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!

[Dyrne]

Ah Dyson! I have one of the small handheld ones. Cost a fortune but it is my favourite thing in the world as it has turned hoovering into the quickest, easiest thing ever.

I've been away a lot the last couple of weeks - have eaten/drunk a lot but have managed to stay the same as I've been doing a lot of walking.

My mental health has taken a complete dive off the deep end. Scoffed tonnes at work on Monday then tried to reign it back yesterday by buying fruit instead of chocolate. Partially succeeded in not eating too much but ended up crying a lot instead and then had a huge plate of pasta for dinner :/

[vickibee]

I work in a rural location and there is nowhere to purchase snacks so I have to take my own, problem is I just have to eat it early and there is nowt left by lunchtime today I have an egg and tuna salad, two small satsuma so and a canoe Pepsi max, and an olive snack pot. My mojo has definitely deserted me, I am craving rubbish again and my willpower is nowhere to be seen

[Stellar67]

Sounds good vicki. Eww you can have all our haribo!

Welcome back dyrne. Hope you had a good time away.

I did well yesterday! I really wanted to eat crisps but I held out. Filled myself with water or coffee.

Going to try the same today as no gym class. Still have unwell kids cluttering up my house.

[Stellar67]

Hovering sounds great, hovering, not so keen....

The GF food has arrived. I hate to say it but it has been so far so good. I had a normal sandwich today, because I couldn't wait for shopping to arrive, and my afternoon was beyond hell.

I don't see how anyone does it as a diet, because all the calories seem the same to me. It's just far more expensive.

Hopefully the kids will be back to normal tomorrow. I am going bonkers and I have enlisted Apple as a babysitter today. Just so I could cook, clean, sit staring vacantly into space.

[Stellar67]

FFS MN does not like hoovering either!!!

[pippistrelle]

Dyrne - I hope you're feeling a bit better now.

Vicki - hope you're doing okay with your new regime.

I think it's perfectly reasonable to view this process as a long series of steps rather than a steady steep decline. (I may have a vested interest as I'm currently on on of those plateaus, and have been for ages, as you're probably all sick of hearing.) The key thing for me at the moment is not to put weight back on. So I still weigh myself every day, and seriously cut back if the figure has gone up, and relax if it's gone down. So, overall, week by week, it stays the same. I think I've just worked out that people who don't struggle with their weight have some sort of natural mechanism that does this. But as I don't have that, then I need to impose one via daily weigh-in. It stinks, but it is what it is.

Ideally, I'd like to lose another stone but it doesn't have to be immediately. As long as I manage to maintain for now.

[Stellar67]

Ha ha! Did indeed ;-) Hovering is the new fitness regime.

That is great to hear pippi and brains. I still have 2 stone to go. And I don't feel great about my body.

I did go for a walk today, managed half an hour striding and got home before it started pouring. I am going swimming and hopefully more walking over the weekend.

[vickibee]

Ideally Ihave 2 stone more to go but I have hit a brick wall (Emotionally) I think I just need a break and try not to gain any of the three stone I have lost. Trying to keep my walking up but it is much harder with dark nights and stormy weather. My Dh has banned me from walking the Trans Pennine trail in the dark, what is there in the dark that is not there in daylight I ask?, I am not scared of the dark.
SFB - I too feel so much better but I am still a 16 so a long way to go for me.

[Stellar67]

I am banned from walking in the dark too. It gets dark all day here at times! I just try and fit in twenty minutes in the winter. I have a hi viz jacket but it's from thin days and doesn't zip up yet.

I have hardly eaten today. I am just not hungry. I would like to keep this feeling.

[pippistrelle]

New Look are on the generous side, I'm afraid. I, therefore, heart them. (Plus I really like their jeans.) But it says Size 10 on the label so wear them inside out and revel in it, Brains!

I have a treadmill at home, so no excuse for walking failures. I don't always manage, but more often than not, I get my steps in. I have walked my way through every season of Pretty Little Liars, Homeland and, aptly, The Walking Dead.

[Stellar67]

Aarrrrgh sodding brie. I've put on 2lbs.

