10 stones, a whole bloody person to lose - THREAD 2

[10stonestolose]

Welcome back to all from my original thread, which has become a supportive and friendly place for anyone with a lot of weight to lose. Newbies welcome too.

These are my latest stats...

Losing a Whole Bloody Person: My Progress So Far

Starting weight: 19st 10lbs (BMI 43.2)
Weight now: 16st 1lb (BMI 35.2)
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
Week 8 loss: 1lb
Week 9 loss: 2lbs
Week 10 loss: 3lbs
Week 11 loss: 1lb
Week 12 loss: 4lbs
Week 13 loss: 2lbs
Week 14 loss: 2lbs
Week 15 loss: 1lb
Week 16 loss: 3lbs
Week 17 loss: 2lbs
Week 18 loss: 2lbs

Total lost: 3st 9lbs
Total to lose: 10st
Left to lose: 6st 5lbs

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 COMPLETE ON 26/03/17!!!
   
5. Lose 30% of total I have to lose = 3st loss (16st 10lbs) COMPLETE ON 09/04/17!!!
   
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)

[Lotsawobblybits]

Whoop Whoop Itmustbe Thats a great result from holidays- hope you had a fab time- bet you are chuffed.

[notapizzaeater]

I'm starting on Monday and have about 8 stone to loose, please can I join you ??

[swlondonnanny]

itmustbe well done that was a great holiday, hey?
notapizzaeater welcome, hope this thread will help you with your weight loss

[swlondonnanny]

lots well done, hope you had a good week. You have come such a long way! Must feel amazing!
I managed to put weight on (boo again!!!), don't think it's food I eat, really. This happens to me every single time I am trying to lose weight, sadly. The Clever Gut diet explains it, actually. Body fights weight loss and some hunger hormones (? I think) increase around 6mnths into a diet and some people even put some weight on, temporarily. Advice is to KOKO and if the weight is kept of for a longer time (like 1 year) than it's most likely it will stay on....
So my weight today is 108.5
Staring weight 138.5kg (13 March)
Week 1 -2.5kg
Week 2 -1.2kg
Week 3 - 3.7kg
Week 4 +0.1kg
Week 5 -1.8kg
Week 6 -2.5kg
Week 7 -2.8kg
Week 8 -0.3kg
Week 9 -0.5kg
Week 10 -2.2kg
Week 11 - 3.5kg
Week 12 -0.4kg
Week 13 and 14 -2.3kg
Week 15 -1.3kg
Week 16 -1.4kg
Week 17 -1.1kg
Week 18 -0.7kg
Week 19 -1kg
Week 20 -1.7kg
Week 21 +0.2kg
Week 22 +0.6kg
So in 5mnths I lost exactly 30kgs (66lbs or 4.7 stone) very happy with that BMI went down from around 43 to around 33
Will just KOKO and hope the scales will start moving the right direction again soon
Have a great week, everyone

[Lotsawobblybits]

Morning everyone- sorry was Missing in Action this week, can't believe it is Thursday already .

SWLondon You should be so proud of how far you have come, it is an amazing achievement and I totally understand how hard it is, to keep the focus every day, and have a steady loss like you have you are a . Think what you have done this year, at Christmas did you think you would be nearly 5 stone lighter! Keep KOKOing, and you will start seeing results again.

notapizzaeater Great big welcome to you, we have all been in your shoes and you will smash it! Have you got a plan, or a programme you are going to follow?

Weighed in on Friday rather than Monday this week and lost 2.5lbs, so total loss 106lbs current weight 14st 4lbs, BMI 32.2. (was AF last week, which messes everything up!)

Didn't do so well over the weekend was a bit carb heavy (social do's)- so I have done an extra gym session this week, and a fast day to try to pull it back. This week is not looking hopeful

I do well for a couple of weeks then we will have a party or meal out and I end up drinking and eating too much, this is worrying me for when I get to maintenance weight, one glass of wine and diet is out of the window!

[notapizzaeater]

Afternoon,

I'm doing Isagenix, which is 2 shakes a day, snacks and a 500/600 calorie low carb meal at night. And 2 supported fast days a week. Have signed up to a boot camp personal training class which nearly bloody killed me on Monday and back off there tonight - eek !

[Kaleidoscope101]

Can I join you guys too?
I dread to think how much I need to lose but at least 10 stone
Literally woke up this morning with fresh determination but no real plan other than cutting out junk.
What is everyone else doing? Any advice

[Lotsawobblybits]

Morning everyone, Hope you have all had a good weekend.

