Lose Weight 17

beanielou

Wow Starlight that is some achievment for you.
Hope you get the two pounds off to get to the nine stone.

Pet~Why have we not to mention the pie then?

emmalis

hi all - I was about 13st 10 when that pic was taken when I started losing weight I was at my heaviest which was 14st 6 I've now lost 17 lbs which means I'm now about 1/2 stone lighter now that when that pic was taken. I'll post some now pics after xmas if i let someone take some over xmas. My hair grows quite slowly its now just below my shoulders & I've not had it cut since the day before that pic was taken so just over a year to get it to how it is now. Could do with a bit of a tidy up trim now although its in quite good condition, no split ends or anything just a bit dry from dying it. I'm a natural brunette then had blonde highlights then dyed it mahogany now its supposed to be chestnut but still has a bit of red in it.

yes the angelic little girl is the one who has been giving me the run around. I had to work last night as overtime and she played my OH up really bad, she wouldn't get ready for bed, have her milk then wouldn't go to bed & threw balls at her dad which hit him where it hurt. I asked her this morning why she was so naughty & she said it was because I was at work. She's been good as gold this morning.

Anyway am about to take her to another xmas party 2nd of 4 this week & will post my ss present while i'm out.

Anyway got to go now bye for now!!

crystal_fire

sorry for not posting in a while i got sick of using the PSP for the internet!

weightloss is non existant at the moment!

went home for the weekend and we had nearly every take away going!!!
OH's mum is staying with us from this Sat through to the new year i dont mind her but she takes over the kitchen, fry-up's every morning and everything is cooked in some sort of oil!!!
i dont mean to sound ungreatful some one else cooking for a change will be nice but ....the oil!

Then my mum and dad will be joining us for the new year my mum has a buffet planned

i know people will probably say just eat little and often or something but the thought is nauseating me,

we bearly walked in the house on friday before we had chocolate truffles, shortbread biscuits and other chocolate delights thrown at us.

i do say no and thats usually that but i'm getting " oh go on it's christmas save the slimming till the new year" :mad:


at this rate i'll be able to roll instead of walk!

katiepoppycat

Hi all. Em, still can't find you on facebook, maybe i'm being numb. I'm Becky Schofield and my pic is the same as it is on here - maybe you'll have more luck finding me?

Well, after my wise words earlier this week about not stressing, I weighed in this morning. 0.8kg on, and I just sat down and wept. I've now gained back practically everything I lost since i started in August 2006. I'm just so sick of it all and I know it's all my own fault - I'm not ill, or gaining weight through no fault of my own - it's because I enjoy eating and I binge eat. I've been hung up over my weight for what feels like my whole life and i clearly still haven't worked out how to deal with it. The thing is I'm not hugely overweight, and I don't think I ever have been. I am, as I said, just carrying a bit. I swing wildly between being desperately unhappy about it and then thinking 'oh b*gger it' and binge eating to the point where I make myself sick. I had a long talk with OH this morning and he was very supportive but suggested that it may be time to see someone about it. But i just don't know what to do about it all any more. I don't want to give up but I'm so tired about being miserable about it that I don't know what to do any more. Actually, I think part of the problem is that I'm just tired. I'm getting up at 0630 to do housework before I go to work, working a full day at work, then coming home at night to do more housework, cook, clean etc. I know i should ask OH to do more, but he's working 2 jobs as well as me. He promises to help and does when he remembers but I can't force him to do things the way that I would do them which is really what I want. So I'll ask him to put the washing on the rac and i he hasn't one it in 5 minutes I'll get up and do it myself. Or if he has done it I''ll rearrange it so it 'drys right'. This probably sounds really lame to the people who have families to look after but with 2 of us holding down 2 jobs we(or more correctly, I ) struggle to cope. I know i ought to exercise but feel like i just don't have the time. I'm constantly tired and irritable and can't face any scrabble either which you can imagine is really helping the situation. OH is very reassuring, constantly telling me how attractive i am, and some days i believe him, but mostly i find it hard. The prospect of the holiday with his family isn't helping much either. I know full well that his bro's gf will be some supermodel type that will make me feel completely inadequate - hence my subconscious is going 'hey, why bother trying? you're gonna look like a troll regardless'.

