I need to loose 40lb by August

[OnlyWantsOne]

Is it possible?

Oh help how do I do it?!

Freedom I do that any way. I walk the dog daily & am very active. No biscuits etc and am on myfitnesspal

is it any good my fitness pal? i imagine it to be a bit of a hassle

Only I think the closer you get to 'healthy weight' and you are only abt a stone off that, the harder it is to loose weight, I think you have to accept no weight loss on the odd week, you should get some next week with perseverance- I know that feels crap though,

Goodness me i can't be near healthy weight range I am massive >.

What size jeans do you wear? I reckon, based on the info you've given that you can't be bigger than a 14, ergo you are not massive.

Overweight yes, but healthy weight for your (our) height is 11st 6- or at least it was when I last checked the NHS weight calculator thing- google it if you don't believe me

I my dear am massive, you are not!

I do myfitnesspal and have lost 50lbs in 24 wks with another 60lbs to lose. You can lose 40lbs by August if you find a method that works for you. good luck.

wow! well done chookkeeper

good luck everyone with staying focused and disciplined this week. Do you all have special events or reasons for loosing? Or a particular outfit you want to fit into? My reasons are health, vanity and a lovely red dress I have only worn once that I want to wear again.

opps - losing not loosing

My reasons are health, vanity, the fact that none of my nice clothes fit and TTC

The scales are well down on where I started- now need to hold strong this week!

Gah. Not a disciplined day today. the menu was all right. Porridge, bit of rice and left over beef stew for lunch and roast chicken leg and veg for dinner. It's the yoghurt, banana and 3 digestive biscuits and tea with sugar which I inhaled today and no exercise that pushed me off track. Nevermind, new day tomorrow.

Morning!!! Keep going freedom you'll get there.

Is there any snow where you lot are?

I weighed myself this morning and I'm 12 st 9

I want to set a goal, to get to 12 stone by end of Feb?

Well done on the weightloss!

Add me on myfitnesspal if you like, same username as here. I'm pretty much in the same boat as you, started last monday, needed to lose 50lbs by August, plus I wanted to lose a stone by half term.

So far I have lost 10lbs. I'm eating around 1200-1400 cals a day, doing couch 2 5k, cycling and walking. I did try shred, lasted 10 mins and hurt my knee! Have you thought of c25k? It's really good imo, I'm now on week 2.

I lost 4 stone 3 years ago, but have piled it steadily back on since. It IS doable.

oh and my weakness is chips too!

I'm 13 stone and 5'6 - I've already lost a stone, would love to get down to 10 stone eventually.

I'm a bridesmaid in mid-Feb so want to lose as much as possible by then. I'm having 1200 calories (or less) a day and logging it all in myfitnesspal...I love that app, think it's brilliant for keeping an eye on what you're eating and logging weight loss makes me feel good too!

Must admit I'm crap on the exercise front. Have a 14 month old ds so am hoping chasing after him will be burning lots of calories

Going to a dressmakers tomorrow to see if she can let out my bridesmaid dress, bastard thing won't zip up over my hips at the mo. I really want to be able to fit into it and look good by mid-Feb.

ohhh - well done only! We're not even at Friday weigh in yet.

I'm still not telling you much lighter than me people what I weigh

But I also weighed myself this morning (technically I started last Monday, but wasn't brave enough to weigh myself till Tuesday) and so in my first 'weighed week' I lost 5 3/4lbs! Which isn't bad going .

If I can lose 2-3lbs per week from now on I'll be ahead of schedule.

• re snow, yes we had a few inches but it's melting fast. Cat doesn't like it though!

are we doing a friday weigh in still? I am 12 stone 3 lbs today. Which is 5.4 lbs less than last week so I guess the first week went ok. I signed up for fitness pal. I admit, it is quite good.

How are you getting on? I am doing 27 pounds by the end of March. Doing a plan online, 6 down 21 to go. Weekend of 40th birthdays (not mine yet) this weekend, can feel the resolve weakening and the Prosecco calling...

I've lost one more lb since Tuesday- which isn't as exciting as last weeks progress but healthier I suppose! It was SO hard to avoid the amazing looking fish and chips at work lunch sitting just now, but managed a jacket potato and salad.

It's very snowy and cold here too!

well done on resisting the fish and chips Felicity and another pound down is great! All in the right direction. I am enjoying playing around with calories on fitnesspal to see how much food (volume) I can scoff without going over the daily goal (1200 calories a day net) Doing lots of walking to be able to eat more.

So far today I have eaten 600 calories, about to cook dinner (chicken and potato and veg) and have a glass of wine, tomorrow it'll be 2 weeks in, only 8 to go before goal week!

I'm impressed by your exercise Freedom, in the cold I can't motivate myself to do it... I'm hoping it will come as I start to look less hippo like...

I just love eating Felicity. And if I exercise more, I get more calories to eat. I live in Foreign Lands where they are used to snow so walking in it is ok as we're well equipped with boots and ski underwear to keep warm. I'm actually eating a bit over 1500 calories a day but only once I'm sure I've walked off 350 at least to even it out. That is about 1.5 hours walking for me. Have a great week. Might check in on Friday latest for a progress check.

Well Tuesday weigh in has arrived, and I have lost 2 3/4 lbs this week. A healthy weight loss for week 2 I think!

8 1/2 weeks to goal and 11 1/4lbs to loose, think its doable.

If I can just keep motivated... How are you doing Only ?

WELL DONE Felicity very inspiring.

It's definitely doable if you really want to do it. Easter 2011 I weighed 13 and a half stone and by the Christmas of 2011 I weighed just over 9 stone. So I lost 60 pounds in 8 months. I stuck to under 1500 calories a day and cut out most carbs and all crap. I lost between 1 and 2 and a half pounds a week, never more than that. Good luck.