Skip to main content
Skip to main navigation
Skip to talk navigation

Active discussions

Please or to access all these features

Add post

Watch this thread

Save thread

Start a new thread

Flip thread

Hide thread

My feed

Saved Active Unanswered threads

Getting started FAQ's

Unanswered threads Acronyms Talk guidelines

Hide shortcut buttons

Talk

Flip

Join the chat on our Weight Loss forum.

1 2 3 4 5 6 ··· 34 35

Join the chat on our Weight Loss forum.

Weight loss chat

Ist May - Big fat fresh start anyone?

862 replies

Gemi33 · 30/04/2017 12:24

So over the last few months I have been messing around trying to lose weight and getting nowhere - I am actually heavier than ever. As some of you may have seen from another thread I thought that trying something different might help so I went to my first slimming world class yesterday - unfortunately I was not impressed and I don't think it's for me. So I am using a brand new month to motivate me and spending today planning are more positive May and my meals this week. Anyone else out there also struggling but feeling positive about the new month?

xxx

OP posts:

Report

Thighsaplenty · 30/04/2017 20:47

Can I join?

I was my smallest ever and the weights been creeping back on (I don't know why I keep self-sabotaging)

I cannot stop eating sweets and chocolate. It's getting ridiculous.

I've got just under a stone to lose and desperately need to tone up. I'm in a wedding in the summer and I can't be the chunky bridesmaid.

WipsGlitter · 30/04/2017 20:54

I'm in. Desperate photos of me at ester. Trousers too tight. Wedding to go to in the summer. Tried to be "good" last week but have just scoffed a brownie.

Going for a big walk tomorrow so that will be a start. Dusting off c25k as well.

Need to lose about three stone

WipsGlitter · 30/04/2017 20:56

What's the outrun may challenge?

Monkeyface26 · 30/04/2017 21:03

I absolutely NEED this. Have to lose 1.5 stone or replace everything in my wardrobe. Lost my job last June & have spent the last 9 months sitting on the sofa eating anything & everything.
Now it seems likely that I will have to meet my husband's exW for only the 2nd time in my life. They divorced a few years before he & I met and even though we've been married now for 20 years, I am still intimidated by the idea of her. She looked fabulous last time I met her & I need to feel more confident in myself to get through this.

Gemi33 · 30/04/2017 21:17

Hi to you all!

Monkeyface26 I completely know how you feel, it's horrible when you feel anxious about seeing someone and don't feel good about yourself - there is a guy I really like but don't see often as he doesn't live locally and since I last saw him I have put on so much weight, I'm so worried that when he sees me he will run a mile - unfortunately the next time I see him may be in just under 2 weeks so don't think I can make much difference in that time- so cross with myself.
xx

OP posts:

honeyroar · 30/04/2017 21:20

Id like to join for company. I actually started in January and am just under a stone and a half down, but have at least the same to go again. I'm doing no sugar or processed and have swopped all diet/low fat for regular. I'm loving it and slowly but surely chipping away at it.

TheLongRains · 30/04/2017 21:29

Can I join in, please? I'm battling sleep deprivation (thanks, child....) and my method has been to eat sugar and crap to get through the days. Determined to lose a stone by the summer (a lovely loose deadline...! Summer isn't til mid-August, right?! ;)

Starting tomorrow...

awishes · 30/04/2017 22:25

Me too please! I have put on 9lb since Christmas when I should have lost 10lb!!
So tomorrow starting to walk further and faster and cut out the rubbish from my diet.
Today I started a trial of fat binder powders which has actually made me focus more on what sort of good is going in to my mouth. Anyone else tried these diet aids?

MercuryRising · 30/04/2017 22:26

Hi I would love to join you. I am doing WW but haven't weighed in for a month because I am massively off plan and have been eating my body weight in sweets, chocolate and junk food since Mother's Day. My sister gets married next year and I do not want to be the fat bridesmaid!

MumIsRunningAMarathon · 30/04/2017 22:56

wips it's a run every day in May challenge. Seems like it's a charity thing but I'm just doing it at home

Any distance but 100 miles is the aim

Could be a mile a day or 10

Lissette · 01/05/2017 06:37

Arghhh. Weighed this morning: 12 st 8lbs @ 5ft 6. Not even translating it into BMI. Got to a normal BMI 18 months ago by ditching snacking and alcohol.

Lissette · 01/05/2017 06:41

Sorry I'm 5ft 5 and a bit

WannabeHippyChick · 01/05/2017 06:42

Off we go! Good luck everyone!

LedaP · 01/05/2017 07:00

Ohh can i join.

