I have a feeling of deja-vu CC, I am sure I just read that a minute ago, you copying and pasting

yes - saves typing it out twice!

Hope you have had a good day so far,

I will have my supper just about 8pm and that will be me PEP day 3 complete.

Any weigh ins today?

After the hiccup yesterday - anothe dodgy day today so I'll have to sort things out for the rest of the week
I'm doing OK with the water intake each day but organising food properly is a no go especially as I haven't been shopping yet
Well off to sort the charts out now
CC good luck with the interviews tomorrow
And it's great to see so much chat here - long may it continue
Have a good night

Hey everyone

Good luck CC I went round ALL the offices in Elgin today, and left my CV, even if they all come back as 'thanks but no thanks' at least I have tried, something to put on my record for the dole fowk

Didn't go to Curves today, decided to take it easy with my back, twice will be enough I think, try again next week

Start volunteering in Shelter charity shop tomorrow, be nice to get back into a working environment

Pep is a bit patchy hoping to really get 'stuck in' after class tomorrow night

Have a good evening everyone

Good evening all,can anyone help me with my signature links, I have followed all instructions but when I add link to signature and open it it comes up with unable to display page if you click on it you will see what I mean I'm not too bright with things like this

I can get into it. Have you tried signing in via google and accessing it through your documents of your google account. If that doesn't work PM Littlefire and she will probably be able to help you.

Good luck
Laura xxxx

Hi Laura can you get into the one named Musketeer challenge I can get into the two links above it but not the one I've named, I tried via google and still the same thanks
Shona x

I can get into them all from the links on your page, don't know whats wrong, PM Littlefire and see if she can help she is the charts Guru.

Good luck
Laura xxxx

Evening All

Well thats it, first gym session under my belt, was great to get back and wasn't nearly as tough as I expected.

I wanted to ask you guys to have a look at my eating chart - do you think I am saving too many checks? I dont mean to be saving them, I'm not saving for a special weekend or anything but I cant see the sense in eating for the sake of it. As you can see I'm definitely not starving myself lollll.

When I lost loads before I was eating like this but I was just interested in what you thought?

Thanks muchly xx

Funny I have just came off of the page and yes I think if you can eat some more do so. Don't force yourself to eat it but if you fancy something an you have the cx go for it.

I think when we cut out cx quite a bit (not saving them for something special) when we drop down to the lower amount of cx we hit a plateu. Well I think thats what happened to me. Now I try to have between 45-50cx a day and my limit is 50. It might be different for you though Jaci.

Good luck
Laura xxxx

Thanks Laura, I know myself the numbers look bad on paper but I feel full and well fed. I think I will see how it goes this week before I start force feeding lollllll, but if the loss is rubbish this week then I'll be scoffing next week.

I have just had an extra couple of slices of toast and will have my porridge later though........tomorrow should be better cos I'm going out for lunch with Mum.

What days do we all weigh in then? Looking forward to 1st weeks results from the Muskateers....

My first weigh in will be Saturday.

LF - meant to ask - do we just delete the content from our food tracker after we have updated the weight loss tracker, update the date and start again?

xxx

Jaci I know it can be near impossible to eat the cx some days, just do what you can, or treat yourself once a week with your spare cx.

I am a Sunday weigh in just now (an experiment to stay away from the bakers ) so will see how it goes.

Yeh we are just to delete our food diary content and start it fresh each week.

hi peeps how are you all tonight hope allpeping well i,ve had another good day long may it continue, i,m going to post on my menu for today ,i,m not taking my full amount of chks but what i try and do is have stricter days just incase anything unplanned comes up at weekend u never know !!!!

BRKFST
PORRIDGE ,BLACK COFFEE 5CHKS

EDB PEAR

LUNCH WAFER THIN CHICK LOADS SALAD 3 CHKS

EDB 2 SATS,1YOG

HOT CHOC 1.5

DINNER HOTPOT 13 CHKS

HOT CHOC &COOKIES 6.5

good luck to everyone else xx

Good going folks, keep it up. PEP perfect day 3 over for me... Off to bed shortly, ready for the school run and then Curves first thing!

Night night everyone.......xxx

Morning all - well I've loads of checks to claw back - if I can - just need to get the little grey matter sorted out
Stephie - you maybe haven't copied across the correct address - if you look at the address bar at the top of the screen when you have the chart open -eg check what's on the very top bar now - that is what you copy across (from the google account though) and paste into the the http:// address which comes up with the link button - remember put in http:// only once - and when you've copied that in click the box and another box comes up that you can name the link - eg: eats chart - group *
MissB enjoy lunch out today
Have a good day each of you - 'see' you later

MB - I dont think it will matter now and again to save that many checks but I wouldnt go doing it all the time. The main thing is you are feeling well fed! On a Sunday I am the same, I force myself to eat.

