Need to Lose Half a Stone but Finding it Impossible to get into "The Zone" !!

[BaconAndAvocado]

Help!

Half a stone has crept on since christmas and my will power is non-existent.

I know what I need to do but just can't seem to motivate myself!

Any ideas?

I'm 5'5" and I weigh 9st 10lb, the heaviest I've ever been.

I've lost weight in the past by cutting down and doing lots of walking so I can do it!

I'm a classic pear shape but the weight is going straight onto my stomach, it's getting uncomfortably big

Wow fluffy that's a massive loss! well done

I wishing could find it within myself to exercise but it hasn't happened yet......

Oh no! Glad your DD is ok Bacon, you did well to only succumb to one chocolate bar...

How's you day been Fenella? Hope the grouchy baby eventually settled for you - I would have found it very hard to resist temptation myself.

My day has been so-so. I had a work canteen soup and salad for lunch - never sure how healthy these are, I'm probably consuming loads more calories than I think. Snack when I got home was a big handful of salted almonds and a slice of Soreen pinched off DS's plate
Dinner was a massive Thai green curry with prawns/broccoli/brown rice. Fairly healthy but my portion was way too large, and we are far too late (as usual).

Haven't felt hungry today at all either! Probably because of the massive portions. Must try to reign in my greediness tomorrow, only 3 days to weigh-day!

Belly is still very much present!

Ditto the belly mrs !

Your curry sounds very delicious and brown rice too, yum! Unfortunately my DCs can't stand brown rice but even though it takes forever and a day to cook, I love the stuff!

I know, weigh-in is looming........

Oooh, Thai curry sounds amazing Mrs. My day was ok but I got The Hunger in the evening (which I blame on breastfeeding - especially as DS2 has gone off food and is back on the boob all the time in this weather) and ended up missing Pilates and lying on the lawn drinking Chablis and scoffing waaaay too much bread and cheese with DH instead. Did a cheeky weigh in this morning and I'm holding at 9.11 which is something but not great. Concerted effort needed over the next 2 days I think

Ooh Chalbis and cheese, lying on the lawn...all sounds bliss Fenella! Sounds like a good end to a long day with a booby baby to me.

Currently mulling over what to eat today. Am much more discipled when I have a definite plan for the day's food! Tricky though because we need to go shopping... I think I'll have porridge for breakfast then omelette and salad for lunch, not sure about dinner yet...

Aiming today to feel hungry before the next meal, should be easy, right?!

It was totally blissful Mrs and totally bad for the diet! I can be good for a day or two but then real life gets in the way and I want nice, not sensible!

Currently feeding the boys nice stodgy cheesy pasta and trying to resist and just nibble watermelon but my tummy is rumbling. Wondering what to do for dinner tonight - any inspiration?

I've cheated and had a salad from M and S, giant cous cous , pomegranate seeds, edamame beans, you know the deal.,it was delicious but I'm out at an Aloe Vera "Party" (who knew?!) tonight and I bet there'll be lots of yummy snacks trying to seduce me.........

I also ate a rather large and glorious cupcake earlier.......my excuse is that one of the children in my class gave it to me........

I too did a sneaky weigh-in and had lost 3/4 of a pound......not sure if I'll make 2lb this week.

Hi, can I join? I'm 2 1/2 weeks I'm to my diet with another 2 1/2 to go til our holiday! I'm not massive (8st8 to start with) but I'm tiny framed with stupidly large boobs and I don't carry any extra weight well at all 😟. I've been using my fitness pal and its really helping but I'm a TA and this week, with it being the last week of the year, the staff room is packed full of goodies so it's taking all my will power to resist! Plus the children are starting to bring in chocolates etc as presents but I'm planning to eek those out over the whole summer and try to really enjoy 1 or 2 rather than stuffing my face! It sounds like you're a teacher/ TA too Bacon how are you finding this week?

Welcome OSETmum

Fairly good day for me - I even managed to feel hungry before dinner!

Ended up having half a quiche and salad for lunch, which was actually heftier than it sounds. Dinner was eggs on toast followed by 2 chocolate digestives unnecessary

I went for a 3.5 mile jog run though!

Hope you found some inspiration for dinner fenella

How was the aloe Vera "party" Bacon? Hope you dodged the treats! And well done on the sneaky 3/4lb loss!

Oh bacon those m&s salads are lovely and so easy. We don't have an m&s nearby here and I miss it! Losing a bit more is good, at this rate I'll be grateful to just maintain the weight loss from last week - in such a rubbish dieter!

Hi OSETmum sounds like you're very slim to me! I was about 8 stone 10 when I got married and felt great but it was too much of an effort to maintain, 9st-9.5st is much easier and I'm lazy (hence being on this thread)

Mrs great work on the run!! You're doing so well! Some treats must be allowed surely? The dinner issue solved itself as I'd forgotten I was meeting a friend for drinks so I had two slices of toast and butter and 2 g&ts - pretty healthy balanced diet then!!

Hi OSET I'm a part time primary teacher working at the moment with Pupil Premium children. It was my last day yesterday you're very sensible to try and spread out the treats!!

mrs the AV party was quite interesting and although I promised myself I wouldn't buy anything, having had a mega splurge on make up last week I did buy some aloe Vera gelly. Snacks wise, I had 2 olives!! Just 2, and I do love my olives.

fenella' I'm such a sucker for pre-made salads, though, according to the press they're not all that healthy

2 olives!!! I would not have been that good!

I've done well today despite desperate sleep deprivation - muesli for breakfast, avocado and smoked salmon for lunch and chicken breasts with lentils and sweet potato for dinner. And NO snacks which is almost unheard of - you guys are motivating me to make a last-ditch effort before weigh in tomorrow!

