73 days to lose a stone, surley I can do this.

[cheeseandcrackers77]

So as the title says I want to lose a stone for my up comming holiday.

I am 4ft 10 and as of this morning i weigh 10st 2lbs. I carry most of my weight around my tummy but i think it also shows on my face.

My plan is to use MFP to track 1200 calories a day. Use my new cross trainer everyday and also walk the legs of my lovely dog lol.

I do have fibromyalgia though so i know some days are going to be hard but i determined to do this.

Thankfully i have this week off wprk sp i cam plan all my meals.

I plan to only weigh myself on a Sunday morning.

May I join? I don't have much to lose but definitely heavier than I used to be and I think keeping a food diary and sharing with you lot will help me be more disciplined.

Breakfast: avocado and bacon sandwich

Lunch: the same. Plus nectarine for dessert

Tonight: homemade turkey chilli on a baked sweet potato. Almond magnum for dessert (well, it IS Sunday)

Welcome Gah81. Ypur food diary yesterday looks gopd to me. Are you calorie counting?

Hi Gah - your food diary looks really nice - I love the sound of your turkey chilli :)

I need to get back on track this week. I gained slightly at my weigh in - only 1lb but still.

I'm going to have a mini weigh in on Friday and I'm intending to be back where I was or better.

Am smashing the water today as well - already 1l down.

@Gah81 the more the merrier.

I have done ok I hope I stay strong.

No calorie counting - makes me miserable and I end up eating more. My main thing is stopping the stress eating - a bad day at work and I go straight to the biscuit box!

That's great on the water, millennium - how much do you aim to drink each day?

And thank you all for the welcome :)

gah i hearyou with the stress eating - although with me it can go the other way as well.
I'm having a bit of a nightmare with work at the moment and I think it's actually making it easier to lose weight! - every cloud I guess!

How much have you got to lose? I've done about 8lb so far and would quite like to drop another stone. I'm very tall (and correspondingly heavy) though so my numbers are a bit skewed from the average.

I'm aiming for 2l of water a day, and I'm not counting other drinks towards this, so probably top 3l of liquid. I am breastfeeding still though so I get very thirsty

How's everyone going? This thread's certainly a bit quieter at the minute :)

I am still pushing through. Trying to do a lot more walking. I don't have a lot of hope for the end of this week.

Sorry been MIA. I may have mentioned before i have fibro amd this week seem to be having a flare up. Monday i had a packet of crisps and a choc bar and carbs at every meal. Tuesday not much better plus time of the month and DD waiting on exam results so my head was elsewhere.

Got up on Wednesday ready to throw in the towel jumped on the scales and i was down a 1lb to 10st 12lb. Sadly this hasn't totally motivated me. I'm bloated etc and with my joints being sore i have still pigged out on carbs and worse fizzy juice (irn bru to be precise).

So starting to feel a bit better as the day has gone on so going to try and pull it back BUT (always a but) 2 birthdays tomorrow. One at work so lunch out then family at night which won't help lol.

Hope everyone else is gwtting on better thos week xx

Sunday morning again. 9st 12lb so only a 1lb lost this week but since it's not been a great week i'm ok with that.

So eggs on at the minute for breakfast. Dinner will be cottage pie and veg just not sure about lunch yet.

Hope everyone is well xx

Hey all. So after a week of being in hospital and not eating anything and a week of sitting on my arse feeling sorry for myself and eating Jane of cadburys I have finally weighed myself and lots 3lb. Feeling better now so will get back to the dieting and gentle exercise again!

Don't be too disheartened Cheese at least you have lost.

Hope the rest of you are doing ok.

Not sure of anyone else is still weighing in but i've put 2lbs back on so 10st

Had an awfull week last week with one thong after another. I dodn't track pn MFP and we had 2 takewaways and dinner out.

I feel awful because of this and my fibro has flared up but todays a new day. Really going tp try my hardest this week. Busy few weeks at work comming up and i find that much bettet at keeping me focused pn not eating crap xx

cheese I'm sorry you have put back on. Sounds like your in the right frame of mind to nail it this week! I've just weighed and am the same as last week. Quite surprised as has some bad days food wise. Hers to another week

Hi Maxiflump glad you maintained this week.

So today hasn't been too bad still under 1200 calories though maybe a wee bit carb heavy but pleased anyway.

Tomorrow will be a carb breakfast as early start so easiest for me. Have a school meeting tomorrow night so will need something quick when i get in. Thiking of something egg based. Lunch i am aiming for having soup only.