Weekly Weigh In Thread - No. 6
 

Hello Everyone

We all seem to be feeling a bit 'down' right now - so I thought I would post these quotes that my diet buddy sent to me today:

Transformation doesn't necessarily happen overnight. When we travel down life's highway, we make small shifts. A slight move today, another shift tomorrow, and in six month's time, we will find ourselves in a totally new place. - Mary Mannin Morrissey

Committed people are like an aircraft set on autopilot, drifting off-course 90% of the time. It is when we recognize what has happened, re-orient, re-center and re-commit that we are able to shift ourselves back on course. Celebrate yourself as a drift-and-shift work of art.

Acknowledge that dreams worth having do not usually manifest easily or quickly. Know that you will need to re-commit again and again.

Use enlightened perseverance. Your original vision may be beautiful, but allow your mind be spacious enough to allow the vision to change. It will reflect the growing spiritual strength and awareness you develop as you do what is needed to manifest your dream. Love grows everything bigger. - Kathlyn and Gay Hendricks

Every ACTION of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity. - Edwin Hubbel Chapin

Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to DO what lies clearly at hand.- Thomas Carlyle

Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want wants you. But you have to take ACTION to get it. - Jack Canfield

Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance. -Samuel Johnson

Vitality shows not only in the ability to persist but in the ability to start over. -F. Scott Fitzgerald

Thank you for posting that Sarah, I for one am definitely feeling down at the moment. Diet is not going too well, I seem to be lacking motivation. Plus my nan is in hospital recovering from a major operation and is very frail and frightened (she is nearly 90). My sister is also awaiting the results of a biopsy.

Although I haven't posted much in the last few days, I have been reading all the posts and its definitely helping to me to recommit myself to getting back on track. So far so good, I am OP today.

Oh god someone has gone mad on the colour havent they???? Sorry!!

Sarahs a little piggy oink oink or is that me!!

SHES GONE!!!!!! YESSSSSS
WELL DONE ALL YOU LOSERS AND NON LOSERS, REMEMBER NEXT WEEK IS A DIFFERENT WEEK! oops caps im terrified to weigh in on friday now that woman has drove me to the goodie bag im afraid:(

Well by the skin of my teeth I managed to stay the same this week. But like a few other people my motivation is at a low. Things happening at work aren't helping & Ray working nights is hellish - no one to keep me on the straight & narrow.

Well done to everyone who lost and to those who didn't , if we stick to eating healthy & exercise it will come off - it's the law - ha ha ha

Geneve don't you dare go anywhere ........

Carol

just re-read the posts properly i hope no one thought i was saying YESSSSSS because geneve had gone .........i was talking about the mother in law from ****......geneve stick around hun, because even if your ntoo sticking quite to your diet the girls here will still help you to get back into it, i think even if i went off diet for a bit id still come here to prove to myself that yes ordinary people do lose the weight it isnt just that one person once a week that shows up in the sun ;)

I am a happy bunny - after a very difficult week, where I was sure I'd have put on at least a pound - I lost two!! now 12st9.5lbs, only four pounds from my first goal.

I really appreciated and enjoyed your words of wisdom, Sarah. Thank you.

Good luck to everyone getting on the scales today!!

BTW has anyone tried Butter Buds from Lakeland Plastics?

WELL DONE, KIZZIE!

What are the butter buds??

Butter Buds are wee sachets of powder that taste remarkably like butter. You can sprinkle them on veg, add them to mash etc. The best bit is they contain NO FAT and only 20 CALORIES a sachet!! They're pretty good. Only £4 for about 40 or 50 sachets and you really only need to use 1/2 of one per person.

The only place I've seen them is Lakeland.

This weeks weigh in
 

Having gained 2lb while on holiday last week i have managed to loose 1/2lb of it this week. I was hoping for a bigger loss as i have not strayed from plan at all this week but as it is TOM I suppose it may show up next week.

Where has Geneve gone?? I hope your not leaving us because your not happy with your weight loss/feel unmotivated. Because last year (Oct, Nov, Dec) I wasn't even dieting I was so miserable, fat and just couldn't get into it, but Sarah, Veggie and Ali kept me going through the bad patch and now I'm back on track and lost 18lbs - if I can do it ANYBODY can do it!!!

Something that I have done to help me shift some weight is to finally admit to myself that I can't diet - it makes me think of food too much!! I am just eating sensibly and healthily and cutting back, if I wan't something, I'll flippin' well have something but just try to make up for it before or after the event - I hope that doesn't sound pious, but it's truthfully what I've been doing since January 2nd and so far it's working.

