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I'm with you too! Have put loads of weight on having started a new job in 2009 and stopped going to the gym. I dont want to reach my next birthday in June *STILL* being over weight. Kicking arse big time this year (and for good)! x

That is a joke (kind of anyway....) lol! xx

This afternoon I have decided that I am dieting so I can get husband number 2... xx

Cheers! xx

Wow Hannah! Well done! You must be feeling so proud. I am so inspired now - didnt realise it was humanly possible to lose 8lbs in 1 week. Off to drink water.... xx

Probably a stupid question but what happens if you are eating loads but its all low calorie stuff? e.g. my dinner tonight is stir fry prawns & veg. Its nowhere near 600 calories but I am completely stuffed full and couldnt eat another bite! But now I am bothered that I havent eaten anywhere near...

Hi, Went to Tesco today & noticed that it is actually cheaper to buy the shakes in their packs of 6 rather than their offer of 2 for £2. Cheeky! xx

Thanks! Really need to get my arse in to gear with this again. Good luck to you as well! xx

I know there is onl y a week left in February, but I am starting SF again today cos I need to give my weight loss a kick start (having used it at the beginning of last summer and then lost a total of 2 & a half stone last year). Stuck in a rut & need to get back on the weight loss thing! Want...

In China they think you are seriously weird for drinking cold water. They believe that warm water is much better for you & if you drink really cold water it can make you ill. (What I had laryngitis thats what I was told had caused it). I totally agree that its much easier to drink more of it...

and keep the water you have cooked the veg in as stock for soup. (or just drink it, like they do in China!) Its only this year I found out how sprouts grow when I saw them on their stalky thing in a shop. Had never thought about it before! xx

That sounds gorgeous (minus the sprouts!)

Hi Abz - cant believe your boiler isnt working! Its too cold for no hot water. Thomas sounds like a right sweetie - you have him well trained! xx

Thats so exciting!!! Wedding dress stuff!!!! Try loads on, just because you can!!!!! Am dead jelous. I want to buy a wedding dress! (Just need a divorce and then a man who is worthy of marrying.....) I hope you have a really great weekend shopping. Looking forward to hearing all the details...

Poor you with rubbish heating Abz! My parents house is so rediculously cold all the time I am sitting here dithering as I type. Does being cold burn more calories as shivering surely uses them up?? Dont worry about the squatters - they will soon be off! xx

Happy New Year and well done on staying in the 12s!!! xx

Hello There!!!! Hope you all had a fabulous Chrimbo. Was lovely to log on today and find messages cos I haven't been anywhere near a computer in quite a few days..... (a week possibly?????) Have thought about you all and hoped you were having a lovely time too. Spoke to ex yesterday and he...

Hi, Sorry to be so down earlier. Feeling cr*ppy tday, but I will get good days and bad days I guess. Half my message wasnt posted, so it sounds worse than it is really! (if that is possible...) To stop you all worrying - I have been absent due to applying for jobs and trying to update my...

Have been asked for a divorce, have put on 1 kg, have discovered I am financially up the creek without a paddle and I am job less. Cant believe what a mess I have made of everything. This time last year I had a career, a house, a husband, cats and now I am living at my parents house with 5...

(kitten in avatar photo is ok tho - has started to play the piano...) stupid cat. xx

Marmite rules. Paddington Bear likes it, so end of discussion. Had wicked time at school! Saw panto which was AWFUL. Seriously bad. The Krankies were just horrendous!!!!! Kids laughed at everything, but there is no way they would have understood some of it. Teachers cringed. It was funny...

Well done!! How weird is it to be eating again? I think you would be an absolutely brilliant counsellor (sp?). xx

Thank you!! (again!!!) Am writing in blue today - fancied a change! Hope you are all well and having a happy Tuesday so far. Weight this morning: 77.9kg!!! Woohoo! I know its only just scraped in at 77, but owt is better than nowt. Going to have to be careful as I am going to visit my...

Sorry! How rude! Should have said thanks for the positive vibes!!! xx

Well, to say I am getting cross is an understatement. Its all one sided and its all my fault, so its me who needs to change. Cant live up to the expectations. he said somethings that were v. hurtful, but he still wants time to think things through. I think he has made his mind up already...

oh b*llocks. nearly conversation time... can I send positive vibes to myself??? xx

Ok. I admit it. I was bad. :sigh: Not only did I have 2 roast potatoes and 2 (small-ish) pieces of roast parsnip, I also had 1 piece of cake and a mince pie. I did burn off 100 calories via exercise, (and then I hurt my knee so had to stop) but I dont think that out weighs the badness...

Morning all. Not discussing OH today, (unless something good happens). He has read what I wrote and wants to talk (apparently just talk not to dump me as I asked him outright - fed up with all this mamby pambying about). email from friend in China says she thinks he is missing me because he...

Feel bl**dy stupid now. He sent an email asking me to put down how I was feeling / what I had thought about stuff, so I did and I have just sent it and txt him that he has an email and he replies he is in a bar by the lake having a great night out. Great. So I feel like cr*p about this whole...

Hiya (and hi Elle too!) and thanks again everyone. I am feisty. Have decided that I need my feistiness back, its been lost too long! I can honestly say I am so glad I know all of you. You are such lovely people to care about the ramblings of some weirdo who ups sticks and moves to the other...

Glad you got your heating working Abz! Its too cold!!!! Love the coat. Think it might be actually be one of the most beautiful coats in the world ever. xx

and thanks Janey - your message appeared as I was typing! It soooooooo cold its rediculous!! xx

Thanks Lily and Clarri, I do feel a lot stronger. I will be gutted if it doesnt work out :sigh:, but I am taking control of my life and the job is an excellent opportunity to set myself up for the future. Its not China that I have a problem with, just my OH!! Spoke to a friend last night...

