I'm going to make a chocolate quilt for me!

Thank you. :)

Very excited! as good a high as a square or three of finest chocolate! ;)

Best of luck with it. Remember I'm here if you want advice, help with food ideas, or a shoulder to cry on.

I've never been afraid if the statistics, so look here for encouragement: if this lazy fat cow can do it, anyone can!

Start: 213lbs (15st 3lbs) Goal: 146lbs Present weight: 144lbs Total loss: 69lbs Height: 5'3" Vital statistics: Then: 43/39/49 Now: 35/28/40

UK Dress size then (Vogue patterns) 22-24 Dress size now: UK size 10-12

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Yay! And thank you. ;)

Thank you. I always think if this lazy fat thing can do it, anyone can!

Yay! Thank you - for both! :)

Thank you. I love that happy dance. :)

I thought so. :)

I saw one too. Can't remember where, but I do have a pile of magazines in the loft, so I shall go hunt.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you - a lifetime supply for any normal person! :)

Thank you. I thought it would be a perfect reward: chocolaty, but high fibre, low fat, and sugar free!

Thank you - and you will. I took three years. No point in rushing these things!

:)

Well, possibly not. Now that chocolate covered bloke... Hmm... No, DH couldn't tolerate that much sugar, being diabetic! Chocolate COLOURED quilt it will have to be! ;)

Thank you Polly! :)

Thank you. :)

Thank you, Taria. :)

Oddly, I never had heart or blood pressure probelms of that sort... LOW blood pressure is more my thing! I see stars when I stand up. But my joints and my innards sure like things this way! :)

Thank you Linda. :)

Two is a little gain: don't sweat it. A 30 loss so far is excellent. Just stay as close to the plan as you can and it will eventually get you there. My leader always says you can do it on 5 days a week if you want: it'll be slower, but you'll still get there! And I am a past master at plateaux in weight loss! ya juss havta stick it out! ;)

Come and join us over on alt.support.diet.weightwatchers lots of helpful folk all over the world, and one mad troll living under his own private bridge...

Thank you. This will be a project diary quilt, I think. From first choices to last stitch!

Thank you. When things get rough and comfort eating is the only sensible answer, I eat zero point soup! Hot, filling, low fat, low cal

- no WW points to count!

Thank you! :)

I will - every shade from bitter chocolate to vanilla ice cream! And some nice chocolate candy prints here and there for fun! :)

Trouble is my Slimming Group use metric weight, so to me (and to the rest!) it is meaningless, and I didn't think I'd regained so much. I have gone back to a translation into stones and lbs. I find using just lbs (the US way, equally inconprehensible!

I did Weight Watchers about 5 years ago, so still have the 'kit' and have also d>

WW uses pounds and stones in the UK. I just use the pounds only for the on-line group. Some of our Canadian and Euro members use kilos. My official weight is 10st 4lbs, down from 15st 3 lbs.

WW has changed in the last couple of years. Take another look at it: you might be surprised. I still count points as that works for me, but there's also the no Count version. In the end what matters is that you find something that suits you for life.

Try cutting the sugar content a bit and using fat free yoghurt or half fat creme fraiche! :) I also have a WW kulfi recipe that is very low cal.