MFP to lose weight

[Emz449]

Hello! I'm starting this thread to make myself accountable and as motivation. I've been using MFP for 16 days now and have lost 6lbs, really enjoying it and finding it so easy to use. I'll be posting weigh ins as and when as I am a frequent weigher! Hopefully the loses will continue I started in Janaury as 14 stone 11lbs but I've become complacent

Starting weight - 14 stone 11lbs
Current weight - 12 stone 5lbs
Goal weight - Currently 10 stone 11lbs but I think that I will aim lower once I reach that

On 1,450 a day with an active lifestyle. Would be great to see other peoples loses and experiences with MFP, annoyed I didn't start it sooner!

Hi Jonty! Glad you're having a good time, definitely walking helps, i ate the whole of barcelona while we were there but because of all the walking i was the same weight when i came back.

i was wondering if the hack and the password reset had something to do with the lack of posts?

Had a great today work wise, felt really productive! Super busy though, whenever i'm not in the office for a few days i feel like i have to get everything tied up so i don't have anything to come back too, ended up leaving an hour later then i should have!

Diet wise was ok, turns out having eggs every day for 2 meals doesn't work well for me, i have been so bloated and didn't have a movement since Monday! i was ridiculously bloated and felt so heavy. Stuck to my usual porridge instead today and we went to the pub for lunch today and had carvery, stocked up on the veg! Then for dinner now, i just had some chicken and garlic mushrooms, very nice!

For the weekend, i've got it mostly planned, cooked breakfast tomorrow, all counted for and then meatballs and pasta for dinner with a few snacks during the day. I only tend to have two meals at the weekend, late riser! Most of Sunday will be ok but it'll just be the evening meal, no idea where we're going! Will try and make the best choices i can though!

11 stone 3 for me this morning, hurrah! Glad to be seeing a loss again on the scales. Thought they were giving up on me! 10 weigh ins to reach the 10 stone bracket....

Hope everyone has a great weekend

Down to 12'9 this morning, really pleased.

I'm off to a wedding on the 29th so would like to see another 3/4 lbs off by then to make up for the inevitable eating and drinking that weekend.

Think if I don't go overboard, and still drink lots of water, I should make my goal of 12 and a half stone by sept 1st.

well done slithy hope you reach your september goal too

9 weigh ins till September! Hope everyone is doing ok. Same weight for me this morning and about to head off to Brighton with work, all meals out for the next two days, help me lol. Will try and make good choices but my boyfriend is coming to meet me tomorrow night and we've made a reservation at a pizza place that looks incredible. Breakfast is already paid for at the hotel and is a cooked one so that should be fairly easy to figure out and will probably just have fruit for lunch Monday and Tuesday, I don't really have time during the day when I'm away with work to have lunch, probably a blessing in disguise!

Well done slithy.

Emz - I do my best to make good choices when I eat out and also give myself a little pep talk before I go - I do not need to eat everything that is on my plate! I think the major breakthrough I have had this month is that I don't have to eat three meals a day if I am eating out for one of them. There just isn't enough calories in 1200 for three meals a day if one is in a restaurant so I have breakfast and then either lunch OR dinner but not both.

My news for today is: I have lost 14 lb in 35 days. 22lb to go to get to goal. Well, my initial goal. If I lose 7lb after that I will be my lowest ever adult weight.

I am finding this good and easy right now. Fingers crossed I continue to find it easy!

Emz - and sometimes I find it helpful if I look at the menu for the restaurant online before I go. I can choose what I am going to order in a controlled manner, and sometimes there are also the calorie counts too.

Hope everyones ok! Seems a lot more quiet on here recently.

I'm still chugging away with My fitness pal, loving it and making sure I track everyday. Had a good time in Brighton workwise and also getting to see my boyfriend too. I wasn't exactly perfect but the scales haven't complained too much so I'm happy. I don't think I'm going to make my September goal but I'm going to give it a good go! 6 weigh ins to go.... Batch making some meals tomorrow, chicken balti!

Oh dear. August has been a write-off of a month for me, weight loss wise. I'm scared to get on the scales but can tell from my clothes I've gained weight.

I just have to find a way to get back in the zone and in control again. I'm finding it hard to get out for runs at the moment, with all the post-moving house admin I'm doing as well as being busy at work. And quite frankly the torrential rain out my window is not exactly inspiring me today either!

Sigh, I think I'm having a bit of a highly ridiculous pity party here.

I'm posting here now to try and get my mojo back and be more accountable instead of doing the metaphorical 'fingers in ears going la la la' thing...

Well done everyone else on your losses / persistence / focus!

Hi ladies, unf I've had problems logging in so had to reset name and password. Was J200!
On holiday and having a fab time, so hard to keep exact track of calories but hoping I've not gone too astray as eating salads and fish and resisting ice cream! Walking loads too so praying for a loss on my return-sept 2nd.

Imustbepatient, get back on in! We've all been there (me last few months) Honestly you will feel so much better when you do.

August still hasn't been going well for me. I guess it's to be expected given I had an exam and then the semester has just started and I'm struggling with establishing a sleeping pattern! After lots of fluctuating I am now 10st 11.5 lbs. Starting to really notice a difference in how I look as we approach the 'stone lost' mark. Need to keep going and not going on late evening trips to 7-Eleven and buying a cornetto and a 60g lion bar/a bag of sour sweets/a smoothie.

