Hi Ladies
lovely to see new posts , Im a bit fed up as Ive been so good last couple of weeks and not lost anything and when I say good I mean good , sticking to 1400 calories a day ( I do rosemary connelly diet ) I am exercising lots so im really hoping its as mazz says and its muscle weighing more , my clothes seem to fit better and I actually got a pair of pre chemo jeggings on yesterday but it is so frustrating when the scales dont move downwards , oh well at least they are not going UP , well done to all you who ARE managing to lose im so jealous , and glad your enjoying the Wii cherub I still use mine daily
OMG Cherub… am exhausted JUST reading what YOU get up to on the Wii let alone the kindle!!! Hmmm will have to see if I can remember how to set it all up!! I didn’t know there were exercises for the kindle! What’s it called - would be good to say goodbye to the bingo wings!! Tho am still sore and am finding wearing a bra all day difficult … well painful actually cos it rubs my scar…
Tomorrow is weigh day - my proper start date!! Need to be in control of something!!! I shall stand in front of the mirror wardrobe in all my (ahem) glory in order to prompt me into action and start my food diary too! I also need to go through my wardrobe and get rid of clothing I can’t wear - might do that in stages tho! Theres some lovely posh frocks I sadly won’t be able to wear again yeah I know … am thankful I have my life but I liked having a cleavage too!! (Sorry folks … bit of POMS going on there!!). Perhaps when I’ve ‘settled down’ up there AND lost some weight I should consider a NEW image!! Hmmm… now there’s a thought!!
Lottie - keep up the good work - you’ve obviously toned up your body so take comfort in this and carry on the good work. I’m not familiar with RC diet having always done SW. I havent joined this time tho… just going to see how I go but cut out all the c**p I’ve been eating, eat more healthily and write everything down that goes in my mouth!! Oh and erm exercise would be good too … tho am a tad worried about jiggly boobs being painful!! Trial and error I suppose lol!!
Tomorrow is confession day… i.e final start weight (have been a right pigarillo lately… well for a while actually!!).
Good luck ladies, hugs and positive vibes to us all!
Lozza xxx
Omg ladies … omg … it would seem I need to go to Specsavers!!!
I got on the scales this morning and the numbers were completely different!! How did that happen??!!!
11 stones and 5 3/4 pounds!!! Unfortunately my height has remained the same. It would seem I’m growing outwards instead of upwards.
Pass me the piggy mask someone!!! :o
Onwards and downwards from now on… The diet has already commenced!!
I shall return
Lozza xx
Well done M & L’s, you lot seem to be so fit and active, especially as some of you are still in active treatment!!
Lottie, havent you had some probs with Lymphoedema lately? Could the fluid retention be the reason your weight is not going down?
After my excertions (?) of the last week, cleaning and decorating a flat (2nd floor, no lift, so lots of ‘stairwork’ with pots of paint, ladders, tools, hoovers etc), I got on the scales this morning and to my utter amazement I’VE LOST 5LB !
I am now 11st 1 lb - which is 1st 3lb lighter than my heaviest 'chemo-induced weight. Now only 1/2 stone to go to get to 10.5 stone, where I would be happy, and back in size 12 (although 10st would be better and size 12 would be looser…)
Good luck next week ladies xxx
Barb
Well done Nanabarb thats brilliant 5lbs wow , before bc i did the rosemary c diet and lost half a stone in 3 weeks now I seem to lose a pound here and there but its shifting albeit very very slowly , i put it down to the tamoxifen well i have to blame something and its not the baileys as all gone ages ago, i havent had a liquorice allsort for lord knows how long or choccie etc etc … boring eh lol
I think all the exercise im doing is toning me up for sure but I do have lypmhodema so maybe your right an i still have a degree of fluid retention , plus the amount of tea i drink wont help he he well i gotta have some luxuries eh and teas my weakness , I shall keep on keeping on god loves a trier and im definately trying !!! in more ways than one hubby would say
Well done and congratulations to all this week’s ‘Movers and Losers’.
