i wouldn't know at the moment progs

i slightly fell off the wagon tonight but have stopped now instead of going nuts and stuffing my face till i feel ill and i will start again in the morning

got to save up for my night out on saturday and going to step up the exercise (read that as start exercising lol)

I don't remember changing any thing, but I seem to have lost that 4 lb again only 7 more and I'll be back to the weight I was about 7 or 8 years ago. Might have to get some new clothes then, as I don't think I've got any of those era clothes left.

Well I put on half a pound this week.... serves me right for still being in holiday mode... ok I have given myself a stern talking too and will do better after tonight.. after the Indian meal we are going for, for hubbies birthday.. !!

Hello there peeps! Now that the main hullaballoo of moving is over, how are we all getting on? Still on track....or fallen by the wayside? (Like me, )

Wow, I'd kind of forgotten about this!  Glad you posted, Fluffy.
So, I've taken steps:

1.  I'm now working out 6 days a week instead of 5 days.
2.  I've added a bit of cross-training:  a weight workout on one day, and I switched one of my 4 running days for an ab workout.  All summer long I've been riding about once a week on my bike, but once the rain sets in here, I'll move it inside on the trainer.

I'm hoping that these changes do SOMEthing.  We're headed to Hawaii in about 10 days, and I'm less than thrilled about bathing suits and shorts.

Hi Lori, I'm on holiday from work from Friday to a week next Monday. So I will put off the resurrection of the healthy regimen until Tuesday 13th October. Hopefully I'll have found my motivation by then.

Doing anything special on your holiday, Fluffy?

We've not really got anything planned. Just as and when the notion takes us.

So, we went to Deep Sea World, North Queensferry, Fife. Then on to Anstruther, much further east, in Fife. There we went to 'The Famous Anstruther Fish Restaurant' where we had......


......fish & chips!



Not really helping keep the weight and the extra inches to stay away.

Did you have mushy peas?

Ah, well, Fluffy...a holiday is a holiday!

Weight wasn't my problem but you two and the others helped me turn a corner

How fluffy let me play chess & win I'll never know

I've not smoked since March or drank (booze) since the begining of August !!!

Wow, Heatseek!  That's quite an accomplishment!  Good for you!

Yuk. No way!!!

Well, at least I didn't miss anything.

Yesterday was Troon, Ayrshire....and more fish and chips.

One advantage of being fairly central east/west wise, it's pretty much giving you the choice of either coast.

I've been watching and reading this thread, since I started my diet in June. Just never posted, but it has given me inspiration!
I joined weight watchers in June, and have lost 30lbs since then. I go for my weigh in today, but got a feeling I haven't lost anything this week.
I used to be so skinny until I got pregnant. I put on a bit then, but the main culprit for my weight gain has been trying to give up smoking! Every time I try, I put on pounds each day!
I felt I was about 4 stone overweight when I started, so I'm half way to where I want to be. But it's so hard to shift this tum! The weight seems to be going off everywhere else, including my boobs, grrrrrrrr, but the tum still sticks out too much!
I'm limited on what exercise I can do, as I have RA, and walking is pure torture, but I do try to go to the gym a couple of times a week and do what I can.
Keep up the good work everyone!

Sorry to barge..  Just passing through.. I think I need to lose a stone, perhaps 2 but on the other hand may need it in times of famine

\Jamesontour/

I'm still starting and stopping only got 7 weeks till me xmas night out and am looking for a frock :S never mind

James:  are you expecting a famine??

yogi:  isn't that always the way?  I just got back from Hawaii, and I was going to lose weight before the trip so I'd be happier with myself in a swimsuit.  Ha!

You never Know! 
Please let me know if you don't know who Dwayne Dibley is

Well, I didn't....but I looked him up. (and not on wikipedia, either! )

Haha! Surely EVERYBODY knows Dwayne.

Lori!...you never saw any episodes of Red Dwarf?

I have, at some point.  But I remember hardly any of it.  Remember that Red Dwarf isn't really the cultural norm over here.  We are culturally inadequate in that regard.

Hi, all!  Hope you're all doing OK, and meeting your goals.

