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My heaviest was 24stone almost and I couldn't fit into size 28jeans... After that I was desperate for weight loss surgery my NHS trust didn't offer it unless you have diabetes so that didn't get far, I lost 5 stone or so before I started slimming world, I lost it by... Eating breakfast! Lol it's...

Pretty much yes. I do shift work too so it's all a big jumble, I go to the same group but skip every other week, if that makes sense? If you are going to different groups I imagine you wouldn't be eligible for slimmer of the week

No, actually not much fibre at all, maybe thats the problem? I did sign up with a group yes, I went first time last week but I can only make it every other week due to work schedule. If it doesn't get better I will contact GP as you suggested, thank you :)

Since starting on plan last Tuesday I seem to have had diarrhea most days, is this normal at the beginning? I am eating much more fruit than usual although i have always eaten plenty of veg, I am drinking a lot too...

Im not quite 10 stone, but I think pretty close to it :) Never been skinny so have no idea what weight to actually aim for... currently 19stone 4lbs

Micro and toaster, kettle too :p :)

Looking for some cheap easy breakfast ideas that I can do away from home, I start work at 7am and usually get a breakfast break around 8am. I'm struggling to find a breakfast other than the multi-grain porridge and always using my HEXB any ideas?

never hear of Aloe Vera juice before, it sounds disgusting! Is it as bad as it sounds? I know my diet over the past month has been very poor. Life got in the way too much recently and its been a struggle. As you will have seen I have gone back to skipping meals as well which really doesn't help...

TMI post - please stay out if you are feeling queasy or just ate. Ok so first gas, I pass a lot of gas and I do mean a LOT, its really smelly and it is all day long. I almost always have diarrhea even when I eat good foods and there is no oil, it is still diarrhea, quite often immediately...

MFP recap gives me 230 since my last update, so 1780 in total :)

1550 Total for me :)

Tuesday = 60 minutes, Weds = 40, today = 40. 1440 total.

welcome back

:( I had a bad day and couldn't resist the half bag of kettle crisps in the kitchen, they were ready salted and sooo yummy but boy have I paid for it today :(

100 today = 1300 total :) (Induction at the Academy Gym room tomorrow night!)

curves and Dog walk again today, 100 minutes, 1200 total.

30 minutes Curves and 20 minutes walking today = 1100 total

40 minutes curves and 60 minutes dog walking = 100 + 950 = 1050 total

30 minutes today = 950 total Had a few lazy days :(

Gym went well, though everything seems to be designed for someone just a bit taller than me! My heart rate was up at 162 so higher than it was meant to be as well. It seems fine, everything there was fine to use, some harder than others but nothing was so hard I couldn't do it. I think in 6...

Oh my gosh!!! I signed up for Curves 6 weeks at £39 then I can join for £34 a month. BUT I just found out that we have a Gym available at the Academy here, its open 4.30pm-9.30pm week days and 9.30-4.30 Saturday AND I can join it with a council membership which also give me free access to the...

+30 for today = 920 total :)

An hour yesterday searching for new shoes and getting Pizza hut as a treat for everyone for dinner :) New shoes rub my ankle a little but don't hurt my very sore Big Toe so I'm calling it a success! I really didn't expect my feet to change shape so soon. And I start Curves on Tuesday so excited...

Just 30 minutes today = 830 Total. I had been doing my 2.5 mile walk every other day, but my feet are so sore. I seem to have lost weight on my feet and now my shoes don't fit properly! I need some new ones soon I think :)

Just my 2 cents here. But I find it helps when you stop thinking of it as a diet. After all a diet is something that is just for a short period of time. Most of us with weight problems will regain if we are on a *diet* because when you reach goal you eat whatever you want. Well you cant do that...

I haven't weighed in since the doctors. That was urm... 3 weeks ago? And I only need to loose 2lb to get to 17stone something. But I cant remember the last time I was 17 anything and I have (tmi warning) had periods type pains and food has been more, even though I try eat less which usually...

30 today = 800 total :)

30 yesterday and 60 today = 770 in total :)

I only have milkshake in the morning, so I just take a pill at Lunch and Dinner. However I started taking my pills right away, I find that they take 3-4 days to kick in properly so I was careful what I ate, but started straight away :)

Thank you Mis! Technically I am already under the weight limits, I just cant imagine doing it at this size :/ I would be terrified! The Highland Fling place does it in Perthshire which isn't a million miles from Aberdeen. Its £65 so something I can realistically save for when I have lost another...

