General Chat

Hi Margot


Pleased to hear your OH's op went well - may his ongoing recovery go smoothly & may you see less of each other :-) ( weight wise :-) )


Penny

Hi Penny,Tinky,Tina etc..,

My OH has had a very successful robotic prostatectomy,and that has helped me lose weight too,because I am making sure that he is eating really well.We have been juicing a variety of fruits every morning,and having lots of fruit salad,stir fries with lots of vegies,steamed vegies etc.When he eats well so do I,so it is a big help to me too.

I want to go down one dress size,so it's a good time to get motivated to do something about my excess kilos!

Good luck everyone,

Best wishes, Margot.

Thank you,Penny. Your Dad sounds like he has made a fantastic recovery!

Best wishes to you and him,

Margot xx

Hi Margot

Wishing your hubby a speedy recovery . My Dad has his prostate removed last year and has had one lot of hormone treatment & found out yesterday his cancer count ( or whatever its called) is down to 0.0003. He has also had a quad bypass on his heart done in the meantime ( didn't know he needed one until he had his prostate removed !!)


Penny

Well done,Penny,for losing 3and a half stone in 18 months-slow and steady is the best way to do it!

Best wishes,

Margot xx

Hi Penny,Tina, Tinky,

Glad to see you're all hanging in there and trying.I've lost the plot a bit,but
I'm still trying,it's hard though.I'm still walking,by myself and with the little
dogs,3-4 times a week.The bikes haven't been taken out a lot because my husband was diagnosed with prostate cancer (very early stage,luckily)
and his recovery from the 2 biopsies has limited our outings a bit.I hope to go bike riding with him after he recovers from his prostate removal operation.

Anyway,keep trying,good luck everyone.

XX Margot.

Hi Tinky

I would say losing 3-4 stone in 3 months ( which includes Christmas) is very tough going. I have lost 3 1/2 stone but it took me 18 months. I know that it can be done a lot quicker but I wanted a "diet" that I could stick to and was realistic to carry on eating that way after I had lost the weight.

I would like to lose another stone but my mind/heart/ mouth isn't into changing :-)

Good luck - set yourself small goals & measure yourself - amazing how many inches you can lose.

hello

how is everyone doing with there diets i have lost the plot wiv my diet but have got to go back on a very strict diet and got to have lost 3-4 stone by mid january (can it be done losing 3-4 stone by mid jan?)

I have started eating the right stuff but will have problems with exercise as i have nerve damage in my back that affecks my legs and i am in constant pain 24/7 so please can i ask for your support again

many thanx tinks

Hi Tina and Penny,

Welcome back,Penny,nice to hear from you again.It's great that you're maintaining your weight,and eating sensibly-well done!!

Keep it up,Tina,you're doing well too. Life gets in the way of our best intentions-I had a significant birthday last week,and ended up going out for breakfast with my girlfriend on the day,then out for dinner with all the rellies on Sat. night,and you always end up eating more fattening things than you would if you were home,but I had a lovely time anyway.I put on .2kg for the week,which wasn't too bad.I've been exercising a bit more too,and my clothes are feeling looser,so that's good-I'll have to get stuck in to it again this week.I really am more full of energy when I exercise,so I know it's doing me some good.

Good luck,Tina and Penny,and anyone reading this-

Best wishes, Margot xx.

Hi Tina


I just think, I have to eat 21 times in a week - if I blow it on meal one it's not the end of the world and may seem excessive at the time but as long as you go back to normal eating it won't break the bank - or the scales :-)


Penny

Hi Penny & Margot

Lovely to see someone joining us!

Well done to Margot for getting more active. I think I would do much more walking if I lived in Oz, but as I live in England and don't like walking in the rain much - I tend to prefer indoor activities lol.

Penny - you do seem to be taking the sensible approach - its all very well dieting and losing the weight, but if you don't learn to maintain it you'll never win. I don't know how many times I have lost this weight before!

I am still playing squash - but not every day now - thank goodness. Danny's coaching went well and he has been invited to join the squash academy which he is delighted about. He was also invited to take part in some competitions next month.

I am not going to do a weigh in for another week. I have been doing a good job mostly recently, but went to a Hen Party on Saturday night - an Indian to start with followed by a pub crawl which involved rather a lot of drinking. We had a fabulous time but I am now back on the wagon again and don't want to be put off by whatever the scales say.

I don't know what is wrong with me - I am not normally this sensible about it !!! Hah ha

Good luck everyone

Tina x

Hi Tina & Margot

May I join your duo :-)

I'm still hanging in - I'm not losing any but I haven't put any on either so I'm quite happy as I'm not dieting as such just eating in a new routine.

Well done the two of you for keeping on going.


