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  1. abz

    TS AAM My millionth restart journey 2023 🙏🏽

    Hi hon, how's it going? Did you get through the headache phase?
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    Day 5 of 2nd time around

    How's it going?
  3. abz

    Total Solution Lockdown weight loss journey

    Looks like you're doing brilliantly. What are you favourite flavours?
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    First time Exante

    Hi everyone, you all still going strong? Or still going at least, strong or not? That's the main thing. I need to weigh in tmw. Last weigh in was 19st 1.0. I feel really bloated so I'm not sure if there will be improvement. I've been full of cold and just feeling meh. I'm having four bars a day...
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    First time Exante

    Hi all. I'm on my second go around. The first was for about six weeks before Christmas, then I gained most of it back. Not due to the type of diet. Due to binging on donuts. I cannot say it didn't work, it did. I did Cambridge before my wedding many moons ago, and that worked well. 12 years...
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    Not just another re-start

    How is it going Gilbert?
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    Hello out there!

    WOOHOO!! well done babes :D :D
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    Hello out there!

    The food looks great :) remember for weigh in though that you will now have more food in your system which will effect your numbers a bit. Don't feel too downhearted if you don't get a huge loss. There could be rebound with your body getting used to more solid food, but it won't be real weight...
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    Abz is back... again, and this time it has GOT to go... but which way to turn?

    Hi :) i did 9 days of very low carb, then did juicing for a week. Not for crazy amounts of weightloss, although that was part of the reason. I do a week of it once or twice a year to give me a boost. Today is the last day. Soup for tea, hooray, ha.
  10. abz

    Hello out there!

    well done you :D
  11. abz

    Hello out there!

    there we go. you should be able to access it now :) good luck with weigh in :)
  12. abz

    Hello out there!

    ah, it's in the gold member section hon. might request that i shift it out of there.
  13. abz

    Hello out there!

    good luck for tomorrow :) i have decided to start juicing as of tomorrow. i have done 9 days of protein only and was going to go onto the protein and veg stage of dukan, but to be honest i can't bear the thought of any more meat. thought i would take the opportunity since i'm not hungry at all...
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    Mixing Diet plans?

    i have never combined them, but i don't see why it wouldn't work. slimming world is a calorie controlled diet in itself. it is just arranged so that you never have to count them yourself. you don't go into ketosis or anything which could be knocked out by eating different foods. as long as you...
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    Dukan Diet and Menstruation

    all the time. i have an implant and don't get totm, then every time i start to lose weight i do. i was told that it was likely hormones being released as fat cells shrank...
  16. abz

    Hello out there!

    woohoo :D well done :) it's on here. i have neglected everything on here for a few days because i am feeling wretched. i have been slowly sliding into a chest infection. i think i might finally be there and i am going down like a rock. i have been on the protein only bit of the dukan for 8 days...
  17. abz

    Hello out there!

    You can do this!! I too have a strange body. I gained on cambridge and mu counsellor asked me to do a ketostick to check i was in ketosis. I think she thought i cheated. Someone said to me once that your body doesn't know that it is weigh in day. Our water retention levels change all the time...
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    Hello out there!

    hey honey. i wrote a big response to your last post and it appears to have disappeared... sorry about that. i am sorry that you have had a gain. you listed several reasons to have a lot of water retention, dehydration, hormones, and constipation. you know that you will lose water weight once...
  19. abz

    Hello to all!

    Hi there. Just about every eating plan is represented here somewhere. I am also trying to figure out what I want to do. I am low-carbing while I figure it out as I know I have good losses on this, but it isn't very sustainable for me :) Good luck with finding what you want to do, and welcome :)...
  20. abz

    literally becoming half the person I am!

    just popping in to be a bit nosy. i have recently rejoined minis. i'm not doing cambridge, i'm currently low-carbing, but i did it before my wedding. i didn't do the later phases though... that's a big must, ha. i went on my honeymoon instead.... i just wanted to say you are doing fabulously...
  21. abz

    dukan vs atkins

    thank you :)
  22. abz

    Hello out there!

    i do indeed. i clocked in at just over 17 stones this morning and i want to be 11 stones 2lbs.... it's the weight i was at a size 12-14 at college. i figure i'll readjust that if i ever get there :) for now i am low carbing, one day down. about half a stone of that 17 stones i am expecting to be...
  23. abz

    80lbs / 5.7 Stone lost, My before after pictures and my story - You can change!!!

    looking at your pics i'm not sure you need to lose any more. if you are continuing to do insanity then you should build muscle mass and you will probably get heavier, but in a way you like :) i think it may be time to shift your focus to toning and muscle if it's ripped you're after, but as has...
  24. abz

    Hello out there!

    i actually followed cambridge for a long while up until my wedding. it isn't what i should be doing right now, but then it was the right thing for me, and it worked. my problem was that it worked at half speed for me. a good loss was 1.5lbs a week in my case, but it still worked and my weight...
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    Hello out there!

    i am afraid i don't have wisdom, but i do have thanks to give to you for making me feel more motivated. i haven't even decided what i am going to do to continue my weight loss/gain/loss/gain journey, for the loss phase. the final loss phase please, but reading about your motivation and your...
  26. abz

    Juicing

    Anybody doing this? I have done it in the past and felt great... can't find anywhere on here that caters to it though??
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    Minus 117 :)

    i just read your entire diary. amazing. congratulations. how are you maintaining, if you don't mind me asking? I am starting, again. i haven't really figured out what i'm doing this time around, but seeing somebody get to where they want to be makes all the difference in the world. well done :) xx
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    Abz is back... again, and this time it has GOT to go... but which way to turn?

    Hey everyone. I don't know if any of you remember me. I got a bit of a shock recently googling a sw question and found an answer... turned out it was me asking exactly the same question about seven years ago on here... oops. I have been doing slimming world but have also been running. I have...
  29. abz

    dukan vs atkins

    hi there. i am sorry if this is a continually asked question. i am looking to start dukan, but i have had similar success with atkins before. i was wondering if anybody had done both and which was recommended. not to mention there are tumbleweeds in the dukan part of the forum :) abz xx
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    Running

    I am on week 7 of the couch to 5k, and am just starting up dukan again today. I was very sedentary last time I wandered through dukan. This time around I am determined to keep up with the joggling, and I was wondering whether anybody else exercised regularly whilst on the plan? I am...
  31. abz

    Howdy howdy :)

    It has been a while, but here I am again :) Just wanted to say hello in case anybody I know is still about :) abz xx
  32. abz

    Hello hello :D

    Crikey. It has been years since I have been on Minis, but here I am again, this time to have a go at Dukan, at least in the short-term. I have done it in the past and it was successful, but as always, life got in the way. I went over to slimming world, which I know does work, but with all the...
  33. abz

    Maybe a silly question, but does it work?

