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08/07/2008 08:19

DAY 100, WEIGH IN RESULTS.

Good morning grls, its a bit grey and dull here at the moment, dont know whether it it will brighten up for my walk this morning or not.

Here are the weigh in results and total amount of weight lost.

In no particular order:

VALABER......... NO LOSS...........8 LBS

SALDERBS........ +4 LBS............7 LBS

CHRISTINAB...... NO LOSS...........10 LBS

HONEYBUNNY...... 2 LBS.............10.5 LBS

SPANISHLADY..... 4 LBS.............10 LBS

SUEE............ NO LOSS...........1/4 LBS

GEMINI.......... +1 LB.............6 LBS

LYDANNE......... NO LOSS...........9 LBS

SELLA_VEE....... 1 LB..............13 LBS

MJM............. 2 LBS.............11.5 LBS

EMERALS......... NO LOSS...........6.5 LBS

ALEXP........... NO LOSS...........2 LBS (since 12 May}

ANNE1005........ ?.................10.5 LBS

ROTSCHOPF....... ?.................1 lb { since 12 May}

Congratulations everyone, especially Sella_Vee, 13 lbs, well done you, 1 more lb girl and thats 1 stone youve lost.

13 out of the 15 girls listed above have been together since 31st of March, AlexP and rotschof joined in May, so I think thats pretty impressive, dont you?, Im so proud of you all.

Ok girls, 100 days in and here we go again, lets beat Sella_Vee to the post, a big extra push to lose those few extra ponds and we will do it.

100 days and we can treat it as a NEW BEGGINING, so pay attention to those golden rules and listen to your body. I know that your all motivated enough to do this, youve proved that, so put it to good use and you will reach your goal.

CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN EVERYONE FOR GETTING THIS FAR.

XXX

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08/07/2008 08:28

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WOW very impressive

WELL DONE GIRLS

Good luck with the next 100 days

perry

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08/07/2008 08:34

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Good morning Perry, thanks for your kind words, another 100 days, wow, its sounds miles away, but step by step, up hill down dale, we will get there and reach our goals.

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08/07/2008 08:45

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Well done everybody, I was so pleased when I looked at the total weights and saw how much everyone has lost so far.

I seem to have got into a pattern of losing about 2 lb each time, I know I can get that down to about 2 lb a week if I was just a bit more disciplined and that is my goal for the next weigh in. I want to have lost a stone by then and when I think about it, it is so easily achievable as I now have changed my eating habits so much, In fact, it got me thinking and I was wondering, What took me so long to get into this mindset before now? Was it just that i was lazy and took the easy option of a ready meal? Was it just that I was too lazy to do any exercise, or was it just that over the years bad habits set in? I would be interested to find out what you think.

Many, many, congratulations everybody, you all deserve a big pat on the back, and to mjm, we could not have done it without you, and here we go again, Im loving it!!!

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08/07/2008 09:02

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Well done everyone! Sella-Vee, I'm so impressed, you must be so proud of yourself.

Honeybunny, I'm sure my bad habits have developed over the years. I was a bit overweight as a child but in my 20's hovered between 9 and 9 1/2 stone so about right for my 5'4 height (I'm not a particularly small frame). Once I got married and was cooking 'proper' meals I think it became too easy to just divide what I'd cooked in two and to clear my plate (I'm sure that is due to not being allowed to leave food when I was small, both at home and school). For me it's never been chocolate, sweets etc but I just lost the ability to realise I'd had sufficient. Some days are easier than others now but I realise that it's taken 40(ish) years to get me into those bad habits so breaking them isn't going to happen instantly but I'm going to keep trying.

A little story of how determined I am - a friend has offered me a jacket she's never worn (good quality and cosy) and it's a little roomy on me and I'm thinking I'll turn it down because I'm certain it's going to be too big in a couple of months - 101 days ago I'd have said 'yes please' because I'd have known that, despite all my good intentions, it would have fitted perfectly by the end of the year as I had no control over my weight and each year end I was a few pounds up on the previous year no matter what diet I tried in between.

