Good morning and welcome to this weeks class! It's great to have you all here supporting each other

More fantastic news this week - you lost another whopping 64.5lbs! So far this year, 15stones 3.5lbs of you have been slimmed away! That's just amazing! I am so pleased Keep going!
The motivation is still thankfully running high as is your wonderful support for each other, but I am aware that not everyone is finding losing weight easy just now (that's normal!!) so I have a few words of encouragement and advice for you all today. If this doesn't apply to you just now, then that's fantastic, but keep this information in your head just in case you ever need it. ( I hope that you wont!! )

EVERYONE can lose weight - yes, you all CAN do it! Keep reminding yourself of that. It's really easy to think that you are the only person having a challenging time whether that's over a period of time or just 10 minutes. I said to you in an earlier class this year to use an event to motivate you to lose weight for and work towards being lighter by then. Accept that sometimes you may find things more difficult than others but always remember that any minute of any day is a great time to draw the line and award yourself a fresh start - don't award yourself with the rest of the day off PEPping if things went wrong!!!!! There is a lot to be said for damage limitation! Remember the reason you decided to join us at Scottish Slimmers - for all of us there was someting that made us realise that things had to change and so we made the best decision ever and joined Scottish Slimmers to change our lives for the better. Not one of us were happy with ourselves when we joined up but everyone has moved on from there and made great strides towards a happier, healthier and lighter lifestyle. YOU DON'T WANT TO GO BACK THERE!!!! Use that as motivation too!!

I think that it's great that you are all so good at counting up your checks spent and saved. There is no doubt that keeping a food diary is one of the most important factors in successful weight loss. It has to be done as you go throughout the day as it is so easy to forget little bits and bobs. Every lick, pick and nibble has to be recorded and counted!! Have you all got a set of food scales? Are you using them? If PEP ME says 30g of something, it means 30g, not a guesstimate! It really is important to get quantities right as in my experience, we are much more likely to over estimate than under estimate and that of course, knocks the check count off.

Exercise - that's important too. We all know that we should, but be careful not to eat more just because you know that you have burned of xxxxx amount of calories! Make sure that you have a lovely filling PEP meal to enjoy once you finish. It's just too easy to grab snacky things after exercise for a quick fill up which won't help your weight loss.

Instead of making up your own menus and counting the checks, eat from PEP ME. Then you can be sure that you are getting the right balance of nutrition that will give you good weight losses. I am convinced that theat's the problem for a lot of people who stay within their check total but don't get consistently good weight losses - perhaps just not getting the protein/ carbs balance right. Try it!!

Never be disappointed with a STS!!!! It's much better than a weight gain! If you do have a weight gain 9 times out of 10 you will know why, so annoying as it may be, it isn't a mystery. Take it on the chin and move on. At least you know what not to do the following week! If you don't know why, then check the above.. The answer will be in amongst it!

Lastly, this week I would like you all to take your measurements this week as inch loss is every bit as motivating as weight loss. As this is the last Monday in January, let's make it a date to check the measurements on the last Monday of each month. I'm looking forward to hearing how it goes.

I hope that in amongst my ramblings, that each of you will find an idea that you can use.

Onwards and downwards

Have a great week and well done for just being here!

CM

2lb off!

STS for me, but i know why!

I have joined as an online member this week and printed off the PEP ME! Plus the finace is away this week so no crisps or anything in the house! So fingers crossed for a great loss this week!

x

Good morning lovely CM and lovely people
Thank you CM for the talk, and i will defo keep this talk in my mind when i sts or even gain thank you

I am very pleased to report 2.5lbs loss yayayayayay, i am soooo happy with that with the busy week i had last week
I have also measured myself and i lost 1inch from bust, 1 and half inch from waist, and 1inch from hips

Have a great Monday everyone, i am one happy bunny

Hello everyone and good luck on your weight losses, very happy to report 2lbs off this week

1.25lbs off for me this week which I'm pleased with as I had one of those weeks where you kinda almost maybe count everything if you know what I mean

Back to toeing the line this week!

1lb of for me this week

1.5lbs off for me this week

Another 1.5lbs next week and I'll get my 1.5 stone sticker!!

a pounds off for me this week!

Hi,

I joined yesterday - How do you join the online classes every week?

Kirsty x

Welcome aboard kirsty

Just post your results in the thread whenever your weigh in day is
Simple as that

x

STS for me this week really struggling to get my weight to move again. Been doing Booster and watching portions - also been counting actual calories by logging food on a website (which also helps me count checks!) and been exercising too. Within checks completely. Rarely use my 20 per day during the week and save them for the weekend, using special allowance if necessary (usually is lol!). Strange....The gym scales (manual) say 11st 12lbs and have done for weeks. The electronic ones in the changing rooms said 12st 2lbs. I am going to start using these ones each week to get my weight from now on. Either that or join a class..........