I am kind of low carbing. I cant eat pasta, rice, bread or white potatos so low carb seems to be the best option. I will be eating veg and some fruit though.

I leave my job be PT at our own business in a month and will be joining a gym in june. Would love to lose a stone by then.

pinkieandperkie · 01/05/2017 07:07

Can I join you please.

I have recently lost a stone but have had a crazy week of non stop eating so would love to be back on track. I think I need to lose about 1.5stone. I will weigh myself in a bit and report back. Are we having Mondays as weigh in day.

Good luck everyone.

GreyandGrumpy48 · 01/05/2017 07:22

Can I join. At least three stone to lose but would like to lose at least half by the end of July. Just can't stop the emotional eating but hopefully this time will be different.

SharkSkinThing · 01/05/2017 08:14

Count me in, please! Been hopping on and off diets since January, and need to really knuckle down now.

Goal is two stone by school summer hols, then another two by Christmas.

Will be doing MFP and walking 10,000 steps a day (plus my usual yoga and swimming).

Today's stats: 15 stone and I'm 5 ft 7". Yikes.

Good luck everyone and will keep posting!

😀

Gemi33 · 01/05/2017 08:33

So I've weighed in...12st 2lbs @ 5ft 3in :( :( :(

Can't believe After losing weight a couple of years ago I have let myself put it all back on!! So disappointed in myself.

OP posts:

pinkieandperkie · 01/05/2017 08:41

Ok so I've weighed myself.

I'm 10 stone 6

That doesn't sound too bad but I am short and the extra weight is hanging round my middle and tops of legs. I look very round and barrel like.

My sister is much taller than me and she carries weight so much better than my short ass.

SharkSkinThing · 01/05/2017 08:42

Don't beat yourself up, Gemi!

This is just day one, think how good the next weigh in will feel!

What are people eating today - always looking for inspiration on the food front....

Lots of salad, veggies and protein for me. Herbal tea to take the edge off, and 10,000 steps. Bed at 8pm if I have to!

Calories come to 1500 so looking on track.

First day is always hideous, isn't it? But I refuse to live in leggings for another summer....

DottyDotAgain · 01/05/2017 08:46

Can I bob in and out? Am at least 4 stone overweight and have been losing and gaining the same 4 stone my whole adult life. . I used to be a very regular MN person but have had a few years away and am just starting to dip my toes back in...

I started trying to lose weight again 2 weeks ago and have shifted 12lb in the last fortnight, sticking to SW principles but haven't re-joined! Am trying to stick to 15 x syns a day, which had mainly been 1oz of Easter egg chocolate each evening as a treat for making it through the day! I've had terrible withdrawal headaches from stopping eating all the rest of the crap I was eating and I've cut right back on the wine .

I've started running (shuffling) again which is mortifying, given my size, but I know is good for me.

We do what we can! Gemi - don't worry about what you weigh today - it's a start and that's what counts

DottyDotAgain · 01/05/2017 08:50

Shark - I've got nearly a stone to go before I get to 15 stone

I'm finding eating leftovers for lunch has really helped - little portions of whatever we had for tea. Rather than either eating nothing then wolfing down chocolate mid-afternoon, or buying loads of stuff at lunch time which isn't as healthy.

Our evening meals are pretty healthy - lean mince spag Bol/cottage pie, chicken casserole, pesto and pasta - we just make a bit more and save a bit for lunch and use quite small lunch boxes so we're not eating loads. Dp is joining me although she only needs to lose a few lbs

Don’t want to miss threads like this?

Weekly

Sign up to our weekly round up and get all the best threads sent straight to your inbox!

Email address

Log in to update your newsletter preferences.

You've subscribed!

DottyDotAgain · 01/05/2017 08:52

Last top tip - when I started a couple of weeks ago (and every time I start trying to lose weight...) I started on a Saturday so I could go to bed for virtually the whole weekend . It's the only way I can get through the first couple of days..!

Feeing more human now but the first few days are so hard - poor body doesn't know what's happening...!

pinkieandperkie · 01/05/2017 08:55

I agree Dotty the first two or three days is just awful. I feel so ill and the headache is so bad, and painkillers do not help.

SharkSkinThing · 01/05/2017 08:57

Dotty - I was 15.7 at the beginning of the year, not so far away from you! And you have done bloody brilliantly so far! The fact is we are all here for the same reason; we want to lose weight.

I am inspired by your running, too (all runners in fact). I daren't try at my size! 😁

Flip

1 2 3 4 5 6 ··· 34 35

Please create an account

To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.