Newbie, day one!!

Well done Annabelle! Well all have occasions to attend at times and this time of year it can really test the willpower but you sound like you are still doing very well! As you say, it could be easy to find yourself back up there at the weight that you have worked so hard to come down from - so its great to hear that you are still determined to get back on it and carry right on!

Keep us posted with the approach to date night and let us know how you are getting on

Well Done Annabelle

Personally, I've fallen rather spectacularly off the wagon but intend to start again tomorrow after a night of drinking with the girls. Am still probably at least a stone down from when I started though so it's ok. Will be doing it without any lapses until 23 November now so I'll let you all know the overall loss then.

Weigh in -3lbs, that will do me

Now to behave for the rest of the week!

Have a good one keebee-ers

Morning ladies

New start for me...new weigh in day, now a Monday and i am 14st 1lb so thats 3lbs put on in the last 2 weeks. Not dire though!! so digging in....

Start weight 15st 4.5lbs
week 1 - 14st 10lbs (-8.5lbs)
week 2 - 14st 8.5lbs (-1.5lbs) TOTM
week 3 - 14st 2lbs (-6.5lbs)
week 4 - 14st 3lbs (+1lbs) weekend away, drink drink and some pizza MY OWN FAULT!!
week 5 - 14st 6lbs (+3lbs) meal out then drink drink pizza
week 6 - 14st 2lbs (-4lbs) back to where i was 3 weeks ago
week 7 - 13st 12.5lbs (-3.5lbs) TOTM
week 8 - 13st 12lbs (-half a lb)
week 9 - didnt weigh in
week 10 - 14st 1lb (+3lbs)

I know my chart looks pants, but if I wasnt still motivated to some degree id be back to 16st by now....just struggling a bit, but focusing for the next 3 weeks ahead initially (date night )

Well done Belle It's still a loss read my post to see my dilemma bet my puppy is walking backwards again this week

You've done so well. Do you think that when everyone hits around the 20lbs loss they go through this fluctuation for a couple of weeks

I really need to sort my head out and get back to it

Well done you

i miss, bread, PIZZA and pasta...not a tattie fan so least thats somthing lol.

had a diabolical weekend cos it was a long one due to a public holiday yesterday so here's the results!!

Start weight 15st 4.5lbs
week 1 - 14st 10lbs (-8.5lbs)
week 2 - 14st 8.5lbs (-1.5lbs) TOTM
week 3 - 14st 2lbs (-6.5lbs)
week 4 - 14st 3lbs (+1lbs) weekend away, drink drink and some pizza MY OWN FAULT!!
week 5 - 14st 6lbs (+3lbs) meal out then drink drink pizza
week 6 - 14st 2lbs (-4lbs) back to where i was 3 weeks ago
week 7 - 13st 12.5lbs (-3.5lbs) TOTM
week 8 - 13st 12lbs (-half a lb)

that is 20lbs though peeps, just glad my puppy didnt go backwards

Me toooooo Belle! 16st 4lbs was what I hit! Like yourself, once I've shifted this excess 6st I'm not going back! It's all about re-educating ourselves about what we are putting in ourselves!

Knowing to cut out the carbs is the best thing I've learnt, I didn't realise just how the body processed them

I do miss my bread & spuds though & will use alternatives to what I was eating before once I get to the stage of re-introducing food

No more white bread that's for sure & as my stomach will be smaller I should be able to have much smaller portions of the old tatties

I CANNOT WAIT Hels!!

It actually hurts i want to be slim that badly.....BUT as i keep telling myself, iv been a fat git for almost 10 years so waiting another few months to be slim isnt going to kill me

i was 16st 4lbs at my heaviest and have yo-yo'd between that and 13st (at least 3 times!!) for the past 4years. Time to get a grip, cant do it anymore so i said....

goodbye to 16st in July
cheerio to 15st in August
and toodle pip to 14st yesterday

I will NEVER weigh that much again, this time ive made myself a promise

Well done Belle for not caving in, TOTM is mental for that sweetie thing innit ? You'll be a skinny Minnie in no time hun I just know it

ooosht had such a bad chocolate craving day yesterday due to it being TOTM and it isnt much better today, ran out of bars so the only thing thats keeping me sane at the moment is the hot chocolate, which takes the edge off, just!

