The last stone mission......ROLL UP!!!!

[Coley]

Day - 3??4?? -18.45pm

hey guys and hey Jackie!! How are we all doing?....it's the weekend!!

Loads of people find this their temptation time. I'm not so bad because I work but.... today....my parents are out and I'm home alone, there is nothing in the cupboards I would consider eating (parents have been atkins for about 6 years now....so only meat) and I REALLY want something yummy to eat!! by yummy I mean not the nice salad, veggies and meat....I mean carbs.....all the carbs in the WORLD are calling to me! Am even considering walking to the shop which is open for another 15 mins to get one of those little dolmio packs of pasta to avoid the washing up and have some pesto. how warped is that? all because there is no one in? I live myself and I'm not tempted like this!!

whats wrong with me?? total subconscious sabotage!!!

Sharon!! 15lbs. race you?? My weekly weigh in with me is on a Tuesday. it's funny when you're a CDC having a weigh in with yourself. Muuuuuuussshhhhhrrrrrrrooooooooooms. hahaha. badger badger badger, snake!!! oh it's a snake!!! badger badger badger......have you seen that site? hillarious. maybe I'm just easily amused? I am a ticker genuis aren't I? hee hee.

jackie r - re the boobs.....yup. mine never went down as such. I used to be a 38-40E, now I am a 34F, my back has gone down which resulted in my boobs going up?? hahaha. funny and quite nice in a way....but darn annoying to try and find a nice fitted top and I now look like some sort of weird porno girl unless I have tops up to my neck!!! pretty blue dress....you will get into it....may even have to have it taken in??

lashly - how you doing hun?? CDC training is ace....watch out for the pesky sweeties they put on your table and the dreaded squash with citric acid...i was convinced it was some kind of test.....they put out cake!!!! chocolate cake at that!!in the buffet for lunch!! how sadistic is that??

Flopster - how you enjoying the weekend? less stressful?? 14 little lbs to go....nae bother....lol. thats scottish for no problem btw.

Jubbly - I fecken hate youuu!!! how dare you be BMI 23!! I want to be BMI 23!!!!! I think I may have a strop now.seriously, you've done so well....time for the excercise to start up again. You'll get back into it again and love it no doubt.

mandyB2 - how you getting on? surviving!!? you'll be back in the 11's v.soon. I can feel it in my bones. Just squash that chatterbox. silly thing.

anyway....going to make tea before the chatterbox convinces me to walk out the door to the shop!!

 

[Summerskye]

Am even considering walking to the shop which is open for another 15 mins to get one of those little dolmio packs of pasta to avoid the washing up and have some pesto.

Sharon!! 15lbs. race you?? My weekly weigh in with me is on a Tuesday. it's funny when you're a CDC having a weigh in with yourself. Muuuuuuussshhhhhrrrrrrrooooooooooms. hahaha. badger badger badger, snake!!! oh it's a snake!!! badger badger badger......have you seen that site? hillarious. maybe I'm just easily amused? I am a ticker genuis aren't I? hee hee.

You'd better not have gone out of that door matey!!!

A 15 lb race?! You're on! Ready ... steady ... and we're off! (If that doesn't keep you away from the blimmin' carbs, I don't know what will! *lol*). My weigh-in day is Friday and, yeah, it is a bit weird to be weighing yourself I guess - but I've been doing that daily since I started CD anyway

And, yes, I have seen that site .. and couldn't stop singing the blessed tune for DAYS afterwards. Now you've got me thinking about it again ... aaaaaaarrrrrrrgggghhh!!!

 

[lashly]

Hey all,
Had a positive if trying day today, got into a size 12 today!!!! ok it was a jersey dress thingy so was stretchy but am pretty chuffed anyway! Mother n law was tempting me with scones all afternoon, means well but god its been months and she still doesn't give up! Have hurt my calf with over-vigorous rebounding so have to take it easy for a couple of days.

Thanks for the warning about CDC training Nicole! I would feel soooooo self concious about tucking into anything on the training!!! Choccie cake ! EEkk!! Am going on the 25th so not long now.

Hope you're all going strong.
love

 

[Deb24]

Hi Everyone,
I'd like to join you in getting rid of the last bit please.
Think its just what I need to get motivated!!
All the best,
Deb
xxx

 

[Jubbly]

hey guys and hey Jackie!! How are we all doing?....it's the weekend!!