Hi everyone, Here I am back in sunny Blighty...its sooo cold! The mess continues....Its now officially a 'trial seperation'. We talked and talked the last night I was there and all his work collegues and our friends have been telling him he will miss me when I have gone, so he asked if it...

Last day in Hangzhou. Feels weird. Have talked non stop to OH, far more than we have in ages and ages. I think I understand a bit more now but it hurts so much. We will remain friends I hope, we have no bad feeling and there doesnt need to be. It hurts enough already. Got to finish packing...

Its nice to know. Thank you. xx

Thanks guys. We talked and talked and talked. Its so complicated but basically it boils down to the PTSD he suffers with. I am finding it really hard to explain because people dont understand what its like to have PTSD or to live with someone who has it. We have tried to make this work so...

Maybe...I am still hopeful - not given up all hope yet after this afternoon's talk. Maybe I am being deluded, but there is a little part of me (only really tiny tho) that is sure he will change his mind before I go. Thats what I am hoping anyway... Never thought we would split up, not in a...

Maybe I am being stupid going. If I stayed would he realise he had made a mistake / was miserable without me? Or am I just kidding myself that he will be unhappy when I have gone. Dont know what to think anymore.

I hope we will talk when he gets back, I think we will, he sent me a text saying that we would but he needs to clear his head now. I can honestly say I have never felt this bad before. Have split up with other guys but never felt this empty and alone / helpless. I guess its cos we both have...

Thanks Janey. I love him so much and I know now that he still loves me but hes punishing himself for something that isnt his fault but he's got it in to his head he's not a nice guy and he is. He just cant see it. How do you cope with something like this? What the hell am I supposed to do...

Flight and coach is booked. Feel like such a mess and I dont want to leave him being so upset because its just adding to everything and it makes it seem so much worse that its not 100% what he wants but feels he should do it. I have never seen him in such a mess and it really upsets me because...

Havent managed to get any sleep at all, the builders in the upstairs apartments have been banging. Its got a whole lot worse this afternoon. OH has PTSD and had it really badly last year however it has changed him (understandably) anyway, he came home from work early (has gone for a massage...

Just been out for what has to be the worst meal ever in the history of the world. Not the food, but the akwardness of it all. 2 of OH's collegues invited me out for lunch, we have been out previously, so it wasnt that unusual. They are both distraught (and that is the best word to discribe it)...

Sleep well Janey and thank you. xx

Thanks Janey. Will try to sleep later, really cant at the moment. What I really want is for this to work out and for him to hug me and tell me its all ok etc etc. I literally feel as if my heart has been torn in two, I have never felt this bad before. Cant imagine my life without him. We have...

Thanks Janey and Clarri. I managed to sleep for 30 minutes before the alarm went off. Think I would have kept sleeping if it hadnt, but now I am awake again. Wondered where I was when I woke up then it hit me again. We spoke briefly this morning and again by text when he had left for work...

I probably will be...! xx

Thanks Lily, will try and do the sleep thing. Wont be going in to work tomorrow I dont think. Cant see how I can. Got to tell my parents, think they might be back tomorrow, I hope so, need to get it over and done with. Thanks for keeping me company. Have a good rest and good luck with the...

I odnt know if he is asleep or not, I shut the bedroom door so I wouldnt disturb him with my sobbing. I have heard him wandering to the bathroom and back a couple of times so I would imaging he isnt sleeping so well. Cant help him unfortunately. I hope it does get easier. Will make the most...

I guess sometimes all your fight has just gone. There is only so long you can run round after someone, bend over backwards (you think anyway) and make excuses for this, that and the other before you are worn out. I have faught and faught and faught whilst he has been dealing with his own stuff...

Go back and kick his arse in to gear. You should at least be on the mend by now. A starter marriage is the god awful name given to us 20 somethings who are married and divorced / separated before we are 30. Its an American phrase thats becoming used more in the UK apparently and this age range...

Might go and try to sleep. At least tomorrow is one day closer to going home. You really should go and get yourself checked out 3 weeks is a long time!

OMG I have just realised I am one of those women who has had a "starter marriage".....

3 weeks now - that is bad. Have you been back to the doctors? Its not worth risking your health - thats what everyone always said to me anyway when I try to go back to work too soon, even tho I couldnt speak....

I need to get to know myself. I dont really know what I want from life, so I need to figure it out I think. Have followed the latter advice too much in the past!! :D I am a serial monogomist, my relationships last for no longer than 4 years and a couple of months (and this one is no exception...

Thanks for wasting your afternoon talking to me Lily! I'm sure you have better stuff to do with your time!! We were lucky enough not to have to use a rescue centre, various friends took my cats and I know they are happy and settled. I dont think it would be fair on them or my friends to up...

I'm expecting on going in to work tomorrow, although its now nearly 2am and I have to be up at 6am....so not going to be in much of a state to teach. Dont want to go in, but I dont want to be hanging around here either. Cant book plane ticket until Wednesday (pay day), so I sitting tight until...

Thanks Lily! I'm not feeling very victimy to be honest. I am trying to keep my dignity when all I really want to do is scream and shout and throw things and break stuff at BUT I know that really wouldnt productive. I am not tiptoeing, I am just trying to keep the inner ***** well and truely...

Just been reading it takes 2 years to get over an amicable divorce and a lot longer if it turns nasty. Neither of us want it to turn nasty, so I'm really hoping it doesnt. I will have to keep my tongue in check tho - must think before I speak. I will be acting with decorum and giving him no...

