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Well it has been an awful long time since i was on here and i've reached that point again where im a little over my goal weight and need to get back on track. Its been a hectic few months with completing my PhD (im now a Dr of soil :) not that im proud at all), moved house, had an awful temp job...

Happy new year nettie. Only 1/2lb over goal here too :D was convinced id done damage over christmas after getting back to goal so im chuffed at moment.

Thanks it has been a tough month but hopefully picking myself up now. Christmas is going to be interesting im due to hand in my phd on 22nd so after that will definetly need to celebrate a bit!

Thanks yes trying to see the positives in everything at the moment only way through such a tough time. And being back at goal is a definite positive!

Thanks mums on the mend i hope! We'll see still not completely right yet. Couldnt afford new trousers unfortunately had to settle for a mad dash to the shops for a belt instead! But will remember to buy a new pair before the next time! Good luck with that 2 and half pounds. And with getting to...

Been quite a while since i checked in on here and i am back to my goal weight :D Unfortunately that came about because of 2 weeks of hell. My granddad died 2 weeks ago and then my mum was taken seriously ill so food kind of became an after thought. So i'm pleased to be back at goal just not...

Not a bad day so far. Food wise have kept within my points (well i will have dinner is still cooking). Having thai green curry for tea which is something i havent tried before so could be interesting. Feeling a little better about things today. Been feeling a bit down because of the stress of 6...

And tomorrow is a new day. For a few weeks now i've been aware ive put on some weight again. I've been trying to get back on track and lost a couple of pounds (am about 6-8lb over my goal weight now) but the last 3 days have been disastorous. Brought unhealthy (and expensive) sandwiches. But not...

I was surprised at how filling it was actually. I like my meat so having a meal without was a bit strange for me but was lovely and filling too. I use Philly a lot it makes a good meal :D

Saw this on TV at the weekend and thought id give it a try and it was lovely and low points so thought id share. ingredients: Butternut squash Mushrooms Onion Spray oil Salt and pepper Creme fraiche Lemon juice Herbs (they suggested tarragon but i used rosemary) Cut the top of the butternut...

Yes i have my little card i got with the gold pack with 5 weigh ins signed off for this year in those first few months of 2011. Ideally i would have spread them through the year but life has taken over at the moment. Hopefully in a few months will have a bit more time to go back more regularly

Yeah i will email them because its been well 10 months of maintaining now. I havent been to a meeting since april but went between november and april when i was maintaining so should definetly have had one by now. Will give them an email in a bit. cheers guys.

Actually i dont remember ever getting mine. I may have to go back to the meeting and ask the leader about that. I got the pack when i reached gold and a temporary card but not sure i got the proper one.

Evening all. Not posted for a while but i've been lurking. So i still havent actually lost any of the weight ive put on over gold but then i havent gained any more either which is good. Im trying to get back on a good footing now but then life steps in and makes it difficult. But im back to...

Fruit juice is a good way to use some points. When i first reached goal weight i was struggling to maintain and my points were upped to a point i couldnt find ways to use all the points so my leader suggested fruit juice because then you arent eating something but you're still using points.

Tried the tikka masala and have to say it was fantastic. Best home made curry ive made. Completely forgot the creme fraiche first time and was still lovely. Going to have to try the pasanda at some point that looks awesome too. Thanks for sharing these recipes

Time to give myself a kick up the backside. Due to a busy weekend and lots of eating out and lack of motivation this week have manage to put on 4lbs! Im now 6lb above goal :sigh: need to get back on track again.

Just checking in to say hi. Not been well all week and i have a tendency to feed colds when i have them so have been eating badly all week but then i also figure when you arent well you're body craves what it needs......even if that is pastry and cheese :lol: Nice one yummymummy and many happy...

Tesco version of cheesestrings are 2 points each or 2 for 3 points am a little bit addicted to these now Coco pops cereal bars are 2pp and found today toasting waffles are 3pp's. They're sweet waffle things that are in the bread/cake aisle and you toast them, gives a nice sweet snack Have a...

Thats a great idea sam. I'm going to adopt that one i think. I suppose i think of my original goal weight as that anyway but thinking of it like that may give me the kick up the backside to stop eating :D Had a bit of a funny day today had my usual breakfast and lunch but by 3 oclock was...

