Help me MN, I have 4 stone to lose and 10k debt to pay off!

[ChickenVindaloo2]

Hello,

I've mentioned this on a couple of other threads but I hope you don't mind if I start my own thread as I have 2 really important goals this year and want to tackle them both, together.

This morning, I am 14 stone exactly. I'm 5'1' and have never even had kids! (I'm 33). I gave up booze 2 years ago so now time to tackle the cake/takeaway habit. If I lose 2lbs a month, I can be 10 stone in time for (hopefully!) going to Wimbledon this year.

I have taken some "before" shots of myself nekkid in the mirror and entered my weight on fitbit. And am stocking up on healthy food (low GI type idea). I also have a wee stepper machine in the living room so I need to get on that.

RE the debt - long story short this was due to slight overspending mounting up and then being out of work for a while. It's partly overdraft, rest credit card. I should be able to pay this off if I just stop filling my trolley with things I don't need, esp in Tesco. And if I stop buying clothes/random crap. So Lidl it is, going forward! I probably won't clear the lot but if I could get it under 5k that would be great.

So here we go any followers and support is much appreciated.

I wish you luck in whatever goals you have for yourself!

I look forward to Boxing Day 2017 when I should be slim, healthy and financially sound.

WE CAN DO THIS!

Hey guys, oh yes, I'm completely committed. I don't cheat even a tiny bit eg not even one bit of a sweet or anything.

But it's not hard - I'm eating plenty of nice meat, fish, eggs, nuts, berries, salad, cheese and some dark chocolate. I don't feel deprived at all.

Now I've been paid I'm going for a big shop at Lidl!

Good luck to all you other losers, let's keep this shit going. We wanna post our fabulous figures on here in a few months time. :-)

Very well done chicken

I've been wondering if a stone in a month is doable. February here I come. This weekend I am eating complete rubbish. I need to get it out of my system. Yesterday I ate too much and have woken up with stomach ache and with what feels like the worst hangover ever. This has prompted me to not diet but try the lifestyle change.
Going to make five days worth of food and shove it in the freezer. Any ideas what i can do for a snack when i get in from work at half two? Was thinking ryvita and soft cheese?

Will post my weight Mon then I may need some arse kicking to get me through February

Hey Rowtgc - a stone is doable in a month if you are as overweight as me! Probably easier if you chuck in some exercise but it's 80% diet.

For me, Ryvita just screams "I'm on a diet" and makes me want chips. If you like it, that's cool. I personally also find Iose more weight when I keep my dairy low-ish but some options for a snack/small meal at 2.30:

Walnuts & blueberries
Greek yoghurt
Cheese cubes & pickled onion & pineapple (1970s style!)
Smoked salmon & cream cheese
scrambled eggs
fresh soup
Tuna & avocado

see...I know what to do...I just don't do it! (Until now!)

Good luck, I think planning and food prep are the key to success. And eggs for breakfast!

Thanks. I do actually like ryvita. I love all the healthy stuff, I just love the unhealthy stuff more! Breakfast is oats, plain oats and water nuked in the microwave because I don't actually have a sweet tooth. Gets me to dinner time. It's teatime it all goes wrong. I live off jacket potatoes, just don't have healthy stuff with them.

I bike 55 miles a week but all that does is maintains my weight, I'm not losing. I have a skipping rope, punchbag and enthusiastic nine yr old as a personal trainer. She could do with losing a bit too so she doesn't know she's coming along for the ride.

I'm the same, I know what to do, it's just actually doing it! Have got that magic 1 stone in my head, people at work are going yeah, right. I love a challenge. And yes I'm lucky in the sense I am big enough for a few changes to make a lot of difference

Hi Row, have you heard of these: www.sainsburys.co.uk/shop/gb/groceries/soreen-banana-lunchbox-loaves-x5
I first saw them here, on Mumsnet, tried them, they are delicious! Only 94 cals a bar. They are very stodgy, don't let the small size fool you, they are filling. Doesn't feel like 'diet' food either.

Not sure my stomach would like those. It has a list of things that send me running to the loo! Soreen is something I used to eat by the whole pack-not sure id trust myself with that, but thanks anyway for the suggestion.
I've been making walnut and cherry flapjack. Just have a problem with eating only one piece. Might keep it in the freezer

No problem. Just in case it helps anyone else, there are also 10 calorie jellies, like this from Asda: groceries.asda.com/search/10%20calorie%20jelly

Ok. Healthy living starts today!

Declaring 15st. Not declaring my waist size, nearly hit the floor in shock

Cup of tea and porridge for breakfast it is.

Mfp all set up.

I was (Hopefully) 15 stone when I started too Row. My waist was 48". I get weighed and measured next Monday so hopefully, will report less!

Mine was 45! Last time I measured it I was mortified it was 39!

Well, 45 calories under my allowance, hungry but i can live with it. Went out for lunch and chose healthy and survived. Currently eating a low fat small yoghurt while dh and the ninja eat my birthday cake

Hi everyone. How are we all doing? Can't wait to get weighed on Monday.

Two days in, so far so good! Keeping out of the fridge and getting more hours at work so February's direct debits will go out.

Going for Sun morning weigh ins.

Have a good week everyone

My waist was 38 inches when I started on Boxing Day.
It's at least 2 inches smaller now but my official measuring day will be tomorrow.
Good luck to those weighing in soon!
And well done to everyone who is still on course - this is the time of the year that most New Year Resolutions give up!

A month in, 13lbs down and 2k paid off the CC.

God it's been a long month though.

Plan going forward is 1300 cals per day, 10k steps a day, weigh-in Saturday and I am allowed a 'free evening' if I've had a loss. So a take away and a few glasses of wine... nothing major.... but I need a bit of leeway otherwise I wont stay with it.

Congrats CV with the inch loss, and loosing 13lbs crunchymum!
I've just had a packet of crisps, but it's ok, I've taken it into my calorie allowance. First one I've had in weeks too, and very tasty it was.

Well done OP.
What a great start!

Well done Chicken and Crunchy.

Day three and starving. Couple more days and my body should adjust to not getting so many calories. Only two more days,

You can do it Row! What kind of diet are you doing? Calorie counting?
I'm doing a combination of counting, and Paul McKenna's I Can Make You Thin.

Can I join? Same, 4 stone to lose, and only 5'2

We owe 7k so aiming for that too.

Hey comrades, all welcome aboard!

I weighed 13st 2 today irritatingly - 2lbs up from last Friday. But then I, ahem, went to the toilet so hoping for a better weight tomorrow

Here are my measurements: (inches)
Waist Tum Hips Leg
Month 1 38 44 44 29
Month 2 36.5 43 42 27

Mmm that didn't work well - try this:

At least you can see you're loosing inches CV. I understand how disheartening it is to diet all week and it not show on the scales. It's so hard to loose, so very easy to put on!

Hormones mess with weight

Inch loss shows more than weight loss I've found.

Just watching what I eat, eating less than I used to and trying to make healthier choices. Hence I'm hungry. Not used to normal sized portions!

Thanks guys! I shall not give up! I shall not be daunted! If I keep going I will be slim!

I'd thought about getting some body fat percentage scales eg the fitbit ones but the reviews seem pretty mixed.

I was looking at digital scales myself the other day. I have a bog standard one and when I'm down to loosing a few pounds at a time I want to be able to read the scales accurately. It's a bit hard to do on my current ones.