Wow fenella all of your nosh today sounds very lush

Yes I only had 2 olives last night but I've veritably strayed from the path today......DS1 got back from Bruges yesterday and bought home a huge box of macaroons (or is it macarons?!) , I had 4 one or two of them and don't feel particularly proud of myself

And it's weigh-in day tomorrow.......!

By the way, NO snacks is the holy grail of dieting Well done fenella

They're good healthy meals you've had today fenella, you should be feeling very virtuous! Loving the sound of your dinner. Sorry you had a bad night last night - hope you can get early to bed tonight.

2 olives indeed! That's willpower for you!

I've had a bit of an accidental calorific overload day today. No time for breakfast, lunch was soup & salad from the work canteen, which I am not going to have again as I just don't know how much I'm consuming, the salad can be very oily. Dinner was another fat bomb - chicken Caesar salad which my DH made and was really very delicious but oh my not healthy at all!! And now I've just polished off a packet of kids sweets for no reason whatsoever. So all in all not great for the day before our weekly weigh-in - I'm really hoping it won't cancel out all my efforts this week. Must try harder tomorrow.

Good luck everybody for the weigh-in tomorrow morning !

Ahh bacon didn't refresh before posting so missed your post. Macaroons sound yum!

9st 9.5! So only half a lb off since last week but I guess it's going on the right direction after jumping back up after last weekend. Yesterday's last ditch no-snack effort clearly paid off, if I could just be that good for a week then this whole bloody lot would melt off.

Good luck to everyone else!

9st 12 lb for me, so 1 3/4 lb down from last week. Pretty pleased with that, especially after yesterday's eating! Aim is to get to 9st 3 then see how I feel.

Well done on your half lb fenella!

Thanks everyone on this thread for keeping me motivated. It really is helping me to stay on the straight and narrow mostly

Onwards and downwards we go!

We'll done both of you!! That's great news

Those blasted macarons......I'm still 9st 9lb exactly. Mea culpa and all that!!

It's not going to be easy now it's the school holidays but I'm going to do my very best and this thread is definitely a positive thing.

Got a trip to the cinema this afternoon (BFG can't wait!) but will limit myself to a cup of tea.

Hope you enjoyed the cinema this afternoon -bacon and resisted all the naughty snacks on offer. I think you did well to stay the same weight during the final week of school and all the naughty treats that must have been on offer.

I'm feeling more determined than ever to get rid of this weight I've gained. I took some photos of myself in the mirror this evening and I cannot believe my eyes! I don't recognise myself at all, and I can't believe that I've clearly been in denial about my weight for so long. Seeing myself like this has been a massive wake up call.

There's going to be no more messing about for me now. I'm going to have to be strict and start calorie counting I think. I also think I also need to do at least some form of exercise on most days of the week. I'm so cross I've let myself go

mrs I totally feel I've let myself go too and if I get complacent about it now! my weight will creep on more and more and then it will be so much harder to lose.

I'm loving your positive attitude mrs .......can it be contagious via t'interweb?!

All I had at the cinema was a cup of tea and 1 mouthful of DD's salty popcorn, which I adore!

Pizza tonite and BBQ tomorrow so I've got to be extra restrained about portion sizes.

Haha think my positive attitude is just beginners enthusiasm bacon! Let's see how positive I am feeling in one week from now...

Well done on being disciplined with the popcorn, I definitely wouldn't have been able to stop at one handful! I'm all or nothing...that's my downfall.

For me today started off ok - I had a big homemade green smoothie for breakfast , but then a friend came round with M&S all butter pain au chocolates and it would've been rude not to! Then we went out for a pub lumxh, which is just a disaster, isn't it? Unless you want to fork out twenty quid for a steak and salad, there's not much in the way of heathly food. I had a 6oz burger and swapped the chips for salad - by my reckoning it still came in at around 1000kcal I'm still not hungry from it though so I haven't had dinner and all being well that'll be me for today. Hopefully that's damage limitation.

I've struggled to get my third run of the week in due to DH working, so today I did a 20 minute HIIT off YouTube. Was pretty tough! Feel pretty good now though. Want to try and fit that run in tomorrow though if I can, won't be easy as DH is working again though.

Hope y'all having a healthy restrained weekend!

How's the weekend gone ladies? Feel like I've been rushed off my feet with my two little ones and maybe not QUITE as bad as I usually am at the weekend. For me I feel less that I've let myself go and more that I'm worried I'll settle and a few lbs heavier will be my 'new normal' post babies. Then I can see a couple more creeping on and that being normal too - it's a slippery slope. It was my nephew's birthday party yesterday and I wore a nice top and skirt which I felt good in, then I looked back at the photos and my arms looked really beefy. It's just not how I see myself - I need to tone up as well as lose the weight but I'm finding it all so hard with the lack of sleep and constant breastfeeding (which is also an excuse to myself I think). I'm going to try and focus on the weight first and the toning up in the autumn when I'm back at work and will have more time to myself. Definitely think your attitude is inspiring Mrs and wish I had the energy to get out running. Hope you've managed to be fairly good in the midst of all the treats bacon!

My weekend was terrible in terms of eating, but fantastic otherwise. We went away in our caravan as DS was in a show and had a pub tea, plus chips at the showrooms, then a Chinese when we got home last night ! I've been really good today though even though it's been really hard to not just go to the fridge and graze as I've been at home a lot of the day!

Sounds like a lovely weekend OSET and a lovely way to kick off the holidays!

We went out for lunch yesterday but I was very good and ordered salad, cheeky weigh in this morning revealed I've not gained weight at least so now I need three days of being very good to try and drop more! The tooth saga continues - I can see two cutting now so the poor monkey has my sympathy but this run of bad nights is getting looooong and I'm shattered!