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 :(

Oh, this thread has made me laugh and sort of made me feel a bit better. A bit.

In the last 20 years I have lost and gained and lost and gained enough weight to make at least 2 more of me. Pity they aren't here to give me a good slap.

Right now I am a fat huffamoose and hating myself because back in September I swore I would lose weight before my holiday... which is now in 10 days.

Oh, I lost some weight (about half a stone) AND THEN STUFFED MY FAT FACE AND PUT IT ALL BACK ON AGAIN AND SOME MORE.

So now I am in a frenzy of buying nice sparkly flipflops so that perhaps my in-laws won't notice how fucking fat I am when we're on the beach.

They'll only notice the flipflops, right? And not the rolls of flab/ back hamsters/ chafed thighs?

why did oyu "stuff your fat face"?

MFP = My Fitness Pal

Oi Mo, v good advice (tahnk you) but play nicely Overeating is psychology not laziness, mmm-kay?

typo not on purpose :o

Because I basically like all the kind of food that is bad for me and have no self control, Maureen. And don't exercise.

:o

Can i join you?

I got on the scales and i'm 14st 8! About three weeks before Xmas i just stuffed my face and now I've put a stone and i'm so mad at myself

Can someone explain my fitness pal please?

I have to say the illustrations on the British heart foundation bmi chart are perhaps unintentionally hilarious

www.bhf.org.uk/bmi/home.html

I only joined today, willow, it logs all your food/calories so you can tell if you're on target to lose whatever you want to lose. Free, dead simple. Enter some details (weight now, target weight, height etc and how much you eat and exercise) and it logs it all. Theory for me is it'll make me realise how much I'm gobbling...so I'll stop it.

I'm in. The thread title drew me in as I wondered if I had perhaps written it in a daze after stepping off the scales at the weekend. I have never knowingly been this weight before. And like chinupchestout, I regularly convince myself I am thin. Be back later, got to go out.

Pinot - it makes me much more aware of how much I eat. When I'm not using MFP I can eat a shockigly high number of calories without trying.
It also makes me plan ahead, I'm quite sad in that I like spreadsheet type things and to see numbers and facts so I think it satisfies the inner geek in me

Sadly, it doesn't satisfy the inner, greedy me

Oh God, I'm way too scared to weigh myself.

The Boxing Day photos are enough. My bil is one of those twats that takes sneaky pics when you're not looking.

Fuck. Me. Sideways.

I have no chin, no discernible jaw bone at all. Just a big wibbly mass that goes from my bottom lip to my chest.

There is no air between the tops of my thighs at all, not even a sliver. They are one flabby mass. Why did no one tell me my skinny jeans look a fucking fright?

Since being single I've just not bothered about what I eat at all. Not eaten lads but just eaten shit. And no proper mealtimes just snacking if I feel like it.

I have lunch lady arms. I've never had big arms. The only remotely normal sized bit of me is my wrists.

The best part of it is I have no tits or arse to balance things out. I'm basically just one shapeless mass from head to toe.

I used to have hips, hips god damn it.

Randall - listen. Today is the last day you'll be this heavy. Tomorrow you'll weigh a bit less, and the day after that...and the day after that. This is your low point, which means the only way is up :) Join MFP and friend me and we'll do it together - theres a few of us on it just from this thread alone.

Imagine how good we'll feel in a months time, on 7 Feb when we're half a stone lighter and we can see cheekbones again!

I can confirm I have definitely not eaten lads nor have I eaten loads!

Pinot you're so positive! I bought the shred months ago. It scares me. I haven't been brave enough to unwrap it yet

Randall you just made me snort loudly

Shred fucked my knee (genuinely - months later still in pain). Be careful

I do feel positive actually - but that's cos of Buppers being so honest and making me see I'm a biffer - so many women being honest on this thread. Tis good. Onwards, chiefs! Onwards!

"Chief" makes me snurk every time :o

Hello! I hope you don't mind but I have added a few people on here on MFP! My name is Laurenamium on there too! I could do with lots of people to keep me motivated!

you lot make me laugh.

I love all the ' I'm not giving up wine / cakes / chocolate ' wails

The sad fact is that if you want to lose weight then you HAVE to give it up. Or show restraint and just eat or drink a small amount once a fortnight. Which didn't work for me. I viewed it as ... I spent a fair few years indulging my fat face so it stood to reason that I'd have to go through a period of deprivation to reverse what I'd done to myself.

I've also thrown out every piece of clothing I previously owned and invested £££ in a size 8 / 10 wardrobe so I just literally cannot afford to put the weight back on.

Here's a motivational quite for you all ...

'Being overweight is hard. Losing weight is hard. Choose your hard. '

Oh and man up and stop eating! Food is not a comfort if you're not comfortable.

( I should write a book. No one would buy it )

Oh oh. I love your quote

For those of you that havve lost a few stones what happened to you stretched skin?

This is something I'm so paranoid about

Who'd have thought it? Shiney the Personal Trainer and kick ass diet queen of MN
Nah, you've done fabulously Shine so I shall soak up your wisdom.

I like MFP because you can have treats and a bit of what you fancy (in moderation) as long as you stay within limits, if you know you are going out to partake in a few G&T's/Pints of scrumpy/Magnum of champagne you just make sure you earn the calories by exercising/cutting back.
You do have to show restraint but NOT cut everything out, if I do that then I fail. Every single yo yo dieting time.

Have*
Your*

I'm not even on my phone :S

And if you have a bad day get right back to it the next day. You want to lose the weight eventually don't you? So start from where you are rather than thinking stuff it and stuffing your face until you finally get your motivation back and are pounds heavier so have more to lose

That's my plan anyway...