[Stellar67]

Read book about gluten free, walked 14k steps, sensible eating. Got more than enough calories for a rum and diet something tonight. Must. Not. Deviate.

[LondonHuffyPuffy]

Ooh sounds like you've got your mojo back stellar!

Now if I could only find mine...

[Stellar67]

I hope you grabbed mine huffy Last night I fell into a box of celebrations and then a vat of wine. Fell out with DS and needed comfort. Why? Why did I fall into that trap. All I got was a sore head, and belly.

Back on the salad.

[pippistrelle]

I walked load last week but used that as a reason to consume vats of pasta. God, it's hard to relish salad when it's cold outside. Still, my DH is away for most of this week and I always find it easier to reduce my consumption when he's not around: he's a bad influence. Also an avid gym goer so he keeps on top of his weight that way: not one that appeals to me.

[pippistrelle]

I'm also busy drooling over Christmas recipes as I'm taking pudding to a friend's house for a party thing next week. Don't know why I'm looking at recipes as tried and tested old favourites have been requested so I know what I'm making. And it's not fruit salad.

[Dyrne]

God, I've been a right miserable cow recently. Not sure if it's the feeling miserable that's made me eat rubbish or if I'm feeling miserable because I'm eating rubbish!

I've gained over 1kg in one week. Was far too chicken to weigh myself on Sunday so there's probably another 1kg added on...

Back on it today though. Decided to give the 5:2 diet a go to see if that could kick start my mojo. Managed to stick to 500kcals today and I'm not feeling too horrific - and I like the idea that I can eat a bit more than the 'usual' 1200Kcal tomorrow and not stress about it.

[Stellar67]

pippi well done on the walking. Stodge is, invariably what I'd like during the colder months too. But I have avoided pasta because of the bloated feeling.
I need to know what the pudding is! Do you like to cook?

dyrne I am beginning to think what we put it has an effect on what comes out, emotionally and physically. Doesn't stop me eating the other half of the tub of celebrations!
I'm fine during the day! I need help on stopping consuming 30,000 calories at night and totally writing off the day's work. no idea we had bunnets this week

[Dyrne]

Stellar I definitely agree - just after the last couple of days of not shovelling crap down my throat eating healthily I feel a lot better - more energy, no more heartburn, and my skin's starting to clear up again.

I try not to keep chocolate in the house as I know i'll just scoff it - so my big thing is making sure I don't buy it at work and scoff it all there!

Definitely know what you mean about craving stodge - I've really gone crazy on he pasta recently, i'm trying to swap it for potatoes and rice which are at least lower calorie! A nice ham salad wrap doesnt seem as appetising any more when it's pissing it down outside...

5:2 has gone well this week, managed both Monday and Tuesday as low calorie days, and I didn't feel the need to gorge myself today to make up for it. Will see how I feel tomorrow as I might try to squeeze in another low calorie day this week - I have a Christmas party on Saturday so i'll need to save copious amounts of calories for that! :D

[Dyrne]

Sorry, double post but I'm feeling quite chuffed - had a cheeky weigh in this morning to see how the 5:2 was working out, and I'm nearly 3Kgs less than I was a week and a half ago! Yes, I know, a lot of that will be water weight since I've done so badly recently it'll be like the first weeks of a diet all over again; but it's just the morale boost I needed. That takes me to having lost 3 stone exactly :D. More importantly, it seems to have nipped in the bud the spiral of bingeing I was slipping into... Let's see how I do the rest of the week, it's definitely inspired me to give today a go as another fast day.

[Stellar67]

The tree is up, the Baileys is out, the spiral has begun. I'm just going to try and not put on. That's my aim for the next few weeks!

[Dyrne]

Good call on just trying to maintain, Stellar. I'm being a bit stubborn and carrying on, maybe because I've done so badly the last couple of months, I really want to try and get below 11 stone still before the end of the year. Am hoping 5:2 will help with the Christmas season, as I can scoff away at parties/meals etc but there's bound to be at least a couple of days a week I can be more sensible!