The 'anything goes' 2016 Weight Loss thread.

[SalaciousCrumb]

I need to lose 3.5 stone - feel so fed up about it I am ignoring the mince pies and Thornton's chocolates! I have lost weight before with a great bunch of ladies on mn. I feel motivated to do the same again and this time keep it off, I went through my wardrobe and found a very stylish tunic I bought in the South of France that I wore once before gaining weight.

Whatever your approach - low carb, Weight Watchers, Slimmers World or healthy eating, all welcome to join me with motivational tips/chat to keep each other going. I find that I don't stick to any plan and eating at meals times/snack on veg and fruit/exercise works for me.

Look forward to chatting with whoever wants to join

[unimaginativename13]

Well 10lb gained over Xmas

So taking my weight loss needed to 38lbs (plus the other 28lbs I think about later)

I'm on slim fast from today - I'm skint and need a fix to shed the weight. Then will switch to low carbing at some point.

[Goodbetterbest]

I've lost a pound or two by not eating carbs the last day or two. I know it's water retention but I feel so much better for being less bloated (and it's helped my symptoms already).

[Blondeshavemorefun]

Oh. Just on lappy

My name is there. 4th. Weird

B eggs and fruit
L homemade chicken cass
T

Not sure if tea yet. Drinking lots of water

[LibrariesGaveUsP0wer]

Adding myself:

Crumb: Weight to lose: 50lb, Weight Loss: 0, Weight to goal: 50lb
Fluffy: Weight to lose: 70lb, Weight loss: 0, Weight to goal 70lb
Fresh: Weight to lose:15lb, Weight loss: 0, Weight to goal: 15lb
Blondes : WTL 42lb, WL : 0, WTG 0
GoodBB: weight to lose: 21lb, weight loss: 0, weight to goal: 21lb
Carb: Weight to lose: 28lb, Weight loss: 0lb, Weight to goal: 28lb
Cooking: weight to lose: 3st 9 weight loss: 0 weight to goal: 1st
That'sNot - starting weight: 11st. Weight to lose: 14lbs. Weight loss: 0lbs. Weight to goal: 14lbs
Aphie- starting weight 17 stone 1. Weight to lose 5 stone 8lbs. Weight loss 0lbs.
Nargles - Starting wait 192lbs. Weight to lose: 60lbs. Weight loss: 0lbs.
GBBO - weight to lose 32.5lb. Weight loss 0lb. Weight to goal 32.5lb.
LionHearty - weight to lose 28lb, Weight loss 0lb, Weight to goal 28lb
Welltidy - Starting weight 9 st 5.5 lb, Weight to lose 1st 1.5lb, weight loss 0, Weight to goal 1st 1.5lb
Disco - SW 11st 2lb, WTL 25lb, WL 0, WTG 25lb
Ghoul - WTL 30 lb, WL 0, WTG 30lb
Pistey: WTL: 28lb, WL 0, WTG: 28lb
Minniemagoo: WTL 40lbs, WL 0, WTG 40lbs
Bowbear - WTL 40lb, WL 0, WTG 40lb
Libraries - WTL 22lb, WL 0, WTG 22lb

I normally work in kg, so my aim is 10kg and I'll generally post in metric if that's ok, but I've converted for the list.

[TheVeryThing]

Depressing post Christmas weigh in this morning, so will join in, if that's ok.

