Starting today... 2st to lose.

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Whilst shopping with my super slim friend over the weekend I realised just how fat I feel - and getting on the scales provided proof. I've put on 2 stone - 1 stone of which has come on very recently ( think a month or two?!).
Other than looking lumpy and increasingly featureless, my legs are achy and I don't feel like I've woken up properly ever.
So, I'm going to start on the diet today. The plan is to eat lots of veg and fruits, lean meats, and limited carbs. I'm going to have 3 decent sized meals a day, and not snack unless I'm truely hungry.

I'm going to weigh myself and post on here every Tuesday. Anyone who wants to join in please do!

Starting weight; 11st 13.
(Target weight 10st so 1st 13lbs to lose)

Thanks will check my fitness pal out... Will keep you updated...

Ooh, new blood!
Well, red shoes, you are now up to the same weight as me, less a pound... I lost quite a bit last year, but apparently put it all back on again less two pounds at Christmas. So we can get rid of it together! Aw, bless you both with your parties ( ignores hose, manfully). I want a party! I met dh at new year 1992/3, so not far off you!

I still hurt from boot camp, but it's making me v determined....

Moose, bless you and the poor disaster party boy, was ds okay? It sounds like one of those horrible domino things that you can see happening, but can't stop.

Just been on My fitness pal and apparently I have an account already (Totally forgot) probably never used it... It said that when I registered I was 20lbs heavier than I am now, so thats positive. Just done 2k on runing machine and used 150 cals dont know how that rates but it the 1st day. just going to have my porridge... looking forward to it... Nice of you to say hello OOBE

Well, ds2 was very quiet afterwards, obviously fretting that it was his fault, but we had a chat and he was a bit better yesterday. He made a card for his friend and we've ordered him a lovely cuddly teddy as well. I'm going to bandage the teddy's same arm and send it to him with the card.

Dh said the actual accident looked like nothing, they didn't fall particularly hard and it was on carpet. Unfortunately the little lad concerned has a habit of bigging up injuries, so his parents didn't take him seriously at first. It wasn't until he didn't perk up when the guests arrived and then a friend who was an ex-nurse and I had a closer look and noticed it was starting to swell that the penny dropped. My poor friend had been looking forward to her party for months, had already been upset at lots of people not being able to go and then ended up missing most of it while she was at A&E. Then they brought him home (he should have been staying at his GPs) so she still couldn't enjoy the party and she was up most of the night with him.

I have suggested we schedule another 40th celebration for her and we'll all chip in with the organisation - strictly no dcs though!

Spoke to them last night and apparently he's broken one of the small connecting bones in the elbow. The doc said if he hadn't kept it so still after it happened he'd have ended up in traction. That would be the second time, as he snapped his femur a couple of years ago, simply sliding down his Dad's legs onto the floor and was in hospital for weeks. He has eating issues, eats very little and almost nothing healthy, so I suppose he might have weaker bones because of that.

I've just had a helluva Sunday and Monday morning with ds1. He really is being so vile to everyone at the moment and I seem to have lost all patience, with everyone, but particularly him. I am just so flipping tired all the time - not an excuse I know. Ended up so wound up and stressed last night that I ate three fairy cakes in a row and each one had a giant chocolate button on top. I'm so cross with myself this morning.

Looking forward to a quiet day with dd today and hoping it might help smooth my feathers a little. Thinking I might do some kickboxing instead of a shred, it will be better for my legs in preparation for the fancy dress outfit and might work out some of this pent up anger.

It worked for me before Christmas!
Sometimes you just have those patches where nothing seems to be going right. Usually the only thing that fixes it is time, so just chant the mn mantra for a couple of days 'this too shall pass, this too shall pass' and kickbox up a storm (gently, natch. No relapses allowed) fairy cakes won't kill you. Use it as motivation!

Red, that's funny, but hey, you can chalk up a 20pound wweight loss this week! I suspect I might have an mfp account gathering dust, but haven't got round to looking yet!

Just going to bed, not hungry but would be thinking of eating if I stayed up. Need early night, so that's a bonus. You two seem to be flying along with your weight loss, I always want to be a couple of weeks further on at the beginning. One day at a time!!!!!

