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See - told you it'd be good! That's what comes of not obsessing and scale jumping all the time! Your scales are having a very nice holiday chez moi - not getting used is very relaxing:p Well done you - it took a lot of effort and determination to achieve this - 6 weeks to go!!!!!! Much...

Neither of you ladies can hold a candle to my BLIPS - 13 Millie's cookies and counting....shamed into not eating a triple decker Baskins Robbins ice cream by my 7 year old son... I am so desperate to eat right now (day 4 of SS) that I am actually holding a tin of tuna as I type this:eek: It's...

Hi Anch - it waslovely to talk to you too honey - good luck with the studying and weightloss - not long to Spain now!! Hi Irene - I'm not staying over as have to go to Essex for a kid's party on Sunday:mad: When I agreed to go I'd got the Wemitt date wrong so agreed in error! Anyway, I shall...

Sorry, sorry, sorry Been a hopeless board buddy - completely MIA :eek: - been so hectic and now the boy has discovered the joys of online gaming it's a scrum to the pc (neither of us like the laptop - it's needs stripping down and I just can't be bothered). As you know can't go near here at...

You can do it - you can do it... Come on girlie - you can do this - bet you've lost weight this week - you are one determined lady and I have every faith in you and then some !!!!! Tel you what - when you come on Weds, try and lift the boy and walk about with him - cos what he weighs is what...

My book says 2oz chicken or 3oz white fish. And to add insult to injury the weights are the raw weights not the cooked weights - miniscule isn't in it!:(

Hey Hon - how are things?????? Hi Irene - how ya doing??? Love A xxxx

Ah bless you Jen - if I could smile I would but blasted tooth ache now spread to whole head - if I was a horse I'd have been down by now:sigh: Cheers Andrene - as for saggy bits - yes I have plenty but I don't think they are inevitable. I am (and look it:( ) 40 this year and have spent over...

Hi Guys, The tooth (like cellulite) is still with me! It's not nearly so bad and having finished the antibiotics today I'm hoping it's on the mend. Great for making a gal stick to CD tho - couldn't eat anything else so packs came in most useful - silver lining and all that. Our hospital has an...

Oh hun:eek: :( this is soooooo not good (but great you didn't break the diet - hip hip hurray:D ) Don't know what to say really - it does sound very disastrous but we can all only hope they prove us wrong. I do remember last year you predicted this would happen (can I have next week's Lotto...

Hi PolishRose and Karion! Thanks:D - it means a lot to get that reaction! Only today I was pulling on my old trousers (size 30) to show a new client how big I was - she was most impressed that I could get both my legs (jeans/boots and all) in just 1 leg! It's wierd that I don't always...

Well done Anja! Big respect - you must be soooo pleased to get such a fab mark - well done again! Sorry I've not been around much - half term and it's all gone horribly wrong. On Tuesday the blasted milkman decided to reverse his milk van (not float) into the back of my car and now it looks...

Bloody laptop - just typed a whole screed and then the whole thing flipped and I've lost it all!!!!! Will call you soon, want to tell you what I bought with my vouchers! Love ya! A xxxx

Welcome Sue, You can do this - there are times that will be tough but stick to the diet and you will lose weight - I did and no one was a more pathetic and useless dieter than me! This forum is a great support so feel free to celebrate/moan/cry etc! Gotta dash my new 11am client has just turned...

Hi DB, Just wanted to share a few of my coping strategies with you and your clients (lucky them to have such a thoughtful CDC). I lost almost 12stones over 12 months and my CDC, bless her - (the long suffering Pip - FirefliesUK - love ya!!) cajoled, persuaded, pushed me thru it. I now see...

Hiya Anja and Irene!! Sorry, sorry (again) for being so poor at staying in touch but life is manic at the mo! Loads of lovely clients who all inspire me and keep me on my toes diet wise I can tell you and the boy is doing Judo/swimming/social life etc - my time's just not my own at the minute...

Hey honey, You'll do it, cut your self some slack and enjoy what you have achieved and don't focus on what is yet to come. I'm feeling very zenned out at the moment, goodness knows why, curtains cost £100 at dry cleaners - (ouch), the boy fainted whilst having his flu jab (big hysterical scene...

Hi Anja Well, bang goes my resolution to get to bed earlier! Anyway, quick note to say hi...happy New year etc ... I know we've chatted since our last posts - I survived the garage spiders (didn't see any actually!) and the garage looks v. spick and span. Have sorted out son's bedroom and spare...

Happ New Year to all! Sorry I haven't been a very good board buddy lately everyone - been busy visiting family (ok but ate too much!), getting parking tickets whilst visiting friends (Fume!!), decorating the lounge, kitchen/diner etc - how sad am I buying the paint because of it's name rather...

Hi hon! So sorry to hear about the trouble with the traffic lights - grim, there's nothing worse than disturbed sleep - I should know:mad: I foolishly let the boy watch Gremlins and now he's all nightmares - I've bribed him (fingers crossed) tonight by saying that FC will expect to see him in...

Thank you, thank you, thank you Anja!!! What a lovely surprise to come home to and such a generous present - I shall enjoy spending those, hmmm... let me think where I could go shopping..... Hope all is ok, glad you spoke to your Dad re the IR thing and it didn't provoke too much aggro...

Hi CC and welcome Way to go girl - I see you are still as determined as you seemed in Birmingham! Good weight loss - keep going and you too can be as f*cked up over food as I am;) Joking aside, Anja is dead right when she started this thread - there are lots of us out there who will always...

Hiya Hi there Anch! Am nipping on during morning break - glad you liked the present - thought you could get what you wanted then! Ooohh have you sent me one - I've not received it yet but we don't get the post til after I've gone to work so hopefully it'll be there tonight - all excited now...

Hi Anja and Irene! Well, once again - my early night plans have gone the way of most things! It's 10pm and this is my first real chance to get on here! Hope you are both well and that you are doing OK Irene - this will obviously be such a difficult Christmas and you must be experiencing lots...

Hi Julie and welcome to the best VLCD support board in the world:D As for the exercise question - on CD we say don't do anything over and above what you normally do for the 1st 2 weeks of SS but then introduce it gradually. Having said that I did no exercise at all for at least 6 months (but...

Well, am sitting here and mentally trying to psych myself up for tomorrow. The boy is coughing away like a good 'un and I'm half hoping he's too ill to attend tomorrow but fraid not. Anyway knowing my family they'll demand to see a GP's note before they believe me :mad: Have bought a pack of...

Phew!!! I was panicking cos I thought I'd upset you by telling you to get a new bra:eek: Worried that I'd overstepped the CDC code somehow! What with b0llocking you before for wearing miles-too-big-trousers and then your jeans weighing heavy, I thought you'd be ringing Cambridge HO to...

Who's a clever girl then??? Anja - seriously well done :D - you must be very pleased with yourself and rightly so - I know how hard you worked - at least the Spanish is all over for now! Lovely to speak to you today, sorry I've not been around much - I'm sooo busy in the evenings I hardly...

I want the same as the camera but in spectacles - and a law to be passed that says everyone has to wear them when they look at me!!!!:D

Mega congrats to everyone!!! ... and thanks to everyone on here who sent good wishes!! Just wanted to say how totally awe inspiring it was yesterday at the CD conference - everyone was magnificent and their stories and achievements are second to none (and the lady who has lost 24 stones -...

