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Is anybody out there properly fat?

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fatwomanfat · 27/12/2019 09:37

None of this ‘I’m a stone overweight and huuuuuuge.’

I’m 15 stone. At least 5 to lose for normal BMI. Anyone else? This is the place for proper fat MNetters.

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confusedyoungthing · 28/12/2019 13:41

About 15.5 stone here. I lost about 16lbs in the summer doing the couch to 5 k app but have since put it on again. I love that app but once I completed it I stopped running, and then with the dark nights and crap weather, plus working full time and studying part time, it's so hard to get back into.
I was also reading The Beck Diet Solution which is like CBT but for weight loss - trying to make you think differently about food and exercise to help you make permenant changes. It's not for everyone but I found it very helpful.

Topseyt · 28/12/2019 13:43

Me. I hate myself for it, but I really want to do something about it.

I've already cut right down on chocolate and crisps. I had hardly any of them over Christmas and have found that I don't really fancy them so much any more.

I won't diet as such, just try to have a healthy eating plan and keep walking everywhere when practical, and fewer carbs. Fewer unhealthy ones anyway.

Fingers crossed for 2020.

CuntyBumpkin · 28/12/2019 13:50

I have been on a million diets. I've lost weight rapidly each time (even had to have gall bladder removed due to such rapid weight loss) for it all to go back in and more.

I was diagnosed with an eating disorder and in therapy.

One book I would recommend is "The Fuck It Diet" I am now a recovered binge eater. I am losing weight slowly but the book actually made me trust my own body to do it's own thing. I have a better relationship with my body now at the weight it is now which has meant more to me than the weight loss.

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stellabelle · 28/12/2019 14:07

I'm 17 St but like other PP I carry it well and don't look bad at all. I buy nice clothes and wear shape wear when I'm going out - I feel fine and at 60 I have no health issues. I sometimes think I should move to Polynesia where they love big women - they'd make me their queen !

Joyfulincolour · 28/12/2019 14:18

@Shinyletsbebadguys can I ask how you lost the weight please?

Shinyletsbebadguys · 28/12/2019 14:57

Keto and IF (mainly I used IF for retraining my mental view on food so to be honest it was more of a mental health decision that one, the Keto I believe lost the weight).

For me as well it resolved a lot of health problems Keto and dealt with some of my impatience issues (err some...I'm not a robot I just swore at the dog for trying to eat the Christmas tree while I was taking it down...then cuddled her and apologised Grin)

Hefzi · 28/12/2019 16:14

Thank you, @doublebarrellednurse - that's really encouraging that you achieved such dramatic results using sensible measures: and very inspiring - thank you Flowers

blackistheneworange · 28/12/2019 17:22

Weighed myself this morning - 15st aargh. I'm going to just try not to make it worse than that until after the new year when I will be all over it.

Looking at to Fast800 programme.

madroid · 28/12/2019 18:42

Wow fatwomanfat you've really started something here.

It's easy to get bogged down with your own problems not realizing so many people have the same issues.

MitziK · 28/12/2019 19:35

I'm in.

No idea what I actually weigh, but it's somewhere between 17 and 20 stone, I would imagine. I'm a size 18 clothes, though.

Cause - a combination of rebound from teenage ED (due to being told I was fat and ugly as a child), hormonal contraception, periods of extreme skintness where I would steal milk from the workplace fridge to keep me alive, arthritis stopping me from exercising hard every other day, wanting to be too heavy for the ex to pick me up by the throat ever again and a very lovely DP who is a feeder, mainly to try and distract away from his own ED, and can't see that vegetables are an essential part of the human diet when there is beige stuff and Haribo in the world.

He reckons he's treating me to a posh gym membership for my birthday, as I absolutely love the places, the smell of chlorine, the aircon, the steam rooms, saunas and the ability to switch my brain off for a couple of hours to concentrate upon music and what my body is doing.

