This thread will keep us updated on how we are all doing with our weightloss programmes.

Only weigh yourself once a week. It wont come off any quicker if you weigh yourself every day, so you are just beating yourself up for no good reason stepping on the scales every morning.

*Female bodyweight can also fluctuate during the course of a month, with hormones causing water to be retained and making you slightly heavier than usual. DO NOT WORRY if one week you find you have put weight on, by the next week, it will almost certainly be gone again if you are continuing to follow your individual programme properly. Thats not to say that this is a female only forum, far from it, blokes are more than welcome to join in and take part, and indeed it was a blokes comments that started this whole thing rolling. ;)

Set yourself a realistic target weight or amount you wish to lose.

If, like me for example, you are a tall person, then you shouldnt want to be 8 stone, its not reasonable, and could cause you long term harm to be so underweight.

You can choose if you want to post your starting weight or not. If you do not wish to post your starting weight, simply tell us how much you intend to lose, so that we can keep a record of how you are doing.

Well I intend to really start my diet as from Saturday as Mr. Breeze is off for the next few days for the first time in ages and we have a few meals with friends planned. So Saturday is my weigh in day and I reckon I would like to lose between 2 and 3 stone. Am intending to be quite strict right up until christmas

Am currently 10 stone 8 pounds.

Would like to get back down to 7 stone, which, mathfans, means I need to lose 3 stone 8 pounds.

19st 4lbs. :dance:

Ok I'm not a girl but I bet I've got bigger tits than most of you :D

Have you got a target weight Sol?

I dont know what I currently weigh, coz I havent dared get on the scales yet, but I *think* I need to lose about 4 stone to get back to where I was before I got pregnant. That cake cravings coming back to haunt me now...

So lets say 4 stone from whatever I currently weigh.

I should know in the morning.

Well 3G, before I got all bloated and horrible I used to be 9st 12lbs. I'll never get to that weight so I'm aiming for 11 or under, depending upon if I look "right".

19st 4lbs.

Same here :pac2:

I used to be 15st 7 lbs when I was in my 20's, and although I recently got to just under 19st I have let things slide a little, so from today I am back on a healthier eating plan which does not include : fish and chips, indian takeaways, chrisps, sweets (except tictacs which I have in the car rather than smoking) biscuits and chocolate.

My current target is to get to 18st, when I get there I will take a week off and allow myself some of the items I have chosen not to have.

Well, I just got weighed, and my few days of dieting have already started to pay off it would seem. I thought I was 16st12, but the scales tell me this morning that I am 16st 6.

Which as I got to 12st 10 before, means I dont exactly have 4 stone to lose to get back to where I was before, BUT, Im going to set 4 stone as my target loss because back in the olden days I had it in my head to get to 12st 7 (I realise this seems like a lot for a lady, but have height on my side as a defence :D)

If I go lower than that, then great, but I looked well on being 12st10, so 12st7 seems like a reasonable point to get to and then review if theres anywhere that could lose a bit more.

If no-one minds, I'll keep an offline record of our progress so that when people report a weigh in each week I can compile them to one big list.

Same here :pac2:

I used to be 15st 7 lbs when I was in my 20's, and although I recently got to just under 19st I have let things slide a little, so from today I am back on a healthier eating plan which does not include : fish and chips, indian takeaways, chrisps, sweets (except tictacs which I have in the car rather than smoking) biscuits and chocolate.

My current target is to get to 18st, when I get there I will take a week off and allow myself some of the items I have chosen not to have.

Tictacs are 2 calories, they arent going to trouble you in any way.

Davey, can I make a suggestion? You can take it or leave it, but why not have a day each fortnight or weekly where you treat yourself? It wont make any difference to your overall weight loss, and (remembering that this worked for me, might not work for you but is worth a try) it actually gave my metabolism a bit of a boost to have a day off here and there and just eat the things I enjoy.

The reason I suggest this, is that over the course of a week, a day where you have a treat or a meal that you have denied yourself will make no difference at all. However, doing that every day over the course of a week will probably bung 4-7lb back on the scale without you even trying.

Plus you dont have as far to go to get to your treat, and you always know its on its way so you dont miss it quite so much.

I'm battling to figure out everything in stones! Having to keep using an on-line conversion thingy! But I reckon I am currently just under 13 stone (also freakishly tall, 3G-UM) and would be happy to get to 11 stone.

Preferably want to get there by my birthday (25 Nov), which is when I'll be going home to SA and having to see ex-boyf, ex-friends and other random people, and I'd rather be the skinny me by then.

Do-able?

Maybe not the whole way, but you could certainly get a decent bit off before you go. Realistically you should hope to lose about 1-2lb a week, as you dont have a lot to lose anyway it might come off slower for you, the last bit is always the hardest, but if you were particularly strict with yourself theres no reason why you couldnt get into the 11 stone bracket, even if not all the way to your target. Always good to have something to aim for.

I'm about 12 stone 4lbs I think. Not really bothered about a target weight, just need to shrink the beer gut a bit, maybe turn it into more of a six pack, and actually get some form of fat and/or muscle on my skinny as fuck arms.

After seeing the discussions here last night I weighed myself for the first time in ages, and was amazed that although I thought I'd lost plenty weight in the last couple of months, it's actually pretty much stayed the same. But I've dropped at least 1 (if not more) in jeans size. I've been doing so much walking and other exercise I've obviously turned a lot of it to muscle, which weighs more, am I correct?

Is it not more accurate to rather use measurements instead of weighing?

I'm sure it's a lot more of a pain in the arse (heh) tho.

i'd like to lose 2 stone, or, around 30lbs. I'm currently at 12st.

i remember being 10 st when i was 21, and thinking what a whale I was :(

I used to weigh 7 stone. When I was 12. I was mortified when I went up to 8 stone. I look back at my old pictures from 5 years ago, and I look fine, apart from my sticky-out stomach and manly calves.

I blame my dad.

Me too. My dad's side of the family is all massively obese. My Mum's side are all skinny. My sis ended up with more genes from my mum's side, and I got from my dad's. Bah.

Oh, 3G-UM, ta muchly for the conversion details you posted yesterday... very helpful.

............

Weighed myself today. I won't post my weight because I'm feeling pretty down about it (I lost a lot over the Christmas period and I put on more than I thought) but I'm hoping to lose 4-5 stone.

I'll weigh myself next week and let y'all know how I'm doing

I don't own any scales and I'd rather not know how much I weigh. First time on Weight Watchers I lost 22 lbs, then went off the rails. I went back this year but I didn't have the heart for it so I only lost about 8 before I gave up. Today I fit into a pair of jeans I've been too big for for a long time, so I'm a happy bunny.

Weighed myself today. I won't post my weight because I'm feeling pretty down about it (I lost a lot over the Christmas period and I put on more than I thought) but I'm hoping to lose 4-5 stone.

I'll weigh myself next week and let y'all know how I'm doing

You can PM your weight to Minx if you want as she is keeping a chart on how we are all doing each week ( weight will not be put on the boards)

I have also weighed myself (first time in about a year) will post changes though not absolutes

10 stone 7 pounds now.

165 lbs now. 5 pound loss. it's probably goddamn water retention. we'll see, 155 is my point of no return.

Boy Post:

Week One: 11 stone on ye olde money.

Its been 10 days since my last weigh in and tbh I havent really been trying, I am disapointed with myself, but I will try harder in the coming week, currently no change.

My biggest failure was probably due to my love of fry ups. We went to the local butchers to get a few bits and pieces and the butcher said he had the Hogs Pudding in that I asked him for a few weeks ago, so we got that and also everything else needed for a decent fry up, but we didnt just get enough for one fry up, but 2 or 3!

--must try harder.

My biggest failure was probably due to my love of fry ups. We went to the local butchers to get a few bits and pieces and the butcher said he had the Hogs Pudding in that I asked him for a few weeks ago, so we got that and also everything else needed for a decent fry up, but we didnt just get enough for one fry up, but 2 or 3!

