thought this was kind of interesting, ...
 

I'll be back, but wanted to leave this for now.
I have a little grandson, 6 years old, who is just borderline chubby. I have always believed in letting kids eat until they were satisfied, and I still believe in it. But, ..... I always also believed that kids should be playing instead of watching TV.
Anyway, I liked this article.

Setting Up Young Girls to Overeat

Restricting Food May Backfire, Leading to Eating Disorders

By Salynn Boyles
WebMD Medical News Reviewed By Brunilda Nazario, MD
on Tuesday, August 05, 2003

Aug. 5, 2003 -- Parents who put their young daughters on diets or use restrictive feeding practices may be setting them up for future eating disorders, according to a new study.


Researchers found that girls whose food was often restricted at age 5 were more likely to eat when they weren't hungry later in childhood than girls whose food was not restricted. This was true regardless of whether the young girls were overweight. Five-year-olds who were already overweight and who were subjected to the most restrictions were the most frequent overeaters by age 9. The report suggests by restricting food, parents are teaching children to ignore their own hunger and fullness, which puts them at an increased risk for obesity.


The study is reported in the August issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. In earlier studies on the same subject, researcher Leann Birch, PhD, and colleagues from Pennsylvania State University reported that mothers who were most concerned about their own weight used more restrictive feeding practices to control the weight of their young daughters. Ironically, daughters whose food was most restricted tended to be heavier.


Good Intentions Backfire


Researchers recruited roughly 200 5-year-old girls of varying weights for the study. They surveyed the girls' mothers about eating practices and their perception of their daughter's risk for being overweight. The mothers were surveyed again two and four years later, when their daughters were ages 7 and 9.


In the latest analysis, the incidence of eating in the absence of hunger -- a major risk factor for eating disorders -- increased significantly for all of the volunteers. The 5-year-olds who had stricter food regulation had more frequent episodes of eating when they weren't hungry at ages 7 and 9 compared with girls with fewer restrictions.


Girls who were already overweight at age 5 and who were subjected to the most food restriction ate the most frequently when not hungry at age 9.



Because all of the young girls included in the study were white, the authors note that the findings cannot be applied to black, Hispanic, and other minority girls.


"Our findings, which indicate that restriction is counterproductive and not an effective approach to limiting girls' food intake, emphasize the importance of providing guidance to parents on alternative methods of setting limits for children in the feeding context that allow the development of adequate self-control mechanisms," write the researchers.


The Right Way to Prevent Eating Disorders


So what can parents do to help children develop healthy eating habits? In an earlier interview, Birch suggested making a large variety of healthy foods, such as fruits and vegetables, available so that kids will learn to like them. She also said that snacks should be allowed in moderation.


Nutrition researcher Barbara J. Rolls, PhD, recently found that children who serve themselves from family-style dishes during meals took smaller portions than an adult would give them. In an earlier study, she found that food intake among 3-year-olds is relatively unaffected by environmental cues such as portion size, but by age 5 this changes. Like adults, 5-year-olds in her study responded to increased portions by eating more. Rolls is also with Pennsylvania State University but was not involved in the Birch study.


"As much as possible, kids need to determine their own portion sizes," Rolls tells WebMD. "It is a parent's responsibility to make sure their kids have access to nutritious foods, but ultimately the kids decide how much of it to eat."

