Is it Amsterdam already? Have a good time.

Have a lovely time!

I went swimming - wish I hadn't now - I feel all cold and shivery and can't warm up. I'd go to bed for a nap except the house is full of very noisy workmen - looks like the plumber has got some mates in to help out with the non-bathroom repairs. Somehow I still don't think its going to get done in the time limit he gave me. I'm a bit worried because I know he's got a big job to start on Monday. I think I'm going to be sharing the house with this lot all weekend.

I've got a headache starting now....

Good luck YP1 in amsterdam

I hope everyone is ok today.

Teresa

Just to let you all know i have updated my Actavar you can now see my Ugly Mug lol Incase anyone was wondering what i look like thats me.

Teresa

Have a great time in Amsterdam YP1
Love the new avatar Treez
Hope you feel better Sarah

Ive not been feeling too good, think Ive got a cold coming on so I missed my Qi Gong class today.

ouchhhhhhhhhhhhh..... i just cleaned the bathroom... as u do at 23.00 on a friday nite lol.... (the gf is out at her leaving do.. i was goin to go.. but im white as a sheet and feel sick n in pain.. thought it best not too..)

i cant do anything.. grrrrrrrr ...
got drs atp on mon... need to write a list of things i want !.. lol..

MRI/ CT or both, diffrent drugs (not sure what now.. ive been through a few..... referal to pain clinic, referal to orthopods...

i just wanna be better... not in pain ...an most of all do my proper job..... but thats a long way off yet... :0((

Hope you feel better soon Lou, give the bathroom cleaning a rest until you've been fixed by the doctor luv.

Sarah, funny but sad about your lady down the road, I think I'd be terrified being lost on the moors, day or night...I have a hard enough time figuring out my way around the roads out here....none of them make sense to me, and i've got one of those compass thingies in the car, and it doesn't bloody help me.

Nice pic....treezuk Is that the man to become the loving hubs soon?

Hope you feel better soon too, Kali

Jen and Helen, have fun at the race, safe travels...although you're prob already there by now....don't forget to post some pics of all your fun...is Kylie joining you? Hope you're doing ok Kylie

Cat, where are you again my woman?

Hi Veggie

Hi Redsox...the weekend is here again, hope you had a good wek with your kiddo's

Michelle, your egg sarnie sounds scrummy...

Anyone else....hello from a chilly cod on the cape

I need a hug.
I have lost 49lb... I have received my 3 and a half stone sticker from Slimming World but I am still absolutely MASSIVE. You see others lose that much and you can see a huge difference.
I still get the "If I lose 3 and a half stone, i'd be dead" comment from people.
I asked a friend to get me a band tshirt from a concert she's going to tomorrow as I never had a chance to pick one up when I went to see the band recently. She said "shall I get you the biggest they have, oh I feel really bad saying that... or shall I get you a medium as an incentive for it to fit"?
I reminded her I had lost 49lb and dropped 3, going on 4 dress sizes. But I AM still absolutely massive. I am now in size 26 clothes but they're getting saggy, so I'd probably get into a 24 with a bit of a breath in job.
When will I start to actually properly show I have lost?

On Radio Devon recently some small minded b*tch phoned in saying in so many words, us fat people don't deserve to live... and we should be exterminated. Smiler53 wrote in and said how we have feelings etc, but the way the DJ read it out made me feel as if he agreed with the caller. I feeling right now as if I don't deserve to take up space. And I do take up a lot of space.

You can listen again on the BBC website. The caller is the last one on the Lunch Time phone in on the Radio Devon website, Tuesday... is mostly about us Fat people... the last caller on the show about 1:52 in is the one that upset myself and Smiler53. Her email is read out on Wednesday, about 46 minutes in.

EVIL EVIL people.

Well this is a shock, I've not been here in ages! Was just updating some links and thought I would pop in....

Manda you can have a bloody big hug from me, because you have done so well 49lbs down... that is amazing and you should be ever so proud of yourself!

The good thing is you have not given up and have kept the determination to keep going, it's never easy losing weight and for people in the situation we are it's takes time but I can see the difference in your recent photos and I think you look great! Let others mock, it's more than likely that they have never succeeded at anything they have tried and they are a tad jealous!

Well done you, losing so much you're made a great start to living longer, happier and healthy!

Morning, everyone.

