm still plugging away on WW. Felt I was doing well, but TOM hit the night before weigh-in this week, and where I'd lost 4.5 lbs in two weeks, I gained 3lbs overnight, and officially only lost 1.5 in two weeks. What a pain!!!!

Nichola it really makes sense to take lunch with you and eat early. If I go over my time to eat I raid the kitchen...usually for excessive amounts of chocolate as to me its always been a fast fix when I'm ravenous. The thing is, I never enjoy chocolate if I eat it fast, so I don't feel happy for having eaten it and had no enjoyment.

On the everyday newsy stuff....Dom has his first ice hockey match on Saturday and I'm going to miss it. :( I feel so guilty about it, because while he's playing for the first time ever, I'm going to be in the hairdressers having my roots done. Under normal circumstances, I'd have cancelled the hair appt, but I have two inches of roots and more importantly I start two weeks work experience in a law firm on Monday and if there's a chance that they might want to offer me a training contract when I graduate in 2006, I need to make a good impression. Looking like a skunk won't do it!!! :dizzy:

Anyway, must dash....taking the kids to see Thunderbirds at the movies this morning so I need to be organised.

Take care
Jo

Southbeach is a good carbs, good fat diet. Atkins has changed since the last time I did it so I can't compare the too. I like the South Beach diet except that if you go off it too much you put back weight very quickly.

Jo, sorry to hear about the gain, but don't let it get you down, it's bound to be water retention due to TOM. Carry on with the WW plan and I'm sure you'll have a loss next week. Easy for me to say I know, but we all know how much our bodies change from day to day, or week to week. So we really should look at the overall picture and not just at the present week ... does that make sense to anyone :?: :dizzy: ... I know what I'm trying to say anyway! :lol: Good luck to Dom on Saturday and good luck with your work experience next week ... you must be really excited! :goodluck:

Well, I hope everyone has a great weekend :)

'Speak' again soon. :comp:

Nichola

Hi Girls,

Hope everyone had a good weekend and you're all managing to stay on plan??

Weighed-in today and have lost 2lbs :) The annoying thing is though, that I've hopped on the scales a few times during the week (I know, I know, I shouldn't have done that!) and two or three times the scales have said 171lbs, but today they say 173lbs :rolleyes: ... That'll teach me a lesson to practice what I preach and only get weighed once a week!! Anyway, 2lbs is better than no lbs, right? So I'll be happy with my loss and make sure that I don't WI again until next Tuesday!!

Have a great week! :)

Nichola

ACK :stress:

PMS :censored:

MISERABLE :hot:

Up millions of pounds, MILLIONS!!!

Hope to be back to my normally charming self soon.

Brandy, hope you're feeling a bit better today ... it's so unfair isn't it that we girls have to suffer like this every month ... men just don't know how darn lucky they are!! :mad: I wished that just once they could all have a TOM, just so that they know what we have to put up with ... there again, the world would probably come to a complete standstill, so better be careful what we wish for, eh?!! :lol:

Had an email from my relatives in UK last night ... they have both joined WW, so we are now all in competition to see who loses the first stone (14lbs) ... I'm going to have to try really hard as I know that when they both put their minds to it, they lose really quickly in the first few weeks of a diet, where as I tend to struggle after the first week!! ... As if you didn't already know!! :o

Nichola

Thanks for the sympathy. As men don't have to directly suffer the misery of PMS, I do my part to share the "love" by being so miserable that my husband ends up miserable too. And not even on purpose. I'm just that miserable to be around. I'm such a whiner!

Good luck with your contest!!! I'm sure you can do it - the advantage you have is you already know how to work the program. Remember how easy it is to misjudge and run out of points in the first few weeks! You have the know-how behind you! Good luck!!!

B

Yes. PMS. I almost threw a can of crushed tomatoes at a huge trackertrailer that was trying to cut me off the highway yesterday :lol: That's what PMS can do.

I'm okay otherwise. Took a little break from South Beach. Am starting to realize that there will never be a diet that I will like. I just have to accept the fact that I can't eat the way I wan't, when I want and expect to lose weight and keep it off.

Brandy, thanks for the encouragement ... I only wished that I felt as confident as you that I can do it!! From Monday to Thursday last week I was really, really good, but as soon as Friday arrived everything went pear-shaped!! Just can't seem to stay in control at the weekends no matter how hard I try ... well, if I'm honest, I didn't really try!! :mad: What the **** is it with me that makes me go so out of control at weekends?!! With four good days and three really, really bad day, I don't expect to make much progress! Note to self: MUST TRY HARDER AT WEEKENDS!!!