I was bought a small George as a gift - it didn't have removeable plates and I found the cleaning to be a real turn off. However - Comet sell specially designed GF cleaning sponges (3 for a fiver) which are ace and now cleaning it takes 2 seconds! Would definitely recommend them.

Hiya Honey! How is the circulation thing going? - Is the medication making any difference yet? I'm really cold at the moment too but I think that's just normal now - oh dear all the winters I've scoffed at other "cold" souls and now I am one:( Not such a nice day at work today - I either...

Bye Bye Slough Just going home now - nicking off early -LOL. The weight'll come off when you are good and ready it's a life's work not a race! Right off to the M40, will phone you tomorrow as agreed. Please, please, please my LR order will be at home - have ordered some mega daisy print...

I've got cold feet now too.... cor I can see why it makes you feel miserable - it's distinctly unpleasant. I think mine's caused by not knowing how to switch the heating system on properly in the hire car - will have to read manual before driving home! Forgot to post latest weight - 10.3.5 this...

Stop stropping! Right Missus, Stop stropping - you are doing brilliantly on CD, you resisted a hard temptation yesterday and you've made a move towards getting fitter. So - stop and think about your achievements and LIGHTEN UP (or I shall be sitting a long way from you in the lounge at Jury's...

Hi from Slough Blimey what a "nice" place this place is - NOT! Anyway, up side of getting up at 5am is that I can surf here in breaks! Lovely to chat on Tuesday- will def ring you from Brum meet up! Good luck at docs and I told you the weight would come off! Whoops...break over...gotta go. Much...

Hiya Anch! Glad to hear you are doing well - don't worry about the weight gain - it's only temporary - we've got more important things to worry about in this big bad world! A lot of cr'p seems to be on this site at the moment and I'm really disappointed as it has always been such a fab site...

Cheers honey for the fridge details - some good prices, will hopefully be able to check things out over the weekend! And no I didn't mean euuuwww to you - in your own house you do what you like, but when visiting someone else's, no matter how well you know them, you "up the ante" as it were...

If you hear a dull thumping don't worry it's just me banging my head against the nearest wall - cos my head is being done in! This could be the end of a beautiful friendship - me and house guest are going to come to blows - she didn't even make her bed - eeeuuwwww:mad: Must dash, have to design...

Ho hum, well things are not going well here. Utterly cr@p weekend, had arguement (kind of) with new sis-in-law about monies I'm owed - she's a cheeky mare and I've now made my mind up that I really don't like her! Anyway, that capitulated me headlong into my sister and brother's in law "bake...

Keep going Julia - the hunger pangs are unpleasant but will pass! Easier said than done but try and keep busy and drink more water! Have you checked that you are still in ketosis? Ailsa

Wow - good weightloss duckie - you'll be in the 10s in no time at all! Perhaps it's a cr@ppy old cold you've got instead of a circ prob - cold'll be easier to get rid of no doubt! Have you sorted out the work top yet - I'd practise lying about the cat getting caught short myself! Been a...

CHIN UP Tell her to shove it! :mad: You've done nothing out of order - if she's too thick to a) buy a car without test driving it despite seeing it twice before she handed over the dosh and b) not to clarify whether it had power steering before she bought it then she deserves all she's got...

Far better burping than what they make me do:o

May God preserve me from computer illiterate friends:mad: am being driven slowly mad here:mad: :mad: :mad: Congrats Ann on reaching goal - mega well done! Anch - ring that boy - he sounds well lush;) Irene - hulloo {{{{{waving madly}}}}}}

Hi everyone! Hope all is OK, sorry for not being around much - BT have only just fixed my Broadband line at home and not allowed from work! Gotta dash now as fixing friend's pc - will be on line soon

Hiya Anja, Sorry have been up to my eyes in it and not allowed to post from work. Am off today as no school, so am at friend's house, fixing their Internet connection - as you can see it's working! Then have to get boy's guitar stuff, put flowers on husband's grave - 5 years ago today:( , all...

Hi Julia, Poor you, it is horrible to feel unwell and to have to suffer the torture of other people eating at the same time! This poorliness is a sign that you are going into ketosis - so the fat burning will start really soon and then you'll feel much better! Keep sipping the water and don't...

Hi Julia, Oh, poor you, the soups aren't my favourites either - but some of my customers buy nothing else. 1 today, bought 8 Chilli soups:eek: At least you've only disliked one so far - I lived on choc tetras for about 4 months which did get very samey. I'm glad you are feeling positive, you...

Yay - you're back - yippee Hey you! Missed you loads, glad you had a fab holiday and great news re the titchy weight gain! Sorry I didn't call last night, was whacked - am equally tired tonight too and now have to make Bonfire Toffee and Honeycomb for Halloween party on Thursday. As have new...

C'mon Jennie! Put them all out of their misery and trumpet how fantastically you've done this week:D :D :D A xxxx:D

Hi Julia, How are you getting on today? Still peeing for England and winning;) It'll get easier I promise, soon you'll be able to drink loads before dashing to the loo. I hope you are finding it bearable and managing to enjoy your half term break. What other flavours have you tried today? See...

Hi Debbie, First of all, well done - what a fantastic achievement! Secondly - I didn't recognise you - honestly, I was sitting here wondering why you'd posted photos of someone else - and yes I know I can be dense but I really didn't recognise you at all! Hope I recognise you in Birmingham...

Hi Irene/Anja/Mini, Hope all is well with you all. Had an equally busy and frenetic weekend and am just winding down with my own huge ironing mountain - will watch Prime Suspect to help me thru it. Next week is manic too, the boy is at a new playscheme for half term and work is quite busy too...

Cheers Irene, I feel much better for having "shared" (how cheesy does that sound??) - thanks for listening and responding so quickly. I'm just going to head off to bed now and make sure I plan an hour of reading time over the weekend - I've just bought the latest Rebus book and am really...

Hiya Irene, Gosh, your message was an answer to a maiden's prayer! I'm in a moaning minny mood and just want to offload. - Sorry but you picked the short straw:o Without wanting to sound like I'm wallowing in self-pity, I feel pretty rubbish! Not one particular reason, lots of little ones. I...

Hey Anch! Hope you are having an fabbo holiday:D :cool: How many men have you had to beat off with your big stick? Sexy dress looking good eh??;) I'm missing you loads and being very selfish in wishing you back here! Speak soon, Love, A xxxx:D

PM me DQ and I'll post you one as long as you promise not to howl with laughter! PS My boss is luvverly - pretty much perfect but there are no flies on him either:o He's dead fair and trusts me implicitly which is why I feel really bad as I had abused his good nature and have forfeited his...

You are welcome Jennie - you've done really well and at the risk of sounding patronising - I'm proud of ya! Off to bed now as am up at sparrows fart tomorrow - have emailed pics to your hotmail email as too tired to go downstairs and get your other email addy off your file! Birkenhead Mags Court...

Super Fab FFF You go for it Jennie - you've worked really hard to achieve it! Well done you:D :D :D :D :D :D :D

I've just been speaking to my friend in Sydney. She's just started on Cambridge there. They don't do sole source but do 2 packs a day and unlimited green veggies (except for peas and beans). They have 4 flavours; choc, vanilla, berry and chicken and mushroom. No bars yet but 2 are due soon, no...