*Waves back at sam* welcome. I feel that pain Sam i yoyoed for about 4 months before things started to stabilise. Its difficult. I think the key is to not think too much about the odd lb here and there because your body fluctuates anyway. I decided to stop tracking and ignore things and ended...

Ah its dufficult when life gets busy but hope the party went well and the end of school.

How are all the goldies doing this week? I put on last week but lost again this week so im still 2lb over my goal but on my way back to where i should be. Back tracking consistently this week too so fingers crossed i'll be back at goal soon :D

Haha i know that feeling all too well. I think its because when you're maintaining there is no set plan to follow its all about how your body naturally reacts to food etc and going from a very controlled system of a set number of points to a relaxed setting where you can eat more takes time to...

Its difficult though isnt it yummymummy because you end up thinking of your lowest weight as where you should be. Im currently 2lb over my goal because ive gone off track a bit, but in my head im now about 8lb heavier than i should be because i lost a further 6lb on top of my goal. So i should...

It certainly does. And it did give me some motivation to get back to my goal again and stay there. Had a look at some old photos too and its quite amazing how much difference it has made loosing the weight. Sometimes need to be reminded why you did it and how much good its done :D

I've just weighed myself (now have something else to do on a wednesday which conflicts with weigh in) and i've lost 2lb :D so im now only 2lb over my goal weight. Went to visit some family earlier in the week too and they commented on how i was looking well and my mum commented on how im keeping...

Exactly! When you're loosing weight you control what you eat, when you gain weight generally its from eating more than you need to but staying the same weight is such a balancing act.

I had the same problem to start with. I kept loosing and no matter how many points id eat i still couldnt maintain. I think i was up to 39 in the end plus weeklies which was ridiculous and felt too much. I ended up about 6lb under my gold and it took about 2months for my weight to stabilise and...

Hi fellow goldie. I reached my gold weight last November. Unfortunately im about 4lbs over my gold right now and cant seem to get myself back on track. I just seem to do nothing but eat again. How are you finding maintaining? Are you managing to stay on track?

You're welcome. I like veggie burgers and pleased to find a recipe for some so thought id share :D

I brought a new cookbook last week and made these veggie burgers and they were awesome. Much nicer than the processed ones you get in the shops and reasonably low in propoints too so thought id share. The recipe says makes 4 burgers but these were massive burgers so you could probably get 6-8...

Thanks Rusticblonde glad im not alone. Im still cant seem to stop myself eating for the sake of it at the moment. Have been trying to control my eating this week and i lost 1/2 lb so i just need to be a bit stricter. Just got to keep positive and know that we can do it :D

Well i've been lurking round the maintenance part for a while and well i need a kick up the backside now to stop eating stupidly again. Basically i lost 2 stone and reached my goal weight last November. Between november and march i kept loosing weight even though i was upping what i was eating...

Its funny it took me a long time to get used to skimmed but now i find semi skimmed too creamy as well. It just doesnt seem right in a cup of tea now but it took a long time to get used to drinking skimmed in the first place.

Its near the top of the boards under diaries i think. I've had a look on there before some interesting stuff but its not as active as other parts of the forum.

Because i'm very short to be within the healthy BMI i would have to be very small i think top end BMI is 8stone something for someone my height and that felt far too small. When we were setting my gold weight my leader asked what i wanted as my goal so i set it as 10stone. I got down to 9 stone...

Thats an hour done todya for me. Miss Mango: 18 hours - 5 hours, 10 mins done Samprand: 20 hours - 0 done Shazzabir: 10 hours - 0 done Hippogirl: 12 hours - 2 hours 40 mins done Judimac: 15 hours - 2 hour 8 mins done Owls4Eva: 10 hours - 0 done Katiegibs: 12 hours - 0 done Temmytango: 20...

Thats 40 minutes for me today on step, cycling and hula hooping. Temmy i've updated you. To change you just copy and paste the list into your new post and change your numbers. Not sure if its the same on a phone if you're using a phone maybe someone else will be able to tell you. Miss Mango...

I started weightwatchers last summer so did a couple of months on the old discover plan and then switched to propoints when it was introduced and i reached my goal weight last November and lost a bit more since then. I was on 29 points and used to use them all and all of my weeklies and was...