Cos I'm not working I'm finding that I am only eating 3 meals a day + my edb's with no crisps etc so I am padding out my meals with extra rice, pasta etc...

No gym today, had an interview this morning and 1 this afternoon, need to get some housework done, house is a coup!

Morning everyone, it's been a busy morning here, but I have been to Curves and even had time to make porridge for brekkie!!

Hope you are all well, and still raring to go! xxx

I've got a chance to get on today at lunchtime - whilst sipping a cup of soup, brown roll and pot of pineapple chunks
Those how are job hunting - good luck with the applications and interviews
Here's hoping we all have good PEP days today

Just nipping on in my lunchbreak - sooo busy today!

Still seem to be peping away nicely. I've completely ignored the large boxes of chocolates in my office too... worryingly they aren't even bothering me - dunno whats come over me!

MB - I agree with evenone else, don't eat for the sake of it but saving that many checks all the time might not do you any good.

Hope everyone has a good day and good luck to all the job hunters! xx

Afternoon All

Just poping in to say Hello and see how everyone is doing. Everyone is so positive just now its great and long may it continue

So far so good for me today but it's always the evenings I find difficult. So hopfully between kids, TV , PC and the wii I will be kept occupied.

Right best go and get on.

Good luck those who are job hunting, I had my first experience on the other end of it today, short leeting for candidates, I am getting to be on an interview panel in a couple of weeks time and I can't wait to see how it looks from the other side of the table.

Catch you all later.
Laura xxxx

That sounds interesting Laura, hadn't even thought about what it's like at the other side of the table until I read your post and I have had a lot of interviews and jobs in my life!

Oooooer its not at all nice on the other side of the table, I assure you. I do lots of recruiting in my job and apart from being quite draining cos you tend to do several a day.

But its the pressure of the impact of your decision that always gets to me - people telling you, showing you how much it would mean to them to get the job and you feel like you could make them so happy or soooooo upset.

The interviews I do are very structured and require a lot of writing up and post interview paperwork.........all that said its my job to make sure we get the best from the interviewee and put them at ease and at the end of the day its still no where near as daunting as being interviewed. So good luck to everyone job hunting at the moment.

Good day today, took wee man to soft play and then grabbed a bite of lunch, came home, went to gym, made dinner, now having a wee cuppa.

Hope everyone is well and pepping away xxx

Off to add Linzi to the challenge chart - welcome on board Linzi
Just had a quick curry for dinner - chicken, tin of tomatoes, 1/2 jar of low cal low fat korma sauce, onion served with a little naan bread - no rice - - 16 checks
Other than that a 'reasonable' day - but I'll have to fill in the chart to work out the number of checks
Have a good night all of you and I'll catch you tomorrow


EDIT - if I don't snack tonight I'll only be 5 checks over - yeeha that's 15 saved today

Evening all, sorry i havent been able to get on before now had a busy day today with the fostering reviews panel and all the candidates were good yipee And i know what you mean about being on the other side of the table Its not a good feeling when you cant give someone what their looking for .When i finished at 3.30 came out and my car wouldn't start fortunately my daughter didn't take her car to work today so oh was able to come up give me a jump start. Went for shopping , came home had tea and now getting a chance to read the threads.

Wow everyone is doing so well, and so motivated well done, it great reading the threads

I had a good day yesterday and managed 25 minutes on the cross trainer, another good day today so far too

Away to read some more threads, catch up later and keep up the good work everyone

Evening all hope you are all having a good day, 3rd good pep day yipee
Decided to brave the cold and go into the garage and try the cross trainer wasn't cold for long...........
thought I was going to have a heart attack still managed 20 mins on cross trainer much to the amusment of my 10yr old son who couldn't stop laughing at me puffing and panting, then went on treadmill only managed 15 mins, staggered into livingroom and collapsed onto the couch
Still at least i've started some exercise and it can only get easier
Away to watch biggest loser UK for more motivation
catch you all later
Hope you all have a good day tomorrow

hello all

well done to all of you who are managing to pep

I have fallen off wagon and into huge tin of roses at work today tomorrow i have a works night out Indian meal and on Saturday rejoining class

have a good evening everyone

Good luck Ethne hope you managed to claw some of those cx back.

