The Countdown Has Begun...

You've done so well, well done. You're at a similar weight to me now. Where do you want to get to?

thanks OWID!!!

Its taken me so long to get here with so much faffing around on and off the wagon....now to keep focused and keep going this time.....I would love to get to 10st some day.....but i am taking it a stone at a time for now.....i have to make a decision about my wedding dress choice in about 6-8 weeks so would be happy at 11st for the big day i guess.....although with 6months till the big day according the the average losses on S&S 10st could be doable.

I see you're headed for 10st too....lets do it!!!:) xx
 
Yh lool wt do u think of the banoffeee i luv it its soo nyc defo gna b orderin some more hw mny packs do h get in a weven day pack? Xx

Not received my sample pack yet...dying to try it though! never thought i would ever get excited about porridge lol.

I guess you can get as many as you want up to the total (i.e 7 days worth x 4 packs)....though i think i would go nuts on just them after a while lol xx
 
Day 44 & 45 of 60 -Bridal Bootcamp - Phase 1 - aka the weekend and the most tempting times of all!

So Saturday was busy day shopping and generally hanging out with OH....forgotten how much i enjoyed having a mooch round with him after hibernating for so long thanks to my weight.....we even treated ourselves to a trip round sainsburys for the weekly shop at the end and i can't believe how much our food shopping habits have changed....so many more vegetables we would never have tried in the trolley and smaller portions of stuff....OH did though go into some sort of dizzy panic when we hit the devil's aisle (aka choccy treats)....i found i started to get a headache at the sight of it all.....lol.

Sunday was lovely as we had a nice lie in together, coffee and telly in bed, followed by another little trip into town to look for trousers for OH for the christening we are off to this coming Sunday...i was really good and only succumbed to buying a scarf for myself in Zara.....the summery colours are starting to appear in the shops which always excites me and makes me want to buy everything "under the guise of when i get skinny i can wear this"...i have an entire wardrobe of new stuff that i am still waiting to slim into so must tackle that bunch first...and i WILL!

Food wise...we had roast lamb and vegetables for dinner both nights as the joint we had was epic and i simply couldn't resist my favourite meat in the world as its not a regular occurrence here anymore.....didn't miss roast potatoes laden in duck fat as i had so lovely roasted butter nut squash, celeriac and swede instead!

Did yet more wedding stuff too this weekend...the lists are endless...but it'll be worth it....also OH managed to somehow trick me into booking a weekend in Italy (Santa Marinella, near Rome) for one of the bank holiday weekends so we have that to look forward to as one of our last hols before we get hitched....however i am already thinking about all the wine, bread and pasta that will be devoured on that trip....food porn i think they call it haha!

So my birthday is in just under 4 weeks and OH keeps asking what i want to do for it and perhaps we should go away for the weekend.....i on the other hand would be happy to celebrate it with just one meal as opposed to a whole weekend of being out of control then feeling rubbish for it and of course the struggle it is that i have with getting back on the wagon....decisions decisions!!!

have to say i am quite excited about the fresh fat zone that i have finally arrived at.....i would love to shift 10lbs over the next 2 weigh ins to get me closer to One-der-land (100s) again....we will see what the ketosis fairy brings i guess...just thought i would put it out there in the hope that my miracle wish is answered.....:)

Happy Monday all xx
 
We had such similar weekends and I'm with you on the lamb love. Not sure it was strictly there as a lot of fat in that roasting pan but I am sure I am deep in ketosis - actually definitely am as still not had a pack yet. My OH had a family bar of Dairy Milk with Daim bar pieces!!! A sniff did it although I thought I may have snapped my jaw around it like a dog!!

I'd say go for a lovely splurge meal on your birthday rather than the weekend. Something fabulous with (usually) disappointingly small portions. I would go mad if I had a full on weekend at the moment. In fact I think I love hotel breakfasts more than anything!

Have a brilliant day.
 
I hardly know anyone who shares lamb love....I could pick at it all day long after its languished in its lovely fatty juices...yum!

i love those daim Cadbury bars...OH used to buy me the giant ones...which contributed to why I am here I guess lol.

am gonna work OH for the one fab meal option....might end up being fish and chips instead of a Michelin star affair with my current cravings lol xx
 
Lamb love all the way!! :)

Roast lamb is my favourite dinner of all time!! Love it!!

I have been having it with swede turnip and butternut squash instead of potatoes and it's just as yum!! Mmmm.

Xx
 
Thats my perfect dinner right there Sammy...do you think i could get away with having it every day??? lol xx
 
What if you got bored :eek:
 
I doubt that will my lamb love...I would marry lamb roast dinners if i could haha xx
 
Day 46 & 47 of 60 - Bridal Bootcamp Phase 1 - Monday and Today being Pancake Day!

yesterday was pretty uneventful, work, run around eat and sleep really! Although I did have the urge to just eat for no reason....think TOTM may be saying hello next week if the last 2 months is anything to go by....I just hope to god it doesn't last 2 weeks like this month...hideous!

today was filled with too much work and not enough time chilling lol....popped out earlier to spend a fortune on cold and flu stuff for OH as the poor love is suffering...bless him....hope to god I don't catch it and get derailed diet wise....am in the zone after all.