This is a life-time change for all of us and I'm so pleased we're getting there together.

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08/07/2008 09:34

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Hi mjm, thank you again for doing all this and congratulations to you and everyone on progress so far!

ChristinaB, we obviously share many experiences- for years as an adult I was around 9st and got back there afer the births of my first two children. I started putting on weight when I moved to Wales; I think it ws a mix of loneliness, boredom (I'd given up a very interesting and quite high powered job to come here with my ex). I went to Slimming World, lost weight, got pregnant, put too much on, lost it and then put it back on very qickly in my mid 40s. Slower metabolism was part of it, but I think emotional eating was also a big factor. I was exhausted, my marriage was in a mess and then I got divorced.

I ate the same as my sons, gobbled my food because I was always in a hurry. If I was hungry I headed straight for the breadbin and if I had a cup of tea I ate biscuits with it.

All just bad habits. Also a rather lazy approach to food - quicker to grab a sandwich than to make a salad, or an omelette. I'm now coming round to thinking of food as something to be enjoyed, presented nicely to appeal to all the senses, and time taken over preparation and eating - even if it's just "a quick snack". I'm not there yet, but working on it.

I was in Cardiff all day yesterday, shopping, going to my d's concert. I ate a wrap for lunch and a chicken salad for tea, and didn't feel the need for anything else (which wasn't bad given that I spent much of the afternoon reading my book in Starbucks -where I had filter coffee, not a latte) - it really made me realise how much eating is to do with boredom and just being around food at home. I've also realised over the last fortnight how much often I overeat because I'm tired, particularly starchy or sugary foods.

Sorry, this is a bit long - I was reflecting out loud! Congratulations again to you all especially those of you whose weight loss has reached double figures, and well done Christina for refusing the jacket!

I'm looking forward to the next 100 days (well, 90 now I suppose!)

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08/07/2008 09:58

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Hello everyone - another 1.5lbs for me this time!!! seems to be coming off very slowly but staying off!!!
Well done everyone - here's to carrying on and being the slinky forumers LOL
Anne xx

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08/07/2008 10:21

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Hi Mjm
May I join your group and start with day 1. Never joined in a forum before so sorry if I do anything the wrong way.
I have been lurking, just reading the posts but I am in the right frame of mind and have ordered my book and cd.

genenut

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08/07/2008 10:45

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Hi all

I am hanging my head in shame!!! Very quite down at the moment..... Not just with the weight thing but also it seems I can't get motivated in all other aspects of my life..... I am in a deep RUT!!!!
Anyone got a shovel...

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08/07/2008 11:00

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Sally, please dont feel ashamed, you have lost half a stone, that is a real achievement. Ok so you feel down at the moment, but that will pass, you dont need a shovel, you have us, we will pull you back up. Its easy when one thing is not going great, to look at everything else and find fault with that as well. If I have learned one thing from all you guys, it is to tackle things one at a time, otherwise it just seems too much of a mountain to climb. Choose one thing today that you are not happy with and do something about that one thing, when you have cracked that one, then choose something else. Remember this is not a race, this is us trying to get slimmer and healthier and helping each other. It does not matter if it takes a year, you will get there in the end. We all will. When I was younger I wanted instant results, I never got them and I got so depressed. Now I realise, if a thing is worth doing, it does not matter how long it takes, just as long as I get there in the end.

If I lived anywhere near you I would come and give you a big hug because I know sometimes its all you need. Sadly Cornwall is not near anyone! so I am send you a telepathic hug, its on its way.

I hope you feel better soon, take care, xxx

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08/07/2008 11:15

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Well done to everyone for doing so well - and thank you again, mjm, for making this such a success.

If I look back at my life, I realise that I have spent an awful lot of it quite out of control when it comes to food and was eating for all sorts of reasons other than hunger. I've always enjoyed food - and I do enjoy good food, it's just that I end up eating too much of it! I enjoy sitting down to a lovely meal - right from enjoying how it looks to eating it. The problem was, I used to find all sorts of reasons why I should be eating during the day when I wasn't really hungry - for example, if I felt a bit down, if the day wasn't going too well - even if it was going well, why not 'celebrate' with a piece of cake!!

