Newbie, day one!!

haha! everyone needs a nutcase in their life, theyre fun!

Its bloody chilly in scotland this morning, cant wait to get home at lunchtime for a hot chocolate to warm me up!

psyching myself up for another wine-less/pizza-less weekend, didnt kill me last weekend, WONT KILL ME THIS WEEKEND!!

get a grip belle!! xx

Thanks chick, what a lovely thing to say, most people think I'm completely MAD...
and I say to them,
IM NOT A COMPLETE NUTCASE...
........SOME PARTS ARE MISSING !!!!!!!

Wendy i love you, you always make me smile, ty ty ty xx

GOOD idea I bought a treadmill, that has a hill climb feature..that I DO USE when not on diet. I've got a DVD tv in the garage / gym, believe it or not I walk uphill mode for half an hour, watching ANYTHING FUN ....to keep me amused...As for the 15stone FAT MANTRA......TRUE, just about anything that gets your head round, where you want to be. BELLE JUST KEEP IT UP .......I PROMISE HAVING DONE IT ....YOU WILL BE A VERY DIFFERENT YOU, AFTER.... THE YOU ....YOU KNOW YOU USED TO BE xxxxx

im excited! cant wait to get down to under the next stone....im still 10lbs off that but HOPEFULLY that will happen within the next month.

in my head
15st+ is FAT
14st+ is FAT
13st+ is FAT
12st+ is getting there!!

i want to hurry up and reach "getting there" so I can do the second half of my journey to SLIM!!

my friend, who unfortunately stays 30 miles from me, has recently purchased a vibration plate and swears it is toning her up, im thinking once i get to 13st on the button i might treat myself. But im not going to buy one until i can prove to myself im in this for the long haul this time!!

Ive never heard of such a drastic accident, whilst tripping over phone. Good idea to delete it as seeing it when you're about to phone or text someone, may have given you ideas ...9lbs plus is a pound a day, as I said to you I was doing...So again it's clear every DAY you remain on it, is another pound gone...One week half a stone....
You must be proud YOU'VE DONE THAT , NO MEETINGS .....JUST YOU ...
KEEP IT UP BELLE X

Day NINE and 9 and a half pounds lost so far

had an extra bar last night, naughty but was starving, pycologically more than anything probably and thought that would be better than dominos pizza!!

i have incidentally deleted dominos number out of my fone just in case i trip over, press their button by accident and order a large double decandence american hot - stranger things have happened!!

9 and half pounds down, 4stone to go - BRING IT ON!!!

variety is the spice of life, i got one of EVERYTHING (almost) except the soups cos i hated them on lighter life and cant see me liking them any more now than i did then.

why not treat yourself to a box of something different just to give yourself a boost! 8 quid wont break the bank after all

can i go the whole hog? well i hope i can, i FEEL like i can at the moment, im full of excitement and determination BUT i have been there many many times before so scared to promise it out loud!! taking it a day at a time and looking forward to my weigh ins friday and tuesday and hoping they will keep me focused.

15 weeks to go is a LONG time but as you have said it will be worth it!

Wendy i KNOW what you will look like at just under 10stone, i bet u look amazing already but my mum is the same height as us and after losing just over 3 stone she is 9st 8lbs and looks bloody fabulous!!

if you are struggling, get that fat photo out and remind yourself just how far you have come, ur a winner!!

PS i got my daughter to take a side on pic of me yesterday in just leggings and my bra - all i can say is FRIGHTENING that could actually amount to child abuse now i think about it!!

Its down to you and me kid, I've not seen any postings from Katie lately. I didn't get the banana shake WISH I HAD NOW, I chose quite plain porridge/ onion soup /cottage pie/lemon yoghurt bar....FOR EVERY DAY OF FOUR WEEKS ....Could be why I'm bored of it..KEEP UP YOUR POSTINGS AND I WILL..DO YOU NOW THINK YOU COULD DO IT FOR LONGER TO GET TO A REALLY GOOD BMI..I THINK YOU CAN ,LIKE ME EVEN IF YOU HAVE A BREAK ''MAINTAIN'' THEN COME BACK FOR ANOTHER HIT AS I DID ,SEEMS MIKE IS DOING SIMILAR....WENDY

thoughts for this morning....

well my banana shake this morning was lovely!! When i put in my first order I only ordered one or 2 of everything because i was scared id end up with a box of something awful! will defo order a box of those next time

roll on lunchtime.....tummys growling, must make an effort to drink more water, that is the goal for today!!

having a hungry evening, but think its psychological hunger - brain telling me i deserve a tasty reward!!

so im going to hoover and mop my floors, have a soak in the bath, then go to bed with a film and some cucumber, actually that doesn't sound like a great hardship!

ty wendy, next stop, 14 and a half stone hopefully

Annabelle I'm thrilled for you, I think maybe now as you start to see the benefits, firstly on the scales but then as you shrink..You'll go the whole way to the healthy weight.....I know its not easy and cant say in all honesty it gets easier, but ITS SO WORTH THE RESULTS...

Thanks Mikey

3 or 4lbs a week would be fab for me from now on, but im going to try and not get too hung up on the weekly numbers and see what the end of each month brings. If i can get near to the stone a month I will be over the moon!

