Two stone by Xmas!

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I really need to lose four stone but thought would start with a realistic amount to lose in this time frame. Anyone up for joining me? I am sure it will be easier with others.

Well done on your loss so far VickieB...an amazing start

Vickibee that is fab, I have lost 13lb since I started in March! I am a terrible dieter!!

Vickibee thats fabtastic!

Well there was a certain inevitability about the Eton Mess dessert but it was absolutely delicious and after today I figured if that was the only damage then not too bad.

Now I know I have coffee and cake to navigate tomorrow and Friday as well as a slap up lunch on Saturday. Sensible portions and plenty of water (3 litres a day is my target given its so hot and I'm breastfeeding) as well as curbing the amount of carbs will all help. Hopefully.

Didn't manage to get out of the house today but with two small DC I certainly got plenty of exercise!

eating out is v difficult. we went to visit friend in Hereford last week and ate out - it is hard to know what you are eating.
Also going to Tenerife on Monday to an AI place and all that yummy food will be staring at me. Try to avoid ice cream / cake and eat grilled meats, salads and veg/fruit. best I can hope for is staying the same. WILLPOWER

Will also looked like a beached whale in my costume. good job I won't see anyone I Know!

Can I join? I really want to get started. I have a horrendous sweet tooth, and am really bad for picking, especially in the evenings. Just off to weigh myself now?

12lb6.5, worse than I thought too. Like escape, I also have a huge appetite. Am fed up with seeing the start of threads like this, deciding to join in, then falling off the rocks after 4 days only to read again months on, hearing all the success stories. I WANT TO BE A SUCCESS STORY.

Twooter then you shall be! Lets do it, we will all be skinny Minnie's by Christmas and our good habits will be so engrained that we won't go crazy and put on loads of weight over 2 weeks to spend another year losing it. No, we will start the new year smug and skinny. I can't wait!!!!

I wont be a skinny minny if I share an entire pack of chocolate biscuits with a friend over coffee today.

Bugger.

But breakfast and lunch were healthy and dinner is a stew with stir fried rice and salad.

We're they Mcvities? I love a chocolate digestive. I am dreading going back to work in September because of the biscuit tin!
I have been feeling really ropey today. I have eaten a bread roll and a slice (well more like a chunk) of carrot cake. I'm not sure if I will manage any tea and I certainly won't be able to exercise. If I do have tea it is turkey and vegetable pasta, I was going to have it with courgette ribbons instead of pasta though.

Exercise bike arrived this morning. Have done 10mins but had to stop cos leg was hurting. Never mind going to build up gradually. Did manage a walk to local shop 25min round trip without Feeling tired so progress is being made. Just as well as healthy eating went completely to pot yesterday.

Ok, so Iamages my water intake, did my exercise by walking around jiggling the baby and had a healthy breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Just the bowl of cereal before bed (weighed with skimmed milk) because I was so damn hungry and half the pack of polish dark chocolate biscuits which were this mornings mistake! They were delicious.

Ordered some new scales today off Amazon which are 15 quid (reduced from 35) which measure body fat and hydration levels as well as usual weight. Think that will be an incentive to see overall how I'm getting healthier.

2c2c hope you feel better soon

Hi all,

I had my RC weigh in tonight and was completely shocked. I have lost another 5lb which takes me to 1st 1.5lb lost in 5 weeks . I am really pleased but also a bit sceptical - I don't know why, it's not like the scales were wrong and everyone else put 5lb on. I just can't believe how well it's going. I am now 13st 2lb so my next aim is to get under 13st then I'll go for the second stone off. I do have to sit down this week and plan some meals/find some recipes - I'm starting to get a bit bored.

Right, just off to read through the thread and see what I've missed.

Can I join please. Really struggling to lose weight since ds3 who has just turned 2! Have lost 10kg in slightly less than a year but would ideally like to lose another three stone, but two by Xmas would b awesome. .
Ok, so I don't drink, am particular about the sweet stuff- treats in the house will remain untouched unless its sth I like ( then I'm in trouble), and am pretty controlled in what I eat. A friend of mine suggested I have water weight, as have two massage therapists but I need to lose it nonetheless. I am good with water intake and normally try to go to the gym three times a week during lunch break. My downfall is lack of planning then gorging when I realise I haven't eaten and am hungry.
Excuse the essay but I really want to be the inner me, everybody else I know pings back into shape and the slimmer me is crying to be let out.
I am currently fasting so will start around the 12th August but will mosey in until then if that's ok with you all :)

Got weighed this morn and scales hae not budged, thought I had been really good so feeling demotivated.

