Calling all Chiefs who Choose Their Hard

[DoubleMum]

Carrying on from the old thread here
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/big_slim_whatever_weight_loss_club/1663963-OI-CHIEFS-OVER-HERE?pg=40

2 lbs down in total this week, despite it being TOM week. So now my stats look like this:

Eating at 10-15% cut of TDEE:
1 Feb 12 - 210lbs
2 June 12 - 196
13 July 12 - 178
7 Sept 12 - 168
10 Jan 13 - 166
25 Jan 13 - 164
Start fasting:
1 Feb 13 - 163
8 Feb13 - 159
15 Feb 13 - 158
22 Feb 13 - 156
1 Mar 13 -156
8 Mar 13 - 155
15 Mar 13 - 153

Hurrah!

Brilliant Bssh! How far away from goal now?
Dinky well done for going, face the other way!

Double 8 lbs to goal then I'll reassess to see whether I want to lose more (depends on how I look as I like my curves and I don't want to look gaunt).

Ladies I have hit my first stone! I am back in the 12 stones and back on a BMI of 24 I am thrilled. Must keep going!

Bssh that's AMAZING, you are all such inspirations :)

Well done Bambie :)

I am hoping to follow in your footsteps bssh, I ain't believe you have lost 60lbs! That's such a massive achievement

Thank you. It's all down to consistency and keeping on going even if I don't lose for weeks, or puton weight (which happened lots last year). But also to keep getting support on forums like here and on MFP - it helps me be accountable :)

I agree, MFP has done wonders for me, I have never been this successful and stayed motivated before.

Well done Bssh and Bambie!! Fab work.

Bambie, how tall are you?

Dinky, well done on the mum dancing! I hate doing classes in front of a mirror, just hate it. If DH is back in time tonight I am going to body pump, in front of a mirror. Last time I was mortified. I do not look good when straining to pump weights!

Well done Bambie!

Lizzy I am 5ft 11ins , I was basically a tree trunk after pregnancy cakes

I thought you must be tall, Bambie! I am 5ft 9" so catching up
Bet you look fab!

We can be tall together what's your goal? 11stone seems so unrealistic for me at the moment :(

Bet you do too! I still have a way to go but am slowly getting my confidence back

Yey. You big losers from yesterday and today (sorry I'm on my phone so can't remember everyone there are so many)

I'm afraid I snorted at the looking ancient in the big mirrors. I know exactly what you mean. In my head I'm in my early 20s, last year I went to streetdance classes. It was a complete revelation to see my Mum in the mirror. And I really can't dance despite years of thinking I was still larging it like I did in the 90s.

I went over my target yesterday with a 2lbs loss. I've lost 71lbs in the last 3 years, 2 months and 9 days. I haven't been this light since I was at university. I just can't get my head around it at all. Apologies for the deluge of thoughts that's about to follow. And I hope I don't upset anyone. I have no idea what dress size I am. I feel a little overwhelmed by it because the reason for my weight gain in the first place was I was really unhappy in my 20s in a controlling relationship, i turned to comfort eating when I became isolated from friends and family, and stopped playing hockey because it was too much trouble. I've been plump or overweight ever since. I am now in the upper 50% of normal on the BMI scale and for body fat percentage. But will I be able to stay here? My weight tends to fluctuate by half a stone when I'm not doing this weight loss thing. So I think I need to go 4-6lbs lower so I have some wriggle room for that. I'm fasting today. My job hunting is starting to pick up and so I think I'll be getting interviews soon. They will assume I'm normal but i think I'll be working away a lot so how will I manage all that without creeping back up the scales? Like I say, overwhelmed. Sorry.

bambi I was more of a privet bush than a tree trunk - one shaped into a round ball - being short is shite.

Tea it's a fantastic achievement and it's bound to take a while to get your head round it. Over-eating is almost entirely psychological to my mind. Take this morning, I was hungry so I thought instead of waiting till lunch I'd eat my lunch as a brunch. I've eaten a whole ham baguette, and now, despite (obviously) not being physically hungry, I am really craving more. I don't know how long it takes to change your mindset to one of a thin person who will eat, be sated and forget about food, if indeed you ever change. It would certainly be nice to change. It's a bit exhausting being so obsessed with food, not to mention a bit fattening.
The wee-ing in cat litter thread is vair funny. I once weed in a vase cos I lived on the top floor of student digs and the only bathroom was down 3 flights of stairs in the dark to the basement where the back door was. I'd just seen Silence of the Lambs.

Haha tea you are a privet bush no more!!!

