Go on...admit it in public!!!!

[Alison]

We have scales but I never use them so don't know what I weighed before Christmas so have no idea what I've put on (guessing a couple of pounds but as my clothes fit I'm not worried) and firmly believe that the more you weigh yourself, the more obsessed you can become which makes food more and more of an issue which isn't helpful in the long run. Don't know you break out of that though.

[jackie j]

I do have some scales but very rarely weigh myself. I think I have put on a little bit cos my size 14 jeans are a tad tighter and my size 16 jeans not as loose as they were before. I dont seem to be able to find jeans to fit any more, size 14's are too tight if I can do them up, and 16's far too loose. I dont like hipster type ones but this should be on another thread about jeans lol. I am 5ft 5in and approx 11 stone eek. ( last time I weighed ). My daughter is 5ft 6in and 8 1/2 stone oh to be that size again.

[Bren In Pots]

I hate hipster jeans, they felt like they were going to fall down when I started walking and that was only in the changing room.

[Two_Sheds]

Does anyone else have any good tips on losing weight?

Apart from eat less, exercise more ... no

Me, I'm going to stop buying cheese and crisps (my winter undoing) and have more alcohol-free days. Not nights, just days.


If you keep busy, you're less hungry. I don't know why watching TV gives you the munchies, but it does.
When I go back to school tomorrow, I'll have porridge for brekky, yogurt and fruit for lunch and a proper dinner. I'll be walking/cycling 5 miles a day, but I won't feel hungry.

[Rhona]

Since having two babies in almost as many years, I'm a little bit heavier than I'm used to. I'm 5ft 5 ish and usually size 10, around 9 - 9 1/2 stone. I've got about 8 lbs left to lose from baby weight. Not loads, but enough to mean that I look like the 'bigger one' in all our Christmas photos (my sisters and mother are all very slim).

So, any unopened boxes of choccies and biscuits etc have been put away until next Christmas (Use by dates of 2011). I'll stop making delicious soda bread *sob* for a couple of weeks, and try not to see all the homemade butter I've just filled the fridge with. My method of dropping a few pounds is to eat seafood, soup and fruit during the day, and smaller portions of carbs at night.

I can be pretty disciplined when it come to dropping a few pounds. Starting to knock the lottie into shape will help too!

Only thing I won't drop is my glass of wine in the evening though...I'm not THAT disciplined!

[Bigmallly]

Have put on 1 stone since packing in the weed in October so I can't blame xmas, just eating in general.........

[di]

Bernie...after I'd had Ash my weight really went up and I struggled for ages to get rid.(I'd gotten into the habit of nibbling "just a little"of this and that throughout the whole day.Being at home all day does make it tougher,when you're at work at least you have designated food breaks,so you're only avoiding temptation at those times.
I found a two week diet plan in a mag that listed exactly what I could have throughout the day...yep,to some maybe a little strict/denying,but I found it really worked for me.
As long as you're just telling yourself that you're going to cut down,there's always room for just that tiny piece of cheese/choc or whatever is your downfall...if it's not on the list however,it's a lot easier to talk yourself out of eating it.....that's what I found anyway.
Good Luck with it!xxx

Oh,and don't forget the exercise bit!

[selfraising]

Haven't got a any scales (thank God!). Don't think I'm overweight, just not tall enough!!

[Two_Sheds]

I've just dug out my exercise DVDs. Gosh they're awful: 80s style music and curly perms