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!

[squigglehead]

That's fantastic, well done!

About to do a 15MF segment here... Need to keep plodding on as yesterday was rubbish grumpy teething DS doesn't help matters!

[Tinofroses]

thanks squiggles, hope you had a better day after.

I got all my laundry done , most of it ironed and put away . That can be my exercise.

[LondonHuffyPuffy]

Hi Everyone

You're all doing really well. I like this thread. It's supportive and matter of fact. Works for me!

I'm doing my weigh in tomorrow morning but did a sneaky one on Friday and was down to 102kg. That's 9kg in just under 4 weeks. Quite pleased with that and hoping I'll be down to double digits by the end of next week. I'm walking like a mad thing - trying to do 10,000 steps or more each day and have achieved that every day this week. I've pretty much given up on SW and am just eating loads of veg and fruit and walking. So far, so good.

[squigglehead]

London that's amazing, well done!

Managed to eat sensibly while out tonight so feeling proud :) knackered though so off to bed with DS before I ruin it

[LondonHuffyPuffy]

Thanks squiggle
Sleep well x

[Tinofroses]

Hi London that sounds amazing. I'm afraid I've lost my walking mojo and finding it hard to get it back. Eating is going ok. I'm due to weigh later and I always buy bad food after weigh in so today I want to change that habit. That is what is keeping my weight loss so slow I think. Can someone kick me in the ass and get me walking again please.

[LondonHuffyPuffy]

Thanks roses How are you doing? How is everyone else doing/ feeling?

I hadn't lost any more by Monday, went out for Monday evening and had lots of wine and ate stuff I shouldn't, but I calculated it at around 2500 calories (am doing 1200 per day).

I weighed myself, stupidly, on Tuesday morning and my weight had gone up to 103.9kg!!! WTF is that all about? On an extra 1300 calories?! That's not possible, is it?! I'm mid-cycle and feeling a bit bloated, but that really shook me up.

I had to fight the urge to sabotage myself and have been back on track since, but am going to restrict myself to weigh-ins once a week.

Re walking - I'm using the FitBit and trying to just be more active during the day, but trying not too think too hard about it. I have a 15 minute walk to my office from the tube station, work on a fairly large site and have to walk between different buildings during the day, then usually do a 15 minute walk at lunchtime and finish the 10k steps on the way home by walking a bit further then getting a bus home. I managed 15,853 steps yesterday! The FitBit really helps and am finding it v motivating. Do you have a step counter on your phone? That could help?

[LondonHuffyPuffy]

Argh "to think too hard", not "too think too hard". Sorry!

[Tinofroses]

Thanks London I am down another 1 so am pleased . I'm now 13 4.5. It's hard work and very slow. I am a saboteur also but am slowly improving. Too tired to type now so catch up later

[vickibee]

I had my Weekly WW weigh in last night and I have gained 1/2 pound. It is fair enought because I have been eating too much and I know this is why. I had that really bad virus that was going round and have only just starting to feel myself. I am going to get back to it today - packed a healthy zero-hero salad for lunch and plana half hour walk. My motivation had deserted me
Well done to everyone who is losing the pounds

[MoominKoalaAndMiniMoom]

I know you've all been going for a while, but is there room for one more in here? :)

After having DD my weight fluctuates but averages at around 105kg, I'm 5ft 6in so obviously have a fair amount to lose, to be honest I'd be happy to even lose 1st but my goal is to be at 85kg by the time I graduate in October. That would make me very very very happy! And then to keep losing. Goal weight is 12st but I know that's a looong way away. I've had food and body image issues in the past, worst of which was bulimia, but hoping to do it healthily this time! Lots of fitness (boxing and weights mainly as I have hypermobility and struggle with running/walking/anything that puts strain on joints) and mainly healthy eating :)

Not brave enough to join anything like Weight Watchers or Slimming World just yet...

[LondonHuffyPuffy]

Hi Moomin (love your name!). Sounds like we're a similar height/ weight with similar goals. I've also had food and body image issues for most of my life so want to do this healthily this time.

I went out last night and was fairly restrained with food but drank waaaaay too much . Felt bleugh today but did force DH to come for a walk with me and had a healthy lunch at the end of the walk. Pizza Express Legera Superfood salad which is YUMMY and only 338 calories. Highly recommend it.