It looks very grand and the grounds were superb and the staff I saw were very friendly mind, so I hope you have a good time!

Ah bless you Irene - I bet you didn't howl with laughter like my Mother - talk about hyena! Slaley Hall v. v. posh but service cr@p and food not good! But then my Mum is very fussy but even my laid back "I'm having a baby and am totally blissed out" sister lost the plot with them when they tried...

Hi Irene, I'm grand thanks for asking. FFF has done brilliantly as I knew she would. I'll leave her to trumpet her success. I'm glad you like the tops - I told you they'd fit soon enough! In a wee while they'll be too big! I'm missing the forum like mad but can't afford to upset nice boss any...

You can chat as long as you like honey - I have rejigged my Tuesdays so they are all yours!

Great minds think alike! Irene, I bought Anja a copy too today - but not to worry I'll save it to frighten my new clients! Isn't it frightful - and they're not my legs!!! Plus I never used the word "explode" talk about journalistic license! Arrgghhh, anyway after the day I've had it's not...

Hi Mich, I had written a whole, what I took to be deep and meaningful post but then my router crashed (bl00dy Belkin cr@p) and I must go to bed as I'm exhausted but in a nutshell.... You can do this, just keep going. Take each day as it comes, this whole diet thing is a journey not a race...

Cheers Kazz, We buried her in the front flower bed, right outside the front door. It's south facing so in the spring I shall plant a beautiful plant and think of her when it flowers! My son (going thru a deeply religious phase at the moment) wants an eternal flame, water feature, obelisk etc...

I didn't know - honest! I haven't got a copy of it either if that's any consolation! I don't even know where to buy one - do Tesco sell it?? Mind you it all sounds perfectly hidjus - "exploding legs" how tacky..... We never even used those words - it all sounds very "Freddie Starr ate my...

Hi Mich, I think you did really well to only gain 10lbs in 3 weeks of holiday. I gained 19lbs - yes a whopping 19lbs in 12 days!!!!! 4 days of strict SSing reduced it by 12lbs so I'm struggling to lose the last 7lbs and then get down to my goal of another 7lbs off. It is just as hard, if not...

WOW - DQ What a babe you are!!!!! A xxxx:D

My legs were going tro explode!!!! Oh my goodness!!!! Talk about journalistic excess! Explode!!!! - implode more like. Am I going to like this article??? - the one I signed off was re-commissioned for some unknown (to me) reason. The 2nd journo I spoke with was v. nice but judging by the...

Oh! The journalist from LoveIt! said they'd read what they were going to print over the phone to me and make sure I was happy before they printed it! I don't read any newspapers/magazines (if it's not on Radio4 news it doesn't exist) and only buy the odd newspaper so as to have paper for...

Hi Kazz, Sorry to hear your news, my girl cat Aoife was buried on Friday and although we'd only had her for 9 months she's left quite a hole! Thinking of you. Love, A xxxx

Hi Irene and Anja, Absolutely no bleedin' idea! It's all gone very quiet on the LoveIt! front again - now they've got the form signed and I can't accept offers of more from elsewhere - fume! Oh well, can't miss what I've never had! As i've never even read a copy and don't plan to any time soon I...

Well done and congrats Ann - being a CDC is great - I'm meeting such lovely, lovely people all the time! Your story will inspire every single one of your clients! Love, A xxxx

Cheers Kam, bit of a sickener - the boy v. upset but seems fine now! How he sleeps (or doesn't) tonight will tell how he really feels. She was lovely cute cat - tiny little dainty thing, jet black with Siamese features. Special needs cat is lumpen great thing, frightened of his own shadow and...

RIP Aoife :( :( :( :( Environmental Health man just rung to say Aoife's been found dead on the top road in our village. Only got her back on Monday from the cattery (£168 bill:mad: ), she caught a mouse and then went outside as she hates been cooped up and was in for 12 days in the cattery...

Cor I wish I could "only" lose 2 or 3lbs a week Jubbly - sometimes I was struggling to lose 1lb! They say that the last stone is always the hardest and I've certainly found that to be very true. Re the need to see 9 on the scales - I am desparate too - I thought I'd cracked it a few weeks ago...

Patsy, Don't fret - so you ate something - not ideal but it's happened - beating yourself up about it isn't going to help you feel good about yourself and it's when your self esteem is lowered that you are likely to console yourself with food. Think about what you can do to limit your...

Hi Jubbly, With a BMI of 24 you shouldn't be SSing at all. I know it's really tempting but it's not good for you in the long run. Weight gain is frightening - I was at my official target of 10.5 2 weeks ago and then I had 10 days off for my holiday and on Monday morning I weighed in at a...

Mother's eh????? Mine is causing "issues" left right and centre at the moment. It all started at my middle bro's wedding (Hexham) which was nice and the bride did look lovely (despite her dress not doing up at back - meooww). Anyhow, little brother got wasted drunk and had a go at "stepdad" (who...

ooh yes - providing I can get uber brat looked after, I'll be there - probably not staying over mind as money a tad tight (was mugged by handbags and perfume in Majorca) plus the boy still believes in Father Christmas so thinks money is no object when it comes to asking for presents. See you...

WAHAYYYYYYYYYY That is SO utterly fab - as are you - am absolutely made up for you!!!! Ignore the label - H&M have titchy tiny sizes - I was wearing those in April when I was in size 16/18 everything else. Oh no, you won't want any of my old clothes in November - they'll all be too BIG for...

Hi Irene, I'm doing really well thanks, bit discombobulated at the mo - pc at work broken so using someone else's, still getting back into the swing of things after the holiday but will buckle down to ironing tonight and sort out house! Met a lovely new client yesterday (FFF on here) - she has...

Hi Vicky, Go by your Counsellor's scales not yours and stop the home weighing - believe me when I say that that way madness lies!!! As for the little loss on wk3 - well it happened to me despite 100% adherence to SS. I lost 11lbs in wk1, 5lbs in wk2 and 2lbs in wk3. I was completely gutted...

Hiya holiday girl! Hi Anja, Don't know when you'll read this but hope you're having as fab a time as I did! Have put on my statutory 19lbs again but am back on SS again with a vengeance! Spent loads of dosh I don't have on perfume and handbags but hey-ho! Clothes feeling really tight so am...

Hi Kam - yes please - count me in!!! What info do you need? Am on hols in a few hours but Anja has my mobile no. so you can text me if you need specific info!!!! See ya! A xxxx

Hey foxy chica! Love the photo! Will speak to you later hon, TTFN A xxxx:D

Hi Irene, Thanks a lot, have a super weekend in London and love to Cat, A xxxx:D

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Well, didn't the flippin thing stop making the noise half way to the garage? Anyway, they had a look and could see nothing so am assuming it was a stone or something! Phew!!!! Nobody will ever believe the car isn't an excuse to get out of going to the wedding. Just less than 2 hrs of work and...

