Diet starts tomorrow honestly.....any one want to join me?

[breeze]

Since this year started I have been dieting really half-heartedly. I desperately want to lose the stone that I put on while I was down with my PND. No more excuses I am definately going to start tomorrow. I am sure I could lose the weight easily if I just cut out the things that I pick on between meals. I will have a proper breakfast rather than a handful of biscuits and will not pick on leftovers from DS dinner/lunch. Anyone else fed up of not trying hard enough on their diets and care to join me.

hope you all are sticking to the regieme!!!
did my walk and 5 mins on a exercise bike! would like arms like madonna, probably take a year looking at them.
no sweet things , resisted making something nice for my father calling round , offered him fruit instead. ugh

skara, i think the treats are ok on a saturday provided you have had relatively no "bad" things during the week, and what can one takeaway do?

Oh to hell with it - I've been sitting on the sidelines - but if I own up to it - I really need to lose about a stone. What is really scary - is that I don't relish the idea of giving up my wine
Can I join in please - if I have the support I am sure it'll make it easier.
Thanks

Last night I was desperate for something sweet so I whizzed up some (rather ancient) strawberries and Kiwi with a banana and some Rachel's organic yoghurt which is also quite fat-free and had a smoothie - gave dh one too, as I had just lectured him on keeping me away from the wine bottle...

Day two in the Mumsnet diet (can you hear the Geordie accent creeping in..?) and how are the mumsnetters doing??

Forgot to say, about exercise, I have also booked into a Total body class for Thursday - I have been doing one on a Monday since the middle of Jan, but have decided to add another - and I am a big girl (size 20-22) so there is no excuse for you thinnies of size 14-16 (never mind the 10s and 12s) not to be brave too!

That is the reason why I loved the Friday weigh in. If I have lost weight then I will be treated to my saturday takeaway. I tend to not stick to them if I cant have a treat and I agree one will not hurt, lets face it you will have the rest of the week to make up for it.

LOL!! My problem is that it goes like this. Friday night 'well I've been good all week and I've lost 2lb, so I'll have a takeaway and that's ok cos I have all week to recover and what harm can a takeaway do...'. Saturday night 'ooh lets have something yummy for tea and I'll start being virtuous again tomorrow'. Sunday night 'oh half a bottle of red won't matter, I'll be extra-virtuous all day tomorrow' So I've decided that I'm going to allow myself a takeaway/something yummy for dinner ONE night, and I bet it'll have a huge effect on my currently dead-slow-and-stop weightloss. And I'm on here now instead of doing what I want to which is go through to the kitchen and eat HUGE quantities of stuff. I'm alone this week which always has a bad effect.

Day 1 was great (but I haven't managed to get myself weighted yet and my scales vary by about a stone!

Day 2 - not brilliant (and it's not over yet). Had to endure 5 HOUR board meeting today so indulged in some cheese - it was just sitting there looking at me. Had to leave the meeting at 5.30pm to pick up ds so feeling guilty too. Just the sort of day to indulge in Ben and Jerrys, wine, chocolate ....

Breeze bet you were wondering when I would chime in lol. Anyway I've had a good two days, I've been writing everything down and I was up at 6 this morning doing my workout (how virtuous is that?). Crystaltips I'm with you and the wine but I'm trying not to drink in the week so hopefully it will help. I'm reading a book by Pete Cohen (the guy off GMTV) and its really motivating. He says you have to sort your mind out before you start. Its helping anyway. I spoke to my best friend last night and she didn't seem to find anything wrong in her being 5'5" and 19 stone and I just thought God I don't want to end up like her so I'm really putting an effort in this time. I've got about 4 stone to lose but I'm starting with a stone in 6 weeks to see how it goes. I'm doing the Rosemary Conley diet.

ok I admit it I have cracked and just eaten 6 rice cakes...slathered in cream cheese. OOps. Am going on a burst of slim-fast till Friday, as of tomorrow

Skara skara you are talking my life. were we separated at birth do you think?

This time I have to do it though.Someone told me if I'm still overweight at 40 I might as well concede to being ow for ever and I dont want to be a fat Mum I'm already missing from all the childrens baby photos as I didnt want a record of the size of me after babies. imagine 20 years of family photos without me in them!! Bizarre

Crystaltips: couldn't you go on a low-carbohydrate diet and drink all the alky you liked?

I've 'ignored' this thread - but I do need to take heed. I've been pretending I'm on a diet for over a year now, needless to say I've lost jack sh*t. I really started properly again at the beg. of this year and lost about 10 Lbs but I've gradually started to get bigger sized unhealthy helpings and snacks. So can I join you? I'll TRY and eat healthy smaller meals and snack only on fruit and maybe throw in a bit of exercise. Why is it so depressing, why is all 'nice' food bad for you? Anyway now I've cheered you all up - anybody watching Diet Trials?

I'm up for it too. Been fannying around with WW for past six weeks - first two weeks lost 5 1/2 lb - then put most of it back on. Now shifted it again and very focused. A holiday - with friends - in mid june is helping! Bad enough that I feel fat and horrible without having to do it in front of people I know. Seems to be helping to stop me eating too much crap. Anyway went to gym today and did full work out so feeling very well behaved. Want to shift two stone asap - and three eventually.

