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Haven't been here for quite some time, but just wanted to share my story. Hope it inspires others! Passionate About Me: One Mum's 40kg Weight Loss Battle | Beijingkids Blog | diet | Nov 14, 2013 | beijing-kids.com

Not a fabulous week! Really busy with never-ending meetings, organising events (we are hosting an International Children's Art Exhibition in one of Beijing's biggest galleries next week and have our school Summer Ball and Graduation the week after....then I have to plan Eiriana's birthday party...

Thanks Barb! I hope that you are doing well! When I finish planning this International Children's Art fest next week, then our Summer Ball and Graduation, I SWEAR I'm really gonna do some catching up with old friends and making some new! Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Oooooh! I haven't watched that in years. Might be a nice sloppy one to watch with hubby tonight, that or indecent proposal! I need to give him some romance ideas! Eeerrrggghhh! But maybe not the renting me out for the night kind! Ooops! Might need to rethink the film choice! Hahaha! Sent from...

Still here! I've been pretty good over the past two and half weeks, not completely 100%, but pretty close, and blips have not been every day, more like one-a-week.....yeah-hey! So...I've updated my ticker for the first time. I'm doing it today instead of Monday as I seriously do not...

WOWEE Where did Puggso go! You're looking good young man! ? I shall catch up with you soon and find out about what's been going on in your life! Love to you! P

Hiya Angel! I know, I'm always going AWOL! If not from minimins from Facebook, usually both! I do think of you and so many of the other wonderful people I met here often! I'm back with CD. Day 3 over with (10:30pm here) and feeling pretty good. Hubby made me laugh on day 1 though, telling me...

A long time since I've been here! A deserter? Sorry! But I'm back! And I've got a pretty good head on! Hahaha! I also have a new addition to introduce! Baby Liam, the most perfect surprise, arrived on October 29th....he turned my world around as is the most beautiful little man. His big sister...

ss awol -again....but not doing too bad on the eating front....I can't be doing with the no poo thing, it's really distressing uncomfortable and just not worth it..... ......after semi-ss'ing for just about a week, I am still clogged up and in pain almost a week...

So, I feel great!!! I’m trying not to talk too loud, ‘cos how on earth could I be in ketosis, it’s not as if I’ve been 100%. But after YEARS of experience, I am beginning to understand that – I’m not eating, I’m purging my body of food, and an apple isn’t really gonna make a huge...

Where you from....you sexy thing.... Wow....have I really been gone that long? Look at you....bloody gorgeous!!!

Where are the minutes going? I wish my kgs would disappear as fast as time seems to be slipping by....never have a minute to spare!!!! Day 3....things are....so..so... Have got by with just a few hiccups, not major....today, 2 apples, yesterday 1 apple and a mouthful of peanuts because I was...

Returning to trusty friends Good morning world.....and friends fr and wide....I have missed you all.... ....and I have missed my old-new self..... ......enough is enough, Started WW in the summer to try and get back to what I was when I finished SS a year and a half ago....didn't seem...

Hey Gill....hope that all is well with you!

Hey Candice, I'm in awe at your current ticker....is that loss since December? Are you keeping a diary? I'm gonna go in search for it now. Hiya Andrea hon, You know, I spend my life telling parents that all children go through sensitive periods in their life, nothing can be pushed...

constipation Puggso...shhhhh Haha Mr. Pugs, you are doing so fabulously well, congratulations honey! And.....so very, very handsome:o

Hey Candice....have been estranged for a few days...on minimins at least, but all going very well here.....except for an old problem that followed me around last time i did this......begins with a 'con' and ends with a 'tion'! aaarrrrgggghhhh! No timw to post more than that this morning, just...

Another mini-binge on baby mandarin's....they need to be all gone!!! A good day, I know I've put myself out of ketosis, but I don't feel yuck, just a bit hungry when I got home...so raided the fruit bowl.....it could be a lot worse....one of the assistants at school just got married and...

hahaha....sorry Cate...and fabulous Cat!!! Ahhhhhh...what am I doing...I'm on a binge that I know I will regret....I've sat here eating a huge plate of fruit salad that Eiriana just made, plus I ate 4-5 teeny mandarins prior to this little binge. I know that really, all the fruit is gonna...

Thanks girls!!.. ....but let me just back track a little...how long have I been away...Ms. Cat...you're pregnant??!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!! WOW! And pretty far gone too....why didn't I know this! I hope that everything is going well for you Cat! Take Care! Pretty good day today except...

Just watching the Wales v England highlights.... ...woohooo!!! Go reds!!

I absconded for two days...but here I am back again....and feeling great, freshly sprinkled with ketosis dust! Had a medical Friday morning, so had to get weighed for that....fully clothed and with water in my tum....I smiled!:rolleyes: My plan was not to weigh for 6 weeks, but I really don't...

Hey Cate, Thank you sweetie! I'm feeling really positive again...had a lovely HOT,HOT bath, scrubbed myself with my lovely scrub then smothered myself with body butter....made a strawberry shake up with mousse mix (never really liked strawberry shake before) and I'm in heaven....WHY DID I...

Thank you guys and gals for all the support.... ......*******, and do I need it. Headache is horrendous today....chopped Eiriana an apple earlier and couldn't resist sneaking a few chunks...not too much, but it may mean another day or even half...waiting to get into ketosis....which...

Thanks Kate...you are a trooper! Nealry caved, but am sitting here with my pot of oolong, holding out for another half an hour before I have my third pack. I also had half a bar yesterday and the other half as soon as I walked through the door today. Hoping that that doesn't do too much to...

Back...again! So, I’m starting all over again, not quite right from the beginning but a huge chunk of fat has made itself at home inside my body and it needs to GO!!! I’m into day 2 of SS’ing, and bu&&er me, I don’t ever remember it being this hard first time round! I’M STARVING…but that’s...

Oh darling, I feel for you so much, every hair on my arms and neck are standing up just now - remembering my own labour and how horrifically painful that was.....and yours sound so, so much worse.... .....but I also remember that after all of the pain, as soon as Eiriana was out, everything just...

Hi Kate....gonna try to remember what I wrote yesterday....it was fab...ah well!!! Yes....control...that's all I need....I have the words 'control freak' tattooed on my forehead! :D But hell, it's our lives, eh, we are the ones that should be in control, and it feels amazing when we know we...

