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I just want comfort food, coz it's cold outside.

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Originally posted by Dormouse:
Stayed the same (again) but as I've lost almost 6 kg so far, (that's 12lb, give or take) I'm reasonably happy!...

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Originally posted by Dormouse:
Stayed the same (again) but as I've lost almost 6 kg so far, (that's 12lb, give or take) I'm reasonably happy! However, the motivation is going, and I fear that at Christmas I may not care as much as I should what I'm eating. I will have to try to go out for walks...

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Dormouse, remember - it isn't what you eat between Christmas and New Year that's the problem - it's what you eat between New Year and Christmas! In other words, even if you put some on again, don't give up, just sigh and get back to it. You've done it once - you can do it again, and as Wodders said, that's jolly nearly a stone, well done.

More difficult here at the moment with Advent calendars and Christmas chocolates around, but the thing I have to do so as not to eat in the afternoons is drink 750 ml of water. I get back to my desk after my lunchtime walk - and that is a bad time for me, I start to think of all the goodies in the vending machines and coffee bars - and I think 'No, we don't do that sort of thing these days, we drink water' and it is amazingly (!) helpful.

Mrs. S, swigging from that bottle as if her life depended on it

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Originally posted by Boogie:
Yes - every 'avoiding overeating over Christmas' tip is gratefully received by me!

I don't want to undo the progress made so far.

My first stop is psychological.

NO excuses!!

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Was it St. Everild who mentioned 'snug' trousers? I find they are a great aid to appetite control! which is why elasticated waists are such a BAD idea.

I remember reading somewhere about using a piece of string cut to length, to go round someone's waist - but can't for the life of me remember what they used it for? Like a tight waistband to remind you not to overeat - cut-rate gastric band perhaps? Or was it when people had lost weight they got a new, shorter, piece of string (my that's motivational...)

But anyway - well-fitting trousers is my Helpful Hint of the Day


Mrs. S, firmly repressing thoughts of chocolate

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(2 very good chocolates are less fattening than a whole boxful of poorer quality and just as emotionally satisfying, IMNSHO)

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Seconded, Jane R!

I buy very expensive Hotel Chocolat goodies and we are allowed two chocolates each on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays (Mr. S eats other cheaper stuff in between but I try not to). The days are non-transferable as well, so if you are out on Sunday night you don't get chocolate on Monday, frinstance.

I find routine helpful like that, but YMMV - I think it may be an age thing, too.

Mrs. S, eagerly contemplating Friday night

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Prayer should be our first recourse, not our last resort
'Lord, please give us patience. NOW!'

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Originally posted by Boogie:
Yes - every 'avoiding overeating over Christmas' tip is gratefully received by me!

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I've come up with a bunch of rules for myself, but I find I'm only successful when I follow all of them:

Instead of telling myself "no," I tell myself "yes, but you have to wait an hour (or half an hour)."

Before I have something sweet, I have to have a drink of water (Mrs. S is right - it's amazingly helpful!). I also have to have something solidly nutritious (to keep my blood sugar from dropping too quickly after the sugar rush and just making me even more hungry).

I serve myself a small portion, even if I know I'm going to end up having more later (back to step #1). My particular weakness is soft drinks and when I open a new can, I will decide first how much I want and pour the rest of it down the drain before I start drinking it.

I remind myself that the first couple of bites / gulps taste the best - every extra bite tastes every so slightly less yummy.

I consume slowly and take the time to enjoy each bite / swallow as much as I can. I totally agree about the good chocolate vs. the poor chocolate!

I try to keep from ever getting really hungry and at the same time, try to eat only enough to keep me from getting hungry again for three hours or so.

When I know I'm going to be in a situation where I usually lose my self-control, I prepare by mentally rehearsing what I'm going to do (or not do) - I liken this to military preparedness.

Try hard to get as much sleep as you can - every rule is much easier to follow when you're well-rested!

I once managed to lose 10 pounds between Thanksgiving and Christmas one year with these rules, although I've not yet been successful in repeating that.

I hope something here helps, but I'm posting mainly as a way to recommit myself to following my own rules! (Thanks for listening. )

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Husband asked what I weighed and was when I told him. Apparently he had no idea I was that huge However, he is now actively encouraging me to lose weight, which can only be a good thing.

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I hope something here helps, but I'm posting mainly as a way to recommit myself to following my own rules! (Thanks for listening. [Smile] )

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That's what we're here for, WH! All hints and tips gracefully accepted because we all need all the help we can get - and we know it, too.

NEQ - are you tall? cos obviously that makes a lot of difference to how you are perceived. I've had to buy size 16 trousers - the black ones I gave away with much rejoicing - when I was 11 stone 6, at 5' 4" that's a BMI in trouble. I find a BMI is a good way of assessing your weight, less emotive (IMHO) that the actual figure in stone and pounds.

Anyway - whatever motivates you, I think? and at least you aren't trying to convince yourself that you are 'big-boned'!

(x-posted with Surfing Madness)

Mrs. S, Evangelist of Encouragement

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Prayer should be our first recourse, not our last resort
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Does anyone else find clothes sizing odd?

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My sister-in-law and I wear the same size of clothes, but she's a lot lighter. We've taken it in turns to stand on the scales, so we both know each other's weight. She's more of an "apple" shape though and I'm more of a "pear." And my cousin and I are about the same weight, but she wears a size bigger.

I like long length and loose skirts, but long-sleeved T-shirt type tops.

