2012... Big Fat Diet Thread

[yorkylass]

I want a 

I'm really struggling getting back into it this year.

I've been struggling with my health, not being able to attend classes, not even to get weighed, just couldn't face it.

I really need a kick up the backside.... I don't want to undo all my hard work.

My sister started SW last week and lost 3.5lbs her first week. I keep thinking if I don't get back into it she's going to over take me in no time.

I'm tempted to cancel my subscription as I'm paying 19.99 and not using it. But, then again it if I keep paying it it's incentive to get my ass in gear.

Really not in the frame of mind right now, but, need to be!!

Ahhhhhhhhh

Yorkylass xxx

[Mifford]

Get yourself back to the class - it'll motivate you back into it. At least that's what always worked for me. I must admit I've not tracked for ages despite still paying for e source and I'm finding it hard to get into it when I don't have a class there inspiring me.

Keep going yorky - you've done so well so far you don't want to fall at the final hurdle.  Maybe try switching to the simply filling bit for a while so you don't have to count and see if that helps?

[caterpillargirl]

its so hard yorky when life gets in the way and you cant get your head in the right place,
miffords advice sounds good, maybe have a couple of half and half weeks to ease back in, thats what i do when ive been off the diet for whatever reason

i lost 2 and a half lb this week, im very happy with that as i had a migraine most of the week and started and finished the week with a pizza take out!
im still staying away from white bread (i guess pizza is sort of white bread tho?) so i dont know if thats whats making the difference, for sure i feel ALOT less bloated and uncomfortable and much less gassy so i think my relationship with white bread is over forever now :-)

[JBYAWN]

Good morning ladies 

Sorry Ive been away for such a long time but life just gets in the way of everything sometimes and bad news makes evrything seem so futile, but I'm in a much better head space now and am ready to rejoin the world 

How have you all been doing? Are you all on the verge of your bikini bods yet? I'm still around the same weight I was last year although I put on around 10 pound so I've lost that again and am looking forward to losing so much more this year. I'm not on SW or WW or any other diet regime I've decided to eat well and move more, it's taken me to get to 45 to work that out doh!! I'm cooking delicious food that is really satisfying and leaves me feeling satisfied and I've just started back at Zumba which I love. I'm even going to the gym today!!

I have to lose a substantial amount of weight and hope to be around my goal by August as that is when my baby boy (he's 21 but he's my baby!!) comes back from Australia where he will have been working since the beginning of January, He's a singer/dancer on P&O Australia, miss him like crazy but it's really driving me to get my weight down to surprise him when he returns.

Would love to hear how your all doing

Luv n hugs   Jeannie

[Mifford]

Yay jeannie!!good to see you back and in a positive frame of mind

Well mid week I was up by 1lb getting really frustrated that everything was going the wrong way but the last couple of days I've started to feel a lot better and the mid week gain is back off so I'm sts this week - happy with that as hopefully it means my system is starting to settle and I'll be back to losing again next week

[JBYAWN]

Well done Mify for losing the 1Ib gain, as like gravity what goes on must come off!!

I think we should all give ourselves a fnatstically big pat on the back as dieting is so bl**dy hard when you're not hypo let alone when you are, but look at us all continually trying to achieve our goals, we are inspirational well thats my opinion , yep definitely back with a positive frame of mind Mifford! So I say well done to you all and loss or gain stick with it we're in this for the long haul and we will all get there, trust me I'm a Jeannie 

[Mifford]

I was thinking the same earlier and thought if you look at where we were this time last year we should all be proud of ourselves.

Up or down at the mo I'm down 25.5 lbs from last year and that's fantastic.

Jeannie you've lost your gain

Yorky is giving Posh Spice a run for her money

And that's just the ones fresh in my head without everyone else's achievements

Let's face it ... We're awesome!

[Mifford]

So how's everyone getting on?

I've managed to stay the same the last couple of weeks but to be honest I'm not eating very well - new tablets are still kicking my behind and making me feel so sick that I don't feel much like thinking about what I'm eating at the moment so it's been mainly microwave meals etc which probably aren't helping me feel better!

I got some new test results today as well from rheumy - my ANA is still at e same level as positive as before but my dsDNA binding autoantibody level has come back as being too low.  From what I've read in lupus it's meant to be raised for that so now I'm scratching my head very confused .... So nothing new there then! Lol

I'm away tsh weekend so going to take a break from everything and then try and get my head straight again when I get back.

Hope everyone else is doing well

[caterpillargirl]

i didnt diet last weekend cos it was OH birthday so we had treats in the house, pu ton 1 lb :-(
this week i have a(nother) cold so diets hard going also havent been able to get out walking cos of the ice everywhere so i wont lose any this week either!

also ive found a lump in my breast this week, its a bit painful too ive got too get to the docs tomorrow whether its icy or not! god knows how im gonna get there.
im not worrying too much yet i thought i found one before christmas and it went again, this is in the same place but its got bigger, pretty sure its period related but im getting checked anyway, i guess its on my mind more cos my mum has aggressive breast cancer she is on chemo at the moment. i think im just having a bad week, will get back to it next week with a vengeance!
was really hoping to TTC this month too but gonna have to wait now, hubby is not sure about it anyway :-(

[caterpillargirl]

caterpillargirl aka the thread killer!!!!

the lump was an inflammed blood vessel/or duct

the diet continues but i will not be on this thread anymore as i dont really feel like i am adding to it, good luck everyone else on your diets

[yorkylass]

Hi Cat it's not you hun..

