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Val A very merry (hic) Christmas to you! Hope you are ok. Love Po xxx

Happy Christmas to you, oh lovely soapy sudsiness (and Andy of course). Hope it's a great one! Po xxx

Don't be daft! Po xxx

Ooooh wooo, gosh and all that. how weird is that? I was just thinking of you in the shower!!! Nothing kinky like - it was that my calendula soap is getting smaller. The only smaller thing in the shower mind! Glad to hear you and him are doing ok. Po xxx

At last - Lochan news! Welcome back to you and your marbles. Here's to more food porn and less stress! Po xxx

Hey Val Hope you are doing ok. Po xxx

Hi Val Nice to see you again all bright and bushy tailed! I am in a spin as usual trying to find which thread you are popping up on! Po xxx

Ooh Val! I'm impressed with your resistance to Thorntons! They will last you until Christmas at this rate! Po xxx

Hi Val Hope all's going well in your healthy plan. Or have you popped off to the pub?? Po xxx

Hi Val Good to see you again. Friends eh! - who have 'em!? I see you're on tucking into porridge for breakfast - you must be making a real effort to do that cos if I remember you usually only manage a latte! I love love love porridge and eat a humongous bowl every morning... Po xxx

Hi Val Hope you are ok. I guess you may have been sunning yourself on those lovely beaches down your way. Hope so anyway. Love Po xxx

Blimey - I didn't mean to say it twice just cos I made a typo! Po xxx

Hi Val Just popping in to S W world to see you!. Hope you are having a great time with family and have a lovely weekend... Po xxx

Hi Val Just popping in to S W world to see uoy!. Hope you are having a great time with family and have a lovely weekend... Po xxx

Jeepers Val, you make me dizzy jumping about on the threads!! Po xxx

Hi there Dawn Hope you are not up to your knees in soap suds or melted bars of goaty stuff. By the way your soaps are really fab - they last for ages and don't seem to dry out - and my skin is really soft and blemish free! Will def buy some more - if they ever run out that is! Po xxx

Tasty! Po

Hi nice to hear from you Dawn Glad Kettler's Cottage is a hive of activity and you are doing well. Are you going on holiday?? Po xxx

:bighug:po xxxxx

FMS I think you are trying too hard and then rebelling. Have you tried slimming world or Slimpods?? Had to laugh at the MRI thing 'though! Of course, you won't get stuck! Po

Dawn Hope you have a wonderful Jubilee weekend and get some time off after your craft gathering. Hope you get to slope around and shoo your chickens. Up here it's cold - I have got the heating on! - and drizzly in the city. Meh! Po xxx

Dawn You have to change your avatar, you've got your coat on! Po xxx

Ahh, lovely Gwyn, looking after you like that! Hope you feel better soon. Take it easy with that exercise malarky! Po xxx

:8855: p.s. hope they're not chicken pies

Well done lovely Dawn. Things are getting better all the time :D Po xxx

You'll get plenty of nagging on here! (Especially if you bang on about nagging WOMEN) Po

Maybe you should go and treat yourself to something else or you will get bored! Actually, eggs would be good - omelette, frittata etc.

Hi Tilly Well done on all those forward steps you took today. I eat JP's nearly every day but not with beans tho'. Never with beans. 'Cos for me beans and spud are kind of yucky. I like cheese that goes all stringy and sticks to your chin. Po xxx

Hope you've got some tasty stuff too - you'll soon get bored with chicken. 'Tho I guess you can make veg chilli and other stuff to go with it. Good luck! Po

Lovely news Dawn - so positive in every way. Do you grow stuff for yourselves or is it part of your business? I have a few herbs and stuff, unfortunately, I have lots of slugs too! Po xxx

Glad you're back Lo - thought you were still larking about in Wales! Glad you are settling down with the tabs.. Po xxx

Hi Lily Hope things are good :) Po xxx

Hi Mrs Dabhand Just tried Shea butter soap - it is seriously creamy, non smelly and lush. I had forgotten that old thing though about soaps squidging out of your hand whilst you are in the shower, then you can't pick the darned thing up cos it's slippy. Po xxx

Well done, I know it's hard. Don't be too strict this time - just pretend your are "normal" and eat what thin people eat. I was gobsmacked when someone in the office left half a Kit-kat. HALF a Kit-kat!!?? I would have wolfed it down AND the multipack. That's the difference. :rolleyes:

Dawn Hope you are not STILL working!! Enjoy your weekend.... :) Po xxx

FMS Are you out of that big puddle? C'mon, you can do it!!!!

Lily Those dresses are beautiful! How thoughtful of your sis. You are going to look and feel fantastic! Po xxx

Dawn Great news for you and Andy! No wonder you are stressed. Haven't tried the Mullers yet 'tho may be tempted - I am an Activia girl! Po xxx

Lily So pleased for you and yet another loss! Everything seems to change doesn't it when you lose some weight. It has a knock on effect on everything like confidence and feeling happy and stuff. Hope Kelsi goes on ok. Po xxx

High on a hill was a lonely goatherd Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo Po xxx :D

So that must mean if you're back posting again, you've ditched the junk??

Well done to you, what an amazing loss! Po

Hello there Dawn Hope you're not working too hard and that everyone is well. Speak soon. Po xxx

Hi Dawn Hope you get some time out today. It's quite sunny here but very windy and I haven't ventured out so far. Glad you had a nice time with your grandson before you got up to your eyeballs in beeswax! Po xxx

Andy You won't be fat Andy for long I'm sure. You have all the right reasons to lose weight and keep it off. I wish you all the best and congratulations on the baby!!! That will be the best motivation ever! Pomooky

Hi Tilly It's lovely to see your posts again - you're still funny even when you're anxious! Just shows the real you is in there somewhere and I hope the meds and CBT can ease the butterflies a little. I saw a GP too about being anxious and she sent me for some counselling. It was carp - it...