Oooh im up for giving this a go used to enjoy playing on the wii and need to get into a routine of excercising again. Think i'll start at 10 hours this month. Miss Mango: 18 hours - 2 hours, 40 mins done Samprand: 20 hours - 0 done Shazzabir: 10 hours - 0 done Hippogirl: 12 hours - 2 hour...

Wow was it really January when i last checked into my diary? Where does the time go. Well i am happy to say i am today still at exactly 10stone. That was my goal weight and although in the last month or so i had noticed my jeans were much tighter and i was actually at 10st 4lb a couple of weeks...

I'm so glad im not the only one who has days like this. They tend to be days when im bored and i know full well i arent actually hungry but will still eat anything and everything in sight!!

Just finished day 2. Really did not want to do it today and predictably was aching from day 1 in top of my legs and my chest but i decided i was going to do it and once i got into it i enjoyed it. Thoroughly exhausted again now.

Well i just started the first day of this. I have had the dvd for a week but not had time to have a go. So level 1 today and i have to say im exhausted now. It really did push you but didnt feel that bad at the time and i dont ache yet......that'll come tomorrow i expect but i am shattered.

ah 13 wasnt far off. Yeah i had to go for a meal there before christmas but i ended up having pasta as it was a reasonably cheap option in terms of points. Hope you find something nice to eat :D

I know what you mean i cant work it out either. Particularly when a big mac is actually much less in points its 9 (could be wrong there but i remember thinking it was a big difference) or something isnt it? How can the TGI one which doesnt seem much more than that be so many more points!!!

TGI's has some really high point stuff, think some of the pastas are relatively low though. Burgers were terrible, i had one without thinking and it worked out to be 73 points or something stupid! Had to write off that day completely! The guide has quite a few of the dishes in though so im sure...

Ive been having this problem because im now trying to maintain so my points have been upped dramatically. My leader suggested fruit juice to me this week because i cant find any more to eat. Its points but its not massive points and you then dont feel your eating and eating and eating. Might be...

Well happy new year. And another weigh in. And another 1lb off. I do not know how this has happened. I ate badly over christmas, i put on 5lb when i got back and then lost all motivation so ate appaulingly. Then i got back on track and have eaten all of my points, went over 3 days as well. And i...

Worked out Pepparami mini at 1 point each :D Satisfied my savoury craving and are on offer in tesco at the moment.

Thanks RhiBro tomorrows a new day and i will start it positively and fingers crossed will get back on track :D. I think im just caught in a downward spiral at the moment but i did track today and didnt go over my points so thats a start and before long i'll be back on track again.

Im glad im not the only one thanks Tracer and you're right onwards and upwards! I think the problem is so many people use new year to think about loosing weight and theres a lot of talk in the office about loosing weight and i was already feeling down about it so that made it worse and i know it...

Evening people so i'm looking for any tips to get me back on track again now. I reached my goal weight a few weeks before christmas and my points were upped to maintain. First week i lost 1 and a half lb's. So upped points again. Next week i stayed the same so was pleased. Following week lost...

Well another week and another 0.5lb off. Desperately trying to kerb the loosing but doesnt seem to be working. I've eaten a lot of rubbish this last week and im on a lot of points now but i cant seem to kerb it!!! Oh well its christmas now so hopefully it'll even out over the next couple of...

I've just started trying to maintain, i was told to add 3 points the first week, but i carried on loosing. So added another 3 the next week. Managed to stay the same that week so we're staying on an extra 6 points this week and if i gain we'll take 1 off and see what happens then. Its a juggling...

Well another week and i kind of lost all hope this week. Gave up tracking, ate appaulingly and just had enough. And this week i stay the same! I seriously ate wayyyyy too much and absolute rubbish and i stay the same. This just doesnt seem right. But well we'll have to see. Im going to get back...

Thanks for the encouraging words. Yep it might have been my body catching up only lost 0.5lb the week before when i was good. I've been on a bit of a downward spiral the last few days, havent been tracking, have been eating anything and everything and just havent been good. But im trying to get...

Well my first week of maintaining......and i've lost 1.5lb. How did that happen? I ate every single point this week! Daily+my extra 3 per day and my weekly points!!!! I feel like all ive done is eat this week and still i managed to loose. Dont get me wrong im not complaining and im still above...

