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You're really cracking on with getting organised for the move - I'm very impressed 'cos I'm the Queen of Procrastination and would be expecting to do everything the day before, lol I hope you're fully recovered from the chickpeas - pulses are treacherous little beggars! :eek: I have...

Exactly...have to keep myself honest no matter what. Last week I had two days that were just short of 3000 calories:eek: and ended up in surplus for the week by about 800 calories, but at least I know what I did, and, because I was logging as I went along it probably stopped me from being a lot...

Popping in to say that I'm still chugging along at around the 10st 6lb mark which means I've been within my current target range for 22 weeks now - probably the longest I've been at a target weight ever! Blimey.:eek: I realised today that I've been tracking my food for nearly 20 months...

Hi Susie, so glad you've had lots of people to talk things over with - major life changes take a good deal of mulling over I've always found. Would it be feasible to have a base here and in Italy as well so that you can come and go as you please? Have to say, my ideal lifestyle would involve...

Blimey! 1st of August already...where does the time go?!:eek: Still chugging along in maintenance here. My average weight is about 10 stone 6lbs, so it does appear to have levelled off now. That means I'll actually have to do some work to get to 10 stone...rats! :p Sound advice there, Susie...

First update for July (where is the time going??) and I've lost a teensy bit more to get to a new low of 10st 5.8lbs.:D Really happy with that because although I've endeavoured to not go over my weekly maintenance calories (14,000 approx) I haven't been uber-strict about it, so to see a...

Oooh...lunch at the beach sounds perfect!:D But you can keep the 34C weather :p - we were in the low 30's for 4 days straight and I was proper fed up with it by the last day! Is it like that the whole summer where you are or does it vary? Med diet sounds like a great idea, not to mention...

Thanks Susie! It does seem to be working out well for now. "Pendulum principle", eh? Feels more akin to walking a tightrope most days: teetering from side to side but just about hanging on, lol!:D I'm actually not too bad with heat - what kills me is heat with humidity. When I lived in Seville...

Not updated for a while because nothing's changed...which of course is a good thing when you're in maintenance :D I've been within my healthy range for 14 weeks now, which isn't long in the great scheme of things but may as well be a lifetime for me given how poorly I maintained last time I hit...

Trust me...I struggle too! Which is why I want to ingrain more good habits so that I'm actually making fewer decisions about food on a daily basis - the less I have to think about food, the less likely I am to talk myself into something I really shouldn't have, lol! We were out all day...

So glad you're back on track - with those fab losses you'll whooshie away the regain and beyond in no time!:D I really hope SW does the trick for you. I know when I started losing my big chunk of weight back in 2011 that at that time I required some kind of structure to set me on the right...

Not checked in for a while but that's mostly because I'm just treading water now. Weighed in at 10st 7.4 this morning, which I first hit on 14th April, so I've been maintaining for about 6 weeks at this point. Not exactly a monumental achievement, but pretty good for me, lol. I've decided I'm...

Good luck from me too! Calorie counting has enabled me to lose several stone in the past year and a bit, so I'm definitely a fan. Hope it's going well!x

Hi Susie, what a rollercoaster of emotions you've been on this past week - great news about your residency, awful news about your friend...enough to throw anyone off plan. Hope you're okay, hun...stay strong x

Not updated for a while because there's been no change...which I guess is a good thing when you're trying to maintain :D That said, I finally hit 10st 7lbs exactly this morning, so my weight has dropped a fraction over the past couple of weeks in spite of my less-than-angelic weekends. (I did...

Another "bad" weekend foodwise - pizza!:eek: - but fortunately I'd worked up a bit of a deficit through the week which cancelled it out with about 100 calories to spare. Phew!:D I probably ought to get a better grip of my weekends, though. I know there are folks whose maintenance plan consists...

Congrats on your first month of logging!:D It can be quite fun in a numbers-nerdy kind of way (just me?:oops::D). Even bigger congrats for not letting your indulgent weekend throw you off. I always think it takes serious determination to log those days when we know we've gone over our calorie...

Surfacing post-Easter to report that I gained 2.6lbs by Tuesday:eek:, but this morning I'm back down again to 10st 7.2lbs, so it wasn't a "real" gain, happily.:) I think you're right, though it would probably be a nice idea to lose a couple of extra pounds so that when normal fluctuations...

Thanks!:p It pretty much has now, fortunately. Still a bit woozy, but I'm eating, drinking and um eliminating normally, so I'm sure I'll be busting some moves very soon:cool::D Though it was quite horrid being incapacitated like that - the only steps I did on Thursday were to the loo and back...

Thanks, hun!:D No dancing for a couple of days because I've been a bit poorly:( but as I've hardly been able to eat anything it's balanced out in a not-so-nice way:rolleyes: The scales have been predictably kind giving me a somewhat false reading of 10st 7lbs:eek: but I'm not changing my stats...

That's brilliant, hun! I'm a big believer in gradual loss with minimal deprivation (as I think you know 'cos I bang on about it enough:p) and you are finding that balance, the balance that works for you. Just keep logging, keep yourself accountable and you will get there:D And if you can...

Thanks, Susie! Hopefully I've finally found a winning game and I can make it stick. It's about time, lol! One more week of hot cross bun season then I'm in the clear...:cool::D Hi Lottie, thanks for stopping by and commenting...lovely to see new faces, as it were:D That's very interesting...

So glad you're into your stride with CC:D By far the most important thing in this journey as far as I'm concerned is to truly enjoy what you're eating, because you're going to have to do it for a very long time - for life, in fact! I also believe in eating as much as you can for as long as you...

Ooo...thanks for that suggestion. I would never have thought of that because for me Epsom salts are what you put on tomato plants when they have a magnesium deficiency, lol! I've been slapping Voltarol onto any bits of me that are hurting, and it does work, but I'd rather not be dependent on it...

Where did that week go?o_O I appear to have halted the downward trend this past week and am fluctuating around the 10st 9 mark, which is fine. I am struggling a bit with my movement, though. I'm still hitting my goals but I seem to be developing one or two muscular twinges here and there...

So, I disappear for a few days and when I come back you're CC'ing :eek: Can't keep up with you!:p:D And obviously you are making an excellent job of it with a 5lbs loss...congrats hun!:D I hope CC works out for you because I do think it offers more flexibility than anything else for someone in...

Hi Julia, well done for getting back on plan after your weekend off - how's it been going this week?:)

Sounds like a good plan - I have loads of plants in pots because then it doesn't matter what the soil is like, plus it's easier for pest control. Just have to remember to water them all, which can be a bit of a pain in the rear when it gets warmer! Ouch at the asbestos.:eek: My in-laws have...

You are doing so well with your food - all these salad/veg dishes you're making sound fab! And I am dead jealous of courgettes being in season...that would be about August here:rolleyes:, lol! Enjoy your sunshine (and send some this way, please!)x

I finally asked my OH about clootie dumpling (he's Scottish) and he said when he was a kid they used to buy slices of it from the local shop and deep fry them, which didn't altogether surprise me given that they deep fry pretty much anything up there:p:D I would love to do your garden, but I...

Glad it's not just me! I've googled clootie dumpling and I need this in my life:eek:...well, I don't but I do!:p:D Sorry about the "food porn" chat:p I definitely better not mention what I had yesterday, then...:oops::cool: How did the meal go? I hope you did your duty!:D Had a great weekend...

