SkullyRox

Is it just me, or does anyone else get quite tearful when the countdown starts to midnight on NYE? *Sigh* Happy New Year fellow Oldlings xxx

YAY it's 2008! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!xxxxxxx

Being anti-social rules. Nearly new years. The cheesy Beeb countdown show has just started-seems more promising than last year-proper embarrassing that was!! Happy New Year for those already in 2008!

No-one will love this body though. *sobs* I want this year to be different dammit! I'm just going to give my new exercise DVD a whirl!

I have it on my mp3 player... I sold the CD on. I can get the audio from my mp3 player though-if anyone wants to 'try before they buy' or whatever-not that I condone that sort of practice mind!

Happy New Year all! Anyone off out tonight? I'm not. *Boo*

I took it very seriously, that's the trouble. The only good thing about it is, he has a lovely voice!I thoroughly enjoyed going to the gym, but one week some guy from work came in and just laughed-that put me off, I felt like saying "I'm here exercising, it's not like I'm sat here eating a chocolate cake!!":sneaky2: And then my Gym buddy gave it up and I only managed a couple visits on my own before I stopped going. But my sister has to start going now, so I will go with her.

I have his 'I can make you thin' CD-and to be honest, I think it is utter tosh.In one ear telling he's me to look in the mirror and wish myself thin-and in the other some cheesy music-if it was that simple, I'd be a rake by now! I have followed the Slimming World diet-but for me, my weight loss slowed down, but I think that's because I didn't do much exercise. This morning my 'Rebecca Wheatley 'The New Me' workout DVD came, it's simple exercises that I can manage. And also has Slimming World recipes etc on there! So, going to give that a whirl, along with going back to the gym. I have a long way to go-but, I will get there one day! I want to stand next to a cheesy cut out of me one day-this was me at such a such weight, this is me now" TAHDAH! *Yes, Rebecca really does say Tadaaaaa! Proper cheese!

^^The song is ok, wasn't sure what to make of the beginning-and that video is rather weird!? Closet 'Scissor Sisters' fans in there? I see a similar logo. Maybe it's just me-but I think it would be much better without the deep sung bit part way in! Ok, I have to big up these boys... and I can take everything thrown at me.

I didn't really know any of their stuff-maybe 2 or 3 songs-I guess that didn't help. I like going to concerts, where I can sing-or rather mime along!

Nope...not when I weigh as much as I did... it was quite common, my friend who came the same time as me lost 9lb and his mum lost 10lb. This is my weight loss progress from the start. NO I am not ashamed to show this-because I don't weigh that anymore-and I am proud of the loss...! Progress First weeks weigh in, half stone certificate! You can see I lost 6 and a half pound another week.

If my doctor said that I'd seriously question it! If you don't eat, you put on weight... or that is how it works with me-been there done that!I lived off of salad for 2 weeks-first week I lost 3 and a half pound, so thought-this is great, more of this please-week after I put on 2 and a half pounds!!

Yep, I've had that drummed into me since the start.But-my problem is-since April, I haven't even lost a pound! Or the very rare occasions I have-I put it on the following week! I'm all out of ideas now what works, I've varied my diet so many times-everything that did work-now doesn't seem to! My main problem is skipping meals. I don't have breakfast-I can't stomach it, I am urging if I try and eat anything of a morning. And, sometimes I skip lunch, just because of where I work-if I forget or don't have time to make myself something to take to work, I end up not having anything because the canteen where I work is not geared for dieters! My first week on Slimming World, I lost 10 and a half lb! I've stopped going now, because of the lack of support from the class leader. This is it-from today-Monday, I am back on my diet properly.... if only I can think what to eat!

