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  1. J

    hello minimins ...again ...hello cambridge ...again

    Woah! Are you me? I just read your first post and you're not the only one who's surprised at how quiet it is here compared to 2006! I myself lost 3.5 or so stone in 2006 and was on here ALL THE TIME. I made a fair few diet friends actually. I wonder how they are all doing now. I have...
  2. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    No WI on Thursday. Just too demoralised at the moment. But I HAVE to WI this week....
  3. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    I did WI on Thursday, just forgot to update. An annoying STS. My birthday this weekend so there's gonna be no chance of a loss next week! Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins.com
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    Thursday weigh ins??

    Well done Stuart. What's your plan for maintenance once you're at goal? I went back to 10 stone on a naughty hop on on Saturday but my fresh start yesterday was ruined by an entire bottle of accidental wine and now I'm hung over I just want to eat rubbish!!!! Sent from my iPhone using...
  5. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    Absolutely terribly. It's a disaster. 3lb on this week, no excuses (ie TOTM) and I have eaten just cake all day (I was helping bake for work) plus a banana and a pack of hula hoops. Sabotage central!!!! I suppose I have barely been out with the dog at all the last week due to working late and I...
  6. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    Stuart - are you TS'ing with your BMI at 25? Only that would really make me feel ill so you must be stronger than me!!
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    Thursday weigh ins??

    Heatwave you're doing amazingly well and you will be totally at weight for your wedding - well done you. I think I've been just under or just over 10 stone forever now. But to be honest I'm not really following it still and if I can dort of maintain then that's something at least. Maybe the...
  8. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    Too scared last week to weigh and then had extended birthday celebrations for my boyfriend but did manage to keep up with dog walking and did choose sushi for dinner out in London. 10 stone this week so +1lb. Seem to have stabilised around this weight - annoying as I want the extra push for...
  9. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    An inexplicable -3lb loss this week despite feeling very bloated. And despite the huge amount I ate at the weekend. Perhaps walking the dog again helps, even if it's only 30 mins?! Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins.com
  10. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    Eeeek. Sorry, I forgot to report. I weighed in on Friday again. It's all going so horribly wrong. Last Wednesday I ate lots so tried to "get away" with an extra day by avoiding the scales Thursday morning but then ended up going out for dinner Thursday as well. I manned up and stood on the...
  11. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    Hmmmm. I grow increasingly suspicious of my scales!!! I have had a two week break due to Christmas, but it felt like longer! Needless to say I ate and drank everything in the world, for an extended period. But this morning the scales claim I am still 10 stone, as I was just before Christmas...
  12. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    +1lb last week. Shocking considering my Xmas eating has well ad truly started. 10 stone now and not weighing in this week. Have only eaten chocolate and a banana today...
  13. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    WI on Friday instead of Thursday. 1lb on to 9 st 13 lbs. Not too much to drink this weekend but made up for it with unhealthy eating... Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins.com
  14. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    A very, very suspcious 4lb loss this week (WI on Friday) - do not trust this at all although to be fair, it said the same weight about 5 times. If I'm 9 stone 12lb, as my scales claim, then I reckon I must have shrunk by a foot as it's the only explanation. On the plus side I definitely DID...
  15. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    +1lb this week :( Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins.com
  16. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    I faced them today despite eating a HUGE bowl of stew last night. For the first 3 times they said 3lb LOSS to 9st 12!!!!!!! Still didn't trust them though so weighed again and they said 10st 1 - STS and much more inclined to believe although feel so huge at the mo (TOTM). Heatwave? X Sent...
  17. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    Hmm. I sort of forgot to WI and sort of didn't want to. Also I had a huge sausage roll yesterday. Tonight I'm having one of the new chocolate puddings :) also discovered I like lemon bars hurrah! I get so sick of the products so quickly... Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins.com
  18. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    Yeah weekends get me every time but you gotta live! Anyway you lost 45lbs and have so little to go so give yourself a break! :)
  19. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    All 4lbs off this week and back to 10st 1lb yippee!! Just want to get 2 more off and into the 9s. I'm making this unnecessarily long (at least I'm getting an idea of how to maintain-ish!). Heatwave you still on a roll? x
  20. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    I was a very brave girl and weighed in. Although I am now playing "guess the weight". I started off as 10 stone 1lb in the dining room which is definitely not correct so moved it to the kitchen and bathroom where I was 10 stone 5lb, which I'm taking as my weight. Funnily enough I weighed...
  21. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    Well I finally manned up. I hadn't weighed since 09/10 and I was determined this morning. However, after the problems I had had before, and after cleaning my bathroom the other day and realising quite how wonky my floor is and why this was causing my scales to go really funny I tried to find...
  22. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    Ooh ps I had the sausage mix tonight and anyone else think it looks like you're cooking a poo? Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins.com
  23. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    I have to admit I couldn't face it. I hate those scales and I'm just so disappointed with all my recent results. I'm due on as well and it's not being going great since last Thursday. To cap it off I was in a serious car accident on Saturday (I'm uninjured but it was quite traumatic) so I just...
  24. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    I explained to my neighbour and she says she will give me her scales. I might put them in the spare room where they can stay on the same place. But is it really just all about the scales...?! It's gone a bit wrong since yesterday's disappointment but a couple of blips shouldn't do to much...
  25. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Bluergh. Now the double caramel kit Kat chunky on the other hand that slipped in earlier.... Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins.com
  26. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Ewww. That red berry bar was amongst one of the most revolting things I've put in my mouth... Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins.com
  27. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    Well my boss stopped me spectacularly falling off the wagon and gave me an instant porridge as she said it would be better than a mc flurry which I was about to get, breaking my diet AND my two year moratorium on McDonald's! Don't feel so bad now but might have a glass of wine tonight... Sent...
  28. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    I am sick to death of my scales today and sick to death of this diet :/ The stupid scales go funny every time I put them down on the floor and it's not the batteries as they have been replaced - it must be the wonky floor. I know it's not that much of a biggie but if it's making the difference...
  29. J

    Porridge!

