Am going to stop eating crap and lose 4 stone. Want to help me stay on the straight and narrow?

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That's it really. Need to lose 4 stone, have failed at every diet I've tried so am going back to basics - 3 low fat meals, 2 healthy snacks, 2 litres of water, more exercise.

I have to do it - on a serious note, have two gorgeous DCs and I want to be fit for them - this weight is not good for me and I know that I'm putting myself at risk of heart trouble, diabetes etc etc - and what's more, I want to wear a size 12 again - instead of size 20 for fuck's sake.

Have failed on all the summer weight loss threads so am hoping that starting my own will spur me on! So anyone with me? Or just want to come and shout at me when I want a chunky kit kat?

Sillybilly, don't do that diet, follow the rules I've just set out. Yes, get PM's book and disc, but you can't drive when listening as it is a trance type thing and you'll crash! I don't much fancy the reading of the book, but I'm going to...just by following the rules, I lost 4 1/2lbs yesterday.

the first thread

this is the second and current one

Why don't you join this thread too ladies? well worth doing imo.

I may yet turn to PM solo you seem convinced.

I have done 1.25 this week - although as DH is is .25 relevant? Probably not lol. So still going the right way and still more than kind to my whims at weekends. PM in reserve then for when I flag :)

Sillybilly - sorry never done a fad diet in my life - don't think now is a good time to start lol

On a different note SD in labour - baby gone quiet please cross everything

Ooooh! a baby

Hello! I'm back!

Not done a weigh-in - we have only got home this evening. No idea of what will happen on the scales. Will the endless walking outweigh consumption of a small cake mountain or will the cake mountain win? MIL also encouraged chips eating which is unheard of - she is always on about healthy eating, forgetting her own cake and coffee consumption, of course. She is forever trying to get DH to eat better as he is somewhat porky too. She reckons we should join WW or something. Actually, I am a bit miffed she hasn't noticed I have already lost 2 stone without the faddy diets but she isn't my mum and we don't see her often so perhaps I am expecting too much. She has set DH the task of losing 2 stone by his parent's 50th wedding anniversary do at the end of August. Seems like a good target for both of us!

Glad to you seem more upbeat Solo. PM was obviously worth seeing! I do have the book but as I think I have said before his voice on the CD really grated on me. I wish it didn't because I was really interested in the book and I even bought the diary although admittedly I got that first, not realising that there was a book too.

I should really dig it out and have another go at it shouldn't I?!

Anyway, congratulations all losers!

Yes Niecie, dig it out and try it again. :)

Solo - sounds like it's sent you into a trance. Must be worth a try!

I went to supermarket and bought everything for my cabbage soup - but am dreading starting it now! Partly because i don't have a week - i am going out friday. So not sure i want to do it for 5 days. Also if i haven't eaten properly for the week before, i am going to be totally sloshed after a few drinks!

Anyways, I weighed in this morning:
12.5
my scales do lbs not ozs which i think is a good thing, otherwise i would be obsessed!

So i am really proud of myself, that i still managed to loose a pound (i was 12.6 on monday when i left). Even with all the temptations, and my mum dragging me to fish n chip restaurant! As i was worried i would come back heavier than before i started my regime!

I am desperate to get to 12 now. Seeing the '11 point something' on the scales will make me sooo much happier!
I thought, not eating all the kids left overs would be my biggest challenge, but i have realised that eating out is my biggest challenge. It's so easy to go for what you fancy.
My car broke down yesterday on the way home. I had a 5 hour wait, and at the service station was a Mc Donalds. Which i knew the kids would love and they had been so good, they were so bored stiff. So we went in there, i was so hungry (only had a wholemeal piece of toast at 7am, & it was 2pm), so i ordered a big mac meal, and devoured it! After being soooo good all week! I was really dissapointed in myself. At the same time, i totally realised, that i am an emotional eater - i was so upset/stressed about the car, i NEEDED to eat - i was shaking!! Also the kids shutting up and not biting each other for 5 minutes (i was on my own with them) was a BIG BONUS!

That's good sillybilly.

On the PMK system, you can eat just what you want/fancy etc, but only if you are hungry. Seriously, you will start to love it once you get into it :)

Also, I know just what you mean about being 11 something; I so want to be 13 something, because then I'll be nearer 12 something etc... :)

I seem to fall off this thread quicker than ever these days!

I have gained 7lb 10oz - buts ok :) Our granddaughter arrived saturday
As for the actual me, I think its ok .......

I get the 11/12/13 something thing too. I started at 14 something and now am heading towards 11 something - it feels good :)

Come on then people lets have a momentous week

Congratulations! flo!!! that's wonderful news! had me going for a few minutes there!!! thought you'd been on the razzle and over done the champers!

So come on! names? who does she look like etc etc?! gosh, I'm broody...:(

Oh congratulations Florence. Possibly the best way of gaining 7lb I can think of!

solo you have convinced me on PMK. Those 4 principles make so much sense and remind me of basic portion control and intuitive eating (actually, reminds me of the natural way my toddler DD eats). Have been doingit for 3 days now and I am amazed that I am already beginning to recognise what hunger and feeling full actually feel like. I've naturally eaten less over the past three days but have still had pizza .

