Anyone want to join me in losing 10 stone?

[FMyUterus]

So today I got accepted for ivf. Put on the waiting list and been told it's likely to be 2022. That's fine! But in that time I need to get my bmi to 25 and under. It's currently 52, judge away I know I've mainly done this to myself. Eating my feelings, steroids for my Crohns and mirtazapine haven't helped, but it's mostly me. I'm in hospital until Wednesday because of a molar pregnancy but on Thursday evening I've signed up for an exercise shred, 4 x classes a week and a calorie goal to stick to.

I can do this. I HAVE TO DO THIS.

So if you also have weight to lose or just want to watch a fatty transform her life in 18 months join in! There is no judgement here.

Today's weight 20 stone 4 pounds (I know because I was weighed for my treatment and I cried but it's over now. Good bye that weight, I will never see you again)

I will also be trying to walk 10k steps a day and god help me if I don't do it at work when I'm back there the dog isn't going to know to what's hit her!

I'm also going to try and practice intuitive/ mindful eating.. I'm getting used to it in hospital as the food is shit but also I'm using the calm app for my emotions and I'm trying really hard to deal all with all the shit that's going on in my head and not eat away my feelings.

I'll be using this as a blog/ diary if no one joins me so don't feel like you have to join in :) but if you want a safe space to talk about wanting to weigh less or you're thinking about doing it but don't know where to start or you just want to chat about how shit it is to be addicted to food/ have learnt to use food as a coping mechanism then welcome :)

But there is no body shaming here, no fat shaming, no thin shaming, everyone is different let's do this

Best of luck you can absolutely do this! One step at a time and sometimes small changes all add up to being more manageable with more chance of success than huge changes all at once. Not sure if it’s your cup of tea but Shahroo Izadi has written two amazing books called the kindness method and the last diet which aren’t a diet plan but rather help to support you with undoing all the negative things that cause us to struggle to loose weight with a focus on teaching us to treat ourselves more compassionately. After years of yo-yo dieting reading her books have helped me to make long term sustainable changes and loose weight too. You’ve got this and you can do it! Good luck

Also start with mini goals. 7lb is so much more achievable than 10 stone tick off the mini goals as you go. The other big thing that has helped me is learning not to ban any foods and that a slip up is just that it doesn’t mean I’ve failed and need to binge eat for the following week before getting back to it. Knowing that nothing is fully out of bounds has helped me no end. The books I’ve mentioned above have helped massively with this and she has a great Instagram page too.

You can do it, I've lost 6 stone over the last 3 years. It is achievable, you have a lovely goal to aim for!

I need to join you.

The crazy thing is I'd pretty much done it, but then put it all back on. So I know how to do it, I just need to commit to it and get back on track.

Im going shopping today and have a meal plan in place for the week. Trying not to go at it all guns blazing because I know then it will wear off and I'll end saying fudge it and giving up!

How's everyone feeling today?

3 stone here, to get me back to where I was comfortable. Currently have a broken foot so for the last 3 weeks I've done no exercise and eating like crap

Amazing guys. I'm
Hoping to go home on Tuesday! I'm going to stop drinking I thinking

I think*

Alcohol is empty calories, and quite a lot of them, so if you can do without it then absolutely it should be cut out when aiming for weight loss. And it’s a depressant!

I’m not going to give up alcohol totally but I will significantly cut down.
Today has been my ‘transition’ day and I’ve eaten ok. I’d totally forgotten I had a HelloFresh box coming today but most of the meals are healthy enough. I’ll just use minimal oil and will replace most of the stodgy/carbs with extra veggies.

I'm in. I have a lot of weight to loose too.
About 2 months ago I started to make changed. I have lost 15lbs.
I have cut out sugar, sweets. Chocolate, crisps biscuits
I am intermittent fasting. I eat only between 11am and 7pm. After Christmas I plan to reduce this to only eating between 1pm and 7 pm.
I walk for 30 mins per day on the treadmill.
I feel so much better already.
I've lost and put on weight for years, I am obese now and very unhealthy. I turned 50 this year and was faced with the realisation that I was slowly killing myself by overeating.It was my rock bottom.
Anyway. Its going well. My attitude is good. My manta is Choose your hard.
It's hard to loose weight but it's also hard to be obese. Which hard do I want.
Good luck to us all.

