I stayed the same last week, but had pizza and chips so am ok with that. Have spent loads of time at the gym this week and can feel my muscles in my legs developing, so am expecting to stay the same again this week if muscle does weigh more than fat as Im told it does.

Em. x

Muscle is heavier than fat..but i guess it will tone you up and make you fitter. Muscle will always be better than fat i think..

as for me.. well i just have this flubber on my belly and a bum resembling a small continent and that is most definitely fat. . i really want to get rid of it before the end of October.. i will even settle for getting rid of most of it....

divine intervention anyone please???

Can some one tell me how to loose weight when you have a under-active thyroid.I.m excercising at home and cut out all the silly foods,don't even have a drink(ALCOHOL) now.Still not lost any weight what else can i try.HELP.

Type "losing weight with under active thyroid" into google and you will get loads of reults. I have gone through a few and found this one which is rather helpful.

http://www.thyroid-info.com/diet.htm

Good luck!

Em. x

By the way I gained a 1/4 of a pound this week, I just bought new scales which measure a far as 1/4's and im not happy with them at all. on my old scales it would have shown me a the same

Im still hoping its muscle gain thugh cos I can def feel muscles developing, all be it still underneath the flab!!

Well, i've lost 2st in 9 weeks ready for my holidays

I was 18st 2lbs, and i'm now 16st 2lbs and still losing rapidly.

All i've done is stopped drinking (not that i was a big drinker anyway), stopped eating crap (i'm a big choccie lover), stopped eating loads for lunch at work instead having one sarnie and also started playing squash once a week on top of the football i already play.

I'm not strictly calorie counting but i'm limiting myself to a maximum of around 1500 per day and the weight is falling off me. Dropped from size 40 waist to a size 36.

I'm 6'2" so should be around the 14st mark.....Rome wasn't built in a day!!

Keef.. you sound so similar to Rob.. he is 6ft 2 and got up to 19 stone.. had a bit of a beer belly but he was built like a brick house..

he gave up smoking, cut down on the drink and starting biking to work and suddenly the weight is falling off him. I haven't yet persuaded him to cut out eating choccy biccies and bags of crisps yet.. but he does eat better, loads of pasta etc. He has a very physically demanding job and now the effects of stopping smoking are wearing in, he is fitter too. His weight has dropped down to 18 stone..

If Rob was round to 14stone mark with his build he would look anorexic..i think he should maybe lose another couple of stone and he would be fine with that.

Well done to you though

Guess what Me and hubby and going to Benidorm for 4 day break in October That's 9 weeks to lose 10lb (at least). Got a weekend away in September so will have to watch myself.

Elvis - re-instate your old scales if they make you lighter

Keef - good going, keep up the good work. Where are you off to?

Sleep r us - are you on medication? What does your GP say?

Val - Fill up on sugarefree jelly, low fat yoghurts. Be extra strict for next few weeks. Go powerwalks 3-4 times a week. You are probably doing all of this and feel like !!

We're off to Sirenis Seaview Country Club in Ibiza, cant wait now

Joolz.. i don't eat jellies or yoghurts.. i hate anything milk based.. i am currently following this plan ( i devised it myself and it probably shows!)

Breakfast: coffee
Mid morning snack: handful of nuts or meuseli cereal/ceral bar
Dinner: Cuppa soup
Snacks: fruit,
evening meal: chicken with veg or small amount of pasta

no booze so far this week.. no chocolate, no crisps.. and i am trying to drink more water..

it has worked.. so far i have lost 3lbs this week. I don't feel too bad with it, 1st day i was really hungry but it is ok now.. but suddenly after 5 months of not smoking, the cravings for a crafty fag are creeping in.. I don't know what that is about..

I am playing badminton this dinner against a work collegue from the pharmacy department, and since i work in a hospital, i should be well looked after when i collapse as i haven't played badminton since i was 20 and my mate plays every week.. still she has lost nearly a stone in 3 weeks so hopefully i could do the same...

hope you enjoy your break in Benidorm.. and i have every faith you will lose the required weight..

Doing well all. Keep up the good work and I have no doubt you will reach your targets.

I'm not even dieting but seem to be losing weight. I think it is called stress of selling your house

Keep up the good work all will speak soon

Regards Jackie

P.S. Val - nice reply on the Gran Canaria thread

cheers Jackie.. i know.. but narrow minded people like him make me The canary islands have such a diverse culture ( well we love the 3 we have been to..) and he is better off going to skegvegas..

the topic has now been locked..

anyway back on topic.. the stress of moving will make you lose weight... and i guess the nearer you get to moving the more stress you will be under... and nerves make you burn calories as it speeds up your metabolism..( so i am told)

Hi Jooz.
Yes i am on medication for the last 11 years,i have'nt been to the doctor's about my weight has i only need to loose 1 stone it seem's i'm wasting their precious time i would like to be able to do it my self if at all possible.it would be a accomplishment.

