Weight Loss - January

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There are so many of us doing the above, and on quite a few boards; Atkins, Weight loss tablets etc. Thought it would make things easier to find and follow if we started on this? ....

I started yesterday, to try and lose my 'Christmas Chocolate'; probably half a stone, just using advice and memories from previous Weight Watchers.

Had a terrible headache by the time I went to bed, distinct lack of chocolate and sugar!! Every time I had food cravings, I drank a glass of water which seemed to help, plus its good to drink 2 litres a day, so I'm doing something good.

I started the day at supermarket getting all fresh veg, fruit and chicken. And the January edition of WW magazine, read all the inspiring stories of women shifting 4 stone, great stuff.

Chicken stir fry tonight. And last night I didnt pick at childrens supper either during cooking or after they'd 'eaten' it!! That is a major breakthrough! Weight loss is all down to breaking bad habits.

Oh, and Ive also been writing everything down that I eat, which makes you think about it a bit more.

Went off Boots detox idea after hearing of Alibubbles greenpoo, there been enough of that in this house!!

To all of you dieters out there I salute you. I will come back to this thread for inspiration once I have stopped breastfeeding. (what a good excuse)

Keep it up.

Ah, the dreaded speak your weight scales which say "one at a time please"

Thought for the day
"Inside this fat woman there's a thin woman crying to get out. I know. I ate her."

Had a thought today, as I gave into to temptation and ate the remaining Cream Egg from the box of 3 dh bought home last night. How the hell are we supposed to lose weight between January & Easter when the supermarket shelves / aisle ends / bits by checkouts are crammed full of Cream Eggs, Mini Eggs, Smartie Eggs etc....? It also doesn't help when in this months Marie Claire Jamie Oliver is cooking with chocolate! Maybe I just need to be a bit more strongwilled. Happy dieting!

P.S Am planning to re-start the Lighten Up diet - worked before Christmas so worth another try!

I'm still here, my luv! I've just been reading through people's comments on this thread and having a chuckle. I haven't been on Mumsnet much this week as I've got my mum to stay, so we've been out and about........to the dentists and ASDA anyway, but we're quite happy with that as we can't cope with too much excitement at our age(s). I'm taking Mum to the gym tomorrow as it's take a friend for free on Fridays for the next month, what a slave driver I am. Still, I'll be laughing on the otherside of my face when she treadmills me into the ground! I'm very impressed at you, Pamina, sounds like you're doing very well. As for having no tubbies in your gym, I can only say that if I were there it would be a different story - catch yer later!

Hi everyone, my name is Ruth, and I am mum to Max, aged 7 (in May) and Lottie - just 4 months old. I run a slimming consultancy called SlymRyte and we help people lose weight the healty way. We have had many items in national mags and papers, ie, Slimmer, Now, Womans Own, The Daily Mirror and a few more. During my pregnancy with Lottie, I followed the SlymRyte plan and was lucky enough to only put on 13 lbs! The day after having my beautiful daughter, I was back in my jeans - and now, just 4 months later I am at my lowest weight for a very long time. For some information on the SlymRyte diet and SlymRyte the company, send an e-mail to [email protected], requesting information.

Weight loss can be a hard subject to tackle, but we aim to give you support and motivation throughout. Look forward to hearing from you.

With best wishes
Ruth

Ziggy, I notice your post isn't under the media/non-member requests topic, do you know that Mumsnet makes a charge for posts like these?