It's still working :)

[karen f.]

You are really DOING it Lorchen! I admire your commitment. Sounds like that new little baby is giving you a small mystery to distract you while you work on your weight loss! Good for you on the wonderful success.

[Lynn K.]

Lorchen, you are indeed an example for all of us that it doesn't take a complicated program and a marathon race to slowly achieve the goal.........less weight! Better health! Hoorah for YOU! :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Lynn K.]

Rosemary, you may not be able to hide behind me anymore. 8)

Considering I have been stalled for quite a few weeks now, maybe not - but then DH bought me some new jeans at the weekend and they were a size 12 :shock: so perhaps I can still hide behind you after all :P :wink:
This time last year I was in size 18-20....

[Lynn K.]

Well done ladies! I am proud of you both.

[Lynn K.]

Lorchen,
I am finally on the treadmill every morning walking too - a bum tightening walk at a good pace. I pick fun and interesting things to watch from my computer (hooked up to tv) and have gone from 30 min to between 45 and 50 now. It also helps keep my blood sugars down and boosts my energy for teaching all morning.
Our hallways are also very long, however I don't get out of my classroom much.
Keep up the great work! gosh....almost sounds like a report card....
cheers
Jeanine

[Pam D.]

Rosemary, well done!!

I have put on weight over the winter :shock: :shock: :shock: I have been blaming the weather and have been reluctant to have salads, prefering warm filling foods. However all of my trousers seem to have shrunk :roll: :roll: :roll: So I need to do something fast or I will be buying bigger trousers. ops: ops: ops:

[Hannelore N.]

Pam, you can have mine (evil grin): Sizes 36, 34, 32, 30, and 28 are all available.

[Pam D.]

Lorchen, thanks for your kind offer but I think they may be just a wee bit too big.

Maybe I need to check out some of Rosemary's ;-)

[Pam D.]

I've already binned the 20's, but I might have a pair of 18's going spare :wink: (still using the 16's with a belt)

[ANNE E.]

Congratulations Rosemary, when are we going to see some photo's?
Maybe you could make a quilt out of all those discarded clothes.
Keep up the good work, you and Lorchan are an inspiration to us all.
Anne

[Rita C.]

Lorchen, like the lighthouses you love so much you are like a guiding light not only getting the weight off yourself but bringing others along in your reflective glow. Congratulations on such an incredible weight loss.

[Hannelore N.]

Jeanine, that's great! I wish I could join you. Just imagine how much fun that would be!

Thanks everybody. I am anything but a 'superwoman', or I would have never got into the state I was in. And I'll continue now with 'the road to recovery'. I simply can't disappoint you all. So, got weighed again tonight and another couple of pounds gone.

My 'menu' for today was:
Breakfast: 0% fat yoghurt with 35g of muesli plus a handful of grapes.
After arriving in school: Strong mug of coffee with one sugar lump and semi-skimmed milk.
At break: Box of mixed fresh fruit (pineapple, water melon, mango, apple).
Lunch: Boxed salad (cooked rice, gherkins, cherry tomatoes, iceberg lettuce, radishes, a couple of slices of lean pork)
Dinner: Pasta with passata (flavoured with chilli), sweetcorn, green beans, and broccoli
Late evening snack: One pear
Throughout the day: plenty of water, and some Coke Zero
Treat of the day: 5 Maltesers

A very eligible and attractive 50something man with a sexy voice told me in school today: "Hannelore, you are looking fantastic!" I must admit that I nearly blushed.

[Lorna B.]

That's awesome, Lorchen! Too fun!

Congrats to you too, Rosemary, great job!

[E.M. T.]

[E.M. T.]

Great Job Lorchen, Rosemary, Jeannie.

My son is getting married in September- going to try hard to get more pounds off this summer.

Lorchen - Thanks for sharing your menu- it's takes some planning is that about 1,000 calories?

Do any of you keep a food journal?