Anyone else with alot of weight to lose?

[HenriettaPye]

Today is a big day for me, a turning point! I've always been 'big' however have just been getting bigger and bigger. I want to lose 6 stone- starting from today.

Anyone else in the same boat who would like to swap inspiration and tips? Today I've planned to eat healthily and go for a nice long walk

Lego 7lb is fantastic, well done you

Mia It's on like Donkey Kong indeed Loving your daily reminder, I am a massive theme park fan and can't wait to be able to go to one without worrying. It's been 15 years So I may have to steal your daily reminder.

Good morning to all others new and old and welcome to a new week.

I have had an appalling weekend, we have been away and all I seem to have eaten is crisps, chocolate, cake, cream and sweets.

It really has thrown my body off, last night I made myself 2 slices of butter and jam on toast at 1am! I wasn't hungry, just craving a sugar boost as I have got so used to them over the 2 days. Thank God I have nothing in the house that I can binge on. I haven't even added all my calories to mfp for yesterday, I was already over my daily limit by 2pm so Christ knows what I ended up at. I shall try and work it out as there is no point hiding from it.

Daily reminder: This is a marathon and not a sprint. When it feels impossible, remember where you came from and realise that you can do this. Take a breath and another step along the road.

Hello newbies, congratulations losers, and loving the holiday incentives!

Aaaargh. Yesterday was treat day, aka Milky Bar day. Nothing wrong with that so long as it was planned and 'paid for' by careful eating up to and after it. But then this morning a client came in this with some lovely expensive chocolates as a thank-you for something I'd done. The sensible thing would have been to have put them out of harm's way until my next treat day (which I'm more than capable of doing these days), or even better, handed them round the office. But no, I ate them, in full knowledge of what I was doing. There were only four, but I've no idea of the calorie content as I don't usually go for expensive versions. They were absolutely gorgeous!! Rich, luscious, creamy, nutty, I could go on... But that means two high calorie days on the run, so I guess I won't be losing anything this week no matter how careful I am between now and Wednesday morning. On the plus side, I'm not at all anxious that this is going to derail me and send me back to my old ways, because I know it won't. And the chocolates were truly lovely.

Oh I'm so excited. I don't even after manually enter my exercise calories on MFP now. I just plug my Ki Fit in at the end of the day and it does it automatically.

I didn't realise the Ki Fit and MFP can be synced. Very happy!

Wow, massive well done Lego. Half a stone! Way to go.

Welcome mie :)

What is ki fit Mia? It sounds good.

Feeling rather ashamed to show my face in here again... I have had a dreadful few days. A cupcake on Friday, one of my MiL's dinners on Saturday (and she cooks like she's feeding an army) and then a family Christening yesterday with some of SiL's gorgeoup home made cake.

However, I have now done 2 full weeks, and lost 4lbs in week 1 and 1lb in week 2, so I need to keep going. Just finished a chicken salad for lunch and off home tonight to carefully weigh out my pasta - I have no concept of reasonable portions at all any more!

Still haven't managed to start up my exercise again either...

You see it is this kind of shame we have over the little thinks that stop us achieving long term.

It is just not feasable to say there are never going to be occasions where we dont stick to it. A week or 2 where we lose motivation and even put some on. If we beat ourselves up over it or hide from each other like it is a shame on us or we have let the side down we wont keep going.

People of a healthy weight have bad days too. The important thing is that most days are good. Blips are blips and it may take a while but we will get there.

No more talk of being ashamed to come back here. We all know this is a long haul thing.

I agree Iknew I think having 'bad' days is essential in a way otherwise it just because a chore.

The important thing really is to change your life style so the 'bad' things are only a small part of the diet and not the bulk of it, and with increased exercise it won't matter as much anyway.

I am having pizza for tea tonight because it is what I really fancy but I am only cooking half of it (between me and DS) and putting salad with it rather than eating 3/4 of it by myself like I once would have.

Thanks everyone, feeling rather chuffed with myself. I always lose good on my first week though so not going to expect that every week.

brilliant post IKnew.

Isaac this is Ki Fit
If you ever watch The Biggest Loser they wear them on the show.

It is rather expensive £127.99 plus monthly subscription to their website.

I can justify the cost though because a month ago I was booked in to have a gastric bypass costing a whooping 10 grand. I came to my senses after reading loads of gastric surgery forums and realising it wasn't the answer. Cancelled the operation and decided to do it the old fashioned way.

Since then I have bought the Wii fit, sports clothes, sports bras, exercise dvds, weights etc. and it is still a drop in the ocean compared to what I was going to spend.

