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greentiger

You are SO organised, tweets!

Brilliant losses, Arkers, dillon and Pennies.

Those are great NSVs,june.

Well done on your freezer stocking, maman. Mine is not very big now – I miss my bigger one.

I cannot understand anyone liking squid – to me it’s like chewing an elastic band!

What a great time you had at group, dillon!

shala_moo

WannaBLoaded wrote: »

wheres all the pictures of you slim bits of stuff then

:eek::rotfl: cheeky..:p

shala_moo

056dillonl1381 wrote: »

Shala can I change my target to 13 instead of 8 on the challange as I have already got to 8

Course you can, well done for reaching your challenge already!!

Denise, will add the recipe on to the front page, on my iPad at the moment so I'll do it tomorrow

Very pleased with my loss this week, 2.5lbs off :j:j , just got to not go back to my old ways and put it back on again next week :rotfl::o

Hugs to all who've had bad news, let's hope the rest of the week gets a bit brighter xx

Sorry this is just a quick post, been on training all day so my brain has been tired out, off for an early night. Catch up properly tomorrow x

beanielou

Great loss shala :j :j

CountingPennies

Well done Shala!

CP xx

Lois_Lane

lantanna wrote: »

I'd like to know peoples thoughts on losing and regaining, I lost 6.7, regained 2 anyone else had a regain??? of any sort?

Did you get yourself motivated to ever get it off again?

What do you think led to your regain? Just interested

Oh yes!

My new year resolution at the millennium was to lose weight, i was the heaviest I'd ever been despite dieting many times - I'm the typical yo yo dieter, I'd lose some then put it back on again plus a bit extra. One diet I hadn't tried was SW and a friend was doing really well on it so I joined and lost 7.5 stone, reaching target in 18 months.

This time last year I was back to where I was on New Year's Day 2000, and very unhappy about it, so a year on and I'm still motivated but not losing weight quite as quickly as before. It took 14 years to regain all the weight and I frequently tried to put a stop to the pounds creeping back in, but I was basically back to yoyoing again. Motivated, but not enough to stick to it long enough to get back to target.

There are various reasons for the regain, one of which was that I stopped going to class - I thought I could do it on my own - but the main reason was a family crisis that was hugely upsetting. The little voice in my head was convincing me that being slim hadn't made me happy so I might as well eat whatever I like and be fat.

Now I reminisce about my slim days - DH used to call me his trophy wife, and although I know he loves me regardless of size, I also know that he loved the slim me more. Clothes shopping was a joy, I could go into any clothes shop and know they'd have my size. I was more confident, had more energy and less aches and pains.

A year ago my knees were really causing problems, now, having lost 2 stone they're better than they were. I hope they continue to improve with every stone I lose, because it's obvious that having to carry an extra 7 stone puts a lot of unnecessary pressure on them.

Sorry for such a long post, it's not easy to write this, but I hope that sharing it will be helpful to others. My advice is to focus on the positives that you know will come with being a healthy weight, and when you get to target keep doing what you've done to get there, don't go back to doing what made you overweight.

Love and hugs Lantanna and everyone.

LL

lantanna

TakeItEazy wrote: »

After I got to target, life took a turn for the worse and I ended up on medication. Side effects were increased appetite so weight gain. Put back on 1.5st. Once off meds I lost the weight and more but very slowly, none of the 2-3lb losses from original target. Still at target so must be doing something right

Well done :T Wonder why it is so slow coming off again though, strange !

Matron_Midge

I can't make my class today so will have to declare a STS
Loads of curve balls being thrown at me at the moment and am trying very hard not to overindulge but it's a real battle. I am planning a bit of a cook up tonight so I have lots of ready meals in the freezer. Hopefully that will stop the all too easy take out/ pub tea.

lantanna

Lois_Lane wrote: »

Oh yes!

My new year resolution at the millennium was to lose weight, i was the heaviest I'd ever been despite dieting many times - I'm the typical yo yo dieter, I'd lose some then put it back on again plus a bit extra. One diet I hadn't tried was SW and a friend was doing really well on it so I joined and lost 7.5 stone, reaching target in 18 months.

This time last year I was back to where I was on New Year's Day 2000, and very unhappy about it, so a year on and I'm still motivated but not losing weight quite as quickly as before. It took 14 years to regain all the weight and I frequently tried to put a stop to the pounds creeping back in, but I was basically back to yoyoing again. Motivated, but not enough to stick to it long enough to get back to target.

There are various reasons for the regain, one of which was that I stopped going to class - I thought I could do it on my own - but the main reason was a family crisis that was hugely upsetting. The little voice in my head was convincing me that being slim hadn't made me happy so I might as well eat whatever I like and be fat.

Now I reminisce about my slim days - DH used to call me his trophy wife, and although I know he loves me regardless of size, I also know that he loved the slim me more. Clothes shopping was a joy, I could go into any clothes shop and know they'd have my size. I was more confident, had more energy and less aches and pains.

A year ago my knees were really causing problems, now, having lost 2 stone they're better than they were. I hope they continue to improve with every stone I lose, because it's obvious that having to carry an extra 7 stone puts a lot of unnecessary pressure on them.

Sorry for such a long post, it's not easy to write this, but I hope that sharing it will be helpful to others. My advice is to focus on the positives that you know will come with being a healthy weight, and when you get to target keep doing what you've done to get there, don't go back to doing what made you overweight.

Love and hugs Lantanna and everyone.

LL

Thanks so much for this! I can see parts of myself in a lot of this. It really helps to hear others experiences and that we all feel mostly the same and experience similar things. You've just given me a little kick up the bottom. I will think of what you said when I am feeling like whats the point. Motivated, but not enough to stick to it long enough to get back to target
This is where I am right now and I need to find a way to get motivated again. I guess losing weight was like a new and shiny toy for a while and now that toys not so new or shiny.


I'm sure your post has struck a cord with more than just me. So again thanks!


I'm determined to beat this one way or the other.

june89

lantanna I had maintained a large loss for years, but a few stone came back on after a particularly nasty flare up of my binge eating disorder this year. I'm not sure exactly what advice to give but if it helps, I don't really focus on more than getting through today. That seems easier to cope with than thinking of the whole picture, which is ultimately to get back down to a healthy BMI. I don't agree with the BMI scale myself, but doctor's orders!

So on to today...
Breakfast - Baked oats, satsumas and coffee (HEB1, 1/2 HEA + 1 syn)
Lunch - Boiled eggs with asparagus soldiers
Dinner - Salmon and veggies
Snacks - HEB2, rest of HEA, other free things if hungry!
Syns - Probably toffee apple mousse (4)

PS - No objection by DH on the butternut squash last night! :j