Lose a stone by Easter - thread 3

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Continuation of our old thread!
Everyone welcome to join us

Not had a great couple of days but have had my birthday so hopefully I can be excused! Back on it today but not going to weigh myself until later this week as feeling very bloated today.

Hope everyone is doing well

Had a very frustrating week of sticking to calories and not even losing an ounce. But then sudden shift past couple if days and I'm back down to 11.0 and a half - which is nearly back at my pre Christmas lowest of 10.13. the weather has been so pissy I hadn't been doing even steps and that makes a real difference. It's so boring though! On the plus side I bought a beautiful dress from Cos in the sale and I feel pretty good in it! So worth all the hard work (maybe!)

How are we getting on ladies? I was doing ok until I got the munchies and finished off half a box of luxury salted caramel cookies I'd hidden from DS and DH but they were soooo good

I am doing so badly. No logging anything on MFP and eating far too much rubbish. No will power or motivation whatsoever. Too scared to go near the scales but the 3 bellies I get when sitting down are enough to tell me I am seriously failing at this

Not been too bad this week. Have managed to avoid snacking for the most part. Was meant to be out with friends last night but my lift cancelled on me at the last minute so I had to drive, which meant drinking Diet Coke instead of wine so saved some calories there. Was a bit gutted as it was drinks to celebrate my birthday and I've had a crap week so was looking forward to wine!

DS2 has been poorly this week so haven't had much sleep so I've had sugar in my coffee but have mostly avoided the biscuits! Was down to 11st 9lbs yesterday so 5lbs off since Christmas which is ok!

Millie that's shit having to drive, belated happy birthday.

Come on wench sending you a good arse kicking so you don't fall into f*ck it mode.

Down to 9st9 this morning so 8.5 lbs off since new year but DH says I'm boring and not as much fun when I drink instead of translation I don't get pissed - 3 glasses of wine and I'm a disgrace!

Well done Notso that's fab! Thanks for the birthday wishes.

Ds2 was wide awake at 05.30am so probably a good thing I didn't drink and was home by 11pm! The rest of them were out til 2am so there's no way I'd have coped with a 5.30 start after that!

Am feeling full of optimism today - trying to keep moving and had the least calorific thing on the menu this morning when we went out for breakfast! Just having a cup of tea.

Have had a revelation today! I've realised that I properly bolt my food - I eat so quickly that it barely touches the sides and so eat far too much too quickly. I blame DS1 - when he was a baby he'd wake up the second we sat down to eat dinner, every day without fail, so I've got used to eating as fast as possible.

I have resolved to eat much slower, to actually taste things and enjoy them and hopefully I'll eat less as a result, as I'll be full up quicker. I managed to eat just one biscuit earlier instead of the whole packet and two sausages at dinner, instead of the 4 I'd usually have. And I don't feel hungry!

Can I join in - I'm aiming for a lb a week I've lost 6lb so far, but just had a terrible week which will be a good week from tomorrow. I'm on SW and vegan, and have upped my exercise. Target is to be 9stone by 10th august. At last weigh in I was 10stone12. I suspect I'm low 11s now, got til Thursday to improve the situation.

Welcome caremummy - I'm aiming for 9st too and have been since this time last year , was 10st 3lb a couple of weeks ago but not dared go near the scales since as I have not been good AT ALL so I'm too scared of what it will say.

Thanks for the kick up the bum notso , I really need it. And well done in 8.5lbs off since new year! That is bloody brilliant!

I am going to try to log everything on MFP this week, even though I'm sure I will be massively over my calories every day but I need to get back into that habit (I'm sure I said the exact same thing weeks ago )

Jeez, I wish I had a personal chef who could plan all my meals for me, full of loads of yummy low calorie things. I hate meal planning and cooking and trying to find things that the whole family will eat, never mind trying to accommodate my calorie allowance. Of all the household jobs, this is the one I would love to be able to hand over to someone else!

Welcome caremummy! My ultimate target is also 9st but I'd be happy to get to under 10 at the moment. I have been terrible since before Christmas but I am determined this time!

Am currently 11st 9lbs. Aiming for 11st 7lbs by Feb half term, 11st by Easter, 10st 7lbs by the time I go away at the end of May. Then hopefully 10st by September and down to 9st by sometime next year.

Was under my calories on mfp yesterday for the first time in absolutely ages! Doing ok so far today - cornflakes for breakfast, two tiger bread cheese rolls for lunch, will be roast chicken for dinner.
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Wench* weight loss would be so much easier if someone would sort out and cook all my meals for me! I'm also trying to get back into the mfp logging habit - so far so good!

Welcome caremummy be warned we're like a load of yoyos and we'll probably still be trying to lose a stone come Christmas

millie I'm a quick eater as well and was brought up to eat everything on my plate but we were out at Christmas and watched a family who all put their knives and forks down when they felt full then waited a few minutes to see if they wanted any more whereas I'm gawd I'm stuffed but I can just manage those last few bits. The mum saw me watching and said all piously if everyone did the same there'd be less overweight people - I smiled and ordered pudding even though I'd just told DH I didn't want one.

I've been using the recipe bit on MFP and batch cooking so its quicker to log what I'm having rather than logging individual items.

Thank you all, I am the same. Had been good til this week, today is another write off. I've been at home though, back up to university poverty and living off rice and veg.
As long as I am 10st8 in 5 weigh in's time, it'll be fine.
Planning healthy meals from the basics -tomato,carrot,cucumber, salad leaves, asparagus, sweet and white potato, lentils,tofu, kidney beans,butter beans and chickpeas.

And brown rice 🍚

I find when I live off these (with plenty herbs and spices) I do fine.

I won't be looking at the scales til WI and will be hoping for the best.