Thanks i am extremely pleased! Its a lovely feeling! I will try asda again when i get paid on wednesday! Went there a couple of weeks ago and nothing i really liked but they might have new stuff in by now!

Congratulations and enjoy your meal out :D

Thanks still feels very good :D

And im there!! Goal weight reached!!! I only lost 0.5lbs this week but i reached my goal. Im so pleased! Id still like a couple more pounds off but im so happy to have got there. So i got my little certificate and keyring from the meeting tonight and lots of congratulations. And told to add...

Thankyou :D

Thankyou its such a nice feeling and am very proud of getting there.

Thankyou!! Yes heres to it staying off this time round!! And thankyou Kagome. Im very pleased.

Thankyou! This time i will keep it off!! Last time i moved to uni the week after i reached goal and life turned upside down so i put it all back on, then i lost it all again between finishing uni and starting my phd and had put it back on in the last 2 years doing my phd so this time i want to...

For the second time ive now reached my goal weight! I only lost 0.5lb tonight but im still over the moon. Still want to loose a little more but im so happy right now :D

Ah nice one. I've heard of Hepworth brass but no idea why. Well its good to meet a fellow band geek on here!

Its been years since i saw a coat i like so am very happy with it! I've tried everywhere i can think of for jeans, unfortunately i usually have to buy expensive ones in next or places like that because the short sizes in most shops arent short enough!!! I got a pair in sainsburys last night...

What about yourself?

Some days are just like that. I had one on wednesday i just didnt fancy anything to eat. Had to force myself to eat something and managed to eat most of my points but i didnt actually want anything. Make sure you get some food in you but dont force yourself to eat for no reason. I'm sure you'll...

Congratulations on the willpower Dharma! I am proud of myself this week (well technically just over a week ago) for defending my work in my annual review meeting at university and being allowed to progress to the final year of my PhD :D

Ooooh thankyou! Yep im almost there! Sneakily weighed myself earlier and am below 10st! But we'll see what the official weigh in on wednesday brings but its looking good. Am off out for dinner tomorrow so may go down hill by that point! So pleased to be almost there and have had so many...

Oooh other band geeks *waves*

Well tonight im having home made burger and roast Gnocchi. Mum showed me how to do the roast gnocchi and is fantastic and a nice alternative to chips. 11 points in total for the burger and Gnocchi :D

I had a similar problem last week couldnt find something in any of the books. When i asked my leader about alcohol points she said that we cant work them out ourselves because its a complex way alcohol is included in the calculation but most of the main drinks had beeen done in the shop guide...

Hi it was about £5 i think in boots, cant remember sorry but it wasnt that expensive because im a skint student and wouldnt have been able to afford it. They do 2 strengths a 5% and a 10% one id say start with the 5% which is what i did and has been fantastic. Just looked on boots website and...

Theres a cream you can get over the counter in the chemist called Quinoderm which has this in as well. I had terrible acne since the age of 11 and i'm now 25 and it was getting ridiculous. My doctor kept telling me id grow out of it then i heard of this cream and thought its worth a try as most...

Our meeting has been running out of your weeks for a few weeks but we've had a sudden surge in members and they havent upped the quota our leader gets sent. Im usually early enough to get one but this week i was late so i missed out :mad:

Well tonight for the first time in ages im having cauliflower cheese with tesco chipolatas :D Have avoided cheese since starting weightwatchers because it was such a large proportion of my daily points before but tonight i can have some cheese and not go completely off track so decided i wanted...

Thankyou :D am very happy. And well done to everyone else :D

i lost 1.5lb and considering i used my entire 29points each day and my entire 49 weekly points as well as 16 activity points (its been a week of celebrations and i went home and my mother wanted to feed me up :D) im very impressed. I'm now only 0.5lbs from my gold target :D and i have to say...

Another week gone and another 1.5lbs gone :D So this new weightwatchers plan seems to have worked its magic. Considering i know i didnt eat particularly well all week but because the new plan includes extra points to spend on treats i didnt go over my daily or weekly points and i still managed...

Ah that would explain it. Havent read the pocket guide thoroughly yet. Have to estimate whether my wine is a dry, medium or sweet wine then as it doesnt say which it is on the label and was a gift off a friend. Or more likely i'll end up just using the highest value.

