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12/07/2008 09:57

DAY 104, WHATS YOUR GOAL??

Good morning girls, how are you all feeling this morning?
Its windy and cloudy here.

I was just wondering what your personal goal is, are you almost there?

How realistic are you?

When I started this programme, my aim was to get to 10st, Im almost there, but I feel I have achieved so much more than that, apart from the regaining control and no more bingeing, I have made some wonderful friends who are in the same boat, who are there for me with support and motivation, thats priceless.

When I reach 10st, what then I wonder, will it be 9st?

Do your goal posts shift??

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12/07/2008 10:57

Re: DAY 104, WHATS YOUR GOAL??

Well, my goal was to lose some weight, realistically, I need to lose 3 stone to be at a healthy weight. That was much to big a mountain to climb so when I started with you guys I decided to just lose some weight (any weight would be good!!) So far I have lost 10 and a half lbs. I am sure I will have lost a stone by my next weigh in as I have done a bit of extra exercising to try and up the ante. If I do manage to get to the 1 stone loss then I am a third of the way there so I have re-set my goal to get to my healthy weight. Thanks to all the support, advice and motivation I have received then I know that I can do it. OK it wont be in a couple of weeks but hey, who cares?, I will get there eventually. Even if I dont get to the exact figure I wont count it as a failure as a bit of leeway either side would be quite acceptable to me. The plus side is, all you guys, spurring me on and sticking with the Flabulous Forumers, it has got me to wondering though, what are we going to call ourselves when we get to our desired weight and what are we going to do without these daily posts?

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12/07/2008 11:08

Re: DAY 104, WHATS YOUR GOAL??

Yes, mjm, I do think our goalposts shift. Before I joined the Flabuless Forumers, my goal was to get to my goal weight as soon as possible. That would have meant looking at losing over 3 stone - rather a lot of weight! Since becoming part of this group of lovely ladies, I have re-thought things. My goal is still to lose the weight - but I am now happy to take it slowly and be pleased with small successes, even if those successes have more to do with being in control than having actually lost any weight.

Taking these steps towards losing weight in your company, ladies, is making it a much more achievable goal. The way we all support each other is wonderful and I hope we can carry on doing so. As with the forum itself, I would be quite lost without the Flabuless Forumers 'get togethers'.

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12/07/2008 11:28

Re: DAY 104, WHATS YOUR GOAL??

Ally, you have just summed up exactly my position! Saved me having to think what to write. If I lost a pound a fortnight, that would be 26lb by the end of the year...and I know that I am unclogging my arteries and generally doing myself good at the same time - and looking better.

I have to say that today I think I could nibble for the Olympics (now there's a new sport!) - have managed to persuade myself that I wanted a banana rather than my d's home-made shortbread with my coffee, and bought apples instead of a Twix for our picnic lunch, but I'm going to need strength ...send me your good vibes please, everybody!!!

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12/07/2008 12:00

Re: DAY 104, WHATS YOUR GOAL??

Hi girls, its raining here now........what a surprize!!

honey thats easy, we are going to be the FABULESS FORUMERS, what we are going to do without the Flabuless forumers, who knows, they might just go for ever and ever!!
Good luck with that stone, I think that a few of us have that in our minds too, for the next weigh in.

Alex, you WILL get there, and we will be there watching as you reach your goal, and what a party we will have.

Val, dont deprive yourself of all the yummies, you know the rules, it sounds to me as if you are braking one of them!!
Enjoy your picnic, if that means having a Twix then, enjoy it!

I have just finished my stepping and I am tucking into the most enormous fruit salad, full of all the super berries, and yoghurt.

OH has just come home and I can smell bacon, eggs, sausages, beans, mushrooms and toast wafting thro from the kitchen. And to be totally honest, Im happy with my fruit and yogurt, cant finish it tho, my eyes were bigger than my belly!!

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12/07/2008 12:38

Re: DAY 104, WHATS YOUR GOAL??

Nibbling for the Olympics - valaber, that's one sport I would probably excel at! Now, though, I would be nibbling at fruit, nuts, etc!

Talking of nibbling - I need a solution for the early evening nibbles. I find the most difficult part of the day is when I get home and start making dinner - I just keep thinking 'food' and, although I pick at 'good' food, I shouldn't be nibbling at all! I know the only answer lies with me and I just have to stop, but I do find it very hard.

mjm - thank you for your encouragement! Your fruit salad sounds lovely - much more appealing than your OH's fry-up!