Lo Lovely to see you back, even if you are sleepy.... Po xxx

got to go and fetch it tomorrow!!! Yeah, well, I pressed send when I wasn't ready! Have to be mad to be on here don't you? Po xxx

This thread is becoming more unravelled by the minute! Po xxx ps got a little parcel today Dawn but useless teen "didn't hear" the postman and so HAS

Lily Your posts are brilliant..so honest and warm. They have kept me quiet and out of the kitchen for quite a while! Take care, you are very special, and deserve good friends and lots of squidgy babies around to cherish! Po xxx

Hi Dawn Glad to hear you are doing great and that Andy may produce a curly mop! I hope your Easter craft market goes well. I am still soaping, lathering, sniffing etc. and trying to decide what to get. Has to be this weekend as I have some pressies to buy! Cheerio :D Po xxx

Doesn't sound like much!

Look back on everything you have achieved FMS - don't feel gutted, feel proud that you are capable of losing so much weight AND just to prove it, you are going to do it again. For the last time. Forget the degree in drasticness - you will only rebel and you'll be back after those special...

Hi Dawn! I love rye crackers too - those pumpkin seed Ryvita ones - with squashed bananas on. Po xxx

FMS - I'm sure you'll do it, just don't go mad again with the exercise. Try not to weigh until next weekend. And don't get too drastic with the drastic measures! Po :)

Hi Dawn It's lovely to see your happy avatar pop up again! I'm sure a blissful weekend will not have done any lasting damage. I can't remember what yorkshire puds taste like (I know what they look like - mirror, mirror on the wall). My mum used to make massive ones in a big tray and we used...

Tilly - I haven't got a diary! Can't think why anyone would want to read it. I haven't got much to say (except on everyone else's of course!) and I am rather shy actually! Also, I am just as fat as when I started - who wants to know about that?? Having said that, I have met lots of lovely...

FMS - You are doing really well - still exercising, sorting our the garden and on crutches!! Methinks you are asking too much for a gardening, pie baking woman though - you will have to buy Nigella's cookbook and get handy with the shortcrust pastry. All that rolling and mixing will help you...

How long are you going to be on crutches? You must be very fed up with it. Can you do any arm/upper body stuff (not lifting pies). At least you can sit on your garden bench and look at your future project. My garden plants are going mad and looking very good - I feel sorry for them 'cos...

Aw that's lovely Tilly! Makes all the hard work worth it. Po xxx

Hi Dawn How are you?? Po xxx

Hi Dawn Yah boo sucks to the surgery - I am sure you can do it on your tod! Earache is awful - is that to do with your throat as well? I know they're all joined up! You must be tired as well with the apnoea so I hope you have a good weekend. It's lovely here but my son has gone out to his...

Hi Dawniedabs Hope you have a great weekend! Your food looks good, SW or no SW. I have just had veggie curry and it was lovely . Soapybit: Do you have soaps for eczema, kind of scaley lizard bodies etc. etc? Gels would be great but do they involve hassles with plastic bottles etc? I just...

Nope, no diary Dawn -I am far too boring. Can't think who would want to read it and I am exactly the same weight as when I started. Not exactly inspiring is it??!! Possible titles: "how to stay fat for a whole year" "don't bother losing weight - no shame in staying the same" "slim for...

Well done Dawn - really pleased for you! Po xxx

Well done Elm! maybe you can relax a bit now... Po xxx

Hi Sounds good. Why quorn? Are you a veggie? I don't eat red meat but love fish or chicken if it's disguised with spices etc. I don't fancy soya stuff - I think it's a bit weird eating fungus! I hate digging too! My dad does it for me and he's almost 80! I have been doing a...

Dawn Hope you had a lovely day! Po xxx

Ooh Goodness!! That cake!! Po xxx

Hi Just wondered how you are? Hope you're doing ok. I know how hard it is. I had a wee binge for 2 days but I feel ok now. Each time the binges get less, there are longer gaps between and I feel that I am beating it - but it's a slow process! Of course it could be that you are in the...

The chocolate would melt but the orangey bits would make a good scrub for knees and elbows etc. I think you may have hit on a good idea here Dawn and look forward to seeing Kettler's Cottage Crunchy bum scrub. Po xxx

Hi Dawn Saw your website too! The soaps look lovely, I can smell them from here! Po xxx

Well, only in terms of using it!! :D I don't want to get down and dirty with a copper probe, do I? Po xxx

Yey soapster sister! Lots of cheers, hugs for you and Andy. What a relief! What cracking news! (ooh that was a bit Wallace & Gromit!) Po xxx

Hi FMS! Hope the TV programme works for you! I have stopped buying multipacks of chocolate bars etc because they were my "pies". I just could not leave them alone. I bought them for my son (!), scoffed them all, bought them again and sometimes scoffed them again as well! Just don't buy...