Hiya Hon, Am really frazzled - car making very loud squeaking noise from front tyre - gonna take it to garage now, if it's unfixable goodness knows what I'll do - wedding tomorrow and car needed to get to airport Sun. Cats to cattery tonight - arrggghhhhhhh Gotta dash, car permitting will be...

what a star you are :D :D :D Excellent news Ann - so happy for you!!!!!! Lots of love, A xxxx

Shame that the insomina has reared its ugly head again. What time did you wake up this morning? I was greeted by 2 dead mice and a dead rabbit so big Aoife couldn't fit it thru the cat flap! Some thing had given the rabbit a good old nibble tho - right down to the bone on the hind legs- yuk!! I...

Aw shucks guys!!! Just want to help others learn from my wholly unedifying mistakes! A xxxx:D

19-7!!!!! please tell me that's a typo!!!!! You are not ranting at all - I completely hear what you are saying and wholeheartedly agree with you. I can quote the CD weightcare book off my heart now I've read it so many times. I guess I'm scared/discombobulated etc cos I've NEVER been here...

Hi Mrs T, So glad to see you back posting again and that you are feeling more positive today! Well straight away I can tell you that I envy you your Pete - he sounds like an absolute gem. How lovely it must feel to have such a supportive and long suffering (in the nicest possible way) partner...

Ah honey - don't feel down - hardly any of us will look like models when we've finished dieting. Let's face it most of what we see of models/celebs in mags etc is all airbrushing anyway - I bet a lot of them are right mingers in the flesh. You've done really well - over half your target - well...

Thanks for your kind words sweetie, I've cheered up now as a result of them and having seen there's nothing at all to worry about in the defence report - what a waste of worry that was! Wasn't listening to CDs/radio in the middle of night for fun but because I couldn't sleep. Boy had been...

Hi Ann, I boil Quinoa in reduced salt bouillon for about 10mins until the grain has separated and have it with salmon that I have marinated in a paste of honey and crunchy mustard. This is a Patrick Holford recipe from his Optimum Nutrition book. Find Out More About... I've not had it since...

Didn't mean to nag Sorry if it came across as that - I just wanted to help in my limited little way. It's so difficult sometimes to express oneself in words - even with the extremely broad vocab. available to us English speakers:o Glad you are feeling a bit better, you must do your Spanish...

:( Honey - what's the matter - why all the sweetie eating? Surely not over the car? If you don't think the bloke is genuine can't you relist it on eBay? If he's not genuine then I wouldn't worry about upsetting him and if he is then he's going to be thinking about lots of other stuff and won't...

Hi Irene Yes, I do mean Robbs - is it still there - will I have a chance to get a quick shop in before or after the wedding?? Just spoken to soon-to-be sis in law and dropped a right clanger by calling her by bro's ex-g/f name - whoops! To be fair to her she didn't hold it against me for too...

Mrs T, You are sooooooooo not alone honey. I am still obsessed by food. I think about it pretty much all the time, I dream about it, I fantasise about it and very often I end up eating it and then beat myself up with the guilt trips. I have come to terms with the fact that I am a food addict...

Hi Cheb, I'm so glad your meeting at school went well, I hope it's taken a load off your mind. It sounds like they are a very supportive school and they are prepared to work with you to help your son. I thought Debba's post were very heartening - thanks Debba - I don't feel quite so concerned...

Blue A**d Fly time Phew - where has this weekend gone?? Absolutely flown by. Not much to report, had the celebration meal at Buddies (fab local chain of US diners here) I promised my son a year ago when I started CD. Had chef's salad and banana split (yummy). Family over yesterday and today and...

Hi Ajax, Honey, you didn't put all your weight on over the last 7 weeks - it's happened gradually over years I expect. So that's years and years of habit forming eating - you can't expect to break such an ingrained habit in just 7 weeks. OK, there are some amazing people out there who are able...

We're WeMITTS Kam, We're WeMITTs, we take the rough with the smooth cos we know tomorrow is always another day. Who knows... it could be anyone of us tomorrow who needs a helping hand and knowing you that's exactly where you'll be - helping someone else before yourself! You ain't getting...

YOU ARE SO CLEVER !!!!!! Hey Brainbox - Well done you - what an achievement - you worked so hard for those marks and deserve every one of them! I'm sure the oral will be fine - you'll get the marks you need and qualify with a First!!!!!!!! So proud of you hon, have a good day! Lots of love...

As of midnight I've done 1 year on the Cambridge Diet. Apart from a couple of holidays and the odd blip here and there it's been Sole Source all the way! I've lost 11 stones and 10lbs and feel great! My BMI was 53 and is now 24.something! When I started my height and hip measurement were...

Looks like a Curly Wurly to me!!!

Nah Moose - Malt Tofffe is tops!

They are all covered in chocolate Nico - real chocolate at that!

Dear Pam, I'm so sorry to hear the trouble you are having. I have lived thru a similarly unpleasant situation and know how physically, mentally and emotionally draining it is. I can't add anything new to the already wise comments made by others other than to say that "this too will pass"...

Hi Irene, The wedding is in the Registry Office and the reception is at Stocksfield Golf Club. My Mum and sisters etc are staying at Slaley Hall which is where we'll go first to freshen up after the journey - providing there have been no major holdups and we get there in good time. I don't know...

Hi Groovy Chick, Providing you can answer No to all the relevant questions on the Cambridge Diet Medical Record Form you won't need to get your GPs signature. If you want to PM me with your medical details I can let you know if a GP signature is required. Love, Ailsa CDC Northants

Phew - database back - weekend saved!!!!! :D :D :D :D :D

Breakthrough?? It is almost 2pm and I am not hungry. However I am just about to start eating my frozen choc tetra. Why when I'm not hungry and don't normally eat my first "Meal" until 5pm? Answer - I'm using it as a distraction technique cos I have a witness statement to write and I hate them...

Hi Cheb, I'm sorry to hear the problems you are having with your son - I know how worrying it can be as my son (now 7) was behaving "badly" according to others when he was just 3. His first year in state school was an absolute nightmare and I was on the verge of a nervous breakdown over it...

Anja! Nice boss back so have to be brief! Thought I was due TOTM when on hols - guess was just wishful thinking that it was all over before we got there - too bad! Wedding on Friday as apparently cheaper and she doesn't care who she puts out - this is all about her - at least I'm thinner than...

Hiya {{{{{{waving madly}}}}}} Still no database:( Good job I have no life as can see I shall be spending a good portion of my free time retyping lost records - clip round the ear time for me! Oh well, could be worse. Have sorted out journo thing - shame as Bella/Best woman said she could...

Cheers honey - Damn - now I've no excuse not to stick to maintenance:D

Hi Louisa, Gosh, you're an early bird - you were on here 3 hours ago?? Please pass on my best to Sue and say I'd love to hear from her. I'll PM you my telnos in a mo! I can understand her desire to start CD after her hol - I'm away at wedding/holiday from next Friday until 9th Oct and I'm...

Aarrgghhhh, just missed you in chat room! Sleep tight xxxx

Hmmm, ironic don't you think that I don't feel much further on today than March 22nd but I have so clearly come a long way. Like you I think I'm pre-menstrual - I'll have to look back on here to get an idea about when I'm due - but we're fairly similar time wise I seem to remember! I've...

