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Help! I have so much weight to lose

zand said:
Yes, but you needn't think I'm letting some strange woman measure me! I am still having nightmares at what happened at the airport on the way to Boston. You should be able to choose whether you want a man or a woman feeling your boobs for like.... 5 minutes! I went to pieces. It really was not nice.
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Oh dear, poor zand. Sorry, maybe I am just a bit happier when my ample boobs have the right support, so don't mind having a fitting.

Any blokes reading this, you should be glad you don't need the fitting service for your undergarments.
 
zand said:
I am still having nightmares at what happened at the airport on the way to Boston. You should be able to choose whether you want a man or a woman feeling your boobs for like.... 5 minutes! I went to pieces. It really was not nice.
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Zand that's outrageous, I thought they always had men for men and women for women. And you were probably too distressed to complain at the time.
 
sanguine said:
Zand that's outrageous, I thought they always had men for men and women for women. And you were probably too distressed to complain at the time.
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They do! That's the problem, this woman took like ....forever....and another passenger (male) said to me 'Well, she had a good feel' It was horrid and embarrassing, that's obviously why I needed so many beers in Boston.
 
Andy12345 said:
i have all my thongs made to measure, rupert knows what suits me


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zand said:
They do! That's the problem, this woman took like ....forever....and another passenger (male) said to me 'Well, she had a good feel' It was horrid and embarrassing, that's obviously why I needed so many beers in Boston.
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Awful! Something very similar happened to us with our daughter's 22 year old friend in Amsterdam a few years ago. Horrendous, large woman enjoyed searching delicate young lass.

Back to the undies though, zand, measure yourself and order online.
 
Pipp said:
Awful! Something very similar happened to us with our daughter's 22 year old friend in Amsterdam a few years ago. Horrendous, large woman enjoyed searching delicate young lass.

Back to the undies though, zand, measure yourself and order online.
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But I'm so big and I want to be little!
 
Hi Zand you have done so well 32 lbs is an awful lot of weight be pleased with yourself please ! Bras are a necessary evil in my opinion so if we have to wear them they need to fit . I used to get measured in M & S do they still offer this service?


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Thanks Connie. Yes I think they do still do that.....it's just something I've been putting off because that's where I seem to be losing weight from now, and I don't want to go to all that effort to be measured only for the bras not to fit again in a few weeks. Lazy that's me.
 
I have been avoiding this post. I didn't have the perfect start to the week but have been back to eating properly and exercising fairly well since Friday.

I have put on 3 pounds, some of which is probably water retention because I haven't been drinking enough. So I've lost 29 pounds in 17 weeks. I am looking for a new plan because I am fed up with the old one. I won't be weighing next Tuesday as I am out. Now I am going away to sulk for a while
 
yes m&s do measure, if you go to London Rigby and Peller don't use a tape you stand there and they look at you ask you about your life style and hand you a perfectly fitting bra, quite amazing
 
Why are you fed up with the old plan? Can you adapt it to suit current needs more? Do you think that you need the discipline of attending class or could you do it on your own?
It is hard when it is such a large amount to lose to keep motivation going- you've done well so far! I try to think of it in smaller chunks then I don't feel so disheartened by the bigger figures. Or I say that I will fit into something new by x number of weeks. Anything just to keep me motivated.
I know it is hard and it is easy to just think that you'll not bother, but you deserve better health and losing weight will go a long way towards that. My Mum who was very overweight for years is always telling me that everything seems so much easier with her mental health issues now that she has control of her weight and self-sabotaging eating. Keep at it.
 
I wasn't measured in M&S, Fosse Park a few months ago. The fitter looked at me in my ill-fitting garment, asked how the changes had transpired and guessed at a size to start with. She was almost right, first go. She also did all the running back and forth with sizes and styles and did listen to what I wanted; which was some supporting, transitional underwear to last me a few months.

At the end of the appointment I was given a discount voucher for any lingerie I bought, that day, or later. I'm assuming they're monetising the service, which makes sense.

I need to do it all again now.........

Rigby and Peller also have an outlet near Kettering. I'll try to dredge my memory for the specifics.
 
cold ethyl said:
Why are you fed up with the old plan? Can you adapt it to suit current needs more? Do you think that you need the discipline of attending class or could you do it on your own?
It is hard when it is such a large amount to lose to keep motivation going- you've done well so far! I try to think of it in smaller chunks then I don't feel so disheartened by the bigger figures. Or I say that I will fit into something new by x number of weeks. Anything just to keep me motivated.
I know it is hard and it is easy to just think that you'll not bother, but you deserve better health and losing weight will go a long way towards that. My Mum who was very overweight for years is always telling me that everything seems so much easier with her mental health issues now that she has control of her weight and self-sabotaging eating. Keep at it.
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I am attending class when I can. I'm struggling with the heat so I can't do as much exercise, or as strenuous exercise as I would like. When I say my eating hasn't been right, I've eaten a couple of things I regretted when I visited my Aunt, and had some bread just over a week ago and some beer a couple of weeks ago, but the rest of the time I've stuck to the plan fairly well......Except for today. Today was my first real 'self-sabotage' eating episode for a very long time. I was so fed up with having put on so much weight and couldn't see my way past this stumbling block so yes today (after weighing) I ate a 200g bar of Turkish delight (haven't eaten that much chocolate for maybe 3 years. Also 3 packs of plain crisps and 1 of cheese and onion and 3 peaches. I haven't eaten any crisps or choc since starting this diet in April. The reason I ate it all was that I had put on weight already. It wasn't comfort eating, it was different.

I am depressed because I know what I want to do and can't do it. I thought having my hair cut might cheer me up. I was wrong, the hairdresser confirmed what I was already knew really, and that is that I have lost clumps of hair, probably due to stress. She doesn't think it is the metformin causing it.

The good thing is that this is the point when I would normally walk away and I'm not doing that, but I am hurting right now. I will adapt the old plan when I get my strength back
 
Hi Zand

I can't offer you any specific advice at the moment other than to say hang in there and keep communicating (that's courageous in itself) - a number of your posts must have been very hard to make. The main thing is to get back on the (or a new) programme as soon as you can. You know you can rely on the support and encouragement of many on here.
 
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