Needing to lose 4st+ - support thread!

[HippyJess]

Since I want somewhere to track my progress I'm gonna do it here and have it act as a support thread for anyone else who wants to join me - because it certainly feels daunting and we can use all the help we can get!

I am 5 foot nothing and post DS (almost 6 months) I weigh (as of this morning) 95.2kg which I believe is around 14.5stone, but I avoid using st and lbs as I find it triggering. I would like to be back down to my pre-baby weight of circa 80kg by BiL's wedding in June. So...

HippyJess
SW: 95.2kg
GW1: 80kg (June)
GW2: 68kg (September)
UGW: 58kg (March 2016)

Short Term Goal: Do Davina's 15 Minute Fit every day for a week, starting today. I did it, and some of the easy versions were hard :( which is why I need to keep going.

Hope someone out there will want to join me! Hoping to post once a day to keep myself on track :) now off I go to make myself an omelette and veggies for lunch!

Downton, well done. that's amazing.

I'd like to be able to do that.

Am not drinking the wine... I want size 14 jeans.

In 7 weeks I've got a big work talk. I'm speaking to a lecture theatre of fitness professionals about health. I am 13.10 and 5'4", so, officially obese. The irony of this situation is not lost on me.

I know that I should only aim to be losing 7lbs. But, I really, really want to lose 4 stones in 7 weeks.

How do you keep yourself realistic? My instinct is to weep and wail and feel panicked. And, therefore, console myself with food. Which isn't helpful at all.
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we are our own worst enemy, sabataging our success. I know it sounds bonkers but I suck a polo mint whne I feel cravings and usually by the time I have finished the craving has passed.

I haven't had a v good week, my scales say a 'stay the same' which is fair enough, hope the ww scales are in agreement tonight. I tell myself you can't lose 4lb every week perhaps your body needs a rest... It is bloody hard becuse there seems no light at the end of the tunnel, I have lost 35 but still have the same to go and yes I have an old pair of size 14 jeans which I desire to fit

Bww scales show a half pound loss so that is ok , will hope for better next week,

Very much agreeing with your reasons to eat post, siiiiiigh.

I find that reality keeps me realistic, if you see what I mean. I'm quite scientific about it. I weigh food, record calories, log exercise and aim for a 1000 calorie a day deficit (using basal metabolic rate, rather than a total calorie expenditure estimate) I don't always manage that:I think it's hard, but it's what I aim for.

Brains - one day at a time. You'll get back to 'the zone'. (Although, I do wonder if the zone might be a sunnier place, as it always benefits from hindsight seen through rose coloured spectacles - to mix my metaphors horribly.)

3lbs off for me this week, taking me under 11 stones for the first time in 11 years. I think this is the first time that I have revealed my weight to anyone for years too, as I was too embarrassed to do so previously, even here in this safe and supportive place.

So, maybe I should count that in itself as a NSV.

Am really loving this thread. So refreshing to be able to be honest - for years and years I've just lied out of embarrassment or self delusion. Bonkers.

Grapes in the freezer? As a sort of sucky-sweet? I use chewing gum too, definitely works for me. Makes me look somewhat bovine, though.

Congrats to all the weight-losers. Just very inspiring to read your success.

Shite, sorry to hear your bloke's had a rough time. Glad he's able to get back to some sort of work, though. Amputation made me laugh.

NSV today - I noticed my belly overhang is overhanging less. So, it is no longer resting on my massive thighs. So, that's encouraging.

Drinking lots of water. Lots and lots. I think this is helping weight loss as I am peeing all the time and even I wouldn't eat on the toilet. Excellent strategy.

Hello everyone. Sorry for being a bit quiet, have had a hectic few days work-wise. Also fell off the wagon a bit so was feeling crap.

Well done to pippi and brains for getting smaller! and vicki, too. A half lb loss is still a loss. Sorry if I've missed anyone out for congrats. You're all bloody marvellous.