Thanks Lily and Silence, maybe you are right. I guess it is stronger to make a decision and decide what is best for you. I just think if I was stronger I would stay here for the whole year and go home next July rather than running away now. At least if I go now I look for jobs in the spring...

Thanks. I just want to be at home now. I know thats where I want to be and what is best for me right now. I just feel like a bit of a failure not completing my contract, going home after 4 months and my marriage not working out. xx

Thanks for shouting my corner Lily. It is his fault and it is my fault. We have had a good talk this evening and I have told him exactly how I have been feeling and he has said how he is feeling. Its not as cut and dry as its all his fault, but he has a lot of issues that he needs to sort out. I...

Thanks Lily. I am back again. Went to bed in the spare room but it was so horrible so I am back on the sofa crying again. He offered to sleep on the sofa but I couldnt face sleeping in our bed without him. I feel phyiscally sick and I want to go home right now. Am sitting here with tears pouring...

I am wide awake and not got as far as even shutting my eyes. Just cant do it cos I know when I wake up I will think everything is alright for a split second and then I will remember whats happened. Thanks kopcat but I have decided to go home. I only came here because of his job and I was...

Thanks for the hugs silence - majorly needed. The world is indeed my oyster and I havent been single for more than 2 months since the age of 14, so I really need to figure myself out I think. Feel a bit lost tho and dont know where to start.... Thank you all for being so lovely. xx

Going to have an early night and had towards bed. Feel like cr*p, so probably some sleep will do me good. Cant believe what a mess I have made of everything. Ho hum. Hope you all have a lovely Sunday. xx

and Clarri and Cate - sorry!

Thanks. Janey and Silence, I totally agree. Need to be rational and logical and get back on my feet. But its so hard when all you want to do is curl up in to a ball and scream. Silver lining: dont people always lose weight when they split up with someone? (unless they comfort eat that...

I'm in Hangzhou, about 90 mins from Shanghai on the bullet train. Had such a fabulous evening last night and today is so sh*te. Cant believe the comparison. xx

Thank you for being there. :wave_cry: I have family and friends in the UK who will help me - I know I wont be homeless but I will be jobless and no income. I work with some lovely people here - I think I will be well looked after by them. My friends who are *our* friends all work with my OH so...

No chance of sleep yet, its too early and theres too much going through my head. Wish he would say it is all a misunderstanding and really we should be together, but I know its not going to happen. I dont want to tell people tomorrow or anyone in the real world. Cant stand the thought of pitying...

He's back, we have talked and there is no sorting this out. I honestly thought things were better than they had been, but this last week he has been very over worked and stressed apparently I do nothing to support him and all the issues we have ever had have been dragged up. I feel slightly...

Janey I dont know what to do. I am so glad you are on here. I dont think I can financially afford to go back to the UK cos I owe money on my mortgage and I have no job. I think I have to stay here and at least get some money behind me as I have a job. I am thinking of the practical things at the...

Hi, Hope you are ok and having a good weekend. Mine has been a mixture. Yesterday I met my friend who I havent seen for ....years and we had the best time. Today my husband told me that our marriage is over. Kinda knew it was on the cards I guess but its still been a bit of a shock. So I am...

Thanks for replying! I really appreciate it - its like your own children having problems when you are a teacher! There is no option of them being removed from the school. Its not this one schools fault - its the parents & society's attitude in general to education here, because there are so...

Hi, My husband and I are teachers in China. Students here are under a lot of pressure from their parents / society / schools to be the best and get the highest results possible. The school involved has extremely high results & academically brilliant students (equivalent to Eton in the UK)...

Hi everyone! I am fine - no need to panic! Just been absolutely mad busy since I went back to work on Monday. I have 190 essays to mark, 60 presentations marks to write up and 250 vocabulary tests to mark. Havent been in front of a computer long enough to type anything. My job is...

Oh no Abz! Sorry to hear you are ill. I blame Lily - shes the one with a chest infection!!! :p If its not laryngitis its not my fault!!!! :D Lily - sorry to hear you arent better yet - it sounds likes its really knocked you off your feet. Have you been back to the doctors yet? Janey - He is...

Men!!!!! I really hate it when he does that! (which he often does - although less frequently than in the UK) and I do worry all day. I dont know if he realises that, but to be honest he would just say it was my problem... Yea, I sent him a text and we had a chat via texts whilst he was on the...

Think I will just carry on as if it was never mentioned! Husband in a really bad mood this morning and has gone away for the weekend for work. He did the whole pretty much silent thing which makes me feel really uncomfortable cos I always think he is annoyed with me when he does it.... and...

I thought I read in WW stuff that chicken tikka (not masala) was the lowest points?? - I do agree that its the sauces that add the points tho. I always used to have the dry chicken tikka, the salad and some rice and that was not too bad on calories. Egg fried rice isnt too bad for you (if you...

I think I remember reading of all the take away food stuffs KFC is the worst with the highest amount of fat. (I think I read it in a WW thing)... it is definitly worse than Chinese (but Indian is the best - depending on what you have obviously!) xx

I play the piano (grade 8 - cant beat a bit of Beethoven if feeling p*ssed off), flute (grade 6), the drums, the recorder (but I have denied this for many years as being a primary school teacher I would be forced to teach the recorder club and there is no way on the planet I would want to teach...

:hug99: Poor you Abz! Hope you are looking after yourself with lots of hot drinks (make sure you have lots of vitamin c), keeping yourself warm, duvet on the sofa and watch tv you dont have to concentrate on. (sound familar??? :D) Really hope you are feeling better soon cos its not nice being...

Oh the joys of facebook...! Well my little over the seas chums, what an interesting day I have had... Start with the food: Been v. good & eaten v. healthily. Breakfast: steamed bun, yalkult drinky thing. Warm water & orange. Lunch: marmite sandwich. oh yes. proper bread (not sweetened), a...

