I need to stop kidding myself

[tea69]

I am the heaviest I have ever been.

I need to lose at least a stone and a half.

I need to up the veg and cut out the crap.

I need to start exercising again.

Posting here to be accountable!

Anyone want to join me who needs to lose 1.5 stone?

[RainbowFlowers]

Hi! I've just lost 2 stone but now that I'm here I realise I've got at least another stone to go.

I have been calorie counting and walking a lot but not really into much more exercise if I'm honest. Occasionally I follow pilates on YouTube.

Are you going to follow a diet?

[RainbowFlowers]

I do my own weekly weigh in on Mondays. I'm loosing motivation so it would be great to be accountable on here.

[tea69]

Welcome

I'm not following any diet in particular. I need to go back to healthy eating and exercise.

Will go to the gym tomorrow.

Well done on your weight loss so far

[RainbowFlowers]

Thank you! I've never really stuck to a diet before. Maybe its been easier since I'm on mat leave so I have more control over what I eat then at work with eating out temptations and collegeues bringing in sweet treats every day!

Yeah I have found it easier to do my own thing then follow something. I'm still cooking what I used to cook for evening meals but having bout a quarter of what I used to have and then extra veggies on the side. I was terrible with portion sizes.

For my lunch today I had roasted courgette, sweet pepper and onion, no oil. And 100g boiled salad potatoes. I'm lucky since I like veg.

I've been having sugar free sweets from aldi which are only 8 calories each!! They taste amazing I never would have guessed they were sugar free.

Have fun at the gym! Do you do classes or your own thing?

[tea69]

Think I'll be doing my own thing to start with and then will see about classes.

That lunch sounds nice!

I had fruit and coffee for breakfast, then quite a large lunch involving chicken, Halloumi and salad (there were some grains with it too). Spag Bol for dinner but half the plate was salad Fruit afterwards - melon and a few grapes.

I've also had 2 squares of dark choc. And that's it for me for the day.

[tea69]

I was up late last night and fancied something so I ate 1 cracker . Would've normally been crisps!

Gym day today

[RainbowFlowers]

Oh dark chocolate thats a nice treat, I haven't had any for ages...although still have milk chocolate. I try to have a maximum calorie limit for my snacks of 130 calories. Which means I can have my sons child size chocolates.

Oh well done for not going for the crisps! Have fun at the gym today, enjoy the endorphins!

[tea69]

I went for a short run then dinner out for my sisters birthday which was unavoidable calories. All I had all day was egg and toast and some belvitas and an apple.

No plans tomorrow so should be easy to stick to diet.

How about you @RainbowFlowers? Doing well?

[RainbowFlowers]

Eating out is so difficult isn't it! I didn't realise how much I ate out until I started dieting. I hope you enjoyed it though.

Yesterday wasn't the best as I had a picnic with my little ones which meant white bread for me, which is totally not worth the calories. For my tea I made a curry which I should have had a smaller portion of! But I stuck to my two 130 calorie snacks so I guess it wasn't all bad. And I did do some walking with baby in the sling.

I have a feeling that I am only going to have maintained weight this week rather than loose, we'll see.

Today its another park day for me which means more white bread. I really need to come up with a healthier lunch for on the go. Or maybe not as thats probs the last of the park weather!

You up to much today?

[RainbowFlowers]

Sorry just saw you're not upto much today. Happy dieting then!

[tea69]

Hello!

A good low cal day yesterday and a long walk to get steps in. Barely manage to walk these days with working from home

Another good day today. I had a big lunch (low cal) so didn't need dinner which is always a bonus!

I have no plans this week so MUST STICK TO MY DIET!

How are you doing?

[SuckingDownDarjeeling]

Can I join?

I started out with 5 stone to lose and I'm now down to the last 2 stone. It's starting to feel like an uphill battle now but I'm determined to see the final payout for the months of dieting. I might be able to help

One thing I can highly recommend, is a cheat day. During the week I eat significantly less than I used to eat normally, and I find it's much easier to deny myself certain foods if there's a promise I can have them very soon, not next year. So Saturday is my cheat day. I can eat whatever I want that day, no restrictions, and I've found that I lose more weight by the following Monday than I do during the week tracking each day. I think it's something to do with keeping your metabolism on its toes. I think even if you're not counting calories then this could work, you can take the less appealing healthier option knowing that the world is your oyster in a couple of days time.

[RainbowFlowers]

@tea69 Oh well done on two good days. I couldn't fathom not eating dinner! I'm really struggling with having too many snacks at the moment. Last week I managed to loose 1lb which in pleased with as I thought I'd only maintain. Are you going to the gym this week?

Welcome @suckingdowndarjeeling ! Sounds like you've done great so far. How long did it take you to loose that? Well Im having a cheat day on Saturday as I'm going out for lunch and drinks with a friend. I can't wait for the red wine which I know is so calorific!!

