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

[10stonestolose]

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.

I was about the same in the Summer give or take a few pounds. I lost a stone on my own and 3 and a half more since September when I joined SW. Seems a long way to go still!

I was a size 22 (plus a bit) and now a 14/16. I can't get myself to believe I'll ever be a 10 but I really want to be. I found Christmas hard-I miss junk food still.

Can I join in to?

Loads to loose, I need to loose 11 stone to be my ideal healthy weight seems so daunting at the moment.

I have started calorie counting today- but I think I have sabotaged myself with lemsip. I do feel motivated though which is always the first step!

I'm a mix of sizes 24/26 on top, around my waist I'm a 22, my hips are 18/20 and my legs can fit a 16.

10 years ago I was 16 and a size 10/12 and though I was fat how I would love to go back and give myself a shake.

Motivation is definitely the best attack weapon! It is so daunting, isn't it. Stones and stones to go. I like that SW give stickers every half stone. I weirdly like the stickers-maybe because it's a sparkly visual well done but also because it breaks what I have to lose down into chunks.

I definitely have the motivation. I want to be able to go into any shop and be able to buy clothes. I want feel good about myself.

Evening all. Room for one more? I'm over 50 and being so overweight is making me seriously ill, I am scared TBH. Gone way way beyond wanting nice clothes.

I was a fan of the slimming world stickers, too, not that I got many!! I'm keeping half an eye out for gold stars that I can award myself for each pound! Yes, I am still a child at heart

Oh we could give each other stars keep us motivated

Welcome to scarlet, wobbly and bridges

Snake....Yes you add veg to Jane Plan, but after a month I really couldn't eat it anymore. The lunches felt like opening a foil container of cat food and it tasted as much too. I tried amending my choices to things that I thought I could tolerate, but even they became unbearable. I ended up only liking about three things, so not sustainable at all for me.

Sunshine....dogs come in useful for exercise don't they! I'm about to head out again for a power walk with a friend, so should get my steps to about 15.000 today, which feels good. I also suffer with lower back pain and stiffness, which I've just put down to the excess timber I'm carrying. I've done the Cambridge several times and always piled it straight back on just like Snake's friend, so wouldn't recommend unless you know you'll be able to be extremely strict afterwards.

Scarlet...that's brilliant progress so far on your weight loss!

Wobbly....all welcome, good to feel so positive, we'll just have to keep each other up there when we have our inevitable lower points.

Bridges....always room for one more! And the health indicators are scary for us very overweight folk. The good thing is, it can all only improve as we lose the weight, so let's try to hang onto that. I'm scared of diabetes and joint problems and heart trouble if I don't crack this.

I love the stars idea!!

I'm fairly sure I'll have about 1st to lose...Haven't worked up the courage to weigh myself yet, though Place marking as I will be joining you ladies very soon.

Hi all, I was 19st 2lb this time last year. And I started Slimming World early January 16..
Just before Christmas I was 1 lb away from 4 1/2 stone lost. With Christmas, tomorrow's weigh-in will be interesting!

There's a girl in our group has lost 8 1/2 stone in the same period. If I'm honest, that's a bit too optimistic for me, it's well over 2 lb average per week. But hey ho, everyone's different.

I worked what my weight loss would have been if I'd averaged 1lb loss per week, and 2lb, what it'd be by Christmas ...... and I was somewhere in the middle, so pretty pleased.

Christmas / NY has been tough, so many meals out or cooked by someone else so I didn't have full control, and obviously wine ..... say no more! But, it didn't go on overnight, so it'll not come off overnight .... that's my motto.

I'm much more active now ..... went for a 5 mile hike today, up hills. It's not a marathon but it's a damn sight more than I'd have done before.

Two things made a difference for me this time, because like everyone it's not the first time I've lost weight! One was I had no obvious incentive - no wedding, no post-baby weight - just because I wanted to do it. Second was I've made some really good friends in my SW group. Groups like that aren't for everyone, but this small group have become my support and proper, real friends - they're who I went for the walk today with.

Good luck!

The other thing I meant to say is that I've not set a target, not decided on what my ideal weight will be.

Yeah, if I'm honest it probably could / should be the 10 stone you mention .... but that seems far too big a number for me to contemplate, and I know I'd fail if I thought like that.

