So I have been slowly but surely losing weight and am now on the home stretch to the event I have been losing for. I am setting myself a challenge to get in the best shape I can in the next 100 days (I fly out in 100 days exactly today so works out pretty well ;)). I would like to lose around 2 stone and get to a size 14 but I just will do the best I can to be honest. I am currently 13st 7 (size 18).
Plan is to eat fairly low carb but not Atkins strict and do as much exercise as I can. I did my shoulder in packing the other day so need that to get better before I can start again but I am booked in for a local bootcamp class on Friday so hopefully it will be sorted soon!
Breakfast this morning was scrambled eggs and smoked salmon, lunch will be soup and dinner meat with tonnes of veg and gravy (I can't eat food plain so even though it isn't strictly low carb I am having it!).
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AngryFeet · 18/06/2013 11:38
trikken am impressed at your exercising together, great incentive.
yellowcanary great weight loss in 5 weeks.
Only lost 1lb this week, disappointed with that as this week has been very hard work but a loss is a loss I guess, so this week I'm 11 7.
Anyone else a serial weigher? I MUST stop jumping on the scales daily 
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Morning all and hello to the newcomers.
beechview I've only been doing this for about two weeks but I am impatient for results . I have never stuck to a diet for more than a couple of days so this is quite something for me. I have ditched the junk, been eating "clean", been walking and drinking gallons of water, which is unheard of for me. Just got to keep it up for as long as possible.
ethelb Welcome. I like your line of thinking...14 weeks sounds a lot more doable to me than 100 days, a pound a week for 14 weeks, result!!
I'm going to join you if I may? I am MFP'ing, have 14 lbs to lose (and there are 14 weeks in 100 days). I am experimenting with keeping my carbs under control, well under 100g a day.
Goes to get count down app for iphone
beechview thank you, I am very today.
Good luck with your new regime. I have ditched the junk (so far) and am drinking lots of water. I don't actually feel any better at the moment but hopefully in time!!
Angry Good luck with your move.
Mrsfiddymont Well done! its not sad at all and you've every right to be thrilled.
I think I'm ready to start properly. I have an 8month old who is a bit demanding and I've had a chesty cough for the last week or so so I haven't been very committed.
Yesterday, I felt such a mess. I was tired, indulged in too much junk food, the house was a tip, I felt really heavy and lethargic and realised that I don't want to live like this. Its only half a life!
So now I'm going to get back to exercising and I'm going to eat food that's healthful and nutritious.
This weight is coming off now and I want to feel normal again.
My plan for today is;
lots of water (I have filled a 2ltr jug)
porridge
chicken and salad, fruit
rice and lentils, yoghurt
exercise is walking to the gp and shops and then gym this evening for 1/2hr or shred if dh is back late.
Can I share a non scale victory please? I have a pair of work trousers that I really like. I shouldn't really wear them as they have always been a little whispey around the ankles....not today, today the hem rests on the top of my foot .
I was a little demotivated at the beginning of the week as I found some scales printouts from Boots, I have been this weight since Feb 2012 and done nothing about it until now....fingers crossed it won't be another 18 months.
Apologies for the very self indulgent post but I am thrilled about the trousers, saddo that I am but I think for me it will be this sort of thing that keeps me going.
Not had a good week food wise and today is my weigh in day later at gym 
. But tomorrow is another day and realistically it could have been far worse - I got my "hungry days of the month" and had to eat! Will confess my weigh in later but im thinking maybe + rather than -!
Same here ginger -
I'm starting again tomorrow...
Still drinking lots of water so that's a change I have stuck to.
Usually I'm a 10 teas a day lass.
Welcome canary.
Hope we can inspire you some how!
We've had a 4lb loss ( combined I think , all from one person ) and I put a cornetto back once
gingerchick and lowercase thank you. Have to admit that this week has been far from enjoyable
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Angry, sorry for the late reply, haven't had a chance to check back for a day or two. Bridesmaid buddies sounds good :-)
Sorry your anxiety is making things difficult for you. Could the attempt to lose weight be causing the anxiety? I find that happens to me. I've been struggling all week with making good food choices and with exercising, and have been really feeling stressed rotten myself. So I've given myself today off (although no binging allowed!), and I feel much better. I will try to do a menu for the next few days when I get home this evening.
Would serving your food on a side plate instead of a dinner plate help you at all? And eating slowly? When I try that, I find I'm fuller on less food. I also just keep crisps and goodies in the house that I'm not keen on, but my son is.
Don't fret about exercise, a PP gave great advice re armchair exercises. You can sit there clenching your bum cheeks or holding your stomach muscles in for as long as possible. Or have a can of beans in each hand and do seated weight-lifting.
lower Well done for putting the cornetto back, I applaud your willpower and respectfully request any that you may have spare... 
Er, willpower that is, I don't need any cornettos!
ginger Please, please don't hate yourself. Without meaning to sound harsh, hating yourself is actually a worse example than being overweight. Just be yourself (waaay easier said than done, I know), and show your gorgeous girls how to have a healthy approach to food. They love you as you are, follow their example. And keep posting, we're all here for each other.
Beech Thank you for your tips, they're excellent. I'm working on drinking around 2ltrs of water a day. Now the weather is better, I really should try to get out more, take my DS out for walks and a run around at the park. Well, he'll run, I'll heavily trot for about a minute, then collapse in a wheezy, sweaty heap
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