Wow, this thread moves quickly!!

I am having a pretty good day today - weetabix with banana and skimmed milk for breakfast, a couple of satsumas and some grapes mid-morning, and a 2 egg omlette with onion and mushroom (cooked with Fry Light) and some tomato and cucumber on the side for lunch. Feeling much more positive about this today.

Can I join in, pretty please? Bit slow on the uptake I know!

I've got 8 stone to lose, so one of the bigger ladies here I guess. Lost 6 stone last year, piled it all back on in a year, hate how I've been feeling so need to lose it again!

Today has gone well but left my lunch at home, so having to fast right through to dinner time! Oh well. Hope everyone is doing well and having a good day :)

Hi all,

Sneaking in to join you.

Am thinking of doing SW - wasn't going to succumb to a formal diet but I need some structure.

For those of you doing SW, can you still do red days (all I hear is extra easy these days) and if you do red days do u still have to have 1/3 super free? Thanks!

Welcome Tiffany and toof. Good luck to you both

My motivation toay, I want to be able to paint my toe nails without having to look like I am performing at Cirque du Soleil

Mia, well done for not going ahead with the operation. My friend had it done a couple of years ago and she struggled big time with coming to terms of not eating properly ever again and the huge changes to her body. It might seem like an easy option but it certainly isn't!

I agree weightloss surgery seems tempting but I know a couole of people who have done it and, while the immediate weightloss was fantastic, it didnt really change their eating habits like it should. One has piled it all back on and for the other it is early days but the words "I have found my stomach can tolerate crisps well" doesnt bode well.

If I had a lot of money to spend on weightloss I would put some decent therapy and a nice gym membership before surgery every time.

Although having said the above surgery certainky saved the second ladies life so it isnt all bad.

I hate food. As soon as anything goes slightly wrong I want to eat crap!

Must resist!

My motivation for today is to remind myself if i can lose a tiny bit of weight every week while I am barely mobile this thing is going to get loads easier when I can exercise.

Hello all,

I've not been on since Sat and there seems to be lots of newbies - hello and welcome

Allina (and anyone else who is joining MFP) I'm jessicamancs if you want to and me as a friend.

Well I came on to post that I am feeling a little crap and having a tough day with the DC's and I can feel my resolve really weakening as I just want to binge binge binge. I am trying not to but reading your recent posts has just made me realise that if I do its ok and I just have to not beat myself up about it and I will need to put it behind me rather than just give up. You lot are fab!

Anyway, I've stuck the Thomas dvd on so hoping for at least a little bit of peace from the toddlers ...just need to get baby to have a sleep!

Oh and Lego your motivation for today has just really made me smile at the mental image!! Well done on half a stone and getting to the next BMI range - that's what I need to do at the moment.

My daily reminder is to have more energy and get up and go.

Sirzy sounds like you are having a day like me!

I feel like the only way I can de-stress is with big massive bites of chocolate and cream cakes ....oh dear!!

IsaacCox Mauritius...

For those who have slipped up - Don't dwell on it.
Today is the start of a whole new week. It takes 3500 calories to gain a pound of fat. That is a lot of slip ups ...Any more weight gain is likely down to the water your body is holding to help digest and process the carbs and sugars.
Get back on track as soon as you can and you'll shift it.

Well don't I feel like a tit.

Tried to run and literally 5 seconds in I fall over like a sack of crap.

Cut both knees, both hands, shoulder and face. I sort of skidded along.

Worryingly I put most of my weight on my right wrist. This wrist is already held together with a metal plate and pins from when I fell off my mountain bike.

Exercise obviously doesn't agree with me.

At least I did Day 1 of the shred earlier don't think I will be doing much else today

My Doctor actually offered me Bariatric surgery but I want to do this myself. I did once before, about 10 years ago, I lost 6 stones, but then I put it on again, and 3 years ago I gave up smoking after 20 a day for 30 years, and put on the weight of a primary school child.

Crap isn't it? If I can give up a physical addiction, and have the will power for that, you'd think dieting was easy.

I want to do this so much. I am determined to lose a couple of stones before I go away on holiday. I am seriously considering buying a set of scales to put in my suitcase. I am going to come on this thread everyday, because I find it very supportive to know there are others out there in the same boat.

Good luck and welcome to everyone who has joined over the last couple of days!

Oh no Mia you poor thing - hope you are ok

Hope your ok Mia.

Lizzy - i think in a strange way overeating/eating the wrong things is a sort of addiction. It is so hard to change habits and improve things take an awful lot of will power.