I did the same thing on thursday wanted to work out points of a pint of guiness, found all the nutritional info and it came out as 0 points but yet half a pint in the eating out guide is 3 points, in the food guide its 3 points and i dont know about esource but i expect it is. I cannot get my...

I've ended up using quite a few of my weekly points this week but i had a big review of my work so needed to celebrate. have to say it was lovely to go out and have dinner and something to drink and know im still within my limits. Little apprehensive about how much i'll have lost though feel ive...

Ok ok was in a foul mood last night had a big meeting today which decided if id progressed enough to carry on for a 3rd year and luckily i have :D tonight obviously wanted to celebrate and totting up my propoints for the day and choosing wisely i have enough points for dinner and now have...

Ok very quick update as i have a stresshead on about work and a big meeting tomorrow. Lost 1.5lb this week. Not bad going. Pleased im getting there. Almost at goal 2lb to go. Got all the new propoint stuff. Looks much more complicated but i'll look at it tomorrow properly when ive calmed down...

Thankyou ever so much for that. Now i can have a nose around and see what i can have for that :D

Can i ask one of the lovely people with a calculator to work out my propoint allowance for me as well please? Because im impatient and cant wait until my meeting on wednesday now :D. Im 25 years old, currently 10st3.5 and height is 4'11'' and im female. Id be interested to see how many im going...

I tried doing it at home to start with but just kept loosing a few pounds then putting it back on. I did weightwatchers a few years ago before i started uni but over the last few years put it all back on. Then saw a friend in summer who had lost a phenomenal amount of weight and decided with...

Mines Wednesday PM too. I tend to take the thursday as Day 1 each week because by the time i get to the meeting at 6.30 on a wednesday most of the day is gone so i wouldnt have been able to count it in the new way until after then and may have chosen things which arent good on the new plan so...

I've been following this thread for a while now so time i said hello. Hello all. I was a bit apprehensive about this change initially (i dont like change!) but the last couple of weeks i've hit a bit of a plateau so maybe this is exactly what i need. Our leader asked if we had any questions...

Well its been a stressful few days but today the sun is shining and i feel much more motivated. Got some fancy tea (which always makes me smile) and a day ahead of me. Think i'll get the wii out and do something a bit more active today. We'll see. But feeling much more positive after wednesday...

It's that time of week again. So this week has been bad, ate out numerous times over the weekend and just couldnt get back on track. But i still managed 1/2 a pound off this week. Scales were flickering between staying the same and half a pound off but leader put it down as half a pound. And got...

Just back from weigh in and i've lost another 3lb :D very pleased. Was expecting a bad week hadnt been particularly good so am over the moon. Leader was not best pleased she seemed annoyed id lost 3lb this week. But averaged out i've consistently lost 2lb a week since the second week. That was...

so this week has turned into an awful one just everythign seems to be going badly. But i have kept on top of my eating other than saturday night. I have to say over the last few weeks i have turned to food less when feeling emotional. And i have noticed i feel less hungry and eat less through...

Oh dear. Last night was not a good night for sticking to the diet. Had a bad day and then a friend came over so had some wine and popcorn. Which turned into a lot of wine and popcorn :sigh: So today with a cracking hangover am trying to get back on the wagon. One slip up is ok but letting that...

So this week i lost 1lb. Bit less than other weeks but as i was reminded that is still a loss and i am well on my way to my goal weight. So i have to be positive about it :D So thats 18lb in total i've lost now :D Had a good day today, had a bagel for breakfast and soup for lunch. Had a ready...

Twas the night before weigh in and all through the house........ Well this week has been ok, not as good as other weeks because ive been ill and when im ill i comfort eat. So has been a fair bit of that this week but in general i think i stuck to my points so i should have lost! But we'll see...

I dont know anything about the new plans really just that last week our leader said to make sure we were here on the week of the 7th November. So someone asked why and she wouldnt say and they trhen said theyre changing the system again arent they and she gave a smirk and said dont worry you'll...

Ok so it's been a long time since i last came on here. I kind of lost my motivation because once more life took over. But in August went to a friends wedding and met another friend havent seen for 2 years. She looked fab had lost a lot of weight and really looked good and said she'd been doing...

