itsmylife - 24 kgs. any you?

that reminds me, can someone pls tell me how i get the ticker thing goin on?

HI EVERYBODY! Let me just say that I am toatally loving this forum!

MrsClooney- I hate to say it but I don't think that we are allowd to have corned beef as there is too much salt in it I think the best thing to do is ask your consaultant.

heyfatty- no we are not supposed to eat 2 meals from the same group but if thats all you have then it is better to do that than a total deviation (speaking from experience).

lessfatty- I just love the way you put everything into perspective! I love the plan and prep for a whole week. This will be my 1st week back after a long time and alot of failed attempts to get back on my program and I know that the 1st week is the hardest especially days 3 and 4 but I know this will help!

Also I'm new to the whole computer fourm thing and I have seen it a few times now so can someone please toll me what lol means.

Hey winnie, welcome to this awesome forum!! It has been my saving grace quite a few times! When ever I feel like I'm going to deviate I come in here and read everyones posts...it help's keep me focused. I look forward to reading about you and your Cohen's journey. How much do you have to lose?
Oh and LOL means Laugh Out Loud! Have a great night!

I just bought a size 8 black dress from Rockmans - and some size 10 & 8 pants and get this ,an XS top (it is a generous looking one) all for the price of $39-00.

How exciting to think that in another 2 months I'll be wearing them.. To go from a L/XL to a XS is a pretty exciting thing. I even tried on the dress and apart from a few bumps still to go I can actually see that I would look good in it......this is a feeling I am not used to and I find that I am still shopping for Fat clothes to cover up - my mind doesn't realise yet that I don't need to hide fat anymore. Anyway the dress is my first adventurous purchase.

Cheers
Sharon

Hi Sharon,

i totally understand what you mean by your mind doesn't realize that you do not need to hide fat anymore.

For me, I was a UK 26. Now, i'm about UK 10/12. I still cannot help but to feel that i'm fat at some times. I guess i'm still not used to being slim after 26 years of being obese and all that.

so at times like these, i will just snap out of the "i'm fat" syndrome and drill into myself that I'm ok now. I'm slim now.

hey mrs clooney,
I have 20kg to lose. so we are even at similar losses too! this will be great. i am on my way to pick up my plan right now. just walking out the door. i so hope to have lost it in three months.
have a great day everyone )

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take care
Sam

Good Afternoon my beautiful slimming friends

*WARNING* PLEASE BE AWARE THIS WILL PROBABLY BE A NOVEL LONG POST YET AGAIN!!!!

Okay so i had my 12 week weigh in this morning at 9.15am, i walked in feeling pretty damn good and was ready in my black bikinis so i could strip down and get my truest possible weight, im ultra comfortable with my consultant so i wasnt worried about revealing my wobbly bits hehe

As i stepped on the scales i said a little prayer and out loudly proclaimed 'come on scales be good to me!!!'...in my head i was thinking hoping praying wishing crying out for 76 to appear on that little monitor in front (I promised myself that if i saw 76 i would get a pedicure as well as my refills when i went to garden city after my appointment)...then the number appeared...78 ..

this is how i felt emoticon style..

your probably all rolling your eyes at me by now and i dont blame you!!
i LOST 6.1 kilo.....i SHOULD be estatic...i SHOULD be jumping for joy as the last time i saw the seventies were when i was 16...i SHOULD be so so so so so so so HAPPPPPPYYYYYYYYYYY

but im not.actually wait no thats a lie.i AM happy.im happy that im losing weight..but i think the hard facts are i have a really morphed sense of image.
i think its because when i walked into that clinic this morning my size 14 capris were pretty much slipping down and my shirt was baggy and i thought to myself 'yeah man i could NOT weigh any more then 75/76..just look at me i look great' and then when the scales read otherwise my head started going OMGSH nearly 80 your fat your fat your fat.

Society plays such a huge role in image Versus Weight dont you think?? To think a girl whose 5ft 9, carries her weight well (minus the thunder thighs and tuckshop arms ha! ) wears size 12/14 clothes could weigh 78...

I really dont know where im going with this post, i seem to be all over the place at the moment..but rest assured i AM happy that im finally going to be that girl that doesnt have to wear long sleeve shirts in 40'C weather, that doesnt have to scurry for a pillow to put in front of her belly when she sits down on a couch, that doesnt look around to make sure no ones looking when shes eating in a restaurant, That doesnt have to shove every single morsel of food in her gob thats placed in front of her. i will finally be the girl thats beautiful on the OUTside as well as the in!!

Happy Losing Everyone xx

Caroline x

Hey girl,

I'm happy for you! You lost 6.1 kg! This is so good!

Yup, I can understand how you are feeling. You were expecting but you didn't get what you expected. But don't let that affect you ok? No matter what, a loss is still a loss. At least, you didn't gain! So continue to keep up with the happy spirits and lose your weight happily. Treat yourself to something good today!

