time for drastic action!!!! Join me if you are really fat!

[schneebly]

Okay I am going to be 100% honest on this - rules are

Post your height, weight and dress size
what you want to achieve
post everything you have eaten and drank every day if possible.
Also post details of any exercise taken.
When someone has been over indulgent we need to help support and remind them why they want to lose the weight.

anyone up for this?

I will start

I am 5ft 5" and weigh 16 stones
I am a size 20 (but try to squeeze into 18!)
I have never been skinny but would like to be able to buy clothes anywhere so get to size 14ish.
I will post details later of food and exercise taken.

Someone join me please?

tangerinecath - well done on keeping your weight stable and i hope your IBS improves with diet, I have also joined WWB's thread as have more than 5 stone to lose!

Mazzystar - i do need to get more positive, am not really newsworthy just got interviewed about becoming a mother in my early 20's and why I decided to have kids young.

Schneebly, your support helps, even when you're struggling yourself.

Tangerinecath - hope you get your IBS under control.

Mazzystar - don't think we've got a Monsoon locally, but will certainly look out for it if we have (don't go shopping very often). Could do with some advice about style too........

Anyway, today I have had a reasonable day foodwise. I have failed when it comes to exercise though. Ended up working late so couldn't walk home from school, which pushed everything back so didn't walk to/from cubs. Came home to some shattering news which made me curl up and forget about the exercise bike. I know that sounds really pathetic but honestly, I'm floored. BUT I didn't raid the cupboard and I refused the wine DH offered me, so I guess that's a moral victory.

Well done mrsbang for not raiding the cupboard after shock news - are you okay? I will be around for a while if you want to talk.

I have a good day lined up today - I have no car and have to push the tandem buggy with 62 pounds of toddler for 2 hilly miles so that will be good exercise! I am also going back to slimming class tonight as I am not managing very well with the whole food thing but I know I will do better if I have to get weighed every week!

Keep motivated everyone, just remember why you are doing this.

I am now going to the gym every day. Am still eating bad things but will sort that out next. The gym are weighing me once a month whihc is scarey as they do BMI and percentage of fat which is gruesome.

Does Champs ever post here?

glitter!! how are ya my hun??!! been meaning to revive our old thread!!

hi everyone!! drastic acrion is deff needed with me!!

well...I did it - I re-joined SW last night and then went for a walk! I was dreading going back as I am 2 stone heavier than I was when I joined last time but I made the move and am rather pleased with myself. I am also going to walk to playgroup today which is a 2 mile round trip on a hilly route pushing 62 pounds of toddler in a graco tandem!

glitterfairy - well done going to the gym!

Champs - welcome!

How’s it going Schneebly? The walk at the seaside sounds idyllic. I'm ok considering thanks.

I’ve had another three reasonable days foodwise. Went out with a friend for tea on Tuesday, had something fairly sensible and no desert or alcohol – through choice, rather than “because I should”.

Have done a couple of short walks, but need to get back on my bike.

As I walked through town yesterday, a pleasant realisation hit me. This summer, even though I’ve still a long way to go, I will not be hiding away in navy and black and I will feel more comfortable in summery tops. Not sure you’ll get me out of my black trousers just yet lol.

I also analysed my eating habits. This is nothing new but it was one of those “lightbulb” moments.

My main triggers are: habit, stress and cravings.

Habit – pick up a newspaper (and a bar of choc); fill up with petrol (and choc) pop into town, have a pastry, etc etc. I have been slowly conquering this anyway.

Stress – have discovered that if I can get through that first ½ hour or so after a stressful situation, I CAN manage!. Realised this at the funeral last month, but Monday night was a biggie and I got through it. THAT was the real breakthrough I needed. Can’t promise I’ll get through every situation so positively but I am aware now that I CAN do it, so that will help.

Chocolate cravings – often combined with a general pigout session when I feel the need for a break from the “healthy lifestyle”. I think the craving comes first and I just then think “sod it”. I don’t deprive myself of chocolate and I eat loads of fruit (to compensate for lack of veg I’m afraid) so I get sugar. Struggle with this one.

Thinking about the triggers has put things into perspective a bit. Don’t know how long this positive mood will last but it’ll do for now.

Hi MrsBang - glad you are doing okay . You sound like you have done a lot of thinking about your reasons for overeating - sound pretty similar to mine TBH! I am doing well. I did the walk with the tandem yesterday and today in the blistering heat and felt really good afterwards! I am also doing well with the food - re-joined SW on tues and feeling positive - I think the hot weather has helped curb my appetite! All the best for tommorow!!!

Thanks.

Lol - I did go on a bit didn't I??

Not at all - it is good for you to put it down - therapeutic!

It was, lol. Just hope the good phase, and sensible thoughts, last.

Me too! I am sure they will!

Tangerinecath - I have IBS too. I take liquid aloe vera every morning. I've been taking it for about 8 months now. Since I started taking it I've only had one real flare up, and the pain I suffered daily has gone. I would really recommend it. I had been hospitalised twice with the pain but feel sooooooooo much better now.

I have the aloe vera gel in the yellow bottle at the bottom of the page on the link below. If you google "Forever Living Products" there are quite a few places which sell it.