Welcome Marilyn. You will never go short on support on this site and I speak from experience. I don't know what a Sugarbuster is but we all do different things here. Willow introduced me to www.fitday.com which is a good site for checking how many calories/fat/carbs you eat each day. I found it really good. Sheila, I know you understood about the cat vomit ha ha. Yes, temperatures are nearing 100 here and we don't have air cons in our homes. As we speak DH is watching tv wearing last seasons T shirt and a pair of boxer shorts - not a pretty sight, I assure you. We have big table fans in the bedrooms bought during our periods of living abroad and they are blasting all night. Your garden sounds so English with the trellis work and roses, clematis and iris's, like the old song, "In an English country gar-ar- den". Willow, I agree with the girls, sounds like your doctor needs to see a doctor and like Sue, I would have walked out. SHe sounds like she has no bedside manner at all and I would have asked her what charm school she flunked. You are not lazy, did you tell her the hours you work, Curves and the housework never mind entertaining the family and grandkids??? Don't let this knock your confidence in any way, you picked a duffer is all. I didn't have loads of energy doing the painting - it was therapy working off the trouble with my mother and it worked, looks lovely and finished it yesterday. DH came home from work, said it looks lovely and he feels guilty (but not guilty enough to have started it when i asked last year ha ha!) Sue, I liked your example young girls' clothing. Little ones aged 5 here are dressed like mini teens - do the parents not think of the paedophiles around us? I also agree with you and Sheila about anti-depressants, they have their uses but I think they are dished out too readily by some doctors. My mother said she wishes she had stuck to her guns about refusing them but in her case I think she's better on them. Speaking of which, she calls today and has booked her train down here for next Tuesday so I will have to leave work early (didn't consult me if it was convenient). So, looks like it's going to be a long stay till her op in September, oh Joy! Angel, I hope you are feeling better now, you sound like you are with good people at the station and I am sure they think nothing of it. You are human and no one expects someone to be perfect all the time - well, some people do and they are the ones with the most imperfections of all in my experience. I'd like you to subscribe to the "so what? Big deal" Fatpuss school of thought once middle age struck. Life is too short for lashing yourself over something you really will laugh about in the future. My husband is a meteorologist and years ago in Scotland used to do the National radio forecast. I can't tell you the times either he or the announcer for radio Scotland boobed and because he had an English and not a Scottish accent our kids classmates immediately knew it was their dad and they got all sorts of flak, ha ha. DH never batted an eyelid, carried it off to perfection. Did your grandaughters go for the grungy, skateboard style of clothes or the Barbie styles? I can't wait to be a grandma but my son and daughter tell me I have years to wait yet!! Our friends from Scotland are visiting this weekend with the brother and sister they adopted when they were aged 1 and 2 and I can't wait - I have kept two favourite board games from when our kids were 6 and 7 and it's also a good excuse to trawl ToysRUs in town tomorrow.

Willow, you must have posted the above when I was typing. Facinating. I know research proves that daughters whose mothers are obsessed with not gaining weight often become the same. In my case I had a first born daughter with poor appetite though bags of energy and was overly concerned all the time and took her to all different paediatricians looking for a magic formula. They all said she was fine, just a skinny, tall kid with small appetite. Son was born 11 months later and although a guzzler from the bottle stage, he and I think I contributed to his weight problem because he would get praised to the hilt from me for clearing his plate and even asking for more. He was such a relief to have after the worry about my daughter. If I turn back time , being older and wiser and with the confidence I never had with the first born, I wouldn't have taken her to a doctor at all. Ah, hindsight is a wonderful thing, eh?

WELCOME MARILYN!!
 

I'm glad to see you in our group. We love to get more members.

My weight has gone up a few pounds in the past a few times, but, nothing like this past 8 to 10 years. So, I know exactly how you feel, and hopefully we can all help each other over the rough spots on this journey we're on.

I'm sorry to hear that your marriage didn't work out anymore. That's a lot of years invested into a relationship.

It truly DOES get to the point where it seems that our weight is controling our lives, doesn't it?

I'm not real familiar with Sugar busters, but, isn't it a low carb way of eating? I wish you good luck with it. We'll be here for support, so come post as often as you need or want to.

Charlotte, what a wonderful day!! Shopping with 3 granddaughters! I agree about the clothes now days. :lol:
Don't kids just have endless energy though? I bet you really WERE dragging by nightfall.
I used to take my grandkids shopping, but there is one or two DIL's that always took back whatever I got the kids and got what THEY wanted them to have. Did it at Christmas too, so now I just give the grandkids a check and they can do with it what they want. Their mother still goes and buys their Christmas presents from me. Oh well.

Sheila, I'm glad you finally got some rain. I thought for sure we were going to get a good down pour here this afternoon because they were predicting storms and rain for today and tonight. It started thundering and the wind was blowing etc, and not one drop of rain! :yikes: Maybe later tonight. One can always hope!
Sheila, I guess I'm with you on the antidepressants. I can see them in some cases, but wait till she finds out if I would even NEED them before she starts talking about them.
And, as far as me being a strong person when I was younger, I don't think that has any bearing on what could be going on in my life now. People change with life experiences. Oh well, maybe I should have been a counselor! :lol:


Sue, I'm glad your rain has finally let up.
Isn't it fun going in to work early? Actually, overtime always goes fast for me.

Got a good laugh out of your "bad day experience.".

I had a really good day at work today. The time just flew by. Mostly because I worked with a woman who is so much fun to be around. She had me laughing so hard at one point that tears were running from my eyes and my nose was running, .....
She's just a nut.