60 minutes today so 680 in total. We just walked to the shops and back yesterday so I'm not counting that!

Lol! Thats my OH's attitude as well! I really want to do one, it just looks so exhilarating I would love to do a Parachute jump as well.

I want to do a bungee jump! I have always wanted to do a bungee jump but I would hate to do it whiles being so big.I think if I get to 14 stone, its probabily a reasonable weight to do it... right? Or wrong? Thoughts... ?

17s are my shortterm goal as well, it will be the first time since I can remember that I will have been under 18 stone! Welcome back to you and I really hope we are both under 18 very soon :D

Thanks Kelly, much help :) I would love to join a normal gym, but I don't drive. My nearest normal gym is £6 just to travel to, or £60 per month bus pass. Making the total cost £78 vs the £34 of curves with no travel costs needed. I'm not working at the minute so that is a HUGE difference for...

(550) + 70 minutes for today = 620 so far :D

Oh thank goodness! I have been stressing myself out about this so much. I just hate plain water, I grew up in a hard water area and it tasted foul. I'm in a very soft water area now, but the mindset is still there that I wont drink tap water unless I flavor it. Tesco double concentrate, no added...

Gotta be better than coke right? I hate the taste of just water urgh :/ But still, its calories... I dont know what to do :( I use double concetrate no added sugar apple cordial / squash (obviously very diluted with water). Should I stop?

60 minutes today, 550 in total! Wow I'm doing so much better on this than I thought that I would!

another 90 minutes today :) 490 in total

I have lost 45lbs from my highest weight of 297lbs. My clothes are looser and I can fit in the size 24s I couldn't do up before. But on a whole I don't see it still :/ I wonder If I could end up a size 14 and still not see a difference though I'm sure I'm being over-dramatic. What I have noticed...

Hi I wonder if anyone here has tried curves gym? I'm 252lbs and I'm wondering if its a good idea or if the equipment / set up will be too hard for me to cope with? They do a 30 minute circuit and I, really worried that it would be too hard. Anyone have experience of it at a very large weight?

310 + 90minutes for me today, we did 3.25 miles! Very slow but heck, I walked 3.25 miles! I'm pleased with that :D So 400 in total :)

We do have a council Leisure Center but again its in town, I'm in the country a bit so we really don't have much here :( Our Council run facilities in Aberdeen are actually more expensive than Pure Gym which is odd! But again the Travel costs will kill me. In a way I am actually quite lucky...

Hi Rachel, Yes thank you! I'm doing that at the minute, I haven't had a working car for the past 3-4 months so it has really made a difference, I walked urm... Briskly for 70 minutes tonight, A few months ago that would've been 20 minutes and I would be out of breath! The only Gym i have near me...

I'm 5'4, 18ish stone and around a 24 bottom and 22-24 tops Lost around 3 stone since I started after my brothers wedding (2010) but I was only a 26 bottoms 24 top then, so it hasnt impacted my size very much

70 for me today, 310 in total :) My poor dog is in shock she has never been walked that long in her life!

That is amazing, well done!

None Wednesday, 30 minutes Thursday, 45 Minutes yesterday, 30 minutes today 30+45+30+135= 240 total for me so far please :)

As the title really, is it worth me trying to join a gym? I was thinking PureGym since its cheap. But I have very low exercise limits at the minute. I can do like 10 minutes on the cross trainer :/ I walk everywhere at home and so I really need to start doing more, I'm just scared I will be too...

I was shopping in ASDA today and I noticed the Weight Watchers 275g Mushroom Rigatoni and Chicken Penne Pasta reduced to clear at £1 per pot. My store only had one mushroom and 5 chicken so I brought them all for quick meals when I cant find anything to eat. The mushroom one is 5.5grams of fat...

Oh my gosh, nooo!!! Thats awful news. Scotland have just changed their guidelines for Bariatric surgery to exclude anyone without Type 2 Diabetes. I would hate to loose this as well :(

I third My Fitness Pal. Its amazing for tracking your weight and everything that you eat :D I feel like I would still like a *club* type thing to get weighed each week, but its just so costly, Im not working so £6 a week is silly money just to get weighed.

