COME ON VEGGIE WE'RE ALL HERE TO HELP YOU!!!!!

YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!! DON'T GIVE UP NOW

Veggie stick with it. We can all do it if we stick together.

yes come on Veggie, we are all here to help you and each other, what can we do to help??

just hang in there and we can get through this sticky patch, we have all been there (many times personally) but this time we are not giving up!!

Still in slump...help help help can I still post here whilst on non diet mood? Ok you have no choice Im sticking around. :p

OF COURSE YOU CAN YOU.... YOU.... YOU..... TWERP!!!!!!!!!!!

BIG {{{{{{ HUGS }}}}}TO ANYONE WITH AN ATTACK OF THE MAD MOUTH DISEASE

i sooooooo love the mad mouth disease description hope it isnt under copyright:lol:

I think 'mad mouth' describes it perfectly! Its like your mouth is working independantly from your brain.....

Come on Veggie - time to make a ****NEW**** plan. Try something different - think of some little treats for prizes for getting to mini goals - make some promises to yourself (the main one should be that if you do have a bad diet day then you pick yourself up, shake yourself off and start afresh IMMEDIATELY).

The trick is not to see dieting as a punishment but as a sort of journey to a time when you don't feel upset about your body. Along that journey you have got various things you need to learn in order to change forever. Food, exercise, attitude to food, attitude to your own body, even attitude to other people!

Come on Veggie - or anyone else for that matter - we are all here to help you start your journey but YOU need to take that first step! YOU HAVE TO START BELIEVING IN YOURSELF!!!!!!!!!!!

Come on, BPB, share!! How much is your nice loss?? Please include it in our total. Then post again next week with your gain if necessary. Go on..... pretty please..... :^: :^: :^: :^:

weight loss
 

Hi All,

Am feeling a bit down I have been weighed this morning and I have not lost any weight in the last four weeks. I have not gained any so thats something to be thankful for. I am feeling so miserable its raining cats and dogs outside has been for days, my son has broken his arm at least he was beaten up by thugs with baseball bats. Its been a lousy time I suppose I am just feeling sorry for myself just cant shake myself out of it.

The doctor is very pleased with me because I have got my blood pressure under control and I do feel better healthwise so why Iam I not happy. Need a kick up the bum.
regards,Vivienne
tizme2000

I might weigh myself someday soon see what the damage is. :(

Sorry to hear about yr son Vivienne sounds awful :(

apologies for my absence
 

Hi everyone sorry I haven't been around much this past weeks or so...I think I posted that I had the flu...I thought I was getting over it and was all set to get myself back to the gym when Whammo...it came back with a vengeance and really floored me, I spent most of last week feeling sorry for myself and having hubby running around after me when he wasn't working, then on tuesday, my son came down with it and as all you mums know, when the kids are sick you have to forget about yourself and take care of them, which probably didn't help me recover any faster.

Weigh in day was another good one which really surprised me, because I have already had 3 good weigh ins so I presumed TOM must be due to appear and spoil the party, but it hasn't appeared yet I can only put it down to being ill...actually thats rubbish it comes when it feels like it anyway at the best of times :lol:

Well 2lbs lost again this week and I actually made it back to the gym yesterday, My trainer suggested I only do half my normal session this week and I am really glad I took his advice, it took me as long to do half a session as it normally takes me to do a full one...and today I can hardly move :)

someone sent me a great email this morning which pretty much describes how I felt when I woke up this morning, I'll post that on our other thread so you can all have a laugh :)

Ali :wave:

Well done for getting your BP under control, Vivienne. I had high blood pressure and I am working hard at keeping it at a normal level as well. It must be very difficult for you, though, because my doctor is always telling me to exercise more.

I was so sorry to hear about your son, that is an awful thing to have happened!

Veggie - not getting on the scales won't make any difference to how much you weigh!!! Come on - you can do this!!!!

Well done on the 2lbs, Ali.

Up 2lbs last night. Then to make it worse I have a cold this morning.

OK - I know this is going to sound daft.... but well done on only gaining 2lbs - you had said you thought it would be a lot more - so it 'only' being 2lbs shows that you didn't binge as much as you thought!

I know.... I know.... crazy logic - but then it matches the woman! Me, not you!!)

Like I said to Veggie - I know you can do this Carol! You have been doing sooooooooo well! I know its horrible dieting with a cold, but don't let that be an excuse to make bad food choices.

YOU CAN DO THIS!!!!!!!!!! STICK WITH IT!!!!!!!!!!!! WE'RE WITH YOU EVERY CALORIE OF THE WAY!!!!

Hello all.

I haven't been around for a week because I've been without proper internet access - nightmare!!! I hope everyone is coping and keeping the faith.

I hate to read when people are finding life hard - the frustration of not being able to provide them with a big hug is crap.

Vivienne - I send you a virtual hug, and my hopes that your son mends quickly. Your blood pressure being under control is extremely positive and very important (Oh-oh - I feel an ex-nurse type lecture coming on. How can it be that I have become my mother??!!)


At ww last night, we were discussing curries and specifically, low fat coconut milk. Very high in fat despite it's content being a third less than regular stuff. My friend Alison and I came up with an idea for a substitute, and I'd be interested to know if anyone has a view on if this would work...

...Mix some coconut food flavouring in with either half fat creme freche (Asda's is by far the best!) or some low fat natural yogurt.

What d'you think??

Did any one try Butter Buds yet?

Oh, I lost 2.5 lbs this week! I need to loose another 1.5 to reach my first goal (i.e loose 2 stones). I'm excited about this, and anxious cos I need to set my next goal, and I'm not sure what to aim for. A bit scary really.

