To think I have so much weight to lose 😩

[Fri1256]

Just weighed myself and feel so down about it. I need to lose 3 stone to get back to a weight that looks good on me. 4 stone to be as slim as I was in my twenties (I’m 36 now) just feel totally crap and like that will take forever.

anyone else feel like this?

I lost 12kg since December, most of it came off in Jan and Feb. I quit drinking alcohol started eating more fibre and cut down on white carbs. I've always eaten a lot of vegetables and don't have a sweet tooth really. Biggest thing is to stop snacking and have good stretches of time where you don't eat anything at all. Lots of water no sugary drinks. It takes a while to see the scales start to move so don't give up. It also really helps to look at calories over the week as well as the day, it means you won't feel like you failed after 1 bad day, as you know you can rein it back in and still be under your total over the week!

Little wave. I was the same if a bit more weight. Iv lost some few stone about 5 times over the years. I finally got kick on the ass when my peri menopause symptoms became unbearable.

This time I kicked things off with fast 800. Never thought I'd stick to it but when the weight started coming off rapidly it was really motivating. Yep had to change the way I ate so moved to 2 meals a day - late breakfast and and early dinner. But it was simple as dodnt have to think or count too much with 2 meals.

Iv also come to realise my relationship with food especially treat sweet food is a bit like that of someone who likes to drink. I'm always going to want the biscuit or the cake or sweets but only I can make the choice not too eat.

Doing weights has helped too as felt too fat in the beginning to to cardio

Morning, finally stepped on the scales this morning and it's I definitely have three stone to lose.
Feels very daunting at the moment.

Take a look at what Jason Fung says about weight loss (Mumsnet introduced me to him a while ago):

**You either burn fat or store it. You can’t do both at the same time. If food is plentiful, you store food energy. If food is scarce, you burn food energy (body fat). The key hormonal regulator here is insulin. The change in insulin levels is what signals our body to go into fat-storing mode or fat-burning mode.

So what happens if you are trying to lose weight by adopting conventional advice to reduce the dietary fat and calories, and eat 6 times a day? By doing so, you keep insulin levels high because you are eating lots of low-fat bread, pasta, and rice and eating all the time. Since insulin is high, you must get your energy from food, and cannot get any from your body fat stores. You reduce your calorie intake from 2000 calories to 1500 and hope against hope that you will lose weight. You do, at first, but then your body must adjust. Since you cannot get at your fat stores, if you are only getting 1500 calories in, you must reduce your calorie expenditure to 1500 as well.

So, you feel tired, hungry, and cold because your body’s metabolism is starting to shut down. But the worst part? You don’t lose any more weight! Your weight loss starts to plateau, but you feel like crap. Over time, you start to regain some of that weight. So you decide that you’ve had enough and increase your caloric intake to 1700 — still lower than when you started. But, because you are taking in 1700 calories but only burning 1500 calories, your weight quickly goes back to what it was before you started the diet.

The key to successful long-term weight loss is not reducing calories. It’s reducing insulin.**

Basically, be conscious of what’s going on with your insulin levels because that’s how you’re ultimately going to get your weight down. There are a few common things that trigger excess insulin: eating too much sugar, eating too often, not getting enough sleep, chronic stress.

So this is my weight loss/health plan:

• Limit refined sugar. I still eat things like bread/pasta/rice, but I limit things like juice/chocolate/cake/biscuits.


• Eat within an 8-hour window every day. So I’ll eat around 12pm, 4pm and 7:30pm every day. You can speed up weight loss by reducing this eating window. Just depends on what fits into your life.


• Get at least 7 hours of sleep. I don’t always manage it because I tend towards insomnia, but I try my best.


• Reduce psychological stress. Easier said than done. I have an anxiety disorder, so I’m not great at this. But I work on it. I try to listen to myself and set boundaries to make my life easier.

I’m not sure if this will help but I’ve lost just short of 4 stone since January 3rd when I started. I have a one and three year old as well as three older DC so a lot on my plate but I’ve still managed it. I did couch to 5k and now I run 5km 5 times a week and do a longer (usually 8.5km) run once a week. I also lift weights or do HIIT 6 times a week and I walk a lot so on average I get 20k+ steps in a day. Diet wise I try to stick to 1600 calories max a day but some days like yesterday only eat 1300. The weight has come off pretty easily tbh, I was obese and now I’m a healthy weight again. You just need to be determined and really want to lose the weight otherwise it will never work.

Get a Fitbit or smart watch if you can to track your steps and calorie burn. Make sure you meal plan and use an app like my fitness pal to track calories. Try couch to 5k as well, I really recommend it. Good luck.

What an inspiring post @letsnotdothat . Congratulations on doing so well while managing all your responsibilities!
I've logged into MFP for the first time in forever and logged my planned food. Trying to come with a realistic plan moving forward. I also have a just turned one year old and an eight year old, which I find hard to deal with as it is.
Have downloaded couch to five K app, funnily enough I used to run loads before kids, half marathons marathons...
Am determined to get out for my first run early tomorrow before husband goes to work at 6. Fingers crossed X

@VereeViolet Great advice and I like your realistic plan health/fitness plan!
Thanks for your helpful post. I don't have much support in real life so this means alot!

@Fri1256 Hi, hope I'm not hijacking your original post. How are you getting on?

Me. I’m 39 and need to lose 5 stone! I’m thinking the sooner I start the sooner it will go.