Morning all, Hope you are ok and fast asleep as I type this. Its a beautiful sunny day here today and I can actually talk! woohoo! Its sore if I talk for too long, but I think I have broken the back of it, so to speak and starting to feel more human which I am relieved about. Anyhoo...

Lost another kg - thats 2kg down and 3kg to go before Christmas. woohoo! :D xx

I am so impressed you can knit!! Hobby craft is v. expersive but some of the stuff there is lovely for making cards & general art supplies. I started a cross stitch many, many years ago (6 years ago) and got about half way through, so the fact you are going to start knitting now and have it...

Bless your little cotton socks Abz! You always look on the bright side!! Unfortunately I am just a big, fat heffa and thats what the photos reflected. (all be it not such a big fat heffa as I was) :D Note to self: stand up any time a camera is pointed in my direction... xx

Afternoon all, Thanks for your lovely messages, I was on a bit of a downer yesterday - it honestly came as a bit of a shock to see those photos, cos all the others I have seen recently I didnt look too bad (not great but not too awful) I have had to ask those questions to myself to make...

Glad to hear she was nice and understanding! Its a v. good sign that she wants to see you in 2 weeks and that she is going to sort you out with a psychologist and not just stuff you full of medication! She obviously feels that you stress and anxiety are a reaction to things that have happened to...

Well, I have been out and about and now I am knackard and on a bit of a downer. Husband called when I had just got out the shower and said did I want to meet him for lunch (he has a half day on Wednesday), so off I tootled to the local cafe / restaurant place we frequent cos it does bl**dy...

Morning everyone, Was v. naughty yesterday, so today I shall eat - even though I am still not hungry. Going to have a shower & go out (getting dressed first - obviously) and get some fresh air and something nice to eat. Looking on the bright side.....Scale hopper that I am - I weighed...

If its laryngitis, I will take full responsibility! ;) xx

Abz - I would hate to be on CD, the thought of not eating and only drinking stuff would drive me barmy. Can you eat at all?? Lily - hope the stronger antibiotics sort you out!! Ok, so voice was better and throat hurt less, but having talked to husband this afternoon my throat is really...

LOL! :8855: You lot make me smile you know! Abz - its not so far from Christmas - then you can eat! woohoo! The food here is v. interesting esp as fruit and veg changes with the seasons too. Clarri - Im not contagious now apparently - so you are safe! (but I will cough and sneeze away from...

Can you take someone you trust with you? Sometimes that helps. If your GP is crap and tells you to pull yourself together or whatever, make sure you go and see someone else. Some GPs are excellent and some are stuck in the dark ages when it comes to mental health. Make sure you get some good...

Sorry to hear you arent feeling too good as well. I am taking painkillers but its caused problems cos it masks the pain and then I over did it with the trying to talk thing and that why my throat is hurting more again.... I am just not hungry today tho - I'm sure I will be tomorrow! xx

Thanks for the hugs Abz!! Muchly needed today. The silver lining is indeed the weight should start dropping off! So thats a bonus!! :D Would rather be able to eat something and do exercise tho... So Chinese food: The area I live in is pretty expensive (the city in general I mean) compared...

I hate the "a little bit wont hurt..." comments. I have said "NO" and I mean "NO". There is a reason why I said it, so accept it and move on. I find it scary to hear of men who are 6ft + / rugby players etc who weigh less than me. It makes me realise how over weight I am / was.... xx

Firstly a HUGE hug for you. (((((((((((((((((((B)))))))))))))))))))) Stress and anxiety is a real issue - you would go to the dr if there is a problem with another part of your body and this is exactly the same. Its not all in your mind - it effects your body as well - the crying, shaking...

Wow Abz! Size 16 - thats fab! Congratulations! :D You brain will catch up eventually (probably as you fit in to a size 14 - you will be like "but I am size 16!") I am 29 :eek: (and will be for the next few years I think). My 'little' brother is 26, so I remember lots of stuff he was in to as...

Good idea Silence! Will start doing this in my diary thread I think - will have a look at the website as well. Heres the link: www.beckdietsolution.com - Home xx

Thanks Janey, Clarri & Caws!! Weighed myself this morning too (just to make sure) and its still there on 80! :D Confession time......:wave_cry: Forgot to add something to my food diary for yesterday....only remembered this morning when I opened the fridge.... Our friends who came over...

Hi, There is actually medical evidence & research that shows (in China and in the West - 1 was carried out by the house of lords) that Green tea is good for you for reducing chances of cancer, arthritis etc. but as for weight loss, I dont know. When I first arrived in China I drank a lot of...

Thanks Lily and Silence!! Feeling pretty pleased, cos it means I only have 4 kg to get rid of by Christmas - it was a bit of a sticking point 80.5 / 81, so I am glad to be over it. Been ok food wise today. Breakfast: yakult, green tea and steamed bun Lunch: Left over chicken (cooked with...

ditzyangeluk: 25lbs - 2lbs off - 23lbs to go Brewanne: 28lbs - 2lbs off - 26lbs to go Keisha: 15lbs - 7lbs off - 8lbs to go MommyB: 14lbs - 0lbs off - 14lbs to go Wannabslim: 35lbs- 19lbs off - 16lbs to go Stacey: 16.5lbs- 0lbs off - 16.5lbs to go Catznolan: 22lbs- 11lbs off - 11bs to go :D...

