Has anyone on here lost weight because of their split & then kept it off? apart from bubblegum of course.
Paula
Mine hasn't been because of my split with my wife, that happened four and a half years ago : ) long time now, I was thinner then than I am now, most probably due to 'STRESS' !! :) it was after that I put on about four stone and not through comfort eating like you mentioned, I gave up smoking and along with that took up wine drinking : ) and when you are tied to two small children and living on your own you cant really pop out and do some serious exercise : )
Yes it would interesting to hear about peoples' experiences :)
You have all done well with your various losses and Bubblegum, that sounds like such a healthy regime. I did a no-carbs diet a couple of years ago and lost 3 stone but that also meant no fruit! ....with unfortunate bathroom consequences :oops:
Paulasgems you're right: eat when you're hungry and stop when you're not. That is the "secret" that thin people know!
Oh it would be fab if one of our One Spacers went on telly!
You could advertise us!! You would also lose weight with some great support! How cool would that be?!
I have added a couple of stone over the last two years, so now I am trying to lose it, I was walking half an hour each way to work which worked wonders, but I can't get back into that since i have new car (well its old, but swankier than previous jalopy!)
My method at the moment is using a smaller plate, it is great as I just can't eat a lot now!
Bubblegum, riding your bike 2 hours a day, wow thats fab, where do you go?? Don't you get bored?
My dad used to say 'the old Jalopy' when referring to some of the cars we used to have.
The origin of the word is unknown. It is possible that the non Spanish-speaking New Orleans-based longshoremen, referring to scrapped autos destined for Jalapa, Mexico scrapyards, pronounced the destination on the palettes "jalopies" rather than multiples or possessive of Jalapa.[1]
Origin: 1929
We find a definition in print in 1929: "Jaloppi--A cheap make of automobile; an automobile fit only for junking." The definition has stayed the same, but it took a while for the spelling to stop bouncing around. Among the variants have been jallopy, jaloppy, jollopy, jaloopy, jalupie, julappi, jalapa, and jaloppie
Other early terms for a wreck of a car included heap, tin lizzie (1915), and crate (1927).
And I got that from wiki.
Blimey, mine's definitely a jaloopy then :shock:
Hi babsek, did you speak to the producers of the programme? What have they said? Are you going to be on???
How exciting!!
babsek that would be QUITE a few eclairs to get up to a BMI of 50 from where you are now! :shock:
Oh how unfair of them, obviously you are the wrong size for good ratings. We must keep an eye out for it so we can have a good gossip about it afterwards.
Well done for making that first step, don't let it put you off trying something else.
I guess general walking and running around and football in the park together? Your little one will soon be at nursery and you could use that time to do a bit of adult exercise. I have bought a Fit Ball to use at home but have been too lazy even to watch the instructional DVD so I have no room to talk..... :oops:
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Ha ha, thats really funny!!
I too have WII fit, but I find it such a pain to drag it all out and move the table, shut the dog out of the room so she doesn't jump on me or the board, tell my daughter to stay away, as she has a habit of coming in and just sitting on the sofa watching me, then asks if she can have a go and I end up leaving her to it!!
Far too much like hard work!!
Walking is good though, you just need to find somewhere that you need to go on a regular basis and ignore the car as you leave the house!
Here's a thing, I've gone from a 39 inch wast, I say 39, and I'm getting that number from the fact that my 38 inch trousers were rather uncomfortably tight and my belly hung over them a bit.. anyway.. I've gone from that to being able to fit back, very comfortably I might add, into my old 32 inch trousers from four years ago that I could fit into before I gave up smoking and took up drinking wine.. : )
I've done this over the last two months by not eating bread and cycling for, on average, two hours a day five times a week.
So I guess I'm too late for the TV program then : )
shame. ^^
I might also add that I start the day with a large bowl of porridge sweetened with a spoon of honey and a handful or raisins, I generally have a large fruit salad topped with yoghurt for lunch and then cook something nice and health for evening meal, if I'm hungry between meals I eat some fruit, an apple or a banana or something, I generally eat what I want within the confines of fresh fruit and vegetables till I'm full. I feel so much better.
Just felt the need to share that with everyone as I feel very good about myself right now : )