Thread: I am so NOT leaving restarting till 8 January 2007 - 28 December it is!!!

Originally Posted by Mich

Anyway, just off to bed - water and packs at the ready for tomorrow - I can do this - I WANT to do this - for once I want to finish something I started.....bring it on.....failure is not an option

Just read this thread, you are so strong! Look at how you've grabbed the challenge again and have wrestled it to the ground! You're right you CAN do this and will do and I know I'm new but I'm here for ya too. Hopefully see in Birmingham!

Sending lots of positive thoughts your way! Have a great day!

Morning hun, hope your day 2 has got off to a good start???.. you did so amazingly yesterday I'm so proud of you !!!!

Stay strong.. Ketosis is only a short way away

Much love xxxxxxxx

Mich Said:
I can do this - I WANT to do this - for once I want to finish something I started.....bring it on.....failure is not an option

You go girl!!!! That is the spirit. You have proved in the past you can do it and you can do it again. Someone once asked your man bell (who invented the telephone) how it had felt to fail so many times before he finally made one that work. He said 'I never failed!! I just found out 40+ ways not to make a telephone'!! You have found out how not to do and also found out what did work. All you need to do now is just continue along the journey and not turn down the roads the led to self destruct mode.

I am on day 2 for my first time. Feeling sick, Got a headache etc. But you have one huge advantage over me. You know what success tastes like and I have only ever seen a glimmer of that on other diets! You have smelled, tasted, basked and resided in your success and now its time to go back to that success and make it home!!

How's today going, Mich? I'm doing ok on day 2 - so far hehe!

We shall be skinny minnies when we're wearing our mini skirts and boob toobs doon the toon in January! lol

Originally Posted by Isis

Mich......one of my longest and caring supporters, back to DH days,

Just been catching up on where you are at the moment and how you're feeling. I know that when YOU post a long post, it is truly from the heart.

I want to say this to you...

* I can't wait to meet you in person in January.

*I have always be so impressed and inspired by your determ ination.

* I thank you for always being there for me for so long.

*YOU WILL FINISH THIS....NO DOUBT.

Hi Isis!

Long time no 'speak' - as I've been a bad girl and gone of the tracks I stopped posting....yeah I know silly but there you go

Thank you so, so much for your kind words - you really are one of the nicest, kindest people I know. I too am looking forward to finally meeting you in January - it'll be so much fun

Spooky - I was thinking of you last night before your posting - the reason? Well I was tumble drying some towels and took them out the drier and they were so warm and snuggly and I suddenly remember last year when I tumbledried the mattress covers and was so cold I climbed into them....remember you thought it was highly amusing .....

Hope life is going good for you....how's the job?

Lots of love

Originally Posted by FatFairNForty(ish)

Just read this thread, you are so strong! Look at how you've grabbed the challenge again and have wrestled it to the ground! You're right you CAN do this and will do and I know I'm new but I'm here for ya too. Hopefully see in Birmingham!

Sending lots of positive thoughts your way! Have a great day!

Hi Jennie!

Thanks so much for your kind words - I had been reading through some of your thread last night....very entertaining! Glad to hear the diet is going well for you. Your coming to B'Ham too? That'll be great fun....I'm really looking forward to it....

This journey has taken longer than anticipated but I will finish it - I so want to be '10 stone something'....lol!

Hope your having a good day.

Love

Originally Posted by MandyB2

Morning hun, hope your day 2 has got off to a good start???.. you did so amazingly yesterday I'm so proud of you !!!!

Stay strong.. Ketosis is only a short way away

Much love xxxxxxxx

Thank you my lovely Mandy - was very impressed with myself yesterday - though thought about food all day long - today is going well so far - just having my first shake and have had 2 1/2 litres of water....have just been shopping so surrounded by food - why do I love it so much?!!!

Anyway, hope your day is going well..... speak soon.

Loadsa love

Originally Posted by happygal

You go girl!!!! That is the spirit. You have proved in the past you can do it and you can do it again. Someone once asked your man bell (who invented the telephone) how it had felt to fail so many times before he finally made one that work. He said 'I never failed!! I just found out 40+ ways not to make a telephone'!! You have found out how not to do and also found out what did work. All you need to do now is just continue along the journey and not turn down the roads the led to self destruct mode.

I am on day 2 for my first time. Feeling sick, Got a headache etc. But you have one huge advantage over me. You know what success tastes like and I have only ever seen a glimmer of that on other diets! You have smelled, tasted, basked and resided in your success and now its time to go back to that success and make it home!!

Hi Claire

Thanks for posting - I do now realise that I can't just eat what I want when I want and I plan to do this properly this time and work through the stages of CD to maintan.

If you are on Day 2 for the first time my advice is hang in there - it is so, so worth it....the pounds will be falling off - when I started LL 31 Oct last year by Xmas day I had lost 3 stone - amazing!

I do know what it's like now to be slimmer and that is definately a place I am heading back to and beyond till I get to target.

Hope your having a good day.
Love

Originally Posted by Isobel1965

How's today going, Mich? I'm doing ok on day 2 - so far hehe!

We shall be skinny minnies when we're wearing our mini skirts and boob toobs doon the toon in January! lol

Hi Issy!

Day 2 is going well - usually when I'm alone (now all the kidsa are at school) it's my worse time as no one can see me eating but I am being suprisingly good! I have my skinny jeans in the wardrobe along with some other items that I can't get in but soon my dear, very soon they will be fitting me again.