Jubbly - I fecken hate youuu!!! how dare you be BMI 23!! I want to be BMI 23!!!!! I think I may have a strop now.seriously, you've done so well....time for the excercise to start up again. You'll get back into it again and love it no doubt.

Hi Coley!! I'm sure the BMI thing is a load of old toss really cos I am supposedly of 'OK' BMI now but then read about all you lot who are easily fitting into 12s and even 10s and your BMIs are higher whereas my old 14 trousers are baggy on the bum/legs but still only a little bit big round my waist (although clothes sizes don't seem to make much sense to me either). Come to the conclusion it's all to do with how people 'carry' their weight. And as for exercise, the last time I did it was at school when I used to write notes 'from my mum' excusing me anyway (and to think I was skinny then but lived on sausage rolls, cakes, mars bars and diet coke!!). I hated school sports.

I did OK this weekend and didn't mess around with the diet too much. Went for pub lunch yesterday but couldn't afford it (got to counter and card wouldn't work!!) so had a small plate and all my mates donated bits of meat to me as seem to have turned diet into Atkins/Cambridge hybrid. Felt like some kind of pet, getting everyone's scraps!!

 

[Coley]

Hey guys!!! have been sssssoooooooooper busy so haven't been on in a bit. Have just got to sit down now!

Hey Deb24!! come join in!! that last stone is a right little bugger isn't it? sooooo annoying!!! we can do it though!! yey!

Lashly - hey you!!! darn cake at your training too??? pesky people. Training is pretty cool isn't it? A bit boring going through the steps again since we know all that stuff inside out but the business bits and the extra theory is great. eek to mother-in-law and calf!! no good I tell you!! well done for getting that chatterbox to shut up!

Jubby - I know what you mean about carrying it different places....I hold mine in my stomach...I wish I could direct that fat to my non-exsistant hips!! darn it!! still have to love seeing BMI so low even if you don't feel comfy in the itty bittie sizes! I find the scales strangely more motivating than my clothes. Keep thinking my clothes are just stretching but the scales can't lie to me!!!

Summerskye - avoided the shop. close call though. wasn't good!! you love the badger song.....you still singing?? weigh in tomorrow with me.....shall update then....then have to figure out how to work darned ticker!!


In other news, I have a giant leak coming from the flat above and they are nutters. Scary, screaming, fighting nutters. I'm scared!! Off to go and see my bf.....yey!! I only get to see him once a week just now with silly new job in Glasgow so off for a nice night!! yey!!

 

[dizzy-n-mizzy]

Hello Nicole at al,

I'd like to join you please! This morning I weigh 11 stone 11lb I am 5ft 9in and medium build. According to Tesco ediets my ideal weight is 10 stone 10lb (22 BMI) so I have just over a stone to lose I rounded down my target to 10/7 but I'll see how it goes as it is about 12 years since I was in the 10 stone range and I have had three children since then and I am carrying the weight slightly differently. Now much larger on top!

I am pleased with how I look now being tall I get away with a little stored fat. It is still strange though to think of myself as slim I keep checking with my husband whether I look ridiculous in slim fit jeans. I have three new pairs of jeans one from M&S 12 L, 2 from next a 12L and 14L. So I guess I am a 12 -14 bottoms and a 16 top.

I didn't join you last week because I had a waiver for 5 days and was eating junk in the evenings. I have been so strong I was really shocked to realise that I still have the impulse to do that when feeling a little low. I have therefore learnt to be more prepared for that. I got back on track over the weekend and have a trace ketosis today and the weight in going down.

Eleven is my fav. number so 11/11 on the scales this morning was a delight! I need to incorporate exercise into my day now and have gone as far as checking out the gym membership at our local leisure centre. I am waiting for blood tests results re pains in my arms so I think I will swim a couple of days a week before joining up fully.

Looking forward to us all getting to goal together over the next few weeks.

GOOD LUCK ALL!

Dizzy x

 

[Coley]

Morning all!! Hey Dizzy-n-Mizzy!

Larger on top not always so bad hey? woo hoo for slim fit jeans!! I have to get the petite ones (for people 5ft 3" and under. I'm actually 5ft 5 1/2 but I must have short legs and a long body) and I just bought some as well. Felt like I was a bit Olivia Newton John!!

