WOWWWWW!!! have just had a look really amazing, to look at Lisa you would not think that she ever had a weight problem, she looks wonderful.. that reminds me Minnie you will be entering for slimmer of the year soon xxxx

Honest... I have not been on this forum all morning, I am blitzing the house (honest ) so far done all the windows inside, skirting boards upstairs and downstairs, bathroom, en-suite, downstairs bathroom, bedrooms and about to start downstairs phew what a morning .... oooh and cooked a gammon for tea tonight, and have a pot of soup cooking

OMG check you out SUPER WOMAN!!!!! i will not be telling my man that as he'll be saying and why cant you do the same ! i have been on this and bebo the whole morning as my mum is babystiing the boy and im am still just to ruff to do anything yet

do you have bebo? you will need to send your link, well if you want to that is mines is www.bebo.com/boogie-oogie-oogie but ive got it set to private as ive got loads of photos and stuff on it

xxx

This is NOT helping with the rest of the work I have to do!!!
If you still have a hangover you need a nice bacon sarnie
ooooh how I could just eat one now.. but nope!!

I do not have beebo at the mo.. now that I have more time on my hands I might have to join, I love your boogie-oogie-oogie bit

Before I forget I went for an interview yesterday afternoon, and have just been informed the job is mine, which is kinda good, but will have to take a pay cut
but at least its a job
hope your feeling better soon and morning Annie xxxx

WOOHOOO thats fab! well done! i hope its better hours than your last one

i have just polsihed off 2 slices of toast on beans courtesy of my man who has now just went back to his bed to for a lie dwon and he only got up 15 minutes ago, lazy sod lol! hes in a band and they were playing last night so the poor thing is tired ! men!!!!

i think youve prob done enough house work for today anyways

hello annie as well, welcome to the smiles/minnie sat mornin chat room

You need to go and join hubbie

Beans on toast sounds lovely hubbie will be home at 1pm today so think I will just wait for lunch sushi planned, and the soup I am making is for tomorrow Wish I could stop thinking of food today

As for house work, just going to wash the floors and tidy the kitchen cupboards and thats me finshed, started at 5am this morning, but with popping on here every now and then has taken me hours Minnie you are a BADDD woman

Hiya Smiles and Minnie , I started typing then lost everything! oh well. How can you do so much 1st thing in the morning? I really don't do mornings at all. Needless to say the house is a coup. I blame it on the cats . Just been to class and LOST 2 LB! Can't believe it cos I've not been a good girl at all!

It really is a small world Minnie. Did you go to Buckhaven High School? I was there from 1982 til 1987 (OMG I sound soooooo old ) My surname's Clunie. There were loads of us at school then so you might know some of us. I know of Andrew Rodger but not personally. My Mum still lives in Buckhaven (I live in Leslie now) and she had the wool shop in College Street years ago. She seems to know everyone. Elaine's really coo, isn't she. She's always really supportive if you haven't had a good week and really pleased when you do. She must be over the moon with you. Makes me want to do well for her as well.

Anyway, off to get some housework done. You've put me to shame Smiles

Hope everyone has a good weekend.

Bye for now

Annie xxxxx

haha i will not be joining him if i tried to lie down this is whats likely to happen

the tought of trying to clean out my kitchen cupboard scares me

Annie fantastic loss well done hope you have a good day, and relax

Minnie can't have you being sick now

Right I need to sign off from here otherwise it will take me until Monday to get it all finished first thing this morning I thought to myself get all the housework done and catch up on Eastenders, I am about two weeks behind.. Not good!!
Have a good day both of you xxxx

well done annie thats brilliant !!!!!!

i did go to buckhaven, i started in 89 so not there at the same time. my man would have been though, hes 34, hes called wullie smith (how common is that ). my friend lives in leslie just at the back of the school or nursery im not sure which but her house just went on the market this week and shes moving to leven now.

elaine is really good, i feel the same about wanting to lose for her too, i dont want her to be disapointed if that makes sense.

xxx

ok girls have a nice day, if thats you both off i will have to go back over to bebo and see who i can chat to there i suppose

Hi girls, thanks for that.

