Re: Lose Weight 4

Savvy_Sue

Ally, that is awful, what kind of a friend does she think she is? (And yes, that is how you spell audacity.)

No-one's been mean to me but I'm probably taking it too slowly for anyone to notice - even me! The random 2lb are off more days than on, though, so I hope we'll be heading below the next stone barrier before long.

Ally

Cheers Savvy, I'm not gonna bother about her, so she can go on spitting like hot oil as far as I care ::) Think she may be a little upset that she hasn't done it herself ;D Little green monster ;D

Anyhoooo, onwards and DOWNWARDS hey I need to keep on top of this now, so are we still having weekly group targets ??? I know it is way to close to Sunday to set one this week ...... but how about next week ...... 6lbs for the group target ??? any ideas, or am I being to gentle and should be suggesting 1stone seeing as there are sooooo many of us now ;D

bridiej

Hi everyone, anyone mind if I join in too?

I want to lose 3 stone and get down from 12.5 to 9.5 plus get fit.

I've been trying to follow the "You are what you eat" method and eat lots of fruit, veg, nuts, seeds etc and avoid processed foods but over the last two weeks have falled off the wagon.

Ally

Heya bridie .... I am getting back on the wagon here too ;D ;D

welcome looser ;D We share a similar traget then, so lets go for it gal ;D

Before I kinda lost track, we used to set weekly targets for the group as a whole.... roughly 7lbs between us. Not sure if anyone is still up for it, but we can only try ;D weigh in days usually sunday , or monday for some, or then again, i think it was also wednesday for others ??? well, anyday will do I guess ;D

malcolmord

I think I should start too! But just before XMAS will make alot harder!!

Savvy_Sue

I think I should start too! But just before XMAS will make alot harder!!

No, not necessarily: depends how you talk to yourself. Tell yourself that if you can get a bit off beforehand it won't be so bad afterwards. And if you've developed some good habits it will be that much easier afterwards. Plus, walking is good exercise so if you're a drinker and a driver you've got the ideal excuse for walking to the pub!

See page 1 of this bit of Lose Weight for some tips on how to handle buffets!

And welcome!

Savvy_Sue

So back into the fray, not sure how much celebrating I'll be forced into next week - as that is my last week. Also heavily reliant on Cough Nurse, throat sweets and other assorted liquids and cough/cold symptom relief stuff at the moment and I'm sure that isn't calorie light!

Congratulations on the new job!

If you're passing a half-way decent health food shop, see if you can get some Yogi brand Throat Comfort tea bags. Liquorice or Cinnamon Spice are nearly as good but the Throat Comfort is the tops for soothing tickly coughs and sore throats. You may need some honey with it, especially the Cinnamon one which practially puts hairs on your chest! They also seem to work quite efficiently to clear out the other end, so that will help as well!!!

MimiJane

Hi All!

First off, Ally, that is just jealousy from your 'friend' that she hasn't been able to do the same. I let someone like that totally ruin one of my more successful diet attempts 8 or so years ago. She rocked me so badly & made my fiance so jumpy and upset that I just sat back, gave up & started pigging out again when I was within 2 stone of being where I had always wanted to be and looking good with it.

Don't let her comments put you off girl! You keep going. I am sure that your other half really supports you in what you are doing and can see that your weight loss is making you a happier, more bubbly person. If I had any sense I would have ignored this other persons comments, please don't make the mistake I made.


Well on the diet front it isn't great news for me.  I had some job news and have been er... celebrating with my colleagues as & when we meet up around the country which has led to lunch time meals, evening meals & evening 'goodbye' drinking sessions. The scales told me this morning that I have paid rather 'heavily' for these pleasures so I have some re-work to do to get back to where I was.

The job news though is that I now have another job so will be leaving the company I have worked for since school (17 1/2 years of service) to goto another company. But the pay is better and it will also mean I am hardly on-the-road at all I'll be at home every night other than the odd occasion when we do a week or so out and about.  This means that I now have more incentive to join the local gym and go on the way home from work 2 or 3 times a week. Also means you guys will have to put up with me being around a lot more ;D

So back into the fray, not sure how much celebrating I'll be forced into next week - as that is my last week. Also heavily reliant on Cough Nurse, throat sweets and other assorted liquids and cough/cold symptom relief stuff at the moment and I'm sure that isn't calorie light!

So let's see what next week brings us all - hopefully a little less of ourselves!

Congratulations on the new job VelvetGlove. ;D  You're bound to celebrate, so I wouldn't worry too much about the short-term (especially if you're suffering ), life's too short.

I've not posted my weight on this board for ages, as I was really struggling.  The good intentions were there, but it's so important to be mentally prepared for the "battle" and I wasn't.  Because of various pressures, I'd frequently find myself comfort eating and putting the diet off "until tomorrow".  

Pleased to report now though that I've recently been more successful and have lost a stone in 7 weeks.  I've managed this through doing the Slimming World diet (using the syn books my neighbour's kindly lent me).  I love this way of eating as you can still eat carbs, which I really do need to fill me up.  I'm now 12 stone and want to lose another few pounds before Christmas (so I can put a few back on. ::)).

My target is 10st.7lbs and I'm going to get there, even if it takes me until well into next year.

I think it was Ally who recently suggested we start posting our weight again.  If you're all up for this, I think it would be a good incentive for everyone and the support and motivation would be a good idea ... especiallly coming up to Christmas. ::) ::)

Good luck everyone!

Mimi :-*

elona

Ally
When I read about your "friend" and her comments I felt furious and quite sick. Yo had done nothing to deserve this - you were not crowing over your weight loss and had just been supportive to her.
It just shows how nice you are and how good you must be looking.

She was obviously incandescent with jealousy and must have a really manipulative and nasty streak - at least now you know what she is really like and won't be fooled by her.

Please do not let her stop you feeling good about yourself.

bridiej

Just popping in today, so havent read Ally's post yet (will have a look tomorrow)!!


Thought I'd let you know I had my own weigh in yesterday and 12.5 stone exactly.

So, will try and get that down to under 12 by next Sunday!!! ;D