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12/07/2008 12:47

Re: DAY 104, WHATS YOUR GOAL??

Alex, I think the key is not to let yourself get too hungry in the first place, thats a danger zone!, if you let your blood sugar levels drop, you will start to crave rather than be actually hungry. If your not hungry tho, yes its a naughty habit, and you need your legs slapped!!

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12/07/2008 12:54

Re: DAY 104, WHATS YOUR GOAL??

Afternoon girls. I'm very glad to hear that a few of you started with about 3 stones to lose because that's my position. I did an online calculation about BMI. Unfortunately, but unsurprisingly, I can't remember where! To get down to a suitabl BMI, I need to lose about another 2 stone, so that's my goal, and valaber, I think I will be with you over the next year and maybe a bit longer, and honeybunny and AlexP, it looks like you two are on the same path.

mjm, I think you are doing brilliantly, especially in that you've taken control a bit sooner than I have, but it's finding that the others have the same amount as me to lose that has really cheered me up, because I thought I'd be left on my own

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I agree that the support from the Flabuless Forumers has made all the difference, because the weight loss, for me at least, has really slowed down. Ideally I'd like to lose two stone by next weekend, but I know that's not going to happen!! So even when I get frustrated by my rate of loss, knowing that you are all there keeping me going makes all the difference. So my goal hasn't moved, but it's still at the far, far end of the pitch

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12/07/2008 13:08

Re: DAY 104, WHATS YOUR GOAL??

Hi Sella, I did my BMI before I started this too, and alls it did was depress me, it called me obese, and told me that I was on the road to heart decease, stroke and diabetis!, great, And to make things worse, Im the wrong shape, apple, I think I am already dead!!! they may as well bury me now!!

I should be around the 8-9 st, for my height, age and genda, the last time I was that size I was going thro a divorce, now thats a thought!!

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12/07/2008 13:54

Re: DAY 104, WHATS YOUR GOAL??

mjm - yes, I need my legs slapped because the nibbling I am tempted to do at that time of the day has nothing to do with hunger! It's the lull between being at work and getting dinner ready and my OH coming home - somehow it has to be filled and my mind tends to think of food!

Sella_Vee well done on losing so much! As you said, it is nice to know that there are others who have (or, in your case, did have!) around the 3 stone mark to lose. Honeybunny - you and I do seem to be at the same point as far as what we need to lose is concerned. It is reassuring in a way to know that there are others more or less at the same stage - I was also concerned that everyone else had much less to lose than I hand and that I would end up on my own at the end of this, still with some way to go!

Have a good weekend everyone xx

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12/07/2008 16:54

Re: DAY 104, WHATS YOUR GOAL??

Dont worry AlexP, I will be with you all the way and even if I lose my 3 stone before you ( and remember its not a race) I will carry on supporting and encouring you until you get to where you want to be.

I am off out tonight to a Grand dance, a real Ballroom, quickstep, Latin and American jive dance. I have the new dress, the new shoes, the new figure, the new resolve, the new confidence but luckily I still have the old husband, well he,s not old but hes not new either. But he,s all mine and I love him but best of all he loves me, just as I am, 2+ (now) stone overweight!!

Have a great weekend girls, I have a 12 hour shift tomorrow but I will look in on you when I get home tomorrow evening.X

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12/07/2008 19:35

Re: DAY 104, WHATS YOUR GOAL??

Hope you have a wonderful time at the ball Honeybunny.

Girls I'm a 3 stoner too - except that now it's 2 and a half-ish!

Trouble is, mjm, I wanted to nibble when I was not hungry - I had extra breakfast and still wanted more food. Had my ham roll and an apple for lunch and that was fine, so the strengthening vibes must have worked well! Am off to get a lovely kebab and salad now for supper - and I have mini-cornettos in case I want an unhealthy pudding.

Good luck with your shift honeybunny - that sounds like a long haul.

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13/07/2008 12:00

Re: DAY 104, WHATS YOUR GOAL??

Thank you honeybunny - that's really lovely of you. Hope you had a wonderful time last night - and wishing you luck with such a long shift x

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14/07/2008 08:41

Re: DAY 104, WHATS YOUR GOAL??

3 stone (ish) for me too although having lost 10lb it's now much nearer 2 stone (that sounds so good!). I'm really trying to be under 12 stone for the next weigh-in - that's a really big mile stone for me as I've not been there for about 4 year (every time I've lost a few pounds in the last few years I've not managed to break that barrier).

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