.

I had hogs pudding for the first time this year on hols and it was really yummy.
I have lost 4lbs this weeks but I think it fell off easy as it was just what I had put on recently and was prob only water loss anyway but 4lbs is 4lbs.

19st 1lbs. It might have been less if it wasn't for that huge doner pizza I scoffed last night :D

No change for me this week. Mostly due to birthday.

Well done to all of you who lost!

I've lost 3 pounds! Yay! Bit strange as I didn't really feel like I was dieting this week, must have been all the running around in London that did it :D

Got a birthday meal tonight, so I'm a bit worried about that, but I've already decided not to go out drinking after so it shouldn't be too bad. Gonna have me some crispy duck pancakes as a wee treat

A 2lb loss for me this week.....not bad seeing as it's THAT time of the month. Happy with progress so far. had a bar of chocolate as my Monday night treat.....back to it tomorrow.

I weighed myself at my mum's today, and it seems that I've lost nearly 2 stone since about July, which is great. Will get scales and update losses on here to keep me motivated :)

Don't quite know how, since I've been eating terribly lately, but I've managed to lose 6lbs since this forum all started. yay!

Every time I've tried to lose weight I get to a certain point and can go no lower, no matter what I do. Today I am about 2lbs lower than that weight. Yay! This is the least I've weighed since I was 18!

165 and holding, will i be able to hit 160? we shall see.

10.5 of your earth stones... no change made... weird.

10 stone 8.

The joy of having an off-kilter cycle.

3lbs this week but I think it wlll get really hard from now. I must exercise more

You guys are putting me to shame. Im not even going to step on the scales this week. I have enough shit going on elsewhere in my life without spontaneously self combusting because I have put some on. I HATE comfort eating. But also I love it.

Well done to all of you though!

I routinely go up and down a half stone from week to week, will report back on thursdays with some degree of regularity.

1 pound this week.

I'm a bit disappointed because I expected it to be more. I've been eating nothing but salads during the day, so I'm guessing it's some of the meals my maw made that were the problem. Should improve next week as I'm doing all my own cooking!

18st 6lbs :eyepop:

Where did 9lbs go in one week? Must be water loss, surely.

Things not going according to plan - now 19st 7 :(

I going to print off the Low Fat recipes and see if they help.

Ok, have needed an incewntive to help me as since jnr arrived I have not been down the gym or played any sport

Just weighed myself and was "pleased" that I hadnt put on any weight. However I have certainly lost "definition" and have got myself a belly.

:meh:

Today Matthew, I am 19 st 8 lbs

Things not going according to plan - now 19st 7 :(

I going to print off the Low Fat recipes and see if they help.

Just eat the print outs for high fibre, low fat diet solution!

Woot!

Last week I had gone up to 16st 10 when I got weighed against my better nature. This week Im back down to 16st8, despite the fact that I havent been trying. Guess all those stress based hormones raging round my system have been eating all the calories.

Okay, there's far more Dom than I'd like, I've put on a lot since giving up smoking yet again so I'm going to join you guys but if it's okay with you, I'm not going to refer to my weight. Instead I shall use mathematical notation. So my weight is currently x - 2lbs where x is my weight as of the 1st of November. Target is x-60lbs

Woot! Great way of looking at it. Welcome to the club :D

A gain of 2lbs this week for me - not bad considering all the chocolates, champagne and other goodies I enjoyed for my birthday.

Back to it.............

No weight loss this week :( but no weight gain either. :)


Note to self....must try harder :yes:

I was quite confused that I only lost 1 pound last week because usually when I've done diets before I've lost a lot more, but my maw said that sometimes it takes a few weeks for your body to get used to it and then it all drops off. So it could be that your body is just adjusting to your new diet. Anyway, it's awesome you haven't gained any!

Plus I decided yesterday, even if I'm not losing weight at the moment, I'm definately getting a lot healthier. I haven't been having any coke or junk food and I used to shove quite a lot of it down my throat.

10 stone 9 again.

Must keep going at it.

3 pounds! And I've moved down into the next stone. YESSSSSSS :hyper:

Well done, it`s always a feel good factor to get to the next stone range

x-15lbs
??? Apparently I've lost nearly a stone in a week. Either I didn't adjust the scales properly the first two times I weighed myself or I have lost far too much weight. I think it's the first, I don't really feel like I've lost that much. Either way, I will keep to this (possibly flawed) scale as at least it feels like I'm achieving something.

No change this week.

x-15lbs
??? Apparently I've lost nearly a stone in a week. Either I didn't adjust the scales properly the first two times I weighed myself or I have lost far too much weight. I think it's the first, I don't really feel like I've lost that much. Either way, I will keep to this (possibly flawed) scale as at least it feels like I'm achieving something.


or.....

c)I have just had a HUUUUGE shit!

Looks like I have lost a whole pound

....................yay

No change for me this week. Looks like my soup recipes are coming out this week to give my weight loss a boost

No change for me this week,,,again,,, To be honest I`ve not really tried. On the plus side I have not put any on though

4 pounds this week! :wtf: I don't know how...I had a meal with mates yesterday and had a huge burger with fries and then I got completely wasted afterwards.

Yeah...my plan of not drinking sorta went out the window there

My weight's holding at 10 stone 8. Had my period this week, which only lasted two days :wtf:

Its 2 weeks since my last weigh in and I am now 19st 1lb :)

All I can say is ooooooops..........


maybe I will weigh myself again after having a dump :D

I have been eating very sensibly all week and restricting the crap I normally shove down my gullet to sensible amounts but I spoilt it at the weekend by eating the equivalent of a whole pizza and drinking about half a bottle of wine so I expected to have a crap result but actually I did pretty well and am down to x-22lbs One third there already which I think is damn impressive. Proof though, that you don't have to starve yourself or stop eating crap entirely to lose weight.

1lb loss this week. Not a lot but hey, it`s a lb

None :( boo!

None :( boo!

Ahem.

WOMAN!

EAT MORE FOOD!

:stupid: That will probably help you lose weight Harmy. Have you tried drinking higher calorie stuff like smoothies or fruit juice instead of water or tea and coffee? That'll help bring your calorie intake up and be good for youwith antioxidants and vitamains and whatnot. I'm using smoothies as a way of filling me between meals instea of snacking for sort of the same reasons (although my calorie intake has been too high pre dieting)

:stupid:

Also, didnt you eat out last night? No point weighing yourself this morning if thats the case because the majority of what you ate will still be making its way through your system.

Dom is right though, you need to bring your calorie intake right up. Too low wont help.

:stupid: That will probably help you lose weight Harmy. Have you tried drinking higher calorie stuff like smoothies or fruit juice instead of water or tea and coffee? That'll help bring your calorie intake up and be good for youwith antioxidants and vitamains and whatnot. I'm using smoothies as a way of filling me between meals instea of snacking for sort of the same reasons (although my calorie intake has been too high pre dieting)

Funny that, someone suggested to me today that smoothies are a good way of increasing calorie intake! I'll ask maw to buy me some when she's next going shopping.

I'd rather drink something over having a snack 'cause firstly I don't drink enough anyway and secondly I don't like eating between meals.

:stupid:

Also, didnt you eat out last night? No point weighing yourself this morning if thats the case because the majority of what you ate will still be making its way through your system.

Dom is right though, you need to bring your calorie intake right up. Too low wont help.

Aye, I did eat out, and that's what I'm blaming it on ;)

I am working on my calorie intake, I've been getting better at this diet thing with each week, so I'm hoping that soon I'll have a decent routine that works well.

Funny that, someone suggested to me today that smoothies are a good way of increasing calorie intake! I'll ask maw to buy me some when she's next going shopping.

If you have the patience, making your own is best, there was a recipe thread on here for them aaages ago.