Yay! that's a fab loss for week 2! 13lbs is what I lost on my first two weeks of Atkins back in 2011, so you're on a low carb schedule with that - brilliant!:D And, like I say, it just goes to show that what matters is what you do most of the time, not what you do now and then. You had a blip...

Thought that FB thing was a hoot, and I've never even been to a slimming group! They missed one though: isn't there always a woman who claims to have eaten pizza and doughnuts every day for a week and still loses weight? (and everyone who's stuck to plan all week and lost nothing is delighted...

Yes, I did, thanks! 7 whole hours, which is an hour more than usual for me. Just about managed to hold it together on the food front, so no damage done there.:) I bet there is! I have to confess that sweet, spicy, fruity breads are my absolute kryptonite - much worse than chocolate. I can...

Well done on your loss - the unexpected ones are always the best!:D I'd like to see Olly in concert, have to say - he's quite the showman, isn't he? Bet you burnt loads of calories dancing and that's why you lost the weight!:D

Thanks, ladies!:D The downward progress continues - closing in on 10st 9lbs now. I imagine I will start cycling back up again soon, but if I don't, I may have to add some more calories or back off the exercise because I really don't want to drop weight any faster than half a pound a week now...

Sounds like we'll both be needing a supply of matchsticks to keep our eyes open:rolleyes:o_O I've usually been an okay sleeper - always able to pull an all-nighter if need be, though:cool: - so this is a definite change for me. I'm all for a good herbal remedy, so do tell me how you go with the...

Morning Susie! I'm feeling a bit rubbish, actually. No sleep for me either.:( Can I ask whether you've experienced insomnia as part of peri? I don't mean because of night sweats or restless legs or palpitations or any discernible physical cause - just flat out wide-awake-till-5-in the-morning...

Thanks, Susie!:D Still trying to get my head round it if I'm honest, especially as I dropped another half pound this morning and I'm now 10st 9.6lbs:eek::D I genuinely had no idea I could eat this much and still be losing at this weight. Not a clue. Exercise is powerful stuff!:D

Woohoo!! That's fantastic! I knew you'd smash it:D Well done, hun, and hope you have a lovely time with your friend!x

Drumroll please...... Weigh in today: 10st 10lbs exactly!!!! :woohoo: I have finally reached my original target, and it "only" took me 5 years, lol:D I am now officially a healthy weight for my height, and I shaved off the last half pound after a week of averaging nearly 1900 calories per...

Ah well, it was just a thought. No reason for her to move away from a regular food source, I guess. Mega impressed by the veggie stir fry...I feel healthier just reading about it :p:D Cats and litter trays...lol! My mum's two were devils for that - nothing they liked more than a freshly...

That delivery cost you quoted is a complete joke...£84?!:eek: Do they deliver by Ferrari or something?o_O Bravo on your choice of grapefruit for grazing:D - those sensible food choices will become habit before too long if you keep making them. And when you make the not-so-sensible ones (which...

All quiet on the weight loss front for me at the moment. Still hanging around half a pound or so above target, so I'm just going to have to be patient.:cool: I've decided I most likely will aim for 10st 7lbs, but I might take a wee maintenance break at 10:10 before pushing on. It's not that...

Well done for negotiating your social evening - I always think eating in company is the worst time for sticking to any plan because it's so easy to go with the flow and overdo it when you're having fun. And thank goodness your lovely builder friend could come and tame your boiler for you - you...

That's fab - well done!:D How are you finding the diet/exercise this week?:)

You really do you like your aquatic exercise - the deep water one sounds like great fun:D Looks like you're doing really well with your food - is it weigh in tomorrow? If so, good luck!:D

Those are some seriously nice shelves!...I'd probably be needing the Ginkgo biloba to remember what I'd put in all those drawers, mind you:D I stopped myself googling the Instant Pot when you first mentioned it, but I have now...and I want one too:rolleyes: Can't really justify it though, so...

With the planning you're doing, it sounds like you're going to be off to a great start, Susie!:D As I may have mentioned a few (hundred:p) times in the past, I'm a massive fan of pre-planning my menu for the day - and for the week, to some extent - so that I know what yummy stuff I have to look...

Thanks, ladies!:D New low weight this morning: 10st 10.6lbs :eek::D Only 0.6lbs to go to my original target!:eek: Think I'm probably at the low point of my cycle - almost impossible to tell these days, mind youo_O - so I may still be waiting a while before I hit 10:10 exactly, but it's...

Hi Julia! Well done on your fab loss so far - think it's safe to say you know what you're doing:D I think it's brilliant that you're incorporating exercise from the get-go because it helps an awful lot, both for losing and maintaining the loss thereafter. Good luck achieving your goal, and...

Thanks, Susie! Feels good, I have to say:D Feels even better this morning because I weighed in at a new low of 10st 11lbs precisely, so only one solitary little pound remains to get to my target:eek::D Btw, I've decided to abandon my "official" Monday weigh-in because it's a bit daft - I'm...

Wow Tibbs! 1 mile express? You went for the burn!:eek::D I've only done the slow lane version and that was enough for me :cool: Well done! My non-stick pan recommendation comes via my brother who absolutely loves his Meyer Circulon omelette pan. The range is a bit pricey but really good and...

Official weigh-in this morning: 10st 11.8lbs :D So I've dropped 0.2lb this week, which may not sound very exciting but represents a significant landmark for me. When I lost my big chunk of weight (6+ stone) in 2011/12/13 I was aiming for 10st 10lbs, but I never quite made it, the lowest number...

Ramble away, hun...good to let it out I always think. That's a shame that you had an unhelpful consultant - I guess it's pure luck whether you get a good one or not. And I totally sympathise regarding the group scenario. I would actually find the whole thing really awkward, especially having to...

Yay to the work being finished in Palazzo Susie!:D Must be a relief to get your kitchen back after all this time. My kitchen is in need of a complete overhaul, but the thought of having it out of commission for even a day makes my blood run cold, let alone the week or so I'd probably be without...

I remember a programme I saw on BBC2 a year or so ago which split overweight people into three basic types, and depending which category you fitted into, that determined your best way of losing the weight/keeping it off. (The simplified test is still available here...

Hi Pf, yes I have been enjoying the sun - it's been lovely!:D To answer your question, I have used food to smother uncomfortable feelings, yes, but I don't really consider myself a full-blown emotional eater, so I'm not sure I can be very helpful here. Major emotions tend to make me eat less...

Thanks Susie - I certainly don't dawdle in these temps, that's for sure! It even snowed a bit over the weekend, though it didn't settle, so nothing remotely resembling what you've had. 5 years of peri sounds like fun. Not. To be honest, I'm a bit of a mess with it right now:(, but at least I...

Hi Susie, are you feeling any better? Rotten time of the year to be laid low - not that there's really a good time, mind you! o_O Re: Tinsy2, that's a pity, but you're right to consider Orbit - she's never had to share you or her home with other cats,and Stella sounds like quite a handful as it...

Hi ekeaku - welcome to Mini's! Congrats on your loss to date - you obviously know exactly what you're doing! :D Hope you've been having a great week and good luck for your next weigh in! x

Thanks, CG! x I wouldn't knock other plans but I certainly feel CC offers what I need at this stage of my life, which is reassurance that I'm going in the right direction regardless of what the scales might say. Case in point: official weigh-in was great this week, but since then I'm back up...