Don't be fooled Red. My weight loss has completely stalled at the moment. I always find it stops dead whenever I start properly exercising after a period of being lazy rest, but I know well enough to keep at it and it will start coming off again in a week or so.

That said, I'm still desperately hoping for a 1lb loss come my Friday weigh in.

Hello mm what kind of day have you had? I have joined My fitness pal, filled everything in religously , today was 36 cals under and it told mr I was undereating????? How do you get it spot on ? Is it even poss? Can you give me some suggestions for dinners? Thanks

i had a sneaky weigh after boot camp this morning and was 3lb lighter... i know that was mostly dehydration lol, but it was definitely quite motivating for the few seconds it lasted. and boot camp was a bit easier this morning - half spinning and half bosu ball (those half ball things). i had no balance at all, so largely did the exercises from the floor, but i'll get there.

weekend away sounds fabulous, moose. i love hanging out with the kids mooching around rockpools etc - we used to go to the isle of wight quite a bit and could spend hours pottering about with seaweed and buckets! we werelucky enough to live in scotland for three years too, with fab access to the loch lomond area and not a bad drive to the highlands. and i love the south coast off season around lulworth cove... i'm not too picky really... mountains or sea will do me. we're just on mountains at the mo!!

nah, i'm not flying with weight loss red. it's been gruelling the whole way, and then i relaxed over christmas and put it all back on... so i'm determined that this time it will come off and stay there, hence the signing up for public classes to motivate me. watching my lard bounce up and down in the mirrors is very motivating, particularly as i live in uber fitsville.

Moosemama have you a name on Mfp thought if Wud be good to compare day. I won't/ don't do anywhere the same amy as exercise as you bug will def calorie control. My name is kidmore on Mfp. OOE you seem to be highly motivated now, I hope I can stay as I am feeling at the mo!!! Could you both tell me about the adrenaline rush people get after exercise I just get tired. Is it because I am 50 and no spring chicken???

i'm 41 - tired is pretty normal, but i think pleasantly so? sort of pleased with yourself anyway. i think it's endorphins, isn't it? i'm more of a 'well, i'm pleased i did that' and then nap , than 'woo hooooo!' and boinging off the walls... but it is a 'feel good' tired rather than 'damn i'm knackered' which is my usual default setting!

I think my endorphins have run out!!!!anyway I am going to keep plodding on. Going to bed now. Thanks for your reply

Hi redshoes - don't fret about getting your kcals bang on your target - most people reckon within 100 kcals either way is fine. I am nearly always under - but not by much.

I tend not to friend people on MFP I'm afraid, because stupidly I didn't make my account anonymous enough and my user name is quite identifiable.

I'm veggie, so my evening meals would probably be slightly different to yours. I eat a lot of home made veggie soups and stews, jacket potatoes, salads (which I always make really huge and include lots of different types of fruit/nuts etc, home made ratatouille (basically pasta sauce without the pasta) quorn with steamed vegetables. I find it much harder in the winter, as I eat lots of different salads in the summer and am happy to eat it for lunch and evening meal. Winter meals tend to get a bit repetitive and boring. I could do more interesting meals, but have always run out of steam and motivation by the time I get around to cooking the evening meal and I hate cooking two meals, so it has to be something the dcs will eat (not easy when one is gluten free and has a list of foods he won't eat for sensory reasons ).

As for the exercise high, I found it really tough going at first and had to push through the horrible hot, sweaty, exhausted feeling. I really didn't want to do it every day and had to force myself. aI think it took a good month before I started feeling better afterwards. I am struggling again at the moment, having restarted after a month off. Still working through it again. I definitely find it harder to motivate myself with both diet and exercise in the winter as well, am pretty sure I'm designed to hibernate really.

Outof/Madwoman I reckon that 3lb loss is a genuine loss. Dehydration would most likely show up as a gain rather than a loss. So well done!

I had a sneaky weigh in as well and am a pound down from last weigh in, but I know its down to the upset stomach I've had this week and am half expecting it to go back up before Friday's weigh in.

Have managed a workout every day so far this week (all two days of it ) but just the two kickboxing circuits of BFBM rather than a whole shred. I daftly tried to tag on a level one shred afterwards yesterday, but only made it through one and half circuits. Was a bit about it really, as before Christmas I was able to do a full shred followed by 2-3 circuits of BFBM and still feel good afterwards. Still, its better than not exercising at all and at least I enjoy the kickboxing.

