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

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Dalmatian2017 · 27/03/2016 10:19

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.

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Claire28will · 17/04/2016 08:47

Hi all hope everyone is having a good weekend so far! I wanted to try and make Monday weigh in day for me as I weighed last Sunday but I couldn't wait any longer so I bounced in Thai morning! I have lost 3 pound this week which is 10 pound in the last 2 weeks and 1st 3lb since I first weighed myself in January
I'm really pleased with that if I can average 3 pound a week for the next 5 weeks I will feel so much better going on my holiday!
Sharing I am doing the new Davina 5 week fit DVD so that's most mornings (there are 2 rest days this week) I try and get out walking as much as I can, sometimes it's only 3 miles or I can do 6 depending on the baby etc I am going to a zumba class too, I have to say I am feeling tired and it's nothing to do with my 4 month old it's the exercise but I am feeling great!

SharingMichelle · 18/04/2016 04:27

I just weighed in. I'm not sure if I'm supposed to because I've sort of lost track of the days (hunger delirium) and also my scales are so bonkers I might as well be playing numberwang.

So... stats as follows:
Age: 38
Height: 5'4"
Start weight: 12st 2lb (was a bit more I think because I dieted for at least a week before I thought of weighing myself)
Current weight: 11st 5lb
Goal: Changes by the hour.

Kreeshsheesh · 18/04/2016 07:29

Just weighed in and apparently have gained weight! So disappointing as I thought I'd been doing well. It doesn't help that my tummy is constantly bloated though. Never mind. I may have to adjust my goals on MFP though I think I'd struggle even more if I do that. Good luck to everyone else!

ThisToo · 18/04/2016 07:40

Morning everyone. Having been mostly awol last week I am determined to be more focused this week. I mostly did okay with my eating until the pmt induced chocolate cravings took over, most of which I failed to add to mfp and then last night we got home late after a day out and gave in to the DC's requests for McDonalds (although I got a chicken wrap for 330kcal I did also finish off one of DC's milkshakes Blush). Off to brave the scales and hope the exercise I did offset the indulgence. Good luck everyone...

Claire28will · 18/04/2016 07:53

Kreesh if you have been exercising and eating well it could be water retention, I had a cheeky weigh on Saturday and I had gained a pound and I was like no f**king way!!! Lol I k we I had a bit more salt the previous day and I could feel my joints were stiff so and I hadn't drank very much water, so I drank about 10 pints of water on Saturday and when I weighed on Sunday I was 3 pound lighter, this is probably what it is especially if your feeling bloated

Sharing that's amazing well done!!!!

I am totally exhausted I think we hit the 4 month sleep regression with DD and this is where my will power is gonna be tested to the limit! I am going to get stuck into Davina DVD soon, do some housework and take dd for a good long walk this afternoon just to try and stay away from the sugar and caffeine, which is what I normally do when I'm this tired and then all my hard work goes to shit!

Stellar67 · 18/04/2016 07:56

Morning everyone.

I'm in the gain group too. BlushWeighed myself this morning and gained. May be water. Hope so.

I need to focus too. I might adjust my setting on MFP this week to give myself a kick up the bum.

ThisToo · 18/04/2016 08:10

Phew! I managed a 1lb loss which I am relieved to see Smile

Weigh in 11st 5lb
Lbs lost this week 1
Lbs lost overall 5
Goal weight 10st
Age 41
Height 5'7"
Motivation to be healthier

Well done claire Star
Hope you have a better week this week kreesh
Time to invest in some new scales sharing? Numberwang can be very demoralising Wink

Kreeshsheesh · 18/04/2016 08:24

Thanks folks! My scales are pretty nifty ones which measure body fat (increased?!?!??!!!) and muscle (decreased!!) and water etc. I'll try drinking more water this week (I'm bad at this) and up my goal on MFP. We shall see what happens!

ijustwanttobeme · 18/04/2016 09:30

Maintained this week, so a bit hmm, but have had some rubbish days.

Weigh in 9st 9
Lbs lost this week 0
Lbs lost overall 4
Goal weight 8st 2
Age 49
Height 4' 11"
Motivation: don't want to be fat, frumpy and 50 (next Jan)

What trios me up each time, is that I am trying to low carb, but every now and again i think ooh, one slice of toast won't hurt and then that's it. Yesterday I abandoned entering my calorie intake on MFP as it was bread, then cakes, then biscuits. My excuse is feeble, we were up and down the motorway dropping DD back to uni and there were no low carb options honest guv at the services .....

ijustwanttobeme · 18/04/2016 09:31

Trips... Not trios, unless that's the bread, cakes and biscuits....

lorelei9here · 18/04/2016 09:47

Sharing, I am amazed at your loss rate.