I did waste an hour earlier watching rubbish on the TLC Channel but my excuse is that it was wedding related....watched "Say Yes to the Dress"....wish we had shops like Vows in the show where you can pick up a designer gown say Vera Wang for 50% off....wedding dress porn I call it...I also watched 4 weddings the US version....by god I am sad lol.

Got a christening on Sunday and trying to think what I can wear to show off my weightloss....hmmmmm xx
 
thanks OWID!!!

Its taken me so long to get here with so much faffing around on and off the wagon....now to keep focused and keep going this time.....I would love to get to 10st some day.....but i am taking it a stone at a time for now.....i have to make a decision about my wedding dress choice in about 6-8 weeks so would be happy at 11st for the big day i guess.....although with 6months till the big day according the the average losses on S&S 10st could be doable.

I see you're headed for 10st too....lets do it!!!:) xx

Yeah - let's do this!
 
Day 48 & 49 of 60 - Bridal Bootcamp - Phase 1 - Tuesday wasn't pancake day....i was a week early lol.

So Wednesday was pretty uneventful too....work and running around as always.....

Yesterday was another busy day work wise.....then had to go to my future SIL's for her 3yr old's birthday.....thank goodness the cake wasn't in plain sight the entire time...however, we did come home with a slice each and it smells divine and chocolatey!! All i have done is sniff it and will give my share to OH.....gonna be so hard to part with the icing lol.

Started to stress myself out again about wedding dresses.....i soooo want to be able to try on mermaid/trumpet style dresses as thats the style i really want but my massive hips/thighs are refusing to slim down and i running out of time to order a dress given that all the shops i have contacted only have the sample sizes in size 16 bridal which is actually a size 14....think i need lipo arggggggghhhh!!! Seem to be losing all my weight from by back and wrists.....grrrr!!!

Think TOTM is on its way as my anxiety levels are all over the place today.....feeling a little stressy McStressy today.....got so much to do and feeling overwhelmed.....good thing is though i haven't reached for 16 bags of crisps or trotted off to KFC.....that would take effort lol.

Hope you all have a good day xx
 
You did have me checking up on pancake day. Determined that even on plan I will not let it pass me by.

I think the weight goes in strange places sometimes. While I am happy to lose a bit of the bra lard/back fat there is nothing quite so satisfying as a drop in hip and waist inches. Mine tend to drop in inch chunks usually when the scales are nasty. There is definitely time.
 
Thanks Mama Clinquant...feeling better today about it all.....TOTM may be on its way as I had teary moment for no reason yesterday lol.

The inches thing is just as frustrating as the scales at times....i am with you on losing the back cleavage...happy to be shot of it...but come on and give us some hip and waist loss pleasetoo haha....i want my hourglass figure back not this pear shape i seem to be morphing into xx
 
Day 50 of 60 - Bridal Bootcamp - Phase 1 - Getting closer to the finish line - the interim one anyways!

Yesterday was a bit emotional and anxiety driven....wanting to cry for no reason at all....hoping its TOTM symptoms so they can go away fast!

Diet wise i have kicked it up a notch to try and get 4 litres of water down a day over the last couple of days....can't seem to keep off the toilet as result....have had bizarre emotionally charged dreams over the last couple of days...not sure if its TOTM or all that water i am now floating in...lol.

Work is too busy for my liking at present...but not much i can do on that front....roll on the freedom of the weekend!

xx
 
Enjoy your weekend. I guess we can't feel like Pollyanna all the time but it's strange how we float through the good stuff but fight like a dog against the bad stuff. I'm trying to get to a state of zen like acceptance of both. I could be some time !!

Yes Clinquant deffo not been Pollyanna lately....must find my mojo again....hope you have a fab weekend in the country :) xx
 
Day 51 of 60 - Bridal Bootcamp - Phase 1 - Nearly at the finish line for this phase...yippee!

So yesterday was day 51 and it was a tough one....the emotions took over thanks to TOTM being on its way and was a teary wreck.....cried on the phone to the tax office....then proceeded to be all stroppy for the rest of the day....so i took myself off to bed to watch telly and try and relax....bless OH being super nice to me and giving me lots of cuddles....clearly he has learned that the way to avoid the wrath scary wife to be at this time of the month is to be super lovely....awwwww!

So i weighed in yesterday and the scales were kind enough to give me a 3.4lbs loss for this week so now weigh 205.6lbs.....i can officially say that its the least i have weighed in 3.5yrs!! I can't believe i finally passed that 209lbs blocker i have had for years and am moving in the right direction away from it.....AND....i have officially lost 44.8lbs overall which is 3stone 2.8lbs in old money......so pleased with myself!

i was tempted to go throw out old clothes but i will wait until i hit the 4 stone off mark to do that as i may feel much stronger about throwing away some of the more expensive fat clothes then as i really won't have a use for them by then.....don't know why but i am struggling with the thought of letting go of the expensive stuff....hoard is me i guess.

So feeling a bit more positive as i read this back to see that i have lost just over 3 stone and i have broken one of my barriers......these are reasons to be happy!

Next mini goal is to get to 50lbs as thats a nice round number.....then the one after that is 54.5lbs as that will officially be my new halfway point as i have decided to aim for 10st as goal weight in the longer term....and of course the magic 56lbs which will be 4 stone off.....seems so much more achievable now....the little wins are so helping me right now.

Only downside is that i have lost some boobage fullness so they now look like a couple of extra large empty socks....who cares....boob job it might be when i am done lol xx

Happy Saturday all xx
 
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