Is it worth buying some? I have brought two Biggest Loser DVDs as I have heard they are the best place to start for someone with a LOT of weight to loose, in some screens they show people holding dumbbells doing the work out. My OH says to use tins of beans :blahblah: but I expect they would...

And another 45 for me today :D 135 in total now thanks

OMGOSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOST weight! I lost 4Kg!!!!

Going back to my doctors today, I haven't been for the best part of 6 months! I had two months on Oralistat, then got ill, missed my check up. By the time I was well again I realized I was all out of Oralistat and couldn't get anymore, so I had a crap summer, over ate when the kids were off...

another 45 minutes for me again today please so 90 minutes total :) Thanks

Can you put me down for 45 minutes today please, I'm being a pack horse for the kids to dance class workshops and off to get my second box of Oralistat, A whole 10 weeks supply now :D

I feel alot more confident about restarting this time, although maybe its the sun gone to my head :D

I will do this, but I want to make it not too hard for myself as its my first one. So 15 minutes a day 5 days a week, I think that = 1275 minutes So can you put me down for that please and hopefully I will go over, but with my kids being off school over x-mass and it being my middle son's...

If you cant find it I suggest trying a Pharmacy attached to a doctors / hospital. I called in there expecting the usual no and she said we have got a few boxes from the hospital so we will take your script and number and phone you when we get some for you. Got a call today and my first script is...

This website says its being made again and it should be in stock as it was before by the end of September as the supply catches up with demand :D I'm so happy!

Im back! I think I need one of those extra strong seatbelts and have you got a seat belt extender too please? My size 26 butt is a bit big :( Well I managed about 3 great months, lost 20lbs, got a really awful flu, ran out of pills and then summer hit and I had three kids at home all day every...

Haven't been able to get any up here for months, my nearest co-op pharmacy is 30 miles away and they don't have any anyway :(

I go to boots once a fornight, but Boots say I lost 20lbs and my doctors scales say I lost 14 :(

Wow well done! I hope I will be following in your footsteps sooner or later :)

It seemed like it was slowly coming back in stock, but nowhere in Aberdeen has had any for months :(

My middle son was x-mas day too!

I would never drink any brand other than coca-cola I hated it when I went out and resturants stocked Pepsi and not coca-cola, but now I found the pepsi max cherry I'm sold :D I hate diet coca-cola with cherry, its the worst ever drink so this is soo much better than full fat cherry coca-cola!

They had it in asda last week for £1 a bottle. its up to 2 for £3 now

I have given up Coca cola sooo many times and I always end up drinking it again... Well this time... I have discovered Pepsi Max Cherry and it has only 12 calories in an entire 2 liter bottle, its the best thing ever for me Im in love with it :D AND it doesnt make me feel guilty Woo Hoo

The Chemist in Aberdeen said they had a note its coming in soon but hadn't actually gotten any yet. It shouldn't be long I'm sure

I set MFP to 2lbs a week and it lets me have 1400 cals a day, I try to stick by it, but sometimes go over... usually as long as I'm under 1600 I'm happy enough

I was good! Roasted yellow pepper, red onion and mushrooms (no oil) with garlic Mayo and wholewheat pittas and a veggie grill broke up between the two pitas, stuffed with my roasted veggies, next time dont need the veggie grill and I will have again it was SOOOO fine and actually good for me:D

Roche is only one of the makers of Oralistat though... Why are the chemists not full of Teva oralistat to make up for it?

Great news :D Congrats, cant wait till thats me hehe

Mine says significantly less calories each day compare to MFP.

Quorn Chilli :) yummy

All the low fat ones are full of sugar! Is there a good brand I can use with low fat and low sugar, preferably ones I can buy in ASDA? Thank you.

Do they still do that? I looked on the web but could only find stuff from several years ago, I thought they mightve stopped it. I was on the Cross trainer today and only managed 5 minutes so I need to build up some strength first then I will ask doc when I can make use of the gym properly

Great news congratulations!

Thanks Purple :) We cleared out the gummy sweets last night and I recently got a table top mixer so I can make cupcakes and keep them in the fridge for the kids, they aren't to my taste so there isn't a danger having them here. I'm not really a chocolate kinda girl!