If not then innocent smoothies, whilst pretty damn expensive compared to the supermarket own brand ones, are the :dog:'s BOLLOCKS I have a real fetish for their banana and coconut one, it's gorgeous.

I would be making my own smoothies but my goddamn Magic Bullet broke about a month after I bought it, so now I don't have a blender to make any with. I'm never going to buy from the shopping channels again! :(

I'll get maw to look at which smoothies are healthiest, hopefully there's some that aren't too pricey.

i'm not going to weigh myself. i know i've gained weight, so am not going to depress myself.

I was 13 stone less than 6 months ago. In the last three months that has dropped to just under 12, but without going on a diet or aiming to loose weight. It has come off more naturally by changing what I eat/drink and when.

I haven't been to a fast food place since May as far as I can remember. I'm eating fresh foods rather than frozen microwave meals and fruit / veg every day. Now, all I need to do is expand my cooking knowledge which is quite limited right now.

18st 2. Still heading in the right direction.

I was 13 stone less than 6 months ago. In the last three months that has dropped to just under 12, but without going on a diet or aiming to loose weight. It has come off more naturally by changing what I eat/drink and when.

I haven't been to a fast food place since May as far as I can remember. I'm eating fresh foods rather than frozen microwave meals and fruit / veg every day. Now, all I need to do is expand my cooking knowledge which is quite limited right now.

I can testify this to be true, I nearly keeled over last time he turned up at my house with how much thinner he was. The fact that he came with a packet of peppermint tea was a bit of a shocker too...

i was barve. i ahev gained weight. i know i've eaten too much junk. we're going to go on a diet as a family.

2 pounds! :D

I am not weighing myself till after christmas now. At the moment I am working 10 hour days and people keep giving me all sorts of food to eat (not all good) but I am doing physical work so hopefully that should balance it all out.

I can testify this to be true, I nearly keeled over last time he turned up at my house with how much thinner he was. The fact that he came with a packet of peppermint tea was a bit of a shocker too...

So have my customers that I haven't visited for a while... they all asked the same question "Have you lost weight ?". Fortunately, one of them, a lovely lass known as Rachel who has always come out with something different then proceeded to ask whether I had aids.... :O

I've put the scales away now until January 1st.....I have too much going on to worry about my weight. Just gonna eat 3 meals a day and leave out the crap until Christmas day

The scales are going away for Christmas, but I've weighed myself just before....and I've lost a stone since I started. HURRAH! Go Harmy :hyper:

w00t.

well done you

:D

The scales are going away for Christmas, but I've weighed myself just before....and I've lost a stone since I started. HURRAH! Go Harmy :hyper:

GO HARMY GO HARMY GO HARMY

GIVE ME AN H
GIVE ME AN A
GIVE ME AN R
GIVE ME AN M
GIVE ME A Y

What does it spell? Hawt stufffffffffffffff!

:youwin:

Haven't weighed myself in a while but there seems to be a wee bit of room in my smaller jeans, w00t. Am being good every day apart from Christmas day, though. And probably the day after Boxing Day when I go to my mum's.

Haven't weighed myself in a while but there seems to be a wee bit of room in my smaller jeans, w00t. Am being good every day apart from Christmas day, though. And probably the day after Boxing Day when I go to my mum's.

I will be good by eating all your chocs and mince pies. It's a chore but if it makes you happy :propel:

Ok, have not weighed myself since my last Dr.'s visit, but lest just say that it was NOT funny at all.
I need to loose about 140 pounds to get t my target weight. I am joining Weight Watchers in January (free enrollment) and will be attending with friends so I will have support. I will be bringing all of the information home so Catch will be loosing weight too. He has about 80 pounds to loose.

I joined Weight Watchers and lost 22lbs, but when I stopped going I put some back on (not all of it I don't think, I was quite alarmingly large when I joined). So my advice is don't lose motivation, go even if you know you've put on weight. Seriously.

And good luck to you both. :) I'm also going on a diet in January.

I have 4 lbs to lose to get to a BMI of 25. My target is to get to a BMI of about 23 (still well within the healthy limits). That would mean losing a stone. Still don't have scales, will see if I can get cheapish ones somewhere.

My sister in law went to Weight Watchers and reached her target weight....she has maintained that now for over 2 years - she still goes to her weekly class which keeps her on track she says. More often than not she has to show her 'fat' photos to new starters as they do not believe she ever had a weight problem.



2007 is going to be MY year - sod everyone else - I need to concentrate on me for a change :)

First weight in on Monday - I lost 4.5lbs :dance: :dance:

It's great too - trying out all these new recipes.... so far so good

That's fantastic! Well done you! :youwin:

I'm getting my act together this week. Hopefully will be comfortable weighing myself this Sunday.

Wootingtons!

I was a wee bit naughty over christmas and restarted again a few days ago.

I weighed myself at the beginning - and (Im a swine for weighing myself every day the first few days of a diet to make sure Im headed in the right direction) have lost 4lbs since commencement.

Onwards and downwards!!!

At the rate I normally lose weight when dieting - and given the fact that I have 30 weeks to get to my target, I reckon I'll be bang on for London.

Which will be v nice indeed.

As of this morning as I was ... 11st 13lbs... seem to be hanging around this now and that's without being at the gym at all in the past month or two due to being away... though I'm off there now... ;)

I can officially report a loss of 8lb this week.

Very well done Minx!! :youwin:

:youwin:

Congrats Minx! I'm well proud of ya

I can officially report a loss of 8lb this week.

That is fantastic, well done you

I can`t believe how little you lot eat. I thought I had done well this week with loads of exercise and have cut right back on the food and drink but have not lost a thing...

Don't worry Seabreeze, I'm in the same boat. I really thought I tried hard this week and I only lost 2lbs.

Just remember that if you've been exericising a lot, chances are you've lost fat, buut gained muscle, which is a good thing!

I wegihmed myself on Monday, and I was still the same as last Monday. But I'ts been my special time, so hopefully the scales this Monday will show a smaller number.

2lb is a good amount to lose! It means you are losing weight safely and healthily.

Remember I probably have a fair bit more than average to get rid of, and this was the first week Ive been seriously working at it for a while, I dont expect that sort of loss to be a usual occurence ;)

Hmm, I've lost a little bit so I'm not so embarrassed about putting my actual weight now. I'm still the rather portly 15st7b though :(
I don't' know how that equates to my x target as I can't remember what that was except it was over 17 stone. I'm trying to get to about 12 stone 7 now so another 3 to go.
I'm not taking the very seriously am I? I'm certainly not achieving much anyway. Maybe I should follow suit of my work colleague who went on a sponsored weight loss for the bulimic society... Either that or just stop shovelling crap down my throat. I'm doing really well at work and eating slim fast meals but that's more because it's easier than making a packed lunch and then I'm eating crap when I get home from work. I think my major problem is I eat too fast and I don't stop eating when I'm full. I clear my plate because that's what you always did in my household, there were starving Africans and all that.

Yes! Dominoid, I love you! (not in that way, GIR, he's all yours). Finally someone with the same problem. I always clean my plate even when I'm not hungry, it's what I was bought up doing and it's incredibly hard not to do. I've also got a habit of leaving the "best bit" of my meal until last (don't ask, it's an OCD thing) e.g. the meat in a roast dinner so even if I really don't want it, I have to eat the last bit because it's the best. I just can't kick these habits. If I have something fatty or something that I know is "bad" I HAVE to have fruit afterwards as a sort of cleansing thing, as if by taking in more calories I'm undoing the ones I just ate. This is also a bad habit.

I need help.

Hey, you know what is super fucking annoying? I quite like the idea of the Slim Fast thing, they were handing out free samples of a shake in Boots once and I only had a mouthful but I was so full afterwards I didn't eat my lunch. So I got all motivated and thought right, I'm going to lose it all this time and went off to buy some, but it all has too much effing sugar in it. Even the sodding SOUP has too much. It's no bloody fair, I really think I could do well on a Slim Fast diet.

