Getting healthy and losing weight through the power of MOTIVATION

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Motivational Monday - where we are motivated to stick to our diet and exercise plans for the rest of the week.
Progess logged on Kato's spreadsheet (if you want to of course)
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Sorry for radio silence, been having a drama...middley kid has ongoing asthma ishoos. We're doing an extension - the dust triggered a(nother) attack, been a difficult week and they now think he's coeliac's too. So, now I've decanted to my folks' (2 hours away) with the kids for at least a fortnight, possibly a month...and, I'm homeschooling.

Feck. I'm turning into the the type of woman I delight in despising - baking bread from scratch, homeschooling, exercising, capable type.

Still not weighing myself. Am delighted to report that I have lost the first one of my tyres (the below boob bulge), the biggest 3rd tyre is changing shape, and my jeans are falling down. I did stand on my mother's scales - whch said I am 14st 2lb. This is depressing as it suggested I'd only lost 2lbs. So, I ate 2 cakes, 3 chocolate biscuits and the kids' sweets.

Am not weighing myself ever again, it's bad for me.

The 5;2 thing suits me. I really, really like not having to think about food all day! Don't find myself ravenous, allow myself a treat in the evening, job done. Once I've lost a fair bit I'll do it properly, meanwhile, I'm so fat I've got a bit of leeway - this loss needs to be slow to be For Life.

Meanwhile, got a couple of big meetings for the comedy stuff. Fingers crossed, I'm getting there. Sadly, had a photo of me in an article for our professional mag which made me look like a heifer. Roll on August, I shall buy myself a lovely, teal lace frock...anyone have one for sale by then (you'll be too thin by then, LV. And, I am coveting your frock x)

Well done on the losses. And, well done for keeping going to those of us who aren't lsoing as quickly as we'd like.
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tober 1270 kcals doesn't sound v much to me but then I'm a pig I struggle with the 1600 kcals MFP gives me!

Back to the gym today after prolonged absence due to anaemia issues. Only 258 kcals burnt but it was hard work just managing that - I'm so unfit! Still, got to get back to it somehow. Gym has been redone since I was last there - loads of fancy pants new machinery and a zillion tv channels to choose from

hazel don't feel disheartened. I've posted on the same vein alot on this thread - I can weigh myself one day and then the next I can be alot more/less. It's just water/bloating etc. Try again in a couple of days and I'm sure it'll be back.

gussie if you need any gluten free pointers, I'm gluten free. Good luck with homeschooling hope your dss asthma will be OK now.

gussie you don't look like a heifer (I "recognised" you when I read the article). I hate any photos of me in work uniform, not the most flattering!

Hazel how are you getting on? It has happened to me, but I find that the easier the pounds o on, the easier they come off.

Am I allowed back after going awol for so long? Been having a really busy time at work, done a few incredibly long days. Actually feel I needed chocolate to prop me up. also been ill for ages now, cold after cold :( am back on it again now but not going to weigh for a while incase it depresses me

Of course you can come back spb
Don't stress about what is past, it's what you do from now on that will determine your success. Focus on the future and your goals and eat fruit instead of chocolate at least some of the time

:o while I've eaten too much, I have noticed I'm making better choices. I have still been eating salad 3 nights a week, and one left half a plate of pasta as I was full - unheard of!

That's the spirit! Understanding what your body needs to function well, and listening when your body tells you you've had enough. It's all part of changing habits that gets the weight off and keeps it off.
I won't go back to eating like I used to, it never made me feel any better, in fact, it took away my energy.

I really am real, I write for a living, so I'm clearly good at making the pretty words dance for me though.
I'm not saying it's been easy, far from it, but I'm (putting it nicely) quite determined once I set my mind on something. My goal is to achieve and maintain a healthy weight without compromising my lifestyle. Any diet that means I can't make choices when out with my family is never going to work long term.

How are we all doing today?
I had muesli for breakfast (no sugar)
Homemade vegetable broth (no bread)
Had a ginger oatcake for a snack in the afternoon.
Then went into town and found the fishmongers was closed so I got supermarket fish goujons instead, and had 4 with rice and a raw tomato for dinner.
Still, at least I had a decent walk into town, I had some decent tunes on my MP3 so went very fast.

I could've eaten and eaten today, have snacked quite a lot. For the first time in quite a few days I've eaten all my calories (sigh)

However, look on the bright side... I have stopped eating and tomorrow I will shred!

But presumably you stopped? Well done.
I'm on day 2 of diet back on :)

You see this is how you are so slim especially compared to me - you eat much less than me every day!

