Woodland girl
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You ok Pinkie?
It's Now Or Never
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Pinkie1973
Starting over again......
Hey there WG. Yes I'm fine. A little lard bucket still and completely manic at work but ok. Thank you for asking. How are you?
I'm not really following SW these days (I've been doing the Zoë Harcombe plan). Not sure I'd be free to write my food on here though. It's not a million miles away from SW I guess. I had lost about a stone, but I've now cracked the smoking again and put it all back on. I can accept that though for giving up the cigs.
So today I've been good on The Harcombe Diet (THD). No cigs for 2 weeks (and I have really felt it too).
Just had a large chicken/lamb shish kebab for tea with a double helping of salad. So one day down....
Now I've got on top of the fags, I'll start thinking about exercise again. Not right now though. One thing at a time. I'm off to Silverstone next Thursday (so excited!), so I'll focus on food between now and then.
Hope you're all well (anyone who's still reading at least).
Xxx
I'm not really following SW these days (I've been doing the Zoë Harcombe plan). Not sure I'd be free to write my food on here though. It's not a million miles away from SW I guess. I had lost about a stone, but I've now cracked the smoking again and put it all back on. I can accept that though for giving up the cigs.
So today I've been good on The Harcombe Diet (THD). No cigs for 2 weeks (and I have really felt it too).
Just had a large chicken/lamb shish kebab for tea with a double helping of salad. So one day down....
Now I've got on top of the fags, I'll start thinking about exercise again. Not right now though. One thing at a time. I'm off to Silverstone next Thursday (so excited!), so I'll focus on food between now and then.
Hope you're all well (anyone who's still reading at least).
Xxx
Woodland girl
Gold Member
Very well done on sorting the smoking! That will do so much more to improve your health than a bit of weight 
Hope you get cycling again too!!
X
Hope you get cycling again too!!
X
Pinkie1973
Starting over again......
Thank you WG. Yes, I know it will do me the world of good. Beanie's front brake had broken but we took it on yesterday and got it fixed. So we're hoping to go and do some cycling this weekend. It won't be far knowing him, but it'll get me back in the saddle.
This week is still going well food wise. I'm going to keep this level up till next Thursday. Christ knows what Silverstone will do to my waistline though, judging by last year! XX
This week is still going well food wise. I'm going to keep this level up till next Thursday. Christ knows what Silverstone will do to my waistline though, judging by last year!
XX
Pommette
Trying - very!
Evening chica. Well done on kicking the fags!!!
Something I need to do but I know I'll put on weight and I don't want to do that just at the mo.
I need to get my weight stabilised and back at target rather than yo-yo'ing out of tange.
Keep well hun - as WG said, kicking the fags is better for you than that bitof extra weight.
Something I need to do but I know I'll put on weight and I don't want to do that just at the mo.
I need to get my weight stabilised and back at target rather than yo-yo'ing out of tange.
Keep well hun - as WG said, kicking the fags is better for you than that bitof extra weight.
Pinkie1973
Starting over again......
Hi hun. Well food just not happening. I'm at Silverstone on Thursday and France next week. At best k can get running again but food and alcohol are likely to be *****. Ah well. Bigger picture I guess...
Pinkie1973
Starting over again......
Thank you el Pomette! . Good luck finishing up your Mum's house, think you may need it after the last trip! Still, this is the final furlong ...... Xx
. Good luck finishing up your Mum's house, think you may need it after the last trip! Still, this is the final furlong ...... Xx
Pinkie1973
Starting over again......
I am sneaking back in, and very sheepishly too........
Woodland girl
Gold Member
Yeah! Hi pinkie!! Hold your head up high, nice to see you
Pinkie1973
Starting over again......
Hi girls, and thank you for the welcome back.
So first up, I am well - and doing alright. By that I mean the issues at the beginning of the year are really sorting themselves out. Also, I have well and truly knocked the ciggies on the head. In fact the little app on my phone tells me it has been 122 days now. I have unfortunately put on about 3 1/2 stone this year - which takes me back to 16st 11lbs. I started last January at 17st on the nose. So not quite back to where I started, but near enough.
I am currently recovering from a badly sprained ankle (nearly 2 weeks ago) which was such a nuisance as I had just gotten back into my running again. But I will do swimming instead in the meantime, which will probably help my ankle, and help keep me active.