Well done Minx...that's an excellent result. It always feels good to have a large loss at the beginning....Keeps you motivated :)

I've also got a habit of leaving the "best bit" of my meal until last (don't ask, it's an OCD thing)

ha ha, I do exactly the same thing. Possibly even worse, because I try everything that's on my plate, decide on the best bits and then leave as much of that till the end, carefully measuring it out so that my last three mouthfuls are all a perfect combination of the best stuff. ie: like in a roast with veggies, I'll save the best three pieces of meat, and then select three pieces of the best vegetable and put it with the three pieces of meat and eat them together. It is possibly my greatest joy in life.

And it does mean that you'll never stop eating when you're full, because you want to get to the best bits.

I reckon our parents brainwashed us.

I used to eat everything on plate because it was how I was brought up, and I tend to still leave the best bits till last. But recently I've started stopping when I'm full. Yes it's a shame when I can't eat the tastiest thing on my plate, but I'd rather not eat what I don't need and feel better for it after. I've also learnt to give myself smaller portions :yes:

Well done everyone on their weightloss! And GIR, 2lbs in a week is fantastic

I've vowed to never use the "starving kids in africa" speech on my kids if i ever have any. all that does is tech them to ignore the message from their brain telling them to stop eating.

over the past two weeks I have managed to lose 3 pounds in weight. which means i am now 10stone 4pounds.

I put the "best bit" to one side and then if I feel full I eat that one mouthful and leave the rest. But yeah, I tend to do the best bit thing, too. The other half calls it my canape :D

A loss of 3.5lbs for me this week :):):)

YAY! Well done Spice!!!

WOOHOO

This morning the scales say I have lost 3lbs (and not in money)

:hyper: :dance: :dance: :hyper:

:hyper:

wel done!

i don't think i will have lost any weight this week. the scales are still reading what they did on monday. as long as i don't gain weight, i'll be ok.

I suppose I'd better buy some scales, hadn't I? That will depress me into not eating. Somebody here needs to keep me on the straight and narrow, I have zilch self-control at the moment (it's been a fantastically awful week) and everytime I eat bad stuff I feel worse. Help!

I was going to go to Tesco's and get the ingredients to three or four recipes from the recipe thread, but then I found out I have £10 in the bank so I think that idea is out...

You can make enough broccolis soup for 8 servings for about 60p.

Need about 200g broccoli (about 25p in Tesco)
1 onion (probably about 10p)
1 medium potato (about 10p too)
2 stock cubes (can get 10 for 19p from Morrisons)

Ok, so that's 64p but not really cos you have extra stock cubes.


I am teh queen of cooking on a serious budget.

Pasta (500g, 19p Morrisons- does about 5 big, 8 small servings)
Tin tomatoes (13p)
1 chilli (or invest in a bag of chilli flakes from an Indian food shop- I got 250g for 59p)
1 onion (about 10p)
You could be flash and buy some garlic, but that's about 50p

And hey presto you have enough pasta arribiata to feed 4 with pasta left over for another day.

Sorry for the ot posting, btw.

I've stayed the same. But I haven't gained any weight, so its all good.

Haven't done execrise yet. Unless running across the carpark in Tesco counts.

Don't worry Zelda, me too. But I haven't put on any either, which is a complete miracle.

This week will be better!

Staing the same is better than gaining, right!

Another 3.5lbs for me this week :):)

Well done Spice :dance:

Good work everybody!

I lost 5lb last week. With any luck the first mile "stone" will be passed this week.

3lb this week. Woohoo!

Nice one minx :):):)

Guys you're all incredible! Well done to everyone single one of you :D

I need to jump on the scales soon *scared

Still not got any scales, but bought a top and a dress yesterday and they were both SIZE 12!!!!!!!!!!!


Not saying that I AM a 12, but it's a bit of an ego boost that they both fit really well!

And they were from Primark, not known for their generous sizes!

Weight stayed the same this week - expected though because it's THAT time of the month

Zelda made me giggle the other day when she said it was her "special" time.

On the bright side, it still means you've lost something, coz otherwise you'd have gone back up!

Well done for maintaining your hard work :D

Ok 3 weeks into Weight Watcher's going on 4th week (tonight was my weekly meeting) and total I have lost 6.4 pounds. Catch is doing it too (w/o the meetings) and looks fab! I put on, buttoned, zipped and wore a pair of jeans that did not fit me 3 weeks ago.

Well done Trixie - keep up the good work :):):)

1lb off this week, but it takes me down into the next "stone" bracket, so Im not too perturbed, despite the fact that Ive been super-disciplined this week.

I blame the chillis :D

My brother, who is also dieting, lost a lb, and hes been super lazy, indeed having 2 battered mars bars midweek.

I feel a sulk is justified.

My brother, who is also dieting, lost a lb, and hes been super lazy, indeed having 2 battered mars bars midweek.

I feel a sulk is justified.

Can you please explain the battered Mars bar diet. Thanks.

Basically, you spend the week obsessing about battered mars bars, even trying to coerce your sister whos on a diet into trying to make them for you.

When you get no joy there, then you go out hunting for chip shops that may sell such an item. After visiting 50 or more chip shops, you have burnt enough calories by sitting on your backside steering a wheel that you can afford to allow the two battered mars bars into your system.

I think thats how it works anyway.

I don't have a sister :(

I don't have a sister :(

You can borrow mine for a while if you like?

I'd like the peace and quiet...

I've gained a pound, but I wasn't being healthy last week, so it's not a surprise.

My immune system is ok now, so I can now go back.

I need to have a bigger breakfast. Cheerios aren't filling enough. Time to crack open the Weetabix methinks.

You can borrow mine for a while if you like?

That would be wonderful, how much for shipping (I've been conned there before...)?

I need to have a bigger breakfast. Cheerios aren't filling enough. Time to crack open the Weetabix methinks.

Have you tried Oatibix? Not sure how they compare calorie wise but I think they're nicer.

Right. I haven't been weighing myself very regularly at all. Partly due to being a lazy fuck, partly due to the fear it'll be horrendous (but mostly it's the lazy thing) But I've done it today and I shall try and weight myself every Monday from now on. I'm down nearly half a stone from the last weigh in mid-January and it's 15st1 now, If I can break into the 14st something group I'll be very proud of myself, it'll be my lowest weight in over a year. Evidently the diet is working and as I'm cycling to work now rather than walking to make sure I get more exercise it can only get better. :hyper:

Wahey! Go Domble!!!

Half a stone off is excellent work. :yes:

Well done Dominic, Phoebe is proud of you. :youwin:

Whoops - 2lb on this week
Something to do with the crap I ate I think

:haha: Spice - that'd be it. ;)

I was a size 16, even 18 in some shops (cheapo ones) and I now fit into 10 - 12. From cheapo Peacocks. Huzzah. Bought some nice clothes to congratulate myself.

Our scales are shit, I can't find any way to convert it to proper English measurements so it's all in kg, forcing me to piss about with Google conversions.

Last week: 91kg approx (think it was about 91.1) = 200.62lb

This week: 90.2kg = 198.85lb

So still over 14st (ahem) but just under 2 lb less. Not bad for a week's work, guess the walk did a good chunk of that as opposed to my "healthy eating sometimes" regime.

Gained another pound.

This week I have found although not lost any weight I have toned up and I can get into a pair of jeans that I couldn`t at the start of the year

I haven't been weighing myself properly once a week, but in the last two weeks or so I have lost 5lbs. It was 6lbs, but now it's back to 5lbs.

I need to get a new scale though, mine seems to fluctuate randomly.

And need to pick a proper day for weigh-ins. Think it will be friday.

Mine's a Tuesday as that's the day on which I started this regime.