So, official weigh in for this week is: 10st 12.4lbs :eek::D That's 1.4lbs down from last week and 2.6lbs down for the fortnight. Crazy stuff! Cos I ain't had that big of a deficit over the past couple of weeks - no way! I have to say, perimenopause has been a real game-changer for me. I used...

Hi Susie! Little Tinsy2 sounds adorable - I think you're going to be a 3-cat household before you know it;) Visiting a winery to get your month's supply sounds fun - do they give you lots of tasters so you can make an informed decision?:D By the way, do you have local markets for produce in...

You're too kind!:oops::D I just think exercise doesn't have to be some big, scary commitment to be effective. I am a great believer in "little and often" when it comes to activity, and I'm not alone. Recent research - and I wish I could remember where I read this! - indicates that people who...

Huh?? I don't think I could have done that when I was fifteen, let alone fifty!:eek: I'll stick to my stepping, with a bit of manic arm-waving, lol :D Most of my exercising has been done indoors this winter, and I've been surprised how many steps I can rack up without going anywhere at all, AND...

Thanks, ladies!:D Been hanging on just inside the 10's since Sunday, so I'm mildly hopeful of staying there. And whilst that hasn't kick-started any marathon training:p, it has motivated me to step up my movement a bit so that I'm consistently hitting 10k steps a day, which is pretty...

Made it!....just! Official weigh in: 10st 13.8lbs :woohoo::D I expect I will fluctuate back into the 11's again, but the general trend is clearly down, and that's what matters. I also seem to have finally gotten over my Xmas food hangover which had me constantly thinking about what treat...

Thanks, Susie! Still in the 10's this morning, but only just - an extra pair of socks and I'd be back to the 11's, lol! I shall have to think light thoughts tomorrow morning...:D

So glad you're safe and staying strong, Susie - this move to Italy has been quite the baptism of fire, or rather, ice!:eek: That lady who thinks people should diet on 1000 calories has no clue. It might be appropriate - under medical supervision - for someone elderly, very sedentary or very...

...aaaaaand this morning I'm back in the 10's again. Just like that. Was nowhere near yesterday! o_O Daft body.:D Funnily enough though, I had been feeling sort of leaner the last few days, even though it wasn't showing on the scales - rings looser, waistbands looser, that type of thing - so...

Weight back up again this week by about half a pound.:rolleyes: Official weigh in: 11st 1lb No great surprise really because if I'm honest I'm hanging onto maintenance by a thread most days, never mind creating a deficit! Also, TOTM is currently hitting me with a delightful double whammy of...

Looks like it was just one of those random minor fluctuations because today it was up again.:rolleyes: Official weigh-in: 11st 0.4lbs Was hoping I might sneak back into the 10's on the basis of yesterday's numbers, but no, not quite. At least I appear to have steadied the ship since Xmas -...

Blimey! You're not having the best of it at the moment :( What I want to know is why do plumbing disasters ALWAYS happen at night or at weekends when it's either hugely expensive or not even possible to get a plumber? It never fails! We had a major leak from the cold tank in the loft just...

Well, my willpower finally crumbled last night. Not quite sure how many calories I had in the end, but I know it was north of 2000, therefore at least 200 over maintenance. :rolleyes: In an odd sort of way I'm almost relieved, though. I've been feeling the urge to overeat for days, and the...

Hi Susie, great to hear that you're fine and have managed to get out for the essentials, ie. wine, lol:D We've only had a few flakes of snow where I am, but the threat is there. Hope yours melts nice and quick so that you can get back to normal - we got snowed in for 3 or 4 days back in 2010...

Thanks, folks! Was down another 0.4lb this morning, so just a few ounces from getting back into the 10's...so close, dammit! Bet it goes back up again before it comes down, though. Heh. Thanks for the Stilton info, Susie - think I might try freezing it because I'm still finishing a block of...

I'm getting there!:) Totally agree about slow cookers. I didn't have one until a few years ago, but now I'd be lost without it, especially in winter when what I want more than most things is a nice hearty stew to stick to my ribs! :D Monday official weigh-in: 11 st 0.8lbs Down a pound, so...

Four days back on plan and I'm feeling....okay..(ish!) I've eaten around 1600 cals each day and I have to admit it doesn't feel like enough right now. Definitely experiencing more hunger pangs than I was pre-Xmas, but hopefully things will settle down given time. I am back to pre-logging my...

Good luck, CG! Mine was pretty much as expected - Official start weight for 2017: 11st 1.8lbs Two pounds up on my lowest weight just before Xmas, so probably just over a pound of fat and a bit of excess water. It'll take me a couple of weeks to undo that, but I LOVE Xmas food (my homemade...

Happy New Year! :D ...and thank heavens I can now draw a line under the festive foodie madness, because I've been enjoying it all a little too much! :eek: I've kept a rough track of what I've consumed, and since Xmas Eve I reckon I've had over 4000 excess calories, which equates to slightly...

Hi Susie! I certainly do remember...those were some fun times with some wonderful folks back in 2012! Can it really be that long ago??:eek: Crikey! I often wonder what happened to everyone, so it's lovely to hear from you! :D Will be great to have your company in 2017. I confess that I'll be...

Well, I did lose a little: 1.6lbs, which takes me to 10st 13.8lbs! So I scraped into the 10's before Christmas by the skin of my teeth!:woohoo: Only 3.8lbs to go to get to my target of 10st 10lbs (very top end of normal BMI for my height), but with the Festive Season now in full swing I don't...

Missed my Monday update, but I did weigh in and I was back down to 11st 1.4lbs, which is where I was 3 weeks ago. Doubtful if I'll lose anything this month, but I'm pretty much resigned to not doing so at this point. All the figures would suggest a loss, but, unfortunately, as we know, weight...

Weekly update: still half a pound up on my lowest weight at 11st 1.8lbs. No loss for a couple of weeks now. I did raise my calories, but I'm still 99.9% sure that I've been in a deficit all this time, so I just have to be patient - as always! Something I ought to have mentioned is that I...

Weekly update: that pound that I thought I'd lost found me...the very next day, heh. And the little beggar has decided not to leave as yet, so this Monday weigh-in I am exactly one pound up on last week at 11st 2.4lbs. I have gone ahead and upped my calories to an average of 1760 for the past...

One week on and that drop in weight more or less stuck: this morning I weighed in at 11st 1.4lbs, so only 0.2lb up on last Monday :) Quite surprised by that, actually. I've done some number-crunching and in the past 4 weeks I've lost 3.4lbs, which is 1.4lbs more than my figures were predicting...

So, this morning I weighed in at 11st 1.2lbs, which makes a loss of over 2 pounds in the past week.:eek: I won't be getting too excited about it, however, because I know it's mostly due to hormonal monthly fluctuation - I fully expect a pound and a half (or more!) to be back on again by next...

Hi cynicalgirl, I remember you...lovely to hear from you too!:) I'm afraid the only tracker I know about is the one I own, the Polar Loop wristband, and it wasn't especially cheap (about £45 on Amazon when I bought it this spring). And although I love it, and it's great for general movement...

Hi hotsue! I remember we chatted in here last year - lovely to hear from you, and thanks for your kind words :) It's frightening how quickly those lost pounds find us when we take our eyes of the ball, isn't it? Well done for taking control before too much damage was done - wish I had, then I...

