New Mums still seeking new bodies - this time we'll do it.

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So a new thread, a new more motivated state of mind.

We will be skinny. No more excuses.

Jesus, don't mention Spanx. I was trying to pull on my Spanx shorts shortly after having Tiny DS, I nearly gave myself a black eye when my hand slipped from the waistband and I punched myself in the face. It was my own fault for trying to squeeze myself in to them, but they are dangerous things

A pound per week sounds manageable. Infact it sounds like it'd be great. I ate so much crap today, I wouldn't even list it all here. So the diet starts tomorrow for us all.

Beyond don't feel guilty about he weekend we can do a re-start.

Okay ladies huddle around.

We've been faffing around for a few weeks, struggling with our motivation and so on. BUT NO MORE!

From today we will start making changes to how we eat. They don't have to be big, they don't have to be dramatic BUT they do have to work. We need to lose 1 lb per week

Every time we waiver we will count to ten and think about it. Mindless eating is our enemy.

Do you want to be sitting here at Christmas having a whinge about how we're still fat or do you want to be sitting here having a whinge about how we can't decide which outfit makes us look hotter?

So put your hands in the circle like a cheesy American basketball movie and repeat "We will make changes, we will do better, we will be skinny!"

Go team New Mums!!!!!

Good speech Sol. I kept thinking about the Christmas thing yesterday. I don't think I'll be looking hot, but if I look less like an armchair that will be a bonus.

I managed day one. Yay me! Did a mini fast day yesterday, had around 700cals. Today I'm doing WW filling and healthy. I need to do more exercise today too.

How is everyone doing?

I'm sure you don't look like an armchair What do you eat on your fast days Green? I think Christmas is a great thing to focus on, we can slowly chug away at our weight loss and then when everyone else is panic slimming in December we won't feel so bad.

Day 1 went well here too. Day 2 is going well too. I'm just trying to be more active in my day to day life (not sitting down as much, trying to move more by continually cleaning and playing with the kids) I know this won't make a huge difference but I think just generally moving more should help shake off the sluggishness.

Not eating too much junk, although screwed that up when DH made popcorn last night, popcorn is the devil. I'm just avoiding eating all of the things that I truly want and I've cut my portion sizes in half. I was thinking of using sweetener in my coffee too, can anyone recommend a good one?

I was thinking more about the floral grandma type of chair Sol, but you never know. I might start wearing more racey outfits when I'm thinner!

I've survived day 2 so far, although I'm not yet in bed so anything could happen.

On 500 cal fast days (aka 'angry soup days) I seem to eat things like soup, omelettes, lots of mushrooms (on toast is nice). Stir fries are good too.

This week I'm trying just to have a high protein lunch at under 300 cal and then a 400 cal dinner. I've been eating celery and pickled onions on an evening too. Covered in red hot sauce (no cals). Yum.

I use Splenda in tea and coffee. I think it tastes more like sugar than a lot of other sweetners, Candarelle (?) is okay too.

Well done both of you. After a buggy few days with Little and Tiny (++ vomiting) I have relied on chocolate and carbs to get me through. So I am starting tomorrow, have my menu all planned out. My weigh in day is going to be Saturday although I may skip this week and weigh next week.

Liked your speech Sol.

We are not having a fat Christmas. Also so embarrassed that I have made so little progress, must post a loss next week!!!

Loving "angry soup days", it's a fairly accurate description. Your diet sounds really hard core, how long are you planning to stick to it for or is it a long term thing? I'll give Splenda a try, I've used candarell before but the way it fizzed really put me off.

How are your children Beyond? That sounds like a nasty bug, I hope you manage to avoid it. I think you should start again next week, give you a chance to get yourself organised.

I'm just halving my portion sizes and I'm getting used to being hungry in the evenings. I am a terrible snacker so I've been trying to distract myself come the evening time. I have to admit I've been watching my Doctor Who boxset, not doing anything productive or anything. I've also cut down from 1 glass of diet coke per day to one every 3 days (I'm trying to get to the point where it will be out of my regular diet completely). I'm hoping that making little changes will lead to some long term results and an all over healthier way of eating.