I suppose I should go check e-mails and read my snail mail.
Everybody have a wonderful evening/day.

http://www.chubclub.org/forum/Imageu...070523876s.gif MARILYN! Glad to have you with us!

Gee, I got far behind very fast!!!!

To everybody....yes, I did enjoy my day with granddaughters yesterday! We only do it once a year....I'd die if we did it more often!! Anyway...yes, they are ugly clothes...but they were kinda cute in them...honest. It's the Mudd brand jeans...hip-huggers. Then the flower shirts...like we wore as teens....you know..."flower power" !

Willow...I had a talk with parents before left...the girls were picking out their clothes...& as long as they were decent....(I wouldn't buy them, otherwise) they wouldn't be taken back. That they could rule what they bought for them. But I wanted then to have one set that was truly "their" choice. It was agreed.

I agree with everyone on your "dr". Should have walked out. You are the least lazy person I have ever come across. You make me tired just reading your posts! I couldn't do in one day when I was young, what you do now! Hope you'll find the right kind of help.

Fatpuss....thanks for the encouragement. I'm sure your husband was a professional & could handle any crisis. I'm an amateur, & was messing up the meteorologist that was calling in the weather. I know he's going to dread hearing it's me on the other end of the line! Manager's are going on vacation next week. Guess who takes care of things?!http://www.dewa.com/animated/5.gif

Sue...glad you finally got some sunshine... Now, if we could get some!!http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung...smiley-054.gif

HI Sheila...take care! Hope you're enjoying your son's visit.

Hi, everyone--

Did we already lose our newbies? I hope not.

My son hasn't quite arrived, Charlotte--he comes in on Friday evening, then starts the hard work on Saturday. We'll all be ready for our week at the coast when Wednesday rolls around.

Willow, glad you had such a fun day at work. It really helps to have fun coworkers. I actually miss working, and the camraderie that can go with it. There's also a lot of office politics, I've noticed, but if you can avoid that, you can usually enjoy the people you work with.

Puss, sounds like all of Europe is broiling in the sun. Glad you've got fans. I laughed at the image of your DH sitting around in his boxers watching TV. My grandmother lived in a place in Calif. where it routinely got to 120 F in the summer. My friend and I went to visit her and spent most of the time splayed out in a chair in front of her swamp cooler. When Grandma used to come to Seattle to visit in the summer, I'd always be amused by the fact that she'd wear a sweater even when it was 85 degrees!

Lifted weights today and got on the scale at the gym. It was up 1/2 lb. from Tuesday. I KNOW I should quit weighing myself on the scale there, but I still do it. I figure since I ate pizza last night my body is retaining fluid so I'm making an effort to drink a lot today and flush all the sodium out. Even eating three pieces of pizza (veggie, think crust), I still was within my Weight Watcher points range so I know I didn't overeat. Oh, well--I enjoyed it and that's all that matters.

The guy I hired to do the garden steps so my DH can take a rest from landscaping is starting on Monday. I can't wait to see how they look. I keep saying that one of these days I'll post before and after photos so I'm just going to have to get on the stick and do it.

Speaking of photos, I'm so close to a 50 lb. loss that I'm weighing in nude at Weight Watchers tomorrow. I might keep my socks on. I told myself I'd do a 50 lb. loss photo to go along with my before pictures. Clothed, of course. I haven't even seen my before photo because I had my DH hide it on the computer. It will be interesting to see if I can tell from the photos. I mean, I know I wear a smaller size so I hope there will be a difference. Of course, they say the camera adds 10 lbs. . .

Hope everyone is enjoying their Thursday!

Angel, I have to tell you that I love seeing that cat each time I log on! Don't worry too much about the station next week - you probably relievied that meteorologist from the tedium of his normal work. Sheila, well done for coming up to that 50lb mark. It's brilliant and you must look and feel so much different from when you started. Not sure whether you should go naked at the WW's meeting though, you may find yourself getting signed up for a Women's Institute calendar - they are making a film with Helen Mirren and Julie Walters based on a true life group of English ladies of a certain age from the WI (famed for being sensible and making scones and jam) who needed funds to save their building. The calender was very tasteful (bits and bobs carefully hidden) and sold in the thousands. Had to laugh about your granny and her sweater in 85 degree heat. DH's mother visited us in Abu Dhabi once and temps in the 100s still had her cardigan round her shoulders ha ha. I saw a female doctor from the US on TV this morning who claims she can diagnose from looking at the tongue. Two female patients in their 50s had their tongues examined and it seems that if the edges are fluted/frilly and not straight then your liver is out of condition. If you have cracks down the length of it, you are dehydrated. As my tongue has had both these features for as long as I can remember my poor old liver must be exhausted and clapped out! Good job I don't drink. Anyone ever heard of that or is is a bit of mumbo jumbo? Temperatures set to last here for next week at least and it's awful, we Brits can only take bad weather. I did two hours ironing with a fan blowing on me to make it bearable but far from reducing my appetite, I gobbled twice my usual amount which probably means I was dehydrated rather than hungry but licorice toffee tastes better than water. Willow, I hope you are ok and you are not overworking or feeling down. Sue, you haven't vanished off to that cool cabin yet, have you?