Yep, 5 hours ago - fast asleep! Now wide awake. Boo! Weighed myself and I am splat bang on 80kg. Woohoo! 70s here I come.....this time next week 79kg....fingers crossed..... xx

Hello there! I knew it wasnt just me who could tell what Sweep was saying!! lol! I love Red Dwarf and Blackadder too. Have you seen Father Ted? - its my all time favourite. (but a bit later than the other 2). I feel crap and my throat is worse and my voice has gone more and I am really...

I think they probably will! I was thinking last night about the other stuff I loved - Battle of the Planets, Ullyses (sp?), Cities of Gold, Dogtanion, She-ra, My little pony, Carebears.... Favourite ever comment from a pupil I taught last year (year 5) when teaching about flashbacks in...

I LOVED Trumpton and Camberwick Green (and there was one with a train at the beginning too - I can remember the name, but I can sing the theme tune...) We went to Dublin for our honeymoon (husband has family there too) and there was a great programme called celebrity jigs and reels. Top...

Janey I'll show my age too......I only ever saw Bagpuss on a black and white tv and it wasnt until I was a uni student that I saw that he was pink and white. It was a bit of a shock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! xx

Thanks for explaining! It does make sense. Time difference - I am 8 hours ahead of you (so its my bed time v. shortly). Sooty and Sweep - I totally utterley and completely love Sweep. If you watch enough Sooty and Sweep, you can actually understand what Sweep says. xx

You dont know who Rod, Jane and Freddy / Roger are??? They were singers / dancers on Rainbow. God, now I am really showing my age. Bungle, Zippy, George and Geoffrey were on there too tho. (if you go on to youtube, you can see them!) Poor you locking yourself in the bathroom!! I remember doing...

Doh! That is I *wanted* to be Jane (I dont any more!!!!!) xx

Button moon - now you're talking!! Button Moon was ACE! (saw it at the theatre as well!), I loved Postman Pat too. Do any of you young 'uns remember The Flumps and Bric a brack? they were great too and I want to be Jane from Rainbow (Rod, Jane and Freddy or Rod Jane and Roger - as it was when I...

Showing your age again pet - Fireman Sam didnt exsist when I was little..... Do you remember the adventures of Portland Bill? My little bro (who is 26 used to love that) xx

Yes Abz - adding oxygen to the blood does kind of kill you... I was bemused by this as well. :confused: Throat is feeling a bit better thanks, but my voice is still v. croaky. (Its Laryngitis - we looked up the translation from my medical note), so it will take a few days to clear properly. I...

Good morning all! and hi Lily - sorry to hear you are under the weather too, make sure you look after yourself & keep warm; chest infections are nasty. The antibiotics should sort it out pretty quick now you have been to the dr! Hope you are all ok and had a good night's sleep. Its cold and...

Hows about Monsoon?? Dont know what their prices are like for dresses tho. Dorothy Perkins also has some great stuff. xx

I found Slim fast good and an easy way to lose weight (and the shakes and bars tasted good too)! Dont know if there are any side effects linked to it tho. I had a friend on Lighter Life who looks fantastic & didnt suffer from any side effects, where as her husband tried LL too and it made him...

Hi! Can I have my diary (the diary of a spod) moved to the members only section. Thanks in advance! xx

Good luck!! Stick with it and have a fabulous dress & wedding photos. With LCD and exercise I agree with boo - you can loose 2.5/3 stone. Or try my alternative diet method - eat with chopsticks!! (only works if you are crap with them tho) guarenteed to help you lose weight cos it takes so...

Readybrek is a grand idea! There is oaty stuff you can get here (as a drink as well - which is lovely) but I hadnt thought about getting it. Will have to head to supermarket tomorrow cos we are running out of stuff, so I shall have to brave a bit of a walk and I will have to go and hunt down...

Well done! You look great! xx

I think the differences are interesting - the most worrying one I have heard of is the adding a little bit of oxygen to your blood via a drip....... :eek: xx

Thanks chick! We often eat unidentified vegetables...its the unidentified meat you need to be more wary of!!! :jelous: xx

Evening all! What a day! Went to hospital to see a doctor the a.m. (there arent doctors surgeries - you just go and see them at the hospital). I have an infection in my throat (suprise) and I now have antibiotics and pain killers. My voice should be back properly in a few days - thank god...

Hi Tink, Welcome to minimins!! This website is great and everyone is really supportive. Loads of people will be able to give you good advice and support you on your weight loss journey. It is really difficult to lose weight unless you REALLY want to and it sounds from your post like you...

Have just realised I havent lost anything since my last official weigh in on 28th October.... Really going to have to get my arse back in to gear and do more exercise & eat less. Cant go on not losing - thats really bad. :sigh: xx

Schools can buy the fat and muscle things. I saw them for sale at the Education Show. I think they are really good at showing the difference in size. (The fat one feels absolutely disgusting!!) xx

That sounds like something that could kill an hour or so - thanks Janey!! I am home alone til v. late cos husband has a school evening thing he has to go to. Have been on my own all day, can phone anyone to talk to, so starting to feel like a bit of a spare part!! Will try and track it down...

No worries about answering questions. It is a real bug bear the press being so negative about China. Its not an utopia, but in my experience (which isnt massive) there is a lot of miss reported information (as there is with all press in every country!!) :mad: Maintaining my weight loss...

Just weighed myself which was a stupid thing to do cos a) its not first thing in the morning and I have eaten 2 meals (pumpkin soup was good!!) and b) its not Sunday / Monday and therefore not a weigh in day. So now I feel annoyed cos I am 81kg and annoyed cos I was trying really hard to not...

Good to hear from you Caws - how are you? I am feeling better in myself today my throat is not as sore but I have lost my voice!! Dont think boss is too happy, but husband said there was no way I could go to work (I was going to try to...) At this rate I wont be in tomorrow either cos its not...

