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Tete_en_l'Air

Dinah93 wrote: »

What you going to do with the clutter? Could be a very nice moving out fund...

Well a lot of it's rubbish to be honest - eg, one drawer is full of about 200 pens, and I have a chest thing full of old uni work which I haven't looked at since I graduated in 2004 - I want rid of all that so I can put all the bags of wool/fabric/crafty stuff in the chest. Will do a bit of ebaying though and maybe some music magpie.

Dinah93 wrote: »

Grief you have a very low bmi already Tete!

Only cus I'm so tall. At my target weight my BMI would be 18.5, which is exactly on the cusp between underweight and OK, which is what I want really. Having lost almost a stone I don't feel that much thinner, do you? Some of my clothes feel a bit baggy (actually I feel downright scruffy in some of my work trousers now!) but I don't think I look that different...

Poolie

<Heads off to make another lemsip and crawl under desk>

Tete_en_l'Air

I wish it were possible to catch germs via internet threads, I could really do with a few duvet days!

Dinah93

No I don't feel I look much difference, I have a couple of items that are now too big but for the most part no change.

My BMI at the start was 24.7, now it is 21.5, at goal it would be 18.7. Guess it makes a lot more difference to the figures loosing a stone when you're about 4" shorter.

wendz86

Tete being so tall it probably doesn't show as much but I remember seeing a pic of you from the meet up and you were skinny already.

Good luck with the sort out of your room. My room is still the same at my parents, think my Mum is scared to change it in case I get upset haha. She is looking at changing one room into a spare room and one into an office so we will see what happens!

Dinah93

Duvet day? I wish. I'm using the ergonomic wrist rest as a pillow.

Cinny91

Dinah93 wrote: »

No I don't feel I look much difference, I have a couple of items that are now too big but for the most part no change.

I'm not seeing much difference, but then I only lost 1/2stone. The guy I work in the office with keeps on saying I'm fading away and would I like one of his sandwiches? So there must be some difference, OH says I've lost too much weight (6lb?!) and I was fine how I was, which is lovely but I do feel 10x better now.

ETA:

Dinah93 wrote: »

Duvet day? I wish.

I was planning on setting up camp in my living room with my duvet while I write reviews this afternoon I so miss my duvet during the day!

Tete_en_l'Air

wendz86 wrote: »

Tete being so tall it probably doesn't show as much

Maybe, I think it takes longer to realise when you're putting ON weight as well :rolleyes: which is how I got to the busting-out-of-my-jeans stage!

Hoping my mind will feel a bit clearer if I can get rid of the junk!

Anyone who's sold a laptop on ebay - I have a very old creaky Vaio that I'm thinking of selling for parts or whatever... Do I need to wipe the hard drive somehow? It won't have anything sensitive on it. And how much do you charge for postage?

Poolie

I would wipe the hard drive. You need to get something to not just format the drive but wipe it at a lower level so that all the data is cleaned off.

Postage - I would charge for the weight of the item. Stick it on the kitchen scales and ahve a look at parcelfarce on the royal mail website.

Tete_en_l'Air

Poolie wrote: »

I would wipe the hard drive. You need to get something to not just format the drive but wipe it at a lower level so that all the data is cleaned off.

Thanks Poolie - do I need to buy something that does that? If so I don't think there's much point as I won't get more than about £10 I don't think. There's nothing sensitive on it, maybe an essay or two.