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10 stones, 140 lbs, a whole bloody person to lose!! Anyone else?

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10stonestolose · 03/01/2017 12:18

Age:45
Starting weight: 19st 10lbs on 01/01/17
Goal: 9st 10lbs
Plan: low carb, high fat

Well, it's the biggest I've ever been. Feel horrid, but determined to make this the last year of being a fat person. I''m going to diet the shit out of this mess I'm in! I've see threads to lose 100lbs, but not 140. If anyone else is in the same scary boat and fancies friendly, non-judgmental journey sharing, please say hello and share away.

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Nonibaloni · 16/01/2017 12:56

Hello Grin

Can I join too? I have 10 stone + too loose. How does that happen?

I remember be just under 12 stone and a GP going off at me about the slippery slope to obesity. I was 19 and carried the weight very well (all boobs and bum, no tummy, no thighs) so basically laughed all the way home. 10 years later I wish I'd listened.

I am doing no carb and 5:2. We also got a dog over Christmas so hopefully I'll be walking every day.

My main problem is eating my feelings. Used to be getting dumped meant sharing a tub of ice cream with friends. Now I don't get my car in the drive first time and eat 1/2 a packet of biscuits to get over it. Any tips to break the cycle greatfully received.

Lotsawobblybits · 16/01/2017 13:30

Holy Well done, when I came on the tread I was wondering how you went on.

Welcome Cornelia, I'm sorry for your loss, I can't imagine how hard that has been for you. Having the right determination & motivation is half the battle sometimes for weight loss.

Weighed in this morning and have a total loss (since 01.01.2017) so far 12lbs Grin. I'll take that! Also must not take it as an excuse to eat rubbish.

It has spurred me on to write some targets. (Which I may tweak)

Interim

  1. 5% of Weight - 14.8lbs by 31.01.2017 (2.8lbs to go)
  1. 10% of Weight- 2st12lbs by 15.03.2017 (28 lbs to go)
  1. 1 full belt notch (3cm from waist) 15.03.2017

Long Term

  1. Idea end of year goal 12st.

So far so good today - Just off for my lunch time walk, hoping it will take my mind of eating, feeling hank marvin for the first time really, going to come back in and have a brew.

10stonestolose · 16/01/2017 15:26

Go Holy!!! That's brilliant, well done and very brave with the PT too.

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littlemissfuckingsunshine · 16/01/2017 15:27

Holy totally how I feel.

Struggling to eat today. Not feeling hungry at all only had 676 calories and MFP is shouting at me. Hit 6500 steps today and my calfs are killing, picked up the pace a bit.

My goal for this week is to hit 10000 steps and looking to be 17st 6lb on Wednesday. I started off 17st 7lb but 3lbs on and I'm currently sitting at 17st 8lb.

10stonestolose · 16/01/2017 15:35

Welcome Noni, good to have you on board. We're all very much finding our was as only started a couple of weeks ago. But most of us seem to agree that it's about changing habits that you already know are causing your downfall. I'm low carb too.

Haha....Holy, didn't realise there was a page 10, so only saw your first message. Yes, pretty much, that's exactly how we all feel!

Wobbly....that's amazing, well done you! Bet that was a lovely surprise. And I love your belt notch idea. Hank Marvin made me chuckle, not heard that for years!

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10stonestolose · 16/01/2017 15:36

Sunshine, you're going well on those steps. Good luck for weds.

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littlemissfuckingsunshine · 16/01/2017 17:29

Thanks 10

I've drank 1.5 litres of water today so I don't know if that has killed my appetite but I've not been hungry at all and I've not been constantly thinking of food.

Corneliasedet · 16/01/2017 19:12

Thanks for the very warm welcome. I walked today for 50 minutes and even though my knees are sore it was lovely just to actually use my limbs again. And I'd set myself up with a good audio book so I listened to Stephen Fry reading me Harry Potter as I went which was brilliant!
There are some amazing losses on here already. It's good to feel as though I'm not the only one with a lot to loose and that I'm not that unusual. I'd write some goals but 5 year old DS is chatting twenty to the dozen in my ear, he's said mummmmeeee at least 5 times since I started typing.

harderandharder2breathe · 16/01/2017 20:25

Bleurgh, struggling ever since I started with binges on chocolate and crisps (I buy low SW syn ones thinking I can have one at a time... I cant) and feel worse each time but cant stop. I don't know how to eat like a normal person and have one freddo.

