mskimee Member

Excuse my ignorance, but how far is a block? Are we talking like 4km or 4miles? Not that it makes much of a difference, but I'm curious.

it sounds to me like the hubby has a mental health issue, possibly one he needs help dealing with. Has she many friends? Think of the situations she was put in. Friend one side and husband on the other. She had to make a choice about who to listen too. If you drop her as a friend cos she let you down, it could be a huge…

i use to love Diet Coke with Mentos, but apparently I'll explode if I eat them together.... ;)

I use to work in a gym and this was all I heard in January. people who had suddenly seen the light and their body was their temple (for a few weeks) and I'd hear people scoffing at the protein bars we sold ( "I couldn't eat that muck!! There's more protein in a chicken breast and some broccoli than a protein bar...." etc…

I read that as the mice gained weight as they ate more as they craved more due to drinking the Diet Coke. So if I stay within my calorie goals, it seems logical to me that it won't make me gain weight, but possibly make me crave food that will make me gain weight. As long as I don't eat over my target, I should be all…

My reply to her was "yeah, I'm sure its my diet coke that made me gain weight and not the extra 1000 odd calories a day". her reply was "Calorie counting is BS, you should just eat super-foods". I am at my desk with visions of grapes in capes.....

Ordered Chinese food meal, ordered another meal from Chip Shop, and went into super market and bought 2 bags of doritos. Drove home. Ate it all. went to the gym, went into takeaway underneath gym that had a Wagon Wheel (26in Pizza) with 8 toppings and ate entire thing. But had been to the gym for half hour, so it was…

Diet coke makes you fat....I love Diet Coke, I'm pretty sure a drink with 0 calories does not make you fat. It might not be the best thing in the world to drink!! But it did not make me fat!!

I lost 20lb for a Holiday, but did it it over 8 months. I wanted to lose 25, but you have to allow for fluctuation etc and I was still happy with my weight by the time we went away. I'd say it's achievable, but you will have to put in a LOT of effort for it. The bigger you start out, the higher the number you'll lose per…

I stab things until they are pretty, then hang them!

I want this dress!! Please post a link!!

I stand it in a glass and weigh it raw.

Could be this. I have a friend who got very defensive when I commented on her weight loss. She lost about 2stone (28lb) and when I mentioned how good she looked, she went off on a "Well you must have thought I was a fat cow before" rant, so I learned to never mention it to her again. Even now when she has another stone…

What about locking up the sweets? As in buy yourself a lock box, large or small (like even one of those ornate chests or something) and lock the sweets away. Your husband could have the key and you could resist them if they are out of sight. I know it's probably not ideal, but it could help. If you can't hide them, at…

Pretty much the 1st thought that came into my head....

I suffer from occasional hair loss, not much but enough that I notice it. Today I was telling my mum about a small patch that's gotten quite thin and got told "That's cos you lost so much weight in such a short amount of time" 20lb isn't drastic weight loss and it took a year to lose. Believe me, it didn't feel like a…

In Ireland we take the decorations down on the 6th and call it "nollaig na mban" (womens christmas). Basically, the menfolk take down all the decorations and take on all the house duties for the day (cooking, cleaning, child minding etc) and the ladies get the "day off" to go and do whatever we want.

Could you try Sneaky Exercise! Google some nearby interesting things and be like "hey, mum check out this great thing. Lets go for a walk and see what it's like." or if there are local markets, do a few "just browsing" laps and burn a few extra calories. That way it's not exercise to her, it's memories made and you get to…

Maybe look at it as "eat better lose weight faster". I feel I eat more since I joined MFP, but its better food. For example my dinner might have once been a frozen fish portion with chips (850 cals), now it's a piece of batter-less fish, potatoes and a big side of veggies (600cals) or instead of a chocolate bar in the…

We had a Christmas jumper day at work and I rocked a cute snowflake fitted jumper. Not a super baggy, stretched out one like last year. B)

My new favorites: "I'm starting MY diet on January 1st....." Good for you....Same as last year...and the year before.....and the year before (BTW good luck to all the Jan 1st starters out there, but this refers to one particular person who's been "starting Jan 1st" since we met....10 years ago....) and "I have a friend who…

My work is 15km away and involves dropping off at the childminders so it's out of the question for me, but I'd totally walk or bike it if I had the chance.

Lol, I was like "my pinkness offended the big strong men?? Oh horror" and promptly swooned on the floor like the nice little fair lady they expected. :D

I don't mind people wearing tight/ill fitting clothes regardless of their size as long as they are comfortable, but I hate seeing young girls in my gym wearing the most revealing outfit they can, bending waaaaaaaay to far over the machines so everyone gets a full on butt/cleavage view and trying to get the guys to notice…

I gained 5 delicious pounds over Christmas. Oh well, back on it this week. It'll be gone soon enough. We didn't fail, we just enjoyed ourselves as happens in life. I'll do the same next Christmas. And the next. In fact, new years day will probably be a calorie laden disaster. Oh well.

Oh god, that one!! That's as bad as "Go on, there can't be THAT many calories in this gigantic slab of cake with cream and extra cream and then more cream!"

Op, she ASKED you to hire her as she was unemployed (please tell us you didn't pay her!!), which you did. Then after she ASKED you to hire her, she *kitten* off on a trip. There were so many options: 1) Postpone the trip, I'm sure her fiance knew she was dog sitting 2) Ask someone else to look in on Mickey 3) tell you her…

^^^This!! And the "Oh, you just find it easier cos you have a higher metabolism..." cos no I don't, I just work my butt off at this. As if all my hard work is nothing more than a bunch of DNA or something. I literally sweat my butt off, but apparently it was "easy"

Oh god!! people eating makes me sick! Normal eating is fine, but over zealous scoffing/chewing noises. I'm done!!