Thanks Lexi, I sure hope it helps! I like the accountability on here and on MFP too, so I'm hoping it will give me the kick up the backside I need to stay on track and do this right. I have tried just about every diet known to man and if I don't sort out my weight now then I worry that it will...

Well I am 26, 27 this year. My BMI sits around 50 ish and goes up or down depending on whats happening in my life at the time. I comfort eat, I love carbs, I love coke, I love crisps and gummy sweets. I wanted weight Loss surgery, but was rejected because my area wont help unless your BMI is...

Haha fair enough, the roast chicken crisps are fatty though (haven't had a single bag yet! :D)

Oh gosh that means I have to have will power! lol Well I haven't had any today so I think when the kids come home after dinner I will let them eat the rest of them, then there wont be any to eat. There just so full of gummy goodness, gummy sweets are always a problem for me. Grapes could work...

I enjoy grapes too much! lol Aren't they bad for you? Too much sugar or something?

I wouldnt spend the time to clean the fruit or peel the veg... I need something I can just pick something up and pop straight in my mouth, a one-bite type thing

When I go into the kitchen, I eat a gummy cola bottle... EVERYTIME I go into the kitchen! What can I swap my cola bottle packet with that is healthy?

cauliflower and carrot curry if i get to the shops, if not then I dont know

Great idea to use a tattoo for a reward, I never would've thought of it! I have a tiny tweety pie on my ankle and a swallow on my inside wrist. I really love my swallow (I got it in memory of my dad who used to do tattoos before he died, he always drew swallows and I had a miscarriage a few...

I agree Lexi, it seems so odd, there must be thousands of people using this across the country. I don't understand how they can let it just dry up like this.

I'm trying really hard to just stop it completely. Its too much temptation to just have a little here or there :( I cant stand the diet version lol far too sweet and bubbly!

Mmm Tinned tomatoes are my new best friend! Just had a huge bowl of tomatoes, veg and pasta and really really enjoyed it! :D

Not had a can of coke since Lunch time yesterday. Feeling really groggy this morning and my head is pounding, I'm thinking its caffeine withdrawal. Just got up at 8.30, couldnt face the world at 7.30 so OH got kicked out of bed to deal with kids and get them ready for school. But then people...

Thanks everyone I really appriciate it! Heading off to ASDA shortly so I can start tomorrow better with some Oat so Simple :)

I found you poppy thank you :) You are doing great with your losses!

Plain baked potato and lasagne (Im STARVING) and cant eat anymore today :'( hope tomorrow is better

Doesn't feel like it :( Had tea and went 3 calories over my daily allowance. Its my fault, I ate 4 cola bottle sweeties when cooking. :cry:

Eating breakfast and Lunch has made me really really hungry now :( I normally skip breakfast and Lunch is a 50/50... How can eating three meals a day make me more hungry?

I managed to get two months supply in Aberdeen from a chemist on urm.... Mount Street (if that helps anyone) They don't seem to have any regular customers and its the only chemist with any in stock out of the 20 ish I phoned yesterday after getting a script for it. They said they don't know...

I have been good and not snacked! I had breakfast this morning as well (2 crumpets with Vegemite) which for me is very rare, usually I will skip breakfast and often I skip lunch, I tend to nibble on things as I go and then eat a huge meal right before bed time. So lots of re-thinking to do at...

I have a Cross Trainer (got it from e-bay a few years ago, really good American model a guy shipped over here, but he got a new top of line one so I got his old one for £40!) So Im hoping to get on that once a day again :) I did it all of last summer and did well then gave up as the weather got...

I'm in Aberdeen, I rang around 20 chemists trying to find some yesterday and I found 1 chemist, they only had a couple of boxes left though they have no regulars there who use it. So hopefully if I get there in time I will get her last box of it today.

I am LilithPaige on My Fitness Pal if any one would like to add me :) I tried Xenical about 5 years ago and didnt really loose so gave up after 2-3 months. I am trying again, using My Fitness Pal, a better idea of what I need to be doing. Really trying this time! I managed to find a chemist...

Its my last day with no Xenical (got my meds today!) so garlic mushroom pizza bread which will no doubt be a big no-no from tomorrow

I got a script for it today ( been a few years sine I used it last ) and went to chemist to be told there is none. Tried chemist at asda as well, none there. Rang around in Aberdeen cant find any chemist with it :( They are saying June until they expect to get more