Speak later

Annie xxxx

WOW there has been plenty of chat on site this morning
Well done on the loss Annie 2lbs great - and Showgirl - fantastic getting a loss especially when you have been whisked away on a suprise break.
Good walk around town this morning and then sorting out some housework and repairs - been getting field mice visits - holes now filled and eventually found some decent - cost effective - traps - so hopefully that's it sorted out and we will get no more visits
Hope you are all having a good day so far
Ive had my Sat morning treat - milky coffee and bacon / egg roll - milk from allowance - roll 14 checks - coffee x 3 - going to get a pt of juice now and dinner tonight is homemade chicken pot pie - 12 checks
So thats 26 checks so far today - extra 'eats' last night that I need to own up to - 2 glasses of wine 10 checks - 2 slices of toast 12 checks - that would be 48 checks total for today - leaving me with 7 in hand plus this weeks savings so far
No doubt I have something to nibble on later when DH at work - I'll own up later if needs be
Have a good day and I'll drift in later to visit you all

ethne sounds like are doing really well ! hope youve had a good weekend so far. hopefully that'll be the last of you'll see of the mice we had them once when i was younger at my mums they were inbetween the roof and the floor boards between levels and i can remember us moving from one room to the next to the next and so on as we were so scared lol, there are loads of trees at the back of my mums house and i remember being really sacred to even go up the back of hte garden incase they were there ! i am such a big chicken you wouldnt believe

Hiii Ethne.. Really good to see you so very organised a milky coffee sounds lovely, have not had one of those in ages, might have to have a treat tonight, and have one

Well done for owning up to the wine and toast, would of been just so easy to think well it is the evening so I do not need to count them..

Today I had sushi for lunch, (cannot manage breakfast) and tonight for tea baked gammon with a huge salad, have managed to drink 3pts of Ribena so far, really do need to drink one more before bed..

Later tonight I might have a WW caramel rice pudding, these really are lovely, and have been a life saver on many different occasions
Hope everyone has a lovely evening xxxxxx

Morning all

I feel like I am really letting the side down here as I have been reall naughty this week

But today I feel ready and raring to go, so I am getting right onto it. I won't make class this week coming but I will weigh myself on my own scales as they are accurate (I always weigh the same on them as I do on the class scales).

I know what I am eating today and I am definatly going to try to have breakfast every morning and only use cereal bars if I have no time.

Am getting ready to go to work so I will check in later.

Have a good sunday everyone.

Flick

flick hope you have a good day! we all have our bad days, look at me last week, i didnt post i thought i had been so bad, but i got a wee loss in the end. i always seem to dwell on my bad days and forget that ive proably had more good days that week on the whole so you never know ! just try and make sure the rest ARE good days

im off to the gym in a little while, i havent been for the last week so will probably be feeling a wee bity sore after it but no pain no gain! im gonna work especially hard at it today as usually the weekends tend to be quite so i can perspire to my hearts content !

have good day folks

xxx

Think Minnie has said it all Flick, and remember we are all here for you

Minnie have fun at the gym, you will soon lose the 1.5lbs this week and get your 8 stone sticker woohooo how good will that be.. Your CM must be soooo proud of you

I am planning on having a relaxing day today, should really go to the gym, but planning on going tomorrow with hubbie. Lol Minnie you put me to shame

Ethne how are you doing honey?

Helloooo to all newbies and oldies come in and chat, we are friendly really
Hope everyone has a fab Sunday

Well bitzed my savings big time - ate biscuits last night - 2 blue band wafter type things - 4 checks each and 2 cream tea fingers - 2 checks each - so you could say I've lost my savings - just as well I had them or I'd be in TROUBLE
Coffee and 2 slices of toast with b & m for breakfast - 14 checks
Promise to keep control over the rest of the day - I'll try
Have a good day everyone - check in on you later

Hiya,

Must confess to an Indian takeaway last night and 2 glasses of wine .

Hope you have fun at the gym Minnie.

You sound more positive now Flick. You've done really well before and you will again and, as Smiles and Minnie say, we're all here for you

You are so organised Ethne, wish I could be! I would offer to lend you my cat, Mr White, to catch the mice for you but he's not very bright and probably couldn't catch a cold .

I want to lose 3lb this week for my 1st half stone. I'm going to try the Fast Fix plan. I have my plan so here goes...... Off to have some brekkie (2 Quorn sausages on a piece) and the obligatory coffee!

Have a good day.

