I’m a pear !

LOL Nankate, my sleeping patterns are erratic at times and when i wake silly hours i make a cuppa and take back to bed with me plus my ipad, once i browsed a bit i put my ear plugs in and watch or listen to something light and i drift in and out of sleep again lol...

Yes I always have a drink or two at the weekend. ?

Are you always up so early Shirley ?

Morning. Not had a good weekend food wise....I haven't pigged out exactly but I tried out a couple new recipes and just had to try them ...one involved a dessert and the other lovely cheese lol....also my son came and cooked us a full English yesterday....how can I say no to that!! ....so Wednesday the scales will tell what I had lol.....but week days I have been good.
Do you guys think weekends are the worse time to 'over indulge'?... It's like it's programmed in to me ?

You are right you can plateau when eating too little Four. Back to the drawing board. Losing weight is not an easy business, but so worthwhile.

Our small band of losers are definitely winners, KEEP GOING ?

Life is a ***** sometimes isn't it!
After a determined week a loss of 0.6lbs.
I think I am a victim of not listening to my own advice as I admit skipping a couple of breakfasts (maybe more?) this week and been extra strict for the rest of the time, so probably not eating enough?
Anyway I'm now just a week and a half away from my holiday so I will not skip meals but be good for the next ten days in hope!
It's a pain when you plateau but with the great support from my fellow losers on this thread I will succeed.
Good luck to everyone else

I know what you mean Dontask. I see my Nan staring back at me in the mirror ?.

The health benefits of being slimmer are numerous and so getting to a healthy weight is very important IMO.

Keep going folks.

Morning all - I know exactly what you mean NanKate, that's what happens with my scales and old floors. I've been going to the GP's surgery every month or so to be weighed instead.

I've now lost another couple of pounds but its really slowed down. I don't really actually want to lose much more as my skin has gone sooo saggy and my face has changed from being smooth and plump to being wrinkly and crepey. I now look in the mirror and see my Mother looking back at me

I'll keep going until I've lost the 4 more lbs to make it 4 stone in 5 months but, and I think I may have said this before, I wish I'd stayed a fatty as I 100% looked younger and more healthy than I do now!

All the best to everyone and well done all.

Weighed myself today and scales gave 3 different readings ! Still just about same weight dependent on which result I accept ?

Shirley ?

Well done Shirley, keep going.

That's still good Fourormore.

I managed to knock off 2lbs this week.

You are going down Fourormore so although it is a disappointment it's still in the right direction.

How lovely you will be going on holiday a slimmer version of yourself.

Bit disappointed as I was hoping for more (don't we always) but at today's weigh in I have lost 1.2lb.
The encouraging thing is that my numbers on the scales now start with 17!!! Ok it's 179.8lbs but at least the horrible 18 has gone.
Only 3 weeks to holiday now so hoping for a better result next week.
Good luck to all fellow losers!

Lol oldandgrey,

Shirley - at the Fat Club (aka Slimming World) you get a round of applause if you gain weight!! why I do not know, mystery to me, I also have not tried SW ready meals, prefer to being a slave to the cooker! (that in itself deserves a round of applause!)

I like the SW cook books, i always cook my own meals too, I have never bought or tried a SW ready meal...that doesn't appeal to me...

Online WW is brilliant. I've managed to keep off the two and a half stone I lost so haven't renewed my subscription which ran out last month but I'm sticking to the rules and recipes. If I start to gain weight I won't hesitate to join up again.

I have given up on SW and gone back to online WW. I like the ability to work out the points for my own recipes for home made meals as I try to avoid ready prepared food as much as possible.
I have lost 4lb in the first week and find it easy to stay well below my daily Points allocation.
Onwards and downwards!

LOL oldandgrey i occasionally stay but it is a bit of a strain clapping at every half a pound lost lol...but that half a pound is very important to people, I take it you go to slimming world like me? I would prefer more time on a talk on SW related topics...I havent stayed for a while, i am not struck on the taster week either when people bring in food they have made so we can try, no syn food....i know its good of people to do this but i am a bit fussy, i do wonder what the kitchen/ hygiene side of things are like....

Thank you everyone for your kind remarks, another trip to the Fat Club tomorrow, think I will stay for the happy clappy session.

Well done oldandgrey that's fabulous.
Snap nankate ...I also unsurprisingly put on one and a half pounds....I did go a bit wild at the weekend, tbh, I thought it would of been more ......SP for the next 7 days....
Hope everyone else is having a good week....

Thankyou Nankate......I love my food ....I'm a fridge-raider, no will power?

NanKate hang on in there it is a blip - you will recover
This morning = minus 2.8lb so just short of losing what I put on following last weekend's binge.
This past week was a 'short' week though and I have got back on track so I am reasonably happy to be back where I was before going away.
Only four weeks now to our holiday so I'm on the starting blocks for a last purge.
Good luck everyone - keep going we will succeed!

I must 'fess up I have put on one and a half pounds, back to the drawing board.

Thank you Nan and Four - sometimes life gets in the way of our food plan expectations! but we must battle on, way to go.

WOW! Well done Oldandverygray What an inspiration to us all you are! And only three more pounds to go - I'm not jealous (much)
It is great when any of our small band of losers reports success - it spurs us all on and we also sympathise with others when it's not going so well.
Tomorrow morning is my weigh-in. Last weekend we were away on a long-weekend break and my unofficial weigh on on the Monday was 3lb up. Not surprising with a 3 course dinner on the Friday evening and then the 'buffet type' munching over the weekend and coach journeys there and back. I am hoping tomorrow morning will show that I have lost last weekends gain - can I hope for a bit more???
Speak to you tomorrow losers