Her name is Callie May and she is a bit of a combination of them both with dark hair :) Lovely of course - made me broody too!

Flo - BIG CONGRATULATIONS! Callie May sounds so cute x

I am very very broody. Been trying for the last year :-( All my best friends have all jsut had babies, so i am getting plenty of baby cuddles!

Solo - I am trying those 4 points - but this time of night, i am just sooooo HUNGRY, i don't think i could ever feel full at this time. I just have to ignore it!

I seem to have put on a pound, even though i've been really good, must be a knock on from the Mc Donalds - also i have been doing more running, so maybe muscle gain?

3 whole days to be good before fridays weight in! Come on Ladies!

Drink a glass of water if you feel hungry before bed ~ that's what I do. If you still feel hungry a short while after that (I mean properly hungry) then have something to eat, just not too much or it'll probably keep you awake. I had carrot soup (homemade!) earlier, but am still hungry tonight...unusual, so I'm thinking PMT kinda hunger maybe.

Also, Callie May is fab!

Hi all,

I've been off-line for a few days while my laptop was away being fixed.

Congratulations Flo , what lovely news and congrats to all the losers last week.

I weighed in on Saturday and I weigh 12st 3lb so I have put back on most of the few lbs I had lost . I'm not surprised, I really need to find a better way of dealing with a stressful, tiring week than stuffing my face . I know it doesn't really make me feel any better. Since then I have had the wii-fit board out and I have been doing lots of walking as well as eating better and I feel so much healthier already. I have made a calendar showing the big events I have coming up this year - my good friends hen do and wedding, my dad's 60th etc - and stuck it on the fridge along with a pic of my gorgeous DD to remind me why I want to ,ose this weight.

Solo - I thought about the PMK book and CD but I so rarely have time to read or listen to my music I think it would end up sitting on a shelf unused - I'd never choose to listen to that if I have 20 min to read my latest novel. I might change my mind if I don't lose some weight over the next month though.

Sillybillymummy - I know what you mean about the 12/11 stone thing. I am going to aim to get under 14st this fortnight. Seeing 13 something rather than 14 something on the scales will make me feel I'm on my way.

Got the hump today ~ hormones I think!

Hi all!

Feeling a bit inadequate today and yet at the same time strangely motivated. I watched the final of The Biggest Loser last night. The amount some of those people managed to lose in 21 weeks!! (That's the inadequate bit).

But on the other hand, if it is possible to do it through diet and exercise and lose so much then surely I should be able to lose half as much (which would make me happy enough) and still maintain a fairly normal life? That's the motivational bit.

The woman I know on the programme lost about 7st in 21 weeks and has qualified as an aerobics instructor. Life changing stuff. Mind you, I wouldn't mind betting she will need a tummy tuck at some point but she looks a completely different person.

Keep meaning to dig out PMK but not done it yet. And finish Marisa Peer who does a similar sort of thing and is already loaded on my MP3 player. Actually it has been for a while and I haven't listened to it yet as I haven't read the book. I need to do something!!!!

Don't compare yourself to those people on the telly Niecie; inadequate is not what you need to feel imo.
Get PMK out Niecie ~ do it NOW.

I have been weighed by nurse today and am 1lb down ~ better than nothing and I've not been particularly 'good'.

How is everyone else doing?

Can't find PMK.

No idea where he has got to. Looked in all usual places and he is nowhere to be found.

Oh sorry - forgot to say well done on your lb. A step in the right direction. oh and have one of these . You deserve it!!

I did start reading Marisa Peer again. I think she is working on CBT principles - change how you think about things and their power is diminished. So instead of saying I mustn't eat cake it is bad for you and then you want it because it is forbidden, you say I can have a cake but I don't want one at the moment. It tries to stop emotional eating.

She also advocates not using the words 'losing weight' because losing things usually has negative connotations. She is right. I can't think of another scenario where losing is a good thing.

Unfortunately, I also listened to the introduction to her CD which is the only bit I have downloaded onto my MP3 player and she has the irritating hypnotist voice too.

I will persevere.

Hee hee hee. After looking 'everywhere' yesterday, I have just found PMK, lurking on the outer reachs of my junkheap desk. Didn't think to look there but that particular pile hasn't moved for months!

In my defence, it is a large desk shoved under the eaves of a loft bedroom and there is very little space to do anything except pile things on the end - I can't work on it that's for sure and being as it is quite big I don't have to, I can work the other end.

I joined the Flylady thread yesterday to remedy the situation and sort this pig sty of a house out but it will be a while before it makes any difference I think!! I am hoping it will be a double whammy and get me to moving more too!

I am here, but March is a very bad month for us so cannot promise to be very supportive or very good at dieting.
I was hoping that tomorrow would mark the day I had lost 2 stone but its not been a great day so not looking promising :(

Sorry you are having a tough time Florence.

We'll be thinking of you.