The Lose Weight The Old Style Way Thread.

frogga

taplady wrote: »

Frogga as you will see I have taken off my Christmas avatar but just for you I have searched the net to find my old legs. I think these are the ones!;)

Horray ! You've got your old legs back! Yippee :j :j

frogga

orpheus wrote: »

I though you were SO brave to post that incident where you ended up in hospital from overeating -

Oh yes, that time, happy days! :rotfl: :rotfl: It's funny I post away happily on here and forget people actually read it! How embarrassing !

I too have been to OA and I didn't like it. It was full of fat people, and I'm not really fat, this is just temporary I'm thin underneath I've had therapy too and I didn't like that either :rolleyes: I am a bit of a fussy f*rt in case you hadn't noticed. I'm really glad you posted Orph, hopefully others will follow your bravery, and it doesn't matter that you aren't a lady ~ I'm a Frog for Chr*st sake!

Caterina

frogga wrote: »

Welcome Jackie , newbys always welcome here. Good Luck, tell us a bit more about why/how you wish to loose weight, we're really nosey!

Morning Orchid

Hi cheerfullness ~ yes, I know exactly what you meen about missing things because of weight. I made Mr Frog go to a family event last year on his on because of the weight that I'd put on! We pretended that both Tadpoles were not well just so I wouldn't have to see anyone. Pathetic isn't it?

Hi Tappy ~ I have worked out that I don't have THAT much longer to put up with my job. It's only 5 weeks til 1/2 term. Then another 5 weeks til Easter. Then 6 weeks til 1/2 term again and then only 3 til I break up for the summer. That's 19 weeks of actual work and if I hand in my notice 4 weeks before the start of term in mid september I'll be paid for 9 months and only actually be at work for 19 weeks. My God , the things I do to while away the time!

Where is MrsM? Hope all is well , haven't seen you since you got home

HI Frogga,

Please be careful and check with your Union (if you are in one) re. the rules for payment of term-time staff and leaving the job. I am saying this because

1 - I used to work in Education payroll and we had to chase so bvery many people who left during the hols and had been paid pro-rata for the whole month (if you are term time normally they would even out your work time, annual leave and bank holiday equivalent and then spread it over the full year - at least this is what used to happen).

2 - I fell for it, used to be in a term time only job in a school, resigned in mid-December (my husband had been made redundant and if I had stayed in that very low paid job we would have been a lot worse off because not entitled to full benefits, isn't the system silly!) and I thought I would be paid for the whole month, but they only paid me up to 19th December, the day that the school broke up. I fought it like mad, even wrote to our local councillor, to no avail.

Best of luck!

Caterina

Caterina

Hi all

First of all let me say thank you in full words, the 'thank you' button seems too little to be able to show my gratitude for all of you who have told all your stories. You are all wonderful people and I feel I am in a warm, supportive, loving family here in this forum. Thank you thank you thank you with all my heart!

My turn to spill the beans, then:

Was a skinny child in sunny Italy, but not very happy, first of three children and as I grew I was made to feel ugly and fat by my family - when I look at the pictures I wonder why, as I never was fat at all! My family put a lot of value in good looks, elegance, style etc... and I suppose I rebelled and decided to go the other way. Eventually it became a self-fulfilling prophecy and I DID get fat, with a serious case of low self esteem.

Lots of things happened then in my life and eventually, age 26 and 13+st. in weight, I arrived in the UK.

Here, for the first time I managed to be treated well by people, I suppose in London you can be whatever way/size you want and there are so many weirdos around that one more or one less won't get really noticed - so I got on with my life, started living with someone I loved very much, we married one year later, had my own kitchen for the first time ever, and for the first time in many years I felt OK. So I became vegetarian, although I had been almost veg up to then, because of the way I lived (travelling, studying etc) I had never properly taken the plunge.

I also started running, doing yoga and martial arts.

The weight melted and I went down to 10st (I am 5ft6in) so I looked like a million dollars!

Unfortunately my marriage was breaking down and, age 30, I separated from my then husband. I met my current husband in a martial arts class and we got together while I was separated. Shortly after, I became pregnant with my twins.

Pregnancy and stress jointly brought the fat back. When I gave birth I was 17 1/2 stones, but including twins, water and giblets hehee. Weighing myself after the birth I was 15 1/2 st (had pre-eclampsia so I was also full of fluids, which went when I had the babies).

Happy days all round, breastfeeding twins takes the weight off, I'm telling you! I breastfed them (not exclusively unfortunately, due to several times having mastitis, but quite a lot) until they were 17 month, then I started putting weight on again, slowly and surely.

For a long time I was not happy in my marriage, long and boring story not worth sharing, but a few years ago things were brought to a head and things changed quite dramatically.

