Hehe so this is where you are nice to 'see' a familiar face well done on your weightloss so far Stef I was one of the ones that lost weight and went away unfortunately I found it again and MORE so here I am again determined to do it this time once and for all. Let's do this!
Well, Cathy! I shall do it this year. Actually I AM doing it this year. I have started going to the gym for an early morning 30 mins and am finding the alternate days OK, usually. I fell off the wagon because of pressure at work and so I am writing a diary to try to be a bit more proactive so it doesn't hapen again - 2lbs went back on, but I refuse to change my ticker cos I will be back there by the end of next week
Shell, if, sorry, when we make it I'll stand you a low cal lunch on the border!
I like the advice kcoftx, but the diet is 3 days a week to allow me to eat normally when OH is home. That's part of the 'doability' to ensure I can stick to it. I have no intention of setting myself goals I cannot meet.
So my weekly goal is to keep a food/feelings diary and to identify days that I know I will be stressed. One example is that I will be very very busy on Tuesday, so I need to think ahead - up or down day? Up day cos I will be driving kids around and socialising. So take cash and make sensible choices! Hopefully such simple things will mean I down't make the mistake I made last week.
Oh and exercise will be easier once the clocks change - 6.30 won't seem quite so early
Welcome back Stef - you'll be delighted to hear I don't remember you....
Re eating normally when OH is home, I used to cook everything from scratch fwhen my ex was still around and he never realised he was actually eating diet curry/pastabake/whatever. It's very do-able - happy to give recipes for anyone that wants them. Having said that, you may already be doing just that
I'm looking forward to the clocks changing too - no more exercise in the dark - yay!
And yes, we do cook from scratch. OH is quite good at cooking well balanced foods. It is more the amount we eat, I think! I made a promise that I would not stop cooking/baking etc.. that would be torture. So we are spending a lot of time thinking about skinnying our normal meals. It's fun, to be honest!
I'm doing really well. I spent the last week or so calculating kcals. I haven't lost any more weight, I have been trying to calculate how many kcals I really do need on the Down Days. I must have been successful as I haven't gained anything either.
So I can safely say the big push has started. I have a 3 week mini goal of 8lbs and Onderland by May 7th (ish).
Have you tried using myfitnesspal.com? It's been a revelation to me. i do Slimming World but am struggling and have discovered lots of stuff that is actually high cal in my diet so have been tweaking things. It might help you see where you can make changes.
I am back - don't tell anyone
nice to 'see' a familiar face 
well done on your weightloss so far Stef 
I was one of the ones that lost weight and went away 
so here I am again 
determined to do it this time once and for 
all. Let's do this! 