Hey up Lo! Just to say hello and hope you are feeling better. Hope your feet are fighting fit and your head is calmer. Miss your food porn though! Po xxx

Dawn Have a lovely break in the sunny south! I'm sure you will be jogging along the beach (is Suki going?) burning off those curries. Enjoy! Po xxx

Dawn Good news on Andy getting out and about a bit. Hope the consultant appointment goes well. Ooh, I miss swimming - I am pathetic and don't want to wet my hair, have runny mascara etc and would not be seen ever, ever without make up on but I soooo miss swimming! Po xxx

I did EAT all the pies, then pinched the chocolate and crisps It's all in the past tense, so the future looks good. (Don't know how you managed to cram in all those pasties though! I would have keeled over)

You must be doing something right Shazza - you have lost a lot of weight. I think the last stone is the worst - less to lose, a bit less motivation and daft people telling you "oh, you don't need to lose weight". It's so easy to give up! Pomooky xxx

It looks lovely Dawn! And, so does your dinkiness! Fancy stripping off for all and sundry! Po xxx

The cookies were bad but you're not - just human. Forget it! Don't let those cookies stop you from reaching your goal! Pomooky xxx

ORIt could be that you ARE -6lbs and you are worrying over nothing! Now you just have to carry on - you will get there! Pomooky xxx

Hi Baby cakes Take care. You will do it when you're ready which sounds like now! Pomooky xxx

Hello Lochan Lovely to hear from you. Sorry it was so stressful at work. Sounds daft, but this could shape your future in a way - you are already cooking (!) something up, see! Something positive is sure to come out of it. Po xxx

Ooh! Chocolate Philly is lush! I had to throw mine away - it's true, it CAN speak can't it? I definitely heard it call me from the fridge, otherwise I wouldn't have eaten so much! You are doing really well - your OH must see less of you each time he's back! Pomooky XXX

Hi, are you still having bad pain? I'm sure all your tests will be worth it if they can pin down the cause of your problem. Is someone with you for your apts? Try to look on the bright side, that they are really on top of this and keeping an eye on you - you are in the best hands. Big hugs...

Hi Dawn Hope you are ok. Hugs and stuff Pomooky XXX

Lovely to have you back Lo! Don't worry about work. Your health is your priority and the meeting is just a formality. Hope everything goes ok for you and that you had a wonderful time in London. :) Pomooky XXX

Have a lovely walk! The weather is lovely - just the day for it! Glad your feeling perkier.. Pomooky XXX

Hello Dawnydabs! Ooh! my garden is a real mess All scabby died off plants (I am a fair weather gardener), sad pansies and brown, fed-up shrubs. Can't wait for spring to bring them all back to life. S'pose I will have to get my hands dirty then! Glad that Andy is stronger and you had a...

Tilly Hope you're feeling sort of normal soon, not too normal, but Tilly normal. Enjoy your "me" day. Pomooky XXX

Hi Chelle Just saw your diary. Are you still under there? Are you coming out?...you'll have to y'know! You can be proud of sticking to your plan even when you feel rubbish, you've done really well. Pomooky XXX

Hi there (sorry but can't call you Fatman!) I hope you are feeling chirpier today. What about the pie abstinence - you've done so well! Don't give up or think about giving up... We all struggle but it's usually only temporary, you can't be perfect all the time. You can always have a...

Hi Dawn Great to see you!!! Looks like your back with a vengeance! I have no energy today so was just going to open a can of Heinz tom soup for dinner - I feel guilty now looking at everyone else's food posts! Pomooky XXX

Hi and welcome whiteflight! Well done on starting your journey. Let us know how you get on - which plan are you doing? :) Pomooky XXX

Hi Dawn Sorry to hear about Andy's setback and I hope he gets some strength back soon. I echo everyone's comments about not worrying about food, then again, I know if you eat cr_p, you feel cr_p - can you take rice/pasta salad or a nice sarnie with you or some cereal bars for when you get...

Tilly, I really hope the meds kick in in the way they should and fast - it's a bit selfish but I love reading and laughing at your posts and will miss them. Get well soon. Pomooky XXX

Hello my tiny friend, Er, I've just got one of those IPhone thingies too. It's driving me nuts. S'posed to make life easier and all that!! The screen ignores me and the keypad is slow to respond by which time I've gone on to the next letter - nightmare for passwords.. I think my nails...

oooh, nice scones Lo! Mine were rather smaller..... like oatcakes actually! I didn't eat them or make any one else do so but the sparrows are happy. Pomooky XXX

Well done Mr P, iron will as ever!! How long are you doing this for? Pomooky

Just a hello to you and to say I'm thinking of you. Fancy having to stress out with finances when you are off work! Still, once it's done you will have your head clearer and can forge ahead with something else. Good to hear you are back cooking again, some people find it therapeutic but it...

What about a caterpillar?? Pomooky XXX

Welcome home Dawnydabs - nice to see you back. Take care and well done on the drive home!! Love Pomooky XXXXXXX

No worries Dawn, big exotic flowers weigh a lot! ;) Pomooky XXX

Hi Lo Have you booked the pedicure then? :D Pomooky XXX

What happens to a tattoo if you lose weight?? What happens to a tattoo if you gain weight?? :eek: Pomooky XXX

Eeeuuurgh!! Stop it Val! I'm filling up! Pomooky XXX

OOh Val!! Does that mean there won't be any new SW style recipes for me to copy?? You're not giving up cooking are you? I will have to go into the WW section and have a nosey at your diary. I will feel like a trespasser! I hope this gives you a kick start but I think you are doing very well...

Wow! Well done Rob! What a start! Pomooky

Hi Rob Ta for all the info! I hope you are going well, what with it being the weekend etc. I think your diet was pretty good in the run up to Exante anyway. I won't be doing it though. I know I would never stick to it and have loads of weird food issues that diets just make worse. Still, I...

You too Valerie!! Hope you enjoyed your little break from SW. It's good to have a mini blow out sometimes. You don't want to go and get bored and blow it big time do you? Was it liver & onion pie? Pomooky XXX

Wow Lily, look how many people love you! That's enough to cheer anyone up. Those ailments aren't trivial by the way. 'Specially when you've got 'em all at once! Love Pomooky XXX

I really admire you for sticking to this. I would be craving food by now! The weight is just going to drop off you. I'd be interested to know how each thing tastes? Also how much is a shake - does it fill you up? Good luck Pomooky

Coooee Dawn, yes I can vouch for shellac/gellish mails. I've got some lovely grey ones now (look better than they sound). It lasts 3 weeks and makes your nails rock hard. Mine were short and flaky breaky before and it's your own nail so it looks, well, like your own nails... ...and a...