I expect to break even - haven't made any massive effort this last week, didn't go walking (too wet) and had a pint almost every day I think. Tried to keep mindful of it though and didn't pig out on chocolate or anything so probably didn't put any weight on. Find out tomorrow!

Mine's Monday, and I'm back up to 15st4 :( Had a bad few days foodwise

Lost 1lb this week - very good considering what I ate in the past few days.

16st 8. A big drop since I last checked in. Cut out booze entirely, no junk food. All those trews I bought last year...too big!

I now have to hold up my jeans while running for a bus, making me look like a pillock in front of these chavvy boys staring at me. At least I gave somebody a laugh.

Last week: 90.2kg = 198.85lb
This week: 88.9kg = 196lb (or 14st)

Wow, over 2lb gone! That's quite surprising, I hadn't been eating/drinking *that* healthily over the last 7 days and not had that much exercise. Guess that's the difference of just being conscious of how many calories are going down the old neck.

Fridays are my weigh-in day, since I generally expect to be better about dieting during the week ;)

So, another 1lb gone this week, for a total of 6lbs. And since my target weight-loss is 18lbs, that means I'm a third of the way there! Yay me!

Gone down to 10stone 4

Well done!! :D

I forgot to mention I weighed myself after my LA trip. Only gained 2 pounds! Woo, wasn't enough to be scared about afterall

Thanks you, and well done Harmy!

I was expecting to gain weight, on account of eating far too much junk.

Well, I've just remembered why I gave up last time.

This past 7 days:
Always had a small breakfast (well, cereal bar)
Drank mostly water
Stuck to healthy lunches like low calorie sandwiches and pasta salads
Avoided snacking
Didn't drink masses of beer (biggest binges being the 14th and saturday but nothing new on the latter)
Walked into town every lunchtime
Walked up one of the peaks in the Langdales area, ~2400ft, on Sunday
Felt hungry quite often

And put on 1lb!! :wtf:

Well there could be many reasons for that. You might actually be under your calorie intake and therefore your body thinks it's starving and stores everything it can as fat.

Or your body could just be adjusting and that

Don't sweat it ;)

I've lost one of my gained pounds. Woot!

Your fat may be converting to muscle, which weighs more than fat.

Sheesh! Can't do right for doing wrong!

Best stick to what I know, then. Damage limitation and all that.

Better with a bigger breakfast than smaller Cloudy. Breakfast starts your metabolism going. Have a lighter lunch or a medium lunch and a lighter dinner.

Does the breakfast make that much of a difference? (enough to make you put weight on if you only have a small one) I never have time for a sit-downer...

The most confusing/frustrating thing is I haven't really done anything different from the first 2 weeks, which went great.

First couple of weeks are usually water loss aren't they?

Beats me. Was drinking loads of water for the first couple of weeks too. Either way I wasn't expecting to spend 5 hours climbing a bloody mountain only to put weight on!

Ah well, 4 cans of stella and a nice monster chocolate flapjack, these should get this retarded body back on track seeing as it likes to do the opposite!

Dude, even if you've put on weight...you were eating healthier. That's a good thing y'know.

Another 2lbs off this week.

I haven't been eating particularly healthily, but have been walking half the way to work in the mornings, so I guess that's helped.

Still 10stone4, but at least I didnt gain any weight, despite going ou to a restaurant on Friday and etaing too much last night at the dinner party.

Back down to 89.3 kilograms = 196.8728 pound - about 0.2lb less despite eating and drinking like a pig all week and getting minimal exercise. Hmm.

The logic of all this escapes me, but hey... it's progress over last week I suppose.

No change this week, but I think I've eaten at least 2lbs of chocolate, so that probably explains it! ;)

OK. Gone to pot lately.

Weighed myself on Saturday night. Over the 20st mark. Oh dear. Sounds soooooooooo heavy :meh:

So yesterday decided to sort it once and for all.

To stop me snacking, I now take a bag of carrots and a peeler to work with me to leave in my office!

ALready "feel" alot better after just 2 days.

Will weigh myself again at the end of the week.

wanna join the reward plan? :D

wanna join the reward plan? :D


Ooooooooooh sounds good.................whats it mean?

It sure does, rewards are always good :D

Linky (http://board.dogbomb.co.uk/showthread.php?t=50409)

Hello..

Thursday is my weigh day...and...drrrrrrrrrrrr.... loss of 1lb. All that hard work for 1lb! But I have started a new job and been walking to work now so I see it as I would have lost more but theres a bit of muscle in there. Big 2 week push now, away for the weekend diet starts on Monday!

Lou

Is it too late for me? I've put a chart on my wall to record my weight loss. I don't have much to lose. Monday is my weighing day because it's more realistic after the weekend!

I'm 10st 2lbs and I want to get to 9st 5lbs.

For the reward thing? Nah. Anyone can start at any time. Pm me or reply to the thread and I'll add you to it

Well done Lou! 1lb is braw, and muscle is brawer :D

Evening :D

3 1/2 lbs!!!!! WOOP!

Back to normal ww this week, to try and keep it that way. I'm now down in the 12stones...haven't weighed this little since I was 14 :D

SWEET :D bit happy sorry :) xx

Evening :D

3 1/2 lbs!!!!! WOOP!

Back to normal ww this week, to try and keep it that way. I'm now down in the 12stones...haven't weighed this little since I was 14 :D

SWEET :D bit happy sorry :) xx

Well done! Is that what you lost in just one week? Well done again! In my opinion, it doesn't matter if what you lose is strictly fat, water, muscle, big poo or whatever, the fact some weight has gone means something good, and makes you feel good. Nutritionists however will disagree with me but I think they only make sense when you're not dieting ;)

Well done! Is that what you lost in just one week? Well done again! In my opinion, it doesn't matter if what you lose is strictly fat, water, muscle, big poo or whatever, the fact some weight has gone means something good, and makes you feel good. Nutritionists however will disagree with me but I think they only make sense when you're not dieting ;)

Yep 1 week! Don't think its muscle as I've been in the gym 2hrs a day (I genuine-ly - wish I could spell - love it!) so must be the other bits! am chuffed :D

Two hours a DAY?? Christ almighty I can barely find the time or the will to do more than ten minutes a day on my stepper!

That'll be why I'M not losing weight and YOU are. Feel good, no? ;)

I missed my weekly weigh in but it'll come as no suprise to anyone let alone myself that my weight hasn't changed.

BUT! For the first time in a year, I didn't treat a night off work like an excuse to have a 'treat'. I get 3 nights off a week, how can I have treats almost half a week? My mind tries to justify why it's okay to eat food that won't help me lose weight. Same as when I quit smoking. When you're in desperate need you think of excuses. Last night I ate a tuna steak with low fat ginger, soy and sesame sauce. The most calories would have been in the rice I had with it, half a packet of one of those microwave rices (shush, I like them :P) and as I always want to taste something sweet even if I'm full, I had a fruit jelly with fruit pieces. It's a compromise between ice cream or chocolate and a proper piece of fruit because I really don't like the latter unless it's smothered in something, and it's a bit much after a full meal.

Looooooook trying to justify myself again!

Actually muscle weighs a lot more than fat so starting intensive exercise can halt weight loss for a time, although in the long run you need regular exercise to keep the weight off. It's great to do, just don't be disheartened if you aren't losing weight (or even putting it on) when you start working out. :)

And well done Lou, that's fantastic!

still 10stone 2. this is getting silly now.

still 10stone 2. this is getting silly now.

Exactly the same as me. Beat you to 10st 1? Fancy it?

Go on then!

Go on then!

Done. Same time next week? :P

Oops. 10 stone 3! Of course, it has nothing to do with the Pick and Mix I scoffed during my lecture with Dr Hotty...

I'm letting myself go again this week. Stupid Bronchitis :headbang:

I am doing my level best though. I've developed a love for the tiny apples my mum gets in Tesco. I can eat that quite happily, along with the squashy pears, not the ones that break my teeth.