I do that all the time vickibee and nearly always have a blow out and then feel really guilty. Remember slow and steady is better with weight loss and it will show eventually.
I am a fine one to talk though as I am currently eating a ham baguette and packet of mccoys!! Cos I am still feeling a bit ropey I am craving carbs. Damn it.

just had a banana with WW formage frais for my lunch, won't get in til about 6 pm tonight so I need to stay away from the tempting looking choc hob nobs in the work kitchen. Having chicken and salad for tea

Well in deference to my rather enthusiastic consumption of biscuits yesterday I went out for coffee today and didn't have any cake!

Just had lunch (smoked mackerel, lettuce and cous cous) about to grab an apple and get hydrated - been running around all morning.

trouble is I can't just eat one, if I get the taste for it I can finish half a packet, same with chocolate or crisps. It is easier not to have any at all. Anyone else like this?

can I join please need/want to lose 2 and a half stone before Xmas.

scales at boots told me I am 12.5 and that 30 percent of my weight is fat. safe to say I could have cried haha

but it spurred me on iv been on slim fast 3 2 1 diet for a week so shakes for breakfast and dinner, and healthy tea. I have lost 6lb already!!!

iv also been taking adios max, but they are making me sweat like a bitch!!

2 miles a day walking with pram also

Hello, I would like to join too!

3 stone to lose, and 2 stone of that by Christmas would be lovely! Lost it all a few years ago and have been a yoyo ever since! I joined Weight Watchers on Monday and I'm joining a gym tonight though.

Got a foody weekend coming up though - a wedding, lunch out and a takeaway all planned! Any tips to get me safely through the weekend to my first weigh in on Monday? I really don't want I undo the good work I've done this week. Help!

fattymcfatty - change your name to skinnymcskinny.

iv put a picture of me at my biggest on the fridge and in my purse. it stops me in my tracks when I think about grazing ha

Fattymcfatty that is going to be a challenge! Can u be the driver at the wedding or lunch so you don't have to add the alcohol calories? Or hope u don't like the food at the wedding!

I'm a nightmare when I go out for food because I always think I should be allowed to have whatever I want and that is never the healthy option . Is the takeaway essential or could you cook one of the fakeaway options from the hairy dieters book?

Vickibee, I love biscuits! Work is a nightmare for me as not only do we have biscuits on tap but we also get a free lunch and it is so hard to stick to salad and not have desert.

I've got a big weekend coming up with a family BBQ tomorrow and a party with friends on Sunday. I've decided that I won't drink tomorrow and on the Sunday I will try to have cider rather than wine as I drink it slower so should end up drinking less.... I will end up twatted as I won't be able to resist the peer pressure (and my parents are looking after the children)!

Chances are I will end up undoing any of the good work I have done this week and will be back to square 1.

which alcoholic drinks are the worst?

best to have a spirit like vodka with a diet mixer, tonic or coke. I am T-Total so no wasted calories there.
There is so much sugar in lager and beer best to avoid

NeedSomeSun142 -
Hopefully I'll be able to change to skinnymcskinny at Christmas! I try the opposite tactic - I've got a skinny pic of me on the fridge, to remind me of how I can look if I don't open the fridge!

2children2cats -
Fortunately it's an evening reception only so it's only one meal I have to worry about and it's a buffet so I can fill up on the diet friendly stuff. I'm not a big drinker anyway so that shouldn't be too much of a problem.

I've checked out the menu already for lunch and I think I've found a good diet friendly option. I'm usually the same as you though and don't want to have a salad when there is steak and chips on the menu!!

The takeaway has to happen because it's my favourite place and it's closing down this weekend - can't deny myself my last opportunity, but I won't go mad with it!

Big weekends are our enemy! :)