    Howdy, I haven't been on the forum for an age, I will have to update all my stats, but I was wondering how effective the 5:2 is. I've been doing dukan for a while, I usually do slimming world, but my meds have caused me problems and i'm waiting for surgery and got told to up the protein and drop...
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    Jim's lazy Atkins diary

    so sorry to hear that jim. i hope they figure something out soon. much love xx
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    Jim's lazy Atkins diary

    she is four jim. four!! she starts school in just over a week :( i am probably going to bawl... how's the family? :)
  36. abz

    Jim's lazy Atkins diary

    just wanted to say hi jim. i don't get on here any more but just wanted to check in. much love xx
  37. abz

    Headingley Slimming World Group

    I don't know if this is an appropriate place to do this, I haven't posted in a long while. I have lost three stones attending this group. I just wanted to say how amazing the group leader is, how supportive all of the members are, and a great big thank you to any of you that might be a part of...
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    Jim's lazy Atkins diary

    good luck for monday jim xx
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    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    gem. i still love your squatters and your resistance to feeling down about them. does your weight go up and down? do you ever consider a squatter a permanent resident? mine started off as squatters and then they found some friends and had an orgy.... ha. but the christmas squatters shall be...
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    Jim's lazy Atkins diary

    i can't believe olivia is 4!! hope she feels better soon. happy new year to you jim. i've been terrible at keeping in touch with folk. so sorry, but i'm still here :)
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    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    hey everybody. long time no see. elle. huge congratulations again babes :D sorry i didn't see your message on here. i've been very bad and not been on minis for a very long time. did everybody have a fab crimble? a happy new year? we didn't go to denmark this year, everyone came to us in bits...
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    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    uh oh gem. neither of those stories sounds good. and who on earth came up with the word gusset. it's awful, ha. well i was able to go back to slimming world last night as i can now chew some fruits and cooked veg and chicken and fish etc. so enough to be able to eat a balanced diet on it. salad...
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    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    you know that when you are packing your suitcase and you mistake your knickers for a vest top that matters have gotten a little out of hand.... :D
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    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    i do a wee bit :) but not too much, ha. i have just realised that i started this diary over five years ago, just gone, and i am fatter than i was when i started. especially after three weeks in denmark *sigh*
  45. abz

    sci fi

    after reading about 70 of the aforementioned star trek next generation books i've shifted over into fantasy for a bit for a break :) i've been reading the rivers of london series. there are only four of them so far and they are pretty good. not as good as the dresden files, but they have that...
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    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    well we are adventuring away. pics are on facebook :) we didn't go anywhere for two days last week, which is shameful. walked miles on the days we did go out. ate ridiculous amounts of crap on the days that we didn't. we did play in the enormous garden and the sandbox but it isn't the same. and...
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    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    well i've kind of stopped worrying about it now. i still get the odd twinge but i've decided i have far better things to worry about than people that don't want to worry about me. so. the latest is that me and iz are on a danish adventure. thomas may finally be allowed to go back to work in the...
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    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    i have already tried that approach. they obviously don't want anything to do with us. when iz starts at nursery in september and we are all walking down the hill to the school together it's going to be interesting. i've tried being positive, thankful, apologetic, the lot. then i just told them...
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    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    thank you honey. initially we actually did an awful lot for them. made them dinner, gave them lifts, took them shopping etc. then due to our rather disastrous circumstances it swung the other way. and i was aware of it. and i always said they could say no. and they aren't the kind of people that...
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    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    hi everybody. well it is my aunt's funeral tomorrow. she finally let go on the 13th, having made it (rather impossibly) to her 83rd birthday on the 9th. I am living on juice (i bought a juicer) for some actual nutrition, and then mush on an evening for dinner. so far so good. i'm under...
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    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    hi guys. sorry i haven't been around. have had my second surgery now. nine days ago in fact. my aunt finally let go today. it was too long in coming and was a real education in what the human body can stand. and it's an education i wish i didn't have to be honest. i have moments of absolute...
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    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    hey everybody. well just less than two weeks until my corrective jaw surgery to fix the mess they made with the last one. i have been pigging out for some time due to my great aunt being diagnosed with terminal cancer. she's still hanging in there (not sure how to be honest) and i decided a...
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    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    good to see you babes xx sorry to hear things didn't work out but glad to hear you're happy. keep in touch :D abz xx
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    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    thanks guys :) off to see orthodontist and surgeon tomorrow. nice of them to give me the appointments on the same day. shame they are about five hours apart, ha. so lots of toing and froing for me tomorrow. hopefully i'll get my surgery date and we can go from there. abz xx
  55. abz

    Big Boys Need Love Too!

    good luck with sw tyn. it really does work. are you going to go to a class? and good luck with the gym abz xx
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    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    well. i've been in hospital again. one of my surgical plates got an infection and my face swelled up on one side over the course of a few hours. a night in a and e later and i'm admitted on iv antibiotics. another day and night and i have surgery to remove the plate. i am now at home and on...
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    Big Boys Need Love Too!

    oh tyn. i am so so sorry xx
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    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    well the calorie counting hasn't started yet, ha. but i've started eating more and more normal food, although i still can't bite through hard things if i tear off a piece of bread for example i can usually manage it once it's in. it's biting bits off i can't do. so i have ordered loads of...
  59. abz

    Big Boys Need Love Too!

    careful with adding cheese and chicken tyn. i started doing that and for some reason i stopped losing. in my head that didn't make sense but my body really didn't like me doing it. it's a very slippery slope. congrats on getting back onto things after the party. these things are meant to be...
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    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    thanks dancing. how are things going with you? i seem to have discovered the world of cheesecake. i need to stop this or at least count my calories or i'm going to gain back everything i lost. i managed a jacket potato with tuna today. and some baby pasta with a stir in sauce. so i'm eating...
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    Big Boys Need Love Too!

    tattoo ey? i couldn't do it. i change my mind too much :)
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    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    well it looks like it will be june when i have my next surgery so i'm on mush until then. unfortunately i seem to have found all the highest calorie mush i can find to eat. i am going to attempt carbonara with pasta in tiny pieces shortly. however until i get my energy back i am not going to...
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    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    thanks everyone :) i see my surgeon and another consultant and my orthodontist tomorrow so hopefully between them all there will be a plan of action that they can explain to me and we'll get something worked out. pleased in the end that i am having to wait. i don't know if i said that thomas's...
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    Big Boys Need Love Too!

    fantastic tyn :D as for loose skin. i know somebody who lost a LOT of weight low-carbing. he had loose skin to begin with. and i think it took over a year and a lot of gym and pressups but as far as i am aware his situation is much better now. he certainly just looks like a skinny guy to me. i...
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    helzzz's diary - 59.5lb lost, 15.5 to go!