I rejoined SW about 4 weeks back and it wasn't really happening for me. The weekend before last (the day after I sprained my ankle typically) my sister and I went to Berlin for the weekend, which was superb! Really loved it there, and I've promised Beanie I will take him. He and I were due to go to France the next day to visit my friend, but unfortunately we were burgled whilst I was in Berlin. As a result I cancelled France and dealt with the various bits and bobs that go hand in hand with a burglary. Fortunately they didn't take much, and to be honest, we are probably materially better off as I get a badly set of new patio doors for just £200. And I may get some of that back as they nicked my old smartphone. But there's the other side to it - for example I dread going in my house every time now as I'm worried what I might find. Still, that will get better in time.
Other news, well, we now have two new additions to our family....
Meet Rosie (black and white) and Billy (tan and white). They are so gorgeous and live indoors with us. They are surprisingly clean, though do leave a few droppings about the place, but they only wee in their litter tray, and I use lavender scented shavings so provided it's cleaned out every day or so, you can't smell anything. And they themselves smell all lovely fluffy (if that makes and sense). It is lovely having a pet again though, and they really are my little babies. I have even ordered them an advent calendar each, which are full of bunny treats.
Anyway, back to SW, following the chaos of the past week or so, I weighed in this week (to be told the dreadful news that I'd put on yet more weight to be 16st 11lbs) and have been good ever since. Well, the past couple of days anyway!
So, back to it - I have to be disciplined at writing my food up on here. I have been thinking about all the things I was doing last year when it was really working for me, and being on here, with the support of other Minimin-ers really did make a difference.
Therefore, I present to you, today's food:
Breakfast:
Mixed fruit, shape 0 yoghurt, branflakes (HEb)
Snack::
Shape 0 yoghurt.
Skinny capucinno (half HEa)
Lunch:
Jacket potato, baked beans, sweetcorn, cucumber, tomatoes, lettuce.
Snack:
Apple.
Salt and vinegar french fries (5 syns).
Capuccino (remaining HEa) with 2 sugars (2 syns)
Tea:
Mugshot.
2 vodkas with diet lemonade (8 syns).
Total syns (15)
Yesterday I was 13.5 syns, and Tuesday was 13 syns.
Now tomorrow I am going over a friend's house, and we are both intending on getting pretty tipsy. So I will save my syns all day, and will just have to go over on the vodka. That said, she is also doing SW (it is sooooo nice to have a friend doing it with me now, oh and so is my sister too!), so we are intending on making a fairly SW friendly tea. I can't go too mad drinking anyway, as I am going to take Beanie to the Natural History Museum on Saturday after his athletics as he is doing a mini project on Darwin.
So that's me. I've ****ed up - but emotionally I'm in a far better place. I am still seeing my CBT lady and my psychiatrist occasionally, but that will soon end (after Christmas sometime I think). I am completely and utterly off men, and it feels like a massive weight off my shoulders too! On the downside, my clothes either don't fit or are fairly frumpy (or so it feels anyway). I am refusing to shell on new bigger bras, so the one's I've got are ill fitting and too tight round my back - which is actually quite excruciating at times. My hips, knees and both ankles hurt and I physically feel pretty crap. But I have set myself the target of a stone before Christmas. And above that, I have set myself the further target of getting to 11 stone by next December, which is when I turn 40. I am not turning 40 being huge still, and that will take me to my healthy bmi.
So it's great to be back - this year I am avoiding social situations a bit. To be honest, my weight and the way I look means I won't enjoy myself anyway. That might sound negative, but it also means I will be avoiding drinking too much - which will be good for my sanity as well as my waistline. I have a couple of social situation over the next month or so, plus I have Status Quo with Beanie and my Dad to look foward to as well. Other than that, I came to the conclusion that what really matters to me is to make a good indent in this weight that I need to lose.
Mwah!! xxxx
So first up, I am well - and doing alright. By that I mean the issues at the beginning of the year are really sorting themselves out. Also, I have well and truly knocked the ciggies on the head. In fact the little app on my phone tells me it has been 122 days now. I have unfortunately put on about 3 1/2 stone this year - which takes me back to 16st 11lbs. I started last January at 17st on the nose. So not quite back to where I started, but near enough.
I am currently recovering from a badly sprained ankle (nearly 2 weeks ago) which was such a nuisance as I had just gotten back into my running again. But I will do swimming instead in the meantime, which will probably help my ankle, and help keep me active.
