Am going to lose 4 stone-wanna join me?

[Agadooo]

I'm at my heaviest ever-5'4" and 15 stone so I need to lose 4/5 stone. I've lost a couple of stone many times then get bored and put it all back on again but this time I'm determined and am going to take one day at a time. I started on Monday and all good so far-anyone want to join me and we could motivate each other and post meal suggestions if it would help?

Morning-week 4 weigh in-lost 3.5 lbs-very pleased -just been good shopping n managed to not buy any junk-still LOADS of weight to lose but trying to think week to week or I'll give up AGAIN! That's great that ur still the same weight as saturday so can start afresh today.

Just weighed in - 2lb down - which is pants for Cambridge - but I had a v bad week - cheated most days - and decided to go totally off piste at the weekend (wine, bread, pudding, choc, crisps, dinner etc etc)....and decided to threat myself to a latte most days.....not viable!

But I am now back on it. Have lost 1st in 3 weeks in total - but next milestone is shifting the next 8lbs which moves me from obese to overweight....

Hi, I'm late to the party-is it too late to join?

Just weighed myself, something has to be done. I'm 14 stone 7 lbs and only 5'2". This is the heaviest I've ever been, AND I'm horrified to discover I now have high bp.
Have dabbled with Slimming World in the past and found it the most suitable for me (though I never find any 'eating plan' easy to stick to) so I have all the books and want to start again but don't want to go to the meetings as I detest that sort of thing.

May I join? Am too ashamed to say what I weigh, or my height, but basically I am spherical. A squidgy football.

I'm in this for the long term.

Porridge is fine, low gi, good fibre. SW says dried pasta fine, dep of course on the sauce..
I did lose weight on SW..but lost the will to continue.

It's cheese, alcohol, portion size and no exercise that does for me. Oh and strawberry milkshakes. And cake...

I hate exercise save swimming which I can't do at the moment. And have pins in legs which I make the excuse for not running ( ignoring the Invictus heroes).

I am just taking the a day at a time now. There is no pint looking ahead too far as it is a big mountain to climb. I do know that if I stick to the Cambridge Diet to the letter I can shift 4lb week on week which gets me to my goal in half the time as SW etc (which I have done successfully before). so yesterday I had a perfect day - and on track to do that today as well. My off piste excursion at the weekend cost me 2lb and another week to my goal. So need to keep focused. Good luck all. Have had many spontaneous comments about my 1st loss which I can see has come from my huge gut!

Can I join? 5'3" and 15.2st. I've put on almost 2st in the past year so need to sort myself out. I'm calorie counting, 1,200cals a day. Its 8pm and I've used up my calories for the day, determined not to eat again tonight.

Thank you, daughter and well done to all of you on the weight loss so far!

Daughter - that half a pound means your a step closer to looking how you want.
I've had 1,400cals today, that's 200 more than I'd hoped for, but about 1,000 less than I've been having!
It's funny, I've felt so much better today, I've had a real spring in my step and I know it's because I've not overloaded my digestive system. Yet the thought of stuffing my face with crap is never far away, even though I know it makes me feel rubbish - emotionally and physically.

Week 4 and now on day 4 of "perfect days" with Cambridge - it is feeling v v tough.

Was v moody, tired and starving last night. Maybe my detour last weekend means that I am having to back through the pain to reach ketosis again. I am not drink enough water for some reason.

Week days are not too bad to get through - facing the weekend again feels like a mountain - missing my pleasures in life....

Poppledopple - I have the same problem with water, I'm going to make a real effort over the weekend to drink at least 2L per day.
I've not even done 1 week yet, but the scales went below 15st this morning so I'm hoping that my mini scale victory will get me through the weekend.

Daughter - you know now that you dont want to be in that situation again - so take something positive from it - learn from it what would you do differently next time. Dont let it negatively drag you down. You only have to exercise will power for one second in this situation ie when offered just decline (or say maybe later if you dont want to offend the cook!).

I am working out that drinking the water takes 2hrs before I need to pee - so I am cant over do it before work or after 4pm on work days as i dont want to
feel like I am going to burst (piss myself) on my commute....

Morning everyone-weekly weigh in this morning-2lbs down so that's good. Anyone got any nice veggie low fat meals they'd recommend?

Can I please join you? I have thought about losing weight for years now and ever so often I make a half hearted attempt that possibly lasts a week. I have slowly got bigger and bigger and have reached a point where I actually don't want to see people because i'm so ashamed of my size. I need to lose at least 5 stone. I've been calorie counting and exercising for a week now and my first weigh in is tomorrow. I feel like I have to manage it this time or I need to seriously consider surgery and I don't want that.

That's great lamo - you who've taken the first step - so just keep putting one foot in front of another - we are all climbing this mountain slowly - one day at a time. What diet are you on?