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I find a BMI is a good way of assessing your weight, less emotive (IMHO) that the actual figure in stone and pounds.

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Anyway - whatever motivates you, I think? and at least you aren't trying to convince yourself that you are 'big-boned'!

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'Big bones' may be used as an excuse for being fat, but some people really do have big bones. There's no need to sneer at us; some of us are fat as well and we're not all in denial.

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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Living in an upside down sort of world where tailored clothes are generally cheaper than ready to wear means that sizing as a means of whatever can be difficult - and most of my trousers have a drawstring waist.

...but they are all comfortable.

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Originally posted by Roseofsharon:
Not a good day.
I marzipanned my Christmas cake - and ate the trimmings

Happily it only took about 50g to make me feel sick; I use to be able to eat most of a 250g block before that happened

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In that case, don't you think that makes it a good day? I notice this a lot now - I just can't eat the quantities I used to - which of course is rather the point!

Anyway well done to RoS, Surfing Madness, St. E, Dormouse - to all of us grappling with the issue of weight. Just think of all the improvements to our health - NEQ summed them up really well higher up the page, I thought.

Mrs. S, beset by chocolate Advent calendars

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Don't get your knickers in a twist over your advancing age. It achieves nothing and makes you walk funny.
Prayer should be our first recourse, not our last resort
'Lord, please give us patience. NOW!'

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Originally posted by Roseofsharon:
Not a good day.
I marzipanned my Christmas cake - and ate the trimmings

Happily it only took about 50g to make me feel sick; I use to be able to eat most of a 250g block before that happened

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Being a good Presbyterian, Mrs S, I have eschewed chocolate advent calendars in favour of the Church of Scotland AIDS / HIV project one. (Today's box reads "HIV+ women in Pune make Christmas cards to earn money. Give 5p for every Christmas card you receive today.)

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Make me feel guilty, NEQ, why don't you! I wouldn't have bought myself a chocolate one, but a friend at work bought it for me 'for being nice to her' (she recently lost her parents in fairly rapid succession).

However, as my positive for the day, I don't even LIKE marzipan, so am saved from that at least

Mrs. S, salad for lunch again

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Prayer should be our first recourse, not our last resort
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Boogie, I often have one of those tiny tins of tuna for breakfast, as another protein option for breakfast.

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Boogie, I often have one of those tiny tins of tuna for breakfast, as another protein option for breakfast.

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Good idea - I will get some, for lunch.

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and have finally made the "35Kg off" mark.

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Never mind packets of lard... 35 kilos is about what my 9-year-old daughter weighs. Congratulations!

I decided I had better brave the scales and see just how badly I have been overindulging, and was pleasantly surprised - despite not going to the gym and not counting the calories (and comfort eating too, mea maxima culpa) I have only put on about 4lb since I last weighed myself two months ago.

That's the good news. The bad news is that I need to lose about 28lb to get down to my healthiest weight. But I've done it before - I can do it again. I am aiming to lose it by next summer.

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But I've done it before - I can do it again.

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Exactly so, Jane!

I wondered whether to mention this in re Christmas - that we may all put weight back on over those few days, hopefully not too much, but it isn't the end - it just means we sigh, pull up our big girl panties*, and Get Back Down To It. Good luck, shippies all!

* or gird our loins, depending on gender preference

Mrs. S, definitely going for girding her lions!

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Don't get your knickers in a twist over your advancing age. It achieves nothing and makes you walk funny.
Prayer should be our first recourse, not our last resort
'Lord, please give us patience. NOW!'

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Originally posted by The Intrepid Mrs S:
is anyone else up for posting a Total Loss Figure on or about December 31st? Then we can tot them all up and be AMAZED

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What! Straight after Christmas?
I suppose it could be an additional incentive not to overindulge.
Trouble is, I don't know when I'd start totting it up.

This particular downward trend started in the spring, when I stopped eating last Christmas's leftovers and got back on the wagon with several kilos more to lose than pre-Christmas. However the original plan to eat more healthily started in August 2010, and that's where I've been taking my start weight from.

Of course, if I went back to when I went on my first 'diet', and was able to remember all my losses over the intervening fifty odd years, the total loss would probably be something like three times my current weight

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is anyone else up for posting a Total Loss Figure on or about December 31st? Then we can tot them all up and be AMAZED

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What! Straight after Christmas?
I suppose it could be an additional incentive not to overindulge.
Trouble is, I don't know when I'd start totting it up.

This particular downward trend started in the spring, when I stopped eating last Christmas's leftovers and got back on the wagon with several kilos more to lose than pre-Christmas. However the original plan to eat more healthily started in August 2010, and that's where I've been taking my start weight from.

Of course, if I went back to when I went on my first 'diet', and was able to remember all my losses over the intervening fifty odd years, the total loss would probably be something like three times my current weight

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I was planning on using the figures from the last 'regime', if I can phrase it like that. I can't tell you exactly when mine began, but I could tell you exactly what I weighed then and what I weigh now - that was the figure I was thinking of. And RoS, you've lost such a lot that whatever you were to regain over Christmas would be only a drop in the ocean!

Post the overall loss now if you prefer, it's really only so we can all go 'Wow! look how much we've lost between us' (reflected glory if you like!) Isn't going to MEAN anything

Mrs. S, always ready for some basking time

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Don't get your knickers in a twist over your advancing age. It achieves nothing and makes you walk funny.
Prayer should be our first recourse, not our last resort
'Lord, please give us patience. NOW!'