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

[StealthPolarBear]

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. :)

Thee are 21 weeks until Christmas, 2.5 stone is 1-2lbs per week, that is perfectly possible and even if you don't hit the whole 2.5stone wouldn't you feel better being lighter than now anyway?

sleepy I've got big boobs I wear normal gd support bra then a shock absorder over the top! Works for me, I get mine from WWW.figleaves.com they post vquickly and always sending me email offers now so I wait for those. I'll see if I have an offer code and pop back with it.
For bad back exercises can you do a plank move? It's like a full press up position but you hold it for as long as you can eg.30-60 secs to start with build it up every day to do multiplies of 1min hold, then rest min then try again. It's very effective to tone your core with no equipment but you must try do it everyday.

Can I join please? I need support and motivation :)

A few years ago I managed to lose 3 stone but over the past year or so I have gained a stone again and am very depressed by not being able to wear all the clothes I treated myself to and just generally feeling pretty bleurgh about myself. I need motivation before things get any worse; I live in dread of going back to my old size :(

This morning I weighed 12 st 6 :(

I would like to be a stone lighter which would make me a large size 12/small 14 which seems to suit me well, any lighter and I tend to look gaunt in the face; but it seems to be beyond my reach for some reason.

I go to two exercise classes a week which I really enjoy (well, I did enjoy them before I started to feel as though they are a waste of my time/money as I just seem to be staying heavier than I'd like)

I am terrible at snacking so know I need to change things there, I am also pretty poor at eating regulary then over-eat once I do stop to eat.

Today I felt very down after weighing myself so dh has agreed to support me in a general body blitz over the next few weeks.

So...I have bought lots of yummy fruit to snack on and am planning to get out for lots of walks and bike rides (won't be very brisk with kids in tow but I'll be out and moving which must do some good, right?)

ssmile thanks - I used to be able to do the plank so will see if I still can. I could never do it for very long, but I guess that's the point! If you have got an offer code for figleaves that would be great.

shouldbe welcome! I'm new too and have been on my new regime for a week now - waiting for tomorrow morning and a weigh in to see how well I've done. You're lucky that your DH is supporting you as that will make it easier. I think once you've identified what it was that was your weakness and stopped/cut down, it makes a huge difference. For me it is eating biscuits/cakes during the day in the office and giving myself much larger portion sizes than I needed.

Get all of you with your big boobs

Come on in shouldbe :)
Yes out and moving is good, also because it will keep your mind off snacking! Love your dh for supporting you! Mine still buy's himself crap and sits their munching away next to me .
Can you plan your days meal by meal and make sure you stick? Will help you not forget/get too hungry and then binge or snack. Good luck!

So, planning my day seems to have worked....ish. I will come in slighlty over cals by the end of the day but its fruit that has taken me over not crap so I'm not too worried. Its still better than a 'old days' eating!

I need those bras ssmile

DDog is home from the vets - with a cyst drained and some steroids for his ear infection, so good news considering what I thought it could've been :)

I had some cereal for lunch, and an apple as a snack. I am way under calories even with dinner taken into account.

Planning to go to the gym after going into town with Mum to change some money into Czech currency, and after my advisor appointment at the job centre.

Great news, Lollipop :)

Oh goodness, someone has a bbq going and it smells goooood.

Fab Lollopop :) Hopefully he will be fine !

Bloody hell! It hot!!

Badvoc I can beat your norkage! I have a fabulous pair of 36Gs, at least they make my waist look good.

I'm going to go away crying in a minute!

Unfortunately they weigh a good stone between them so My weight loss plans are thwarted by my own breasts.
I could be 12 stone if I had normal sized norks (but then I'd be able to see my tummy).

OddBoots Come and join me on the modest norkage bench!

InMySpareTime A stone !?!?

IMST I see you and raise you 36GG or 38G :o and yes my DH has said to me I'd prob hit my weight Target if they weren't SO big :) they have shrunk several sizes in the last couple of months as well as I've ramped down the breastfeeding. Planning my last ever feed tom morn :( but baby will be 11mths old and I'm ready now to get my body back plus I go back to work soon.

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low fat cereal bar for breakfast
snack tray of sushi and a yoghurt and grapes for lunch
salmon en coute and sweetcorn and potatoes for dinner.

dinner was a bit naughty carb wise but holding out on the no alcohol.

Right both girls in bed and my cycle trainer is set up in the back garden I just need to shift my bum away from watching neighbours and stop eating popcorn and do 20mins.

How was the picnic?

I am still being good. I am not ending my 50's as fat as I entered them.

I exceed my goal and did 30min on bike pounding ministry of sound on ipod :o but alas I'm still 150c over on MFP because of the popcorn grrr still I've ltd the damage with a total of 45mins on bike today as I got 15min in earlier when baby was napping and eldest in paddling pool phew it was hot though so maybe I burnt off extra calories in the heat :)

Hope you all having a nibble free evening in the diet danger zone.

Is it NWNW aka No Wibble Nibble Wednesday tomorrow :o

Hi all,

Well I'm back from the beach now, will weigh in tomorrow to see how much damage I have done.

But whilst I was trying to ignore MM, some had other ideas. There I was ambling down the promenade enjoying my double scoop Italian ice-cream when I was mugged!!! A seagull came and swooped down and stole my ice-cream right out of my hand!! One minute I was enjoying my naughtiness, the next I'm staring open mouthed at an empty hand!! Cheeky feckin bastard

Anyway, onwards and upwards. What was it, No Wibble Wednesday, I'm up for that.

Evening all and welcome newcomers!

I hope your DDog is soon better Lollipop.

I am quite pleased with my efforts today. 45 minute walk this morNing. 20 minute walk this afternoon plus my zumba class. Gosh that was hard work---- keeping up (or not!).

But I was hungry today and mostly stuck to my meal plan but did have a light beer in the afternoon and am now having a gin and slim. Still, have 3 ww points in hand and earned 14 activity points, so that is okay!

I am still 40 odd points OVER my weeklies, so I doubt I can undo the damage of the weekend, but in the spirit of the thread and Stealth's OP, I am looking only forward. :)

although I am SO tempted by another gin and slim......

Hope everyone is feeling good this evening. 'See' you all tomorrow!

No Wibble Wednesday!

That is great. :) I am up for it too.

That is so funny about the seagull!

Bows down before the 36Gs :)
I hate my boobs. Always have.
Started my periods when I was 10 and was in a training bra last year if primary school....that was fun :(
I was a 34D when I got married...smallest I have ever been since I was about 14!!

MFP told me to eat more! I have been eating 1100-1900 cals a day, but my lifestyle is fairly active so it nets quite low.
I'm inthesparetime on MFP, what am I not eating, or what should I stop counting as exercise to appease MFP?
I don't like being told off (also I am getting mixed messages, nursery DCs say I am fat, MFP says I'm at risk of starvation).

I may or may not have farted during planks at abs class tonight...