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Hello everyone! Thought I'd better introduce myself as I just joined the group. Apologies in advance for length. I'm 35 years old, from the UK, 5'6, and weigh.....well we'll get to that. I've been on and off MFP for years, but really it's been off for the last 2 years (and I don't know where the time went!) I always gave…

Name: Jen My Numbers: SW: 356 CW: 357 GW: 353 LTGW: 320 Weigh ins: Saturday 06/07/19: 359 (pms bloat) 13/07/19: 355 22/07/19: 361 (morning after return from holiday!) 27/07/19: 354 (woohoo!) 31/07/19: Total loss for the month = 3lb BAM! I knew last week's weight was over-inflated :smiley:

Huh, it seems my pre-holiday post didn't upload (maybe because I did that from my phone instead of PC?) So a few updates here, including a late weigh-in post-holiday as I wasn't back until Sunday evening. Name: Jen My Numbers: SW: 356 CW: 357 GW: 353 LTGW: 320 Weigh ins: Saturday 06/07/19: 359 (pms bloat) 13/07/19: 355…

Welcome paba, sounds like a familiar story! Let's do this!!!!!

Name: Jen My Numbers: SW: 356 CW: 357 GW: 353 LTGW: 320 Weigh ins: Saturday 06/07/19: 359 13/07/19: 20/07/19: 27/07/19: 31/07/19: Total loss for the month = 2lb gain I'm logging it, and not denying it in any way, but I know that this is PMS bloat so I'm not going to worry about it too much. Roll on a big drop next week!

Name: Jen My Numbers: SW: 356 CW: 357 GW: 353 LTGW: 320 Weigh ins: Saturday 01/07/19: 06/07/19: 13/07/19: 20/07/19: 27/07/19: 31/07/19: Total loss for the month = I have a week's holiday this month so I'll probably be very happy just to maintain, but I'm still going to target a loss!

Name: Jen My Numbers: SW: 356 CW: 356 GW: 352 LTGW: 320 Weigh ins: Saturday 01/06/19: 356 08/06/19: 355 15/06/19: 353 22/06/19: 352 01/07/19: 357 Total loss for the month = 1lb gain Oh lord! A late weigh in due to a weekend away, but I didn't think I'd eaten badly in that time!!! The scale says otherwise :/

@Gnawcraft nothing to be embarrassed about, every one of us has been there (and worse I'm sure!) You are among friends here <3 Don't lose heart, you are still here and that is amazing. A new week, a new chance to try again. Big hugs!

Name: Jen My Numbers: SW: 356 CW: 356 GW: 352 LTGW: 320 Weigh ins: Saturday 01/06/19: 356 08/06/19: 355 15/06/19: 353 22/06/19: 352 29/06/19: Total loss for the month = 4lb :smiley:

You used to (and I used to use it a lot haha! I always notice mistakes as I hit post or as soon as it changes to the posted font) but now even that hour seems to have gone!

Ugh they've taken away the edit function??? I'll have to type more carefully :#

Hi guys! I'm back!!!!! Been a long long time.....and I'm taking a different approach tihs time round. I've reset my starting weight (still 8lb less than my original start weight, which is something, but about 30lb above where I had got down to). I'm not targeting 100+ to lose (but I trust I'm still welcome here!) Instead,…

@bmeadows380 I stand by it - but expect retaliation :D Glad your weekend went well!

So I've been back 1 week. Stepped on the scale this morning and.....I've gained 5lb. I can't bring myself to log it because I know it isn't a real measurement. I was on track Mon-Fri, then on Saturday I put my back out and couldn't move at all without agony - which led to dreadful junk being consumed for that one day - but…

Hmmm part of me would say it depends on the fish - but another part of me would say absolutely anything! Some favourites in our house: Beetroot is great with oily fish like salmon and mackerel (and horesradish and dill also work very nicely with all 3 of those). For example, we might buy pre-cooked beetroot, grate it and…

@bmeadows380 I want to give you the biggest hug right now because I know EXACTLY what you mean. What you describe could have been written about me for almost all of my life, I've even spent several protracted periods on the verge of ending it, and it's only the last year to 18 months that this has changed for me. I wish I…