0.5lbs off for me this week after another not so great weekend, can hold it together all week then if we do anything social..... everything out of the window Chocolate peanut fudge brownies are not a dieters friend it appears!

So this weeks stats- 0.5lb loss, total loss 106.5lbs, current weight 14st 3.5lbs, BMI 32.2.

Aims for ta kick ass week - 3 gym cardio gym sessions & a night walking. I have planned all meals for this week as well, in the next 2 weeks would like to be sneaking into the 13 stone bracket. Determined to have lost 10 stone by Christmas!

[Lotsawobblybits]

notapizzaeater Hope your first week goes really well for you- fingers crossed for a good loss this week! I had a quick look at the Isagenix, it looks good & well structured. Boot Camp sounds fab - no pain no gain

Kaleidoscope101 A big welcome to you! I am doing Low Cal & counting everything and as I have lost started to up the exercise. The Hairy Dieters books have been good for me too & and they have loads of good low cal recipes. What has helped me is planning meals and setting lots of small achievable targets along the way. Baby steps and then they mount up, don't focus on the big target. Good luck to you!

Swlondon hope you have had a good weekend.

[swlondonnanny]

Kaleidoscop welcome, hope this thread will be lucky for you. I do low carb high fat diet which seem to work ok for me so far. How is cutting out junk going?
Lots hope your week went well . It must be so hard to lose any weight after all that weight you lost. And when out socialising it is sometimes very difficult to eat right food. I am 100% sure you will lose your 10st by Christmas.
AFM I am going through a bit of a difficult time. Exhausted all the time. Weight going up and down the same kg (for quite a while now). Am hungry quite a lot and have no energy for my walks... have migraines 3-4x a week. My hair is falling out like crazy. My periods changed about 3mnths ago + have random bleeds in between. Saw the GP, had tests done + scan and nothing serious found but got a referral to gynecologist (for mid October) .
Went to see my acupuncturist (after 3 years!) and he wasn't pleased but the 2 sessions I had seemed to improve things a bit. Will see him tomorrow again, can't wait to see what he's going to say.
I still keep to my low carb high fat but there was quite a lot of dairy consumed which clearly doesn't agree with my weight loss so will cut it out again soon. Off to Spain with work on Friday for a week so will start with no dairy when I am back.

[swlondonnanny]

My weight today is 108kg
Staring weight 138.5kg (13 March)
Week 1 -2.5kg
Week 2 -1.2kg
Week 3 - 3.7kg
Week 4 +0.1kg
Week 5 -1.8kg
Week 6 -2.5kg
Week 7 -2.8kg
Week 8 -0.3kg
Week 9 -0.5kg
Week 10 -2.2kg
Week 11 - 3.5kg
Week 12 -0.4kg
Week 13 and 14 -2.3kg
Week 15 -1.3kg
Week 16 -1.4kg
Week 17 -1.1kg
Week 18 -0.7kg
Week 19 -1kg
Week 20 -1.7kg
Week 21 +0.2kg
Week 22 +0.6kg
Week 23 and 24 -0.5 kg

[mrsdarcey78]

Hi you have done so well, wanted to join in and find some buddies and friends in the same boat as me :) I am 39 and need to lose over 10 stones and really struggling. I am over 20 stones now any help or support much appreciated :) x

[Lotsawobblybits]

Morning all, hope everyone had a nice BH weekend.

Welcome mrsdarcy78 I'm late 30's & started off at the end of last year at nearly 22 stone, so in that boat with you . More than happy to offer support and positive vibes. My mantra is Keep on Keeping on, keep chipping away a bit at a time. Good Luck.

swlondon Sorry to hear you are having a difficult time, makes sticking to plan so so hard. You have done so well to get a loss this week with everything going on, and good to hear the acupuncturist has helped. Fingers crossed that they can get to the bottom of it for you. Was going to say have a nice relaxing time in Spain, then I saw it was work related- but hope you get some down time and sunshine. Weight loss is never a straight path, it is a long long meandering winding path with potholes, diversions and jams!

Not so great from me this week, 1lb off. So total loss 107.5lbs, current Weight 14st 2.5lbs, BMI 32.0.

Really reached a plateau now, but clutching at the hope that as I have upped exercise a lot that I am building muscle. I have been fighting the disordered eating demons this weekend, so nearly a binge. The food obsession is so difficult to overcome, it takes over my every waking thought and makes me so twitchy. I thought i'd cracked it after 8 months. Got a meal plan for this week, and going to the gym - I can jog for 12 mins non stop now.