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Hello Champs hun it is really good to hear from you how the devil are you? I cannot believe that you have got any fatter you woudl not have allowed that to happen!

Thank you for the welcome schneebly and Mrs Bang that sounds really positive.

I have been to the gym 6 times this week and am having a day off today. I will only go five next week as I am on a course but must not stress about that.

I am having counselling at the moment as my rl marriage break up has been so awful and violent. My counsellor is fab and has told me to keep a diary of my food. After one week I found that I do a lot of labelling, good or bad food, good or bad behaviour etc. THis week I am doing one day where I do not label ( I have to write feelings as I am eating down as well so think your stuff is great Mrs Bang). Going to the gym has given me energy and made me feel better about eating because I at least feel I am calorie burning!

Real Life is so hard at the moment that this feels like one more struggle but I am determined that I will get what I want from life and be the size that suits me best. I am deciding what that is at the moment.

5 times a week is still good going - far more than most of us do! Know what you mean about the calorie-burning, before I had my DSs I used to swim 5/6 times a week which meant I could eat well and still lose weight. Also cut out alcohol, cos I preferred a bar of choc, lol, stress of three little darlings makes me want both these days lol.

The food-labelling is interesting. I don't particularly see food as good or bad, apart from accepting that my diet isn't as healthy as it should be, but the triggers are a big thing.

I have realised this week too that when I'm suffering day-to-day stress (ie the boys, work, dh etc etc) I am constantly driven to shove something in my mouth, but when I have a big stress situation if I can get thro the first throes, I'm actually quite sensible about my food. Perhaps it puts the mundane stress into perspective?

The counselling sounds positive. Also sounds like you've been through a lot. My big stress this week was to do with my father and stepmother, the situation has been going on for quite a while and it's horrid, but I know it doesn't compare with your situation.

I've had a reasonable weekend, I've been helping out at a cub event, and considering there's been plenty of stodge on offer I've been sensible, even turning down a takeaway Friday night, and I've not felt deprived at all (that's a big thing for me too, if I feel deprived then I'll go and stuff something else later).

My official weigh-in is Monday mornings, but I can't get out of the habit of weighing myself everyday (I refuse to get on the scales when I'm being "silly" about food, therefore I get on each morning if I'm trying to be sensible as a reminder to myself). So I know I shouldn't say this until tomorrow, but I've lost about 3lb and I'm absolutely thrilled, as this is the first actual weightloss for about two months, and it means I'm now under the "stone" point - that's a big psychological breakthrough isn't it?

I find this thread really helpful too, this is the first time I've written down my feelings/thoughts so thanks.

Well done Mrs Bang. I get weighed at the gym once a month whihc is enough for me really.

As for the psychological stuff you are right it is hard when you are under stress to stop eating the chocolate. Apparently though I am going to be able to do it and am seeing my counsellor this week about it so watch this space! I have also written down all the positive outcomes which will happen once I get to my target weight. So for example when I am happy wiht my weight I will be able to say how much I weigh without any stress!

THis has helped me see losing weight as a positive rather than a chore.

Just a quick good luck for your weigh in shcneebly.

3lbs is great mrsbang - well done! I am really pleased for you.
Sounds like a good method glitterfairy, will try it!
I lost 2 lbs at my weigh in which isnt great for a 1st week at SW but good considering I pigged out at the weekend so I am pleased and aim to try harder this week! I also gragged dh to SW last night so it should be easier now without him scoffing crisps and chocolate all the time!

All the best to everyone - have a good week.

Well done to you both. I am wondering when my month is done will look on my chart tomorrow or Sunday and calculate when my weigh in is. Am still going to the gym every day at the moment and working hard swimming one day and CV work the next. My eating is still a little shakey but has got much much better than it was and far less bingeing.

2lb is 2lb is 2lb Schneebly, well done!

Am impressed by your commitment to the gym Glitterfairy. I've walked a little bit this week, nowhere near enough, and I still haven't got back on the bike...

Food not been too bad this week, had a couple of "must eat" moments but nothing too excessive. For all my rambling the other day, there's just no getting away from those moments.

Reckon I've lost about a 1lb, so satisfied with that.

Haha, having been told I looked rough last Sunday morning (justified it has to be said) managed to rack up a compliment a day Mon-Fri. Ok, so two were related to the clothes I was wearing rather than weight-loss but pleasing nonetheless, lol.

mrsbang - glad you are getting compliments! Even if you have 'only' lost a pound it is still a loss, think of it as a block of butter melting away...better?

glitterfairy - you are doing tremendously well with the exercise, I wish I was so disciplined!

THanks for the compliments but it is more about the effects! For starters I feel better when I have doen exercise happier and more at ease with myself which is my main reason for going but also I have RSI in both arms and I get one hour after exercise with very little pain. In fact since I really started working hard on the gym I have had far far less pain.

Compliments always help whatever the reason though!

glitterfairy - I am glad the gym is easing your pain, good that it can help you on different levels!

I have lost another 2lbs this week - pretty good consideringthe wine and buffet at the weekend, How ae the rest of you doing? I hope you are well.

Well done Schneebly! How did hubby do?

(I'm unexpectedly off work today and had eaten a mars bar by 10 am so not brill so far, did think it might have sent me off track completely but so far so good since then)