Hi ladies....

Sheila....The thought of you standing on those scales tomorrow in nothing but your sock feet!!! http://www.vfwds.com/graphics/images/clip/eyepeek.gif
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I just couldn't resist!! Oh, & stay away from the pizza! http://www.cartooncottage.com/images/pizza.gif Kinda pickin on you this go round......sorry.

Fatpuss....I like your cat too...wears me out though...exercises more than I EVER have!:lol: I've gone by the station, even on my days off this week, to check everything out. Making sure there was nothing I didn't know or understand. Something will still go wrong....but, at least I'll try my best. Connie (the manager) said she ask Brian (meteorologist) how things went Monday. He told her everything went very well. Bless his heart....he was covering for me. Only thing, I had already told her the truth! I was glad to hear that he would help me out, though. We're all friends up there...& that helps. I just want to do things right.

I lost 2 lbs this week...I weigh on Thursday morning. That's a total of 28 lbs. Little by little....bit by bit. I'm at 156 lb now....want to be at 140-145.

Willow & Marilyn...where are you?
I'll check in later. http://www.agifs.hpg.ig.com.br/ursos/urso68.gif

Howdy y'all
 

How is everyone today?
I barely made it to work on time this morning. I punched in at exactly 5 AM. WHEW!!

Today was pretty good again at work.
I'm starting to want to get back to my health.
I was talking with a woman today who lost a considerable amount of weight last year while on the Weight Watchers plan. She said that she wants to get back on it now. There had been a big legal problem about their son and she got really upset and depressed about it all and gained all the weight back.
She did all this while I was still on the second shift so I knew from seeing her in passing that she had lost weight but didn't know what she had done to lose it.
Anyway, she and 3 or 4 other women from work all did this together. They would have this woman plan out meals or menu's for a week, and do the grocery shopping, then they would all split the cost equally. They would gather at this womans house one night a week and cook a bunch of foods that were low calorie and healthy, then they would package them up into individual servings and each would take their share home and all they had to do then was grab a dinner out of the freezer and warm it up.
They all met at an exercise place and exercised together.
She told me today that she lost 66 pounds from February until the end of May.
They are all going to start doing this again by fall, and she invited me to join them. I think I will too.
I'm trying to get my basement done before then so we can exercise here instead of everyone paying a fee at a gym. There's a possibility that a guy from work might put in a new ceiling for me downstairs, and I'm going to start painting before then, and when that is all done, I'm going to get new, cheaper carpeting in down there. I'm not so fussy about the price of it for down there.
I'd like to get a couple more pieces of exercise equipment, and then we'd be set.
I think it would make it a lot more interesting to have a few people doing it together and have different things to use instead of one or two things all the time.
Anyway, it's nice to have something to think about and plan for. I also have an old 265-gallon fuel oil tank down there that I need to get out of there before I start painting. Guess I'll advertise. Maybe someone will want it to sell the metal. Don't know how they'll get it out though. It's awfully big.

I went to the store after work today and picked up some chinese food for supper. I also got some fresh fruits and veggies. I've been hungry for my strawberries and cereal the last couple of days.

Sheila, I'm DYING to hear the reaction of your WW group at weigh-in tomorrow! :lol:

Charlotte, Hope you had a good day today.

Sue, same goes for you. I suppose you're posting at the same time I'm typing this up.

Puss, I don't recall ever hearing of diagnoses being made by looking at the tongue, but recently a woman on another site said that a friend of hers went to some kind of Dr, (maybe a holistic Dr?) and he took samples of her hair to test it and said he could tell a lot about her nutrition, medications and a lot of things by examining her hair.
I'm not sure, but I would think he must have had some kind of solution that he put on the hair to see what the reaction would be. I do know that if a person dies under suspicious circumstances, a pathologist can tell by testing the hair id the person has been poisoned and for how long, by how far out it has grown with the hair, and also they can tell if there is lead in your system by testing your hair, among many other things.

