January 2009 - Starters

[thin_inside]

Thanks for continuing to support me all you old hands :flirt2:. It is MUCH appreciated.

I have only just realised - on a very, very, long and frustrating drive home this evening - that I am just 0.5lb shy of the 8 stone loss mark. Wow!

It is starting to feel like I am very close, but I do still have 1.5 stones to goal so should not get complacent.

Confession time :break_diet: - yet again I ate an extra bar today. Reason, but not excuse: I was trapped in the car for 6 and a half hours trying to get back home in time to take the kids to swim lessons. With time pressures getting to me I didn't want to stop somewhere to get hot water for a soup or even cold water for a shake... so I kept going, but needed to eat as I could feel my blood sugar dropping - so ate two bars in that time.

I am now considering an early night so I don't end up having five packs again. I already had a soup with the kids since getting home. After all the delays and frustrations I didn't manage to get home in time for swimming, but I did manage to get back before they were left stranded by the out-of-school club closing.

Lesson - should have planned to have more water with me and a shake shaker so I could have made one up on the move (or in one of the many traffic queues).

Ah well.

xx

 

[daisydoll]

chill! its not the end of the world - you are doing fab. i had 2 or 3 bars a couple of times at festivals/gigs and it was fine - my LLC suggested it
daisy x

 

[daisydoll]

WOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOO!!!!!
just been weighed
have lost 4lbs!!!!!

over the moon

daisy x

 

[thin_inside]

Daisy

That's fabulous! Whooohoooooo! So pleased for you. xx

 

[Jezebella]

TI Darling

Don't put yourself down so, you did the best possible in really difficult circumstances. Be proud of yourself instead, you could have so easily stopped at a services and got something bad to eat. I know how hard you have worked at this and how brilliantly you are doing, give yourself a huge pat on the back Mrs!!!! I for one am hugely proud of you and your amazing, fabulous, wonderful, almost 8 stone journey!!! Major admiration from London Town hun!

Jez
xx

 

[slendablenda]

Hear Hear

Same from Sunny Worthing Town. Well done TI and Daisy and you're doing well yourself on RTM Jez x

 

[Foxtrot]

I've just spoken with hubby about something we have to do in January.

JANUARY

It's just around the corner and we've all changed our lives so much. Just think back to last Christmas and New Year....

I hope it's a nicer thought for you all looking forward to this one.

 

[daisydoll]

scary isn't it how fast time flies

2009 has been great for me!

hope it is a nice 'something' you have to do january
daisy x

 

[thin_inside]

Yep - it's a very different end to the year and start to the next than previous.

We're working out what we're doing for Christmas this year and looking at shifting the big dinner to xmas eve to be able to spend Xmas day out on the hills with a packed lunch - being active instead of the normal self-indulgent slob-in-front-of-the-telly type day. Menus will be slightly different and there won't be the same amount of sweet stuff or alcohol available.

I will be starting a new year as a healthy adult for the first time in my life!

 

[daisydoll]

that sounds a great idea - and should be lovely and peaceful as everyone else will be inside stuffing their faces!

i can't wait til new years eve - will bge the first time in 25 years i won't be making the 'i will get thin' resolution, hurray!!!

daisy x

 

[Sean(JSF)]

T_I, FoxTrot & Daisy (and all other Jan Starters who are still lurking)

Is it really almost a year since we first 'met' on Minimins? Absolutely incredible thought it was last October that I decided to lose weight (I mean 'really decided') and began my research into Lighter Life. How times (and bodies) change in such a short period

Your posts above have made me quite emotional, just a few short weeks until we can welcome T_I to the start of the end of her journey too.

It's been, and continues to be a pleasure sharing these boards with you all.

 

[Foxtrot]

Awwwww Bless Sean!!! xxxx

And only the excitement of a workish thingy Daisy, but it still set me thinking!

Your day certainly sounds different TI, I hope it goes as you plan and there is the most beautiful, crystal clear winter's day for you.

I was with OH having a coffee in Weymouth yesterday lunchtime and they had a carvery going on. I felt a bit queasy at the thought of it to be honest! We watched as all these usually more than slightly overweight people lined up for their plate of calories. When the waitress walked past with a large plate of salad leaves and a chicken breast, THEN my mouth watered!!!! Time is most certainly a changer!

 

[slendablenda]

SNAP

Foxtrot, I had a similar experience when I went to a Carvery pub with my OH.
Lots of the people were obviously there because it was good value and many of them were at the very least - plump.
I recognisaed the old me.
I always used to look at a menu and think "will the portion be big enough?"
The roast potatoes look all greasy and tired, the fat on the meat now smells too fatty for me and I don't enjoy the texture any more.And it's genuine,I'm sure it's as a result of having been completely abstinent for almost a year. It's a completely new relationsahip with food.
That's why I now enjoy the simpler foods and flavours.
I am so lucky I doscivered LL at the appropriate time in my life and just by chance have an excellent LL counsellor.

 

[thin_inside]

T_I, FoxTrot & Daisy (and all other Jan Starters who are still lurking)

Is it really almost a year since we first 'met' on Minimins? Absolutely incredible thought it was last October that I decided to lose weight (I mean 'really decided') and began my research into Lighter Life. How times (and bodies) change in such a short period

Your posts above have made me quite emotional, just a few short weeks until we can welcome T_I to the start of the end of her journey too.

It's been, and continues to be a pleasure sharing these boards with you all.

Sean - thank you. Yes - what a difference a few months make.

I am sooo looking forward to starting RTM and today I feel like I took a giant leap towards that day - I am now a Healthy BMI :happy036:

:character00180:

Certainly feel like I got a huge boost in motivation and confidence tonight . I have also overtaken the 8 stone loss mark. Feeling close to the end now although I recognise it will still be a challenge to get to goal for 23 Nov.

I have had a couple of really stressful weeks with work and family commitments and the demon in my head has been loud and active, but I have been in control and didn't binge, no matter how much I wanted to. Proud of that too.

Your continued support on here means everything to me. xx

 

[thin_inside]

FT and SB - I am already noticing the difference between slim people and obese people in their food choices and portion sizes.

I know which I am aiming to be!

 

[slendablenda]

wow

arty0038:
TI Well done you, BMI healthy, 8stone lost already - no more to say.
Fantastic xxx

 

[Sean(JSF)]

Woop woop - Go T_I

Brilliant news you deserve all the plaudits coming your way - enjoy

 

[Foxtrot]

:happy096::bliss:Whoop Whoop TI!!!! You are such a star!

I read that and wanted to give you a huge hug, but it will have to be a virtual one!!:hug99::hug99::hug99:

 

[thin_inside]

:happy096::bliss:Whoop Whoop TI!!!! You are such a star!

I read that and wanted to give you a huge hug, but it will have to be a virtual one!!:hug99::hug99::hug99:

Those hugs are wonderful. Thanks FT. xx

 

[Blonde Logic]

COngratulations on your healthy BMI!!! That is a wonderful mielstone reached! You should indeed be proud of your resistance to stress....it is a HUGE trigger, so bravo madam!!!

Really chuffed you are doing so well - you have had a hard time, and are coming out on top, the shining star you are!

WEll done TI.