Cheb....Too old to get home with the Dawn Chorus!

[Petal01]

Cheb your doing great!!

Know what you mean about you daughter mines is exactly the same and im lost as to what to do with her!! as soon as i threaten her and it is just threaten with a hiding!! i get social services thrown in my face! send her to her room and she wrecks it! take telly etc off her and she screams and throws abuse im the worst mother she hates me she's running away etc! Kids who'd have them!!

 

[Cheb]

Have dicovered the Arcade....how come I never noticed these games before?????? I've managed to waste all night playing on them [/quote]


Flipping arcade!!!!! Just look at the time!!!!!! Then again, look, look do you see, do you, do you???? Look left, look left!!! I'm a champ!!!!!!!! Not that I'm competitive at all you understand

 

[Cheb]

Morning All

First thing I noticed this morning is that my last post on here was 6 hours ago. I had a read before I switched the light off and I've now been up for over an hour. So that makes..er...um.. not much sleep time!!!!!

Woken up with a rotten head ache, must drink more water.

We're off to spook the neighbourhood tonight on our annual Trick or Treat Adventure! I won't let the kids off on their own to knock at random houses, I don't want them to bother people who aren't into Halloween and of course I worry for the kids safety too. So we all pile in the car and drive all over the town visiting family and friends! The kids love it and come home with bags bursting with E numbers!!!!!!

Meanwhile DH is left at home to dish out goodies to the many ghosts and witches who come knocking on our door. There is no doubt that we're happy to recieve Trick or Treaters as our house has been transformed to look haunted DH is the worlds best pumpkin carver. Most years we get about 50 kids knocking! I'm always surprised at how late some are out and about, maybe I am too protective of mine?

Anyhow off to work now, have a great day everyone.

 

[boofaloo]

Well done Champ!!

Good luck for today and i'm sending you will power of steel vibes!!
We're having a halloween party tonight as i dont want tmy kids out trick or treating. (they are only young -plus it's gonna rain here )

Have a FAB day.

 

[canireallydothis!!]

Hiya Cheb, Love the renewed determination, you can do it, hope you have a great day x

 

[Cheb]

Ooohhhh, wooohhhhooooo, eeeeeeek, cackle, cackle and lots of other spooky sounds that I can't write!!!!!!

Back from Trick or Treating, kids have got bags that are postively groaning under the weight of all the sugar in them Good job it's only once a year.​

DH has had about 50 kids knocking, thank goodness we've almost been cleaned out of all sweets, don't want those hanging about for me to pick at.

Still got a terrible headache, probably not had enough water really. Today has been a little easier, day 3 is often a toughie for me. I'm hoping that this time will be different as I'm working tomorrow, usually I would be off. If I'm not at home hanging about my kitchen I may be better at staying on the wagon.

Right I'm off to the arcade to re claim my crown, I'm not a champ anymore!

 

[Cheb]

Morning All

Headache STILL with me Just drunk 1/2 lt, must keep glugging away at it. Feeling a bit spaced out generally but still determined to stay on the wagon. It helps that everytime I move I'm reminded of how much I've gained by the tightness of my waistband!

Girly gossip night tonight, definitely no nibbling there; it's like going out with the Diet Police We all spur each other on.

Catch you later.

 

[Cheb]

Evening All

Day 3 just about done with Definitely helped being at work, not at home which is generally the case on day 3, as I always seem to start again on Mondays!!!

Day off tomorrow, planning to be pottering at home but have lots of jobs to keep me busy, including building a hi-tech glass work station for DS. Can't eat when my hands are trying to hold hundreds of nuts and bolts and my mind will be too busy deciphering the 'instructions' to think about food!

 

[chicken on a mission]

Oh boy can I relate to the distraction theory. I hate being at home but half the time I can't be bothered to do anything to get myself out of the house

Keep going cheb

 

[Cheb]

Hello

Been too busy the few days to update my diary.......too busy playing flipping games in the arcade!!!! A new addiction of mine! Not even a champ anymore despite my hours of practice!

Dietwise??? Fell off the wagon a few times during the week with stupid nibbles on bits of cheese and sweets left over from Trick or Treat. Kind of hung on ie. didn't lose it totally and head off on a binge until Friday when I threw in the towel and ate chinese followed by pic'n'mix

However picked myself back up again and tried to SS yesterday. Did wobble for a bit and at one point decided I would stop until Monday. I actually ate 2 Millies cookies and a slice of bread before giving myself a slap; dragged myself back into the real world and realised that if I ate until Monday I would be back in the same place as last Monday I stopped RIGHT THEN!!!!!

I braved the scales this morning and am 5lb lighter than last Monday. Hopefully tomorrow it'll be down a bit more for my weekly WI. Really pleased now that I didn't give up for the weekend

Right just off to change my ticker downwards Then I'm hitting the arcade

 

[Mini]

Cheb,

I so admire you, you really just keep going an going and look 5lbs. lighter this week!!!!

