The really slow loss team!

[Flabulous]

And me, Annya. 1lb on. Closely followed by a lady weighing in straight after me losing 11lbs!!!!! I deserve an oscar for the performance I gave. Wanted to wallop her with my book!

So, just over 6 months, 1 stone lost and three weeks of consecutive gains. Why am I even still trying to do this? It's making me unstable!

Take heart there is always someone worse off - me! 5.5 lbs in 6 months!! That is a record even for me. :cry:

My son has been doing sw with me from home. He has lost between 6-7 lbs in a week.

I have 10 weeks left of my countdown. I am going to commit to 100% for that period and if I still am bumbling around at this weight then I shall have to stop going to group. Have spent £150 so far and the return is too little in my view.

I will continue to follow the plan but I can't take the sitting there feeling awful and the only one (though I probably am not) not losing.

If I had lost only 1/2 pound a week I would have lost 12 lbs, as it is it works out at less than 1/8 lb each week and that is seriously pants.

Appreciate your post Lou but not in the right frame of mind to be positive now.

 

[HelsAngel]

Right, I'm binging this afternoon...on lettuce!

 

[Cleogin]

Hi All,

I feel really sad for eveyone here that has had gains this week as I see that we all work so hard to be good.
Out of all the groups this is the most inspirational becuase it is the most truthful.....if we deserve a gain we admit it, laugh about it and move on. If we lose (even the smallest amount) there is so much congratulation and encouragement.

I don't think there is anything I can say to cheer anyone up, only to please stick with it, you are lovely people and deserve a bit of good luck on the scales next week x

 

[meadowbankles]

Right. As part of my campaign to up my syns, I've just eaten a breakaway for 5 syns. It's recorded in my diary, so why do I feel like I've cheated?

 

[felicity62]

flabulous, looking at your stats you dont have allot to lose do you? are the stats right?

 

[Latte]

Poor Annya I didn't realise about the steroids. I assume it is just a winter thing ?


I have only lost 7lbs since July thanks to my holiday and Christmas. Just before I went away I had lost 1 stone.

Foodwise a bit better today but my throat is still very sore from the tube and my whole body is screaming due to the procedure. I am not back in work till Tuesday lunchtime.

My endometriosis has returned and it is now in multiple sites so I don't know if they can remove it for a second time. Will have to see what the Dr says when I go back to discuss the findings

 

[saidan]

so sorry so many of you are feeling :jelous:

its so hard isn't it.

i had awful news this morning from my dietician - my bowel needs to rest so for a week or so i have to have fluids only - so high calorie drinks now for me, and i have to consider having TPN feed because my bowel problem is so bad (where a tube feeds you into your vein)

i came home and ate a cadbury caramel in defiance - then sobbed making up the bl00dy high calorie drink.

so now i'll be hungry - and will loose weight even more slowly as she's prescribed me 2000 calories a day in drinks!

saidan

 

[Flabulous]

flabulous, looking at your stats you dont have allot to lose do you? are the stats right?

They are right Felicity. I want to get to 9 stone 7 lbs and am currently 10 stone 6 lbs ( was 10/4 last week - snarl). I am only wee just 5 ft so it is a bit much for my height.

I have yo yo'd from my early twenties so I guess my metabolism is shot. It's the only thing I can think of. I carry all my weight around my middle, like a weeble.

 

[Flabulous]

Saidan sorry to hear your news too - actually much more important than a weight gain. Sending you best wishes.

 

[meadowbankles]

Saidan sorry to hear your news too - actually much more important than a weight gain. Sending you best wishes.

Agree wholeheartedly, feel rather ashamed of myself now

 

[saidan]

meadowbankles - no shame hun.
i've been where you are, sticking to plan 100% and not loosing - it is very very frustrating and i did end up coming off plan and stopping SW.
then i joined a new class and thought - right head down and here we go again.

my journey is just more complicated because of my bowel condition - i'd love to loose some weight but sometimes am forced onto steroids and artificial feed and that causes me to gain again. so annoying....

i had my drinks for the day (YUK), so at least i am resting my bowel, but i think the scales won't be kind on monday if its too horrendous i'll be on here moaning LOL

chin up everyone,

saidan

 

[Annya]

Poor Annya I didn't realise about the steroids. I assume it is just a winter thing ?


No - I am always on them Latte, but in the winter they have to basically be doubled or even trebled. I can't risk catching infections as my immune system is shot and even a cold is potentially lethal it it turns in to pneumonia (which is often does ).

The doses are lowered in the spring / summer as there are less colds, stomach bugs etc around so it is feasible to lose some weight then (albeit slowly) but at this time of year I am lucky to STS and will usually gain A LOT. However, this year I am I am determined to stick with it as damage limitation so that when they come down again I haven't got to start again from square one

 

[Pommette]

Saidan - sorry to hear about your bowel problems. Very nasty.

Latte - if you have endometriosis then that is probably why you are having problems with weight. It really screwed around with mine - BIG time. Hope you are feeling a bit better today and have less pain. I assume you've had a laparoscopy - I had 5 and felt pants for a few days afterwards! :hug99: chica

Meadowbankles and Flabulous. Try a few consecutive red days and really cut down on the carbs. Eggs & bacon for breakfast (free ... yay), homemade superspeed green soup or tomato & beef or similar plus lots of fruit/youghurt at lunchtimes, and then meat and lots of veggies and a baked spud in the evening. It usually does the trick for me when I'm stuck. I always feel full doing this and don't even want to snack.

