Easter target met, let's get some summer losses!!

[RufusTheReindeer]

Hi, following on from the lose a stone and half thread those of us with more weight to shift (me!) would like to carry on

Is there anyone out there to join?

I will go first

I have reached my Easter target and I would like to lose between 7 and 12 pounds ready for the summer (I may lose more in the autumn but I don't see the point if I can't maintain it)

I have let things sill a bit so my intention is to calorie count as I did before with no chocolate or alcohol from Tuesday for a few weeks. Then I will relax the choc and booze rule

I'm too busy socialising

Will just have to make do with the walk to and from school

We need a running emoticon

Doing ok probably.

Great theory LilyJo, but I watch an hour tops of TV a week, and that is when I am doing the ironing!

I have managed to book DS2 and DD into swimming lessons at the same time this term, which means I can go for a swim in the public pool at the same time.

Today I did a 4 mile fast walk (4 miles in 65 minutes, I should probably call it "power walking" but that sounds really 80s and naff!) while the DC were at Grandma's. Now that the mornings are getting lighter I am going to try to get up and do 2 miles before DH leaves for work at 7am. Easier said than done...

Today was a pretty good food day:
Breakfast - small banana, blueberries, natural yoghurt, spoonful of nuts/seeds/dried fruit
Lunch - Boots Shapers Chicken Flatbread, carrot sticks & hummus, water
Dinner - Small baked potato with light philly and a huge salad
Snacks - raisins, apple, Nakd raw fruit & nut bar.

I am weighing tomorrow morning, I really hope I've lost this week. I need to kick start things this week to get back into good habits when I'm in work next week.

well done jemima great day and you sound really positive. grim food day here two birthdays going on which has meant two cakes but only had a piece of one. been rushing about like god knows what all day so going to have chicken goujons for tea which isn't brilliant. going to get up early or even earlier since I get up quite early and walk tomorrow though or failing that when the kids are at school.

Ladies i fell off the wagon badly yesterday, ate a whole green and blacks easter egg and then two packets of hula hoops, was comfort eating as was really stressed by work and my hormones are all over the place, praying that i am pregnant not just looking pregnant due to my chocolate belly!
Back on track today as didn't eat till 2pm as was so full/feeling sick. Had salad for lunch and dinner with fruit, yoghurt and a hard boiled egg as snacks. Really need to focus as nearly couldn't do up my biggest trousers today :(

ooh dear.
Do you just have the odd off chocolate day, or are there several?

what can we do to help?
Be stern like this
or hand hold

Do you want to talk about work, hormones, pregnancy? Hope you are pregnant

Yes! 2lbs lost this week!

Am doing my online Tesco shop at the moment, and this has inspired me to fill my basket with fresh veggies and wholefoods and not multipacks of crisps

Well done Jemima! Were you calorie counting?
I'm going to get back on the wagon now, feel so horrendous I need to do something.
Lunch out with work at cote brasserie but might have a starter to limit damage.
Rufus are you still on 1000 max a day?
Think I need to see results to keep motivated as I am an emotional wreck at the moment - waiting for my official pregnancy test day next week- 2 years has taken me to get to even ovulate!

j200

That's my plan but I do fall off the wagon this week being a case in point!

Having said that following the Easter weekend, when I did have eggs and hot cross buns and treaty teas etc I did lose a pound so I'm pleased

Hope everything goes well for you, I have everything crossed!

jemima well done you!!! And well done on buying healthy food!!!

BUT...CALLING ALL LADIES!!!!

Just a quick and stupid question. I usually weigh in on a Saturday, maybe a bit naughty on the Saturday but back on the wagon on Sunday. Over Easter I weighed in on Fridays, this is because we used to go the pub most Fridays but had to stop due to ds1 tutoring and dd netball, over the Easter hols these were canceled so we could go to the pub and I didn't want to worry about going over my target and being heavy the next day

With me so far? I want to get back to Saturdays, so do I weigh in tomorrow and take that weight? Even if it might mean that I have "gained" or that I might have lost another pound by getting paranoid and not eating today

Or do I take today's weight and try very hard not to weigh in next Friday?

Or do I weigh in tomorrow and take the best weight?

I know it sounds stupid but I really want to hit my targets and I get a bit paranoid about eating something dumb today and having a bit of water retention tomorrow

Bloody hell this is pathetic... Somebody slap me! Except lily I have a feeling you would put all your effort into it

Rufus. Leave the weighing till next saturday? Option 6?!

j200, it is hard to lose wight when you have very important things on your mind.

Jemima, well done!
I too have found myself being stricter about what I buy, food wise. If it isnt in the house, I cant eat it!

Awwh Ruf [:(]
I won't slap you. How about my holding your hand ?

I suggest you do both - Friday and Saturday- and then come back here to talk through how you feel - on both occasions. How does that sound ?

For my own part, I weigh myself a lot. I prefer to see the ups and downs on the scales. Over time I've seen that sometimes I've not gone down as quickly as I'd like , or disappointingly stayed the same and even shot down at an alarming rate at times.

All in all, the main thing is to stay the course. And really, for me, there are probably as many (maybe more ) psychological issues going on as there are physical ones.

Whilst the weight is gradually coming off me physically , psychological stuff seems to becoming more apparent too.

For example, when I was quite slim ( in my teens ) I thought I was fat !

This is really hard for me to deal with. I realise I must have had a terribly poor image of myself. And I feel sad when I realise just how much I really did lack in self- confidence then.

Since deciding to head below my Easter target, I'm having a hard time actually believing in my ability to live down at a lower weight. I feel like I won't be 'me' anymore. ( 'me' being a person bordering on being plump , always having to feel guilty about eating foods I like or drinking drinks I like . Never feeling quite right , in fact.)

