Anyone out there need to lose a stone?

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I have yoyoed with the same stone since the beginning of last year. Getting fed up now but need some motivation to stick with it. Anyone else in the same boat? I'm so near yet so far!

Will be weighing in tomorrow and posting all food eaten. Feel free to join me!

Hope everybody is having a good start to the weekend. hinkyhonk, lying to mfp is sort of funny! I am now on 10 stone 8, so 2 lbs down (but that could just be normal fluctuation as I cannot remember what time of the day I weighed myself when I came out at 10 stone 10). Whichever, I am really pleased. I have decided that my target now is to get just below the 10 stone mark by mid-May, when I have a weekend away with some old friends. So that means 9 lbs in 9 weeks, surely that is not too optimistic?
ribina, parmesan is really tasty, even in very small portions, do add it to your healthy shopping list. I am going to cook/prepare some meals on Sunday that I can then take to work for lunches during the week.

I know it's ridiculous isn't it. I've planned my food for today so I know what I can and can't have upfront. Much easier then logging as I go and running out of calories at 2.45...

fading well done for sticking under 1300!

It was my birthday yesterday, I ate not too badly in the day and went for pub tea in eve (though didn't think I'd chosen horrifically although did have 2 glasses of prosecco too, I estimated about 1800-2000 calories that day), scales show increase of 0.9kg (almost 2lb!), I'm hoping this falls off as quick as it came on and it is just food weight but I was not happy at the scales this morning!

Can I join please?
I have been on the "need to lose a stone" journey since beginning of January, I've lost 6lbs, enough to smooth down a few ripples of fat....but I need to lose more because I love clothes and for the clothes to love me back I need to drop another 8lbs.
The challenge is that dieting makes me binge, so I can't diet, instead I have tried to follow healthy habits rather than restrict food. I exercise daily - mostly walking. It's working but it's so slow and at times I'm so impatient.

Happy belated birthday bovny, the best excuse to relax the diet.
Welcome higge, you've made a fab start, can't wait until I'm 8lbs down

Welcome Higge, you sound like you're on the right track. Are you using My fitness pal? I've found it's helped me stay in control a bit more. I know what you mean about being on a diet making you binge, that is totally me too. Although I just read on one of these threads yesterday about someone learning not to be afraid of hunger, and it resonated with me a bit, as if I can see everything I've just eaten on mfp and I'm in my house, I know I'm not going to die of starvation. So last night after dinner I would have eaten something before going to bed to make sure I didn't wake up hungry in the middle of the night, but instead I went to bed a little bit hungry and slept the whole night through.

Just got my scales yesterday, and weighed exactly 12stone as I did at the gym last month. It was like for like as in the middle of the day and wearing clothes. But weighed myself this morning and was 11 .9 so that's the weight I'm going to work with now. Still aiming for 11.0 by mid April.

Hi Ribena - I have used MFP in the past but now I am trying to see life beyond calories to avoid the binge thing. I have created a list of rules around eating - things like I only eat twice a day, no second helpings, no snacking but also positive rules like always eating something tasty, having a pudding once a week, trying to eat 3 portions of veg with every meal. No mid-week drinking at home etc. I intend to just keep eating like this.

Sorry Ribina - autocorrect wanted some Ribena!

Can I join please?

I weigh 12 stone 12lbs and would be happy with losing a stone. I'm very tall so any less would be out of proportion for me. My problem is that I binge and comfort eat, I can't just have one biscuit - I have to scoff the lot!

Has anyone found a way to curb the bad habits?

I'm totally going to lose a stone, it would make all the difference for me. I'm just over 11 stone just now and 5 foot 4. I'll lose the weight with long runs and (the hard part) cutting out the piles of sugary crap.

Last summer I lost well by swapping all the sweets for fresh raspberries and strawberries, also I just find dieting so much easier in warmer weather.

Bought new running shoes yesterday, hoping to do ten miles today. It's stepping away from the snacks that I find so difficult.

Also I'm a very old fashioned dieter :) When I was about fifteen I bought The F Plan Diet at a jumble sale (mid eighties) and took the whole thing very much to heart.

I've been a high carb, high fibre dieter all my adult life. Wholemeal toast, all bran and baked potatoes are my everyday staples. I'm too old to embrace low carb now so it's calories and fibre I always look at.