Well, I have had the very worst week ever...I tried doing the steps back into SSing and all I could think of is....God make me good, but not yet!!!

I have to re do my ticker and talk about overfilling the glycogen stores....husband said I did not eat that much but as we know if you come off SSing and eat the high carbs the glycogen store becomes like a sponge.

Well done you and you will be in the Christmas party frock, where if I don't pull myself together I will be stuck in stretchy pants again...

Your going to be a Skinny Minnie for Christmas!!!

Well done Cheb, great to see you on top of things.

Love Mini xxx

 

[Cheb]

Thank you so much for you kind words Mini. I would like to turn it right back to you, cos I know you are working just as hard to overcome the struggle!!! So this week was not so good.....next will be better

 

[Mini]

Thanks Cheb,

I feel sometimes like when I have just learned one thing in life and feel I am getting somewhere I get a whole bag of rattle snakes thrown at me.

I thought I was getting on top of the emotional eating and this week has proved I have not mastered it as yet.

There is a sense of panic setting it that I won't even be in the tens' for Christmas...

Still have this mental block to getting through the elevens...it is so tough.

Well I feel good this morning and I will work with this feeling and see how far it carries me forward...

Love Mini xxx

 

[Cheb]

Have decided to up my target a little, I had set 10st as my target. 10st10lb is the closest I have got and I felt pretty good there. !0st is seeming increasingly elusive and I find I have lost my belief. 10st5lb is within my healthy weight range and do-able by Christmas. I do not want a repeat of last year when I took a break from SSing just short of my target in order to 'enjoy' Christmas. Here I am almost a year later still trying to get back on track. Hoping I can be at 10st5lb and stabilised by Christmas, then maybe later next year I might do another stint on CD to drop another 1/2st or so ready for my holiday.

 

[Mini]

Hi Cheb,

I think that is the sensible approach for when we keep falling short of our targets because we know we have set them far too high it just sets us up for more disappointment which leads to feelings of failure...then in turn lead to falling off the wagon...

When this keeps happening it is time for a new approach.

Love Mini xxx

 

[Cheb]

YIPPEE, YIPPEE, YIPPEE!!!!!

A whole day done....nothing but 3 packs and strangely I didn't even want them really.

It's funny but I very seldom feel hungry despite not being in the pink; and I haven't been for ages barring the odd day or two here and there.

It's like my body has forgotten how to recognise hunger pangs. Is that possible? Even after I've gorged myself for a few days I can start SSing and just don't feel hungry. Headaches, yes but not hungry. Just goes to prove that when I do eat it's not a physical desire at all but purely an emotional one.

 

[Cheb]

Morning All



Weight has dropped by another 2lb, so that's 7lb off this week. Same 7lb I've lost countless times, determined to make it the last! It's so satisfying to move that ticker downwards isn't it?

20lb to target.....how long will that take I wonder Last week I mucked about and nibbled on stuff, this week I WILL NOT! Therefore hoping for another decent drop for next Monday.

DH also back on the wagon, he's off to New York on Thursday to visit a friend. He wants to be as slim as possible to stun his mate who hasn't seen him since January. He's 5st lighter since then so I reckon he'll be stunned, but blokes being blokes will he enthuse? Probably not, blokes don't do they? I know DH is hoping for a big reaction, I hope he's not disappointed.

Off to work now, going to plug myself in to the I-pod and walk there today. I should walk every day but always seem to run out of time in the morning so out comes the car

Have a great skinny day y'all.

 

[Mini]

Cheb, well done I am happy for you...know what it is like losing the same bit of weight over and over again, beside being pretty costly it is also very frustrating to say the least.

I do hope your hubby gets a good reception and it is nice for others to acknowledge his achievement and five stone is some achievement...they will probably say he looks well, or even younger...hopefully it will be nice...you will have to let us know how it goes for him.

Walking is really the best form of exercise I believe and this reminds me I have promised myself to do a walk today...

Love Mini xxx

 

[MandyB2]

Great to see you another 2lbs closer to your goal hun... you're doing fantastic I'm so pleased for you

much love xxxxx

 

[Cheb]

Hellooooooooo

I feel so chuffed with myself, had a training day in London today. We broke for lunch and in came the platters of elaborate sandwiches and baguettes and posh crisps, followed by bitesize pieces of various cakes and choc brownies. I DIDN'T HAVE ANY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I sat all day with a plate of biscuits and a bowl of mints in front of me and I was so tempted. 'Won't do any harm' said my CB; so pleased that I managed to ignore her. Shame I can't bottle this feel good feeling to use the next time I'm tempted. Nothing tastes as good as this feeling or the satisfaction when I weigh and see I'm nearer to goal.

Better still I dropped another lb today, I'm now exactly 5st lighter than I was last July I am a stone heavier than I was earlier this year but we'll not dwell on that!!!! I'm only looking positively today

Hope life is being good for you.