EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP are you getting the money back?

Hopefully!

The bank are "INVESTIGATING"

the Ba**ards! How do they do that Frus I've heard of them swiping the card twice on some machines so that they have another copy to use but that involves a bent cashier and i'm sure they are not that common well..hopefully they are'nt i've also heard of the cameras at the ATM's so that they get your pin number what other scams are out there hope you get your money back anyway

Veggie, Peter Kay may be the funniest comic in the country but you forget i'm not in the country

Happy Saturday, folks - I'm happy to report its a lovely sunny morning here in Norfolk, and I've been a good girl and mowed the lawn and done other bits of gardening (which I LOATHE and DETEST with a PASSION ), so now I'm feeling virtuous and pleased with myself!

Did any of you see Supersize Me on Channel 4 the other night? I don't know about the rest of you, but whenever I'm "dieting" I become obsessed with shows and articles and books about weight loss and body images. I normally try to avoid trashy TV, but lately I've watched Celebrity Fit Club USA, Extreme Makeover, Welcome to Fat Camp....you get the picture?

Anyway, Supersize Me was truly gross to watch, and if I didn't already avoid McDs and other fast food crap, I'd certainly be giving it a wide berth from now on. I knew something had changed about me and my feelings about food when about an hour into the programme, after countless images of burgers, fries, chicken nuggets, milkshakes etc. , my mouth finally started to water - not at the fast food, but at a display of fresh veggies and a huge platter of fresh fruit salad ! Who woulda believed it six months ago?! Praise the Lord, I'm CURED !

I've been trying really hard to reeducated myself about food. I've lost plenty of weight before and been a conscientious and committed dieter, but I've always made room in my calorie allowance for about 300 cals a day of "treats" - the things I told myself I couldn't live without, like Penguins and Crunchies and Walnut Whips and Pringles. Eventually my willpower would run out (way before I was at a healthy weight) and time after time I just regained all the bloody weight back in double quick time, stuffing myself with chocolate and doughnuts until I was heavier than when I started .

This time, I'm doing things a little differently. Because I'm in a high risk group for diabetes and heart disease (I've got polycystic ovaries and my dad and brother are both diabetic and my brother had 4 heart attacks by the time he was 40), I'm trying to eat healthy food ALL the time, and wean myself off crap completely. No more "treats" for me .......and so far, I haven't missed them. I'm trying to think like a fit and healthy person, and eat and live like one too. If I'm tempted to eat something sugary or highly processed, I visualise a gun pointing at my head (which is a little weird, I know , but I think of ignoring my risk for diabetes as being akin to playing russian roulette, with chocolate instead of bullets - one of these days the chamber won't be empty and it'll be one bite of chocolate too far). If on the other hand, I want something high in fat (mmm doughnuts ) I visualise fat clogging up my arteries (like in that gross TV anti-smoking advert)...and suddenly the doughnut isn't very tempting after all .

Look, I know I'm a bit odd, but whatever works for you, right ? I guess it helps that I have an over-active imagination and so I can mentally visually the potential damage I could be causing myself.

Whether this means I've changed enough to really succeed this time remains to be seen (I've felt this confident before, then crashed and burned), but I'm hopeful !!

Do any of you other gals have tips that work for you? Please share - I need all the help and support I can get!

OK, now I'm off to do some rebounding ,

Kind regards, Janey

Cat I think the card was swiped twice, cos it was definately copied, but I dunno where

Dippy Chip, WTG you! You sound truly on track! I tell myself that doughnuts make me sick! I haven't found a way of discouraging myself from eating the chocolate hobnobs!

I have seen supersize me before. Janey I need your help! What can put me off wine? I'm still as ever going off the rails at the weekend, drinking then eating whilst a bit drunk.

Hmmmm Veggie....haven't got a visualisation worked out for wine I'm afraid. How about visualising your liver going all black and shrivelled, with bits sloughing off it and clogging your arteries? That would be enough to put me off drinking more than the odd glass, especially since in Supersize Me they also found that a high fat diet caused cirrhosis-like symptoms and a fatty deposit in the liver.

If that's a bit extreme, you could visualise your veins filled with a tsunami of red wine rushing towards your head to pound against your temples in a massive hangover!

I TOLD you I had a weird over-active imagination ! You shouldn't encourage me !

I LOVE supersize me! I might have it on in the background whilst I revise!

I have noted my chocolate HOBNOB for the day, it is called EVIL HOB NOB in the food diary!

I was at the gym whilst supersize me was on, so the sound was off! It seemed a surreal thing to be doing whilst watching it! I really want to see it properly.

I have all but given up booze, I drink occasionally now (like one glass a month). I just think about how many calories there are in a glass and how much nicer it would be to eat the little devils than drink them!!! Works for me!!

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