I know what you mean about the whole eating stuff when you are low. I realise what it is but it doesn't stop me wanting to eat! Good work with getting back on track though!

You had anything back about pains in your arms? I seem to have some weird lump in my left underarm. Will give it till tomorrow to go away or I'm off to the docs.

Here we go Dizzy!!


Right....in other news....have a laverly night with other half. Went to Asda bought silly stuff, couldn't get the car bonnet open, the pull catch thing wasn't working so called the RAC who managed to get it open and then after all this lark I fell asleep whilst trying to find something on telly to watch and snuggle up with. Ah well! So I got carted off to bed and the rest is history! Woke up this morning.....flippin tired! waiting for a delivery.....reminds me must get dressed!! eek! today, the plan is to write a presentation for next week, have a few flat viewings and a few clients tonight. 2 lbs down today!! not my happy 3 but who cares! I'm in the 10's!! woooooooooo!! food time! sooooo tonight. there is cottage cheese and mushrooms!! oh yeeeeeeeeah!! so looking forward to it. 13lbs to go.

Right..... must be off to get dressed and have first tetra of the day and do some work like normal people!!

Hope everyone is doing great!!

 

[dizzy-n-mizzy]

Thanks for the welcome Nicole!

Dizzy x

 

[Coley]

Hello ALL!!!!! had a bit of an odd day today. All is cool in diet land so no worries there....had a half a portion of cottage cheese and half a portion of tofu and mushrooms!!!! woooooooooo!!! was scrummy dummy dum dums! easily pleased I am!

had a weird day....been trying to read this paper for Uni for a presentation I have to do but I don't get it!! feel rather thick actually. Anyone fancy explaining the Ideomotor Compatitbilty Theory with me? cause I don't get it. Really do have to get it by tomorrow as I have to have a rough draft done by Thursday morning....but I also have to read 4 other papers for my dissertation by Thursday morning!! eek!! not good at all. Me is thinking tomorrow is going to be a super stressful and horrible day.

Had lovely super hardcore clients tonight so that was good, talked to a nice woman on the phone, has gone to another CDC but we still had a good natter....told her about the site...I tell everyone about this site. lol. Parents were round because of dratted leak from up the stairs and to help with wiring for living room light....has been on constantly since being re-wired. Had wire in the wrong place. silly me. My Mum has started up CD!! I am a silly wee bat but it makes me all happy! she has seen be doing this for soooooo long and she has been atkins for what, 6 years or something? so it is a big change for her (she wasn't the best behaved Atkins woman in the world.....carbs keep getting munched) and it's all lovely cause I feel she believes in me and my ability to do this. Strange how I still get a lot out of my mums support and encouragement when I know already I can do this. Anyway...

Went and viewed 2 flats 2 mins away from the one I'm in now. Not much wrong with my flat....apart from the close. It's fecken scary....broken window, random stuff left in the close, it's just not secure. I found this drunk guy having a sleep outside my door today, he couldn't manage to get up 2 more flights to his mates flat. Anyway....so flats were lovely. Putting in an offer tomorrow....the only thing I'm worried about is that everyone will have to go up 3 flights of stairs to get me....not big stairs or many of them...just seems like a bit of a hike thats all! Worried it might put people off? strange thoughts that is. But the main point is it's bigger than my flat, has security entry (really is essential for a young woman living alone) and it's nice and isn't falling apart!! so....fingers crossed for that one!! right...signing off to phone the man.

how are we getting on ladies??

 

[Jubbly]

Hi Coley, WOW you are a busy person - studying, CDC, looking at flats, working too?? How long is your dissertation? I did a 20,000 one last year for my MSc and I loved it but think I would have struggled to do it without bags and bags of pick and mix to munch in the library!! Fingers crossed for the nice flat. We lived in some shocking places at uni - trust me, it can't be worse than my second year house where the ceiling fell down in the living room on the first day!!