Annie xxxx

thats me back from the gym 500 calories worked off which is quite good for me, my man and the wee boy went in the pool which was mobbed today, they have this new shark run thingy in it which looks great fun but its so popular that i imagine there wasnt much room for those who actually wanted a swim . the wee boy is now in his bed all played out, he loves the pool probably uses up as much energy in half an hour than i do in the whole day, he kicks his legs so fast, its really cute even if i do say so myself ! my man has band practice in a wee while and hes taking the bairn up to his grannys while hes there so im gonna try and get some housework done (unless any of you ladies want to distract me that is )

annie you will need to let us know how you get on with the fast fix plan, if i dont have a very good loss this week i might try the next if you think its worth a go!

ethne, thats what saving up checks is for so you can treat yourself ! at least you havent went over and youve still managed to have a wee treat , your doing really well!

xx

Yeah I will, Minnie. I have had some Rice Pringles which I haven't accounted for but they have less fat than normal Pringles! I'm off to see whats kicking about the fridge so I can make some no-check soup for the rest of the week.

Bye for now,

Annie

Good luck Annie on the fast fix plan, I have never tried rice pringles before are they nice?

Minnie its Sunday you should be chilling, not doing housework

Ethne that is your week nearly over and you really have done fantastic, cannot wait to see your weight loss tomorrow

I have not done much today taken the dog out for a long walk,
hubbie's watching footie
I have roast lamb cooking for tea,
planning on having one or two glasses of wine later as it's Sunday
Have a lovely evening everyone

Hi Smiles, the rice pringles aren't bad. They're not as moorish as the normal ones so I can't eat a whole tube in one go. Bye the way,cheers for the post wishng me a happy birthday. I've just seen it. How on the ball am I? NOT!

Have done some housework today and watched the football (now listening to it on the radio). Also did some work that I brought home. Will make some soup, hang my washing up and do some more work for tommorrow. I have a feeling there could be some wine involved later too ! Well, I don't have to drive tomorrow as I car share.

Good luckfor your WI tomorrow Ethne. Your hard work will be rewarded.

Enjoy the rest of our day.

Annie xxxx

Well I know what you mean - its footie channel hopping on the telly here plus he's plugged into the radio to listen to the Rangers game (royally cheesed off that its not on the telly)
Just finished hand piecing a quilt block to post off to the States, pulled out a section of roast beef left over from Christmas for dinner tonight - thinking about the load of washing to be finished off in the dryer and folded later when DH out
Lunch today - tuna/sweetcorn sarnie - 12 checks along with dinner tonight 16 checks - plus nibbles 12 checks - thats about 58 checks for the day
This means that I'll be over my checks for the week by about 3 - hopefully it won't make a diffierence on the scales tomorrow night - won't have had dinner before WI
Hope you all finish off the weekend better than I did - take care and I'll report in tomorrow night with the results

good luck ethne, 3 checks is hardly anything and any walking you have done this week will help to balance it out to im sure

im still in the middle of housework, 3 loads of washing, windows cleaned downstairs (in middle of upstairs but just had to pop on and see if ive missed anything ) , hoovering done, tea on the go for the boys, swept the drive while the cars away! oh im so proud of myself not as good as you were yesterday tho smiles

and what are these rice pringles im hearing about??? tell more more

good luck ethne, 3 checks is harldy anything and any wlaking you have done this week will help to balance it out to im sure

im still in the middle of housework, 3 loads of washing, windows cleaned downstairs (in middle of upstairs but just had to pop on and see if ive missed anything ) , hoovering done, tea on the go for the boys, swept the drive while the cars away! oh im so proud of myself not as good as you were yesterday tho smiles

and what are these rice pringles im hearing about??? tell more more

good luck ethne, 3 checks is harldy anything and any wlaking you have done this week will help to balance it out to im sure

im still in the middle of housework, 3 loads of washing, windows cleaned downstairs (in middle of upstairs but just had to pop on and see if ive missed anything ) , hoovering done, tea on the go for the boys, swept the drive while the cars away! oh im so proud of myself not as good as you were yesterday tho smiles

and what are these rice pringles im hearing about??? tell more more

woops i seem to have posted 3 times again DOH!!!!!!!

So far so good for me today, I am off to make some mushroom soup and then decide what to have for my tea.

Work was really good so I am feeling really positive still.

Catch you all later.
Flick

good for you flick!! keep that postive feelin going !!! xx

WOWWWWW!!!!! Minnie I am impressed and on a Sunday xxxxxx

Yay I have managed a PEP perfect day with 2 cx to spare.

Have got tomorrows meals all planned out too.

Hope you have all had a good weekend.

Flick

flick your doin great ! now can you plan mine please

well after all my ehhmm hard work today i have spent a couple of hours infront of the tv, ahh bliss! now who watches dancin on ice? i thought it was great tonight, still not a patch on stricly come dancing tho my personal fav!
plus i caught up with supersize v superskinny, anyone see that on tuesday? personally i was surprised that the man on it hadnt lost a bit more than 10pd (i think?) in 12 weeks to be honest? am i just being to hard? he was 28st 13 to start with. i would have thought if he had changed his diet as they suggested then he would have lost quicker in the start? i really dont think he done it properly

Flick, you look like you have things sorted!