[Itmustbemyage]

Morning folks, welcome to mrsdarcey78 and Kaleidoscope101 Sorry I’ve been missing in action for the last couple of weeks, work has been crazy busy, but I have been KOKO.
I’m in my fifties, and it’s definitely true to say it gets harder to lose the excess weight the older you get. I’m doing Slimming World ish plan i.e low carb and piling my plate with fruit and vegetables, combined with overnight fasting , so nothing after 8pm and nothing before 10 / 11 am, it seems to work for me as late night snacking was my downfall in the past. I’m still managing to have a weekly meal out or fish and chips etc.
I have a mobility problem which makes exercise difficult so just dieting but not exercising.

Sorry Lotsawobblybits and swlondonnanny that you are both having difficulties at the moment, it can be so hard at times when there seems to be no end in sight and it feels like you have been on a diet forever. I know that in the past I have gone so far and then just given up which is why this thread for those of us who have a lot of weight to lose is so valuable. I sometimes dig out an old pair of trousers that I used to wear and realise that I have come a long way even if it sometimes doesn’t feel like it. I can’t look back on photo’s because I was so self-conscious that I never let anyone take my photo. I kind of feel that this is my last chance to lose the weight so I have to succeed.

My starting weight 16 stone 0lbs

Week 1 - 3lb loss - 15 stone 11lbs
Week 2 - 5lb loss - 15 stone 6lbs
Week 3 - 4lb loss - 15 stone 2lbs
Week 4 - 2lb loss - 15 stone 0lb
Week 5 - 4lb loss - 14 stone 10lbs
Week 6 - 2lb loss - 14 stone 8lbs
Week 7 - 3lb loss - 14 stone 5lbs
Week 8 - 3lb loss - 14 stone 2lbs
Week 9 - 2lb loss - 14 stone 0lbs
Week 10 - 3lb loss - 13 stone 11lbs
Week 11/12/13 - 1lb loss - 13 stone 10lbs (on holiday)
Week 14 - 3lb loss - 13 stone 7lbs
Week 15 - 2lb loss - 13 stone 5lbs
Week 16 - 2lb loss - 13 stone 3lbs

My new targets

1. Lose 50 percent of the total weight I need to lose. - 42lbs
2. Lose 20% of my starting weight – 45lbs
3. Get my BMI under 30 – 49lbs

[Lotsawobblybits]

Well done itmustbe fantastic going & a really good steady loss, you must be chuffed!

I was a bit of a moaning Myrtle earlier in the week , felt a bit disheartened & all I could think about was food.

Some of it was to do with having a few sugary/carby things, it seems to reawaken the food devil in me and second was a strange AF, which sneaked up on me. Had a better couple of days and feeling much more positive, looked back on my measurements and I have lost 1 inch from my waist and can now run for 15 mins. That is positive even though it is not a loss on the scales.

(Sorry for my ramblings and verbal dumping) My lesson learnt this week is not all success is reflected in the scales, this is a change of lifestyle not just diet and it's good to look back and see where you have traveled from.

Hope everyone has a fantastic weekend!

[Lotsawobblybits]

Afternoon All,

Came on earlier to update and got distracted , hope everyone has had a good weekend.

1.5lbs off for me this week- Current Stats

Current Weight: 14st 1lb
Loss: 1.5lb
Total Loss: 109lbs
BMI: 31.7

Still chasing to get into that elusive 13 stone bracket- feeling positive this is the week for it- every llb off in August has been a battle. As the autumn leaves start to fall I am hoping the numbers on the scales do too! could just eat some pie though.

[swlondonnanny]

Morning everyone,
Was away last week (and 'ignored' the tread, sorry)
South of Spain was lovely (even though it wa a work trip I did enjoy it), looks like a bit of sunshine is all I needed to feel better
My weight today is 106.3kg
Staring weight 138.5kg (13 March)
Week 1 -2.5kg
Week 2 -1.2kg
Week 3 - 3.7kg
Week 4 +0.1kg
Week 5 -1.8kg
Week 6 -2.5kg
Week 7 -2.8kg
Week 8 -0.3kg
Week 9 -0.5kg
Week 10 -2.2kg
Week 11 - 3.5kg
Week 12 -0.4kg
Week 13 and 14 -2.3kg
Week 15 -1.3kg
Week 16 -1.4kg
Week 17 -1.1kg
Week 18 -0.7kg
Week 19 -1kg
Week 20 -1.7kg
Week 21 +0.2kg
Week 22 +0.6kg
Week 23 and 24 -0.5 kg
Week 25 and 26 -1.7kg
BMI 32.8 (slowly getting there....) can't wait to be under 30

[swlondonnanny]