Hi Y'all!! Saturday morning and I feel Tony the Tiger GGGGRRRRRREEEEEAAAAATTTTT!!!!:D Hahhaahhaahhaa....Eiriana just ran into the living room and asked me what I was doing, why wasn't I going to school....silly monkey! I was in bed...on a Friday night...by 8:45 last night....hahaha! But I...

Wrote a really long reply to Kate and Clarri earlier.....only for it to get sent into Cyber Space:cry: Am feeling a little shattered just now and have swollen glands the size of golf balls, so Eiriana is asleep and I'm gonna cwtch up on the settee and try to steal the tele remote!! Shall...

Leah honey....smoking????.......No....just so happy that I've stopped lying to myself.....Happy....Happy....Happy!!!!!:D Need to catch up on your life for the past few months....can't find your diary just yet though, need a spare couple of hours to poke around on here! Love Ya hon!

Great girlie.... .....need some more pics of Oliver, hope that you are doing well, how did the birth go? Was Oliver slightly early....or has this year just flown by? Can't wait to see some more posts... ....Lots of love to you....all

So....the deal.... I'm bl00dy starvo!!!! I managed to fight the munchy monster all day at school, Thursday is always my worst day....getting to the end of the week and I spend the day in our Kempinski Campus surrounded by delicious foods.... .....Lunch today was seafood rice, shitake...

Hi Clarri, Done....it's a deal....we're kicking one anothers butts and keeping one another on the straight and narrow.... .....I'm giving myself 3 weeks to sort it all out....a mini-goal of 68kgs, the weight I was in the pics that I'm attempting to attach! I've got 5.5 kgs (12lbs) to go....I...

When I first joined this site, I saw so many people like us Clarri....and rudely quaffed at them....I thought they had everything, just a few pounds to goal....looking fabulous..... .....I humbly eat my quaff and send apologies, love and support to all who are in this situation....it's bl00dy...

Hi Candice Honey....I've been looking at all the pics on FB....you and the family look absolutely gorgeous and oh-so-happy! I'm so happy for you all! Me....there's something going on, I've just spent the past hour or so looking through so many of your threads as well as the success stories...

Sarah.....btw????!!!!!! He is sooooo beautiful, a thousand congratulations to you all!!! Hurry up and find your thread.... Feeling poorly at the mo so will not stay long here, but will be back soon...love to you all

Feeling good today....except for the humongous cold sore I have on my lip and the infection I have under my nail and the fact that I've lost my beloved i-phone:cry: Felt like I was gonna cry, but hubby came to pick me up from school with a huge bouquet of red roses...HAPPY WEDNESDAY!!! OK...

Thanks Clarri....I hope I can! And Kate....so wonderful to see you, thank you thank you, thank you for your words of encouragement....I know I have to be so happy with what I've achieved so far....but after this mornings weigh in, I also know that the 6 stone that I lost last year has left so...

Thank you to all of you for your lovely welcome back and words of encouragement! I thought I'd get back on the wagon last week, but I was sooosoooo cold and having a period from Hell (all excuses I know) so binged and gorged on every bit of junk food that I could lay my mits on. I haven't...

Not too sure what I've been afraid of over the past few months....but it has taken me a lot of courage to write on here today. I think I'm so afraid of myself....have been trying to get back on CD or some other kind of healthy eating regime since I got back from Wales at the end of August. My...

First time for me to see your pics KD, fabulous, I hope 3 years down the line I'm celebrating the same!! A tremendous inspiration...thank you for sharing your world

Wow Sharon, you look amazing....and your abs......ab-fab!

He's slim.....very, very slim.....BMI 19!!!:rolleyes: (I like my men skinny, skinny!!) OMG...how bizarre, haven't seen Syran in 16 years, linked up on facebook last year though...where do you live Kitty? Oh yeah...we live slap bam down-town Beijing....not too bad though, it started on...

Thank you to everyone who has dropped by and helped me so much.....I know that Xiao Zhou is so very proud of what I have done, and we have had a long talk....I just need him NEVER, EVER, EVER TO MENTION MY WOBBLY BITS, EVER, EVER AGAIN:mad::mad::mad: It's bad enough that even at a size 12...

What can I do? I'm so sad, disappointed, f**ked off and generally raging with Xiao Zhou. Since I stopped losing (have been at 69kgs for the past couple of months now) he has made a few remarks, mostly about my flabby arms and belly..... ....it destroys me to hear the remarks, but for the most...

Hi Clarri, thanks for such a lovely message, I was going to message you back on facebook last night but our broadband was playing up and I just gave up in the end! Come and drop by often, I don't update as much as I should anymore, but it's always nice to chat with others! Do you have a diary?

We went on a ladies night 5 course meal and wine tasting night for our end of school year celebrations, apparently I drank exactly the same as everyone else except for finishing off with two glasses of red (the rest had been white)......omg, I never want to see wine again!!! Such a thing when...

How are you me dears? How's little 'un getting along? Do we know if bump is male or female yet? I have your number here, so I'll try to give you a call when I'm home, we're gonna be in GY for a week, camping:eek: If it's not too far for you, I'd love to meet you for dinner one evening.....

Thank you, thank you, thank you girls..... ......still alive, busy, busy, busy....put on a little weight, went up to 70.2 on Monday morning, absolutely and horrifically stupidly drunk at the weekend, may have had something to do with slight water retention, back below the 70's this...

Thank you, thank you, thank you to you all!!! I'm welling up, I've been so very emotional since I got this years Summer Ball pics back, it's taking quite a lot for me to actually realise that i'm not the same size as I was last year....still a lot of headwork to take place!!! Love to you...

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=130636&id=574555028 More of my 'She's so Vain' Pics!

Thank you girlies:o:o:D

TOTM....feeling so much better now, thanks Kitteh! And, I got the photos from our Summer Ball today, cheered me so much that I treated myself in the Mango sale...gorgeous long silk chiffon dress....size 10 no doubt!:D It's actually taking my head a long time to get out of the 'I'm Fat'...

So it's my lunchtime at work and I'm feeling gloomy like Eeyore so I thought I'd pay a visit to my dearest diary. I had a planned very quiet weekend...I needed it, so much been going on, good and bad for the past few weeks and almost 2 months of weekends planned and scheduled out. The...