Digging in though, reeeally want to get back to 13st (which is where i got to last time i dieted) then take it from there to skinnyville

20lbs lost, 44.5lbs to go so im a third of the way there

would be amazing to get under 12st for

hope u girlies are doing well

Official weigh in day.....

Start weight 15st 4.5lbs
week 1 - 14st 10lbs (-8.5lbs)
week 2 - 14st 8.5lbs (-1.5lbs) TOTM
week 3 - 14st 2lbs (-6.5lbs)
week 4 - 14st 3lbs (+1lbs) weekend away, drink drink and some pizza MY OWN FAULT!!
week 5 - 14st 6lbs (+3lbs) meal out then drink drink pizza
week 6 - 14st 2lbs (-4lbs) back to where i was 3 weeks ago
week 7 - 13st 12.5lbs (-3.5lbs) TOTM

next stop 13 and half stone!!

Congratulations!

shhh sneaky weigh in this morning, and i am, i am i am i am under 14st

T*T what's this Belle I'm having a blonde moment babe [/quote]


TIT...that will be all lolll xx

Annabelle wrote:
week 6 - 14st 2lbs (-4lbs) back to where i was 3 weeks ago

Yo Belle, knew you could do it, well done Mrs :-)

Annabelle wrote:
I have friends coming from wales for the weekend at the end of october, so the plan is not to be a T*T before then

T*T what's this Belle I'm having a blonde moment babe

ooops didnt update my ticker

Here we go again!!

Start weight 15st 4.5lbs
week 1 - 14st 10lbs (-8.5lbs)
week 2 - 14st 8.5lbs (-1.5lbs) TOTM
week 3 - 14st 2lbs (-6.5lbs)
week 4 - 14st 3lbs (+1lbs) weekend away, drink drink and some pizza MY OWN FAULT!!
week 5 - 14st 6lbs (+3lbs) meal out then drink drink pizza
week 6 - 14st 2lbs (-4lbs) back to where i was 3 weeks ago

I have friends coming from wales for the weekend at the end of october, so the plan is not to be a T*T before then

Annabelle wrote:damn u hels for asking such direct questions

You crease me Mrs I'm sat here laughing my head off double funny

damn u hels for asking such direct questions

i was bloody well out again wasnt i!! my friends got engaged (it has been the whole Friends ross and racheal thing for years) BUTTT i skipped the sodding celebratory meal and met them in the bar afterwards, where i had TWO glasses of red because i thought i bloody well deserved it for my epic willpower lol

apart from that i was good *adds imaginary halo smiley*

weigh in 2mz, if im somewhere near my 14st 2lbs of a few weeks ago ill be happy

Well Ms Belle, how did ya weekend go Any temptations or distractions or did you lock yaself in a cupboard

It's so hard cutting the social bit innit

Annabelle wrote:

reeeeeeeeeeeally want to see 13st something on the scales - COME ONN!!!

That's the best way to do it Belle, like me last week, I so wanted to be fourteen stone something and I was

Haha!! no backwards doggies Hels!!

Iv been good all week, and im currently just a smidge under 14st 3lbs so should smash it by tuesday's weigh in.......just the ruddy weekend to contend with but am gonna focus!!

reeeeeeeeeeeally want to see 13st something on the scales - COME ONN!!!

Luv ya ticker babe Now we don't want that puppy walking backwards girl You can easily lose that 4lbs by next week I know it

testing ticker

HUNGRY!!!

the joys of trying to get ur fat ass back into ketosis lol

Morrrrrrrrrrrrrning all....

Start weight 15st 4.5lbs
week 1 - 14st 10lbs (-8.5lbs)
week 2 - 14st 8.5lbs (-1.5lbs) TOTM
week 3 - 14st 2lbs (-6.5lbs)
week 4 - 14st 3lbs (+1lbs) weekend away, drink drink and some pizza MY OWN FAULT!!
week 5 - 14st 6lbs (+3lbs) meal out then drink drink pizza

behaving now!!! I could realistically shift that 4lbs by next week so digging in!!