Lots hope you had a good week and are in 13st bracket now It is very hard to keep going after all the weight you lost and the weight loss slows right down. Great news about your running, I could never do that, well done you!
I was reading through the old thread and noticed you mentioned you had loads of parties to go to this summer, bet it felt good to go in smaller dresses... Guess loads of people noticed the results of all your hard work and you got loads of lovely compliments
Itmustbe you are doing so well with your weekly losses, hope last week was another good week for you

[Lotsawobblybits]

swlondon Glad you had a good time in Spain- as they say a change is as good as a rest sometimes & a bit of sun is always lovely. You have had a good loss- well done! it won't be long before you are in the 30's BMI . I have had some lovely comments- people asking how I have done it and a few excuses for a nice dress. I've actually started to enjoy the gym and miss not going.

itmustbe hope you have had a good week too.

Well odd week and I am not sure if my scales are not broken, weighed in yesterday and I had lost 5.5lbs, so calibrated and weighed again this morning and it says the same. I think i need to get a known weight to double check.

So preliminary stats Loss: 5.5lbs, Total loss: 114.5lbs, BMI 30.8

Also finally got into the 13 Stone Category & fit in a shirt and jeans in a size 14 (Next so sizing always generous) can't remember ever fitting in 14's - whoop whoop!

[swlondonnanny]

Lots well done you!!! Looks like you had a whoosh It's great when it happens...
And size 14!!! Wow!!! I am still 16-18, depending on shop/style... Am actually quite happy with that, can't imagine ever fitting into 14. You dropped quite a few sizes by now, haven't you?
And we'll done on enjoying the gym

[swlondonnanny]

Morning everyone,
Hope you all had a good week.
My weight today is 105.5kg
Staring weight 138.5kg (13 March)
Week 1 -2.5kg
Week 2 -1.2kg
Week 3 - 3.7kg
Week 4 +0.1kg
Week 5 -1.8kg
Week 6 -2.5kg
Week 7 -2.8kg
Week 8 -0.3kg
Week 9 -0.5kg
Week 10 -2.2kg
Week 11 - 3.5kg
Week 12 -0.4kg
Week 13 and 14 -2.3kg
Week 15 -1.3kg
Week 16 -1.4kg
Week 17 -1.1kg
Week 18 -0.7kg
Week 19 -1kg
Week 20 -1.7kg
Week 21 +0.2kg
Week 22 +0.6kg
Week 23 and 24 -0.5 kg
Week 25 and 26 -1.7kg
Week 27 -0.8kg

[BoredOnMatLeave]

Hi all, is it OK for me to join! I started today but forgot to weigh so already failing

Currently around 16st and a size 18/20 though. 4 years ago I was a 10/12, I'm not sure on weight but I would like to be there again so I have a lot to lose, I think around 6st.

[swlondonnanny]

Morning everyone
Welcome Bored
My weigh in today at 104.4kg
Starting weight 138.5kg
Week 28 -1.1kg
Hope everyone is doing well

[Lotsawobblybits]

Morning all- Sorry for absence have been away on a last minute holiday.

Hope you have all had a good week.

SWLondon Yay -1.1kg ace work, you have had a really good consistent loss the last few weeks. I've gone from a Size 24 to a 14/16, which I would never have believed 12 months ago. You must look so different as well now too- you have come such a long way, well done!

Welcome Bored hope you have a good first week, that first weigh in is so daunting but once it's done you can smash it!

Well holiday caught up with me so I have gained +3lbs. To be honest I thought it would be worse & I did try to exercise and not over eat but got led astray. Thursday's steak Pie with a side of sausage roll deffo didn't help

I hate having to lose the same weight again, so cross with myself! Current stats: Gain: +3lbs, Weight 13st 12.5lbs.

On a positive I went to Surf School, which I would never ever have done before, being in public in a wet suit is certainly a first. Really enjoyed it, though I hurt in places I didn't know it was possible .

So even though gutted about a gain, I am celebrating just how far I have come & focusing on positives. Confident I can shift that, and if you can't relax on holiday when can you?

[swlondonnanny]

Exactly Lots Holidays are for relaxing and enjoying
And well done for Surf School (I would never attempt anything so adventurous) . You must look so different, going from 24 to 14/16.
I started at 22 (very tight winter coat), currently mostly is 16 (some 18 trousers which I bought ages ago so started to wear them recently). Can't imagine wearing 14 though. Noticed over the weekend that my face changed shape a bit. Managed to buy waterproof jacket and finally sorted out my shoes and managed to get MBT boots. They will be instead of gym (which I never started btw) as they should tone up my legs, bum and stomach as well (I walk a lot so they will be used a lot)....