What was the 'killer moment' that made you lose weight

[sallycinnamum]

Donkeys years ago I lost a significant amount of weight via SW because I saw a photo at a work Xmas party and made a vow to lose a stone. I ended up losing two over 4 months.

When I got married two years ago I ate nothing but porridge and Ryvita for two weeks and lost half a stone so the dress wouldn't be too tight. Then a month later I got pregnant with my second DC.

Now, after 2 DC I know I need to lose a stone but I haven't had the killer moment yet that will spur me into going on a proper, long-term diet and sticking to it.

I just wondered what it was that finally spurred you into going on a diet and doing it properly rather than giving up a couple of weeks in.

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mine was booking holiday for wdw and knowing that i will ahave to transfer to one of those tiny airline on board wheelchairs and be dragged by airport staff up the plane to seat and did not want them thinking crap who drags her .Then having to sit in seat for 9 hrs

we go September and i am 10 stone lighter so figure dragging my 10 stone arse be easier than my former 20 stone.though home i may be a bit heavier .Lost weight by low carb and low calorie and working out

Thanks Crabby. I'll pop over. I certainly need to!

10 stone! That's amazing. Congratulations.

Chubfuddler thank you for resurrecting this thread I was feeling really paranoid about having killed it!!
Well done everyone, I'm three weeks into WW and having my third weigh-in tomorrow, am hoping to have got below 11 stone for first time in 10 years, wish me luck!
If I'm not I may have to come over to the bootcamp...

Well done flo. I've signed up to mfp and am feeling positive about shifting the last 20 pounds or so - I've lost 50 so doing well really.

I'm a bit dubious about low carbing, it seems very restrictive and I really can't arsed to cook two separate meals for me and the Dcs.

Thanks Chub!

Whenever I've done low carbing before I've always ended up really constipated which puts me off.

I regularly cook 2 or 3 different meals each evening - DCs both picky but over different things, DH is vegetarian and I'm wheat-free so us all eating the same thing is a once in a blue moon occurrence anyway! Maybe it's worth it ... I may just have to buy industrial quantities of prunes

It's not restrictive! How could a diet where you can eat butter and cheese and cream, and have lovely oily dressings on your salads be considered restrictive?!

I never cook separate meals. We either all eat the same, or I just avoid the carb component of the meal. Last night I did roast chicken with lemon, lemon mash and braised white cabbage. Instead of the mash I had mashed celeriac.

And if you were getting constipated, you weren't eating enough veg/salad or drinking enough water.

I'll lurk on the bootcamp board for a bit BIWI if that's ok? Get some idea of how it'd work practically and whether I'd be able to keep it up. At the moment I'm doing WW but have one carb free meal per day, presumably that's nowhere near enough to make a difference though is it? I drink bucket loads of water by the way but have dreadful digestion and also don't like fruit so don't eat enough of that to stop constipation.

Can you give me an idea of how it works in a nutshell? What are the 'rules'? Am I still allowed lots of wine?

BTW I am a butter fiend so it's sounding quite tempting but the wine thing would be a deal breaker!

I shall investigate low carbing the idea of butter and the skin on chicken is v tempting ....

If you were to follow Bootcamp, the first two weeks are supposed to be alcohol-free but most people seem to ignore that bit. After that, you move on to Bootcamp Light, where alcohol is allowed.

Here is our spreadsheet where we record our weekly weight loss If you look at the tabs at the bottom, you can see the rules of Bootcamp. There are ten of them, and it's designed to make it as easy as possible to follow.

I'm a sucker for a spreadsheet...

There is a spreadsheet where you need to post your weight for all to see ?

Jesus that spreadsheet has just frightened the bloody life out of me!
And the rules! The rules!

< runs and hides behind Mantella >

I'm big enough for you to hide behind Pyro. I'm hiding behind a (very large) tree.

I can't see the rules, I think it's being on a mobile instead of a PC

No offence BIWI I'm easily frightened.

My killer moment - standing in the queue at KFC for the 10th time in 2 weeks about to order yet another variety meal, knowing that I didn't want to, but having no self control to be able to stop myself. Ate the whole meal with a feeling of self loathing. Went back to my desk and signed up to MyFitnessPal straight away. Lost nearly 2 stone in 5 months and have changed my lifestyle and eating habits ever since then (2 years ago). Still struggle massively but am fitter and in better shape than I have been for over 20 years and feel good :)

Bootcamp no, you don't have to put your weight on the spreadsheet, it's just there if you want to do it and win the 'loser of the week' :)

I am low carbing as a non egg eating vegetarian and I'm doing OK - so you meat & egg eaters have no excuses re it being restrictive!!

On what other 'diet' can you eat an avocado, chunk of cheddar cheese and savory seeds for breakfast and still lose weight

Oh phew!

You load of wusses.

Yes please join us on the bootcamp threads and, no, you don't have to be on the spreadsheet, or you can log your weight as "100" and then index your loss like a percentage. Still get the motivation of seeing your losses but no one will know your "real" numbers!

LCing literally changed my life. I was overweight, (not hugely but enough that I disliked what I saw), depressed, lethargic, had hideous PMT and was really struggling to find any joy in life. I lost 20lbs in the first ten weeks, but much more than that discovered a way of eating that meant I had more energy, stable moods, much reduced PMT, better digestion (no more smelly poos or farting!) all of this has meant much better mental health for me and I've done stuff in the last few months that I couldn't have contemplated last year. (Including a 10k walk just a couple of weeks ago)

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