I am back to work tomorrow after my recent implant replacement op so hopefully having some routine back in my life will help me back on the weight loss trail. I still can only use the cross trainer by keeping my arms still, but some exercise is better that none methinks!
See you next week and hope that I can let you know that I have lost something - other than my marbles!!! xx
Weigh in tonight at R.C lost a lb again … oh well its another lb but its getting a bit grating now its going to take me years to lose this weight the rate im going I cant eat any less than I do i will starve !!!
Lottie, don’t despair, a pound is a pound and you are more likely to keep it off if it goes down slowly. I put one a pound. Can’t seem to stop eating. Of to France on Friday, I am sure I will report more gain when I am back.
Barb, congrats this is realy good.
Mazzalou, I hope work was OK.
good luck everyone.
Lozza, the arm workout app I have on Kindle Fire is just one I found in the library that lists the free apps. I think it’s just called “free daily arm workout”. It also has some press up type exercises on the second half of the routines, but I am not going near them. 5 mins on the bingo wings is fine for me. Sadly, I was crap on the Wii Fit today, didn’t get ranked on some stuff Still, 25 mins on it was better than sitting on me bum and it gave me something to input into the Fit Log on SW online.
It’s only when you go back to work that you realise how much you don’t want to be there! Especially given all we have been through with BC and also now that I have my grandson Max who has just discovered how to smile and coo at you! There are some things in life that no amount of money you earn can buy!
Keep at it Lottie - have you thought about changing your name to Betty? Then instead of ‘Lose a lotty with Lottie’ we could ‘Lose a bitty with Betty’! xxx
Hahaha Mazzalou… Did you ever see Little Britain… David Walliams as the grown up sone who still wanted ‘Bitty’
Lose a bitty takes on a whole new meaning . especially on a BC website (sorry for my bad taste humour )
Lottie, I lose a pound or half a pound one week, then stick the next. Am the same as you, can’t really cut down on any more cals and there is very little naughty stuff left in my diet to get rid of. I am NOT willing to give up my little bit of chocolate in the evening OR my couple of glasses of wine on the weekend. Chips or a takeaway are about once a month or 6 weeks and are event My husaband decided he wanted a sausage sandwich from the bakers at lunchtime, but I said nooooo and opted virtuously for a crusty brown roll with lean turkey salad and a yoghurt. Such an angel lol
I just figure if I keep going the same way it will come off eventually, but even if I end up staying the same size but being toned I would be happy. I think I might start walking first thing in the mornings next week as there is a bit more daylight.
We should all just keep posting, if it keeps us going on the diet fron in some small way then it’s worth it.
Lottie - well done… at least its a pound OFF!! Every little bit helps Nannabarb - omg… 5lbs!! Blimey - you must have been going some!! Slimmer of the week!! I live in a bungalow… no chance of any stairwork for me!! Cherub - Thanks for the Kindle tip… will look that up! I should go for a walk everyday… I did put a hint in for a dog but it didn’t go down too well sadly! Just a small one… but no… plus to be fair… I do work full-time so it wouldn’t be fair really… so I’ll have to either pretend in my head I’ve got a dog with me (must remember not to talk out loud!!) or put a lead on the cat!! Hmm not sure that’ll go down to well! Seems odd going for a walk on your own though…
Am hoping Daughter will go through the Wii set up tonight/tomorrow (she’s been too busy) so that I can get a handle on it all. I used to be good at gadgets when I was younger… and then … I don’t know what happened… my gadgetty brain had a meltdown! And that was before BC! Still… I have been pretty damn good this week foody wise!! Oh yes… fruit and veg … did have a couple of chocorillos the other day… but other than that…
Cherub, I also need to be toned… but defo need to lose some weight. I guess the secret is gently does it… I certainly can’t do anything too strenuous at the moment… but do remember playing a few games on the wii that were quite fun … there was a ‘slap the rabbit’ one I seem to remember…
Have got bra changing down to twice a day now! Yay! Have had a few goes on daughter’s cross trainer (without using the arms lol!!) … am SOOO unfit!! But will continue it (when skinny daughter not around!) in the hope that I’ll have lovely slim calves! Ugg boots don’t look so nice on tree legs and they’re also a bit too tight!! :o
Keep up the fight everyone… just about to go look in the fridge for inspiration! Hmmm… that’s another thing I need to do… work out a weekly menu!! Oh gawd… perhaps I should just do slimfast instead lol! Second thoughts… didn’t work when I did it previously… still have to cook for everyone else…
Signing out for now.
