Anyone with multiple stones to lose who want to lose 2 stone by the end of 2016.

[PinkFreesia]

I know there is a thread for active weight loss but a quick look shows its already started and seems to be followed by those who have 1 to 2 stone to lose. This positive support thread is for us heavier ones with the short term goal to lose 2 stone by Christmas.

Some will remember my weight loss journey. Several stones lost and several more to go. I thought it might be nice for us to boast about our losses or cry about our gains together. Support with no judgement.

So my weight is slowly coming down. I'm average 1.45lbs a week I think.

I've made a new mummy friend at the school gates and felt I had to say something about my not eating in front of her or rather only eating what I've brought along. The problem with play dates is that (and I do it myself) the mums often grabs a packet of biscuits or even make stuff and then I feel the obligation of having to eat it. I explained that I've been losing weight for over a year and I'm 7stone 8lbs down so please don't be offended if I don't eat various foods you're offering - my son will happily tuck in to anything you offer :) I wanted to get across the 'seriousness' of my weight loss and even though I've eaten most things good and bad my choices are different nowadays. I'm desperately trying to not sound pompous because yes I still drink wine, eat chocolate, beef wellington, curry etc but not in the massive quantities I did that made me 14stone overweight.

15lbs left to lose before I hit my 2 stone goal by Christmas. xx

Well done pink you're doing so well.

I'm 4 1/2 Lbs down this week! I'm because whilst I was hoping I was down I wasn't expecting it to be by that much! Fell off the wagon immediately after weigh in but climbing right back on now!

Well done Lottie. I think falling off the wagon is inevitable but if you can draw a line and start back straight away it stops it being a bad week instead of just a bad day. Back in the day slimming world members would get weighed do the class and then go out for fish and chips or Chinese! Still losing 1lb a week. How far away from your Christmas goal are you?

Hi, I'm late to this but would it be all right if I joined?

My usual/ideal weight is 8 1/2 stone and I currently weigh 11 1/2 - 12
It's been a difficult couple of years and I've got out of the habit of exercising and started drinking too much.

I've been doing quite well recently in trying to reverse unhealthy habits, but yesterday I seriously fell off the wagon. I had to attend a funeral and I drank 4 glasses of wine, ate the children's leftover pizza, ate a crumpet, a massive serving of cottage pie and three Jaffa cake bars. And today, surprise, surprise, I'm horrified with myself

Welcome Diana- try not to be horrified, shame has little place in effectively losing weight- and I should know I'm massively more fat than you!

pink I have 6 1/2lbs to lose before the Christmas target so I am hopeful that I will make it and even exceed it a little bit. Have drunk too much wine tonight (but did avoid desert so swings and roundabouts...) and have a week abroad coming up so we shall see...

Gosh, Pink, that is brilliant, so impressed, and well done with your average weight loss since this began.
I only managed to lose 0.75lbs this week. I am disappointed with myself, as I have managed to knock the solid carbs on the head and have spent 4 days without the liquid ones (white wine) as well. So I am setting myself a lower goal for the moment, to lose 0.5lb a week, so that I am not upset if I don't lose a pound a week. I may have to change the food I'm eating, as I am doing the low carb high fat, which means I am not permanently hungry, but I wonder if I'm overdoing the high fat bit? I haven't yet stopped drinking my full on black coffee, wondering if changing to decaff might help? Also, need to drink more water, I know. I find it odd that pounds are not dropping off as I have at least 6 stone to lose and you would think, at least at first, I'd have some quite good losses - but apparently not
Ah, well, will try to carry on regardless. If it's not any better after a month, as a last resort, I will have to go on the horrible low-carb, low-fat diet, given to me by a nutritionist many years ago, which I absolutely hate because it is so dull and tasteless. But it works. And you're allowed potatoes on it. And wine
Good luck to everyone this week!

Tuk- have you had a look at the Blood Sugar diet? It's for people who may be at risk of diabetes and can reverse the symptoms in 8 weeks. I found the emphasis on cleaning out your body and losing fat from your waist , better motivation than simply dropping weight every week.