Have a good day everyone

Go for it Belle, knock him out

so....new resolve for the day

i have a date!! i hate first dates lol but i like hiiiiiim, anyhoo this gets complicated so bare with me

we used to know each other a long time ago then he got back in touch on facebook and now hes living about 60miles away from where i stay. so theres been fones calls, text messages, chatting on the pooter etc and we've decided to meet up my next free weekend which is the first weekend in november (the joys of having ur own business!)

so how much weight can i shift in just under 6 weeks??
im hoping 5 stone pmsl

LOL I'm not having a great day either Belle (read my post on my thingie) We're all gonna av sh1t days babe but no point hiding or lying about 'em, that's life kid

You're not on your own hun, I've proper fell off't wagon today myself and I too hope that tomorrow will be easier as long as I'm fit

We'll be ok Belle, just gotta keep chipping away at the block as it were

So far for me just this one really unbearable day so that's pretty lucky I guess. Not giving up though, far from it, I'm so determined to shift this weight

Tomorrow's another day hun

I admire your willpower Hels!!!

im an arse, this will b evident at my weigh in tomorrow!
thought about not coming back on here (and hiding instead) but that isnt going to acheive anything, if i SHAME myself i may actually get my head round it!!!

anyhoo enough bleeting from me, monday morning and a new start!!

Eeee Belle what are you like At least you're back on it but don't you find it harder each time you break off to get back on the train again
When I was at the funeral yesterday and was introduced to the buffet afterwards I thought to myself nah, in couple of months I'll be able to participate so not gonna bring myself out of Ketosis for the sake of just doing what everyone expects you to do i.e. eat! I can wait, on the grand scale of things a few months abstinence in my life to get me to where I want to be shouldn't be difficult to do. Yes, some days are harder than others but on the whole I really am finding I'm not hungry - so why eat

This is sooooooooooo gonna be worth it in a couple of months girl

ok so i got suitably DRUNK and stuffed my face last night for my friends bday and now im at work with the biggest hangover EVER!! im far to old for this nonsense i tell thee!!

so, stepped on the scales this morning and another sneeky pound had crept on, probs somewhere around the ass area *cries* so i hope theres no more poundage waiting in the wings cos im back ON IT!!!!

if i can lose 2lbs to get me back to where i orginally was by next tuesday i will be a happy bunny.

tummy rumbling, head banging, boss looking disapprovingly as i plead for a half day hols, let me be a LESSON TO U ALL

You make me laugh babe, soooooooooo funny

Start weight 15st 4.5lbs
week 1 14st 10lbs (-8.5lbs)
week 2 14st 8.5lbs (-1.5lbs) TOTM
week 3 14st 2lbs (-6.5lbs)
week 4 14st 3lbs (+1lbs) weekend away, drink drink and some pizza MY OWN FAULT!!

So ladies there we have it, i gained a pound but it could have been worse! So although i have stuck ridgedly to the diet again sun/mon/and today i am going out for a meal for my very best friends birthday this evening.

BUTTT from the second i leave the restaurant im back on it, because i want this weightloss SOOO badly, im desperate to see 13st "something" on the scales now, fingers crossed that will be next week.

Belle x

Posh innit Belle? Love my ticker! I'm the same as you Belle, getting my BMI to around the 25 mark is my main aim and I just guessed my target weight based on that. You can always change your goal weight on the ticker anyway so go on, get one, they're free and easy to install, just paste the HTML code into your signature box on your profile here.

Anyway, although I'd lost 7lbs week one I thought it was more. I had a sneak weigh in during the week and had lost 8lbs and couldn't understand when I had my official weigh in I'd gained a pound but yesterday all was revealed (TOTM) so next weeks weigh in should be a lot better. Listen to me, I still lost half a stone in my first week, what on earth am I b******g about?

Can't wait to lose the other 77lbs - eeeeeeeeek that sounds scary

Hels

ooo check you out with ur ticker!!

id get one but i have no idea what weight i want to be....its not like iv only been over weight for a short while, i cant remember the last time i was happy with my body so my main goal is to get to a healthy bmi 10st 10lbs and then see how much of a fatty i still feel after that!!

so 48lbs to my main goal....doesn't sound that bad given 3 weeks ago it was 64lbs!!!

we'll do it together Hels, we are going to rock it in time for a pretty xmas party dresses woohoo!!

