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sarymclary

Eric, it's great to hear you back in fighting form once again.

Hezza - good to have you back again, and hope your MIL's funeral went off well.

Life is slowly getting back to 'normal' here. Son is still here, and seems to be listening to what I'm saying to him, and taking on board my words of wisdom re. this lad he's mixing with and his family. He could be just paying lip-service of course, but I'm trying to focus his mind on his own dreams for the future, and the short-term goals of taking GCSE's from this week, and getting into college in Sept. He seems to be doing OK, and is even sat doing some of the art work I suggested to him yesterday, right now! Let's hope it continues, if only for the next few weeks he's doing his exams.

Food has been hit/miss. I did indulge in some cookies yesterday, but I think I was if anything reacting to the cold, miserable weather. It really does affect me. Cloudy/sunny/showery today here, but feeling cold in the strong wind. I may nip out into my warm greenhouse and listen to the radio, while encouraging my seedlings to keep sprouting.

Alliwant - I've subscribed to the thread you linked to, and am delighted to see your gardening efforts. I'll be contributing myself soon enough, I just need my pumpkins and cucumbers to get a bit bigger, but my tomatoes are already flowering! yay!!

victory - how's your levels now? Feeling any better?

BB - how is that exhibition going? Have you been snapped up by the Tate Modern, or had orders from Liberty? My good friend is a ceramicist, and has a friend based in Brighton, who you may come across in the arts world there. I'll PM you a link to my friend's work, which might interest you.

Lois, Victory & Fredsnail - thank you for sharing your stories. It's incredible how these early encounters with dieting can have a lifelong effect on us. I was underweight for my primary years, until about age 9/10, then I was a little bit podgy, and then I got overweight. I was a size 16 aged 16, whereas my friends were all a size 8. I felt it made me miss out on so much at that age, so I was miserable, and ate for comfort. My trigger point was aged 21, I couldn't find an outfit for the work's Xmas party and my birthday. In desperation I ended up in a size 22 maternity dress. I felt hideous. On the outside I was a happy joking girl, always good for a laugh, but inside I was crying. As new year came, I decided to stop eating !!!!. I cut out milk from my drinks, ate lots of stirfrys, soups for lunch, etc., and started walking or taking the stairs instead of the escalators at work. The weight fell off at about a stone a month. I had a holiday booked to go to Canada/USA that autumn, and by then I was a size 16. By the next new year I was a size 14. I've fluctuated from that size ever since, especially after babies. I have never come close to getting back to where I once was.

Right, I'm off to get a cuppa and get into that greenhouse. Enjoy the bank holiday!

Eric_Pisch

sarymclary wrote: »

Eric, it's great to hear you back in fighting form once again.

we shall see on the 13th ..

Brighton_belle

sarymclary wrote: »

BB - how is that exhibition going? Have you been snapped up by the Tate Modern, or had orders from Liberty? My good friend is a ceramicist, and has a friend based in Brighton, who you may come across in the arts world there. I'll PM you a link to my friend's work, which might interest you.

It's going well thanks sary. I really enjoyed invigulating on Saturday and the private view and they have hung my stuff very nicely. I have given myself yesterday and today off (and the house didn't some attention) and will get back to making tomorrow. The exbo remains open all May. No idea if I will sell anything, but to be honest I have got so much out of the whole process and learnt alot, so it's a great result whatever happens next.
I'd love to have the link, thanks.

Eric - it is great to see you rejigging your bad news of last week and remaining focussed. It has been great to have you on board the forum and I am sre i am not the only one who want to be part of you getting to your end goal in time.
De1amo - great to see your committemnt, enthusiam and results too:T

Thanks fred for sharring your story. Like Victory's story, it is heartrending what your parents put you through.
And thanks Lois too.

And Sary - you're doing a good job. If you can just get him through these exams then his options for his future widen don't they, just as you are telling him. Everything crossed.

I seem to be maintaining weight wise which is good as I am not being particularly careful, though I am snacking less between meals

de1amo

i hate the gym changing rooms--its full of mirrors with 'look at the size of that belly' engraved on them for me!-my chest and shoulders are toning up well but that middle age belly is my target!
i agree with you eric-i am eating well but being selective about the carbs-you can scoff a lot as long as its thought about! looks like i am about 2kgs down to make up for my sts week last week-i do wonder if i should be eating more to get better results--i am averaging about 1000 calories a day and working out 6 days a week--i do about 600 calories of cardio work plus the usual extras--i just seem to be still loosing my taerget amount.

Pud_ding

Thanks for sharing your histories and wake up moment one and all they'll keep me focussed on taking control of my eating and making permanent changes.

I'll try green tea de1amo :-)

Today I've had oats and apple,yoghurt,chicken with rice and tomato,an orange, cauliflower and lentil yoghurt and just finishing the last of my calories as a milky coffee.

Looks like a ton of food, but I've weighed everything to keep the portions right & it came in at 1250 calories.

Gym tomorrow - just packed my kit so I have NO EXCUSES not to go.

Hope everyone is doing well

Pudding

victory

sary still a bit erratic

vixarooni

Would this maybe sound a little wrong...If youre quiet overweight, a slight adjustment in eating habbits and exercise are going to create a bigger result than someone who is relatively an ok weight to start with, thus meaning that the overweight person has more positivity to carry them through to continue to lose weight but not in the other person? So therefore more willpower and larger adjustments would be required for the ok weighted person to lose that extra few pounds. Just had a realisation that i could have done my dissertation on something like that, would make quite a good bit of research.

Please agree or dissagree!

Hope everyone has had a good bank holiday, regardless of the cold yucky weather. Blimming hail stones here in kent!!

fredsnail

Now there's a minefield vix - what are you trying to do to me on a bank holiday?

alliwantistosave

vixarooni wrote: »

Yes i would go there... i was going to go in but i dont have big boobs so would have looked a pleb. (the brighton store that is)

I have been there today and finally feel like I have brought a bra that I am happy with. I have even ordered it in purple :eek: I have never had a coloured bra in my life :rotfl: I know you don't do bra's any more but I was very impressed with the service and stock range. So I am now a happy bunny again

Hezzawithkids wrote: »

Has anyone got an EasiYo yoghurt maker?

Welcome back Hezza, I hope the funeral went well for you and your family. I have an easiyo maker and have made the skimmers yoghurt which I had with my cereal for breakfast instead of milk.

Brighton_belle wrote: »

I have an easyo and they are great. I use it to make my own yohurt with a dollop of bio yoghurt to start it off, dried milk powder and UHT milk. So we always have plenty of yoghurt. I have never used an easi yo sachet.

How do you make your yoghurt BB? what bio yoghurt do you use and quantities etc ? I'm really interested to know as the easiyo packets seem to increase in cost everytime I go to buy one :eek:

Eric - Well done on keeping your positive attitude and keeping going :T I am sure you are sensible enough to not do too much.

Sary - You are doing really well I hope you enjoyed your tea in the greenhouse I found loads of help on the other forum, there was a better going but it got spammed and deleted Wow Your tomatoes already have flowers !!!

Victory - Thank you for your nice comments too. I can't wait to eat some home grown lettuce

I had a great weekend visiting my friends and Yes I am happy to say that they noticed I have lost weight. :j Also I was told I had given my friend hope as she is wanting to shift a little weight too. So she may put an appearance on here too.

Lois_Lane

Hi all :wave:

I'm off to see my daughter for a couple of days, and I don't think she has any scales, so I'm probably going to give this week's weigh-in a miss. Hope all are well. Catch you again when I get back.

LL