It's very low calorie, no carbs and fat is ok. Weight loss is super quick which keeps you on track. ( lost a stone in a month and have had more calories than allowed really)
Atkins didn't work for me because all I thought about was all the food I was allowed to eat. With this one, the key is you don't snack. Meals are quite big and very tasty but that's it ...no more food!

Oh, Revealall, thank you, that sounds interesting - is there a particular Blood Sugar diet you would recommend doing, I don't really know where to look for it?

Morning everyone . I did post a while ago but haven't been around recently . I have lost 1stone 1 pound in 5 weeks which I am pleased about but a lot of work still to come .

I am doing weightwatchers which i like because of I really fancy something I can have it as long as I count it .

Good luck everyone it looks like you are all going amazingly !

*Tuk" there is a thread on here under fasting I think. It's from the same guy that did 5:2.
I hated 5:2 by the way because I found it too stressful choosing which day not to eat on. Then all I could think about was how much I could eat on non fasting days.
The book is on Amazon for about £3.50. The real beauty is it's designed to clear fat from your liver and pancreas and round your middle. So by sticking to it you are doing your organs good rather than dropping a dress size.It also only lasts 8 weeks.

Results are fast.

Hello everyone, sorry I've not been around much. Well done on some fantastic weight losses and welcome to the new posters. Pink, 7st 8lb loss since last year is amazing and you should be so proud of yourself. Lottie, 4.5lb in a week is awesome!

I weighed myself this morning, as I couldn't wait until tomorrow. Although I have been very disciplined with both food and exercise, I am very premenstrual and also on codeine, which plays havoc with my bowels. All in all, I was expecting to see very little or no weight loss...

I am happy to report that I am now 12st 11.5lb, giving me a total weight loss of 24.5lb since the end of August. I would love to lose another 12lb between now and the end of the year, to be under 12 stone.

Woohoo Bunnyjo that's fantastic. Almost 2 stone in 2 months is bloody awesome. You can definitely get under 11 stone by the end of the year . Aim for December and you can wear those party clothes with pride and let loose on the Christmas goodies.
And we'll all meet up in the New Year to get those bits off again.

I'm having a bad food week there will be no loss and probably a gain this week I fear

I stayed the same! What a relief!! Now I need to pick up again for a good loss this week...

Right ladies, in need of motivation. I have somewhat stalled. No longer tracking my food is the problem I think. Also I look much better but would be healthier if I get down into healthy bmi range, so about a stone more to go. How to get back on the wagon?

Hi there may I join you please?

I'm currently 18st6lbs after starting at 19st 2 weeks ago. I'm tracking using MFP.

I'm off work this week with my son and the change in routine is so so tough :(

I am in a wheelchair and so I really do need to be very tight on food as I can do very little in the way of excercise. I'm in a terrible cycle of not sleeping very well because everything bloody hurts, and then needing sugar to get through the days :(

I did lose 4 stone the year before last but then we lost my BIL in really terrible circumstances and I spectacularly fell off the wagon...I feel like I'm only just starting to feel like I can just about see the light at the end of a very long very dark tunnel.

So anyway.

Here I am. I have put a lovely pic of me looking particularly large on the fridge to put me off lol...I also drink a couple of cups of options hot choc when I need a sugar hit.

Will watch this thread to keep up with you all.

Hello, I would like to join too please, I know it's rather late, sorry! I have a lot to lose, I'm 101 kilos and ultimately need to get to about 70, but that is much too daunting so my first goal is 90, which was my weight before an ankle sprain lead to three surgeries and severe post traumatic arthritis. Actually maybe my first goal is just the first kilo!