10stonestolose · 16/01/2017 22:30

Sunshine...good not to have much appetite occasionally, as long as you're feeling ok. Could be the extra fluid of you're not used to it though.

Cornelia....good for you getting out on your walk. Love the thought of Stephen Fry reading Harry Potter to you. No you're def not the only one and that's what's good about this thread, you just feel like everyone else here. Here we don't have to be the biggest one in the room or the fat friend. We can just be our super-shrinking (hopefully!) selves.

Oh harder...I'm just like you with not being able to stop at one, which is why I've had to cut sugar out altogether. Maybe you'd be best not spending your syns on sweet things. I know there's quite a low carb aspect to SW and If you stuck yo that side of it, I can promise after a few days the sweet cravings go.

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NarcsBegone · 16/01/2017 22:49

There are some amazing losses, I'm in awe of you all!

I weighed today and haven't lost a thing but haven't gained I really slipped up a couple of times during the week though so it's my own fault. Normally I would think 'fuck it' and binge but I haven't and I'm more determined. Im using my fitness pal again and I am definitely eating way too few calories but normally fat and carbs are higher (I don't eat a lot unless I binge but what I do eat is crap) and I've managed to reduce them down and get protein up for once the last two days. I've planned all my meals for the week and banned myself from the co-op.

OhHolyFuck · 17/01/2017 17:55

In hospital with ds2(3)m he had an asthma attack at nursery so the diet has gone out of the window
Will get back on it when he's ok but for the next few days, I just don't care
Good luck to everyone else

harderandharder2breathe · 17/01/2017 18:05

Thanks 10 I think now I'm back at work I'll limit myself to only chocolate and crisps at work where I have to stop at 1 because people will judge me! Im lazy and the shop is 15 mins walk from home so if I don't have it in the house I'm fine.

ohholyfuck hope your DS is much better very soon!

Lotsawobblybits · 17/01/2017 18:30

Checking in for Day 15...hope everyone is having a good one!

Much much better today than yesterday, been quite busy and forgot about lunch so didn't eat till later and haven't felt ravenous today. Yesterday was ridiculous. I have dinner planned, which is a Prawn Pasta with Vodka (experimenting) & going to do some salad with it so it feels more substantial. It is bonkers when you start weighing portions out- it's about half what I would normally have, the pasta portion looks positively mean.

Starting to worry about tomorrow- seeing some friends and we would normally have treat food. I haven't told them I'm dieting as I don't want it to be a conversation topic but I will need to navigate food choices, without starving myself or looking weird. Hoping there is a non creamy soup as a safe choice & forego the bread.

Harder I used to have some bars from SW which were like milky ways ..flytes? and I used to keep them in the freezer which made them seem more and they took longer to eat. Not sure though if it would work on the cereal ones.

Narcs Staying the same is better than a gain! At least if you know where you are going wrong you can put it right. Stay positive.

Lotsawobblybits · 17/01/2017 18:33

Holy Only just seen your post- I hope your Son is feeling better and makes a good recovery. Sometimes there are bigger things to worry about. Flowers & Brew

Corneliasedet · 17/01/2017 18:50

Ohholyfuck I Hope you and your DS are as OK as you can be. Hope the hospital stay is short and he's back to normal very soon.

Another day walking at lunchtime and listening to Stephen Fry. I think it's probably the best way I've ever tried to do exercise. This way I'm not thinking about it whilst I'm doing it. Another plus as DH found some noodles which are only 8 calories per 100g and they tasted good. Apparently they are made up of just fibre and very little carbs. I think. This thread is one of my four supports. My fitness Pal, map my walk app, this thread and writing a diary to try to deal with the emotional eating side of things. Plus I've ordered a book on dealing with emotional eating..... I'm determined I will be thinner and healthier and maybe summer won't be such a pain when it arrives. Be nice not to have chaffing thighs!!

