Who is up for a stone off in a month?

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Or maybe as close to that as we can get?

I am size 14, would love to drop a dress size for a specific date next month and I am possibly 20lbs ish overweight, so a stone would be a great starting point.

I am vegetarian but attempting to low carb.

So.... who's in?

FuckU - I don't do moderation either usually but I am determined this time so I don't slip into bad habits.

I get to a point when the weight is going on when I look at myself and think STOP, and that is where I am now. For me its a mixture of health reasons and vanity. I know I feel good lighter and fitter, I have been a regular gym user for years and when I have extra weight I can not train as well. Huge family history of diabetes with horrific medical consequences also makes me aware of extra weight. Vanity - I feel and look much better at an 8-10 and it is achievable.

Thanks for the welcome FuckU (love the contradiction there :o )

I am trying to keep away from sweets and chocolate, and limiting wine to Fri & Sat. Easier now I'm back at work as 8 work evenings till about 11 o'clock.

Someone up thread mentioned fruit not filling them up. I always have an apple with a cup of tea and find it fills me yp more than just the apple on its own.

I've also stopped taking milk in my tea which is helping a lot as I'm a bit of a tea fiend.

Hi babyheave :) I got Wii Zumba for Christmas and it is shaping up to be quite good. I'm utterly knackered after the 20 min beginner routines!

Hi,

Me too!!! Have eaten tons over half term!!! If I join this thread it may give me some motivation too!!

I tried 17 day diet before but found it too limiting to stick to around working and catering for family. So I am now going to just try cutting out bread, cake, biscuits, chocolate, alcohol (so basically anything that gives me pleasure!). Don't think that I can manage to give up potatoes or pasta as they are a main part of meals for us.

I am thinking:

Breakfast - porridge with a bit of honey (I have this anyway because cheap and healthy and give to whole family)

Lunch (hard meal as trying to stay away from bread)- rice cakes with cottage cheese, ham or tinned tuna and salad. Or soup with rice cakes on the side!

Dinner - as normal but smaller portion and no pudding.

Snacks- fruit and yoghurt

Good luck everyone with your diets!!!

Fucku, I am doing Jason vale's juice diet for 5 days. I won't deny it's really hard but it's a great kick starter for a diet and I could do with a bit of a detox. Does anyone else struggle with tea time ? I dead it as always fall off the diet wagon then.
Anyone else a bit of a binger ? I amaze myself at how little I can eat one day and how much I can eat another if I am being 'bad'.

'dread' it even

Lent starts Wednesday, what is everyone giving up ? I am contemplating sugar.

Mouse - Yes, a terrible binger but not in the sense of ramming a box of cereal and then 4 blocks of cheese, or guiltily stuffing my face at 2am. When I am being 'bad' I generally just don't eat proper meals but a steady stream of 'snacks'.. I could eat whole packets of things like cakes/doughnuts or maybe a family bag of crisps with a pot of hummus and then 3 chocolate bars.

mouse - I am contemplating giving up fizzy drinks. I drink around 2 cans a day - admittedly it's not 3 litres or anything but it needs to go

I'll join, all be it a week late. Not drinking atm anyway and giving up red meat, chocolate for lent + fairly low carb.

Hello takingback... sounds like a good plan - how much do you want to lose?

All or nothing gal here too! Hence a chocolate bar and 3 peanut butter cakes not hitting the spot Saturday, so forced to make chocolate butter cream minus the cake for good measure!

I have battled with my weight for years but for the last few I've managed to get it to where i'm comfortablish but have to rein myself in, especially over the winter where I seem to carry an extra stone.

I'm 5ft 4, I would put the half but think I might have shrank a bit since my youth. Currently 9st 9 (and yes you can get there Fucku as for years I was nearer 11.5st). I want to get back down to 9st and that will be my stone back off, till next winter anyway!

Big 40 this year and suddenly very aware of this ageing malarky, so vanity a big incentive but also lots stroke and heart problems from a young age in the family and auto immune conditions, so the fitter and healthier I am the better.

I highly recommend the exercise, this was a big turning point for me and the weight loss and I'm sure cycling to work everyday limits the damage to some extent. And of course brilliant for beating the blues.

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8lb would do, maybe a stone in the next month. I can't exercise for the next 2 weeks for various reasons aside long walks but after that I will be like an absolute demon

EEK - weighed in this morning : day 1 at 66.6 kgs after 10 days of half term over eating (DC and husband have been away for the hols and therefore - I've been on my own- lethal !) |
I've been binging hugely , deliberately on carbs , particularly bread and hot cross buns because i will be low carbing from now on - except for my oatbran porridge for breakfast everyday that is .

my aim is to loose 6kg or just under a stone by 19 March

peanut - I rather wankily have a personal trainer and he was a God send last year. I had gone up to quite some weight[ terrible! ] and between June and November I managed to knock off three stone and a bit. So really, it's just this final stone or two now.

Walking le chien every day is as much exercise as I can manage right now

Have you tried doing the attack phase of the Dukan diet? It's really good to kick start a diet and you'll lose pounds immediately but just eating proteins and drinking lots. I started last week and am very impressed by losing 5lbs. Most of this is all the water I was retaining, but the diet has worked wonders I dont feel like the biscuits and snacks as my body has adapted well to proteins. I'm now on cruise phase which introduces veggies.

