The NO EXCUSES, Now or NEVER slimming thread

[Youcanringmybell]

This is a thread for those who are pig sick of over eating and binging and have decided enough is enough.

There will be no excuses on this thread...no 'oh but I was due my period' or 'oh but it was left over so I finished it' etc

IF you need to have a nice meal as part of a celebration DO IT but no more excuses - have the meal and move on.

This is a thread for the brave.....this is a thread for the serious. Join at your peril.....

Monday mornings are weigh in - so that we cannot binge on the weekends. I am deliberately being hard on myself and if you want to do it to please join. Even if someone wafts wine and banoffee pie under my nose I will not have it - even if the world is going to end I WILL NOT HAVE IT

weigh in Monday morning and post here

Oh and drink some wine and eat some choc while you still can because on Monday you will be in hell

I was thinking last week about whether I'd stick around if I was preg (given I thought I was last week - what's with a 32 day cycle anyway???) and had decided I would as it was maternity leave and the coffee/cake culture we adopted that was my downfall.

I too feel more sprightly, Mavis, the thought of doing any exercise when I was feeling enormous was just awful, now I think I could think about it. [head in sand emoticon]. I'm pretty sure the sugar highs/lows are self-perpetuating, for every low you need a hit, whereas if you eat sensibly and snack less you get out of the cycle.

In the evenings, we eat a normal dinner (slightly smaller portion), a couple of chunks of Lindt choc (a little vice) and that's it, we've got out of the habit of eating a bowl of Ben and Jerries and then having the choc as well. This week I've been trying to finish a book for book club so I've run a bubble bath and read my book in there.

It's mid-morning/mid-afternoon that are my snack danger zones. I'm getting the hang of having fruit/nothing though and make sure I have a banana before I leave work to get me through until dinner at 8.

Noooo i can't do a test yet. Building up to it. Can't face the answer. We were def not having anymore. Thing is i would be past sickness and achy boobs. I remember months ago ringing months ago for mum to come round and watch DD as i need to go be sick in loo but it went off after that day so put it down to a bug. Paranoid now my belly is massive but i also have IBS (tmi?) so who knows. I wouldn't leave the thread anyway as i still need to eat healthy and stay away from the cakes. Mmmm cake.

Yes tortoise he is a "friend" so I need to leave work ASAP and go home to get myself sorted!!!
I'm bloody starving today, had my can of soup but really want something solid - a big fat ham and Brie baguette. Nonononono!
Having five blissful minutes while the kids are outside.

All this pregnancy talk will make me broody! Even though I already have 4 dc I'd love another baby. But I know boyf doesn't want more children as he's 48 and thinks he's getting too old for anymore! He's got 3.Two older dds and his 5 yr old ds who lives with him.

Enjoy your evening fermez.

Had a bit of a bad day food wise, I graduated from uni today and so I've consumed a couple of glasses of champagne for lunch and there is garlic bread and wine in the fridge for a big family dinner tonight.... Bugger! I've had a lovely day and think i will relax a bit this evening but also worried about the weekend because i will be visiting my sister and I know there will be so many temptations

Don't any of you dare to be pg!! I would be too of you for words. I want another baby but dp won't let me try for another :( and I'm supposed to be 37 weeks pg but miscarried in April

Congratulations on your graduation FedUp :) What was your degree in? And have you found a job yet? I wouldn't worry too much about enjoying yourself foodwise today as it's not every day you graduate is it?

Enjoy your evening Fermez.

goldidi - I hope you are ok xx I am not pregnant. I think I have just been ill. Feeling much better today and yesterday. No more sicky feeling, dizziness etc

fedup Congrats on graduating. You deserve a treat, enjoy.

Goldidi Sorry to hear you had a miscarriage. It must be very hard for you.

Had sausages and mash for dinner. Not eaten much else today. 2 special k bars for breakfast and an apple and special k bar for lunch. Was at boyfs house all day and they were in my bag! Dinner was too big again and I think too much for empty tum. Feels all gurgly now!

I am fine mostly, just having a bit of a down day.

Oh goldi sorry to hear that. Can you sort of try again without necessarily mentioning it...?
Ooh tiggy that s exciting.....
Good luck ferm! Also spoke to a colleague today re your c of gov and she said you must go to your union!!!!!!

Am so happy it's Thursday. Tomorrow we exchange on our new house which is mega and I don't work on Fridays!!!

Not preggers here either i was brave and did a test. Although i am because i appear to have gained a pound since i weighed in on monday. Don't know how as i've only eaten 1200 cals or less every day since then! Grrrrrr

Thanks, I did psychology. Currently work as a special needs teaching assistant, though im not sure what the long term goal is to be honest. Split up with my partner a couple of months ago and so I have moved back with my parents while I look for full time work. Fun times..

Sounds like everyone is still doing well, This thread certainly gives me motivation, thank you!!!

