continuing the weight loss thread....

[catlover4ever]

Funny how your first pic is in the shade - was that on purpose?

Actually that picture came from my niece's baptism. I was in the background and cropped myself out of the photo.

Thank you all for the nice comments.

[mrspunkysmom]

The scales are inconsistent with me or my body is. Anyway, I can tell how clothes are fitting that I've lost a few and a WHOLE lot more to go.

I need encouragement

[carole]

WOW you guys are fantastic and doing a marathon, that is even more inspiring,way to go girls.

Yes Debbie the weight loss can be unkind to the face, i have not lost enough yet for that to happen, and i have not got too much too loose ,but i have remained at a level i am not happy with since my daughter's birth 15 years ago, it took me ten after the first child to get slim, so i am really gonna have to do it this time,and stay there.

I must tell you all i have given up chocolate, and i loved the stuff, I never pigged out on it ,but it was always my choice of treats,now i just have low fat ice cream as my only treat and sometimes it is chocolate so that keeps the cravings away, I am not saying never a bar shall pass my lips again, but for now i am staying away, my stomach problems have prompted this choice and in the long run it is good for me all round,infact sometimes i wonder, my diet is so low fat if indeed i am getting enough, as we all need so much to be well.

Keep at it everyone, we all have different challenges and things that make the weight loss more difficult,but we are all in the same boat,so come on guys row row row the boat gently down the stream and merrily, merrily merrily life will be a dream lol.

p.s It is so great to be amongst so many fellow weightwatchers, i don't go to meetings, and do it at home, so i need that little bit of extra support,has anyone tried the berry mudslide ice cream, so yummy, rather rich, but certainly takes care of my choco cravings,our range is lot more limited down here, even oz have such a better range, but slowly we are getting some of the cakes, bakewell cherry tarts, yum ,yum,but only certain supermarkets sell the newer range, i can imagine in the states the choice would be so great.,when you are so good you need these little treats for sure.

[cassiesmom]

11 down, 89 to go. I have not been diligent about it. I've almost completely stopped eating fast food, though. I found that the more burgers and fries I eat, the more I crave them. It's easier if I just don't at all. I don't trust myself to go to a fast food restaurant and leave with a salad. The only place I can do that is at Culver's, because their salads are really terrific. They will also sell me a kid's meal even though I'm not a kid (their rationale: hey, you're someone's kid) so that works in a pinch when I can't outlast a craving.

[joycenalex]

carole, i had to give up chocolate and have not eaten any since april 2006. and FWIW, if i get 20 minutes notice of my death, i'm eating some chocolate cake. i loved it. but, and here is the bigest but, for me, i was crazy when i ate chocolate, but it's not enough for me anymore. it's a trigger food for me and i do not handle it as other people can and do. so, just for today, i don't eat chocolate in any form. yes i still want it, but today, i'll pass on the chocolate

[carole]

You know a friend of mine who suffers from severe depression swears chocolate is bad for her and makes her worse, it never did that for me i must say, just upset my ticky stomach,so i am better off without it more ways than one.

To be frank with you all i don't really like fatty food anymore, i used to see adverts on the telly when i was dieting and crave them, like Kfc for instance ,but now i just don't care for it or any fat foods, i look at them and think yuck, that is not to say i don't mind having the odd thing, i enjoy a small amount of oven wedges with my meal weekly,but fatty food ugh!!