August chat
 

:coffee: Even though I have nowt to say. :p

This is going to be a great month (i hope) I want to lose 1 stone this month so that i will have almost hit target. (1st 2lbs to go) I think being a Cambridge diet counsellor really helps me stay on track too.

I have a function to attend at the end of August and what better time to show off my new body. Last time this reletive saw me i was 18 stone and size 22. So she is going to be really shocked when she sees me all slim.

I hope everyones diets are going well, i remember when i was doing slimming world a lot of people found it tough this time of the year when the children were home. So stick at it, those pounds will come off.

Mary

This is definitely going to be a good month. By the end of it I fully intend to be under 199lb and my BMI will be under 30. No excuses, I'm going to make sure I do it.* Today's not an official weigh in day, but my 205.5 from yesterday has turned into an unofficial 205 (and my BMI is about 30.3), so I reckon I can do it.





*I reserve the right to change my mind on the no excuses thing ;)

I would really like to greet September under 180 lbs, I have 5 pounds to drop to meet that goal. I've been stalled on the weight loss for over a month though so to be honest I am not getting my hopes up. I'm going to keep going to the gym 4 x a week and eat well. This afternoon I had a mad craving for McDonalds fries and a sundae but after looking at the calorie content of both dishes I managed to fight off the urge.

Lets hope August is a good month for us all.

By the way, does anyone have any idea of a dignified way to reply to someone who comments on how much weight you've lost when you've got a mouth full of chocolate?...

Caught in the act!

August is going to be my kick start month, I want to lose half a stone and start eating sensibly and making some better choices. I also want to keep moving more, one small month so many goals. I will do it though, wait and see. ;)

I'm feeling inspired this month. I am trying to concentrate on my exercise more, and really step it up. I need tow ork a lot harder rather than coasting along.

I bought Cosmopolitan today, don't know why, but there is a fantastic article !What's your sexy weight?" I tell you, if you are feeling fat, frumpy and fed up, it's a real boost, the lightest person featured is 8 stone 9 lb and the heaviest is 15stone 7 lb, all of the ladies featured look fantastic. It really made me reassess what I am doing this for, which is my health, I can look confident and fabulous at any size, I don't have to fit into any one else's ideal weight.

Which doesn't mean I am slacking, just the opposite, it makes me want to keep going and stay motivated. Oh and the cute gym instructor kept following me around yesterday chatting to me, and even came to see me in the pool. Which was quite funny.........I've been invited to a girlie hen's day pool party thing in a few eeks time and I have bought a tankini, the top is very low cut, and I just so happened to be wearing it yesterday at the pool!!! (Wanted to trial it in front of my 70 year old swimming buddies to make sure it kept my boobs safely in place!!) I'm turning into a terrible flirt in my old age!!!

Yp - tell them how much and then say, "So I guess I deserve the odd piece of chocolate now and again!"

Kyk - you tart! ;)

Cazzie - you will get there!

Lynne - :cheer: WTG resisting the Mac D's! The feeling of strong power is much better than the feeling of a stomach full of fries and sundae!

I'm starting the week flagging a bit already! DH is home and I need more sleep! We were out last night and the night before we were watching Hotel Ruwanda till 11.30pm! :doh: I shall stock up on the Pro Plus :tired: and get an early night tonight!

Hello to all on this, the 2nd day of AUGUST!!!!
Well at least it is not raining here today and its actually quite bright...:sunny: Not raging sunshine, you know...but "pleasant!"

How are we all?? Hello to Frus., who is online right as I am ...how is the capital this morning??
I am very impressed with the activities and succesfull arrests of the London bombers by the Met. and Interpol...I just hope there are not many more cells of extremists hiding away waiting to unleash their terror upon the unsuspecting public. A very old and good friend of mine works in Canary Wharf daily and has a long train commute...I know he really enjoys his job in one of the bank's head offices...but one cannot help be more than a tad concerned....

I must get back to the sensible eating plan! Not that I am being terribly bad...but I know I could be doing a lot better!

Have a good day everyone...

