Thread: When the scales say Err!

Originally Posted by Dusty67

Well, had a fantastic result at the chemist today...... 16lb off in first week. :bliss

Was sooooooooooo pleased! That means I've missed the 23s and gone into the 22s. Hopefully I'll be out of them in three weeks.

Certainly gives you the willpower to carry on.

Thank you all for your encouragement this week. Onwards and downwards (well the scale at least)

Dusty

That is a fantastic weight loss congrats

Congratulations!!!! That's amazing!!!! Well-deserved. Onwards and downwards.....Good luck with week 2 - you are going to do great on this plan!

Well done Dusty!!!Mega congrats hun x

Awesome.........wicked....fanbloomingtastic onwards and downwards sweety x

That is fantastic. Congratulations you really deserve it.

Losing enough to pass a whole stone on the scales must be surreal!!

Fab loss well done!

X

OMG! That is AWESOME Huge well done. You must be over the moon! So pleased for you Bring on week 2 xx

Originally Posted by Jayne33

OMG! That is AWESOME Huge well done. You must be over the moon! So pleased for you Bring on week 2 xx

Thanks Jayne I am absolutely thrilled. It would have taken me best part 10 weeks to lose that at SW or WW (because I cheat/bend the rules so much).

The support of this forum and regular posters, like you, make it easier to stay on the straight and narrow when I'm having wobbles.

Dusty

So, yesterday's great loss has spurred me on and I'm thinking about setting goals!
This is quite hard for me on several counts. First, cos my weight has fluctuated by about 3 stone over the past three years, so I hate setting a goal thats higher than my lowest weight in this time. But, setting a goal to lose three stone is not a short term acheivable goal and I worry that I'll get disheartened.

I don't want to set one related to how many weeks I've stayed 100%, because if I thought about how long I might have to stay on LT, then that would be an insurmountable obstacle

Similarly, I thought about setting clothing related goals. But because I'm so tall to drop a dress size means losing 20lbs. So that's another longer term goal. Plus, from experience, Im so pear shaped that even losing 3 stone won't change the size of tousers I wear

So, I've decided to set goals based on my lightest weight in recent years. Getting to below 23stone is the lightest I've been this year (well since Decemebr really, but bear with me!). Once I get below 22 stone, I'll be the lightest I was in 2011. Once I get below 21 stone, I'll be th e lightest I was in 2010. And once I get below 20 stone I'll be the lightest I've been this decade!!

Those goals will do for now, but thinking ahead....Once I get below 19st I'll be the lightest I've been in my curent job (I've worked here since 2006) and once I get below 18 stone I'll be the lightest I've been this CENTURY!!!!!

Wish me luck

Dusty

Well done chick on ur brilliant loss so far n brilliant idea about setting mini goals! It does work as I try to do that as well. I just take each day at a time n look forward to my mini goals so I can tick them off my list! It does work.
X

Thanks V,

truth be told, its my hubbys birthday on 30th March (12 weeks away) and I'd quite like to get to below 20st by then. That would be a brill presetn for hijm. He never nags me about my weight. In fact he's just texted me to say Hello gorgeous but I know he'd love me to be slimmer. After all he married a 12 stone woman and now he's got twice as much.

Looking at LT view that you can be losing stone a month would get me there.
Fingers crossed

Originally Posted by Dusty67

Thanks V,

truth be told, its my hubbys birthday on 30th March (12 weeks away) and I'd quite like to get to below 20st by then. That would be a brill presetn for hijm. He never nags me about my weight. In fact he's just texted me to say Hello gorgeous but I know he'd love me to be slimmer. After all he married a 12 stone woman and now he's got twice as much.

Looking at LT view that you can be losing stone a month would get me there.
Fingers crossed

Hey Dusty,

You want to have a look @ the sticky note from betsy think its called my personnel opion (not to sure tho) she started off at 22st i think and lost 10st in 8 months thats def amazing, wishing you all the best/luck for your weight goal for your hubbys bday

Hey Dusty,

First of all a huge well done for your first weigh in 16lbs is an amazing achievement and brilliant to spur you on to week two and hopefully now you know you can do this! I started back in October and honestly its the best thing ive ever done and for me it just got easier and easier as time went on.... having goals definitely helped me but i did it by getting through a stone at a time... by breaking it down into little bits like that they were achievable short term goals.
In 12 weeks i lost nearly 5.5 stones dropped 3 dress sizes, then i had a break for 3 weeks over christmas and still lost a pound so proved to myself that I can maintain.
Now im back again and ready to finish off what I started and get down to 10st. Come and join the valentines day challenge and use that as another goal if you like to spur you on and get you over a month into 100%.

Big well done again hun and keep up the great work xx

Originally Posted by peach pip

Hey Dusty,

First of all a huge well done for your first weigh in 16lbs is an amazing achievement and brilliant to spur you on to week two and hopefully now you know you can do this! I started back in October and honestly its the best thing ive ever done and for me it just got easier and easier as time went on.... having goals definitely helped me but i did it by getting through a stone at a time... by breaking it down into little bits like that they were achievable short term goals.
In 12 weeks i lost nearly 5.5 stones dropped 3 dress sizes, then i had a break for 3 weeks over christmas and still lost a pound so proved to myself that I can maintain.
Now im back again and ready to finish off what I started and get down to 10st. Come and join the valentines day challenge and use that as another goal if you like to spur you on and get you over a month into 100%.

Big well done again hun and keep up the great work xx

That is an amazing weight loss for 12 weeks I hope to god i can do as goo as you, what were you doing on top of your 3 sjakes and water?

Originally Posted by slimmerplz

That is an amazing weight loss for 12 weeks I hope to god i can do as goo as you, what were you doing on top of your 3 sjakes and water?

Hey slimmerplz,

I am an outdoor long distance swimmer, so i swim without fail every other day, I have two active jobs where i am on my feel all day and i am now training to do a triathalon and yoga.

But at the beginning i mainly just stuck to the shakes and the water with complete rigidity! I didnt so much as sniff any other food etc for that 12 weeks and also drank enough water to sink the titanic! (which helps a lot)

The biggest test for me was over christmas as i was terrified of piling loads on, but i made good decisions most of the time, i had some treats and had a great time... so to find out i managed to maintain and lose a lb shows i have changed my attitude to wards food which was a massive victory for me.

Good luck with your journey hun im sure you will do great xx