The Lose Weight The Old Style Way Thread.

MushyPeas

Wow, what great weight loss, well done everyone!

Going home today so will step on the scales....don't think it will be good news So I'm going to try and get myself organised this weekend with one of the calorie tracking websites you've recommended.

Have good days all

MRSMCAWBER

Morning all

Just pm'd you back frogga..... congratulations once again _party_ ..... now you have your xmas target to aim for... and NO you can't say 9 1/2st:p .... i know you ya know

Alfiesmum... a loss is a loss, and whatever it is -:T .... you deserve a pat on the back...

come on folks lets be nice to ourselves.. im sure we wouldn't let strangers get away with being as mean to us as we are ourselves......

well i am going to have my weetabix in a moment..just needed to check on the results on here this morning :T
We are then having a drive to padderborne to see if anywhere is open... any excuse for a walk and to burn some more cals for the morning :whistle: .. and i need to start getting the stuff together for the hampers..got to get my bum into gear .... will be buying mini stollen, panatone, leberkuchen, marzipan potatoes etc to put in the hampers....but i WILL resist...even the marzipan -which i could eat by the block
Oh and all the trick or treat goodies are going in a bag in the boot of the car -so hubby can take them into work... they have gone untouched...oh yes indeedy.... result
Im feeling rather positive about keeping on track whilst im back home... the rest of the crowd have just about got used to the fact that i very rarely drink.. now they will just have to accept that im no longer a walking waste disposal unit :rotfl: .....you do realise that i will have you lovely folks talking to me in my head whilst im there don't you?.. i will be hearing all your possitive thoughts and see all those wagging fingers telling me not to :rotfl:Luckily my brother has just had a PC..... so i can still keep in touch with my life line - you lot :T

Dinner tonight is Hm steak n mushroom pie with veggies.. must get it out of the freezer before i go out ....

Right had better get off and get my brekkie, and then get dressed... no sitting in my jigglyparmas for me today

will pop back later and catch up..... hope we all have a great day
and congratulations to all those who have lost today...especially those who don't think they have done well enough - you know who you are

taplady

morning!

Well done Frogga:T

i agree with what some of you said about clothes sizes, it seems to me that lots of people squeeze themselves into clothes that are too small so that every bulge shows:eek: not me, I like to hide mine!

i have lost 1 and a half stone and dropped from a 16 to a 14 and am rapidly approaching a 12, depending on the shop as they all vary so much.Being pear shaped my bottom half is definitely larger than the top and I have lost a lot of weight off my boobs:rolleyes: not sure that DH too pleased about that but he does like the new slim me! I said to him I cant be slim and have big knockers!:D you cant have it all! I find it hard to adjust to my new shape - still see myself as large and try to cover up but I am getting better. Last week I actually bought a skirt:eek: my first one in years but havent had the courage to wear it yet!Could do with some help from Trinny and Susannah I think!

Today I'm on a green day which is lots of veggies, fruit, pasta and spuds.

breakfast - 2 small seeded toasts and marmalade

banana/grapes

jacket spud and baked beans and salad possibly

yoghurt

dinner - WW curry(again - I like it!:p )

Am off tapdancing tonight and also doing DS2s paper round so lots of exercise for me!

have a great day all!

TTFN

newlywed

Well done everyone to all the losses

I have lost 17 lbs and no-one has noticed. Not anyone. Cept OH but he knew so doesn't count. Gone down a dress size, can get into older clothes. The only thing people have said is - that a new skirt? (Nope it's old just haven't been able to so much as squish into it for a good couple of years!!). Wish just one person would say "you're looking slim", "have you lost weight?". Anything

Nevermind. I know my jeans are getting too big now, my belt needs another hole in it, and my bulgy bits are less.

OH has noticed the reduction in my womanly curves and has complained but like taplady I said well if you want me to have bigger boobs then I'll have to put weight on and get fat again!! No! was the answer

And Frogga - well done. Just think a stone a month means that in 6 months time, when the weather is getting better and everyone is wearing shorts and short summer skirts, you could quite possibly be 10 stone

kittyscarlett

Alfiesmum - I can only echo MrsM's words ( as per usual, LOL ) no loss is to be sniffed at and well done !

frogga - a stone in a month is incredibly good ! keep in mind this time its going to stay off - no miracle rapid weightloss and then it piling back on again ! well done

newlywed - feel the same here, usually if I lose weight someone will comment but no one has this time LOL !! its ok though, I know I have

Gotta whizz and do work stuff for now, have a good day all

Eumenidies

Morning All!

Congratulations Frogga! :T That's amazing! I have also weighed myself and found I have lost - drumroll please........ 3lb! Giving me a total loss of 4lb in a month.:rotfl:

Ok, so it's not much, but it's going in the right direction...

Congratulations to everyone for losing and for staying positive.

I think half the time, it isn't that people don't notice when we've lost weight, it's that people don't naturally compliment each other. I try to make a point of saying at least three nice things every day - comes from having a really shtty boss a few years ago who was always negative and never said thank you :mad: -always made me feel awful. I figure if I make someone else feel good, they'll pass it on and it may get back to me eventually!:D

So from me to everyone here - "Wow, you're looking really good - did you lose weight?"

Well done on resisting the sweeties MrsM - not sure I could have done, but we live in a flat so never get TorTd. Did send some down to my niecelet though (she's still too small to be a niece!) and didn't nick any before sealing the envelope! :A

Keiss - good luck with the teacher training! I survived it a few years ago, so if you want any advice, feel free to pm me. Now I just need to find another job - shortage of teachers my a:mad: !!!:rotfl:

Right - I'm off to see if the Uni shop will buy any of my old text books - I'm that broke! :rolleyes:

Have a good day everyone and I'll talk to you later!

RoxieW

:hello: hi all - thanks for letting me join in!

Thought I'd introduce myself - I'm a SAHM to 2 boys 3 and 5 (yesterday!). I started off at 9 stone (and never appreciated it!!) then with each child held on to a stone. Then things went from bad to worse when I was working full time - a year of sitting on my bum eating biscuits in an office instead of being run ragged by two little boys added another stone.

So my weight at the mo is 12 stone - I'd like to be 10 stone by next June (holiday with friends - would like to wear my bikini!) and just generally more toned.

I do a bit of exercise - generally running around after my boys (I dont drive so walk everywhere) - I swim once a week and have started using the vibrogym twice a week - does anyone have any experience of them? Do they work?? I've gone 2x a week for a month and haven't seen a difference.

The exercise I do just about keeps my weight steady as I love my food and wine abit too much. Hubby and I are real foodies so it'll be tough but something has to be done now - I'm sick of not being able to fit into my clothes!!

M.E.

Well done to all who have weighed less this month.
Steady and slow, but as I am unable to exercise much because of the M.E. I am pleased with my progress. - 2lb
Visited both daughters this month too, so had meals out.

elaine373

Good morning all........ struggling a bit again today.(Mentally) After two good weeks, up pop the demons in my head telling me I wont succeed etc. I must strive to get out of this cycle of thought.Difficult though when you have never had a positive self image. :rolleyes:
However,today is a new day and breakfast was one slice of wholemeal toast with some mackerel , followed by a low fat shape yoghurt. Lunch will be home made soup. Dont know what Dinner will be. Any ideas folks? I am spending too much on shopping since i started this `diet`. Any old style ideas welcomed. Thanks, and have a good day every-one.

cobbingstones

Elaine - tell those demons to be quiet!!!!

When we are changing ourselves self doubt creeps in. I think this is due to psychology preparing ourselves for if we fail. But you have been so good today and not listened. Well done you.

MM