Motivational Monday! Lets keep positive and get those lbs off!

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Its tomorrow.

Lets make the most of it!

Positive thinking only ladies!

Whatever weight/height/BMI newbies always welcome!

Yay, MFP says if I keep doing what I did today, 11 pounds could disappear in five weeks! Awesome motivation, that :)

I'm going to officially log tomorrow's weight into MFP if it's changed from 12st 13. I hope it has, got a feeling I was carrying some extra water weight this morning.

I shall let you know :)

Hi all, can I join you?

I am 5'8'' and weigh 12st 12lb, which gives me a BMI of 27. My aim is to lose 2 stone by Xmas (19 weeks to go, so that is a rate of between 1 and 2lb per week, which sounds doable) and get to BMI 23.

I'm not too bad when it comes to chocolate, but my main weak point is portion size (especially carbs - I love pasta, rice and bread), so that is where I will try to improve. I am terrible for snacking on the kids' leftovers

Course you can join Tumble :) Welcome to the thread.

Have you got a specific plan? A few of us use MyFitnessPal to log all our food and exercise, gives you a great insight not only into what you're eating, but how much exercise is needed to burn off one or several, in my case cookies, for example.

Good morning everyone
The sky is still blue here, even if the weather forecasters keep saying "tomorrow" will rain. I'll enjoy today, even if it's the last we see of the sun for ages.
In the holidays I cycle to work (it's only 6 minutes on the bike), and we play out far more in the summer. I suspect I will need more support when autumn kicks in, but hopefully by then I will have broken lots of bad habits, and will be on the straight and narrow.

Morning all! Just checking in to say hi before I have my staple breakfast, porridge with raisins. I've lost about 5lb in the last two weeks, and I can really feel it in my jeans which are now - shock horror! - comfortable!

I need to think about giving myself little rewards. I know that well ring is its own reward, but I need something to focus on! I'm thinking of giving myself a (non food) treat every time I hit a half stone milestone - do for me, the first one will be 13 and a half (am about 13.10 now, started off 14.4). Anyone else doing anything like this?

Wellbeing, not well ring! Sorry!

Morning everyone.

No change on scales.
Smear test yesterday was very worried. Still am.
Stress at home.
I'm mid cycle but feel like i'm due on - emotional and hungry.
Spoke to Zumba instructor yesterday and she's expecting me to join tomorrow. Don't know if i want to anymore will.

Sorry, bit down today.

Hope its a better day for you today Bonkey.

Books are a good non food reward, or nice undies.
I have not yet lost a stone, but rewards sounds fun, I'll have a think.

Got half way through this message then it vanished!

Good morning everyone! i like the idea of rewards also, but can never think of anything I like more than food!

Feeling low today for non-diet related reasons. DM rang last night to tick me off. Apparently I was 'very rude' to an old friend of hers at the wedding on Sunday. I can remember exactly what happened. We were in the packed marquee and youngest DC (2) had run away, heading straight for the exit which exited onto the carpark. I was rushing after him, but was crouched down low as i had lost sight of him and I was trying to see through people IYKWIM. I was weaving and dodging people, and the friend of DM said 'hello' and I kind of yelled 'hello' back to her. Then I got DS and carried him (kicking and screaming) straight back to where this friend was standing and said 'hello' properly and added with relief 'got him in time' or something like that. She kind of glared at me and walked away. I recall thinking at the time that was a little strange, but then thought nothing of it. Turns out that she actually took the trouble to ring DM- who then took the trouble to ring ME and say that I had snubbed her. I am supposed to 'apologise' apparently. Fuck that. I am 40 ffs and any reasonable person should have seen that i was in a difficult situation. This friend has always been a bit lik this though- keen to see slights. But I am just SO upset about it, even though it is really stupid.

Anyway, rant over. No connection to the topic of this thread- except that this sort of thing always turns my stomach into knots and then I cannot eat at all.

So I have no plans for today food wise, as i am too tired to think about it. But I need to vacuum and clear furniture as the carpets are getting cleaned (yeah! first time in 5 years!) so that should use up some cals.

Hope everyone has a great day.

What a pleb chips, I wouldn't say sorry either and if my mum was that bothered she can explain it to her, I just don't understand some people..

I can't wait to have my carpets cleaned, will wait til ds has been potty trained as he STILL isn't and still pees on the carpet more than the potty.

I'm having omelette with side salad for dinner tonight, havnt decided on lunch yet, so much for my meal planners!

Morning, yay for the losses boo for the gains.

Yesterday was a huge write off for me. Was doing well and then dd1 began playing up saying that she wasn't going home with her grandmother etc etc.

