Want to lose 6 kilos by Christmas and need moral support - join me!!

[fabarooney]

Have finally decided that I cannot ignore spreading hips any longer. My clothes have not shrunk in the drier, I have put on weight. I lost 20 kilos after dd2 was born doing the weightwatchers diet but need a bit of moral support to stop putting it back on again. Who wants to join me? I'm thinking of a Monday morning weigh-in to keep me on the straight and narrow during weekends. Any takers?

[LunarSea]

Why don't you join us on the "mamas" threads? We're generally doing Thursday weigh-ins (plenty of time to get back on track if you have a "naughty" weekend!).

[alison222]

i'll join you but I'll need to buy some scales first then If I have to confess to not loosing anything to someone other than myself I might make more of an effort

[fabarooney]

Let's do it Alison222! Have been very good today but seem to be seeing cakes everywhere.

[alison222]

OK yesterday was not a good day as I was already going out in the evening and we ended up in an Idian restaurant. So far today has been much better. All I need to do is make it to the shops to get those weighing scales and I'll then have no excuses. Perhaps when DD wakes up from her nap shortly.
Its crisps and biscuits that are my downfall, but didn't buy any crisps for me last weekend so thats a start - now for the biscuits.
I need to buy more fruit and youghurt to subsiture.

[alison222]

of course I meant "indian"

[fabarooney]

I've managed to be pretty good today but all I keep seeing whenever I'm out in the supermarket are shelves full of cream cakes. The fat-free yoghurt doesn't seem to have the same effect! I've also joined the big mamas team - they all sound so organised and disciplined. Check them out. I just have no willpower so need a Big Brother to keep me on the straight and narrow.

[alison222]

join the no -willpower club.
I got weighing scales yesterday - manual ones as they were so much cheaper. This morning DS turned the adjustment dial all the way to 17stone and broke them. Cheekily I took them back just now and now have some rather more expensive digital ones which weigh me about 5lbs heavier. Still as long as I use the same ones consistantly I'll tell if I'm loosing weight I guess.
I'll check out the other thread too

[rooster]

Can I join you ?, today I have just decided to go to weight watchers tonight. I need some support and nagging but really want to do it. I'm not sure of my current weight (about 11 stone) I think, but will let you know tommorrow, I want to loose 1.5 stone.

[lostinparis]

I'll join you - I figure I need to lose 5-10 kilos. I'm also ttc so want to do it gently (i.e. not a real diet) as I understand that it's not a good idea to diet while ttc. So, I'm hoping that if I start to do some exercise and try to cut out some of my worse food habits I should be able to shed some kilos. My main problem is a complete lack of willpower - each week I promise myself that next Monday I will go to the gym/walk home from work and each new week arrives and I don't do it (I put it in my diary for the following week!). I also keep telling myself that tomorrow I will kick my bad food habits (pain-au-chocolat at my desk for brekfast, pudding at lunchtime, twix mid-afternoon, packet of jaffa-cakes when I get home from work, frequent visits to the Chinese when I can't be bothered to cook). So, hopefully you;ll give me some moral support to kick all of the above bad habits (one at a time though!) and move a bit.

[fabarooney]

LostinParis, know exactly what you mean. My biggest problem is snacking. I eat pretty healthy meals but lose the plot with chocolate, crisps and biscuits. I know from my massive effort after dd2 was born that the best thing for me is to cut out the snacks and get exercising. Have lost track a bit recently, though! Want to lose the weight 'cos we are heading back to the UK for a while at Christmas and can't face weight-obsessed MIL's snide comments about the kilos I've put on.

Actually, you guys can give me an opinion on something - I think it is really weird that my MIL can tell me (or anyone else who has been in the house with her that day) EXACTLY what they have eaten since they got up. Down to the last digestive. Not kidding. My husband says she has always been "funny about weight and eating" and doesn't seem to think there's anything odd about it. I beg to differ!!! What do you think?

LOL re scales ali222

[rooster]

well Ive just come back from WW with the shock of my life, I am 11st 3lbs - before both my kids I was 9st, I am the same weight now as when I had just given birth.

Anyway, worth going, because now I'm even more determined to do something about it, please offer me loads of support when I'm sitting here chatting to you whilst reaching for the chocolate biscuits.

[fabarooney]

Don't sweat it, Rooster. By Crimbo we'll be super svelte and look better than we did before pregnancy!!

[alison222]

All I can say is that if I only weighed 11st 3 I would be very happy as I would be able to get into all of my pre-children clothes again - well most of them anyway. - but I don't suppose that really makes you fell too much better. Have been fairly good again today - apart from having a mini gingerbread just now as am starving and can't wait until dinner is cooked. I guess that will have to be my "treat" for today and if I have a healthy meal it won't be too bad a day anyway.

I need you to keep telling me that I must not snack