Going for 40lb off for reaching 40 - anyone want to join me?

[40for40]

Namechange regular because I don't want certain family/friends asking me sympathetically how I am doing!

OK - I hit 40 at the end of the year and I am about 2.5 - 3 stone heavier than I was 3 years ago. I don't want to hit 40 and look at pictures of a miserable, embarrassed, (drunk) beached whale.

I want to embrace my age looking fitter, more fabulous and most importantly, happy.

I know that losing 40lb in 8 months (34 weeks) is going to be really tough and I want this to be sensible so I won't beat myself up if I am not quite there by December.

However, I just feel so much better about myself when I am exercising and being sensible about what I eat and drink and so I want to give myself a big goal.

This isn't about being super slim because my target weight will still make me a size 14. It is about taking back control and feeling good.

I do think that aiming for 1-2lb a week is doable, though, if I change the way I approach food and drink.

Does anyone want to join me??

can i join. gotta lose 3 stone by september and then keep it off. gonna exercise like mad and eat fairly sensibly.

Definitely. Welcome! What is happening in september?

I'm 40 in dec too. While I don't need to lose huge amounts, I'd really like to shift a stone or so. I'm in please.

I am 40 in January. My target is half a stone a month until then (at which point I will still be reasonably fat, ho hum). This is probably a little overambitious, but what the hell.

my son's 1st birthday and his christening.

Excellent! Looks like there are a few about-to-be-even-more-fabulous 40s hitting the world.
I am going to spend this week clearing out all the temptations and shopping for tasty but healthier stuff. I am home on Thursday and will start in earnest then.

It is definitely possible. I lost 4 and a half stone last year in 8 months going from a tight size 16 to a small size 10. I broke the weight goals into half stone chunks and that really helped. After each half stone I treated myself to something nice such as new clothes, make up etc.
Good luck.

Thanks fluffy, that is really encouraging. Congratulations on your weight loss, that is an amazing achievement! Did you follow a particular diet?
Feeling happier now I know I am not alone.

40 next April and have just signed up for the London Marathon ballot - yikes!!!

I could do with losing 3 stone, I'm usually great at getting the first one or two off but never seem to make it to the end, if I can't do it now I'll never make it!

Would love to join you all :)

For the first three months I ate normal meals but cut crisps, chocolate, sweets, cakes, biscuits and ice-cream. Then I stepped it up a pace and cut most carbs. The weight then fell of . I averaged 1.75 pounds a week and never lost more than 2.5 pounds a week or less than 1 pound and that includes going on a cruise last summer and Christmas week. I did absolutely no exercise. I think it is just trial and error at the beginning and seeing what works for you and fits in with your lifestyle.

Hi ladies...can I join too? I'm also in the nearly 40 club and have a couple of stone to shift.

I lost a stone last year but it's crept back on.

Fluffy I really like your idea of 1/2 stone targets and treats.

Weblette are you planning to run the marathon next year??? Wow!! I'm always in awe of those that do. Have a few friends that've done marathons and would love to. Cant run for a bus tho.....

I'm planning to start tomorrow- well today now. I'm gonna cut out all sugary stuff- I have too much. I'm gonna cut out carbs and fill up on fruit, veg, salads and soup. I am really keen to start running....couch to 5k or 10k in an effort to shift the weight faster and tone up. I have an injury at the moment which may not make this possible but I'll give it a go...
Once I get motivated I'll move onto shred as have owned if for a year but not got past day two so far!!

Good luck everyone.....

lol i lost 7 and a half pre preg but as soon as i got to 9 and a half stone i got preg.

Hello ladies - please can I join too? I'm about to hit 30 in the summer (August) and have about 30 pounds to lose..... Hard but not impossible I'm thinking?

I would love to enter a half marathon....but I'm going to see how the weight loss and exercise go over the next couple of months and then decide if I'm still a blob or not :)

I've just joined WW and am doing ok but need some more motivation and encouragement which I'm hoping to find on here.

Good luck ladies x

40 later this year. So far lost 30 pounds in 3 months. (I am v overweight!) fluff I too am rewarding myself each half a stone. I am training for race for life and generally moving my butt more!

Yay! Great to see that there are a few of us on this mission.

I am in total awe of those who have already lost insane amounts and in equal awe at the thought of a marathon!

I am crazy busy for work and away from usual eating places until Thursday and then I will crack on.

I definitely think going in half a stone increments is a sensible (and achievable) way of rewarding ourselves en route to the 40 for 40 (or 30 for 30)!

Ok, so I only lost 1/2 pound this week at WW weigh in......but I'll keep going! How's everyone else doing? This miserable weather isn't helping my motivation very much! I definitely feel like a duvet day today

I'm on day 3 and starving!!! Actually I don't feel quite so hungry today.

I want this rain to end and really want my foot better so I can start some running.......

Well done shoop shoop.....1/2 lb is half a lb.

I think I'll weigh in Monday's. What's everyone else doing?

Weigh in day for me today. Six weeks in and I have lost 6.4kg, which is a fraction over a stone in old money.

I just wanted to add my encouragement to you all. I turn 40 in a few days and it was my motivation to lose weight too. Over a year and a half I lost 112 pounds and am now a size 8. I have been maintaining it now for a couple of months.

I have various 40th birthday celebrations planned this week that I can attend looking fit, fab and younger than I did last year. It is so worth doing it so good luck to you all!

112 pounds ! That is amazing, well done.

Can I join ?

I want to lose 3 stone 3 pounds to get to my weight I was post ds 1 were I was happiest with my figure

Already lost 10 pounds in the last 3 weeks

Would like to do it by Xmas so I can not be embarrassed by potential fb pics i hate every pic taken of me in the last 2 years

only half a pound here too from sunday to sunday

A pound off this week which I'm happy with. I'm weighing in on a Wednesday morning.

How's everyone else doing?

Well done on your loss Lola!

Am I allowed to join if I'm only 30 . I put on 6 stone in the last 2 years after a difficult pg and struggling with dd and bfing hunger. I've had enough. I shredded for the first time this morning. I need to do this and I'd love to be back to my old size 16 or even better size 14 , feels like such a long way to go I don't know where to start. How and what is everyone doing?

wii what an inspiration

Have now lost sixteen pounds in eight weeks. Really starting to feel that it possible that in the eight months before I turn 40 that I could transform myself. How is everyone else doing?