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.

Orlanda there are differing views on eating enough calories. I'm told by dietician that your body stores fat if you don't eat regularly, I know that this isn't the case long term as I spent months unable to eat much at all and the weight dropped off but I think it's more a short term thing and dependant on what you're putting in. When I struggled to eat I just wasn't hungry and anything I put in my body caused massive cramps (really really painful) and would come straight out the other end. I lived on a banana a day and slowly built up to a bowl of salad a day. I was so malnourished at one point I had scurvy and had to try and drink vitamin c tablets all day to combat it as nothing was having time to properly absorb and there simply wasn't enough of it. I lost 7.5 stone. So long term starvation does burn fat and muscle and everything else. I think from what I understand from dietician etc is all about metabolism but whatever it is none of it is working for me. I've had slip ups and I had a fuck it day on Friday but I have been much more active than normal and my calories even with slip ups are below 1200 a day normally.
I'm thinking of doing the 5:2 as I can't figure out what else to do. I believe I need to low low carb but dietician has said not too and without guidance on how to balance fat with that I worry I will make things worse. I have gone down to 700 calories a day before and lost weight but it's hard to maintain for any length of time and the weight always goes back on. I'm really fed up and as I say I've had some lapses but overall I should be losing weight. I'm pretty sure the dietician will assume I'm lying or missing things out but I have logged everything except my fuck it day on MFP and stuck to what she has suggested. I don't know when I will see her again, she said a couple of weeks but I haven't had anything through.

Narcs, golly...poor you.

I'm also logging on MFP, useless again today as hit the wine after dire non discussion with DS. Feeling enormous now.

1400 was easy, 1200 I find harder, 1100 v hard indeed. Don't know why.

Hope everyone has had a good weekend & is feeling positive for the week ahead.

Narcs & Orlanda I have been wondering about 5:2, as well, but struggling with what to eat on those fast days without feeling really hungry & Struggling. Maybe I need to do some reading up on it as it could be the long term answer to weight YOYO & maintenance.

Fairfax Forward is still forward. keep KOKOing and it will all add up.

10stones I have the same mindset as well, this year is going to be the year! If only you could bottle that feeling when you step on the scales and loose for those times of constant cravings & zero will power!

Thankyou Dowser will look out that thread- good inspiration as well.

Saturday I could have eaten the contents of the fridge, time of the month is messing everything up. Constant cravings for sweet things at the moment, should be past this now. Weekends are so hard out of a routine.

Pleased with weigh in today 3.5lbs down this week, which brings total loss to 31.5lbs and that is 10% Goal Reached! Chuffed with that. Had a bit of a shocker this morning -I picked my Dad's dog up this morning for a cuddle & exclaimed how heavy she was- she weighs 13.5kg, which is almost the same as I have lost. What an Idiot- needlessly carrying all that round with me, no wonder I was out of puff going up the stairs & all my own fault.

I tried the 5:2, but I just ended up eating more on the 5 days. As my tendency is to binge, I think the low carb works for me as none of the things I'm allowed are my binge-trigger foods. It's tough trying to find something that works isn't it.

Wobbly...you're a superstar, 31.5 lbs!!!!

I've just got 3lbs off, so hit the 2 stones off this morning. I'm pleased with that after a pretty full on week. I haven't cheated with food, but thought the alcohol would scupper me. I think I'd better watch out in case there's a delayed reaction! Stats to follow....

Losing a Whole Bloody Person: My Progress So Far_

Starting weight: 19st 10lbs (BMI 43.2)
Weight now: 17st 10lbs (BMI 38.8)
Goal: 9st 10lbs (BMI 21.3)

Week 1 loss: 9lbs
Week 2 loss: 6lbs
Week 3 loss: 1lb
Week 4 loss: 5lbs
Week 5 loss: 2lbs
Week 6 loss: 2lbs
Week 7 loss: 3lbs

Total lost: 2st
Total to lose: 10st
Left to lose: 8st

My First 10 Interim Targets

1. Lose 10% of total I have to lose = 1 stone loss (target 18 st 10 lbs) COMPLETE ON 15/01/17!!!
2. Get below 40+ the very severely obese class III BMI category = 1st 7lbs loss (target 18 st 3 lbs) COMPLETE ON 29/01/17!!!
3. Lose 10% of total body weight and 20% of total I have to lose = 2st loss (target 17 st 10lbs) COMPLETE ON 20/02/17!!!
4. Get into a dress size 18 in most shops
5. Lose 30% of total I have to lose = 3st loss (16st 10lbs)
6. Get below the 35-40 the severely obese class II BMI category = 3st 11lbs loss (target 15st 13lbs)
7. Lose 20% of total body weight = 3st 13lbs loss (target 15st 11lbs)
8. Lose 40% of total I have to lose = 4st loss (15st 10lbs)
9. Get into a dress size 16 in most shops

10. Reach the half-way point and lose 50% of total I have to lose (half a bloody person!) = 5st loss (target 14st 10lbs)

10 you must feel incredibly proud to have got to the 2stone off mark! You really are doing so well!
Lotsa the time of the month is really hard! I find my body seems to really crave carbs around then.