Once I'm doing that regularly (which I will as he's paying for it), hopefully I'll have more strength and energy, as the extra weight, inactivity from pain (around 6000 steps most days at work, occasional 18,000 for long shifts, but fuck all at weekends or when I get home), and I'll be far more likely to be able to encourage him to actually cook what I like than what he thinks counts as a meal.

DareDevil223 · 28/12/2019 19:42

At least 7 stone to lose here. Starting Cambridge Weight Plan on 2 January. It's drastic but I feel awful and I can't piss about losing a pound a week. I need to lose a good chunk of weight as fast as possible.

MadameJosephine · 28/12/2019 19:43

I was 16 stone but lost 3 and a half over about a year tracking on my fitness pal. I’ve put about half a stone back on over November/December so will be starting to track again in the new year. I’d like to get down to about 11 stone

Silencedwitness · 28/12/2019 20:17

@DareDevil223, I’m starting slim and save. I need to do something drastic rather than shove anything and everything into my mouth.

GlitteryGracie · 28/12/2019 20:20

Yes me! And desperate to lose at least some so that I can look forward to my summer holiday.

GenderfreeJoe · 28/12/2019 20:21

At least 5 stone to lose here. 2020 is the year. I hope.

BuntyCollocks · 28/12/2019 20:24

Me. Looking to lose this year. I’m only 36 and I can’t keep doing this.

LucyFox · 28/12/2019 20:56

🙋‍♀️ Can I join the club please?

sparklefarts · 28/12/2019 21:08

I'm 5ft 7. 16st 10 and want to be 11st 5

Gonna be a long hard slog

Crunchymum · 29/12/2019 12:59

So when will we all be starting? What is the action plan? Anyone brave enough to post a before picture. I wouldn't inflict one of me on anyone. I'm only 5ft 1in and I'm too scared to weigh myself (will do on 1st January though!!)

I would love a thread for ladies who are a bit bigger. There are loads in the weightloss section but none really seem to cater for people like me (who need to lose a lot!!!). I find there is a huge psychological difference between someone who wants to lose a stone and tone up and someone who has 3+ stone to lose. The battle is totally different?

blackistheneworange · 29/12/2019 13:50

I'm having a 800c day today - we're away for new year (only overnight) but at least I feel like I'm doing something positive.

Hollygaggles · 29/12/2019 14:02

Me! Me! I'm a fatty! Joined Slimming World on Friday and am going to use that to kick start my weight loss ( hopefully) and then reduce calories and portions in the long term. I'm trying to swim 4 or 5 times a week and have increased my steps as well.

Good luck to us all. I hope 2020 is a great one for us. Smile

Ludways · 29/12/2019 14:07

I'm 5'7" and as of this morning I'm 15st 3.5lb. I have been coming to the gym 3 times a week for 7 months and I'm just about to go in again after 2 weeks off after a car accident and then being away over Christmas. I mostly pump weights due to my knees being kaput. I am getting a sweat on so I'm trying to do some aerobic exercise even if more staid than I'd really like. I'm plugging away at it and absolutely loving it. I'm happy to build up to a target, which I can now see in sight, even though no weight has been lost so far.

I'm adding diet to the regime in the new year, onwards and upwards. I couldn't face starting gym and a diet at the same time, lol

Ludways · 29/12/2019 14:11

Total and complete good luck to all those trying. I know it's a genuine struggle and not simply greed and laziness. I've been called that in the past. It's just not true and hurtful.

Hippywannabe · 29/12/2019 17:27

Weighed this morning. Lost the 3 1/2 lb Xmas gain so that is good!
Had panettone and cream for pud after kfc lunch out. Not so good.
Have got Beachbody on Demand workouts to get me exercising again, an Instapot to easily cook nice meals and a.nice new journal to write in.
I am going to do it.
Can anyone set up a closed FB group for us to support each other? I would love that!

Obligatorync · 30/12/2019 08:58

Morning all. Lost a pound last week and felt spurred on to exercise. My pedometer is BROKEN. I'm outraged...now whatever steps I do won't count.Grin

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