Hi Lo Hope you feel perkier soon. Maybe the Starbucks will sort you out. Have a nice weekend....and a good kip Pomooky XXX

Cat sick!!! :D Blimey, how serious is slimming world..even cat sick appeals! Glad it tasted good tho! Maybe you could substitute the corned beef for something more appetising - liver, entrails or something... Pomooky XXX

What a posh menu...green tea and persimmon indeed!!! Pomooky XXX

Hi there How are you going? I think if you could manage 2 weeks, you'll be well on your way! Good luck... Pomooky

Hi Ruth Just to say hello and wish you all he best. I think you are off to a good start..It's still January (just) and you have loads of time to slowly get where you want to be. Pomooky XXX

Hi Sue Are you going to continue with SW or will you give low GI a shot? I know what you mean about sweating on hot days and holding the coats. My horror is when the wind is blowing towards me and my clothes and outlines my figure (or lack of)! Good luck with whatever you decide! Pomooky xxx

Rob I have seen one of your threads. Trouble is I can't remember where! Anyway, it must be working, it's just my head that's not... Pomooky XXX

Hi Moshed up nanas are good as well! Hope you feel better soon.. Pomooky XXX

Hi Lily Do you love to pick those burnt caramelly bits off the top too? I'm not fussed about the roll, I just like the tiger! Pomooky XXX

Hi Lo I hope you are feeling better today. We all have rubbish days/weeks and I think it's perfectly normal. Maybe you are giving too much importance to your friend's reply because you feel like poo? It might not have bothered you when you are in normal Lochan mode? I feel fed up too and...

Hi I've been reading through your diary (well ok I missed some pages out!) and your story is really inspiring. I always read the SW diaries even though I don't do it because it seems to be the most "normal" way of eating and pretty successful. (Tho it sounds a real faff with all the hexs, plan...

Aaah, LFM - this post made me laugh - it's realistic and reminded me of myself! (What's a Freddo Head?? Were you just good and left his body?). Yep it's an eye opener to write it down. I won't go there tho', specially as its a "quick" reply.... Pomooky XXX

p.s. please post your food stuff I am stalking!!! Pomooky XXX

Brilliant Val!!! Pomooky XXX

Hi Dawn, Just to let you know I've been thinking of you and Andy. Hope all is well and I'll be looking out for you (and him...) A massive (can I use that word on Minis?) hug Pomooky XXX

Wow Val! I thought it was only Sunday and there's you all planned and prepped up to Tuesday!!! I can't even decide what's for dinner 5 minutes before! Good for you.. Have you been walking on the beach as well? I hope it's not as windy as it is has been up here today! Love Pomooky XXX

Hi Dawnydabs Lots of love for you and Andy. Must be very stressful for you both and I'm sending a massive hug for you. Keep posting - I love your funny posts and your positive outlook. All the best for tomorrow.. Love Pomooky

Baby Cakes Stop crying and stop weighing. You'll know with your clothes if you lose or gain. Just eat healthily tomorrow - you don't have to do it the day after if you don't want to. You can eat as much rubbish as you want the next day, the choice is YOURS. If you want, you could eat...

Dawn Have you got one of those rubber swimming caps with little flowers on? Pomooky XXX

Black pudding!!!!!! Blimey Woodmouse, that's giving me the shakes just reading it! You must be made of stronger stuff (could be all that fresh Suffolk air). S'pose it's better than a Yorkshire pudding! Pomooky XXX

... have a good night's sleep hun. You've had a tough day and a mini Mars was definitely called for! Here's to tomorrow for you and Andy. Pomooky XXX

Hi Val Hope your back gets easier. Mine went as I ran for the bus! Old age eh?! I pretended I was looking for something in my bag as I had to stop 'cos of the pain and it was in a spasm! Missed the blinking bus too! Pomooky XXX

Well Dawn, you could buy one of those swimsuits that have built in assets of the chicken kind. They look good but don't get it wet - the chicken department takes ages to dry and is a dead giveaway. Also, if you lean over , you can see the empty t/bit and it’s a tad depressing. :D Why don’t...

Cor blimey Dawn - just how did you do that?? Sorry but all you seem to do is EAT! Plates of pastries (we've seen the evidence), Indian banquets etc. What's the secret? I want to do YOUR eating plan!! Pomooky XXX

Dawn - I am so pleased about the good news you've had. You truly deserve it.. (and Gwyn and mum of course). Pomooky XXX

Hi Val What was over the other side of the wall?? No way I would climb that unless there was a Twix or two awaiting me. Pomooky XXX

Hi Val Just to wish you a VERY happy new year!! I hope you continue on your mission and hope we can all relax a bit more around food (you don't want to be on slimming world forever, do you?). Are you family-free now or preparing another feast?? Can't wait for 2012 myself - it HAS to be...

Phew Dawn, well, if you can handle Asda in the rain, on the biggest shopping day of the year, you can handle anything! Your Gwyn looks full of loveliness and I am so pleased he is looking chipper for Christmas. I hope you have a fabulous time over the holiday and will be fighting fit for...

Valerie Wishing you and yours a brilliant Christmas! Have lots of fun and I look forward to your posts when all the fuss is over - I love Christmas day but like it even more when it's over and I can stick on my tracky bottoms, try out my smellies etc. and just chill out with a kilo of...

Baby cakes & Judith, I don't think you can just stop - the binging is too ingrained and you have to work hard, slowly, to change your way of thinking. I have been a binger for years but I am now concentrating on not binging rather than losing weight. As Dollyicious says - don't try both, if...

