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Weight loss the old style way part 3.

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  • pigpen
    pigpen Posts: 41,152 Forumite
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    aaroncaz wrote: »
    Wow!! Fantastic! This is what i wanted ppl opinions on, I was going to ask if a 3lb weight loss a week, is unrealistic? But 5.5! I'd be in heaven!

    I'd be ecstatic with 3lb!!! heck.. I'd be delighted with 1lb!!!!!!!!

    I just seem to STILL be swimming between 11st 11 and 11st 9..

    I swear all the fat off my butt is heading up to my boobs!!!

    breakfast today.. spaggy bol
    lunch chicken pastie, ginger square and a jam tart! :eek:

    Ijust can't stop eating today.. I am stuff now though so hopefully I'll manage until dinner..

    Tonight we are having chicken casserole.. with jacket potatoes.
    LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14
    Hope to be debt free until the day I die
    Mortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)
    6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)
    08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)
  • purpleivy
    purpleivy Posts: 3,676 Forumite
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    pigpen wrote: »
    I'd be ecstatic with 3lb!!! heck.. I'd be delighted with 1lb!!!!!!!!

    I just seem to STILL be swimming between 11st 11 and 11st 9..

    I swear all the fat off my butt is heading up to my boobs!!!

    breakfast today.. spaggy bol
    lunch chicken pastie, ginger square and a jam tart! :eek:

    Ijust can't stop eating today.. I am stuff now though so hopefully I'll manage until dinner..

    Tonight we are having chicken casserole.. with jacket potatoes.

    I dare say there would be ppl who would relish that thought LOL!
    [SIZE=-1]"Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad"[/SIZE]
    Trying not to waste food!:j
    ETA Philosophy is wondering whether a Bloody Mary counts as a Smoothie
  • pigpen
    pigpen Posts: 41,152 Forumite
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    Purpleivy.. that is the only way I can maintain my immense disappointment.. having gone from a C to an E cup in less than 8 months and my trousers to have dropped from an 18 to a 16.. there has to be somehting odd going on!!
    LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14
    Hope to be debt free until the day I die
    Mortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)
    6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)
    08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)
  • purpleivy
    purpleivy Posts: 3,676 Forumite
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    Does anyone have a recommendation for 'bathroom' scales. Mine are geriatric digital ones. Purchased before we moved here (17 years ago LOL!)

    They have never been very reliable. Seem to have 2 mindsets. Can't get a steady reading at all, was wavering between 78.5kg nad 81kg this morning! I don't really use them consequently, but feel that maybe they would be a useful tool in monitoring progress. I don't need to lose quickly (well, it would be nice, but I'm more into feeling well and a general down trend would be good!)

    Would be please to receive 'reviews' of what you all have. A long time ago I worked for WW, so had a very good set of scales! LOL!
    [SIZE=-1]"Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad"[/SIZE]
    Trying not to waste food!:j
    ETA Philosophy is wondering whether a Bloody Mary counts as a Smoothie
  • purpleivy
    purpleivy Posts: 3,676 Forumite
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    Suddenly realised ppl might think you were relishing the thought of chicken casserole for dinner!
    [SIZE=-1]"Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad"[/SIZE]
    Trying not to waste food!:j
    ETA Philosophy is wondering whether a Bloody Mary counts as a Smoothie
  • aaroncaz
    aaroncaz Posts: 5,242 Forumite
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    purpleivy wrote: »
    Does anyone have a recommendation for 'bathroom' scales. Mine are geriatric digital ones. Purchased before we moved here (17 years ago LOL!)

    They have never been very reliable. Seem to have 2 mindsets. Can't get a steady reading at all, was wavering between 78.5kg nad 81kg this morning! I don't really use them consequently, but feel that maybe they would be a useful tool in monitoring progress. I don't need to lose quickly (well, it would be nice, but I'm more into feeling well and a general down trend would be good!)

    Would be please to receive 'reviews' of what you all have. A long time ago I worked for WW, so had a very good set of scales! LOL!

    I brought abt 4 weeks ago, a Salter electronic glass scales, from Boots, they were £13 something, down from £19.99, they are easy and very clear to read.
  • pigpen
    pigpen Posts: 41,152 Forumite
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    purpleivy wrote: »
    Suddenly realised ppl might think you were relishing the thought of chicken casserole for dinner!

    I am.. *licks lips*
    LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14
    Hope to be debt free until the day I die
    Mortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)
    6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)
    08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)
  • frogga
    frogga Posts: 2,224 Forumite
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    :j Well done the loosers! :j
    Say it once, say it loud ~ I'm an Atheist, Anti-Royalist, Socialist, Tea-Total Veggie Frog and PROUD!:D

  • purpleivy
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    Obstacle over! Having had no idea what I was going to eat today.... dangerous.... have got through to lunch time.

    I decided that a sort of cooked brekkie would be good, so free range egg, some Aldi low fat smoked ham (It's like parma ham, but I like it as 'mock bacon', fold each slice in 4 and then lightly fry) microwaved tomatoes, a few mushrooms from the freezer and a few stray baked beans in the fridge for "good" carbs. Now all I need is a mug of tea. THink I will make D & DD's pepper hummus for substantial snack for later, there will be supper at the quiz.
    [SIZE=-1]"Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad"[/SIZE]
    Trying not to waste food!:j
    ETA Philosophy is wondering whether a Bloody Mary counts as a Smoothie
  • toniwoty2009
    toniwoty2009 Posts: 402 Forumite
    Well done to all the losers!
    My weighin is not til Tues, but I'm crossing my fingers already!

    purpleivy -i got a fab set of WW scales from amazon, a damn sight cheaper than buying direct from WW. They store your first reading and previous so tells you how much you've lost total and since you last weighed. Can store 4 people's details and has BMI, fat % etc. Bit of a 'mare to set up but once thats done very easy!

    today i've not done too bad

    B: two weetabix
    L: cheese toasty :p but then had a couple of bits of dairy milk caramel (only a couple of squares!!) :EasterBun


    Got HM chilli for dinner, so hoping to be Q healthy & keep rice portion Q small.
    Altho been invited to friend's house tonight and her OH makes fab pancakes.....g2g tummy rumbling @ thought!!

    xx
    Disneyworld Florida in August 2011 :j
    Lost so far: 0 lbs of 4st
    Mother of beautiful son with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
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