Crumb: Weight to lose: 50lb, Weight Loss: 0, Weight to goal: 50lb
Fluffy: Weight to lose: 70lb, Weight loss: 0, Weight to goal 70lb
Fresh: Weight to lose:15lb, Weight loss: 0, Weight to goal: 15lb
Blondes : WTL 42lb, WL : 0, WTG 0
GoodBB: weight to lose: 21lb, weight loss: 0, weight to goal: 21lb
Carb: Weight to lose: 28lb, Weight loss: 0lb, Weight to goal: 28lb
Cooking: weight to lose: 3st 9 weight loss: 0 weight to goal: 1st
That'sNot - starting weight: 11st. Weight to lose: 14lbs. Weight loss: 0lbs. Weight to goal: 14lbs
Aphie- starting weight 17 stone 1. Weight to lose 5 stone 8lbs. Weight loss 0lbs.
Nargles - Starting wait 192lbs. Weight to lose: 60lbs. Weight loss: 0lbs.
GBBO - weight to lose 32.5lb. Weight loss 0lb. Weight to goal 32.5lb.
LionHearty - weight to lose 28lb, Weight loss 0lb, Weight to goal 28lb
Welltidy - Starting weight 9 st 5.5 lb, Weight to lose 1st 1.5lb, weight loss 0, Weight to goal 1st 1.5lb
Disco - SW 11st 2lb, WTL 25lb, WL 0, WTG 25lb
Ghoul - WTL 30 lb, WL 0, WTG 30lb
Pistey: WTL: 28lb, WL 0, WTG: 28lb
Minniemagoo: WTL 40lbs, WL 0, WTG 40lbs
Bowbear - WTL 40lb, WL 0, WTG 40lb
Libraries - WTL 22lb, WL 0, WTG 22lb
TheVeryThing - WTL 25lb, WL 0, WTG 25lb

Have managed to eat fairly healthily today (no chocolate for breakfast is a good start), and planning to start the 30 day shred tomorrow.

[SalaciousCrumb]

Just had a count up, 20 of us now on the list, also one not on list makes 21.

that'snot were you laughalot by any chance? Just a wild guess, but my memory is jogged, seems to be laughalot's lots of fun approach!

TheVeryThing Me too, I'm also shredding tomorrow. Is it the first time you've done it.

I'm touched Blondes I might very well go back to being Trimmer, was a good name!

Goodbetter it may be my imagination (I'm on day 4) but I am feeling a bit lighter as well. Great that results can come so quickly.

Hope everyone else is having good day. I had fruit at work, then my lunch at 3pm when I got home, and I am still stuffed - half Sainsbury pack of lentils and red kidney beans, eggs on toast for breakfast. Just pounded my treadmill as well. All good.

I am making home made pizza for tea, I may have a slice with a big salad.

[Cookingongas]

I'm having to balance a heavy lunch with a small dinner today ( client bought me a meal out- chose for me "it's the best x you'll ever eat!!" So couldn't be avoided )
Miso soup it is

I also need to make up 2000 steps before the day is though.

[Notsoskinnyminny]

Well yesterday's fuckit blowout added another 1.5lbs but I did enjoy it

Crumb: Weight to lose: 50lb, Weight Loss: 0, Weight to goal: 50lb
Fluffy: Weight to lose: 70lb, Weight loss: 0, Weight to goal 70lb
Fresh: Weight to lose:15lb, Weight loss: 0, Weight to goal: 15lb
Blondes : WTL 42lb, WL : 0, WTG 0
GoodBB: weight to lose: 21lb, weight loss: 0, weight to goal: 21lb
Carb: Weight to lose: 28lb, Weight loss: 0lb, Weight to goal: 28lb
Cooking: weight to lose: 3st 9 weight loss: 0 weight to goal: 1st
That'sNot - starting weight: 11st. Weight to lose: 14lbs. Weight loss: 0lbs. Weight to goal: 14lbs
Aphie- starting weight 17 stone 1. Weight to lose 5 stone 8lbs. Weight loss 0lbs.
Nargles - Starting wait 192lbs. Weight to lose: 60lbs. Weight loss: 0lbs.
GBBO - weight to lose 32.5lb. Weight loss 0lb. Weight to goal 32.5lb.
LionHearty - weight to lose 28lb, Weight loss 0lb, Weight to goal 28lb
Welltidy - Starting weight 9 st 5.5 lb, Weight to lose 1st 1.5lb, weight loss 0, Weight to goal 1st 1.5lb
Disco - SW 11st 2lb, WTL 25lb, WL 0, WTG 25lb
Ghoul - WTL 30 lb, WL 0, WTG 30lb
Pistey: WTL: 28lb, WL 0, WTG: 28lb
Minniemagoo: WTL 40lbs, WL 0, WTG 40lbs
Bowbear - WTL 40lb, WL 0, WTG 40lb
Libraries - WTL 22lb, WL 0, WTG 22lb
TheVeryThing - WTL 25lb, WL 0, WTG 25lb
Notso: WTL 15lb, WL 0, WTG 15lb

I've planned my meals for the week and will weigh in on Fridays so if/when I eat the 'wrong' things at the weekend I've got 5 days to minimise the damage.

[PartyCityGhoul]

All of you with your shredding and treadmills - i have got to start something soon!

Had to escape the office at 4 for a coffee to save me from the post-holiday snacks! Surely its agreed convention not to bring peanut butter M&Ms back on the 4th Jan?! I'm fine resisting in the morning but come 4pm it's more tricky!

Lunch was a rather random warm pork salad from tesco, but it came in at a surprising 220 cal so ok! think I'm going to have veg soup for dinner, which is rather uninspiring, but does mean that i can have a sliver of Christmas cake without tooooo much guilt

[NoelHeadbands]

Hi all

B- two poached eggs on dry whole meal toast

L- half pot of Skinnilicious Vietnamese Greens soup (so much for unprocessed!), Greek yoghurt and an apple

T- humongous portion of shepherds pie with spinach, savoy and green beans.

Black coffees and 2l water

[FluffyPersian]

I've had a really good day today.. porridge with honey and sultanas for breakfast, a small salad for lunch, dinner of salmon, loads of steamed veg and baby potatoes.... and a snack of a lunchbox malt loaf and a banana.

Having a shower this evening and taking off my suit, I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror and my heart sank at what I saw - I know the only way to do something about it is to change how I eat, however I always, always, always find the start of my healthy eating the hardest as I've not seen any 'positives' and currently I just feel fat and disgusting.

On a positive note however, after 4 days of much more clean / healthy eating, I'm feeling lighter in my mood - I've been really down for a few months and already I'm feeling more positive about things.

I'm such an impatient person, I want to see changes NOW... However I will keep going and going and try not to focus on food and just focus on living a fun and happy life - 27 days until weigh in!

[ThatsNotMyHouseItIsTooClean]

Thanks for adding me to the list and for teaching me to copy & paste.
Salacious - I don't think Laughalot would have been my nickname. It sounds too cheerful!
Fluffy - you will see results soon. Take a good look at your body & you'll begin to notice indentations where (at least if you're me) there is a continuous roll/curve at the moment.
Another good day here:
B - 2x Weet a box and half a banana
L - friends & their DC for lunch so i made cottage pie & apple crumble. I had a massive portion of cottage pie but, as i was serving it out, managed to do some good pie mining so i had much more filling than mash. Both of my DC love crumble topping so i gave them mine and just ate the stewed fruit.
Snacks - other half of the banana and a tiny home made biscotti tiny as the normal sized ones have been eaten by me over Christmas and are a definite contributing factor to the size of my arse
Exercise - 30 day shred. It really hurt today. Not sure I'll actually be able to move tomorrow which is a problem as I have to go to work, the supermarket and then go for a run!

[ThatsNotMyHouseItIsTooClean]

I just came back to add that I am really glad that I started this on Saturday and not today as originally planned as I had horrific wind for the first 48 hours which wouldn't have been pleasant for my colleagues. DH and the DC just had to grin & bear it (or, in the case of toddler DS, chuckle manically).
Just caught sight of myself in the mirror. I have a muffin top in my PJs! FFS! Losing this stone should sort out the back waist fat at least even if I still have a bit of a mum tum.

[thewavesofthesea]

Can I join you too? I'm on my phone so not able to add myself to the list. Got on the scales today and realised I've put on about 12kg in 3-4 months

It all needs to come off!! It is around 26lbs that I need to lose. Doing it through general healthy eating, reducing snacks and increasing exercise. I have done MFP in the past, and 5:2, and SW, all worked but then it all went back on again and then some. 5:2 was great for weight loss for me but played havoc with my mood (I suffer chronically with depression and it made it worse) . Hoping that by not sticking to a 'plan' will make it more sustainable long term.

[KeepsAwayTheNargles]

Morning all! Fast Day here so starting the morning off with a coffee, one of our toddler groups starts back today and I have work to do during nap time so hopefully will be nice and busy and not find it too hard!

Day 3 of YogaCamp was mostly nice and relaxing and I'm not yet sore enough to quit like I normally do so I'm pleased about that :)

Its nice to see what you're all eating and punch ideas! I've been having porridge (a pre-measured Oat So Simple sachet) with blueberries/strawberries/banana each morning, lunch yesterday was scrambled eggs and baked beans(!), and dinner was a sausage and lentil one-pot thing. I got this water bottle called a "Hydrate m8" that tells you if you've drunk enough and its really pushing me to drink enough water, I do recommend it :)

Anyone feeling down, remember you're already doing it - you're making positive changes, you should already be proud of yourselves! :)

[InFlagranteDelicto]

Can I join in? I'm really pants at this, I tell myself I must be sensible, and straight away crave anything! However over the last year I've put on nearly 2st, most of it from the autumn and Christmas. Currently 10st 13lb, would like to return to 9st 4lb, but at 5'2"- just, under 9 would be ideal.

My period is due, and I'm foul. Not helped that my cervix is still tender from the procedure 2 weeks ago. So need encouragement to not stuff my face with chocolate right now.

[RatherBeOnThePiste]

Morning

[Blondeshavemorefun]

Morning

B pineapple and eggs on toast b
L jacket and beans
T chicken cass

And a sb :) using milk from a and syn think 8

[PartyCityGhoul]

Crumb: Weight to lose: 50lb, Weight Loss: 0, Weight to goal: 50lb
Fluffy: Weight to lose: 70lb, Weight loss: 0, Weight to goal 70lb
Fresh: Weight to lose:15lb, Weight loss: 0, Weight to goal: 15lb
Blondes : WTL 42lb, WL : 0, WTG 0
GoodBB: weight to lose: 21lb, weight loss: 0, weight to goal: 21lb
Carb: Weight to lose: 28lb, Weight loss: 0lb, Weight to goal: 28lb
Cooking: weight to lose: 3st 9 weight loss: 0 weight to goal: 1st
That'sNot - starting weight: 11st. Weight to lose: 14lbs. Weight loss: 0lbs. Weight to goal: 14lbs
Aphie- starting weight 17 stone 1. Weight to lose 5 stone 8lbs. Weight loss 0lbs.
Nargles - Starting wait 192lbs. Weight to lose: 60lbs. Weight loss: 0lbs.
GBBO - weight to lose 32.5lb. Weight loss 0lb. Weight to goal 32.5lb.
LionHearty - weight to lose 28lb, Weight loss 0lb, Weight to goal 28lb
Welltidy - Starting weight 9 st 5.5 lb, Weight to lose 1st 1.5lb, weight loss 0, Weight to goal 1st 1.5lb
Disco - SW 11st 2lb, WTL 25lb, WL 0, WTG 25lb
Ghoul - WTL 30 lb, WL 0, WTG 30lb
Pistey: WTL: 28lb, WL 0, WTG: 28lb
Minniemagoo: WTL 40lbs, WL 0, WTG 40lbs
Bowbear - WTL 40lb, WL 0, WTG 40lb
Libraries - WTL 22lb, WL 0, WTG 22lb
TheVeryThing - WTL 25lb, WL 0, WTG 25lb
Notso: WTL 15lb, WL 0, WTG 15lb
Thewaves - WTL 26lb, WL 0, WTG 26lb
InFlagrante: WTL 20lb, WL 0, WTG 20lb

TheWaves, InFlagrante, I've added you to the list, welcome!

Can't stand the pre-period angst InFlagrante, and i always forget why I've turned into an angrier version of a trash compactor until it arrives and i go 'oh, shit yeah'. Not like it's been monthly for 10 years or anything...!

i know what you mean Fluffy, i was looking in the mirror today thinking 'can i see a change? ' (No, no i can't! Its been one day!)

By the time i got home yesterday, DH had cooked, so no manky veg soup for dinner

L: pulled pork salad (Tesco) (220 c)
D: small portion chicken + peppers in cream sauce, broccoli (~350 c)
1/2 piece xmas cake, 1/4 piece cheesecake (~400)

Not too bad, and at least I've finished the xmas cake now!

[VashtaNerada]

Haven't actually weighed myself yet which is never a good sign! Will try to tomorrow. Found being at work helped yesterday as I was too busy to snack but I'm working from home tomorrow which is always more tricky.

[RatherBeOnThePiste]

I've put My Fitness Pal back on my phone which is easier, never seem to have enough storage, so had taken it off, but have shuffled stuff around.

Not sure which day to weigh in, do quite like a Monday as it stops me thinking I can ease up over the weekend.

[Kim82]

Morning everyone, can I join please? I joined slimming world yesterday and was horrified at how much I weigh! I've been blaming it on baby weight but she's 17.5 months now so I can't use that excuse any more. I have 4st, 3lb to lose to get to target although I may want to lose another 7lb dependent on how I feel when I hit my target.

It's going to be a long, depressing road but it needs to be done.

Today I'm having:

B - fruit and natural yoghurt
L - jacket potato, tuna and salad
D - omelette with as much veg put in as possible.

I'll be snacking on fruit, drinking tea and water and I will have a curly wurly tonight as a treat.

My exercise for today will be dragging/chasing the toddler around Costco and cleaning the house from top to bottom now that the older kids have gone back to school - yay!

[SalaciousCrumb]

Morning Pistey don't mind if I do you Ok?

Not sure I feel like butt kicking with Jillian Michaels this morning!

My dd is back at school today - she has a 'virus' according to the doctor, feels sick on and off and has been since mid December. The sickness goes off, then comes back. Don't know what causing it, bit odd. Dropped her off she's a bit tearful, but had a week off before Christmas feeling very sick.

I did a personal training course a little while ago (didn't keep it up have 10 minutes burst routines of press ups and stuff, will do that and treadmill.

That'sNot My wind problem has improved I think - although my ds has a burp problem. He burps on demand! Should have grown out of it by age 13!

Welcome Wavesofthesea I found 5:2 too difficult, got results for about 2 weeks. Completely agree about finding something sustainable long term.

Fluffy I am clearing out my wardrobe and will put into view my jeans and summer tops, very motivating. It's great that you are feeling results, you will see bit by bit more results iyswim.

Inflagrante Welcome, I identify with what you're saying about hormones, I'm sure it's why my patience level is sometimes low (dh would agree..!) stick with us and we'll get there.

I don't work Tuesdays so I'm happy about that, house a tip, after I've sorted that I will do exercise then collapse and read Vivienne Westwood's biography - didn't expect to find it so interesting, bringing back all the memories of the days of punk! Didn't go so much on the spitting though. Ugh.

Have a good day all.

[SalaciousCrumb]

Another thing I do re looking to see changes - I ask my dh every night. "do you think I look slimmer?" He asks "since when?" and I say from a few days ago. He says, "a bit!"

[RatherBeOnThePiste]

All good here, back to normal today, although the house is a TIP, I'm trying to tackle one room at a time, we still have the tree which i think must go tomorrow?

Working today 10.30 - 2 and don't eat in that time, so must remember to take something for the journey home, or I'll come in and stuff my chops!