PCOS? Trying to lose weight? Gather here!!!

[sparkle83]

well done smurfette! every pound is one closer to your baby

 

[ClaireLR]

Hi girls! I have been very good this week on my diet, hoping to lose 2 pounds this week. Me and my friend are taking up running as of Monday, god help me! We are planning to do 3 x 1 hour sessions a week to start. Always fancied doing it and never thought I had anyone to do it with (boring on your own, thats always been my excuse anyways!).

I've felt great since starting all of my supplements too, my cravings for sugar seem to have completely disappeared - that could also be a lot to do with cutting out white bread and white pasta though.

How's everyone else doing?

Jacky - your photos look fab, you can really see the difference already! Well done you! x x

 

[sparkle83]

Wow Claire, I wish I had your will power. I've been very bad today (those new magnums with the brownies are lovely, but 240 cals each :S )

Weigh-in tomorrow. Determined to do better next week.

 

[sparkle83]

well, I messed up, and am back to square one. Very very annoyed with myself tonight lol.

 

[Smurfette]

Oh honey! Try not to lose all your motivation. I know it's rubbish when you have a gain but just get back on track and try again for next week. Losing is always going to be harder for us PCOSers but you can do it.

Fingers crossed for you for next week

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[sparkle83]

thanks hon. I think I need to weigh more often than once a week, just to keep myself focused!

 

[Smurfette]

Dangerous to do that though as everyone's weight fluctuates so much depending on the time of day etc and you might end up getting demotivated if a small gain shows up when in fact if you'd only weighed once a week you would have had a loss (although maybe it's just me that loses focus and eats chocolate if I weigh daily ).

However you tackle it this week though good luck and let us know if you want some support

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[ClaireLR]

Smurfette you've just described me to a T! In fact, if I weigh daily (which I frequently do), and I've put on I have to console myself with some food - but if I've done well and lost I have to reward myself with, yes you've guessed it, some food!

I've been a bit naughty this weekend, drank far to much and have been to Greggs today (theres a shop in the hospital I work in - lethal!) for a prawn mayo sandwich. It was very nice but the scales this morning were already showing a gain and that was weighing in the morning as compared to usually being weighed on an evening

Soooo, we didn't go running either, my friend worked over. I think she's going to drop out tonight to. I wish I could find someone to exercise with who lives near to me (have the ideal friend to walk with but she lives a 20 minutes drive away). OH always says he will and when it comes down to it he wont. I know I sound pathetic but I just don't like exercising alone, it's so boring! Plus I feel that I wouldn't want to run alone because I'd feel too embarassed, is that weird??? I'm not sure why I feel that way!

Hope everyone else is having/had a better few days than me! x x

 

[manchester1]

not really....haha
i go back to get weighed in a week.....and i dont thin(accordingto myhome scales) ivelost any weight at all!!! :'(

feel like giving up!!!!!!

 

[ClaireLR]

Well I'm very proud of me..........I DID IT, I WENT JOGGING ALONE!!!!!!!!

Very pleased with myself! It was exhausting, I literally am SO unfit! I walked/jogged about a mile, walked for a bit first to warm up, then checked there was no one around (lol!) and started to jog, about 20 seconds later I was knackered so walked a bit more and carried on like that all the way home! I had a vanful of men shout "nice tits love!" at one point! I just gave them my best dirty look and the finger Doesn't really offend me to be honest, I used to work in a bar and heard MUCH worse there!

So maybe this will be my new thing after all!!!!!!!!!!!

Manchester, what diet are you doing? x x

 

[Smurfette]

Well done!!!!!! You're much braver than I am!!! On a very personal note can you recommend a decent sports bra? Doing Race for Life in a month or so and the one I currenly have is about as much use as a chocolate fireguard!!!!!

manchester1 - don't give up! Your scales probably aren't calibrated the same way as the other ones so you'll probably lose more weight than you think you have!

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[ClaireLR]

Mine is a triumph and I have to say its fab - my (.)(.) are 38f and it manages to hold them in place!

Good point about the scales as well!

 

[sparkle83]

Agreed on the scales front

And well done you for running! I'm hopeless with exeercise, just a good job I cant drive and live 2 miles from work, it's the only exercise I really do.

 

[Smurfette]

Mine is a triumph and I have to say its fab - my (.)(.) are 38f and it manages to hold them in place!

Good point about the scales as well!

Brilliant! Thanks for that. I'm a 38 JJ which makes getting anything other than a reinforced hammock quite difficult but will have a look at Triumphs on Bravissimo. Determined to be able to run at least some of the way in Race for Life!!!!!

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[sparkle83]

ou girls make me feel flat chested! I'm a 36E lol

Anyone else a little scared of losing cup sizes when losing weight? I like the size the girls are now

 

[Smurfette]

I'm not, although sadly I don't think I'll ever go below an F! Frankly the smaller they get the better - would save me a fortune on a reduction!!!!!

My ideal would be a C but as there's no one in my family below an F cup (all the women in my family are also irritatingly tiny - size 8 mostly) I think it's unlikely I'll ever reach that golden cup size. I can dream though

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[sparkle83]

a size 8 and an F cup :O that's scary!
I've been an F, lost a stone and a cup size. I dont get any pain or back problems though, so I'd wanna stay big

 

[ClaireLR]

I actually found my cup size increased when I lost weight - 4 stone ago I was a 42D, now I'm a 38F. I thought it was weird but a friend of mine said that when she loses her boobs get bigger too!

I put on half a pound last night oh well onwards and upwards! Was planning on jogging tonight again but my hayfever is way to bad (was also planning on a walk this lunchtime but have had to stay indoors, gutted because it's so nice out there!). I've tried a few different things for it, normally it's not to bad to need anything but today I can't stop sneezing and sniffling, it's driving me mad! Plus I actually want to exercise outside if I've got to do it at all! I'm going to do a session on my exercise bike I think instead.

Think I'll have a nice healthy salad for tea as well while the weathers hot. I'm going to make jacket spuds and have them with coleslaw (low fat of course!) sweetcorn, grated carrot, onion, peppers and some chilli sauce on the top. Yum.

What kind of diet does everyone stick to?

 

[sparkle83]

*hugs* that half pound will disapear hon

Have you seen those anti-hayfever machine things llyods pharmacy are currently doing?

I'm trying to eat less junk, more fruit, smaller portion sizes and use less fat(and cheese!)

 

[Smurfette]

Beconase nasal spray is fab for hayfever. I have hayfever year round (allregic to EVERYTHING) so I take Cetirizine daily but if the pollen count is high I top with Beconase.

I'm doing Slimming World - the best diet to fit around 'normal' life I've done.

Weigh in today

Anyone else had their weigh in over the last couple of days?

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