I've just finished watching Sex and the City the movie.....fabulous, fabulous, fabulous.....cried loads and will be most definately watching it again soon...... Love it! I've been to the gym twice this week which I'm pretty pleased about. Monday evening I was feeling really dizzy though...

don't forget me ! If you've got a chance to meet up anywhere that is... :-) How could I;) How far is Great Yarmouth from where you are? We're going to Great Yarmouth for a week from Aug 2nd to 9th. Maybe then would be a good time. My Mam is so jealous of my time when we go home....I guess she...

We fly back on the 25th, we're away for a week from Aug 2nd - 9th, but we're there then 'til Aug 20th, so we'll have to plan a little drinky-poo!

Monday again.... ....had a lovely weekend....Eiriana's 3rd birthday so we went to the safari park, had a birthday picnic then went to see all the animals. Had a beautiful day, very, very hot and sunny, but very quiet and kind of romantic if you know what I mean:confused: Went to Afunti, the...

Hiya darling, thank you for the beautiful comment! I got on facebook before here and your photo looked far too sexy, thought it was someone who was gonna send me sex tapes or something :o:D:eek:, sorry, I clicked 'ignore', I shall go back on, search for you and friend you! If I don't find you...

Well only a couple of weeks 'til I'm home....I think planning a whole meet might be a bit troublesome...(lazy cow that I am), but are you up for a pint or two down town? Still haven't seen the pics....photo studio taking ages to get me my disc.....but I reckon the same about hubby!:D Love...

It's Wednesday already....where does this life go? So, Friday, did the ppt (Power point presentation CC :)) and apart from feeling like a complete idiot....it was over with pretty quickly...so I got my bum back to school, met up with an old friend and went for a manicure and pedicure. Hadn't...

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I'm always looking for new teachers CC....making a career change???:)

hiya butty, Haven't been on here for ages, just having a quick check up to see how things are going for you.....seem to be doing really well huh? Well done, keep at it. I really need to start exercising again....give me some inspiration and a big boot up the a$$ will you?!:p Have a fab weekend

Sorry to hear you are feeling poorly Sam. It really knocks you when you do something to make you healthy....ie., eat healthy, then you get sick, but stay on the wagon and let your body recover slowly but surely....it may just be your bodies natural release of toxins. Love to you

Dear HM, Love to you at this stressful time, I hope that you are fine.

Hello dearest diary.... .....a pretty good week so far....have decided to stop trying to lose weight and settle at my current weight making sure not to go over 70 kgs or 11stone. Am really looking forward to the ball on Saturday, went shopping for underwear yesterday .....was hoping to get a...

:rotflmao: sorry....too funny!

Hiya Kazzy....welcome to you! Good on you for jumping on the scales, that can very often be the hardest part! Keep getting back on those scales, and often, I find that when I don't weigh myself for a while, I get scared, embarrassed (of myself...????) and of course spend months in denial! You...

Hi Samantha, Good luck, I hope that everything works out well for you...this place is so inspiration al and incredibly important to many of us. Let us all know how you're doing and if you need any help. Good luck to you

Hiya Chickeedeedee I love your pregnancy ticker...it's half way there already....fabulous!!!! So good to hear that you're doing so well, and good to hear that you're not putting any on and eating healthily....it will all add to your emotional well-being, making you feel fab on the overall...

Aaaahhh, Tuesday already! I thought it was only Monday, but we had a long weekend, and I know that this week will zip by 'cos I'm so excxited to get meself tarted up for the ball on Saturday. Had a lovely weekend down in Guangzhou. Was having all sorts of terrible thoughts before we left on...

I learned a lot from them on Monday though, I know where their priorities are....the pair are obviously so desperate for money (he's the Head of Deutsche Bank in China, she's a professor of Law :rolleyes:) that they can't take a couple of days of to spend with their kids 9not to mention that...

When I opened my e-mail box this morning, there was a letter from a parent from our downtown campus. He explained that a child in their apartment building had been confirmed with Hand, Foot and Mouth and that it was possible that his son may have come into contact with the boy over the last week...

I'm getting so lax with updates....really busy though so I do have an excuse! So my weekend....had a lovely day on Saturday. Sorted out my clothes and rid myself of the cr@p that has been my wardrobe for the past couple of years. Ahhhh, it feels so lovely! A little scary that 'what if I need...

Thank you Bev....:o Completley....you know when I go home now the number of people who think I'm a total weirdo, or think there's something wrong with me (many of my family members included) for not wanting to get totally wasted and not finding stories about falling over drunk, picking...

Hiya Karen, You did it before, much, much more....remember, you were the one that made my hubby's jaw drop! I used to drink.....a lot.....quite a bit of a binge drinker. I did a lot of damage to myself physically and emotionally with alcohol, was never able to stop and would always be the...

Thanks Irene! Things are calming down a little now, (except for the almost daily aftershocks) it has been an incredibly emotional time.... Hope so.... Thanks M'lady Have been trying to ss since February and have managed a total of 1 whole day. I know I shouldn't be ss'ing now though, but...

Had a lovely weekend at the seaside. We decided to go late on Friday night (the decision was made then, we didn't go then). We had a children's Art Exhibition and auction with proceeds going to the earthquake relief. Fantastic response with 20 paintings being sold and almost 14,000 RMB (1000...

.....on a lighter note... sorry for all that doom and gloom that was yesterday. What's the point of sadness? It helps noone. Action is what is gonna help those that are left now! Love to you all....may you always be safe! A jump on the scales this morning saw me at my lowest ever at...

A very emotional day yesterday....after a very late night watching news reports on Sunday night, I was feeling very tired and sad yesterday morning. My secretary Annie started talking to me about the quake and some of the news reports and I couldn't hold myself back, I just lost it emotional and...

Just watch new footage of a police-woman who has been working since Monday to try save any remaining survivors from the quake.....she's 28, her parents, grand-parents and daughter were all killed in the quake and she hasn't slept since Monday.....she looks like she's dying on her feet, but she's...

Hiya Bev, I've been in Beijing for almost 6 years, in China for 10. I speak Chinese and I love bargaining - pretty good at it for a Laowai too! (got the dress today for a tenner or there abouts.....they were asking for 50!) Thanks for dropping by Bev,hope your having a fab weekend!

I think it's fixed, costing about 20 pounds...not as bad as I thought....and I do love it!:cool: I'm loving your new avatar btw!