Diet going er, kind of OK. Still sticking to my half way between AAM and 790 thing most days but did have a chicken breast with a smear of pesto and a tiny sliver of cheese in it last night, wrapped in 2 bits of streaky bacon with asparagus (which had a spray of oil on it). I know - lots of bad things. But I DIDN'T have the potatoes, wine or birthday cake and I had cooked the whole thing for my boyfriend's mum so think I deserved it!! Weigh in tomorrow and really hoping I've lost minimum 2lbs to take me into the 9s but not very hopeful. Need to be more disciplined - was so good when I started this and felt v smug.

How's everyone else doing?

 

[dizzy-n-mizzy]

Hi Jubbly sounds like you did a fab job of cooking the meal and not eating too much. Sure it won't do any harm. I'm back on track now and down to 11/10 this morning so my hiccup last week is well behind me.

Coley I too lived in some appauling accommodation in my student days. I lived with my current hubby in the later years
and we had a attic flat it was the nicest of the student places we had but one day we came home to find a smelly, drunk old lady sitting on the doorstep we had to give her a drink and find her son which wasn't easy and he was alcoholic too before we could get in our own flat.

Glad we roughed it though as all part of our interesting past experiences.

Even gladder we survived though!

Dizzy x

 

[Maintainer]

hi guys,

I'm not strictly speaking in the diet game any more, but well remember that last stone... how could anyone forget how much more difficult it is to lose weight when the compliments are flooding in, clothes are fitting, and the old demons are still lurking and tempting us.

I've been maintaining now (not a VLCD loss) for almost 3 years and I still can't take my eye off the ball.

For the last stone, I pretty much continued as I had previously (planning meals for the entire week, only buying THOSE food stuffs so that there was no room for "error", mentally dividing my plate into three portions - one quarter for protein, one quarter for carbs, and one half for veg or salad) BUT any week I didn't lose, I would then tweak something. Often I found one week I didn't lose, then the next week lost double... or, by looking back on my meal plans, realised that some "extras" had crept in, or often just by cutting down on (or cutting out completely) bread, pasta, rice etc for one week would start off the weight loss again.

Now, in maintenance, I eat pretty much this way still weekdays, giving me freedom at the weekends (often taken too literally, I grant you).

If I can help in any way, please don't hesitate to ask. I can only imagine how hard it must be to reintroduce food after a VLCD, so imagine some issues are different, but the end result has to be the same - no more dieting EVER!

Good luck to you all

 

[Cheb]

Hi

I'm feeling back on track, not quite back down to within a stone of my goal but it's getting closer, 22lb to go to target. Hoping I can get there by December ready to stabilise in time for Christmas.

How is everyone else getting on?

 

[dizzy-n-mizzy]

Cheers Maintainer!

If I can help in any way, please don't hesitate to ask. I can only imagine how hard it must be to reintroduce food after a VLCD, so imagine some issues are different, but the end result has to be the same - no more dieting EVER!

Good luck to you all

Thanks for the offer! It is great to have living proof that we can get there and maintain. I agree that we need to get organised and keep eye on the ball. Not easy but important!

I'm sure you will be able to continue to give us sound advice for the last stone and beyond and am certainly looking forward to that very much!

Thanks again

Dizzy x

 

[MandyB2]

Thanks for the offer! It is great to have living proof that we can get there and maintain. I agree that we need to get organised and keep eye on the ball. Not easy but important!

I'm sure you will be able to continue to keep us sound advice for the last stone and beyond and am certainly looking forward to that very much!

Thanks again

Dizzy x

I second that Dizzy All help at this stage of the game is very welcome... thanks Maintainer.. you're a star

 

[Coley]

Morning all!! Just logging in before my day of hell!!! Have to read a gazzillion papers and the plumbers coming out to fix the fecken leak so lots of nice banging to accompany my nice reading and I have to whip up a powerpoint presentation and come up with a proper title for my disseration. It's going to be something along the lines of Puncutation and Intonation - the effects of spillover.....and something which I haven't decided yet on eye movement. All very boring I'm afraid. I get to play with eye trackers which my uni is famous for in Psychology land. Must not forget....have uber huge order coming in today....poor delivery man is in his 60's and looks like he dies everytime he comes to deliver stuff for me.....eek! poor man. Has to be done though. If you can't take the heat get out of the kitchen. My mum starts ib Cambridge today...she has been Atkins for years so I have every faith she can stick at this (I tried Atkins before LL and CD and I couldn't handle it!) and she'll do fabby.

