Bloody f**king nora. Just weighed myself and I want to die.

[BaublesAndCuntingCarolSingers]

I can't even bring myself to type in my weight because I am so ashamed :(

I need to lose 3.5 stone before the end of May (going on holiday with a thin friend) I am doing My Fitness Pal (calorie counting) and I am going to do 1200 calories a day. It's brutal I know but then so was the reading on my scales this morning.

Effing Nora :(

Try the Shred, hard as fuck, but you get results.

If you are hungry, have a glass of water then go and brush your teeth.

I need to lose a stone at least. Arsefaces.

If you have an iPhone or ipad, download the virtual gastric band hypnosis app - it's very good!

At least you've got on the scales. I'm not going anywhere near mine
And now you can start to change. 1200 cals sounds like far too little but when I was on it, I had yog and berries (no honey), soup for lunch (no bread) and a sensible dinner (smaller portions), and even a couple of pieces of fruit and a little treat most days (couple of jaffa cakes, few squares of dark choc).
I also find planning my days food helps as it saves those desperately hungry scrabbles around in the cupboard. Also make sure you stay busy. I iron, organise photos, read, walk to see friends etc in the evenings when I would normally reach for a snack or glass of wine.

Good luck.

Join us on motivational monday thread
Good luck with MFP
I started at 16s6 and the weight dropped off to begin with - it really gave me motivation just when I needed it
You can do it btw

The Shred brings me out in hoves just thinking of it. Am going to start power-walking, 30 minutes a day, when DS is back at school. I am going to do it at night though so that no one can see me waddling about the streets like a demented weeble.

I am going to Puglia, everlong.

I have planned out my meals for today (have done the 1200 calories before and didn't find it too much of a struggle) I have had 2 boiled eggs for breakfast and a cup of fennel tea, am having cous cous for lunch with spiced vegetables and harissa chicken and bulgar wheat salad for dinner. That leaves me with 240 calories for snacks if I need them, have got oatcakes/flax seed cakes etc in stock.

I weighed myself at MIL's on Boxing Day and was mortified. I have never weighed as much as I do now. I reckon I need to lose at least 4 stone, but the gym's out of the question as I would have nobody to look after DS while I went.

The thought of the shred brings me out in a cold sweat. Is there any way of exercising and dieting that involves sitting down and eating crisps?

no but shred is 20mins of pain & listening to her annoying phrases then you get to sit down

Thanks SPB for the encouragement :) How much have you lost now and how long have you been doing it?

Getting on the scales has made me angry tbh. Angry at myself for letting myself become such a hambeast. :( But angers spurs you forward I think so this is good.

I know how you feel I feel and look like a right bloater, alongside My Fitness Pal I really want to do the Couch to 5k, but I'm scared.
Sorry for hijacking Baubles, I hate feeling so fat and unfit.

Ralph I have recorded Chairobics on the fitness channel. Shall I report back when I have looked at it?

Yes, I remember being angry!
Lost almost 5 and a half stone, I've been doing it since last July which I realise is a long time but I lost a lot of weight very quickly, so worth doing for me even if I'd stuck at say 14stone. I am now hovering around the 11st mark and have grown too small for trousers I on;y dreamed of wearing at the beginning.
Do it. 3.5 stone may seem like a lot to lose but half a stone doesn't and that in itself will be worthwhile. I think I lost 6lb in my first week!

Ooh yes please! Chairobics sounds right up my street

Hijack away. We can support each other.

I have just thrown all of the leftover christmas chocolates in the bin and then emptied leftover mashed potato from last night all over them to ensure i don't go into the bin and scoff them out of the bin ahem

SPB, that's awesome, well done you!

or, without wanting to sound unwelcoming, start a support thread of your own since there seem to be a few of you starting now. Imagine what it could be like this time next year. Even by end of Feb you could have lost over a stone.

Mfp is great if you stick to it you will get results! Assuming it's the start of May you will need to loose over 2 pounds a week which is do-able and some weeks you might even loose more.

Good luck!!

That's amazing, SPB. What have you been doing exactly?

5.5 stone from July to now is incredible!

Wow I am fierce and bossy today
JUST DO IT

List all the reasons you need to do this. For me it was a diabetes scare (all in my own mind, bu I realised the next one probably wouldn't be). I was having joint pain. I realised I wa heading towards that age where I could be one of those unlucky young people to have a heart attack. I was wearing the 'least worst' item in my wardrobe.

no no sorry July 2011

Where's the Monday motivational thread SPB?

That's still remarkable, SPB, less than 2years. And you've done it healthily I bet?

I AM just going to do it. For definite.

I have today thrown all of xmas in the bin. It's a start.

Right, I started on MFP in April 2012 (was on foodfocus before)
When I started I was 200lb - so 14st4
I am now just under 11st2.

YEAH HULLY it's a start.

Know your enemy. Mine are all in the bin covered in discarded mash.