Dawn I am sure your PEP head wont have rolled too far and will be back on your shoulders in no time.

Well done everyone- I am really looking forward to next weeks weigh in results, I am sure there will be some great results.

Anyways thats thursday done for me- sitting in bed now watching TV did 32 mins on the wii fit- it's great fun only bad thing is I have to wait till the kids go to bed to get a shot.

Anyways hope you all have a PEP perfect friday.

Laura xxxx

Good Morning all how are we today ? Had a pep perfect day for me yesterday

Everyone is doing so well keep up the good work as its great reading how everyone is doing

Ethne good luck on clawing the checks back, you will be back on track in no time

away to do some work now, will catch up later, have a good day

Hello all!!!

I've been busy busy busy - I went 7 checks over last night bit I'll make them back up today. To tired to go to the gym but I have hit my quota - 3 times this week. WI tomorrow!

Have a good day everyone

Afternoon all,

It's nice to hear everyone so positive!

I had another pep perfect day and I'm going to treat myself tonight as I've got some checks saved up and we are having a chinese take away this evening. I'm going to have chicken fried rice or chowmein... looking forward to it!

Have a good day everyone! xx

Hey everyone, how are you all? Still doing well I hope!! I am.....

Afternoon Peeps

Still a great vibe on this thread, lets hope its the same after weigh in lolllllll. Good luck tomorrow CC, I'm weighing in too so fingers crossed.

Busy morning, hoovering and washing the floors, not planning to go to gym today, fancy getting out for a nice walk when Russ gets home. Its cold outside but crisp.

Hope you are all having a good day, off to update my food chart now xxx

Coooooeeeeeee any Muskateers out there?????

Are you all having a party I'm not invited too? lollllll

Evening all - I had a wee treat today a lunchtime - didn't stick to the cup a soup but had a lovely brown salad roll with chicken - so I'll have to pop off to the eats chart and fill it up - hopefully I'll be able to share a bottle of wine with DH tonight
I've a day out planned tomorrow - I've been invited by friends to go to the local 'spinners, weavers, and dyers' monthly meeting - my pal is trying to get be back into the knitting mode - just what I need to add to my patchwork and quilting (with the multitude of 'work in progress' projects there are around here), but I am thinking that I'll be able to sort out some birthday and christmas presents for this year that way - starting with some socks for Dad for his birthday - and I do fancy some of those lovely knitted / felted bags - there are some stunning patterns around - looks like my hands will be busy - what with the internet, sewing and now knitting - hopefully the weight will drop off too
I've had an email from a fellow weight loss battler that one way to kick start and get off the dreaded plateau, that worked for her, was to change what she ate - it seems I've probably fallen into the same trap she was in - same basic breakfast and same basic lunch - so I'll have to do some lateral thinking and find alternatives - any of you had this work for you?

Hi Ethne

My old CM used to say to me to try and change my eating pattern, however as I am such a fussy eater it can be difficult. I do however try to swap main meals to lunchtime just to be a bit different, and I also eat pasta now which I never used to.

Maybe once I get back into the swing off PEP I will try to try some new things.

Hope you have all had a good day and are planning a great weekend.

Good luck to CC, CB and Miss Broxi, and to anyone else that will be weighing in tomorrow.

Catch you all later.

Laura xxxx

Evening all just had my tea and really enjoyed it. Baked potato, baked beans with dairy lea cheese slice melted on top, salad, pickled onions & beetroot
Just sitting down to a cup of tea and 2 bourbon biscuits for my chocolate craving

Ethne im the same as you i have the same breakfast & lunch nearly everyday as it is so easy, may try and plan my meals a bit different You sound like you had a good day, and you must be so talented with all the projects you do keep up the good work. I have just finished the book cross country by James Patterson and enjoyed it, its one to look out for.


Laura well doen on your pep perfect day too

Good luck miss broxi & cc at wi tomorrow and everyone else who has wi

Won't be on until later tomorrow as I am doing a sponsored brdge walk over the forth road bridge and back, so that will be my exercise for the day.

Happy and PEPperfect Saturday everyone.

Laura xxxx

hi all how are you all tonight i couldn,t get on last night and this is me just on tonight so annoying its great to see everyone doing so well i still cant get on to ss eats chart ethne i know you pm,d me and said i was on chart 3 maybe i,m doing something wrong !!!!!!!!!!! i,ve got a note of all my menus i can add them on good luck to all for wi tomorrow xx

Morning!!!

