I am going to lose this 2 stone, for good!!

[FlossyMcgrew]

I will be taking "after" pictures on July 1st.

I took before pictures yesterday and they are awful. I have at least 2 stone to lose. I have joined other threads here before, with some success. Then quit after getting halfway to my goal and gaining everything back in half the time it took me to lose it.

I am 5 foot 6, have been wavering around the 12 stone mark since having my 2 dc within 13 months. Youngest is now 2.

In my "before" pictures (which I won't post until I get to post them with my afters!). It is painfully obvious that nearly all of my weight is around my middle. This is particularly worrying as my family history is full of diabetes, heart problems, cancer, strokes- you name it.

My plan is this:

MFP to track my calories

30 day shred or alternate 30 min workout 5 times a week

More conscious eating. Re-reading Paul McKenna, "I Can Make You Thin."

Easy on the carbs. My current 2 slices of toast breakfast, 2 slice of bread sandwich and crisps lunch, and insert random carb heavy dinner here, is doing me and my middle no favours.

Drink more water. At least 4 pint glasses per day.

Chew gum instead of mindless snacking.

No baking. I can think up any excuse to bake, and then of course I have to test my product--no more!

And that is basically it.....

I am hoping that I can make all of these things my new way of life, rather than a diet.

I am tired of hating myself in every picture.

I am tired of refusing to buy new clothes in this size, and looking like a slob as all of my clothes are old and don't fit properly.

I want to be healthy and I want to be here for my kids for as long as possible.

I want to be a good example for my kids.

I would like to feel attractive again.

I am going to check in here at least once a week. Monday morning weigh in to keep me honest over the weekends. Please feel free to join me, or cheer me on.

I don't want to be a diet bore in real life so I am going to use this thread for my rambling instead.

So here goes......

Week 1
12 Stone 7

Morning everyone!

Weigh in time

Week 3
12 stone even
2 lb loss
7 lbs down so far

Feeling very happy with that! I think that having this thread as sort of a journal and a place to chat with others who have the same goals has really helped, thank you!

Oola non food rewards is always a good idea. I may take my dd to a cafe this afternoon and get myself a magazine instead of a cake.

feelingdizzy can I ask what methods you have used in the past to lose the weight? I am also interested to find out how normal healthy people maintain their weight, I can't wait for me to be one of them!

Thinking back, I am also the same as you and TheMaw, I can remember going on a "diet" when I couldn't have been more than 9 or 10. I used to write down what I ate and hide my little list in my bedroom, how sad is that?? Just giving me more resolve to make sure that my dd has a healthy relationship with food and a good self esteem, she has to learn it from me, so I had better figure it out!

RunningKatie your scanning description made me laugh :). I am a lot more honest with MFP, but certainly not precise. However I used to enter something like a brownie bite and then look for whichever entry had the fewest calories and use that one, meanwhile knowing that what I was eating was more than that! Have stopped that now. I also have to be careful with using up my exercise calories.

Good luck everyone.

Thought for today!

Start date: 1st march
Start weight: 12.12

Today: 12.9

Very pleased, that 3lbs seems a huge boost to my self esteem. The exercise is really helping too.

Have a good week everyone

Woohoo!!! Way to go RunningKatie!

Well done 3lbs is awesome!!

Morning,
Bit of a fail yesterday, went over my calories at the end of the day and didn't do any exercise.

Today's a new day, going to make it a good one.

I ate cake earlier. I don't even feel bad. Just a Small piece I will just eat a bigger portion of vegetables to bulk out tea!

Don't skulk colafrosties! Just get on in here! :) think your goals sound great and you should be proud of yourself for nipping your bad week in the bud and sticking with it. In the past, I have let bad days turn into bad weeks, months, 6 months... No more!

Can I please have extra credit for doing well today? I had to take my 2 year old to A and E. She is absolutely fine now, turns out she had a popped elbow? I thought she had broken her little arm, it was a bit of a day!

All afternoon, after we knew she was ok, I thought "screw it, definitely having some wine once kids are in bed," but in the end I did the shred instead. Surely that must be worth an extra pound loss?

Hope everyone is doing well.

Hey Flossy that must've been so scary, glad she's ok now. And well done for not having the wine!

I've struggled a bit today. I've still stayed in my calorie limit but it's been a real battle. I realised today that I am used to eating all the time - get in from shops, have a snack; put DC down for a sleep, have a snack; watching tv, have a snack. I feel like I'm constantly thinking about food and it's doing my head in. I'm trying to stick to between 1200 and 1400 cals a day, which doesn't give much room for anything outside of the three main meals. I guess that's the point!

I just have to keep telling myself I can do it, and I WILL be healthy for my son.

Yuck, sorry this is so self-involved.

oh we've had the popped elbow too flossy. dd loves swinging on both our hands but also just drops to the floor with no warning. That was a fun bank holiday in a&e. Thankfully it hasn't happened again.

My motivation is leaving me, i'm not sure why but i think i need a kick up the proverbial.

I will gym tonight and i will not have a beer because i am grumpy.

Thanks ladies, it was a pretty stressful few hours. DD has always been a bit of a flailer and flight risk. She does that unexpected drop thing too, the little stinker. Hopefully it won't be a recurring thing, she was in a lot of pain, poor baby.

