Weight Watchers

[Preston1990]

Thanks for the kind words baty and ejwrank.

Eye ops can be scary if you think about them too much. However,unless you favor blindness there's little choice but to go with them really. I had detached retinas in each of my eyes within the space of 6 weeks last year which were repaired but this has resulted in cataracts forming. Looking forward to my next op in about 5 weeks time to do cataract no, 2. To be honest there's not much to them really. It's a 20 minute procedure done under local anesthetic and you get sent home within an hour or so after the op.

What I am seriously concerned about though are the free John Lewis drink and cake vouchers that arrived for Mrs Preston and myself today. As if I wasn't finding the dieting thing hard enough this time around.

Try and be good everyone. .... And I include those two missing miscreants Andrews and Diane in that. Surely they are not both keeping their diet tips to themselves.

[ClareBarr]

Weighed myself today, have lost another 3 lbs :) so that's 13 lbs lost since 27 December :)

[asamaic]

Oh, congratulations, ClareBarr! That's a great achievement. Just one more lb and it's a whole stone!

One of my friends is an eye doctor, so I hear a lot of hospital stories and at the risk of sounding like an old person, it's amazing what they can do these days. Hope the next op goes well, Preston1990.

Sounds like you're making the right changes, Baty. Hope it pays off on the scales.

Small steps, ejwrank - I'm very nearly back to normal now!

Have finally taken the last bag of clothes to the charity shop - if you look in my wardrobe now, it's actually full of things that fit me and that I want to wear. Wonders will never cease. I can't put the weight back on or I won't have anything to wear... Bit drastic, maybe, but I'm hoping it'll keep me on the wagon!

[ClareBarr]

That must be a great feeling, asamaic - to fit back into clothes again. A good excuse to b*y new ones, too :)

[Preston1990]

Wow! Congratulations ClareBarr that's another fantastic result from you.

You really are doing absolutely phenomenally well! As Asamaic has said, that's virtually a whole stone that you've lost since Christmas.

And Asamaic, I love your positive outlook too. I think it's a genius idea to ship off your "old" clothes to charity as an incentive for keeping your lost weight off.

I'm hoping that the ClareBarr and Asamaic success stories start to rub off on me, and that I start to lose some serious weight soon instead of yoyoing a pound or two up and down each week.

[Diane65]

Wow how fabulous are you all doing well done. I too like asamaic got rid of larger clothes but sadly now I have nothing to wear due to not keeping it off I did actually go for a walk on Sunday plus one on Monday lunchtime as my whole body was aching probably due to the fact I just work and visit hospitals and go to bed I need to get myself organised to allow time to eat and exercise otherwise I won't be able to move at all due to being too fat and not moving my body.

I'm loving reading all this inspirational thread

[baty]

Went for a hydotherapy session yesterday. Everyone was very kind and I loved being in the water again. Was embarrassed at being hoisted into the pool but I can live with that. Can't wait to get in next week.

Found out they do other therapies there, will definately be looking into the self hypnosis one. I need to sleep the whole night through.

A couple of years ago my friend stood in front of my creaking wardrobe and said 'will you ever be a size 8 again???' It was hard but knew they had to go. I think a realistic view of my weight means that I keep fewer, way too small clothes, most of my, just not quite things, and my gulp, you have to wear something that fits stuff.

I have still kept my Chealsea Girl, deep puple woollen dress/cardigan maxi from when I was 14 - I know, I know, it will never fit now but I just can't bare to part from it.

[Diane65]

I have still kept my Chealsea Girl, deep puple woollen dress/cardigan maxi from when I was 14 - I know, I know, it will never fit now but I just can't bare to part from it.

That is so funny. I got my rara skirt from there but mine thank goodness has moved on but I do have a rather fetching pair of earrings that I have kept from the 80's Your cardigan actually sounds quite nice.

[Preston1990]

Waah! No change again for me this weigh-day.

I'm never going to fit back in my light green loons at this rate.

Well done on the hydrotherapy session Baty - It sounds like a great way to get exercise without overdoing it or straining anything.

[jojojoanne]

Waah! No change again for me this weigh-day.

I'm never going to fit back in my light green loons at this rate.

Well done on the hydrotherapy session Baty - It sounds like a great way to get exercise without overdoing it or straining anything.

I had lilac loons!!! I loved 'em!!!