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A space to talk openly about weight loss journeys and challenges. Mumsnet hasn't checked the qualifications of anyone posting here. You may wish to speak to a medical professional before starting any diet.

Losing the stones one guinea pig at a time...

983 replies

HenriettaPye · 24/09/2013 18:02

Hello quiche avoiders Wink

Lovely shiny new thread- we are a talkative bunch!

First Thread

Second Thread

To be a quiche avoider you must
-have a considerable amount of weight to lose
-be serious about wanting to lose it
-give other members a virtual kick up the arse when needed
-weigh in with us on a Wednesday (or if you weigh in on another day, post your results on a wednesday)

So roll up, jump in and lets lose lbs! and if you are having a moment of weakness just remember... what would clarinet do Wink

OP posts:
clarinetV2 · 07/11/2013 15:32

Hello and welcome keepcalm. Come right in. And hey, if you've only put 1 stone of your nearly 2 back on, well, that's still nearly a stone less than you were, so it could be a lot worse. This thread's all about encouraging each other to stay on the wagon, helping tend to the bruises whenever there's a fall, and encouraging each other back on again. Please join in!

keepcalmandkickon · 07/11/2013 20:32

Hi clarinetV2 thank you - that is a really nice way to look at it, I guess celebrating all achievements no matter how small is really important to keep motivated! Well that and the thought of finally getting rid of my muffin top!!

AlternativeMoniker53 · 07/11/2013 22:38

1 stone down is fantastic. An awful lot better than a stone up which may well have been the result otherwise Wink.

I'm currently crammed into my smaller jeans and it's made me think about those stubborn pockets of fat that hang around when the surrounding fat has gone, does everyone have these? I've lost the under bust roll but still have two pockets of fat on top of the ribs. Not the best look! I've also slimmed down a lot in the neck but I've still got a fat pad at the bottom front of my throat. I'm really hoping it goes soon!

Debs75 · 08/11/2013 10:30

Another 2lbs down since Wednesday but at least I am eating again.
DP said this morning that I looked frail and I needed to eat a decent meal. I think I'll take it slow and try for half size meals today. It might give me some energy

Isthattrue my best friend lost weight last year and when she got down to her 'normal' weight her other friend started moaning about her getting skinny. This friend had only known her as obese and was threatened by her being thinner then her.

AlternativeMonicker and Reastie I have added you on MFP as well. anyone else I am curvydebs on there

keepcalmandkickon · 08/11/2013 12:51

I hate diet sabatours!! I think when you begin to lose more than a few pounds often people feel threatened and start trying to get you to have a biscuit, slice of cake etc......because you are wasting away!! Err I am still 2 stone overweight, I don't think I am about to starve quite yet!

I also found this when I was stopping smoking, 'just one won't hurt' was often a phrase used.

It is often useful to have some standard retorts / answers because diet sabatours can be quite determined Hmm

Donkeyok · 08/11/2013 18:56

Hi all, Im taking the plunge after being inspired on a current AIBU thread and hearing Clarinets story.
Looking forward to exposing myself Blush on Weds.

Sirzy · 08/11/2013 19:01

Welcome to the new posters

Hope everyone has a good weekend. My eating habits have gone to pot a bit the past few days, I am struggling to keep focused and craving baddies, I am hoping a busy weekend will keep my mind off things!

phantomhairpuller · 08/11/2013 19:32

Evening ladies and welcome newbies.

Horrid day today, my uncles funeral Sad

Saw lots of family who I haven't seen since my wedding and got lots of comments on my weight loss Smile
My gran (who is generally pretty critical and says the first thing to come into her head!!) said "good god [phantom] look at you, you've lost so much weight!" Uh actually gran, it's 10lbs but thanks!

Hope everyone has a good weekend.

IsThatTrue · 08/11/2013 20:24

Today has been horrendous, I feel sick. Tomorrow, I get back up and start again. Tonight I drink lots of water and have an early night to stop me eating anymore :(

LottieDidIt · 08/11/2013 22:26

Hello and welcome Donkey Smile

phantom sorry to hear about your uncle Flowers

Well I had a pretty bad day foodwise yesterday and it has continued into today. I have gone waaaaaay off track and feeling like I am back in eating crap and bingeing mode Sad Sad. IsThat I am with you for a fresh start tomorrow.