Weigh in this morning, after a week of up and down (if I could just get 1 week of ss under my belt I'd probably be at goal...grrrrrr.....I 790,binge, ss, 790, binge, ss and have thus 'maintained' that way for the past month....is this mne for the rest of my life?:rolleyes:) I have gone down a...

I forgot to tell you I went horse-riding last weekend...well, I'm not sure if you would call it horse riding, it involved me sitting on a horse, but we didn't really move much! Didn't go out with the intention of riding a horse, so wasn't really dressed with appropriate footwear, had...

Not much news from my end here. I'm at home this weekend doing my assignment.....I'm such a waster, always leaving everything to the last mi nute then stressing myself out trying to get it done.....ah well, guess I'll never change eh! My beloved i-phone has gone loopy and is rejecting my sim...

Hello Candice, So lovely, lovely to hear from you, really miss you loads on here. How are you and the 'pea' doing? How's Mr. Fynn, I really hope that you're all doing great. Candice, you look like you've put absolutely no weight on at all, your avatar looks fabulous, you look absolutely...

What a bloody good idea!!!!

About Montessori, especially in China....I can talk for hours!!!

Hi Darling, sorry, I should have explained that 'hand, foot and mouth' isn't the same as foot and mouth that is restricted to animals.....it is all the same, very nastythough....especially this year. Eiriana is fine, I plan on keeping her that way!:o Love to you

WOW, WOW,WOW, WOW, WOW....SEND ME SOME INSPIRATION

My Mammy is so protective of my time when I'm home....I guess, she does usually only see me for a couple of weeks a year....

Cardiff (or somewhere close to ) Mini-Meet - August 15th This would be the best time for me for a mini-meet....anyone want to go dancing?

Are they attached?

Take it easy SJ, you really need to know that you are pregnant!!! Are you eating well enough? I know, I'm a busy-body, but there are two of you that need taking care of now,missing breakfast and lunch is no longer an option for you! Enough nagging.....too much stuff going on here for me to...

A week of unfortunate events....back to school on Monday to be faced with the most horrendouys scare fromparents about the recent outbreak of Hand, Foot and Mouth. We get an outbreak at this time every year, but there's usually no danger, just uncomfortable for the kids who contract it. This...

Thanks Kitty,we're all fine, sad, worried and useless, but fine....

Hiya SJ, sorry I haven't been on here as often as I should be, I will have a proper catch up with both my own and your diary soon. Thanks for the pics, they're lovely....although I could do with a little bit of photo-shopping in the last one!!!!:o Love to you

Thanks Bev! Have to look at the calendar and make a date very soon for a South Walean mini-meet for when I'm home....Mumbles,that brings back teenage memories!!!!:D

Will have to make a date for a South Walean mini-meet when I'm home....shall go do that in a mo

BLOODY HELL......HAVE BEEN TRYING TO SEND THIS POST AND HAVE LOST IT THREE TIMES ALREADY.....:mad:

Hiya Cate, So lovely to hear from you, and to hear that you're back on track....thought I would be yesterday too.....bloody hell,why did I ever stop, should've just kept going to goal.....it's so hard to start back!:sigh::) Let me know how things go honey....love to you....

Hiya Butty.... .....how are things going, I'm loving the scan! I just got back to Beijing yesterday and feeling a bit pooey....update in my diary....I think I've just realised why I'm feeling so down, I have an assignment due in next week....sub-concious remembered, could have given me a...

I'm back in the Jing......I have internet access .... hurrah....running water....hurrah....constant electricity...hurrah....and a 5 lb gain...boohooohooo!!!! An excerpt from my mumblings whilst in the village..... I'm sat under the stars, not a sound except for the cicadas chirruping. It's...

now why not Beijing? Would really love to play host to all you guys and dolls in my kinda 'home' town! ;)

Wow....I bet your absolutely shattered sugar.....you take it easy!! I hope that the doc appointment went well, can't wait to find out how far gone you actually are.....wouldn't it be funny if you were actually 8 months!!!;) Last day at work tomorrow, and I've just spent the last couple of...

oh! I'm causing so much trouble.....sorry! Please don't cancel your October meet, if people are around when I'm home then we can have a mini-meet??!!! Tenby is nice....

Is the date set for def? Oh I'm gonna cry....I have been searching for this meet link for oh-so-long and found it just today...... Bugger, bugger, bugger....I'm home from July 25th-August 4th, then August 12th to August 20th, is there no chance of an earlier date (down on knees begging...

Fantastic frame of mind Lisa....good luck to you....probebly a new you by Christmas Day! Lots of Love

Home safe chickeedee?

Love, thanks, cwtches and smooches to all of you guys and dolls.... .....thanks for all of the support MWAHHHHHH

Hey sexy.....I know, I wish I could meet up with so many of you, meeting with Sarah-Jane at the weekend really made me appreciate all my friends on mini's so much more. I'll def have to meet up with you when I'm back in the summer, how about organising a Cardiff meet?

I'm so glad that we are all nutters!!!!:D

Hello, hello, hello dearest diary.....I am alive and well and slimming it in the Jing! Things have been just a tad busy over the past week or so, more stuff happening at school, but all in all, everything seems to be working itself out and coming together.....slowly, oh so slowly, but surely...

That was all written and saved a couple of days ago.......I'm feeling much, much better than I was, a lot more positive.... Or maybe is it 'I don't give a fcuk!'? One or the other, my mood has lifted! Thank you to everyone who dropped by offering support and kind words, just knowing that there...

Hhhhheeelllllllpppppp So, my week at a glance. •The horrid teacher finally left. This in the long run is good for the school and all within, but has left us without a teacher in the interim •Received a resignation letter from another teacher who has just found out she is pregnant and needs to...

Uncertainty, anger, fear, tears, fatigue, disappointment.....not a good week, I'm filling up as I type thinking about the weeks events.....better if I just stop here and wait 'til things make a change for the better...'cos I know that they will......

I am so fed up with this bl00dy flu!!!! I can't believe how long it's been hanging over me and I'm really not impressed! I'm feeling much better, still have a bit of a cough, and a gluey ear. Can't hear anything in my one ear.....really uncomfortable.....and a yucky, humongous cold-sore on my...

:p:p:p TOTM arrived yesterday.....

Thank you Sarah.....feeling much better now, thanks! Come back and visit again soon!