Feeling not okay about myself has been so ingrained in my self that it's hard to step away from that. When I read what I wrote above, I am beginning to see that I'm getting back to how I was at the very start of this 'weight journey ' - just as I was about to go upwards.

But, as I was doing then, I am doing now- my best. ( Come to think about it , would someone hold my hand a bit too, soon ? )

So, Rufus , how about if you decide about what's best for you at this stage? I promise to look in today and tomorrow to see what's happening on the scales front for you.

All the best to us all today,

HUGS Jemima . And well done for all you've done so far.

Oops - I meant HUGS j200 !

And well done Jemima .

Thanks for your support ladies!

Hand holding would be nice lily I think in a very small way I am also unsure of my life being lighter

Even my target is slightly on the heavy side, should be more than manageable but I sit here thinking, well I won't be able to eat what I want at the pub, or I can't have a cake at the cafe or I can't eat a family sized bar of chocolate

And I shouldn't be doing any of those things anyway!! But in the past it has taken a lot more effort to lose weight, but that's because I have not cut down to the extreme I have now.

I am worried between you all and me about never being able to eat normally again. And by that I mean 1000 calories (ish is what it's taking to shift the weight! but a woman my target size needs to eat 1600 (ish) so what happens when I up my calories??

Wouldn't mind but I'm already worrying and I'm not near my target yet!!

Never mind, off for a skinny latte

Hope everyone has a good week,

Do what I am doing and wait till you get to your target?
Are you able to do that, and get to your target do you think?

I find I use that as a general rule nowadays.
I can start getting worked up about B when I havent yet done A

I think, if you dont mind me saying, that you eat out quite a lot?
I am lucky if I see a shop once a week. And they are not that inspiring when I do. Can you tell that I live in the sticks?
I too would find it harder with tempting places all around.

Holds Rufus's hand .

Waves to Rabbit and wishes luck to Super.

Thanks for getting back on line Rufus and Rabbit . Was that a hand hold for me too [needy icon ] ?

I also eat out a lot Rabbit. This week-end going for a big Sunday meal out .

The things that have really changed for me since I started losing weight this time is the 2 days on 500 cals. It really has made a big difference to the way I've lost. I know I can eat my chips, choccies, cakes and stuff and eat cheese, bread and drink wine too.

I am so pleased to know that if abd when I splurge out on that sort of food then 2 fast days will sort me out- plus I do exercise too . That last part is to bring my flab back into line .

At the moment I'm wanting to lose so I'm entering daily calories on MFP. And on top of 2 FDs I'm taking care not to go mad on week days. I know that's not going to go on forever.

And neither will it with you Rufus. You're being extra strict at the moment to give yourself a kick start. But then after, when you've got to your target weight, you'll see what you want to do. You too can use FDs to manage long term.

Interestingly, I got down to my Easter goal weight a couple of weeks before target date. I was really busy at work and went away for a week for work too. Then I just ate what I was given , plus biscuits and sweets too.

For me the naughtiest thing I did then was to eat out of meal times because I'd really got used to eating my sweets as a dessert and taking them into as part of my meal .

So , all in all, I kind of went up and down with my first target weight and got down just a little below for the Easter weigh in .

For me that was a bit like maintaining. And it gave me time to realise that I( me- myself ) would actually like to get down lower and so then I could waver around a lower mark in the future.

It just seemed to make sense.

It's so strange how scared I feel though.

Thinking about it, I'm basically quite shy and have always found it difficult to accept a compliment . This situation is drawing nearer and I feel more and more like hiding away!

Well now - what's all that about !!

Hi all,

Its been interesting to read that after your losses you still find it hard to accept a compliment I am similar in that when someone says I look nice I will say oh its from a charity shop/only because ive actually bothered to straighten my hair rather than say oh thanks and accept it. I think at the minute that even if I look nice I don't deserve the compliment because I am overweight its a strange thing to explain,

I think that it will come and one day you will be able to recognise and celebrate your achievements without the nagging worry of other peoples reactions.

had a slightly better day today and within calories on MFP but am seriously lacking in fresh food and money so shopping will have to wait till next week!

will do my stair stepping again later,its good fun until I trip and fall on my nose which surprisingly hasn't happened yet.

how is everyone doing today

Thanks rabbit

Probably eat out or takeaway 2 or three times a month at the moment. I do visit cafés a lot that's probably 2 or 3 times a week but I don't eat there

Pre losing weight we probably ate out/takeaways 6 or so times a month but would be more likely to have a cake at the cafe (not every time but at least once a week)

It's eating bits round the house that's my problem, bread and butter here, biscuit there....just had a treaty lunch (egg mayo, and cakes!) will either be very good tonight or have a Chinese (only eat rice and curry sauce) and have today as my naughty Saturday if you see what I mean.

On Saturday we were going to have cheesy chips which is a very good slimming world recipe!!

Thanks for the hand hold lily I think you should go for it!! How much more do you want to lose?

Oh and lily... You are a lovely person and I bet you look good in a ra ra skirt!!!

Hey super just saw your post

What do you do on the stairs then?

I am really shy and think everyone hates me but boy am I good at taking compliments !!

Actually I might not be ...If someone says I look good I usually say "I know!"

just run same as jogging on the spot I guess but up and down on the bottom step with my headphones in. do it up and down the stairs if there is noone else in but with five of us here if I did it when the kids were in someone would knock me back down.

Ooh very good, I would fall over (massive feet...or at least it feels like it!)

haha purely because I darent run outside in case someone sees me

rufus I would probably weigh both days and pick the best reading!

Motivation has gone out of the window and I had pizza and chocolate for lunch. But I did then go on a bike ride with the kids and living in Wales every direction is uphill!

I eat out at least once a week despite living in the sticks.