I need to take my own advice too! As I am really struggling to shift dwonwards. Seem to be maintaining this week but not going down.

:bighug: to each and every one of you and hope you all have a lovely weekend.

 

[conlou1]

Take heart there is always someone worse off - me! 5.5 lbs in 6 months!! That is a record even for me. :cry:

My son has been doing sw with me from home. He has lost between 6-7 lbs in a week.

I have 10 weeks left of my countdown. I am going to commit to 100% for that period and if I still am bumbling around at this weight then I shall have to stop going to group. Have spent £150 so far and the return is too little in my view.

I will continue to follow the plan but I can't take the sitting there feeling awful and the only one (though I probably am not) not losing.

If I had lost only 1/2 pound a week I would have lost 12 lbs, as it is it works out at less than 1/8 lb each week and that is seriously pants.

Appreciate your post Lou but not in the right frame of mind to be positive now.

sorry hun

oh big hugs all round. what a **** week everyone is having. my motivation has gone. i had to go all day with nothing to eat, i ran out of the house in a hurry and realised i left the toast in the toaster, this was at 11am, found a hi fi bar lurking at the bottom of my bag so had that, but was working at my cleaning jobs until 5 so had a hi fi bar all day. went to mums on way home and was so hungry i had a fajita wrap thingy, the insides was just meat and veg so not too bad, but not sure about the wrap.

was talking to mum and she thinks its my hormones again. i was telling her about the week i gained 5.5 pound and what i ate and she cant believe i put that amount on, and i told her what i ate last week doing succes express and how ive increased exercise yet only lost a pound, which yes its a loss but my concern is, if i dont keep up doing succss express all the time then im going to gain on the other plans, if all i can lose is a pound doing success express all week then what hope is there for me on the other plans? i havent been able to get below 11.11 and my weight loss has ground to a halt. i am getting stabbing pains on the insides of my hips, my hair is thick grease all the time and i have big boils on my face. i think my pcos is mega playing up. so off to docs monday and im not leaving until they give me some medication, its not just the weight thing, i am tired all the time and really really snappy. i did a pregnancy test and it was obviously negative, so it must be my pcos making me like this.

 

[Latte]

What a shitty old time this team is having at the moment.

We can all be slow and stay strong together.

Yes Pomme it is my third laparoscopy. I had a diagnostic one in 2009 which is when they first discovered the endo on top of my PCOS followed by hormone injections which didn't work then another lap to cut away the endo in 09 and now it has grown back in multiple sites all over my insides.

I dread the next option as it could be a hysterectomy. I am 37 I don't mind the operation. I just can't afford the time off work. I work for a sole trader it is bad enough having a 10 day holiday.

 

[conlou1]

latte, do you mind me asking what medication you are on for pcos? they diagnosed with it years ago from some blood results and i went to see a hormone specialist (i think it was an endocrinologist?) and he agreed this was what i had based on my lack of periods, spots and blood results, he was happy to start me on metformin or chlomid, cant remember which now, as i was trying for a baby and couldnt get caught but he wanted to wait a little bit then i got pregnant, unfortunately it ended in miscarriage, and i just never went back about it and luckily managed to concieve another couple of times. they refused to do an ultrasound scan as apparently they cant always see the cysts on your ovaries and they said they were pretty certain it was what i had. i dont think i have it really bad, and was just wondering if you were on meds for it and if so did your symptoms have to be really bad before they gave you them? feel free to ignore me if you dont want to answer x

 

[Latte]

Of course I don't mind answering x I have been on metformin for about 10 years to control my blood sugars and testosterone levels. When I came off the pill for blood tests my wrong hormones tripled !
I don't want children never have done so I am on metformin to control all the other symptoms.
I also saw an endocrinologist. I have now been discharged as it is under control and I have to see my Dr once a year for blood tests.
I am classed as pre diabetic I think


Yes it does affect my weight mood swings and blood sugars

 

[conlou1]

ive just been looking on the internet and i didnt realise its linked to depression and anxiety which i suffer with and have done since i hit puberty, i was severely depressed and manic during my teens, and go through phases now. if i take agnus castus and other herbal remedies i do feel better and my periods start, but i always think its co-incidental so stop taking them (i always feel really queasy after taking vitamins and herbal tabs) i started taking agnus castus back end of last year and within 3 weeks i had a period, my skin went fantastic even my mum couldnt believe how good my skin was and i did go through a spell of losing weight and not so moody. hmm..think im going to start taking it again. i was just researching other herbal remedies and theres loads to help, btu darent take too many together in case they react with each other...what do you think? have you had any experience with herbal remedies?

 

[Pommette]

Latte - you are going round the exact same loop I did. My endo was all over my pelvic cavity and I ended up having a full hysterectomy plus lost some bowel and liver as they just couldn't cut the bloody stuff away from them! It is unfortunately the only solution when it gets really bad! And it sounds as though yours is getting to this stage too!

I have been 1000% better since. Although I put some weight on afterwards as I needed HRT (I was only 36). Grrrrr

Hope the pain from the op is better now and that you get a nice restful weekend.

 

[conlou1]

oooh bev that sounds nasty hun, poor latte cant believe your having to go through it too. shall we come back as men? they dont have to deal with this rubbish do they? x