Did I tell you girls that a sex offender moved in about 1 1/2 blocks from me? They had it in the paper a couple of times, his name, what his prior offenses were, how long he was in prison and how long he will be on parole along with the address he is moving FROM and the address he is moving INTO.
The SOB has been at this stuff for 15 years, and they turn him loose in my neighborhood.
Believe me, my grandkids wont be playing outside on the swing sets or anything unless I'm right there with them. Sigh!, ..... It's always something.

I cleaned out my fridge this afternoon. I don't know how a single person can have that much stuff to throw away.

Well, I need to get cleaned up and get my stuff ready for tomorrow.
I hope you all have a nice evening/day.
Hi to the newbies if you're still with us. Let us know how you're doing!

Hi Charlotte!!
 

I knew it!! I just KNEW it!! I knew somebody would post while I was posting!

Hey girl! Way to go on your two (that's 2!) pound loss this week!
How I wish I were where you're at.

I think I've come up with a new strategy to kick those urges in the you-know-what! But, I gotta think on it more and get it down pat before I go talking about it too much. I wanna be sure it's gonna work. :D

Congratulations again, Charlotte! :spin: :strong: :bravo:

:cb: :cp: :dance: :cheers:

Good Morning! I still have one more week before vacation. It is just so hot and muggy here that I don't spend too much time at the computer. Rain here and there and when there is lightning, I don't even turn it on. I did lose another pound this week. That makes 4 in two weeks after struggling and not being able to do that in six months. :cb: Those WATP tapes have my vote! Yesterday, I walked on the treadmill for 15 min, then did the 2-mile walk. I have to start mixing up my menus too. I think we all tend to eat the same things day after day. But, I DID have beans on toast last night. Well, OK, they were vegetarian beans, but they were pretty good. I just wish they weren't so sweet. I got the one with the lowest sugar content, but still too sweet for me.

Willow, glad to hear things are going good at work. I work for an attorney and I am the only other person in the office. The phone rings off the hook and people are always stopping in, so I feel like I have lots of co-workers too. :dizzy: I am waiting eagerly to see how you are stopping the urges.

Angel, congrats on the 2 lbs. A little here, a little there, it all adds up in the end. Ooops, that doesn't sound quite right. But you know what I mean.

Sheila, I have seen people at DW take off their belts, watches and earrings when they get weighed in. I imagine someday, the rest of the clothes will come off too. :o My shoes come off, but that's it. I know how you feel though. Good luck on the next weigh-in.

Puss, when you mentioned ironing, I thought about my sister. She lives in a stone house and does all her ironing in the cellar. Cool as a cucumber year round. I think I would live down there. I have a fan going in front and in back of me when I iron on days like this. My motto is "If it ain't permanent press, forget it" But then again, most of that has to be ironed too. Usually about 5 minutes before I decide to wear it. My mother used to ask me (when I was ironing a shirt 5 minutes before the school bus came) why I didn't iron the night before. Did the shirt magically appear in your closet overnight? I can still feel her standing behind me every morning. :lol:

Guess I better get going - Have a great day all. And stay cool! Sue

Hi Everybody.....

Sue..... 1 BIG POUND!!! My hat's off to ya! http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung...smiley-049.gif Like you said...a pound at a time....& that's how we gained it. I don't like ironing, either..... http://www.00fun.com/rosie_ironing_md_wht.gif

Willow....thanks for all the icons...made me feel good!!!;) Hope you get that strategy worked out. Be sure you're drinking LOTS of water.....I mean, like, a gallon a day....honestly. With me not exercising....this is the best thing I have going.

Sheila...We're waiting to hear those weigh-in results! Wishing you lots of luck!

THOUGHT YOU ALL MIGHT ENJOY THIS, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT BEFORE:

A Strange Lady......................

Even though this lady is residing in MY house, she may at some time appear in yours. Be alert!

A very weird thing has happened. A strange old lady has moved into my house.

I have no idea who she is, where she came from, or how she got in. I certainly did not invite her. All I know is that one day she wasn't there, and the next day she was!

She is a clever old lady and manages to keep out of sight for the most part, but whenever I pass a mirror, I catch a glimpse of her. And whenever I look in the mirror to check my appearance, there she is hogging the whole thing, completely obliterating my gorgeous face and body. This is very rude!