I'm working hard this month. Exercise every day, no ifs ands or buts! Walk faster and further, do more sets with the weights. I want to get down to 255 by the end of the month. I haven't been that weight in... 2 years! Has it been 2 years already? :o I'm going to be 24 on the 13th as well; I'm starting to feel old!

Hello Teel! Think I missed you! I am STARVING! Roll on Lunchtime! The capital was looking pretty this morning!

Him indoors has swanned off to Nottingham for the day and left all the washing all over the floor and all the washing up over the kitchen! I'll have to do when I get in from kickboxing - at 9pm! So kind of him!

I must stop shopping. Soon. The sales are very bad for my wallet... But I noticed last night that some of my size 18 trousers I've had a while were getting a bit loose so I decided to stock up on some 16s while they were going cheap. Went into Next and expected to have to really breathe in to fasten the 16s (I have some 16s skirts, but I always find I fit skirts before trousers). Pulled them on, and they were absolutely fine! In fact, the ones I'm wearing now have a little room round the waist, which I really wasn't expecting. I passed my "new size test" which is picking up three random things in a smaller size, if they all fit, I can "officially" say I'm that size. I also got a new sports bra and some undies, having decided that my size 20 pants really aren't doing anything for me...

:rofl: I think I still have some size 20 pants somewhere! :lol:

I have caught the shopping bug BAD! I got paid last Friday, now I have less than half of it left! I've bought 3 CDs, a book on Lacrosse (which I'm going to start doing when the "season" starts!), a powerball, some cordless headphones, derri boots for my bike, both Kill Bills, a lacrosse stick and 6 balls, 2 charms for my bracelet, a corset and I have my eye on a lacrosse bag and a fetish collar (to go with the corset!). Then... I'm going to stop! :rofl: Oh I almost forgot, him indoors is going out to buy me a barbell and some weights today! :lol: At least most of them are sporty purchases!

HELLO!! Coo I have managed to get into the site 2 days running!!! :spin: That makes for a nice change!

Sizing clothes makes me mad! I bought some T shirts from the Edinburgh Wool Shop last year and to my horror some of them were a size 22/24 and one was a 18/20 which fitted exactly the same :mad: :crazy: I also have some size 16 tops from the Cotton Traders and various shops which fit perfectly but as for trousers I have size 16's with back-elastication!! I have yet to try any really fitted trousers.... :s:

Its quite a decent day here in Suffolk and when the sun is totally out its really hot but its quite cloudy at times...:sunny:

Hanging in there, just.. :o Am struggling this week with the eating, problem because I am not at work and the normal routine is all over the place. Me and the boys didn't get out of bed until gone 11 this morning, will be hard to get back up at 7am next week.

The eating has been sensible over the last couple of days, I haven't over done it, but i have been eating when I am not particulary hungry, time to look the book out and the CD and get back into it.

Am off to make a shepherds pie for tea with lots of healthy beans and veg in it, wonder how many mouthfulls it will take for anyone in my home to spot the difference

Hello Teel! Wow! 2 posts in one week! Tremendous!

Cazzie :sssh: just don't tell them. Ever!

I'm pepping myself up with some Pepsi Max. Am NOT motivated to work today in the least! Some days I do actually do stuff, but today I've been mostly playing sudoku! I did do some work, but my brain is stuck again!

Haven't even got the shepherds pie started yet, been too busy surfing and planning a day out to New Lanark for tomorrow. Will need to put the boys to bed very early and set the alarm so we can make the most of it.

Am off to organise dinner now, honest.

Don't eat sweets kids!
 

OR.. I'm so annoyed!

I was just feeling a bit peed off when I thought, oh I'll have a chewit (I bought some at lunch cos I was in need of a sweet - I've only had 3!!) Anyways, so chomping on this chewit, then urgh there's a hard bit, oh no, that would be my filling! :doh:

Now I'm even MORE peed off and I have to go to the dentist on top of that! GRRRR! :( :devil:

I hate dentists... Yet another reason not to eat too many sweets!!!

I was going through some old photos last night and realised that I wasn't as fat as I thought when I was younger. I think I became a sort of self fulfilling prophecy - I thought I was horribly fat so that's what I became! I wasn't skinny or anything, and was almost certainly overweight, but not as badly as I thought at the time. Anyway, it gave me more confidence that I'm not destined to be obese my whole life.

