Ramblings of a Bee on Exante

Bee I spent 3-4 weeks bumbling around the same weight and did my head in but it has finally moved past the 14.5 which I was beginning to think id never see.
Am hoping to be below 14 by tues wi but we shall see. Am at a friends right now and have been offered various types of food from savoury to chocolate and now meringue, strawberries and ben and jerrys!! Am desperately trying to be strong and have a shake made at the ready :(
After day ive had could quite easily eat the lot xx
 
Hey Nat, sorry for slow reply, internet patchy again.
Well done for resisting!! It's so easy to be disheartened when things don't seem to move, makes me quite vulnerable to slipups coz it's easy to think it's not happening for me anyway. But that's so wrong. The 20lbs I've lost have already made such a difference to how I feel and I want to keep any loss off. And then some :) xx
 
Me too bee. Just seem to be at battle with myself lately.
Weighed in on fri at 13.12 was so pleased then today at 14.2! What the hell? Am hoping its because totm is due any day now and is water retention.

On plus side I joined and had my 1st session at the gym today and I loved it! Xx
 
Hi Bee. How are you? I'm back from holiday and 4lb heavier! Have set myself a new challenge to lose 15lb by 29th August which is when I go to Turkey. This will take me to 3st total loss which would be amazing! Do you fancy joining me with this challenge?
 
lynneonextante said:
Hi Bee. How are you? I'm back from holiday and 4lb heavier! Have set myself a new challenge to lose 15lb by 29th August which is when I go to Turkey. This will take me to 3st total loss which would be amazing! Do you fancy joining me with this challenge?
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Hey Lynne, welcome back!! 4lb is not bad at all, I think that's quite a moderate gain really and it's gonna come off in no time! I've been off the forum for a bit due to no internet access, very very frustrating.
I won't be able to join you on your challenge, I'm going away two weeks from yesterday and will come back on 30th August, so I know I won't lose 15lb by then.

I've been battling my own little frustrations with my weight loss (or rather lack of it). I weighed on 1 August at 14st1.4, so annoyingly I didn't get below 14. Saturday then all of a sudden I was 14st exactly and very excited, this morning I'm back to 14st1.4, being 100% and no totm, nothing. How very odd.
I think I'll ban the scales again for a few days and battle on but it is a bit disheartening I must say.

Anyways, other than that, I'm glad I've managed to stay on plan for the last couple of weeks despite plateauing, and a major tragedy this weekend when a close friend of mine suddenly died, completely unexpectedly, just literally passed out and didn't wake up again. It turned out to be her heart. She was only in her 40s and I'm gonna miss her so much. Had to pop into the supermarket yesterday to cook dinner for her family and walked straight past all the temptations. Normally this dull pain of the sudden loss would make me want to eat myself senseless. But I know it's only going to make it worse so I won't let that happen. But feeling rather flat today *sniff* xxx
 
I'm so sorry about your loss, Bee.

Sounds like you'll be ready for that break in a couple of weeks.
 
Oh Bee, thats horrid news and definitely no age to be leaving this world.

Well done you for not scoffing the entire cake aisle, its definitely my worst time for cracking when you have to deal with something like this, even though we all know it will make us feel 100% worse after.

Sending hugs xx
 
Thanks hun, that's exactly it, I just know too well how terrible I'd feel if I try and stuff food on top of the grief. Haven't been sleeping at all the last few nights since I heard and when I nodded off, I was just dreaming of her family. But I will keep myself busy helping out with things that need doing and stay off the scales, it would just depress me even more now if I don't lose :(
Started with the new products I got today from that other company I'm not allowed to mention ;) First shake, so far not as good as exante flavour wise, it doesn't mix very well and you end up with actual salt crystals at the bottom of the cup which is quite unexpected and gross when you're drinking something very sweet.
So will see how the next one is, and will have a soup and a dessert mix tonight. Kinda looking forward to it, for having the change.
 
BeeBeeSee said:
Hey Lynne, welcome back!! 4lb is not bad at all, I think that's quite a moderate gain really and it's gonna come off in no time! I've been off the forum for a bit due to no internet access, very very frustrating.
I won't be able to join you on your challenge, I'm going away two weeks from yesterday and will come back on 30th August, so I know I won't lose 15lb by then.

I've been battling my own little frustrations with my weight loss (or rather lack of it). I weighed on 1 August at 14st1.4, so annoyingly I didn't get below 14. Saturday then all of a sudden I was 14st exactly and very excited, this morning I'm back to 14st1.4, being 100% and no totm, nothing. How very odd.
I think I'll ban the scales again for a few days and battle on but it is a bit disheartening I must say.