Breakfast, Breakfast, Breakfast

It's an old one but it's imperative to "break your fast" from your 8 hr ish sleep, it kicks starts your metabolism.

I reported a few posts back that I lost 2st in 6 weeks due to a newly diagnosed ilness, well now that my meds have kicked in it's slowed down but I'm at my 3 months of living with the ilness and lost another 9lb So I'm now the lightest I've been since I got married 17 years ago

I HATE fruit but knew I had to get my 5 a day somehow so I invested in a smoothie maker and it's the best thing I did. I just wizz my bananas, strawbs and natural yoghurt or juice and some ice and I make enough to last me the day and store in the fridge......delicious with no additives and fills me up big style and I know I'm doing myself good into the bargain.

Would highly recommend one if like me you find it difficult to get the fruit down you every day.

To everyone on here. Well done guys and gals!!!!

I am on my own then I put in 5 good days and 2 naughty and managed to gain 1 and a half lb this week. OH MY GOD I AM GOING THE WRONG WAY
By the time i arrived at class i was already in the ( I dont give a toss mode ) and decided to have another naughty day. I asked my consultant for something alittle stricter to kick my a**e into shape (literally) So by the time i left class and had alittle word with myself I thought "come on now, Whats more important??? Lager and chinese?? Or getting as much weight off as you possibly can for my best friends wedding"?? Happy to say the wedding won. So this week i am going to be EXTRA GOOD and i fill everyone in on wednesday how i get on.
Again congrats to everyone who lost and it just shows that if you put the work in you can do it.( hope you all rub off on me )

Jackie you lucky lucky thing I just get fatter when i am stressed out, You are probably being good and have not even noticed. Whatever you are doing keep it up girl.
Speak to you all soon.
Kerrie

I am a sheer waste of time, sorry not been on but at the moment things are c**p. Still only spinning once a week, and guess what b****y ate a big piece of chocolate fudge cake, why oh why oh why
Need to lose pounds not money either......help.
At the moment I am more focused on the house than anything else, got viewers again tomorrow but up to press nobody in a position to make me an offer .

Nice to see my dieting buddies are doing well, Kerrie you will be fine, go girl
Last week I stayed at friends for the weekend, alcohol after alcohol, tomorrow party and next week huge family wedding. How an earth can I lose weight
Thats the problem swings and roundabouts, if I did not involve myself with society and became a hermit I may just lose the pounds

best of luck gang

kazee xxxxx

Hiya Kazee.

I know what you mean about things getting in the way, Just when we think we have this losing weight thing to a tee then another invitation pops up . One thing i have managed to learn along the way (and believe me its taken me 7 yrs ) Is not to blow the whole week because of one night out ( hard i know because you feel your working all week for nothing) but sometimes if we are lucky we may lose alittle.

Goodluck for next week
Kerrie

Had terrible day at work, ate 2 mini twix, 4 mini snickers and mini maltesers. Too ashamed to tell you the rest. Wonder if I'll need to pack bikini or cardi??? OR will I be too tanked up on "bik-cardi" to care??!!!
8wks to get my act together.

Kazee.. i know hat selling a housecan make yu stressed.. we just sold the other house.. i had it on the market for 4 months and only had 5 viewers in that whole time and then i sold it.. not the state agent.. they were a waste of money.. and the money should be through at the end of sept....the market has been really slow...but unlike jackie..i never lost any weight with all the stress... everyone is different..

try not to worry too much and i am sure you will get everything back on track....

i have come to the conclusion that wrrying abou my weight will only make me miserable....in fact i am obsessing about it and no getting anywhere fast so it is time to relax about it and maybe i will do better...good luck everyone

Is it me or does anyone else feel that it is possible to self sabotage a healthy eating plan/diet?

I have lost 16 lbs since the 4th July, mainly due to a health scare and to my changing the medication I take for my migraines.

I had been thinking about what I ate and drank.

This weekend, all I have done is stuff myself silly.

I haven't been hungry, just bored.

By losing the 16 lbs I had started to feel well again and started to feel better about myself.

Now I feel as if I have taken two steps back.

I know I only have myself to blame and I knew what I was eating wasn't healthy and yet I did it.

I can't say this is the first time I have done this sort of thing (lost weight and then gone silly).

I can quite easily put on five/six pounds in a weekend and then spend ages trying to take them back off again (and feeling sorry for myself).

It makes me really angry at myself for being weak.

Tomorrow, I will just have to start all over again.