For me, I experienced something similar to yours today. i'm onto Day 9 of refeed and I weighed myself this morning. Sadly (?!!), I only lost 100 g today. I was just wondering whether it was the banana I ate for two days that caused me bloatedness and a day of constipation. And I was expecting to lose more than 100g. But then again, I should be happy that I did not gain any weight considering the banana I ate. I should congratulate myself for sticking to this program 100% even though I can choose to deviate at the sight of the tempting cookies in my house.

So Caroline, congratulate yourself! Pat yourself on the back. Treat yourself to motivate yourself. I'm going to highlight my hair today so that when Chinese New Year comes, I will look great!

It's just only 6 days left of refeed (excluding today) and I can't wait for it to come!

keep on going strong all of you. We all can do it!

corned beef is out - bugger.

FatCat,
Don't be disapointed you have done soo soo well this last month!! I have only lost half that this last 4 weeks and my weigh in with Gaye is on Monday. Please give yourself a pat on the back that really is a fantastic loss. My losing patterns were 1st 4 weeks - 7.5kgs, then the next two were no more than 5kgs now I'll be lucky to get to 3.5kgs by Monday!
Chelsea once said to me when I got impatioent and wanted my weight loss to be faster : 'Don't rock the boat, just sit quietly and keep paddling"
That, even though such a simple analagy really made me reavaluate my journey and know that the weight is coming off and no matter how slowly it happens it is still happening and I am getting healthier everyday.
For so many years all of us have piled the fat on, for all different reasons; eating junk foods, not eating then bindging, diet yoyoing or for simple hormonal imbalances that we have forced our bodies into. I used to just drive by the golden arches and I'd put on a kg on my arse! This program is all about us getting healthy and in balance again, so Don't Rock The Boat, Just Sit Quietly and Keep Paddling! You will get there in no time at all, just think every day you are looking better and better until at the end the ugly outer oyster shell will be gone and the beautiful pearl will remain!
Well done you have done great!! Go and get a pedicure!!

Mel

That's awesome fatcat - I can understand the frustration and all, but chin up - cause you will be well and truely below 75 the next time you weigh. And before you know it you will be ordering your refeed. You have done so so well so fast.

'If you add a little to a little, and then do it again, soon that little shall be much.'

Hi fatcat

I know exactly how you feel. I just posted a similiar story on Di78's diary.
I felt like I had lost at least 6kg that was what i had lost at 4 weeks, but when I weighed on Tuesday it was only 4kg.

I was down like you and then I found I had time between appointments so ended up shopping and thought should I shoudn't I about trying on size 10's I was already disappoinited with my weight loss(which I know I shouldn't) and also knowing I am only 3kg off goal I was still like Agh!!!!!...........

Anyway I took the plunge the temptation of the sale was too good to refuse so I picked 2 items and gingerly entered the change cubicle thinking this was not a good idea and then I was totally blown away...........I FITTED INTO A SIZE 10. This feeling was so wonderful that it totally made me forget about the weigh in. In total I have lost 10.7kg over 8weeks I had to put this into perspective and look at the big picture this is an amazing outcome after all -and like I have said before the clothes speak for themselves.

More and more people are noticing and they seem to be the friends who are genuinely concerned about my well being where other's have said nothing so like you said before FATCAT friendships are tested through changes and some don't adapt as well.

So Fatcat don't be too hard give yourself a big hug and be proud of what you have lost so far you have been very inspiring in this forum and you know you will get to goal it just isn't when you expected.
I bet if you had tried any other diet you wouldn't have lost the same amount of weight within 12 weeks. Think about it.

Keep positive and get shopping you might be in for a nice "LITTLE" surprise.

ATB
Sam

Hi All,
Everyone is doing so well. i am so proud of everyone.

Yes i called my consultant today and NO CORNED BEEF. yes, the salt content is too high. bugger.

FATCAT there have been so many supporting posts for you and i just want to add: i know how you feel but i too agree that weight does not reflect the look entirely. No one can believe i am (was) 90kg. i am 5ft6 but somehow i held it okay. so dont be disillusioned. what you see is what you get. if your reflection said "hot mamma" you take that. Good on you. take that pedicure, you do deserve it.

well at the beginning of week 2 and I caved in to my girlfriends scales. i so did not want to weight but the curiosity beat me. after my 17.5cm loss, i was so nervous that i would be disappointed. I had lost 4kg. couldnt believe it. so very excited about that. i have a goal of 10kg for my first weigh in and i know it is a long shot, but i want it SOOOOO BAD! the thing is, if i dont get it, it is just my body as i am sticking to it 100%.

the only thing that concerns me is my scales. i ordered some digital ones from a store before i started and they are still not in. i have been using just the manual diet scales. i am pedantic that everything is exact but how accurate are these??? does anyone else use these??

Keep up the hard work

PS i adjusted my ticker....

i went from what i weighed at blood test to my goal weight. previous i had what i weighed at sign up to refeed goal. dumb ass!!!