Everybody here is in the same boat, and we all go through good patches and bad patches - don't give up - were all here for you.

Tracy well done on the half lb - we seem to get a bit down when we "only" lose half a pound but you pick up a packet of butter and imagine it stuck to your bum:o :lol: :lol:

Yes, come back Geneve!! You can't just leave you need permission..........and we won't give it ....:wave:

YAHOO>>>>>4LBS OFF!!
Sorry I had to shout that from the rooftops it has been so slow over the last couple of weeks, i have really tried tpo hang in there and for once in my life it has paid off, phew I am so happy :dizzy:
so it is into the next stone for me 16-10, now I have to be good cos I mean business!

well done on the 4lb loss TQ glad that you're hanging in there has paid off - my losses have been slow lately but i will hang in there also and hope that the same works for me eventually!!

Tracy

YAY for TQ and all who have lost so far this week. I didn't I am afraid to say, in fact I am right poohed off cos I gained, three and a half.I just lost that last week too....
I am not mad though, I know why I've gained it. Last week when I fell walking the dogs I really went down on my knee and it has been painful for a week now. So I finally went to the docs yesterday, had x-rays, no broken bones thank God, but I do have birsitus, the name I know for it is housemaids knee...so I have all this inflamed tissue, water around it and the meds they have put me on for three weeks can mess with weight loss I found out tonight. So I figure, if I have gained again next week I shall be calling the doctor and explain that I would like something else otherwise I'll be back to where I started........oh no! What a horrible thought...AGH!!!
SO I am staying on programme, although I will admit to thinking, oh well if I eat naughty stuff no one will know it wasn't the tablets....I am a bad woman....sorry, but I haven't and I am determined not to. I can't actually excersise right now, need rest apparently, can't even walk the dogs so that won't help either.
Sorry girls, just realised I've waffled on and on, and this is the weight page...I'm going now, hope everyone's losses are great and if not, there's always tomorrow....a better day :0
Take care all,
Chris. :)

well done TQ what a loser...........:dizzy: , seriously that is very good though its the losses like that , that tend to make us think yes i am going to do this although the lb losses are just as much a win too,.........hope i have some success tomorrow but im not expecting much:lol:

CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT 4LBS, TQ!!!

Well done - I know how frustrated you have been getting with this just recently - well done for sticking with it - AND WELL DONE FOR GETTING IN TO THAT NEW STONE!!!!

Chris - 'being good' will show up on the scales in the end - my first HRT used to make me blow up like a football with fluid retention. I went on a diet but never lost an ounce, three weeks in to it I came off that HRT and I lost four pounds in the first completely HRT free day and then another half stone in six days following that! (Then it got a LOT harder!!)

WELL DONE TQ - YOU DID IT:D :D :D

Well done TQ. Can you bottle some of that will power & send it up to me.:D

Whats the most anyone has ever gained in a week.Think mine must be about 7lbs generally when I'm on holiday or over Christmas. If I don't get my act together soon I'll be showing a double figure gain come next week. Has been a difficult week but I can't turn to food everytime the going gets tough. :^:

Tomorrow I get myself back on track and if I don't please feel free to come round and kick my butt until I do.

I am going to do this. :dizzy: I am going to do this. :dizzy: I am going to do this. :dizzy: I am going to do this. :dizzy: I am going to do this. :dizzy: I am going to do this. :dizzy:

Carol

I am posting late cuz I don't seem to find time to get here, what with hospital visiting and work... Well after all the eating I did I weighted in on Wednesday Night to find I had gained only 1/2lb. I can live with that.

Cannot find any time at all to exercise and really need to watch it this week.I am continually hungry but am eating all the right things.

We had a sample of buttertr buds frm SW last wek but I don't have butter so I'll probably never use them.

Jan

PS Roll on Easter!!

-3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3
lbs off course ......am i pleased or what after the week ive had14st 3lbs now hopefully not long until im in the 13st which will be a jaw dropper for me....jano half a pound is a lot better than you obviously thought its not nice when life throws these testing times at us but you seem to be controling the comfort eating(i cant yet) which is a big + hope things get better for you and your family soon

WELL DONE KIM!!!!!

You'll soon be down in the 13stone somethings!!! How on earth did you manage that with your MIL visiting????