It's very tempting Goon but it would require actual deception rather than just omission and I'm not quite that selfish yet but I may revisit the idea in a couple of months

Congrats on not being pg tiggy and youcan. While I desperately want to be pg I do appreciate that not everybody feels the same way.

I'm currently eating sausages and chips . All healthy too as SW chips and low fat sausages

That is a tough job fedup good luck with your next step.
Hope you get your point across soon goldi!!!

Ok can I have a secret moan...maybe I should name change and then I can come back on and shout at myself....

Does anyone else feel like they are eating flavourless food and it really is just fuel..I got to admit I really am fed up of low fat, vegetable and blah food. Everything is so dry or I dunno....not yummy. Argh. I know we can eat some really delicious healthy meals but they don't give me the mental satisfaction of 'YES - I really enjoyed that'....

Youcan I agree. Maybe that's why I've lost my appetite. It takes more effort to make healthy food and dc normally want something different!
I'm so so tired at the moment to but I don't know why.

I disagree actually youcan. I'm really enjoying all the lovely healthy food I'm eating, i love cherries, watermelon, grapes, etc and dp is really helping by making healthy dinners with loads of veg in for me. He's a pretty good cook so these new recipes are rather nice and tasty. Of course i'm also allowing myself some unhealthy food too like we had a chinese on Monday and a slice of key lime pie and i've eaten some of dd2's chocolate this afternoon while feeling sorry for myself

Can I join please?

Found this group and think the support you're giving each other is amazing. Hoping you can give me the kick up the arse motivation I need to lose weight.

Saw a hideous photo of me on Monday and decided enough is enough! Weighed myself for the first time in two years and was horrified. 191 lb and I'm only 5 ft 4 . Would like to get down to 140 (eek want to lose nearly a quarter of my body weight!) but am happy to do it slowly.

Why am I overweight?
I eat pretty well, lots of fruit and veg and I don't really drink. Think my major problems are large portions, eating kids leftovers, boredom (eating when I'm not hungry) cakes and snacks (crisps and cheese are my downfall).

I downloaded the virtual gastric band hypnosis app on monday and am intending to combine that with portion control, willpower and looking for new recipes and flavours to keep me interested. Also intend to do some exercise but have to be careful as I broke my foot a few weeks ago and I'm not 100% recovered.

Hi all,
I was wondering what sort of diet thread this is. Is it a calorie counting sort of thing?
I have been doing 5:2 fasting, but the weight loss has slowed to nothing so I am planning to do a 1200 a day sort of thing with a day or 2 at normal 2000 calls per day. I found having the normal days with 5:2 kept me sane so thought it was good to incorporate a day of not-dieting each week.
Thought I would look for a bit of support and am happy to do a bit of cheerleading for my fellow sufferers!

welcome jonnydepp and rowing- You are welcome to join and believe me, you will soon get to know everybody. We all keep in pretty good contact and feel free to ask questions, moan and ask for motivation.

We are all here because we got ourselves in a rut - binging excessively most days/ nights on very fattening food and we have all gone far past our healthy weights. This thread is about GETTING A GRIP and this time NOT FAILING and giving in after a bad day. We all have bad days here but the difference this time is we are here to kickstart that person into going back. We are making LONGTERM changes and so far EVERYONE IS LOSING WEIGHT.

How you do it is up to you! Any diet goes. Some are doing 5:2, others are using MFP and some are just making the right choices and still seeing results.

Thanks for joining - come back as often as you can and weigh in is on MONDAY mornings, we get cross with mid week weighing because it will not be accurate ...however we all seem to fall foul of it

You can

Yup I'm feeling bit like that . Tis bland and very boaring I crave nice food eg fatty foods .
But I'm determined that not going to fail this time and have in fact stepped my working out up a notch as I'm aiming for 8lb loss a month and know I'm behind due to having 2 days of the diet when away . But have lost what put on .

But means I'm way behind this months total

Hmm had anyone else found their stomach shrunk on weekend away I could not even finish portion of desert. Before hand could had 2/3 deserts easily

Rowing

I'm doing quite a strict one alongside the yoga . But it's working really well

Oh and Jonny

I was working on Loosing half my body weight !!!but just make very small goals rather than the bigger one . I'm over half way to 100lb loss ( ideally need loose 140lbs )
But I just aim for 8lb a month that's my only goal I set myself

So ladies can I lift trophy for being the biggests lard arse on here then please

I keep trying to distract myself from thoughts of fatty foods by working out new healthy food possibilities but it's not quite the same!

Also, someone at work is leaving today so there is a high probability of there being either cakes or samosas... sigh

MUST RESIST!!

Supposed to be going out for lunch too "must not order chips, must not order chips" :-)

Happy Friday everyone

Sc x

Hi all. Just touching base after getting tonsils out yest. Hopefully I can use my reduced food intake for good!