Has anyone got 2 stone to lose? I'm starting tomorrow (Monday).

[Dalmatian2017]

I'm looking for a buddy to join me and help motivate to lose some of this flab! I'm 5'7" and about 12st but will weigh in tomorrow morning.

Think of those calories your burning off though x

Has anyone tried to reset their starting weight on MFP with success? I read a blog saying they have introduced this on the app but when I try to change it it doesn't do it keeps giving me an error and I really want to change it my starting weight is from 2013!

Sorry Paris do you mean me? I never burn any sitting around feeling ill. I'd love to go fir a walk but too feverish...meh.

Claire how did you lose so much? Well done !

... err... MFP has just congratulated me on being active for my targeted 60 minutes today. I am very new to this... how does it know??

Lorlei9here I have been doing the Davina 5 week fit DVD all week, walked 6 miles on Tuesday and did a zumba class on Thursday too as well as eating really well, no junk and no alcohol!

Thanks Claire
I work out nearly daily but it didn't stop me gaining weight
Do you know how many cals you had? Sorry for all the questions.

No worries I'm averaging around 1400 calories in food and I'm earning up to 600 sometimes through exercise, MFP has given me a daily allowance of 1650 to lose 2 pound a week so I'm always well under, I'm currently a size 16/18 and I'm pretty fit but I probably have a lot more to lose than most people that's why my allowance is probably so much!

Hello! Well done paris and claire on your mahooosive losses, so jealous

managed to get myself on track and lost the 0.5 I gained and another 0.5 so will hopefully have a good loss again on Tues.

Drinks wise I dont log them. I only drink water/squash/diet coke and usually have a few 100 cals left so figure it's OK!

claire I think the only way to reset your weight is to close your account and re open it, but I could be wrong?! I did mine, only took few minutes to delete account and start again!

sharing I don't know how it knows, have you got a fitbit or something linked to it??

You sound like you're doing a fantastic job, Claire! Well done! I've been looking back over my last few MFP entries and I've slipped down the slippery slope! I can see that I'm not going to lose any weight this week and it's always silly circumstances that hijack my efforts. We've been away, had family staying and visiting for dd's birthday, I've not done any exercise and once I feel it's gone wrong I self-sabotage a bit. It's also pmt time! I have been trying very hard to be mindful about how I'm feeling hunger wise. E.g every time I think of reaching for food, I ask myself if I'm really hungry and if I really need it. Last week I was actually hungry before every meal which is a good thing I think. The past few days I've been eating whether I'm hungry or not which is typical of my usual behaviour! Arghh I hope I can snap out of this. I need to go out for that run tomorrow and get my butt in gear!

Thanks Claire
I have about 1300 to lose 2lb a week and I dint factor in exercise as my body is so used to it.

7 pounds off now from Monday totally delighted! Going to only weigh myself once a week now and try to keep up the exercise I have been doing and eat pretty similarly, I'm away on holiday in 6 weeks and I'm bringing my baby to aqua babes in 3 weeks which means I have to get into a swimsuit since I weighed myself in January after having my dd in December I have lost a stone in total
Really finding this thread helpful too so thanks everyone for support and sharing!

Well done Claire!

Kreesh we are one and the same! I am away just now and MFP has been embarrassing. I almost think if I can persevere and avoid some things. Not eat when not hungry. Make healthy choices when I can. It's hard.

How are you feeling lorelei? I hope you are on the mend.

Hope everyone is well

Thanks guys
Just wanted to share if you log into the MFP website you can change your starting weight there

like most fat women, my weight is a massively emotional issue. It just seems so fucking unfair that I eat when I'm hungry, exercise like a normal person, and yet am fat. With the odd exception (looking at you MIL) most slim women are not hungry all the time in order to stay slim. But I have to be hungry if I want to be slim.

So years ago I thought sod it, I'm going to be a happy fat woman. I will drink wine, and dance, and eat cheese, and enjoy myself.

And I'm not really sure what has prompted this latest decision to try and shrink down. I guess it's just so much more preferable to be slim, whatever I usually tell myself. So I've been under 1000 calories every day this week. I make great food choices. I eat a mostly vegan diet, though I am not vegan and have the odd egg, or milk in my tea. I eat fucking kale and spinach, and lemon water for breakfast. I played tennis twice this week. I went for long walks. I saw my personal trainer twice. I work as a teacher, and have three small children. I never sit down.

Just weighed in. I've not lost so much as a miligram this week. Exactly the same. First week of dieting is supposed to be a big loss, right? Fuckit.

Gained 0.5lb

Totally justified given the past few days!

I was so active in the holidays, but I find it so hard to squeeze in when I'm back at work! I'm up at 6, get ready, get DD up, leave the house at 7:30, sit at a desk all day (bar a few minutes walking to meeting etc) work through my lunch break so I can leave at 5, get home at 6, read/chat/with DH and DD, eat dinner, bath DD - bed at 7:30, shout at her to sleep for 30 mins.
By 8pm I'm exhausted and still have to do housework/shower/go shopping/make lunch for the next day. And quite often have work I need to catch up on too! Arghhhhhh!

Anyway, I hereby promise to do better this week.

Weigh in: 11:11
Lbs lost this week: 2 (from next week)
Lbs lost overall: 5
Goal weight: 10:10
Age: 51
Height: 5:4

Very pleased with 2lb considering what I ate and drank this weekend

Sharingmichelle I know that feeling and it's shit people will say you will see it next week and all the usual crap but it's so disheartening! I stopped trying to follow slimming world this time because I was expecting massive losses in the first week and then when I didn't get them I went off the rails on it and it just didn't work I feel more in control now just counting calories and not eating crap at all
You sound like you have done everything right so I have no idea u less AF is en route or your PT has done exercises with you that have caused you to build muscle, are you taking measurements of your body as well as the scales? You may find you have lost inches
Sorry not to be more help because I know how frustrating it can be but don't give up your doing great by the sounds of it! I always think well
At least I'm not sitting stuffing my fat face getting fatter when this happens!

Well done Expandingroundthemiddle

sharing sorry you have not seen your hard work reflected on the scales. I know that must be horrendously demoralising but please don't give up. Could you speak to your personal trainer about what might be the reasons for this? I was also going to suggest that you consider going for inch loss rather than weight loss because, like claire said, maybe all your exercising is increasing muscle mass?

Weigh in: 9st 9
Lbs lost this week: 1
Lbs lost overall: 3
Goal weight: 8st 2
Age: 49
Height: 4' 11

Sabotaged myself this week by making silly choices - this week will be better.

cocoa I am in the same boat. I work full time and have two DC. I would love to do more exercise but there just aren't enough hours in the day and I am too tired most of the time. I haven't had a decent night's sleep in 3 1/2 years (we weren't blessed with good sleepers ) and have been so run down I've had every cold & bug going since Christmas. I have booked some HiiT classes, one evening a week and first thing on a Saturday morning for the next few weeks. The classes are only 45 mins and I'm hoping with the lighter evenings now I might succeed in dragging myself out once the kids are in bed. It's only one evening a week after all and I have no excuse not to get to the class first thing on a Saturday morning. Plus I've paid for them all in advance which is a good motivator!

Weigh in: 11st 6lb
Lbs lost this week: 4
Lbs lost overall: 4
Goal weight: 10st
Age: 41
Height: 5'7"

Well done expanding and ijust

No loss
not helped by being unwell a couple of days but still disappointed

Can I join you please
Height 4' 10
1st weigh in today 10 stone 8 -yikes!
Want to lose 2 stone in 6 months
Was thinking about trying the 5:2 diet but still unsure, anyone else done it and succeeded?