Ethne, the rice pringles are usually next to the proper pringles. They're not too bad. I quite like the sour cream ones. Good luck for tomorrow. 3 checks is nothing. I'm afraid I was doing the same as your O/H. I love football

I wish I had your energy Minnie. I did some housework but got fed up with it rather quickly. I'm so not domesticated. I'm a big fan of Strictly as well. I wouldn't mind a wee turn round the dancefloor with Matthew Cuttler

Have been curled up on the couch with the cats, catching up on the stuff I recorded during the week. Aaah bliss. As for food today, had a cup-a-soup, some pringles anda crumpet for lunch and a breaded cod fillet with some oven chips and peas for dinner, and a couple of glasses of wine while watching the tv

Off to bed now , up at 5.30 for work. Well, the alarm goes off at 5.30 and I usually get up about 6.30!

Hope everyone has a good Monday.

Annie xxxx

oh yessss another strictly fan!! i adore that programme all the sequins n glitter its just fab ! i prefer brendan tho personally i like a bad boy lol, just for the dancing tho and nothing else !

have a good monday yourself annie

xxx

Hi All
Well d Day today - I'll let you know how things go
In work already - dont start till 8.30 but didn't want to get the bus and struggle in with this 'weather' - hope DH and passengers are OK on the journey up the 74 to Alloa - he says he will call off the journey if it looks to risky for all - 2 young austic boys being taken up for their week at school there - I've been good though - brought breakfast in with me to eat later and hopefully avoid an extra snack or worse a bacon roll
Well I didn't do any house work last night just got sucked into the novel I'm reading and after checking emails - checking out the quilting blogs I usually view it will be out with the book for the next hour or two - gone are the times when I work for no extra pay - I only work if I want to build up a few hours for time off
I'll check in later during the day - take care everyone
'See' you later

morning everyone. Decide NOT to just lurk, and post. I was great until Friday, it all started with a Magnum after tea, and it went down hill from there WI is Wednesday night, so I have 3 days to try and do some "damage control" I have OH in bed with "man flu" I am glad I am going to work I have my egg sandwich made and my SS lunch bag is all packed I have another lunch bag that stays in work and it has my healthy snacks in it, ie alpen light bars, and SS cookies, so there is nothing stopping me from having perfect PEP day today. I will try and get back on later to let you know how I got on. I am going to the Music Festival that is on, to hear my daughter play in the competition, she plays the saxophone in a swing band - my kind of music I hope everyone has a brilliant day

ethne hope it goes well later on, got my fingers crosed for you! have a good day

audrey man flu is such a terrible thing eh hope hes better soon! the festival sounds great! have fun

Doing OK so far today
Soup in microwave ready to go - chunky beef veg to be followed by LF fom frais with pineapple chunks - 75cl ns dil juice well under way
as well - other than another juice that should be it till after WI at 6ish tonight
Catch up with you all later

PS love the new signatures - if you dont mind I'll check that link out later and see if they have something to suit
Take care all

Sounds like you're doing well Ethne. You too Audrey. I hope your daughter gets on well at the festival.

So far I've had 2 crumpets with low fat spread for breakfast, a Go-Ahead bar with my morning coffee and I'm just back from my no-check soup and sandwich with Phili cheese and red pepper. Bit dull. Don't think I've taken anything out of the freezer for dinner so I'll have to improvise. That probably means fish fingers and oven chips

Best go and do some work now . Good luck for tonight Ethne.

Bye for now,

Annie xxxxx

Oooooh my.... man flu is just so dreadful, so hubbie informs me
I love the idea of a lunch bag Audrey, really good idea.
Really fab to see you posting, does not matter if you have had a bad few days, you are only human, and it is amazing what could be lost between now and the next three days.. I also think that it helps being Monday today a new start to the week and so on..
Good luck for today

I would love to try the rice pringles thingys, but if I am honest if I decided to buy them, I would end up eating the entire lot, which would not be good
but they do sound lovely.
You really sound like you are organised today Annie, which is great

Usually I plan what we are going to eat, but today I woke up to a sore throat, cannot even swallow, went to Tesco's got plenty of tablets, hopefully these will help!