I am desperately lacking motivation, am actually quite miserable about having to do this but I have to because I have an another injury that won't heal... I have torn muscles and tendon in my hip and bum and basically I can't sit without massive pain. I can't walk very far either. You'd think that would be motivation enough but it's so hard! And it feels like it will take so long! I reckon a year... When I will spend the whole time thinking about what I can't eat! Aargh! Sorry for being negative. I am actually really impressed to see all the losses here but I just read it and think I could never do that

My best diet success was a non-diet - I went to Australia for 6 weeks and spent half the time eating really healthily because I was staying with family and that's how they ate, and the rest of the time drinking iced coffees with whipped cream and ice cream on top and eating chocolate cake and chips! Reader, I came home 3 kilos lighter!

At the moment I am just calorie counting on mfp but I'm wondering if something like slimming world might suit me better as I think I could eat more (of the right things!). Would have to do it online though as there is no way I want to talk about this in real life! Have thought about low carb but there is no way I could give up the sugar in my tea! I like real food and am not keen on things like low fat yoghurt filled with sweeteners.

I think I am doing it all wrong - I am on 1500 calories but no calories left for treats on Tuesday or Wednesday so in a fit of rebellion I have just scoffed a packet of 5 chocolate chip oat cookies

Oh and my scales are really crappy... I can be 99 kilos one minute and back to 101 the next. Can anyone recommend a good set of scales? Though in fact I'm not sure if it's the scales or maybe that my floors are not flat (old house).

Sorry for waffling on. Hope to be back with good news in a more succinct form

Welcome 3 dogs, and MountainDweller, you need to calibrate your scales. Lay them flat stand on them, get off let it go blank and then start again - assuming they're battery operated :).

I'm having an absurd week. I'm so excited about our holiday at Christmas but this week have put on half a stone!!!! wtf??? so disappointed.:(

I've stopped weighing food, stopped logging food, started buying treats (such great value for money before Christmas) and then eating them. My size 20 clothes do not look as good as they did 2 weeks ago. I'm defo NOT buying the next size up OR digging in the attic for my big clothes.

Today it ends, I'm out with my boy and his friends to a country park (and even my picnic has a full fat cheese! why? ) When I get home everything is going in the bin and someone else in the house will have to hide the best chocolates.

So without starting a new thread I'm taking off my halo and once again taking it day by day.

Good luck to everyone xx

Hi Pink, thanks for the welcome and the scales tip... Yes they are digital ones... I tried but it didn't work! I think they may just be knackered and need replacing so I may treat myself to some new ones. I want to know how much I really weigh (or maybe I don't )!

Sounds like you have been doing really well so you are allowed a slip up! Hope you enjoyed your picnic and good luck with getting back on the wagon. I am still weighing my food obsessively but I can see how it would be easy to get fed up with that and start guesstimating!

I have kept within my permitted calories for the last 3 days (I even logged the biscuits from the middle of the night) so I am hopeful this is going to work. I just need to stop thinking about chocolate and cake all the time! I was parked right outside the most delicious bakers in town today when I was running errands and I didn't go in for cake - now that is a first!

Hello all,

Sounds like there are a lot of us struggling about now. Hands up, me too! I lost half a pound last week, and put it on again this week. Also struggling with the change of routine in half term 3dogs (I have 3 dogs and and 8 year old DS BTW...) and can totally relate to the reluctance to give up sugar in tea Mountain, that is what I've missed most with low carbing. I used to have one sugar in my tea - and 4 or 5 cups a day. I gave it up a few months ago when I started the BSD and have kind of gone off tea, I only have one cup (without sugar) in the morning now - it's just not the same ....
Anyway, here's to clambering back up onto the old wagon - we can do this!

Struggling too... have fallen off the wagon on 3 separate occasions since monday and only barely restraining myself from cooking (and eating) chocolate cake right now.

Hi Lottie, tell me about it! I actually baked crackers yesterday (which I've never made before!) because there was a block of stilton in the fridge begging for crackers and drove to the 24 hour garage for a bottle of red (cos you can't have cheese without wine!)...so? Did you submit to the siren call of the chocolate cake??

no fortunately not... yet!

Well done! Your willpower is impressive .