Newbie to the century club!

[Jem1905]

Hey people... well that is if anyone is out there... *Searches high and low*

So... *GULP* Started SW January 5th 2016... weighing at 380.8 lbs. Holy Snowflakes.

18 months later I have lost 49 lb so sitting at 334.6 with my first main target being 240lb... Aka 10 stone lost.


Please tell me there are other people out there??

 

[DivaOnaDiet]

Hey Jem

Sounds like you're doing an amazing job - I did slimming world in the past and lost about 4 stone, it was a really good plan at the time but my job now makes it difficult to cook or prepare meals so trying meal replacement at the moment instead.

Pleased to see at least someone recently posted in the century group! Today is my day 1 - and we're actually exactly the same current weight so looking forward to tracking with you!

Joe

 

[Jem1905]

Eeekkk! Hello!!
Well this week will be a gain for me but my birthday week so won't be one to complain.

Good luck with your meal replacements, I'm not that brave. x

 

[DivaOnaDiet]

ohhh happy birthday - it's my birthday tomorrow too! ^_^

 

[Jem1905]

Woah, look at that! haha Mine was on Wednesday..
Any special plans?

 

[buffy3256]

Hi there, there are a few big losers on here.
I've lost 114lbs so far, but have another 158 lbs to go.

Welcome! Looking forward to following your journey x x

 

[DivaOnaDiet]

No special plans, just starvation! haha

 

[jules1981]

Good luck have a good birthday xxx

 

[Jem1905]

Diva i hope you had a wonderful day!!

Well im annoyed... i clearly enjoyed my birthday despite considering myself on plan... Gained 3 flipping lb and im annoyed.

 

[DivaOnaDiet]

Don't worry love, write it off down to the birthday week and try to get rid of it this week!

 

[Jem1905]

I was so annoyed... Thankfully i have some amazing sw buddies who gave me a good talking too.
I looked back at my last birthday and i gained more so i feel better in the sense i am slowly gaining more control of myself at occasions etc so just hoping i can keep progressing. Hosting a BBQ

 

[DivaOnaDiet]

It's always good to have historical records for things like this - I have a group on Facebook called 'weight tracking', it's a secret group that only I can view and I've had it for about 6 or 7 years and the reason is because I tend to stop using forums, blogs, youtube etc for long periods but facebook -never- goes away so I know I'll always have access and keep it updated.

So basically, whenever I have a really bad 'before' photo I post it in there, whenever something either horrible happens, or something good happens, that's weight related, it goes in there - and every time I weigh, ever, it always goes where it's going (blogs, etc) AND it goes in there. That way I can look back over the last 7 years at any period, and it's nice as well as weight goes down to think "Great, I'm back to where I was last January" for example etc.

Antway BBQ works great with SW! Big salad bowl, lots of grilling - you'll be fine!

 

[Jem1905]

Wish I had thought of that... I ditched here for maybe 13/14 months. Definitely over the year part. Hence why I now tend to Instagram a lot... Plus plenty of food porn there so its kind of a win wins.

I don't have a single before picture of me. I refused to be in front of the camera. We did take some the night we joined but lost them on an old laptop and I had one from the Christmas before I joined that one of my nieces had taken but again lost them from an old laptop darn hard drive!

 

[DivaOnaDiet]

God I've got some horrendous ones! In particular, just before I left Thailand my friends visited for 2 weeks so when they did we visited one of the elephant sanctuary (not one of the riding places; one of the nice places). Anyway, whilst there you feed the elephants and then take a mud bath with them and shower with them and throughout the whole thing the sanctuary has their own photographer that follows you all day and then posts it all to Facebook (because you obviously can't have your own phone / camera with you in the mud bath, etc) - Anyway. My GOD. When I saw those uploaded I nearly jumped off the nearest bridge, but decided not to bother as I'd probably bounce.

I've saved them all though for when I'm thin and fabulous and the sun want to do a story on my miraculous success ;-p

 

[Jem1905]

Hahahaha I wish I had saved them to my phone also really or as you've done had my own private group or something lol. I have one but it's not even a full pic because I cropped out the worse parts. oops? hahaha.