Be careful of too much fruit intake as most are very high in sugars and carbohydrates (bananas, grapes and cherries in particular).

evil bananas. fruit of the devil.

Hello, I'd like to join in, but will probably be a lurker more than anything.

I have 10kgs of baby weight remaining to get rid off, and he's now 18mths! Mind you, last night for dinner I ate crisps and chocolate and had a vodka and apple juice, so it is not hard to see why. I'm tired of not being able to fit my work clothes, being unfit and tired.

I started last week jogging again, the couch to 5k. Will jog home from work 2x, it's only about 20mins but it's something, and is the only time I've thought of to actually fit in some exercise. We have a treadmill at home, but I am at work from 7.30am and last time I thought I'd try to start with a 5.30am jog, our upstairs neighbour (landlady) complained. The evenings I find too difficult. After getting the DSs into bed after dinner, I just want to relax.

I normally eat

Breakfast : yoghurt
Lunch: 1x sandwich if I bring from home and a piece of fruit, or
something from the foodcourt if I don't, ie noodle soup, falafel pita, schwarma etc.
Afternoon snack: fruit / muesli bar
Dinner: normally heavy on the pasta side. Meat, veg, mash. Need to introduce more vege's again. We don't do regular puddings.
Supper: chocolate, chocolate, chocolate or sometimes a cornetto/ice cream.

I've not eaten properly since I was pregnant with DS2, I'm not sure why, but I totally went off food, we used to eat very healthily and have never really got back into the swing of it. And I must say, we did 2 weeks on the Dukan (ha! 2 whole weeks) and since then, I've barely eaten fruit, whereas it used to be my go to snack.

Goals:
Minimum 2 runs per week, building up to 3 by end of March
No alcohol on week days
No junk, chocolate, sweets, pudding on week days
Eat more vegetables particularly, and increase fruit intake
Less pasta based meals

And hey, as it's Monday, I'll start today! (luckily I finished my last chocolate bar last night!)

Wow! That's a really impressive weight loss Fucku. Last stone and a bit should be a breeze then

FuckU, yes my 'bad' days are the same as yours..a constant stream of sugary snacks. Also if I am starting a diet then the day before I will stuff my face with all the stuff I know I won't be allowed when dieting
I got today from amazon the book called 'clean and lean' by James Duigan. Looks quite good with some yummy recipes.

bad day today - have eaten all my calories for the day already. Oh well, tomorrow is another day...

Mousemole - I saw an article on the clean and lean diet in zest. looks interesting.

Dinky, it is a really good read and some lovely lovely recipes. I'm moving on to it next week after this week of juicing hell !

I'd like to join... also have significant date late April that I ideally need to lose 2 stone for!

Current stats: 14 stone 6 pounds (ha ha just typed ponds), size 16, height 5ft 10. Despite being vast, I have actually come down from 14st 11lb in last month.

Ideal weight: 12 stone will do to start off with. 12 st 7 lb would get me in 'normal' range!

Technique: eating less and housework.

Thanks - will also make Monday weigh in day. Shit, we need about 4lbs a week don't we?! Must focus...

FuckU - my reasons for wanting to lose:

I want to be a healthy example to my two young daughters, instead of a hypocrite who enforces one (healthy) style of eating for them and another one altogether for myself.

My mother had breast cancer last year, and she has a considerably better lifestyle than I do.

My self confidence is low and I don't really bother about my appearance.

My knees are going wonky.

I hope to inspire my husband to lose weight too - he really needs to do it too.

I have been slightly overweight ever since I was a teenager, and I would really like to experience being comfortable in my own skin before I get old.

Not had a great first day, been feeling grumpy and resentful, as I always do when I try to diet - as if someone is making me do it, even though I really want to do it for myself. I suppose it all goes back to 'issues' with food.

Cheating already - snaffled a couple of the kids' biscuits this afternoon, and had wine with my dinner, so not a great start. On a more positive note, I have not had any bread or pasta, so that is something.

Does anyone have any tips on how to develop a more positive attitude to this whole process? If I can't crack this issue then it just won't work for me. I have given up so many times before.

ferfuxake you have great reasons to lose weight, you should write them down and read them whenever you are feeling a bit low.

I'm not qualified to give any advice but things that work for me are making healthy rules, I've gradually cut down on sugar, I drink a lot of tea and used to have a heaped heaspoon but now am down to a quarter of a spoon. It's the small changes that help long term.
Try to increase your fruit and veg intake, and drink more water. If I want to eat a cake for example, I have to drink a large glass of water and eat an apple first. I cook as normal but do 2 veg with dinner, these have to be finished before I can eat the rest. It's obviously an odd way of doing things but it works for me. You fill up on the healthier choices.

I had scrambled eggs and spinach for breakfast, didn't like it much. Think I'm going to dust off my juicer tomorrow. I didn't do the shred but did a really long walk with the pram.

Hope everyone is doing well.

mousemole i'm giving up chocolate, did it last year too, first week was hard but it got easier. The first bit of chocolate I ate afterwards, that I'd been lusting after didn't even taste nice. Soon got back in the habit though