Been thinking about re-starting this diary since January, but for one reason or another I haven't. I think mostly it's because I've been successfully losing without needing to do any more than log my food on FitDay, so why change a winning strategy, eh? And sometimes I think writing things down...

No loss this month. Nada. Zilch. Can't say I'm all that surprised considering the number of not-so-good days I've had, but I was still hopeful of losing maybe a pound. Sigh. It would appear that I need to semi-starve myself to get a loss at this point, but I'm just not in the right mind space...

Well done on embracing the exercise - wish I could muster up a bit of enthusiasm for it!:o

Still chugging along. Some days are better than others calorie-wise but they average out okay, so I'm happy. It's just over a week until my official weigh-in. Another sneak peek a couple of days ago indicates no loss yet for this month, but I know that for me the weight tends to leave all of a...

Well, I did blow my deficit on Saturday BUT I stayed just below maintenance, so I'm okay with it. And I enjoyed the wine, which is the important bit, lol!:D Sunday was better - 1470 calories, so a little more than I'd have liked, but not bad for hangover day :cool: Today I'm aiming for 1430...

Managed not to mess up on day 4, nor on day 5...hoping to make it 6 on-plan days in a row by the end of today (minor miracle!) :D There will be wine on Saturday:eek:, so a seventh day on plan may or may not happen. I'll see how I feel at the time :cool: Not going to stress about it. If I end...

Stuck to plan yesterday, so that's 3 days in a row, and provided I don't mess up this evening, it'll be 4 days. Hurrah! :D Still feel I'm hanging on by a thread, but I'm just taking it a day at a time at the moment and trying not to think too much. It's only food, after all...:rolleyes:;)

I tried fasting recently and couldn't handle it at all, so no, not an option for me unfortunately :( But the good news is that I succeeded in sticking to my deficit yesterday...hallelujah!! :DFirst time I've managed two consecutive days on plan for a while - let's hope I can make it three! I...

Good to see you're still checking in, zeke, and well done on the virtual STS even when you haven't been keeping track - that's encouraging in its way! :) I'm struggling a lot at the moment too, but I figure that if I keep coming here and owning up to it that's got to be better than doing a...

Sucks, doesn't it? I appear to be dealing with the treats in the house by hoovering them up at lightning speed. Gahhhhh! :rolleyes: I'm going to sound like a broken record soon: Friday = good day, 1400 cals :) Saturday = total write-off, well over 2000 cals!!!:mad: Sunday = good day, 1330...

Still not properly on track...why is this so hard?? Wednesday was good - stuck to 1400 cals - but yesterday I basically blew my deficit on biscuits and ended up only 50 cals or so below maintenance:rolleyes: Today I'm headed for 1400 again and don't feel particularly tempted to overeat, so why...

I wouldn't have done either:cool:...I love cheese!:D Well yesterday didn't pan out as I expected. For some reason I became ferociously hungry after my digestive woes early in the day and ended up eating maintenance calories. :confused: Oh well. I've struggled again today, but I have gotten...

Aaaaaand...it's done. Over with. Finito! I ate a ton yesterday and have horrid stomach problems today, but I can finally draw a line under all this and knuckle down properly to losing this excess poundage. Gotta be done. I'm holding off on the low carb thing for a few more days (got some cake...

Thanks Silver and Sue!:D Yesterday was baaaaad: pizza, wine, tiramisu, Stilton, chocolate, biscuits...the works! I was still full this morning!:eek: Gonna try to have a light day foodwise, partly to compensate and partly to recover! Therefore, I skipped breakfast (for once, I wasn't...

Ok, official monthly weigh in done and I have lost....3lbs :D Considering the off-plan days and the calorie-creep this month, I'm delighted with that - I was expecting 2lbs at best on the basis of my calculations, so yay!! I still have a couple of off-plan days to negotiate this month - and...

Yesterday turned out to be a good day foodwise - any day that contains Sainsbury's pork and chorizo sausages is a good day:D, but also I managed to keep below 1400 calories after being a bit over at the weekend, so it feels like I'm firmly back on track. It's odd how that feeling of control...

Sadly no! :cry:No alcohol was consumed in the Scrumbles household this weekend - I'm being good in advance of my weigh in, which is looming mid week :eek: And speaking of that, I was doing some number-crunching over the weekend and it looks like my daily calorie average for this month has crept...

Feels like I'm really having to dig in right now. Wednesday I had 1450 cals, yesterday was 1390 and today is planned to be 1395, so if I stick to that I'll have managed 3 days out of the last 4 under 1400 calories. I wouldn't feel this was much of an achievement normally, but Mother Nature ever...

:D Lol...I'd be like it every weekend if I had half a chance :p Managed to stick to my target calories yesterday - finished up at 1399 - but I can't pretend it was easy. Oh-so-many cravings for mountains of cake, chocolate and biscuits!:eek: I know it will pass in a couple of days, but I feel...

Hi zeke, how did your Easter weekend go? Hope you've enjoyed/are enjoying your break - are you back on plan now or waiting until the end of the Easter hols? (I ate for England the last two days, so I'm back on plan before I burst!:eek:)

Oh dear. I kind of held it together on Saturday, but since then I've had 2 days of EPIC indulgence. I mean, we're talking Christmas levels of gluttony :eek: Yesterday was easily 2000 calories, today was probably nearer 3000 - I wouldn't know 'cos I lost count once I started on the booze...

How did it go yesterday, zeke? Hope you're feeling better about things :) x

The Easter weekend, aka The Chocolate Holiday:rolleyes:, is finally here...hurrah! Can't wait to get past it, frankly. Yesterday's stunningly healthy menu featured a hot cross bun with butter and jam for breakfast, then a creme egg with my afternoon cuppa and a lindor ball after dinner. Go me...

Well, I seem to have steadied the ship: Sunday, Monday and Tuesday were all solidly on track, and today is shaping up fine too. Phew! I still have this coming weekend (combined birthday and Easter celebration) and another birthday the next weekend to negotiate, but then I'll be out of the woods...

Hang in there, zeke! This seems such a sudden turn around from just a few days ago...what's going on?:confused: Can you think of anything other than the weekend that might be throwing you off? Might you be coming down with something? (Hope not!) Or the dreaded PMS? (you mentioned chocolate and...

Thanks Honey-J! Fingers crossed!:) And "fingers crossed" it'll need to be if I'm not careful. Had a bit of a slip up yesterday:(. For no good reason I ended up eating 430 calories more than I intended to, putting me at about 1850 for the day. Ouch. I suppose the only good thing was that I...

Good luck for that 3lb loss, zeke! You are doing so well and sounding so positive - it's lovely to read :D Sounds like you have a plan for the weekend and that's half the battle won. Even if it doesn't turn out quite how you want it to, I always find it's better to have had some kind of...

All I can say to that last post is O..M..G!!!! :eek: Now I feel like this ->:17729: I have never heard of Auchan but if it has a Lindt discount store, that makes it my dream holiday destination!:D Yes, those shiny red balls are definitely my undoing at this time of year, though I'm actually...

Those look like perfect maintenance numbers to me! You are awesome - that can never be said too often! :D

Ooooh - really hope you get to swap another :( for a :D tomorrow! Have to say that on the rare occasions I am moved to do exercise I don't eat back the calories suggested by any of the various online calculators because I don't believe a word of it, lol! Anyone whose weight has yo-yo'ed up and...

