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!

Thanks Shite for Brains, we are All inclusive but nit an excuse to eat anything in sight. Will try to do filling and healthy (avoiding bread and desserts which spells streesed backwards, just noticed)
The thing is it was somrthing very trivial that has triggered my mood, need to try and take control more

I agree, there is so much delicious food already prepared that I will be spoiled for choice! I love all fruit (except gooseberries) and salads so install fill up on those things that taste of earth and sunshine. Most of their produce looks scabby and wouldn't make our supermarket shelves but somehow tastes perfect. I have just tried my tankini on and it fits a lot better than before , it is not rolling up my tummy so that's a plus. Bought a few new sundresses for the pool/ beach.
I binge too and it is hard to be honest about it, I do it in secret away from family. I beat myself up over it but have never sought help in anyway, not told anyone so to write it down is a start to admitting there is an issue. My Dh suspects as he finds choc wrappers hidden in the car etc and has challenged me about it but I have blamed it on the kids, shame on me

The secret eating thing all sounds very familiar. I still do it, but these days I secretly eat a low calorie cracker, or a slice of chicken, rather than a family size bar of chocolate or an entire tube of Pringles. I have no idea why. And I find that slightly worrying because if I don't understand why, then I wonder if I'm more likely to succumb again in future.

secret eating.

Oh yes.

And, secret disposal of the wrappers. Now, THAT is an art form, and, probably all part of the sordid, silly habit.

I'm no thinner. But, I'm running 5k. And, I didn't kill anyone when I went to my inlaws overnight without Blokie. So, I totally deserved the half bottle of wine as a reward. I didn't kill anyone. Go me.

What about medication? Anyone tried orlistat, or similar? Is it just pooing out lard until you realise you should eat less lard?

Hey guys, can I join in?

I've just started admitting to myself that I have a problem with food. I overeat like crazy, and binge on the same foods for days. A few weeks ago it was raisins and peanuts, then chocolate covered almonds, then peanut butter, then dried blueberries. Oh my goodness, my brain zones into that one particular food and it is all I can think about.

I don't need to lose much weight, just a few pounds, but it's more my terrible eating habits I need to control.

Every day I wake up and start right with a protein shake, then half way through the day it goes downhill. I'm always downloading apps, writing myself notes, writing lists, but nothing works. I'm always feeling ashamed by the end of the day.

Hello propergood. I hope you'll get something out of this thread: there are definitely those of us here who understand disordered eating. But what I will say is that if you're only a few pounds overweight, are you sure you're overeating at all?

I get that a healthy, varied, normal way of eating is probably the holy grail for all of us here, so those of posting here will certainly understand that. Is it that you're afraid of what your eating might become, or might lead you to?

Not that slowly, Brains! You're making really great progress.

Oh, that reminds me. I meant to congratulate siiiiigh on the 5k running. I was inspired and thought I'd try a run myself. Couldn't manage that far (not by running alone, I mean - I did a combination of running and walking for the whole distance), but I did manage 2k straight off, so I guess that's a NSV.

Talk of holidays yesterday made me think that while I'm in better shape with clothes on, I'm not very toned as, for the past couple of months, I've abandoned any sort of weight training for walking. I'm going to attempt to keep up the walking but maybe do some of it as running in order to reduce the time it takes, and then also do some form of toning exercise as well.

Thanks for the welcome! I'm going to hang on to that to keep me going through the day so I won't be tempted to grab for anything sweet. Yes, I do feel it is escalating.

P.S. I am 8 hours behind UK time zone so that's why my messages are at weird times!

And yes I do think it will escalate and I will pile weight on. I want to stop it now before the effects become more visible.

No, I have not thought about professional counselling. I want to sort it out myself. I can't imagine facing someone I don't know and talking to them about it. I mentioned it to a friend, but she is far heavier than I am (tbh, I'm not even heavy) and she thought I was crazy.

Anyway. . .today I have not binged! This is the first day in, I don't know, weeks or perhaps months.
For breakfast I had a protein shake,
For 5pm lunch (late, I know! Was very busy at work!) I had a salad of romaine lettuce, tomatoes, black beans, salsa I made myself.
For 8pm dinner I had rice wraps of cucumber, carrot, avacado and papaya.

I brushed my teeth straight after dinner as that seems to stop the craving. I was very tempted after lunch to go for something but I managed to resist.

I hope you all had successful days, and if not, one bad day does not equal a bad week :)

Hi can i join you all.. im trying to lose weight for a while now, but everytime i start a monday very well and quit by tuesday and regret the rest of the week. I want to use the school holidays to at!east to lose 40. Lbs by september. Please let me know how u carry on from a day to day basis?

Well, propergood, that all sounds extremely healthy, but extremely low calorie. Maybe you could actually work out the calorie content of what you're eating for a while so you can assess where you are, and find a way of eating that is sustainable.

Maniq30 - I don't know whether the 40 in your post is a typo, but if it's not, I'd suggest you start with a more realistic and achievable aim. Maybe read back to see what is a good rate of loss rather than setting yourself up for disappointment.