My First Post

[Connemmara]

My first post re weight - sorry to disappoint you and myself - but afraid to weigh myself cos I have ate like a right pig in the last week. Will hopefully have good news next week - even if it is a pound. Think of a pound of sugar. I think losing weight is so hard!

[Old_Geezer]

Whether you weigh yourself or not, your weight will still be whatever it is. Best to know what you are starting from.

[Connemmara]

Oh I know that OG - but when I "feel thinner" will weigh - good time is in the morning. Will have good news for next week I hope.

[DTCwordfan]

two pounds a week loss, that should be the aim - otherwise the risk of gall bladder issues increases - with the f's "Fat, Fair, Freckled, Forty-plus"...........

[Sparkles62]

Surely if you weigh yourself now and make a note of it, then be good, and weigh yourself again in a week or two, you can then take great delight in the amount of pounds that you have lost. X

[Connemmara]

sparkles "feel fat" at the moment to weigh myself - so will try my best within the next week. I am back to walking the dog but since having vertigo - I have told myself to slow down a bit as I tend to rush around a lot and also do quite a lot multi-tasking. Do need to ease up on that. That is probably what is wrong with me I have taught myself to slow down - and so of course the metabolism slows down too.

[ummmm]

Isn't it the best time to weigh yourself when you're feeling fat.

Looks like you're starting your diet by burying your head in the sand.

[Connemmara]

you do have a point Ummmm - that way you can convince yourself you have lost weight. I have kept a dress to remind me the way I was - very old dress - but you would be amazed at the waist - it was 16" waist. What has happened to me - Gawd only knows.

[ummmm]

If you weigh yourself now then your initial weight loss might inspire to stick to a healthy eating plan :-)

[EcclesCake]

16" waist.......seriously???? Measured how?

Good luck with your diet.

[Connemmara]

Eccles very seriously - measured with a tape. Because of my tiny waist - ass looked a lot bigger tho.

[EcclesCake]

If put my thumbs and forefingers together to make a circle the circumference is greater than 16"...........I'm staggered that as an adult you could possibly have a waist so small, naturally!

[friedgreentomato]

I read the other day that a women was wearing a corset to get a small waist and the record was 15in

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/howaboutthat/2976278/Weird-world-records-bizarre-entries-in-the-Guinness-Book-of-World-Records.html?image=6

[ummmm]

That wasn't a natural 15inch waist.

It also looks very unhealthy. Her organs must be dangerously squashed.

[boxtops]

women used to have terrible digestive and respiratory problems with waists compressed to as small as that

[friedgreentomato]

I know the point I was making was that before it was squashed it was 21 inches and that was still one of the smallest - so I fail to see if after it is squashed into a corset to make it 15in how Conne could have had a natual 16in and not make the record books!

[EcclesCake]

If you take a tape measure to the front of a dress, you could easily measure 16".......I wonder if that is the case here.......

[Baldric]

Be fair guys, she might have been 7 at the time! (smiley face)

[AlwaysConfused]

Good luck on losing weight. I have three weeks until going on holiday and absolutely MUST lose a little as I will not be able to fit into my dresses, but it is so hard. It's only 2 in the afternoon and already I couldn't resist a packet of monster munch, washed down with a pint of cider!

[Sparkles62]

Lol @ Baldric. X

[Connemmara]

Eccles btw - had this waist until I was about 34 years old - then mum died and I went into deep depression and comfort ate - that was the start of it.