TheMaw yesterday may have been a battle, but rememberyou won! Well done. I am also aiming for around 1200 calories a day and am often surprised by how little that is. But actually it's not really that little, I think I would be appalled at myself if I had calorie counts from days when I wasn't paying attention. I am trying to make little changes. Today for lunch a I had only one slice of bread for my sandwich this wouldn't have even occurred to me as an option in the past. I didn't feel deprived at all and it was a difference of almost 100 calories. Baby steps!
You can do it and so can I!! Let's be self involved here instead of real life.

C'mon RunningKatie don't let that motivation go anywhere, you are in charge. Don't make me break out a motivational quote!

Good luck everyone.

Thanks flossy and cola, mojo has been retrieved from under the rock.

Gym'd last night, eating shed loads of fruit, i'd got out of the habit and forgotten how much i like it. I'm figuring it's also a good example for the dc's, especially when dd ate all the strawberries

Going out tomorrow eve for dinner with dh, a rare treat, last time was july 26th 2012! I am hoping that a few pounds off will mean i can squeeze into something.

I stopped bf'ing ds about 6 weeks ago and have deflated a bit in the chest area, now i need to work on the back fat.

Well done colafrosties, I haven't been brave enough to try on my too small trousers yet, but I have a few pairs in my sights.

Enjoy your night out tomorrow RunningKatie, that is a long time, I thought my DH and I were bad for never getting out, enjoy!

I have a countdown app on my phone, and my first mini goal is 3 weeks away now, and my "after" photo shoot is 103 days away. I've got a long way to go, but determined to go all the way this time.

Have a feeling I haven't lost any this week. Tomorrow is weigh in day.

Some weekend motivation.

Good luck for tomorrow FunkyBarnyard, hope the scales will surprise you, drink lots of water today?

Well I am up to 18lb off now. I think the main difference in the last 2 weeks which have lead to decent weight losses are that I have been more active (fitbit keeping me on check with steps), have been doing 2 excercise classes a week instead of 1 and have given up the diet drinks of an evening and stuck to water.
I still have a fair bit to go before July as I am aiming for as close to 3 stone as I can get for holiday.

18lbs is brilliant magentastardust

I am 4lbs down now, but have started the random bleeding that I get with the contraceptive implant, I am hoping that the weight loss will mean it stops. I am also hoping DH's vasectomy has worked so I can get the thing taken out.

Good luck with the weigh in Funkybarnyard

We are off to Zizzi's tonight, a well-meaning friend bought me a voucher for my birthday. I don't think she quite has a clue that having moved an hour away from friends and family means we have no babysitters on tap. I am planning no starter but definitely pudding!

I'm four pounds down in my first week of c25k! Hooray!

25/02 weight 73kg
22/03weight 70.1kg

Total loss of 2.9kg

Was so sure I wouldn't have lost this week, but 0.9kg was lost!

Wow, everyone is doing really well!

Magenta 18 lbs is amazing, you must feel great! I bet ditching the diet soda has made a huge difference. I am starting to really want a fitbit now. I have been good about doing the shred, but my activity throughout the day could use a boost I'm sure.

Hope you had a fun date night RunningKatie, I am in the same boat babysitter wise. I need to find some friends with similar aged dc's so that we can set up some sort of babysitting rota!

TheMaw 4lbs this week is incredible!! Well done. How have you felt after your runs? I got as far as bringing my new running shoes downstairs, still haven't taken the tags off yet. Must dig out some headphones and get a move on!

And way to go FunkyBarnyard!! That is awesome. What a great feeling, especially when you weren't expecting a loss, well done.

Pressure is on for my Monday weigh in :) all of your success has convinced me to not make the cookies I was going to make this afternoon.

I've lost 10lb in total so far without too much effort (a lot more exercise and not buying chocolate or snacks and over 12weeks time period) but had some bad news last week so have been indulging in wine and choc to cheer self up. So scales will prob start creeping in wrong direction again.
Am going for a run today, thinking about signing self up for a 10k in may. Going to go back to wine only at weekends rule too and treats at weekends, I don't mind if I fall off wagon at weekends a bit, I'm not in a hurry to lose the next 18lbs and has to be a sustainable lifestyle change not constant feeling of deprivation. So far I'm enjoying it.

Hello all! Can I join in, too? I have 3 stones to lose, ideally by tomorrow (how amazing?!) but realistically by December, with the majority off by August.

Bought a vibration plate and a dress in a smaller size, plus have a lot of favourite clothes from 5 years ago I'm desperate to wear again!

13.10

10 lbs is great Ladycurd! I completely agree about not feeling too deprived in order for the change to be sustainable. There are going to be moments when we all want bread, cake, chocolate or wine--I just needed to seriously spread out those moments and quit having all of those things at once! I was also looking into signing up for race for life in June. I need something to motivate me to get running again. Sorry you had bad news.

Welcome Dudess 3 stone by tomorrow would be amazing! If you figure out how to do that, please share. I keep hearing about vibration plates, but know nothing--off to google.

DH is making roast chicken. Here's hoping that my weigh in tomorrow morning will keep me from going crazy on the roast potatoes...

Good luck everyone.