    hey you. congratulations on the jeans. that's awesome. you're doing so well :D i really miss going to group :( and now they have to operate on me again it is probably going to be even longer before i can come back given i have been restricted to mush. mush for months i think. keep at it...
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    Hello new weight loss blog :D

    hey bon. good to see you back again. i've just returned after a rather long hiatus myself :) abz xx
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    Big Boys Need Love Too!

    holy ****. as if i've been gone for long enough for you to lose THREE STONES!! congratlations tyn :D :D don't give up when you have the odd 2 or 3lb week. your body can't lose massive amounts every week. with cambridge it's really easy to get really greedy with weight loss. it never really...
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    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    hi guys. sorry i haven't been around in forever. here's a quick version of what's been going on. thomas's fainting spells became rather serious and i couldn't get him to wake up again. two lots of ambulance visits to a and e and they admitted him for a week. of course then he stopped passing...
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    Big Boys Need Love Too!

    good to see you :) abz xx
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    helzzz's diary - 59.5lb lost, 15.5 to go!

    you've done fantastically well babes. you look cracking (as my hubby pointed out last night) and you are well on your way :D i have also found that this time around things seem to be falling into place far more easily :) being built into life more easily. my 30th, alas, is far too close for...
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    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    well i lost 4.5lbs this week. so am happy with that. hopefully i'll do the same this week although i'm not holding my breath :) have been zumbaing on my wii madly this last week. shall do so again this week. it's fun but 20 minutes of that half kills you!! ha. and i don't know how people do...
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    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    9lbs!! i gained 9lbs in 2.5 weeks. that's insane!! ok, so i got weighed last night. was rather bloated and full of food, so i doubt it was all true weight gain. was still a bit of a shock though. especially since i was good a lot of the time... then that slipped. ha. so back on track. i got...
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    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    thanks gem. my goals are just not to gain ridiculous amounts of weight whilst in denmark. i would like to have lost 3lbs from my last sw weigh in by my birthday. i will probably have lost a little between weigh in and denmark in any case. and i will gain some. and then when i get back i will...
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    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    thanks guys. we are here. it's danish christmas day but things don't kick off until evening so we are all just hanging about. wanted to pop on and say merry christmas to everybody :) have been resisting plenty of things. i have had cake once out of many times. and i've had half a glass of...
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    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    well have just been eyeing up the recipe for half a syn roulade and i think i may give it a shot because i am having major cake cravings, ha. and although i know i can eat cake, i doubt i can eat as much cake as i would like... so. looking forward to that. have been struggling not to just give...
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    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    well, managed christmas dinner, dessert and a glass of wine and only went half a syn over for the day. lost a lb this week. slightly disappointed with that. would have liked it to have been more given how careful i was. but then my painkillers were preventing me from going to the loo.... so a lb...
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    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    thanks gem. thanks dancing :) it's good to see you xx well it's christmas dinner at mum's this weekend since we're going away for crimbo proper. so. lots of food bought by me so i can control it. and i have a feeling i'll end up making most of it too. even though mum insisted she wanted to do...
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    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    well i weighed in last night and i maintained. there's no reason for this but my three week cycle of gaining seems to be continuing. so at least this time it wasn't a gain. so hopefully, if the pattern continues, i should have a good loss next week. it's also my totm at the mo so i'm not too...
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    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    well today i mainly sat around waiting for my work to come in in dribs and drabs. so although i sat there from 7.30am to 6pm i only actually did four hours work due to waiting for it to come in from other people finishing their bits, ha. but at least it was work and a wee bit of money on the run...
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    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    thanks gem :) have been working all day. i seem to have felt frantic all day yet have only managed to write two reports. they are sods. and i have two more to do tomorrow. i just really hope that i manage to get them done faster than today!! abz xx
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    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    he had his blood pressure checked last time... well i went to get weighed last night and had lost another lb. so that's all good :) would have liked it to be more but given the weirdness of my weight loss so far as long as it's going down then i'm happy :) abz xx
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    Big Boys Need Love Too!

    CONGRATULATIONS TYN!! so the crash course really did work then?? fantastic. well done you. so chuffed. how's the pursuance of cambridge coming along? abz xx
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    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    he has done it occasionally before when he lets his bloody sugar dip really low. have told him to go to the docs and get them to check his bloody sugars, but to be honest he's been binging on really sugary things and then was sick for two days and didn't eat. wouldn't surprise me if his blood...
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    Big Boys Need Love Too!

    thanks gem hi everyone. good morning. how are you all doing? anything interesting or exciting going on? abz xx
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    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    good morning everyone. how are you all doing? i'm doing ok. i got a chicken kebab from the takeaway last night expecting it to come in a pitta which i could syn. it came in a naan bread. i started to eat it but decided it wasn't worth it so after about three bits i just ate the chicken and...
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    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    Hi gem. thanks. Realised I didn't say what I do ruthie. I'm a patent searcher for a company in london. so i work to strict deadlines but as long as i meet them i can do the work whenever i like. today has started well. am absolutely shattered though. didn't get to sleep until after 1 and iz...
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    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    hello. well ruthie at work in an office there were times when i'd get bored and faff on the internet. at home if i'm not working then i'm playing with my daughter so i try to get the work done as quickly as possible :) yes, the danes do the best pastry in the world. i can't eat it over here any...
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    Big Boys Need Love Too!

    oops. sorry. forgot to update on here. i lost 3lbs and got my shiny shiny stone sticker. so i happy danced. :D i still feel a wee bit cheated as i'm a week behind where i wanted to be due to mystery gain, but am still happy to have lost what i have obviously. i would like to lose another 5lbs...
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    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    thanks guys. hi ruthie... yes. i've been here a while. don't read through it all. i have done cambridge, atkins, south beach, slimming world many times, weight watchers and probably others. i lost a lot of weight before i got married, then went on my honeymoon and gained about a stone (:D) then...
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    Hello new weight loss blog :D

    hey babes. your job sounds wonderful :) sorry i didn't get back to you. i've been working a lot the last couple of weeks so haven't been available to chat but keep telling me when you are free and at some point i'm sure i'll be available :D abz xx
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    helzzz's diary - 59.5lb lost, 15.5 to go!

    well done on weigh in tonight darling. no harm no foul. have a good week this week :) abz xx
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    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    howdy howdy. well. i lost 3lbs and got my shiny shiny sticker. so that was the 1.5 mysterious gain last week plus another 1.5lbs. so i am a week behind in weight loss really, but at least it's going down again. i have now lost a stone. it has taken me since august, ha. but there have been lots...
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    Big Boys Need Love Too!

    howdy howdy. did everyone have a good weekend? wish me luck for weigh in tonight. i've been super duper good again this week. so i had better have lost. i had better be under the 16st barrier again. going above it through no action of my own was gutting. and got me further away from my shiny...
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    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    well it's weigh in night again. wish me luck. i've eaten out twice this week. have chosen wisely and left five syns for just in case oil etc each time. i ate the same thing both times too, ha. at the same place. my mum has just moved into a new house and doesn't have a pot, pan or plate until...
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    Big Boys Need Love Too!

