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Weigh in today and I have to admit I was dreading it.........last week ended up being one of those busy weeks and I ate out 4 times - eek!!! i never normally go out, apart from a coffee with friends, but never for that amount of meals and while you can pick fairly good choices, you can never be...

well not only did i get a cold but it went straight to my chest and triggered an asthma attack.....so I've spent the last few days doing nothing very much except trying to breath LOL i wasn't eating as much but i also wasn't eating properly, plus taking more steroids i thought would have a...

Well I've done ok since Monday.....haha I know it's only Thursday but I'm still feeling positive :) I have to say I'm loving calorie counting, as long as I stick to my allowance I can still have the odd treat.....yesterday I spent most of the morning crawling round on my hands and knees pinning...

I've been shocked too at how many calories are in things, since I've been watching and counting calories I've been totally surprised at where the calories clock up......usually at home I have a little salad for lunch but once a week I go to a friends for the day and she makes me a salad roll...

Well I'm starting again.......had a bad couple of weeks, everything was all over the place, I tried to stick to healthy eating as much as i could and I think I did pretty much ok, considering everything :) over the last 2 weeks I've put on 2lbs, which I'm ok with........in the past I could put...

Weigh in today.........and I stayed the same again.........I'm surprised I didn't put on as I haven't been totally good, a few naughties sneaked their way in this week, well actually they didn't sneak in....I opened the door wide and invited them in LOL so I'm pleased I stayed the same :)...

ooh sounds yummy, bns rissotto is one of my favs, so nice to have a lighter version :)

Well either way you have something to aim for LOL

Hi Charley, good luck with the weight watchers, once you get used to your way round you'll find this site a great help and support :)

Another thing I've tried is boiled cauliflower and leeks, drain them well, pop them back on the heat to dry out the excess moisture for a minute, then pop them in a blender with a little half fat creme fraiche, and blitz them, the texture is like creamed potato and the taste is like a garlic...

Well I stayed the same today, but its pretty much what I expected.........I'm happy with that, at least I haven't gained :)

Well have felt dreadful today, started this morning when I got an unexpected totm.......the first one this year, I think I have started my menopause and am all over the place, hot flushes, tiredness......but today has been tough, have felt awful all day, terrible cramps, feel nauseas, just been...

Daisy you'll get into your black jeans this time :)

Haha, I love that, if only it were as easy as just shrinking ourselves :D I have enough clothes packed away in the loft which are all various sizes, but most of them a lot smaller from when i lost my weight before......am looking forward to getting back into them, especially my black jeans - i...

Hope the scales are working for you on Monday, and have a lovely trip away :)

Great thread, I hadn't yet found the calorie calculator in the sticky - very interesting......good luck Caroline and great advise from everyone else, I myself am looking to lose about 8 stone and think I will try the things suggested, off to look up my fitness pal now :) Good luck, will be...

I HATE exercise, but I do think it's a necessary thing to do in order to help with the weightloss.......before when I lost a lot of weight I went to the gym 3/4 times a week and even did a 5k run, but I can honestly say I didn't enjoy one bit of it, it was just something I had to do.......I've...

thanks for the encouragement..........although with all this flipping lifting and carrying making up flat pack cupboards and clearing out rubbish i can't see me doing any extra exercise this week :p

well i'm bigger than a 24/26 so I know seatbelts don't fit round me but i always ask for an extender as I board the plane, sometimes they are right by the locker with them in and they will hand me one straight away, but if not they will usually bring one to me when I've sat down......it happens...

Not sure what my epiphany moment was or if I am still waiting to have one........:) I have always known I was terribly unhealthy, overweight and none of it is very nice, but it is also my comfort zone - how ever much i hate it........so as you can see my brain has quite screwy thought...

Hi Ryster, good for you for coming back, sorry the weight has crept back on but as LornaGrace said, you have done it before and you can do it again :) good luck

I've normally found that its around 1 - 1.5 stone per dress size......but obviously it depends on how/where you carry your weight and i think how big you are makes a big difference too.......for example i'm a size 30 and i bet theres far more leeway in larger clothes than there is in smaller...

well i think i'm just gonna have to force myself to exercise, as logically its the only way to go......if I use up more calories than i put in then the weight has to drop doesn't it?? :p

Hi surreygal, thanks for the support.....I see you've been doing very well, can I ask how you've done it :)

Sorry got snowed under yet again......I did manage to weigh in on Friday but thats about it.....anyway another lb off, so its all going in the right direction :) Hubby has decided to do a massive lifes laundry in the house so everythign has been turned upside down and its all chaos!!!! Trouble...

Haha, it's not my thing either, I kill everything.......have tried hanging baskets and pots, but I forget to water them enough.......did have a beautiful flower bed planted up once, after everything flowered we cut it all back as advised, but when it all started growing again after the winter...

Hi RR, I weigh in on Fridays :)

Ooh Daizy your squares sound lovely and good on you for cleaning the patio pots, maybe I should do a bit more gardening!!!

I'm on regular diet coke, but think I should go with caffeine free, I drink all decaff coffee so it seems silly to put caffeine in with coke

haha i'm doing the same, sitting with a diet coke in hand, enjoying the sun

hi Daizy, I used to knit, but prefer to sew now....although i'd love a knitted throw, theres a gorgeous one in Cath Kidston, just red and blue squares, really simple but i love it.......i love having something to do with my hands, stops me snacking :)

Hi Emmaline, if i can work out how/where to post some pics i will.....i'm a self taught quilter and some of the stuff they tell you that you need isn't really necessary.....you do need a rotary cutter and quilters ruler, but apart from that the rest is pretty much buy it as and when you want it :)

Hi Berniea, always best to start off with cheap material, my only advise would be to prewash the fabric first, cheaper materials usually shrink, so you want that shrinkage to happen before you make your clothes......in fact all dressmaking fabrics tend to shrink.....the last thing you want to do...

