MFP to lose weight - Part 2

[Emz449]

Thought i'd get the next thread started as we have reached capacity on the other one :O

I'm well over for the day. It was all going brilliantly until DH said he was going to have a glass of wine, and it seemed a shame not to. And then we had some syrup sponges for pudding. Oops . He's out the next two nights though, so I will be good.

Does anyone feel thin yet? I am BMI 24.something so miles off being actually thin, but I do feel slim now. I keep catching my reflection in windows and being impressed with how narrow I look side on!

Woah welcome, your determination to crack on with life is inspiring.
Bath welcome back my lovely! You've done the hard part now with the weighing in, so you just need to keep talking to us know and it will fall off!
iMust yes the last two days I've started to feel slim....
BECAUSE bloody hell woosh or what, I've dropped again this morning, now 11st 1.75, so I've hit my target for the week early by four days! Mind you, yesterday was a killer, if I didn't lose weight in that kind of day I'd wonder how I would lol!
AND I had a breakthrough yesterday. I had a really hard day, which would normally see me popping in to the shop to buy wine on the way home, then one glass would become 3 and then I would binge eat on top....but all I thought on the way home was "I really fancy a little treat of five minutes of me time with a big cuppa and two ginger biscuits" and that's what I did. Can't say that will happen every time, but really pleased it did yesterday . Right, must do some work before baby wakes up!

Welcome woah, after overcoming your recent challenges weight loss should be a walk on the park!
Jonty you are on fire, that's fantastic. I'm weighing in at 12.5 today, a drop of .8 since yesterday - so in 2 weeks I managed to gain over 4.5 pound or probably closer to the truth I hadn't lost it in the first place. Anyway, before I hurl the scales over a gorge and jump in after it, I'm just going to have to stop getting so down about it. I certainly didn't eat enough to gain that amount or maybe I need Anna Richardson in to do a secret eater on me, be a very boring episode, I'm hardly never crouched by the bins eating a Big Mac x 2! I'm more likely to be eyeing up the cream cakes than eating them. I've craved a coffee slice for 7 months, still haven't had it Who knows, maybe the doc might find something in my blood tests that explain it. Sorry for the me me me, still feeling crap with my ear infection and another hectic day ahead with kids birthday parties, prepping for hols, dropping off school forms etc etc - all nice 1st world problems, need a kick in the arse!

Imust :) love the idea of being pleasantly surprised by the accidental reflection!

jonty well done! That must feel wonderful!

not2be :( being ill is probably not helping? It sounds so frustrating and unfair, when will you hear about the blood tests?

Wow jonty great work! Whoopy!
Sorry re ur gain not2. I had a gain last week when I joined of 3.5 pounds but I lost it and a bit more in under a week. A lot of it can be water after a naughty few days...
I'm still on 11 this am. Would love to be 10 13.5 before I fly tmrw but not sure if I will be!

All be good today!

Today I'm officially a lb down from my starting weight of 147, but yesterday the scales insisted I was 148.something so I'm sceptical. One thing I AM pleased with is my average intake over the past seven days because it's very close to the goal amount. I'm getting better at this!

Thanks psycho, not sure how long the tests might take - could be a shot in the dark but then again my thyroid might be under active? Sending weight loss thoughts your way trying, as long as its not like my last weigh in before I went away where I was 12.3.6, then the next day 12.4.8! Put me in a bad mood leaving, although I didn't gain any (or clearly lose any since then!) 2 days to go til my hols, hoping the anti-b's improve the situation soon

Good luck trying and have a wonderful holiday

Oh yeah thyroid problems are quite common aren't they, my sister had to have hers removed (she's ok now but she has to take a pill every day for the rest of her life).

Well done Jonty. You are right, I need to be an ACTIVE part of the gang again. I'll just log in my breakfast from earlier (tbs sugar-free muesli, 2 tbs natural yog & raspberries - yum!) and I'll get calorie-burning by unpacking some more boxes.

Majestic - I'll keep you company this eve. My DH out on a work jolly so we can help each other limit resist temptation.

Wow Jonty that's amazing, you must be chuffed! I'm very jealous.

It's nice to see you back again Bath! Congrats for braving the scales, the damage doesn't seem as bad as you though my it would be I jumped back out of the 10's for no apparent reason so gave my scales to my friend to look after before I broke them I've got them back now and will be weighing myself tomorrow. I am out for lunch today though and someone's mentioned cake.... but im going to do some kettlercise this evening to try and undo any damage and have salad for dinner. If I don't lose something by tomorrow I might have to reevaluate the type of food im eating and cry into the biscuit tin

I'm sorry to hear about your gain Not2, it's so frustrating, although if you haven't been feeling well perhaps it's to do with that?

