Anyone 5ft 3in with 3 stone-ish to lose?

[Gemi33]

Hi Everyone

As is clear from the thread I posted last night, I am feeling really low at the moment - feeling completely unmotivated and at my highest weight ever. I'm desperately trying to find some motivation having spent most of the weekend in tears and hating myself. I generally weigh myself on a Saturday so having had a terrible weekend I'm hoping that if I really try to eat healthily and exercise over the next 5 days I can make a difference. I am just under 5ft 3in and 12st 3lbs :( I would ultimately love to be 8st 7lbs but just to be in the nines would make me really happy. Is anyone is a similar boat out there?

xx

Brilliant Ronnie!

Thanks stitch. I meal planned for the week using the recipe book. The meals are lovely & the ones I chose were quick to fit in with time restrictions (I work/study full time & have 3 children at home). I tend to eat lunch and dinner, and try to drink 2-3ltrs of water every day. My daughter is doing it too, she lost 9lbs the first week (though she has more weight to lose so that makes sense...and she's younger, obviously!) Good luck if you decide to give it a go.

I stayed the same this week. My period arrived and that always stalls my weight loss.

Having a stressful time as my mum has gone into a care home and I'm trying to sort out her place (she was a hoarder) so trying not to comfort eat. Not getting any walking in either.

It's late on Sunday night and I'm just about to have a chocolate biscuit. Ah bugger it.

I've finally managed to hit 11st though I've also had two ice creams today as it's scorching but I cycled 50 miles yesterday so with luck it'll even out..

How is everyone doing? Today's weigh in and I've lost 3lbs this week so 8lbs in total and I'm now in the 9stones (just). Been feeling freezing cold and a bit off this week but stuck to the food rules.

Good luck to everyone here.
5' 4" and 12.5lb - heaviest I've been and haven't been properly slim for about 10 years. Hate what it does to my self-esteem. Big norks but fortunately still toned due to activity.

I just started reading Marisa Pier (hypnotist) You Can Be Slim, and it's already helping re-assess things in my mind. Around £4 on Amazon Kindle.
Only started reading, so can't say it works yet, but I'm planning on eating from the Blood sugar Diet today onwards. It was easy to stick to before and isn't faddy, in tjhe sense that you don't exclude any particular food group - just eat more lean protein, good fats and cut out refined/processed carbs and sugar.
A few things in the Marisa Pier book which are hitting home:

Asking why we are prepared to restrict our lives by being overweight (less socialising, activities, not wearing the clothes we want, avoiding beaches/swimming etc) BUT we're not prepared to slightly restrict our diet (cake once a week instead of daily, alcohol less often, healthy food in place of fast food etc). She gives mind exercises to reverse that.

Say to yourself 'I am enough' often and believe it. You need to read the chapter to understand that

Finding the motivation to become slimmer. If your mind and emotions keep bringing you back to an overweight state, mentally start associating pain with weight gain and pleasure with being slim. Pain with chocolate, biscuits, fast food.. as they make us overweight and unhappy... pleasure with healthy foods and exercise...

Not using the word 'lose' when we talk or think about weight, as our subconscious doesn't like to lose anything.

I also found doing a minimum of 10k steps a day helped before as I felt good for doing it and ate less. This time I'm going to reach my goal and stay there.

1 more pound off and that takes me to 10 total (now 11 stone 12) - was hoping to be nearer to 11 for my holiday soon but not happening.
I just can't seem to lose more than 1 pound a week

I have a pair of trousers I want to take with me / my focus at the moment is getting them to fit a bit better

Just over 1lb off for me yesterday, which takes my total loss since January to 26lbs :) Just 2 more to go and I'll hit the 2 stone mark!
Given that I've passed the halfway mark already, I'm annoyed that I'm still feeling fat - I can tell I've lost weight but when I look in the mirror I still just see a big flabby belly etc! So I'm really going to try and up my exercise. This week I've done 3 x 4-mile power walks, and also swam 40 lengths the other day.

Hello again. I lost this thread but am still 10 8. I'm obviously eating too much on non fast days. I will be 10 6 next week

@thesockgap in my experience you'll look flabby for a while unless you train like crazy and that would have to be either strength training or weights. I've been training for at least 5 months and I have some wonderful biceps when flexed but when relaxed they look mega flabby. Same with my abs. My legs are the only one that look toned all the time but I run a lot and that's why.

6lb loss this week after trying blood sugar diet. I did cheat a bit though so could have been more! Now 11st 9.

Everyone seems to be doing well and after losing 5lb the first week I'm stuck again. Need to put some effort in, which is hard as I've got a lot of stress going on at the moment and I'm a comfort eater.

I am under 5'2'' and I too appreciate how incredibly hard it is to lose and how Easy it is to gain.
I have lost 1.5 stones and have another 1 to go. It is REALLY hard.

StitchGlitch well done! That's amazing and has spurred me on.

Hi everyone

I'm a little bit taller (just a peep over 5' 4) but desperate to lose three stone. I was 16st 7 in November and I quickly lost three stone with the Cambridge Diet, but I've been bingeing again recently and I've regained a stone of that.

I weighed in this morning at 14st 7 exactly and I'm getting back on the low carb, high fat wagon. I'm aiming for 1200kcal a day as I'm going on holiday in six weeks and my summer clothes are decidedly snug so I can't afford to overeat. So far today I've had a bulletproof coffee, two boiled eggs, a couple of crispy bacon strips (prepackaged), some cottage cheese, strips of red pepper and half an avocado. I have some olives to snack on if I need them and dinner will be a bunless cheeseburger.

I'm not looking forward to the headaches and "keto flu" but I know I'll feel so much better in a few days!

I should say that my goal weight is 11st even though my BMI will still be slightly overweight. I'm currently a size 16, was a 14 at 13st 7 so I'm aiming for a comfy size 12. I've struggling with bingeing and restricting my whole life. I was diagnosed with binge eating disorder at 19 years old, I've had therapy, I've tried everything you can imagine so I'm aiming for healthier, happier and something sustainable.

I might reevaluate my goals as I get closer but I don't have a burning desire to be slim, just smaller than I am now.

Amazed myself by losing another pound - now lost 11!
2 weeks till holiday - really hoping for another 3 by then!

Been casually following this thread for a few days and just reading it from the beginning, in installments, is helping to get me refocused, so I'm taking the plunge and joining (5'2"; 11:6, would love to be 9st although 9:5 probably more realistic). Been allowing health and sleep limitations to give me excuses to eat and not exercise to a stupid degree, which I've been wanting to stop for ages but felt amazingly powerless.

Some really good stories on here but Charimito , if you're still here, you're my inspiration if you've managed 3st with hypothyroid problems! Looks like you did it with portion control and increased activity with regular short bursts of exercise?

Nice one RudeDog!

I've put 2lbs back on again, I was away at a race at the weekend and embraced the notion of carb loading beforehand ah well. Back to being good now

And another one off to make 12!

Still sad I was a stone lighter than this 2 years ago - I don't think I was much smaller though

I'm 5ft and just over 11 stone and need to lose weight as have put it on a lot since going through the menopause. Not much motivation either at the moment but seriously want to lose it if that makes sense.

Finally broke the 11st barrier! Down to 10st13 which feels like a big achievement since I'd sat at 11 for ages! Though DS has been sick and I've been eating whatever's been available so I'm amazed I lost anything at all.