I rejoined SW about 4 weeks back and it wasn't really happening for me. The weekend before last (the day after I sprained my ankle typically) my sister and I went to Berlin for the weekend, which was superb! Really loved it there, and I've promised Beanie I will take him. He and I were due to go to France the next day to visit my friend, but unfortunately we were burgled whilst I was in Berlin. As a result I cancelled France and dealt with the various bits and bobs that go hand in hand with a burglary. Fortunately they didn't take much, and to be honest, we are probably materially better off as I get a badly set of new patio doors for just £200. And I may get some of that back as they nicked my old smartphone. But there's the other side to it - for example I dread going in my house every time now as I'm worried what I might find. Still, that will get better in time.
Other news, well, we now have two new additions to our family....
Meet Rosie (black and white) and Billy (tan and white). They are so gorgeous and live indoors with us. They are surprisingly clean, though do leave a few droppings about the place, but they only wee in their litter tray, and I use lavender scented shavings so provided it's cleaned out every day or so, you can't smell anything. And they themselves smell all lovely fluffy (if that makes and sense). It is lovely having a pet again though, and they really are my little babies. I have even ordered them an advent calendar each, which are full of bunny treats.
Anyway, back to SW, following the chaos of the past week or so, I weighed in this week (to be told the dreadful news that I'd put on yet more weight to be 16st 11lbs) and have been good ever since. Well, the past couple of days anyway!
So, back to it - I have to be disciplined at writing my food up on here. I have been thinking about all the things I was doing last year when it was really working for me, and being on here, with the support of other Minimin-ers really did make a difference.
Therefore, I present to you, today's food:
Breakfast:
Mixed fruit, shape 0 yoghurt, branflakes (HEb)
Snack::
Shape 0 yoghurt.
Skinny capucinno (half HEa)
Lunch:
Jacket potato, baked beans, sweetcorn, cucumber, tomatoes, lettuce.
Snack:
Apple.
Salt and vinegar french fries (5 syns).
Capuccino (remaining HEa) with 2 sugars (2 syns)
Tea:
Mugshot.
2 vodkas with diet lemonade (8 syns).
Total syns (15)
Yesterday I was 13.5 syns, and Tuesday was 13 syns.
Now tomorrow I am going over a friend's house, and we are both intending on getting pretty tipsy. So I will save my syns all day, and will just have to go over on the vodka. That said, she is also doing SW (it is sooooo nice to have a friend doing it with me now, oh and so is my sister too!), so we are intending on making a fairly SW friendly tea. I can't go too mad drinking anyway, as I am going to take Beanie to the Natural History Museum on Saturday after his athletics as he is doing a mini project on Darwin.
So that's me. I've ****ed up - but emotionally I'm in a far better place. I am still seeing my CBT lady and my psychiatrist occasionally, but that will soon end (after Christmas sometime I think). I am completely and utterly off men, and it feels like a massive weight off my shoulders too! On the downside, my clothes either don't fit or are fairly frumpy (or so it feels anyway). I am refusing to shell on new bigger bras, so the one's I've got are ill fitting and too tight round my back - which is actually quite excruciating at times. My hips, knees and both ankles hurt and I physically feel pretty crap. But I have set myself the target of a stone before Christmas. And above that, I have set myself the further target of getting to 11 stone by next December, which is when I turn 40. I am not turning 40 being huge still, and that will take me to my healthy bmi.
So it's great to be back - this year I am avoiding social situations a bit. To be honest, my weight and the way I look means I won't enjoy myself anyway. That might sound negative, but it also means I will be avoiding drinking too much - which will be good for my sanity as well as my waistline. I have a couple of social situation over the next month or so, plus I have Status Quo with Beanie and my Dad to look foward to as well. Other than that, I came to the conclusion that what really matters to me is to make a good indent in this weight that I need to lose.
Mwah!! xxxx
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Pinkie1973
Starting over again......
Well my has not been great, but clearly good enough. I lost 6.5lbs!
Will be boring you all with my daily food diary from now on. Food planned for the week, no more alcofrol till the 22nd when I have my boys night out.
Will be boring you all with my daily food diary from now on. Food planned for the week, no more alcofrol till the 22nd when I have my boys night out.
Pommette
Trying - very!
Yippee - well done chica.