Anyways, other than that, I'm glad I've managed to stay on plan for the last couple of weeks despite plateauing, and a major tragedy this weekend when a close friend of mine suddenly died, completely unexpectedly, just literally passed out and didn't wake up again. It turned out to be her heart. She was only in her 40s and I'm gonna miss her so much. Had to pop into the supermarket yesterday to cook dinner for her family and walked straight past all the temptations. Normally this dull pain of the sudden loss would make me want to eat myself senseless. But I know it's only going to make it worse so I won't let that happen. But feeling rather flat today *sniff* xxx
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So sorry about your friend Bee. It's so sad when someone dies so young. Does she have young children? It's devastating to lose a parent so young. My dad was only 52 when he died. Well done for not comfort eating. I'm afraid I find it very difficult not to when I'm upset.
Don't worry about the challenge. I'll be back from Turkey (and probably looking like one) on 13th September. Do you fancy doing a countdown to Christmas challenge then? I bet someone will have put one on the forum by then. Maybe that's when you can take up dog walking!
For the time being you can easily get down into the 14s before you go away. Maybe you should set yourself a mini target of 4lb loss over the next 2 weeks.
 
Ha ha, I did giggle at my reprimanded email about 'other company'! Funny you say that as I just had a sweet one tonight and I too had salt stuff at the bottom, pretty gross huh. I did like the tikka one though.

yes stay away from the scales and remember to be kind to yourself this week whilst stressed x
 
We could do a '12 week count down to Christmas' challenge.
 
lynneonextante said:
So sorry about your friend Bee. It's so sad when someone dies so young. Does she have young children? It's devastating to lose a parent so young. My dad was only 52 when he died. Well done for not comfort eating. I'm afraid I find it very difficult not to when I'm upset.
Don't worry about the challenge. I'll be back from Turkey (and probably looking like one) on 13th September. Do you fancy doing a countdown to Christmas challenge then? I bet someone will have put one on the forum by then. Maybe that's when you can take up dog walking!
For the time being you can easily get down into the 14s before you go away. Maybe you should set yourself a mini target of 4lb loss over the next 2 weeks.
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My friend has 3 kids, the youngest being only just 15, and I do worry about them all, but we're all very close so will keep an eye on the whole family, and thankfully there's plenty of support.

A countdown challenge to end of year (I don't do Christmas, but no matter ;) ) would be really good. It looks like I'll be away for two weeks again in November, family holiday this time so that would be my nearest goal and then end of year, definitely. I'm in!
I weighed again this morning, just couldn't resist it and the scales jumped back to 14st exactly. So I'm really hoping that it's not just fluctuation but actual loss and in only a couple of days I could finally finally be in the 13s! That would be such a thrill. The funny thing is that despite having plateaued for a good 3 weeks, I have definitely lost inches again. It's been in the last couple of weeks that loads of people have commented on my weight loss so I must say I'm pleased despite not having lost more weight.
Yes, I've set myself the target of another 3-4 lb before I go away, I'm hoping to do a "Lynne" and gain max 4lb hehe. How are you finding your re-start?
 
Plymscuba said:
Ha ha, I did giggle at my reprimanded email about 'other company'! Funny you say that as I just had a sweet one tonight and I too had salt stuff at the bottom, pretty gross huh. I did like the tikka one though.

yes stay away from the scales and remember to be kind to yourself this week whilst stressed x
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Thank you :) Yes, same here, it was a bit of a facepalm moment when I read the email. Never mind eh. The chocolate mint shake was a lovely flavour, apart from those nasty salt crystals at the bottom of the cup Yikes. But the soup I had last night then was really lovely. So I do think this is helping me to stay on track coz it's a change. It'll be vanilla yogurt smoothie mid morning and frappuccino shake this afternoon, leek soup tonight and probably apple porridge for dessert. Yum. Quite looking forward to that :) xx
 
Oh Bee!

i feel for you and your friends family...40's is so young to pass and to leave teens behind...I can't think of much worse. Look after yourself as well as the family and remember you will need support also xx
 
Sorry to hear about your friend Bee xxx
 
Hi Bee. How are you?
 
So sorry about the loss of your friend, Bee x
 
Hey, good morning, thank you all for kind messages. I'm doing alright thank you, it's still a total blur, was over with friend's husband and kids yesterday and it's hard to see them trying to be brave and have meltdowns and all that. We talked about their mum/wife and had a good laugh and a cry, she was a fabulous person.
The sadness of it all means I don't really feel like food, even the packs aren't all that appealing, but have been sticking to them and I have actually tipped the scales now, into the 13s! What I have been waiting for for weeks has now happened and I wasn't sure whether to laugh or cry about it, but I must say deep down I'm quite pleased, having really tried hard to get there. Now it's only 3lbs away from a 2 stone loss.

I'm actually having a day out with my sister tomorrow, what with life being so busy it rarely happens and we had been planning the day tomorrow for ages, going shopping and just having a nice day of lots of coffee and even more talking. And I really really crave it, just a day away. I'm not entirely sure if I'm gonna manage sticking to the diet, but if I do I do, if I don't I don't, will completely play it by ear and carry straight back on with Exante, whatever happens.

Life is so fragile, it would be great to look back on each day and think that I have done something worthwhile with it, that I had some joy, that I have given something to someone, a kind gesture perhaps, that made a difference to them. And I guess it's that frame of mind right now that makes me want to enjoy the day tomorrow :)
 
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