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  • Gah I was awful today. Too much rubbish....(thinks back to what I had)...started off good with a cup of decaf coffee and a mix of mango and kiwi fruit in a bowl...then, chicken soup with 2 slices of bread, a orange juice, steamed chicken and 4 slices of garlic bread ugh, and then 5 little ovaltine biscuits. OH and like 5 rice cakes with vegemite ughh ughh ugghh..

    I go back to work tomorrow after 10 months of maternity leave so i'm hoping there will be no food temptations in the office!
  • Hello everyone :wave: thought I'd pop in & say hi. Have juust read through everyone's posts & I think with a bit of determination we can do it girls! Congrats on the baby!

    I have been shopping, got my stuff in order 7 have began. Went for my first jog in ages yesterday which was so hard compared to where I was a couple of months ago (I had got to the point where I could jog continuously for 25 mins but now I'm back to jog for 3 brisk walk for 2 for 21 mins. Oh well a start is a start no matter how small!)

    Good luck guys x
    DF as at 30/12/16
    Wombling 2026: £25.70
    Grocery spend challenge Feb £285.11/£250
    GC annual £389.25/£2700
    Eating out budget: £ 48.87/£300
    Extra cash earned 2026: £185
  • Emsky*
    Emsky* Posts: 172 Forumite
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    Hi Dragon can you put me down for 158lbs please, weighed myself friday and forgot to ask, hopefully this is the kick up the bum that I need :rotfl:
    "Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love." Jane Austen.

  • jovi20
    jovi20 Posts: 157 Forumite
    Hi all,

    Belated weigh-in for me this week as I was away for the weekend and missed my usual saturday weigh-in.

    I have STS, which considering I have had meals out and dissapointingly gave in to the Easter egg temptation, is ok with me this week, as I thought I had gained.

    Congratulations on the baby news phoenix_dragon, make sure you don't do what I did last year, and gained nearly 5 stone. My son was 9.9lb so I was amazed I had only lost about a stone after giving birth, I was sure it would be nearer 2 stone with all the fluid etc, He was so worth it though!
    :T 2015 TARGETS :T
    Weight loss 12.5/112lb 18th feb -4.5lb, 25th feb -2.5lb, 4th mar -2.5, 11th Mar -3,

    Savings £100 per month £300 /£1200
  • The_Dragon
    The_Dragon Posts: 9,749 Forumite
    I weighed in today and I am down 3 pounds since the first :j, but seeing as how I had piled ON 5 pounds due to thyroid again it is a little bit of a :o
    Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for thou art crunchy and good with catsup :D
    NSD 15/20, OS WL 21-6 (4) :(C.R.A.P R.O.L.L.Z #44 Twisted Firestarter, VSP #57 - £39.43
    :p Every Penny's a Prisoner :p
  • jackieglasgow
    jackieglasgow Posts: 9,436 Forumite
    Its still a :) Dragon!

    I am struggling today, not feling too good, and just want to eat to make myself feel better, even though I know it won't.
    mardatha wrote: »
    It's what is inside your head that matters in life - not what's outside your window :D
    Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and triumph; a beginning, a struggle and a victory. - Ghandi
  • boultdj
    boultdj Posts: 5,363 Forumite
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    Well done Dragon, and can you put me down as a -0.75 lb, not bad seeing as I went to a party this weekend.
    £71.93/ £180.00
  • Perfect10_2
    Perfect10_2 Posts: 140 Forumite
    Well done on the loss Dragon :)

    As this is my first week and I am feeling quite motivated for me I am going to try a week without caffine (have been sleeping badly recently :( ) and no biscuits (my downfall with a cuppa), and no alcohol until the weekend.

    Really need to do some exercise too but am not a naturally sporty person so a bit stuck for ideas. Toying with the idea of getting an exercise bike to do in front of the soaps but it depends how things are after next payday....
    Looking for the sunshine after the rain :cool:

    Dealing with debt £1800 paid / £1800 cc :j
    Now aiming to be mortgage free...figures to follow ;)
  • SamanthaA
    SamanthaA Posts: 345 Forumite
    Put me down as STS. Not a great start, but is is only day 5 of April.

    I have done approx 40 min extra exercise - 20 min on Wii & 2 x 10min on ab trainer (not that I have any, they are hibernating under a layer of fat! But its still calorie burning!)
    I`ve also done extra housework and will do more today, as I have an appointment this am, but the rest of the day off.... Also calorie burning!
    Living debt free, since Sept 08 & Dec 10 :wall:

    "After a time, you may find that`having` is not so pleasing a thing after all as `wanting`. It is not logical, but often true." MR SPOCK

    "Failure is always an option" Adam Savage
  • samace83
    samace83 Posts: 256 Forumite
    Morning
    Can you put me down for a 2lb loss please dragon? :)
    Speak to you later peeps
    Sam
    Smile and the world smiles with you....and if the world won't then I will :A
    Debt Free Date - 15.12.2014
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