I don't like the hard pears :no:

I have scales! Yay!

So, going by the last time I weighed myself compared to now (3-4 weeks ago), I have lost about 5-6lbs. HEALTHY weight loss. Yus.

I have scales! Yay!

So, going by the last time I weighed myself compared to now (3-4 weeks ago), I have lost about 5-6lbs. HEALTHY weight loss. Yus.

I'm bloody jealous. Despite reducing myself from a sandwich and fruit jelly to a nutrigrain bar at work for the last two weeks, eating only scabby low fat ready meals for tea and having a bowl of apple pieces covered in petit filous for breakfast, I have shifted nothing.

I did really well on the weekend too until I was invited out to TWO mother's bloody day meals. Even though I picked all the healthiest options I could find, and skipped dessert and even the damn starter, I've got nowhere.

Gimme your secret, as my own don't work any more :(

I'm bloody jealous. Despite reducing myself from a sandwich and fruit jelly to a nutrigrain bar at work for the last two weeks, eating only scabby low fat ready meals for tea and having a bowl of apple pieces covered in petit filous for breakfast, I have shifted nothing.

I did really well on the weekend too until I was invited out to TWO mother's bloody day meals. Even though I picked all the healthiest options I could find, and skipped dessert and even the damn starter, I've got nowhere.

Gimme your secret, as my own don't work any more :(


I pack as much nourishment into what I eat as is humanly possible and I eat until I'm satisfied, but not overly full.

I always have porridge for breakfast, as it gives you slow-release energy and keeps you fuller for longer. I sometimes have it for lunch, too- you can pop it in the microwave.

I also eat a lot of veg and pulse- based stews. No real secret- just fresh, tasty food!

Sorry I have been MIA for a while, I have been SUPER busy! Any way, my weight loss up to now is 12 pounds. Healthy, but not quick. I am just glad to see that I am actually fitting into my clothes and not stuffing myself into them!!

Slow but steady is better :yes:

Am back to 10 stone 3.

I'm a fantastic 10 stone 5. Yes, all that dieting has REALLY worked, and I've managed to put on 3lbs! It might have been due to being on my period, where for some reason, every damn month for three days or so my willpower is shot to shreds and I eat chocolate bars without even blinking. Normally I'd um and ahh over whether I should but at this time of month... GONE.

Maybe that's a poor excuse though. I like Monday mornings because I look my slimmest, despite actually being heavier.

I'm going on holiday in a month and it doesn't look like I'm going to make it back into my size 12's. Best go shopping then. Been putting it off because it feels like you're accepting the weight rather than trying to remove it.

Oh dear god I don't want a size 14 wedding dress ><

Oh dear god I don't want a size 14 wedding dress ><

Really? I'd love one. Not to get married in of course. Just for lounging about the house.

A size 14 dress isn't terrible. You'll be able to find a gorgeous dress that size.

:stupid: You realise that size 14-16 is the average in the UK right? Don't beat yourself up, that's not what it's about, just keep hacking away and you'll get there in the end.

How much weight do you need to lose to fit into your sieze 12 clothes? And how tall are you?

:stupid: You realise that size 14-16 is the average in the UK right? Don't beat yourself up, that's not what it's about, just keep hacking away and you'll get there in the end.


I know you mean well but... who wants to be average?! Heheh :P

People say your best weight is the one you're comfortable at. Do you think it's true? Because I'm comfortable at 9st 4-6lbs.

I drink at the weekend. No matter how hard I try, I can't stop myself running out at 8pm and buying a four pack. It's a terrible habit and I'm almost certain it's the cause of my weight problem, along with the junk I eat when I'm arseholed.

I must tackle the booze first then have another go.

How much weight do you need to lose to fit into your sieze 12 clothes? And how tall are you?

I'm 5'6" and I need to lose a stone to fit into my 12's comfortably. I can't have my gut hanging over. That's my nightmare.

At your height, size 14 isn't big.

Please continue with the healthy eating. Don't get too hung up on not losing a stone before your holiday, A stone in a month isn't healthy.

If you're going to a beach, I can guarantee that others will be too worried about how they look to "judge" you.

I know you mean well but... who wants to be average?! Heheh :P

People say your best weight is the one you're comfortable at. Do you think it's true? Because I'm comfortable at 9st 4-6lbs.


Fair point!

It's generally true but it depends. Some people feel comfortable at 2 or 30 stone, despite the health risks. Realistically, unless you see a doctor/dietician/Personal trainer etc it's hard to find an ideal weight but at the end of the day it's generally common sense to work out roughly what you should be.

The other thing is, is it easier to change your weight, or the weight you feel comfortable at? If you can change the way you feel about your weight, would that be easier than changing your weight itself?

Fair point!

It's generally true but it depends. Some people feel comfortable at 2 or 30 stone, despite the health risks. Realistically, unless you see a doctor/dietician/Personal trainer etc it's hard to find an ideal weight but at the end of the day it's generally common sense to work out roughly what you should be.

The other thing is, is it easier to change your weight, or the weight you feel comfortable at? If you can change the way you feel about your weight, would that be easier than changing your weight itself?

Alas, it's much harder to change the weight you feel comfortable at. There's a certain 'look' to your body shape that you find satisfactory and that look changes when you gain weight, so you won't be satisfied any more.

I seriously think my biggest problem is not how much I weigh, but how my body looks. Because I used to be a lot heavier at one point in my life, I developed a bit of a gut, which turned to flab when I lost the weight. I will always have this little bit of stomach and gut sticking out, even if I got down to a stupid weight. I've tried exercise but it just won't go. I don't think there's any muscle in there. It's just empty skin. If that went, then I wouldn't gawp at my gut constantly. K I'm boring myself now.

At your height, size 14 isn't big.

Please continue with the healthy eating. Don't get too hung up on not losing a stone before your holiday, A stone in a month isn't healthy.

If you're going to a beach, I can guarantee that others will be too worried about how they look to "judge" you.

Thanks for the encouragement. Size 14 isn't overweight, but it is at the limit. I struggle to eat healthily these days because everything comes in a pack for two people and the fella needs to eat a lot of fat. Hard to compromise, as I hate wasting what's left over.

As for the beach, I went topless 80% of the time last year because I was slim but there's no chance I'm wearing a bikini this year! You've just reminded me to sort out new bathing wear!

Could you not freeze your parters food, so you won't have to eat it?

Could you not freeze your parters food, so you won't have to eat it?

I've had that suggestion before. I might start doing that, it's just difficult to freeze a chinese or curry and have it taste the same when it's defrosted.

Usually I find it gets a bit dry so I add some water when heating it up and it's usually delicious :yes:

Weekly Weigh in (Loss of .2) total weight loss: 11.2 pounds. I know I said it was 12 pounds, but that was 2 weeks ago and I guess my total was off. So I am at 284.8 pounds now. Like I have said before, I really don't care who knows my weight now. Go ahead and judge, I am not gaining though and that is what matters!!

Scales said 10st 0lbs last night. I'll wait til it says that for another week before I get excited, as I renewed my drive to lose weight and it's probably water.

:youwin:

a friend of mine is happier at 20st than he was when he was 16st, but that might be because he had a british bench pressing gold medal lol.

i was unhappier at 13st than i am at 17st, although i want to lose weight for fitness purposes rather than overall looks. i got obsessed about getting a six pack which never happened, but frankly im not at all bothered now. its not going to happen so no need to worry.

Seriously dude, if you feel good then you should embrace it!

Who cares about weight really? It's all about how YOU feel, no one else. I'll lose weight until I can look in a mirror and say 'hey, I look fucking xxxhot'

Went to Weight Watchers this AM and weighed in. New totals:
New Weight: 280.6
Total Loss From Last Week:-4.2
Total Loss So Far: -15.4

I can;t believe that I am 280 again. I know some of you may be thinking, damn, what a hog, but I am so happy! :P

Congtratulations trixie!