About to play with the demo of my client's weight management software. It won't work on the work computers, so it's a perfect excuse to play around with it at home using real figures rather than ones made up just in case anyone walks past ;)

I was the same way growing up, YP. Now I look back on pictures of myself as a teenager and dream of weighing that little again! :lol: Soon enough, soon enough.

Hello people! ;)

Well we got our new uniforms at work last week, I was mearsured for mine back in April or May as they only went to a 26! I was happy with that as it ment I could choose a longer style jacket :smug:

Anyway it arrived last week and despite being measured everything fitted except the trousers they would not zip up! anyway it's tucked away in the wardrobe and I am determined to get into it by the end of August! :D

I have lost 7lb this month, making my weight loss a total of 15lbs so I am pleased. I am loving it at the gym, and it's great being able to go swimming a couple of times a week.

I am deterimed to push myself this month more than ever so this weight can go! :dizzy:

Thats fantastic Maz :cp: Well Done :bravo:

:dz: feeling tired and de-motivated cos I've not lost any weight this week! Aren't I silly!?

Am improving my strength though so at least that's one thing!

No your not silly!!I am in the same boat. I have maintained for the last two weeks now so im feeling pretty down aswell but keep your head up and stick at it!! ;)

I dread to think what the scales are going to tell me next Tuesday as I haven't weighed for the last 3 weeks while I've been on holiday, at least your haven't gone up

Nope, not a bit silly. It's incredibly difficult for me when I'm maintaining, but I just white-knuckle the week out and pray to the scale gods that I'll lose next time. :goodscale

Sunday is my husband's and my first anniversary. I can't believe it's been a year already! We're not sure what we're going to do to celebrate but I've insisted upon at least wine and romantic candlelight. ;)

I have been dog walking I am exhausted! I'm walking my sisters dogs mother :dizzy: she is the perfect dog for walking unlike my sisters dogs who bark and/or sit down and refuse to move when they have had enough :mad: I have no fat club next week it is closed and both my parents birthdays :hb: :hun: :cheers: :o I will not gain any more weight :^:

Went to Lille yesterday. Went to the zoo and had a go on a segway! Oh yeah, and ate LOTS! We had camembert baguette, flan, chocolate bread thing, chips, more camembert, more baguette, macarons, tarte au citron, other strange things! :rofl:

Stayed in bed all day today! I am sooooo lazy! ;)

Well I hit the gym again today, I finally remember that Sundays can be fun! :) I was wanting to do an aqua class but I really did not have the time, so I missed it but hoping I will make the WIGGLE WORKOUT in the pool on Tuesday morning! ;)

Hi folks, thought it was about time that I checked in - I've been going through a bit of a bad patch recently, and I always make the mistake of going underground when that happens - which is just crazy, as it's at the bad times that I need all the support you gals can offer.

I haven't been eating badly (keeping my cals below 1600 a day) but I've had a drop off in exercise and I think it's affecting my mood - obviously I need that exercise buzz!

I've been hovering around the 198-200lbs mark for a couple of weeks now, and because I'm not actively dropping lbs I feel psychologically as if I've backslid and regained all the lost weight. When I hit 198 for the first time I felt great, but now I've been there for 2 weeks I feel like a big lardy lump.

I know this is just my mind playing tricks on me, and I should try to keep a sens of perspective, but damn, it's hard. I'm 198lbs - that's 32lbs lower than I was 20 weeks ago, and I should be pretty damn pleased with myself - but for some unknown reason I just feel like throwing in the towel. Don't worry - I won't actually do it - but I definitely feel like it!

Tomorrow I'm going to do at least 60 minutes cardio work and release some of those good ol' endorphins...

This too shall pass...

Thanks for letting me vent,

Janey :)

nice to see you back, I hope the exercise helps tomorrow!

I've been away in Blackpool over the weekend with my grandparents, I don't think walking from disabled parking spot to pub at old person pace counts as exercise somehow (although I did do a gym session before heading over yesterday morning, and stopped in for a swim this evening on the way back). My grandmother did say I was looking thin though which is always good :D (although how fat must I have been when 204lb counts as thin???)

