Put that down, fatty!

Sunflower said:
Flumes, marmite tastes like raw sex mixed with a bit of heaven mixed with christmas morning and finding money in pants you havent worn in forever.
It's full of WIN!


Seriously though, try it! nom nom nom
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Can I get it in a 45 gallon drum??? ROFLMAO! You are too funny! Thanks for the laugh! Loved it!
 
Sunflower said:
Flumes, marmite tastes like raw sex mixed with a bit of heaven mixed with christmas morning and finding money in pants you havent worn in forever.
It's full of WIN!
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Or alternatively, it tastes like old socks, marinated in sheep dip with the consistency of old road tar and finding out that your uncle's best mate (yep the slimely one with the toupe) thinks you're a "bit of hot stuff"....
in short, YUK!

hehe Marmite..you either love it or you hate it...there is NO in between
 
Very true! You love it or you hate it! And I loveees it! And it's virtually calorie free :D

Last night was my friends birthday party so very, very messy. Drank too much and didnt have good food but back on ze wagon today!
Hopefully going to Weight Watchers tomorrow :)

Breakfast: WW beans and 2 crumpets w/ marmite (220)
Lunch:sammich (220)
Dinner:chicken kiev (300) baked potato (200) garlic bread (86)
Snacks:satsuma (50)

Total:1076
Exercise: So far, 1.5 hours fast walking.
 
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Afternoon everyone :) The weather is crap here at the moment so staying inside and revising. So much fun! *rolls eyes*
Getting really down about not being able to go to Weight Watchers. Havent weighed in in nearly 3 weeks and whilst my scales say that I've lost about 4 pounds in that time, I can't be sure which really annoys me. It's just finding the time to get there. All the meetings are either after 6pm (by which time I'm at work) or first thing in the morning (when I'm either on an early shift that doesnt finish til midday or I'm sleeping because I've been at work all night). Meh. And money is an issue. Living pay check to pay check is all very well and good but I dont even get paid til the end of June. Having said that, I think I'll get about £30 from a shift I worked before the cut off date for handing in time sheets so I might just buy a decent pair of scales.

I do love Weight Watchers but I find the meetings a little tedious. I *know* how to do this. I get it. I eat 1200 calories or under a day, allow myself a few treats and exercise my butt off whenever I can. That's how to do it. And because there are new members joining each week the leader repeats the same old thing. It's all mom's and housewives that go to my meeting and literally, me and my friend that I met there, are the ONLY ones who exercise. Like, at all. And there I am saying that I go to the gym between 2-5 days a week and walk/dvd on the other days and 90% of the group DROVE to the meeting when it's a 20 min walk away.

I want this so much more than them :( I'm motivated and I want it and I'm working hard so WHY CANT I FIND A DAMN MEETING TO GO TOOOOOO! *rants*

I just want to see some results and I know I'll feel a ton better when I know that the last 3 weeks have actually been losses. I feel much smaller (I actually fit into a size 12 pair of jeans last week!) so I know I have lost. I just want to see some numbers, ya know?

Anyway, rant over. It's probably good not to get obsessed with the scales and I'll buy some when I can afford to and go from there. Just hard to get excited to diet when I'm not seeing the results on the scale, I guess.

I've also decided that I'm not going to snack on ANYTHING apart from fruit until the next shop I do. No cookies, ice lollies, bread, cheese, nothing. Just fruit :) Got enough satsumas/bananas/pineapple to last the weekend :)
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Breakfast: WW hot choc (50) carrots (46) 2 x satsuma (50)
Lunch: half a tin of soup (40) 3 rivitas (120)
Dinner: low fat chips (250) peppered burger (250) garlic bread (86)
Snacks: special K bar (88)

Total:980 (NOT ENOUGH!)
Exercise: 30 Day Shred - level 2 (20 min workout..around 150 calories burnt) 30 min walk. 1 hour of trampolining!
 
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Anyway, rant over. It's probably good not to get obsessed with the scales and
I'll buy some when I can afford to and go from there. Just hard to get excited
to diet when I'm not seeing the results on the scale, I guess.
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don't worry about it SunFlower, weight scale addiction is worse than heroin,
in fact it is the only addiction that I haven't been able to give up...lol

after all the f***ing years, I still weigh myself, and do body fat measurements
with the calliper, and just in case you want to know what it is
 
Sunflower, I LOVE your diary! So helpful for me, and so nice to have another student on here to see how you deal with everything. I've had to cut out going out almost entirely cause of the empty alcohol calories, but I'm learning to moderate everything. Keep posting and keep losing! :)
 
My 20 year old deals with this by saving calories during the week so that she can go out at the weekend and drinks white wine with mineral water, or beer with low calorie lemonade. She also saves calories to go to Mcdonalds and has a childs 'happy meal' with apple slices as dessert which is a total of about 450 calories.
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Sunflower, I LOVE your diary! So helpful for me, and so nice to have another student on here to see how you deal with everything. I've had to cut out going out almost entirely cause of the empty alcohol calories, but I'm learning to moderate everything. Keep posting and keep losing! :)
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Hey missy... I feel your frustration on the scale- front! I get anxious weighing myself once a week lol. I refuse to weigh myself more than that though... If I had to wait 3 weeks I would probably be pulling my hair out!!
Hey at least you know you're shrinking- size 12!! It's always MEGA exciting when you drop a dress size!!
 