Raff, I hear what your saying, and I think it's something that we all need to accept. All these years of trying to lose weight, you'd think that I'd have got the message by now that going out of control at weekends and eating/drinking whatever I want, isn't going to help me lose weight :( I keep trying to tell myself that I'm not "on a diet", that I just have to change my attitude and my relationship with food. It's like I've got some sort of obsession with it and it's about time that I got it under control. Anyway, I don't hold out much hope of a loss at this weeks WI, but I am going to try my hardest not to lose control again at the weekend ... it's only FOOD for goodness sake!! It's not like someone's holding a gun to my head and force feeding me!! I will not let it get the better of me!!

Nichola

Weighed in yesterday and have lost another pound ... could have been better (or worse as the case may be!!)! I really must try to keep on track this week ... the slightest little thing seems to throw me off the rails ... like last night!! The kids had spaghetti bolognese for dinner, which I love, and I had prepared a salad with chicken for Nick and myself ... very good you may think ... but no! ... Sophie has a VERY small appetite (not like her mother!) and left half of her spag bol ... no prizes for guessing what happened to the left overs!! :mad: Consequently this took me over my points as I had the stupid mentality to think 'oh well, I've blown it now, I might as well have some of those cookies!' ... which of course I did!!

Trying hard to keep on track right now though. Went back to work today after two long months of school summer hols ... It was hard getting up this morning! Hopefully, being back at work will help with diet :^:

Nichola

Hi guys! I haven't deserted you all, even if it seems like it. I'm so freakin' busy with moving and work right now, that I'm going bonkers. Not even thinking about diet. Will start up once we get to the new house. It's fantastic and I'm totally stoked about it. I'll send pics when I get settled!

Lorraine

Lorraine, just to say ... Hope the move goes well! :)

It's not been a good day today ... really busy at work trying to get the classroom ready for the kids to start back to school on Monday ... been so busy that I forgot to eat my lunch, which I had taken great care over preparing last night to take to work (all points calculated!) ... came home and forgot that I'd left it in the fridge at school so ended up grabbing things that I shouldn't have because by the time I got home I was ravenous!! Hope I'll do better when we get back into a normal routine on Monday :^:

Nichola

How's everyone doing? ... Better than me I hope!! The past week has been a total right off as far as my diet is concerned ... I've been sooooo bad!! :mad: What with starting back to work on Wednesday and my kids still being at home until Thursday when their school re-opens ... I just haven't been able to get into a 'normal' routine. Hope this week is a better one! :o

Nichola

Can't stop long. Spent the last two weeks working in a law firm, which was fun and challenging....and they'd like me to provide emergency secretarial cover during term time, as the lawyer liked my attention to detail.

Tomorrow, Wednesday and the following Monday I have the exams I missed in January when I was ill, so I'm cramming like mad.

Still losing, very slowly though, it works out to 7.5lbs in 7 weeks I think...although this week I won't have lost any as I've been stressing over the exams.

Talk soon
Love
Jo

Jo, glad you enjoyed your work experience at the law firm :) Good luck with your exams! :crossed:

Nichola

Just a quickie in between exams. First exam was awful but with luck and a prevailing wind I will have scraped a pass.

Went to WW tonight and GOD KNOWS HOW...but I've actually lost 1.5 pounds this week!!!

Hey all! Just a quick note to say Hi and good luck to everyone in the endeavors, whether it be weight loss or exams!

Love,
Raff

Jo, I'll keep my fingers crossed for you :crossed: and well done on the weight loss!! :)

Hi there Raff, how's it going?

I weighed in yesterday but nothing to report this week ... stayed the same. It was TOM and my eating habits have been very erratic! :o

Nichola

I was thinking about people yesterday. I know we've been unable to contact Ali, but what happened to Danielle???

Hi all!

Congrats to the losers!

I'm just stopping by quickly, tho it's been ages since I've chacked in. We have a houseguest for the next WEEK (yes, WEEK! ACK!) so I will have my hands full. Hope to stay OP and will get tons of walking in so that should help. Wish me luck.

Jo, haven't heard from Danielle since - I think - near last Christmas? Kelly's not posted in ages either. We had a couple of new girls for a bit but they seem to have dropped out.

Everyone take care and I'll update you all next week!

Okay. I weighed myself today and couldn't believe it because it was not what I had expected - it was a good thing. So when my friend's hubby came by to drop off the baby I had him get on the scale, the later my husband, the baby (yes, the baby), later my mother and sister. All seems accurate and I pray it's true but I'm afraid I weigh myself another time and it'll be wrong.

