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Good to see I'm not the only scale dodger round here! I know i'm slipping, but slipping is just so enjoyable (til that belly bloat appears again! bah!)

Some great work as always everyone. Well done! Keri x (sorted out my little slip, and back to target)

ha ha Red you sneak back in for the biggies! Well done!

Wow, well done Kookie. I'm thinking thats about what I've put on in the last few weeks! But I was 2lb over target so I'm not going to beat myself up too much over it, just give myself a firm talking to and get this maintenance thing sorted Well done again :-)

Thank you everyone! I need a big grin smily...this one'll do...:bliss:

Just thought I'd pop in as a bit of motivation to anyone just starting, or even stuck midway. Last week I made target! OK, so its not as big a deal as some of the losses I've read on these forums, but it was a big deal to me and has made a big difference to how I feel about myself. It wasn't...

Delayed posting as ever but I've got a -2lb this week which takes me past target!! Yay! I'm wanting to lose another 2lb, purely to make it a round 1.5 stone I think, and will want to monitor things closely so far as maintaining goes so I'll be sticking around for a while yet I think. Well done...

woohoo! And well done everyone else. Its always the weeks you don't expect it for some reason :-)

Hi all, For some reason I forgot to check in with you all last week, but I lost that pesky Easter pound! :-) I'm feeling a lot more on top of things food-wise, and have lost 2 pounds, which makes me 1lb off target! I discoverd the downside today, when the sun came out and I went to put on a...

ha ha ha, +1lb! :eek: Oh the chocolate fuelled shame...

whoops, I realised Friday is here again, and here I am sat eating mini-eggs :-) I didn't check-in last week as I wasn't near the pc but it was sts for me. I'm so close to goal now that I'm happy with sts or -1lb every week as its still heading in the right direction. So lets see what this...

Bloomin' eck Red! Seems like a good week for me to have sts as I was never going to be able to compete with that anyway! :-) I'm not too bothered by my sts, I know I've not eaten too bad and totm has finally arrived this morning, so I'm gearing myself up for a good loss next week Allie - 2lb...

Well totm never arrived (obviously just spotty, hormonal and bloated for no apparent reason!) so its -1lb for me. That's a whole stone now! :D Peachy -2lbs Kookie -1lb Sugar - sts caws +1lb hobbesy-1lb

Wow Peachy thats great going. I've got a feeling my ever random totm is on the way so may not be the week to get back on track after all if it is as I was +1lb last month even though I'd been behaving (on the plus its like I lose two weeks worth the following week) Welcome new people. I'm...

Oh yay :-) So I can use ANY of the recipes from the magazine (so long as I'm sticking to my calories)? Thats makes much more sense and makes me much happier. I was looking at the fat contents thinking 'why would she write a diet then put recipes in her magazine you can't eat while on it!'

Hi all, I've been following RC's low gi hip & thigh since new year, just from her book and have been going ok (12lbs so far). I've bought the last two magazines for some new recipe ideas, and have enjoyed the articles, etc but am a little confused by the recipes as they show a fat amount per...

...erm no, lol Another 1/2lb gain for me, which combined with last weeks makes an official 1lb gain as i only do whole pounds. Nothing to get me off track this week, though I'd found it harder than I thought to get back on the straight and narrow after our recent treats. Come on next week, I'm...

What amazing losses this week! Well done. I'm doing my weigh-in in about 20 minutes (when I have the energy to get upstairs and put my weigh in clothes on!) I'm not expecting much this week, either sts or -1lb, so its great to see others having fantastic results to help with my motivation at the...

Phew. Well according to the wii I'm sts, but it only shows whole pounds and my bmi has chnged slightly, so I'm guessing I've actually put on about .5lb. Need to buck up my ideas this week then, but not tomorrow. Its my little boys birthday and we're off to Planet Hollywood amongst other things...

I'm hoping for sts too after my time away! I ate shocking amounts of food, but am absolutely shattered so fingers crossed they've cancelled each other out. Will be an interesting experiment I suppose

Its totally normal for anyone new to jogging. Try looking up 'couch to 5k' online. Its a programme which gets you very gradually into running. I can totally recommend it. There are free podcasts available that you can download and give music to listen to whilst telling you when to walk, jog...

After a crappy week at work I was very pleased to get to Friday and be -2lb! yay :-) Next week could be more of a challenge. I'm away for 3 days on an 'adventure activity' holiday with 40 8 yr olds! Argh! I get the feeling the meals will be hearty, cooked breakfast, etc. But I'm hoping the...

I'm another who found the opposite. Starting on this diet meant I found new recipes I wouldn't normally make. I'm going down the low fat/low gi route, following the general gist of Rosemary Conley so I've found her books and magazines good for a bit of inspiration if things get stale. That...

Great work as always from everyone. As usual its -1lb from me, and I'm more than happy with that so long as it continues for at least another 6lbs :-) Silence - sts Sugar - -1lb Kookie - -2 Peachy - -2 Hobbesy - -1lb

An early weigh-in from me as I'm not about tomorrow. Same time, same clothes (can't be just me that has a weigh-in outfit? lol) and after my +1 last week, I've now got a -3 to report! huzzah! I'm actually pretty sure that if it wasn't totm last week causing a squiffy extra pound this would just...

Well I've now lost 10lb altogether and finally the measure has definitely moved, a whole inch off my waist and almost a whole inch off my backside. Another half stone to target and I think I'll be one happy bunny :-)

grrr my first ever +1 lb! I have been ok this week and should probably have lost my usual pound or two but totm is due and although this is my first time watching my weight I'm guessing this could be from that. If I lost 2 next week to make up for it I'll be happy :-) Either way I'm definitely...