I've lost another half a pound. Woo. Meh.

SharingMichelle · 18/04/2016 10:50

Hmmm. It's possible my scales are getting it wrong... it does seem a lot doesn't it. I am being a bit manic about it all though so it's possible.
PT says if i lose it too quickly I'll just put it all back again. I just want to be slim as soon as possible.
(Am so pleased with myself and keep looking in the mirror delighted with my progress... yet when i was this size going up i was horrified!!)

Stellar67 · 18/04/2016 11:01

Caught up properly.

Sharing that's brilliant progress.

Ijust I feel your pain.

Well done lorelei. A loss is a loss.

Taking on the water tips today. I have a glass waiting for me at the sink.

tigerchair · 18/04/2016 11:07

Well done on the losses!!

My stats this week. ..
weigh in 11st 10.2
weight change +0.4 overall
goal 10st
age 46

Starting over yet again x

lorelei9here · 18/04/2016 13:26

Sharing, I think I've lost the plot because I joined the thread late. I was thinking you'd lost 9lb in 2 weeks, but that's not right is it.

I do think I would have lost more, unfotunately I was a bit upset yesterday and comfort ate brainlessly!

Claire28will · 18/04/2016 13:46

Sharing did you say you have moved your scales to your bedroom too? Just a point that they need to be on a hard flat surface just incase you have carpet in your room

lorelei try to move past this week as best you can I know when that happens to me and I dwell on it I end up going totally off the rails and end up at square 1!

lorelei9here · 18/04/2016 14:02

thanks Claire. We have to do some physical jobs in the office this afternoon so that will help!

ThisToo · 18/04/2016 16:20

claire Sleep deprivation always seems to get the better of me when it comes to making healthy choices. I hope you stay strong through your DD's sleep regression and don't let it break your will power. You are doing amazingly Smile

I think the water drinking tip is good advice and I will be trying to up my water intake too this week.

For those who didn't see the losses they had hoped for this morning, don't lose heart, this is a new week and we can do better! Flowers

ijustwanttobeme · 18/04/2016 19:15

loreilei eating brainlessly - that is so accurate! I literally can stand in front of open kitchen cupboards saying to myself, 'right, so what can I eat now?' and brainlessly stuff my face. Then ten minutes later look at the empty wrappers and think woah...

lorelei9here · 18/04/2016 19:54

I just, luckily it wasn't that bad! But I didn't count calories so probably came in over what I should have had. Never mind, still a loss even if a small one and half a pound a week is my average anyway, so at least an off day didn't spoil it.

Stellar67 · 18/04/2016 20:50

I want to eat brainlessly right now. Watching Masterchef and salivating. I will finish my small glass of water and go to bed.

SharingMichelle · 19/04/2016 09:33

Yesterday i was in charge of a school bake sale and i didnt eat a bloody thing. I am a living saint. But then i had to race off to a meeting and i didn't get home until after 10 and ended up missing lunch and supper and was massively under my calorie count by bedtime. I think that's bad. I'm supposed to be eating more to speed up my metabolism.

ThisToo · 19/04/2016 12:06

Don't worry sharing, I have more than made up your calorie count for you, having eating a large white chocolate duck (left from Easter) last night AND a slab of chocolate brownie at coffee this morning. I don't know what's happened to my resolve to be healthy, it seems to have deserted me entirely Sad

SharingMichelle · 19/04/2016 15:11

ThisToo - I've always felt that I wasn't exactly in charge of my own resolve. Sometimes it's really easy to stick to the plan and eat diet lettuce for breakfast and attend eight and a half spin classes a week. Other times there is literally no force on the planet that could make me put down the cheese and pringles sandwich. I feel a bit like an onlooker to these whims.

Claire28will · 19/04/2016 21:20

Almost ruined my day because my DH is being a prize dick!!! I won a gas tumble drier today plus installation, I have no room in my kitchen for it so I asked the guy if I could put it in my shed and he said yes, problem
Is we need to buy a new shed so DH quite literally shit all over my news and told me he's not buying a new shed I'm on maternity pay etc etc so anyway I was huffing so much I just kept eating away at my treats I bought! I thankfully haven't went over my calories for the day as it was mostly cereal bars and rice cakes but I'm so annoyed at myself now!!! Sorry just needed to rant because I'm still sitting here not speaking to him and trying to avoid eating anything else! Sad