How's to going everyone? DC only just getting back to normal - am shattered. Work also very busy and stressful - finding it all a difficult balance. Trying to eat as as well was I can....

Sorry to hear you're having a rough time of it. Are the children out of creche because they are sick?

Lost my one pound goal this week. I'm happy enough with that. Sorry about the short post, our internet is acting up.

Lost 2lbs. Motivation is low again. Hope things improve for you soon Beyond, Im not surprised that you're shattered.
Well done on the loss Sol.
I'm off to bed now. I'll try to catch up in the next couple of days. Seem to be ridiculously busy at the moment for no reason.

Go Green, that's really good!!!!

You need to stop being so hard on yourself. You beat your set target by double. Think about that. Your 20 lb weight loss is only 18 lbs away. If you lose 2 lb per week you will be 40 lb down by Christmas - it's fantastic.

I know it's disheartening when you spend your days hungry and grumpy and "only" lose 2 lb (especially when 2 lb is so easily put on). But you'll never have to work so hard to lose those 2 lbs again, they are gone. Focus on the next 2 and how much easier the process is going to become.

I don't mean to sound like such an over-enthusiastic cheerleader but I'm so sick of feeling shit about how I look. When I look in the mirror and feel that stab of disappointment of how I let myself go, it really brings me down. But lately I've changed my mind-set. When I look in the mirror and feel shit I am safe in the knowledge that when I look in the mirror in a few weeks time there will be changes. They may be subtle but they will be there.

My rounded face will start to firm up, my upper arms that are like sides of beef will start to thin down, my weird shaped pudgy belly will probably still be weird shaped but will be less pudgy (ds2 left some sort of ass imprint on the top of my stomach that is never going to flatten out, oh the joy of pregnancy!)

Come on, don't let your motivation go. Let's get in our huddle and re-focus. WE WILL BE LIGHTER NEXT WEEK!!!!

Sol - you are just brill. Well done on your lb.

Green well done on your 2lbs - I am so thrilled for you.

Will weigh in on Saturday - hoping for a lb!

Aw, thanks Beyond, you rock too.

It sucks being a Tubby Mummy. But it's not forever. We will be skinny again.

Oh points free soup - you tasteless, tasteless slop. I better lose a pound this week.

Thank you both. We've just got to keep plodding on I suppose. Have you both had a nice week/end?

I have a wobbly diet week, snacking too much and drank wine. I've tried to walk more but I feel I need to step it up a gear with the food and exercise.

Sol- brilliant words of advice. Very motivating. I think that I'm going to start focusing more on how clothes feel on and general appearance than numbers on the scales. I think to do that I'm going to need to do more exercise. I have a mini stepper in the garage so I'm going to dust it off and start going on it on an evening.
I'm just going to weigh myself once a month too. It's too depressing doing it every week!

Starting weight watchers tomorrow for the gazillionth time. Roped DH in to doing it with me.

I ate way too much over the weekend so I'm ignoring the scales this week.

Weighing yourself once per month is a good idea Green, especially if doing it every week is causing you to lose focus. I weigh myself every day generally (except when I'm being a wuss!), it's more a force of habit than anything.

Sent Dh to work this morning with a flask of soup and a salad sandwich. I hope he hasn't eaten his desk already. I know he's going to do really well at ww. He was really fit and healthy when I met him, ten years with me has turned him in to a junk food lover, I feel quite guilty. So the deal is that I will give him the food all pointed and ready to go and he will stick to the plan.

He has 8 points more than me per day so I'm trying to give him loads to eat without getting jealous that he gets to eat way more than I do.

I did the grocery shop today and there was no chocolate, crisps or nuts in sight. Which, to be honest, is a first since Tiny Sol was born. No wine either

How's everyone else getting on?