Good luck for tonight Ethne, really good you have your day planned also,
so much motivation on this thread, really is fantastic..
Also Ethne so glad that you are going to 'pinch' the link, to the signatures, at least then I will not be the only one whom has 'pinched' it

I used to love the supersize programme but have not watched it in weeks, I did tape it a few weeks ago but I think hubbie pressed delete
I usualy love all those kind of programmes, but with working long hours in the past, never had the time to watch them, I am still two weeks behind Eastenders, which just is not good, think I need to get my butt away from this forum

Hows your day going Minnie just a pound and a half to that 8 stone sticker, really am excited for you Lol!!!
Have a good day everyone (sorry for rambling on and on) xxxxxx

hey there girls, my day has been not so good pep wise, i met my friend for lunch, we went to the brewrs fayre as theres a play area so kept the wee boy occupied but i had chicken with bacon & cheese & chips does anyone know roughly how many checks or calories could be in that? i dont know if brwers fayre is in the going out book or not? i may put a post up in the other bit to find out. im going to the gym tonight at 8 so hopefully that'll help to repair some of the damage. i will also try and claw back checks over the next 2 days before w/i thursday morning.

smiles i hope the tablets make a difference just thank yourself lucky that you dont have the dreaded man flu like audreys o/h (eh audrey )

xxx

I have just been trying to have a look for you, but no luck
Sounded lovely tho (The desserts look lovely on the web page)
I am sure with going to the gym tonight, and with clawing a touch back you will be fine, glad you had a great time.

I do believe that we are a long time on this 'healthy eating plan' it is a change for life, not just a one minute wonder cure, and it really does you good every now and then, to have a small treat

Hope you enjoy your evening

thanks smiles! your a star ! i didnt even look at the desserts as i knew if i did i wouldnt be able to resist ! lol

have a nice evening yourself!

got the gym booked for 8 then will have to watch americas next top model on living +1 at 10 (how sad am i ) but i will be back on hopefully just before that starts at 10 to catch up and also see how you got on ethne

xxx

You really sound motivated for the gym tonight Minnie,
wish you could rub some onto me
I have not been to the gym for a few days xxxx

Hiya, have to admit Minnie, the chicken with bacon and cheese doesn't do it for me cos I don't eat meat (except fish but thats only a recent thing). Now, a big plate of garlic mushrooms mmmm

My day hasn't been too bad. Had a Quorn lasagne with some oven chips and veg for dinner as I was so hungry when I got home from work. Went to Morrison's and managed to avoid anything nasty. Did buy a bottle of wine but its in the fridge for another day.

Hope the drugs are working Smiles. Have you tried that Vicks First Defense stuff that you squirt up your nose as soon as you feel the cold coming on? I love it. It stops me getting sinusitis.

Hope you got on well at WI Ethne. I'll log on either later or tomorrow morning to see how you did.

Having an early night tonight because I nearly fell asleep during a meeting this afternoon I'm shattered and its only Monday. Dread to think what I'll be like by Friday

Have a good evening

Annie xxxx

Garlic mushrooms lovely with mayonnaise
Thanks for the advice Annie.. I do not think I have a cold just a sore throat, cannot swallow, but have managed to have a bowl of porridge today, which is better than nothing I am not having much luck regarding my health lately

Hope you have a lovely relaxing evening, and get to bed early Nothing worse when you start falling a sleep in meetings

Ethne hope you got on ok honey, will hopefully log on later
Have a nice evening everyone

Hi All
Back from WI 1.5lbs OFF
Just had the usual post WI dinner treat - chinese carry out - been good tonight chicken chop suey
Thats me back on track hopefully - I promise to keep up the water intake this coming week and here's hoping that we have the same success next week
Thanks for all the help and support here on line and I hope I help you all as well in some small way or another
Hopefully I'll not bore you to much over the next week but can I 'report' each day as I have over the last week?
Sorry but some of you seem to think I'm well organised - that is NOT the case - I just take each day and each meal time as it comes - breakfast DH organises - 90% of the time cereal - lunch I try to keep a stock of soups at work but sometime go out for a salad box or baked potatoe (tomorrow we have a catered for seminar!) - and dinner well just depends on what DH generally fancies and I try to adapt it to suit
I know some of you are organised - plan out a whole weeks meals and shopping - sorry not me
I look forward to seeing everyone elses losses this week - have a good one

Hi Ethne, well done you . Hope you enjoyed your Chinese

Hope you're feeling better tomorrow Smiles

Bye for now,

Annie xxxx

Woohoooooo Ethne well done
You certainly are not a bore honey, I love reading what you are eating
(maybe I am just nosey )
Once again well done

Thanks Annie
Night everyone xxxxx