A week ago Thursday, I signed up for a website called sparkpeople.com.  I signed up because Rosemary signed up, and there's an app for our iPhones that helps us track our calories.  While sparkpeople has food plans and such, I am only using those as a general guide.  Mostly, I'm just tracking calories and fitness (there's a section for you to enter your fitness activities so you can see what you are burning).  My goal is to lose 2 lb/week, and a total of 20 lb.  If I can stick with it, I should be done by January 14th.  I know I have the holiday season coming up, so it might be a LITTLE bit later than that, but I finally feel like I am doing something concrete about this!
My first weigh-in is tomorrow, and I'm really hoping for the 2 lbs.

Good lock Lori, I've kind of fallen by the wayside just now. I'm back to 10 stones (140 pounds) again. Hoping I'll not slide any further and shortly get back into a proper routine again soon. Then it's only one and a half stones (21 pounds) minimum to shift.

It does sound like a manageable amount, doesn't it?  At least, that's what I'm hoping for.

I know you've probably been knocked clear out of your regular routines by your MIL's stroke - is she still improving?

I think she's pretty much back to how she was before the stroke. One of her granddaughters is apparently going to be her official carer, but not a live in one, as she has her own family to consider as well. The social work assessed her house for suitability and are fitting some handrails around the bath and toilet and giving her a seat for the bath.
I personally feel that she might be a wee bit infirmer than before, but it's very slight, so is hard to tell if it's due to the stroke or just her age.
She'll be visited from time to time by a district nurse and will get some 'home help' occasionally.
She'll be staying with us for a bit longer still and I think hubby's going to let her loose in the kitchen soon, so that she can get back into doing some things for herself once again.

Good to hear that things are almost back to normal.

There's a new train of thought emerging over the past wee while. It goes something like this:-

As we are all slightly genetically different, might we not be slightly METABOLICALLY different too? Thus the 'one diet fits all' idea would not actually be right.

We would (loosly) fall into three main categories:-

Carbohydrate type
Mixed type
Protein type.

We would still all need a certain amount of proteins and carbohydrates, but different people would need different amounts of each.
The 'Carbohydrate Type@ would do best on a diet that had a high level of carbohydrate and small amounts of protein, while the 'Protein Type' would thrive on lots of protein, with just a small amount of carbohydrate.
The 'Mixed Type' (as the name suggests) would be best on a closer balance of proteins and carbohydrates.

However, within each of these 'main' categories the actual balance of protein to carbohydrate would still be different for each individual.

this viscous circle of various dieting proves that they do  not work.  the only way forward for those with several stones to lose is by weight loss surgery.  It is permanent and final and has great results

No,no and no! Surgery is an extreme measure that should only be employed as a last measure or in life threatening situations'

It is not 100% permanent, nor is it 100% sccessful in all cases.

Most, but not all, cases of overweightness are due to lifestyle, so a change/rethink of lifestyle is what is needed, not a fad diet (which is only a temporary 'quick fix') nor surgical intervention.

oh wow this is still here.... anyone want an update on how i've been doing lol?

well i'll tell you.... since i managed to get my brain in gear i have managed to lose 4 stone have changed my eating habits for life and i enjoy exercising now.... only got 1 stone 7 lbs to get to my target weight

Wow Yogi - that is brilliant, well done

Did you do it on your own, or did you go to a group?

Lovely to see you

Hi rexi lovely to see you too



i got help from doctor, scottish slimmers and a lovely bunch of peeps on msn, am struggling at the moment but as long as i maintain where i amtill after me hols i know i'll shift that final weight by summer.

That's fantastic

Have you read back over the thread? You could have a right laugh at all the times you started and ermmm, slipped up  

Hope you have a great hols and hope to see you around these parts more

Wow!!!!!!! I've just stumbled in here - not quite sure how I got here but ............. well done you. I've lost nine and a half pounds sice the end of Jan with slimmimg world. You should be proud - bet yo have a new lease of life.

Aw it's lovely to hear of all your progresses, small steps in the right direction eventually get you where you want to be I've had a bad back lately and gained 5lb through lack of exercise, which I know isn't an awful lot but it's enough to make me uncomfortable! I'm all fixed and good to exercise again now so I'm hoping that 5lb will leave

I'm also trying to avoid those creme eggs I keep eating