Search results

That's hilarious, but I guess if it's good enough for Steve Jobs... It's probably a time saving thing. My grandmothers ironing board is older than my mother, because gran hasn't bought a single item of clothing that wasn't non-iron since the 70's. It's more of a museum piece. It works for...

Yes! Why do they do that? Of those five tops four of them were the same top in different colours as well. We don't think her carers help much (she has Alzheimer's and has them come in the morning to help her wash) and they just grab the nearest one, they won't get different ones, the same ones...

If he is playing loud music/making undue noise after 11pm or before 8am call your council. Not sure if it comes under environmental health or something else, but they will advise. What he's doing is completely wrong. Keep a diary, note if/when it happens, if/when you ask him to stop and...

Yes, me neither! I actually passed a stand though in our local shopping centre for our districts mental health services. They agreed that CBT probably wasn't going to do anything, but that if I filled in the form and went to the assessment there might be other services that could help, so I'm...

Well this was a good start at keeping a daily diary wasn't it? The last few days I've changed the plan I'm following to the VLCD - I just wanted to eat actual crunchy savoury food too much. Day 3 I had the porridge, a shake and a bar (I tried the Maple and Almond in dark chocolate but did...

Oh, that's not good. What about a mini hoop and just work your arms?

Day 2 I went with the Latte flavoured shake to start, made with almond milk, it had a nice coffee kick to it, but not compared to an actual coffee! It tasted more like coffee ice cream than anything else. The shakes become very thick and gloopy when made with milk. I think I prefer when they...

This reminded me of an article I read very t recently that talked about this effect (the lowering of resting metabolism) in response to the Biggest Looser etc stories that broke recently. It basically talks about doing the right type of exercise - working to gain muscle rather than just loose...

I forgot to post starting particulars. 06/06/16 Weight -19st 12lb Waist - 113cm Bust - 119cm Hips - 143cm Arms - 43cm (I'm only recording arms because shops always seem to sell clothes with such skinny arms - I want to see how they shrink alongside the rest of me. Call it a social experiment...

Also all the white chocolate magnums, crisps and biscuits that my partner has filled the cupboards with. 5+!

A great big caramel macchiato and a chocolate brownie. It was SO HARD to resist them yesterday and I've spent all day trying to not go out and get them. 4.

Hula hooping!

I have no idea how to go about setting targets! I have one target so far, which is hit a BMI of 35 (I'm hoping this will be the point at which I can be referred for diagnosis/treatment by my doctor) but I have no idea what a reasonable time frame for this would be! I'm at 41.3 now, but I...

Such a lovely thread idea, thank you. I am very good with my hands - I can learn pretty much any creative skill that requires dexterity and coordination. I'm also fearless when it comes to learning new things, I keep going forward and challenging myself.

1st Day done. I had the porridge - powdery but not unpalatable. It was sweet which I wasn't expecting so if you're a salted porridge person you may not get on with it. It had a nice, properly porridge texture, so I was happy. I had a Vanilla shake next. Honestly not sure how other brands can't...

Well done! That's a whole dress size! And any loss is the right direction. Maybe try upping your water and see if it helps. I hope it does!

Thank you Mini! Hopefully it will go well!

My GP not referring me is because of a limit on upper weight for the referral (hence this effort to loose!), not cause he's not worried. Even if he's not its not because circumstances aren't worrying. Like I said I'm sure the weight is an aggravating factor - it's certainly involved in back...

So meal out turned to be not too bad. However it ended up following on from a bbq and a Saturday full of toast and ice cream. Gah. So starting tomorrow, actually looking forward to it!

The book (the little leaflet thing that came in the package) says that if you are on the TRFD plan to only do light to moderate exercise like a bit of walking or swimming. You are only taking in about 600 calories on plan after all! So don't beat yourself up about not doing extra exercise at...

Has anyone read Ready Player One by Ernest Cline? If you grew up in the 80's and are of a geeky persuasion you have to read it, very good! Just finished it and now reading Player of Games by Ian M Banks, but need to sneak in Lady Susan by Austen before the movie comes out. Is anyone looking...

Yikes! Ok, So for the sake of my partner and my cats I will leave that unless the situation gets really desperate! Cheers

If you are experiencing that kind of effect I would speak to a doctor (or pharmacist in the very least). That kind of blockage can cause serious issues if left too long. There's nothing inherently wrong with medication but having someone give you educated advice on which ones (they might...