Only 2 people out of the whole group beat you! You're doing fantastic! :-)

Well done everyone. I can add another pound to the losses. I've had a bug the past 2 days, and unlike most people instead of losing my appetite I had an urge to hide under my quilt and stuff my face! Thanks to weight watchers tortilla crisps and other 'not toooo naughty things' I lost my 1lb and...

I know we have a similar thread on Indian food, but I've been invited out to dinner with friends at the weekend. They're going to an all you can eat Chinese. I will want to eat everything in sight, so what am I better off aiming for? Or at worst, what are the worst things that I should try and...

Actually I should have updated this as I originally did my weigh in on day 6 as I thought I'd be out of the house on Friday, but I got back from my step class earlier than I thought and I'd lost a pound after all! I think if I'd lost just a pound in the first place I wouldn't have been so...

Ooh what a good way of explaining it. I guess we all just feel that sometimes its so much effort we wish there were instant results, but I know long term weight loss isn't really going to work like that. I didn't put this weight on overnight, and its not going to come off that fast either

I'm hoping this is true as its my main problem too. I've always been a skinny thing, but the extra weight I now have on my belly combined with bloating from ibs has really lowered my confidence

I'm glad this discussion has come up, as now dh and I have both reached 1/2 stone, I think we hoped we'd be able to tell, but the tape measure has yet to move! I don't get people who say they've lost a stone and 4 inches from the waist! Surely not! (she says hoping its not just her lol) Losing...

I thought I'd update as I'm sure its good for people starting out to hear how people just ahead of them are doing. 2nd week I lost 2lb and DH lost 3lb so we were both really please. Tonight was end of week 3. After the initial fortnight I've actually found during the week I don't really want a...

Slightly delayed reporting as I was off being a good girl at my first step class in over 10 years. Can you all say jelly legs! ow! lol Was a bit down yesterday as I cheekily weighed early and it was sts, but finally tipped today over to -1lb so I'm a happy bunny :-)

So this is my third weigh in. Week 1 = 4lb loss, week 2 = 2lb loss, week 3 = frickin sts! I've been good I'm sure. On RC this is supposedly my first week I can have a 100 cal treat and I haven't (only 1 small glass of wine last saturday). The only thing I can think of is I've relaxed ever so...

This is such a friendly supportive part of the forums. Well done everyone on the weight loss, and for just generally being nice :D

Only 2lb for me this week. I know 'ONLY' 2 isn't a good thing to say, but this is only my second week and I've been so well behaved I was hoping for more :cool: Ah well, next week is another week, and as I'm only 1lb away from my first half stone I'll be happy bunny if I can do the same again :-)

Worth every calorie some mornings! :D

I did one of the aerobic videos today. Nothing groundbreaking in itself but at 6 minutes I think they'll be really useful for when I've only got a tiny slot of time between running here and there.

Aw thank you. After I posted I did wonder if perhaps I was wrong. After all I've never dieted before (in fact thats the first time I've called it a diet, I only got dh to join me by promising it was just healthy eating), and this is only my first week, so I know there is a lot I don't know. I...

I do appreciate the advice as we are looking at this for the long term. I did treat myself last night in the end to 125ml wine (measured - something i never do! lol) and a slice of ww carrot cake (something like 75 calories). I hadn't had my snacks, purely by being busy in the snow rather than...

he he, yes I made the 3 hour discovery by trial and error too! 2 days in the freezer does a not yummy pudding make!

Ooh I like these new ones. Think they're something silly like 5 for £1 in tesco at the moment (well they were a few days ago, I can't physically get there now thanks to the snow!) Put them in the freezer for 3 hours-ish and they make a great substitute for ice cream too :-)

the whole being sensible thing does worry me long term. As a rule, on a saturday night, I'd be a whole bottle of wine and a giant bag of crisps, and possibly some chocolate kind of girl. But I'm trying to look at this long term, trying to think how best we can keep this up as a lifestyle rather...

Ooh I'd love to join you Friday ladies if I may. Mine and dh's first week. We're generally following the rules of RC's low gi hip and thigh, vaguely counting calories and making small moves to up our activity levels (yep a small bit of everything, and all of nothing!) First weigh in last night...

Well here's the first one... We've been really well behaved this week. Stayed within the allowances every day. Occasionally swapped both snacks for a muller light yoghurt in the evening. The results? I've lost 4lb dh has lost 5lb! It does sometimes feel like a lot of effort, and that after...

My husband and I have found our main issue was snacking in the evening too. I've been saving my morning snack, usually an apple, for then, and usually we'll make a cup of tea and have our snack and find the craving has gone for at least an hour after that. By which point its an hour nearer...

Thank you. I've said hi in the RC section now too. Hopefully get some good pointers there. I'm really pleased dh has joined me, even if he does keep waving around crisps and chocolate and telling me how nice they look. He's not given in yet tho, well that I know of anyway! :-)

Hi all, I've introduced myself in the general section but thought I should here too. I'm a 31 yr old, married mum of two living in Kent. I've been wanting to make changes to the way I eat for a while, and after the Christmas period my body is just screaming out to be healthy for a bit. I...

Hi all, I'm sure this place is inundated with new members at this time of year. I'm not one for New Year resolutions or diets, but I've been wanting to make changes to the way I eat for a while, and after the Christmas period my body is just screaming out to be healthy for a bit. I have PCOS...