I've just set myself mini-targets ..... 10% was the first one, then getting into the next stone down, the next dress size etc. I'm telling myself I will re-assess when I'm down another 2 stone and / or comfortably in a size 14 clothes. Not that that is the right way for everyone, but I can't visualise myself at 9 stone something, I can't compute what dress size that would be. So I just don't think that far away. Because I'd rather be happy at a size 14 / 12 stone something / whatever than be depressed / stressed that I'm NOT any smaller. Does that make any sense?

*12st to lose, not 1!

Waves at wine and drquin.

Wine.....i was thinking you'd be reaching goal long before us lot until I just read your correction

4 1/2 stones off must feel fantastic drquin! I like your theory about small goals. I'd like to set some of those little goals on the way to my big one. Weirdly I think it helps me having the big one too, as I can visualise myself at that weight (I was that size many moons ago) and that seems to help me focus. But those 10%, 7lb, fitting into next size down type goals are brilliant for mental rewards along the way.

Funnily enough, when I was my goal weight (9st 10lbs), like Sunshine, I thought I was fat. So I still have quite a lot of work to do psychologically to accept myself at that weight when I get there, rather than feeling like a fat person in a slim person's body.

I think anyone who gets to this sort of size has to transform as much mentally as they do physically. That's the hard part!

Back from my walk. My Fitbit says 16475 steps (better than I thought!) and just had a lovely soak in the bath and done my new evening skincare regime. Better for the diet than searching the cupboards and fridge for deliciousness or phoning for a takeaway. So end of day 3 for me and I'm feeling positive. Hope everyone else has had a good day.

Name: Harder
Age: 31
Start weight: 18st 13lbs
Interim target: 16st
Final target: 9st 7lbs (I'm short, this is the very top of healthy range for my height)

Joined SW today

I wanted to comment on here and let you know it's possible. I know how over whelming it is when you're starting. Start off may making little goals, I checked bmi to see when I would be classes as over weight and not obese and aimed for that, then when I got there I aimed for healthy weight, then middle of healthy weight, which is where I am now, 9st 8lb less than my starting weight.

Hey Harder, well done for getting started on SW...I bet it feels good to get going doesn't it? Good to set an interim goal too, I need to think about setting one of those

I've walked the dog this morning and had a good breakfast, so a good start to the day. The Low carb recipe books I ordered have arrived, so I need to have a look at those when I get chance and get some ingredients in.

Oh and if anyone's interested in hair, I tried out a tip for swishy hair I saw on a MN thread the other day: Condition first, Shampoo, Condition, Comb through Conditioner, final rinse in cold water. Then blow dry. Surprisingly, it worked! Today I have lovely soft, swishy hair, instead of my usual dry-ended, slightly frizzy mess. Result!

Wow! Grandma, thanks so much for sharing your amazing achievement, It's good to know it can be done. Good idea about the BMI goal thing. I might go and look up mine. Do you kind me asking how long it took you and what plan you did?

Omg, my BMI is 43.2!

Mine was 42.7 at my heaviest and 32.8 now. I worked out how much I'd need to weigh to get into each lower category and I'm using that as interim targets. I'm aiming to get into the healthy range but if I can, I'd really like to get in the middle of that. This is how it works out for me:
Morbidly obese (40+ BMI)
Obese 2 (35+ BMI) 18st 3 to get in this
Obese 1 (30+ BMI) 15st 13 to get in this
Overweight (25+ BMI) 13st 9 to get in this
Healthy (24.9 and under BMI) 11st 6 to get in this

I still need to lose 1 stone 5 just to get into overweight category!

Thanks for this Scarlet, it must be lovely to see the categories change as you've gone down. I think you must be a similar height to me. I'm 5' 7". The list makes quite sober reading and the words Morbidly Obese sound awful don't they.

Got on the scales at the gym. Deep breath. 21st 13. Less than I expected but OMG it's going to be a long road.

10 - yes I'm 5'7" and 34 yrs and that's what the calculator worked out for me. It's really sobering. Although BMI isn't the be all and end all, I think it's helped me get a good idea of the ranges. We are considering ttc and anything over 30bmi is classed as a greater risk and you have to have extra tests so it is something to aim for!

I was a size 12/14 when I met my ex in 07, pregnant 08 and 10 and it's all just piled on since.

My BMI is 41.2. NHS says I should lose 8st 7lb to get to a healthy weight.

My OH is desperate for a baby, it would be his 1st but I can't bring myself to even think about trying when I am this big.