Hiya Sarah, You're sounding good, really positive! And really, don't worry too much about the weight, you know what you're eating and if your scales is playing up, just ignore them for the while! I didn't get to Guangzhou this weekend, I have been so poorly that I took this long weekend to...

Thanks Leah and Sarah for dropping by. I made it back to work this morning, felt pretty good for the first couple of hours, but then at around lunchtime, my head started swimming again, my legs felt weak and - most strangely - I got a tingling feeling all over. I have never had the flu this...

Hi Sassey, Your posts sound so positively-negatively-positive, if you know what I mean!:D You really sound like you're in the right place, angry with yourself, but knowing that CD can do it for you if you only let it! Good luck sweetheart, I'll be back often to check out how you're doing!

Hi Momma!!!:) Hope that everything is going well with you, your doctor's appt. sounded really positive and the fact that she's referring you to a dietician is amazing....really supportive! I've already PM'ed this to you, but, I didn't put any weight on in the first two trimesters, putting on...

Your new diary seems to be being kind to you sweetheart....and you're really analysing everything that is going into your bod.....good on you! Hope you had a fab day at the footie

Hi Kirky, Welcome to Minimins and good luck with your diet journey. If you look on here, you'll see that so many of us had the same problem, yo-yo-ing for years before our heads were really in the right place and we were able to make that psychological leap! I'll be popping by to see how...

Feeling a tad better today.....still have a heavy head and a cough like a miner on 80 woodbines a day (Ahhh, Grancha, I miss you!:)) but the phlegm is coming up.......so all promises to be good! It's really early, I've been awake since 6am, my tongue was stuck to the roof of my mouth, do you...

Tee-hee-hee:o:o And you will CC, I'm gonna pop over to your diary soon, but you sound so much more positive, and I'm so glad to see you back!:) Sitting in my PJ's, hair unkempt, face sallow, lips chapped, and eyes sunken with a snotty nose and a cough like a miner I don't feel so gorgeous...

Oh dear....just read over that last post....I should have tapped on wood.... ....I've been sick, sick, sick, well, I still am. Flu like I've never had before....and I'm feeling incredibly sorry for myself! Went to the doc's yesterday and he gave me a bagful of medicine to be going home with...

....and you won't need help, I am sure that everything will go fabulously for you! It kind of explains your emotional rollercoaster ride over the past couple of weeks....you might have saved some money on that SAD lamp!!!:D:D:D Is this your first Sarah? Tell me more about the whole...

Oh my goodness............huge congratulations to you Sarah honey!!!! Fabulous, fabulous, fabulous......you are the third person to tell me that you are preggers this month.....wow...wow...wow.... 'tis the lambing season, eh?:);)

Hello Girls, thanks for popping by. I'm feeling a lot better, still a little achey and a gravelly throat, but not half as sorry for myself as I was last post! Well, I have decided not to weigh myself this week. I reached my Easter goal of becoming 'normal' last week, and this week has been...

Hi, Can anyone tell me whether Dr. Alan's Success Diet and the company 'Immediate Rewards' is what they claim they are - the US sister company to the UK Cambridge Diet. Thanks

Hi, Can anyone tell me whether Dr. Alan's Success Diet and the company 'Immediate Rewards' is what they claim they are - the US sister company to the UK Cambridge Diet. Thanks

I'm getting so good at posting these glitter text thingy's!!!! Again.... You're doing so very, very well honey - I'm so very proud of you, as you should be of yourself! Feeling a bit pooey, so I'll catch up with you in a day or two when I'm feeling a bit better. Lot os love

Feeling really rather miserable.....am running a temperature and have a sore throat. I'm aching all over and just feeling very, very sorry for myself. Diet wise I haven't really stuck to any plan this week. I haven't gone overboard, just eating a little meal a couple of times a day and adding...

Thanks :D

Oh...oh....oh...... This man is far too sexy for his shirt!!!!

I ss'ed with no blips for the first three months. I came off the diet completley over the Christmas period then got straight back on the SS wagon when I got back to the Jing. Getting back on was much harder and I often picked at veggies and tofu. (Not too big a sin.) Came off the diet again a...

Just got in....having a little rest with my ss chocs and a big bottle of water....ahhhhhhh Little 'un just came in....so maybe I'll be back later

:o:D:o:eek::o:):):):):):) I feel fabulous Cat.....I've got so much more confidence....I'm completley and utterly vain, and my new best fried is the full length mirror, but hell, I deserve it.....anyone who's suffered the pains of being a fatty does!!!! Uh-huh....vain, vain...

I run an International Kindergarten. I absolutely love my job and becoming a Montessorian has been amongst just a few of the most positive and amazing life changes for me (My hubby, daughter and CD being the others!) I moved to China just after I graduated for a gap year. I fell in love with...

I would definately recommend really seriously looking into this. So many people joke and suggest that their depression/bad moods may be caused by the good old British weather and being locked up in offices for 8 hours + every day, but this must affect a person's stamina and moods. I'm very...

I haven't really been keeping a very strict weekly record....I think I can remember the month by month approximates, so here goes below: September 15th Start Weight 108 KGs or 17 stone Weeks 1-4 Weight loss 10kgs or 22lbs Weeks 4-8 Weight loss 6 kgs or 13.5 lbs Weeks 8-12 Weight Loss 9...

8pm, Monday, March 17th...Happy St. Patricks Day. Had a pretty good day today, very busy, but productive and I had a really good sleep last night and awoke sore throat and grumpy free!!! I'm loving these chocolate truffles that my lady in the states sent, their really filling and I'm...

Thank you Mini....and for all the inspiration that you have given me through this site!!! Not too sure how right the size 8 on the label was...I know that I'm more like a size 12 now....ah well.....I can but only dream!!!:p I shall go for a visit in a few minutes and add my stuff...

Hiya Busy....great to see some new faces around here! Good luck with your goal....sometimes hubby's do get some good ideas eh....not often, but sometimes!:p I reckon you and Sarah buddying up is a fab idea....share some recipe ideas!!! And I'll second Sarah in that, if you stick to it, get...

Hiya Mikki, I love the Spicy Tomato and it's been a bit of a life-saver for me as it's the only pack that you don';t need to use a blender with. You just add a little bit of cold water, mix it to a smoothe paste then fill it up with hot water.......not sure whether this is the problem or...