[LondonHuffyPuffy]

PS roses well done for the loss and hope you're feeling better, vickibee look after yourself x

[pippistrelle]

Hello thread. May I join? I need to lose 4 stones. At least, I did. Around the time HippyJess/sqigglehead was starting this thread, I started counting, and seriously restricting calories. I've lost a fair amount since then (21lbs) and in the first couple of weeks, I happily climbed on the scales and was seeing a loss pretty much every time.

Of course, that has slowed down, and it's down to around 2lbs a week. In my head I know that's good, but in my heart, it's starting to feel like such a slog. And on a bad day (okay - today), it's hard to feel positive about how I let myself get here in the first place, and then I just want to eat ALL the chocolate. Then it turned out that someone ate my last Weight Watchers chocolate mini roll (80 calories, and really nice, fact fans) so I had to make do with a cereal bar instead (more calories but less tasty). I stamped my foot.

Not helped by the fact that yesterday's exercise (a kettlebell session) has left me with glutes so painful that I'm struggling to get up and down stairs. So, I've declared today a rest day, but feeling a bit negative about that - (am I just shirking?)

Still keeping food under control though, so that's good, I guess. And I have found reading through this supportive thread helpful, so thank you, everyone.

[LondonHuffyPuffy]

21lbs since mid-March is excellent, pippi

It's hard to stay motivated, isn't it? I lost 7kg in the first 3 weeks but that loss is slowing to 1kg/ 2lb per week which is the healthy way to do it BUT I WANT TO BE THIN OR AT LEAST NOT FAT RIGHT NOW THANKYOUVERYMUCH!!!

I have some nice clothes that I want to be able to fit into. I keep taking them out of the wardrobe to look at them. Can't decide if it's helping or not.

I think you need a rest day to give your arse glutes a rest, if they're hurting.

What is a kettlebell session?

[pippistrelle]

I certainly recognise that WANT IT NOW feeling, Huffy. But we'll get there.

A kettlebell is a weight that looks like a cross between a curling stone and a cannonball. You swing it around while doing a gazillion squats and lunges of different types, or using it to do bicep curls, shoulder press types things, etc. Each exercise for one minute for a total of 50 minutes. Well, that's the theory. Even after six weeks, I find it very tough to do a full minute on some (many) exercises, but you definitely feel virtuous afterwards, and it burns loads of calories. (But I did a Rosemary Conley DVD workout earlier today - not so impossible, and it feels good to be able to keep up. More or less.)

[MoominKoalaAndMiniMoom]

Are kettlebells worth it?

Already finding myself slipping into old habits, skipping meals. This is going to be tough :(

[pippistrelle]

They've certainly been worth it for me, Moomin. Mostly because it's one of the few exercises I do (and I chop and change all the time as I find them incredibly dull for the most part) that I can practically feel making a difference. I actually have some definition in my arms now, although I'm not exactly sculpted yet as there's still an ample coating of flab. Sadly.

[pippistrelle]

Only 1lb down this week. Still, down is down, right?

[mimiasovitch]

Pippi, I started probably a week after you and have lost 13lb, and was pretty chuffed with that. I'm on 1750 calories a day though, as if I go lower I'm far more likely to slip. So be proud of yourself!.
I've had a difficult few weeks, with a cold virus, followed by a cough a week later, and I've been feeling the need for cake quite a lot. I'm holding back til next week for my birthday though, and am going to enjoy instead the fact that my boobs aren't popping out of my Christmas dress anymore!

[pippistrelle]

Good stuff, mimia. And well done on resisting cake when it might previously have been considered essential.

It's really hard to break away from the notion of food as comfort or treat. Not sure I'll ever manage it. But as a stop-gap, I'm relying on cereal bars to help break my chocolate habit. I know some people consider them junk, but they're relatively low cal junk, so they'll do for now.

[mimiasovitch]

I'm a big fan of soreen. The lunchbox size is just under 100 calories. Tyrells sweet and salted popcorn is only 58 cals for a bag. These are my new go to snacks, though I have snaffled a pack of quavers on occasion.

[vickibee]

Had my weekly ww weigh in and I am delighted to have lost four pounds (19 in total) it will motivate me to keep going after two disappointing weeks.

[pippistrelle]

Well done, vickibee. That's impressive, and inspirational.

[Tinofroses]

moring all , I am the same this week so that 13stone 4.5. Tbh I should be up more and feel huge . Started walking again this week so going to aim for few walks this weekend. Am under huge stress in work and am finding it hard .