    nope :D
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    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    thanks gem. i think i am. if i don't lose this week we're going to investigate some other things. but i think it should be all good :) abz xx
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    Big Boys Need Love Too!

    mmm. toasties... my mum is moving into her new place today. so we are off to see it when she gets the keys this morning :)
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    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    i don't feel deprived at all. of course sometimes i want to fall face down in some kind of stodgy pudding, but generally i get my fix of junk every evening and i'm happy with that :) i know that slimming world works. it has always worked wonderfully for me. and then i've gone off the rails for...
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    Big Boys Need Love Too!

    nope :D
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    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    i know gem. i took some that made me gain about 5-7lbs in one week whilst being good. i stopped taking them... ha. it's all going well. went to the cinema and took my snackajacks with me. foods i avoided today for the betterness of my waistline and so i could eat snackajacks and mikado...
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    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    thanks guys. i actually did a lot more exercise than usual last week too. it has been suggested that i didn't drink enough water to compensate for that, so fluid retention, plus totm (i think it is) so fluid retention, plus silly painkillers, and fluid retention so if all this is the case then...
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    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    howdy. well after my week of being super good i jumped on the scales at group expecting to be awarded with my shiny shiny sticker... to a 1.5lb gain. gutted. so so gutted. i handed in my food diary which i have been super super honest about, no fooling myself this time around and she rang me...
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    Big Boys Need Love Too!

    good luck with the retest tyn. do you get a top up lesson before the test to practice again? physio is evil it's true. any progress on the cambridge front? abz xx
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    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    i have gem. i don't have any work on until next week now. and i've only done a few hours over the past couple of days. it isn't often i have to pull mammoth amounts of time at the pc staring at tiny numbers. so it's no problem really :) planning some naff tv and some snackajacks now i think :)...
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    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    thanks gem. i have had some blinding headaches this week. i think i've been straining my eyes. i've been verytired and working with excel spreadsheets. have kept on the straight and narrow but that old hankering for a pizza is creeping in...
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    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    hi everyone. lost a lb this week. not as much as i would have liked but it was enough to take me down into the next stone bracket. so now i must be super good to extend the distance between the number 16 and my weight and increase the distance towards the number 15 and my weight :) helen you...
  107. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    it feels good gem. i hope it continues. i now live in fear of another peculiar 2lb gain. so am doing my best. how's things with you? had fruit, free soup, free quiche and salad and some velvet crunch today :) saved up the snacks for this evening, woo :) abz xx
  108. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    hi everyone. thanks for popping by. yes, it's really been three years. i wrote that and then had to think about it as it didn't seem likely. but izzy is nearly 2.5, so it was three years gone july, ha. can't believe it. yes i'm sticking to it 100 percent. i'm not actually finding it difficult...
  109. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    i was rather chuffed. now i just want to lose 2 this week. i would love to get to 15st 7 by crimbo if possible. so that's just over a lb a week. obviously i would love to lose lots more if i can. but that will do nicely. i would also like to be able to wear my wedding ring again. given that i...
  110. abz

    Big Boys Need Love Too!

    hi everyone. hope you are doing a bit better and more of the swelling has gone down taz. i lost 3.5lbs last week. woo. slimming world was good to me after all after making me pointlessly gain the week before. must have just been a blip. so. onwards and downwards. have you heard anything yet...
  111. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    hello hello fellows. i lost 3.5lbs this week :D so chuffed. especially since my scales told me that i had lost 0.2 of a lb in the morning so i spent the whole day dreading getting weighed. so i shan't be doing that again in a hurry. if i lose a lb this week i will be 15st 13.5lbs. that's under...
  112. abz

    Olivia Isabel and grandad

    she's fab as always jim. becoming more and more chatty and understandable. it's bizarre suddenly realising that you are having a proper conversation with her about something instead of stilted words or her just asking for things, ha. she's been really ill this last week but has bounced back and...
  113. abz

    Big Boys Need Love Too!

    hey tyn. good to hear things are going strong!! really curious about the 'crash course' as i've looked at them. i'm just scared of driving though. i'm good at it. but everyone else scares me half to death in leeds, so i don't think i'm going to be doing it any time soon. not to mention that we...
  114. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    it's a shame gem. i did used to half live on here when it was quiet at work, but still, ha. i've been so unbelievably good this week. if i haven't lost more than the 2lbs i 'gained' last week i'm going to be gutted. i haven't felt deprived at any point though. just been extra careful. nothing...
  115. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    wow it's quiet around here. let the tumble weeds roll. you can really tell that i stopped posting for a while, ha. well i've been brilliantly good this week. even measuring and taking wine with me to a party and counting syns, and taking my own snacks so i avoided all the buns, cakes and...
  116. abz

    Big Boys Need Love Too!

    hi tyn. sorry to hear your back is getting worse. i agree with getting it seen to though. i have been super duper good this week. even measuring out wine and taking it with me to a party and counting all the syns, so slimming world had better be good to me this week!! abz xx
  117. abz

    Olivia Isabel and grandad

    wow jim,. she's so big!! ha. gorgeous as always. and she's looking more and more like coleen!! abz xx
  118. abz

    Big Boys Need Love Too!

    howdy tyn, how's it going? got started yet? abz xx
  119. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    today seems to be back to normal. child trying to run around three times faster than mummy can keep up. except mummy kept up today. i doubt i got faster. it's probably the wellies slow her down a bit :) have been to the park and had a run about and fed the ducks (and the enormous geese that...
  120. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    well izzy is bouncing off the walls today and eating toast every two hours. so that's looking promising. daren't give her much else at the moment 'just in case'. am being good as gold and filling out my SW SAS log to make sure i'm being a good girl :) abz xx
  121. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    well after being golden and refusing to eat out i gained 2lbs... i have absolutely no idea how, but i'm writing everything down this week so that if it happens again then it can be pointed out to me what i'm doing wrong, ha. i'm not particularly miffed. hopefully they'll be gone with at least...
  122. abz

    Big Boys Need Love Too!

    howdy howdy. good to have you back. don't think i have any gossip. i strangely gained 2lbs this week despite being what i thought was legendary on slimming world so am having to have a 'write down every tiny morsel you even consider eating' week to make sure i'm on the straight and narrow :)...
  123. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    hey everybody. i'm knackered. i've done 34 hours work in two and a half days. and i'm shattered. and all evening all i've done is dither about not knowing what i want to do because i feel like i should be working, ha. thomas wants to go out to dinner tomorrow night and i don't want to. partly...
  124. abz