Alex: Good to know it doesnt ever end!! I'll still be on this diet when I'm eating all my food through a straw at 80!

younggirlie: Glad you find my diary helpful!! I've had to stop going out as much which sucks but then you don't get the drunken 3am munchies! Although I do do what eyckmans suggests which is to save calories on the thursday so I can drink a little at the weekend!

luzdafuzz: I'm going to try and only weigh myself once a week but it's sooo tempting :( And yus, yay for shrinking! I'm going window shopping with the girls today so looking forward to trying stuff on!!

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Good mornin' my beauties! Off shopping (well, window shopping!) today with my Portsmouth girls..Got a friend's 20th birthday/leaving party (she's moving to Mexico for a year!!) tonight which I am SO Excited about. Only got like £20 for me and Yank to spend on drinks so glad I wont be able to drink very many empty calories!
Going to be such a rush though--the theme for the night is Spanish so I'm going in a tiny flowery dress (me, in a dress!!!) with flowers in my hair which is going to be FUN but I have work until 7:15 and it takes FOREVER to catch my bus so I mights be lates :(
Sadpandaaaa.

In other news: Guess who went out and brought a scale last night! After all I said about not wanting to obsess over numbers *rolls eyes* Ah well, I love it!

So since I went to WW last (about 2.5 weeks ago) I've lost 2.5lbs. Not great, but at least I know now and can kick butt next week. Just hard fitting gym in with work :( We shall see! But the main thing is I DIDNT PUT ON!

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Okay, scrap that. Beautiful dress I was going to wear is not at least one/two sizes too big for me. ARGH. I have no money to get anything new and all my dresses are huge on me. I know this should make me happy but I'm going to have to go out looking like a freak in a circus tent now. My mum is treating me to a brand new wardrobe "over summer" whenever that is but I want to be at my goal weight before then. So I've been putting off buying anything. ARGHHHHH.

I just want to look nice.
 
Aww

I don't think you have any problem looking nice. I WISH most of my clothing was too big for me. You have done one hell of a job so far so be proud of that.
 
Oh gosh, I can totally relate. Recently I've gone to put on something, only to find it too big, as well! :/ My mom was also saying the other day that she wanted to buy me new clothes, but I really hope she'll hold off until I get closer to my goal; otherwise, I'm going to end up buying more myself!

Anyway, I'm sure you'll look fab even if your dress is a bit big! Hope you have a fun time~
Congrats on the 2.5 pound loss!
 
Are you handy with a needle and thread? I;ve just recently started taking a lof of my clothes in. It work's with some, others are hopeless. Is there a vintage or thrift store within travel distance? Sometimes you can find really cute, original dresses at them for super cheap. And since you're smaller now, your chances of finding them in your size have greatly incresed.
 
Great work Sunflower! It's been almost a week since I've been around but it looks like you are managing working and still being healthy which is a huge success - finding balance. I understand totally about wanting to go for a weigh-in - it's the being accountable that I need to keep me going and seeing the update on paper makes it more validating. High five for fitting into the size 12 jeans - I think that's like a 10 or 8 here isn't it? That's amazing!! I'm also so jealous about your mom buying you new clothes - she must be so proud! I also understand about not wanting to wear clothes that you look like a tent in!! I think that's why I'm so addicted to shopping lately!
Have a great weekend!!
 
Yea! Grats on the loss! I bet it's really frustrating to have to miss the weigh-ins, but just think of the nice big number you'll have next time you do go. (big number as in weight lost, not how much you weigh!)

If the dress is just a little big, you could probably wear it anyway. But I can understand if you don't want to if it's way too big.

I've just been wearing all my clothes big for now, but I haven't had to dress up for anything really nice. It doesn't matter if you are lounging around the house, lol.
 
Trade in your old clothes

Some consignment stores may let you swap. It's never straight across but if you take in a few items you might walk out with a "free" outfit.
 
Sunflower said:
younggirlie: Glad you find my diary helpful!! I've had to stop going out as much which sucks but then you don't get the drunken 3am munchies! Although I do do what eyckmans suggests which is to save calories on the thursday so I can drink a little at the weekend!
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Yeah the drinking sometimes isn't as bad as what you'll eat when you're not thinking straight, haha! My best friend's famous for her drunken 3am nachos, so I try to avoid that. I think I've done a decent job this week, not gone over my weight watchers points without having exercise points to replace them, so hopefully tomorrow won't be too bad!

By the way, a few posts back you mentioned your too-big dress... that is exactly what's happening to me. It's so great and it feels good but my clothes are starting to look TERRIBLE and I've got no money for a new wardrobe right now! It's discouraging cause we're doing this to look better, not frumpier... ah well. I'm sure you looked great!
 
You're amazing, after losing so much weight you are still consistently losing 2-3 pounds when you weigh. Be proud of yourself! You're making such amazing progress
 
Hey Sunflower! Gratz on the poundage loss!! Sounds like WW meetings aren't doing it for you anymore - useful kickstart, got you to the right place in terms of understanding what you need to do but aren't given the right kind of support that you need going forward = waste of money in my book!! If you have the strength, knowledge and motivation to keep going without them, I'd do that if I were you. Save the cash and buy a good pair of scales, OR go to the leisure centre/Boots when quiet and pay 20p to use their scales.

As for clothes, looks like we all understand! I got dressed in a rush for work the other and didn't realise until I got out of my car at the other that I was actually WEARING CLOWN PANTS! Cunningly disguised as a pin-striped navy work suit, when they were in fact circus clown pants. Nice problem to have though!! I'd much rather it be that way round than have fantastic clothes that fitted me perfectly but be 2 stone heavier!

Keep your chin up! Not far to go and you can settle into a great new wardrobe. Think of the end goal!
 
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