Joodle and Dukan against the last 11 lbs!!!

[Joodle]

Morning Joodlebob!

Mums are wise, huh?!

Loving yet another positive diary day from another lovely Minimin

Enjoy your day!

P x

PS - nearly didn't recognise you in the photo with your VERY straight hair! I'd say the long hair appointment was well worth it, honey

Thank you Lovely P - cheered me up no end!

 

[Joodle]

Morning J, you need to change your avitar photo, I'm going to be honest.....it ages you. What a wonderfully full life you lead, i love reading the hustle and bustle of life in London lol. I'd be swallowed alive I 'm such a country bumkin and my yearly trip to london for the day wipes me out

Haha Sid, I'm the complete opposite! I love going to the country but after about 3 days I'm like 'where's all the stuff, where's all the people?'. Thank goodness we don't all want to live in the same places I guess!!!

I will indeed change my avatar pic. Funny as I was worried losing weight would make me look older. Another friend commented I looked super young in some recent Facebook photos - I hate to let myself think it but I think it's laying off the booze. This is not good news!!!

Jx

 

[Joodle]

I agree with Sid, you look so chic in your new Dukan body xx

Funny huh, it really does feel like we have new bodies. I don't feel like it's mine yet!!

 

[Joodle]

Thank goodness Sid and trini posted before me, cos I was thinking the same thing. Change your avatar!!! That person doesn't look anything like you, you gorgeous young lady. And WOW, LOVE the new hair!

Cx

:character00238: THank you! Let's wait and see what the hair looks like when it's been washed mind you!! Jx

 

[Joodle]

Was that when David Walliams was carrying the torch? Love him! And look at you, with your straight hair, summer dress and slim bod! You look fab - definitely no need to lose that extra 7lbs IMO xx

Just after him, yes. We didn't see him though - decided to avoid the huge throng for that part. Thanks for comments - I am still undecided about the last 7lbs. I feel good now but also can't believe the size of my tum still. Grrr. We'll see! Jx

 

[Joodle]

OMG you're kidding. My daughter is Wanted mad, got both albums and is always singing them. We turned the tele on in the hopes that we would get to see some of the concert but they only showed the torch and cauldron bit. Not a happy bunny she was.

I don't blame you about not wanting to miss anything. We put tv on at 7pm and am still sat here now. Even my ten year old stayed up til just under an hour ago to watch it. She was starting to flag though LOL.

right heading for my bed too.....hope you getting a bit more sleep.

Gawd, I never really heard of them. If I'd known she was a fan I'd have taken photos - I got snaps of everyone but them, so sorry! Jx

 

[Joodle]

i fell asleep and missed the torch being lit couldnt believe it id been sat there all night watching the teams from god knows where arriving and waving their flags, i woke up and my OH said oh you missed it!! Didnt even see the GB team place their flag.

Really enjoyed what i saw tho and had a small glass of cider with my prawn curry to celebrate the olympics!! xx

Oh Collette! Glad you celebrated with cider nonetheless and you can watch it on iplayer like I will be! Jx

 

[Joodle]

I have to say I am slightly disappointed not to have read any Internet dating stories

Jojo, you are so right to pull me up on this. It's way overdue. I am just collecting some decent photos (no recent ones really exist, not until the last couple of weeks anyway...). If I've not done it this week, please :slap: me!

 

[Joodle]

A while back, Caro coined a new term:

"I'm going to call this Dukan's law: you will always register a significant weight loss the day AFTER your official weigh in."

I have always found this to be true. All this week the scales have hovered around 8st 7lbs so I've been hoping I could hold onto that for a 1lb loss today, leaving 1lb to lose in the coming week to bring me to my TW of 8st 6lbs next Monday.

Except last night I ate relatively late, it was a salty, fatty meal, though low carb and I'd also eaten far more fat than usual at a friend's for lunch. I was braced for a STS or even a gain.

Just weighed in with a 2lb loss =8st 6lbs = TARGET WEIGHT!

Take that Dukan's Law!

This has taken taken me so much by surprise that I have no idea what to do. Haven't read the conso chapter yet and altho I know it's something to do with bread and cheese, I'm going to wait until I've understood it properly before changing my diet.

So weird, I don't even know how I feel. Yesterday I ate more added fat than I usually would in a whole Dukan week. Mystefied but pleased I guess.

I get a treat though - as planned I am up and walking into work with a coffee stop planned en route to catch up with all your diaries. I've been so busy, I've definitely been more of a taker than a giver lately, sorry for that!

Good luck all other Monday weighers!