[tea69]

Welcome @SuckingDownDarjeeling and thanks for the tips! Looking forward to hearing how you're getting on and well done on your weight loss so far, that's amazing!

[tea69]

@RainbowFlowers I wanted to have dinner but I knew that I didn't NEED it.

A very snacky day today but within calories.

I will try and gym later this week.

[SuckingDownDarjeeling]

Yay, thank you @tea69 

@RainbowFlowers I started on 26th may so just shy of four months. The first few days, perhaps couple of weeks max were definitely the hardest. Now I just feel like I'm clocking on and waiting for the weight loss, I don't really feel so much like I'm dieting. I think a lot of that is thanks to the cheat day!

[tea69]

@suck - What do you eat on a normal day?

[SuckingDownDarjeeling]

In the morning I tend to have two pieces of toast with marge. I don't go for low fat stuff unless I like it more than or just as much as full fat. I'll have a cup of tea with soya milk, sometimes with one sugar if I'm flagging. I only eat lunch if I'm out walking with DC, I like to take them on long walks as often as I can during the week and I'm lucky I can do this with them in the pushchair! So if I'm out walking, I'll have a sandwich that I aim for 400 cals or less, a bag of crisps with it if I'm walking far enough to burn it off, and loads of water.

Recently, I haven't been that hungry around dinner time. But if I am, I'll have anything from chicken with pasta, a ham and cheese toastie, soup, I just log it in MFP to make sure I'm not taking the piss with calories.

If I'm not exercising, I aim for 1200 calories per day. If I am exercising, I add half my exercise calories to that number as a reward. And then on Saturday, I eat anything I want to. Only because I want to always remember that the hard part only lasts for a few days at a time. Last Saturday I had some Krispy Kremes .

The beginning was tough. And once I settled in to that it was annoying not seeing any progress in the mirror or in photos. I don't know what it was that switched in my brain this time around, I wish I did because I'd tell the world for free. But once you're committed, take it one day at a time. Wake up and say 'I'm dieting today'. And again the next day. That's the best advice I can give

[tea69]

Thank you for the great tips!

I've had a couple of not-so-good days. I've been coming home and snacking and not eating a proper dinner.

Working from home tomorrow so will be ensuring I prepare a filing evening meal. Gym will also feature!

I'm determined to do this even if I do it slowly 💪

[RainbowFlowers]

Omg Krispy Kremes on a diet!! Who would have thought!

Slowly is healthier and more maintainable anyway.

[SuckingDownDarjeeling]

Indeed, slow and steady is a great approach, especially at the beginning!

I've finally seen another pound come off today. Because I started off losing two to three pounds per week (because I had so much to lose ) it's starting to get frustrating as I'm lucky if I see two in a week. I know that's normal, but I still get annoyed. I think I could technically diet harder each day, just to get to my target faster. I'm just not sure I want to, because so far this is the only thing I've been able to stick to alongside the day to day stresses of parenthood. What would you do?!

[RainbowFlowers]

I feel like I'm roughly at the same stage as you at the start I was loosing 2 to 5 lbs a week. Now I'm slowing down but I'm OK with that as I once I'm at my ideal weight i don't want to pile it all back on because I feel like I've been depriving myself previously.

The frustrating thing for me at the moment is having bad fitting clothes at but I don't want to start buying things until I'm at the size I want. A shopping trip is defo something for me to look forward to though.

How old are your kids? I've got a 3 year old and a 3 month old.

[SuckingDownDarjeeling]

@RainbowFlowers I've been exactly the same with regards to clothes! I want to really enjoy the experience, I don't just want to buy stuff to tide me over. I have two year old twins. So a great age to go out with the pushchair, and as long as I occasionally bribe them with a yoghurt or a cheap toy then they let me do what I need to do .

I'm impressed that you've found the motivation to persist while you have a 3 month old! I couldn't do that, no matter how much I wanted to, I was just getting through each day and eating whatever I wanted because I was stressed. Well done

[RainbowFlowers]

Thank you. After my first I was in survival mode for at least the first 6 months as he only slept for 1 hour at a time at night. I didn't even think about dieting or loosing weight or anything other than wanting more sleep!

So I'm actually loosing both sets of baby fat now because I didn't loose any weight in-between.

My 3 month old only has 1 or 2 feeds per night so its a lot easier. But twins is a whole different ball game!!

@tea69 do you have children?

[itbemay1]

I'm the same! So fed up trying everyday and everyday eating crap! I'm going to start fasting tomorrow. I've given myself an eating window of 12-8 and hope it works as I just can't face calorie counting, SW, WW etc at the moment. I just read that after 11 hours fasting your body starts burning fat.