Good for you Raff :) ... as they say, "The scales never lie." :flow1:

Hope everyone has a good weekend.

Nichola

Hi guys...just in the middle of moving into the new house...I'm so glad you are all well...I'll post some more when I get set up better (sitting on the floor at the moment! :lol )

Lorraine, just to wanted to say "Hi", glad to see you're still around :wave: Hope the move went smoothly ... I know how stressful moving house can be at times! :headache: Hope you're soon all settled in.

Nichola

Quick post from me - houseguest home. Or has left anyway. Never again.

Will post more soon. Must now clean EVERYTHING.

Quickie post from me.....stayed the same this week...although minor miracle as I've not been doing much cooking, so we've had too much take out!

Hi guys and congrats Jo! I have had too much takeout over the past few weeks and I have NOT remained the same. I am, in fact, UP to 248! That's TEN pounds! ACK! :yikes: I honestly didn't expect it. I thought I was being careful. So I'm a little on the shocked side. Well, a lot actually. So I'm trying to get back on track and hope for the best.

Our vacation starts next Sunday. In Florida. After this hurricane. They keep adjusting the path so who knows if it will be hit (where we're going) or not. I can't quite bring myself to whine about missing a vacation when a whole island has already been wiped out. I mean, missing a vaction isn't fun but we're getting of a heck of a lot lighter than people who have lost their homes.

So anyway, I'm starting a new week TODAY. Wish me luck! And I'm sending good luck to all of you!

Just a quick post .......

Well done Jo for maintaining :)

Brandy ... I think it's physically impossible to maintain your weight when you've got visitors (unless you're an angel!) ... I know from experience that it is for me anyway :o Perhaps it shouldn't be, but that's the way it goes, right? Stick at it and you'll lose the excess in no time.

I'm pleased to report that I've somehow managed to lose 2lbs this week, putting me back to where I was before my visitors arrived a few weeks ago ... in fact, I'm a pound lighter ... I think? :D I'm now down to 170lbs (where I've been many, many times before!!), the trick is now to try to get into the 160's ... this is where I have a big problem ... for some reason my scales don't seem to register the 160's???? ... I wonder why??? :o

Hope everyone has a great weekend :)

Nichola

Well done Nichola! Two pounds down after the visitors is great. I can't diet when I have visitors, I guess it's that need to give guests the best of everything. All too often if I have guests I provide two desserts so they have choice....and then of course I have to eat the leftovers :^:

I've got a fasting blood test coming up, before my next appointment at the diabetic clinic. I'm not looking forward to it because I know that I haven't limited sugar as much as I should have done. The blood test is able to show how things have gone over time, so being totally good in the days running up to a blood test doesn't work!!!! Mind you, at least the doc will be pleased, last time I saw him he gave me grief about the fact that I had not lost any weight....and this time I will be over 14lbs lighter (I hope!).

I'm hoping my scales haven't gone all screwy. Weighed myself this morning and I'm the same weight as Alan!!!! He's always been lighter than me apart from that last time I lost weight three years ago (and it didn't last long!!). My scales read 232...which is a hefty loss this week, but I've had a rough time this week emotionally and missed a few meals....so it's not genuine weightloss. Oh well, will have to wait and see on Tuesday night.

It's hard to beleive it's three years since 9/11. We've had a lot of programmes on tv this week about it, and it's still hard to accept. Talking with friends it's strange that everyone can remember exactly what they were doing when they heard the news, but then it's like my Mom remembers exactly where she was when she heard that JFK had been assassinated. Guess it's probably more poignant for me (although obviously it's poignant for different people in different ways) because it's all tied in with the fact that on 9/11 I was ecstatic because I'd found out I was pregnant the day before, although subsequently losing the baby two weeks later. My baby would have been two. :(

Anyway...enough doom and gloom (sorry)..it's the start of the ice hockey season tonight, so we're off to Sheffield to watch the first game!!! Wooohooooo!!!!!!! <I'm not really excited....I'm just a good actress ;) >

Have a great weekend :grouphug:
Love
Jo

Just a quickie. Weigh in last night, officially 233!

Good for you Jo! Well done. And congrats to all the other losers and maintainers. As for myself, I have a little cold and feel like crap.

Talk to you soon.


Love,
Raff

Atta girl Jo! Keep the momentum!

I've joined Curves here and am enjoying the exercise. Hopefully it will help kick start a loss.

Lorraine

Hi all! Still chugging along here. I put my foodplan on the burner for a bit but now I'm ready to start cookin' again!

