Fat , frumpy and f***ed off !

[Howlongtillbedtime]

I am over 3 stone overweight , it annoys me and saddens me so why the hell can I not buck up and eat properly ?

I go to the gym twice a week , I aim to do 10000 steps a day and mostly I am over .

I am not losing weight because I eat too much .

I am not talking obscene amounts but enough to keep me fat .

Any tips ? A kick ?

Someone who has succeeded who would be willing to kick me would've handy as well .

[FeedMyFaceWithJaffaCakes]

Hey op.i had a migraine last night vomited up my lovely roasted veg dinner so went straight to bed with no run.
I'm gonna try and go tonight.
No, I'm DEFINITELY going tonight.
Going to repeat the last of week 3 to ease myself back in.
I'm sure I've put on weight
I'm craving so many bad things
But i don't really want them
Eurghhhhh
I just want to be slimmer!!!

[Howlongtillbedtime]

Jaffa Yay you are still here . Let's start again tomorrow . We can do this . I went to the gym today and did wk4 r1 after not doing it for 2 weeks and it didn't actually kill me so that's a result .

We are both better than we were at the beginning of this thread and I don't want to go backwards . Now is the point I normally get to and I give in .

I don't want to fail . I want to get a nice dress for Christmas

[FeedMyFaceWithJaffaCakes]

Oh help.
I've come to a standstill.Not run for four days!!! 
Have eaten nothing but shit on them too and was just about to start week 4 which I know I will find so difficult so I'm not motivated at all to get out the front door, when I was doing so well before!!

[Howlongtillbedtime]

Hello everyone

Back from hols and feeling scared to weigh in tomorrow and face the damage .

We have walked a lot but we have also eaten and drunk a lot .

I am determined to get back on it and I have the gym planned for tomorrow .

Well done everyone else who hasn't buggered off without contact for over 2 weeks.

[CharleyDavidson]

That's a great loss, well done.

[FeedMyFaceWithJaffaCakes]

Just checking in.
I'm on week 2 on C25k and doing it most days.
Eating quite well, sans this weekend which was my birthday... Not doing very well with adding stuff to my nutracheck so trying hard on that this week.
Anyway this is the exciting bit: I weighed in on Saturday and was -5lbs!!!!

[CharleyDavidson]

Oh bugger. I did measure myself, but had yet to compare to the 'norm' and I'm nearly 6 inches larger around the waist than I should be. And that's after I've lost half a stone or so.

I carry a lot of my weight on my legs/hips/bum and have an hourglass/pear shape. I'm envious of my apple shaped friend's legs and she's envious of my waist. I can get away with carrying more weight because I'm lucky with my shape.

But when I get to a particular size - when I start to find my 16s tight - I find that I get weight building up on my waist. Which happened when I put on the last stone over the last year. I've lost half of it but am still not quite the shape I was. Working on it though.

Waist to hips ratio....0.81. But I have no idea what that means or why it's important.


Today has been an absolute disaster I'm afraid. It was always going to be the high day for the week. Meal out with a friend/colleague at a lovely food place. I had literally the best pudding of my life today! Just gorgeous. No proper dinner afterwards. Just 3 fishcakes. But then a cookie or two. I did a zumba toning class in the morning and went for a walk in the evening to chat with DD2 and to make sure my steps topped 10k for the day.

Back to it for tomorrow.
Zumba (gold so no jumping) in the am, then housework to keep me busy. Then a lovely smear test in the afternoon. Which I will walk to the doctors across town to get the steps in.

[JenniferYellowHat1980]

Holy shit I just did my waist to hip ratio and it's 0.9. My waist is 9 inches bigger than the recommended maximum.

Hello by the way. Can I join you?

[CharleyDavidson]

Sort of on cals today.

Subway while out shopping with the DDs.
Avocado, chicken, large salad for dinner. Followed by a few triangles of toblerone (all gone now).
Bowl of just right cereal for supper.

About 50 cals over my target for the day (which nutracheck has at 1410 cals randomly). Was more than that number under yesterday.

Tomorrow is planned (and already entered) into nutracheck. It does include something out and about again but then a low dinner to make up for it.

[BoxofSnails]

Could I join? I'm a mess - this year I started the year 5 stone overweight. I then had a blockage in my small bowel in February and surgery and have an ileostomy. I lost a stone and a half in 3 weeks in hospital. I've put a stone back on - the short bowel should make it impossible!! But I can't eat: fruit, veg except for peeled root veg, anything wholemeal, nuts or seeds... and when I've successfully lost weight in the past I've eaten salads, lots of veg, low carb or wholemeal carbs. My fluid intake is limited and when it's hot I need concentrated dioralyte to keep hydrated.

It's going to have to be portion control with high protein. I've written a menu plan and shopped.... and then come down with a nasty sinusitis - off work and in bed - so hard to stick to the "rules".

Anyway, much whinging. Thank you for starting this thread howlong - I hope you don't mind extras. You've done great in your first week, hope it continues...