I've had a pretty good week so far thanks. I've just been trying to reduce portions and stop snacking. Also avoiding carbs like cereal, bread, pasta, rice, potatoes. Pretty boring really and I feel rubbish as a result! That could be down to reducing the caffeine too.

How have you done today? Great that you've got DH to join you, mine will twist his face up if I mention diets. Once DD1 starts nursery I am going to try to prepare a general meal for everyone. I'm sick of trying to please everyone and buying too much food. I blame DH, his mother has spoiled him!
Your shop sounds very healthy too, I've got one coming tomorrow and I have resisted adding any 'treats' so far. It's really difficult if you go to the actual shop though. A 4 pack of Whispa's may have entered by basket in Asda last week .

thetwistedswede.co.uk/author/thetwist/

I follow this person on Twitter, I knew she was losing weight, but last week she revealed that she's lost 4 and a half stones since January! I need to lose that much if I'm honest with myself.
Her blog doesn't have loads of posts, but her top ten tips are pretty inspiring (for me- not as inspiring as you of course Sol!)

Oh and I dug the stepper out and did 5 mins, bloody killed me though!

To be honest Green I didn't think DH would go for it, but he was on for it. So I'm sticking to my deal and providing packed lunches and dinners that are all pointed up.

You must be exhausted cutting out all that food. Are you less bloated, is it working? What recipes are you using?

I was on this website: skinnytaste.com. It has gorgeous recipes and they are all low-fat and pointed for weight watchers. There are tons of gluten-free ones, it's all very healthy. I was very inspired, we'll see if I manage to make any of it though. I like to look at recipes and decide which ones to make, but it's hard to find the time.

Weighed myself and I've put on 3 lbs...What the actual fuck???!!!!????!!!!???

Still sticking to ww (well it's only been 2 days) but I have to admit I'm a bit (low-fat) cheesed off. Having an enormous salad for dinner, which I love, it's my low-cal version of chicken caeser salad and comes in at 7 points. YUM! To be honest I would eat it even if I was not on weight watchers.

Having a bit of a grumpy day because I'm hungry though.

How's everyone getting on?

Have you re-weighed again today Sol? I find drinking loads of water sometimes helps.

That website looks good! I'll have to get planning. I'm mainly just having meat/ fish and green veg for dinner, omelette for lunch and yog and berries for breakfast. I do feel less bloated, but also tired but that could be because of the children.

I'm going to try to carry on for at least another 3 weeks. After that I am going to eat more carbs. (I'll probably fall into a bucket of wine and a mountain of crisps first, but I'm being optimistic). I don't think I believe in low fat anymore, but I've confused myself by researching far too many different types of diet.

Fell off the wagon today. When to Harrogate and got an ice cream from Betty's tea rooms (brown bread flavour-amazing)
I'll count that as my weekend treat. I am NOT going to eat anything else high in fat or sugar/carbs this week.
On a positive note my jeans felt less tight today. (Before the ice cream!)

I am obsessed with food at the moment, I went slightly mad the other night and bought 5 cookbooks. I just want to drool over the lovely pictures.
I need help, although I suppose it's better than actually eating the stuff.

How are you both doing?

At least the ice cream was delicious and you only had one. It's not like you had a huge tub of Ben and Jerrys. What cookbooks did you buy? I love cook books. They come in really handy for Christmas and stuff so it's not a waste. Yay on your jeans feeling less tight, long may it continue

I fell off the wagon too. Dh is away at the moment and I just can't be arsed. It all goes wrong in the evening when I'm bored and exhausted. Even more annoyingly, Dh has been doing really well even though he's working hard and is expecting a good weightloss this week, that's made me feel even worse.

I think I'm going to make a huge no points curry for dinner tonight. I'm just feeling a bit annoyed because I didn't even see the whole week through. But I'm bored and a bit lonely after the kids go to bed, I'm such an emotional eater.

Sorry not caught up - will post at weekend, we have been the house of bugs and illness....!