I have a wedding at the end of October and would love to lose some wieght before then. Wish me luck.

Does anyone know where Brandy is vacationing? Hopefully away from these hurricanes.

Take care,
Raff

Hi Everyone,

Sounds like everyone's feeling fairly motivated right now ... keep it up! :)

I stayed the same last week ... but with it being my birthday yesterday (19th ... that was the date, not my age!!LOL), we had a few celebrations over the weekend ... friends for BBQ on Saturday night and out for a meal yesterday with Nick :devil: ... Sophie made me a wonderful cake (of which I have eaten several slices!! ... And Tom bought me a huge box of choccies!! ... So I won't be expecting any miracles at my next WI!! :o

Lorraine, I must say that I'm very impressed with you joining Curves ... I really should do some exercise, but I feel so exhausted all the time ... just don't have any energy .. :tired: I'm convinced there's something wrong with me ... must be my age!! Although it's more likely to be the fact that I never have enough sleep ... can't seem to get into bed at a reasonable time, I really do need to be more organized.

Hope you all have a good week.

Nichola

Happy birthday for yesterday Nichola :hb:

I've had a weight gainy week I think, although the WI will prove it....reckon I've prob. regained everything I lost last week. :^:

I did make a decision though. I'm applying to do the Playtex Moonwalk in May. It's a power-walking marathon in London from Midnight onwards, wearing a decorated bra. It raises money for breast cancer research, and I'm hoping to do it in memory of a friend who lost her battle, and also for three friends currently battling. I'm entering with a team of internet buddies, and hopefully I'll be selected.

I'm starting training tonight. :dizzy: Got to build up gradually to 26 miles!!!!

Jo, hope the training goes well!! My mom has had breast cancer, so if was back in the UK it's definitely something I'd be up for ... let me know nearer the time when you need sponsoring and I'll be more than happy to send you a cheque.

Well, I'm sitting here at the moment chomping away on my my birthday choccies :eating2: ... this really won't do!! :o

Nichola

Up 3.5lbs this week :^:

Oh well, I'll get there in the end.

Hugs to all :grouphug:

Jo, take consolation from the fact that you are not alone ... I'm up 4lbs this week!! :o ... It' been one of those weeks I guess :devil:

I seem to have got to the stage where I'm sick and tired of counting points, or calories, or whatever ... why is dieting so darn boring?!! My relatives back in the UK, who started back at WW the same time as me, have also fallen off track. I had to laugh today ... I sent one them an email telling her I was fed up with counting points and was thinking of trying out one of my old diet plans from another UK slimming club I used to go to ... she replied by saying, "Choose whichever diet plan you want to, but there's only one way to lose weight ... stop eating like a pig!" ... What can I say? :lol: :dunno:

I've got another heavy weekend to get through ... big night out tomorrow with friends so I just know that I'll be eating/drinking way over the limit for any kind of diet :o ... I'll start afresh on Monday :rolleyes: Of course, I know what I'm doing is ridiculous ... there will always be nights out, birthdays, weddings, holidays ... I know I'm going to have to make an effort to change my eating habits because there will always be something to sabotage my diet ... I just wished that I didn't love food and wine so much!

Have a great weekend everyone :cheers:

Nichola

PS - I'm not going to change my weight loss record because I intend to get back to where I was ... SOON!!

Hello Ladies,

Well, Monday has arrived and I'm back on track with a vengeance! Decided to go with the old diet plan I used to follow ... yes I know it's not good to swop and change diet plans, but to be perfectly honest with you, I must confess that I haven't really been following WW properly anyway (surprise, surprise!! ... who would have guessed?!! :o ). All the counting and calculating of points was beginning to do my head in :headache:

Anyway, after my night out on Saturday with hubby and two other couples, I've finally faced the fact that I simply can't go on like this. My two friends who were out with us are both the same age as me ... but I looked like their mother!! They were both wearing lovely figure hugging jeans with little tops and looked really trendy ... I, on the other hand, wore a pair trousers which were too tight and a top which was supposed to be loose fitting but still managed to show just about every lump and bump beneath it!! I felt so old and frumpy beside my friends that I didn't really enjoy the night out at all. Even getting up from the table in the restaurant to visit the bathroom made me feel so uncomfortable and self conscious, like everyone was looking at me thinking how fat I was. Then the crunch came when we left the restaurant and went for drinks in a bar ... everyone had had a few drinks by now and decided we should go to another bar where there was a live band playing ... and dancing!! OMG!!!! I felt so ashamed at the way I look, there was no way that I'd be dancing, I just wanted to go home. This actually made me feel really sad when I thought back to how I used to look and how I used to enjoy myself on nights out. But now, everything seems to be ruined by the fact that I'm overweight. I even felt sorry for hubby ... being stuck with the fat chick!!