    I don't mean to sound obvious but have you tried adding less water?
  30. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Ooh raspberry porridge was nicer than expected. Which is just as well as I'm sort of going off all the flavours one by one :(
  31. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    That's the spirit! And I could NEVER not eat out in Italy....
  32. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    1lb off this week. I'm the same weight I was 5 weeks ago :o Turns out that's what happens when you starve yourself Monday-Thursday and stuff your face Friday-Sunday...
  33. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    Come on Thursdays weighers!!!!
  34. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    I lost 1lb which means I still haven't got back to the weight I was 2 weeks ago and means I've lost 3lbs in about 6 weeks!!!!!! But it's still a loss and I did do the volunteer dog walking again today so that was some good calorie burning (and muscle building!). My boyfriend gave me a glass of...
  35. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    Good luck for tomorrow Thursday weighers! Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins.com
  36. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    A very small progress! I went to lunch AGAIN yesterday but I had the low calorie pizza light from Prezzo - 447 calories. More than the 220 or so in the shepherds pie but I think a good choice and surprisingly . Plus I only had 2 bars other than that so I'm actually pleased with myself :) Not...
  37. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    2lbs ON this week. I look at my figures and I think it's safe to say that I've not been taking this diet seriously for about 6 weeks....*big sigh*. I totally "deserved" it of course. Need a re-think.
  38. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    Well done heatwave. I thought I'd get on it today but then remembered I'd agreed to go out for lunch. The sensible person would go and have a diet coke and have my exante in the office but I'm undecided yet. I thought I might see those scales in the 9s as well this morning...
  39. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    A well deserved 2 lb gain this week :( To be honest it's a wonder I've got away with anything in the last few weeks so it was the wake up call I need. Of course I will still eat this weekend but I need to get back on exante properly in the week with very small protein dinners. No longer at that...
  40. J

    Just for fun

    Ketchup Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins.com
  41. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Eurgh. There are two things about baking. First is that I like the idea of it then when I do it I'm bored in two minutes. Secondly is that I eat at least three cakes worth of mix and various trimmed off bits whilst I'm doing it. Plus they have all gone wrong... Sent from my iPhone using...
  42. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Thanks Katie. I believe the pictures must have all been taken at unflattering angles! I'm making cake tonight for the McMillan coffee morning tomorrow and I have heard rumours of condensed milk flapjacks, nutty cakes, blondies, chocolate swiss roll.....something tells me I'm not going to be...
  43. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    -1lb this week. Reached next mini goal :) Having seen some pictures last night of me I must have been pretty big to start with as I looked blimmin awful and fat yesterday. Chunky arms or what... Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins.com
  44. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    Good luck! If you stick to the shakes you will be able to lose that. Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins.com
  45. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    -1lb this week (which was a few ozs in reality). Probably only lost that as I walked 10 miles plus on Monday doing dog rescue volunteering. 4lb in a month, not very impressive! Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins.com
  46. J

    Just for fun

    Jive Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins.com
  47. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Mmmm impressed with the maple pancakes :) Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins.com
  48. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    Oh dear heat wave :( Well I will let you know if I equal you tomorrow but I FEEL enormous. I too just can't stick to it at the moment. What started as relaxing it a bit at the weekend has turned into what it always does - extending it into Monday as well. Plus I had work training buffet today...
  49. J

    Just for fun

    Secure Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins.com
  50. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Uh oh. I got a big box of shepherds pie and spag bol but had the spag bol tonight with zero rice and didn't like it very much :/ Not a patch on the carbonara or shepherds pie... Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins.com
  51. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    I have a feeling I'm going to weigh in Friday this week......(last I checked kebab was not part of any Exante plan) :rolleyes:
  52. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    STS this week. Slightly disappointed especially as the scales teased me and flicked around before deciding on 10 st 1lb but was bad on Tuesday plus due on so feeling bloated. Dinner with dad this weekend Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins.com
  53. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    I would be ecstatic with 2lbs as that will take me into the 9s but 1lb will take me to next mini goal so I'd be happy with that (although I will then have to accept that I said I'd consider exercise other than dog walking so I'm kind of hoping I never get there!!!). Let's see if we can make...
  54. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    Heatwave, our losses are weirdly correlating! I had the usual palaver with my scales this morning (I'm getting them new batteries today) and they said 10 stone, flickered, then decided on 10 stone 1lb and ZERO OUNCES grrrr. So STS with a few ozs loss! But the good news is I LOVE the shepherds...
  55. J

    Just for fun

    Puppet Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins.com
  56. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Well done me. Stuck to it 100%. A bar, carbonara and shepherds pie. Two glasses of coke zero and plenty of water. Plus I'm actually blown away by the shepherds pie which looks like baby food but is really nice and way more satisfying than a milkshake. Yay! Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins.com
  57. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    It's one thing being more relaxed at weekends but another thing entirely eating bad stuff on a Tuesday night. Booie had got me a ricotta and spinach slice from the pub as he said they were throwing them away. I like his non-wasteful attitude but not his diet sabotage! So I ate that (which was...
  58. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Uh-oh. I've turned into a coleslaw fiend and that's not low fat at all. I think I'm working on the basis that it's not carbohydrate-y and is essentially vegetables, ignoring the fact of the massively high fat mayo all over it. My weekend off-the-wago went better than some weekends as I...
  59. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    "Celebrated" my weight loss last night by replacing my dinner shake with a plate of cooked turkey from the smokehouse part of the deli at the Co-Op with a big dollop of coleslaw. Don't know if I should have had my shake too as I don't feel great today, feel a bit wobbly and shaky...
  60. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Thanks :) I walk the dog every day now - before we moved the landlord used to take him out most days so we kind of got away with not taking him out every day. Sometimes Booie takes him and sometimes we take him together. So most days I walk around 20-45 minutes depending on how long he has...
  61. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    I'll try that next time then. It reminds me of those pasta and sauce packets you get. Funny what seems appealing on this diet! 3lbs off this week and one stone in total. 1lb off that dreaded mini goal - "consider exercise, join gym etc". The gym is £40 a month so I don't think I'll be...
  62. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    Snap! 3lbs off and a ONE STONE loss in total weeeeeee! I made the sensible decision to trust my scales this morning and did not move them and weigh again! Well done Heatwave, you have got rid of that 2lb loss and lost another one to boot! x
  63. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Oh no, PIE week... It's ok as I had my carbonara. I'm impressed they can make this on the diet. And I added a whole pack of zero rice so it was a huge bowl, if a little sloppy despite following the instructions carefully. As a healthy, nutritious or sophisticated meal it's a bunch of rubbish...
  64. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Mm not sure about hot cherry. Anything's got to be better than vanilla though... I had my raspberry bar today but prefer the chocolate. Found the raspberry one a bit woolly. Still, I am impressed by the new ranges. Tonight I will struggle as it's GBBO and every week I sit there drooling over...
  65. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    I tell a lie. That was quite nice. Way better than a vanilla shake which I'm REALLY sick of now :( Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins.com
  66. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    My good intentions went ok. Until Sunday. Friday I stuck to vodka and had a reasonable dinner. Saturday I was ok, had the lasagne as planned but nothing else, although did have garlic bread. Sunday I ate breakfast but then was bought a cream cake and then finished off a bit of mince for dinner...
  67. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    STS this week. I moved the scales around the bathroom in the vain hope they might say a loss but they said +3lbs so I have ignored that weight entirely. So basically I'm just picking the lowest weight my scales tell me each week! I don't feel any slimmer and I deserve to put on a stone to be...
  68. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    STS. Phew! I won't count the fact it said +3lb when I moved the scales in the vain hope I might have lost some and the wonky floor would be kind...
  69. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    And my portions of pasta are, in all honesty, probably about 4 "normal" portions worth. Hence why I rarely eat it.
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    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Real carbonara shouldn't have cream in it, just eggs, parmasan, pepper and pasta and a bit of pasta water as well as pancetta or pigs cheek. Or so I was told in Rome, home of the carbonara. Nothing unhealthy in there ;) Gah! I was hungry so ate my usual chicken thighs (but 3 instead of 2, as...
  71. J

    PSA mind your cat!