Hi Val How about a spicy bacon soup? You could get a healthy fix then. You will be fine, I know. Everyone is saying the same - salads just aren't appealing are they? The only way I can eat them is with something warm and filling like jacket spuds, spicy lentils or pasta. I have stopped...

Hi! The fact that you're posting on here means you haven't give up and you're still on the road to weight loss. There are loads of detours unfortunately, as I have found out, but you will end up where you want to be if you don't throw in the towel. (Don't take too long though, thin...

Ho Lo Are you cooking something up? Pomooky XXX

Dawn, Just to say I am keeping an eye on you and yours and see you are still bouncy (well, not literally) and positive and I take my hoodie off to you. Sorry to hear about your gorgeous Gwyn and mum - wishing them and you all the best. Pomooky XX

Jeepers Lo!! You snack on roasted cauli!! Because you want to??? Yeeuugh! I must be doing something wrong - I cannot imagine sinking my teeth into a flowery cauli thing and being happy! That's what I do with Twix bars, y'see. (This is also why I am overweight as well) (sorry but they're...

Hi Val Just popped in to say hello. Glad you're feeling better and hope your food consumption increases a little. I am still being pig-like and only 4 weeks to Christmas!! Gaaahhgg! It's only food, I wish I could ignore it. Bet you're looking forward to Christmas with your family - I...

Dawn, go get that G & T, you deserve it (them). Take care thinking of you. Pomooky XXX

What an imagination!! Porridge will never be the same, or quinoa, or cous cous.... Your post made me laugh - I have never seen quinoa with tails! You'd better not try barley then.. :eek: Pomooky XXX

Hi Val 4lbs is nowt! See, you CAN do it. Hope you had a good time and they had Shapers bars where you were. Dammit! I am hooked on them too now! Pomooky XXX

Whooah Lochan how did you do it?, that's a whole pumpkin gone!! Pomooky XXX

So sorry to hear this. You did everything you possibly could to make it peaceful for your mum. Sending love to you, sis and little Charlie.Pomooky XXX

Hi Val Here's to another good week! I see you hardly eat any carbs. I wish I could resist too. I make soups and have to eat bread or something with it and if I have a coffee/tea, it just has to have a cracker to go with it. Horrible habit! All the best Pomooky XXX

Well done Skinny!!! Pomooky XXX

Hi, thinking of you and wishing you lots of strength and love. Your posts are really poignant and make me well up! - Goodness knows how you must be feeling! Pomooky XXX

Well done Val - at least you didn't carry on with the blow out! I bet you will be ok at weigh in. A mince pie eh? and not even November!! Pomooky XXX

Hi Val, Going well, I see! Guess what I bought today?? - A Boots chocolate mint thing! I just had to try one. Don't know if it's the same, it's mint nougat. I couldn't see anything else (of course, supplies maybe down due to stockpiling in Sussex!). Anyway, it's too late to try it now but...

Here's too you Angeljaide!! Keep it up Pomooky XXX

Well done Val! There's no stopping you now. Do you still have to go to meetings if you're maintaining? What will you do if Boots run out of Shapers mint choc bars?? Pomooky XXX

Hi Miss Jelly So glad you posted - was worried about you! Here's to you feeling better soon and to normalising your eating. Can you eat any type of food with the band? Pomooky XXX

Thinking of you, you'll be there soon and both you and mum can relax. I'm sure after a bit of your TLC, mum will feel heaps better and ready to eat again. Pomooky XXX

Brilliant news Val, so pleased for you. I will keep nosying in your diary and wouldn't be surprised if you dropped more weight before Crimbo! Pomooky XXX

Sorry to be dumb here but what does tofu taste of? Is it eggy? Do you use it because you like it or because it's non animal? So many people use it on SW and other plans, I wondered what it was like... Ta Pomooky XX

All the best Val! Let us knowhow the cracker bread thing turned out, I am intrigued! Pomooky XXX

Well done Angeljaide - how weird is weight loss!? All the best Pomooky XXX

Hi, I'm sending you a big hug. I think you know you need help and I hope you've spoken to someone. Don't think about it any more, go and see your dietician/GP. Your body can't cope with the stress and you need to sort out the psychological side irrespective of the gastric band. I can't...

Hi - this really hit home with me! I buy loads of multipacks and eat them all myself. I then have to replace them and sometimes eat those as well! I do the same with packets of biscuits and if I lived alone would NOT buy them - I "buy them for my son". The only thing I can think of is...

Yep, I do this too! My food is so healthy throughout the day - it wouldn't enter my mind to eat anything like a biscuit or chocolate etc. After dinner though, eeeek!, I can hoover up the whole kitchen. The idea of lunch being the main meal is really interesting. I often have a snack at lunch...

Enjoy your meal Angeljaide, We cracked it! Here's to more (after you've had a lovely time of course) Wishing you a great weekend.. Pomooky XXX

Hi Angeljaide -sorry about getting your name wrong! I weigh 134 pounds now but did weigh 120 so the extra stone has made a "big" difference. None of my clothes fit and I can't bring myself to buy yet another size up. I have been ok today food wise but then I always am until the evening! I...

p.s. the above ticker is a fraud too!! I would like to erase that as well but I can't. I have gone waaay over that! Pomooky

Hi Angeljade - grrrr I have just spent ages typing a post and it disappeared! But I'm not giving up! I empathise with all you say. I always give up, give in and stuff my face. Why? I'm not sure there's an answer but I am not wasting any more time looking for it. I have wasted several years...

Are you still there lizzie - how's it going? Pomooky XXX

Hi Val - Glad to see you're still on plan and sticking with it. I made some soup today which was quite nice and more to the point, easy! I'm not a great cook as you know. I don't mind trying to make stuff but having loads of things going at once stresses me out - you have lots of different...