Starting my new job properly in Wednesday, and dreading it as was supposed to start Tuesday and I've had to change it, and they still haven't got back to me to say if it's ok.Always a stress with me 😭

Packed breakfast lunch and tea works best for me on 12hr shifts

Welcome care. As others have said, this thread has been running for over a year now with variable success . But I like to keep up with it as it helps me feel accountable. I'm at my usual sticking to losing a gaining the same pound. But I'm getting there. Had chips from the chippy on Friday night and realised I am getting waaay too obsessive about my food. I spent literally hours debating whether I should have anything at all, and looking up calories on the internet etc. I mean that's not good is it?? But I'm really worried about putting weight back on when it is so bloody hard to lose. I'm delighted that I've lost a stone and a half in a year and a bit, and I love being slimmer, but I'm also terrified of slipping back...

Finally braved the scales this morning. 10st 5lb. Haven't been this heavy since 11th December 2016 - only a couple of months after we first started.

I know it's totally my own fault but I could actually cry

Hello can I join too? I always seem to join these threads then not actually do anything I'm 11st7 and I'm going to get to 10st7. That's pre pregnancy weight so I'll go from there. In the last 2 weeks I've lost 3lbs.
Have started using mfp so hope the estimate of my weight in 5 weeks is going to motivate me.

Welcome Born! Our goals sound similar. I was 11st 8lbs this morning and pre-DS2 weight is 10st 7lbs ish, so that's my first proper target. Pre-DS1 weight is around 9st 7lbs so that's my next main target.

Wench don't be disheartened! I was back up to 12st just after Christmas which is as heavy as I was just after DS2 in Sept 2016 and when I joined this thread have been quite good for a couple of weeks and down to 11st 8lbs this morning so the first few pounds should drop quite easily? I find the problem comes with maintaining the weight once it's dropped a bit!

Smell I also think it helps to be accountable a bit. I keep telling myself that no-one but me cares if I lose weight, and I'm the one that wants to, so I just need to get on and do it. No-one is going to do it for me and it's one of the few things I can actually control in my life! It's keeping me focused a bit! I also keep looking at the photo I took of myself on holiday last year in a bikini. It's not a pretty sight so it's kind of spurring me on.

I'm finding breaking it down into smaller targets is helping. I've got a pound to go to meet my target of 11st 7lbs by Feb half term - two weeks time. Any loss over that would be great but I'll be happy if I can get to that in 2 weeks.

Welcome born as you can see were not the most successful off dieters but we try to keep each other on track. I'm doing ok at the moment but it's so bloody hard to maintain and enjoy life and just eat moderate amounts of the things im currently avoiding. There's a new bakery/coffee shop opened near me and everyone's raving about it but I can't justify wasting 1000 cals - reading that back highlights my poor relationship with food but I know one mega bad day will put me in fuck-it mode.

Just logged all my food for yesterday and for the first time i can remember, I was under my calorie allowance! unless I suddenly remember something I forgot to log.

So surely i should be half a stone lighter today, right?!

Absolutely wench! At least half a stone!

Notso I am having to avoid our office cafe as the food is amazing. I can't afford it any more now DH is a SAHD so at least now I have two reasons to keep away.

Yesterday was ok; I was out for lunch with work and then we had KFC for dinner but I only had the same as DS1. But I did have an ice cream too. It was amazing!

Was 11st 8lbs this morning. Today I've had actimel and weetabix for breakfast. Cup a soup and two soft white rolls for lunch. Chicken korma, wholegrain rice and naan bread for dinner (homemade but used a jar sauce plus extra veg). No snacks. And whereas now I'd usually be starting on the biscuits, I don't feel hungry tonight. And I went for a 1.5 mile walk at lunch time too. let's hope it doesn't all go to shit tomorrow!

Morning all

Under my cals yesterday too and have just put in everything I plan to eat today and am only about 25 over so counting that as on target.

Food today :

B: tea; granola with fresh strawberries
S: latte with sugar free syrup, small KitKat
L: 2 slices of seeded toast, egg, mushrooms & tomatoes. Tea.
D: slow cooked gammon, sweet potato fries, carrots, sweet corn, green beans
S: hot choc at bedtime

Thinking back to when I was sticking to this before, I remember how planning for my little daily treats really help me stay on track. If I try to not have anything, I fail miserably. But knowing I've got my mid morning flavoured latte, my bedtime hot choc and some sort of biscuit/small chocolate in there really helps to keep me going.

Hello everyone and thanks for the warm welcome. It's so hard when just a couple of fairly small things can take you right up to or over your calories. I had a truffle yesterday (the baker kind not the chocolate) and I had no spare calories on mfp.
But today I weighed myself after a week and I'm down to 11st4 so that's 6lbs since I started.

Well done born

I'm slightly over every day and like you wench ive factored in an eveming treat but I'm not eating my exercise calories back any more so according to my fitbit I've been under every day.

DH has started calling me nigella because I've been cooking from scratch and using all those long forgotten gadgets!

Was 11st 7lbs this morning so have hit my Feb half term target a week early that's 7lbs off since I got back on track in January. Next target is 11st by Easter which I think will be a bit trickier but if I can lose a pound or so over the next week at least I'll have a head start!

Yesterday had Cheerios and actimel for breakfast, sandwich for lunch, southern chicken and salad wrap for dinner plus a kids' size rice pudding. Today I've had a bacon and egg muffin for breakfast, sandwich for lunch and fish and chips for dinner. Oops. But no snacks at least and have found I'm not craving them either so far.

I need to find a way of getting my step count up though - I'm averaging about 4K steps a day which is terrible! Office jobs are not good for step counts! I think I'm going to have to make sure I keep moving at the weekend to make sure I hit over 10k on those two days at least.

Hope everyone had a good week - yay for the weekend!