Thanks for the good advice last night! My husband was saying the same things here (and was suprisingly sympathetic) it is a weird thought of people being somewhere else but still in contact via the magic of computers!! My throat is still mega sore but I went to work this morning cos it was...

There is no way on this planet I would have my tonsils out either. Would rather put up with feeling this cr*p once a year of whatever than do that!! Thats an odd thought but you will be in bed when I am at work tomorrow - its weird! xx

Dont worry - you havent freaked me out! Husband has said the same thing too. (ex paramedic in the army) xx

I have had tonsillitus (sp??) before and it has really wiped me out for a couple of weeks. I am drinking coke (the bubbles are nice on my throat) and hot water with slices of orange in (its a Chinese orange tea) so hopefully the vitamin c will work! Its funny I think that I am sitting here on...

B*llocks. I dont want tonsillitus (and I cant spell it either) the white spots are at the back but they are only really small at the moment and there is only a couple so I hoping they will have gone away by the morning. Is that likely??! God I'm cr*p at being ill.

Thanks Abz! You are doing really well - over half way to your target - thats great!! I am having a sh*tty evening. Really feel like crap now. My throat feels like its been rubbed with sandpaper and I am sitting here being all tearful and feeling like and looking like rubbish. Dont want to go...

Yea! Move to China - its all mega cheap here for us laowai but the Chinese people get paid diddly squat in comparison to us, so the prices fit their budgets. Feeling crap today. Got mega bad sore throat and a couple of white spots at the back of it......I have no medical training but I know...

That is sad but I actually REALLY admire you for wearing a swimming costume and actually going in to the pool. I would love to do that, but I wont even go out in public in a swimming costume (and I know I'm not the biggest person on the planet) but I have no self confidence to do that what so...

Its bl**dy awful. Especially when people who are meant to be friends or love you make comments. Its as if cos you are bigger than them you are far game for them to say anything they like about the way you look. My husband never has, but plenty of 'friends' & family members have made comments...

Soon to be replaced with photos you love of yourself!! :D xx

Good luck special K!! You sound like you are so motivated! xx

The picture is a great idea, but I dont have any pics of me here (my 21st was waaaay before anyone I knew had a digital camera (not even sure they had been invented??) ) so I will just have to find a nice dress or pair of boots that I want to buy and put a picture up of that I think. Was v...

My photo is on my photo album (but I didnt see it til well over a year after it was taken). The photo of me by the sea is what started the weight loss. Sorry I dont know how to move the pictures on to this page!! It is a shame that I have missed out on being in so many photos with people and...

Some great ideas on here for emotional eating which I shall be using in the future! I have found in the last couple of months that I stop eating, rather than eat too much when I have been feeling down where as before I have eaten crap to make myself feel better. Neither are good tho! But...

I have just realised I dont do anything! I just dont feel quite as crap about myself as I did. I'm going to have a think now about what I can do! Ideas would be appreciated! xx

Thanks Janyey. Am actually feeling really good about this whole getting healthy thing. Facials and manicures are so rediculously cheap here as is everything else. Facials only cost £5 and manicures are £2.50 (and the bus is only 10p in the winter (no air con) and 20p in the summer). Have seen...

Cheers me dears! Been v.v.v.v.v. good today. Went for a girls day out with a couple of friends (+ friend's baby) to a National Park and we walked from 9.45am til 12.30 then had a picnic lunch (lots of fruit, pistachio nuts, dofu, water & a very little biscuit) then we walked for another couple...

I use the word b*gger a lot - is it offensive any more? But I do swear like a trooper. hmmmm. maybe its not becoming of a lady??! No alcohol today either (am I starting to sound like an alcoholic??) and all my friends were drinking at the Japanese restaurant we went to at lunch time, but I...

the starred word is b*ggers - its not as bad as it looks!!

Cheers guys!! No worries about being a geek Silence (I got excited at work over a database that highlights the students who are failing / nearly failing etc in different pretty colours...now thats sad and geeky!!) and I am v. sure I will need back up at some stage!! Jayney - Its horrible...

Its COLD today. I am having to wear a long sleeve top and I have put the heating on in my classroom. Yesterday was so hot I sat out on my friend's balcony all afternoon in the sunshine (I have tuesdays off work). brrrrrr today tho. Today I am a tired, but not overly emotional expat who is...

Kids are great aren't they! They are always honest and point out your best and worst bits. mommyb - I lived just down the road from you in Dudley until a few months ago - love that area so much! xx

Hiya Jayney! You are more than welcome to poke you nose in!!! Its a bit of a mishmash of a diary, more random wafflings of a tired, over emotional (on occasions) expat. This week I am v. tired and I know I am cos I have even got annoyed with being stared at, which I can usually ignore or find...

Glad to hear you are enjoying your placement caws! I would imagine its v. hard work and uni will be a good rest!! Well done for not going back to your old habits. It is difficult to stick to good habits (I remember from teaching practice) when you are so busy and life is hectic with lots of...

Thanks caws! I feel tons better, but I am having a bad week with eating!!! I am really hungry all the time and I am really tired, so Im eating crap. Really need to snap out of it. xx

Spod, how do you get one of those charts? xx I'm not entirely sure how I found it, but its part of the ticker webpage - it just said (I think) about plotting your weight loss as a chart. I found it purely by accident!! Sorry Janey I know that isnt much use but I am crap with stuff like...

I wish I had seen the photo of me on holiday last year but I found it a couple of weeks ago. I look absolutely frightful, it might have spurred me on to do something. But my turning point was a couple of things in May: one of my friends joined Lighterlife and started to look fantastic. The...