You want to know something? *Ok probably not but, here goes anyways!*The reason I started losing weight? I am obsessed-or rather dedicated-with Little Britain. Back in 2005 I met David Walliams, the way he was with the young pretty skinny girls, was amazing-proper flirty etc. Then comes me-he spoke to me in such a manner, it put me off ever wanting to meet with him again, thinking it obviously had something to do with my weight. Anyways, this was in the November-I ummed and aahed over it and in January 06, knowing I was seeing him again in the February, I went on a diet. I lost nearly 2 stone by the time I saw him again! The second time I met him, he was lovely-proper took interest in me, the next night he actually came looking for me-and gave me hugs! So I figured my little "I'm fat, I even disgust David Walliams" thing I had going on was obviously just Manda Paranoia again! But, I carried on and went on to drop 4-5 dress sizes and 4 and a half stone in weight. Ok I dunno why I bored you all with that, I just thought I'd tell you why I started on the road to 'slimdom'!

I second that. I considered joining a 'woman's only' swimming class, but even then I'd feel too flippin' embarrassed. I have bought 3 cossies over this past year-one with a skirt, one with a high back and one which holds everything in, but I still wouldn't attempt the pool this big.

The way I got past that when I was going to the gym was, just to think-most of those 'Skinny Girls' might've been like me at one point-that actually spurred me on to continue! But I had to leave because of money issues. Grr. But, this year-I'm determined to go again. My sister has to lose weight for a medical condition, so she has to go to the gym etc, so I will go with her so we can motivate each other.

I've lost 63lb= 29kg I think, although, I have to take off the 4lb I put on over Christmas.

Ooh who have I seen. *tries to remember, isn't easy when you've had a few Baileys!* Mika P!nk (5 concerts) Roxette (1 concert, 2 gigs, many live performances) Per Gessle [Guy from Roxette] (3 concerts, 2 in Sweden 1 in Norway) Mike & The Mechanics Travis (I didn't think too much of those to be honest! ) Delays (2 gigs) I'm sure it's more than that, but I can't think! Soon to see Natasha Bedingfield (but going as company for my sister!)

I have about 8 stone to lose. I have already lost 4 and a half stone. But, since April my weight loss stopped. I have no idea why, I carried on as I was doing. But, from tomorrow, exercise is going to be number one thing on my list. I stopped going to the gym, but going to start that again... and parking away from work and walking the rest of the way. Just little things. I found, when I wasn't getting support that is when I started 'cheating', so it always helps to have somewhere to go for support. I belong to a 'fat chicks' forum and a 'fat fighters' yahoo group (Yep, we're all 'Little Britain' fans haha!), but every little bit of support I can get-I will go for!! We can do it, if we do it together.

I have to be part of this. Big girl here.

I considered it for a minute, as it's on my birthday and I booked the week off work-but then I read this bit. 54,000? Oh my days! I couldn't cope with that many people... and spending out on a trip where I might not even get close enough to actually see him. I so need to see him again though.

I searched the site, but couldn't find this posted. Started a bit oddly-and I quote "no excuse for the whole Grace Kelly-Love Today-Big Girls-Lollipop horror that occurred"... and "I'm also sure this used to have a better video, from its first release. Nowadays it's one of those gritty, camera phone-esque jobs, complete with footage of "Gosh Aren't I Successful?" massive live performances interspersed with fancy doodles, like 'Get Together' by Madonna, only, err, without Madonna"... but somewhere along the line it does turn out to be a pretty good review! "The lyrics are actually quite marvellous" and "It's a moving song, not in the sense that it makes you well up with tears but in the sense that it's going somewhere, without actually getting there within the song itself; it's the journey, not the arrival." Clicky here!

Happy Christmas all! I have to work today-but off then until New Years Eve. Hoorah! I hope everyone has a great time xx

I love it!!! Is cross stitch difficult to do? It always looks so so neat! I might look up about learning to do it. I have stress ezcema and I've been told to do things with my hands to take my mind off of things-and I would love to do that!

Oh very cool! Have you posted pictures of the Cross stitch you gave him last time? I would love to be able to do Cross stitch, but I am pretty much a numpty when it comes to creative things. I did however master 'Scoobiedoos' did anyone else get into that craze when it was around?