Thanks Louisa! So it's Sue - I remember her - she was always very kind and motherly towards me - tho I must have been a most exasperating colleague:o Most of the other phone operators were working mothers who worked eve/weeknds to fit in with their families - I was young, free, single (and...

Absolutely made up for you Debbie - but I still won't eat celery!!!! Love, A xxxx:D

Right, brains well and truly racked.... I'm thinking it's got to be one of two lovely ladies who used to live in Duston. One had the initials EC but I thought she had 2 sons and a daughter and her daughter's name starts with A. The other lady had the initials SJ and had 2 daughters (they were...

Hiya, Have changed my ticker but am now agonising over whether 9st 4lbs is too low a maintainable weight? Gosh - it's all about me today isn't it - I think I'm pre-TOTMish and should just shut up and be happy - but I can't work out why I'm not or rather I haven't yet worked out why I'm not. I...

Oh please - don't make me spell it out Ice - all the ladies know what I mean!!!!!

Hiya! Wow what a colourful post! You beat me to it - I was in the middle of typing a whole screed to you re my 10st 4.5lbs weight this am - cannot quite believe it - must have hopped on and off the scales 10 times! Finally my BMI is <25. Don't feel the least bit elated tho! Just feel...

Cheers Mandana, It's been a long slog but today I've finally got my BMI under 25 so am now "healthy". It's taken 363 days (I kicked and railed against SS the whole way!) and now I'm truly "frit" of starting maintenance - now I have to learn to make sensible choices around food and learn to...

Hi Louisa! Wow - what a small world! Thanks so much for your lovely post - I didn't spot it yesterday but it's made my day today! I've been desparately racking my brains trying to think who it is - (my memory isn't what it was!!) what's your friend's first name?? Did she live in Duston? OMG...

Am I the only one who wants to ask the obvious (but crude) question?:D :eek: :p ;) :eek:

Gosh sorry Mandana, Didn't mean to make you feel worse:eek: I was trying to say in my obviously cack-handed way that I think you are fab even if you don't! I'll shut up and go away now....... XXX:D

Good morning Ann - Re your blip yesterday - you are human, stuff happens and at least you can warn your clients about possible pitfalls! You've done the easy bit - the abstinence - yes that is the easy bit compared to maintenance - just look at the issues people seem to be having after reaching...

Oh poor you Mandana, All I can say is stick with what you know works - you were one of my heroines when I started CD (almost a year ago now) and it was reading your highs and lows that encouraged and inspired me to carry on when all I wanted to do was stuff food into my face! I'd follow...

Ann, Of course, you were in the posh bit as the other hotel they used to use was burned down last month (well known Corby past-time). Actually you were just down the road from a brilliant ex-Argos warehouse - loads of excellent bargains to be had there on most days, if I'd have twigged earlier...

Hi Nicolo! You can do - if I can then anyone can! Just stick to the plan, drink loads and loads and yet more loads of water and take it day by day or even minute by minute on bad days! I never exercised but those that do lose more weight more quickly (my middle names are 'bone' and 'idle';)...

Ann - It's taken me all afternoon to return to my normal peely-wally complexion having seen your 5lb loss this week - I was as green as a green thing all afternoon! But seriously - well done you - if I wore a hat I'd be taking it off right now;) Glad you enjoyed the training (hope you didn't...

Hi Pebbles, 22lbs in 3 weeks is EXCELLENT - well done you! I've lost almost 12 stones now (one year anniversary on this Saturday)! It is possible!! You are doing better than I did - I only lost 18.5lbs in my first 3 weeks! Keep up the good work and it'll soon be dropping off you faster...

Hey, that's excellent news on the weight and inches front! Had lovely early evening then went a bit awry in that the friend I did a favour for took the p!ss and turned up over half an hour late (no phone call/text - nada!) so I was late going to CDC's which then meant I was late getting boy to...

Hiya, Phew glad all is well, I was starting to fret! Your thing about the furries and the fleas reminds me that I must get Flea and Worm stuff from vets so they can be done in the cattery (I'm chickening out) when we're away. I'm taking them in next Thursday - well I'm saying them but it...

Hi CJ, Keep going CJ, it will get better I promise you. I felt really, really down in my first few weeks of CD (in 4 days I'll have been doing it for a whole year!!) and could have wept for Britain over nothing - either that or I'd be dreaming of smacking a most annoying colleague's head thru...

Hey hon! Where you been all day - everything OK? If I don't hear from you soon I shall start to worry. :confused: Not much to report, we didn't go to the forest but did cycle up and down the farm tracks (4.5 miles) and saw some special commuter train that was making the journey up from London...

Hey Anja Hiya, How are you doing?? Good I hope! Was supposed to cycle to work today after volunteer reading (little K did FANTASTICALLY well today - he got 42 out of 44 words right first time! Last year he could manage about 30 on a good day) but then got a call from a v. nice lady who...

Hi Irene Whoooo! I didn't have you pegged for that age but much younger! So it's true that even when your kids are adults they are still your kids?? I'm still in the throes of dealing with a recalcitrant child and am hoping it's going to get easier - sometimes I despair of ever getting it...

Well, I for one think your hair looks great - it really suits you and shows off your cheekbones and jawline - all of which I envy! I was in tonight's paper - on front page and page 5 and they did print a before photo too - hidjus!!! My new client is lovely (and she'd read the paper too) and...

Hope that bloke was telling the truth and he comes to hand over dosh and take car away! Keep going with the diet and you KNOW you'll get there! I have retreated from the tyranny of my scales and have left them downstairs (there for when clients come - new one tonight yippee!!) so am doing my...

Irene, You are another one just like RussianDoll who must have adopted your son when he was 10 cos you just don't look or act old enough (and you are really young at heart) to have a 31year old! How's life in the beautiful North East? I'm up your way(ish) on Friday week as my brother is...

Ann, Lettuce! Lettuce has a long-standing reputation for promoting healthy sleep. This is due to an opium-related substance combined with traces of the anticramping agent hyoscyarnin present in lettuce. Lettuce should be an integral part of your evening diet if you are suffering from sleep...

Hiya, Your Saturday sounded as exciting as mine:rolleyes: We watched the film Over the Hedge which was very funny actually so I was saved Jedi warfare! Have eaten lovely roast lamb and yorkshire puddings (oops!) (yes I know one normally has YPs with beef but the boy (and I) love 'em and I'd...

Excellent Louisa - you must be really proud of yourself and quite right too - keep it going!!! Love, A xxx

Hey you! I'm staying away today as having a bit of a gloomy do - about nothing of course! Just want to eat and eat and eat and I can't obviously - well not can't - I'm choosing not to but right now it wouldn't take much to allow me to make a poor choice in the other direction. Saw lovely...

H20 babe! It's got to be water - if you've lost inches then it can't be anything else! Sorry not been around tonight, battling with laptops, all sorted now, really tired so going to bed before hectic weekend. Lots of love, A xxxx:D

Hiya {waving madly} Can't stay on long, loads of work to do before have to battle with slap-bag, too worked up even to have breakfast shake, I am so stupid, why did I agree to this, why can't I just pretend that I've always been a size 12???? Arrgghhh!!! xxxx:D

Excellent Excellent Debbie - absolutely chuffed for you! Relieved to know that although you have questionable tastes in salad items you like good music:D That ship ain't going anywhere without you honey! Love, A xxx

Glad you clarified that Debbie - pictures were already forming in my mind of your DH, the pack of lurpack...........:D BTW - you FREAK - celery :eek: - you haven't eaten for how long???? and you choose celery!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Are you a glutton for punishment, that stuff is evil, there was...

