[HappyHippy]

Perfect 
Kids are back at school then and I'll be able to get stuck right in 

[sandy]

I will bungle that bike into the lounge so I can watch TV and cycle at the same time, AND.....I promise not to cheat...about my weight...maybe we should put what we eat during the day..............maybe not!!!

[cmorrell]

Sounds good.

Sandy, I already have a combined cycle/rowing machine in my lounge... which is great, when there's no one around!

[sandy]

If we get those photos of the Ochil Hills I can turn the bike to them and pretend to be cycling up them!!! Much too cold to go out to the garage tonight to get them...tomorrow morning......I think my bike is a bit noisy...Steve will have to turn up the TV

[cmorrell]

I would have been up trying to get No.1 in the past week if I wasn't certain I'd cripple myself in the process

[marigold]

I will join in from the 4th of Jan. But just at the moment I am really enjoying pile in the food to create warmth. Just read this post with a glass of red wine and the best homemade pizza with anchovies, mozzarella and truffle oil. But it cannot continue. I am unable to wear half my clothes and have to avoid full length mirrors. So come the New Year .................. but in the meantime it would be an insult to the season and the planet to waste the chocolate and cheese that is in the house, so I'll just tidy it away into my tummy, go sledging with the kids more and put off thinking about brown rice fish and salad until January.

[Rosemary]

I'm with you , marigold. We mustn't waste food simply for our own selfish ends 

[doganjo]

I will join in from the 4th of Jan. But just at the moment I am really enjoying pile in the food to create warmth. Just read this post with a glass of red wine and the best homemade pizza with anchovies, mozzarella and truffle oil. But it cannot continue. I am unable to wear half my clothes and have to avoid full length mirrors. So come the New Year .................. but in the meantime it would be an insult to the season and the planet to waste the chocolate and cheese that is in the house, so I'll just tidy it away into my tummy, go sledging with the kids more and put off thinking about brown rice fish and salad until January.

Don't worry - the sledging will help use it up!  I think perhaps we need to put a limit on how much we sit at the computer too - I certainly do anyway.  From 4th January my PC will not be switched on till after the dogs are fed at 5pm.

[marigold]

Don't worry - the sledging will help use it up!  I think perhaps we need to put a limit on how much we sit at the computer too - I certainly do anyway.  From 4th January my PC will not be switched on till after the dogs are fed at 5pm.

Sounds like a plan - I should have finished my online sales shopping by then too.

[Lavinia]

Hi Everyone

You can count me in, as myself and my oldest son Kenin where discussing the need to loose a few stone each in the new year.  Don't think the rest of the house need to join in. Joe OH is naturally thin and Stewart(12) has lost a lot of weight recently due to being bullied at school, thank god we got to the bottom of it, the school have been great and taken it seriously at every step of the way. Have not been motivated this year to much else going on but we have lots of hard work ahead of us this year on the holding as it has not been worked for roughly 12 years, so all that manual labour might help.

Lavinia

[doganjo]

Good stuff, Lavinia - the more the merrier.  I need motivation though, I am so fat that I tire easily, but if I could be motivated to get off this bl88dy machine and do more walking I'm sure it would help.  That's the reason for the computer switch on time.

[scattybiker1972]

heh heh i bought jeans just b4 christmas.there too tight now  i cant fasten them! too many sweets and       dinners me thinks!

[Lavinia]

Well we have just decided to get a wii fit board we do like doing family things together as Stewart (12) needs to be kept occupied 24/7. So maybe that will help.... we have got our work cut out for us this year. It's turning out to be a very harsh winter for our first in The Firs..... but we have learnt so much in this last few weeks............

[plumseverywhere]

I'd like to join in too please? I did nearly reach target with Slimming world but then had an operation and due to lack of mobility put quite a lot back on, then just lost interest with dieting!!
I think I'll feel inspired in the new year especially with others doing it too 

[Daisys Mum]

Sounds like a great idea I have tried slimming world and weightwatchers but without much success. I hated having to turn up every week and stand for ages in a queue waiting to be weighed. Especially when I knew that I had lost nothing and was paying £5.00 for some smug skinny person to tell me so