Going to shred today as I'm fretting about that blooming fancy dress outfit and want to work on my arms.

I was upset by all the threads yesterday about how clothes sizing is much larger now than it was in the 80s. According to those threads, being a 12 now means I would have been a 16 then. Really demotivating when you've worked your arse off, literally, to get from an 18 to a 12. Not to mention that means I would have been a size 22 before I started losing.

I will keep on ploughing ahead, it's not the best week to start, it's my birthday today, and I have quite a few lunch dates, but I AM glad I started it again.. Going away for a few days so no structured exercise, but plenty of walks!

happy birthday red! it's dd1's birthday today as well.my pfb is 12!

unfortunately, right in the middle of her opening her birthday cards at breakfast, we heard that a local little boy lost his fight to a brain tumour last night (completely expected but still v sad). it was his 4th birthday . everyone seemed to be coping, but then ds1 was spectacularly insensitive to dd2 and she went off the rails a bit (she's uber sensitive and finds any sort of pain or distress in others unbearable - the little boy's brother is at her school and she asked if he would be there today) and so i spent the rest of the morning trying to salvage the remnants of dd1 opening her presents and trying to get everyone together enough to go to school.

urgh. school just called for dd2 - back soon.

Happy Birthday Red! Hope you have a lovely day and enjoy your break too.

Well, that was a turn up for the books. Managed a level one shred (3 circuits) and then both the kickboxing circuits of BFBM, so am feeling a bit happier today.

Can't say I'm feeling the after exercise buzz though, still exhausted but pleased that I managed to stick it out. Kept thinking "I'll stop in a minute, I don't feel like I can do much more" but then managing to get through the next lot of reps.

Our lurcher managed to make himself lame at lunch time. Daft dog leaps around like a newborn lamb sometimes and they have such delicate feet, with long slender toes. Have given him the once over a la my canine first aid training and think its a bruised nailbed, so not serious. He's such a wuss though, he has absolutely zero tolerance to pain, cold or any discomfort whatsoever really. Will book him in at the vets tomorrow if necessary, but he already seems to be walking on it better and he was fast enough across the kitchen when I offered him a biscuit.

Cross posted!

Poor dd, such heartbreaking news at any time, but it must've hit home a bit harder coming in the middle of such a happy occasion.

Hope dd2 is ok.

all ok. she'd left her literacy notebook at home and it was all too much. she's fine now, so i'm playing catch-up with my admin. was supposed to be at x-country this morning! they'll be half way through the class now

ah well, boot camp again tomorrow... i didn't think i was too sore this morning, but i'm definitely stiffening up now.

poor doggle. black dog sprained his ankle (well, y'know) running over a huge pile of felled tree trunks and was off walks for three weeks whilst it healed. he's our wuss dog, for sure. brown dog clealry doesn't care if she's got a hole in her neck, thorn through her eyeball or whatever, she's as mad as a fish. i can't run with her though - she always wants to run right underneath you, instead of alongside. it's a real shame, our last couple of dogs have been great for running with, but she just can't get the hang of it. (mind you, the last dog couldn't understand bikes - the whole idea of turning wheels was a concept too far, and she'd go in front of the bike. she took dh off one day, so that was the last time we tried that. running was much safer!)

right, i need to get a life. meeting in 45 minutes and i need a cup of tea and to get my act together first.

Phew, glad it wasn't anything serious.

Lanky dog is walking fine again this morning, so he was obviously being a super-wimp yesterday. So glad we didn't fork out for a vet consultation fee and given a fortunes worth of anti-inflammatories. My dog course does come in handy sometimes, even if I am a bit rusty.

Well, I was really stupid and weighed myself again this morning - blooming 3lbs up! I am so frustrated 3-4lbs up and down almost daily. Grrr! Its not as if its a normal pattern for me either.

I do know I haven't been clean eating enough. Am keeping within my calorie allowance, but not necessarily eating the most sensible food choices.

Oh well, I'll just have to keep at it and see if it sorts itself out. Worked out every day so far this week, so maybe that will at least make a difference to the inches, if not the pounds.