2.5lb off this morning. So chuffed as totm is upon me,

have a good day everyone, saturday is my non counting day cos i have lost, i don't go mad but i dont count either

off to get ma nails done.

Morning

Well done on the loss CC, never, ever had my nails done will need to try it sometime

WI on Thursday night was good, only gained 1/2lb over Christmas

New ticker made, and raring to go

Have a great Saturday whatever you are doing

Well done CC!! Well deserved loss!!

I managed to lose 2lbs this week, I am over the moon!!

Miss Broxi, have you weighed in yet? Hope it's good news!!

I usually have a wee relaxed day food wise on wi day, but I am going to pep all the way today...determined not to undo my good work.

I should really only be weighing in monthly according to dr and Curves coach, but I feel this is a long time, and I become complacent, so going to weigh in weekly. I will post my overall monthly loss though.

Hope you all have a great weekend.

Flick, hope you get on ok, let us know how you got on.......xxx

Morning All

Sorry I'm a bit late, Russ got up with the wee man, I had a wee long lie and then went to they gym. Just showered and dressed again - starving hungry but I did weigh in before I went and I am soooooooo chuffed 7lbs off so a great first week.

I dont have a PeP free day but saturday is always take away night in our house, but it will all be counted.

Well done CC and CB fantastic starts to the year, long may it continue......good luck to everyone still to WI this week.

Jules and Laura good luck today I hope the winds are not as high in Fife as they are in West Lothian, I dont envy you the walk if they are.

xxx

Very well done on your losses CB, MissB, CC hoping to get as good a loss on Thursday

Afternoon all

SO far so good for me and we completed our bridge walk both ways. Its was borderline to if we are getting to do it or not as the winds were 48-50miles per hour. Apparently they shut the bridge to walkers if they reach higher. I thought we were going to get blown away on the way back as it was getting difficult in places to walk properly.

But its done now.

As for PEP so far so good for me today.

Well done to CC CB and Miss Broxi on those great weight losses for the start of the year. Hope I don't let the side down tomorrow.

ANyways have a good day everyone.

Laura xxxx

well done cc great feeling well i,ve had 4 strict days so i,ve lots chks to use over next 3 days so will prob have my vino or 2 {bottles} later going to make a pep meal though so leaves more for vino not a great day for going out very wild up here have a great day everyone xx

Fantastic Flick, well done, especially for doing it in this weather, brave wumman that you are!!

Well done Miss Broxi, what a brilliant start, glad your hard work paid off!!

Have a nice Saturday everyone!! xxx

Well done CC Miss Broxi and CB fantastic weight loses.
Hope you all have a great Saturday
Just had 1hr walk with dog before weather turned too bad.
I gave my mum my scales when I joined class on Tue and now starting to panic that I've not lost anything, I'm so used to jumping on scales when I want to but decided to try only being weighed at class
Going to have home made chilli and a couple of drinks tonight all counted for of course, and will pop in and out of forum to keep me motivated as weekends are my danger time!!

Well done ladies on those losses - great going - I hope I'm on the 'blip' on the chart come WI on Monday night
Laura - I'll bet you ended up loosing a few more lbs in doing your walk as you were battling against the high winds
Stephie - you did the right thing in passing your WI scales off to your Mum - there is nothing more disappointing when you think you've been good and you've increased weight overnight
Megygogs - sorry if I've given you the impression you'd done something wrong - you haven't - I've maybe added you onto the food record chart after I'd done the WI chart - if you want taken off the chart it's no problem, but I hope you'll stay on it and find that it helps you in some way
Audrey - why don't you plan to get your nails done as a treat if you reach your intended target over this 10 week period - it will give you something to work towards
I went to the Spinners, Weavers and Dyers group today and had a really enjoyable time - even if I ended up ripping all the knitting I'd done there out - too many stitches - ooph this group looks like it will throw more interests in my direction than I'll need - yes I want to do the fabric (now wool) dyeing, I don't mind knitting - but next time it looks like I'll be given the chance to try some spinning fleece into yarn
Well off now to catch up on the knitting I've ripped out - starting now for birthdays and christmas presents - hoping that all or most will be handmade gifts this year
now I'd better see how my eat chart stands for today

Evening All

Hope you have all had a good Saturday?

Well done on recognising your weak spot Stephie and great plan to jump in to the forum if you feel yourself straying...........

Good luck to everyone weighing in tomorrow xxx