Long story short, we made peace and I am now 50 years old, very happy with my life except for carrying too much weight (last weigh-in was 14st3 1/2 lb).

Tried many times to lose weight but I would go down (the lowest I went was just over 13st) and then up again.

Two years ago I was over 15st and now I am just over 14, didn't do anything special, just started exercising again and eating more scratch foods, still vegetarian but with lower intake of dairy (would I go vegan one day? This is an aspiration for now, but not practical yet), reduced bread and increase wholegrains and veg intake.

Recently I started feeling even more positive with my life and I have decided to give it another serious shot, so here I am on this thread (I usually lurk here and there on OS anyway).

Today was not the best of days, and only my 5th day of Slimming World!

Breakfast: porridge with half water half soya milk, two tsp sugar
Lunch: pasta with veg. bolognese sauce

MINI-DISASTER: slice of Austrian Poppy Seed Cake (ohhhh but it was worth it!)

then, at my knitting club, handful of Japanese rice crackers

Dinner: rice soup with cabbage, carrot and leek

I know it wasn't the end of the world to have the cake, but I would hate if I had jeopardised my supposed 4 lb loss for next Weds, when I really would like to be under 14st!

Wish me luck girls (and Orpheus, of course! - loved your politically-correct way of addressing the ladies/women/girls/wenches LOL), I have another two days to straighten up my act, I can still do it, can't I?

Caterina

lyndseyann

good evening all !! just wanted to say thank you to everyone who read my post and well done to ev eryone involved weather you have already lost weight,gonna start and those who have reached targets and are willing to help everyone else.everybodys stories are inspirational and to think eveyone is gonna encorage me [and others] i thank you again dearley.on the scales tom morning [and i will put my weight up in signature-more encouragement!] have my hot water and lemon to start day and off to the shops for my healthey food shopping!!!all this healthey eating is not just for me but my family too!!

taplady

frogga wrote: »

I'm really glad you posted Orph, hopefully others will follow your bravery, and it doesn't matter that you aren't a lady ~ I'm a Frog for Chr*st sake!

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: you just crease me up so much Frogga!:T

Welcome to Orpheus - great that we've got a bloke on board!:j

Caterina - good luck with SW;)

MRSM - where are you? we miss you! xxx

been good today foodwise but not managed to walk today due to lack of time and the fact it was pouring this evening here!:rolleyes: really enjoyed my exotic fruit for supper Tesco pineapple, mango and papaya - yummy!

see you all in the morning xxxx

ps big thanks to Frogga for her support today via PM:T

applemella

It makes me want to cry after reading reasons for joining here- it makes me feel 'normal' in a way at last.

I have already said that I want to lose weight so that I live longer for my girls, but thought I was a failure because at almost 42 I weigh around 20 stone. It's not my heaviest ,that was 2001 when I weighed in at 21 st 5 lbs. At just 5 ft tall thats huge!!
I have never been a 'normal' weight and whilst I was in an unhappy marriage I became bullimic. I have stopped making myself sick,but my stomach does disagree with somethings that I eat from time to time.

Went to weigh myself today as I had finally plucked up the courage to as I was dreading what I weigh at moment,and the blasted scales have broken!!!
Nit sure about using scales at Boots.At my local one the scales are at the checkouts and it don't feel private enough!

Hugs to everyone and 2008 will be the year for all of us!

Pink_Fairy_2

Hi to you all and thank you for your inspirational stories. I'm a MoneySaver Newbie, having joined here last month and gradually working my way (or should that be "weigh") around the site.

I've had weight problems since I was 16. I was put on daily preventative medication for migraine and over a period of 5 years, I put on 3 stone, peaking at 13st 3 lb. I was in London then and saw yet another doctor, who suggested taking me off Sanomigran (the first to suggest that in several house moves and GP changes). I stopped taking the tablets in the November, and met my future OH in February, by which time I had lost 3 stone, with no other changes made. We got married that August and I had lost a further half stone. I was thrilled to bits.

After losing our first baby at 3 months, I had to start hormone treatment as they said the damage done following a 6 month delay in treatment (thanks to a doctor who said it was a phantom pregnancy) had left me infertile and that I would be unlikely to have any children. I've had Pelvic Inflammatory Disease ever since.

Two years later, we had our daughter!:j I had put on two stone throughout the pregnancy, but came out of hospital in my pre-pregnancy jeans. When she was 5, I had major surgery to try to repair the damage done previously, but was told I'd never have any more children. Again I was put on hormone treatment and my weight crept up to 12 stone, then I fell pregnant again. I didn't put any weight on and when my son was born, my weight dropped to 9 and a half stone.:T

Since having him (he's now 16), my weight has gradually crept up to peak at 13 stone 3lbs. I've had a burst appendix and post op complications, a virus in the spinal cord in the last few years, but am determined that this is the year I'll get fitter and slimmer. Since October, starting a new job, I have managed to lose a stone, so I'm heading in the right direction. I've been fighting a nasty cold/cough bug and been on steroids and antibiotics for a week, but have still managed two 3 mile walks with my collie dogs in the last three days, so we weren't going slow!!!