On a more positive note I have lost an inch from my waist since November, jeans are looser on waist and bum and my pants are looser too Husband says he can see i am slimmer.........

I lost a pound this week, taking me to 6lbs in three weeks
Have to stop myself being disheartened by the 1lb loss this week and last as I know it's a slow process - and overall I've lost an average of 2lbs per week

Well weighed in a day early as I can not get to class tomorrow, a STS ..... not great and I defo think I would have done better but not going to be dishartened!!! off to search for a training lan, going to run the 10K the SS are supporting in May and raise some pennies for a very worthwhile cause!!!!

Brilliant Vicki! That will bump up this weeks total weight loss very nicely. Well done


I'm so pleased that you now have access to PEP ME now. I'm seeing really great results from it so follow it to the letter and I know that you will do the same Don't you have your wedding this year?


You are welcome! Fantastic loss and I'm really pleased that you are already measuring up. It really does give that extra bit of motivation, and we all need that!


That's really great! I am happy for you too!


It's still a good loss so a wee bit more accuracy this week should give you even more good losses!


Super! A pound nearer your target weight


Excellent Lynsey! I have your 1.5 stone sticker waiting....


I am so very glad to hear that! Well done!!


Hi Kirsty and welcome to our class. As Sue says, just post! Looking forward to hearing how you get on.

Firstly, the last paragraph of your post is the one to focus on!! It's great news!

However, I think that you are probably saving too many checks during the week and if you are spending them all at the weekend along with your 20 check allowance it's just too much all at once for your body to cope with. You need to use them more consistently throughout the week and just use your extra 20 at the weekend and no more. I am sure that will get your weight losses going again. If you have a class nearby then I recommend that you join up asap. You will get your copy of PEP ME and importantly get weighed on the same set of scales every week by your CM. This week and next week you can join a class for only £1 plus your weekly fee. There is also a saver pass on sale which is 10 weeks for £48. That brings your class fee down to £4.80 a week from £5.95. You will have 10 weeks of good weight losses to look forward to!


That's great! When you go shopping pick up 1lb lard and be delighted that you have lost it. It's good to check it out in terms of a lump of fat!


It's a short week for you so maybe next week it will show up so don't be disheartened, be determined! Well done for signing up for the 10k! Just think how much slimmer you will be by the time it comes along! All good!

evening all happy to report a 2lb loss

That's great news! Delighted to hear it!

Morning all, I managed to gain half a pound this week, but I know why, I fell off the plan from Friday. But I'm starting afresh today, the lunch is made and dinner is in the fridge, so here's looking at a loss next week

Hi Cm, wedding next year, but someone said i should be starting to dress shop this year, so i need to get a good loss before summer so i can start to actually want to try on dresses! haha

STS again this week.

Not too disappointed though as it was my sister's hen do at the weekend. It's not so much the cocktails we ended up drinking but more the hangover cravings that mess up the check count. (Put the "super noodles" down, Laura!!)

At last - 1lb off! It has taken me the whole year (!) so far but at least its going in the right direction. I feel more "in the zone" this week too.

Was ill all week and didnt get to the gym anywhere near as much as I would normally. Because I was ill i couldnt be bothered cooking a couple times and had mcdonalds...eeek, then there were other day i felt so rough i didnt want to eat much.....so I am actually very very pleased to STS this week. Like you say CM....it's NOT a gain. Still got the rest of February to get plenty pounds off this month. I have a night out planned in few weeks.....first time I have had a girls night out since I moved to London (which was 5 years ago) so this is super exciting and a great thing to aim at to help me keep on track the next few weeks.

STS for me too

STS for me this week. OK about it as I have been on jury juty for 5 days and they provide lunch so it is hard to work out the chx, but only having a light meal at night.

1lb off for me this week xx

I'm really not sure what is going on with my body at the moment, as you know I felt a little down last week as i put on 2lb's and wasn't sure why!!

Well this week I have lost 3lb's !!! What?? I wasn't even as good as last week!!

CM as you said to Melaine Mc, Maybe I saved too much chxs during the week for the weekend and my body just didn't cope.

Well happy now anyway

Hi CM, lost 2lbs this week whoohoo!

Lost 3.5 pounds this week!!!!!

Well done on all those fabby weight loss people you are such an inspiration

STS for me too this week. Think that I need to excercise more as I stayed within my checks. Have decided to take up running again and am going to start training next week. My goal is to do the sports relief 3 mile run and then build up to the 10k race for life.

Hello! Well done on all the losses this week. I forgot to post last week but was just a STS anyway. This week I have lost 2 pounds. Less than a stone to go to target weight.

well done to everyone so far this week for keeping pepping
Ive just lost ½ LB this week x

2lbs off for me this week :-)

Does 10 oz count, everyone seems to lose in pounds!