Its very tough when things are busy. Stupid thing is they sent us all on a stress training course last week in which they told us to make time for excercise but then proceeded to tell us its very hard to find the time when your studying and they had no tips on managing to find time. Hadnt...

Yep shes totally mad. Its too much too soon but she wont listen, you have to build slowly she has been doing no excercise for years so you cant just suddenly do all that. But she wont listen so what can you do. Definetly worth doing something a bit more active for me but not that amount hehe...

So another week over and not been a great one. But i have managed to loose 1lb! I need to be a bit more active again but its suddenly gone all manic with work at the moment which isnt helping but i need to build in some time to go and do more active things like walking. Especially if i'm going...

Thanks Pink. Im pleased too. Who knows what this week will bring. Have eaten reasonably well so far this week so fingers crossed should be another good week. Need to get back in the gym or walking routine though!

Thanks im really pleased. I was a bit down with a lot of other things that had happened this week and even went for a few drinks on friday night so if it had gone badly again i wouldnt have been surprised so im very happy :D

And its that time of the week again. Time to face the scales and see if i've managed to loose any of the 5lbs i put on last week. Fingers crossed i have. Woohoo i've lost 4 of those 5lbs this week! So im almost back to where i was. Now i can start being positive again about it, get my bum to...

haha sorry i play in a brass band so its a brass band concert. Nowhere near as exciting but i enjoy playing and is an escape from everyday life. Like i say nowhere near as cool as any other concert but i enjoy it.

Thanks Ria, yeah we avoid the chinese usually and i dont like indian much so thats no problem its more that most menus have an array of things i want much more than a salad. But then how much do i want to loose weight, it should be more than the craving for the nice food on the menu. Nope not...

Lots of fieldwork and a concert on friday so busy busy busy. Keeps me occupied though and get to spend time outside (even if the forecast is for rain!)

Thanks, and yep i know its a tough road. Last week was just a hectic week and this week is as well with a fieldtrip in the middle of it, which is never good for the diet because you end up eating whatever you can whenever you can but going to try very hard to choose sensibly!

Another week down and its time for the dreaded weigh in. I don't think ive done well at all this week. Have gorged on rubbish, had an insanely busy week and not made it to the gym. So im not holding out hope for any losses. Right time to face the scales! ok so that was dreadful ive put on 5lbs...

And we're into another week. I've not done too badly today in that i havent eaten anything terrible, but i have eaten a lot. Lots of lower calorie things but the excessive snacking needs to stop. I arent even hungry its a boredom thing! Havent been to the gym today either because i had a bad day...

Well this week ended disasterously. A friend of mine had a really bad day and asked did i want to go for dinner, ended up scoffing chinese and then had a few drinks :sigh: prolem is i think this friend is a saboteur it sounds daft, but she is more overweight than i am and is constantly talking...

Darn it! Caved at the cinema. I had been doing so well, went to walk straight past the confectionery stands and got to the door only to be told they hadnt finished cleaning yet so i had to wait. And that waiting in the lobby meant i was surrounded by food. And brought m&m's. Ate about 1/4 of a...

Another good day. Although only did 30 mins at the gym tonight its better than nothing. Brought lots of lovely fruit for snackages and think distraction is the way forward so off to the cinema to distract myself!

Thanks Minusfour lettuce was very good had some rocket mixed in too which had a bit of a kick to it.....bit too much of a kick :8855: Todays been another successful day avoiding bad foods, no gym today and am still pooped from yesterday actually!

Hi Minusfour, i'll be weighing in weekly. Dont intend to count calories for now i find it tedious working out exactly how many calories something is but i will be keeping a close eye on what im eating, trying to make better choices. Last night was ok, had an orange and a yoghurt in the end so...

I've just posted in the introductions board but this is going to be my very own weight loss diary. I'm hoping it will give me some motivation to keep it up, make me stop and think before i fall off the wagon and inspire me to keep going. I will warn you all i had one of these when i was learning...

Hi I'm mim This isn't the first time i've attempted to loose weight, throughout my teen years my weight gained but i stopped gettting any taller! So 4 years ago before i went to university i joined a weightwatchers class and went from 11st4lb to 10st2lb. I was extremely proud of myself. Then...