Half term holiday over - now to that final 7lbs

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I started the year at 10st 11lbs and have have lost and kept off around a stone. I have put a couple of pounds back on whilst on holiday over half term and this morning I weighed exactly 10 stone. I now want to lose that final bit but the motivation is not as strong as it was.

Anyone want to join me in finally reaching the end goal?

Weekends are harder!! I skipped bacon and sausages okay, but had a large bowl of pasta for dinner and MFP highlighted it. I haven't gone over my calories but it felt like a big carb load making my tummy stick out!

But that's okay. It's saturday, a little of what you love keeps you going. I had scrambled eggs for breakfast, snacked on grapes all day and i had a curry this evening. I've been good for the rest of the day so I feel I earned the curry.

Yeah I agree you shouldn't be too strict at the weekend. I have the same issue with too many carbs though, in that my tummy sticks out. I had curry tonight, but homemade, and I had with cauliflower 'rice' whilst the rest of the family had rice, so that worked well. Had a vodka and soda earlier, but now feet up with a nice glass of red! I would give up if I couldn't have treats at the weekend.

Hello MN buddies. How are you doing?

I'm half a friggin pound up on the week so far, having eaten very little ALL WEEK.

It's that stooopid result of having lost a bit of weight, then weight loss really slows down.... I have plateaued.

I am being a good gerl today. No Sunday roast, uh huh!! I am almost empty. That way i can have a glass of wine and be merry this evening. AND LATER, I will say my prayers for a good weigh in tomorrow.

Soon, the handsome Hubster will light the barbie for the teens to cook their own dinner. Gets them outside. I'm happy because Mr Modern has mown the lawn, and the garden looks amazing. The Rhodies are in bloom!!

Weekly weigh in here and I'm down 2lb yay!! 10 stone dead!!

Been so good all week but been really busy too so haven't had time to sit and graze which has def made a difference - really chuffed.

Onwards and upwards (downwards?) this week - good luck to everyone.

Well done Who!

I am half a pound down (lost a pound since yesterday), so essentially stayed the same over the week. BUT! I will keep going. Weight loss can sometimes be slow to catch up, and also I started the week fairly light as I fasted last Sunday, so I feel happy to have kept it off. My clothes feel looser .

I've had lunch out today. I had a teapig brew and no wine, and a veggie chilli/ brown rice meal. I seriously want to lose this last few pounds!

Well done Modern and you will lose it! As you say, you just need to keep at it. My cycle throws weight loss out and I often have weeks with no loss or a gain, then the following week a few pounds down. Never makes much sense but someone on another thread says it is a whoosh and it is fairly common in weight loss. I have definitely found that if you keep being sensible, you get rewarded eventually!

Too much wine for me yesterday along with roast dinner, but back on regime today, heading for this Friday's weigh in.

Hi all. I have had a disappointing weigh in this morning with no weight loss Can't really be surprised given that I was out Saturday and ended the evening with a curry takeaway after lots of wine! Then there was the street party yesterday with literally table after table of cakes!! Also I didn't actually do half the exercise I planned.

However I am not letting that stop me and have been really good today. Healthy low cal food planned for tomorrow too and I am determined that not a drop of alcohol will pass my lips until Thurs at the very earliest. I am not going to report any exercise until I have actually done it either.

TOTM is due any day so I am hoping that that is also partly to count.

I'm trying to be philosophical about it in that I knew the last few pounds were going to tough hence starting the thread in the first place. I remember saying to DH ages ago that I thought I would have to work my arse off to get to 9.7 and it seems that is true. So back to that same question - how much do I want it? After weighing myself this morning I was looking at myself in the mirror and I am actually pretty happy with what I see but I also feel (rightly or wrongly!!) that at 42 this is my last chance to have a really fit body. If I'm not slim and fit now when will I ever be? So the answer is I want it enough to keep working at it, I just need to work harder at it than last week!!

Am very pleased to up date that I have just been for a run. I HATE running. I honestly feel like there is not a person on this planet who understands how hard I find it but I have just run for 20mins non stop

My fitness pal says this burns 187 calories but they clearly can't see the level of effort required as it feels like I burn at least 500!! Anyway regardless of the calories I am chuffed - but that is probably obvious!!

Well done NewName So you have proven..you want to crack this last hard bit and you did a run. (I hate running too and don't do it) Have a good Tuesday!

Thanks modern

A good day here, no exercise but only around 1000 cals eaten. I was in a foul mood after work due to the ongoing redundancy situation and when DH was popping out he even offered to pick up some wine but I stayed strong and resisted!

Hope everyone else has had a good start to the week

Don't have good vibes about today. It isn't even 9am and I am already really hungry even though I have had a banana. I usually try to only eat about 500 cals by the time I leave work, not sure that will cut it today!!

Really bad day yesterday - over 2000 cal due to eating my own body weight in crap! Woken up in a really foul mood too so can only think I'm due on

Still today is a clean slate - hopefully will be able to keep my sugar cravings under control.....

Hope today has been better whojam. One day at 2000 cals is just more in line with maintenance than actually weight gain so hopefully it won't have a negative effect on the scales!

My day has got better and so far, including my planned dinner, I am under my calorie goal. Also hoping to cycle later but my friend has cancelled and it takes me a lot more motivation to do it on my own!!

