Losing weight because we need to and we want to!

[StealthPolarBear]

Second thread

Loads of us doing really well and losing weight WELL DONE

Some of us, looking at no one in particular de motivated and struggling. I could start with the excuses but I'm not going to. What's done is done, I need to concentrate on the diet from now (and maybe even some exercise). Since I am in a confessional mood I will start this thread by saying that all I have eaten today is about 200g of chocolate. No lie, no exaggeration (I know I have eaten one 100g bar and some more). I really have a problem with food - have no willpower for moderation, it is all or nothing.

So, reasons to continue (these are mine, please add your own):

• Psychologically I am going to get 'there' again - i.e. deciding to diet and really getting it. The reason I am not is because I am full of "what's the point" thoughts. I have done so badly in the last few days. But it doesn't MATTER - it's actually better to make the change now when I start to get horrified again in 3 weeks time.
• I am doing it. I ahve lost 2.5 stone since last summer and 1.5 stone since Christmas! If I eat less, I lose weight. So doing it is not pointless and I will see results.
• I am going to start having some health issues soon. I may have lost weight but I am still at a point where my weight is unhealthy.
• I still cannot wear my s16 jeans. That's my first goal - by the end of this month.
• I feel overall more happy and positive when I am logging calories. If I could ahve a day off without blowing it and losing ALL motivation to restart I'd be happy to do that every once in a while. But I can't, so I won't.

Right, off to log my 200g chocolate and think about lunch.

hello everyone
well despite my lapse, I have stuck to the strick cal limit this week and weighed myself this morning, am 13lb8, which is the lightest I've ever been (well not ever but ykwim)
:o

hello again ladies, sounds like it's been a productive month or so away from the thread, well done on the job Five, and on the weight loss, Stealth. What is this new diet/ nosy

Am finding the weight loss has massively slowed down (not helped by a stressful month last month and a lot of extra hours at work) so really need to push the exercise again. Am hovering around 12 stone 11, really want to get to 12 stone 4 to be overweight rather than obese!

Well done Stealth, I lost 2lbs last week, I am doing 2 weeks full time in the prison library at the moment, it is such a faff going in and out taht I take the all my food for the day in which is great, and I found my new office and is up four flights of stairs.

Nothing new really, just using myfitnesspal rather than foodficus and it cut 300 cals off my foodfocus allowance from the start
TLP I also need to start exercising - can never find the time of motivation.
five - sounds good for the diet :o I also like to plan ahead and basically log all my food days in advance, that way I can sort of forget about dieting and just eat what I'm given in the knowledge it will be fine.
Think I'm a prime candidate for a fat camp :o

How's everyone doing? Slowly for me after a bad week but seem to be on track and down to 13st6. What I actually find really motivating is seeing my BMI creep down as well.

Not losing but not gaining ! Ive stayed around the same weight since Christmas- totally unheard of ! Wedding in nine days and had to have dress taken in as too big. Hadnt thought of checking BMI, would love to get it under 30 ,now that would be a milestone. Would also love to weigh 13st. Have also been "naughty" but now instead of saying oh Ive blown it what else can I eat I just go never mind start again. Ive finally got my head round it which is what I needed to do before I could learn to keep the weight off, if you see what I mean ! Have a good weekend.

arhgh I replied to this on my phone, what happened??
So excited for you, and well done for keeping the weight off! Have a fantastic day, if we don't meet on MN before then!

I have a BMI of around 28 (depending on which height I pick it's between 27. something and 28.1). I know it's overweight but it's the closest to "normal" I ahve been in ages. I can no longer wear my size 18 trousers (well they're OK for slobbing round the house but look a mess when out, most have been chucked). Some of my size 14s now fit - and when I say "fit" I mean wearable, not wear OR breathe.
Why did I not do this a decade ago. Why did I waste my 20s being fat and hating the way I looked. Why has it taken me so long to get some pride, self-respect and willpower?

BTW that's no comment about anyone else. I know loads of people bigger than me who look fantastic. I don't thinkthey should hate the way they look. This is purely about me.

