13 weigh ins till Christmas

Yes Ladies, 13 more weigh ins till Christmas. That means if you aim to lose just 1lb per week you have lost nearly a stone!! Sounds easy, and a lb is nothing

So lets all get cracking, its heads down and time to focus, think before you eat and make those healthy choices. Its so easy to dip into a box of celebrations that are just there shouting us. If you would normally eat one after the other till theres nowt left, then you clearly have issues. Only joking, but try and have 1 or 2, just to curb your craving

Other tips, drink plenty of fluid, no, thats not wine or vodka, but water. It keeps you metabolism ticking along nicely, also being thirsty gives that same "rumble in your tum" feeling, so instead of diving for the biscuits try a glass of nice refreshing water!!

Now, i know Claire is back on it and is even pounding the streets, well done. I know we will see an improvement from you

The key is not to weigh in everyday, leave it to once a week and stick to it

Right, stats for this week
3 maintainers and 1 loser

And so the biggest loser of the week goes to The Mighty Claire Todd!!!! Good to have you back on board

Keep up the good work Ladies and bring on the next weigh in

The F@t Controller

looking back

I have been looking at past posts and wanted to share this one

I have amended names etc... but says it all reall
ENJOY

 but reality is ladies its only 3 months before the Xmas party dress season kicks in. Yep just 12 weeks until we hit December - so there's no room for slacking off, me included.

I'm afraid you've got little ole me to inspire you into keeping on track this week. Yes, Chief cereal eating, soup slugging, running freak is here to guide you. And admittedly yes I too have slipped off track a little recently (beer, pizza and choc ice cream living at home with the folks) and have gained some unwanted poundage around the belly area which simply has to go, so I'm with you all in the mission for the ultimate figure.

PMA - Positive Mental Attitude, this is my mantra and its always worked for me so I will certainly be going back to it. Strength of mind is all you need to achieve anything. When the sweets are being handed out - think NO, when the birthday cakes are in the canteen - think NO. By keeping strong in your mind you can refrain from picking up those calorie laden baddies and you can tuck into your healthy tea knowing that youve not indulged during the day.

Now it would be wrong of me not to mention, excercise so can I remind you all that just 30 mins of exercise each day can be beneficial to increase your metabolism and it helps melt the fat. Even those of us that really dont like it, just 30 mins of brisk walking, stair climbing, treat the dog to a walk in the park or dare I say join us for a run on a Tues/Thurs eve.

Action plan for this week - no eating after 7pm in the evening, add some exercise, keep drinking plenty of water, why not try replacing one of your daily meals with a bowl of cereal - you may laugh but it does work and satisfies the carb fix we all crave but with less fat than crisps, bread, pizza!Happy Grazing.......thats me over and out Michelle 'The Body' MacFairclough :-P haha

Taking Stock

Hi ladies Well firstly let me apologise for not posting last week. No excuses, just didnt get round to it!

On a more positive note, everyone was weighed in for 10.30.

I will start putting meal suggestions up in the coming weeks, just to give people ideas and would welcome and easy, quick meal suggestions.

I am championing the sweet potato and the moment. Cannot get enough of it. Skins on and chopped into wedges, put in the over with a drizzle of oil and honey, 180 for 40ish mins, give them a shake half way through mmmmm Dlish! Crispy skins and sweet mushy potato inside. Its a must try and with less but good carbs whats there not to like about them.

Reet, down to figures:
We have 2 losers and 1 maintainer.
Biggest Loser is yours truely losing 3lb this week, 8lb so far
Michelle - 2lb loss this week, 4lb so far
Pam - 2lb this week, 4lb so far Claire - Well,
Claire is a work in progress and I am expecting big losses next week and the coming weeks. Or "you" will pay to weigh

Now go forth and lose weight F@tfighters

Biggest loser amendment

Ok, so with Pam being on holiday on the day of weigh in ment she had to weigh in on Monday and after a weekend might i add!! Pam managed to lose 2lb meaning "machine Michelle" has to share the podium and title of biggest loser with Pam. Well done Pam and keep up the good work

Hope everyones having a good week.... so far

Week 2.

Hello there everyone. Been a disjointed week for our first week back. Claires been on holiday all week and Pams been off the last two days and so will need to weigh in Monday.

For the others its been business as usual, Machine Michelle whos got far too much will power. I wish I had a teaspoon of it!! With swimming and running Michelle is burning off the fat nicely.

Yours truely has been running but needs to be stricter with the calorie intake.

I know Pam has been ill with an attack of "fur balls" and that would of been enough for me to cave in, but from what Ive witnessed, even she is trying. Its the small steps that mount up to big achievements.

The scales will tell!!!!!

This week we have a maintainer and to losers. Mich is the biggest loser this week with a 2lb loss - well done
Vanessa with a 1lb loss and Claire is our maintainer. Fear not as a maintain is better than a gain!!! We will await Pams weigh in on Monday.