I can;t believe that I am 280 again. I know some of you may be thinking, damn, what a hog, but I am so happy! :P

You have got to stop saying that. You know this is the last place people are gonna say or think things like that of you or anybody else.

'Well done' just doesn't cut it in my opinion. Fucking fantastic might work! I and others know just how fabulous and empowering it feels to have control over your diet and weight and the confidence it gives you and for someone else to be having that feeling right now makes me feel good too.

You do realise that you should post before and after pics when you get to where you want to be, don't you? ;)

p.s. I'm gonna stop going by weight because I know I've lost some of my arse but my weight stays the same?

You been excersising HT?

I've got down to 10 stone 1. This may go up again, because i'm going to my aunt's tonight, and her cooking is far from healthy!

I'm not sure whether it's common knowledge but very often when you first start exercising properly you actually gain weight because of muscles growing. Since muscle weighs more than fat, your weight increases for a short time. The more muscle you have the more fat you burn.

It may contradict this thread, but during my 6 year gym obsession (which it was as it took over my life) I didn't weigh myself. It was how I looked which I judged my progress on.

Trixie that's AWESOME!

Congrats :D

You been excersising HT?

I've got down to 10 stone 1. This may go up again, because i'm going to my aunt's tonight, and her cooking is far from healthy!


Nope, no exericse. I'll be totally honest - I swapped the healthy, bulky foods for unhealthy, small portion junk food. So I haven't lost weight but I've ditched the arse and gut because I'm not packed full of fibre.

p.s. I'm gonna stop going by weight because I know I've lost some of my arse but my weight stays the same?

Weight is only one measure. If you're happier that's what counts. It's just not quantifiable like weight is.

I've not lost that much weight recently but my thighs (which were and still are fucking huge) have started looking less horrible recently since I started cycling.

Trixie: fucking ace, well done hon :)

2 pound gain, you do the math based on y last post. I am sick however and I do not care about the gain, I still feel damned great!

Gained weight, back uo to 10 stone 4. Also back at uni this week,s o hopefully tha'll help me shift the weight.

Had PMT/period so I put weight on but that's no excuse. In reality I stuffed my face all week, eating about double my usual amount. Not surprising really that I'm 10st 4 as well.

Hi everybody.
do you mind if i join in???
i am not properly starting till after my hols which start on the 13 may for 2 weeks but i am going to watch my eatting before i go then start properly from scratch when i get back.

when i weighed myself this mornig i was 13st 10lb my heaviest by far bar bout 3 pound+ which have shifted over the last few weeks to a month. and i am a size 16-18 depending where i buy them.

My aim is to loose about 4-5 stone and get down to roughly 10st and a size 14ishbut i may end up less then that.

oh and well done and congrats to everyone who has lost weigt on here i have read from start to finish and i am v impressed and pleased for all of you.

KEEP GOING AND GOOD LUCK!!!!!

:hyper: \m/ XD :x :) :D :vhappy:

Course you can join in sweetheart!

Ta muchly ;)

WOOOOHOOO!!! got on the scaes this morning and they said 13st 8lb which means i have lost 2 lb sice i last came on here without really trying.
or i may have been 13st 6lb i cant remember now... will have to check in the morning as i have not long eatten so i will not be the same.
they say yoy are 2 lb lighter in the morning then you are at night anyways so that would make the diffence too.

still well happy tho. XD

I lost 3lbs this week! Am abit worried about the big bits of weight coming off though as two weeks ago I lost 4 and 1/2lbs...

hay well done domesticgoddess. way to go.
dont worry about the amounts as they tend to pick up or drop alot from time to time.
or maybe your just one of the licky ones whos weight just drops off. :)

10 stone 3

damned period messing everything up :bombguy:

10 stone 3

damned period messing everything up :bombguy:

Ditto. Being two weeks late for it doesn't help!

i was eight weeks late, yet had all the unpleasentries associayed with it.

hopefully i'll be ok this week.

10 stone 2. About blimming time.

I hit the 1/4 stage of my goal today. Win!

WELL DONE!!!!!! both db and zelda keep going.
you are doing so well :yes:
i wish i could say the same is happening for me but :no:

10 stone 3. Period time though :bombguy:

Lost a pound this week which is impressive after the heavy weekend of drinking and eating!
Love posing naked in front of the mirror now...

Lost 2 pounds since I've started being vegan. Huzzah!

My new job is helping me lose weight, although not necessarily in a good way. I'm 10st 4lbs - higher than the last time I posted I think but still lower than the revolting weight I reached after coming back from my holiday - 10st 9lbs I think it was.

I'm feeling good, my size 14's are becoming looser. In my job I'm encouraged to eat my tea with the service users, and provisions are made for the staff so that we can share their food... but some of them eat stuff I won't eat like pork chops and boiled-to-death potatoes so I carry fruit'n'fibre cereal bars around with me and little packs of raisins and nuts just in case. Seems to work.

I make up for it by having a better lunch at home before my shift starts.

I guess having a cold helps too. I can't be bothered to eat nice food if I can't taste it. Just a waste of food.

Lost 3 and a half pounds today woop woop!

Well done everyone! :D

I keep wanting to weigh myself everyday but it's so rubbish to do that. Bah!

ok i restarted my diet on the 15th of june and weighed myself on the 23rd and i had lost 2 pound

quite happy would have hoped for more but still happy

I keep losing a half poun a week for the past two weeks! Come on, this is friggin annoying!

^better than putting it on. Well done :D

OH EM GEE. Weight lost since being vegan...

Wait for it

Wait for it...

7 pounds :D I'm totally happy. I could feel the change but had no idea it was this much. My trousers keep falling down. Hawwwwt :dance:

YAY GO HARMY!!!!

Thats excellent works. You are putting me to shame. I shall have to do MUCH better.

I totally admire your resilience with the vegan diet. It takes a lot of stamina to change your life so drastically and you really seem to be taking it seriously, so bloody well done!!!!

*applause*

I'm such a hippy, thanks! :D

Another 2 pounds gone. Woo woo. I'm stepping away from the scales for a week or so now though.

I lost 5lbs in Canada!!! Woot woot!
This means I got my third shiny 7lb (ohemeffgee i've lost 21lbs!) sticker on my weigh in card
I have lost 10% of my weight since March
I got a new keyring!


I want to reach about 9.5 stone, so I'm going to give myself about six months to get down there.

Oh and the best thing about being slimmer? I bumped into my ex-fiance's dad today in Eltham. He barely recognised me!!! He kept saying to me, "Sorry Sarah, I just can't get over how well you look! You're so slim!" I hope he passes it back to Tom...

Oh wow! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!

You must feel great coming back from holiday having LOST weight. Seriously, well done :D

I updated mine in my diary but...

stone and a half lost for me. The next 3/4 stone doesn't seem so far away now. I'm not really weighing myself regularly anymore, about once a month or so, but I'll update when I next do.

well done to both dg and harmy.
you are both doing so well. keep up the good work.
really need to get back in to my diet its going ..well its a no go to be honest.

again well done to the both of you and good luck!!:youwin:XD

Harmy THAT'S AMAZING!!! A stone and a half? That's mental! Well done lady...you should be so proud of yourself! New pictures on Facebook soon?

Ladiebird, don't panic, I'm when you're ready the weight will drop off!

Awh, thank you, it's been dropping off nice and steady over the last couple of months. Aye, I was just about to put my holiday photos up on Facebook. The change looks noticeable to me, but you might not see it, hehe. Holiday photos will also be in my diary when I FINALLY finish my update.

Just weighed myself - and Ive lost 9lb since switching to a predominantly vegan diet - and I've been STUFFED the whole time coz I'm picking low GI meals.

KICKASS

Watch this space - not going to weigh myself for a month, to see a big leap.