Jubbly - I have no idea how long my disseration is.....I think it might be 10 000, but it could be 100 000 for all I know. Wasn't going to do 4th year, didn't think I'd be able to handle this disseration lark and really wanted to run off to Glasgow with my boyfriend. It's all a bit sad really, he's there, I'm here, we used to live together but now obviously we can't. I see him once a week. It's rather depressing. Boo. Only another...em....goodness knows how many years. I'm wanting to do Social Work after this so will have to see where he is and how all my clients are and how things are going to work out. Boo!!! Anyway, your dinner doesn't sound too naughty to me...only a little tiny bit of naughtyness....I wouldn't worry too much. We can't be perfect all the time eh? I think you get a gold star for not munching all the norty foods!!! My flat is ok...it's a bit studenty....but it's not exactly the best place to look professional with my clients, although a lot of them appear to be students anyway, I seem to attract that demographic, but I'd like it to seem that I'm not a disorganised mess in an itty bittie little flat. Plus, I'd like to start having groups and at the moment I don't have the space so fingers crossed for pretty new flat!!

Dizzy - hrm....gotta love the smelly drunk people. I'm never drunk....nope nope. lolwell, I've never fell asleep on the ground from being so drunk!! put it that way! I wish I was back living with Gavin, it's weird living on your own after living with someone for a year. Was horrible moving out, felt like I was being chucked out of my own home and felt like 2 steps back in our relationship but in the land of rational Nicole, I know it's not like that really because he had to rent his flat out and get another place in Glasgow for work. You make it sound like your flats in student days were plagued with the black death and cholera!!! hee hee. well done for surviving them!

Maintainer - gee whizz. I am rather worried about this maintaining lark. Losing weight is fine, but keeping it off is the hard bit. Have seen your piccies and you look fab! My plan is to sign up to the tesco ediets after I've finished stabilisation and go on their GI diet plan. They make menus up for you and shopping lists so I can just shop on line and get it sorted that way.

Cheb - hey hun!! not far off now are you really?? You'll be whizzing along in time for christmas no bother at all!!

Mandyb2 - morning!! how we doing today?

Have just got my massive delivery of stuff.....so have to go put that away....just waiting for my pretty pretty shoes http://www.schuhstore.co.uk/images/product/1304497020m3_exlg.jpg

thats them there.....come on shoes!! will check in with you guys later, possibly when I'm hyterical because I can't do my work and it's all going wrong!!!

Keep at it girlies!!

 

[Jubbly]

Coley - don't stress too much over your dissertation, they usually kind of come together eventually. Should be 10,000 words for a bachelors degree, not 100,000!!!! I finished my BSc dissertation at 8000 words and it was on unusual views deficit in neuropsychology - v,v, boring so I sympathise with you there. Changed field to criminology for my postgrad degree and loved it cos I could write about paedophiles and stuff... You seem a very dedicated person doing all that stuff - when I was at uni all I did was sleep, listen to metal, get stoned and drink a lot of snakebite and black, oh and study - so I'm sure you'll be fine.

 

[Coley]

AAAAAAAAAARGH!!!! stupid presentation!! it's all complicated and powerpoint slides are all too small and it's taken me allllllll daaaaaayyyyyyyy and it's nowhere near finished and I haven't had time for reading my stuff for my dissertation, never mind class tomorrow......aaaaaaaargh!! not enough hours in the day! I'm going to have to do one of those horrible all night thingies without nice munchies and without any pro plus!!!!

I HATE UNI. Anyone who says students are slackers I'll shoot the lot of you!!!

 

[Jubbly]

Coley - hope your presentation went OK. Let us know how it went today (or have you got it this afternoon??). At the end of the day, presentations are worth hardly any of your final degree classification. I also had to pull an all nighter for mine, did a rubbish job of (but I'm sure you won't) and still got a 2:1 so it wasn't that important in the grand scheme of things. Plus it was only about minutes or something so probably not worth the stress I put myself through!!

How's your mum doing on CD?? MY mum wants me to be a CDC so she can start on it for cut prices (and to think she was slagging it off when I started)!!

How the rest of you guys doing?? My weigh in tonight so I will see if that stuff I had on Tuesday made much difference. Ketostix showed somewhere between beige and v light pink last night so something must have almost knocked me out but can't think what.