size 16 to size 10 and anything to get there: whether you have eaten lettuce and ryvita all weekend or worked your way through a munchy box and a dairy milk get over here for MOTIVATIONAL MONDAY

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Rules of Motivational Monday:
The weekend is the past. You start from now. If not, you'll end up here in a couple of weeks and a few pounds heavier so do it NOW
MM involves healthy eating and some exercise. Your excuses will not be tolerated here.
MM is when we all get back into control and back into the swing of things.
Welcome all and best of luck. :)

I just checked my BMI.

not good

Thanks guys, theres only so much self pity I can have so this shall be the end of it.

I've got 4 weeks tomo till I'm a bridesmaid so from tomo I shall be back.

I'm NEVER looking at my bmi again and from now on scales only!!

if only i posted BEFORE i ordered pizzahut earlier

I can't help but look at it.

I have one of those body analyser scales :(

The turning point for me was when it said 55% of my body was fat

I joined this thread shortly after and now its 44%.

Its all going down and its a darn good feeling :)
You have all had it too, remember how good it feels!

If have them scales too..the trick is to get off soon as the weight stops flashing, then it just says error instead of body fat percentage

55% to 44%?! Thats great!!

Dh weighed himself yesterday. he is my goal weight

And thanks.

Look at yours and sort yourself out woman!!!

Oooh I think I have those scales. Dare I measure my body fat percentage???

lollipop Its horrid, but its a good kick up the arse!

yeah go on be brave!

I'm thinking of changing my nn... but cant think, why is it so hard to settle on a name. huff.

Ooo I'm good a nn on a friday night.

What were you thinking of along the lines of?

pfft not got a clue, I only ended up the this one because i'm terrible at thinking of things. was going to addapt it to make it a bit more umpfy(?) but could only come up with ShakeYourMilkMakers..which its basically saying ShakeYerTits

I think I just got your nn Milkshake.

Hmmm, maybe I'm not so good.
I need more.

I've had a good day today - even forgot to eat lunch (unheard of!). Made up for it with pizza AND garlic bread AND wine this evening though (doh).

Going to the wedding of a lovely colleague (fellow mnetter) tomorrow. REally looking forward to it. We were all asked to bake a cake for a bake-off - I had to go and bake mine at my dad's house as my oven, which is perfectly adequate for most things, is hopeless for baking. Made a 3 tier Vic sandwich, going to sandwich bottom and middle layers with blackcurrant jam and a mix of clotted and double cream, then same cream mix but rasp jam between top and middle layers. Then more cream mix, and a Union flag arrangement of rasps and blueberries on top. Should look good, at least!

Currently sat in kitchen waiting for cat to decide to come back in so I can lock up and go to bed.

Milkshake Maker, welcome back. I had a brainwave for a great nn today, but I won't use it cos I've been here forever with this one.

Aphrodite'sMissingNightie. Good, eh?

Not sure how else MilkshakeMaker could be taken?!! ha ha ha

Why cant Indecision be a olympic sport? I'd kick butt.

Sassy,I was just about to change it to that just to post this and be cheeky but then if you change your mind you wouldnt be allowed it(am I right in thinking that?) so I havn't. That cake sounds immense...hope you are not planning on eating any!!!

Arf at stealing potential nn just for one post.

If you want to beef up milkshakemaker could you be something like HighPerformanceMuscleBuildingMilkshake ??

Off to bed now, just discovered missing cat fast asleep on dd1s floor. Gah!

Oh dear... I'm in a taxi... It's late... I've had many vodka sodas and Zumba at ten am looks doubtful.

Also got a four year olds birthday party at 12pm at soft play tomo

Help me

Morning all, Olympics are having "super Saturday". Can we have one too?
BTW all you worrying about your BMI, mine was 38 when I joined the thread, now it's 36 and falling. It's a long way until I'm not "obese", but I'm not too hung up on BMI as a measure of health, as I am very fit and a size 14/16. Not saying I'm slim, but if I was ideal BMI I'd be 8 stone, which is frankly impossible.