Ive avoided this thread as I feel like a big fat cheat and I know Mifford is really busy until March.

I think I've put half a stone back on at least and wasn't wanting to read how good everyone was being    I'm cancelling my WW plan tomorrow, missed another class tonight.

Such a relief about your lump, you must have been very scared. Have they given you a reason why these keep cropping up?

I hope you mum is coping as best she can.

I'm not sure when I'll be back on the diet, BUT, I will pop in to check on you guys..

Yorky xxx

[Mifford]

Cat definitely not you and any addition is a bonus - it helps even hearing when things arent working or are foing badly as it makes me feel less like its just me! really pleased to see the lump isn't too scary.

I think the quietness is a post Christmas thing - everyone relaxed at i no and is struggling to get back into it is my guess.

So on that note - had the weekend away and came back with new enthusiasm.  Restarted counting and being very good at the start of the week and on my mid week weigh in .... I'm UP 1/2lb!!!  I'm really gutted by it and just don't get it.  I'm hoping it's a delayed gain from the weekend or something and going to stick with it for a couple of weeks at least and see what happens then. It could be the new meds interfering with my thyroid though which would be gutting - I can't stand the idea of sitting and watching my weight go up and up again without being able to stop it until my system decides to settle.

I have a holiday planned for about 16 weeks though and I've set myself a target to lose 1lb a week average over that period. Knowing how my system works thatnwont be easy but it is doable.  I'm hopingmthatnover the next month or some can get enough energy to start exercising again and hopefully that'll help.

Hope everyone else is still going well and Yorky don't give up! You've done so well to lose what you have and it would be a shame to give up on that now.  Have you tried going back over the old thread to re-read the posts when your head was in the right place? It sounds like you just need to fix your motivation again and then you'll be back on track - I would say force yourself to go to a meeting rather than stopping and that will probably get you back there.  Although i also know that that's easier said than done - when did you last have your level checks as I know I can't get myself back into it when my thyroid isnt at it's best and that might be what's happening with you maybe?

[yorkylass]

BUMP , I'm back and almost as lardy as before I started.

Ok, I started losing weight last year weighing in at 13st 7lbs and ended my journey weighing in at 11st 11lbs, so I lost 24lbs.

Got weighed this morning and I'm weighing in at 12st 6 1/4 lbs.

Starting afresh today as last night trying to paint my toe nails was an absolute nightmare, I have my trademark rubber ring like middle 

I'll be updating on this thread every Wednesday morning, good or bad news.

I would love someone to join me, so we can do this journey together.

I've worked it out and if we can lose 1lb per week we'll have lost 21lbs for christmas. That's a 1 and half stones.

Porky Yorky xxx

[Mifford]

Oh wow - I can finally log in and post!! Wahoooooooo - I'd given up hope. Let's hope it stays this way.

Well my diet has also gone a bit disastrous.  Had my thyroid meds changed earlier this year as I was on the one that got taken off the market - which btw TOTALLY explained all the problems I'd been having.  That combined with a diagnosis of lupus in February and starting plaquenil and I don't know which med change is to blame but I regained 14lbs in less than a month without changing anything which was beyond depressing.

And it refuses to shift with weight watchers and is going up and up.  So 2 1/2 weeks ago I restarted Cambridge (please don't shout at me!).  I'm cheating on it a little bit each day to stop it being so extreme and I'm doing the less rigorous version where I have a small meal in the evenings as without it my meds were making me sick but so far I'm down 9 lbs. Still another 5 to go to get me back to where I was and hopefully from there it'll kick start me to lose again with weir watchers or similar.  Plus I'm only doing it for another 3 weeks because then I have visitors and I can't be bothered with the hassle of having to tell them and the earache it'll cause. And on top of that the weight is still proving really difficult to shift and if its not going to move anyway hen there's no point in starving myself for it!.

Oddly I'm feeling a lot better since I've been on it again which is what happened when I did it 3 years ago.  My health has been a bit up and down this year - long story that I'll go into anger time - but this has got me feeling a bit more "normal" again so with any luck it's just e boost I need.

My weigh ins at home are Saturday mornings so I'll be here on Wednesday's to check in on the Yorkster (well done on getting back on the wagon by the way) and then again on Saturdays to update on me.

So that's it for now - I'm now going to finish work half an hour early and go sit in the shade in the garden with a book and a cuppa

It's good to be back!!

[Mifford]

And apologies for all the weird spellings in that one - the iPad still hasn't caught up with my typing speed! Lol