Thanks stealth ! I bought a size 14 top the other day. Ive always bought size 20 never thinking 14 would fit. It does and I wonder the same, how come it took this long to get my backside into gear ? Im very comfortable in my own skin and was as happy weighing 16 stone as I am at nearly 14 .Its just now Im 40 I am finding bits are wearing out and I need to be healthier !

That's exactly it. Somone on this thread or another said you spend ages wanting to be thin for the way you look, but its when you start to see an effect on your healyh that you get your arse into gear to do something about it. That's so true of me.

yes, absolutely stealth, I spent a few years insipidly wailing that it must be the pill I am on making me pile on the weight but once it got to health scare/next step type 2 diabetes territory, that mostly gave me the kick up the arse.

I am still slowly but surely ish losing weight, was 13st 13 on 1st Jan, and now am 12st 8. Still not under BMI 30 yet, but hopefully will be in a months time. Well done for getting under 30, you must be taller than me!

and yes, it's nice to fit in size 14 tops again without feeling like an overfilled sausage!

I seem to be hovering around the 13st4 mark so hopefully anothr week and I will be under 13. This will be a milestone - can't remember how much I weighed when I first got pg with DS, but I think it was around 13st. I remember I was about 13st in 2001
(and yet somehow all my s14s comfortably fittted me...how did that work )
I would like to make a promise to myself that I'll never be 13st again, but I know myself well enough to know I'd probably be lying

:o that's the irony - when I stop stuffing my face long enough I do lose weight. It's the willpower that lets me down

I was dead on 13st this morning. I don't think I have been under 13st for a decade - at least. My BMI is heading into the bottom half of the "overweight" category and well out of obese. I am NOT going to screw this up this time. This time next week I will be under 13st and heading downwards. I would love to think I can be 12st by the end of June.

I was 13st in 2001 - I remember as I did a skydive and had to say.
So how was I a size 14 then and a 16/18 now??

Well it's the 24th and I am 12st12 :o
Under 13st :o:o:o
I damn well should be as I am barely eating, but still

Well done stealth ! I would love to be under 13st, actually I would settle for under 14 Just got back from Cornwall and cream teas and copious amounts of cider. The wedding dress fit perfectly and we had a beautiful sunny day so were now Mr and Mrs. Have put on nearly half a stone but considering what we've eaten and drunk its luckily been balanced out by all the walking /hiking we've done.Have bigger fish to fry now, dd is five and has just been weighed and measured at school and has come out as obese which is ridiculous (she's five but as tall and heavy as a seven year old)So were waiting for the summons letter and I just know they're going to judge her by our size (dh is 17st but 6ft 6in) Bring it on !

row - have you looked at the red book charts to see if she is on a similar centile for height as weight?

well done Stealth, you'll soon be overtaking me! Am plateauing at 12 stone 7, need to motivate myself to exercise more in this hot weather!

Congratulations rowg :)

Tlp, in the red book she is bang on exactly the right weight/height for the average seven year old. Height to weight have always been bang on. We were given the web address for nhs bmi calculator that puts her as very overweight/obese.But they take into account age, so being as tall as a seven year old would make her obese for a five year old. Shes 120cm tall and weighs just over four stone so she is definitely not an average size kid for her age ! Am annoyed because some official idiot is labelling my beautiful dd as obese at five. By the way 12st 7 would be my ideal weight !

Sorry was daashing off before. Glad you had a lovely day. Re your dd's weight, I am a supporter of the ncmp, but appreciate its a blunt instrument. It should cause you to stop and think and consider if tjeres a problem, which you have and there isnt! Ideally it'd be a lot more personalised, but it can't be so I suppose they rely on the parents. Your dd sounds lovely and I hope she enjoyed your trip (was she a bm?)

Well after doing so well I have very definitely had the wekend off :v need to make sure I start again tomorrow in earnest.

Well its all gone quiet over here ! Back on the wagon after spectacularly falling off and gaining just over half a stone in three weeks. Have learnt that excess sugar gives me headaches and stops me sleeping and that excess weight makes my wear and tear arthritic knee play up and bothers my sciatica. Lesson learnt. Hope all you lovely ladies are enjoying the sunshine.