Well, boot camp done, and I even managed to take a bit more part in the random bosu leaping on and off balls thingy... Muscle in my shin v tight though (suspect wobbling ball to blame as it was tight on tues as well but fine last week with the floor exercises) so need to have hot bath and maybe ice it later...

I'm not weighing until tomorrow as I don't want to be down in the dumps - I must be gaining muscle, I know that! At least you might be back down 3 again tomorrow!!!

I'm going to have to try and menu plan for next week I think. We're a bit skint and I'm trying not to shop, but as a result it's not really heavy on the fruit and veg, and so I'm not eating enough again either I don't think, or if I am, it's just picking what's in the cupboard. Not great.

Dd2 has gone for her first school ski lesson today. We had to provide our own 1-1 support helper though, so fil has gone today... I'm not confident enough to know what the detail is on disability discrimination here, so we're running with it this time. I'll be interested to see what he says when he gets back. They have 3 or 4 kids with 1-1 needs going! Dd is the only physically affected - the other three all have asd or similar quite severe social communication difficulties. Luckily my lovely friend who runs the adaptive programme is going as a volunteer to help out one of the boys today, so I'm hoping he can provide some useful feedback too... I'm slightly baffled how they are all going to fit into one ski lesson.... They all have a 1-1 instructor usually!

Dd won't take any prisoners though. When her ballet group forgot their dance at their recital (except her - she spent the whole time trying to tell them what to do) she came off stage and said 'I'm sooooooooo embarrassed.....' so I'm sure she'll have an opinion as well....

Hope you're enjoying your long walks, red....

Well done on surviving another bootcamp.

We have been the same money wise. Ran out of food over a week ago really and just been eaking out what we have with some rather odd meals, or feeding the dcs and eating whatever rubbish comes to hand ourselves. Gotta love January.

Was just online planning a Tesco shop for Saturday after dh gets paid and realised I should have some recipes in mind first, as I found myself overwhelmed by choice and unable to make any decisions. Everything healthy looked like cold rabbit food, but I know its just me being lazy unimaginative.

Dd's ski lesson sounds like it will be interesting, especially if the other kids with additional needs haven't got 1-1's when they usually have. Great that fil could go along and help dd though. Good to hear she'll sort them out if the organisation isn't up to scratch. A girl after my own heart.

Well, I just about managed a level one shred today. Was out all morning visiting my mum, who's just had an op on her foot and felt far too tired to shred when I got home, but made myself do it anyway. After this morning's insult from the scales I need to take every opportunity I can. There's an icy wind here today though and two stints of standing in a freezing cold playground this afternoon seems to have taken its toll. I'm currently under and blanket on the sofa while poor old dh - who has only just walked in from work - cooks some food for the dcs. An embarrassingly unsuitable meal of - Heinz Cream of Tomato Soup.

Ds1 managed to get through the whole of a sponsored fitness circuit and then cricket club immediately afterwards this afternoon. I hung around after I picked up ds2 to make sure he'd remembered his inhaler - last out as usual - and when he did appear he was in shorts and a tshirt! Daft child, I know he doesn't feel the cold as much as others, but really? Would he listen to either me or his teacher and go and put his tracksuit on? Would he 'eck! Went to pick him up an hour later and he was playing cricket in his coat - think huge parka thing with furry hood! He was covered in mud as well, but flatly refused to shower. I won in the end though and once in, I couldn't get him out again. He was in there for over half an hour - apparently it was lovely and warm.

Roll on the weekend. I always think Fridays are a waste of time and I'm too tired for there to be another day this week.

ah, friday is going to be a bit bizarre here. only dd2 is at school, but i've got parent teacher meetings for the other two at 9 and 9.15... and then dd1 is off to camp at 3. so if all runs to time (and not an hour and a quarter for ds1 like last time) we should be done by 9.30. i might suggest we ski. it feels a bit mean to go without dd2, but she has been today! they aren't back yet - this may well mean they've decided to get lunch there and ski this afternoon with mil as well.

i loathe heinz tomato soup. give me a tin of beans any day.

lol at playing cricket in his coat - have you got to get it all washed before tomorrow?!

stay under your blanket. it's snowing here...