I spend about 3 hours a day driving (as I live in Cwmbran, but work in Swansea - till we employ more staff in Wales - I'm currently the only one, but another is starting tomorrow!:T) and I have a very short lunch break in between delivering training sessions, so have to eat quickly and no time to go for a walk then. I have got gym membership and am determined to make it worth the money.

So the only other thing I need to do is addressing my diet! I usually eat cereal (and when it's as cold as this - porridge) for breakfast, a sandwich at lunch (rarely crisps) and then a main meal in the evening with the family. :T I've just made a big pan of soup, using up some slightly scraggy carrots, onions, parsnips, tinned tomatoes and vegetable stock cubes. If anyone can give me any suggestions as to what I can do to get it shifting, I'd be very grateful!

AliBow

Evening all. Have just got done reading all the stories. I have no real reason for my weight except my love of arm chairs and books and food :rotfl:

I'm 23 and I weigh 14st 2lb at the minute. Since being on this board I've lost around 6lb, but put a couple back on over the festive period. I graduated a year and a half ago and moved back home with my mum, her OH, sister, sister OH and our cat (very crowded mad house!) When I was 18 I was a size 18 - 20. I then left school, worked to save up for a bit and went off travelling during which time I got down to a size 10 - 12 simply because I was always doing stuff and couldn't afford to be buying junk food/constant snacks. I came back to england after 6 months and started uni and the weight gradually started going back on. Some of it came off when I spent a summer in america, but again doing stuff all the time and I was living with people who had their own garden so lots of lovely fresh veg. Plus the heat (I was in Arizona) meant I was drinking a lot of water which always seems to help me. Anyway, as I said I moved back home after uni and have been trying to shift some weight on and off since then. I was working shifts in my local for a while which did me no good as my eatting patterns were all over the places and there was a constant supply of fizzy drinks and snacks. I then worked on a tv production for a few months which was great but again random meals times as they go around the shooting schedule (shameless plug - City of Vice, channel 4 jan 14th 9pm ) Since then (june) I have been unemployed and job hunting which means I spend a lot of time in the house. I make my own jewellery and models from polymer clay which I sell online so as long as that keeps me busy my nose stays out of the fridge/cupboards/biscuit barrel! Due to unemployment and living in the middle of nowhere I can't afford to go to a gym. Instead I do workout dvds in my room (has the advantage of not looking like a wally infront of other people too) for exercise. I do quite a lot of the cooking in my house but its a constant challenge to find things that everyone in our fussy household enjoys and quite ofen end up making variations around one main thing to keep them all happy. I think thats it...and I've waffled on for quite long enough. You think with a creative writing minor I would have learnt to use paragraghs by now :rotfl:

Anyhoo, off to have a hot drink now and then hot the hay. Driving lesson tomorrow morning so have to be awake!

chloebelle

Hi everyone,

I would really really like to join in with this thread. I have literally spent nearly 2 hours reading through the posts and it is truely inspirational. This sounds weird but reading through I just felt a connection, like this is the right support thread for me

Briefly I have been trying to lose weight for about 10 years. 2 years ago I decided enough was enough, stuff diets, I'm happy as a big girl!! At that time I weighed about 14 & half stone. This worked fine up till recently when I attended my xmas do at work. Although I had a nice outfit and everyone said I looked nice, I couldn't stop looking at all the other girls and how nice they looked. Decided I couldn't kid myself any longer, I really wanna lose weight.

Last week weighed myself for the first time in 2 years - just over 18 stone! :eek: . I am determined to lose 8 stone and do it properly, diet starts feb. qst (jan is a bad month with left-over xmas food, 2 family birthdays & a special occassion where I treat myself to indian takeaway).

Added to my desire for weightloss is the desire to learn to cook. I am embarrassed to admit that I can cook very little - lasagne, spaghetti & basic pasta.

I have been researching fresh healthy cooking online for the past week and am surprised how easy some recipes sound. Then I found this thread and have copied out about 15 recipes I wanna try.

So thats about it, I am determined to lose 8 stone plus learn some basic cookery skills. I feel so fired up I think I can actually do it, but am looking for some support when stir-fry veg starts to look a bit less appetising compared to pie and chips!

Anyway I hope it is ok for me to join, I really want this as much as you all seem to and just feel so inspired to finally conquer the weight problem.