Thank you all for the warm welcome (back)! It's been a long hiatus and as I said yesterday, I didn't really plan a return it was kind of accidental! But here I am - and still here today. Yesterday I was below my calorie target for the day (which I haven't increased despite the weight gained), it may not have been the…

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My Starting Weight: ~364 My goal: 252 Current Weight: 341- before Christmas I had reached 325 as a lowest weight What's Working: At the moment, not a lot, weight loss wise! I haven't truly been on track since before Christmas, and haven't even tried since I went on holiday in May. Today was the first time stepping on the…

Holiday challenge! Name: Jen SW: 364 CW: 331 on 08/04 GW: 321 by 11/05 LTGW: 252 Weigh ins: Sundays 15/04: 330 (-1) 22/04: 326 (-4) 29/04: 06/05: 11/05: Total loss pre-holiday: 5lb :smiley: I had a great drop for last week as you can see! Although that's partly due to a severe migraine - which has also led to me eating too…

Hey gang, just dropping by to say hi! I'm not doing the monthly challenge this month or next but will be back in June. Meanwhile feel free to add me and I'll try and swing by occasionally. Looks like you guys are doing great work, well done! I set myself my own challenge last week. I had 5 weeks to go until my holiday so…

Name: Jen My Numbers: SW: 364 CW: 332 (on 06/03/18) GW: 322 LTGW: 252 Weigh ins: Sundays 11/03/18 = 327 17/03/18 = 327 25/03/18 = 330 31/03/18 = Total WL for the month= 2lb So I was on holiday Saturday to Tuesday, including a big family celebration and lots of snowed-in eating and drinking. A sneaky Wednesday weigh in…

Name: Jen My Numbers: SW: 364 CW: 332 (on 06/03/18) GW: 322 LTGW: 252 Weigh ins: Sundays 11/03/18 = 327 17/03/18 = 327 25/03/18 = 31/03/18 = Total WL for the month= 5lb Maintained last week, have probably massively gained this week with my little holiday! We had planned to do a lot of hiking and such to offset the holiday…

Name: Jen My Numbers: SW: 364 CW: 332 (on 06/03/18) GW: 322 LTGW: 252 Weigh ins: Sundays 11/03/18 = 327 17/03/18 = (a day early as I go off on a mini-break that day!) 25/03/18 = 31/03/18 = Total WL for the month= 5lb Woohoo! Back on track and down 5lb from Tuesday to Sunday :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

Welcome back Pidge! Sounds like you've pulled yourself up before things got too wildly out of hand, and hey, you've already dropped 4lb in the space of a week! Great work! :) :) :) Work is such a huge proportion of our lives that it can easily impact everything else - eating, sleeping, relationships, physical and mental…

@Keeblerelfkin that is INCREDIBLE! Very well done on such an amazing loss! I've been struggling to get on track since Christmas, and last week with bad burns to my hand, being snowed in, and a wedding cake to make (and wedding to attend!) I didn't log on at all for a few days. But this week I have properly found my resolve…

Name: Jen My Numbers: SW: 364 CW: 332 (on 06/03/18) GW: 322 LTGW: 252 Weigh ins: What days you will weigh in, for example; Thursdays 11/03/18 = 17/03/18 = (a day early as I go off on a mini-break that day!) 25/03/18 = 31/03/18 = Total WL for the month= Good luck everyone!

FAILED - but only for now! My employer offered a free taster session of Tai Chi last week, as Thursday was Universities Mental Health Day. I signed up - with gusto! Then on Tuesday evening.....I melted my hand. Literally. Hot saucepan that had spent half an hour baking in a hot oven. My husband pulled it out, with oven…

Well my wheels skidded out from under me and I crashed my way out of February! NO idea what my closing weight was. But today I have found a new determination, and tomorrow I will weigh in and start the March challenge - and I think this time I'll actually make it happen!

I don't have kids to worry about but me and my skinny husband are eating the same. Now to be clear, he is not skinny because he eats healthily. He always ate far more junk than I did but he is blessed with an incredible metabolism that just burns it all off. Lucky b@st@rd! Now - he still doesn't need to worry about what…