    Jim's lazy Atkins diary

    pingu can be a lifesaver!! although after watching it a bit too frequently we had to get another one or go mad!! ha. glad to hear you are relaxing after your holidays jim. we are compiling a box of 'rainy day craft stuff' at the moment so we have something to do. that and the ready roll...
  125. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    thanks gem :) well yesterday i spent most of my day hanging around waiting for my work to arrive in my inbox whilst knitting a dinosaur. i now have all the bits and part of a sewn up dinosaur, but the work arrived this morning. hurrah. working through until friday now. good times :) still...
  126. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    well looking at your pics taz you're looking fab. you've done brilliantly. how much more do you want to lose? abz xx
  127. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    good morning. it was weigh in day last night and i lost 2.5lbs. so happier with that i think :) in fact there was a happy dance. the happy dance comes into effect at around 2lbs, ha. and thankfully i've done it a few times recently. i am now 16st 2lbs. don't think i'll make it to 14st something...
  128. abz

    Big Boys Need Love Too!

    where did everybody go? did i scare everyone off? tyn? where are you? abz xx
  129. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    hi night-owl :) yes, i'm still plodding along, and yes, the quiche is pastryless, and nicer for it actually... no soggy or dry stuff at the bottom :) have just watched seven pounds which thoroughly depressed me. so am now off to find something that isn't chocolate to cheer me up :) abz xx
  130. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    howdy everyone. had a rather dissapointing loss of half a lb this week despite being uber good. but i think i may be retaining water due to totm judging by my need to rip annoying people's heads off. i'm usually so calm. i only get pmt when losing weight (probably because i can't comfort eat...
  131. abz

    It can be done - My before's and Afters

    look at you!! so brown!! retirement obviously agrees with you jim :) abz xx
  132. abz

    Hello new weight loss blog :D

    sounds like things are going brilliantly bon. good luck with the permanent position. if you are the only seasonal person there and you are getting plenty of experience, then surely you will have an advantage over any other applicants? good luck with it. let me know how it goes. and give me a...
  133. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    thanks bon :) all is going well so far this week. i've been super good so am hoping to have a good loss. am investigating scan bran cake after our sw leader brought some in for us to try last week. it was nommy :D so thinking of making a different kind and seeing what happens... will let you...
  134. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    thanks gem. trotting along :) izzy has gone off visiting family for a couple of days with my mum. i still have this horrid cough cold sore throat thing going on and all i want to do is hide under my duvet with lots of grand designs episodes and some chocolate. but i am holding out so far :)...
  135. abz

    Big Boys Need Love Too!

    have you managed to get started yet tyn?
  136. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    oh, and the reason i checked in. i lost 2lbs this week :) abz xx
  137. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    it's great. but at the same time if your pc is in your bedroom like mine is you tend to fall out of bed, get ready, sit at computer, work stupid hours, get out of chair, get ready for bed, sleep, repeat. and you can't get away from it or switch your brain off properly. and i have to avoid seeing...
  138. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    thanks gem. i'm sitting and waiting for my boss to appear online so we can finishe a report. thing is, we don't have a scheduled time, just when we both start work given that i just want him to check through the report with me. so. he could be in bed. he could be reading it. but i am just going...
  139. abz

    Big Boys Need Love Too!

    i didn't realise how long it was since he'd posted i keep popping away for so long. TYN. GET YOUR BUM BACK HERE. WE MISS YOOOOU!! :) he should hear that. hope he managed to get his form posted off. abz xx
  140. abz

    Jim's lazy Atkins diary

    i'm a big girl me :D i have skills :)
  141. abz

    Jim's lazy Atkins diary

    jim!! i found you!! hope you are having a lovely time. i don't post for a bit, come back and there's no sign of you. i thought you'd vanished. so glad to see that this isn't the case. funny how not being at work correlates with not posting huh? :) abz xx
  142. abz

    Big Boys Need Love Too!

    and where is jim??!?
  143. abz

    Big Boys Need Love Too!

    howdy howdy. well i stayed the same on that weigh in after three weeks and then last week i lost 4lbs. go me!! ha. but i doubt it was a 'real' weigh in if you know what i mean. i don't trust them when they're that good. still. i've been good this week so will be gutted if i haven't lost...
  144. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    hey everyone. sorry i vanished for a bit there. i've been working ridiculous numbers of hours. so it is with contract self-employed work. there's none for months and then you realise you've been sitting at the pc for 15 hours straight, only stopping to wee... so that's been my life this week...
  145. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    i lost 4lbs this week. woohoo!! about time i started losing something!! abz xx
  146. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    i was about to say that jenny. go to the help bit of the website and get in touch with pierce the techie :) he'll sort it out for you :) howdy howdy. still slimming worlding. i went for a weigh in for the first time in weeks after being ill and managed to stay exactly the same. which i suppose...
  147. abz

    Hello new weight loss blog :D

    yay for pie. and yay for getting thinner. and get you being all outgoing and confident and teachy :D so proud and chuffed for you babes. go bon!! abz xx
  148. abz

    sci fi

    someone offered to lend me some star trek next gen books. and i thought 'ok, no harm'. i now have hundreds of the things. i thought she meant like 5... ha. still, i'm on about number eight and some are ok and some are not but it's just like watching a really long episode generally. agree that...
  149. abz

    Big Boys Need Love Too!

    hey you guys. when i did cambridge and was on the cambridge forums there was no mention of estrogen levels by any of the men. it would also be mentioned to the women i would imagine and it has never come up. also, the packs aren't exactly big. the amount of soya you could fit in there wouldn't...
  150. abz

    Big Boys Need Love Too!

    oh dear. i hope you guys feel better soon!! abz xx
  151. abz

    Big Boys Need Love Too!

    hey tyn. did you manage to pick up that form? i'm rooting for you (which route root do you use for that??). can't wait for the lbs to just drop off you :D good luck with the fella at work. cambridge works fast so there's no reason to stop flirting. you'll just melt away before his eyes. and...
  152. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    hope you get your permission taz. i'm glad that you're feeling well enough to go back to the gym. has this totally changed your outlook on life then if you are a regular gym goer? it certainly looks like your sleeve suited you well.
  153. abz

    Big Boys Need Love Too!

    hey babes. did you get your form? are you starting yet? cambridge worked well for me, but i didn't come off it properly. i got married, went on my honeymoon and got pregnant and gained several stones instead :) going up the stages at the end is super dooper important. it's hard at times but it...
  154. abz

    Hello new weight loss blog :D

    hey babes. so happy you have a new job :D will have to ring me for a catch up when you have time. loads of love abz xx
  155. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    hey. sorry i've been so absent. am currently doing slimming world with some success. going back to classes. being accountable helps. will let you know how it all goes. at the moment i have an inner ear infection so can't stare at screen much or walk about much or do much of anything actually...
  156. abz