More importantly though, I feel physically tonnes healthier...

Wooo go Minx!!!
Can I ask, are you going vegan due to the animal cruelty side/ intolerance or allergy to dairy or because it feels like a healthy diet?
I'm not trying to be awkward, I just wanted to point out that as human beings we are omnivores. Healthy eating with a lower amount of dairy and meat with a higher vegetable consumption can be achieved without cutting out certain food groups completely. Also there are ways to support better farming methods on the animal cruelty side.
I'm not belittling your decisions to undertake veganism in the slightest and certainly not if you're doing for animal cruelty measures. Although, remember... PETA stands for People for the Eating of Tasty Animals ;)

I just wanted to point out that as human beings we are omnivores.

I personally love nothing more than some juicy juicy meat, but this is just wrong. I'm never turning vegan or veggie, until i can be truly convinced otherwise... but this video explains some stuff:

YouTube - Vegan Video

Ok, firstly, Im not "going" vegan - Im eating a predominantly vegan diet. If you want to generalise, its more accurately titled vegetarian - but the vast majority of the meals I am eating are vegan in content.

As for the reasons - well here is the story...

As you know, Harmy, who is MOST definitely vegan, came up to stay for a week just prior to the WW meet. Up until she did, I had always eaten some meat, not every day, but several times a week, and had been fairly conditioned to "I cant live without meat". The animal cruelty side of things did bother me, but not enough to stop me eating meat.

One other thing to be aware of in this story is that previous to that I had been suffering a quite serious recurrence of IBS symptoms.

Because Harmy was coming, I had to plan for vegan cooking, and it made sense for at least me if no-one else to eat with her, I wanted to be supportive, and I also wanted to see if I was actually capable of doing it myself.

I bought the recipe book I mentioned in the vegan recipe thread - which as it happened was a) low GI, and b) while not entirely vegan in content, was the best Smiths had on offer in terms of possible vegan variety, was on sale, and I had a £5 off voucher.

Anyhoo - back at the ranch, Harmy duly arrived and between us we created a variety of fairly exotic and totally vegan meals. I tried all sorts of things I had never tried before, like making sushi, and eating tofu, and making my own hummus, and a selection of recipes from both my cookbook and the one she brought with her. Note to all, you only need a tiny dot of Wasabi to make everyone lol. A good smear, will make them cry. :D

As the week passed, I began to notice the subsidence of the IBS symptoms, and an overall feeling of better health. And the weight began to drop off, despite the fact that we were eating LOADS, and not much of it was particularly low calorie, it was just BETTER for me. I think generally my body suits that sort of eating better.

The low GI aspect of the cooking ensures that I feel fuller for longer and the fact that I am actually eating a properly balanced diet can only be a good thing. My skin is much clearer, and I FEEL a lot healthier. Even Mr Minx, who is the original carnivore, got into the spirit of it and ate a lot of the stuff we were cooking. He is still trying the stuff Im making now, too, which is nice...

When we came back from London, I decided that I would continue with it for as long as it suits me.
Im not ruling out ever eating meat again, or any of the things I am currently cutting out. I may however think twice about it before I do eat them.

I would hope however, that as long as I am eating healthily, whatever the reasons behind it - that I wouldnt be belittled, especially when Im doing such a good job of currently "be-littling" myself. I'm actually really grateful to Harmy, for teaching me a great deal about myself and about veganism.

I'm not trying to be awkward, I just wanted to point out that as human beings we are omnivores.

About 3 months ago I'd have agreed with you there, but I'm starting to think maybe we're not. Now how I phrase this next bit is going to be hard, so I'm going to say right now that I totally don't have a problem with people eating animal products, this is just how I've started to feel since dropping them from my diet. I think the majority of us are conditioned to see animal products as something we NEED in our diets. I grew up in an environment where I had meat every day. I remember saying I wanted to be vegetarian when I was 8/9 years old and my dad forcing feeding me the meat for dinner that night, and every night I protested after. He wasn't being an arse, even though he went about it the wrong way, he truly believed that it was unhealthy not to have meat in my diet and wanted to get sense into my head.

Since then I was a huge meat eater. 3 months ago I was eating fried chicken, rare steak, all kinds of seafood. I'd get through blocks and blocks of cheese. I'd sit at home and crave a scotch egg, or a chunk of cheddar. I wouldn't just fancy it. I NEEDED it to feel good. Now you could say thats because humans should have animal products, that's why they craved it. But how come I've never once had a craving since I've stopped? I'll admit I got drunk and wanted a chicken burger (this only happened once), but I think that's still down to me being used to going out, getting trashed and forcing undercooked/greasy meat down my throat. I've hardly been drinking since I've been vegan and I'm sure that was down to my old routine. But yeah, craving foods like that? I don't think that's healthy.

The longer I've kept away from meat the more I've started to think about what I was actually eating. I don't want to consume something that was a living, breathing creature just like me. I don't want animal fat going through my body, clogging up my artery's and all that. I can sit and watch people eat meat, I can cook it for them, serve it up and I don't mind, but the thought of me, MYSELF eating meat and feeling it go down my throat...that doesn't feel normal anymore. And I think that's because I'm breaking all the stuff I got told WAS normal. I'm thinking for myself and not taking in what I've been told.

If you have a balanced animal free diet you get EVERYTHING you 'need' from meat. Infact, I think I get way more of the good things through green veg, chickpeas, lentils, tofu and all the other foods I'm eating than I ever got through meat. You can be allergic to soya and still be vegan. You can be allergic to nuts and still be vegan. Yes you might need to take more things into consideration, but they can't stop you being a healthy vegan.

Leaving the animal products out of my diet has changed me a lot. My problems with mental illness have gotten a little better, I rarely feel so down on myself or feel so anxious. I don't look at food and constantly worry about what's in it, or feel like I've eaten way too much and still have to carry on because I NEED to finish. My skin is clear, I'm losing weight but hey, I don't even care about that! It's a bonus! I can walk up a hill without getting out of breath. I have more energy and I actually want to get out of bed in the mornings.

I guess I'm trying to explain the many reasons people go vegan. There is NO reason better than another. There really isn't. And it grates me when I first started and people accused me of not being a REAL vegan because I don't go on about cruelty as my main point of change. I do have my views on that, but it's something I need to find the time to look into before saying things that might not be true.

Minx, your post was lovely. I'm touched that you've actually been able to understand where I'm coming from with this and that you want to carry it on for as long as you're happy with it. I do understand that for people who haven't tried veganism, it's hard to see how it can be an effective and enjoyable diet. It wasn't until I tried it to support one of my friends that I realised it was do-able. The reason I write about veganism in WW is because I want people to see the variety of foods I'm eating. It's fantastic when I cook a vegan meal and people say they enjoyed it. I have felt that I've had to prove myself with this. I had the shit ripped out of me from my family when I first began, and it made me feel like crap, because there I was, trying something new and I wanted support. I didn't want to feel like a weirdo, or that this is a phase. Believe me it's not. Now, after 3 months, they all think I'm some strong person for giving up animal products..I'm not...I love doing it. It's not a chore.

I guess that's all I want to say. This is not a HEY! EVERYONE! GO VEGAN! post. This is HEY! I'M VEGAN AND IT'S A NORMAL DIET, JUST LIKE YOURS! Loads of people think that vegans judge people who eat meat, that they're hippies, that they whine about animal cruelty all the time but all vegans who hate PETA or aren't a part of it (and there's a fair few of us) don't think like that at all ;)

I met up with Minx and Harmy. They were being superbly vegan.

I HAD SAUSAGES! AND MEAT! I FELT COOL AS HELL!

Thank you! It was just me being nosey to find out why and you have both stated extremely good cases for it. My family has always cooked more veggie meals and since starting whale watchers, I have pretty much stopped eating cheese.

The PETA comment was just me being facetious after seeing one of the groups you'd joined Harmy!!!