    I was told yesterday at work my milkshake sachet looked like cat food. Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins.com
  72. J

    Total Solution Exante sausages and eggs

    I ordered sausages yesterday but I'm dubious I must admit... The eggs look foul but I'm not a fan of eggs anyway, unless they are in cake. Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins.com
  73. J

    I'd like to be slimmer and wear.....

    To be able to wear what I did today - jazzy chunky cardie, a t shirt and black leggings and pumps - but the cardi looking cute and oversized NOT like I'm an enormous mound of breasts, back and stomach on top of slim legs. Grr. Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins.com
  74. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    I wish it was real carbonara! My food porn addiction has got into full swing as well as always- nigella's how to eat and the thesaurus of flavours on my bedside table. Nigella bites in the post... Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins.com
  75. J

    A little bit of fun

    Silly Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins.com
  76. J

    What is your downfall?

    Bread, takeaways, butter, dinner out, chocolate at work, mayonnaise, wine, the lot really... Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins.com
  77. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    All the bars are good to be honest but I am starting to dread my vanilla shake in the evening. I'm looking forward to trying the carbonara although I suspect it will look a bit like sick... Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins.com
  78. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    I chickened out after seriously falling off the wagon over 5 days. I'm getting on them tomorrow for definite and facing up to it! Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins.com
  79. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    I'm putting my WI off and doing it Friday this week - hoping one more day's being back on it will make the world of difference... Since I ate all weekend I am feeling mighty hard done by now I'm back on it. I cheered myself up by a new order and have got individual sachets of shepherds pie...
  80. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Well it's all deteriorated further. I had a suspicion something like this would happen as a friend is staying and it's bank holiday. Steak and spinach Friday night but no alcohol or carbs (good), Saturday a random fry up (eek) although tried to hold back and only had one sausage and one piece of...
  81. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Hmmm. I don't think it's good to drink 5 glasses of wine when you've not really been eating. I know I don't do Exante properly so might not be in ketosis but I really don't feel right today at all, far worse than I should really. So yesterday I had my bar in the morning as always, a shake at...
  82. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Uh oh. Got in bank holiday mode too early. Five glasses of wine later.... Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins.com
  83. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    Blimmin scales. I'm such a slave to mine. The 2lb will be gone before you know it.
  84. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    And you Sleek Chick - your losses have been AMAZING :eek: You are probably not falling off the wagon every weekend like me!
  85. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    Come on Thursday weighers. Heatwave, how'd you do? I lost 1lb this morning and my scales did not say different things either so I'm please with that, especially as I totally fell off the wagon on Friday and Saturday! Nothing like drawing this diet out waaaaaayy longer than it needs to be!!!
  86. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Weeeee, exactly half way through weight loss to 9 st 7lb as well :):):)
  87. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Woo-hoo 1lb loss. And why am I so happy at such a paltry loss? Well the two days pizza/ice-cream/wine-a-thon for one thing and also because it said 10 st 4lb first time and second time on my scales so the appear to have sorted themselves out and I don't feel like I'm deluding myself like last...
  88. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    It's stupid really. Not only is this hard enough as it is but to keep coming off for a day then have to go back to Exante for the rest of the week is just making it worse. And I'm not sure I have lost the weight I think I have - not one person has commented about my weight loss and usually by...
  89. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Yep. Before I know it i put on 1 1/2 stone and I'm back on minimins :/ :/ :/ One day I'll be gone for good...... So my diet break has good bits and bad bits. I had a few crisps and we ordered pizza to go with our three bottles of wine. I ate three slices and I was done, good news! It wasn't...
  90. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Mmmm, delicious Cambridge shake for lunch. Last one. Back to Exante from now on....
  91. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Tooooooooots!!!!!!! How you doing? Forum master eh? Where's the rest of them - I need to know what's happened to Lozza, Notsoskinnymarge, Ladygaga, missfortissimo, namaste and Jennie? x-Katie-x if it's any consolation all I'm really eating is chicken and prawns, a bit of ham and the odd veg...
  92. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Wow! That was an interesting lunch - a stark reminder that Cambridge milkshakes are way nicer than Exante ones. It's been a loooooong time since I have had one of those but the texture is definitely creamier and lovelier. Makes me hanker for the heady days of Mix-a-Mousse, weigh-ins at...
  93. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    I have recorded my weight loss as 3lb off this week but I feel a bit dirty and cheaty doing that. Last week my scales seemed a bit dodge and I think the batteries are running low. To be honest the first day I got them I got them delivered to work and everyone was standing on them saying that...
  94. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Eek can't change my ticker, something wrong with it. Go a bit crazy if I can't make all my amendments on Thursdays!
  95. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    PS Well done Heatwave x
  96. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    Hmm, I'm not sure. My scales are doing weird things and initially said no loss. About to kick it through the window as I KNOW I've lost this week, I moved it around the bathroom and turns out I have a wonky floor. Even when I moved it back to the first place it said something different...
  97. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Redkorling mango and raspberry cider. Nice but very, very sweet. Drank on a bench in Mersea by the sea with a pint of shell on prawns and some beetroot gravalax. Very civilised :) x
  98. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Mmmmmmmm lovely wine. I had my salmon stir fry and zero noodles yesterday (cooked in coconut oil no less) and just some seafood today at Mersea but I did have one bottle of mango cider which was naughty. Other than that shakes and water all the way. Certainly an improvement on last weekend...
  99. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Thanks guys, I can't really moan can I? This weekend I've decided I'm going to have tuna steak or chicken with stir fry veg and zero noodles tonight and try to stick to water then tomorrow I might have a little to eat but not go mad. Might even just stick to some seafood or fish with some...
  100. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Stupid scales went to 10 stone 7lb - flickered, flickered, flickered - then settled for 10 stone 8lb and ZERO oz!!!! Ah well, at least it's going in the right direction. So that's 1lb off and 1lb on since the scale hop. Which considering I feel like a beached whale isn't so bad. Why why why...
  101. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    Oh and 4) I FEEL like I've put on about 3 stone so I was pleasantly surprised to see that the scales had dropped at all!
  102. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    Week 3 for me and 1lb off to half a stone loss. Reasons I'm not stressed about it: 1) I ate all weekend at the festival and then got drunk Monday so don't deserve to lose anything. 2) TOTM 3) I was 1 oz off 2lb!!!!! x
  103. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Hmm don't know. Three glasses of wine turned into 6 and a hangover to boot. Sort of stuck to it since but was starving today so had some chicken AND some prawns. As usual the diet has done something weird with my periods - it has started early - so I have that to contend with tomorrow as well...
  104. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Eek. No I'm not sure. Quite a bit of food this weekend but also dancing and walking? I stick to a shake, a bar, lots of water and a chicken salad today......then had three glasses of wine as still in festival mode..... :/ x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins.com
  105. J

    A little bit of fun

    Job (sorry) Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins.com
  106. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Woo hoo, 2lb off again and 10 stone 7 this morning. But it was a scale hop so doesn't count.... :( Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins.com
  107. J

    Undiagnosed PCOS

    This HAS been an enlightening thread, to see that people have been tested and told they don't have it as well. I'm totally convinced I have PCOS - I was tested around aged 21 when I stopped having periods and was very overweight. They said I didn't have it. Diabetes runs in my family. To be...
  108. J

    Back again, Ive popped up more times than a jackinthebox!

