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Hi Melanie...WELL DONE for losing and not gaining or staying the same :cb:
keep going...every half pound is EIGHT ounces:goodvibes
so ta ta for now:grouphug:

Melissa, well done on the loss :) Every little count remember. Have fun shopping for new clothes with your Mum this weekend. If you get any pics taken at your Grandads do, remember to post on outr pic page, we want to see how great you're looking :)
Teel...where abouts in Suffolk are you? That's my home, I grew up there and at the moment am feeling very homesick thinking that you are there now.
I nicked a battery from J's guitar something or other...and weighed this morn, no loss, but stayed the same, I blame the root canal, which thankfully I can say feels a lot better today although I'm still trying to keep to non crunchy stuff.....oooooooo crunchie......chocolate...........mmmmmmmmm....... it's ok, I don't have cravings for a crunchie, last time I ate one it sent a nasty tingle through a filling...ROFL!!!!!

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Hi BritinNJ
I live near Bury St. Edmunds,in a village where one tiny puff of wind causes us to have a power cut for several hours!!!!:mad:

I have lived here for 10 and a bit years but there are still places to discover....
it is feeling so wintery here and having just had my flu jab doesn't help!!! :stress:
:grouphug: bye for now. love from Teel

It is very cold here I need to get my act together and go make some zero points soup.

Didn't manage my sandwich after the swimming last night as Ray was out of the changign rooms before me and had already ordered the chips, so I had them and 2 cans of cider, a 4 fingered kitkat, 2 crumpets with spreader cheese, a dry roll and 2 humbugs. Think that was the lot !!!!!!! It was definately too much and my alcohol free nights are over. Will have a dry night tonight was trying to not drink any booze until Friday was trying to save the points !

Will need to go turn the heaters up and try and find the boys jackets as they are not sure where they are probably at Grans or Aunty Kirsties.

Dad back in hospital - did I say he was home ! He has to get a skin graft on his fingers. He had his operation late this afternoon I was going to go in and see him, but will depend on whether the boys can behave or not. Dad might still be in a lot of pain or woozy from the anasthetic.

Need to go put a light on - it is far too early to be getting dark !!!!!!

Hi Teel, Bury St. Edmunds..small world hey? I am from Brandon, near Thetford. I love all the little villages around. It's very similar out here in NJ, but we have to drive further than at home, cos we really are out in the boonies here....
I'm not feeling well today, have a massive head ache that won't quit and a sore tum. Don't want to eat, which I suppose is a good thing, but I really know that it's not....don't want this body storing fat cos it thinks it's starving.....
Carol, it's turned that nippy that you've had to turn your heat on? Wow! It's nippy here at night time, but very pleasant during the day. I still have all the windows open to let the nice fresh air in, can't turn the heat on yet though, we're not allowed!!!
Have a great day everyone, oh yes, Carol, hope all goes well with your Dad.

Have slipped back into my old eating habits over the last couple of days, it is going to take immense effort to get healthy again over the weekend. Need to keep reminding myself how much I want this. Need to ask myself the all telling question, do I want that packet of crisps, lump of cheese, kitkat, glass of wine, etc. more than I want to be slim.

Have taken a big move of throwing the cheese in the bin, much too much of a tempation in the fridge

Think there is three reasons why I have 'fell of the wagon' - stress. lack of planning and organisation and alcohol. The last one can be dealt with quite easily, did it last week I can do it this one. Time to become tea total most nights and drink in moderation only on one night per week. Another thing that is easy to say, harder to commit to, but I'm back again to how much do I want this ...............

Very philosphyical for this time of the morning

CAROL!!!Be strong gal,:strong: you can do it and we are all rooting for you.....losing one battle does not meen you have lost the war,so they say!
I know it is not easy.....understatement of the century, but WE WILL SURVIVE so here is a big hug:grouphug: and another and another...:grouphug: :grouphug:

love and good vibes from teel:wave:

carol i know exactly where your at :stress: i was the same way for about 5/6 weeks ..started off with good intentions this week will be my fresh start and then out of blue something would happen and it was easier just to munch on first thing to hand, best thing to do is not beat yourself up about it get it out of system and then .....tommorrow is a brand new day:flow2:

Come on Carol - that's the spirit - were all in this together remember. I hope you're dad is soon on the mend.