Hiya, So sorry about yesterday, I was busy sorting out CD stock as a customer has surprised me by ordering a month's supply of the very thing I don't have so rather caught on the hop. Also went to bed early as feeling rather tired and out of sorts - had lovely sleep tho as made conscious...

Hi Debbie, Sorry to hear you were feeling wretched yesterday, hope you feel more positive today! I've just checked on my weights spreadsheet (how sad am I??) and saw that on my first AAM week I lost 4.25lbs, my 2nd AAM week I lost 4.75lbs etc. The least amount I've lost on an AAM week is 2lbs...

Hi InL0K0, How are you feeling today? Still enjoying CD? My fave packs are Butterscotch mousse and choc ice-cream (frozen tetra). The Thai Chilli smells OK but I've not been brave enough to try it yet! Keep drinking the water and you'll be hitting your target in no time at all! Love, A xxxx

Looking good It looks luvverly - really suits you! Is it easier to manage? I know mine is but I keep forgetting that I don't need industrial amounts of product on it now so it goes a bit crispy! Pull yer stomach in! Catch up later, A xxxx:D

Hiya - Scales said 10.6.6 today so have met my 2 days under 10.7 goal - hope it continues! Just done my weights spreadsheet and I've lost 6.4lbs since last Thursday morning! - Why have I been moaning and stressing so much - what more do I bl00dy well want?? I need to throw the damned scales out...

Forgot to say - resolve holding nicely....WI tomorrow am!

Oooh post the pic, wanna see it! Killer of a laugh in the chat room tonight hope Mini won't mind us corrupting her sweet wee boy! - off to bed now - CYA A xxxx:D

Hiya, Had a lovely evening - the rain held off (just started now) and there were 4 Mums and 7 kids at the park and then 1 Mum plus 3 extra kids for tea! I made my favourite biscuits ever and apart from having a teen weeny little taste to check they were OK I've avoided them and packed up the...

Hiya, My 3rd week I only lost 2lbs too and was just about to quit there and then! With 12 stones to lose I couldn't do it at 2lbs a week - I could be on SS/SW and eating real food and still lose 2lbs! Anyway, I stuck to it and then the next week I lost 6lbs! Now, 51 weeks on and 11st 7lbs later...

Hiya, Hope lunch is lovely, have salesman here trying to demo stuff to us so must go, should be online later this evening! Much love, A xxxx:D

Me too, me too, can I join??? A xxxx:D

At least she admits she's a size 20 and doesn't try and kid on that she's a 16, like Fern Britton, Michelle McManus etc!

Hey you!!! Glad you are feeling better despite the idiot intentions of others! Good news re the weight too - downwards is good! I was 10.6.9 this morning so slightly less miffed, have cycled to work again and am sitting here hoping the grey skies don't open up on my way home this afternoon...

Good! Love yourself more - we all need to! Is it Uni for you this week or next? - good luck for both/either anyhow - you're gonna walk it! Nighty night! Love, A xxxx:D I wish I'd started a blog when I started CD but as I never expected it to work, I didn't bother; pity:(

Debbie, I have empty boobs with nipples that swing lower than my hips, thighs that look like I'm wearing Norah Batty stockings permanently, varicose veins like the hawsers used to tie up the QE2 and as colourful as the London Underground map, not one but TWO full aprons which could double as...

Don't know when, journalist has written her bit, am waiting for Cambridge to chase it up. They've probably decided not to bother - it's very tame and nowhere near sensational enough, perhaps I should have spiced it up a bit???

Ah bless you Karion - I've a weigh (hahaha) to go yet - with my fat rolls there's no chance of me disappearing anywhere! This last stone and a bit is the very devil - I keep losing a bit then gaining a bit - this last stone has taken as long as the first 3 did together. Anyway, if I can keep it...

Pebbles, Listen to D_Q, SuzieB and Ann - they are talking sense! STAY OFF THE SCALES. Believe me you do not want to become obsessed with the scales as I am - it is not a pleasant place to be - there is nothing worse than having a sh!t day because the scales show a 0.1lb gain. Guage your...

Love It is not trash - she hopes ....as her CD article is going to appear shortly..........:eek:

Hi Karion, ASL and BSL are not the same although some signs will be identical or similar, as are many signed languages across the world. ASL and BSL are really different in the finger spelling - BSL is 2 handed and ASL is single handed. BSL is highly regional just as spoken English has...

Yes I do, what do you want to know? Ailsa

Oh puuuullllllllease, there's hardly any nudity - it's all very tasteful - anyway, you lot can all shelter behind my wrinkly elephant skin backside - you'll never be seen:D ;) :D :eek:

A resounding YES from me - it's a brill programme, fab to see solutions other than surgery being offered to peeps and I most definitely need all the help I can get with this saggy, baggy, BagPuss body of mine!! Ailsa xxxx:D Up the WeMITTS

My CDC says scales are evil and right now I think ours are in league with the devil! A plague on all their houses!!!! A xxxx:D

Good luck Kati Keep drinking the water - it really does make all the difference! If you live near N upon Tyne why not get in contact with Isobel - she's a CDC and I bet she's absolutely fab if the support she gives people on here is anything to go by! Don't know how much you have to lose, but...

Sulk alert Now it's my turn to be a grim and grumpy little Small (from the boy's fave book) Not that my scales report I'm that little anymore - fume!!! 10.7.9 this morning - after 100% SSing yesterday plus 6miles of cycling - this gain better be water or muscle! Sound of toys being thrown out...

Aw shucks, thanks Debbie and Irene - you are both so sweet! I don't feel slim - isn't it wierd? When I was at my biggest I avoided all reflective surfaces which is how I never recognised myself in my shameful fattist episode (detailed in boring introspection elsewhere:rolleyes: ). I'm still not...

Nighty night honey, sleep well, catch up tomorrow all being well! Love, A xxxx:D

Thursday 22nd September 2005 at approx 9pm when I was all red eyed and pathetic looking after having sobbed myself to a standstill at my CDC's - lucky me as she's lovely but looking back now she must have thought "whoa - nutcase alert!" I know I would have done:eek:

Are you moon bathing now as you're missing the sun? Luke's back, just had 4th customer enquiry so must go order more stock, got to read chapter 15 of Charlie & the Choc factory to boy - he's a sadist making me read about choc! Feeling goodish still, could kill for a bag of liquorice allsorts tho...

Bless you InL0K0 - it's lovely to get compliments. I've just uploaded 4 pix into the gallery - hope you can see them. I've promised myself that when I get to goal (not long now) I shall get some "proper" photos taken as I'm usually very camera-phobic. I've had my hair cut really short since...

Personally, I enjoy myself on holidays and know it's going to be really hard to get back on track when I come back, but I do and have done. At Easter I gained 19lbs in 10 days - which shocked me but I lost it all in the next 10 days back on SS. I was surprised it was that much as half of the...