Well done, that's a great start. Obviously you won't see those kind of losses each week, it will level off a bit lower than that. Fantastic start.

Week one weigh in 8 and a half pounds off YAAAY!!

15st 4.5lbs - 14st 10lbs in a week im more than pleased at that

bring on the next 15weeks!!!

Sounds like it will be a good result. I look forward to hearing the official results tomorrow.

Sooo this morning i have good news and bad news...

the bad news is it seems im totally inept with a calculator (frightening given i hold a budget at work!) and i calculated my weight wrongly.....kilo - pounds - stones and i was actually 15st 4 and half pounds at the start of my diet last tuesday

the GOOD news however is *drum roll* i had a sneaky peek on the scales this morning and im just marginally over 14st 10lbs!! so my official weigh in tomorrow is looking good with an 8lb loss, yaaay!!

hope everyone is ok this dreary wet monday morning x

thanks Mikey, yeah i do make my shakes with water, and i have had one less pack today to allow for the coffee. It wont b a regular thing but it was delish!

As long as you stay away from the carbs/sugar you've not done anything too bad. If you are making your shakes with water rather than milk then I really wouldn't worry too much about some milk in a coffee. The main thing, however, is to see it as a treat and not as a daily thing, you will be just fine.

Glad to hear it's all going well.

confessions of a dieter!!!!

had a skinny latte from mcd's.......no sugar, but must have been over my milk allowance

apart from that weekend has gone without a hitch, looking forward to my first week's weigh in on Tuesday and to the weeks ahead of the ever shrinking me!

went to the dry ski slope this morning, thought it would be good exercise and get me back into the swing of things for my new year holiday and they weighed me grrrr, wasnt pleasant but that shall change!!

hope youve all had a good weekend

Mike dont go telling me that! O.K for reference only....HOW MANY CALORIES IN PEDIGREE CHUM?

haha yes i TOTALLY get that wendy!!

and as for dog food, i was giving them all a biscuit when we got back from our last walk thinking, grumble grumble i deserve a biscuit toooo!!!

but i shall have a wafer later and they are just YUM so wont feel hard done by

"...the dog's food...". Haha, I like it.

Some pet food can smell quite nice when you're hungry

I've got two Cardigan corgis ( blue Merles ) and they're on the diet with me, not obsly the 4 x packet but little meals do us all good, AND yes prob tetchy due to diet, baby, dogs, life, tiered, hunger wishing for a pizza delivery ect...
i go to bed when food runs out, in case i raid my sons school snack cupboard, the fridge, the left overs, the dogs food...get the picture?

Loads of dog walking will be really good for you. Excellent.

Im pleased I HATED THE ...LL Because of the meetings,nice people nice LL leader, just what they entailed, we need to ask questions when they come up, we want advice from those who are going through it with us, We understand better than anyone here and now...I am so chuffed to have found the forum,participated in it (badly punctuated but readable MINE) anyway I've got loads from it..I hope to have helped, its only AN opinion not compulsory but with plenty of options we can make choices.........

and breeeeeathe, i have 4 dog boarders at the moment and i dont know if its the diet thats making me a bit tetchy but......

currently i have a patterdale terrier chasing a football up and down my hallway, a bulldog snoring extremely loudly on my sofa and 2 collie brothers just causing general chaos and mayhem by play fighting continuously with each other AAARRRRRGGHHHH!!

i usually LOVE having the dogs i get and have endless patience and time for them but can see me being in bed by 8pm tonight just to get some peace and quiet lol

collies go tomorrow afternoon, roll on 3pm, iv walked them 4 times today and there's just no knocking the energy out of them at all!

yup im off to spain next july, wouldnt it just be lush if i was the right shape for a bikini (not a teeny weeny one!), think the last time i was that light i was 21!

all your advice and encouragement is definitely keeping me going, i may have to start stalking you when u dont need to be on here any more LOL

thank you!

you seem very focused, you can talk about pizza, that's no calories gained..
My older boys have been boarding for years with my bro's and now the younger one started last year.. We love it.. But I do like the summer hold Espesh if I can look good on beach..that's where boarding helps,everyone looks big in da layers..
Belle keep up the diet, it'll be SOO worth it..and you'll SOO regret it if you give in..

id LOVE to try snowboarding, not sure about not being able to move my feet though, i could end up with a face full of snow a lot hehe

yeah my chart is done, but as long as i get a decent result each week 4 that comes around ill b a happy bunny

really feel like im focussed, for the first time in a long time, just need to keep it that way!

i think the charts are a good idea, but don't be disappointed if one week is say only 3lb loss (and give in to pizza) as the next week could be a 5lb loss, that's what I found..but say over the month it becomes a balance of 1lb per day ( that's how mine was, on LL, IM GUESSING , this will be very similar, as both on this one and LL I lost 4lb the first week.. I've written to you in INFO WENDY BREW....
Ps We SNOWBOARD !!