    Hello new weight loss blog :D

    hey bon. so glad that you had a fab birthday. congrats on starting up with the calorie counting again. you've always done so well at it :) as for leaving jobs, well my mum handed in her notice on the spur of the moment and had so much holiday to take that she left a day and a half later and...
  157. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    hi everyone. welcome back jenny. i'm guessing you are the jenny we all know and love from posts past given that there's no photie? so sorry to hear about your circumstance change but glad to have you back :D and spill on the boyfriend :) my weight has stayed the same since sunday, but my...
  158. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    well chaps i have been south-beaching for a week (so basically low-carbing although you aren't supposed to go into ketosis i suspect that i have) and have another week of the first phase to go. my plan after that is to introduce the low gi carbs slowly and then eat in a slimming world kind of...
  159. abz

    Just Started SB - Any other starters?

    thanks plum, that's great. i might have to have a quick amazon trip shortly. but for now i think we have it covered. my husband is doing it with me (rather reluctantly) and has claimed to have been starving all day despite eating more than he usually would. so i think it's all in his head :D ha...
  160. abz

    Just Started SB - Any other starters?

    thank you so much. i didn't get the supercharged book as it looked like that relied a lot on exercise and although i do want to exercise alongside it may not be regular enough to include it in an eating plan, and i couldn't see amounts or restrictions in the book i got. unfortunately i...
  161. abz

    Just Started SB - Any other starters?

    hi everyone. i can't believe it's so quiet in here!! have bought the book for my kindle and have been having a read. i've low-carbed in various ways before which has worked really well for me but then i really really miss fruit. so this looked like a good alternative as you can eat a lot of...
  162. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    i have no idea. i probably was. was great to see you over the past couple of days. how much did izzy love the beach?? :D woohoo :D abz xx
  163. abz

    Hello new weight loss blog :D

    hey you. so glad you had a good birthday. was fab to see you :D i'm going food shopping tomorrow to attempt to undo some of the damage done over the weekend (and the rest of the year) and start to get thinner before denmark or i'm going to be another stone heavier before i get there!! abz xx
  164. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    hey everyone :) well i've done half an hour on the bike tonight. 265 kcals burnt. i think i'll stick to this. and if i have the chance to do a few sessions through the day i will do that too to burn a few extra calories. at the moment it is my bum hurting that's preventing me from cycling...
  165. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    howdy :) well we've got our bike and it's fab :) it has loads of pre-programmed exercise things in. different ones for fat-burning, or losing weight or improving cardio fitness etc etc. or you can set it to a number of calories or a time or a certain heart rate and it will stop or change the...
  166. abz

    helzzz's diary - 59.5lb lost, 15.5 to go!

    i'm gutted that you are managing to do the running thing and i'm not. my knees are wrecked :( chuffed that you lost 1lb though babes. keep going :) abz xx
  167. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    i haven't jim, because this is the first time they have hurt and they still really hurt and it's been a week, so i haven't run again. am going to see how they go with the exercise bike and take it from there.
  168. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    hey babes. thanks for writing. hope you had a productive day off? well i'm not sure whether i'll be running again for a while. it's taken over three days for my knees to approach normal and they are still painful. me and thomas made the decision to buy a swish (yet inexpensive) exercise bike...
  169. abz

    C25K .... Overture and beginners please!

    well my knees are almost back to normal today. but i don't want the same thing to happen again. i've ordered a rather swish exercise bike so i can exercise more regularly at home and hopefully strengthen my knees and lose some weight in the process and then try again. i really really want to be...
  170. abz

    C25K .... Overture and beginners please!

    can anyone offer any suggestions to help with my knee pain problem? otherwise i'm going to have to knock this on the head until i've lost a lot of weight... and it was supposed to help with that.
  171. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    i haven't been able to run today. my knees are far too painful. anyone have any tips on how to stop this? i don't want to have to give up because my knees can't take it :( i'm away tomorrow so i won't be able to catch up then either so it will be a three day gap at least. the longest yet...
  172. abz

    Hello new weight loss blog :D

    i'm pretty sure, being out bon, that it will be a guinness :D
  173. abz

    C25K .... Overture and beginners please!

    well done everyone. i've had to give my run a miss today. my knees are incredibly sore and rather puffy. am having trouble with stairs. didn't think it prudent to run on them. has anyone else had problems with their knees? any idea what i can do to sort them out in between runs? this is the...
  174. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    hi everyone. i am certainly happier on days when i run, but then i take extra painkillers so maybe it's an unnatural drug high :D are you doing couch to 5k too then helen? i didn't realise. i've done another week 1 run today and i think i'll probably do another one on top of this one too. i...
  175. abz

    helzzz's diary - 59.5lb lost, 15.5 to go!

    good luck babes. i know you can do it. you're too stubborn not to :P xx
  176. abz

    C25K .... Overture and beginners please!

    i did a fourth run of week 1 today. i didn't feel quite ready to move onto week 2 so thought i would do an extra one. it's my first run that wasn't in the freezing cold rain. and oh my god was it harder in the sunshine. i completed it without many problems but i was so slow and so tired. so...
  177. abz

    C25K .... Overture and beginners please!

    hi there. i did week 1 run 3 today and it was much easier than the last two. by no means easy, but easier. i knew i could definately do it too so didn't have to fight the inner demons of 'what if i can't do it' or 'what if it was just a fluke the last time i did it' etc etc. i think i'm going to...
  178. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    run three of week one completed today and it was much easier. by no means easy. but much easier. and i already knew i could do it so i didn't have to battle inner demons either, ha. i will do this run at least once more and see how i feel about it. i want it to be comfortable to do before i move...
  179. abz

    Hello new weight loss blog :D

    hey babes. was just checking in to see if you'd heard :)
  180. abz

    C25K .... Overture and beginners please!

    are we all doing the same couch to 5k or are there different ones? i don't push hard at the beginning at all. i barely push all the way through and am still absolutely tuckered. which is why i worry about moving onto week two. but i have the third run tomorrow. who knows? if it's easier i may...
  181. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    hello hello. well i did couch to 5k week 1 run 2 today. it's exactly the same as the first one. all the runs in week 1 are the same. i think this week may be a very long week as i want this running for 60 secons and then walking for 90 seconds to become a lot more effortless than it has been...
  182. abz

    C25K .... Overture and beginners please!

    hi there. i did week 1 part 2 today. i can't see me moving on to week two any time soon. i would like week 1 to feel a bit more effortless first. did you guys wait before moving on or did you just go for it? i don't want to put myself off by putting up the bar too soon and feeling like a failure...
  183. abz

    Big Boys Need Love Too!

    hey tyn. how's things? i've started running if you can believe it!! if you can call it running 17 stones of abz attempting to run is more of a crawling pace but hey, it's a start :D what are you up to? abz xx
  184. abz

    Hello new weight loss blog :D

    well done honey. sounds like there will be plenty of work if they want to hire two people!! will cross my fingers for you tomorrow :D abz xx
  185. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    my run today was postponed until tomorrow morning thanks to torrential rain. i would have gone out anyway. i mean, i do kick out enough heat to warm half of leeds once moving, but was supposed to be running with a friend, can't run two days in a row and c25k does account for one two-day gap per...
  186. abz