I had oat muesli and buckwheat flakes and orange juice for breakfast, a banana for snack, pitta with low fat cheese and watercress and rice/tofu/vegetable salad and low kcal hot choc for lunch, rice cakes and cashew nuts for afternoon snack and asparagus and pea soup with a bit of buckwheat bread then a bit of dark chocolate for tea.

My bedroom radiator is making very suspicious loud noises at present. Hope it won't stop me sleeping

SPB yes I stopped... Just!!

Just working out my next goal for MFP. My last goal was a stone, achieved that this morning per-snack so need a new number. I was a bit disappointed that MFP doesn't give you a 'well done'. Nothing, no fanfare, no balloons, no acknowledgement that I'd achieved my goal. So new number in, next stone here we come!

I had a piece of toast for breakfast
Banana and low cal hot choc md morning
Lunch was a healthy box of goodies prepared by mrTobermory - cherry toms, cucumber, gherkins, ham, grapes, blueberrys,
Mid afternoon snack - carrot and a teeny bit of humous
Tea- low cal lasagne with green salad, no dressing
Evening - weight watchers choc wafer, low cal hot choc, crisps ( my first packet in a month.... Excuses... Excuses!)

reastie oh yes, please! I'm drowning in a sea of mis-information. He's not diagnosed yet, there might well be a big chunk of anxiety causing, or contributing to his pain. Anyhoo, spent an enormous amount of cash in Sainsbos on "free from", gotta be worth a shot. Night-time wakening with abdo pain - is that a common symptom?

northender how funny. The editor has been very nice and helpful - not been papped yet

Diet's going ok, am rushed off feet with having 3 kids ALL DAY. No cups of tea whilst trying to figure out the Romans/Victorians/ "ae" sounds.

No exercise yet. Unless you count the bedtime chaos...

I was thinking about blood donors this morning, and BMI. I looked on the website and it says people under 7st 12 cannot give blood, then I checked what BMI that would make me. As I'm so short, it came out at 21.5 (I.e. my "ideal" BMI).
It reinforced my view that I should not aim for the lower end of my healthy range. For me, 9st 3lb is the top of the "healthy BMI" range, and is the lowest I'm aiming for.
This will not hold true for everyone, I am about as short as adults get. I just wanted to explain that while I seem absurdly light to be losing weight still, it's because I still have a way to go to even get to the healthy range.

Evening everyone. I seem to have gone into lurker mode.

It's not going well but I have no idea if that's in my head or not as I've been too frightened to weigh. This in itself is bad as I'm obviously in denial. I will weigh on Monday I promise. :)

Today was ok.
Breakfast: Belvita
Lunch: a bagel with humous and salad
Dinner: king Prawn fried rice but not a big portion

I did have a bite sized aero from aldi (they are gorgeous) for pudding.

I can indeed confirm that IMST is real although I was once accused on here of being her sock puppet. On a "Mumsnetters know more than Google" thread of all things. She's quicker than google anyway!!

Oh and I am giving blood tomorrow and I forgot so thanks for the reminder!

I liked the "quicker than google" thread, it was fun.
Hair, I'll try to remind you about blood donors.

Aaahhh. One post and I killed the thread!!

Hope you are all ok. :)

I'm still here, still 11st2 :(
Feels slow going at the moment but it's definitely worth it

Why is it not going well BTW?
And did you remember blood donors?

Too many biscuits SPB. I can't seem to stop nibbling. I will get back on it though.

I did remember to give blood. In fact I turned up an hour early . I had to go home and come back again later. I always am borderline on the iron test and have been turned away before but it was ok this time. :)

I had a nsv this morning. I put on one of my favourite dress/top things from All Saints which always pulled a bit round the boobs but now it fits really well. A small victory but it means ill wear it more often now.

SPB 11st2 is nothing to be sad about. Remember where you started!!

Hi All.
I'm new here and would like to join if possible. I weigh(whispers 14st 10lbs). Its been a gradual increase for a numbers of years and all of a sudden I feel huge. I'm 5ft 5 and a size 16.

We've decided to try for a baby at the end of the year and I would like to weigh a lot less by then to help my chances. I'm not sure what my target weight will be. Think I'm just going to aim for a stone at a time, with a weight loss of 1-2lbs per week.

I have a dog who I walk for about 1hour a day and have started using our rowing machine each evening, have started with 20mins and will work up. Once the evenings are a bit lighter I will start running, but as I will be on my own (partner works away in the week) I don't like going in the dark on my own.

Hope it's ok to join, let me know if you need more information.