But again I've had better results with the tape measure losing 1" of my bust, 1/2 of both waist and hips. My clothes are fitting better as I was bursting out of them and really needed the next size up when I first started.

Here's to next week. I'm sure that with your forward planning it will be resolved next week.


That's great motivation! I will help you all I can.


Ok, now you have the wedding to work towards which is great motivation! Super Noodles???


That's you started!!! Keep going!


Get well soon. Lovely to have a special night out to look forward to.


Ok. Have you started on next weeks weight loss?


Hopefully you will be able to turn it into a loss next week. Is your jury duty finished?


I knew you could do it!!!! Brilliant, keep it up!

I'm really chuffed for you. That's a great loss and it looks like you did just save too many checks to be spent all at once, so well done for sorting it out.


Hello Linda. That's fantastic! Well done!


Amazing loss! you must be delighted. I know I am!


Well done for taking up the running challenge. I am sure that you will feel much better for the exercise too!


That's a lovely place to be. I can see my bell in action soon with that lovely 2lbs loss taking you so much closer to your target weight


It's not just a half, it's ANOTHER half so well done


That's lovely! I will add it to our class total. Thank you!


It certainly does count! There are 16oz in a pound so you have lost over half a pound so well done for that. Great inch loss too!

hello everyone some great weight losses again this week i've only lost 1/2lbs but changed from booster to pep on my second day in to plan. but i tried to catch up and even managed to save 42cks by accident really if the trueth be known and as i'm on nights i can't use them up as tomorrows the start of my new week. anyway i'm looking foraward and hopeing for a better weight loss next week.

Well at the invite of the Online CM, I have managed to find my way here. First weigh in today, and a very smug Big G... announcing a 6.5 lb loss!! I realise that won't happen every week, much as I would like it to, but not having anyproblems with the PEP so far. Early days I know, but with the help of all you lovely people, and my CM, then the goal will be acheived....oh yes, it will be acheived!!

Gordon

Hello cm and class. Well done on all the losses and STS . Well done for ny gainers for posting and moving onto next week.1 off for me.. Need to move a bit now. I have first physio appt today and prob getting the NHS exercise referal offered which will be amazing. I had hoped for a bigger loss but although I thought I had an excellent week ,there was one meal I hadn't planned which turned out to be swimming in oil . I had counted all day before that thank goodness. One evening this week I drifted in a weird sort of trance without guilt or regret into eating a few extras while making tea .... The following eve I was going to do the same but had stern words with myself and been 100% the last few days which I am pleased with. I have found a way of avoiding the post work binge and having half of my cereal with a yoghurt before going home which stops me attacking the bread. Also having my fruit with saved checks for custard or something treaty later in evening. All in all am happy with the lb and 1 off next week breaks through next stone.

Afternoon all

Having been awol and not very PEP friendly for the past week or so (ie not counting checks- just being "careful", and also including 2 weekends away) I am unashamedly fairly pleased with a STS yesterday!!

Really getting backside kicked back into gear now though

Well done to all the fab losers this week - great job girls and guys!!!

Off now to catch up on all the posts

Hi everyone

Some fab losses....well done peeps

3lb loss for me one more lb and I'm under the next stone bracket and will have achieved my first mini goal

Good luck for a pep perfect week xx

I lost 1lb this week.

i STS this week but i dont have that much to lose anyway so i was okay with that. im going to my mums tonight for a 'party' and shes doing hot roast beef sarnies with chips and i know i wont be able to resist them and will pig out so im just going to have my tea before i go and that way i can stay in control. hopefully i will do okay next week.

weigh in at class this morning and 3.5 pounds off

one pound down!

ONLY LOST HALF A POUND
QUITE DISAPPOINTED
BUT HAY-HO
ROLL ON WED TILL NEXT WI :

Do you have an ipod? I found this podcast which looks great because they tell you when to run and when to walk so you dont need a stopwatch. Although it is for a 5k, I am going to use it and then build up from it because i want to do the 10k race for life later this year. Here is the website: NHS Couch to 5K training programme

It's another half pound, not 'only' a half pound, so well done!


Welcome Gordon. You are off to a flying start - well done! I love a positive attitude!


Hi Diana. That's great, and well done for taking steps to curb your danger time nibbling. I hope your physio appointment went well.





Welcome back to PEP ME world! Glad to have you back


Brilliant achievement! I'm delighted for you




That's lovely - I will add it to this weeks class total. Thank you




Time will tell! I hope that your toe is on the mend!


That's brilliant! You must be delighted. Well done


Don't be disappointed! You lost half a pound of horrible fat - that's great. The next time you go shoppping, pick up 1/2 lb of lard and be delighted that you lost that

Sorry, seem to have missed you off my main reply , so here is one of your own! Well done!