Feeling positive this morning. Managed to cycle about 14 miles last night and keep to under 1200 cals so all planned activity has happened and I have also stuck to the declaration of no alcohol until at least Thurs, despite the fact that DH had bought me one of those mini bottles of Prosecco!

Hope you are all OK and finding the will power and motivation to keep at it!!

Morning Newname. Yes, I'm still motivated too. I've been a bit tired though, probably due to lack of calories. I did some exercise yesterday but had been putting it off. I didn't want to get out of the chair!

I drink black coffee to start the day these days. They say it helps your metabolism. I am certain my calorie needs are very low because I am so short and small framed, and I think I am light for my size (eg my sis looks thinner than me but weighs more).

I have tried to commit to fasting for a day, for several days, but I'm so tired, I cave in and eat tit bits from 2pm til 10.

About to weigh my mid week, as proper weigh in is Monday. Only lost 0.4 of a pound last week!

I will carry you with me today NewName - you must smack my hand if I try to snack!

Hey all. Good to hear everyone is still motivated. I weigh in tomorrow and felt positive about being a pound down tomorrow, but have gone really dizzy at work this morning so had to eat something and the only thing I fancied was mini cheddars as they are my 'go to' feeling poorly food. So feel fed up now. I am rubbish once I have broken my diet, as I think I might as well pig out for the rest of the day, but I am trying to stay focused.

Good luck with weigh in tomorrow Coper and just remember how great you will look and feel that bit slimmer!! One Cheddar pack is not a bad one...you were dizzy so it for the best reasons!

You're not I'll, you're just letting your body use up its fat reserves. It's a shock to the system and these last pounds are seriously attached and want to cling on. Fight the good fight and let your body dance to a new fat burning tune.

I am now fasting today. I have committed to it. I want to look fabulous by mid July. Only a few pounds to lose. I will allow myself an apple and a pear at 3pm, I get so tired then, and hope this helps with the way my tummy holds on to food in my digestive system.

Plaster a smile on our faces and soldier on!! I'm imagining myself slim!!!

Wow - fab pep talk - thanks Modern!

You are great at these pep talks modern And for what it's worth Coper I totally agree that one bag of mini cheddar so is nothing!!

I'm very impressed with the fasting too modern

I am again very chuffed with myself (apologies if that sounds smug!!) I had a day off with DH today and it is very rare to get a day together without the DC so I decided to go easy on myself. Breakfast was a bagel with light Philly and a latte in McDonald's (no other cafes were available on the trading estate where we were picking carpet), lunch was a veggie subway closely followed by three bottles of beer whilst watching football and dinner was salad, roasted sweet potato wedges and a stuffed mushrooms. All this came to around 1450 cals, which as a cheat day I would be more than happy with, but polishes halo I have also cycled fast for 35 mins earning me extra cals which means according to mfp I was under my target today

I have also still resisted the mini Prosecco in the fridge which is most uncharacteristic!

Keep it up ladies, we are smashing this!!

That IS an accomplishment NewName and your dinner sounded DeLish!

I cooked for the chomping teens last night as per usual. Mainly it was egg fried rice (8 eggs) with masses of left over pork (marinated), peas and some left over rotisserie chicken. It's a household staple where I chuck left overs and the kids gobble it up. These giant toddler teens won't eat bubble and squeak. Weird.

For me, in a little pan, I used 1 cal oil spray and added sliced mush (all for me, but some stole some). In another I warmed some leftover low cal tomato/chili/onion sauce i'd made for an Asian dish days ago.
That way I had hardly any cals. I could have eaten more but resisted the M&S Belgian chocolate biscuits.

I was very tired. I think it's the low cal diet,
BUT HEY GIRLS, MY TUMMY IS FLAT (not entirely true, I still have the little saggy bag below tummy, but its smaller) and my friend (ahem, admit, yes, cleaner) said I was looking thinner. But the scales haven't moved. I have weigh in on Monday (worst day but it makes me behave over the weekend.)

I had a c-section years ago for a 9 1/2 pounder baby (he's huge now) and I don't think I will ever lose the fat sausage sagging over my nether parts. The price us petite women pay!

I've driven DSS to physics exam today, and others to school, have most of day off and have defrosted some puff pastry to make pasties (more leftovers) and Gawd Help Me I mustn't eat any of them!

One lad still in bed before exam this afternoon and the one doing physics will be back home this afternoon. I never get a moment away from them eating like hungry caterpillars through everything calorific in the house!!! I am a walking miracle of slenderness given the kitchen I run.

I finished somebody's shreddies this morning. 10 pieces in milk. Got guilt about that, but will NOT eat ANYTHING til low cal lunch, Promise.

Morning all!

Good to have that pointed out Modern re: dizziness. I've felt dizzy all week and have taken it as a positive but it's nice to have my suspicions confirmed!

Ladies, I have stuck to water all week! No booze for me. A friend of mine is coming to stay from Australia this weekend. She's going around the UK for a month and this weekend is my turn and our past get-togethers have been major wine/ pizza fests. I'm still desperate to behave myself though.

I haven't felt any slimmer this week due to my period that made me feel like I was pregnant but god I love post-period week. It's like being deflated. Anybody else get that? So looking forward to feeling slimmer over the new few days.

Well I haven't lost and I haven't gained, which given that I continued being very naughty yesterday due to feeling rotten, is I guess a result. Still feel a bit odd, but think it may be hormonal. Having peri symptoms!

I definitely get that deflated tummy thing Betty!

And well done on the booze free week!