Hiya, Enjoy that lunch in the park - how lovely to sit in the sunshine for an hour! I don't get a lunch break as I work a 6 hour shift straigh thru' and tonight the boy is starting Judo again, but I cycled to work and will inevitably have to cycle back so will get my sunshine fix then! The only...

Hi Mini, Well, I've not been back to the GPs in over a year, as all my old lovely GPs have retired and I have no idea who my new GP is, I don't suppose they'll say anything much. Two of the receptionists know me quite well so I hope (big headed that I am) that they'll notice a difference and...

FAB Well done Louisa - keep going !!!! A xxxx

Hi Irene! How are you doing?? Have you weighed yourself yet or are you sensibly disciplined and only do it weekly - are you at your lowest yet??? You were right about the Spanish -mine is very rudimentary alas, despite having Spanish in-laws, I relied on Babelfish a lot - hence the rubbish...

Phew what a day Phew - this is the first time I feel like I've had any time to myself today! I've done over 10,600 steps today - yippee - must have been the afternoon shopping trip! At least I got my broken TV replaced with a new one - result especially as I had no proof of purchase (carelessly...

Hola chica! ?Que tal contigo? Espero que todo este bien hoy. ?Tu durmio bien? Esta manana pese 10.10.5 asi que soy muy feliz:) ? Cuanto tu peso esta manana? !El trabajo esta agujereando hoy y mi jefe ha acabado ya asi que puedo escribirle! !Tengo un nuevo cliente el venir esta tarde -...

Yo skinny minny! Am off to watch Beeb3 doc re "Say no to the Knife" - from the trailers the 2 individuals in it are DDG - garn - why can't I be on a prog like that instead of such beautiful people - probably cos I'd be going "bring it on, cut it all off NOW" so not ideal huh - LOL! Hoping my...

Hi there everyone! I know most of us are probably fed up to the back teeth with all the negative stories in the media re obesity and health issues and are very well aware of the well known problems - diabetes, stroke, heart problems, increased risk of cancer etc. I'm interested in hearing...

10-11 - that is so FANTASTIC - :D :D :D :D well done for sticking so well to your diet plans - WOO-HOO - so, so , so proud of you - what a fab skinny-minny board buddy I have in you!!!! Wayyyy - am running around room in celebration! More later, lots of love, A xxxx:D

Hi InL0K0, Welcome to Minimins. I can honestly say that the Cambridge Diet has saved my life and is the only diet that has ever worked for me! You have nothing to fear I promise you. I think Kam's link has gone a bit wrong so here's a link to Cambridge Diet's Find a Counsellor page Cambridge...

Hiya Honey Glad to be able to help last night, anytime at all and you are entirely welcome! Hope you are managing to get car stuff sorted and are not too tired when you do get into work! Lots of love, Ailsa xxxx:D PS Scales said 10.13 today - phew!!!

Hi Pebbles - Well done you - 11lbs in the first weeks, that's fab! That's what I lost in my first week on Cambridge Diet and now, almost one year on I've lost 11 and a half stones. Keep going, you can do it - if I can, anyone can cos no one was a more useless dieter than me! All the best...

Hi Anch Bummer re pool but cool re unexpected voucher - it's great spending unexpected windfalls! Will love to chat tonight, if you call me I can call you back as BT have supposedly given me free calls evenings/weekends. Will be free after 8:30, catch up later, much love, A xxxx PS Car window...

Mini - don't worry! I'm just having a fat day today - the result of too big a plateful at Pizza Hut last night - the irony of the situation - I was eating cos I was so happy I'd got into Next size 10 jeans -D'uh - like stuffing salad potatoes in my mouth is really going to help!!! Actually my...

Helllloooooooo from your big fat board buddy :D :D :D

Up at 3am - are you mad???? Hope you managed to get stuff done and it doesn't make you too tired today! Scales this am are too scary - 11 something eeekk :eek: :eek: Hope it's not all fat but mostly water! Must go, first day back at work A xxxxx:D

Hi Anja Hope the work is going well and you are going loads of help from t'Internet! Did you get my text earlier? Me, in a Next size 10 jeans???? Hope the Pizza Hut splurge doesn't affect scales too much tomorrow - oh well, holiday's over now! SS with a vengeance now back in work routine from...

Cheers Irene, Thanks for your unswerving support - I'll need it tomorrow when I get on the scales again! The boy and I went to Pizza Hut tonight as a final end of the holiday treat - I had salad (not terribly healthy in Pizza Hut) and a piece of garlic bread, chicken wings and a few potato...

YAY!!!! EXCELLENT NEWS Mrs T - in the 19s already - way to go - keep up the good work and when you feel like a slice of pizza, go and peel some wallpaper or sand a skirting board!!! Love, A xxxx:D

SNAP Snappety snap snap snap!!! We weigh the same - my scales said 10.10 this morning too!!! We're weight twins - spooky:) Glad my hols haven't done too much damage and am back on SS now so hoping to get lower quickly! Am wearing a skirt today - size12 (!) that was a bit tight on the...

Wow - you've nearly done your Spanish - congrats! And 10-10 - I am so envious - will get on scales tomorrow morning to see how much damage 5 days off has done - expect it's way up into the 11s:( Had a good weekend except for supergluing my hand together (long story - the gist of which is I am...

Are you back to getting up at 5am again?? Poor you - was it the cats that woke you or the worry of your Spanish? Hope you manage to do the shopping etc with your Dad OK. It's bucketing down here, feel sorry for a local couple who are getting married today - what a dismal start! Well, we won't be...

Yes Ma'am!! Boy covered it in marshmallows (yukkety yuk yuk yuk) so it's an AKB no go zone! Good move re numberplate and best of British with the Spanish! Haven't started ironing yet - been holding forth over on the Wemitt forum - fallen off high horse now and off to put boy in bed and read last...

Ann, Bless you! I just feel very passionate about this VLCD topic and would love to see everyone knowing about them and having more choices! You and I both know how good it feels right now - I just wish more people could too! Love, A xxxx

Debbie, Hmmmm, I see where you are coming from with the wholesale accommodation to the obese but I don't think it'll ever happen - unless market forces come into play and quite frankly I can't see enough obese people having the front to stand up and be counted - sadly most of us want to remain...

Yo Honey, Not been ignoring you, been getting all deep and meaningful on Debbie's thread re last night's TV doc. Had to book extra Majoraca ticket {gloom} Friend didn't come with her son as he's ill so she's coming tonight on her own - I hope her holiday's done her good and she moans less! Been...

Thanks Mini and "Hear Hear" Barb - I did say I'm a lot of a VLCD bore now! Barb, you are sooooo right when you say we should all be treated fairly and obese people aren't. Oddly, I had to lose weight before I realised that fact! I think society sees obesity as a self indulgent choice by lazy...

Long and rambling post - avoid if easily bored I am a food addict - I always have been and I always will be. This addiction caused me to peak at at least 22 stones (I was probably more at some point but never had scales that weighed that high) I was getting to the point that even Evans largest...

Yo Kam!!!!! Told you it would be too big before you knew it!!!!! Here's to skinnydom for all of us!!! A xxxx:D

Tiswas - another banned program in our house - "a bad influence" was how it was termed and "common", and "watched by the council house kids" - I found out years later that it was cos my Mum didn't want us watching adverts and she was a terrific snob - she was the original Hyacinth Bucket!!!! Me...