    Can you have a bit of protein or are you doing strict TS?
  109. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Thanks lil. Hope you're feeling well? :) I know the diet is off from tomorrow evening so I'm starting to get lax and convince myself I could just break it tonight instead. V naughty. Am drinking tonnes of water instead so I will up for a wee as soon as I get into bed I reckon....
  110. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    Thanks. Fingers crossed. At least at a festival I will be walking and dancing some of those carbs off hopefully! X Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins.com
  111. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    2 lb loss this week despite BBQ, pizza and glass of wine :) Any loss next week, assuming I don't sts or gain, will be good as 1 lb off for half stone on total and 2 lb to mini goal. Anything beyond that a bonus. Of course not on it this weekend! X Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins.com
  112. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    Snap! -2lb off this week despite meals at weekend. 1lb to half stone and 2lb to first mini goal. Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins.com
  113. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Back on it no problem. It's amazing how nasty a tin of tuna is though without mayonnaise or bread or anything. Bleurgh. Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins.com
  114. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    *sigh* It's so early in the diet and it's gone so wrong already. Ok so I broke it Friday lunch and I avoided carbs Saturday night but really the amount I've eaten is just silly. I had pizza today and then stupidly patted myself on the back for having a fish one not the really meaty one. Last...
  115. J

    Back again, Ive popped up more times than a jackinthebox!

    But you made the right choice and that's the main thing! How easy would if have been to have had lasagne or burger....?! :) x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins.com
  116. J

    Just for fun

    Tail Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins.com
  117. J

    Thursday weigh ins??

    Thursday weigher here too. Have ALWAYS been a Thursday weigher, am almost superstitious about it! Week one was -4lb and that has been TS with chicken almost every night. Three meals this weekend then back on it Monday so not too hopeful for next Thursday but will subscribe and update. Should...
  118. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Food porn alert. Planned lunch yesterday, wasn't much I could do to get out of it. Had: 2 glasses jasmine tea and lots of water A pork bun 3 spicy pork dumplings 3 prawn dumplings Tiny bit of duck sticky rice 1 prawn toast 2 prawn shredded fried noodle things Perhaps that amount of food was a...
  119. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Yay! No longer overweight!
  120. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    But Shiraz is so yummy!! I have been sat at home 3 times now whilst Boo has gone to the pub - I don't mind him going without me but I think maybe next time I should go and have a mineral water or I will turn into a hermit. Did that the first time I did this diet and don't think I've ever been...
  121. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Hello *waves*. Today I have been hungry but I should be fairly adept at ignoring that now, the amount of times I have done this! Only trouble is it's affecting my ability to sleep, which if always does. Also a bit lacking in energy but that could be the cold too. Boo suggested going to the pub...
  122. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Thinking about it there is no way I'm going to have a fabulous loss this week. I have been having lemsip for my cold which will definitely have citric acid in it and almost every day I've had one or two chicken thighs. Starting to feel better today and that is making me hungry! Also am being...
  123. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Ps lil fingers crossed! X Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins.com
  124. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Wow lil you have been busy. What an achievement to get to 9 stone twice and have a baby in the middle! I have never got back down to that weight since the first time I did it. Taco is good, he's a little monkey. How's your little one? And I think I'm going to resort to drinking my shakes in the...
  125. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Now am horribly ill but on plus side means I am not hungry. Nasty cold, everyone at work says it's because of the diet. Am eating some chicken alongside shakes and bars. Don't think I am drinking enough water but Boo bought me some Coke Zero bless him. Glad to see also that Exante have...
  126. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    I'm back. There's a surprise. Am I the only one to have been on here one and off since 2006??? It's mental how much time I spend yo-yo dieting. And despite saying I wasn't going to do it again I'm total solutioning. And on the 3rd day in I have a sore throat, which tells me I really...
  127. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Last cheeky Friday WI was 9 stone 11lb yippee. Was so good last week. However took the usual nosedive over weekend and then yesterday ate cake. Grrr. We'll see what damage I've caused tomorrow. Calories counting is tricky but I don't miss those milkshakes.... Will move thread x
  128. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Right, I need to move this thread really as I'm going to lose this half stone without any milkshakes as the ones I have are disgusting anyway. Having finally pulled my finger out and got back on the wagon I weighed in this morning as was 9 stone 12 (and only 0 oz!!!!). This means a 2lb gain...
  129. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Well being on here is probably the first step towards sorting it out (AGAIN). I note it is 4 weeks since I last left a message and a whole lot of food can be eaten in that time! It was 13/12/12 that I last weighed in and that was 9 stone 10lb - a gain of 2lbs. I have since then eaten pretty...
  130. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Thanks but it's 4lb loss now ?. Put on a lb this week which was somewhat inevitable.....boo........
  131. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Eeeek all going wrong. Why does it always go so wrong at this stage...?
  132. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Thanks, can't believe anyone would read this though!!!! x
  133. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Yay yay yay yay!!! I've managed to stay at 9 stone 7 this week even though I'm now eating. I'm being very careful though. Quinoa instead of pasta, no bread, even a veggie curry at the weekend ?. As Boo is now trying to lose weight we are eating together which is really nice, far nicer than a...
  134. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Oooooooh, my body's being weird but I like it!! 9 stone 7lb this morning despite general falling-ish off wagon. 2lb loss from last week, 1lb loss since wedding. Hurrah!!! Meals this weekend but a veggie/wheat free meal Saturday so I'm sure that's not too bad. Starting to make plans for...
  135. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Thank you very much. Not hopeful for tomorrow though. Soooo bloated and weekend has caught up with me I think. This is the weight I got to last time when I started failing again so must be careful....
  136. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Weight for wedding was 9 stone 8lb on the morning, 1lb more than target but what's a lb between friends? Splendid time. Pizza for hangover today but back on wagon tomorrow...x
  137. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Eeeeek, 3 lb loss this week YIPPEE!! Again, made no sense whatsoever - although I had a good weekend I have slightly gone off course the last two days at a training event as I had no shakes and no bars (waiting delivery) and had to pick at sandwiches and pastry things although to be fair I was...
  138. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    I'm aiming for 9 stone 4lb for Christmas which is only 5 lbs but then I am starting to fill the diary with drinking/eating type affairs so I'll have to be hugely disciplined......good luck :) xx
  139. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Thanks :). Every time I do this I get less stressed about it but don't stick to it properly. Was dead strict the first time! X
  140. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    I've got an iPhone!!!! Which probably means I will fill this in all wrong!! Well, it was all going so well and I put on a lb this week, just one week before the wedding eek. To be fair I saw dad and broke my diet for two days then ran out of shakes and had to improvise. Defo not gonna see nine...
  141. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Yes yes yes :). 3lb loss this week. Now THAT'S more like it. 9 stone 11lb. 4lb to lose in 2 weeks??? Feels unlikely as I'm breaking it again this weekend. Also have only 2 shakes left. Have ordered some from "a well known auction site" however they are being sent 2nd class and not due...
  142. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    1lb loss again in a week. Rubbish. These are the worst losses yet. Mind you, I'm eating some protein most days so I'm not 100% strict. I was a bit gutted so scale jumped on Friday and had managed a few more ounces which took me just into the 9s again. Yippee!!! Then went to try on...
  143. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    I know, that's what everyone says but I can be totally capable of being rational and there are some (not all admittedly) of me from behind whilst I'm dancing and I look huge. It's that blimming wide back of mine!! Meanwhile I'm ill AGAIN having been up all night with a fever and staring...
  144. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    So I broke the diet as arranged the weekend just gone and now I'm back on it again and I think I'm actually ruining my body this time round as I have the second sore throat and cold type stuff in the last few weeks, feel so run down with ZERO energy and no concentration, a backache and my TOTM...
  145. J