Belle xx

Hey Belle, me and you kid we're gonna smash this porkie thing I just know it

Can't wait 'til I can see a difference myself Belle it must be a great feeling. I do however feel a difference but not enough of a difference if you know what I mean. I want more! I wanna feel brand new! It's gonna be sooooo coooool when other people start mentioning it isn't it? And what about when we bump into people we've not seen for ages, that'll do their heads in We've got all this to look forward to hun - bring it on

Hels

Thanks Helen, I think i can actually start to see the difference already

So fed up with being fat, but not for much longer.....

Good luck with your weigh in today

Oh Belle, that fantastic girl! Well done you, that's dedication and commitment to the cause for sure. How brilliant to stay focused and achieve that weight loss, you should be soooooooooo proud of yourself - what a star you are!

Go girl go!!!

It's not easy some days so all credit for getting through the c****y ones

Hels

Start weight: 214.5lbs
week one : -8.5lbs
week two : -1.5lbs (TOTM)
week three: -6.5lbs

so from 15st 4.5lbs to 14st 2lbs in 3 weeks, next week under 14st woop

Todays blog...

well my lovely boss asked me if i was losing weight this morning, yay!! My reply "only 12lbs so far" but ill get there! To be honest i cant see it yet but it usually takes me close to 2 stone before i start to see a marked improvement. Im actually craving the thought of looking in the mirror and seeing someone attractive standing there, to look forward to going on a night out and dressing up rather than being the scruffy one in jeans, cons and a top because the effort seems pointless.

Now this may sound like a moan or a pity party but its not, im really focussed!! Thats how i feel just now, but it will get less and less so as the days/weeks go on. Im now just under 14 and half stone when a mere 17 days ago i was 15st 4.5lbs, how much better am i going to feel in another 17 days time??

Im excited about the future and being a sassy singleton instead of being the one shying away in the corner in new company. Bring on self confidence and a touch of vanity hehe!!! xx

ok so im excited....next stop:

14 and a half stone
then
14st
then 13st something....then ill start to get reeeally excited!!

bring on 13st, thats my first real goal and seems achievable in the next few weeks ahead

I have friends coming to visit from wales at the end of October so want to get as much off by then as possible as we are going out for the evening and would be a real treat to buy myself something "nice" to wear

Weigh in's!

Start weight: 214.5lbs
week one : 205.95 which is -8.5lbs
week two : 204.48 which is -1.5lbs (TOTM)

10lbs lost in 2 weeks, im a very happy bunny

yeah gets it over and done with for a few weeks i guess, will post my weigh in result 2mz regardless....at the very least i shouldnt have put any on i hope (i mean how much fluid can one retain!!) so that stills gives me another 2 weeks to get 5ish pounds off to make my first stone...perfectly do-able!!

oh and my next food parcel arrived today, banana shake in the morning, im a tad excited!!

The obvious good thing about having your monthlies is it's going to fck up your weight on the scales ....SCARE YOU,and then reduce all of a sudden, and please you...
There you go..good input!! YOU MUST BE FEELING LIGHTER AND SHOWING A LOSS BY NOW!!!! I do hope so, as it pushes you further on ....wx

Woke up this morning feeling like a hippopotamus, oh yes that familiar feeling of bloating means its the TOTM - bring on the water retention grrrrr!

Heyyyy Wendy your absolutely right, shoogle machine i.e. vibroplate when i reach 13st then i dont know hmmmm, will just be nice to step into ANY shop and buy what i like, looking forward to that!

hope youve had a good weekend, i had a jammie day yesterday....not done that in a reeeally long time, was awesome

YOU NEED TO STOP THINKING OF WHAT YOU CAN'T HAVE......BUT MORE FOCUS ON WHAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE....HAVE YOU GOT A PRESSIE IN MIND FOR YOURSELF,FOR WHEN YOU'VE REACHED YOUR GOAL.......OF COURSE ULTIMATELY THE PRESSIE IS THE NEW SLIMMER HEALTHIER YOU.... BUT I REALLY THINK YOU NEED A SPECIAL TREAT, FOR THAT VERY DETERMINED SPECIAL LADY THAT HAS ACHEIVED SOMETHING SO GREAT, THAT SO MANY START AND FAIL TO COMPLETE.....
MAYBE A NEW DRESS... FOR ME IT'S NICE UNDIES....AND SOME REALLY NICE SLOUOCHY P,JS SIZE10/12 !!!!!
Find yours x x

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