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

Is it just me, or does anyone else hate being the 1st poster at the top of a new page?

Please come and fill this new page up everyone, and then someone else can be at the top!

Going to need a new thread soon!
I haven't reached any goals this year but hoping to change that by Christmas. I haven't worn a bikini in 10 years, never mind a size 10 - well done emz!
jonty your personal and profession plate appears to be overflowing! You're doing great on the weights by the sounds of it, don't put too much pressure on yourself.

Checking in again, well done on the whoosh IMust, congrats on the bikini, Emz, good luck Jonty, Bathsheba and Not2b!

I just had a whoosh myself, 0.9 kg that I didn't think was going anywhere just fell off over the last 24-48 hours.

Now my BMI is 25, at 65.8 kg (10 stone 5). I have a long way still to go, but I'm glad I've had a loss in this exam-run-up fortnight.

Oh and I love mince pies. Luckily you can't get them here, but I'm visiting the UK at the end of November. My mum makes the best rum truffles ever and I will be eating a lot of those...

What's your goal smila? I can't ever remember having a healthy bmi I ate so much at lunch I'm not bothered to eat until tomorrow. With no evening meal I'm within my cals so that's something

Chin up, Not2b.

I haven't been starving myself or going to bed hungry, really, and have been very loose with the calorie limit most of the time. As long as I'm not over maintenance, and I'm at a 200+ deficit most of the time, I'm happy. It's going much more slowly because of this approach, but it's a necessary one during stressful times, I think.

I said it back in July I think, but I don't really know what my goal is. I think my initial aim was to get down to 10 stone (from a starting point of 11 stone 10) and to see how I felt from there.

I'd like to get to a point where I have a flattish tummy at the very least - I'm not sure I've ever had a flat enough tummy for my taste, I had quite a pouch of 'puppy fat' there all the way through my teens, despite looking very slim at times. Basically I can look quite nicely slender (not nearly there again yet, mind you) while actually being much fatter than people would expect. So I'm not sure how I'll look if I manage to get rid of the stomach fat - my face will probably look very thin indeed, which might not be ideal. Will have to make decisions when I get that far.

Right now my guess is that I need to get down to perhaps 57 kg, i.e. 9 stone. I don't know whether or not I've been that thin since I was about 16/17, I didn't weigh myself/use MFP until I was about 22/23, I think. So basically I have at least a stone to go, and I'll figure it out later on!

Oh and I will most likely be getting married as soon as I'm happy with my weight, so to that thought!

Great incentive Smillas!

An almost perfect day here, quarter of a sandwich crept in from a meeting but other then that it was good! On this diet it averages out 800 calories or less and under 70g of carbs. Hoping I'll have good results at the weekend and if not at least lose the 4lbs I put on!

How long did it take you smila to drop that 19lb? Nice incentive btw

Sounds promising, Emz.

I started dieting/counting/whatever on the 2nd of July, Not2b. I lost 2.7 kg in the first week, presumably most of that was water from glycogen stores. There have been quite a few spikes where I've gone up a bit again briefly (due to pigging out and replenishing glycogen stores, I guess? and sometimes major constipation ) but the overall graph is linear with a fairly consistent slope.

I've SSed it and attached it in case it helps to look at it.

Good idea Smillas. Here's my losses since End May.
No loss today and not surprising as some Red Velvet Cale may have fallen into my mouth in a moment of desperation yesterday. Baby teething can drive you to eat anything....

Great idea! How do you show two months? I logged weights of 152 maybe more at start of October and now I consistently under 140 already. I've been doing this beachbody piyo dvds and using their nutrition plan as a guide for what to make a hundred percent sure I include each day (but I eat other things in addition to that lol) which is this averaging almost spot on my target (1820) net calories a day.

Love the graphs!

Oh dear, in a year I've lost 1.2 pounds And in nearly 3.5 years I've lost .2 of a pound
Of course I have shot up a stone from this point a number of times and dropped down around 10 pounds. Disaster altogether, at least I appear to have a life long hobby as a human yo yo Not a pity post I promise, feel good and positive at the moment, just musing over the journey

Smila- great idea- will work it out and post mine.
Physico tropic- very interested to hear more about the beach body DVDs. How have you found Piyo? I am humming and ha-ing (sp?) over Piyo or t25. I would love one or the other for Christmas!

Loving the graphs! Will post mine later too.

I've been rubbish this week, well not rubbish but not 100%, which is what I should and need to be for this diet to work. I'm too easily swayed... that's what the problem is. Twice this week colleagues have asked me to go to lunch and I've said yes when I should be saying no.

My problem is having a lunch off plan and then thinking sod it, I'll start properly tomorrow press repeat Have given myself a stern talking to and it's 2 weeks exactly tomorrow until my holiday, I could definitely shift a few pounds and feel less bloated.

I've asked my friends to not put temptation in my way and to not try and persuade me which they've agreed to, thankfully! Think they realise how important this is. I think I need to get through the first few days 100% and it will be fine. The weekend should help and sleeping through most of the day

I do have one meal out next week for work but I think I should be able to manage it, protein and salad/veg is fine to have on this diet so i'll stick with that!

Given myself a good slap, I wont have spent 60 quid for two weeks worth of food to not use it!

Lounging I think that T25 has a taster video online, I watched a bit once, didn't try it just watched which is a bit ridiculous!

I am on the brink of a right binge. I am doing my best to talk myself down but I am absolutely out of my tree with stress from a meeting today. The chocolate is calling my name. I am going to allow myself a little bit then go to bed early and see if it passes.

good luck Imust!

I might have headed it off. I had a milky decaf coffee with a lot of splenda in and feel a whole lot calmer. I am going to have a bath and watch a funny film.

Sounds like you might have managed an urge'surf imust Exhausted now so early night, hit the 1500 today, weekly weigh in tomorrow. Here's hoping

Morning all. Not2be good luck for the weighin, Imust well done for the urge surf! This week has turned out to be a bit of a non-starter diet wise. I haven't gone mad, but haven't lost any, up 0.75lb from a big dinner last night, but that's just temporary. I haven't exercised all week as been tired to the point if swaying standing up, and TOTM is about to arrive. Plus STILL waiting to hear about this job...
I'm planning to track properly today and have added my breakfast already, but not sure if DH is in for dinner or not yet so can't plan that bit til later. Will have low cal soup and a roll for lunch to give me more flexibility for dinner.

Up .4 of a pound from 12.1.8 to 12.2.2 - trying not to feel disheartened but not succeeding right now. I don't think I really put on weight - it can fluctuate a bit of course but I mustn't have lost anything significant despite trying really hard. Anyway

I got away with 40 cal piece of chocolate and say 30 cal for a coffee with some milk last night. That is truly amazing for me given how I was feeling. I am down a tiny bit to 10 st10 exactly today and feeling motivated to eat careful small portions over the weekend. I would really love to be lighter next week. We will need a new thread any minute!

I'll start a new one!