Stick with it Carol - you can do it!!! You've got the same problem I have got - comfort eating! Don't do it though - it just adds to the stress. (Personal experience....!) {{{{ Hugs }}}}

Jan - well done on only gaining that half pound - that must have been so hard to do with everything being so topsy turvey for you at the moment. {{{{ Hugs }}}} for you as well!

srah i think it mustve been all the running around after the old witch that did it .......shes more demanding than my 4 kids put together, i was so glad she left a day early , i dont think i could have survived another night with her and im serious, i was so stressed out i wanted to cry........i should have instead of eating :lol:

Well done Kim, I am a few pounds away from being in the 14 stones, but at the moment it seems a long way away, but I will get there – eventually.

Jano – don’t worry about the half a pound. I think it is marvellous that with everything else that is going on in your life, you are still finding time to eat healthily. When I get stressed I eat & eat & eat.

Today I am going to be perfect.

PERFECT oh no , if one does it we'll all be expected to do it ........plzzzzzzzzzz carol dont do it :lol:

Poor you, Flumper - have you 'discussed' your MIL's behaviour with her son????

BTW - what is he doing to make up for inviting her??? Is it the washing up for a month???? Or have you thought of something more suitable?????

Carol - PLEASE DON'T BE PERFECT!! I HATE perfect people, they always make me feel SO depressed!

oh yes we had full in depth discussion about her sarah, and he agrees with me but then for the 3 nights she was here he worked 2 nightshifts and i was left with her, it was only after the last night and he had to be in here that he decided it wasnt a good idea to have invited her, i dhavent thought of a good and fitting punishment yet, but he gets paid next week and i think i deserve a little something , its just thinking of something i really really want

HE INVITED HIS MOTHER TO STAY AND THEN WORKED NIGHTS????????????? ARGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

There must be something nice that you really, really want...! (Apart from chocolate!!)

I take it he won't be inviting her again without discussing it with you first!

he wont be inviting her ever again!!! he had one night of it and 2 hrs in the mornign and swore never again. i cant honestly think of anything i want

:dizzy: How about him giving you a pedicure and/or massage!!!!!

oh no hed think massage is an invite for him to get his nuptials and hes no quite that forgiven yet, and pedicure is out i have very tickly feet

Flumper I can totally sypmathise re your MIL - mine is right old cow!! If I tell you that we didn't invite his parents to our wedding then I think that lets you know just how bad she is!! It's typical that your dh worked nights when he invited his mum over to stay isn't it?? and why is it that men think a massage (or any touching) is foreplay?? oh and before I forget, well done on the 3lbs;)

ty mel, im glad to know im not the only one with in laws like her, i was beginning to think perhaps it was me that was a bit obnoxious lol, he will suffer though for doing that to me , hes done some pretty bad things over the years but that was really bordering on cruelty;)

I've lost 3lbs this week!
Im now only 2lbs away from losing a stone! YAY!
Ive still got 5lbs to go to reach my March target of 7lbs though!

well done chi chi its really coming off now girl

Congratulations to all the losers and big {{{{ hugs }}}} to all the gainers - its horrible to see those scales go in the wrong direction.

This week our weight changes were .....

Me: -3lbs
Veggie: didn't say
BPB: -2lbs
Geneve: +4lbs
Melissa: -3lbs
Carol: stayed the same
Kizzie: -2lbs
Tracy: -0.5lb
TQ: -4lbs
Chris: +3.5lbs
Jan: +0.5lb
Kim: -3lbs
ChiChi: -3lbs

So, we lost a total of 12.5lbs which brings our total group loss up to 161lbs or 11st 7lbs!

BRILLIANT!!!

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As for me - my stats this week are :

(Original start weight April 01: 16st 3lbs)
Start Weight this time (02 Jan 02): 14st 10lbs
Current Weight: 13st 0lb
Target Weight: 10st 7lbs
Lost since 02/01: 1st 10lbs
Total lost since April 01: 3st 3lbs
Remainder to be lost: 2st 7lbs
Current BMI: 28.5
Loss this week: 3lbs

What a bunch of losers. I know we say it every week but it is true.

I haven't had a good week, too much stress. I eat when stressed - another habit I need to conquer. Anyway have already decided to be completely honest with you whatever the scales tell me. As if I can't share the truth with you I'm just kidding myself.

Ray says if I starve myself between now & standing on the scales tomorrow I might only gain half a stone. :mad: He is only kidding but that's love for you :(

CU

I haven't weighed myself at all just in a slump can't get out of.