    Paracetomol/chewing gum

    Can I have either? :confused:
  146. J

    So angry with myself

    So long as you go straight back on it again any gain (which probably won't be as much as you think) will be lost quickly. Don't sweat it, a lot of us have done it, it's just about getting right back on it again!! I've had weekends where I've broke the diet (planned) and sometimes I still lost...
  147. J

    Advice from yo-yoers/re-starters please!

    Hello! I'm on Exante for the third time in a year and a half following a patchy history with VLCDs since 2006. My start weight was under BMI 25 so I have been TS'ing with some cooked chicken (gotta love a bit of chicken) - other than that have not touched anything else, although could probably...
  148. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Well there we go, I was right to not be hopeful. A measly 3lb loss over 7 days. Boo. I wonder whether, this being the third time over a year and a half, my body is giving up and getting sick of trying to lose lots of weight in one go....? x
  149. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    WI tomorrow. Not hopeful. Will update. Would LIKE to have lost 5lbs but feel this is unlikely. Torturing myself with pictures of food tonight online....x
  150. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Swear have not lost ANY weight. Boo says I said this last time. Feel FATTER than when I started *sigh*. Could be coming up to TOTM??? Dunno as this stupid diet always messes with my periods. Must be pre-menstrual as feel very, very tetchy....! x
  151. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Helloooo *waves*. You're not off the wagon, you're on SW aren't you?? How are you?? And how's Gaga?? I'm doing OK but then I guess I'd be better if I didn't have the need to be back on here again. It all went wrong really around May this year when I look back over it and I stopped WI for...
  152. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Wow where is everybody? I guess everyone's bored of my dieting...... This time round seems the easiest yet. Just slip right back into the habit of it (not sure if this is a good thing). Don't think I've lost any weight yet. Should stop with the chicken as when I didn't do all the cheating...
  153. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    OK so it's out there - I have had some chicken yesterday and today and tomorrow I'm having some roast chicken with some green veg and ewwww no gravy or potatoes or yorkshires. From Monday, nowt but shakes/bars. Felt lightheaded, dizzy and cold today. Have only drunk about 2 litres of Coke...
  154. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    How come BI calculators come up with different results with every different site you use? You'd have thought it would be standardised????
  155. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Righto. WI this morning 3 days into diet as a "starting point". Have "remained" the same as 2 months ago on 10 stone 5lb though suspect have been going up and down like a yo-yo in reality during that period. Actually nowhere as bad as I was thinking I was. Have some chicken (oh lord) for...
  156. J

    rerestarting today

    Yeah, I did it properly the first time on CD and actually kept weight off (gasp) for a good couple of years. The last 3 times I have done Exante have been in the last year and a half so I've clearly lost the plot!!! I'm on day three although I had a meal on the first day as needed to use up...
  157. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Oh and another thought to add to above, what depresses me the most, as I've said before, is this feeling that although I'm a fairly intelligent person (or so I like to think) and not what I consider a gullible type, I have got so sucked into the whole dieting thing for years now and it's really...
  158. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Just read the above and guess what???? I'm back on a VLCD. I just can't leave the things alone can I? Anyone would think I should just give up by now surely. But as I put very prophetically above, I need it for the last minute 6 week desperation to get the weight off for the wedding. I have...
  159. J

