jacquib234 Member

Hi Welcome to MFP. I know something of your problem because I've worked "office hours" all my life until the last 6 months when I'm making a career change and working some days, some nights (both in the same week). It wreaks absolute havoc on eating habits, appetite, sleep patterns etc. I'll send you a friend request…

Derbyshire UK is me. All new friends welcome.

I'm at a plateau so the more the merrier, please add me!

Hi I'm Jacqui. I'd love to be with you in this change. For me I started by keeping a written food diary - the shock here was some days I couldn't tell you what I'd eaten - hence coming here. How long will it take? Let me ask you a different question, providing the changes you make last (both eating and exercising) does it…

Look at it this way, you have still kept 10 pounds off overall so it isn't all bad. Please send a friend request and I'll be with you on your journey with great pleasure and I'd love to have you on my journey too.

When this happens to me I try to think, "hey that's life". Up and down. I've come to the conclusion that providing the overall trend of my weight ISN'T going up then the occasional small gain is to be expected - not worried over. As others have said a small gain is usually followed by a loss so you have something to look…

I've been on here for a while now and am stuck. I'd love more friends to add!! As has already been said, the more the merrier.

I'd say the fact you are so bothered by this one incident means you can't be a horrible person. You are simply someone who was having not such a good day. Trust me, I've also reacted in a bad way when having a bad day. Forgive yourself for having a bad day (we all have them, don't we?) and forgive whoever really did do it…

It's like listening to myself. I'm also a 50 year old woman just changing careers (from accountant to Lorry Driver) and losing weight. I'm luck I've been supported by my doctors practice and learnt such a lot. Mainly, I don't do diets (whatever I can't or shouldn't have is what I want) so, I'm creating a new normal way of…

Hi I've been on here a while but am only just learning the value of the support that friends on here can bring. I have lost some weight but would like to at least maintain what I've done. I'd love to help and be helped by others.

I'm not and never will be a skinny minny. I don't even want to be. I am working towards feeling fitter and better than I did, and if I acheive that being a UK size 20 (which I currently am) I'm happy. So many people I know concentrate on what they look like rather than on being good people, surely being the type of person…

Hi I'm Jacqui and have also been battling my weight for, well, forever. I'm 50 and am having some success, along with the good and bad days that we all suffer. I'll send a separate friend request which I hope you'll accept as you sound like you are of a similar person to me. Good Luck for the journey you are about to start.

I'm like you, tried eating healthy (and denying myself Chocolate, Biscuits, Cake etc.) and a couple of the well known Diet Clubs. To me it's all very well going on a diet but you've got to get off it once you reach your goal - more people can lose the weight than can successfully get off the diet - at least that's my…

Hi I would say stop thinking about losing any more weight while you get your "mojo" back. Just concentrate on not regaining any. A friend of mine has taught me something that has helped me enormously. At the end of each day, find something to celebrate. If I've had a bad day the celebration, usually, is that I only had the…

Have you checked the sugar content in the tea? If it's fruit flavoured chances are there is some (a friend told me to try tesco website - in the uk) as they are really good at giving nutrion info. As a possible alternative, I drink carbonated water, according to the label it has water and carbon gas in it and that's it,…

I get gout and find ANY fizzy drink containing sweet stuff can trigger it. So there's something to think about. I used to get through more fizzy than I can remember. Now I have carbonated water with a bit of fruit flavour squash for variety. Much less gout and it's much cheaper to buy. I'd agree with others when I drink…

Hi Andrea I'm Jacqui and so pleased to know I'm not the only one who's recently starting on here. I'm 240 pounds, the first time that's said in public! My problems are hips and getting gout. I'm determined to get off the weight loss helter skelter and simply try to get healthier. I too have felt very down and what's the…