The OS Doorstep - a helpful and supportive thread in these tough times

Bigjenny

Mar - I agree with Pooky about towels from @ada, I bought mine last year and they still look and feel good.

mardatha

ok am looking ta xx

kidcat

Mar - I bought @sda towels as well, no complaints so far. My favourite ones are the debenhams ones though, I only buy when they are on offer/sale, but they definitely feel luxurious.

Happy Birthday Kez

Stiltwalker - I think its good you were able to get the things you needed at a good price

Shegar - you are so brave, I did the next sale once and never again

Mrs LW - huge congratulations on the weight loss,

I too am trying to lose weight, I lost a fair few pounds simply swapping from fizzy soft drinks and lattes to fruit juices.

We have been out today delivering presents to people I couldnt get to before Christmas, on way home I popped into shops for a few bits, mainly bread and bananas got a couple of reductions which were really good but nothing huge

nmlc

Evening everyone

I hope you don't mind me posting but just wanted to share my experiences and thoughts with you. I've always had a battle with my weight and have yo-yo'd from being a sensible weight to be grossly overweight. I like most people in this position have tried most of the diets and diet supplements on the market - and you lose all the weight and then put it back on and some more! I was quite depressed (although I didn't acknowledge just how much at the time) and we were invited to my best friends wedding - really wanted to go but had the usual nightmare I don't have anything decent to wear and couldn't find anything I felt comfortable in because I was so fat etc, but eventually found something. It was away so we went and stayed in the hotel where she was getting married and the kids were looked after by their grandparents, we had a wonderful weekend and it was great - until I was printing off the photographs we'd taken - I had my LBM and realised just how big I was and knew at that moment that a) I had to do something about my weight and b) knew I didn't want to be fat anymore. From that day I started eating sensibly - 3 x meals a day, no diet clubs/supplements etc, just a balanced sensible diet, (if you've done all the diets like most of us you know what you should be doing - it's just doing it!). I lost the first half stone and thought I would go to a diet club if the weight loss slowed/stopped but I just kept eating sensibly and I've lost 5st 2lb since June 2009 - my weight is pretty stable right now and I've been like this for well over 18 months, although at the moment I'm trying to lose a bit more. This is going to sound very indulgent but I feel to be successful and really keep the weight off for a while it has to be the most important thing in your life, you have to really really want it - I've been successful at losing weight with clubs before but find the ongoing maintenance very difficult to keep the weight stable. I haven't cut anything particular out of my diet just eat food that I know is good, wholesome and I enjoy it. I suffered with IBS and after 2-3 days of starting my healthier eating my IBS symptoms had virtually disappeared I now know which foods trigger it off and steer clear from them generally, (mostly food with a lot of fat in them, some breads, too much alcohol etc). My whole relationship with food now is different too, I've always cooked and baked lots and had stopped doing it - namely so I didn't eat it and getting even bigger than I already was! Now I bake/cook all the time and don't eat what I make (have 2 x teenage boys and a DH that hoover up the goodies!) - I know that I don't want to be fat anymore and also feel so much better in myself healthwise that I don't eat foods that potentially can triggle the IBS. I do still have treats and if I want something then I have it, nothing is off limits, but I make better food choices. I now feel so much better in myself (I always maintained that my weight didn't stop me doing anything I wanted and my day to day life wasn't affected but once I started to lose the weight I realised how poorly on occasions I felt and that did stop me doing everything I wanted). In the past 4 years I've done no real amount of exercise, except it's the old saying "the more you do, the more you feel you can do", that's very true. I now do in 1 day what used to take me 2 days and I don't feel like my back is breaking at the end of it either. I'm generally content with myself and my life, obviously there's days where things don't go to plan but I'm now able to get through it and then put it behind me and move forward. I've found for sustained weight loss cutting out things completely really doesn't do you any good, I feel much healthier, happier with the old saying "a little bit of everything doesn't do you any harm"!

I hope you find this positive but I wouldn't now use any diet clubs etc ever again, just be sensible with the eating etc and using your knowledge from going to these places before you know what to do, so you can apply that and save yourself the money - maybe put that into a pot and use it to treat yourself to a beauty treatment, new clothes, spa day etc as a reward to first half stone/stone loss etc.