So tired I could cry, from feeling bleurgh and a week of truly awful nights. Not going to worry too much about what I eat today.

Bambie, I honestly don't know. I always weigh heavier than I look iyswim so will know when I get there I think!

Tea, bloody, bloody good for you. You are very inspirational, you should feel very proud. As Double says I think there may be a gap between our bodies and minds. It will take a while for your mind to catch up with the fact that you are a slim person in control of her eating and weight iyswim? I think some people carry on with fasting just one day a week to maintain, does that sound feasible for you?

Hope you feel better Double, try not to worry about intake today, your body is telling you it needs energy to fight the lurgy I think.

I have just got back from a Client function where I had none of the gorgeous canapes or cakes and met an MP (v famous one) and the Turkish Ambassador. It's just how we roll in Lancashire

Get you Lizzy. You'll be too posh to talk to us soon. Super canape control!

Amazing achievement Tea! Absolutely inspirational. I think if you continue to play hockey and get fitter and stronger I think your eating habits will fall into line and you'll not default to emotional eating again. And if the scales creep up, then so be it. You now have the tools (MFP, fasting and fitness) to get back in control quickly. You've learned now how to lose weight :)

Tea I've lost 4 stones and still don't know my exact current dress either. I haven't had time to go shopping (and there's still a bit of fear there too) and my old clothes still fit because I wear quite loose fitting clothes. I'll wait until summer them brave the shops.

Hi all, been pointed over here by BsshBossh having tried to lose weight through various fads methods in the past but failed. One such attempt involved the day I decided to try fasting and by 4pm was roaming the house picking fights with everyone, like a mad lioness. Not my most dignified hour.

Anyway I'm now on MFP again and I mean it this time, doing lots of exercise (even though I'm terrible, just terrible at gym classes) including C25k, and feeling motivated! Got about two and a half stone to lose.

Already feeling very inspired by some of the stories on this thread! I hope you don't mind another chief tagging along...

Tea it looks like you've had an amazing achievement. Do you think you might take up hockey again? I bet you'd have so much fun!

Welcome Kettle!

Bloody well done Tea that's bloody amazing 71lb , absolutely amazing. I can't imagine how good it must feel to be at your goal. You must be so proud of yourself.

Bssh you're flipping amazing too, half a stone to go!

I don't dance in front of people or mirrors, it's a rule I've made for everyone's benefit. 2 drinks and I think I'm Margot Fonteyne. I'm not. I'm chubby, ungainly and far from young enough to get away with it.

bambie you can join lizzy and I in the tall gal category. Soon we shall be willowy instead of Amazonian!

11 stone at 5'11 seems very low, although apparently I can be 5'8/9 and be 8 stone! I'd be ecstatic with 10 but that would mean a total loss of 5 stone, daunting to say the very least.

I find it very difficult to know what's the right weight for me as I think I must carry it all over, even at my biggest I was only a size 16. I'm now a 14 yet I've still got 17lb to go just to hit the top of healthy on the BMI chart.

Ah well, all that's a long way off so no point withering in about it now I suppose. Onwards and downwards.

Ooh can I join the tall gal crew too? I'm 5ft 11. It is amazing how overweight you can be according to the BMI calculator when you're tall, but still fit into 16s and 14s... I suppose when you're tall there are just more places to stash it all!

I'd really like to be 11 stone, as that's a nice round figure midway through the 'healthy' BMI range for me, and I remember being that weight and being pretty happy with it. That was a good six years ago now though!!

Evening Chiefs!

I hope everyone is doing well? tea and bshh you really have done so amazingly well. Gives me so much determination to beat my weight problems once and for all.

Welcome kettle you have come to the right place for support and motivation. I'm still quite a new recruit and have never felt so positive about being in this for the long haul. My weight has gone up and down for years. The last time I lost a lot of weight I got pregnant with dd (after years of ttc) and the pounds piled on which led to stones and here I am now!

2 lb off this week and really happy. Going in the right direction and I know it's going to take a long time to get to my goal. 3 lb more and I will have lost a stone, that's my focus right now. Small steps and all that....

Booking flights this evening for our summer holiday. Dh parents live in Spain so it's ideal for us, a lovely break and dc get to see their grandparents.

I have to work part of the weekend so if I don't get back on, have a great weekend

kettle hellllooooo!

Oh my word Chiefs have you seen this thread on the MFP boards full of incredibly inspiring before and after photos of successful dieters and exercisers. I am in awe and kind of wish I'd taken photos of myself too though actually, no, too British, too Indian.

www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/905203-share-your-side-by-sides

That thread alone will keep me chugging on....