I'm just pissed off at the way I eat crappy food just to keep people happy. I don't like making a fuss about my diet, so I just eat what they give me even though I know it has little to no nutrient content. And even though I put some healthier food in my bag, I feel rude to get it out and eat it, as though I'm saying their food isn't good enough for me.

And then I have a pub lunch, choose something not too bad from the menu that doesn't come with chips unless you specifically order them and pay £1 more. I don't ask for chips. But they put them on anyway.

Do I leave them on the plate? Do I heck. It would be rude not to... (Actually, to be fair I only ate half then shovelled the rest onto my grandfather's plate before I could eat any more). The depressing thing is that I don't even really like chips...

Janey you can still post when you're struggling. I mean, look at me! ;)

YP you gotta have chips in Blackpool. It's the law. :yes:

Parents birthday tomorrow (today really) so meal out and cake, poor me. :devil:

Janey, you need to tell the inner fat chick to take a long walk off a short pier! You missed my crisis a few weeks ago, and YP shared similar thoughts on her blog, it happens to us all, you hit a plateau, your inner fat chick shouts "I did say it was impossible and here's your proof, lets just give up the exercise today and hop in to Macdonalds"

You will keep losing weight, your plateau is normal, your body is just catching up with all the good work you have done.

Take care chicken, and keep in touch.

Hiya Janey :wave: we're glad to have you back ;) i'm sure you'll feel better after exercising..I DO..I should keep telling myself that when i'm too damn lazy to do any :lol:

LOL @ Veggie :rofl: "its the law to have chips in blackpool" well...I for one abide by that law :o take it easy on that cake :hb:

Thanks, everyone - you are all marvellous :grouphug: !

Today I went out for a 65 minute brisk walk/jog and felt much better afterwards, despite my sore feet.

Plus I dropped to 14st 1lb today so I'm feeling more positive. I hate to be so shallow that my moods are ruled by the scale, and I try really hard to be level-headed whether the numbers are good or bad, but there's no avoiding the truth - good numbers are better!

I really appreciate all your kindness and support, and I'll try not to go AWOL next time that I hit a bad patch.

Janey ;)

Great Job Janey :cp: my little toe is a bit sore too :lol: but I walked through the pain :strong: :rofl:

I'm a bit worried about what I've just done.

I've signed up for another 10k. Without seeing how bad the first one is going to be...

Oops!

Seriously though, I was thinking about my motivation for the rest of the year once I hit mid-September. This is the point where I fell badly off the rails last year and didn't exercise for months, so I'm aware that this year I need to keep going and not feel like I'm done once I do the 10k (this is a serious risk as my mother arrives a week or two after that for a three week stay which is all the incentive I need to stop going to the gym as I won't have the car to get there). So, to keep the motivation going I've signed up for another one at the end of November. This is actually the one I was aiming for in the first place, until I decided to do the earlier one in September instead, but hey, why not do both :faint:. So my targets are now to finish the first one and then to improve my time in the second (which even has whizzy electronic chips to record your time "officially".

What have I just done?...

madness, utter madness. Speaking of which I am almost certain I am going to sign up to walk the Great Wall of China for Great Ormond Street Hospital in October next year, anyone care to join me???

:rofl: Don't worry YP i'm sure the second one will be a breeze for you ;)

Walk the Great Wall of China Kyk? Literally? :shrug: Whats that all about :?:

Well, I'm "glowing" :lol: went for the first round of nuclear medicine today :fr: was very worried about having this done but it was'nt so bad after all :) tomorrow I get to do it all again only this time they'll put me on a :tread: as well :rolleyes: then tomorrow afternoon when its all over I can have tea, pop, chocolate or alcohol again :cheer: these 3.5 days without have been hard :stress: and the thing that I want most? No..not chocolate :nono: its a beer :cheers:

Ah so nice to be treated like a human pin-cushion cat!

YP - you are completely insane!

Not really done anything worthy of chatting! Just off shopping after work to buy him indoors some new trousers! Aparently there were too many to choose from when he went yesterday, so he needs me to help him! :dz: