Anyone else want to shift a significant amount of weight in 2016? Come join me!

[Arkkorox]

I have 10 stone to lose overall. There, I said it. No going back now. I miss riding my horse, I miss being happy and I have a toddler that doesn't want a sweaty elephant for a mum.
Anyone want to join me for some moral support?

[Goingtobeawesome]

Hi everyone.

I'm starting next week but feel I cheated a bit.
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Just has my hair cut. Must be worth a few pounds off!! .

[Goingtobeawesome]

I've not eaten properly at all today as been busy/upset today. Three rolos for breakfast then nothing until half an hour ago when I had two bowls of crunchy nut cornflakes. Not had them in years. Was made to buy them as half price in the co-op where I was waiting to pay for the kids bread rolls and a seeded loaf for me.

[FattyNinjaOwl]

I'm having takeaway today and tomorrow 🐖

I wasn't going to have it tonight, but things are stressful here right now (DPs brother died this morning) and tomorrow is NYE, so dominos it is. (I dont drink often so no point in going out, and its hard to get a babysitter so I usually babysit DB)

[Flapdoodles]

I am in too, I need to lose 6 stone. I am happy with the Monday weigh ins too. Is anyone planning to follow Weight Watchers as I am thinking of rejoining but have not succeeded with it before so wondering whether I should just try sticking to healthy eating?

[stumblymonkey]

I'm in and starting on Monday (of course I'm eating like some kind of maniac until then).

I'd like to lose 3 stone by end of March which should be just about do-able as we're going TTC then. I'd like to lose 5-6 stone in total but obvs would stop trying to lose once I had a bun in the proverbial oven.

[Goingtobeawesome]

Sorry to hear of your loss, FNO .

Stumblymomkey - you may still lose weight even when pregnant as you have a surplus already. Please forgive me if that sounds rude to you. I think we all know why we are here and I fully expect to do the worst!

[MyFriendsCallMeOh]

Yes please, 2016 will be the year of clean eating and weight loss (and no more stollen for breakfast). Would love to join, weight has been creeping on since a move to Texas (bacon wrapped cheese stuffed pizza anyone?) and I need to lose 3 stone ideally. If there's a spreadsheet going, I'd love to join it.

[Quinoa20]

First post here (been a lurker for ages) put on nearly 4 stone since marrying DH in June 2013 and feel disgusting :( start date is January 6th

[Arkkorox]

Welcome Quinoa no need to lurk here! Post away! Im hoping this thread can be somewhere we can go

I WANT TO STUFF MY FACE WITH CAKE

And then we can all talk each other off the cake ledge lol

[PistachioNutter]

I'm literally going to eat like a pig until Monday. Only to make sure the nicies are all out of the way of course!

[Arkkorox]

We're getting a huge chinese tomorrow night

[PrincessHairyMclary]

I'm in, I'm 30 in September so would like to lose 3 stone by then and be 10st which is roughly the middle of my healthy weight range.

[GabiSolis]

I'm going to be doing the couch to 5k plan I hope. We have a very local Parkrun which I'm not brave enough to join in with yet but I'm hoping to join once I have completed c25k. That said, I'm off out tomorrow to walk the 5k route with my dog and the DCs so hopefully it will seem less intimidating!

We just got pizza for dinner, that won't be happening anymore!

[HindsightisaMarvellousThing]

I'm in too please. I did the NHS BMI calculator thingy the other day and it helpfully told me I needed to lose 7 stone to be at a healthy BMI, which was a bit of a slap in the face and a rather overdue wake up call. 7 stone FFS! That's about the weight of my best friend.

Anyway, plan is to eat less, make better choices and stop the comfort eating at night on the sofa. A bit of bit of healthy competition would be fabulous.

[Quinoa20]

Lol thanks for the welcome, stupid username I know but I had to think ;)

I don't eat quinoa, I eat a lot of cheese and drink a lot of wine

[Arkkorox]

Quinoa I think that's why we're all on this thread

[CaffeineBomb]

I am looking forward to losing weight now. I went shopping in next today and in the changing rooms they have those mirrors where you can see yourself pretty much 360 and I wanted to cry still going to pig out until Monday though!!

[Arkkorox]

Im Excited too. Feeling a bit ' 2016 is my year' Ish. Dp just looks at me like and gives me a week he knows me well

[PistachioNutter]

quinoa you sound like my kind of person!

[FillWithWineToActivate]

I am in! I need to lose about 5 stone, lost 4st a couple of years ago but put it all back on due to being a greedy pig Am going to start 2nd Jan and try to cut out the wine and sugar!

[cupcakesandwine]

Caffeine - I generally avoid looking too closely at myself in the mirror (I'm excellent at checking my hair or clothes without looking at the rest of me) but I have decided there are two things I am going to do from Monday:

1. use my phone to photograph everything I eat and save it to an email folder with the date. I can't hide from myself what I have eaten then; and
   

1. take a weekly selfie (OMG!) and store those too. :)
   

No-one else will be seeing either of those things, but I'll know!

[buckingfrolicks]

thanks for starting this thread Arkkorox, and please can I be added to the spreadsheet.

I would be delighted to lose 3 stone and my wildest dreams would be 6 stone. So I'm going to aim for 4.5 stone. That would at least take me out of the 'obese' category and into normal BMI - and make me the thinnest I've ever been since about 30 years ago when I was 21!

(goes to finish christmas pudding and cream in anticipation)

[buckingfrolicks]

Oops, meant to ask, what - exactly - do we do on 4th Jan?

Never done anything like this before so total ignoramus

[Titsywoo]

Me too. I need to lose 4-5 stone. I lost it all in 2009 and put in all back on again over a couple of years. I have an operation I need to have at some point in the next year but I really want to wait until I am healthier as it is a major op (not an emergency at the moment so I can wait a bit).

I also feel crap and look awful. I'm in my late 30's and I guess my looks will start to go soon so it would be nice to look good again for a few years. Plus this is the time to get on top of my health before I get old and creaky.

Last time I lost weight I did calorie counting and exercise so I know it works for me.

Starting on 1st Jan - hopefully I won't be too hungover!

[Titsywoo]

Good idea cupcakes - I took weekly pics last time I lost weight and it was amazing how different I looked in 6 weeks. I exercised quite a lot which made a big difference