Diet OCD has kicked in with a need to make charts and do figures and tables for myself!!

so im going on the basis that im doing this for a full 16 weeks and the first week i WILL have lost half a stone......after that if i lose:

a steady 3lbs a week i will be 11st 7lbs by 11th december
OR
a steady 4lbs a i will be 10st 6lbs by 11th december!!!

i shall keep that in mind everytime i think PIZZA later.......

Thanks guys!

Skiing in switzerland for new year, hoping to look more bond girl than telly tubby in my salopettes, snag myself a millionaire

1lb a day 4lbs you must be chuffed, keep it up, Have you a goal, as in date ahead ? Or just a goal of a certain weight?

Well done, keep it up. That's a great start.

Good Morning!!

Beginning of day 4 and 4lbs lighter....i shall repeat that to myself like a mantra all weekend to keep temptation away!!

Have a good day everyone

You're welcome, glad you liked the poem, I couldn't resist, wine down the sink indeed..

lol, bless you Wendy, once iv got shot of my gut and my trailing ass ill feel more like myself again

and iv just immortalised your poem on facebook, its getting a lot of "likes" which means the thumbs up in cyberland!

will check in with you all tomorrow, you are both (Mikey too), fab help

sweet dreams,

Belle x

Annabelle, Mike has noted, typing in capitals is like shouting, I had no idea. I do hope you didn't think that anything I've posted was shouting, told you all, this printing on a laptop is not my thing....Annabelle, I've just seen the picture you've added, you're STUNNING, yes now I'm shouting...

HA HA HA that is absolutely marvellous hehe, thank you muchly, and informative too!!!

A POEM FOR BELLE

BE PROUD OF YOURSELF BELLE,
FOR YOUR SHEER DETERMINATION,
YOU KNOW YOURSELF WELL,
AND REMOVED THE TEMPTATION,
THAT HALF BOTTLE OF WINE,
WOULD HAVE GONE IN A BLINK,
YOU SAVED YOURSELF,
320 CALORIES .... . DOWN THE SINK


EACH ONE OUNCE OF AVERAGE RED WINE HAS 25 CALORIES
AND THE AVERAGE BOTTLE OF WINE CONTAINS 635 CALORIES ........

Yup, your both absolutely right, iv brought a shake into work to have around half 3 to keep me going until dinner.

i also had an open bottle of red in my kitchen which i poured down the sink at lunch time eeeek!! im not a big drinker but do like a glass of red after my dinner and especially at the end of the week (obv not had any since i started this on tues) so the temptation for friday night would have been too much to bear!

*polishes her halo, whilst sniffling a tad* hehe

I agree with Mikey, too less calories doesn't help the weight loss. Whilst I was on LL I'd purchased a nutty bar, for each day ( 7x ) for the coming week, I really didn't like them, so just cut them out for that week, so for a week had a meal replacement less...at the weigh in I had lost less than the previous week.
Also as you've found your body will react, you'll be tierd, lightheaded,achey as I was that week.....

Yeah my total intake is barely reaching 500kals at the moment, so good point, will add another pack in today.

Morning of day 3 and resisted the temptation to stand on the scales this morning, will weigh in tomorrow and hopefully see a difference! Excited but daunted by the weeks/months ahead. Time seems to go sooo slow on a diet, think if i dropped a stone a day it wouldnt feel enough lol. Onwards and upwards!!

Hope you guys are still going well

Belle x

Another thing is to make sure you are up to about 800 calories a day. Apparently there's not much point dropping below that, you will not lose the weight noticeably faster. Have you added up the calories of your 4 items? You can always move up to 5 things if you're a bit under. Maybe have an extra bar with you should you feel a bit light headed.

8.30 bar
12.15 shake
6.30 packet meal
9ish hot choc

will try the way you do it tomorrow Mikey, definitely more evenly spaced.

sooo looking forward to having my veg with my spag bol tonight, who would have thought id ever crave VEG lol

How are you splitting up your meals?

I normally do breakfast, then a shake around midday and 4pm, evening meal around 8ish. Not sure how long since you had your last item but if it was lunchtime then that does seem ages until you get home.

Lightheadedness has hit me!! its almost 3.30pm, 3hrs till i get home for dinner, drinking more in the hope it helps - water that is, wine would be preferable but that just might render me unconscious lol!

Good philosophy Wendy im loving it!!

I am not so good on the laptop as I seem to be on the diet, so I've left a reply in my posting of INTRO WENDY BREW,
GOOD LUCK, BE inspired by ALL these KEEBEES, that are friendly, honest, and been through it, or going through it WITH YOU.. I read as much as I can, I've FOUND knowledge helps, you understand the logic of it all. Theres loads of good advice and encouragement ,I LOVE the site.

I take a look every day, hoping to be inspired and maybe inspire others. I do take it quiet seriously, I'ts a mission I WILL ACCOMPLISH, My motto is ALWAYS '' IF ANYONE CAN DO IT I CAN ''.....

AND '' IF I CAN DO IT ANYONE CAN ''........

thanks guys, gonna try and stay focussed on what it will be like not to feel self concious any more, that will b AMAZING!!

my tummy just rumbled at the smell of my chilli pack in the microwave, hope its as yummy as it smells!

gonna try NOT to weigh myself till friday then hopefully ill get a pleasant surprise