Hope something from my post may help you,

nmlc x

mardatha

Thanks Kidcat, I want some very luxurious posh red towels - not going to use them, just drape them artistically in one's bog... in case we ever get a visitor lol

monnagran

Well done all you losers!

I'll not bore you with my weight history but I was a ten pound baby, a fat baby, a fat toddler, a fat school girl...........
And my mother took me to the doctor at one point because I wouldn't eat. I really wouldn't. I hated cooked food and was only happy eating salads and fruit - a bit difficult in winter in wartime. But I was still fat.
Still am, although the 2:5 fasting diet is slowly making some improvements. I am over a stone lighter than I was this time last year. Not before time, I was 15 stone and am only 5ft 3ins tall. It doesn't bear thinking about. It certainly isn't the amount I eat, all my meals, including the odd roast dinner, is eaten from a tea plate and eaten very, very slowly. There's not a diet I haven't tried or a slimming club I haven't belonged to or a book about nutrition that I haven't read. But, as I say, the fasting diet is working slowly and I am delighted. So I'll join you enthusiastic dieters but am not expecting miracles.

I've been trying to get on here on and off all day. My computer is having a massive hissy fit, freezing, not responding and the latest irritation is adverts popping up all the time and refusing to leave and I can't access anything. I think it's having a coffee break at the moment.

I'll be taking my cards down tomorrow, those that haven't already already detached themselves and fluttered to the ground and behind the radiators. I think the masking tape that I always use is a bit too low impact. Either that or they are making cards heavier these days.

The weather is not too bad here. we saw the sun today. Briefly. And the wind has reduced itself to a dull roar.
Back to normality next week. In fact the Rev was given a cushion for Christmas that says "DON'T PANIC THIS IS NORMAL" It is displayed in a prominent place.

I have enjoyed a couple of days doing not very much and managed to read 2 books. The first time I've done that since my holiday. I've never been like that before. Even when the boys were little I used to have a book propped open behind the taps so that I could read while washing up. One by my bed, one by the loo, one by my chair and one left in the car, so I was never stuck without something to read.
These days I do well to give a quick scan of the paper.

I'm about to take my sore throat to bed and hope that it is gone by the morning.

x

Knit_Witch

Monnagran that could be me recently (well I have never been one for eating much and until the road accident that disabled me I was UNDERweight - steroids, pain killers and then hypothyroidism means I went from 8 stone 6 pounds to 24 stone!), I can quite happily not eat for days which upsets the dietetic service and my beloved hubby!

bluebag

Bah! don't talk to me about towels. I have two girlies that seem to need eight towels each to have a shower.

I used to have lovely thick expensive fluffy bath sheets that took a full washer to do two of them and then forever in the dryer. I was quite simply never done washing towels.

I gave them all to the charity shop and bought a dozen of the cheapest thinnest all white bath sheets.

I can fit four in the washer at once and they dry really quickly in the dryer. Bliss.

bluebag

mardatha wrote: »

I need curtains and towels Shegar but the RV won't take me to the shops cos it's too busy

I can see now how the 'R' bit of his title got there.

PRINCESSX87

Morning everyone.

Thank you for the congratulations. Yes, We’re having an OS / MS / water tight budget for our special day. After being together for 7 years, We really don’t need a wedding to continue our relationship but OH is very old fashioned and wanted us to be married before we have children. Plus the fact, He said we would be complete. <<what ever that means?

We’re hoping for a budget of £1500. So, Very tight indeed.

Well done to everyone loosing weight. I am in desperate need to loose at least 4 stone. Doctor recommends 2, But I’ve never been this heavy. Especially if we are getting married, this 4 stone will need to disappear sooner rather than later.

The sales have been rubbish this year. If anyone see’s a bargain online then can I suggest you buy it there? Only I’ve been caught out this year, I made a list from online sales that stated was also instore and they haven’t been.

Anyways, I’ve got to get a move on. Have a lovely day all x

PS: Happy Belated Birthday Kezlou xxx