    rerestarting today

    I'm starting today for the FIFTH time on VLCD since 2006. Do I beat you? ;) x
  160. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    No diet plan. Had MacDonalds for lunch which last I checked, wasn't part of any known diet plan. However I did go for a jog yesterday and hope to keep this up. Very short jog but A START and may go again tomorrow. Meanwhile just try and keep off chocolate at work and have some low cal...
  161. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Ergh. No need to say why I'm on here after such a long time. Seems that eating tonnes of food over a couple of months makes you put on weight. Who knew?? So, sarcasm aside, I now have 12lbs to go. AGAIN. For the SIXTH or so time.......
  162. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    *Sigh* I need something. Just to make it all worse, when I try and console myself by saying my BMI is 22 and my weight is NORMAL so it's all OK and I still fit into a size 12, the bridesmaids dresses day just makes me feel a thousand times worse. Measurements on their scale at the first shop...
  163. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Argh - now eaten two pork pies, a cookie, a bit of flapjack, a bit of cake, another bit of cake and a couple of marshmallows today. And a yoghurt. No wonder I feel so tired all the time. Even just eating chicken all the time wasn't this unhealthy. I can't seem to stop myself!! Rubbish...
  164. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Well, smugness comes before a fall. I don't know how I possibly thought all the stuff I've eaten over the last few weeks was not going to come back and haunt me. Thought I'd "got away with it". I was wrong. So having "only" put on 2 lbs over the last 3 weeks, I have now put on another 3lbs...
  165. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Well I did WI last week in the end as I couldn't do 2 weeks in a row with no WI as I know EXACTLY what that leads to and it's not being thin!! I was 9 stone 9lb which all in all is not too bad considering. My TOTM FINALLY came as well so that reduced some of the bloatiness but I'm not sure all...
  166. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Predictably, it's all gone horribly horribly wrong. Can't get back on it. Feel v fat. Can't weigh myself. That is all.
  167. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    He wasn't so cute at the All About Dogs day yesterday, in fact he was trying to scrap with any and every dog, even labradors!! He was very cold and miserable and didn't even come runner up in any of the competitions he entered. Poor Taco. Right, the amount of damage done over the last 5...
  168. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Taco is incredibly naughty but somehow manages to get away with it....!! Sadly I have gone back up to 9 stone 8lb today. Grrr. However as that pesky TOTM STILL hasn't come (what is with my hormones) but I can feel it sort of trying, I think that might be something to do with it. Either that...
  169. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Right, I'm a div. I have in fact lost 2lbs this month and 20lb in total when I looked at the figures properly. Even better :) Gonna change my signature now...
  170. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Also when I add up the total losses it shows -19lb not -20lb like it says on my ticker????? Maths was never my strong point.
  171. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    I've really confused myself in a really stupid maths way ha! I have put that I lost 1lb this month as my weight was +1lb then -1lb then STS then -1lb - a total of 1lb loss right? However, my weight at the end of last month was 9 stone 9lb and today was 9 stone 7lb so that's a 2lb loss right...
  172. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Oh no, I can see it - can't you? What's my avatar instead? I like this new layout, very snazzy... Not an Exante product in sight over the last week and hurrah - I still managed to lose 1lb. With the cold I've got at the mo, this is probably a lb of snot I reckon!! 9 and a half stone this...
  173. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    God this thing is sooooo boring, I just read back a few posts. I swear this is my whinging forum for anything food/diet related, I do honestly have some interests/other things I think about!! Right, WI tomorrow will be interesting as I'm now not really having Exante products but also trying to...
  174. J

    Annoying boyfriend.

    I see your point but he could have just said I look fine? So I shouldn't have fished for compliments granted but if he really thinks I look nice as I am he would have just said so?? I think that his answer had an implication in it that I need to lose more weight. If he'd have asked me...
  175. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    So we DID go to Cafe Rouge in the end, although I had to pay some towards it and I thought it was meant to be my treat. Some charcuterie and baguette, steak and chips and half a crepe with banana and chocolate sauce. YUM. I could eat there all the time and be the size of a house!! V proud of...
  176. J

    Annoying boyfriend.

    Hello. My boyfriend really annoyed me on Saturday, I thought I'd share :mad:. I have been up and down with my weight since I have been with him almost 2 years. (I was tiny when he met me but have never got that skinny again as I just like eating too much). I'm now just slightly under what I...
  177. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Not going to Cafe Rouge after all but I suppose it saves the chocolate mousse and steak and chips guilt. Might go to The Company Shed instead which just serves seafood - perfect! Had sardines on granary toast yesterday and felt like I'd been good. Then had two sausages that Boo had left in...
  178. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Thanks lovely. I woke up really late this morning having had a dream that I weighed myself and was 11 stone!! Panicked like mad, went downstairs, almost needed a drum roll as I did it, and, DA-DA I was 9 stone 8lb (after it teetered around infuriatingly). So have lost that lb I put on over my...
  179. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Oh no, dreading tomorrow's WI.....eek.......x
  180. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Right, last bar gone this morning. Decided if I'm gonna break diet persistently I need to do it heathily so I had my milkshake with some fresh pineapple at lunch. Last night I DID have evil bread but it was grainy, oaty bread with some sardines. Oh, and two cold sausages. I resisted...
  181. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Noooooo....I only have 2 or 3 bars left. And about 10 milkshakes. Can't possibly have just milkshakes and no bars but have no money for more Exante. What am I gonna do? How am I gonna lose those last 5 lbs if I start eating?? Eeek.
  182. J

    Weekend Off!

    Your losses have been amazing. I just think if I actually stuck to this diet properly like you I would have been at target weeks ago. I sometimes find that a bit of food gives the metabolism a much needed boost and you may get a nice surprise and still lose this week. I ate tonnes the other...
  183. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    OK so the weekend's eating started Friday when I realised there was no hope at all on training day when there were Danish pastries served with the morning coffee :o (they were only small though). Lunch was a big roll with ham and some fries, salad, and pieces of cake (again THREE pieces when...
  184. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Oh I don't know. It's all just so silly, I can't keep coming off it on weekends, eating loads of rubbish, then trying to TS (plus chicken!!) in the week. I STS this week so haven't even lost anything for my efforts but some weeks I have had more naughties and still ended up losing a lb. I...
  185. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    OK that was the most hotly anticipated yet startingly disappointing bowl of soup ever known. Because I tried to defrost it in the microwave and was too impatient, I ended up pouring the most liquid bit in a bowl and having it but it was like leek flavoured water as all the potatoey goodness was...
  186. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    108 calories for half the carton - leek and potato - sod it I'm having it....(so gonna regret this but then on other hand can't possibly be in ketosis anyway as have eaten over last three weekends)....
  187. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Oh it's no good. I'm on the verge of tears as I'm so hungry :(. After the Chinese on Sunday, I have had just shakes and bars since, with a bit of chicken last night (no veg, despite my promise, v naughty). But now everyone in the office is making stupid toasties and I feel sooooo miserable...
  188. J

    hi all restarter alert restarter alert!!!!

    Ha, I do that. I've been eating all weekend and nothing in the weeks, telling myself it's my sort of "saved" calories and I'm really on WS. However last time I checked, Chinese and McD's were not part of the Exante diet plan! Good luck to all restarters out there. I'm just finishing off my...
  189. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Yeah when I get paid I might invest in the book. SW I'm not sure about, I have some stuff that Boo's mum gave me on it as she lost loads on SW. I think I just need to get a grip and eat healthier. As for the weight loss last week, I finally plucked up the courage to WI on Saturday, after...
  190. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Thank Gill. I don't want to be like the annoying skinny (ha!!) person who comes on here going "Oh my God I just ate a burger and my BMI is, like, 22.5 and it's SOOOO bad" but I really do struggle and am really unhappy with what I look like. I take all your comments on board but I really can't...
  191. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Thank guys :). It's so hard to get back on it though. I have yet another meal planned for tomorrow night and I ended up eating the buffet lunch at training on Wednesday (AND I'd taken a diet bar and everything so there wasn't any excuse). And I didn't just pick a couple of sandwiches and some...
  192. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Thanks guys. I am going to try and be honest here about what I ate. It's not pretty. I think it just shows me that I still have some sort of food problem.... Wednesday night, lovely, virtuous salmon and prawn salad. Birthday morning, smoked salmon and scrambled egg on bagel - not so bad...
  193. J

    Anyone tried hula hooping?

