I’m a pear !

Lost 2lbs, very pleased with that, didnt think i tried that hard either....

2 lbs is good in my book. Hooray ?

Yehhhh! Well done Shirley!
Am I jealous - course I am!!!

Thanks girls

Well hacked off as the saying goes
Would you believe after being really good all week I have lost 0.2 of a pound!
I went to the hairdressers this past week for a cut and below dry - just as well or I wouldn't have lost anything!
Good job we can laugh isn't it!
Better luck to everyone else!

Are you on a plateau Fourormore do you think or is that a bloomin’ daft question ? Could you try a different style of diet?

My sister is coming to stay for 5 days and she eats like a horse I suspect my food intake will go up too ??. I will let you know how it goes.

yes, fourormore, it is a good job we can laugh about it....I find that sometimes as well that ive , been good all week then a poor result, sometimes for me its probably...now how can i put it without being vulgar....i need the loo LOL...

I was sent this yesterday! I wish I could copy and paste it but it won't work that way.
Imagine a blackboard and on it is written .......

"I've decided I will never get down to my original weight.
I'm ok with that.
After all, 6lb 3oz is just not realistic!"

Good luck fellow strugglers!

At least us three are still posting on this thread instead of getting porkie ?. It would be so easy to give up but the long term effects of weight loss will be worth it.

Sunday morning weigh-in and once again the scales are taking the proverbial mickey
Another loss of 0.2lbs - wow how much more would it have been had I trimmed my toenails!!!!!
This week I had to have my BP checked at the surgery as apparently my cholesterol is high? I am assured that 6.5 isn't horrendous - just higher than they would like.
While there I told the nurse I was struggling trying to lose some weight - again at just over 13stone it's not horrendous but I know it is far too much. Actually none of us are over-weight - we are just under-tall!
I asked if they had a weight clinic or something like a support group and was told they don't!
In these days when folks like us are struggling surely some sort of support group held by surgeries would be beneficial? They have smoking clinics after all!
Anyway, on a positive note I have lost over half a pound in the last three weeks - every cloud etc!
Good luck to you both

Morning losers ?

Yes Fourormore I can’t understand why it is so easy to put on weight and so hard to lose it.

I have just had my sister to stay for 5 days and she is a big eater and I have catered for her likes in food to I know the detriment of my own weight. I will weigh myself tomorrow and tell you the result good or bad and I know it will be the latter.

I’ve put on one pound when I expected 3 so I’m relieved but must not become complacent.

Well done NanKate - like you I would have been dreading weighing after the few days you had! That rogue pound will soon go!
I actually went swimming this morning as I've discovered a 'haven of peace pool' close to home so no excuses now! Perhaps a swim three or four times a week will get my plateau to budge? We can live in hope

Hi girls...i am 3lb heavier since i last posted I'm ashamed to say. I should be ok wednesday, think i've knuckled down again...
fourormore, i remember a good few years back our clinic had a weightloss surgery weekly but they dont now which is a great shame, especially as now being overweight is very much in the forefront of things.

Oh Shirley - please don't give up!!! It is so easy to get disheartened but as you say - you have knuckled down again so go for it!!!

I weigh tomorrow morning and although I have just restarted swimming I am deffo not looking forward to standing on the scales in the morning as I have had bread at times this week which seems to always have an adverse effect

Thank you too for confirming that I didn't imagine weight-loss clinics! I was sure they used to exist and cannot understand why, when there is so much obesity around, we are not encouraged by the availability of drop in clinics if nothing else! Hey ho! We will overcome and support each other!!!

I’m pleased I have you members of the onward and downward club to keep me on track.

We were out tonight at the local amateur theatre and at the interval I was about to ask my DH to get me a biscuit to go with my coffee or perhaps an ice cream and then I looked around and there were some attractive females about however a number of the were really porky and that decided me to just keep to my coffee. It is so easy to snack, especially when out.

Well done for resisting NanKate - willpower is so so so so so so hard at times.
Sunday weigh-in .... unbelieveable! Yet another loss of 0.2lbs - that is the third Sunday in a row when I have lost 0.2lb!
Fortunately the week prior to these three Sundays I actually lost 0.4lb so the good news is that I have lost a whole pound since 22nd October - it's taken a month for goodness sake!
I admit I did have some bread this week which, for some reason seems to go straight to the scales!
This week I resolve to go nowhere near bread and hopefully, having restarted swimming, I may just make my scales look better next Sunday?
IF I could lose 0.6 it would put me just under 13st 1lb - 0.4 would be 13:1 exactly.
Oh to reach 12 stone 'something' but onwards we plod!

Keep going Fourormore easy to say hard to do, I should know.

To celebrate our 48th WA tomorrow 23rd we are going out to breakfast and I shall have exactly what I want, then I have agreed with DH just to have our usual light lunch. Then off to see Downton in the afternoon and back to salmon and cucumber sarnies from M an S followed by tiramisu one of DH’s favourites and a glass of wine. Then back to normal on Thursday to undo all the naughty nibbles I had the day before.

I thought I would confess before I fell off the wagon for 24 hours. ?

NanKate if you can't fall off the wagon on your 48th wedding anniversary then there's no hope for any of us!
48 years - wow - many congratulations!
Reading of your plans I am not jealous in any way just a liar!
I have been thinking of you all day today and really hope you have had a really good anniversary!
Thank you for all your support and have a great day

Thanks Fourormore yes we had a lovely day. I chose a mushroom and cheese omelette which was delicious but I could only eat half as my stomach has shrunk! DH who is very slim finished it off for me. I’ve just finished my supper and very nice too. I did have a coffee chocolate cream too which I bought for DH.

Back on the bloomin’ wagon. ?

Well done girls....I remained the same...better than putting on. ...Call it maintaining LOL....

Many congratulations on your 48th wedding anniversery nankate , hope you and yours had a great day

Yes thanks Shirley we went to see Downton the film. I refused the opportunity of an ice-cream ?

A modicum of success?
At least it's not another loss of 0.2lbs that has plagued me for weeks
I am happy to report a loss of 0.8lb - obviously I would have liked more but (...here come the excuses!) I had one of my 'turns' on Thursday and although I am used to them, this one was more severe and I have been 'static' for two full days and also today. Usually I get to the ground in time but this time I managed to headbutt a chair on my way down (padded seat thank goodness!) so obviously not good.
I see the GP anyway on Tuesday so hopefully she will shed some light of why Thursday's episode floored me?
The swimming seems to be having some effect so here's hoping!
Good and better luck to my fellow strugglers

Good job the seat was padded fourormore, painful all the same though...hope your ok now.
Had all the family down at the weekend so i don t hold up any hope for my weigh in wednesday lol....

Thanks Shirley - hubby says it was a good job it was my head that hit the chair or I may have done some damage! Men think they're so funny don't they?

No light from GP as these episodes come when they come, and don't come when they don't!!! I knew that but hey ho!
GPs are great at stating the obvious aren't they!

On a lighter note I did ask her about my weight loss or lack of it and she did reassure me that although I am carrying about a stone 'extra to requirements' it isn't life threatening.
Yes, it would be good to lose a bit but not at the expense of getting obsessed so I just have to carry on doing my best.

It is great having this thread where we three musketeers support each other so thanks to you and NanKate