Am really shattered and with a nasty sore throat!!! Party was really nice....but very tiring, as kids parties usually are! The place had nice sausage rolls and ceasar salad though:whistle: Nothing to report.....blah, blah, blah Love to you all!!

Thank you Cat....really sweet! .....and to you Puggs Actually have a feeling that the sizing may have been wrong. It was at the market and it was a Chloe dress, big brand names in the market are either fake (this wasn't) or have some problem....couldn't see any problems so I'm thinking...

Ooops....sorry...I had a bit of Sean Connery in mind with the Tux;)

Just a quick post this morning as I have a birthday party to go to at 11:30. Weigh in this week and another 1.8 KG (3.6 lb) loss.... .....AND I'M NORMAL!!!!!!!! A fantastic well done to everyone else for the great losses this week!!!

Just a quick post this morning as I have a birthday party to go to at 11:30. Weigh in this week and another 1.8 KG (3.6 lb) loss.... .....AND I'M NORMAL!!!!!!!!:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D (AND, I TRIED ON A SIZE 8 DRESS YESTERDAY....AND....A LITTLE TIGHT, BUT IT FITTED....OMG!!!!!!!)

A fabulsous feeling Stevie-babe.......fabulous I remember when I tried on a pir of size 20 trousers, never expecting them to fit...and they did.....wow....I thought I was Kate Moss.....so much more confidence and so much self-inspiration. Keep going hon, graduation tux around the...

Oh definately. Whenever I go home to not-so-sunny Wales, I can get very depressed if the weather is dark and rainy. And working in an office with no windows must be terribly depressing. Are you able to get outside for a breath of fresh air at coffee and lunch breaks? Lots of love and luck for...

Oh my Goodness RD....I can't believe that this happened to you yesterday too. We had a Cheese and Wine information evening at school yesterday, I went to the cheese table to get a couple of nibbles (not much at all, had ss'ed all day and it was pretty late) and when I turned I saw the secretary...

Love to you Sarah...

Not quite yet......take a look at my ticker! Am still actually 'overweight'. (Hopefully that will change this week though! :)) And, I have been eating now since Chinese New Year. A small meal every evening, and weekends of just normal food. My pictures do seem to be quite deceptive, and I am...

So, Wednesday already eh? Have had a bit of a tiring week, feeling quite stressed work wise and generally under pressure some, but my mood seems to have lifted today and I'm feeling a lot better. Got my order of soups/shakes in from the states yesterday. Am quite happy about that, lots of...

Hope that I can do it for another week or two too!!! Do you have a diary that I can peek at to see how you're doing AG? Love nosing around other people's diets!!! :o

You too honey, hope that you're having a fab week!

Darling....the same to you again.....everything will pick and if you ever need to chat....PM or skpe me

Oh Sarah.......I really, really do hope that things pick up for you soon. If you're anything like me, you'll look over your past post in a couple of days time and giggle thinking 'what on earth was going on in my head?' Apart from the carb fest, is there anything else in particular that is...

Oh Sarah, I wish I could give you a big, big, hug! We all have days like these where we feel that we've failed, ruined everything and are just the worst people in the World. But as long as you jump back on that wagon, stop kicking yourself up the butt and say, 'ah well, I just needed that day...

*Pretending that I had been 'swinging on two legs' of the plastic patio furniture that collapsed under my weight in the outdoor restaurant:o *Not being able to buckle my seatbelt on the amsterdam-cardiff city hopper. :o * Not being able to put the table down properly on the airplane 'cos...

Does anyone else have this yucky problem? My arms feel a little like a bean-bag. I have bean shaped balls of fat (I assume) all over the tops of my arms.....they feel the worst there, but also on my thighs and tummy. Actually, there's one lump on my thigh that slightly worries me as it is...

Wheyheyhey girls, everyone has done soooo well this week....excellent! 2 weeks to go....I'm sure everyone will be at their mini-goal! I'm 3.5 lbs down this week....very happy with that as I've started introducing food in the evenings and actually ate quite a lot at the weekend....and it's...

Where did the weekend go? I am absolutely shattered and in need of a weekend....and it's only Monday:( Had a busy weekend....good, but busy. It was Cynara's 40th birthday on Saturday (cychina) so had plans for the evening - dinner at a very funky muslim restaurant then out dancing. Had to...

:o:D:o:D:o:D:o Thank you girls.....maybe almost slim in the jing!!!!

Hiya Dawn, Once again, thank you for always being so strong for me, and for sharing your own 'unmentionable'. I know this may sound bad, but knowing that others have such unmentionable thoughts makes me feel less scared. Hope that you're all feeling better....and don't worry about the...

Hiya Lisa Marie, Thanks for dropping by and hope that you stop by often and let me know how things are getting on with you. I'm sure that you will be successful, just keep coming by minimins to get all the inswpiration from the amazing people on here! Love to you

Thank you Andrea, I hope you stop by often to catch up and let me know how you are getting on! The more the merrier on facebook!:D Love to you!

Thanks Sarah......for always being so supportive. I know now that I don't have far to go, but I'm just getting so impatient.....grrr.....:)

Way to go Sarah....keep on going! I forgot that I promised you a long post a while back on the use of Chinese squat toilets.....:D Excellent stretch out for the lower back, really comfortable when you get used to it. Just have to squat down over the hole and pee....simple:D Where are you...

I oh so know that I cannot go the unmentionable route that I dared mention last night. I'm embarrassed that I posted it, but, it's one of the things that has been squirming around my head, and now that I've seen it down on paper (well, on screen) I know that this is just something that will...

Sorry, this thread seems to be causing a little tension.... .....But, you guys have also helped me a lot, I think I'm just gonna take it day by day. 4 packs on days and 790 on others 'til I get to goal. I listen to my body very carefully and I think I'll know when the time is right....

I found that it took 2 stone to move me from a size 24 to a size 22. Then another 2 stone to take me from there to a size 18. But then only half a stone to a size 16 and another half a stone to a size 14..... ....I guess it just depends on the person. I know someone who is a stone and a half...

I never knew that about pringles....your pyromania has ceratinly put me off Crisps for life anyhows......(actually do you know if Walkers Cheese and Onion do the same....;)) Way-hey......that is such a fantastic feeling.....it's getting a little expensive for me now though!!!! Realised that...