I've never been particularly slim - always on the round side, but never very overweight - until now. I've been on plenty of diets, lost some weight, then put it back on - but really never becoming very overweight. but now I am.

When I had my daughter (25 years ago), I put on a lot of weight after she was born - nothing to do really with having had a baby, but more because I was alone at home and completely miserable in my marriage at the time. So, I turned to food for comfort and carried on doing that for a long time. I did eventually manage to lose weight (again!) and up until about three years ago was a reasonable and comfortable weight for my height.

Over the past three years or so, I have gradually put weight on and now weigh more than I have ever weighed. I can't quite believe how it has piled on - although, if I think about it, of course I know - I just haven't thought about what I've been eating.

So - even though I haven't lost very much weight at all, I do feel I have made a lot of progress in that I am now in much better control of my eating habits, and that has already made me feel much better. For the next 'phase' of the Flabuless Forumers, I really do want to use this to increase my weight loss - even if it's just 1-2lbs every two weeks.

Good luck everyone xx

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08/07/2008 11:55

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Well done everyone, Incredible success!!

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08/07/2008 14:06

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Sally, don't beat yourself up - you've lsot ahlf a stone, and even if you've changed one aspect of your eating, that's a good start. I know I have a way to go before I am as much in cotrol as I want to be - but as Honeybunny says in her excellent advice, just take it a day - or even a meal - at a time!

I'm looking forward to giving you a real hug on 19th!

Allypally, you've summed up how I feel (don't know why I took so long to say it!) Looking forward to giving you a real hug too!

Nice to see you, genenut and Sunbeam!

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08/07/2008 14:10

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Sally,

so sorry you're feeling down, it's horrible when you know there are things you should do but just can't get any motivation for even the smallest thing on your list. Can we help? As HoneyBunny says you've done really well so far.

A big hug from me!

Chriss
x

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08/07/2008 14:45

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Thank you....you are all so lovely.... I have been quite down lately (not just the weight) and can't seem to get the motivation to do anything.....
However your encouragement has spurred me on so tonight, regardless of what anyone else in the family wants...I am going to have 1/2 hour ME time in my bedroom with the door shut listening to the PMK CD.

Than you again for the hugs and support...you really are a fantastic group of ladies...

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08/07/2008 15:50

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Happy 100 days its been great I am delighted that I have lost 10 lbs thats one every ten days If I could keep that up I would be a happy bunny!!!!
its wonderful that we are all here for each other its keeping me going hers to the next 100 and the next 10 lbs

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08/07/2008 18:58

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Hi girls, sorry havent been back earlier, Ive been busy busy busy all day, with walking, getting ready to go out, meeting my friend for lunch, shopping and feeding GOM before he went out again, phewww, now I have some ME time!!

Firstly I will say wow, what wonderful feed back today.

Sally, please dont be down, you have nothing to hang your head in shame for, everyone of us will go thro times like this, but I admire your honesty, it would have been so easy for you to have just told us "no loss this time", but you didnt, that takes strength of character, so well done. We NEED you to be there for the next one who stumbles, and what would your advice be??........ALL OF THE ABOVE?? So come on girl, dust yourself off, and make the most of the next 2 weeks, step by step, you can do it.

AngB AngB AngB, I am so sorry for missing you out on the list, I think it was because you have missed the last 2 weigh ins, but Im so glad you are back with us again, sorry that you gained 3 lbs, but congrats that your total loss of 4 lbs.

For anyone who wants to join the FLABULESS FORUMERS, you will have to get the PMK book and cd, this is what we have been following for the last 100 days, IT IS NOT A DIET, but with the help of the book, cd and the Flabuless Forumers, we are managing to regain our control around food, and lose some weight too. We weigh every 2 weeks on a Monday morning, you PM me the result and I then post it on the Tuesday morning.

There are daily threads where you will be expected to feed back your ups and downs, tips and motivation thoughts, its a 2 way street!!