    I did do about 10 minutes yesterday but got so bored I tried to get my dog to jump through it instead!! x
  194. J

    Anyone tried hula hooping?

    Spea I love, love, love your doggie!!!! :)
  195. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Woo-hoo!! Birthday scales were very, very kind considering last weekend's indulgence. I lost 1lb taking me to 9 stone 8lb. I know it's not target which I'd hoped for when I started, and it's not even 9 and a half (though almost!!!) but I'm happy with that as 32 is the slimmest birthday since...
  196. J

    Getting really annoyed

    Yep, I was meant to have ONE planned meal last weekend, turned into a whole weekend off and now I have my birthday weekend and I notice that the days "off" are now outnumbering the days "on". And I only have 5 stupid lbs to go except that by next week it'll probably be about 10 lbs to lose...
  197. J

    Anyone tried hula hooping?

    Look on Amazon. Tonnes of them. It's a new thing apparently. Meant to be really good for the whole mid section so I definitely need one!! I did about 10 minutes last night and that was all I could manage...!
  198. J

    Anyone tried hula hooping?

    Mine has just come today. It's a 1.2kg green and pink one. It scares me. I'm supposed to do 30 minutes a day but I can barely do 2!!! My mate reckons he has taken 3-4 inches off his waist in 8 weeks doing it. EVERY DAY!!!! Have come to the conclusion that all this losing weight is not...
  199. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Wow, the hoop turned up quickly. I reckon I can do 3 minutes of it. And I have to do 30 minutes minimum. Hmmmmm. x
  200. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Just ordered a 1.2kg hula hoop. That should sort my flabby waist out. If I don't get bored of it in 2 seconds that is.....! xx
  201. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Thanks Gill but there's no getting over the fact that this weekend was a disaster and I'm only putting a line under it from today, when I feel slightly queesy!! I did have my dinner out on Saturday as, sort of, planned. Mussels, bread, chargrilled tuna steak with triple cooked chips and some...
  202. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Gah, OH NO. I tried to be good and everything and have ended up being quite bad. We were going to the noodle bar for a maternity leave/my birthday lunch. Not being able to have rice or noodles I was very good and ordered some satay chicken and BBQ ribs in Oriental sauce. Not only did I have...
  203. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Aww thanks Gill. I messed up a bit last night as I was making a pink and blue marble cake and some mix ended up popping in my mouth followed accidentally by lots of icing. Oh dear. All this baking is a nightmare when you're on a diet...xx
  204. J

    TOTM.... And weight loss

    Last week I lost 1lb on TOTM AND I'd been off plan one night and had curry so it's not always bad news....x
  205. J

    Any slow losers out there?

    Another consistently slow loser here. And I certainly don't do any exercise so can't use that excuse!!! I have been on Exante for 5 weeks and lost a measly 10 lbs. OK so I have had one weekend where I was totally off plan and I went out for dinner Valentine's night (and had some bread and...
  206. J

    Desperate to lose

    Yes you CAN do it. You have lost weight before. If you stick to it you can't fail. However can you then KEEP the weight off? Without putting a downer on it, if you acknowledge that you are an emotional eater then how exactly are you going to address this once you have lost the weight and...
  207. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Yay! Second target reached. 9 stone 9lb this morning meaning a 2lb loss this week. I wonder if I hadn't had that pudding on Sunday if it had been a 3lb loss? Ah well, no point in thinking about it...xx
  208. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Pancake day :(. Booooo. My body is trying to get me back for dieting again and this late period is like the heaviest period EVER. Bleurgh. Better reflect in the scales on Thursday. Been good since bread and butter slip-up. xx
  209. J

    Soda Water

    But remember no slice of lemon!! x
  210. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    UH-OH. Spent all day making delish food, had quite a bit of lamb (can live with this) but then felt left out and had a bowl of the choc chip brioche bread and butter pudding I made. That's defo not ketogenic :(. Why am I sabotaging myself? I wasn't even going to break diet for pancakes on...
  211. J

    Soda Water

    Yep you can have this and the added benefit is that it can help you "go" if you've got the dreaded constipation...
  212. J

    Damn those skinny jeans!

    Topshop size 14 are really a size 12 ;) I got into my Peacocks size 10 skinny jeans last week but my they're tight!!!! Had to undo them the other night to breathe!! xx
  213. J

    How do the packs compare to Cambridge/Lighterlife?

    They don't taste the same really and people at work complain about the smell of them but for the price I am more than happy to be on Exante rather than CD!! Good luck xx
  214. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Feeling so good today might even unwrap that Pilates DVD!!
  215. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Had a sneaky peek at the scales yesterday and they were 9 stone 10 yay!! Also period has FINALLY come so that might impact on next week's WI (and phew, as I was starting to wonder where it had gone). Maybe I'll see 9 and a half for my birthday after all :). Just been for a nice long walk with...
  216. J

    Why is it so hard to restart?

    It is often hard to re-start as sometimes people have had success on it before so your attitude becomes more complacent about it...(or at least that's my excuse)
  217. J

    I know nobody can really answer this but...

    Thanks newmummy, it's just that I'm getting VLCD burnout I think!! This is the 5th time since 2006 and my mate says I am not allowed to do it ever again if I want to lose weight in future. The first time I did this I had big losses to start with but I was WAY bigger. Having said that, after a...
  218. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Results in and a disappointing 1lb loss but then, all things considered, I suppose that's fair. There's absolutely no way I will be 9 stone 4lb by my birthday which is 2 weeks today :(. I want to be 9 and a half stone but realistically I probably won't even be that weight either. I think 9...
  219. J

    I know nobody can really answer this but...

    Well I lost 1 lb this week. And I ridiculously feel disappointed (but that is against a backdrop of poor losses over the last few weeks)!! Ha! Stupid curry (it was nice though ;)) xx
  220. J

    I know nobody can really answer this but...

    On the contrary Lentil, I find it much easier to "cheat" when I have less to lose...(not that I consider last night cheating as I always planned to have dinner with my boyfriend on Valentines)
  221. J

    I know nobody can really answer this but...

    I realise now that looked like a stupid question but was just confused. Hopefully I will still see a loss tomorrow because I've been good every day apart from yesterday. I am probably on balance eating a good few extra calories a day in extras so not TS by any means, however not having looked...
  222. J

    I know nobody can really answer this but...

    Oh no bummer. Does that mean then that weight loss on ketogenic diet is therefore impossible to sustain as any carbs will then mean an immediate weight gain almost as if the weight loss isn't real (I hope that made sense)??
  223. J

    I know nobody can really answer this but...

    Hang on, my losses have been -5lb, STS, -2lbs so actually worse than I thought (although the STS was when I spent 3 days eating that week so I suppose I was quite lucky really)...
  224. J

    I know nobody can really answer this but...