I spent all last night going from hot to cold and then back again - it was 3am before I thought to take some paracetamol and by the time I woke up at 7 the cold had arrived in full force. Sadly I couldn't stay in bed and feel sorry for myself because the plumbers turned up at 7.30 - so I got up, ate my porridge and took the dogs for a walk which, along with a mega dose of Vit C, has really helped.

Homersmummy - WELL DONE on that 49lbs! You are doing REALLY well!!!! As for when the weight loss starts really making a difference in your appearance.... well, it all depends on how often people see you. DH doesn't really notice my weight loss unless its pointed out to him because he sees me every day but I tend to get 'OMG you've lost a lot of weight' type comments from people I haven't seen since I was a couple of dress sizes larger.

About that obnoxious radio programme - this world is full of all kinds of intollerant idiots who discriminate against anyone who is different from them - they usually pick on race, sexual orientation, colour or religion but this plank seems to have an irrational problem with people who weigh more than her. IMHO its people like her that have the problem. Don't take what she said personally - just think - you are doing something about your weight and, if you carry on putting in the hard work (as you have been) you WILL achieve your goal. She, on the other hand, is stuck with her unpleasant personality and will always have that bitterness in her soul.

I think I'd have emailed the BBC to register a complaint.

awwwwwwwwwwww HM..... your going great ..... 49lb!... its hard work.. not magic....

do you have some of your clothes your wore @ the start ? maybe put them on to see how far you have come.. not just what the scales say... only compare your self to what you were and not the so called twiglets who havent a clue what its like to only have one shop to find clothes.. and even at that you dont particulalry like but you HAVE to have them as they are the only ones that fit etc...

do u have some pics.. maybe compare them with now too... sometimes its easier to see a diffrence pic to pic... rather than pic to real life...

my shape has changed a bit recently.. & its only been a few pounds lots really... sometimes you are losing but its going from crazy places like your wrists n fingers lol... not helpful when u want smaller trousers haha..!
but it will go..... your doing great ..... dont ruin your hard work....

think of what you want to achieve when you have lost the weight.... able to shop anywhere, be healthier, fitter, feel better about yourself because of the previous.... or even simple smaller goals... like your in the next Xlb down, you can paint you toenails, ect ect!..

you know where we are.... (as the new corsa ad says) C'mon ... (u must see it lol)

that radio guy sound like a jerk... write ad complain if you think its therapeutic!!!.. even if u dont send it.....

lou xx

Hey all

Kali : thanks for the nice words on the Actavar.

BritinNJ : His already my hubby lol we've been married 4 years may 17th 07

Everyone else : I hope your all having a good day.

Me : Nothing to report on me ,tryed dance mat last night but still not feeling 100% so gave up after a few songs.

Take care all.

Teresa

HM I was the same when I lost 50 pounds in 2004. I was still the largest person at slimming world and at 16st 12 still felt huge. I wish I was that 'huge' now I did have a passport pic I'd had done a few weeks before I started SW so I could see a difference in my face at least. I think sometimes when you're 'big' you seem to see yourself as 'big' until the day you can fit into a size 12. Anyway you've have done extremely well and just ignore the comments from dim skinnies.

Maz good to see you post we miss you.

Thanks Veggie, hope your keeping well also!

Hey you! Where you been?

Thanks very much all. I know i've lost, because i've gone from a size 32 to 26, I can probably get in a 24 if I breathed in. I do get the 'Have you lost weight?' questions, but yeah I guess if people see me every day it will be hard to notice... but yes, I am still absolutely massive. People I told my starting weight to cannot believe how heavy I am still... neither can I if I'm honest. I still have about 8 or 9 stone to lose. (If possible)
I am definitely the biggest in my class by a long long way. I feel so self concious walking in there, I don't stay to class because I feel so out of place, even though we're all there to lose weight. People say i've done really well, but it's taken me 38 weeks to lose 3 and a half stone. That's not really that good, especially when I read how much others manage to lose in a year.
I keep looking in the full length mirror in the ladies at work, thinking so where has that weight gone from?

I was so tempted to complain, I know it's a have your say phone in program, but they were going too far and the DJ was in my opinion egging them on with his comments. It hurt me and Smiler53 and no doubt others too. They seem to think all of us large people choose to be this way.

Oh well, enough of my complaints. I'm just feeling extremely miserable at the moment!