Sorry not to post earlier - been a tad distracted over the weekend.
But having said that I did post a long and rambling reply last Friday night which seems to have vanished!!
To summarise . . .
Loving the new bunnies! Are they yours or beanies?
How's the ankle now?
Only comment on your food from last post is naughty tea!!!
I know mugshots are free but you really ought to have a proper meal in the evening chica.
They was a huge discussion on Off Topic a long time ago about mugshots and the concensus was try not to eat them.
They are "hollow" calories and don't really give you all the nutrients you need.
Sorry not to post earlier - been a tad distracted over the weekend.
But having said that I did post a long and rambling reply last Friday night which seems to have vanished!!
To summarise . . .
Loving the new bunnies! Are they yours or beanies?
How's the ankle now?
Only comment on your food from last post is naughty tea!!!
I know mugshots are free but you really ought to have a proper meal in the evening chica.
They was a huge discussion on Off Topic a long time ago about mugshots and the concensus was try not to eat them.
They are "hollow" calories and don't really give you all the nutrients you need.
Woodland girl
Gold Member
Great loss Pinkie! Keep going!
Pinkie1973
Starting over again......
Thanks girls.
Point noted about the Mugshots, and to be honest I have been caning them a bit lately, and feeling a bit as if they can’t be any better for me than a dirty pot noodle. I will check out that thread when I get time though.
I’ve mostly been good the past couple of days, though have crumbled a little by the evenings. I seem to have a real aversion to cooking at the moment. It doesn’t help that things are still a little topsy turvy. Also, my son has not cleared the dining table despite my nagging about it. He has to tonight, as tomorrow the bathroom man comes and I need everywhere clear, as enough other chaos is likely to ensue, I don’t need it on top of the current chaos.
The bunnies really are very lovely, they are ours, though the reality is, I spend more time with them. I think they prefer him though, as he doesn’t do nasty stuff, like clip their nails etc. I had a lovely cuddle with the boy bunny this morning though – which he doesn’t normally let me do. I was actually a bit concerned that he was OK!
So I’m going to do my boring thing whereby I keep coming back and editing my food throughout the day for a bit. It just helps I think when I first get going with it all. I have reset all my profile details, and set the beginning of the diet as from this Monday (as ironically, the loss took me back to where I started a few weeks ago!).
Sooooooo….
Breakfast:
Branflakes (HEb), Shape Delights yoghurt, Mixed fruit.
Small skinny cappuccino (half HEa)
Lunch:
Herbal tea.
2 packs of Sainsburys vegetable Sushi (1.5 syns each, 3 syns)
Apple
Banana
Snack:
Another sushi pack (1.5 syns)
Shape delights yoghurt
Rest to follow....
Point noted about the Mugshots, and to be honest I have been caning them a bit lately, and feeling a bit as if they can’t be any better for me than a dirty pot noodle. I will check out that thread when I get time though.
I’ve mostly been good the past couple of days, though have crumbled a little by the evenings. I seem to have a real aversion to cooking at the moment. It doesn’t help that things are still a little topsy turvy. Also, my son has not cleared the dining table despite my nagging about it. He has to tonight, as tomorrow the bathroom man comes and I need everywhere clear, as enough other chaos is likely to ensue, I don’t need it on top of the current chaos.
The bunnies really are very lovely, they are ours, though the reality is, I spend more time with them. I think they prefer him though, as he doesn’t do nasty stuff, like clip their nails etc. I had a lovely cuddle with the boy bunny this morning though – which he doesn’t normally let me do. I was actually a bit concerned that he was OK!
So I’m going to do my boring thing whereby I keep coming back and editing my food throughout the day for a bit. It just helps I think when I first get going with it all. I have reset all my profile details, and set the beginning of the diet as from this Monday (as ironically, the loss took me back to where I started a few weeks ago!).
Sooooooo….
Breakfast:
Branflakes (HEb), Shape Delights yoghurt, Mixed fruit.
Small skinny cappuccino (half HEa)
Lunch:
Herbal tea.
2 packs of Sainsburys vegetable Sushi (1.5 syns each, 3 syns)
Apple
Banana
Snack:
Another sushi pack (1.5 syns)
Shape delights yoghurt
Rest to follow....
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Woodland girl
Gold Member
How has your week been Pinkie?
Woodland girl
Gold Member
Piiiinnnnkkkkiiiieeeeeee????
