Hi Sarah, I can hide the biscuits for you if you can hide my crisps?

Hello and welcome Sarah, from one Yank to another.

I could hide them, but you'd have fairly bad luck in ever getting them back! They're my second-worst binge-frenzy food. I blame growing up on crap American potato crisps--they were easy to avoid when I didn't like them. When I arrived here, I had no idea crisps could be so good. And the flavours! Wow! I'm sure other Yanks can attest to this

Not just crisps, but a lot of American food seems like crap to me now. When I first arrived here, even the meat and vegetables tasted so much better, so much more real and full of flavour than anything I've had before. Granted, there are some things they don't do very well (like pizza or Mexican), but for the most part the food here is tastier.

How very interesting!

On another board they are always dissing English food!

I always laugh when American bands whine about food in Europe and they say they went to Macdonalds or Burger king!!!!

Hello everyone,
My name 's Shush and I am a 40yr old mother of one. I have lost 6 stones over the last 3 years unfortunately it has been the same 2 stones 3 times over and having put it back on for the third time I am about to start again.I really want this to be the last time I do this (C.W 238lbs). as it is beginning to affect my health.(self esteem and confidence hit rock bottom a long time ago). I'm hoping to find inspiration amongst all you lovely people who manange to keep on going when I'm reaching for the biscuit tin.

Shush I have yo-yo-ed 3 stones many a times! Welcome to the forum.

Peacock HELLO have you been hiding?

Miranoron, I totally agree. Every time I go back to the U.S. I find the food less and less tempting. I'm not sure what it is, but I think it's the preservatives and vast amounts of salt. There was an article in the Guardian just a day or to ago talking about this--how bread and milk spoil so much faster here. Last time I was back I got two huge bottles of Lawry's season salt, which I used to love, and now it's too salty for me!

Oh and remember how I complimented my husband for knowing better than to bring McVities chocolate digestives into the house? Well I take it back!!! I was home ill from work yesterday with a cold, and when he got home, he says "I have a surprise for you. . ." and pulls out a packet of them! He was trying to be so sweet, so I told him I really appreciated the thought, but that he knew I have no self-control around those things. He seemed a little disappointed and said he just wanted to do something nice for me because I was ill. But I think I got him to understand I REALLY REALLY mean it--they have to stay out of the house. Of course I ate the whole stupid packet--hubby got a few, but I hogged most of them. He has agreed that nice gestures must now come in the form of non-food items (i.e. flowers). Anyway, I will stop beating myself up about the biscuits because for two days in a row now I have ignored the call of the ice cream van that stops two doors down from me every bloody day!

Hi Everyone,
I have just joined 3 fat chicks. My name is Carrie I am 29 and married to John for 5 years. We have no kids yet but hopefully we will have soon. We have two very spoiled Cavalier king charles spaniels called Charlie and Toby. We live in Perth in Scotland. Im following the Weight Watchers plan and have already lost 15lbs. After moving house I found it hard to get back in to the way of things again but this week I plan to really stick to it.

Take care Carrie

Hello Carrie jump right in!

Hello,

I am new here today, but unfortunately not new to dieting. I started my first WW diet 5 years ago and I weighed 306 lbs. I was shocked at my start weight and I quickly lost 28 lbs. Then I gained them back, and some more, and then I lost them, gained them, lost them, gained them, and now five years on I weigh 329 lbs. I am disgusted at myself for all the yo yo dieting.

Right now my body hates me so much, it aches, my back kills, I can't even do up my own shoe laces. I can't believe I let myself get into such a state.

So I am back, and this time I AM going to keep off all the weight I lose. I want to change my eating habits so that I don't feel like I am on a diet, and so that I can eat like 'normal' people without feeling like I am losing out somewhere.

That said I am am 37, British born, raised in Australia, and am now living back in the UK. I was married, had a daughter, got divorced and am now married again, this time to the RIGHT man and I gained a step daughter too. She is the same age as my daughter, so they are good company for each other.

I have had 3 surgeries in the last two years, all pretty nasty, and after getting MRSA I am having a terrible time with wounds healing. Exercising therefore is very difficult, but the more weight I lose, the more I think, wounds or not, that I will at least be able to walk more.

Hoping to make some lovely friends here and to give and receive support in our weight loss efforts.

Hugs,

Ammi

Welcome Ammi My back hurt loads at my highest weight I could barely make it up the street. Poor you getting MRSA.

Thanks for the welcome. I am sorry that you have suffered with the dreaded back pain too at your highest weight. How much weight have you lost now, and how long til the back pain eased off?

As for the MRSA yep it sucks big time, the only good thing about having it is that they won't put me on a ward when I have to go to hospital, so it's a single room with TV for me and unlimited visiting times of course I would rather not be in hospital at all, but as long as there is a plus side I won't complain too much.

Hugs,

Ammi

Hi Ammi, I was raised in Australia too, English dad Australian mum, and now live over here, been here over 3 years now.

MRSA is not fun, I had a similar infection (golden staph and pseudomonas) in my ear, caught from a patient I was nursing. It hurt!!!!

I'm new to this site as have been using the Weightwatchers one as I've started doing their No Count programme, but your posts all look much more fun.

I live in Warwick with my lovely boyfriend.. I'm 32 and 5'2" and was the heaviest I've ever been in my life when I moved in with Paul (and I don't carry the weight well, as it goes straight to my chin!!) I used to have a high pressured job as a Sales Manager for a courier company and put on loads of weight erating rubbish and eating in the car etc... but gave it up for a better work/ life balance (and less cash!)


I've lost 15lbs through exercising and following WW but am starting to struggle with motivation. I try to exercise 3/4 times per week but at the moment any excuse not to (it seems although I'm a lot more active than I used to be)

I could do with any hints, tips, advice that anyone has- there are some fab weight losses on here and I want it to be me!!

Thanls for reading.