    C25K .... Overture and beginners please!

    hi there. i started w1d1 yesterday. so glad i managed to do it. did anyone else find that after the first couple of run sessions it got a bit easier (until the last couple, ha). when i had done two of them i didn't think i would make it to half way, but then it seemed to go easier somehow. there...
  187. abz

    Hello new weight loss blog :D

    good luck for the interview honey!! will cross everything for you!! abz xx
  188. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    well, new plan :D i decided i would start doing the couch to 5k running plan after someone at a baby group i go to mentioned it when i said i'd struggled. basically it plans out nine weeks of interval running, the idea being that by the end of week 9 you can run 5km... ha. you can take longer...
  189. abz

    Hello new weight loss blog :D

    my experience with casual contracts is that they offer you the hours they have week on week and you sign up for what's available. so your hours may change week by week. if you aren't relying on your income and what you make will be spending money if you like, then i really think it's worth going...
  190. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    well i've been and done it. i barely ran. i walked, ran a bit, walked again, attempted to run again and stopped after about 15 seconds, ha. but i kept walking quickly. i didn't stop dead. so that's something. if i hadn't been with my oldest friend i think i would have been mortified rather than...
  191. abz

    Hello new weight loss blog :D

    hey hon. how's work going today? i'm just finishing up mine but my boss seems to have wandered from skype so just waiting to find out if he needs anything else before i leave :)
  192. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    hi gem. how are you? where is everybody? it seems like minis has fallen asleep!!
  193. abz

    Big Boys Need Love Too!

    hey babes. you're still here. excellent :D i'm fine. had a bit of a blowout night tonight. i've been working flat out. i work from home at the moment. so when work comes along it's frantic for a few days, and then i wait for it to come along again. luckily i've had three contracts one after the...
  194. abz

    Big Boys Need Love Too!

    how's things going tyn?
  195. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    hello everyone. still going strong. managed to buy myself a sports bra and am set to start 'running' (read walk and jog occasionally) this next week. wish me luck!! abz xx
  196. abz

    Hello new weight loss blog :D

    hope you are having a good time at beamish babes :)
  197. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    hey everyone. i was trying to come on here whilst in scotland but am totally baffled by the new formatting. i couldn't find my subscribed threads for ages. well we got stuck in scotland for a bit due to fuel, weather etc but got back last week. we've been eating like pigs for a long time. i did...
  198. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    one project down and i've been given another one to do. off to visit my mum. we decided the easiest way to have izzy in a car for over 6 hours was to set off in the middle of the night, arriving when she should be getting up. then thomas can sleep when we get to mum's. so we're going to get her...
  199. abz

    Hello new weight loss blog :D

    hey babes. thanks for the emails yesterday :D glad that your day went well. good luck with the applications and the chilling over the weekend. speak to you soon :) abz xx
  200. abz

    helzzz's diary - 59.5lb lost, 15.5 to go!

    well done on the maintenance honey. and good luck with your goal. i'm still being naff but i could be being worse. izzy is ill and sleep is non-existent so it's all in the air. but i'm doing the best that i can :) abz xx
  201. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    all 18 of you jim!! how many of those were her children, before the partners and grandchildren? :) i got croissants for brekkie and we went to visit a friend of mine. it was nice :) today i've been on a phone conference with london and india and been given some more (mind-squishing) work to...
  202. abz

    Hello new weight loss blog :D

    hey babes. well done on the job applications. sounds like you're back in the game. i've been pants on the weight loss front too. need to get my bum in gear!! abz xx
  203. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    thanks guys. i'm going to meet a couple of friends for lunch tomorrow while thomas and izzy go off to buy my mother's day pressie. i've already asked for a season of midsomer murders :D ha. that's been my christmas, birthday and now mother's day pressie too :D managed to write and send all the...
  204. abz

    Olivia Isabel and grandad

    what a fab pic jim :D action shot :D abz xx
  205. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    i enjoy it every single time :D and i'm sure i will continue to do so :) good to have you back bon :D abz xx
  206. abz

    Hello new weight loss blog :D

    good to have you back babes :D abz xx
  207. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    don't they just jim. when i tell izzy i love her she says 'love you mummy' back. obviously there was probably a wee bit of conditioning there, ha. and she doesn't really understand what it means. but she loves making me grin by saying it :D she did it for the first time unprompted yesterday :D...
  208. abz

    helzzz's diary - 59.5lb lost, 15.5 to go!

    good luck babes :D oh. what brand white sauce do you get? do you get a jar or a mix for sw? because making it is really syn heavy. and the jars seem to be as well!! abz xx
  209. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    ha. well we were just trying to decide when to put her in a bed. in about six months i guess in that case :D can't believe she's two at the beginning of june!!
  210. abz

    Big Boys Need Love Too!

    i don't know. the life of the retired jim :D saying that, i rarely know what ruddy day it is!!
  211. abz

    Puggso_32 - Plodding along

    howdy there mr man. just checking in. abz xx
  212. abz

    helzzz's diary - 59.5lb lost, 15.5 to go!

    i think she'll follow the rules :) well done on the 3lbs babes. i was brilliantly good all week and gained 2lbs (think it's totm) and then went to a beer festival. oops. ah well. back on track :) abz xx
  213. abz

    Big Boys Need Love Too!

    YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!! it's actually you!! i thought it was just us keeping it warm again. so so glad to have you back chickadee. we really missed you :) i too am more than likely heavier than when you were here last. i can't remember whether i was married then or not. but i am now and have a...
  214. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    that seems to be it jim. she went to bed just before 7 tonight. she has a really snotty nose and has already woken up screaming once. managed to calm her down straight away though. hopefully i won't be up half the night tonight because i was last night and i'm shattered!!
  215. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    hi everyone. sorry i've been awol. life became rather difficult for a while. of course i ate my way through it. have been slimming worlding for a week again now and have gotten back into things. have also got myself working from home for a fairly good salary. it is a self-employed contractor...
  216. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    i had a great time out for my birthday thanks. i have been eating for three since. not that i'm pregnant. just stressed, ha. we're plodding on. found out that i didn't cancel our illness insurance policy on our mortgage and have decided i'm a genius so if thomas is off long-term that will kick...
  217. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    the 'i fancied toast and i'm going out for my birthday tomorrow so sod it' diet jim :D i am coming to the decision that i may have to give up going to classes, which is not good, but i just can't justify the money. we've hit very difficult times at the mo with thomas being off and not getting...
  218. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    sitting here eating toast, butter and apricot jam... oh well...
  219. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    ha. it was on the 24th, but the celebration is on the 28th. sorry for the confusion :) i've been terrible eating naff things all week. i can't go to sw tonight. thomas has done his back in and can't watch izzy or drive me there and back and dragging izzy out in a pushchair around her bed time...
  220. abz

    helzzz's diary - 59.5lb lost, 15.5 to go!