@gabsdot45 that's so good

@FMyUterus fingers crossed you'll be home soon!

So today I had sweet potato rosti for breakfast, another chicken & avocado salad for lunch and Thai green salmon with cauli rice for dinner. Trying to drink lots of water still but don’t think I did as well with water as yesterday.

I looked into swimming pools and they reopen on Wednesday and you have to pre-book to arrive in a 10 minute slot. Haven’t quite got up the nerve to book yet but I guess pre-booking means you commit ahead of time and have to go!

[quote Headingtowardsforty]**@FMyUterus, @ouchmyfeet I joined weightwatchers. I had lost weight with them in the past, so knew I could do it again. I am rubbish with portion sizes and needed the strictness that it gave me for that. Also I am on my feet a lot of the time, but when lockdown happened in March I realised I had to keep moving, so I would go for a walk 5 days out of 7. But please bear in mind I was already 5 stone lighter by then.
I do go to the gym, but only a couple of times a week to try and tone my body up. For PP who was asking about loose skin, I have a bit, but the exercise has really helped it not to be too bad.
Also, it's not a straight line, I haven't lost weight every week and there has been weeks where I have put weight on. It's not easy, but it's doable. My relationship with food has changed a lot, but it's still not perfect and food is still my default to make myself feel better, but these days I stop after one biscuit, rather than one packet.[/quote]
Thanks, that's good to hear. I have lost a lot with weight watchers in the past, about 5 stone, but I was in a different place then. I'm trying IF and low carb, both of which I've had success with in the past. Just need to find something I can stick with

@ouchmyfeet ultimately it needs to be something you can see yourself doing in 6 months to a year. I have a friend who has lost brilliantly on 5:2 and now IF as well, but I have to eat breakfast or I get very wobbly, so it doesn't work for me. It does get dull tho, so as much as anything it has been changing my relationship with food long term so that I can keep it off.

I just wanted to pop onto this thread and tell you all you can do it! 💪🏻

This is from me, a habitual over eating, junk food loving exercise dodger who has gone from being 140kgs (at my heaviest) to my current 102kgs. I’ve lost most of the weight since March, with hardly doing any exercise (I have a very painful nerve problem preventing me at the moment).

I’ve done it from eating once a day and fasting for the rest of the time (I do drink 3 litres of water a day). The fasting seems to be key for my weight loss. It’s not for everyone but I’ve always been able to go for long periods without eating and not feeling hungry.

I’ve still got a way to go yet as I’d like to get down to about 80kgs so by the time I get there I will be almost 10 stone down.

What keeps me motivated is the not the fact that I think I look better in my (smaller) clothes, but it’s that I actually feel better in myself. Despite not being able to exercise at the moment, just dropping all the weight so far and thus lessening the strain on my body has made me feel so much fitter!

You really just have to find what works for you, a one size fits all lifestyle change sadly doesn’t exist. If I hadn’t discovered intermittent fasting then I would probably still weigh 140kgs (or more by now).

Good luck with your weight loss journey, you have a great motivator in the IVF! 🤩

Well done igotdemons. Do you think you’re going to keep up fasting like that forever?
My problem with IF is I work minimum 11 hour days with unpredictable breaks. It’s difficult to sensibly plan food around.

Anyway, WI in this morning I’ve lost 5.9lbs over the weekend taking me to BMI 34.9, just under the cutoff to be a stem cell donor, I can’t believe I’ve done it! Been peeing like a racehorse but I’ve done it. Feel so relieved that I won’t be letting someone die because I’m too fat! Guess my diet was so atrocious before that I get that big loss when you first start thing. I remember doing SW years ago 2 stone lighter than this, struggling to lose 1lb/week and being jealous of the people starting much larger than me who lost 10lb in the first week....now that’s me!

Anyway Thankyou @FMyUterus for the kick up the backside. Hope you’re doing ok this morning, it’s gotta be up and down for you still being in hospital. Hope your plans for when you get home are coming together

I'm in! I am at my highest weight of 21 stone 4lbs and hit rock bottom today. I couldn't complete a simple walk with my family as my back was hurting so much. I felt like such a let down to my children and so embarrassed. According to the tdee website my BMI is 48.1 ☹

My problem is emotional eating. I have a terrible relationship with my mum which I feel is collapsing again for the numerous time in the past decade so I have been bingeing a lot this past week or so.