I am hoping to be almost at target by Jan or at the very least in the 11's - cant promise to wear a mini and boob tube though - so not a good look for me - might push to some skinny jeans and a basque tho

Glad to hear your day is going well - just read your thread too...sounds like life is settling down and is pretty good..

Thanks for your continued support.

Lots of love

Originally Posted by Karen1972

That's a fantastic first day Mich! 5 litres of water - wow!!

You've done one day, so you can do many many more especially as they'll get easier and easier as time goes on... can't wait to meet everyone in January!!

Hi Karen!

Thanks, drinking of the water has never really been a problem for me it's just all that other stuff they call food getting in the way....lol I am trying really, really hard to get back to where I was - I know what being slimmer feels like and I like it!

OH was talking about building a box with a padlock on to 'hide' all the food so I can't get at it - bless he's so supportive.....don't need it at the mo but it may come in handy when all the Xmas stuff is around - I have been known to buy biscuits for people and then eat them Last year when I was on LL over Xmas it was really funny because we had so much chocolate in the house it was driving me demented - OH was at work and the kids were playing but all I could hear was the choc calling my name so I got all of it and put it in about 5 carrier bags (it was raining) and threw it all outside in the garden till OH got home from work.....lol!!!

Anyway, hope your having a good day - excitement building hun? Have a wonderful time with Mr WofW (Wonderful of Wigan.....!!)

Thanks for your support - much appreciated
Love

Hi all!

How are we all today? Good I hope. Well I managed Day 1 with not too much difficulty and so far so good today. I have so far had 2 1/2 litres of water and my first shake - hot choc mint - I love it - was going to try a Toff&Walnut hot but not sure i'll like it - maybe another day!

Well this morning I did weigh myself and I'm 3lbs down - so dead on 15 stone today - hopefully be at my first target of 14.6lbs in a couple of weeks. I am feeling really strong and almost like I felt when I started LL this time last year. Although that said I have got 3 obsticales coming up at the weekend - Friday night is a meal out with my girlfriends - I haven't decided what to do yet - Saturday is lunch with my mum, sis, nan and godmother (who hasn't seen me since my 40th - 19 stone ) so she'll have a surprise - though she has seen photos of me diminishing...lol! Again not decided yet what to do and Sunday is dinner at my parents for the whole family - will more than likely not eat. I will see how good I am this week before I make a decision...though if I do eat I know it'll be on my head and I know what healthy choices to make too...

Tomorrow night will be a good test - I've got my cookery class.....yeah I know not the best type of course for someone who is on a VLCD!! The reason I'm doing this is because my sis wanted to do a course and I said I'd go along to keep her company and for her to choose what to do so she chose 'cookery around the world'! Wouldn't have been my first choice but it has been surprisingly good fun and has made me realise that cooking fresh from scratch doesn't take forever We made pizza last week - base and sauce and everything and it only took and hour and the kids lurved it for dinner the next day! Tomorrow we are cooking herby chicken (chicken stuffed with cream cheese, herbs and wrapped in bacon) and waldorf salad - guess what OH has got for dinner.....lol

Someone emailed me yesterday and said this - I think it is very appropriate for alot of us who are struggling/restarting:

I'm thinking that it helps to get in to the moment - not to dwell on where you have come from on your weight loss journey or where you are going but to concentrate on the present moment. If we let our thoughts slip off into thinking about the past it can bring us down - for example thinking about having slipping up on the diet or thinking about how much we should have lost by now can make us feel dispirited and a failure. The past has gone and our past does not have to control our present or future.

Anyway, I've jobs to do (ironing - which I have to say I quite like...sad but true!!) and then pick the kids up from school - baby girl has gymnastics tonight so it's a bit of a rush - she loves it but is quite a 'sturdy' girl so not the most agile - bless! She has just started school and is in Reception - she is loving it and is just brimming with confidence. She came home last night and informed us that because it is Ramadam her teacher is fasting - and mummy, this means that she doesn't eat any food in the day but eats it in the dark with the curtains closed.....lol! I told her teacher this morning that we knew what she was doing and she was really pleased because she said Lucy was the only child to re-count what she had told them - obviously it's not the easiest thing to get your head round when your 4 years old!

Middle boy has had an invitation to his mate's party next week during half term - he has to be at this boys house for noon because the limousene is picking them up to take them for a ride round and then to the cinema and then pizza hut....god we only had jelly and ice cream and pass the parcel in my day.....hope Charlie don't expect me to shell out that kind of cash for his birthday....

Hope everyone is having a good day - stay strong and together we will fight this flab....

Love to all

Hi Hun,

Good to heear you sounding so positive and upbeat today

Guess who has worked out how to change the colour of their messages? Lil ole me....woo hoo..... I'll be adding pics next - in fact I'm gonna give it a go now...lol!!

Hopefully there should be a picture of my beautiful kids and me below this message?.......

hey mich

just read your thread from the start and a huge big well done to you. i have a feeling this will be your time girl!!

your pic is so lovely of you and the kids!!

hope today keeps going well for ya hun

Gen xx

Hey Hey Hey, Mich - I know what you mean about all the chicks being at school now - I dunno what to do with myself half the time (JOKE! - the school day is FAR too short lol). I don't have a problem not eating when I'm by myself - it's when the kids and Eric are with me that I want to join in - NO FAIR!! Lol

Thanks for your support, hun - I tell you what - I promise that I won't eat over the weekend if you don't! How about that? We're both doing so well on day 2, it would be a real shame to screw it all up once we're finally in ketosis and have to start again on Monday!

I feel so physically rubbish today that I just can't wait to be burning off this horrible fat - wish I could go for a nap but it's school run time then the dentist with the girls - aargh!!!