Oh Crap!!! Weighed myself for first time in years last week!

[CorrieQueen]

Ok long story short I have deliberately been avoiding the scales for the last 6 years but I can not carry on this way.

I am 5ft 9" and in 2004 I weighed 12 stone 8 which I was not happy about and felt I wanted to shift some weight but unforunitely never got round to it (entirely my fault, bad diet choices and no excercise, the usual story).

We had a little boy in 2007 and since then I have let myself go completely. I am very unfit and my diet although it contains healthy meals 3 times a day contains far too many snacks. As soon as ds is in bed I hit the crisps and chocolate, biscuits etc.

I got weighed last week and found I weighed 14 stone 4! I just can't carry on like this, every year my weight is creeping up and up and I am doing something about it now.

I have been cutting out the snacks completely because I know that one packet of crisps quickly spirals for me into 6 packets.

The main problem is I am genuinely hungry all the time. What can I do and does anyone want to join me in shifting about 4 stone?

May I join you please?

I have 5st to lose. I've always been overweight and never really wanted to do anything about it. I have a really bad attitude when it comes to food and how much I put in my mouth.

I've recently had my blood pressure checked and had a bit of a lecture from the nurse about changing my lifestyle - so I am going to do something about it!

A friend of mine has just explained the basics of low GI and it makes lots of sense to me so that is what I'm following - it's amazing the difference between what I thought was a fairly generous portion of food and what it should actually be!

I bought some weighing scales last Thursday and since then I've lost 6lb.

I fell off the wagon on Sunday but managed to get back on fairly easily on Monday!

My 8yr old ds has given up chocolate for Lent which means there'll be none in the house for the next few weeks so should help a bit with the cravings.

I have given up coffee for Lent (had cut it out 10 days ago when I started the low GI but was still having the odd one every few days) and all this talk of Starbucks is making me want coffee!!

Welcome mogs0 everyone is welcome to join here. Sounds like you're off to good start, well done on losing 6lbs!

I am being very good today. Eating lots of fruit though which is good in a way but also not counting the calories which might mean I've eaten the equivalent of a KFC bargain bucket by the end of the day .

I am going for a run later on, feeling my fitness has increased dispite my lack of healthy eating over the last couple of days. I am able to manage the stairs now without feeling breathless . I haven't got weighed yet even though today is weigh day, I think part of me is putting it off. I know I still have around 3 stone to lose which sounds quite daunting. I think I need to break it into manageable sections, maybe just half a stone at a time.

Anyway, I will report on any weight gain loss later :-)

I know I shouldn't but I am weighing myself every morning as soon as I get up. If I've lost I feel like the effort is paying off and it's worth not eating all the things I love too much (chocolate, cake, crisps etc). If I've put on any then it encourages me to be more strict about not having unhealthy snacks and eating more fruit and veg and making more effort with portion control.

I think this works for me at the moment because I have so much to lose that it's quite feasible to lose 1lb a day/everyother day. I'm sure when I get closer to my goal that I'll have to do weekly weigh-ins instead of daily but hopefully by then I'll be in a better routine with my food and be stronger to make the right food choices (hopefully !!).

I've been fairly good today though haven't had any fruit so far and ds and I are going out for tea. I've already decided to order a side salad and ds and I are going to share fajitas so portion size should be pretty reasonable!

CorrieQueen - how was your run and how did you get on with your weigh-in?

I'm breaking mine down to 1 stone goals.

My 'low GI guru' suggested setting yourself a manageable goal then treating yourself to something when you've achieved it.

Ooh I daren't weigh myself every day because I know how sometimes it depends on how much you've drank or peed etc and I'd get obsessed I think! I got weighed this week and I have stayed the same so still 13 st 6. Not too bad considering I have eaten apaulingly for the most part. I am well back on track now though and feeling very positive.

Mogso how was the meal out? How old is your ds. My ds is 3 and going out for dinners is sometimes more hastle than it would be just to stay home and cook but not sure if that's just my ds or a general 3yr old thing!

Hope eveyone is doing well.

My ds is 8 so quite manageable in the eating out department ! Dinner was good, thanks. Fajitas were yummy and I'm pretty sure that, in terms of healthy eating, they were the best thing on the menu. I'm not sure the belgian waffle and ice cream for pudding would have been recommended in my 'low GI' book ! In my defense, it was a child's size portion!!!

Hello again!

I've had a ridiculousaly busy week so sorry for not keeping in touch.

Mogs0 - welcome :)
Sounds like you are doing brilliantly well. IKWYM about weighing in every day as I'm tempted to do so myself. Only things is, my new digital scales seem to have broken! (Hopefully not because of the effort of weighing me )

CorrieQueen - glad you're feeling positive and back on track :)

I've had an awful week where I've just felt hungry all the time and so I've eaten! Not always bad stuff but Friday night DH and I went out to an American Bar/Grill that he'd been wanting to go to for ages so had nachos and a 10oz steak and then last night I went out to an italian with some friends. I did try to be good ny having a half size portion of pasta with a salad. My weigh in yesterday morning put me at 1lb above my starting weight though so I'm not very pleased with myself or feeling very positive. The only consolation is that my body fat had reduced quite a bit so maybe with the training sessions and pilates I'm doing I've converted some fat to muscle

DH is at Twickenham for the rugby today so at least I won't get lead astray by him today! Just had soup and toast followed by fruit for lunch and I've got fish with potatoes and veg planned for tea!

How's everyone doing?

I've lost 11 lbs so far.

I've been a bit crap this week though and haven't really been choosing the right foods but haven't been snacking on chocolate in the evenings so that's a vast improvement.

My friend and I have been brisk-walking once (sometimes twice) a week for approx 90 minutes and I can feel a difference in my fitness levels in just 4 weeks.

My trousers are starting to feel a tiny bit less snug so am feeling quite enthusiastic about this whole healthy eating/living malarky!!!