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)

oh i also had one of her mini chocolate fairy cakes but let dd lick of the icing first

Sorry I have missed all the weigh ins today, have been very busy all day.

Start weight
4 weeks ago- 12st3
Last week- 11st4
Today- 11st!

Am very happy! And to celebrate I have just eaten a saausage!!

Keep it up guys- see you next week!

wow congratulations thats alot in 3 weeks - i will aspire to be like you . What plan you following?

I just had a grilled chicken kebab and dh had a burger with out chips but he moaned that much they forgot his salad that when they re delivered it they bought free chips and i had about 6 - i feel bad for it now.

Blimey B4Beatrice you're doing really well! Good on you! I think I'd better go back and read the rest of the thread now to see how everyone else is doing this.

I still haven't eaten this evening, as I don't feel up to cooking and dh just fed the dcs and put them to bed for me. Now I don't feel like I should eat, as its too late, but am starving at the same time.

itsnice - 6 chips aren't going to do you any harm - just be proud you didn't wrestle the whole packet of him!

Eat something light moosemama. Do you not have some yoghurt and fruit or something in the house.

Am really pleased, thankyou. I am doing the Dukan diet, it is dull and boring and very strict, but I need strict! For me it is working really well.

Have had a little slip up tonight but will be right back on it tomorrow. I keep waiting for the weightloss to slow down, but it hasn't yet so maybe I wont be so lucky next week.

Thanks guys

Actually, I lied, just checked back and I was 11st3 last week.

Still pleased though.

Hi B4Beatrice, we have fruit, but no yoghurt. I have some strawberries, blueberries and bananas - but don't really want a banana at this time of night either. I'd seriously love some Yeo Valley 0 fat yoghurt as well.

I'm not normally this indecisive, I know enough about food, carbs, fat, nutrition, but can't seem to get in the swing of things this week. It would help if I'd decided I was going to do this just before my fortnightly big shop, instead of halfway through it. At least then I'd have some options already in the fridge/cupboard. Dh has offered to nip to the supermarket for me tomorrow if I write a list though, bless him.

Well done for sticking to the Dukan diet. I seriously considered it earlier this year, but after a very strict two week introduction to low carbing decided, as a vegetarian, I couldn't hack it long-term. I did enjoy the 14lb loss over a fortnight, but obviously it didn't stay off, what with me returning to eating chocolate like it was going out of fashion.

Goodness! Could not do Dukan if i was still a vegetarian!! Could possibly do it if I only ate fish but not other meats, but would be hard. You would have tofu coming out of you ears!!

Lets just say, I haven't been able to eat an egg since.

I did manage a few different cheeses, eggs, tofu and quorn as well, but it was still too repetitive and restrictive and wasn't really true Dukan.

I read a blog by a guy that did the Dukan and thought he gave a realistic picture of it, so that's why I decided to try low carbing at the time.

Didn't manage to eat last night after all, went to bed instead as my head started to hurt again. Am mindful that I must try to manage more regular intakes if my metabolism isn't going to shut down, so will try harder today.

Have had my porridge and am off out for a long walk with one of my dogs in a little while. First time I've been out with one of them on my own for a proper long walk in a year - am really looking forwards to it actually.

Blimey i did my usual 30 mins speed supermarket shop today except it wasnt it ended taking me an hour as i looked at everything i picket up and i spent £20 more than usual! If anyone has any top tips on low calorie food other than weight watchers that would help my cause. Tonighti had a yummy yogurt after my tea and i thought it was 60 cals but actually coz pot was big it was 99 - it annoys me when things arent labelled for the whole product if you would eat it in one iyswim. Anyway ive been good today and am up to 850 cals ish using myfitnesspal and am contemplating how many cals would burn in jillian michael shred dvd level 1 - any ideas?

itsnicetobenice The way I try to think about food is that if it has a list of ingredients and/or is advertised it probably isn't any good. So that means no packaged foods or ready meals just fresh ingredients that you have to cook from scratch. I bend this rule for tinned soups (although I know I should make my own then freeze). Weight Watchers are a money making company not a charity, they don't want you to know that you can do it without them cheaper and healthier. Can't help with the dreaded Shred!

Yeah im seeing this, i mean their yogurts are a rip off and probably if they were all crammed in my muller would be the same, like wise the carrot cake slices - yeah they lower cals butonly cause you need 10 to fill up lol! I try to avoid ready meals tbh but do use jars now and then for an easy life. I do confess i bought some ww wine coz it was on offer

Didn't manage to get out for my walk - am back to curling up on the sofa nursing my head - this is so frustrating.

On the plus side, I have signed up for fitness pal and logged all my info for the last 2 days and it told me off for not eating enough!

Am just below target 1200 cals for today, having put in all food I intend to eat, plus a couple of Pukka teas for this evening.

i really need to lnow how much 30 day shred will caloie burn for my fitness pal!

itsnice - here are some links I managed to find by googling it - you might be able to work something out from them based on your height and weight:

here

and here

and here

thanks moosemama based on that and the fact i feel like im dying after it im going to go for a modest 190 cals burned which gives me a net of 783 cals today so im going to add on a weight watchers wine as a reward.

itsnice, I normally log it as 20mins of circuit training I think. I def think I burn more calories with the Shred than the same time on the treadmill!

moosemama It's feel great when you get told off for not eating enough doesn't it? At least you can keep within your calorie allowance easily while you're off exercise - it's important you look after yourself . if you like you can add me as a friend on mfp, I'm Lambinafield.

itsnice I hope I didn't sound too abrupt in my earlier post, I meant to give you a or a at the end of my lecture! My dh was shouting at me because we were late.