Yeah! The Sad and Lonely Losers Club sounds just up my street!! I am always home alone with my young teenage son. I do not, never ever, socialise and I'm never happier than cosied up to my laptop, preferably with a glass of wine. The only thing that may make me exempt is the "Losers" bit...

Hi LoChan - glad to have finally found your diary (we "met" on Micci's diary)! Dunno how you have the time for all that yummy cooking and heaps of exercise. I am such a lazy so and so - that's half the problem I think. I'm not a veggi by the way. I just don't eat red meat as it looks so gross...

Hi Dawn What a star! You must be so proud of yourself. You deserve all your happiness with lovely Gwynn and several shopping sprees to by MORE dresses!! Those dresses will look great with leggings and funky boots too when it gets colder. You've stuck it out through thick and THIN (!)...

Hi super fit swimmer! What is Mountain Dew??? Pomooky XXX

Jeepers Dawn! Seems like everytime I sneak a peek at your thread you are posting more pics of an ever more trim bod. I can almost taste that lush cake and smell the icing on the buns. Good thing I am a loooong way away from that table... You know that feeling when you first bite into a...

You're FitFairNFurious I guess! So what's a muffin after that cleaning blitz?? You had to take it out on something - just don't do it to yourself by sabotaging all your hard work. You can get right back to your diet but a bite or two of something solid is what your body seems to need. I had a...

Gemsaic - thanks so much for taking the time to answer. My story is similar in that my mum was always very keen for me to be thin (I did ballet too but at that time, 10ish, I was sylph-like!). I ate very strictly up until 3 years ago when a lot of family stuff happened. This resulted in me...

Hi Tulipz - how's it going? I am hovering over the diaries as I can't stick to anything. Hoping for inspiration and a change of mindset. I would also like to kick the junk. I don't eat red meat but do like fish and chicken but much prefer chocolate digestives! I feel so gross after pigging...

Hi Gemsaic - I've read your thread - you have done so well. I'm interested in the binging thing. I know you're an ex-binger - how did you manage that? Food totally controls me at the moment. It's all I think of and I pass a lot of time stuffing it down my face! I cannot get out of the cycle and...

You will easily get rid of that pesky 1.5 Val. Look how many 1.5's you've got rid of already!! I hope you enjoy your holiday and don't worry too much about gaining a wee bit. Love pomooky XX

Are your feet bigger? ;) Pomooky XXX

Val - you are really being controlled about this. 1/2 a yorkshire pudding!! There's no way I could do that, I would scoff the lot! Well done, you have certainly got yourself in the right frame of mind. I am still waiting for the lightbulb moment. Hope it's not far away as my clothes are...

Hi Michelle - I had a peep at your diary and couldn't break away - I am fascinated by your weird concoctions! Eeek - mushy peas and tinned tatties, multiveg curries etc. You are very inventive and I may have to stop thinking along the ryvita, jacket potato, salad kind of line. You have done...

Eeek Val - Don't worry. You can't have done much damage with just one blow out. You'll be fine today I'm sure. I have been (hope in the past tense) going through a binge cycle. My LAST binge last night was 2 packets of Walkers Baked. A packet of mini cheddars and a FULL packet of Viennese...

Wow Val - you're really going for it!! Will try the diet coke chicken - thanks for the recipe. I am a hopeless cook 'tho. Do you think you could do this with prawns? (Like a chinese prawn thing?). I much prefer fish to poultry. I'm awaiting a Tesco delivery and hopefully will have the...

Hi Stackhead - enjoying your posts, they make me laugh 'tho you aren't remotely stackheadish. Hope you are feeling better - maybe it was the weight of the cream cake that affected your arm or you have got some kind of canteenitis..Don't worry it will go away and you can go back to your windy...

Hi Val - you are almost there! I can't get my act together since I returned from hols. I don't want to get up, go to work or do anything much at all! As for eating, well..... lots of junk. I must get my head together and follow your lead. I am also interested in the diet coke chicken thing...

Hi Sending you a massive hug. You don't know me but I feel as though I know you! - I have read your posts and love to catch up with you, Hattie the bike, your mum and sis(!). Hope your mum gets stronger - don't feel bad, you couldn't know what she had (even the docs didn't). I think she sounds...

Hi Val Fantastic loss - well done! The next bit should be easier with the motivation from losing 3lbs. Keep posting tho', I am spying on your diary, even though I couldn't, no way, never exist on just a banana for breakfast! Love Pomooky

Wow Lily, what an achievement!! I just saw your diary for the first time. You must have an iron will. It would have been really easy to give up and I guess you have taken this challenge day by day. I would love to have your motivation - you must be so proud of what you've achieved so far...

Hi Val I don't have a weigh in day! I get on the scales when I've been good (not often) and then get on them again when I've blown it (more often). Therefore, I didn't get on them today!! I've been ok today, although I have just had a mega-enormous bowl of strawbs too. I put on some Total fat...

Hi Val How's your weekend, Val? I've just been out for a horrid meal. The restaurant was full of toddlers (yuk) - the hissy fit and lets play hide and seek behind everyone's tables type. Honestly, some parents are soo laid back - or I'm too uptight! Anyway, I had a bone dry tuna steak and...

Parade away! You can't be fat at just over 9 stone! :cool: Hi Champ - oooh, yes you can be fat at just OVER 9 stone!! Firstly, it's all relative - I used to be just OVER 8 st (well, alright 3 years ago) and so an extra stone feels blobby and gross. Secondly, most of the stone has decided to...

Hi Val - thanks for the tourist information! I am really looking forward to it now. Even if the weather lets us down, there'll be loads to do. Hope your system gets going if you know what I mean. That can add a serious amount of poundage! I've just slipped and had some digestives. As soon...

