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Newyorkdreams

I am so inspired by all of you that I've set myself a new goal. I would like to shift my 70lbs in the next 52 weeks. I've got a wee start of 5lbs so that's a good start. I hope we can inspire and support each other along the way! I've broken down into 4 stages but for now, I just need to keep thinking of ONE DAY AT A TIME.

Sorry to hear you had a gain Beanielou - I know how that feels - it seems all I do these days is gain : ( x

Hopefully not after tonight as I have renewed focus. I CAN DO THIS!!!! WE CAN DO THIS!!

NYD x

rainbowfairydust

robpw2 wrote: »

yes i have been to 18 weigh ins , mised 2 bank hols and so in 22 weeks i have lost half of my target total weight loss

it is an amazing feeling

Wow:eek:.. Congratulations on your epic success :T:T. Really pleased for you.:cool:

beanielou wrote: »

Go Rob :j

Rainbow~I would be more than happy to get bars for you.
Have lots of stamps from doing survey's.

Another gain so enough said!!

I'm sorry you had another gain beanie . Just keep going. Things will snap back into place at some point. I understand how frustrating it must seem though.

Thank you for your offer but I ended up going to class anyway . Still no body magic :rotfl:...nor no mention of it :undecided:huh:

Hardly anyone turned up to class tonight ..I felt a bit silly returning but hey ho. I got weighed & only lost a pound. I am a bit :huh:about this but I guess I am still on *week so I am hoping for a nice loss next week. I didn't feel too disappointed when I saw the numbers or demotivated.
I swear this is the St. John's working. I find myself reacting differently to situations I would have previously been a little upset/cross about. . I am really pleased about this fact. It may sound silly to some :obut this small thing has made a big difference.

rainbowfairydust

Newyorkdreams wrote: »

I am so inspired by all of you that I've set myself a new goal. I would like to shift my 70lbs in the next 52 weeks. I've got a wee start of 5lbs so that's a good start. I hope we can inspire and support each other along the way! I've broken down into 4 stages but for now, I just need to keep thinking of ONE DAY AT A TIME.

Sorry to hear you had a gain Beanielou - I know how that feels - it seems all I do these days is gain : ( x

Hopefully not after tonight as I have renewed focus. I CAN DO THIS!!!! WE CAN DO THIS!!

NYD x

Go NYD..this is a great attitude to have .. You just have to keep pushing on:rotfl::T

miss_independent

aggypanthus wrote: »

Mis I, your target loss of around 18lbs is the same as mine, and I was pondering the consultants attitude to that as such - I sense that cons in most cases perhaps favour the bigger targets which give them a challenge and gains them more respect /looks good for them, that they have done a good job, than bothering so much with us types? just a thought, my lady glanced at me and said you dont have much to lose, but, to me it is a lot . I could go for 2 stone but I dont want to look scraggy for my age, :rotfl: but I used to be 2.5 st lighter than now.

I still cant see how to select bits from the text to quote in others posts, can someone explain again, I can do a full quote but not to select bits!

I switched to skimmed milk instead of semi, so I can have a small milky coffee and enough for 2 weetabix. I just had 2 but I have no idea what to have as a proper meal later. I had choc today and 2 bicsuits, I really wanted to eat lots more, but managed to stop.
I discovered that tinned salmon is lovely mixed in with cottage cheese . Makes it less dry.

I do think that when you have less to lose, people (leaders included) look at you like, "Why is she here?". I've also noticed that alot of people who have less to lose come for two or three weeks, get the SW material and never return, so I wondered if other members were not taking me seriously...but I've been going for nearly 12 weeks so surely its clear I'm in it for the long run and not just as a quick fix. Its true that the bigger the weight loss the more the "prestige" for the leader. One week she was saying she wanted to be in the magazine but she would have to nominate someone and then her name would go in too as the consultant. Obviously it is the people with the huge weightloss that she was considering. Like one woman has lost nine stone, which is great but if I lost nine stone I'd be back to what I weighed when I was born :rotfl:. So its pointless her comparing them to me. I say this because its as if she expects me to lose as much as the others, then complains that my weight loss is slow "because of your small stature". I've averaged out at a weightloss of 1lb a week (11lb in 11 weeks) which is what is advised as a healthy weight loss. One woman lost 9.5lbs this week which is amazing but something which is totally unachievable for me and I really don't think that our consultant should then use this as the benchmark for all of us. But I guess its the big losses people remember and thats what brings peope back each week..

Anyway, slow and steady wins the race! We will get there. And like others have said, we have taken control now rather than let it spiral out of control. It would have been so easy for me to put on another three stone. I'm glad I joined SW when I did. I dread to think what I might have weighed by now. I'm sure I would have been very depressed and unconfident. Every pound I gained, I felt I was becoming a person I never wanted to be. Like you, that 18lbs was a big deal to me.

I wish the magazine would do an article on people who only have a small target. Could do with a bit of positivity and inspiration from SW's end.


Interesting to note other's views on Image Therapy. Like others, they just tend to read what people have lost/gained and ask why. I went to another leader for a few weeks and it was worse! She just read weights out and was very grumpy. At least my one is entertaining!

Newyorkdreams

As part of my positive thinking and planning for my new challenge I know I need to get to the bottom of why I sabotage my efforts so I've just done a list off the top of my head of:

1. All the reasons why I like being overweight
2. All the reasons why I really hate being overweight

Not surprisingly I only had 2 reasons for no.1 and 25 reasons for no.2 and that is just off the top of my head - I'm sure there are another 50 reasons for no.2 in there!!! The 2 reasons for no.1 were:

1. I enjoy eating and enjoying the taste of lovely food
2. It makes me feel good for about 20 secs while I am eating it

As you can imagine, all the reasons for no.2 focused around feeling frumpy/depressed/unattractive/unhealthy/out of control

No contest really but it helped me to have a think about my attitude to food and bust some myths!