Well, I did manage to stay under 1400 cals - 1369 to be precise - which is just as well because yesterday came to 1439 and today round about 1500!:eek: Not sure why I'm having a bit of a blip this weekend - I just...am :confused: I'm not upset, bored, tired or any other reason that you can...

Sooo, not much food excitement today. Breakfast was my usual spiced porridge, lunch was a couple of Snack-a-Jack barbecue-flavour rice cakes with cottage cheese and an ounce of mature cheddar divided between them, and dinner will be chicken salad with jacket spud (for the second glorious day in...

Your self-imposed internet ban lasted about as long as mine would, ie. not very long!:p:D Well done on keeping the cals under control - not easy when you're having a stress-y time at work (glad you've come to terms with that, by the way). As long as you're consistently under maintenance...

Hi Rach, If you go back to the very first post you made in this thread and hit the "edit" button then the "go advanced" button you should see your thread title in a box near the top of the page and you will be able to delete and rewrite it, then hit "save changes" and that should be it. I can't...

Hi Susie! Don't know if you remember me from the Atkins forum a couple of years ago? Some of my lost weight has, erm, found me :(, so I'm back on the diet trail again, which is how I found that you're here and doing so FABULOUSLY!:D Huge, HUGE congrats on the weight you've lost so far - I'm so...

Well, the real reason behind the munchies turned out to be TOTM, which hit me full force yesterday. Bleurgh. :( Still, I didn't cave in. Stuck to my calorie allowance (1400 or thereabouts) though I did shuffle things around a bit to allow for some extra chocolate, or "medicine" as I like to...

Feeling a little fragile today, probably because I'm still carrying the after-effects of Sunday's indulgences. I managed to keep my calories down to 1394 yesterday, and today, if I stick to what I have planned, they will come to 1418, so I'm back on track, but I'm definitely more "crave-y" than...

Just realised I haven't popped in to sub yet :o Have now though...:D...hope you're having a great week!

Thank you, Bella! I think I made the "quitter" remark because there's always a part of me that thinks if other people can do something, then I'm being a wimp if I can't :rolleyes: But of course, that is silly - I'm just being...me! Seems that something in my brain chemistry can't handle...

Thanks, systema - I appreciate that. Sometimes you have to say what's on your mind! :D Lol - that's very thoughtful of your OH! However, my OH is obviously a similar model to yours and is doing a very good job of disposing of the "practice" cake - he's more or less finished it already :eek: -...

Wow! 3 years in maintenance is great! I haven't managed more than 3 months yet, lol. I'm sure you'll soon get rid of those pesky few pounds: you know why they went on (hope you're fully better from your op, btw), you know what works for you and you have a great attitude, so you'll get there :)...

You're right, of course, and the freedom to be as good or bad as I choose is one of the most appealing things about calorie-counting for me, but I suppose because I know - or think I know! - what sensible healthy eating is, I've a strong tendency to beat myself up for making the "wrong" choices...

Been doing some number-crunching today to see if my calories are where they should be and I've worked out that my daily average for the past 28 days is 1414. This is pretty much what I was aiming for, so if I get no result on the scales in a couple of days time at least it won't be because I...

:D:D:D ...that'll do nicely! (I like the way you think!) I'm going to have to 'fess up that I have in fact had a slice. I worked out that the total calories in the half-size version that I made comes in at an eye-watering 4,362!:eek: Thus a very modest slice - about a twelfth of the cake - is...

Thanks, sue! I think what might have happened is that when I weighed myself at the beginning I could have been abnormally low - dehydrated or something. That's the problem with a single weigh-in snapshot like that; you can't know whether it was typical or a statistical outlier. Perhaps if I'd...

Well, I did something I wasn't going to do - weighed myself a week early, and I rather wish I hadn't. Because apparently in the past 3 weeks of eating at a deficit I have managed to gain 0.8lbs. Gain, not lose. So unless something pretty miraculous occurs in the next week, I am certainly not...

Hi sue, thanks for stopping by! I think I've worked out that the only time I'm not hungry first thing is when a) I'm horrendously hungover, or b) I've had way, way, way too many calories the day before, eg. I am pretty much NEVER hungry on Boxing Day morning, lol! Oh, and when I was 17 stone I...

Well done on your loss this week, zeke! Always nice when it's a bit more than you were expecting too!:D I overshot my calories last Saturday - booze!:cool: - and ended up with a maintaining day rather than a losing day, but that's one of the beauties of calorie-counting for me; provided I'm...

Goodness me, no - of course I don't blame you, Tracy! I would never blame anyone for my choices - nobody forced me to do it, lol. I tried it because reading around it seemed to me there are quite a few people on these boards doing well on some form of fasting so I thought it was worth a shot...

Well, it's official: no more fasting for me. Not now, not ever. I don't generally consider myself a quitter, but I have had to finally admit defeat for the sake of my sanity, if nothing else. Yesterday was a slightly above average day calorie-wise, and my calories were weighted heavily towards...

Aye, you're not wrong - a pound a week is great, and is in fact more than I can probably lose. But there isn't a dieter out there who doesn't dream about the fat magically melting away, and because I'm weighing so infrequently I don't want to kid myself that I'm shifting more than is...

Thanks, Bella! That's a sensible suggestion, and if it gets unbearable that's what I'll have to do, but at the moment my stubborn (read:stupid!:p) streak is telling me to ride it out and see if I can get used to it. I'm wanting to give it at least 2 weeks, but we'll see. Was doing some...

Been struggling badly today. I don't know if it's still the effects of the alcohol from Saturday night but I have been incredibly hungry and out-of-sorts today. I managed to hold on until 1.15pm before eating, but I was counting seconds by that time, let alone hours or minutes! One thing I...

Sorry to hear you've had such a rough week, and a STS to boot :( Hope your weekend has perked you up - yesterday's menu would definitely put a smile on my face, I have to say! If you're not calorie-counting on your non-fasting days I think it's a very good idea to be doing a plan like SW (or...

I agree with zeke - assuming you haven't been recently investigated for underlying issues, it would be a good idea to do so, if only so you know that everything is as it should be. Eating so little and gaining really doesn't sound right at all - I can only wish you the very best of luck and...

Been absent a couple of days and missed that you've hit a couple more milestones: another 5lbs lost AND getting into the 100's - well done! You're doing brilliantly! :D (Perhaps I should get myself some flat-pack furniture and try the Ikea workout, lol!)

I find when I'm in diet mode I can be very restrained with biscuits - in fact with everything, really! It's what happens when I am no longer trying to lose weight that's the problem. Once I lose focus, I can scarf down 5 or 6 biscuits in a row even though I probably stopped tasting them after...

Thanks, ladies! Been awol since Tuesday, not by design - I just find fasting does some weird things to my head. For some reason I seem to get quite withdrawn when I go long periods without food. :confused: Anyway, yesterday was a tough one, but mostly my own fault. It was shopping day, so I...

Well, it went ok yesterday. I was pretty hungry by late morning, but managed to hold off having lunch until 1.30pm, and after that I wasn't bothered by hunger much, if at all. It certainly isn't a strategy that would suit everyone, but it probably makes more sense for me because I'm not a...