I was 11 stone 2 lbs (and 5ft 5in). I know exactly cos we had to write our weight on the application / health info for uni and I was embarressed cos it sounded like loads (although I think - looking back at photos - that I looked good!) I always looked like I weighed less tho. Wish I weighed...

Hi! Count me in too - we shall all look stunning for Christmas! Good luck everyone! xx ditzyangeluk: 25lbs - 2lbs off - 23lbs to go Brewanne: 28lbs - 0lbs off - 28lbs to go Keisha: 28lbs - 0lbs off - 28lbs to go MommyB: 14lbs - 0lbs off - 14lbs to go Wannabslim: 21bs- 0lbs off - 21lbs to...

Hi everyone, I noticed today that over 300 people have read my diary which is odd as only a few people write anything - thats a lot of lurkers!! As a consequence I have decided to remove some of my previous posts / parts of posts 'cos I feel they are a little too personal / soap operaesq and I...

Hi, Hope everyone is ok and having a good week. My weight is now down to 81kg which means I am now (according to BMI) out of the obese weight category and I am now just overweight!!! I will never be obese again. Ever. I felt and looked disgusting. Really feel like I am making progress. Still...

Thanks you guys. xx Think I would have gone mad without this website over the last few days... Yesterday was so much better than the previous few days. I have also decided I need to take time to make myself feel good too. I do Tai chi twice a week and each weekend a friend and I go on walk...

Thanks Caws. Snap with the weight! Feeling a loads better today - we have had a nice day yesterday. Tried talking to him, but he dosnt get it, so I cut my losses and shut up. I think maybe he is feeling guilty - he knows he isnt the easiest person to be with and we havent had the easiest time...

Thank you. I really appreciate the hugs. Really really needed them. The mozzie help is great too. I will try and find some vinegar. Dont care if it stings - its better than the itching. Anyway, life seems a bit better this morning. Still feel repulsive but I weighed myself and I am 12 stone...

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A mixture of laziness (lack of exercise / not bothering to cook cos of the hours I was working), not caring about myself and not realising how much of a fat heffa I had become or how bl**dy awful I looked.

Good for you having a change of careers - its a brave step to take but well worth it to do what you want to do! Being one of the oldest will work in your favour I would think because people will question your thoughts / opinions less once you qualify (if you are straight out of uni at age of 21...

Well done Caws on only having two slices! I could easily eat a whole one by myself too. I read some stuff about stopping the itching and as I couldnt find the tigger balm last night 'cos my husband was asleep and it was in the bedroom I sat and squeezed lemon juice on to the bites which did...

Well done with the water drinking - its so hard to drink so much!! xx

Thanks guys for the sympathy and the advice Bren!! I have some tigger balm so I will go and find it. Think I will actually start to use it as perfume - that will keep them away (and everyone else probably!) (I actually have 33 bites on my legs and feet and I have scratched them in my sleep...

Happy Mid Autumn Festival!! Been busy celebrating this weekend and had a BAD BAD BAD day yesterday involving a burger and chips (and salad) and about 6 pints of Guinness as we tried to watch the Rugby...(which wasnt bl**dy on any channel we could get in our Province). Didnt eat anything else...

Hi Bren, Glad its going well and you are feeling ok! Good luck with loosing 21lbs in 6 weeks - I would think its very likely you can lose that much with CD and exercise. xx

Thats wicked - well done!!!!! xx PS Pink dress is gorgeous - you looked stunning.

Hi Bren, Thats a good point about the cms budging when the pounds dont. Think I might try your idea and see what happens... Problem with the eating out is that the culture here is v. much that work and business is carried out over dinner and with my husbands job he (and therefore 'we') need...

Been very, very good today and drunk lots of water and green tea. Feeling proud of myself. Also did quite a lot of walking (as went to local shop for food, didnt take enough money with me, walked back to apartment and then back to the shop....so I guess that was pretty good exercise wise!)...

That is a beautiful dress. You will look stunning! xx

I tend to only scale hop once a day, but it is a v.v.v.v. bad habit. Bren, your idea of measuring is a v. good one. Does it work with weight loss or is it better for maintenance? I kind of have the measuring thing at the moment with a pair of trousers. I bought them (good old M&S) in 2003...

Hi Andy, Not suprised you have no energy - you arent eating much at all! if you dont have enough calories (which are energy) your metabolism will slow down and you find it harder to lose weight as your body will conserve more as it thinks its being starved! Have a read round the forums and...

Small talk is always the hardest I think - I have been asked lots of questions like: who is you favourite actor? favourite colour? which is obviously what is taught at school, but at least you can find common ground with people's tastes and develop the conversation from there(some of the time...

We moved a month ago, so not been here long. There are ways of coping (involves lots of pointing and smiling!). TBH I am not finding it half as difficult as I thought on a day to day basis, we are in a big city, there are so many products with English on as well as Chinese and my husband's...

Just got back from first day at work and the people I will be working with are lovely. Had to go and have lunch with them as a welcome lunch thing, so I was v. good and ate lots of veg stuff. Think we will have a lot of fun as a team and we have bonded over a love of marmite. Silence - I am...

I have decided to start a diary because there is half a tube of sour cream and chive pringles in the cupboard and I really want to eat them and I have been really, really good today so I dont want to spoil it! My name is Megan and my weight has crept up from an ok 11 stone to just under 15...

Hope you are feeling better! Spod xx

There are some real arses who are teachers. Cant stand them. There are LOTS who arent like that tho. In a staff INSET if they were demonstrating numeracy statistic lessons, would they ask the staff to be weighed??? The straight answer would be "no" because nobody would agree to it. Teachers...

