rosiecbolton Member

Right, no excuses will buy the elliptical cross trainer off eBay! Thanks so much everyone for your help and support

that is a really good idea will try that

thank you so much and 113 lbs lost is phenomenal

No I did not come off my diet as a "reward" for doing well. I have binge eating disorder which had been in check since I joined MFP, but I relapsed.

hopefully blobby!

Just been out walking dogs and my husband says I am walking faster!

That is my son's "crazy face"

I have taken everyone's advice, especially with the coco pops and replaced it for fruit and have LOST 2lbs ovenight!! Thank you for your help.

Thank you so much ladies. I will cut out the salt and go buy some fresh fruit and veg today-the microwave ready meals clearly have to stop! Although I had my mega pig out this morning (2 choc bars, 2 yogurt and rice cake) I am now back on the wagon!

Sorry, I just want to understand this right, you plateaued at 1200, but when you UPPED your calorie allowance you started losing again? That may be my problem, I have cut my calorie allowance to 1300. I do tons of exercise as I run a cleaning company and last week spent over 20 hours cleaning offices.

I eat a vast quantity of salt, often have about 10 g additional salt on a meal. I will go buy some vegetables today and try to get things healthier

I have left my diary open if anyone wants to look at that and advise.

that is an excellent comment. i will!

I agree I get too emotionally upset by people and I am working on that every day. I am definitely not quitting now, have lost more weight and the people who came on here criticising my diet can just p..... off. The reality is I have been a compulsive overeater for a few years and even though I am still having some junk in…

I am buying an elliptical cross trainer and do a lot of cleaning as I run a cleaning firm.

Perhaps you could try a different mood stabilizer. Topiramate is a drug given for bipolar depression in USA and that actually causes weight LOSS. I tried it once and lost a few pounds but I got tingling in my fingers and sometimes had difficulty naming words. It only happened once or twice but it was like the missing word…

I use a combination of lamotrigine and seroquel and am doing better than ever :)

personally I think the best mood stabilizer is lamotrigine, but everyone suits different meds. I gained a ton on depakote also and kept getting tremors

things are going far better between me and him today. I am also now trying to switch from crisps as a snack (although I have some special lo cal ones I might have as a treat) and moving to fruit. Am also considering getting a cross trainer for the house

Unfortunately research has shown lithium causes an average weight gain of 5 kg. One place many lithium users slip up on is drinking fruit juice or sugary pop with the increased thirst. Best to stick to water (I used to have sugar free pop as I don't like water) Thankfully the water retention will subside after the first…

This perhaps my biggest problem. I am not eating better I am eating less. I found out cals in a large orange are 132, whereas Frazzle crisps are 90, so I choose the crisps. Am I doing this wrong?

At the moment I am achieving the portion control aspect of this diet, but not the healthy food aspect. However I am new to this and proud of the progress I have made in 12 days. My husband is a nice guy (most of the time) who has real difficulty with communication. He was probably trying to help but just did it the wrong…

This is my original post I take medication at night which causes a massive increase in appetite-this is the reason I gained weight in the first place. What I have been doing is having 200 cals for breakfast and lunch and then eating in the evening to use up the rest of my allowance as otherwise I cannot sleep due to…

Even if he was not blind I would hide the cable-it is nothing to do with his disability. I am disabled also and am sensitive towards these issue.

My husband is an absolute telly addict, removing his power cable is just about the nastiest thing I can do! He has been told if he is an a hole again, the cable goes!

He has been annoying tonight too, but I soon got a full apology after removing the TVs power cable and hiding it!

I just found out because I walked my dogs today I have another 228 cals on my allowance! Thank goodness-did not know how I would manage today as nearly ran out of allowance. The creme eggs did not help although I did enjoy them! Off to play with baby Anthony Jr (the cutie on my profile pic) now...

Unfortunately the medication has to be taken at night as it is very sedating. I run a business and my husband has been massively supportive in this. I have pretty low self esteem and it has been his "you can do it" attitude that has got me though year one and I now am getting a salary out of it. One of my biggest problems…

Thank you for all the lovely messages. I genuinely believe my husband was trying to help me but he has limited communication skills and so often puts his foot in it. He has been very apologetic today and BOUGHT ME 2 CREME EGGS AS A PEACE OFFERING! (He tries his best but always gets things wrong-a peace offering of…

think I am too fat for personal trainer! Going up stairs leaves me out of breath!