Thanks to you all...... ....but now I'm confused!!! Forget about the rules, what does everyone else do? I regular monitor my blood pressure, what other advers affects are there to stop CD users and not LL users SS'ing below BMI 25?

So, the journey continues, a battle with myself as to whether I should listen to everyone and start introducing food, or whether I should listen to myself and wait another couple of weeks. Today I was very well-behaved 'hen guai' in Chinese! I had packs for breakfast and lunch. I was pretty...

:giggle::giggle::giggle: Mmmmm....had another quite similar incident today with another Mum in our apartment complex.....mmmmmm again I know that I shouldn't be SS'ing now, and I know Dawn that your right, I am using it as a shield against myself and the 'real' stuff. I thought about food...

Wow....8 LBS Cappachino....FABULOUSSIMO!!!! And Cat, a great loss this week for you too....evceryone is doing fab! Positive vibes for the rest of this fabulous week!

You look great Claire, Well done - don't give up!

Thanks Flirty Is there a link to the kind of foods that can be introduced and to the plans? (No counsellor here)

I need to get some feedback on what people do. I know that you should start adding food when you are BMI 25+ 1 stone, but I'd really like to be in the 'safe' zone when I start eating, and was aiming to go to BMI 24 before I started introducing foods. Is this very dangerous? What are the problems...

So, it's Tuesday, after eating on the weekend, I had planned to go back SS for the week, and eat at the weekend. But, hasn't happened yet!:o Yesterday I had some stir-fried vegetables with my soup in the evening. This afternoon I was SOOOOO hungry. I came home from school and headed straight...

I couldn't see either of the videa's, and apologies as I'm here in 'the jing', a little out of the loop, but who is this guy and how did he lose all of that weight?

Wow....once I got over the shock of your thread title, calmed down and actually realised that you weren't being literal, I had a huge grin on my face...and would just like to say FANTASTICO

Hi Princess....teee-heee.....I live in China, so the blue jacket was from the market down the road...I love it too, pure silk and hand embroidered, but it's too big already! Any takers? (Size 16-ish)

Thank you, thank you and thank you once again for everyone who stopped by and posted. The feeling that you get just from this kind of reaction really drives you forward, and will certainly get me to goal! Love to you all.....wishing you all a fabulous week!

I was never that FAT was I? And that wasn't even my heaviest.....what on earth was I thinking? Why on eart didn't I know about CD sooner? That bloody green dress cost me about 600 quid. Tailor made by a Taiwanese designer. I intend o getting it altered and wearing it to this years summer...

:D:):D:cry::D Love to you, I look forward to reading how things go for you. Have you got a diary?

Hi Cheb, Well you're in the right place, you're admitting to yourself, and you are gonna be able to do it, probably in 3 months!:D Look forward to hear how it all goes

Whoot, Whoot!!!!! Go Puggso, go Puggso, Go Puggso!!!! It'll all be downhill from here, it's dropping from you and you'll be 'norma' before you know it!:D :D Here's to a fabulous week for you, and the turn up of your family camera!

Well done to everyone. Easter? We'll have all this 'stuff' off well before then eh? I had a good week with the scales making me jump for joy everyday. 6lbs down for me this week, weighing in at 74.5 (2.5 kgs or 5.5 lbs to go 'til it's official, no matter what anyone says, I'll be...

Thank you everyone for dropping by....I've just spent the past 15 minutes crying because of the lovely comments left on my diary and on here! You guys have all given me so much inspiration, hope, love and support.....and it's changed my life! I've always been a pretty happy, easy-going chicky...

Thank you, Mich, thank you, thank you, thank you!

Lovely Karen....thank you...! I was thinking of you when I posted these earlier, remember I told you about hubby gawping at your before and after pics when I first started saying 'WOW, how soon can you start? When I showed him these this morning he told me that 'someone else's hubby is gonna...

Thank you Kaz....and you are mine too....I still remember reading your story about the old guy at the bus stop....way back when I first started and thinking...'go girl, you can do it!'

Lorraine, I am sat here crying, thank you so much for dropping by and for the most beautiful comments. I read your post to here with a grin that grew and grew on my face.... .....but when I got to this part.. I just lost it and burst into tears......hubby is still looking at me like I've...

School Summer Ball June '08 February '08 June '07 Feb '08 Feb '08 Still have 21 lbs to go to goal, but I thought I'd share these now. After pics are all taken with my camera phone so a little dark.

School Summer Ball June '08 February '08 June '07 Feb '08 Feb '08

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Eurcghhhh!!!! I'll explain that! Managed to go skiing yesterday. Got to the resort about 10ish and got a couple of hours worth in, but the snow was a bit slushy and really uneven so I was being extra careful, no speed demon trickery from me, not yesterday anyhows! :) I actually spent...

:o Thanks!!! Mmm...I think I know what you mean. I know I have more than 6 lbs to go, more like 20 lbs, but even with that amount, I like at my naked self and think that it's gonna take a lot more than that!!! Clothed, I think I look pretty good!!!:D Oh, poor darling. I so hope that he...

I've been trying to figure this out for quite some time too!! Thanks Puggso for asking and Irene for explaining, hopefully I'm not so dim that I can't follow instructions!!! Oh Dear.....

Eh, 12 lb according to my ticker (I want to be normal by Easter!) .....:confused::confused::D

Sorry for the confusion guys. I do my maths at every weigh in!!! (My scales only weigh in KGS but my brain still works in stones!) 1 kg = 2.2 lbs So yep, 11lb to go. (Lost 3lb last week before joining this thread. Originally wanted to lose 14lb) Well done on your losses girls. It'll all...

Hi Dawn, I have missed you! You are doing great too, 11lbs to go, good luck for that off by easter. Love to you

So it's Thursday......nearly Friday, where did the week go? yawnnnnn Supposed to be going skiing at the weekend but the weather has been so warm that the snow may have melted, need to contact the resort to find out, ah well......will have to find something else out-doorsy to do. I love...

My daily jump on the scales this week have made me very happy, but I will not record or move my ticker until Sunday morning, my official weekly weigh-in....don't want to tempt fate! Day 5, is it? I have nibbled some bean sprouts this evening, ah well!!! OK so my waste story. I was talking...

And, by the way, not sure whether I told you this before but when I started doing CD and my hubby saw your before and after pics, he was absolutely gobsmacked. You really, really don't look like the same person....YOUR A BLACKWOOD STUNNER!!!

