To be horrified at how I look

[theavianexecutioner]

Just asked my mum to take a pic of me from the back and side, for bra measuring.
Horrified. I've been in SW on and off for a few years, need to go back. I've already decided I'm having a dry january and it needs to continue. I'm 43 in May and want to feel and look content.

A combination of Dry January and writing everything I eat down then cutting intake this week to 1200 cals I've lost 6lbs since my last weigh in before Christmas! I got fed up staying the same and gaining shows it can be done just by being honest with myself! Thank you for this supportive thread 😘

I've got into the groove with it now, I think - according to My Fitness Pal I need to eat around 1,440 calories a day to lose 1lb a week and I've worked out that if I have 2 scrambled eggs and spinach on a slice of toast for breakfast and top up at lunch time with a bowl of berries topped with a bit of Greek yoghurt and an apple, then I've still got 800+ calories left to cope with whatever DH decides he wants to cook for supper (he is a fabulous cook and my lack of self-control in that department is a big part of the reason I need to lose weight!).

4lbs gone, 23lbs to go :)

Good losses, with sensible eating approaches. We can do it guys! I've 33lb to go.
Christ. Can't believe I just wrote that. How did I not notice it go on!!!!?????

Madonna now you have posted you definitely have to do it!

Well done to all the losers. I did 4lbs in my first week . Proves I can do it when I put my mind to it.

I’ve lost 7.5lbs in my first 10 days of Whole30. It’s brutal, though. I’m looking forward to switching to 5:2 at the end of the 30 days.

It's an endless battle isn't it!

It's the one thing in life we have control over yet so many people including me fail at it! It's quite depressing to know it's all my own fault.

Well done MrsGloop, I lost 11lbs in total the first time I did Whole30, DH lost 17lbs.

It is hard to start with, but once you’re a few weeks in it does get easier. Don’t be disheartened if you appear to put a bit of weight back on during the 30 days as it’s very common to get bloating as your gut bacteria change. Technically you’re not supposed to weigh at all until the 30 days are up

2lb more off!

2 off for me

I hope you don’t mind me posting that I’ve lost my first stone as of today. Been doing WW since 1st January. I haven’t told anyone else because I don’t want to set them up to roll their eyes if I don’t keep it up. It’s not noticeable or anything because I was so big to start with.

First stone down - sounds like a lot but I’ve got another six to go 🤣

The diet’s been really good - I’m a vegetarian anyway so it’s all stuff i should be eating but haven’t been. Because chips.

Hey Rose, that's a fantastic start to the year, well done! What diet in particular are you following, and how much do you need/want to lose?

I started (yet another) diet on January 2nd, and have managed to lose about 10lbs so far, though tomorrow is my weigh in day (4 weeks since I started). Hopefully I should be down another 1 or 2lbs.

LIke you I have a lot to lose though, and while my jeans do feel a bit looser, I can't say I look or feel that much slimmer. One of my friends - I think she's a friend - said I looked "less bloated"!!!

However, this time I am going to persevere, and feel grimly determined. In the past my weight loss attempts have always floundered down to my impatience at the painfully slow loss - it just seems an inordinate amount of effort for such little gains (or should that be losses!). Also, black and white thinking which is never helpful - I've eaten one creme egg, so I might as well scoff the other three in the packet!!

But something has switched in my mind this time, and I know this is blindingly obvious, but I realised I had a choice. I could choose to continue in my bad old ways, stuffing myself with rubbish and in six months time I will be as fat as ever - or horror of horrors - even gained weight.

But if I persevere, stick with the healthy eating, take one day at a time, and crucially, pick myself up when I (inevitably) lapse, and start again immediately, then slowly but surely the weight will come off. And the time will pass whatever I choose to do.

I've found this thought really helpful, even though it is so simple. But Whatever works for you, so good luck with the weight loss, let's stick with it. I was 16 stone 11 on January 2nd, and will report back tomorrow with what the scales say tomorrow, fingers crossed!! I'm aiming for around 11 stone so need all the help I can get!

Thanks NoBeach well done to you too! I’ve got a similar goal as you but I was 18stone 1 to start with. What the hell. I’m still traumatised.

And your post rings absolutely true with me. Bit of on odd way to think about it, but when my favourite TV series finished before Christmas I thought ‘if I had started a diet when this started six weeks ago, I’d have lost some weight by now, but I didn’t so I haven’t.’ Like you said, the time is going to pass whatever you do. I have to take it a day at a time and not throw in the towel at a slightest blip (‘I’ve had a croissant for breakfast, might as well have a burger for lunch, might as well have a takeaway for tea....’) or I’d be back where I started. WW is quite flexible in that respect.

Good luck for your weigh in

I can completely relate to that thought Rose- if only I’d started six weeks ago I’d already be a stone down.
So no more procrastinating, we’ve both (hopefully in my case) lost around a stone already and it’s not even February yet, so a great start to the year. Let’s build on that and crack those weight loss goals. Just think, even half a stone a month means that come end of July you will be down to 14 stone. And half a stone a month is more than doable. And of course it’s possible to lose far more, but I’m
Being realistic and thinking long term!

Well done Rose and Nobeach.. those are great losses.

I am trying to stay motivated when my weight keeps coming off slowly but surely with a similar approach... just keep going and by June I will nearly be there ...

Am definitely feeling better in myself and the zip on my work trousers is showing less sign of strain!

.. and never mind how much you still have to lose... just go into the kitchen and put 10lbs of anything into a carrier bag and realise that you no longer are carrying that around with you..that might keep you motivated a bit longer!

Yes you’re right wizzer it would kill me to have to lug around. 10lb sack of spuds, years that’s what I’ve just lost!!
Sounds as if you are doing well in your efforts too, looser trousers not bursting at the seams always reassuring !!

On another note, I’ve always had a terrible sweet tooth but am proud to say that all I’ve had on the chocolate front since jan 2nd is half a chocolate orange which I was unwittingly ambushed by one day when scrabbling around in a cupboard .

But I honestly haven’t had any terrible cravings for it, and have come to the conclusion that cold turkey is the best way to deal with sugar addictions. Like a glass of wine, one is never enough for me. I don’t think I’m
An alcoholic anymore than I’m a chocoholic, just that I find it very difficult to resist certain types of temptation, and Best to avoid by not having in house at all. Because once you get the taste for it, that Single square of dark chocolate that diet freaks and the gwyneth paltrows of this world claim
As their weekly big treat is just not enough for us mere mortals