:D Hi Debbie, Those trousers are great - but like all things H&M they are WELL small and nowhere near the size on the label - I won't shop in there anymore- too disheartening! You'll be in them in no time at all - just in time to start your degree you brainiac!!!! All my other clothes will be...

Irene! You've lost the equivalent of my son - A whole 7 year old!!!! I bet you couldn't pick him up and walk 20 yards with him now (I can't) - what an achievement!!!! Before you know where you are you'll have lost an entire Anja - she worked out tonight that I've now lost her - more cos she's...

Hi Guys, Hope I can make it - depends on babysitter etc - probably will only be able to come for the day/early evening tho - is that ok? Welcome back Ann!! A xxxx

Cheers Demon - I so envy you - just 3lbs to target, that'll be me soon - hopefully!!!

Hi Vicky - thanks again - not feeling so slim today (went to Cadbury World on Tuesday - take it from me, 3 kids aren't enough to pull me off chocolate!!!!) Onwards and downwards tho !!!

Thanks Linda - if I can be half as good as you at encouraging and inspiring clients then I shall be well happy!

TV programmes I loved The Double Deckers - oh the bliss of living in a bus with no parents - I can still sing the theme tune:D Mr Benn - wish I could have adventures like that! Tales of the Riverbank - bit boring but loved the theme music - Fur Elise by Beethoven I think Grange Hill - not...

Wish I could say Easyjet have run out - she'll pay anything to have him with us as the alternative means him being in her house which I can guarantee will have been sold/burned/trashed/squatted in at the very least whilst she's away - that's why when the Army training college threw him out (yep...

Forgot to say had a really lovely chat with Pogle tonight, we didn't half put the world to rights - we'd all be skinny minnies if we had our way!!! Am back on SS with a vengeance tomorrow - I'm going to get below 10 so I can stand on the doc's scales, clothed and last thing at night and STILL...

Thanks Pierce - it's when I look at that photo that I realise how far I've come and what I don't want to go back to! I dodged mirrors/cameras/any reflective surface for years so never really saw the "real" me. When I first saw those 2 together I was shocked and appalled by what I'd done to...

Wow - talented artist What fabulous pictures - incredibly lifelike, I am so envious of artistic people and their talent - I draw like a 3 year old!!!! Have woken son up to take pics of me - will email them in a min when I've edited out the redeye - makes me look like a right lush! back in 2...

You're a Barbie Girl, in a Barbie World.... Phoar - you have a Barbie figure - girl you need to be taking that anti-man stick out with you again!!!! I, on the other hand have more of a BarbaPapa figure (French cartoon from my youth)Barbapapa Familly : Barbapapa & Barbamama Have a new client...

Hi All and thanks for your kind words! I didn't know it was on until my dear friend and early DHH mentor, Pogle, texted me this morning to say I was on it! I sent it in after reading about the 34stone teen programme - I was adding my twopenn'orth about VLCDs being, in my opinion (before anyone...

Really quick Ta-da - I'm famous - or should that be INfamous???? BBC NEWS | In Pictures | In pictures: Your weight loss look out for pic#7 Must go, house to clean, car to tax, pizza and ice cream to make, hair to get cut, kids to entertain...... laters lots of love, A xxxxxxx:D

Hiya Honey Wow - well done you - fantastic weightloss!!! You'll be overtaking me at this rate - I'm heading in the opposite direction (Mum's choc ice cream and then Cadbury World - I didn't crack until I saw the Star Bars in the shop and then the flood gates opened:( and where has this craving...

Well, kids and food hmmm- my son is addicted to junk and when I was pregnant I was convinced he would think bitesize shredded wheat was a sweet and would only eat healthy foods - he, on the other hand, had other ideas! I now work on the premise that he can eat what I give him or go hungry...

Hi Irene Hope you are enjoying the Northern meet up and the weightloss is continuing! Is your weather better than ours which is constantly grey and threatening rain? Sniff the sea air for me - I wish I could. Lots of love, A xxxx:D

Hiya Honey - hope headache isn't getting too bad and the Spanish is going well. I'm downstairs listening to the Archers and drinking hazelnut coffee and water - def. the key to weight loss - was 10.7.0 this am - yay!!! And you're down to 10.12 - BRILLIANT - the Indian didn't sabotage you too...

Hiya, hope the shopping or Spanish is going well - hope the insomnia hasn't ruined the day for you! Personally I don't know there are 2 5 o'clocks in the day! I'm on here just doing the home/buildings insurance before going downstairs to do the week's ironing. The boy has quite a bad cold and...

Yeay! 10 mins to hols - well now actually as have done all I'm going to do! The boy has a friend (a girl but not a girlfriend!!) coming home with us from Supercamps - she lives in our village and is in his class at school and is jolly nice. Am thinking about going to visit my great aunt in...

Hi Pam/L-in-L Welcome aboard the WeMITTs :D - this is a fantastic thread full of really helpful and supportive people who all know what it is like to struggle with lots of weight to lose, we will help you in any way we can - onwards and downwards!!!! Love, A xxxx:D

Phew!! Floors steamed, spider despatched (eeekkk!!!!), mother spoken to, cat stuff washed, washing dried, filing all done and dusted, halo polished.....(and slipping somewhat as had some berry smoothie - yumyum), story read - 2 exciting chapters, photo sent and now about to go and do some...

WOO-HOO :) :) :) RESULT - well done, 11.0 evening weight!!!!! That's lower than me - I've just weighed in fully suited and booted at 11.4.5 - so WELL DONE YOU SKINNY MALINKY:D :D :D Have sent hair pics by email - I'm leaning towards "short19" - obviously it won't look like that right away...

Hi Anch, Hope all is well, just tried ringing your mobile but on ansaphone. Needed a bit of moral support when I accessed my online banking but just screwed up my courage and looked anyway - could have been worse (but not much)! Am feeling a bit fluttery and jittery now but at least knowledge is...

Hi Kandy, Bless ya for your kind words - at the moment I'm really struggling with SS but it's nice when other people think I've done well - makes me realise I should stop obsessing and enjoy being a whole lot healthier and happier! Good luck with restarting SS again - you CAN do it!!!! Love, A xxxx

Hi Anja Phew - managed to avoid the food so far but should really go and fetch water bottle but am not sure I can resist the temptation. Will just have to drink water straight from the tap - how couth!!! Can't find the hair picture I downloaded at work - will send it to you tomorrow...

Ah sweetie - how are you feeling now? I bet this is all shock related and the weight willl all go as soon as it came on. As for Cahoot - stuff 'em - maybe they'll leave you alone for now? I have no such excuse and have scoffed strawberries and banana and skinny cow ice creams galore (testing...

Hiya Desperate2lose - Definitely take it day by day, drink at least 3 litres of plain water each day and come on here to get lots of help and support when you need it and to give to others when you don't:) You are already doing better than I did when I started with 12 stones to lose...

Hiya Honey, Hope you have bought the new car already and are driving around in it right now! Glad the ebay stuff is selling well - I was very envious of some of the bras but none would fit me now or in the future - there's a world of difference between a FF cup and an E cup, plus plunge bras...