Good luck op!

You’ve time on your side so no fads, no tiny calorie amounts. As someone previously mentioned you need more calories than some because of your current weight.
Eat nutritious food, smaller balanced portions but don’t cut out food groups. Prepare healthy snack with veg/hummus fruit etc.

Food is where you will lose most of the weight. Drink lots of water and minimise hints like pop/squash.Don’t worry if you cave and eat a big meal or rubbish snacks this is a longer term goal, start again the next meal. If it’s someone’s birthday, have a slice off cake or whatever treat but a small portion. Don’t deprive yourself just be accountable and count into your calorie amount.

Exercise: when you are a higher weight you burn more calories with even moderate exercise so you don’t have to go crazy booking loads of classes. Set yourself a walking goal of 10 thousand steps and hit it everyday. Then when in a routine you can add more steps in. Then maybe add a class or gym visit once a week, gradually building up as you feel ready. This will help your body and your heart adjust to the exercise carefully. Also if you go all out too fast it’s often not sustainable, you also could injure yourself if not used it it.

Lots of beginner/short classes on you tube to also look into to see what you like. Also to achieve your walking steps goal loads of walking workouts for inside when weather is bad ( some cheesy but get the job done! It’s about the heart rate!)

Count me in please. I'm early 60s and the heaviest I've ever been. Last time I weighed I was 110kg, but I have gained more since then.

I don't know where to start or what to do. I keep starting and stopping diets, can binge eat when sad or upset and just generally feel a bit lost and hopeless.

I'm wondering if some counselling would be a good place to start, has anyone else successfully done this?

Good luck to one and all.

C

I'm in. I've got about 4 stone to get my BMI under 35 at which point I'm happy to start TTC for my second baby. I had some complications in my first pregnancy that no-one has attributed to my weight (BMI in the 40's) but definitely linked and I want to help minimise that risk again.

Overall I've got 6 1/2 stone to get me to the 'Not Obese' category which is my aim. I'm more than happy to sit in the overweight category.

I've got 13 months before our planned TTC.

I've already lost 5.5kgs (I weigh in kg but translated for ease above) and feel back in the game.

I had previously lost 6 stone - I did this just by consistently, and I mean everyday for 2 years, logging calories on MFP. My calorie goal was 1900 and I lost well. I also had many many days of going over that because I was younger and went 'out out' loads. I put it on when I started faffing with my diet plan after an extended plateau, I should've just stuck it out.

Exercise helps later. But for now, in terms of just starting, just get a handle on whatever plan you're following and stick to it for 6 weeks. Then introduce a little change every 6 weeks thereafter.

I weigh on a Friday (although jump on the scales most mornings!).

@MawkishHawk Thank you 💕 Yes I’m planning to as I used to just eat once a day before the weight loss, but I’d eat bad things in large amounts! 😫 I’m at home all day so I’m lucky in that I can fit myself around IF and eat at a time suitable for me but I get that working outside the home kind of puts the kibosh on it a bit. I’m not sure what the solution would be in your case 🤔

@Pinksands1 I was where you are a year ago. I’ve been on some lovely holidays abroad over the past 2 years and not been able to enjoy them as I should have done because I couldn’t walk very far without my back absolutely killing me! 😫 I don’t know how my DH put up with me as it must have restricted his enjoyment as much as mine 🙁

I get your emotional eating as I am prone to that too and it’s such a hard thing to crack. I really hope you can find something that works for you so you can feel better about yourself 💕

I had some bad news today, nothing horrific but enough to mess things up for us for a few months and it threw me off for the day. I can feel myself getting low and I need to keep pushing to stop myself from seriously derailing and binge eating - and Im only on day 2!

How is everyone else? Is home still calling for you tomo @FMyUterus?

Sorry you've had bad news LittleSteps - hope it's nothing too serious.

I've been back at work for the first time in two weeks today (been isolating as there was a positive case in the class I work in at school) and it's been so helpful having a small window in which to eat. I've been eating out of boredom the last couple of weeks, so hopefully this'll help get me back on track!