Fingers crossed for everyone going on the scales - best of luck and lotsa love.

7/1/02 - 14st5.5lbs
19/3/02 - 12st7lbs
total lost - 26.5lbs
next target - too scared to think of this!

hi all,
Well one to the loser's again this week, comiserations to everyone else although I feel I'm gonna be right there with you, I feel like stuffing my face too...WW weigh in tonight, and I reckon I've gained again cos I can feel it in my stretchy fat persons jeans. I know it's those stupid pills I've had to take so if there is a gain, which I know there will be, I shall stop taking the blooming things and ring the doctor in the morning and tell her she owes me 24 bucks and liposuction! Do you think she'd go for that :D ?
Anyhow, chin up everyone, we can do this, I know we can, I have faith in all of you lovely ladies and I faith in myself too.
Have a great evening. Love Chris :)

Hi all, I have lost 3/4lb this week, better than nowt I suppose> I was Slimmer of the month for February yahoo, haven't stayed to the meeting for the last 2 weeks so didn't get my certificate /prize until tonight!!
Hope you all heve a good week and heres to a good loss for us all
TQ

Well done TQ. Another good weigh in for you, you are doing great. I'm not I'm afraid, another three and ahalf gain this week, I'm devastated, so tomorrow those pills I've been on aren't passing my lips and i'll be calling the doc. Have just ate some bourbon biscuits too, I am a BAD woman, they are 2 points each...oops! :s:

well done TQ , you have done so well the last couple of weeks ? is there a secret your not sharing with us all:lol:

Well, i am not really sure what is going on this week - i weighed on my scales and had lost 3lb. I went to class and weighed and i had GAINED 1/2lb, i weighed again when i got home and according to my scales have still lost 3lb so i dont really know where the **** i am?

Can anyone explain?

I have exercised loads this week, stuck to plan and drunk loads and loads of water so i feel that i should have lost and also my clothes feel looser.

Tracy

Tracy - you're not on your own - I'm the same.... stuck rigidly to my calories, more exercise than usual, water... and I've gained a pound since Monday!

I've left a post asking Stef (who is an expert in these things) if she can figure it out.

Veggie asked if I was eating enough - there is a theory that if you don't eat enough your body sort of tries to conserve whatever resources (ie fat) it has already got stored. The other theory I have heard of is that if we are exercising a lot we are developing muscle and muscle weighs more than fat - so while we are losing fat, we are gaining muscle which makes us look and feel slimmer, which actually making us weigh more!

Either way - I KNOW that I shouldn't have gained any FAT since Monday - so it must be muscle! I'm confused as well.

ok time to put in writing my loss..........4lbs!!!!!! yes 4lbs this week again , was only 3 yesterday so all the bouncing last night must have had an effect, im convinced the scales are broken but DH assures me there working perfectly .....so i am now on 13lb 13 i honestly cannot beleive it , this really is unbelievable for me I AM GOING TO DO IT YOU KNOW I REALLY AM ..........and every one of you ladies on here can each accept the credit for it, because its being here with the highs and lows that is showing me im not the only one struggling

WELL DONE KIM

big well done to you as well sarah for keeping me going, you can give yourself a big pat on the back, everyone else too can too

You lot have all lost 2 or more stone since January, but I havenr even lost 1 yet!

hi chi chi where you been hiding all week........... i just went to check out bmi im no longer morbidly obese but severley obese dont know which one sounds worse ggggggrrrrrrrrr:mad:

I havent lost anything Im back to my January weight its so bad.

{{{{{{{{{ VEGGIE (AKA JUDITH) }}}}}}}}

If it would help, would you like to start emailing me with your food diary again?

Maybe...or we could start a food diary thread as mentioned by Kalypso.

Good idea! Gone on then.... you first!

Me???? I thought Id just read everyone elses JOKE ;)

Youth court today they all need a good slap :lol: Im sensitive and caring witness support volunteer.

You're not the only one Veggie, I am the same as I was in January :(

Why can't I do this??? It must be that I don't want it enough, but then I am so unhappy as I am. What made you all finally "click" and decide to stay OP?

Help needed!!!

Who is OP? I had a cheese pasty for dinner!

We need help auntie Sarah!

Oh ok they are OP!

What a question..... lots of answers.... the main ones are:

LAST TIME.... it was when I was told I had high blood pressure and that I would have to take pills for the rest of my life unless I radically changed my weight and lifestyle. I also had a torn abdominal muscle that wasn't mending because even just standing up at that weight was putting too much stress on it. That was last March and I did diet right round until November and then somehow I got bored and sort of drifted away from it. (I didn't do any real exercise though and stopped keeping a diary).

THIS TIME.... it was when I realised that I had manage to gain 10lbs 'by accident' after I had stopped dieting in November. I really hated that 'out of control' feeling but somehow I just couldn't seem to stop myself from eating, eating, eating - especially over Christmas... Just after Christmas I realised I was back to always wear those old comfy clothes I had been wearing at my heaviest last March and it dawned on me that I was right on track to having that very high blood pressure again.

I was already posting here with Delaney, Veggie and Ali - which made me aware of food and I knew that although I was eating relatively healthily I was still eating far, far too much - so I set a date (2nd January) and spent the week beforehand planning it - AND THEN JUST DID IT! No slowly changing in to good habits and the odd bit of exercise .... I just completely changed my entire lifestyle all in one day and have stuck to it ever since except for two slip ups.

It was really hard to do it at first, but you do get used to it quicker if you stick at it and don't cheat. Eventually you even get to enjoy the exercise although somedays it is harder getting my tail end into gear than it is others. I doubt my way of doing it would suit everyone, but it really has worked for me.