Hi Val, How's it going - no email I'm afraid. I'm off to have salad and cous cous and feta and hope to leave it at that as the evening is when I pig out. Cath up soon, Pomooky XXX

Hi Josiecat Good luck - sure you'll do it this time! It's easy to give in when you haven't got heaps to lose. I too am "appley" - big fat tum and sides but reasonable hips etc. I wish I could push a bit up into the boob area; that would even it out rather nicely! Sadly, the only way is eating...

Hi (should I call you eternal or optimist?:D) I am trying to do a similar kind of thing to you. I've pinched lots of SW ideas but don't do the plan. Whether this is lazy, cheating or a waste of time, I don't know but I feel better and have stopped stuffing myself with chocolate buscuits. I...

Hi! I totally empathise with you as I've been binging for a long time now and keep gaining and losing the same 5lbs! I am sick of being fat - I told myself at Xmas that I would be 8st something for summer and here I am at exactly the same weight !! I understand about being alone and being...

Well Val, if you ever get the laptop back and see this post, I have never even been in Sussex, never mind Camber. We will be going to Rye and Hastings I guess, as my son is a history buff (and I quite like the sound of Rye shopping!). I have eaten so much fruit today that my stomach is now...

Wow Dawn, you look amazing in those photos. Knitting club indeed! What was I thinking? Apart from skinny, you look all glowy and healthy (was it just the one glass?). ;) Love Pomooky xxx

Hi again Val! oooh lucky you living near the beach! I also noticed you're in Sussex as we hope to go for our hols (near Camber sands) in August. Been out and boutght lots of LF cottage cheese and salad, plums and stuff. Let's hope I eat this and not the chunky Kit Kats and digestives that...

Hi, Just had a massive stir fry with (too much) chicken, and noodles followed by a ff yoghurt and a skinny cow lolly. I have also had an indigestion tablet. :D

Hi Dawn I keep sneaking a peek at your diary to see what you're up to. I don't post much as I don't do SW and don't want the SW heavies after me! Your loss is amazing and it's good you can sneak in the odd glass of plonk and a take-away here and there. I, on the other hand, haven't lost any...

Oh Keke, I know this feeling well! Keep thinking of your 6lb loss. That's a brilliant start. Think what it could be next week! Have you got any Total left? It's nice with a few oats and raisins or cranberries (not sure if this is SW 'tho as I don't do it). Porridge too is good for...

Hi Valerie - I've read loads of your posts and know you can lose the weight you want. It's getting your head round to it - I know, I am a healthy eater all day and binge about 2000 calories in the evening! I don't do slimming world as I don't seem to be able to commit to it - I think I like...

Hi Holidaygirl Just caught your thread and I have to say I think you are very brave - it must have taken a lot to walk away from your job. With everything that has happened to you, you are still positive about your future health and now have incentives for starting afresh - that's great...

Hi, hope you don't mind me butting in. Please don't give up! Your diary is really inspiring (first selfish reason) and makes me crack up laughing (second selfish reason). I can't even get going on SW. Sometimes I think it sounds great but most times it sounds to faffy and ridiculous (syns...

Hi Amanda Good luck with your interview! You sound really positive and with your head and body in tune. Not so good myself but hoping for an improvement (can't get any worse!). I've no excuses now, exam over, son back safe and sound from school trip; only greed is taking me to the multipacks...

Dawn So glad you're in such a lovely place and can relax by the river. Don't worry about the weather, you have your own brand of sunshine that will follow you everywhere. Oh, and do NOT drink too much wine and fall off that lovely balcony! :D Love Pomooky XX

Sorry to hear you're struggling Amanda. I hope tomorrow sees you kicking this cycle into touch - just one day can break it. I'm sure you'll do it. I treated myself to a low cal risotto from M&S and feel quite full although fullness has nothing to do with whether I binge or not. For this reason...

Louise Can you get out of the house right now? Move away from temptation. As soon as I put my jeans on to go out and feel those thighs trying to break free, I would never, ever binge. It's only when indoors in gross tracky bottoms or combat pants when I slum out and eat like a pig, or four...

Hi Dawn Well done! What can I say, you look fab! What an inspiration! What are you going to do with the tiara now? You will be able to wear it around your waist soon! ;) Love Pomooky

All the best Dawn!! I'm sure the super fairypower will keep you going and the only things wobbling will be your tiara and tutu! :) Pomooky XX

Hi Skinnydawn Long time no speak! I was posting with you and goodisme a few months ago about bingeing! You were so kind and motivating and I was really pleased to come across your diary. I have read through the lot (no mean feat!) even though by page 20 or so I knew that I was going to read...

Hi Chocolate Bananas So glad you have got back on track. PMT is a tricky one and exams are even trickier. Bingeing is awful as in a couple of days it can take you right back to where you were before emotionally and physically. Yes, this thread is good in that you don't feel so alone when you...

Hi Amanda I've just gone through a bad patch too. It will end, don't give up. At least you're not giving up on the exercise which would be easy to do after 13 chocolate bars! When I binge I don't bother with anything - my nails, going out etc. I think I'm not worth spending the time on! My...

Hi Micci - How are you this weekend? Your inbox is full methinks! How are the kittens? I am ok but roll on Monday is all I can say..... Pomooky XX

Hi Krupskaya Yep. it's pants this bingeing business! I feel dreadful. I have put on 4lbs! I also have TOTM and did a mock exam this morning. How stressful is that?! Maybe all this triggered the food frenzy but I don't want to give in everytime I get a problem I don't want to deal with. I am...

