The Support Forum

hystericali · The Support Forum

seeing as a few of us have made resolutions to diet or give up smoking there was mention of a support forum. Its for anything really, not just those two things, I mentioned them as they feature most.

Here it is!

If any of you want support, or encouragement for your resolutions or want to do a progress report, here you go!

I wish everybody the strength to keep to their resolutions

and remember if you break them, you only have to wait till next year to try again!

Ju-Ju!

haha brilliant idea.
I need to lose LOADS of chocolate pudding weight ahaha :lol:
Will need all the encouragement i can get! hahah

I'll keep you up to date with how it goes

TreeHeart

yeh I have to loose the turkey and stuffing belly and ass I gained this xmas

Wish I had a scales, to do a before and after

Ah well, yeh..I want to stop eating so much bread..I love it so much

But i get insta-bloat afterwards

Ju-Ju!

right before diet:

ASS = HUGE

BELLY = CHUBBY

WEIGHT = 8.5 stone
HEIGHT = 5"4

(who knows .. i may grow)

What i plan on doing:
walking more
learning to cycle.
Join a gym
healthy diet wise = fruits + veg etc
chocolate once a week
no crisps
no fizzys
no booze

oh god. this is going to be impossible :lol:

wildflower

oh good lord i need this support forum massively! since i said about starting my diet yesterday ive already fallen off the wagon, i fell off it about ten minutes after i posted :oops: hahahah ive just this minute finished a bowl of vienetta! how on earth am i gonna do this????????

TreeHeart

well I think we just have to allow ourselves treats, you can't starve yourself! thats no good, maybe sweet things once a week.

Im going to be broke this month anyway, with the rent increase, so Ill be living on ramen noodles and muesli!

My problem, is when Im working, we get bread and ham and cheese for brekkie and pain au chocolate!! sometimes these other extremely fattening sweet things like mini danish with icing on!! they are so hard to avoid :S

I never eat the lunch at 12 coz the cooks are crap, then at 3 Im starving so I eat whatever cakes are on offer, as its cake break!

We had started bringing apples with us, so maybe Ill save that for 3 o'clock

we can do it

wildflower

oh yeah i think if all those cakes and sweet things are on offer it must be really hard to say no too!!

i think my problem (one of them) is that i work from home so i can just go to the fridge at any time and pig out, i need a lock on it i think, maybe jade can take the key to school with her? its worth thinking about hehe!

TreeHeart

thats a good idea, just leave yourself out whatever you will need, you'll be fine ;D

wildflower

i cant really see it working though, i start with really good intentions, but then i have a relapse and eat everything i can find! i dont hold out much help but ill have a try

TreeHeart

Hey Carroll, you are doing great now! WOOOO very proud of you, as looking at this post, you didn't see much chance in you succeeding, now you seem to be even enjoying your new diet

Good on ya girl

Send some of your spirit my way, will ya, please?! :mrgreen:

wildflower

hi Karen, id forgotten all about this thread!!

yeah, my diet is going very very well, ive already dropped a dress size, so im well chuffed! im tackling the choccie addiction like i did with the smoking one, and the cravings dont seem to last all that long, so fingers crossed i really will do it this time! thing is, i HAVE to do it, and that makes all the difference now, plus in this country the government have decided that if you dont meet the neccessary weight or smoking guidelines, then you either dont get treated or you get put to the back of the que! scary stuff!!

I send you all my good slim vibes

TreeHeart

Well I think what the government is doing is good. Even though my dad is smoker I still don't think it's right if he got ill and was taking away services from other people who didn't cause their illness's. Really wish he would quit. Both my mam and me quit

Anyway, thanks for the vibes lol We started that eating plan on the mens health I sent you, will try that for the one week and see how it goes

Then I will bake some of those semolina pizza bases I think

mmm

wildflower

yeah i think the government are right to do that too, it costs so much money to treat smoke related illnesses, and obesity related illnesses too, i guess something had to change didnt it? i gave up the fags too but my dad still smokes and hes got cancer! its mad!!

oh yeah let me know how you get on with that diet, it sounded pretty good, and good luck with the pizza bases, im dying to know what you think!

Haytch

Here here! I had a baby in December and I have been trying to lose weight ever since. I did pretty well and lost the excess baby weight but can't seem to shift the "Dan weight." This is the weight I gained after meeting my boyfriend. I start a new diet every day haha.

Need words of encouragement... please!!

Haytch

Me again! I am an ex smoker and they are the worst non smokers. I quit when I fell pregnant with baby #2 and haven't started again... well saying that, I did smoke a few after having her on nights out but I've packed it in for good. Yay me :smt041

wildflower

good for you,i quit about three years ago and havent smoked since, i love it, my house smells nice, as does my hair, and i can actually breath again!!

i just eat really healthily and always cook from scratch, no chocolate, no crisps, in fact no nice stuff at all booo! buuut its really helping my health, so ill stick with it

good luck and let us know how you go!

Haytch

We generally eat healthy... fresh food etc but it's the alcohol! Off to KFC for a family bucket later... oh well. Diet starts tomorrow :lol: :lol: :lol:

wildflower

heheh yeah, funny how the word "tomorrow" is so popular with people trying to diet

TreeHeart

I am an ex smoker too, I started at 14 and told stephen I gave up when I was 19, I did for a year, but as soon as I started working where everyone smoked, I started back again, then I smoked until I was 22, I had to give up then as we were leaving the country! I just gave up cold turkey, I tried those nicorette pipe things, but I felt so stupid!

So that was 2002 I have smoked since, but usually just the one when I'm out with a friend drinking and I always regret it..I'm just happy that now smoking is banned in pubs and public places !!! WOOOOO no more having to wash that nice dress after one wear coz it stinks of fags lol

I love seeing all the smokers outside lighting up hahaha

Then I think, what will you be doing when it's winter, dark all day and in the minus degrees with a super cold wind haha then I laugh more

wildflower

hehe youre evil! i love it

i think reformed smokers are soooo bad, i turn my nose up now if i smell smoke, my mum and i gave up at the same time, and we keep on trying to imagine what it will be like when smoking is banned everywhere public, and it just makes me so happy i stopped, i had the patches and it honestly wasnt as hard as i thought it was going to be!

TreeHeart

When I told Stephen I quit and I hadn't that was so hard, coz I couldnt complain to him about not being able to quit!! I mean he knew I ws smoking, I just didn't do it around him, it was really hard for me in work, I would get such bad cravings and we were all women and a few of us smoked and especially on Sundays when I was the boss and the other boss we would go out the back for sneaky smokes all the time! and gossip..that was hard to give up. I'm glad I did though.
My mam gave up round the time I pretended to, so I felt quite guilty lol

She still doesn't smoke, but my dad does.

I wish he would give up

Haytch

It was easy for me to quit as I was pregnant.. perfect time I thought. The smoking ban has already kicked in here in Wales so it makes it even easier. I don't even crave one but sometimes I do think about having one in the evenings with my coffee out of habit.

hystericali

I did when I was at college but gave up as the OH hated it. I only smoked for 2 years tops though, I did it because everyone else did.

I've seen the other side of it, my father in law was a heavy smoker and died of lung cancer, its the 1st anniversary of his death tomorrow and I don't EVER want to watch someone die of lung cancer again.

wildflower

i never even think about smoking anymore, i did for the first year or so, especailly after a meal, but thats gone now, i think i can safely say ill never smoke again