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Well done Kathi and everyone else who has lost some weight.   ;D

I weighed myself this morning and the total I have lost since returning from holiday three weeks ago is 4½ lbs.  I haven't been following a diet but just trying to cut down.  I have also been working very hard in the garden.   :D

I've put on weight again, a pound and a half  :-\ On the other hand, I have eaten out four times (!) this week so it's sort of good news that I didn't put on any more?  :)

ok i kind of fell of the wagon for a while but safely back on again and starting today,  ;D

good day y'all

Never ever ever EVER thought that I would participate in any form of diet/weight loss regime, always thought that if you eat less and do more it's bound to come off, what's the problem - just goes to show how little I know.

I think/thought that my diet (apart form beer and chocolate - in quantities that I am not willing to discuss) together with  the amount of exercise that I do (besides digging) meant that I wasn't going to put any weight on - that was 2st ago.

So, since christmas we (wife and I) have been more reflective on the amount we eat, we have joined the gym (and go 2-3 time per week), I have cut out lunch time beers, started to learn ball-room dancing and still do the digging etc - and so far exactly 0 lbs have been lost - although my clothes fit a little better than before and I definitely have more life in me (these are worth it  without the weight loss).  Apart from lopping a leg off I couldn't see any way of losing weight - until yesterday ....

I weigh myself a couple of times a week (I know - don't do that, but it's the first time (ever) that I have had access to a scale).  My weight swings back and forth by about 4 lbs - then yesterday it seems to have suddenly dropped by 7 lbs - just hoping that I have actually really lost a couple of pounds.

So, what I wanted to say was "good an yer all, and stick with it" - I never really realised just how hard losing weight was - even though loads of people had said it was.  But it's worth it.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7386405.stm

Thought that might give people a smile ;)

I am going to be joining slimming world in 2 weeks and the gym at the end of the month so i will be joining you soon hehe

Does this mean my big bum is doing me good ??? ;D

cj :)

As Sparklys other-half... I am also joining in  :)

Less puddings, more salad (or in my case - any salad). Already lost 3lb in 2 weeks, although thats probably helped by lots of work on the plot.

Well done Ant. Keep digging ;D

cj :)

Quote from: carolinej on May 07, 2008, 22:14:58
Well done Ant. Keep digging ;D

cj :)

I need to lose 40lb, so if I do keep digging I reckon I'll strike oil  ;D

If you run out of lottie, I'm sure there are a few people on A4A who would kindly let you have a go on theirs ;D ;D ;D

Have you worked out a' pounds per square meter' rate? That way, you would know how much land you have to dig to get to your ideal weight ;D ;D ;D

cj :)

I'll generously and self-sacrificingly allow you to dig on mine, even if it sets my weight loss back  ;D

Hi, just popping in to say hello and well done, I have lost a little more since the beginning but not any mind boggling amount,plodding on..

continued good luck to you all!!

XX Jeannine

Welcome back jeannine :D
I have managed to lose 2 more lb this week making it 32lb in all ;D soon be time to do some clothes shopping 8)
marg

 :) well done one and all, I lost another 2 lbs this week, making a total of 1 stone and half a pound in a month, no body has noticed yet though  :-\ ah well !

Had lost 6 lb, but went away for 24hrs and ate too much :-[ Scales saying I put on 2lb, but I hope most of that is just bulk from the extra food and will disappear soon......hoping ::)

theothermarg : one of the perks of weight loss , eh? ;D ;D ;D

Wilko : Over a stone and no one has noticed! :o I bet you can tell though. No more breathing in to do up your trousers ;D

cj :)

Weight watchers tomorrow and I am fearing the worse having spent a long weekend in North Devon and then having a big ole family BBQ today. Oh well, back on the straight and narrow tomorrow, you do only live once after all.

Hi everyone, a big hello to all the new people  ;D
Sorry I havent posted in awhile but things went seriously wrong with the low carb diet approach & my body  ::)
I was loving the quick weight loss & finding it easy to stick to until I started to have awful pains in my abdomen  :o I ended up at the hospital because my doctor thought I needed an emergency op to remove my appendix....to cut a long story short it turns out that my gall bladder was really not coping with the fat content of the low carb way of eating & I had a 4 day stay in hospital waiting for it to calm down enough for the surgeons NOT to remove it  :o
I still may have to have it removed if it flares up again but hopefully if I stick to the restrictive & low fat way of eating suggested by the surgeons it will recover fully.
So their really is some truth in the concerns about low carb/high fat diets being seriously dangerous for your body. 
And all the weight I had lost came flying back on as soon as I stopped eating the low carb way  :-\ so it is back to the drawing board for me on the weightloss front. 

Hi crystalmoon! sorry you have been unwell but thanks for the warning :o
I have tried the atkins but couldn,t stand the fat,felt unwell at such low carbs and put all the weight straight back on
what did the doctor say about eating white carbs? I would have thought that it was good cutting them down or at least replacing them with wholegrain ones :-\
of course we all have different dietary need and you have just found out the hard way that your bod doesn,t like fat. I know if I get really bad tempered it is usually because I have not ate enough carbs the day before
it looks like you will be on healthy eating from now on and this time I expect it will come off slowly and stay off
take care marg

Oh no! Poor you. Hope you're feeling better.

If you do decide to try again, try the GI thingy by Jennie Brand Miller. Developed for diabetics so it's safe and low fat. But I wouldn't blame you if you hid in a corner and shrieked every time  you heard the word diet.

All the best  :-\

Crystal Moon hope you get better soon and sorry to hear about the bad effects of the low carb diet.

I am on weightwatchers (or fatfighters for anyone who has watched little Briatain)  and put on 1 lb this week and really can't understand it. I have tracked and only eaten my points and whats more as the weather was good have been at the lottie everyday after work either doing hard physical graft in clearing the old raspberry bed, or hoeing and planting out.

Ah well will persevere - perhaps its a blip on the scales  ::).