    good luck with it hon. i'm really struggling too. had a total blow out day yesterday. i know my birthday is on tuesday and i'm likely to have a gain. and i know that my birthday meal out is next week so i need to be really good then too. i think in my head i'm not really starting until february...
  221. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    hi everyone. sorry i've been absent. i haven't really been online much. i gained 5lbs in the four weeks i missed meetings so that isn't too bad. i lost one of them last week but it's my birthday this week and i haven't been too good this weekend so i'm expecting more gains again. but i'm going...
  222. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    thanks gem. we fly to denmark tomorrow morning. really looking forward to it. abz xx
  223. abz

    15 stone to 14 stone support

    well i have gone off the rails now until after christmas i think. i am trying to make healthier choices when i can but i seem to have gone mad. need to rein it in or i'll be putting everything back on over christmas!!
  224. abz

    helzzz's diary - 59.5lb lost, 15.5 to go!

    that sounds like a great idea... i might do that. i was wondering what to do with all my veg, ha. abz xx
  225. abz

    helzzz's diary - 59.5lb lost, 15.5 to go!

    hey babes. you've done fantastically well over the last month to sts. i have had a blowout day today. i can't go to weigh in on wednesday it turns out so have let loose a bit early. that's it now though. being sensible when i can be. i don't want to be over 16st again come the new year, and like...
  226. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    not as nice as you think they are going to be jim. have had a blowout day today, hopefully to get it out of my system. have to be more sensible before we go away now, if only a little bit. abz xx
  227. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    hi everyone. well i have been all good, until today. i am about to embark upon some pizza and a cheesy chips :D abz xx
  228. abz

    15 stone to 14 stone support

    oh, ps. getting peeved because all my bras are getting too big and every time i lean forward i'm getting 'double boob' syndrome. hate it!! abz xx
  229. abz

    15 stone to 14 stone support

    down to 15st 10 this week. 1.5lbs loss. rather pleased but quite surprised. ha. good luck everyone. abz xx
  230. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    hi jim. yes she is. she runs about the place. the only time she crawls if she's playing. i am happy to announce that i lost another 1.5lbs this week and yet again i wasn't sure i'd lost anything with visiting family etc. i did the best that i could but it's really difficult when you aren't in...
  231. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    she's on her third or fourth pair of shoes gem, but this is her first pair of proper walking shoes. not sure how this week has been going. i have been at my dad's for the weekend and ate as healthily as possible. his wife cooked gorgeous healthy food for us but i don't know exactly what went...
  232. abz

    15 stone to 14 stone support

    hey everybody. well done. seems that a few people have just got in at 15 13.5. well that was me last week. i was really nervous this week at weigh in, sure that somehow i would be back in the 16s, but i lost 2lbs instead, got my stone award and am a bit more comfortable in the 15s at 15st...
  233. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    howdy everyone. i weighed in and lost another 2lbs. which i really didn't expect to do this week. it wasn't like i was insanely bad or anything. but i really did use up all of my syns, and possibly one or two more given i had to guesstimate some things and usually i don't use many of them...
  234. abz

    Can't get my head back in the game!

    synning up treats for each day might work, so that you are getting the fix of eating what you love, without guilt, and can concentrate on the food you enjoy to cook? abz xx
  235. abz

    Do you ever have a 'day off'?

    it would turn into two days, then three, then three months if i did it. so i do my best to stick with things. i am finding it more and more difficult though. i've followed the plan for six weeks solid now. the longest i think i've ever done something without falling off the wagon. and other...
  236. abz

    No sneak peak

    i used to be totally obsessed with weighing myself and then my scales broke. and i used it as an excuse to join slimming world. however i find it terrifying getting on the scales and not knowing what they are going to say, but it helps keep me on the straight and narrow :) abz xx
  237. abz

    15 stone to 14 stone support

    good luck honey :)
  238. abz

    15 stone to 14 stone support

    good luck :) i am dreading weigh in on wednesday and it's only sunday, ha. it isn't like i've been incredibly bad or anything. i haven't gone over my syns i don't think (some items had to be estimated) but i haven't been as good as i usually am, so to speak. i can't gain because i'm only in...
  239. abz

    Syns forgetfulness!

    now that's far too organised :D
  240. abz

    i've lost 50lb :)

    fantastic. congratulations :D
  241. abz

    low syn veggie sausies??

    hi there. since quorn sausages are now 1 syn each, i was wondering if anyone knew of any other, cheaper veggie sausages that were a similar or lower syn value. i loved them when they were free but if i can get a supermarket brand that tastes ok and is less or the same syns i'd be far...
  242. abz

    helzzz's diary - 59.5lb lost, 15.5 to go!

    good luck hon. i did well this week but it's getting harder and harder to resist all the temptations. i'm just refusing to go anywhere. and because it's weigh in night i'm STARVING!! all i want to do is ring for a pizza, ha. but i can't, because i'm super chuffed with my weigh in result for...
  243. abz

    Stitchy's weight loss diary!

    it will all be gone before too long hon. good luck this week :) i am avoiding the christmas market because all i do when i go there is eat, and eat, and eat. so i'm not going there this year!! ha. abz xx
  244. abz

    15 stone to 14 stone support

    hi everyone. as of my weigh in tonight i'm 15st 13.5lbs and therefore qualify to join you here :) i want to get to 15st 7lbs by christmas. not sure it's possible but i lost 3lbs this week so who knows? :D ha. i wasn't expecting that. good luck to everyone. abz xx
  245. abz

    From 16's to 15's

    hi there guys. i lost 3lbs this week and am therefore 15st 13.5lbs and moving down into the next bracket. my visit here was short but sweet. i didn't discover you until about a week ago, ha. good luck on getting into the 15s. i haven't been 15st something since my daughter was born one and a...
  246. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    3lbs off this week. woohoo!! :D :D so that makes me 15st 13.5lbs. the lightest i've been since before I had izzy. so one and a half year's gain gone. yes!! only 4st 11.5lbs to go, ha. ah well. if i manage to lose 2lbs this week i'll have lost a stone since i started going back to class so...
  247. abz

    Abi's weightloss diary - post jaw surgery

    well this week i haven't eaten much. i haven't been hungry for some reason. and i haven't wanted to eat for the sake of it. of course this will probably mean i'll gain weight knowing my luck but we'll see how it goes tomorrow. abz xx
  248. abz

    So happy!!!!

    amazing :D well done :D abz xx
  249. abz

    MullerLight Update!!

    is quorn mince synned now? which quorn things are synned? my consultant confirmed the muller thing too. am i wrong or are the onken fat free apple and mango yoghurts free now? i'm sure i saw it in one of the magazines but when i put the values in the website it came out as 12.5 syns :0
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