[Oliversmumsarmy]

I have always been like this. When I got pregnant and went to have my vitals taken the nurse did my blood pressure etc several times as apparently although I am classed as obese I have the blood pressure and heart rate of an Olympic athlete.

[CharleyDavidson]

Cheese and bread obv not your prob if you avoid wheat and dairy.

[CharleyDavidson]

Anything else going on apart from diet, Oliversmummy? I know I very easily piled on a stone when I was diagnosed with Trigeminal neuralgia and had to start taking strong anti epileptic drugs to banish the pain. That was before my mobility and ability got poorer and poorer while I was trying to get the problem with my hip diagnosed. Then I put on even more weight (nearly another stone) after having the op I needed and being stuck on crutches for a few months - and now, a year on, I've finally lost that additional weight but it hasn't been easy.

My strength and stamina are finally returning too after building up the exercise but it's definitely harder to lose weight than it used to be. I put it down to age and medication.

DH was a vegetarian, and his diet was terrible. Far too much cheese and bread to lose weight.

[Oliversmumsarmy]

I am vegetarian, I don't eat wheat and dairy because of skin allergies, I spend 75 mins per day on a cross trainer and the sweat runs off me so I am soaked. I am 6 stone over weight and if I starve all week I might lose 1 lb.

[MrsNutella]

I'm trying to be mindful and remember that I have habits which have been learnt over a lifetime. I'm trying to adjust them and reduce snacking.

I'm also trying to figure out why I snack so much worse when I am at my Mum's .... Hmmmm I think I probably know he answer there....

[CharleyDavidson]

Finished the day on my cals.

I had a meat/salad sandwich for lunch. And resisted anything else until dinner.
And had chicken/stuffing/roasted veg for dinner.

There were a few of the end of term chocolates shared, but luckily not many as DH came in unexpectedly with Mr Whippy ice creams for all from the van.

It still meant I was on my cals, rather than under them so I don't mind.
And I've done ten mins on the exercise bike and a 45 min zumba class. Not the best class I've ever attended (new instructor) but better than sitting on my bum for the evening.

Tomorrow is planned. Food and plenty of walking.

[Missycat70]

Hi, been following this thread for a bit of inspiration. Need to lose 2stone, hopefully by Christmas. Decided today was day one, that gives me a month to see some progress before my birthday. Did c25k day one today then an hour of circuits. Also using MFP to try and shame myself out of my serious snacking addiction.

[FeedMyFaceWithJaffaCakes]

Hey op

Well you can see I've been high and low, but not to worry, I'm just to keep trying every day. Got my breakfast and lunch at work with me and roasted veg w. Chorizo and halloumi ready for tea and trainers by the door!
:)

[Howlongtillbedtime]

Morning all , I have had a wobbly weekend , too much wine on Saturday which meant too much food yesterday when I felt rough .

I have weighed this morning and i have put on half pound but I am actually OK with that . I know what I have done wrong and my period started this morning so that is always a dodgy time .

I am in this for the long haul , new job today so hopefully that will keep me on track as I will be busy busy .

Well done everyone else and good luck for today .

[CharleyDavidson]

Well done. Food today ok but then over again due to bad planning and caving into bread and butter. Really need to avoid my food triggers. I have good meals planned for the next few days. And no more fresh bread!

[FeedMyFaceWithJaffaCakes]

Had jacket potato for dinner nearly had something bad but talked myself around at the last moment,
And I've been for a c25k!

[FeedMyFaceWithJaffaCakes]

Am back on the wagon.
Granola & yog for breakfast and nothing for lunch!

[CharleyDavidson]

Oh dear. The wagon will be around tomorrow, promise.

No fingers down throat! (Stern) the icky feeling will pass and what you'll remember is that the chinese wasn't really worth the discomfort in the end. I've gone from pigging out when we have chinese to having one portion or else find that the too-full feeling spoils the enjoyment of having had the takeaway.

Fleur looks gorgeous.

[FeedMyFaceWithJaffaCakes]

I'm off the wagon!!!!!!!!!!!
_HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CHINESE TAKEOUT FOR TEA AND THEN FELT SICK SO NO RUN EITHER.
_
^Feel so bad I just want to put my fingers down my throat.
^
I saw Fleur today though, she's grown! Here's a picture!

[CharleyDavidson]

Bad day. Toast and eggs for breakfast and was feeling virtuous. Then went to Chester with DH and the DDs and ended up going to a restaurant for dinner on the way home. No salad or light options that I liked the sound of (no salads at all!) so I had gammon and chips and enjoyed it. It was, however, just one meal as we ate in the middle of the afternoon so it was actually dinner and lunch combined. Plenty of salad from the salad bar too. And no pudding.

I've indulged in a bit of end of year chocolate with a cuppa. And adjusted my cals on nutracheck as it lets you choose a day or two that is higher than the other days in allowance and adjusts the other days to compensate. Next Thurs is my next bad day - lunch out with work friends. So that week Thurs will be my 'high' day and I shall concentrate on being as good as possible til then. Excercise/dance classes already booked for Mon, Wed, Thurs and Fri. :)