Fabulous! Congratulations! Keep up the good work - you are sooooo close! Spod xx

Hi! Welcome to minimins - this place is FAB! Well done on your weight loss so far. Have a read of different threads and that will help you with ideas of shifting the last bit of weight and the different diets etc. Although you know what has worked so far! No time to go to the gym? How about...

Well done for your plan! Hope you feel more positive today. xx

You what??? The kids never made a thing out of them, not even when I taught year 1. I think the flashing shoes are sensible when it starts getting dark so early and kids are walking home from school but what would I know. I dont have children so I could possible understand apparently!;)

Georgiestar - I should have put that I had lost weight because I had been ill!!! When I was at university I had a maths lecturer who told us that when teaching graphs and charts etc NEVER to use weight of the kids as data to collect. His daughter was anorexic and she put it down to being in...

To be fair, the schools are much better equiped for teaching about healthy living, but we also have to watch out for eating disorders such as anorexia etc. I spent the whole of Autumn term with year 5 on healthy eating using the food pyramid etc. making sure they did not think that they...

Ah Bless! I had mothers sobbing on my shoulder when I taught year 6 last year that their babies were going to the end of year 6 prom and then parents sobbing at the leavers assembly cos their babies were going to big school. (Their babies were all as tall as me or taller in some cases!) So, if...

The Davina McCall one I have seen on adverts and she pulls those annyoing faces (that she ALWAYS does when interviewing). If you find her irritating (even slightly) I would avoid it! The dance ones use different music, I know there are salsa ones & hip hop, so I presume there are other types...

Good grief - they should get out and see some real heroin addicts. You look GREAT! You are obviously healthier and feeling happier etc. Jelousy is a very ugly emotion. Well done and good luck with ignoring stupid comments! xx

You have done so well! Look at the amounts you have lost each week and over all. Think how good you felt when you got on those scales and you weighed less than before. Get your biggest clothes and put them on - how much better do you feel knowing that are WAY to big?! You have lost...

Soontobelittlegem - thats fab! Glad its going much better and you have met some really nice people. You sound much chirpier!! I totally agree with going4goal - the some of the kids behave better than some of the staff! Sooooooo. The burning question seems to be, people who have lost a lot of...

Fabulous! Well done you! xx

Callenetics is lots of very small movements and a real killer! But you can do as much or as little as you like (you dont have to do each exercise for the whole time) and it is very good and very effective. Have also used Jennifer James (she used to be in Coronation Street) - it was good...

Thats FABULOUS! Well done! (v. nearly 8 whole stone!!!!) xx

sorry - should have added: on the first day back people have their minds on other things (INSET can be great if its useful but god, its boring on occasions!) and a lot of teachers are v. arsy that they have had to go back to work, so its not necessarily the best day to catch people! (Thats my...

Hi soontobelittlegem, I hadnt realised you had lost a stone and a half in 1 month - thats very good going! Congratulations! Sorry to hear your first day wasnt too good. Schools can be funny places with a lot of funny people (where I used to work, the staff used to put bets on how long people...

Its interesting reading people's thoughts / findings on this! And well done on your losses and maintainance!! I must admit that when I put what I am looking forward too, I totally forgot to put about the health issues!! (its the buying knee length boots obsession that put me off track!!!) I...

And I want to go home next summer and for people to not recognise me!!

I am hoping that I wont feel so self conscious all the time. I will be able to buy knee length boots. Maybe even a bikini (but I am not 100% sure about that!!) I might even feel slightly attractive!! Cant wait!

Hi! How's it going? Dont be disheartened by your losses, because they are still losses! If you add it up, its 4.5lbs!! and not far from your first target. Keep at it (I know its easier said than done sometimes), but you can do it. I find picking up a 1lb bag of sugar helps me remember exactly...

Hiya Tammy - have you joined the July challenge?!

Well done you! Your post made me smile!! Thanks for the inspiration that I need this evening. :0)

Hello, I'm Megan! I am 29 and been married for 2 years. I have always been overweight but I am desperate to do something about it because I dont want to be 14 stone and 10lbs ever again, like I was in May. This is the biggest I have ever been and I am really not happy with it, I hate buying size...

Not had time to post on Monday but week 1 = 5lbs weight loss! So from 14stone 6lbs to 14 stone 1lb Hurray! (and that is with a take away too!!). Weighed my self this morning too ('cos I am a scale hopper and I am 13stone 13lbs (but that doesnt count as a weigh in cos it isnt Monday!!)

Hi Elaine - I'm moving to China to teach for a couple of years. Its sub tropical so its going to be really hot & I dont want to go looking like this!! Really wish I had started this slim fast thing sooner - I know I've lost weight this week but I'm not weighing myself til monday... fitforuni -...

Wicked! Well done :o)

I've joined the challenge! Bring it on! xx

I know!! Thats what I thought - Its fab! Well done with your loss so far - how long has it taken you?

Thanks FF - I shall be careful to eat my snacks if I am hungry but it seems mainly like its 4pm when I need food! Finding it hard to drink all the water needed tho, but I'm sure I will get used to it! I have got to do it. I am so unhealthy it actually scares me. I have said all year I would...

Hi everyone! I'm going for 14lbs in July as I have just started Slim Fast today (properly - not 2 shakes and eating crap in the evenings!! like I have been for the last couple of weeks). Few more questions (sorry!!): How much exercise will I have to do each day to achieve that? (I have just...

Cheers for that info - I will join the challenge!! Just burn off 200 cal on the thread mill! Go me!

Wow! Congratulations! How did you do it??!?

Hello Everyone! I am starting Slimfast properly tomorrow (to be honest - started it 2 weeks ago but been really really bad in evenings so not lost any weight). I am moving abroad in 3 weeks and I dont want to be the new fat person (and its just dawned on me today how close we are to moving...