I am also wagonless lately! Will it pass by again? Will it let me on? Will I FIT on?? Trying again and not going to give up! (Hi Alex, long time no hear - we can do it!!) Pomooky XX

Still binging. It's like something has taken over me. Only a few weeks back I went for almost a month without a binge but don't know how. Have 6 weeks left to my hol. Assuming I haven't put too much on, I should be able to lose 7 lbs by then. I know I am putting enormous pressure on myself by...

Hi Mandy! Good to hear you haven't given up. Don't know where everyone is, let's hope they're somewhere exotic, eating melon and parma ham. I have just eaten a bucketload of chocolate. I am panicking because it's now summer and I weigh the same as I did at Christmas! What a waste of 6 months...

Eek! I think I got a bit mixed up too when I was bleating on about psychology and put that I needed to see Aline's daughter. I think the budding psychologist is Lesley's daughter?? Anyway, this thread is so huge now that it's not surprising some of us get confused (well, I'm no spring chicken...

Hi Thimblebug Yeah it's mind boggling isn't it? the amount of people addicted to fat/sugar. I have never binged on plums that's for sure! I also think that the fact that a lot of junk - biscuits, cake, cereals etc is (sounds yukky) kind of modgy in your mouth - like baby food. I think the...

Hi Aline Thanks so much for your ideas. My son seems to be quite well adjusted so far. He is a healthy weight with a lovely flat tum (but then so was I at 13!). I will just let him follow his instincts with food but watch the sweet stuff. Apart from the fact that he is now of an age when he can...

Just a thought - I am a little worried after thinking about childhood and the influence of our parents. What about me/us? My son knows I am a binger (I explained to him) and I do tell him to try to finish up his meals and limit his choccy consumption. Aaagh! Am I turning into my mother? Will he...

http://www.minimins.com/bring-your-head-inside-your-body-will-follow/145230-changing-habits-using-fred.html It's this bit (I think I've copied the whole of Minimins here!). It may not appeal as its a bit therapyish, depends what drives you. I am ok today - I didn't binge yesterday 'cos I...

Awwgh, a massive hug to you Louise. I have just gone through the same and STILL don't fully understand. All we can do is start again and take it day by day without unrealistic expectations for a sudden halt to it - just a gradual decrease. The Fred posts are on page 2 of this very thread...

Aline - how goes it? It must be an enormous stress to do your Masters. I am doing a little old A level and have an exam in 4 weeks' time. This is freaking me out as I haven't been in a classroom for 30 odd years! I will think of the amount of work you have to do when I am struggling with my...

Hi there Micci Yep, it's true that I was a bit of a rebel too as a teen. My parents seemed to be stricter than many others and, as I mentioned, Mum was very controlling of my food intake (even before I got chubby). When I did get chubby, she was fairly critical and I think a bit embarrassed...

Micci Thanks so much for taking the time to cheer me up because that's what you have done! Yeah, I know no-one else will notice ( I have hoovered the crumbs and hidden the packs waaay down in the bin) but I can feel that stodgy feeling around my middle. Everything you describe about the binge...

Totally fed up now. Have binged again and feel quite tearful, despondent. I don't think I will ever stop this stupid habit and really dislike myself. I haven't had any problems today, I just wanted to stuff my face because I can. I don't know how to stop this. I'm going to read some links on...

Krupskaya, well done! Have you stuck to SW all the time or do you chop and change a bit? I would be afraid of the thing about eating huge jacket spuds, beans etc as I would really take advantage of that! Also, I had a look at their website a few months ago and I was totally confused with the...

Hi Lesley! I was wondering where you had been. I'm so pleased that you're still working things through. You've come to the same conclusion as me; there's only me stopping myself from being healthy and slim. I want to lose weight without stopping eating junk. You literally can't have your cake...

Micci, Awgh! I keep losing posts too! My last one was really negative so I am quite pleased really. The mindfulness thing is really interesting. I sometimes eat so fast I can hardly cope with it physically. I can accept these feelings but can't let them go Aline, I have to act/eat on them. The...

Hi Everyone Well, I'm a bit on and off at the mo. I've looked on my calendar and out of 20 days I have binged on 5 - that's definitely better than before. Trouble is just one binge can be a kilo gained (how is this? How much do 10 biscuits weigh anyway?). Today ok again. I have snacked a lot...

Hi there everyone. Well I've had a truly piggy weekend! Blame it on TOTM but that's no good is it, because they are every 4 weeks! Have been ok since yesterday but damage is already done. I have no excuses - I just have a nasty habit that is proving hard to break. Lesley - so good to hear...

Well done Paul Love the menus and the fact that you never snack! This is my downfall - eating between meals. I have been and bought some fruit so at least it will be healthy stuff. Good luck Pomooky

I know the feeling. It's hard isn't it? Just think of that weight you've just shifted! I can't really say much as I am the first one for self-sabotage. Seems I just love to put back on all the pounds I fought to shift. I wish I could understand it. Take care Pomooky XX

Hi I love this thread too - I felt like I was the only one with this problem before before and would never have opened up to anyone about this. I feel I can say exactly how I feel on this site - even admitting when I have failed and been a pig! I felt especially bad because I am at an age...

In bed now, safely tucked up with the laptop and the daily mail. Teeth brushed, mini-teenager dusted off to bed and all is calm once more. Feel a bit high - must be the chocolate! Sleep tight everyone - back in the zone tomorrow! Pomooky XX

Yaaagh! I knew I was going to do it - I've been and gone and binged!!! I've stopped now cos I feel sick and it's late. I was desperate to pig out but can't think why. Got a bit stressed when I came home from work, rushing around doing stuff that no-one notices anyway. Then I have my TOTM in...

Hi Sassia - Do you like porridge? Baked potato? Crackers & Low Philly? Soup? They're all comfort foods (but not as nice as creamy mash!) Pomooky XX