YellowCanary1 · 09/11/2013 08:48

Sorry about your uncle phantom, nice people noticed your weightloss though.
Isthattrue, I ate an indian take away with dh last night and feel horrid this morning.
I'm so frustrated at the moment. I lost 3st7 in 4 mths, now I just dance around 12st7 going up and down each week. With us moving to farm life has changed so much. Though dh always worked on family farm, we lived seperately so home wad home and work was work, now we live here its a huge adjustment and my role seems to have altered lots. Though I'm doing a PhD, mostly in evenings, I've become much more the sahm as dh very busy sorting house and getting farm back on track after lots of past issues. I'm not saying its a bad thing but just cannot seem to get myself into a rhythm, so finding head space for weightloss harder at moment. Desperate not to go backwards, byt frustrated at this standing stillness I seem to be stuck in! Prior to move i had more time to go running etc and to cook healthy food. Now with a 5mth old who still bf constantly and a 2.5yr old needing a lot of attention due to feeling unsettled with changes, i eat what i can, when i can. I went through lardrr yesterday to be able to make up more meals in slow cooker and vegetable based. Any other advice to get back on track and not take easy options re food?

laurely · 09/11/2013 09:21

Hello. Delurking to see if I can join. I was 18 stone 11 on July 8 this year. Now weigh 15 13. Have got five stone to go to target. Ive gone from dress size 26 to a 20. I'm still quite motivated at the minute and have enjoyed reading your stories.

Sirzy · 09/11/2013 09:22

Welcome Laurely, and well done on your weight loss so far :)

Anotherguineapigdown · 09/11/2013 12:12

Very impressed at the weight losses and STS this week! We are doing so well!

I have just weighed myself and I'm 15st 1lb, so 5lbs down this week which means I am back to what I was the day I went on holiday, so I feel I am back on track.

The thing I am finding hardest since returning from holiday is cutting back on the alcohol - I fancy a glass of wine every night because I got so used to it on holiday.

Alternative - I have the Weight Watchers digital scales that Reastie recommended. I find them very consistent.

I desperately need to start doing some exercise. I was swimming every day on holiday and it did wonders for my mood.

Anotherguineapigdown · 09/11/2013 12:16

Posted before I meant to there!

I was going to say I can't wait until I get in the 14s, hopefully next week. Another three pounds and I will have lost 40lb, so that is my next mini-target. After that I want to get to 200lb, which is currently 11lb away. I need these staged targets to keep me motivated.

clarinetV2 · 09/11/2013 12:27

Hello and welcome, Laurely and Donkeyok. Good to have you on board.

Henrietta, I don't think I ever congratulated you on being slimmer of the week. Have some belated Thanks. Hope this week is also going well.

Sorry to hear you had bad food days, Lottie and IsThat - today's a new day and the wagon is waiting for you! I sometimes find when I've had a really bad binge day and need to get myself back on track, then a day at or close to my calorie needs (as opposed to a 'light' day of 500 or more calories less than I need) is a better and easier way back to good food choices. Would that work for you? And remember, over-eating doesn't make you a bad person, nor will feeling bad about yourself be a sustainable incentive to weight loss. You've done brilliantly so far, so just remind yourself of how far you've come and where you want to be, and get back on it.

Sorry to hear about your uncle, Phantom.

Hope things are getting a bit less frantic, Yellow. I completely get the thing with routine. But you've had such massive changes in your life over the past few months it's bound to take some time to establish new routines and habits. It'll come, don't beat yourself up about it. Meantime, are you able to make some healthy food in large quantities and freeze it? At this time of year I make huge batches of soup every couple of weeks, so there's always some to be defrosted if I need something hot and reasonably filling in a hurry. Don't know if that works when you've got small children, though, having to work around their needs and wants. The other thing is that you lost a huge amount very quickly. Maybe your body is getting back in synch or something? I don't understand the science of this at all, and maybe what I'm saying is a load of old codswallop, but my own addicted body behaved in some very unpredictable ways throughout the process - some weeks there was a pretty textbook correlation between calories in, energy expended and weight lost, and sometimes there really, really wasn't. I wonder if, for those of us who are/have been seriously overweight, there are complicated things going on physically as our bodies recover and try to get back in equilibrium, so that sometimes we lose weight and sometimes we don't. Others on this thread have also said they've continued to lose inches when they haven't necessarily lost weight. Have you tried doing that? It could be that you are still losing (inches rather than weight), and that might help get you motivated again.

Anotherguineapigdown · 09/11/2013 16:52

This sentence from Clarinet - over-eating doesn't make you a bad person, nor will feeling bad about yourself be a sustainable incentive to weight loss

This says it all, doesn't it? I feel like pinning that to my mirror. I am so guilty of beating myself up over my weight.