Penny

Hi Tina,

That's great-and it all happened by chance! Makes you think that someone up above is pulling some strings for you,doesn't it???

I've been walking in the early mornings,I enjoy that.It's better if I can get out without my little darlings(dogs) as they like to stop at every tree
/post/fence etc,which doesn't make for a very fast pace.I went for 45 minutes this morning-about 5k's or so. I still take the dogs out a few times per week,they get too sedentary otherwise!

At the week-end my husband and I will sometimes take out our new bikes for a short ride-I'm a bit wobbly on mine,lol,and I'm still getting used to the gears,but I do enjoy it, but hopefully I will improve as I use the bike more!

Well done,Tina,keep it up!

Best wishes, Margot xx

Hi Margot

I am getting my first day off squash today (after 5 consecutive days.) My son is absolutely loving it and we had a spot of luck yesterday. We were playing again, and afterwards met the regional development coach for squash. She has offered to do a coaching session for my son today with a view to getting him into a league / regional competitions. He is delighted.

If have also agreed to be part of a local women's social squash club that she is trying to get off the ground - so it's looking like I will be playing a lot more in the future.

It's funny how things turn out - a few weeks ago I wouldn't have given squash thought, now it seems to be taking over my life!! So glad I have rediscovered how much I love it.

I hope you manage to find something you enjoy too - it is so much easier to stick to something you enjoy.

Good luck - we'll get there if we just keep plodding

Tina x

Hi Tina,

Well done with the squash games-I'm sure it will make a difference!!

Yes,it certainly looks as though you and I are the last remaining stalwarts-
we are the champions!We can see the results,and that keeps us going.
My exercise has been sporadic too,but I'll try to be more consistent with it.

Good luck with your continued weight loss,

Margot xx

Hiya

Looks like its just thee and me at the moment Margot! Congratulations on your weight loss.

It seems you have the same enthusiasm for exercise as me (i.e. virtually none!) Well there has been big change for me in that department this week. My youngest has gone on holiday with his friend's family so I only have my 15 year old at home this week. I was trying to suggest to him that he should make some plans with his mates to go and do things. I inadvertantly mentioned squash as a suggestion. Since then I have had 3 games of squash in 3 days! He thought it was an excellent idea and wants to play every day - against me!!!

Apart from the bruises, I feel like I need to sleep for a few days - absolutely cream crackered as they say. I have to admit though I have really quite enjoyed it - I just hope the scales say it has done me some good next week!

Keep at it and good luck
Tina x

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Hi Tinaj,Penny,Tinky,and anyone reading this,

Great to hear that you've lost so much weight,Tinaj,well done! I've lost about 7.5kg which I think is about 1 stone.Like you,I'm finding it hard to keep up the motivation to exercise,but I have to do it if I am not going to have flabby rolls of flesh,and for my general health and well -being,but it is
hard to summon the enthusiasm to get out of bed when it's a cold morning!

I've discovered Gillian McKeith's book-"You Are What You Eat'-. I've been following her recommendations,and have found it all very easy to do.
I have fine-tuned my eating patterns,so far so good.Now for the exercise!!

I know we all have busy lives-but how are you all going in trying to lose those pounds/kilos-don't give up,it really is worth it to keep trying. Best wishes, Margot. xx

HI Tinky, Penny, Margot and everone

I hope you are all managing to keep going and are all just too busy to keep adding to this thread. I am still going for it but a bit slower than I had hoped. Since we all started I have lost a stone and a half (so 2 stone in total since last summer.) So at this rate I will be slim by 2020!!! No, no I am joking - but I do still have quite a lot to do.

We have just had a busy spell of family birthdays during which I maintained my weigh (at last I can do it) and I am hoping to have another spurt over the next few weeks before my friends wedding at the end of August.

Unfortunately I haven't been so good on the exercises front - sporadic at best. I really must do something about that quite urgently as I don't want to lose all this weight and then be left with loose rolls of skin. So my mission over the next few weeks is to dust off the wii and use it and rediscover my exercise dvds for a bit of variety.

Good luck everyone

Tina xx

Thanks Penny,for the encouragement,we all need that!!

WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR ENTHUSIASM????

Are we all sick of trying to lose weight,can't be bothered,it's too hard,or what????

I know I'm running out of steam at times,but then I think about how good I'll feel, and look, when I've lost the weight,and I get motivated again,if I've
strayed off the track slightly.I really want to get healthy and slimmer for the sake of my long-term health-when I don't exercise,things start going wrong with my body,I get aches and pains in the foot and one knee.These
disappear when I exercise,(just walking half an hour every day) and as I'm 60 next month,I want to feel good.

Any thoughts,comments,if anyone is still reading this???

Margot xx