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 just the way that you phrased it..the first part i'm on about don't argue with that woman either..you take your sticker and CONGRATULATIONS

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

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

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

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

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

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