Two pounds is great! Why would you want to give up? You should be pleased with yourself you have done well. Twelve pounds in two weeks is really good. :yes:

Yeah, tis. :) Just me, I'm impatient! I have so much to loose and because I did so well in my first week, it's a bit of a come down loosing 2lb!
Even my dad phoned up this morning to check how i'd done, from the car boot sale he'd gone to! My dad doesn't take interest in anything I do! Came home singing 'Congratulations'! LOL! Said he was proud of me, aww shucks. :(

Then I had the old lectures in work. "We'll give you 6 bags of sugar to carry around with you all day" etc, lol!

Mands xx

If your sw is anything like mine some of the group would sell a body part for a 2 pound a week loss. ;)

Yaaaay :cp: 2lbs is great Mands :cheer: :carrot: keep going thats excellent :D

2lbs is fabulous, if you lost 10lbs every week, you would be ill!!! You gotta eat woman!!! Especially being a BBW (big beautiful woman) you need to make sure you eat all your allocations of food because as you loose weight you will need to reduce the amounts your are eating. If you eat like a sparrow now, you have nowhere to go as the pounds come off. Lecture over.

Well I ignored everyone's advice whilst shopping for my pregnant friend. We were having a chat the other day and she seemed a bit under prepared, she doesn't have any female relatives at all, and her husband is a traditional Muslim chap. So I bought her all the stuff she might need in hospital but wouldn't be able to get her hubby to buy. Like breast pads, down below pads, disposable knickers, nipple balm, etc etc I hope she isn't embarrassed or offended!!!! I decided the smelly route was too problematic, as she is quite fussy!

I'm all kitted out ready for the gym, going to work in my kit then changing when I get there!

Well I was thinking about suggesting nursing pads and the like but then I thought it might suck royally as a present! ;) But I'm sure you'll have helped her out as you say since maybe she is a bit under prepared. I hope she likes her hamper!

Well done Manda - 2lbs a week is great, a week ago I would've sold my granny for 2lbs a week! Actually I'll give her away free... Anyone want a spare granny??

I'm a bit fuzzy round the edges this morning - an hour of brutal circuits then about 40 minutes of continuous back kicks. I hate them.

But happy news, in total, since last Friday I have lost *DRUM ROLL PLEASE* 2 3/4lbs! WOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOO! :woo: :dancer: :dance: :carrot: :cb: I am 1/4lb away from NORMAL! :rofl:

Back popping the pills after my week break, I'm worried that they'll :censored: it up... *sigh* I wouldn't be surprised! Anyway, we'll see what happens!

Hiba loved her present!!! She hadn't thought of any of that stuff, and all the mums flocked around and said "oooh I wish MY friends had thought of that!" So that was nice.

I am missing the gym at lunch to have a farewell meal to with the mum to be. So I got up super duper early and went before work! Gotta do that more often, I like exercising first thing in the morning!

My last day at work then a week off woo hoo!!! Away from the carpets!!!

Well done on your loss Ms Frus that's amazing!!!! by the way your BMI might be normal but you will never be normal ;)

I'm glad she liked it, it really was a good idea :bravo:

:hyper: Are you going on holiday? Where are you off to? :hyper:

Nowhere!!! And just as well, there is a crisis next week at work and they have asked me to work on Wednesday, so my holiday is broken in half!!!

I'm just going to potter around home, try out my new gym, swim a lot and generally just have a break from work!

Kyk - that was a nice thought. Too often people are too involved with thinking of the baby's needs. The stuff you got was very practical. Well done you!

Woooohooo Friday today! Here comes the weekend! Yay!

Going out with the girls tonight. I cannot wait to see one of them who has a discount card for Hobbs and has bought some lovely clothes from there. The sort of things I should be losing weight for! Another has just come back from Oz so looking forward to hear the news. We are going to a Thai meal in Kensington - we have been before. I am goingt obe very good and try not to go for my usual Green curry and cocoanut rice. If they have plain boiled or steamed I guess I should be eating that. As long as I have a vegetable dish with maybe so tofu and as long as it is spicy/tasty I will be happy. I will still have my hot and sour soup as I love that!

Have a good weekend everyone.

Yay :carrot: my beloved has booked a week off for our anniversary at the end of Feb and has booked 'a holiday'. He's not saying what kind of 'holiday' - or where - but after a slight panic on my part he finally gave in and told me not to worry about the dogs because they are coming as well which means its nothing to do with going abroad. Last year we had a week in a stunning cliff top haunted cottage in Cornwall but we couldn't book it for this year because they now only allow one dog at a time.

It means that I get to carry on having my break from work until after we come back. For the first time since I started working at home I'm getting to like not working which is a worry - its going to be a huge struggle to motivate myself to get started again. :rolleyes:

Peacock - Have a great night out! I love hot and spicy food, I've read somewhere that chillies speed up the metabolism and also make you feel good. ;) I make Nigella's hot and sour soup and its gorgeous. I got the recipe at www pepperfool com/recipes/soups/nigellas_soup html (put dots in where the gaps are - I've used both prawns and subbed chicken instead of the prawns and its equally nice.

Kykaree - that was a great idea for a pressie. I wish I'd know I needed all that stuff in advance but in those days nobody mentioned sore nipples - and for some reason I never knew that I would need the down below pads.

Frys - REALLY well done on that weightloss. I think I'd keep the quarter pound - who wants to be 'normal'!!! ;) ;) ;)

Mands - Well done on that 2lbs! If you think its not enough then put together 4 packs of butter (or, better still, lard) and try carrying it around all day. :dizzy: The 'experts' always say that if it comes off slow and steady it is more likely to be a sustainable loss.

Veggie - Yup - I'd sell a body part for a steady 2lb weight loss each week. Not sure which body part though....

I haven't had kiddywinks, but I remember my mum saying that she had no idea about down below pads either, and that dad wouldn't go to the chemist to get any, so mum had to ask a nurse to go to the shops for her.

We went to Pizza Hut last night, I had a salad, and we chose the healthiest pizza we could find and shared it. It was gorgeous. I love it when you have something naughty and it's lovely and worth every calorie!!! I hadn't been to Pizza Hut in 4 years, not since I left Australia, coz dh claims to hate it, but he suggested it last night, and loved it! Men!!! No aco****ing for them!

I know what you mean - there is nothing worse than spending some hard earned calories on what you think will be something wonderful - and then not enjoying it very much. I did that the other day with an Anthony Worrall Thompson recipe - one third of my daily cals and 2 hours of prep work making it - and it was horrible! :(

My husband's tastes are changing as well. I cooked a low fat version of the 2 fat ladies lamb cassoulet (with butter beans and no fat) for dinner last night and he loved it. A year ago the only beans he would eat was good ol' tinned Heinz baked beans, preferably on toast but always with fried eggs, sausages and bacon. OMG! I just worked out how many cals were in my old Sunday brekkie and it was over 1,000!

Originally Posted by 2frustrated:

But happy news, in total, since last Friday I have lost *DRUM ROLL PLEASE* 2 3/4lbs! WOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOO! :woo: :dancer: :dance: :carrot: :cb: I am 1/4lb away from NORMAL! :rofl:

Well done Superwoman :carrot: :high:

We got a pizza hut about umm...probably 10 years ago and I have never been :( I love pizza. Maybe I'll go for my birthday. WILD! Do they serve wine? :devil:

I'm quite excited about the winter olympics :kickcan: :balloons: