200lbs to go
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Tabitha
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It's tuesday morning and my countdown to Thursday evening weigh in has begun in earnest. So it up with the superspeed foods in the hope that it will shift some more weight for the scales.
Unfortunately, my temper is living on a very short fuse and the moment and I seem to be hypersensitive to everything everyone has been saying and doing around me. I also finally found out who my new manager is at work and it's a woman that can't stand me so I have a feeling that my request isn't going to be passed... but I won't know until I get a phone call... but I won't know when that is. I think I am starting to understand why we now get 9months of on maternity pay, so you'll get so attached to yr kids that you will become a stay at home mum! Not that there is anything wrong with it, I'd love to be able to afford to do it, but we need the cash. Argh
Unfortunately, my temper is living on a very short fuse and the moment and I seem to be hypersensitive to everything everyone has been saying and doing around me. I also finally found out who my new manager is at work and it's a woman that can't stand me so I have a feeling that my request isn't going to be passed... but I won't know until I get a phone call... but I won't know when that is. I think I am starting to understand why we now get 9months of on maternity pay, so you'll get so attached to yr kids that you will become a stay at home mum! Not that there is anything wrong with it, I'd love to be able to afford to do it, but we need the cash. Argh
Omega
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Hi Tabitha
We all have days like that. Immediate and total forgiveness is the only way to deal with chocolate cake attacks and the like. Take it from me! Beating yourself up over it achieves nothing positive and potentially a lot that's negative.
Diversionary techniques is the answer to stop it from happening again. Exercise, phone calls from hubby, relatives or friends etc. You could play with those lovely kids of yours.
Generally these things are never as bad as you think. I have had days when I have had a full binge with tons of food eaten and you would never believe it looking at my weight a couple of days later if you just get straight back on track. I feel so silly about the diets that I have abandoned after that kind of day.
I do hope that today is going better for you.
Thanks for the info re the DVD. Now that I know that it is the right version it is definitely on my "buy" list.
Thanks again.
Take care
Love
Margaret
We all have days like that. Immediate and total forgiveness is the only way to deal with chocolate cake attacks and the like. Take it from me! Beating yourself up over it achieves nothing positive and potentially a lot that's negative.
Diversionary techniques is the answer to stop it from happening again. Exercise, phone calls from hubby, relatives or friends etc. You could play with those lovely kids of yours.
Generally these things are never as bad as you think. I have had days when I have had a full binge with tons of food eaten and you would never believe it looking at my weight a couple of days later if you just get straight back on track. I feel so silly about the diets that I have abandoned after that kind of day.
I do hope that today is going better for you.
Thanks for the info re the DVD. Now that I know that it is the right version it is definitely on my "buy" list.
Thanks again.
Take care
Love
Margaret
nataliejo
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It's tuesday morning and my countdown to Thursday evening weigh in has begun in earnest. So it up with the superspeed foods in the hope that it will shift some more weight for the scales.
Unfortunately, my temper is living on a very short fuse and the moment and I seem to be hypersensitive to everything everyone has been saying and doing around me. I also finally found out who my new manager is at work and it's a woman that can't stand me so I have a feeling that my request isn't going to be passed... but I won't know until I get a phone call... but I won't know when that is. I think I am starting to understand why we now get 9months of on maternity pay, so you'll get so attached to yr kids that you will become a stay at home mum! Not that there is anything wrong with it, I'd love to be able to afford to do it, but we need the cash. Argh
Tabitha,
I agree with Margaret. Its behind you now, just pick up and move on, get back on the band wagon. You will lose this weight. Keep going girl! Your going to do this and we are all here for you and Margaret is very wise...
Ttylater hun
always
natalie jo
Tabitha
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Hello there,
I didn't impeed my weight loss at all, and I am now another pound down... I would have liked more but I can't have my cake and eat it! (oops I did!)
A bloke in class in 2 weeks has lost 13.5lb... almost a stone in 2 weeks it's unbelievable.
Somehow I have managed to talk myself into a job interview tomorrow afternoon, I am currently cacking myself somewhat, but it won't do me much good, in my favour I can finally have that starbucks I've been craving since I was 3 months pregnant! Bliss! Bet the eggnog one isn't still on though!
I finally now have my new pedometer it's a funky day glo green yellow combo... a bit like my living room where Jack decided that it would be fun to go at the yellow wallpaper with a green highlighter pen... oh and the sofa and everything he and his brother was wearing... so I is slightly stressed and can't wait for this week to be over.
I didn't impeed my weight loss at all, and I am now another pound down... I would have liked more but I can't have my cake and eat it! (oops I did!)
A bloke in class in 2 weeks has lost 13.5lb... almost a stone in 2 weeks it's unbelievable.
Somehow I have managed to talk myself into a job interview tomorrow afternoon, I am currently cacking myself somewhat, but it won't do me much good, in my favour I can finally have that starbucks I've been craving since I was 3 months pregnant! Bliss! Bet the eggnog one isn't still on though!
I finally now have my new pedometer it's a funky day glo green yellow combo... a bit like my living room where Jack decided that it would be fun to go at the yellow wallpaper with a green highlighter pen... oh and the sofa and everything he and his brother was wearing... so I is slightly stressed and can't wait for this week to be over.
Omega
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Hi Tabitha
Congratulations on the pound loss. That is great. It is sometimes quite amazing what little impact a major binge can have on weight loss as long as you are good the rest of the time and get straight back on track. We all have them - and it is a total revelation to me that I shouldnt have abandoned all those diets where I feared getting back on the scales.
I hope that the job interview went well. I hope that you managed to keep the stress nibbling under control. We all want to do that too!
The new pedometer sounds great. I am sure that it will help you quantify a lot of exercise that you already do and challenge you to find ways of slotting in a little more.
Take care
Love
Margaret
Congratulations on the pound loss. That is great. It is sometimes quite amazing what little impact a major binge can have on weight loss as long as you are good the rest of the time and get straight back on track. We all have them - and it is a total revelation to me that I shouldnt have abandoned all those diets where I feared getting back on the scales.
I hope that the job interview went well. I hope that you managed to keep the stress nibbling under control. We all want to do that too!
The new pedometer sounds great. I am sure that it will help you quantify a lot of exercise that you already do and challenge you to find ways of slotting in a little more.
Take care
Love
Margaret
Tabitha
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Hi there Margaret,
Job interview went well, I prefer the nerves as I don't eat at all! I have been placed in the advanced bracket in the headhunting firm I went to... I am finding fitting steps in when the husband is home really difficult, as I feel like a fool pacing around whilst he looks on, I took the wandering to the garden yesterday and still didn't manage to break 10,000, grrr.
Tab x
Job interview went well, I prefer the nerves as I don't eat at all! I have been placed in the advanced bracket in the headhunting firm I went to... I am finding fitting steps in when the husband is home really difficult, as I feel like a fool pacing around whilst he looks on, I took the wandering to the garden yesterday and still didn't manage to break 10,000, grrr.
Tab x
Tabitha
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It's been a few days since I posted last, I've been fairly busy, but this morning I have woke up feeling like death, just before it attempts to get in the microwave... not great. On the other hand at least I'll save a fortune on heating as I'm absolutly roasting right now.
Weekend wasn't great for food, Sunday was fine, as was Saturday until the burgers and pizza came out! Then so did the chocolate, but it was nice! Must get head back in gear... and kick hubby back into touch.
Right then I'm off back to pacing around the front room!
Weekend wasn't great for food, Sunday was fine, as was Saturday until the burgers and pizza came out! Then so did the chocolate, but it was nice! Must get head back in gear... and kick hubby back into touch.
Right then I'm off back to pacing around the front room!
Tabitha
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Argh... it's 1.20am UK time, and I'm knackered, I am so totally lurgyfied, with sinus issues and a fever... yet I can't sleep! grrr I'm either roasting hot and shivering or freezing cold and shivering, I just can't win... but to top it off My sister txts me to tell me Heath Ledger has died... only 28 and leaves a little girl behind... poor thing, at least River Phoenix had no kids when he went, just an open casket photo shoot in the National Enquirer.
I got so worried about how bad I was feeling that I rang NHS direct... as I couldn't get an appt with a doctor until Friday, and hubby isn't really being a lot of help - as per usual - his idea of an early night is me going to bed but dealing with the kids when they wake up and kick off, which naturally means I go to bed at 8 and don't actually get into bed till 11pm - which seems kinda unfair to me, I know he goes to work but when I'm in the office it seems like a holiday compared to being in the house with 2 kids under 2!
So here I am ranting as usual did learn from the nurse on nhs direct that when you have a fever that you burn 3 times as many calories as you do when you are well... so rock on for a weight loss this week (yeah right I'm living on mini aeros and decaff coffee... that so isn't going to happen, which will much up my consistant loss in my new weigh in record... something else I'm going to have to reconcile with myself at some point).
I used to be so good at losing weight, I used to be able to drop 5, 6, 7lbs without blinking an eye, and whilst drinking loads on boozy weekends, now I eat the right stuff and don't drink... but it's still not really shifting! I'm still heavier than I was 2 weeks after I had my baby 6 months ago... still playing in my head all the time my obsterician told me i would die in childbirth, and that just in case I should have an epidural (which I didn't as the midwife believed I didn't need need it as I didn't have any pain until about 10 mins before he was born), but all the bad things people have said to me and about me when they don't think I can hear them are playing round my head too.
I even had one of my best friends tell me I should have gastric bypass surgery 'because it's not permanant yr stomach grows back', but having an operation that was meant to save my mother's life when she had cancer of the stomach just to lose weight seems a bit trivial, and I don't fancy taking vitamins everyday as I have enough trouble taking 1 tablet for my bp every day. It's getting to the point where I don't even fancy going outside anymore, which isn't good, and hubby doesn't take it seriously. i have the feeling that it would be sooo much easier just to pack up all my stuff and leave everything and everyone behind and start again somewhere else on my own. But that isn't really an option now is it?
I got so worried about how bad I was feeling that I rang NHS direct... as I couldn't get an appt with a doctor until Friday, and hubby isn't really being a lot of help - as per usual - his idea of an early night is me going to bed but dealing with the kids when they wake up and kick off, which naturally means I go to bed at 8 and don't actually get into bed till 11pm - which seems kinda unfair to me, I know he goes to work but when I'm in the office it seems like a holiday compared to being in the house with 2 kids under 2!
So here I am ranting as usual did learn from the nurse on nhs direct that when you have a fever that you burn 3 times as many calories as you do when you are well... so rock on for a weight loss this week (yeah right I'm living on mini aeros and decaff coffee... that so isn't going to happen, which will much up my consistant loss in my new weigh in record... something else I'm going to have to reconcile with myself at some point).
I used to be so good at losing weight, I used to be able to drop 5, 6, 7lbs without blinking an eye, and whilst drinking loads on boozy weekends, now I eat the right stuff and don't drink... but it's still not really shifting! I'm still heavier than I was 2 weeks after I had my baby 6 months ago... still playing in my head all the time my obsterician told me i would die in childbirth, and that just in case I should have an epidural (which I didn't as the midwife believed I didn't need need it as I didn't have any pain until about 10 mins before he was born), but all the bad things people have said to me and about me when they don't think I can hear them are playing round my head too.
I even had one of my best friends tell me I should have gastric bypass surgery 'because it's not permanant yr stomach grows back', but having an operation that was meant to save my mother's life when she had cancer of the stomach just to lose weight seems a bit trivial, and I don't fancy taking vitamins everyday as I have enough trouble taking 1 tablet for my bp every day. It's getting to the point where I don't even fancy going outside anymore, which isn't good, and hubby doesn't take it seriously. i have the feeling that it would be sooo much easier just to pack up all my stuff and leave everything and everyone behind and start again somewhere else on my own. But that isn't really an option now is it?
Omega
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Hi Tabitha
I am sorry that you are ill and generally feeling so down. We all hate feeling ill and you cannot really easily think straight when you have a fever - which all makes life quite difficult.
I hope that you are feeling a lot better very soon. Put hopes for weight loss largely to one side and concentrate on trying to be more comfortable and hopefully feeling a little better.
Possibly your hubby didnt realise how ill you feel. Men can have difficulty picking up what can feel like really obvious signals. I think that many men can be tempted into the lazy option. He probably has no idea how much hard work your two children are. I was just talking (an hour ago) to one of my neighbours who is going away for a week in 3 weeks time and taking the baby with her. She thinks that her husband is going to get a surprise when he is solely in charge of a 5 year old and a 3 year old for a week over half term.
There will always be people who criticise others who are different to themselves. This is always going to be upsetting to those on the recieving end of such criticism. I think that most people with a very high BMI freely admit that they would be healthier with a BMI that fell into a more moderate range. My start BMI was a lot higher than yours. The thing is that it can be very difficult to do something about it. There are no healthy quick solutions so you end up with needing a very long term project.
The fact remains that you have had two children and you didnt die in childbirth. For all her education - the obstetrician just proved that she was wrong. I cannot think that it was in the best traditions of medicine to panic her patient like that. When she said these things you were already pregnant and not in a position to complete a very long term project before the baby came.
I cannot say that I have ever considered weight loss surgery. Frankly - I have failed so many weight loss attempts - so if I can lose weight through healthy eating and exercise I would say that 99% of people can too.
I do take a multivitamin every day. I make sure that I eat a balanced diet - having protein, cereals, milk, fruit and veg every day - but I have a multivitamin just in case I go short of anything important - so I suppose that if I forgot for a day or two it would not be the end of the world. Zinc helps the skin and if we lose a fair bit of weight we want our skin to try its best to cope.
As far as stopping going out goes - I have been there - done that (got the T-shirt, starred in the movie). My stepcount fell to virtually nill and I probably put on weight (I wasnt weighing myself). I certainly didnt feel any better for doing it - and I would not suggest that anyone else turn reclusive in that way.
I am quite convinced that if you did run away - you would miss your hubby and boys like crazy.
Take care
Love
Margaret
I am sorry that you are ill and generally feeling so down. We all hate feeling ill and you cannot really easily think straight when you have a fever - which all makes life quite difficult.
I hope that you are feeling a lot better very soon. Put hopes for weight loss largely to one side and concentrate on trying to be more comfortable and hopefully feeling a little better.
Possibly your hubby didnt realise how ill you feel. Men can have difficulty picking up what can feel like really obvious signals. I think that many men can be tempted into the lazy option. He probably has no idea how much hard work your two children are. I was just talking (an hour ago) to one of my neighbours who is going away for a week in 3 weeks time and taking the baby with her. She thinks that her husband is going to get a surprise when he is solely in charge of a 5 year old and a 3 year old for a week over half term.
There will always be people who criticise others who are different to themselves. This is always going to be upsetting to those on the recieving end of such criticism. I think that most people with a very high BMI freely admit that they would be healthier with a BMI that fell into a more moderate range. My start BMI was a lot higher than yours. The thing is that it can be very difficult to do something about it. There are no healthy quick solutions so you end up with needing a very long term project.
The fact remains that you have had two children and you didnt die in childbirth. For all her education - the obstetrician just proved that she was wrong. I cannot think that it was in the best traditions of medicine to panic her patient like that. When she said these things you were already pregnant and not in a position to complete a very long term project before the baby came.
I cannot say that I have ever considered weight loss surgery. Frankly - I have failed so many weight loss attempts - so if I can lose weight through healthy eating and exercise I would say that 99% of people can too.
I do take a multivitamin every day. I make sure that I eat a balanced diet - having protein, cereals, milk, fruit and veg every day - but I have a multivitamin just in case I go short of anything important - so I suppose that if I forgot for a day or two it would not be the end of the world. Zinc helps the skin and if we lose a fair bit of weight we want our skin to try its best to cope.
As far as stopping going out goes - I have been there - done that (got the T-shirt, starred in the movie). My stepcount fell to virtually nill and I probably put on weight (I wasnt weighing myself). I certainly didnt feel any better for doing it - and I would not suggest that anyone else turn reclusive in that way.
I am quite convinced that if you did run away - you would miss your hubby and boys like crazy.
Take care
Love
Margaret
Tabitha
New member
Thanks for the reply Margaret,
this week seems to have calmed down a bit, finally got to the doctors so am now on anti-biotics but my blood pressure has now gone up so has my medication, I'm not amused, it's gonna cost me a fortune at the pharmacy each month when I have to pay again!
However the doctor has changed his mind on bariatric surgery and now says for many it isn't really worth it, as the risks are too high and there is still no real evidence for life after having something done!
I even managed to lose 5 1/2 lbs this week (!!!) albeit on a diet of mini mint aeros and peanut butter and jam sandwiches! Hopefully the walking will have helped, so I'll be keeping that up next week!
this week seems to have calmed down a bit, finally got to the doctors so am now on anti-biotics but my blood pressure has now gone up so has my medication, I'm not amused, it's gonna cost me a fortune at the pharmacy each month when I have to pay again!
However the doctor has changed his mind on bariatric surgery and now says for many it isn't really worth it, as the risks are too high and there is still no real evidence for life after having something done!
I even managed to lose 5 1/2 lbs this week (!!!) albeit on a diet of mini mint aeros and peanut butter and jam sandwiches! Hopefully the walking will have helped, so I'll be keeping that up next week!
Omega
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Hi Tabitha,
5 1/2 pounds is brilliant!!!
I would be really proud of that if I were you. I hope that you are proud of yourself.
OK - so the food doesnt form the healthiest of diets - but you have been sick and we all go for something a bit unhealthy at times like that. It certainly is giving you results.
The other good thing is that the doctor has given you some medication that is helping things improve. Our forum friends in USA appear to have to pay the full cost of medication at the chemist (which tends to be a lot of money). At least with the NHS we can get prescriptions filled at a flat rate. OK - at something like £8 a line on a prescription it can quickly add up to a noticeable amount - but it generally is not going to bankrupt us. The NHS has sadly deteriorated in recent years - but thankfully a lot of things can be got for that flat rate.