I don't want to have to keep going through occasions like this ... I want to feel good about myself again, not sad and miserable. I want Nick to be proud of me ... to be proud to tell people that I'm his wife. I know he loves me, but I often think that deep down he must be really disappointed that I'm nothing like the girl I used to be.

Well, this morning I told him that we were going to do this together ... he has gained a bit of weight recently, which he isn't happy about as he's always been quite fit and sporty. I told him I'd noticed that his tummy was getting bigger (although I still couldn't call him fat!). I think he was taken aback a little, as I've never told him this before. When he got on the scales he discovered that he is now heavier than he has ever been! :lol: (sorry! :^: ) So we have decided to do the plan together ... and I actually feel quite good about the fact that it was my suggestion this time and not his! :smug:

Anyway, sorry for the long post!! Hope you all had a better weekend that I did!!

Nichola

Hi all!

Back from vaca - we scootched in and out of Fla just between two hurricanes. We just made it! The weather was perfect and we all had a great time. Just back today and totally, utterly exhausted! Would type more but too sleepy. Will properly catch up tomorrow.

B

Ok, so time for a proper post and catch up:

Nichola, Very Happy Late Birthday!!! :gift: And congrats on a new start. Hope having hubby along for the ride will make him more sympathetic and give you the boost you need. Sorry you were up a few but I have no doubt they'll be off ASAP!

Jo, sorry about your gain :( but you are right: you WILL get there in the end!!! And from all women everywhere, thank you for participating in this walk! Put some fairy godmother wings on your walking bra! :flow1:

Raff, thanks for thinking of me. We dodged the hurricanes. Ivan hit Fla a few days before we went, then we left Jersey just as the remnants were headed up our way. Went to Louisiana, Ivan actually reformed, doubled back around, and eventually (If I understand correctly) the last bits of it hit Louisiana, missing us by a day. Then then Jeanne hit Fla the day after we left and now we are getting the leftovers in Jersey. A more paranoid person would think she was being chased :o

Lorraine, how's it going with Curves?!?!?! :strong:

Ok, now confession time for me: I only gained two pounds on vacation, one of which is already gone BUT I'm way up. WAY up. After our houseguest I then had a bout of some of the worst PMS I've had in ages - I was just hungry the whole time. Not that it's any excuse. But anway, I'm all the way up to 252. I'm so embarassed! However, I really have my head on straight now and I'm back at it. I think I just had a whole month where so much was going on and I just couldn't journal, plan, or think ahead. Well, I probably could have, but I didn't. Add PMS, houseguest, packing, and vacation - well, you get the idea. It's no excuse, I was pretty shakey anyway and having other things that needed my attention was just the excuse I needed, I guess, to sort of...drift. So now I have to change my sig to reflect that I have to reach my 10% AGAIN :cry: I hope it will be faster to lose this time as I gained these pounds pretty quickly. So anyway, that's where I am. I imagine my shock. I was shocked a few weeks ago to be 248, but now...eek!

So here I go again...

ETA: today is my one year anniv since starting WW. I felt pretty proud of the progress I'd made, but now I've undone like half of it. ACK! Never again, you guys!

Brandy, good to have you back ... well done for only gaining 2lbs whilst on vaccation, that's great! :) As for the rest of the gain ... stick at it and I'm sure they'll be gone in no time :) Looks like there's a few of us in the same boat, so we'll stick at it together, and I'm sure with the support of others we'll all get there in the end ... it may take us longer than we would like, but as long as we never give up we'll get there!! :smug:

Nichola

Hey All! Just a quick note to say Hi and that I haven't been getting notifications. Talk to you soon!

Take care,
Raff

Hi girls!

Raff - wonder why you're not getting notifications? Come to think of it, neither am I. Just try to remember to check in from time to time. But I know I USED to get them.

Nichola - I totally agree. This weight loss thing isn't fast but we'll get there.

I think I'm going to start a new thread today. We're at 20 something pages. I'm not sure what the limit is? So follow me to the next thread (I'll try to come back and post a link!)!!!

B

Brandy ... I've been waiting for someone to do that :lol: ... I'll meet you over at the new thread.

Nichola

Hey guys, don't know if anyone is getting notifications but Nichola and I are waiting for you on our BRAND SPANKIN' NEW thread!!!

Did you start it yet?