Monday 28th April weigh in

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Susie that is amazing, well done you.

butter must be a wonderful feeling to get into something you thought you couldn't, I'm very impressed and have a long way to go before I can achieve that!

An anorexic I used to know drank litres of water before her weigh in to convince the doc she had put on weight!

susie when did you sneak in there I had missed you.
You must be feeling on top of the world being within reach of your target, to maintain a steady loss so near to your target is a real achievement. Well done

Back from a sunny break in Cornwall where I managed to put on two pounds......
so off we go again on the dieting rollercoaster.

Bit fed up today as I got the results of my bone density scan and have been diagnosed with osteoporosis due, probably, to taking steroids for over two years.

BMI 29.2 overweight but not obese!

Thanks, Alison - let's hope it continues after all the wedding food, which I have every intention of enjoying!

glass - I know you are right regarding the exercise bike.

The holiday was great - it was to celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary in July. We flew to New York, stayed there for three nights and then sailed home on QM2 - I enjoyed the "voyage" so much - far better than the odd cruise I had done before. And it's such a good way to come home from the States, too - wish we could afford to come back this way everytime.

gillie that was a fantastic trip to celebrate your 40th anniversary.

So sorry to hear that Raggy is there anything which can be done? Good to only gain 2 lbs on holiday, I think most of us would be delighted with that.

I hope you are having a good time at the wedding Butter and that we will hear all about it. I agree you should be eating it all. My philosophy is to try to be good at home (and at work if you are) but when I go out I eat what I like. I don't think being a matyr is a good idea and is v ery offputting for any non dieaters who are with you.

What was the QM2 like? I'm going on her on Tuesday? Ive been on the other two but not the QM2!

Good to have you back raggy that 2lb will soon disappear again. I think if we thought of it as healthy eating and give ourselves a treat when we want it and not give ourselves a hard time when we do, it makes the balance so much more pleasant.

Sorry to hear about your osteoporosis, I dont know a great deal about it myself, but make sure you dont cut back on your calcium, and I think vit D helps.

Yes glass you need Vit D to help the body absorb calcium. I have been taking a supplement for years as my parathyroids were damaged when my thyroid was removed and it seems that they have something to do with processing calcium

Hello dieters..please can I join the quest? I need to shed some weight and feel this forum would be helpful. Need to be brave enough to weigh myself first though

Welcome aboard nanaej

The new thread goes up ready for Monday Morning and if I am lucky I manage to get the date correct unlike this week. As people get weighed on different days they just record their loss/gain when they have it, try to get weighed the same day approx same time and wearing same or similar clothes, you dont need to report your actual weight unless you want to!

We all just help each other out and give encouragement when needed.

Good luck

Go for it nanej I've only been on this thread for a few weeks and it is helping me. They are very sympathetic/supportive when we slip.

Thanks for the encouragement..will weigh in the morning for my start weight!

Jeni - we loved it. We have only done two other cruises before (one a mini and the other a 14 day trip round the Mediterranean). We had an obstructed view cabin which was lovely; we couldn't fault the staff and the service and food were excellent.

We were very fortunate as we had opted for a table for eight and we had some lovely meals with our new friends. I would recommend going to the planetarium; we enjoyed the lectures and particularly enjoyed the RADA graduates who put on "Canterbury Tales" and "The Merchant of Venice".

We had a meal in the Todd English restaurant - beautiful food.

I hope you enjoy yourself, Jeni. Where are you going?

It's just the 5day jubilee cruise. Soton Rotterdam zeebruge le havre Soton!

Jeni - I am sure you will enjoy it, though.

Bon voyage!

Mercie Madame!

jeni just what you need, enjoy your break

GNs, I've just woken up to the fact that we have a four day party in a couple of days! How on earth do we lose wieght as all the various events will include far too many temptations. I've been asked to make chocolate cornflake cakes for a 1950s party where they will be jelly, blancmange, butterfly cakes etc.! On Sunday it is street party which is bound to have nothing healthy and then more events on Monday and Tuesday.

Any tips anyone?

Hi y'all. I lost .5kg/just over 1lb - but this could be down to worrying and feeling blue.

It seems to me from reading the posts that if none of us had any fun in our lives we would reach and stay at our ideal weight. Diets are easy to stick to when you just exist but when you consider that a glass of wine is equal to a Mars Bar......?????????? Thats what makes it so difficult!

Alison all you can do is try to eat before you go so you are not very hungry, and then be careful with whats tempts you, and just bite the bullet and deal with the outcome next week.

Well done specki I think its just getting the balance right.