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Group weight loss challenge 2017!

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Dusty48 said:
Lost only half a pound this week,but the scale flickered between half and one pound several times before settling on the half. BOO. lol. Was a pretty bad week in every way.Once again my hands are curled up like talons with an arthritis flare up,I have precisely one finger available for typing this! :(
I banged my little toe against the corner of the bathroom door in the dark,and it is so swollen and sore I cant bear shoes on,so no walking. On top of that I have a horrendous cold which has gone on my lungs,very hard to breathe through the clogged lungs,and my throat is really sore from the constant coughing. Never rains but it pours.So I should be happy with atleast some loss,cobsidering how c**p the whole week was! 🙂
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Aw! So sorry to hear you have had such a horrid week Dusty! :( I hope things ease for you in the coming week and you feel much better 🙂 Do keep a close eye on that toe to make sure it is healing well, and if you are at all concerned, do go and see the nurse about it - as you know, we have to be ultra-careful where our feet are concerned.
 
Sorry to hear you've had a rotten week Dusty so hope this little fella will lift your spirits if nothing else x
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Hope you had a better day today Dusty. (((hugs)))
 
Well disappointed with a 2.5lb gain. But despite GP intervension, I have not poo'd for nearly 2 weeks (sorry). This has been going on for several weeks now - so waiting for appt for a colonoscopy, not that should be interesting.

Sorry folks
 
Hazel said:
Well disappointed with a 2.5lb gain. But despite GP intervension, I have not poo'd for nearly 2 weeks (sorry). This has been going on for several weeks now - so waiting for appt for a colonoscopy, not that should be interesting.

Sorry folks
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Awww Hazel, must be so uncomfortable too :( hope you soon get sorted x
 
Dusty, hope you are feeling better x
 
It's to be expected Hazel, I wouldn't worry about weight gain at the minute, just get well soon. Hope they can sort it for you asap.
 
wirralass said:
Sorry to hear you've had a rotten week Dusty so hope this little fella will lift your spirits if nothing else x
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Oh,thank you for the lovely card,Wirralass.! You got the foot right,but my worst hand is the right one. lol.
And thanks for the concern from Ditto and Northerner 🙂
Finally the wound on my little toe healed up,the swelling has pretty much gone,and on Sunday I finally went out to do a bit shopping. Was going stir crazy stuck in the house all the time.The fingers are now unbending so I can do a limited amount of posting,and the cold is slowly going away though I am still coughing continuously. But def an improvement on last week. 🙂 🙂 🙂
 
Lost 2lbs this week,probably aided by having little appetite with my cold etc! lol.
YAY! Reached my first goal to get out of the morbidly obese zone.Next I will aim for my Club 10 award,i.e lose 10% of my body weight,only 6 or 7 lbs away.
MY STATS
Pre Slimming World:starting BMI - 40.Weight loss for March/April - 1 stone.
1st goal - Get out of the morbidly obese level,i.e.below 35 BMI. COMPLETED 1/8/17
2nd goal - reach my Club 10 target
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SW weeks 1-13 weight loss - 1st 2.5 lb
(week 14 weigh-in: 1st Aug ) loss 2 lb - total loss 1st 4 1/2 lbs

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total loss for our challenge - 2 st 4 1/2 lb
BMI - 34.86
 
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Well done you. 🙂 I hope to follow suit sooner rather than later. 🙄 I'll get there eventually...
 
Ditto said:
I think it's the bulk that I miss. Rice, potatoes, pasta are all bulky things that other things go with! Salad just doesn't cut it somehow. 🙂 Bread is something that other stuff goes on. What do you put stuff on if you don't have bread? Crispbreads aren't bulky enough. We have to rethink a whole eating style. Very hard imho.
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Have you tried Crackerbread Ditto? 3.5g carbs per cracker. They're very light - you can top them with your favourite foodies!
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Well I'm ashamed to say that the 3lbs I lost, I have re-gained! 😱 Seems I'm fighting a 'losing' battle here :( Must try harder.
 
wirralass said:
Have you tried Crackerbread Ditto? 3.5g carbs per cracker. They're very light - you can top them with your favourite foodies!
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I'd eat the lot with cheese and slatherings of butter. I'm incorrigible when it comes to food. Sheer greed. 🙄

Re weight gain, never mind, you'll soon get it off again I'm sure. I'm trying SlimFast again, desperate measures...
 
Gogovakiki said:
Newbie, diagnosed last month and it hit me quite hard. Taking Mertformin twice a day,
Weigh 15 st at and need to loose at least 3st.
I want in to sort my weight .
Thank you for this thread.
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Welcome to the forum @Gogovakiki 🙂 Good luck with your weight loss efforts 🙂 Don't forget that the exercise element is just as important as the food, so whatever you can manage on a regular basis will pay dividends 🙂 Exercise improves your response to the insulin you are producing, making it easier to use the energy from your food and reducing the chance it will be stored as fat - every little bit helps! 🙂

Please feel free to ask any questions you may have 🙂
 
Well done to those of you that have had losses, I haven't been weighed for 3 weeks, first my grandson's second birthday party, then a week away with the family, 4 generations of us, ranging in age from 2 to 82. Then yesterday I didn't feel well so went straight home from work. Still struggling to get back on the wagon and get my eating back to being totally good, not just about 80%.
 
Don't even ask. :( On the other hand don't listen to Paul McKenna going round Wilkinsons, especially in charge of a shopping trolley, I was nearly asleep on my feet zzzz
 
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