Good morning all! Super Saturday! I like that. :)
Welcome back Milkshake. Nice to have you again! I also keep thinking of changing ny name- for obvious reasons!

I am doing okay. Had a blow out of 2 large glasses of wine last night, but no dinner so that evens out surely? (No, I know it does not. By the time I got home at 10 I was over the thought of eating).

I had a bit of a breakthrough yesterday- Fridays tend to be fast food lunch day at work, and I often join in with everyone, and then hate myself afterwards. Yesterday was takeaway chinese. I so BADLY wanted curried prawns and fried rice. Instead I ordered steamed rice, went off to Sainsbos and bought cooked prawns and a pack of spinach, wilted the spinach in the microwave, and mixed the lot together with soy sauce. I did not miss the greasy usual, but still had my 'takeaway'! I know there were still alot of cals from the rice, but I was walking on air! No regrets afterwards!

It also meant that I am now out of the closet with my colleagues, dieting wise. But never mind. I am usually very private about all of that, so that was a bit of a breakthrough too.

Off to a spinning class- to work off those wines though!

Have a great Super Saturday everyone!

Thanks for the lovely welcome everyone

kato how's the head?

Was it lollipop who had spin at 9 this morning? Enjoy it - I've never ever done a spin class far too frightened . Btw I did a typo on your name there when I first typed it and it was lollipoop

milkshake I think sassys nn idea sounds great

honkey can I ask how long it took you to get your body fat down that much? My body fat is just under the 50% mark (I haven't admitted that to anyone before) and I've told myself every 5% I lose I'll give myself a treat (like a massage or something) - just wondering how often I might get to treat myself! FWIW my DH is probably my dream weight, but less than my target weight

sassy cake sounds delish

Well, due to go to gym today and have weigh in and workout but might have a rest day and go tomorrow. I'm desperate to be weighed and actually quite enjoy the gym, but after having my wobbly fainty day yesterday and not feeling right all day I think I might need a break from exercise for a day. Maybe I'm pushing myself too hard when I'm not used to it fully yet???

Can I ask you another question please? I am really struggling with hunger at the minute yet when I tot up my calorie intake I'm still at least on the 2000 a day yet I have a constant background nausea from hunger and am desperate for food come meals so lunch and dinner have been getting earlier and earlier every day! I know I'm eating enough calories to sustain my body so why am I feeling like this? FWIW beforehand I never ate a bad diet, just the quantity was too much so I've been reducing portion sizes and snacks and having low fat options and and more fruit and veg. It's just the hunger and awful low blood sugar feeling that's getting to me despite eating enough. Maybe it's as I weigh too much at the minute I'm 16 stone, so my body needs more than the minimum 2000 to maintain itself as it's so heavy to move around, so effectively I am eating less than I need to lose weight IYKWIM. Anyway, I have always always struggled with hunger and needing to eat regularly and that low blood sugar feeling when I don't eat my entire life since childhood . Does anyone else get this or have tips to cope? When I lost weight before I remember I used to have my lunch in 2 stages - half around 11 and half around 1 (and I measured the portion beforehand so I did only eat one lunch portion).

Sorry for epic post there

xposted chips that 'takeaway' sounds lovely - I didn't know you could wilt spinach in the microwave

Just to add to my hunger question on the epic post above, I'm bfing still 2 feeds a day and may try to blame or use that as an excuse for everything related to my weight!

Morning everyone
Well after my day off I'm back to 12st
arch (what does your name mean btw?) - I can't help sorry. I don't get that but can see why it makes losing weight hard. I am hungry now, but am OK when I'm hungry. Never wanting to be hungry before was sheer greed on my part. Not sure what to suggest - your previous method of splittting meals in 2 seems a good one - could you do it for all meals and snacks, not just lunch?

arch you can add bfs to MFP you know (apols if you do) - add it as if you were adding a food. I don't bother as DD is 3 and only doing one a day (and she's just been away for a week!)