Yess!!! Another pound gone!

I really wasn't sure anything would happen this week because of almost total lack of exercise. And comfort food of toast and marmite when I was feeling rotten.

I'm starting the spring task of rearranging what's in the wardrobe, and hoping that will be good for the spirits. I put on a shirt yesterday that I used to wear open like a cardigan because the buttons strained at the bust. It fitted, done up, with space to spare

Sorry about bragging about that, but I wanted to tell someone! And thank you for letting me indulge myself in it here.

morris good luck, 10 miles is a great distance!

Scales are still showing 2 pound up on Friday morning, I was hoping for a drop today. Just done a 7k jog, good to get endorphins flowing after a slobby 9 months of pregnancy.

Welcome all the new joiners.
Well I'm still 9 St 8. I have a hen night in two weeks and I would love to be 9St 4 or 5 by then so hopefully from tomorrow I will be able to control the eating a bit better. Wholesome Healthy food.

Auntie Stella that's fab! I'd be telling everyone too, that's what the thread's for, celebrating & motivating

Hello, another thread newbie here. I did lose a stone last summer, but it's been creeping back on in the last couple of months. I keep gaining a bit and losing a bit, but never quite losing as much as I've gained. I haven't put it all back on but I hadn't got to my original goal so I still need to lose a full stone to be where I'd like.

That was convoluted, I hope it makes sense :)

I'll be weighing at the gym tomorrow, and going back to how I did it in the summer. No snacks/sugary crap. Trying to add a bit more protein, just for fullness, and limiting bread, but not carbs in general. Bread is my downfall. And biscuits

And going through the initial pain of dieting hunger while my body readjusts

Just had my week of initial pain shivered, & am down 4 1/2 lbs so was sooo worth it I think I have the cravings under control & am following an 'eat to live' type plan, ie eating to fill me up & keep me going, for as long as I can bear until hopefully adopting a more long term healthy eating, 80/20 type thing. Really busy this week, exercise starts next week, good luck everyone

AuntStella that's fab - It's amazing how much your wardrobe can be improved by the loss of a few pounds. I can't wait to lose a cup size - I hate having a large chest.
The next few weeks I hope to maintain - too many nights out and the Easter holidays - I don't eat chocolate but it's the wine that will get me.

Christ yes re bra size. I have massive boobs and when I lost weight last year they went down a bit, it was amazing. They're massive again and I have a drawer full of bras I spill out of.

Sigh.

I managed not to fib to mfp and was on 1200 both Saturday and Sunday. Will need to keep at it. I'm currently annoyed at the myth of bf helping you lose weight. It's just not true for me grrrr.

Well I stuck to under 1,300 till the weekend and had 1,400-500 on Saturday and Sunday. I've upped my exercise but I have not lost any weight. It's frustrating but years ago I only lost half a pound a week eating 1000 cals a day so I suppose it's to be expected (I wasn't doing any exercise then though).

I wish you could focus weight loss. I don't want my boobs to get any smaller! The only good thing about gaining weight is my boobs filling out a bit, I wish I could keep them as they are and shrink the rest of me to fit

Right, I'm getting off MN and going to the gym.

Well done everyone. AuntieStella, that’s great :D

4.5lbs off is amazing readyforsunshine! Do share your menus so we can copy you and be thin too :D

I stayed the same this morning. Meals are good but eating too much chocolate which is not good! So still 10st 8.

Thanks twinkle. It's been pretty grim to tell the truth, but a necessary evil for me! I love food too much & can easily manage to eat too much of most foods if I'm not in check, & have a tendency to turn every meal into something delicious I find that if I go hardcore Lo fat, sugar, alcohol, & carbs & literally fuel myself on Lo ft nat yog, cottage cheese, eggs, fish, lean meat & greens & try not to allow myself any deviations for as long as poss I get a good loss (even if it is water it motivates me) & cuts my cravings. It completely takes the p,ensure out of mealtimes but as somebody up thread said re hunger being ok, I need to know that it's ok to not be stuffed to be full & that every meal does not have to be a pleasurable event!
Hopefully I can shift some more lbs & find a happy balance somewhere in the middle. Can't wait to fit nicely into my nice bras too, the spillover look is so unflattering.