So having said all that, Sunbeam, Lorca and genenut, do you still want to be on the new list?

genenut you can PM me your start weight, and girls let me know if it is ok to post it on the forum, or keep it secret, the choice is yours, just let me know.

Pheww, I need a lie down now.

Thank you for all the lovely messages that you send along with your weights girls, they mean so much, and keep me going.

xxx

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08/07/2008 19:05

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Hi everybody, and yes I am feeling well chuffed, but I still need to do it all again at least two more times!

Honeybunny, I think you are spot on when you mention bad habits. That's definitely one of my problems.

Sally, I understand what you mean about being in a rut. With me it's decluttering and sorting out my wardrobe, drawers, cupboards etc. I just cant't seem to get started. I'm sure listening to the CD will help. It didn't motivate me to get any more active, but I'm sure it has really affected my eating patterns. Quite early on, after we started, I listened to the CD every day for a fortnight, and I think that that, together with the support from all of you, is the secret of my success.

I know we all feel the weight loss can sometimes be slow, so I've been doing my sums:

When we started, I was losing 4lbs every two weeks.
Had I kept that up for a year, I'd have lost 7st 6lb.
That's almost all of my lovely DIL!
Later, I went down to 2lbs every two weeks.
Had I kept that up for a year, I'd have lost 3st 10lb.
That's quite a big dog!
Finally, I've been losing 1lb every two weeks.
If I keep that up for a year, I'll lose 1st 12lbs, and I'll be almost at my target.
One time, after I'd been on holiday, eating and drinking for the UK, I lost no pounds over two weeks.
Had I kept that up for a year, I'll still have been lighter than when I started, and I'd have been grateful not to have put any weight on!!

I am really looking forward to sharing the next 100 days with you all.

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08/07/2008 19:58

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Sella Vee, how well you put that, I am so impressed. I am going to aim for the big dog!!

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08/07/2008 20:58

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i think I�`ll aim for a big cat 2 stones
I have just had several glasses of vino to celebrate our 100
hope you are all joining me

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08/07/2008 21:30

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I am SL, I am...But had an AF day yesterday, and will do so again tomorrow!

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08/07/2008 21:34

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Can I have an Ovaltine please SL, ive bought some soya milk to try, Ive never had it before, so it better be good!!

I also bought �45 worth of fruit, so if anyone wants me, Ill be in the loo!!

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08/07/2008 21:46

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soya milk is nasty mjm!!!

perry

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08/07/2008 22:12

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No it isn't, Perry, I have it on my bran flakes in the mornings. Mind you, my friend who is married to a dairy farmer is well not pleased, and she agrees with you.

SL and valaber I have joined you in a couple of glasses of Pinot Grigio. Down the hatch!

mjm, you could make Pimms with that fruit.

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08/07/2008 22:18

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Youll have to shout, Im in the loo!!

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08/07/2008 22:40

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I like soya milk on cereal too - have some every day...good for females of a certain age... Don't care for it in tea or coffee though.

mjm, you can't stay in the loo all night.....can you? Have a banana quick - they're supposed to be quite binding, aren't they?

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08/07/2008 22:45

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I think your thinking of eggs Val!!

Im drinking the soya milk in my Ovaltine, uuuummmm, not too sure yet. If I havent lost a stone by next weigh in, Ill be furious, what with all this fruit and now Soya milk, the things we do hey!!

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11/07/2008 12:43

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Hi all and many congratulations on the fantastic losses.
Mhm, osrry, forgot to PM my result as just back from holidays (had a great time sailing in the Turkish riviera) but I have actually managed to shift 1 more lb. Ah well, better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick! I would really like to join iin on the next 100 days if I may and will do my best to PM weights ON TIME! I know there is room for improvement. I am going to the gym this afternoon and will then settle down with my Paul youknowwho book and CD. I must hang my head in shame and admit I've read the book but not listened to the CD once so far. No wonder my results are so patchy! Wish me luck, and the best of luck to all of you too.
Love, Rotschopf

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