I've decided to do the 5:2 and yesterday was my fast day. I used up some bits I had in the fridge and also had some protein shake powder left over from a few months ago, I ended on 550 calories but I used up some quinoa and bulgar wheat stuff I had, the rest was just vegetables. I didn't struggle but I was feeling a bit queasy again so that probably helped. I do have to make the leap to no milk on fast days though which is going to be really hard.
I'm fairly certain my scales are buggered! Yesterday I weighed 14.14 and today 14.10 . I tried to way a 3kg bag of pasta to check but it doesn't register on the scales! When ds is home I'm going to weigh whilst holding it then give it to him and see what the difference is. My waist measurement is pretty much the same but when I got dressed earlier I felt that I looked a little slimmer... not loads but a bit. I can't really tell by clothing as I live in leggings and baggy tops.

Lotsa well done on the loss

Thanks Narcs, well done on surviving your fast day. You could easily be 3 or 4 pounds lighter after fasting, couldn't you? Nice to feel a bit slimmer in your clothes, I can't wait until I'm in the 14s. I imagine those leggings and baggy tops will need replacing soon to show off your fab figure.

A friend told me today that I'm looking much slimmer in the face and it felt nice that my progress is being noticed. Long way to go before I look anything like normal, but getting that little bit closer each week and trying to control my impatience and remember it's not an overnight thing.

This compliments really help and it's awesome you're seeing the fruits of your labour so to speak.

My scales are fine they showed exactly the weight of the bag of pasta when I used ds to help. So that means that my weight really goes massively up and down through the week. I'm now only weighing once a week not two as told.

3lb on 😒 knew it would be bad but was hoping it wasn't quite this bad

please please do this properly look at it as a life style change ,not a diet sounds a big ask but i would give yourself at least 2 years to do this. gentle exercise and change to health food choices don't be hard on yourself if you let it slip you are changing for the rest of your life. all to often people go mad on fad diets and put it back on .find some form of exercise you enjoy the golden rule if you hate it you will never suceed every pound is a victory good luck and don't forget you sound really positive about wanting to change that is a massive part of it best of luck and take care

rwalker welcome and thanks for your wise advice. You're absolutely right, it has got to be a permanent lifestyle change. For me it will just take as long as it takes. I've found a plan I can stick to, some weeks I lose more, some less. I know I'm going to need some real help once I've lost the weight though, in order to find a way I can eat without reverting back to old habits. I'm aware that I may have to come to terms with never being able to go back to having sugar (I think sugar is the culprit at the root of my addiction to food). But I obviously hope o can learn to self-regulate and eventually eat a normal balanced diet.

Holy....try not to worry, you may find that it comes off straight away after a couple of days of getting back to it.

Narcs...great news re: your scales. It's good to know you can rely on them now.

Hi everyone. Did you look at Richie's Facebook page yet?
I watched his video on low calorie diets.

Very, very interesting especially their effect on the metabolism and on trying to stick to them long term.

I had a bit of a light bulb moment I must admit.

It all seemed to make sense.
If I can find the link tomorrow I'll post it.

I thought my metabolism was very low. Is not brilliant. Yesterday I burned 1900 , today1770

Not brilliant but better than the 1400 I expected.

I think I need to up my cals a bit . I've been sticking to 1200.. Maybe that's why my energy is always so low.

I'm jumping in if theres room for my lard arse.

I have started AGAIN today, I usually lose a couple of stone then give up, put it all back on plus a bit extra, eat what I want when I want for a few months, put even more on then realise this lard is'nt going to shift itself and start again.

I'm fat for two reasons, I love food and hate exercise. I drive everywhere and have a sit down office job.

I have a sweet tooth, I love chocolate, puddings and my addiction is full fat coke and can drink 3 or 4 cans a day.

I also have a person to lose, so I've signed up to Nutracheck again, I like that site cos it gives me not just x amount of calories but carbs, fat grams salt etc. I like the barcode scanner too so I don't have to work out the value of every single thing that I eat.

