I need to lose 100lbs

[centurylooser]

And that will only just get out of the 'overweight' bmi. I thought if I write it down it might shock me into doing something - maybe like loosing 100lbs in 100 days - holiday time - I'm going to need a seatbelt extension on the plane - I don't want that. So, what to do?
I just really enjoy food and cooking, and eating, and meeting for coffee & cake, and going out with friends - such lovely stuff on the menu, and takeaways. This is going to be really bloody difficult isn't it?

[Tinklebinkle]

I need to lose 56lbs. It's shit. I hate it. I love my food. I'm a great cook and ryvitas are the work of the devil. But my knees are hurting and my cholesterol is startlingly high. Plus I look crap in fancy frocks which puts me off having fun and makes me feel self conscious. So I'm going to change my habits and lose as much as I am able. It will be worth it because if we manage it, by next Christmas we can buy lovely frocks and be healthier and more fabulous than ever. You are not alone

[CalmYoBadSelf]

100lbs in 100 days is simply not doable in any sensible healthy way.

Pick a way of eating that you can manage, set a start date and go for it, whether that is Slimming World, low-carb, 5:2 or whatever

I need to lose about 100lb too and I am trying but it is very slow progress

[timelytess]

Have you had a diabetes check up? Finding out you are diabetic really changes your attitude to food. Not that I've lost any flipping weight since July when they told me... they insist I have three meals a day? How mad is that? Anyway, I'm being a good girl and trying to amend my diet accordingly. Eventually it should lead to weight loss. Good luck, OP.

[centurylooser]

I have had a diabetes check - it was part of the overall health check MOT type thing in the summer where bloods are tested and questions asked etc etc. I came back with the lowest 'risk of death' percent (it's not called that, but you know what I mean) that nurse had ever seen. Which is both reassuring - I'm not totally fucked - and worrying, as it seems to make a mockery of the test and the obesity risk threat death thing.

[BikeRunSki]

100 pounds in 100 days is not doable, but 2 pounds a week for a year is. Put your mind to it and look forward to pretty dresses next Christmas. Slimming World helped me lose 4 stone .

[calzone]

Come and join us on the SW thread.....

[centurylooser]

Thankyou - I do need to bite the bullet and do something

[SeasonalVag]

Op when is your Holiday

[centurylooser]

We're away at easter, so plenty on time to loose enough so that the seatbelt won't be an issue, but I always say yes to the biscuits with a cup of tea, cook things that I love to eat, and can't resist the nicest choices on the menus. I sometimes wonder that if I filled the freezer with frozen crap that I don't enjoy, and ate fish fingers and oven chips and frozen pizza that it might actually work as a diet.

[Ninkynonkrinkydonk]

Slimming world works and you get to eat lots of lovely food. Not fat or sugar laden food, but lovely all the same.

[sleeplessinmybedroom]

I have about that to loose too. Im planning on thinking about it again in January.

[SeasonalVag]

You can do a stone a month, I've been in your shoes, and steadily lost a stone a month for the first few months...its so doable! You can do it....just dont beat yourself up and eat soup or drink water if you're struggling with portion sizes