Think I just did it!!!!

And a Happy Saint Davids day to you too!!!! Thanks for popping by Mich, I need to find your diary to see how things are going with you! I'm a very sporadic post-er, 2.5 year olds don't care much for their Mammy's spending hours on Minimins!!!!:mad:

Still don't have the 'quote' thing down....:o

Thanks for popping by Cat, I've been reading some more of your posts and you really do have such a beautiful heart. My bed is a-yelling, and my belly is a-grumbling, so nighty night all!

My absolute favourite. If it was all I could eat for the rest of my days, I think I'd be happy :rolleyes: Not spicy, fruity taste, kind of like a mild Thai cocunut curry. Yum.....

Name: Paula Height: 5'7" Start weight: 16st 13lb Target weight: 10st 3lb Current weight: 12st 2lb Diet: Started CD September '07. SS'ed to Christmas, broke for 3 weeks, ss'ed for one month, stopped for 3 weeks at Chinese New Year, back ss'ing this week. 2 Weeks Ago 01:31 AM

I'd like to join you guys, but must apologise in advance for not posting as much as I should....I blame it on being too busy, but I'm certain it's 'cos I'm LAZZZZZYYYYY!!!! I have challenged myself to be 'NORMAL' for the first time in my adult life by March 23rd. I was 77. something (kgs) at...

Eiriana Mehefin Zhou

Had planned the name quite early on in my pregnancy, but it was solidified by a freak snow-storm a couple of weeks before she was born.....in June!!!! I love her name and wish I had something more interesting, and of course Welsh!!! Get your leeks and Daffs out for Saturday sweetie!

Just had a couple of florets of broccolli and some Chinese Cabbage!!:whoopass:

Day 3, 7pm....and feeling pretty good. Neary ate my hand in the car on the way home from work.....Eiriana had a pack of fruit pastilles and I oh-so wanted to gobble them, but I bit my hand instead!!!! Bit of a grumbly tummy but nothing too major, nothing like when I restarted after Christmas...

Day 2 of SS.....mmmmmmmm......I'm feeling a little hungry!!! Not too bad, I'm sat here getting inspiration from all the fantastic people here and drinking my cuppa oolong......really good one! Had a good day at school, I'm feeling quite stressed and I'm not quite sure what the problem is. We...

Well now you guys know why I so desperatley needed to find CD....and what I've been wearing for the past 10 years!!!! :D

I've just got off from Skype with my mam and dad. I haven't spoken to them properly for quite a while 'cos of the holidays and visitors. We spoke for well over an hour and nearer the end of the converstaion mam told me that her and dad were getting really fed up because they had been yo-yoing...

Loving having my photo taken, I haven't deleted/edited a photo of myself for ages, and I don't hide behind people anymore!

Fabulous Thread! Mmmm........This could take a while! The incresed energy The 10 people per day who tell me how beautiful I am (I'm not bitter, I don't question 'was I not beautiful before'!) Shopping in normal UK stores and even being able to shop in Chinese shops! Being able to go skiing...

Hi Sarah, Just caught up with your diary. I've had a mad couple of weeks, not been dieting and not been minimining! You sound great, really positive and happy. The water retention can really play head games eh? While I haven't really been dieting, different foods with different salt levels...

Hi Puggso, Just skimmed over the past few pages of your diary and you sound like your doing fab! Well done you!

OH gosh, I've just got myself composed, reading your last post I lost iyt a little too.....I agree with Barb, I think that hug will stay with him for a long time and he may have released something that too many people keep inside for far too long Love to you you are a wonderful woman

So, it's Sunday again. My in-laws left late Thursday night, hubby took me out for dinner on Friday night and we had a lovely family day yesterday - exposing my 2.5 year old to sexy arabic snake women (:o)and belly dancing at Afunti - crazy muslim fun restaurant! I had planned to eat today too...

Hello Lady Dis, Just a quick stop over, things are a bit crazy around here, so I will catch up with you big time at the weekend or early next week. Hope that you're doing well, miss you loads! Week 8, are you still feeling icky? Swimming would be really good as the weeks pass. Has your gym...

Scales this morning weighed in at 78.4 KGS. So that's what my ticker will be set at. Have a new goal to be 'Normal' by easter. 6.4 kgs..... Had lots of water today, packs for breakfast and lunch and a dinner of tofu, mushrooms, summer gourd, beef (:o) and yellow peppers for dinner. No rice...

Hello All....... .....all is well in The Jing. I've been off CD now for two whole weeks, eating quite a fair amount, but trying to stay as sensible as possible and STOPPING WHEN I'M FULL (well trying to! a novelty for me, I need practice!) Jumped on the scales yesterday morning, 78 kgs, a gain...

Hey Candice! Missed you, oh so! Very happy for you guys though! Well the fireworks have started big time, I have a few minutes here, Eiriana is having a nap, Xiao Zhou is writing our 'dui lian' to put on the door to ward off evil spirits and welcome the good one's, and I need to have a bath...

Hi Sue, I am so very, very happy for you. All of your hard work will be well worth it when you go to the hospital! Good luck with everything, you really do deserve it! Love

Go Puggso, Chicken and Rucola salad....mmmmmmm Have a great day!

As always, thanks for dropping by and supporting Dawn. You really are such a great rock for me! Hope you are doing well....love to you

Holidays....ahhhh.....I can spend lots of time on minimins, analysing my life and my losses so far, and what I hope to aim! I have 5 kgs (11 lbs) to go to NORMAL BMI. Have to have a new mini-goal, shall start it after the holidays....mmmmm 5kgs, (not planning to put on ANY weight over these...

Hi Wobbly, This is the third time that I've tried to reply to your thread, both times before laptop has run out of battery and I've just given up and gone to bed! I'm plugged into mains today, so hopefully today I can finish! I was so excited for you when I read the post that you had made the...

Hi Puggso, Your plan sounds positive and very do-able! Just stick to it, give the pints a miss (:D) and you'll be at goal - with no problem - by your graduation. I'd try and avoid the pasta and sandwiches though as they may spark more hunger pangs and cravings. Maybe fill up on a huge green...

Good Morning all! (Well, it's evening here for me now!) Hope that you are all having fabulous Mondays, blue skies, always make them easier, but smiling and singing in the rain can get you off to the right start too!;) I started a two week holiday on Friday, and today was spent lazing and...