I've got both the kids of school sick which is a right royal pain in the @rse!! PLUS I can't go to the gym as planned - I was hoping to go and burn off the pizza I had for dinner last night (I slipped that in in the hope that no-one would notice :devil: ) Got back really late from shopping with my mum and couldn't be bothered to cook so Dave offered to fetch a pizza and I was weak... I'm sorry... I got some jeans in a size 20 :D - happiest chappie in Leicestershire right now!!

It's Friday and I've got that 'Friday Feeling' need to go and plan this evening's food or I'm going up the preverbial creek without the preverbial paddle!!!!

Oh my,have I failed big time today or have I failed big time....... :( it was all going swimmingly until I went to the supermarket and I fell for this vanilla cream doughnut :donut: and I bought my neighbour and I a double choc ring doughnut to each have with afternoon tea.......I definately should not be eating them, I'm an insulin dependant diabetic....and I will never get a heart transplant at this rate.:( I really do not like weekends,they always seem to be the worst time for my depression and I never know how to deal with the low moods...I thought the 18 week stay in a psych. unit this year would have helped me sort some coping strategy out but I haven't even done that.....)so I hope you are all feeling more positive than I do at this moment.....:cry:

have a good weekend peeps,
love from Teel :wave: :grouphug:

Hi everyone!! Hope you are all prepared for the weekend!! Thinking of you both Carol and Teel, hang on in there we are all here for each other and can help in the best way we can, just give us a shout, we should have an emergency 999 thread I think!!
Enjoy the weekend;)

999 from me too....what is going on? I have eaten chocolate today, but my head ache has gone anad my tum feels better...could it be lack of chocolate I ask myself....
Have just had my ppresence requested at a very special 6 year old birthday cake eating too....will have to have a peice, even if just to please her......who am I kidding.......the devil is in me. I promise to be back on track tomorrow. Chin up Carol and Teel, one day off track is ok, you'll get back on tomorrow....
Have a great weekend everyone. :)

Well to celebrate my weight loss and cos the weather is getting colder and I have nowt to wear i decided to go to a local factory outlet which sells really nice clothes at cheap prices, I go there often and they do large sizes - Evans, Ann Harvey etc so have bought lots there over the years and the staff/owners know me quite well.
I had a spring in my step as I am the lightest I have ever been in 7 years, I was gutted when the ladies unpacking new stock said :
"We have lots of new winter stock in BIG sizes if you can hang on a moment we are just unpacking it".............now i know i am not at target by some way but the words did upset me, I can't wait to say" Excuse me please, have you got this in a 14"
Oh well, not worth getting upset about really is it, but talk about feeling deflated.
I tried a mock sheepskin, duffel type coat but a size 16 would not meet and there weren't any bigger sizes, so i came home empty handed again!! speak to you all soon, byeee!!:dizzy:

Im Back
 

Hi everyone, been away for a while as a lot has been happening in my personal life recently, as some of you know.
I am finding it very difficult at the moment to get back on track, my motivation and willpower has gone awol, and I need some help to find them!
I have managed to stay just under the 13st mark, but I guess I have been lucky so far!!
Soraya

Welcome back Soraya :wave:

TQ - don't worry about those women in the shop - we can all sympathise with how you felt - but you're well on your way to being a size 14 arn't you? What size were you at the begining of 2002? Need I say more?

I'm not having as good a w/end as I would have liked:- yesterday we went to MIL/FIL's and they put on a huge dinner which I was careful with but then at teatime (when in all honesty I'd have skipped dinner as I was still full) she pulled out loads of different cakes and packets of malteasers - well you can guess the rest...

It's my Grandfather's 80th birthday today and I'm going to be seeing about 8 members of my family I haven't seen in probably 5 years - In that time I have gained about 5 stone and lost 2 (this year) I'm dreading anyone giving me one of those 'you've gained weight' looks... The problem is, because I've lost 26lbs so far this year I feel fantastic and I don't want their looks to bring me down. My whole family has a massive problem with being fat and several of them are bulimic - I'm looked upon as the black sheep of the family for not being skinny like them!!!!! Everytime I see my Grandmother or my Aunt they ask how much I weigh, what size I am etc - I know I won't be able to eat anything without them all staring at me. Sorry for going on and on, wish me luck...