I'm struggling a bit at the moment. My weekends are too sociable (!) and not compatible with weight loss and today I have a hangover and have been craving a takeaway Chinese. Had some cheese and more wine though

Thanks lambskin - I'm sensing a theme with your usernames there. I'm only just working out how MFP works, so it may be a while before I figure out how to befriend people.

I've managed to be good all weekend - so that's four days in and no slip ups yet. Dh nearly ruined it by wanting a balti for Father's Day dinner, but we got around it by making one at home and I only ate a small portion, so still came in under my calorie allowance.

Years ago I used to do the super-strict diet all week, then one day off at the weekend thing and found it really worked, as I knew I had one day a week where I didn't have to feel guilty if ate 'off plan'. I found that the healthier I got, the less I wanted to eat rubbish on my day off anyway, so my sins became smaller and smaller as time went on, iyswim. Maybe that's something you could consider to get around your weekend problem?

I'm hoping to get out for a walk tomorrow morning, but have decided that I need something really basic to start with at home for those days when I can't get out. I've been watching some of the Leslie Sansome walking at home fitness videos and am going to have a go at a couple of her routines that have been posted on youtube.

Am very of your sociable weekends - mine tend to consist of just recovering from the week before these days.

no i didnt lambskin i know exactly what you mean. Ive been good all weekend, im going to sccoter the 2mile round trip to school this morning and do a run tonight as this is making me exersise more than ever knowing i can be a little less obsessive about my intake - that said im obsessed with mfp and now its on my phone app im truly hooked . Am looking fwd to my weigh in at work on wed now its gettgin near but a bit nervous in case i have not lost. Did day 2 of the shred yesterdya but im not intending on doing that every night just using it for my in house exersise when the weather isnt good - i think im turning into a diet bore to DH! (who had a double fried egg breakfast which came to 400 cals )

Sorry to show up and then disappear like that! I was busy beating myself for not sticking to my calorie counting every day. With such a low amount per day, I think I may have been setting myself up for a fall. I haven't been that grumpy for a long time!
So the plan now is to ignore the daily numbers and use the catch all phrase "eat healthily", and keep doing the shred dvd. I've rearranged my goals so that I look the best for the wedding and aiming for the 2 and half stone by November.
It's great to read how well everyone has been doing, and i'm looking forward to reading the Shred links moosemama.
Off to drink some water.

Gave in and weighed myself this morning. I promised myself I wouldn't but couldnt resist.

So:

Thursday 16 June: 14st 2lb
Monday 20 June: 13st 10lb
Loss: 6lbs!

Wahey! I know its only water loss, but I'm still pleased and determined to carry on being good.

Scuppered for my walk this morning, as I have a poorly ds2 at home - although, if I'm honest, I didn't really feel well enough anyway. I'm not going to stress about it though. I may try and have a go at that Leslie Sansome 15 minute walking workout later if I feel a bit better, so at least I'll have done some exercise today.

I have decided my long term goal is to get to at least 10st 4lb by July 25th 2012. The reason being that its our 20th Wedding Anniversary and also 25 years since we got together. We made up our mind at the weekend to plan a big garden party to celebrate - so I want to be slim, healthy and beautiful and be able to buy something lovely to wear.

I'd secretly like to hit my goal way before then, but I have to be realistic with life the way it is at the moment.

Lemon that sounds like a much better plan you're calorie allowance was way too low, with the most likely outcome being your body going into starvation mode, so no weight loss. On the other hand, you might have lost weight, given that you are still bf, but it would have been really unhealthy for you.

I found Food Focus very flawed when I used it last year, low calorie allowances and skewed calorific values. I would second Lamb's suggestion to try My Fitness Pal - I'm finding it much more usable and realistic and although I don't post myself, have found the community message board on there a hive of information and support as well.

To be honest, I didn't even consider calorie counting, I planned to just cut out the crap and only eat something if I knew it was healthy and not chock full of fat or processed carbs etc. I was planning to use MFP as a food and exercise log, but I'm finding the calorie, fat, carb and protein logs really interesting and useful.

I'm daftly proud of myself that not one unhealthy thing has passed my chops since last Wednesday evening, particularly as my biggest problem is not my actual meals/diet, but the comfort food I eat on the sofa in the evenings. I am starting feeling the sugar detox somewhat now, but in a good way, iykwim.

well done moosemama - i love mfp, i havent felt that hungry today so have resisted them unchies though apart from breakfast have only had a boiled egg and toast and just had an apple because i have a thumping headache - wondered if it was a coffee i had at my friends this am as used artificial sweetner but im probs pulling at straws. Anyway ive had 2 paracetemols now - how many cals?? lol . Will go guzzle some more water.

hello all, oops, have put on 4lbs in a weekend! The willpower fairy deserted me in France and then i was mugged by the bread, butter and cheese ogre... Even so, 4lbs! Still quick on, quick off, will be really good all this week. Happy Monday everyone.