I'm trying to treat this as a wakeup call and have planned for the rest of the week - modified my christmas plans to make them more SW friendly but I'm scared that it's all just going to go wrong and I'll lose control again. It's so depressing - I'm the kind of person who is generally successful - i'm fairly academic, I'm good at my job. I'm just a failure at this whole weight loss thing.

sorry for the whining, I just needed somewhere to do it, and as helpful as OH has been I don;t want him to see me as one of those women who whine about their weight all the time and obsess. Even though I am rapidly becoming one of them.

bails

Hi peeps, thanks for the photos, good to 'meet' people! Well done on the losses this week, and extra motivation for Starlight to help you reach the 9 stone mark; what an amazing achievement that will be!
Having problems with TOTM at mo, v strange, so cant tell what's going on weight wise really.
Christmas and New Year are doing my head in, feel like they're getting in the way of getting on with things and getting well - not very festive of me, I know! If I'm honest, I think I've just run out of patience with being ill and really, really want to be well (relatively speaking, BB) and have a life again. To those of you who have been struggling with illness and injury for a lot more years than me, I have total repsect and admiration. I thought I was a patient person when I worked in EBD, then my illness taught me a whole new level of patience; now I feel I need to step it up to the next level, but feel as if I have none left! Any ideas gratefully received...
I wanted to ask your opinion on something (it's indirectly WL related, will that do?) - I'm thinking of giving New Year a miss, what do you think? Well, not that I won't be celebrating, just not in the usual way. I had this idea to go to my relaxation class in the morning, have another lovely massage in the afternoon (with the money I would've spent getting to Manchester/going out) and then get an early night. I know this may sound v dull but my thinking is this - the best present I can give to myself is to get well and therefore get back to some sort of fulfilling life. I would rather concentrate on making that happen than spend the night getting drunk until the early hours, which will have a knock on effect for several days (or more). Am I being silly? honest opinions please, no offence will be taken (even if the boot comes out!). Thanks.

petrichor

Well done starlight :j :j I hope that you reach the 9st target by next week, Christmas permitting ...

...Thanks missyg :T You look lovely and slim :j :j I'm sure that you'll stay like it too! :j ...

...crystal_fire Could you hide the cooking oil or only keep a tiny amount on show, and use Fry Light instead? Could you tell her that you're having to watch your intake of fats etc for health reasons? Just a thought, but whatever happens, it's not the end of the world, try as best you can ...

...Bails and Brighton belle How are things today? I hope that you're both feeling brighter today. That 20p thing Bails, a bit of a tough one that :think: ...

xxxx

beanielou

Aw katiepoppycat~ sorry to hear you are not yourself at the mo.
not sure what to say so just sending you a big huggle.
Take care
Lou xxx

beanielou

bails~ I for one think that your New Year plan sounds just fab.
Go for it & enjoy!

jillie1974

well i'm going to join youall in trying tolose weight. since i came back from holiday in september i seem to be bigger than ever and cant shift the weight at all. i'm off to Boots later to weigh myself as i dont have scales at home. wish me luck as i'm dreading it!!
will start myself of in the new year but i am going to start ww again in feb (am moving stores so dont know if i will always make it to session).
prob bad idea to weigh myself just before xmas but it should spur me on to actually start doing something rather than just talking bout it!!

bails

Welcome jillie1974! (and I think someone else joined recently so Hi if I missed you!) Good luck with the weigh in, and well done for taking charge at this time of year. Far better to know what the situation is and then you can work on it from there. We're a very supportive bunch on here so you'll always find lots of help and hugs along the way!