On a separate note, I had a really pleasing NSV today - tried on some knee-length boots that I bought last year but that I have never been able to wear as my calves were too big and I was too embarrassed to return them. They fit! Comfortably! So I now have some lovely new boots for the winter.

Reastie · 09/11/2013 18:35

ohh yellow you brainy lady, what's your phd on? I know what you mean about dancing around the scales at the same point. I have about 5 lbs I'd like to shift and then just maintain (well, ideally I'd lose more but I'm realistic and would be happy with 5 lbs more). Feels like the rate I'm going I'll never get there!

another glad the scales seem to be OK. Like your targets, I think mini targets are the only way to go as looking at the big picture just seems so big you need to break it down. Fab NSV btw

clarinet as ever, the voice of reason and excellent advice.

Hello newbies

Hope those needing a fresh start today have had a good day (and if not there's always tomorrow, don't give up)

phantom so sorry about your uncle but glad people are noticing your loss.

Diet saboteurs? I don't think I've had that problem really. Either I'm lucky or really unpopular Hmm

Not too bad today, did an insanity but still struggling to get my fitness back after weeks of being ill and still having a cold/cough. Will try again tomorrow. Onwards and upwards.

YellowCanary1 · 09/11/2013 19:09

Thanks restie - PhD is looking at the role of voluntary organisations and charities in supporting vulnerable children and families helping to prevent them going into the care system.
As always clarinet, wonderful advice.

I think I just feel really lost at the moment, life had completely changed and feel so many people have so many expectations of me that I barely know the difference between who I am and who every one else thinks I should be. Its a very complicated and long story but feel I'm being swallowed by dh's family. our whole life is entwined with them, livlihood, where we live, home life, finances, etc. I think I end up beating myself up about weight as maybe its the only place I have any control over at moment! I know they certainly think I should drop any ideas of academia but I'm holding on to it with all my might!

Donkeyok · 09/11/2013 20:29

HI everyone and thanks for the welcome.

Today I tried a little hill walking and some very slow jogging back down

I took my speedy ds 8 to keep me focused, the weather was glorious this morning and the views inspiring.
I was out about 50 mins and have been feeling knackered all day haha

But I felt inspired to eat lots of lovely salad for lunch
Feeling very pleased with myself
looking forward to the knees not hurting as much

Sirzy · 09/11/2013 20:38

Well done Donkey :) great start

BirdingWidow · 09/11/2013 21:51

Hello all, I have been a bit quiet... It's not going well here. I think I feel a bit like Yellow: lots of changes to life with going back to work and I have lost my groove. I am not being as careless about food as I was in the old days but I am still eating badly enough to be creeping up the scales. A latte here, a biscuit there... J turn to food when I am stressed as a dirt of valve, and I am feeling it now. I feel a bit gutted tbh, just don't know how to get back. And with December looming (and more social stuff) I feel as though it is going to be very hard to get a grip again.

It is all the more annoying because I was 1.5 lb off getting into the 12s, and 3.5 lb off reaching 'overweight'. So why the hell can't I stick to it when I have great milestones soooo close?

An NSV though - I had a huuuuge bag of old bras that I was planning to take to oxfam as in good condition but no longer fitting. However, I had a look through and found a few that actually fit now. 32k down from 34L!

Welcome to the new members, it's great to have enthusiasm. We all have peaks and troughs, hopefully we can keep motivating each other! Some great losses, I shall take heart... Thanks all

Reastie · 10/11/2013 08:17

donkey that's fab.

birding, that's fab re: the bras. The important thing now is you realise you're getting back into old bad habits and you want to change things forever, it's an important test Wink for you to show you CAN do this for life. Don't worry about the careless stuff you've been doing, just get back on it as soon as you can. I think everyone here would struggle with food when having things tough to deal with and adjust to (well, I would!) and going back to work must be a big change. All I can think to help is can you make your snacks and lunch/dinner in advance so you don't eat 'bad' stuff? I make a huge veg stirfry/salad every 3 days and it lasts me for my lunches with rice or bread or quinoa. If I didn't do a big batch I know I'd make quick and bad decisions.

Right, those of you who need some motivation, try comparing yourself from where you were to where you are on the global fat loss scale

Guineapig99 · 10/11/2013 08:45

Hello, just marking my place. Brand new to this as have a lot of weight to lose. Will weigh in in weds

Sirzy · 10/11/2013 12:58

welcome Guineapig!