Right now it's early starts for days at uni with a bag of lunch that need to be mastered.

Come on ladies, August isn't over yet still 5 days to go!

Thanks willbe and very good point Emz! I could certainly do a fair amount of damage in five days if I tried hard enough. So let's see what good I can do instead!

Good points well made. Late game push it is!

I'm still here! Still on 1200 a day. I'm managing to fit in clothes I haven't worn for months and my husband even noticed that I have lost weight so I know I'm getting somewhere now.

I crept into the next 10kg yesterday, too, so the numbers start with 7 rather than 8 now. That feels great!

That's amazing IMusteatmoreveg, well done, you must be chuffed.

Glad to see some last minute motivation I don't think I'm going to reach my goal by the 1st but going to give it a good go! Low carbs meals for dinner for a while.

My boyfriend is trying to get my to Notting hill this weekend, i am tempted! Plus it will be some of the last times I'll get to see him this week until November, he's leaving end of next week I suppose that's why maybe this month hasn't been great for my weight loss, I've had a lot of visiting him and wanting to enjoy the time I have with him. As awful as it sounds my diet will be 100% better when he isn't here. Which is good because when I see him in November I should be at my goal

Hey can I join you all please. Been dieting for Five weeks have cut out sugar, white bread and pasta etc.Been eating really healthy but Iv only lost 6lbs. Been logging with my fitness pal some days but going to start religiously now and 1200 calories.

I'm 5"9 and weigh 13 stone 7 and 3/4 this is the biggest weight iv ever been
.I usually lose weight really easy but been struggling this time. iv eaten 1200 today and been to the gym and walked for 45minutes. hope my weight loss picks up and is as good as all of yours.

Welcome Exasperated! Good luck with your weight loss. 6lbs is still a good loss, I usually average out about half a stone a month

Thanks I Weighed this morning and half a pound off since yday so 13stone 7 and 1/4 now. want to get to 12 stone so stone and a half all in to go but will focus on getting to 13 just now.

That's a good idea. I like to set myself mini goals too: my one for August was to get into the 10 stone bracket, not sure it'll happen this month but if it doesn't then I'm sure it won't be far off hopefully!

I was thinking of starting the C25K programme tomorrow, has anyone done it? I used to be a keen runner but haven't been for years so easing myself in gently!

I started doing some toning exercise last night too, 50 squats with 6kg kettlebells, 50 stomach crunches, 20 lunges and 20 biceps curls, aching today!

I love Kettlebells but I have a herniated disc that pushes on my sciatic nerve so I need to be careful. Iv done c25 k and actually downloaded it yday with the plan to do it on the way home from the gym but was shattered and had really tight calf's. going to gym today and tomoro and my do first c25k Sunday morning as gym is shut. Its really good and builds you up slowly.

Welcome, Exasperated!

I've also done C25K and I really enjoyed it, it was great. Will probably do it again once I've lost another few kg.

The last couple of days have gone really well for me, calorie-wise.

I had a similar thing Exasperated! Slipped disc pushing on my Sciatic nerve, very painful, it happened about three months ago so I don't do the proper programme now but I can manage some of the exercises from it, just not ones with motion. I'll give the running programme a go later on this evening and let you know how I get on!

Well I did it, yay! Along with some squats and sit ups feeling good it actually wasn't as bad as I thought it would be so quite happy. Will do it again on Sunday and tomorrow will be toning exercises

This is going to be a long post so apologies in advance!

Had a good day today, i did 20 minutes of kettle bells exercise and then also day 2 of c25k. I wasn't planning on doing it in all honesty but after kettle bells i thought why not and went for it. Definitely harder then yesterday but perhaps thats because the kettle bells before had pooped me out a bit. Definitely a rest day tomorrow or Monday though, i can hardly walk straight! My legs and my stomach muscles are seriously aching. Back seems to be coping with it so far!

Well, seeing as its the 29th August and i'm still 11 stone 3 i won't be meeting my August challenge. With 3 weigh in's to go i won't be losing 4 lbs in that time as much as i would love to! So in August i have lose albs and that is just rubbish Quite disappointed really but i have found this month to be particularly challenging. There have been a lot of social occasions and work meetings/lunches and having to work away or sweets in the office and i didn't make the best choices. I think in a way i had sort of lost my mojo a little bit with my weight loss. Partially to do with making the most of the time with my boyfriend but also i think that i do look kind of good at the moment, not a stealth boast i promise! But, i am a size 10 and i think i look slim when i look in the mirror and people say that i do, but i do still want to lose weight because my BMI is still 'overweight'.

I will get my mojo back this week. I'm going to enjoy these few days with my boyfriend and then i am back on the bandwagon. Not that i haven't been on it, but there have been a few things that i shouldn't have had or i should have used my calories in a better way. Having fruit instead of a chocolate bar or popcorn for example. Natural food instead of processed. Have more filling meals so that i don't need to snack during my meals. Saying NO to office cakes! They will always be there and i do not need to have some because they're there!

My menu Monday to Friday will be -

B - Porridge or Weetabix and banana
S - Apple
L - Soup, babybel/cheese triangle and mini chocolate bar or a chicken salad (usually consists of lettuce, couscous, chicken, olives and salad dressing)
D - Protein (chicken, turkey, lean mince) with a sauce and veg and maybe 50g of carbs such as pasta/potato/rice

Sat and Sunday will be similar but breakfast would be combined with lunch and is usually beans on toast