    I have been on Exante for about 3 weeks with a planend break for one weekend when it was my boyfriend's birthday and last night for Valentines. My losses haven't been spectacular - 5lbs in week one and 2lbs in week 2. I have been quite good this last week although could have had more water...
  225. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Woah, FOOD PORN alert (it's like the good old days). Managed to get a table at our fav Indian last night which was lovely as always :). So, seeing as I was on a mission I had: a tiger prawn poori which was delicious, half a sag aloo, half a naan, half a plain rice and a murgi massala (oh and...
  226. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Grrr. Interview went OK but feedback from other people's has been much more positive than mine (along the lines of "exemplary" and "excellent" where mine was more "OK"). Felt quite slim this morning for the first time however have now messed up :(. First Jenine offered me chicken in Court as...
  227. J

    Total Solution Never thought id say this ...

    I hate weekends. I can hold it together at work and my boyfriend usually sorts him own dinner out so that's fine but there is this real sense that the weekend is to a) have a few glasses of wine and b) treat yourself to something nice :(. Mind you, that's probably what has led to the problem...
  228. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Dustqueen, I LOVE LOVE LOVE the doggie. He does look like he is dangling a cat from his mouth in the photo however?!! xx
  229. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Oh no, poor you. I don't think I could make cakes for a living as I'd end up eating them all. It's the bowl full of mix that's left over that gets me every time. I usually end up making, say, 11 cakes instead of 12 as I've eaten at least one in mix before I've even put them in the oven...
  230. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Why oh why have I offered to make cakes for everyone in the office on Thursday? That will be torture. Tsk. Someone here eating cheese toastie and about to chew own arm off. Also everyone eating chocolate to get through inspection week and it's driving me insane. First inspection interview...
  231. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Oh no, been sooo good this weekend and then just had two mouthfuls of rice. I LOVE rice. BIG downfall for me (could be worse though surely?). Grrr to STILL no period and horrid toilet issues...better be worth it...!! xx
  232. J

    3rd TOTM in 6 weeks

    Seem to be having the opposite problem and been waiting on my TOTM for a couple of weeks now and hasn't come. VLCDs always mess with my periods. However, I have been bloated and feeling like it's coming any moment now, with cramps and everything, so it still sucks. x
  233. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Heehee, me too. You think I'd get sick of chicken but no, I never seem to!! I remember having so many sardines at one point when maintaining before that I can barely look at another sardine!! Right, I'm IN BACK THE NINES. 9 stone 12 lb to be precise. Stomach still v bloated and if this...
  234. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Not hopeful at all for tomorrow's WI. Not allowed to be avoidant however and MUST do but really feeling very fat. I've reassessed the chicken situation (having had more at lunch which I wasn't intending to do but I forgot to bring in a shake) and realised that some of what I've been eating is...
  235. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Heehee, I have a load more of it to take home as nobody seemed to want it!! I also have all the bones to make stock and people seemed to think that was a bit weird....xx
  236. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Woah, the boss had her son's Christening on Sunday and has bought in leftovers. Expecting annoying cakes, she has in fact bought in a good 40-50 bits of cold chicken. I'm in heaven. I think I've had 10 bits already. Anyone knows what happens if you have too much protein? Will I turn into a...
  237. J

    Could this be the one??

    Hello!! You're basically me ;). Having lost 4 stone on CD in 2006 (12.5 to 8.5 stone) I found it creeping back on and by 2010 when I plucked up the courage to weigh finally, I'd got back to 11 stone 4. Having done the research I decided Exante was by far the cheapest and better option and the...
  238. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Bleurgh. STILL feel gross. Photos of me on FB, look massive, v upsetting. I go on a diet for all of 2 weeks and expect to look like Kate Moss ha!! Mind you, I was wearing tights, 2 pairs of socks, leggings, wellies, vest, T-shirt, jumper, jacket, hat, gloves and scarf which is surely enough...
  239. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Oooh, Mattesons Smoked Pork Sausage in all its processed glory has 0 carbs in it. Had a few cubes of that for lunch with my bar. Didn't get anything to eat or drink until half one today as was at court. Not hungry though so reckon I'm in ketosis. STILL feel bloated and crappy though and...
  240. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Uh oh, here comes the constipation. And I've been taking 2 PS capsules a day as well. Stupid diet. x
  241. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Woah, the roads were far too scary and a car slid everywhere in front of me so we spent about an hour and a half driving most of the way to Bishops Stortford and then back again. The dog doesn't know what to make of the snow! It looks lovely out there. Hmmm, I have tried to drink more today...
  242. J

    Really fancy a drink

    I must admit to drinking last weekend when I was in ketosis but eating lots of carby food first as well so didn't feel too bad (and of course didn't lose anything this week and had to get back in again). I once went out on a "planned" meal, drank loads of white wine and was sicker than I'd ever...
  243. J

    do I start Exante

    Yes it's basically the same but WAY cheaper, no WI at counsellor's (therefore need extra strong willpower as nobody to answer to other than yourself!!) and with a bit less choice (but I did Cambridge all on choc-mint anyway). Good luck xx
  244. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Right, weekend going OK so far but really need to get much more water down me (and had diet coke at pub earlier as no coke zero and didn't want water). Yesterday lots of chicken , a shake and a bar. Today the same though may have another shake later. Off out in a mo for a night on soda water...
  245. J

    What is your favourite Exante product?

    LOVE: old chocolate shakes before they changed, vanilla, choc-orange bars. LIKE/TOLERATE: banana, new chocolate shakes. HATE: strawberry. REFUSE TO TRY: soups. Cambridge Diet turned me off those for life. Bleurgh.
  246. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Hello! I tried the Cambridge Diet porridge when I was on that and it was so gross I wasn't even tempted to try the Exante one. Bit wallpaper paste-y. Bleurgh. It is nice to have something hot though. I might have some heated up chicken fillets for lunch on their own instead of shake (I keep...
  247. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Hmmm, not so positive today. 9 stone 12 has unsurprisingly gone back up after the weekend, even despite me being on bars, shakes and bits of chicken all of Tuesday and Wednesday (and last Thursday and Friday). Still 10 stone this morning, although scales looked in danger of going to 10 stone 1...
  248. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Right, managed to hold it together on Friday. Saturday, I had some mackeral and my shakes, a bar for lunch, got into London then BAM! saveloy and chips for dinner (v proud that I left about a third of my chips however) washed down with about 8/9 ciders and a couple of shots. Sunday not much...
  249. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    I know I must be getting hungrier as the chocolate milkshake doesn't taste as bad now!! Put some coffee in it this lunchtime which made it nicer (and should perk me up a bit as well).
  250. J

    Size 10 screaming to get out!!

    Friday and a night with no wine or delish food. Ah well, it will be blown tomorrow!! Last night instead of a shake I had a chicken leg with some asparagus. Didn't realise how ravenous I was until I had eaten the chicken in about 5 seconds flat!! Made some yummy stock with the bones from...
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