My weight still starts with a 13 BUT is closer to 12 now. I think now that I am not so shockingly fat, I am going back to stones instead of kilos

I started this epic journey at 17 stone 6lb. Christ... just typing that makes me feel a bit sick. I was a size 18 to 20. Probably a 20 because I only ever bought clothes in Next and Tesco F&F which are notorious for vanity sizing. I am 5'7".

I am now 13 stone 6lb. My goal is 11 stone.

I am still fat (according to that other thread I am "very, very fat"), but I am nowhere near as fat as I was and that is a good thing.

I spent very a happy hour last night trying on the clothes that have been hidden in a storage bag under the bed... these are mainly size 14 clothes from 12+ years ago. It was an interesting experience in really getting the measure (pun intended) of vanity sizing... BUT I am almost into my size 14 DKNY jeans, French Connection black cords (they are GORGEOUS and my Holy Grail jeans) and a Warehouse leather skirt from 13 years ago, so I think I am drawing closer to a "true" size 14.

Size 14 was my goal, but I now realise I mean a size 14 from before the time that vanity sizing existed . I reckon another stone and I'll be in those lovely jeans

I will never, ever be slim as in a size 10. I might make it to size 12, but I have 36G norks and an hourglass figure so realistically size 10 is never going to happen. I got down to a size 12 when I was in my early 20s, through liberal use of diet pills (basically amphetamines) and I looked terrible.

I am not actually packing that much flab any more, the walking has made my legs more muscular. Just need to shift the residual fat belly and bingo wings and that is going to require me to join a gym.

Sorry for the essay. I kind of need to say this shit "out loud" to see how far I have come.

Hope you're all having lovely weekends x

Oh, well done, Brains! Isn't it weird that all pounds weigh the same, but the one that takes you into the next zone is heavier and more important than all the others?

You should be proud, Huffy, and I hope your real life supporters are cheering you on too.

I had a Non Scale SD (slight disappointment) this morning when I tried on a size 14 dress. It zipped up but was too tight to wear comfortably. The disappointment is that my bottom half is now firmly (if I dare use that word in the context of my bottom) a 12, but my top heaviness means I'm still not a comfortable size 14 even on top. Curse you, big boobs.

Oh, and on bingo wings - Neutrogena do a firming balm that I've been using for about a month, and they're considerably improved. Cheap as chips too. Either that, or do your walking on your hands.

And another thing (while I'm on a roll), I'm only 5 foot 2, and I'm not big boned (in spite of what I used to tell myself) so although I'm under 11 stones, I still have a way to go. But hey, I'm a lot closer to it than I was four months ago.

I have had a rotten weekend food wise, I am an emotional eater and felt down over the weekend and pigged out on cake and chocolate. Why? what's done is done I am going to try hard today to mininise this so I gain as little as I can. Food is such an emotional issue for me - it is so easy to derail (feeling cross with myself)

Sorry to hear you were feeling low, vicki, and hope you're feeling better now. I think it's inevitable that there will be times when we trip up a bit. Let's face it, if we all had will-power of steel when it comes to food, then we wouldn't be here in the first place. But don't be too cross with yourself - one bad weekend isn't going to undo all your good work so far.

Thnaks for the kind words Pippi, I hope it is a blip - I have been good so far today. Grapefruit for breakfast, a banana for snack, a small greek salad for lunch with a muller light greek style yogurt.
The slightest (trivial) thing can set me off and it is like I can't help myself reaching for crap. I guess slim people must have more self-control than me.

I will be able to eat Greek Slalad for real soon as we are off the Kos nest Tuesday. I cannot wait.....

Slim people might have more self-control around food, but they probably have other coping mechanisms, and lose control in different ways.

I'm quite the control freak in many ways, but I'm helpless and hopeless in the face of chocolate.

Oh, and I'm very envious about your holiday. A few weeks to wait for ours, and then there'll be the issue of being tempted by cheese, bread, wine, and the giant supermarket aisle full of giant bars of chocolate, and I want to try them all.