Lose Weight 26

mazza111

For those who have lost a lot of weight and don't see the difference in themselves, you should get someone to take a full length picture of you. My daughter encouraged me to get dolled up on saturday night to get some "back on the market" pictures done, although I'm not sure i'm looking, so haven't posted them anywhere. But I was totally amazed to see the difference! Anyone who wants to see them can pm me, I wouldn't go outside dressed like i was that night, and i sure as hell aint posting them in public lol.

sarymclary

*Scottish*Lass* wrote: »

Sary - your garden is gorgeous!! What a lot of wrok you've done! All worth it tho I bet! Every time I see your name it makes me think of a book I read to my nephew! lol The main character is called 'Hairy MacLary' (he's from Donaldsons Dairy! lol)

Thanks Scottish Lass. It has been hard work, and boy do my shoulders know it, but seeing it all starting to flourish and come together is so rewarding. I'm now on the lookout for a second hand greenhouse in need of a new lease of life. I'd rather re-home than buy one, partly for £ reasons, but also from an ecological reason, as they often get left unused by the elderly who find gardening becomes too much for them. Not my elderly neighbour, mind you, who is in her 70's and uses all 3 of her greenhouses.

My name does come from a friend from New Zeland, where the author to the Hairy Maclary books is from, who nicknamed me that, and it sort of stuck with me for using online.

I'm being a very good girl so far today:
B - nimble toast x 4
L - promax high protein bar

dinner is planned to be a homemade beef casserole. It's all been totally manic here today with the house full of kids; my 4 plus 2 others, and 2 of mine were mucking about and the fridge door handle has been bashed onto the glass in the kitchen to lobby door, and it's smashed the pane of glass. Apart from it being silly, and unnecessary, the glass is original to the house, so approx. 60/70 years old, so unlikely to be able to get something like that to replace it (well, at a price we'd be able to afford anyway).

Later chaps

x_raphael_xx

Did I tell you that I bought a horse steak while in France? I'm going to try it tonight for my tea!
I'll either enjoy it or the dog will!!

vixarooni

*Scottish*Lass* wrote: »

lol glad to see i'm not the only one! Beans are the worst thing for me! I just can't eat them!

beans i can do! although that was only when i was about 13 that i ate them.

I am getting better i think. I'll eat corn on the cob now, thats only happened in the last year or so.

vixarooni

i'll have a look mazza!!

raph: Well done on the halfy, you look like you've run a distance there...puts me off running tonight ha! oh and the horse steak? i would rather lick your feet after you run half a marathon that eat that. Gross!

serendisglair

katiepoppycat wrote: »

lo seren! how are you?

not too bad kpc. Doing my usual yo-yo-ing efforts!

Brighton_belle

grannynise wrote: »

Is that a stainless steel splashback BB? If so --- shiny or matt? And the drawer under the hob, what do you keep in it please? The tango kitchen looks great.

PS How do you make the photo be that size? When I tried to post a photo it was MASSIVE and I gave up.

It isn't actually a stainless steel spash back granny: it's a sort of silver colour coated mdf: the whole kitchen was covered in it before and I had most of it removed in the tart up (the worktops were very pale baby yellow & the cab doors baby pale blue: the combo looked yuck and cold) but the builders trimmed this bit beautifully so it curved under the extractor. It's fairly matt.
The drawers under the hob:
top one is full of our pots and pans. Second one has our slow cooker, baking pans, food mixer and whizzy stick thing, flask. They are really great: i do hate having to ferret in the back of cupboards at floor height.

I only discovered how to shrink the photos yesterday and I'm really chuffed so can post them a little more easily here now. I upload my photos using tinypic.com One I've uploaded there is an option to change the size, and this is thumbnail size.

Sary - the changes in your garden although subtle make such a differnce: looks so inviting.
Vix - I hate the texture of cake too, though it is only in recent years I've realised thisis why I never ate it. Never had a cake as a kid for my birthday: mum always did fun things with bananas or what ever I was into. She stuck candles in a melon once LOL.

Raph - wouldn't have recoginised you from that photo. Great to have a record of your achievement.
Ah, but seren are you one of those sparkly yoyo's that light up when going up and down:D

Raph - can you change my figures to read over all loss at -1lb please. Life's too short to explain how or why...

funkyfunkymonkey

grannynise wrote: »

What do other people use as their 'measures' of how their loss has affected them?

I've kept the largest pair of trousers that I used to wear, it was when they were becoming too tight that I decided to lose weight - I was resolute that I was not going to buy the next size up.

I put them on from time to time and parade infront of the family saying 'look how big I used to be' - they're not impressed anymore, it's all 'old hat'

The other thing I did once was to put all the weight I had lost into a rucksack, I used encyclopedias, tins, etc. I staggered around the house and it became very clear to me why my knees had started to become dodgy - I never have any problems with my knees now.

FFM

x_raphael_xx

Brighton_belle wrote: »

Raph - can you change my figures to read over all loss at -1lb please. Life's too short to explain how or why...

All changed for you

serendisglair

Brighton_belle wrote: »

Ah, but seren are you one of those sparkly yoyo's that light up when going up and down:D

Most definately