So the Shake that weight stuff arrived. Great big box of it. I bought the water flavourings too (one of the noticeable things with the other shakes was a lack of movement around there, so that seemed wise.) No idea what to start with! Maybe choice isn't good for me after all! Lol

This might help you? I don't know how widely regarded the theory is, but it's encouraging. http://greatist.com/live/best-way-to-lose-weight-for-good

Just done a week of another brand, about to start Shake that Weight for at least 2 weeks TFRD. Is the ketosis difficult? I worry that I won't be able to deal with it?

Also, I found this... http://greatist.com/live/best-way-to-lose-weight-for-good What it seems to be saying (in quite a long winded way) is that we should be looking out for and almost welcoming 'plateaus' in weight loss, as it is our body adjusting to 'the new normal', and heading off issues...

Or rather lack of food adventures! I am trying to loose weight to get medical treatment. There is something wrong with me (could be anything in the ME/Fybromyalgia/Hypermobility area, I'm also a classic symptom list for hypothyroidism) (and let's be realistic - probably hypochondria too) but...

Does your gym offer personal trainers? It might be worth buying 1 or 2 sessions with them to go over how your are working (if you are doing it effectively) and also make a meal plan much better suited. The most I can offer is if you are working out a lot go for high protein meals and don't skimp...

I'm waiting on first delivery to do the TFRD (4 shakes a day) for a couple of weeks. I decided that was just easier. I ordered samples though and got a booklet in the package on ideas for snacks - did you get one of them? If you did read through cause it might be helpful. The main thought I...

I ordered some samples of these, they were all really quite nice (the chocolate bar, the caramel shake and the chicken soup) even my faddy eater partner agreed so I've ordered enough to do the total food replacement for two weeks (the 4 shakes/etc per day, no meal option). They should arrive...

Ok, so after a week of eating those shakes here's thoughts. (Just in case it's helpful for anyone else) I did loose - about 7lb. Obviously being first week it's always a big loss from simple change of intake. I tried the Original Honey and the Chocolate - not a fan of fruit shakes so didn't...

Don't have arthritis but I do have an undiagnosed joint problem that means lots of pain if I overdo it. I find what's working is stopping before you've had enough, time it and afterwards assess how your joints feel - if you are fine add 5-10mins or a few more laps, reassess and so on. This is...

I'm looking at these, attracted by the high protein and no added sugar claims. Has anyone tried them? Are they tasty?

'Bruce' is a typo, read niece, don't you love auto correct?

Ames-showgirl, with all the exercise you are doing are you monitoring your inch loss? If you are still loosing inches but not reaching target cause of the muscle maybe get your consultant to change your target weight? My Bruce is as slim and healthy as anything cause she's always done loads of...

I'm entirely the opposite bodyshape wise. I'm a 20 or so top (hopefully 18 some day soon!) and used to be a 24 bottom due to my epic Hottentot type arse. I say used to be 24 because I actually wore 22 jeans the other day, but they were elasticated so only counting it as half a squee. That's a...

2 and 1/2 lbs! Oh thank god for that! I wanted to be over my 1 stone mark, and the scales spent at least a minute wibbling half a pound each way of that, the big tease.

Hi, didn't post last week, maintained and so didn't fell like going on about. Tried to be good this week so hoping for a loss, fingers crossed. There was someone who wanted cheap meal ideas a few pages back, I don't know if these will help but I really like the carbonara made with quark, and...

Well done! I've yet to gain ( being so new) but I reckon I can bear it if I think about it like that, so cheers. I maintained last week, but that was wholly due to having a bad day on the Friday (star week, burgeoning head cold and my depression playing up combined) and had a go at flexible...

Those reasons you gave at the start of this blog were hilarious Spanx (Hallo, newbie alert.) I have my own to offer though - the reasons I decided to loose weight. 1,The humiliation of getting onto a ride at a theme park and having not one, but TWO cute guys only a little younger than you fail...

New to this place, so hello all! It was my third WI this wednesday gone and I wasn't expecting much. I'd had a day where we ate every meal out, I'd calculated that i'd kept it under 15 syns (saying no to the chips and peppercorn sauce was heart breaking!) but figured that was too good to be...