Welcome me, always room for a soon to be little one

Oh and 10stonetolose Well done, that's a fabulous achievement.

Thanks holyfuck

Welcome to our determined little thread dble8 and me

Dowser...no hacent checked it out yet, but I must do, a link would be great. Yes I agree 1200 calls sounds a little too low for you. Maybe split the difference at 1300 and see how you feel?

Dble8...I do have some supportive people around me, but no one who really understands what it's like to be really severely overweight or why eat less, move more is not just a straightforward thing to do. this thread has been an absolute lifeline, it's made me accountable to virtual people who really do understand.

Me...I've spent the whole of my life last year doing what you do. An endless cycle of losing the weight, giving in, bingeing and round and round again. It's soul destroying, isn't it? Not sure why this time feels different, but it does. I feel genuinely ready to get this weight off once and for all. I really don't think I have the heart to just try and fail again. It's now or never and the next step would have to be surgery, so it really does feel like my last chance to prove to myself and everyone else that I am not a fat person.

I ate out again tonight and had, you guessed it, another glass of prosecco. Good job I was driving or I'd surely have had more than one! . Amazingly, I think I have a week without celebrating anything coming up, so I really must cut out the alcohol, I'm sure it slows my weighloss down. Just had meat and salad and a coffee whilst others had puddings. I was actually full and didn't really fancy one either, which is unheard of for me. Hope you've all had a good start to the week.

There are about 500 of these fuckers in arms reach. I am tired and hungry and coming to the end of my nights run. It is killing me trying not to eat them!

I've put on weight, again, through

Incautious eating
Having an occasional glass of wine
Wheat based products, which are delicious but don't fill me up, give me a sugar high and leave me wanting mire v soon.

Eating late at night and bingeing.

At least I've analysed why.

I'm now going to be inspired by 10...to whom mega congrats.

Holy...wish I'd seen your post last night. Only missed you by 3 minutes. I would have told you to step the fuck away from those 500 little fuckers . Did you manage to resist?

Orlanda...thanks, but remember you're doing so well, this bad patch has just been a tiny blip in a very long journey of success. You've got this! Shop for the right things to take away any temptation and then get back on your plan and that weight will come right back off again.

I have had a horrendous couple of days.
Monday I was supposed to be out of the office for a couple of hours so didn't take lunch with me. It turned into an all day job and I didn't have a purse with me to buy food. I then found I was locked in the council-run car park (an hour from home). Didn't get home to tea till 10.30pm.
Yesterday I worked through lunch as I was leaving early for a hospital appointment. I got a late lunch that was high in points, only to get home and find husband had made a high point curry.

Morning all - back again

So after a not so enthusiastic start, half-term is over and I need to get into action.
So I went way with a friend and our DCs and it was great..... but I was so exhausted, my joints were killing me, I had absolutely no stamina, eurgh the belt extenders on the plane, the sweating... I feel so ashamed I have allowed myself to get into such a state.
I accept my illness has placed limits on what I can do... but I have to admit I think I've used it as an excuse to eat what I want and do NO exercise whatsoever. And yeah there are times where I physically cannot exercise... but not all day every day.

Eurgh - I've had enough and need to do something. I want to be able to go on holiday, wear nice clothes, not be a hot sweaty mess. Not dictate where I can go on how little walking I have to do and not have to sit down every 15 mins because my body cannot cope with all this extra mass on me.

Sorry this sounds like such a moan... it's not meant to be, I think it's just the straw that broke the camels back so to speak

So since 1st Jan I am down 3kg and most of that has been in the last week since back from hols.

I tend to lose sight when I plan to far ahead so my first interim goal is to get under 120kg.

I have been tracking calories this week, but will look to start proper low carb next week. Just getting back into the routine and removing all the clothes off my elliptical

I spent this morning going though all 22 pages, and I am inspired... there is still 10 months left of this year and I am going to make it bloody count!

Current stats

Starting weight: 132kg
Current weight: 128.6kg
Goal weight: 80kg

So my first target it under 120kg.... piece of cake right

I currently track my weight daily but think will aim for weekly so I don't get too disheartened when it does go up!

A little bit of exercise today will do me good.....

Weigh in today after missing a week due to half term, lost another 4lbs which now takes me down to 16st 9lbs. Can't wait to see the 15st mark I haven't weighed that since I was in my very early 20s.
I am really pleased with that loss, I ate out a few times over half term but tried to make good choices and also found myself snacking more on the kids left overs.
I am drinking A LOT of coffee which is sometimes replacing breakfast and lunch which is a habit I really shouldn't get into.