Nice day to go out for a lunch with a friend :)

Congrats on the 2.5lb loss roadmutha......well done.........I really need to exercise more, think I'll start with trying to walk round the block, its a big block and hilly, but with bad asthma and dodgy knees it'll be a tough walk.......

Well, sometimes life just goes charging off and you don't have time to catch your breath.......I think I've been absent for about a week.......so much to catch up on!!! Well I've lost 2lbs, not a huge amount but it's a start and I never started this for a quick fix, so I'm happy with that :) I...

Hi Daizy, I'm still trying to find my way round too.......having not been here for a week its like starting all over again :) Well done on your weightloss so far

Like the others have said, a lb is a lb, at least you're going in the right direction - and if it was any one of us telling you we'd only lost a lb you would be really positive for us and tell us all the things we're saying to you, so be a bit kinder to yourself, you are doing a great job...

Hi RainbowRose, nice to meet you, have had the same horrors in the past about airplane seats, I used to ask the stewardess as I got on the plane for an extension, some of them were lovely and would discreetly bring me one, others would walk towards me waving the bright orange thine in the...

Support and a kick up the jacksie sounds right :) I'm weighing in on a Friday, to try and help keep me focussed through the weekend.......

I have been there on one of my many weightloss times.......and I had to remind myself that i once was one of those people, i ordered extra onion rings etc and thoroughly enjoyed them at the time, so you can't really blame them for doing what they want, after all you are doing what you want now...

I think my weigh in day will be Friday, I've only just started the cd's, so I weighed in properly yesterday and I think having a weigh in before the weekend will remind me I can't slack off over the weekend.....I did start the cd's about 10 days ago, was listening to them in the morning but then...

Hi Stacy, good for you for joining, and yes we can do it and we WILL do it :)

Hi Lift, great about your peak flow reading, mine is abysmal at the mo, it's never been so bad but then I did have a bad asthma attack in January and I'm still recovering, not back to full steam, I think I try and get off my inhalers too quickly and cut down the usage before I'm fully right, I...

Hi roadmutha, great job on your weight loss, I too have a lot to lose and am using hypnotherapy cd's and healthy eating, and I can honestly say this is the first time I have ever felt so positive and think I will achieve my goal :) I have got a gastric band fitted, had it done about 5 or 6...

Hi, the only reason I picked 210lbs is because I got to that weight before and I know it's achievable and I was comfortable at that size, I didn't want to give myself a figure which I would feel was too far away and unachievable cos I might be tempted to give up before I can really get...

I'm doing hypnosis cd's can't go to a face to face sessions, suffered childhood abuse so going to see a stranger and maybe not being fully aware of what's happening or in control of the situation is a real no no for me, wish I could go face to face, think it might be more intense and might work...

Thanks, I am having a good first day :) You've definitely done well so far, looking forward to chatting with you too and this is the most positive I've felt before about my weight, and the journey to losing it :)

......I am a quilter and sewer.........why does that word sewer always remind me of a drain type thing???........anyway, I am a quilter........I make all manner of things, from large quilts to baby quilts, to throws, cushions, table runners, coasters........I even made a wigwam for my 4 year old...

Well here I am, ready for a new start......ready for a new life. I have tried virtually every diet going and I always find a way to fall off the wagon BIG TIME........and at 42 years old, I have realised that it will not get any easier, there are no quick fixes - not for me.......and after...

Hi I probably need to lose more weight than I am planning but at the moment I am going for an 8 stone loss, or thereabouts.........last time i got to my goal weight, i was happy being a size 18-20 and so that is where i am aiming for, of course things may change, i may get there and want to go...

Thanks Emmaline, not sure where I started with a big old put down of myself......i didn't think i'd put myself down, i am just realistic about my size and how that effects my life :) and i like to be very honest about myself and what i feel, and i have sat on a fold up chair that broke, which...

can so understand all that you say.......and yep, one that is winnable :)

I know why my mind stops me :) i think there really is only about 10-20% of my mind that wants to be thin/thinner.......my weight is my protection, always has been and the urge to keep myself safe is far far stronger than the urge to be thin........all comes from childhood abuse and have had...

Hi Lynella, sorry its taken a while to get back to you but I got completely snowed under and didn't have time to get back to the site.....I'm not having one to one with hypno, i think that would work better but am not good around strangers and don't like feeling that someone else has control of...

Hi Lynella, I can't do it again either, I have tried but I can't get past day 3!!!! I think my problem is that I KNOW it works and works quickly so in the back of my mind I'm thinking well I can start this anytime and it'll work so it doesn't matter if i slip up today......which is why i'm...

Thanks Irene will check out that section, still trying to find my way around :)

yep slimming world is best for me cos i can feel like i'm eatiing a normal diet and am not excluded anywhere, so i'm going to try SW with hypnosis, in the hope the hypnosis helps with the willpower side...... anythings worth a try;) I know normal is a state of mind, but i mean normal in the...

Very interesting reading but not a surprise really.........I've always likened myself to a drug addict, except food is my drug......when i gave up drinking I cut it out completely, when I gave up smoking I stopped completely, but eating for me is like giving a heroin addict 3 syringes a day and...

Hi, I have only just found this forum and found it by accident while looking for something else entirely :) I have had a life long battle with weight and am currently at my heaviest ever and i'm really struggling with it, getting out of breath a lot and dodgy knees :rolleyes: I have tried...