I managed to get her moving and dropped all of them at the train station before going to counselling. My counsellor then said that I need more help than she can give me, so I am being referred to psychology but it will take a year before I am seen. Until then I am on my own.
Felt very worked up so came home via the shop and ate a packet of ready salted crisps and a packet of galaxy counters. I also drank a bottle of wine and had 3 G&T's.

Today needs to be another day. I am going to spend the day batch cooking and going for a long cycle ride.

Unfortunately DM operates from the principle that I am probably in the wrong.

I think it is unwise though for her to suggest I telephone to apologise. If she thought I was rude before, she is going to get a shock as to how rude I will be now.

YY to carpets! We have essence of babymilk in the carpets- for years now! (Plus a really old and incontinent dog). I am oSO excited about them being cleaned!

Have a good cycle ride Mrs Pnut. That is a real shame- a year long waiting list for psychology and you don't see your counsellor until then? You must feel cut adrfit which would be really confronting. Are there no other possibilities? Good luck with all of that.

Yes, today is another day, for me too. I got stuck into wine also after DM's phone call. Woke up feeling much worse for it today!

New day, new week for me! Me and dh trying at the same time to lose weight and he is doing so much better than me! Why when men put their minds to it they have so much will power? I'v lost 4...put on 2lbs...he's lost 9lbs so annoying Love some support can't afford WW

:( MrsP. Hope your day of batchbaking and cycling is therapeutic, and that you can get the help you need sooner rather than later.

New day indeed. I was good yesterday but the scales are still showing 3lb up this week, and I only had one blip on Sunday. My problem is finding time to exercise. DH works night shifts so is very often not at home in the evening or early in the morning, which are the only times I can exercise as I work full-time. When he's on nights I can do a DVD once the kids are in bed, but I'd much rather do something early in the morning when I'm fresh, but the DSs are so unreliable with their waking up times that I would probably have to get up at 5 to be sure of half an hour of peace, and I'm not willing to do that. Also I'd much rather go to a class like zumba, but they are all at the wrong times for me when I have to be home for teatime and bedtime.
chips your DM and her friend are way off. Hope that you give them a piece of your mind!

Well, my scale was briefly dipping to 12 stone 12 today. Must keep working to make it stick :)

Back in uni today, busy busy again. Must stick to sandwiches and no cake. Hopefully another gym visit if I finish early enough :)

Well a good gym session this morning has just been cancelled out by one of our suppliers arriving with a dozen Krispy Kremes... Bah!

Wow this is a busy thread - I posted late last night wasn't expecting to see so many new posts!

Good day so far - porridge and skimmed milk for breakfast - but I'm only on day 1!

Chips, my DM has exactly the same ability to make me feel I'm in the wrong when I know I'm not!

Morning.
Well I still feel poo :(

But I really am going to try and hold it together today food wise can make no promises to anything else. dh, ds and anyone else who comes across me today, be warned . I don't think I can afford tohave another write off. Anymore and Im scared I won't get back on it .

Right, am off to have my bran flakes and imagine they are a fat chocolate cake .

Morning all! Resisting temptation to weigh until thursday, but it's not easy! I am in considerable posterior pain following spin, is this to be expected?

Might head to gym later... My current programme is:
10mins elliptical
10mins on the wave
2 x sets of 12 reps tricep pull
2 x sets of 12 reps abductor
2 x sets of 12 reps bicep curl thing
2 x sets of 12 reps other leg thing that's opposite of abductor
2 x sets of 12 reps shoulder press
2 x sets of 12 reps of another machine that you push away from self
2 x sets of 12 reps of ab cruncher weighted thing

Only lifting 20 kg ATM

To finish: 10 mins cool down on treadmill easy pace

Anyone else care to share their routine? I've not yet tried the rowing machine or stepper, any comment on these?

Hope everyone is well, I think we're doing really well collectively, and just knowing I had this group to come back to during my weekend binge helped me stay accountable!

Kato blimey, that's impressive! According to DP though, you need to work certain sets of muscles on one day, then allow at least two days for them to recover, otherwise you are causing damage rather than toning up. He has downloaded me an app and devised three workouts, so Monday I do legs and bum, Tuesday triceps and back, Thursday biceps and chest (spinning and swimming on the other days!). And you do a 20 min cardio warm up before each weights session - treadmill, rowing machine, cross trainer or whatever, and a few sit ups after.

Stepper is HARD! If you want calorie burning then cross trainer is more effective than anything else, but for some reason 10 minutes on the stepper makes me want to die, whereas I can cross train for ages...