Jx

 

[Jojo25]

Wooooohooooooo well done on gettng to TW xxxxxxxx another joins the conso club xxxxxxx

 

[CheeseGirl]

That's brilliant! I think sometimes our bodies get 'used to' the eating habits and that causes stalls more than anything else, so maybe the extra fat just jolted your body into action! Whatever it was, I wouldn't question it, and get reading about conso

 

[ceridwen]

Well done Joodle, you must be feeling amazing this morning!!! I'm looking forward to hearing how you get on with consolidation (and hopefully I can join you very soon!!). x

 

[Paulinegin]

Just weighed in with a 2lb loss =8st 6lbs = TARGET WEIGHT!

Jx

Joodlebob, I am so chuffinly pleased for you my darling! Whit whoo

If I had a party popper, it would be popping for you now (but I don't, I'm at my desk so I will press the stapler a couple of times instead! )

Fan-blooming-tastic, girlfriend

P x

 

[sididd]

Joodlebob, well donearty0011: tw day 30-07-12, enjoy conso xxx

 

[Eccab77]

True weight, well done doodlebob!!. Time for conso, enjoy the real cheese! I am having a one girl party for you arty0011:, so I must bring the wine out???!! arty0036erhaps I should wait until the evening for the wine dont want this first thing in the morning arty0016:!

 

[Joodle]

Joodlebob, I am so chuffinly pleased for you my darling! Whit whoo

If I had a party popper, it would be popping for you now (but I don't, I'm at my desk so I will press the stapler a couple of times instead! )

Fan-blooming-tastic, girlfriend

P x

:8855: Let's get onto the organisers of the Olympic closing ceremony. I think we should be replacing any planned fireworks with a few people clicking their staplers. LOVE IT!!

 

[Joodle]

Perhaps I should wait until the evening for the wine dont want this first thing in the morning arty0016:!

Don't hold back on my account Becky!!

 

[passionflower]

Yeeeeeh Haw Joods Well Done on your fabuloso achievement, I just need to see some evidence now before I crack open the champers. Fab work my friend xxx

 

[Joodle]

Just had the lovliest start to the day - left home super early but rather than going to the gym, walked into work, stopping around half way at a coffee place that I'd never seen before. (Am such a ditherer about things like that - if I tell myself I'm allowed a nice coffee somewhere, I'll take ages finding somewhere, often walking past nice looking places thinking there might be a better one a little bit further on. Then inevitably, I realise I should have just stopped at the place that looked good!

This time though I saw this place, thought it looked nice and just made myself stop. Had pretty much the best coffee I've ever had in London! Tucked myself away in a corner and had two coffees (one decaf - the other full caff, rarely drink the hard stuff, am feeling a bit wired!!) and two muffins (Dukan guys, don't worry, I haven't gone insane) and made a start on catching up with all your wonderful diaries. Was bliss! :coffee: I stayed there until 9.20, well over an hour, so didn't get to work until almost 10am, oops! But it was great, first time I've let myself really just chill and do something relaxing for me. Plus it felt illicit as I knew I should have been off to work.

Thank you, thank you for all your support and inspiration. A common sentiment I know, but I honestly don't think I would have got here without this forum. I also know this is just the beginning and that conso is tough. With everyone here and all our mutual support, I'm sure I will get through it though. I am ready, bring it on!!

Jx

 

[Joodle]

PS Just realised it's not 2lbs off this week, it's 3.6lbs. Totally weird! I was 8st8lb on Friday when I had my official WW weigh in, that's why I got confused.

PPS Actually, I'm not going to 'bring it on' just yet. I want to make sure I know exactly what I'm doing first.

PPPS This is amazing timing. Just after I started Dukan, when I was up at my parents' at the start of June, we all had to pick what we wanted from a menu for a fancy event and dinner we're going to this Saturday for my Dad's birthday. I was a jibbering wreck as I was so new to Dukan, the thought of choosing what I was going to eat in 8 weeks when I assumed I'd still be on cruise was a nightmare. I picked as best I could but nothing was really perfect. Don't remember exactly what I chose but I know I foresook a sweet dessert for a cheeseplate, thinking it the lesser of many evils. Kind of wish I'd gone for something sweet now! Also means I can drink alcohol! That's a relief as it was so sad not to be able to join my Dad for a glass of wine when they were last down. He would have felt a bit let down if I'd refused a glass of fizz on his birthday - now I don't have to! Means I will have lasted 8 weeks without alcohol though. Never ever would have thought it possible, really.

PPPPS Just realised that I resisted that amazing raspberry icecream and freshly picked, organic, home grown raspberries the day before reaching TW. How ironic! Still, I guess if I'd had them I would have not reached 8st 6lb (gonna keep mentioning that, sorry....!) so will just get over it!!