Oooo - well done, zeke! You're off to a fab start! :D

Didn't record my food here yesterday because it was more or less a carbon copy of the day before, coming in at 1401 calories. Moving on, following a chat in Tracy's diary, I think I'm changing my strategy a little as of this week. I don't think for one moment that I can do full-on fasting...

Thanks to you both, Tracy and Lexie - interesting stuff. Strangely, I'd never considered the hunger issue until this latest time of losing significant weight, and it took many months for me to actually realise what was happening. At 17 stone I rarely if ever felt hungry, except perhaps a...

It hit the spot...not gonna lie :p I ended up eating a teensy bit more food than stated, but I still came in around target for my calories, so it was fine. Oddly enough, today has been healthier food-wise, but I've been more bothered by hunger - dunno how that works?! Today's food...

You deserve all the praise in the world - what you have done/are continuing to do is one heck of an achievement, and anyone who has struggled all their life with weight issues knows just how awesome it is :) As for me, I'm just plain old calorie-counting (diary in this section), which is...

Oh no, that really isn't fair :( But I agree with systema: if you know that your calorie-counting is accurate (do you measure liquids with measuring spoons and weigh solid food with a digital scale, btw? because that's really the only way to be sure of what you're consuming) then give it time...

Nearly half a stone gone already, zeke - that's fabulous! Well done!:D I don't blame you for not wanting to read the link I posted, btw - probably best to leave that stuff until you're much further down the line. I'm always trying to cross my bridges before I get to them, lol. I went ahead...

Ugh...totm with a vengeance :( Feel like death warmed-up, which doesn't excuse but probably explains why I reached for the last slice of my Valentine's day cake this morning instead of the healthy eggs I'd planned for breakfast :rolleyes: Oh well. No biggie - I'll just have to work around it...

Yep, that's about right. This article http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/01/magazine/tara-parker-pope-fat-trap.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 from 2011 explains it very well - it's long but it's a worthwhile read. zeke, I think I'm going to have to check out those hairy dieters' cookbooks. I watched the...

That's fewer calories than I'm having just for dinner :eek: I really take my hat off to people who can do the fasting thing. The only time I can do it is if I happen to have drunk my weight in alcohol the night before :o, but I don't think that really counts, lol!

Hi Tracy, Couldn't pass through without congratulating you on your amazing loss - and that you're keeping it off! As someone who has struggled badly to maintain a 6.5 stone loss over the past couple of years, to see someone who has lost significantly more succeeding in keeping it off is truly...

Wow, Rachella, you've done brilliantly, especially given the thyroid issue...HUGE congrats! :D Have the docs managed to boost your thryoid function with meds at all? That would be a big help going forward to maintenance if they can.

Aye, that's certainly one of the things that helps a naturally slim person. Sadly, if you're genetically pre-disposed to gain weight, your body will never help you in this regard. I'm finally recognising that I will always have to be conscious of exactly where I'm at calorie-wise if I'm going to...

Hehe...never thought of myself as a spreadsheet lover, lol! I did an absolute ton of number-crunching when I was here at mini's a couple of years ago, so I've probably got all the data I need for this go-round - I shall enjoy dissecting and digesting all of yours, though, so keep it coming :D...

Oooo - that Mexico trip sounds like a fab incentive - should keep you on track! Have you done the 5:2 fasting thing before? I've seen quite a few people having a go at that, combining it with other plans too, so I'll be interested to know how you get on with it. Good luck!:D

Hi systema! It's the key, isn't it? Just wish I didn't contrive to forget this every time I get to target, aaargh! Cool! Whereabouts is it? I'll look in :D ETA: Ha! found it! Perhaps I should try reading the index properly next time #needtogotospecsavers :D ---------------- Afternoon...

Loving your work with the spreadsheets and graphs and stuff - right up my street!:D I have to say that that table is scarily accurate for "sedentary" - at age 45 I maintained for several months at around 150lbs on just a little more than 1650 cals. Can't vouch for the effects of exercise...

Hi zeke! I've tried keeping cals for evening snacks in the past, but I seem to cope better having a really big evening meal and then nothing thereafter except water/tea/coffee. I know that some people thrive on smaller meals with decent-sized snacks in between, but if I do that I never seem to...

Hi Honey-J, thanks for popping in :D I'm all about being organised - I have to be or I'd probably blow my whole calorie allowance before midday :p Plan, plan, plan...that's the only way I can do this. Good luck with your weight loss - are you keeping a diary on here?

Goodness me, that dinner last night was sooo big I'm still not hungry! Will have some breakfast soon, though...not cake this time :cool: I'll be making some chocolate porridge, which consists of 40g oats, 100ml SS milk mixed with 90ml water, 13g brown sugar, 20g raisins and 6g cocoa powder all...

Hi zeke! Can really relate to the yo-yo problem - I'd hate to know how many stones I've gained and lost in my lifetime :eek: Well done on achieving your first milestone!:D I think breaking it up into 5lb chunks as you are doing is such a sensible way to go about it - makes it seem much less...

I really wish I wasn't back on this forum making this thread. :( My diet history goes like this: I was fat from early childhood, became a fat adult and have yo-yo dieted my way up to 17st 5lbs at my biggest 4 years ago. Through the back end of 2011, all of 2012, and the first 4 months of 2013...

Well done, Sandra! :D pound a week is great, especially as you don't have much to lose, if memory serves. Do you think this way of eating is likely to transition well to maintenance for you?

Ooooh, holiday fund is a great use for it, Susie :D I should work out what I've been saving over the past year by not drinking and spend it on clothes - could do with some new ones for summer now I've had to ditch a lot of my old circus tents, lol! :D Weight was 10st 13 on the nose this...

Thanks - it's nice to lose when you're not actually trying, even if it's just a few ounces, lol! Sun is out, but still bitterly cold. Pfft. I hate March :( Still keeping my cals and carbs under control (just!). I think the fact that I virtually gave up alcohol last year probably helps a lot in...

If you want to do things absolutely by the book, then no, I'm afraid carrots aren't acceptable. Starchy root vegetables are removed from your diet at the beginning of Induction and are reintroduced towards the end of the programme in Phase 3 (pre-maintenance), and then only in small quantities...

Hi Susie! (Hope you don't mind me stalking you here :D) Congrats on the stone, hun - that's fantastic! :D I hear ya on the ginger snaps. I can't keep biscuits in the house at all because I know that once I start on them, I won't stop - there's no such thing as "one biscuit" for me! :( You're...

Down to a new low today of 10st 12.4lbs, which is 0.4lbs lower than my lowest weight last month, so I may still be losing, albeit at a glacial pace, lol Would be nice if I could knock off that 0.4 in the next few days though, 'cos then I'd have lost a round 90lbs in total, and I do like round...

The world is definitely a friendlier place for calorie-counters than it is for low-carbers! Hope you're having a good day, Susie (cat-induced sleep deprivation notwithstanding!)xx

Hi, ML - hope it's still going well for you! xx Susie, I've bought a butternut squash so I shall try it roasted...hope we like it! :D

Hi Sandra, I'd say a pound off is good when you've moved from low carbing to SW - you could easily have gained weight from reintroducing carbs. Well done! :D

Still hovering at 10 st 13 - almost exactly the weight I was this time last month, so this definitely looks like maintenance. I haven't exercised as much as I would have wanted this week, but this grotty weather the past couple of days has put a big dampener on my enthusiasm. If the sun ever...