Hugs and positivity to you all (including me! lol!)
Lozza xx
Oh, Nannabarb - your post did make me laugh and, yes, I do know the Little Britain sketches that you are referring to. How remis of me, but in the words of Kenny Everett my post was ‘in the best possible taste’!
Cherub - I agree with you that we must keep up our efforts and continue posting. We have all fought BC so I am sure that we have the ability to ‘fight the flab’ and win, sooner if not later.
Keep up the motivation girls! xxx
Thank you for the words of encouragement ladies , I know at least its still a loss and not a gain it just gets a bit gutting when I really do say no to everything , OH had a cornish pasty & a sausage roll from our local bakers yesterday and I had rivita and philly cheese … not quite the same , Mazzalou my surname is very similar to Betty the 1st 4 letters are right so thats it its lose a bit with BETTY from now on !!! LOL you ladies make me giggle with your bits , and Wii’s ( me included there ) Nanabarb I like your style he he , oh well onwards and upwards , well downwards I hope,
Oh Cherub when I first got my Wii it told me I was obese aged 74 and I was useless at everything it nearly went through the window !!!
At least you ladies can exercise - I am banned from using arms on cross trainer for another couple of months and evercise makes so much difference when you are trying to become a lesser woman too Just wish the weather would improve as I have had enough of this cold, wet, miserable winter!
Roll on summer - assuming that we get one this year!!!
Im fighting a losing weight battle here my OH brought me home pie & mash for tea last night and im sorry but no way can I resist pie mash & loads of liquer , and my daughter brought over chocolate fudge cake for tea tonight made with the help of my 3 year old grandson so I couldnt offend my only granbaby could I ??
So im not even going to look at the scales this week let alone get on them Humpf !! What are these people trying to do to me they know i have NO willpower as it is Grrrrrrrrrrrr
good vibes to all except those who keep tempting me lol
Hmmmmm tad drastic maybe but you would think they know me by now eh , anyway ive just done another 30 mins on the Wii , guilt took hold of me and i made my daughter take all the cake home with her its ok for her shes a size blooming 8 Grrrrr
I’ll try to hide the cake from us in the coffee shop in the morning Lottie…
Think I might leave scales for a day or two, as I’ve a feeling what I lost last week is back…
but it is so frustrating when the scales dont move downwards , oh well at least they are not going UP , well done to all you who ARE managing to lose im so jealous , and glad your enjoying the Wii cherub I still use mine daily
yeah I know … am thankful I have my life but I liked having a cleavage too!! (Sorry folks … bit of POMS going on there!!). Perhaps when I’ve ‘settled down’ up there AND lost some weight I should consider a NEW image!! Hmmm… now there’s a thought!!
he he well i gotta have some luxuries eh and teas my weakness , I shall keep on keeping on god loves a trier and im definately trying !!! in more ways than one hubby would say
after my recent implant replacement op so hopefully having some routine back in my life will help me back on the weight loss trail. I still can only use the cross trainer by keeping my arms still, but some exercise is better that none methinks!
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My husaband decided he wanted a sausage sandwich from the bakers at lunchtime, but I said nooooo and opted virtuously for a crusty brown roll with lean turkey salad and a yoghurt. Such an angel 
lol