I am suprised how well I am doing, I have had the odd relapse and usually though oh sod it blown it now and pig out and start again next week, but for the majority of it I have been good.

I too am thinking about my holiday in June.

Morning all - sounds like you are all doing well .. keep it up!!!

I, on the other hand, haven't even started yet. I came down with a cold on Monday and I never feel like dieting when I'm not 100%. I know, excuses, excuses - I will start soon. I'm just hoping to stay the same this week!!

I had 2 thorntons chocolate BARS... yesterday. ..... actually they were FANTASTIC!!!!

I feel a bit under the weather today so perhaps I can redeem myself.....
I'm dreading weighing myself on Friday. I really don't have a clue what I weigh, I've been guessing. >fear

Hi everybody glad I found this thread as I have 3 stone to lose - my ds is now 8 months and Ive been saying since she was born that this is it whilst I'm buying 2 for the price of packet of biscuits but I'm going on holiday on Tuesday so no point trying just now but I will be back in two weeks and will be eager to know how you are all getting on and give me some inspiration

Hello, I read this thread at work on Monday and decided to join you, then got home and had 3 slices and bread of butter and a packet of pinenuts while i was making my healthy tea! Since then have averted my eyes from the thread, but its no good i have to say it I AM A FATTY. I do try and kid myself that i can still fit into the size 14 jeans but I cant unless I have that much flab hanging over the top it looks like another set of boobs. What Bubbly said about being 40 really hit a chord with me, I am 40 in six weeks, and I know that with a bit of effort I could be confortable in my jeans by then, not in a 12s but comfortable in a 14s. My main ambition is to be able to tuck a t shirt into size 12s jeans and walk out proudly. My partner has no problem at all with the way I look, always tells me I look great and describes my bum as grabable! (sp?) only if you have hand the size of David Seamans! Off to they gym tonight and I shall weigh myself in the morning. Good luck everyone.

Oh bum. Since last July I've lost 3 stone through breastfeeding and through re-educating my eating habits, ie not comfort eating, only eating till full, a little of what I fancy, etc etc etc. But the last few weeks have been pretty cp for lots of reasons and I'm on my own this week as dh is working away and I seem to have fallen off the wagon. So I am (LOL! How many times can I write this in a week!) starting again tomorrow but this time I'm getting out my weightwatchers cd which means I have to write down everything I eat which stops me pigging out! We're off to Cornwall in July and somewhere hot in September and I WILL wear a bikini I feel mortified having to write this down with everyone watching and I feel like a failure. Oops!

crystaltips - this is my probably EXACTLY, in a word...booze. I can manage to cut down on fatty food (albeit with much gnashing of teeth and looking longingly at fridge) but I just can't give up my glasses of wine. I think this is why I can't shift my stone.

tonight I was lying on the bed with ds (18months) and he starting wobbling my tummy and giggling hysterically . he may think it's funny but I don't.

Day 3 - not bad food intake wise. I did however bite the bullet and got weighed in Boots at lunchtime. OH MY GOD - even worse than I thought. I'm about 3/4 stone heavier, BMI hovering at just under 40 so I dodn't even know what I have lost in the past 2 weeks.

But, at least I have a baseline so Wednesday is my weekly weigh in at Boots wearing my trusty Boden jumper and trousers (for consistent clothes allowance if you get my meaning)

Happy dieting to the rest of you. Keep going!

succumbed to a piece of toast this morn. but no lunch. Skara i think you've done really well, 3 stone is loads. LILIBET you will fit in to those jeans ad the the shirt too!!! keep going.

i spoke to my friend today, we are just unhappy with the pot bellies (please dont scream at me any of you who have declared 1 / 2 or 3 stone to get rid of) i am 10stone and usually 9 - well pre baby. but my friend is quite slim and plays tennis and walks but she says it aint moving.

i dont have a huge appetite but do love my food.

did my exercise bike with dd (6mths)laughing at me! its all thanks to her, the treasure!

avoided the bakery in sainsburys again and the wine section. but had a glass tonight.

Count me in! I've not had the time to read all the posts, but may I join? I am so disgusted with myself! And too embarrassed to say how much I want to lose; suffice it to say - "lots!"

So I will weigh myself tomorrow, and go for a 10% reduction. And once I hit that, do another 10%, and another, etc. until I am svelte and fabulous, just in time for my high school reunion!

i too have lots to lose and decided to join weight watchers - the weekly weigh in is such a help. I don't beat myself up if I have a bad day/week - just remind myself to keep looking at the end goal. I already feel better and the clothes are getting gradually looser. WW works for us - I have been discovering different foods and ideas - I found I just got stuck in a rut of not so brilliant food and not so healthy. Some of the WW recipes are so easy and brilliant - Dh is eating along with me - which means I don't have to think of something else for him - he is even enjoying the food.

I am pleased to say I have now lost 12 1/2 lbs.

However - I am still encouraged by the people here and hope I can encourages others too. GOod luck for weigh in later this week