BoxLoadingBaby · 17/01/2017 20:26

I seem to be constantly bloody eating.
I have 46 daily points and I am struggling to use them all, never mind use any of my weekly ones.
I've been told I should use them all after only using about 30 a day in the first week and losing just 1lb.
I'm snacking on carrot sticks and fruit, neither of which count towards my points.

10stonestolose · 17/01/2017 21:28

Holy....bless you having all that going on with your son, it must be such a scary situation. Hope he's feeling better soon FlowersBear

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harderandharder2breathe · 17/01/2017 21:53

lotsa now I'm wondering what chocolate I can freeze.... used to play to Yorkie bar game at primary school discos... everyone in a circle, take turns to roll a dice, when you get s 6 you go in the middle put on hat, scarf, mittens,and try to eat a frozen yorkie bar with a knife and fork

10stonestolose · 17/01/2017 21:57

Narc...good on you carrying on when you've stayed the same, you know where you went wrong and you'll sort it this week. And we'll done on the co-op ban!

Harder..,,you sound like me, I'm with you on not daring to be greedy in from of people and far too lazy to walk to the shop. If my DH won't go, I go without!

Yes normal recommended portions of things like pasta are tiny aren't they?! It's really difficult eating socially when you don't want to make a big deal of the dieting. We're at a posh do on sat night and I will have to push half the food around my plate. I'm going to enjoy the vodka and slimlines and prosecco instead.

Cornelia, you're on fire with the walking! Let us know if the Emotional eating book is worth a read. I have to tackle that side of things this year as well as dieting. I cannot lose it all only to put it all back on again. And re: chafing thighs, although by the summer we'll all be so svelte we won't need it Grin a friend mentioned this silky glide lotion (not sure what it's called) you can get from boots that stops your thighs chafing.

Box...it does seem odd that you're eating so little and not losing much. I can't remember how the WW diet works, but I have heard that sometimes you lose more if you eat more of the right stuff. It'll prob get easier when you relax into the routine, I imagine it takes a few weeks to settle into it. Or you might find you get a big loss this week.

I'm still doing really well with the food, but my friend cancelled walking the last couple of nights and I was relieved I didn't have to go. I could have gone on my own of course, but I didn't, so I really need to take a leaf out of Cornelia's book and get my ass out there. Maybe I should get a bit of Stephen Fry?! I'm still feeling very determined to lose the weight and seem very focused with eating right, so not sure why I've suddenly started to dip out on the exercise front. Tomorrow is new day.

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10stonestolose · 17/01/2017 22:01

Sorry I missed your name off wobbly but I was talking to you in the third paragraph. Let us know how the prawns and vodka turn out!

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10stonestolose · 17/01/2017 22:03

Harder...now you have me dreaming about Yorkie bars Shock

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MsHeffalump · 17/01/2017 22:06

Evening all. Thought I ought to say hello, having been lurking for a fortnight. Started the current Stop Eating Self To Death attempt on the 2nd of January. The scales said 281, which is a) a bit horrific and b) nearly two stone heavier than the start of the last attempt five years ago. So here I am, trying to sort my entire attitude to food out.

My plan is the no-S diet (no snacks, sweets or seconds, except on days beginning with S), and for extra motivation I've got a jar in which to put a pound every day I make healthy choices and don't fall face first into a pile of junky munch. Ought to have enough there to pay for mine and DC's first holiday - camping - by August. It's working so far, and I even made it through a period without using it as an excuse for chocolate!

10stonestolose · 17/01/2017 22:23

Hey hello Mrsheff thanks for delurking and welcome! The S-diet is one I haven't tried and I've tried almost every one going. Sounds like it's going well and I love the idea of the £1 jar. You'll be looking fantastic come August so you might need to save up for some new clothes too. Or are you like me with 7 different sizes in the wardrobe?!

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angeldelightedme · 18/01/2017 07:41

Lost a stone! Still following intermittent fasting. On a weekday I eat between 3.30 and 20.30 and fast the rest of the day.on a weekend I aim for the same but am less strict. I am finding it easy because during the day I am distracted with work.the stone off has given me so much motivation. I can feel my clothes are looser already

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