I have tried screaming at her, but she just screams back. The least she could do is offer to pay part of the rent, but no. Every once in a while, I find a dollar bill stuck in a coat pocket, or some loose change under a sofa cushion, but it is not nearly enough.

I don't want to jump to conclusions, but I think she is stealing money from me. I go to the ATM and withdraw $100, and a few days later, it's all gone!

I certainly don't spend money THAT fast, so I can only conclude the old lady is pilfering from me. You'd think she would spend some of that money to buy wrinkle cream.

And money isn't the only thing I think she is stealing. Food seems to disappear at an alarming rate -- especially the good stuff like ice cream, cookies, and candy. She must have a real sweet tooth, but she'd better watch it, because she is really packing on the pounds. I suspect she realizes this, and to make herself feel better, she is tampering with my scale to make me think I am putting on weight, too.

For an old lady, she is quite childish. She likes to play nasty games,like going into my closets when I'm not home and altering my clothes so they don't fit. And she messes with my files and papers so I can't find
anything. This is particularly annoying since I am extremely neat and organized.

She has found other imaginative ways to annoy me. She gets into my mail, newspapers, and magazines before I do and blurs the print so I can't read it. And she has done something really sinister to the volume controls
on my TV, radio, and telephone. Now, all I hear are mumbles and whispers.

She has done other things--like make my stairs steeper, my vacuum cleaner heavier and all my knobs and faucets harder to turn. She even made my bed higher so that getting into and out of it is a real challenge.
Lately, she has been fooling with my groceries before I put them away, applying glue to the lids, making it almost impossible for me to open the jars.

She has taken the fun out of shopping for clothes. When I try something on, she stands in front of the dressing room mirror and monopolizes it. She looks totally ridiculous in some of those outfits, plus,
she keeps me from seeing how great they look on me.

Just when I thought she couldn't get any meaner, she proved me wrong.

She came along when I went to get my picture taken for my driver's license, and just as the camera shutter clicked, she jumped in front of me!

I hope she never finds out where YOU live!http://www.funnygreetings.com/graphi...big_sm_clr.gif

Just stopped by for a second to say that all I took off was my watch and I took my YMCA plastic membership card out of my pocket when I weighed in today. I had .2 lbs. to spare so I've officially lost 50.2 lbs. Yippee!!

More later--it's 11:00 am and I haven't had breakfast or helped my dad on with his compression stockings.

Angel, Sue and Sheila ...WELL DONE YOU GIRLS!!!!!:dance:
I am glad some people around here are losing it because with me stuffing myself I am stuck on 147 which was my goal two weeks ago. I can't blame the jelly babies, licorice toffee, cheddar cheese or frozen yoghurt (or the lovely duck and cranberry pate I had with french bread tonight). This weekend I know I will be eating as I have daughter and friend back from Cuba, her boyfriend and his chums (who fly out the next day to Brazil) and friends and their two kids Sunday. I bought enough food to feed a platoon today including a big joint of beef for roast beef and yorkshire pudding roast dinner. Angel, I loved the 'old lady' parody, very funny. WIllow, I think it's a brilliant idea to team up with the other ladies and to increase your gym equipment (says the one who never exercises). "strength in numbers" comes to mind. Sue, I loved the bit about ironing 5 mins before the school bus comes. I am one of those weirdos who could iron for a living - I love it (except in these awful temperatures which are set to last another 4 or 5 days). Well done on the beans on toast - were they the heinz variety? Sheila, you have almost disappointed me with your weigh in clothing, I had visions of the Full Monty! Well done again you ladies on your loses, I am really pleased for you.

Hi again!
 

Sorry, Puss, no full monty for me! My WW leader did mention that a woman who was just a few ounces shy of her goal took her underwire bra off, which made the difference. I might be willing to do that when I get close to my goal. Say, my DH keeps asking me to ask you about custard tarts. What the heck are they?

Sue, congrats on the pound loss! I'm always thrilled when I see another pound gone. Ironing?? I'm not even sure where my iron is, although I think I still remember how to use it. :) When I was a kid, I had to iron pillowcases, sheets, my dad's shirts and all my own clothes, of course. Now I iron nothing.

Charlotte, love those graphics! You are the graphic goddess! :)

Willow, that gym idea sounds great. And I think taking a few buddies along on this journey is great.

I posted a link to my before and 50 lbs. photos on the other board I'm on (the 100 lb. board). I thought I would do it here, too. I'm now halfway to my goal. I can see the difference in my face, but my hips, well, hopefully the next 50 lbs. will come off there!

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