A stone!!! :woohoo: So glad you've turned a corner with your dieting - I always say the right diet is the one you can stick to, and this sure looks promising! :D

Exactly. Some part of me would always believe that the mere fact of being thin would change me into a normal, slim person, and for a while at least, that would appear to be so. I lost quite a bit of weight in my first year of uni and kept it off the whole time I was there, but that was mostly...

Sounds like a very positive start, ML. Steering clear of wheat seems to have been key for me in negotiating maintenance. That, and being careful to avoid binge triggers like chips and crisps - I'm safer not eating fried potato because it's just a little too moreish! Chocolate doesn't seem so...

Fantastic losses you've had, twinkle - well done! This way of eating clearly suits you very, very well! :D

Slimming World is a very effective plan - no shame in doing that, and if it's going to help your daughter that's a great reason, I'd say. Go for it, and good luck shifting those last few pesky pounds! :D

WOW!!! That's brilliant, Susie! Not far off a stone in just a week - amazing! I hadn't clocked that you're calorie counting now...what made you decide against Slimming World? And are you calorie counting with a low carb bias, or is it an anything goes approach? I guess what I've been doing for...

"...seems a small price to pay for not putting weight on again" Very true. I would MUCH rather weigh all my food forever more than find myself slipping back into obesity again - that doesn't bear thinking about. I suppose I'm just finding acceptance a little harder than I thought I would. I...

Looks like an excellent plan to me, ML. It's quite similar to where I'm at, though I do allow myself oats and rice, and probably have more potato than you're intending to. But definitely no wheat, so no bread or pasta, and after all this time I really don't find I miss them - I never...

Managed 2 miles yesterday as the weather was very slightly better than the day before - still not exactly balmy though! Oh well. I'll keep plodding on because I need to. I've been doing some number-crunching this morning and it appears that to maintain my current weight I am taking in an...

Another mile walk clocked up this morning. It would have been more but the wind was unbearable, like tiny blades shredding my face. I need it to be spring. Like, now. Weight is still holding pretty steady. I'm 0.8 of a pound up on posted, but this is the high point in my monthly cycle, so it's...

Thanks for those suggestions, ML...though frankly the cauli one sounds disgusting! :p I already put quite a bit of nutmeg in my flax/oat porridge, and that hasn't quite quashed the desire for a good old-fashioned milk pudding, though it does go some way. It's the skin on top and the burnt bits...

Righty-ho...I have my shovel at the ready! :D And yes, it's like the Marie Celeste around here :eek: Has to be a reason for that, and I reckon we're on the money. I know I'm having to resist a strong pull towards comfort foods of the stodgy variety - got a real craving for rice pudding at the...

Well done on the pound, Sandra! 80-100g carbs is about where I'm aiming at the moment (albeit missing on the high side sometimes :cool:) and it's a comfortable place for me. It does give you tremendous flexibility where veg is concerned - just be a bit cautious of the starchy ones when you...

Oh, good luck with the bacon - can't imagine life without that :eek: I've not heard of the chemo cake effect, but I know all about aversion from food poisoning. I couldn't eat crab meat for many years after a nasty poisoning incident in my late teens - just the smell of it was enough to make me...

Goodness! 4 days since I last posted in here...I am getting to be a very lazy diarist :o This time of year definitely gets to me. My best period for losing weight naturally ie, when I'm not really trying, has always been from about June to November. Post Xmas until late spring is traditionally...

Your food is looking and sounding lovely - how was the beef stew? And how are you getting on with your slow cooker? Gotta say that I'm loving mine since I moved up the carb ladder - lots of hearty meal options to enjoy - though I do wish it were larger. 1.5 litres doesn't allow for cooking whole...

:eek: Your thread title took on a whole new meaning just then (ew!) Hope your tum has sorted itself out now! xx

That's excellent, Val! Well done! Counting calories can certainly get you where you want to be - I can't stop myself counting calories when I try to lose weight, even when I'm on diets that theoretically don't require it, eg Atkins. Heh.

Well, my stay in the 10's didn't last long - I'm back to being a shade over 11. And the significant thing is that I'm almost exactly the same as I was this time last month, so it would appear that I have finally found my maintenance weight for this level of eating. At my lowest point in the...

((((hugs)))) Sorry to hear that, Stubbsey :( Hope things have picked up for you today xxx

Hi Sandra, can definitely understand! Had a very off-plan weekend myself and am struggling to get back on it. I'm blaming it on February - such a rubbish month. January is okay because we have New Year enthusiasm and the pleasant memories of Xmas. February is just so...blah. Nothing special...

Hope you're okay, ML xxx

Good luck with the move to SW, Susie! I think it's a good call. The "best" diet is the one you can stick to, and if low carbing isn't gelling with your lifestyle there's no point trying to pursue it indefinitely. SW may just offer you something that Atkins doesn't - it's certainly more...

Thanks folks! And with that, I have a food crime to report! :eek: Went into town today with OH and was waylaid by a muffin, a real, normal muffin :eek: I can't pretend it was built into today's plan - wasn't intending to have any kind of break - so it will have to go down as an "oops"...

Weighed in at just under 153lbs this morning, so I am finally officially in the 10's...hallelujah! :D I hit 12 stone back in early October, so this has been a very slow crawl to get here. I think what helped me latterly was changing my mindset at the beginning of December from "I must lose...

As far as I'm aware, the newest version is "New Atkins, New You" published in 2010. That's the version I've been (loosely) following, and I haven't done too badly ;) Someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the main difference in the new version is the emphasis on eating more low carb...

Well done on the loss, allybally - excellent! If it were me, I'd say a couple of tablespoons of cream and a couple of ounces of cheese per day only for a couple of weeks and see how you go. Might even be worth doing them separately, one week after the other, to see if there's any adverse...

Well done, sammy - being in the right place mentally is crucial IMO, and sounds like you are :) Have you weighed at all, or are you trying to stay off the scales for a while?

Thanks, ladies! I certainly hope I'm in the right place. I've been slim several times in my adult life but never had the knowledge and tools to stay there; really hope that this time I do! :) I think one of the reassuring things has been how well I've behaved during breaks. As long as I kept...

Hope you've been getting some shut-eye, and that you're having a lovely weekend xx

Excellent loss, Stubbsey! Well done! :D

Well done, Susie! 3lbs is great, especially as you had a night out and all the work/flat stress. Fingers crossed this flat business sorts itself out soon - that would surely be a massive load off your mind! xx

Well, I'm finally back to posted weight, but I *should* have been losing a little more at this point in my cycle. If I look back a month I'm about 2lbs down in that time rather than the normal 3-4lbs, so it definitely looks like things are slowing down even more, if not on the verge of halting...

I know from some of the clothes I've hung on to from yesteryear that I've been a fair bit smaller in my adult life than I am now. I have a size 14 pencil skirt from the mid 90's which used to be quite loose then, but is at least a couple of inches too small to even do up. I didn't really weigh...

