Fat , frumpy and f***ed off !

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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 .

I've lost almost 3 stone in the last 6 months due to finally sorting my emotional binge eating issues, and listening to my body so I only eat when I'm hungry and stop when I'm full. I try and eat healthy as well, but if I really want a treat I'll have it, I just have to really want it, not just want it cause I'm bored. Lots of water, cutting back on alcohol...

I work out and love it, so I try and look at fuel as something that improves my workout, rather than something that fills the hole.

food as fuel!

That's brilliant fit, that's my worst time if i am bored or fed up . I am really trying to exercise more as I know that massively helps my mood and it makes me not want to waste the workout by eating rubbish afterwards .

I've always found that exercise is the key. Not necessarily to weight loss but to living a healthy life style in general.

I am home alone for a few days, catching up with a big work project.

Usually, I'd sit and stuff my face in front of the tv. Last night, I was actually hungry and had 2 carrots - loads of chewing and tasty.

This morning, I feel great! Was hungry for breakfast.

It's been a while since I felt that.

That's fab stealth !

It's the thing I don't understand about myself . I feel great if i exercise regularly and eat properly so why the help do I sabotage it by eating crap and feeling crap?

So far so good today , i am working but have an unexpected early finish so instead of doing my usual of sitting around watching loose women with a big day sandwich and a bag of crisps I am going to go the gym .

Instead of doing my usual of sitting around watching loose women with a big day sandwich and a bag of crisps

I think that's part of the trick. Not giving in to boredom. I've changed my gym routines, my work routines, I go to bed earlier. All to avoid boredom snacking.

I will however watch loose women still just I will be a bit sweatier while doing it .

It helps to watch them while I'm a treadmill because they are so annoying it keeps me going .

I am realising how weird I am

It's the thing I don't understand about myself . I feel great if i exercise regularly and eat properly so why the help do I sabotage it by eating crap and feeling crap?

This is the Holy Grail of understanding obesity. I'm in the same boat - I am not stupid, I understand the principles of eat less, move more. And, yet, I have been unable to follow that in 30 years of trying. WTF?

There must be a reason I hold onto destructive behaviours and preserve my fat. Fecked if I can figure it out, though.

I am a product of a loving family, I'm well educated, confident, self assured, self motivated, no dramas to compensate for at all. I have literally no excuse for the self destruction. None.

Kind of pathetic, really.

Anyway, today I have walked 15000 steps.

Well I am going to stop it one day at a time . I managed to kick a 20 a day habit a few yes ago so this is doable .

I am aiming for 15000 but I have over 1500 left to do and it is now piddling down . Dancing in the kitchen it will have to be .

Well, yesterday I walked 162 steps.

I'd like to say that I'd left my phone behind, but, nope, spent the entire day working at the computer. So, no right to be smug

I am in this group! I exercise a lot. I eat more. It's the snacking that I struggle with.
I meal plan, but I've realised reading here that I don't snack plan.

Well i have weighed myself this morning and I have lost 5 pounds since Monday .

Now I just need to keep it up over the weekend , off out tonight and there will be wine and nibbles . And i know once wine has been drunk I will want to eat rubbish .

Will try and hold on to this motivation .

Can I join / lurk please.
I am on holiday at the moment (at my Mum's place trying to find time to relax around my two deranged toddlers) and constantly looking in mirrors wishing I wasn't so huge.

I have actually put weight on this year - I was already overweight and I'd like to lose at least 10 kilos. But to hit a healthy BMI I need to loose about 17 ish (so around three stone).

Snacking and sugary things are my nemesis.

A lack of sleep and being frustrated are also not helping.

Of course you can . The more the merrier .

I am using mfp and also trying to do 15000 steps a day but to at least get over 10000 .

Deranged toddlers always used to make me head for the biscuits or wine .

Exercise is important to toning ones body.
However, the only way to lose weight is to cut down drastically on what you eat .
Low carbing is great, lots of protein , particularly as you get older.
A combination of weights, walking and callanetics keeps me in pretty good shape

Mrs Nutella - you are my downfall...

I'm the same, frustration starts in a spiral of yum. As does wine.

Had a rough few days, been very busy and a fair amount of drama. Managed to put on 4lbs. Why is so easy to put ON weight, but, not take it off? I know the answer to this, but, it seems philosophically unfair

Anwyay, back on the sensible eating. Lost 2lbs. two of the extra pounds.

Am back using MFP and we're pokemmoning, so, that'll mean family walks.

I find the worse my state of mind is, the fatter my ass and the messier my house. So, then, I feel bad. And so it goes on.

Well done, How Long.

Have you weighed out 5lbs of something to see how heavy it is? That's a lot. Well done.

Well done how long! That's brilliant.
Stealth, I agree, it's state of mind. If I'm bloated I eat and The spiral continues.

I'm in the same position as you, OP. Workout 5 days a week, intensely, but no weight loss. I have spoken with a couple of doctors about it (wondering if there was a medical basis for my weight) and they both told me that it was 90% diet, 10% exercise.

OP and everyone else, thank you!

And very well done on your weight loss op! 5lbs is fantastic!!

Also tunnocks sorry for my username it probably isn't helpful. Perhaps I should think of a suitable low carb low fat alternative so that I'm not triggering myself and others...

Right. I'm going to try and show a little restraint while here I usually put on around 2kg when I visit, but since I'm already heavier than I was at the end of my last visit I can't afford to gain another gram!

Mrsnutella don't worry too much about your name she is being tempting with the tunnocks!

Thank you for all the well dones, I know it's mostly water but I am still pleased .

I'm starting the Blood Sugar Diet tomorrow. I need to lose about 4 stone. Rock bottom
Was when my surgeon told me that he wouldn't do my tummy tuck until I lost a "significant" amount of belly fat first.

Hi Berni , I am doing OK thanks . First week weigh in this morning and I have lost sixpounds which I am very chuffed about . I know the first week is always a good loss and its a lot of fluid but I am happy I have made a good start .

I have this week off work so lots of opportunity to get out and about doing exercise .

Good luck sailaway , I dontknow anything about the blood sugar diet is it a zero sugar thing ?