General Chat

Dolly, I was thinking the other day that our doctors don't offer anything more than they have to - have never been offered help with weight loss programmes and had to fight for help with my ocd which was useless as there are no therapists who deal with my type of ocd in the area. When they said I needed counselling I had to find it for myself and pay too altho I get a reduced rate, it's still another expense every week.

Will see what doc says on Wednesday.
We went to the coast yesterday, same place as we stayed a few weeks ago, and walked along the cliff path and through the town so I got a bit of exercise, the weather was lovely, then we stood and listened to the Salvation Army Brass band playing hymns next to the beach and afterwards, went and got cod roe and chips for me and fishcake and chips for o.h. I had already eaten a rather naughty icecream - white chocolate and Maltesers, well they are less fattening lol

I have some things I want to do in the garden this week so that will give me a bit of exercise too

Keep up the good work folks

Lizxx

Morning everyone, Sorry Ive not been around, I have a poorly mum at the moment.

Wendy thank you for your encouragement, I will certinaly keep adding my weight loss to this thread.

Kay , thank you and Well Done! 9lbs is so good, especially when you think of it as slabs of lard! I do that then I think how horrible it would be to add that around my waist line lol

Liz, thank you, I think you should ask your GP to get you to ring 'Why Weight' I don't know if all GP's do it, but ours does. Have a lovely meal out and enjoy.

Hazel, thank you. I had been to my GP before about my weight gain, I did join the gym under supervision, I was given a plan of exercise, it didn't work out for me, my fibro really couldn't cope with that sort of exercise, I loved it and wish it had agreed with my body but it didn't.

Fiona, thank you and Well Done! I also go onto WW online, I can add you as a friend on there if you want, we can keep encouraging each other? I do love not being hungry, thats what always put me off dieting, also the Pro Points is so easy to follow, don't you think?
Good Luck with your future weight loss :-)

Dolly X

Hi Huia, well done with staying static, that's something and I am sure you will lose a bit more weight soon.

Our night out was ok, interesting watching the way the local news is done and then we walked about a mile to the restaurant the others had chosen. It was a total disappointment tho, overpriced, poor service, chaotic atmosphere and a place we won't be visiting again, especially for the old boy's birthday bash! We walked back again to the car and o.h.'s sis and b.i.l. went off to get a takeaway as they were still hungry. B.i.l. put a snotty review on the restaurants facebook page and I added a similar snotty review to their reviews page. We weren't the only ones, but favourable reviews seemed prevalent, all I can say is that some people must have more money than sense to pay for the pitiful food we got. I ordered a coke, it came in the tiniest coke bottle I have ever seen and cost £1.60. O.h.'s sister was so incensed at being charged way over £1 for a splash of lemonade in her hubby's shandy when the beer was nearly £4 and her glass of wine was nearly a fiver, that she complained and got the lemonade charge refunded but we were not happy people. The meal for o.h. and me with one piece of garlic bread ( a white pitta bread) and a bowl of olives extra, and my coca cola, cost £30. I had quite a large piece of grilled chicken (supposed to be lemon and thyme but only had a slice of lemon and two sprigs of thyme laid on it lol) and mediterranean veg which consisted of a few pieces of pepper and aubergine and looked more like a small ladle portion of ratatouille (sp) and five small wedges of sauteed potato and that was around £12 and o.h. had scallopino pork with spaghetti and parmesan. Not very balanced meals and £2.25 for any side order of veg, so quite expensive really.

It wasn't a meal for a special occasion so didn't warrant being so expensive and imagine the cost if we had gone there without checking, to celebrate the old boy's 80th, it would have cost o.h. and his sisters a fortune!

Oh well at least with the small amount of food and all the walking back and forth to the car (we left it at the tv studios as it was a pleasant evening) I certainly didn't put on any weight!


Keep up the good work folks - don't forget the saying, a moment on the lips is a lifetime on the hips lol
Lizx

I'm glad you're doing so well Dolly; I joined WW online 2 weeks ago and I've lost 4lb which is a bit of a result. It just seems so strange dieting and not feeling hungry :-D

I too have chronic fibromyalgia plus other serious health problems. When I hit 15 stone I decided to do something about it. If your doctor has a practice nurse then they can recommend you for active life at the gym. You pay a greatly reduced rate and get a personal trainer who is trained in muscle problems.They won't push you too hard or give you any exercises that will cause you pain. I've managed to loose three stone and I feel so much better as I don't have to use a wheelchair any more.
Hazel

I too have chronic fibromyalgia plus other serious health problems. When I hit 15 stone I decided to do something about it. If your doctor has a practice nurse then they can recommend you for active life at the gym. You pay a greatly reduced rate and get a personal trainer who is trained in muscle problems.They won't push you too hard or give you any exercises that will cause you pain. I've managed to loose three stone and I feel so much better as I don't have to use a wheelchair any more.
Hazel

Hello Liz. I havent bumped into you for a while. We wont recognise each other when we do with our weight losses although mine seems to be fairly static at the moment, if you call going up 500 gm and down again to be static. But I know I will get going down again sometime.

Huia.

Well done Dolly, you have stuck at it.

I have an appointment with my doctor next Weds altho he didn't weigh me before so he will have to take my word for it that I have shed a few pounds, not many considering it was in March that I last saw him and I have only lost around 9 lbs but that's without trying much. I haven't checked my bp either - will have to get o.h. to do it with his monitor over the weekend, just so I am prepared if it hasn't improved yet lol


I am going out tonight with my o.h., his sis and her hubby but we are trying out different pizza restaurants as his Dad will be 80 in August and that's the sort of restaurant he wants to visit - his wife is vegan so we have to check it all out properly.

I didn't eat out as much as we'd planned on holiday so I can be a little bit naughty tonight and make up for it next week when o.h. is on late shift so I can just cook what I want.

keep up the good work,

Lizx

Glad it is keeping up Dolly. We went out of a meal with my OH last week on his birthday and had pudding - chocolate!!- but back on line now and lost about 9lbs.

Keep it up

Kayx

Hi Dolly

Congratulations on your brilliant weight loss. If you make sure that you put your weigh in results, whether losses, gains or stay the sames, on this board EVERY week it will help you stay on track. Just knowing that you have GOT to tell us will help you to keep to the diet.

Good luck
Wendy x

Morning All,
I had my weekly weigh in on Wednesday. I lost 3lbs this last week :-D :-D :-D

How are you doing Kay?

Dolly X

Thank you Kay and well done, :-D

Dolly X

Congratulations - You have inspired me and also managed to lose some so keep it up :-D

Kay

Morning all, I have been for my week 4 weigh in today. Another 1.1/2 lbs off! so thats 8 lbs to date!
I am pretty chuffed about that.

Thank you Kay.

If you need to lose weight Kay then WW's new Pro Points is so easy to do and is working for me anyway. :-)

Dolly X

Congratulations and well done - I must join you! :-D :-D

Do keep it up

Kayx

Thank you Marion, thats very kind of you . :-D

Dolly X

:-D :-D :-D Well done.

Marion

Another weigh in today, my 2nd week and 1.5lbs off! so thats 6.5lbs to date, just another 49.5 lbs to get to target. :-)

Dolly X

Good for you thats a good start :-D Barbra