^^^Agreed! And great to see you in the zone and losing, Susie! xxx

OMG! Well done, Smiley! You must be over the moon! :D

Fab loss, losingit! Well done! Really looks like the fat fast has done the trick for you - and congrats on reaching onederland...feels great, doesn't it! :D

It's good stuff, isn't it? :D I started drinking it years ago at the recommendation of my doctor to help my IBS, but now my IBS is a thing of the past (thanks, Atkins!) I just drink it for pleasure. Goes particularly well with dark chocolate too, I find...:cool: Still nothing going on...

I gave up having an "official" weekly weigh in long ago, because frankly, it was pointless. I weigh myself every day (for my own amusement and from curiosity), but I've known for quite some time that my pattern of weight loss tends to be 2 weeks of sts followed by two weeks of slow loss, so the...

Hi Susie, what a pain about the knotweed - that stuff is evil :( And to think, the only reason it's here is because the Victorians imported it thinking it would make a nice, decorative garden plant :rolleyes: - little did they know! Pity about the gain this week but sounds like you know why...

Good luck with the fat fast - really hope you can break through this barrier...would have driven me nuts if my weight had stopped shifting for that long! 1000 cals seems awfully little to me these days, but I guess compared to VLCD, or 5:2 fasting days, it's almost generous, lol! Will be very...

I'm terrible at throwing clothes away, full stop. I always look at tatty things and think "That'll do for gardening!", but when pretty much half your wardrobe is "for gardening" you know you've got a problem, lol! In this case, of course, it's not that they're falling apart, it's that they're a...

Well done, ML - that's fantastic! Knew you'd get there! :D It always amazes me how different we all are. I have no idea what I'd have to do to gain a stone in 3 weeks, but I sure didn't manage it this Xmas, even though I felt like I was hammering the carbs something rotten! (I think I have to...

Berries and yoghurt are not allowed in Induction, I'm afraid. Have you tried making "chocolate" from cocoa powder and coconut oil? Go to this thread http://www.minimins.com/atkins-recipes/282338-moonlights-meals-2.html and scroll down to post #20. You'll still have to use artificial sweetener...

Caffeine was discouraged in the original plan, but it's allowed in moderation in the newest version (New Atkins, New You). I've drunk caffeine all through my weight loss and I don't believe it's held me back, but we're all different. The problem with large amounts - or even moderate amounts if...

*twiddles thumbs* Not much going on weight-wise at the moment. Slight fluctuations from day to day, but that's all. Been out for short walks every day since Saturday, short because a) I'm lazy :p, and b) it ain't all that inviting out there! If it's not freezing cold, it's blowing a gale or...

Well done on the weight loss you're already achieved - that's great! You say you have "a lot" of cream and cheese - how much? Because overdoing cream and cheese will certainly cause weight loss to stall - the latest Atkins book recommends no more than 115g of cheese and 45g of cream per day on...

Theoretically no, you don't need to limit calories. They will be limited by the fact that ketosis has the effect - at least to begin with - of decreasing appetite, and also because fat is very satisfying so most people will tend to eat less naturally. As long as you're losing weight there's no...

It was indeed homemade - and yummy! :D I'm definitely out of my losing phase, so I need to make sure I keep things ticking over and don't overeat for the next couple of weeks. From time to time I'm still experiencing a bit of a hangover from Xmas in terms of wanting to eat things I shouldn't...

@Lisa, lol! Never mind dogs...I'll be doing well if I can train the Other Half to do it! :D ML, it says in my book that you should use less liquid when converting recipes as slow cooking loses so very little, also that you can roast some meats without adding any liquid at all (chicken and beef...

Lol...guilty! :p I do know my weight loss pattern by now, but sometimes it can surprise me. I'm mainly going by the fact that since October I've averaged just under a pound a week, so to lose another 4lbs *should* take a little over a month. But who knows with bodies, eh? Been working my way...

Weighed this morning and I've dropped another half pound, so I'm down to 11 stone :eek: :D Only 4lbs to go to target, though I'm now wondering what I'll do when I get there. I don't think I'll be happy to stop at 10st 10 somehow. I think I'll want about half a stone of buffer zone on top of...

Lack of sleep certainly won't be helping, so probably worth toughing it out and seeing if things improve - especially if the scales are moving in the right direction!:) I looked at the 5 day weather forecast for the south-east this morning and I do believe it's supposed to be 10 degrees on...

Fantastic news, Susie! :D Does look like it was meant to be, doesn't it?!

How large is large? I wouldn't know if there is an accepted average, but to be accurate, I would measure the capacity of the glass you're using. As a rough guide, I find this site useful: Low Carb UK -The definitive resource for people in the UK and Europe who are following a Low Carb Diet...

Sorry to hear you're feeling like this, ML :( I really do think it's the time of year more than anything. Christmas was great, but it's over; now we're hunkered down waiting for Spring, and it ain't fun :(. Plus maybe there's some boredom - you've been doing this a looooong time now, and I know...

My shopping did arrive, thankfully! :D @ sammy, thanks for that! I'd read that you have to use the full-sugar coke, but if you've tried coke zero and it works, that's great to know. I'm only just getting used to my slow cooker, having let it sit gathering dust for a year :rolleyes: I've...

Okay, looks like we can't share tips on the syrups - I hate the caramel and like the praline :D (perhaps I'd better order some English toffee, lol!) I'm totally with you on the Walden Farms stuff, though - I had the caramel and that was foul. I think I only used it once and threw the rest down...

Thanks, gals! I feel I can breathe now, lol. Right. I didn't find my slow-cooked gammon much different to gammon boiled on the hob if I'm honest. It was maybe a little softer, but hard to say really. I spent a bit of time hunting round the web looking for instructions, but unfortunately the...

Hi Twinkles! In the latest version of the book (New Atkins, New You) onions are allowed in Induction, but it is pointed out that they, along with peppers and tomatoes, are higher carb veg and should therefore only be consumed in small portions. It gives a serving size for cooked onion as being...

Wow! You were cooking up a storm yesterday! Oopsie pancakes look fab :D So which flavours of daVinci syrups do you rate? I've tried 3 so far - praline, vanilla and caramel - and only really liked the praline :/ Glad you had a satisfying food day - we need them, especially in the depths of...

It went! :D 155lbs exactly this morning...phew! Now I can stop the silly fretting :p Next stop, getting into the 10's - never thought I'd be saying that! This last stone - well, 13lbs - has taken 14 weeks to shift, so I'm losing less than a pound a week on average now. At that rate it should...

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Well done on getting a loss, Susie - there's often a week or so with no loss at all in the early days, so a pound is fine :D Mind how you go in the snow, hun xxx

Your menus sound mouth-watering, Sammy...I am extremely impressed :D And thanks for the bun recipe from the other day. I would never have thought you could make something bun-like out of just egg, coconut oil and cream! Will definitely try that :)

They are! If I'm having cauliflower cheese as a meal, then some crumbled up salami crisps as a topping just finish it off nicely. Highly recommended! :D

It didn't hear you :(...perhaps if you typed in all caps? lol I may be finished my losing phase for this cycle, we'll see. Doesn't matter, 'cos it'll go sooner or later, but it's still annoying to be just a silly half pound short of my Jan target...grrr... Not sure about food today. Well, I've...

Good luck for weigh in tomorrow - menu looks spot on, so hopefully you'll get a great result! :D

Morning Susie! Hope the flat situation works itself out. I would have thought the landlord would be quite keen to get an offer from the person already living there given that the sale would be so simple - no chain to worry about for starters! What would you want to do to improve the place if...