Oh my weekend isn't going to be the best diet wise, slightly concerned that if I lose it may just go straight back on again! Will try and limit damage by sticking to vodka and Diet Coke and not getting cheesy chips at the end of the night!

Oh alcohol is the worst emz! I always want something v bad when I'm drunk!
I would admit you may have something naughty and compensate the day after with a low no of calories to balance it off?
I hope u have a loss tmrw so that it keeps you motivated !

The results are in...I'm just a fat b*stard! Nowt wrong with my thyroid, not that I really wanted there to be anything wrong shamefully I did want it Bit low in iron, that's it
Time to keep on going, or just accept that I'm not meant to be slim!

It definitely is Trying, I just get carried away unfortunately. I'm just hoping that I don't spend too much really; there is a tendency to buy all the drinks for everyone when I've had a few. I might the old pretend my soft drink is a alcoholic one and save a few pounds, weight and money wise

not2b I can completely understand wanting an explanation! I think keep going, from what I've read on the mfp success stories forum the whole weight loss thing is a real marathon, really long term thing, but with lots of stops and starts.

I think it's hard emz to diet and also get on with life! Obviously nights out seem restrained as do dinners out...but hopefully if we keep going and get to goal things will get easier! I'll be v impressed if u order soft drinks instead of alcoholic one!
Not2-glad ur well!! But I understand you wanted a "reason". Keep up the good eating in sure it will drop off , don't get demotivated!

Wow so many posts to catch up on.

jonty you are really showing us how it is done very motivating to read.
not2 glad you don't have thyroid problems, but can understand your frustration. Hope the ear infection is on the mend by the time you fly.
bath welcome back, glad the news on the scales was better than you had feared.
emz I think your social life is too good, lol. You do have my sympathies, it is so hard to diet whilst having a normal life.
trying you have done really well getting to 11 before your holiday. I hope you have a great holiday!
psycho sounds like you are getting to grips with mfp and the calories needed to lose weight.

I am having a strange week diet wise. I decided not to weigh daily due to TOM, but am finding not knowing even harder to bear!

Also been really hungry this week, think the honeymoon period is over with mfp and the hard slog has begun, grim.

I just never feel sated!

Ok just read my last sentence back and thought, is that the right word, sated? So thought I would check. This is what dictionary.com said was the meaning.

sate

1. to satisfy (any appetite or desire) fully.
2. to fill to excess; surfeit; glut.

Definition number 2 fits me to a tee. I want to eat to excess, to feel full to excess. What madness, I bet I am eating normally now, well normal for a person with a healthy weight. But it doesn't feel normal to me. argh!!

When will this level of calories feel more normal?

Thanks all for the welcome! I've lost 3lb since last Friday so feeling happy with that, now just to not sabotage it by 'treating' myself over the weekend.

I'm pink_lilytree on MFP if anyone wants to add me!

You have hit the nail on the head for me too irishe! Just totted-up my calls on MFP so far for the day. I thought I was doing v well. I only have 249 left for the day

I remember seeing your post a few pages earlier about food = love, or love = food. I grew up with that too. To the extreme that my DM still gets cross and sends me on a guilt-trip at the age of 44 if I decline any food she offers. It is hard to break that cycle if that is what has been unwittingly drummed into you.

Perhaps this level of calories will feel more normal when one finds other ways to feel good about oneself? I feel good about me when I have done something nice for someone else. I am trying to re-tune my brain to be able to do something nice for me too, without that horrible wave of GUILT crop up again. I did do some exercise yesterday - for me. Actually had a session with a personal trainer. Almost didn't just type that for the fear of the GUILT of admitting out loud I paid money on something for me. What am I like ??

Jonty treated herself to a big cuppa, 2 ginger nuts, but more importantly a SIT DOWN (magazine too?). Respect for not pouring the wine! Or a guilt-free night-out aka Emz.

Enough from me. Hope everyone are having a good day today.

woah - that is amazing! It works doesn't it? Well done you

I get like that at times Irishe, I have been on a diet since January effectively and it is sometimes wearing, even though making better choices is now ingrained in me there is that rebellion to be like f* it I'm going to eat this whole pizza. I suppose once you've been bigger though it's always going to be a bit of a struggle maintaining

Irishe I have been doing this for about 3 months now and I must say 1200 feels normal now. I could have a blow out day any time of course but to eat 2000+ everyday for days on end would feel excessive now.

I wrote on the last thread about telling myself I am a thin person and so I eat like a thin person. I think this is a good message and gets stronger the more I repeat it. It is also getting stronger because I am starting to see evidence. For example, all of my holiday clothes are now too big. I last wore them in June and now they are all flappy. A pair of shorts in particular is huge. My tankinis are all gaping around the boobs.

Emz you will have to try your kit on before you go see your boyfriend!