With 5.5 pounds off in a week - you will have such a healthy weight in no time flat without having to think about surgery. I dont get weight loss at anything like that level.
Take care
Love
Margaret
5 1/2 pounds is brilliant!!!
I would be really proud of that if I were you. I hope that you are proud of yourself.
OK - so the food doesnt form the healthiest of diets - but you have been sick and we all go for something a bit unhealthy at times like that. It certainly is giving you results.
The other good thing is that the doctor has given you some medication that is helping things improve. Our forum friends in USA appear to have to pay the full cost of medication at the chemist (which tends to be a lot of money). At least with the NHS we can get prescriptions filled at a flat rate. OK - at something like £8 a line on a prescription it can quickly add up to a noticeable amount - but it generally is not going to bankrupt us. The NHS has sadly deteriorated in recent years - but thankfully a lot of things can be got for that flat rate.
With 5.5 pounds off in a week - you will have such a healthy weight in no time flat without having to think about surgery. I dont get weight loss at anything like that level.
Take care
Love
Margaret
Tabitha
New member
Hello there margaret, I've not been online in a while, hubby is currently addicted to downloading music so haven't had chance in a while!
this week wasn't as spectacular as last week, as I've only dropped half a pound, but still it's 6lbs in 2 weeks which is not bad going. Was meant to be going to Frankie and Bennys for tea last night for a steak, but ended up at pizza hut, am currently feeling eurgh due to all the fat, what would have been a really healthy meal at frankies ended up being calorie laden... ah well, best get moving again this week, when I find my list I'll be logging all last weeks pedometer readings, they almost looked impressive to me!
this week wasn't as spectacular as last week, as I've only dropped half a pound, but still it's 6lbs in 2 weeks which is not bad going. Was meant to be going to Frankie and Bennys for tea last night for a steak, but ended up at pizza hut, am currently feeling eurgh due to all the fat, what would have been a really healthy meal at frankies ended up being calorie laden... ah well, best get moving again this week, when I find my list I'll be logging all last weeks pedometer readings, they almost looked impressive to me!
Omega
Moderator
Hi Tabitha
I am sure that your stepcounts will be impressive.
Be proud of your half pound drop - you did better than me. My weight went up. I know that it is water retention - but a gain is still a gain and I will be pleased to see things going once again in the other direction.
It's a shame that your eating out didnt go to plan. We all have days like that. The main thing is to not dwell on it - but get straight back on with the big task. We may lose odd skirmishes - but the key thing is who wins the war.
Take care
Love
Margaret
I am sure that your stepcounts will be impressive.
Be proud of your half pound drop - you did better than me. My weight went up. I know that it is water retention - but a gain is still a gain and I will be pleased to see things going once again in the other direction.
It's a shame that your eating out didnt go to plan. We all have days like that. The main thing is to not dwell on it - but get straight back on with the big task. We may lose odd skirmishes - but the key thing is who wins the war.
Take care
Love
Margaret
Tabitha
New member
In my head, I know that a slight daliance off the track won't make too much difference, I had a really good Sunday, but today has been a day of trying not to put everything I see in my mouth... including spoonfuls of golden syrup! Not great huh! Fingers crossed for the rest of the week... I may even remember to put my pedometer on tomorrow... have however found that I'm no longer addicted to diet coke and if I wear jeans during the day I don't get on the scales every half hour!
Omega
Moderator
Hi Tabitha
We all have days where if it is not nailed down it will be eaten. I wont say some of the things that I have been known to eat on days like that in case it puts ideas into your head - but it is not too disimilar to your syrup. Last time I told a few people and got a few distraction phone calls the next day which ensured that I had broken the pattern.
I clip my pedometer on the trousers that I wear and then at bedtime I make sure that they are clipped on my clothes for the next day. Since I started doing that it is very rare that I have slipped up.
Good luck for having a better day tomorrow. It is not the individual days that really count it is the daily habits.
Take care
Love
Margaret
We all have days where if it is not nailed down it will be eaten. I wont say some of the things that I have been known to eat on days like that in case it puts ideas into your head - but it is not too disimilar to your syrup. Last time I told a few people and got a few distraction phone calls the next day which ensured that I had broken the pattern.
I clip my pedometer on the trousers that I wear and then at bedtime I make sure that they are clipped on my clothes for the next day. Since I started doing that it is very rare that I have slipped up.
Good luck for having a better day tomorrow. It is not the individual days that really count it is the daily habits.
Take care
Love
Margaret