It might help for those that have lost their focus a wee bit?

My new project is called '70 in 52' (70lbs in 52 weeks)

Thanks for your support folks - I knew this thread would be awesome

NYD x

aggypanthus

Newyorkdreams wrote: »

Hi Folks - It's been an up hill struggle for me on the plan recently so each day is a mountain to climb. I'm pleased that today has been positive!:T I'm really just trying to take each day a time and hope I get through it unscathed!!! Eating plan for today:

B - 2 slices Hovis toast, scraping of spread (0.5 syns)
Snack - shape 0% yoghurt
L - boiled basmati rice with pilau rice seasoning (this is gorgeous and it's free - it's by schwartz in the herbs and spices aisle in most supermarkets, it really adds lovely flavour to bland rice), chicken tikka and natural yoghurt
D - spaghetti with chicken tikka, chopped toms with garlic, chilli etc, 40 g mozzarella cheese, 2 slices garlic bread (4 syns), mango chunks
Came in from work and was starving so ate roll (6 syns) with ham (free) - this is definitely my worst time!!!

On the really positive note, I said NO! to the shortbread biscuits at a conference this afternoon which were sooo tempting!

Well done aggypanthus for also restricting the treats!!! :T

thank you, and best of luck with your new strategy.


I like the sound of the rice seasoning. Its on my list.
Shortbread is so very bad, well done on your good willlpower. I know people who work in a shortbread factory, and have often been given loads of it free, the staff are are allowed reject stuff.

I gave in to pringles tonight when I put them out for a visitor with his beer. had about 10, then I went to buy choc, naughty!! as I was set to have some tonight,:eek: I got small bars of cadburys bubble choc, but they are not yet eaten.:o

aggypanthus

Well done Rob
Bad luck Bean, try not to fret.

maman

aggypanthus wrote: »

I still cant see how to select bits from the text to quote in others posts, can someone explain again, I can do a full quote but not to select bits!

What you do is quote as normal so it all drops into the reply box and then highlight and cut the bits you don't want. Only the part you've left will come out in the reply.

:Trob, you're doing amazingly well.

Keep plugging away Beanie. I'm sure it'll sort itself out in the end.

rfd, a pound is not to be scoffed at. Well we don't scoff anyway at SW unless it's free of superfree!;)

Mediterranean_Mum

3am and I can't sleep so just popped in to say hello - just had two pieces of toast which is something I have never ever done in my life in the middle of the night

now going to see if I can get to sleep - I know I'm going to regret this big time in the morning :-(

Blodwen

Newyorkdreams wrote: »

Hi Folks - It's been an up hill struggle for me on the plan recently so each day is a mountain to climb. I'm pleased that today has been positive!:T I'm really just trying to take each day a time and hope I get through it unscathed!!! Eating plan for today:

B - 2 slices Hovis toast, scraping of spread (0.5 syns)
Snack - shape 0% yoghurt
L - boiled basmati rice with pilau rice seasoning (this is gorgeous and it's free - it's by schwartz in the herbs and spices aisle in most supermarkets, it really adds lovely flavour to bland rice), chicken tikka and natural yoghurt
D - spaghetti with chicken tikka, chopped toms with garlic, chilli etc, 40 g mozzarella cheese, 2 slices garlic bread (4 syns), mango chunks
Came in from work and was starving so ate roll (6 syns) with ham (free) - this is definitely my worst time!!!

On the really positive note, I said NO! to the shortbread biscuits at a conference this afternoon which were sooo tempting!

Well done aggypanthus for also restricting the treats!!! :T

Well done on resisting the shortbread NYD! Sorry to be picky but did you check the syns of the garlic bread? I thought it was higher and a quick search suggests a slice is 4.5 - 5, with the low fat ones being 3.5-4. I would make sure you weigh or measure your spread as well if you haven't already - our consultant was telling us last week of a lady in her class who used to have a scraping of jam on her toast and count it as 0.5, but it turned out with all those scrapings she was eating a jar a week to herself and only counting a fraction of the syns! Also, you could do with more superfree in your menu, especially veg. Sorry, it looks like I'm being really critical but all these things are worth keeping an eye on so you don't undo your hard work 70lb in a year is definitely doable - that's about what I have done, and I've been bouncing up and down a bit this year so I'm sure you'll do it!

Well done Rob and RFD, and sorry you're disappointed Beanie. 2.5 off for me tonight, which works out as 1lb net loss over 2 weeks - not massive but it's a loss so I'm taking it and running! Saving syns this week to have a few drinks at a wedding reception on Friday evening so will be relatively low syn this week.

EE today:
B: Berries, strawberries, pineapple, 1 weetabix (1/2 , yogurt, milk (A)
L: Minestrone soup, plum, apple
T: Spag bol, half a pitta (1/2 B + 0.5)
S: Strawberries, will try and manage with a mini milk (1.5 - always thought these were 2 but have been overcounting!) but if not will have a freddo (5)

Really need to do the shred again but knee is still playing up a bit - might do the squats etc but not the jumping around on it. Definitely cycling to work tomorrow (would be rude to waste this weather) so hopefully that will help - I'm happy with my top half but from the waist down needs some serious attention!

Have a good day folks