Oh Fuck, I am 2.5 stone over weight.

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I need your help, I have been an eating machine since the beginning of December. I am getting fatter and fatter by the day and am so miserable.

Today I put my brave head on and got on the scales. I weigh 11 stone 4.5lbs. I am not very tall so I am barrelesque and wobbly.

Things really have to change, honestly none of my clothes fit and I only have three dresses that I can currently fit into. My jeans do not fit and are so tight I can barely do them up let alone breathe.

Please join me in sorting my fat act out.

The display of Easter chocolate in the supermarket was my downfall today. I was pitifully unable to resist mini eggs

I'm such a sugar addict, I really struggle with it!

Oh yes yolky, I can't believe the Easter stuff is on sale already!! MaltEaster bunnies - yum...

Back in my maternity tops at the moment, this wretched flu means I can't stand having clothes too tight against my skin (jeans/ jegging are completely out) otherwise my aches and pains get even worse. However I did notice that I once again look pregnant enough to need maternity tops

Can I join I'm 10 stone 7lb but short and have no lean muscle just fat, I want to get to 9 stone 3lb by June

Am I too late to join? 5’7” 12st7 - I need to lose 2 stone. I have downloaded MFP and will start logging tomorrow. Nothing fits, I really don’t want to have to shop for bigger clothes...

The more the merrier!

Morning! Fighting the urge to eat a mountain of toast this morning. Think I'll settle for a banana instead.

Welcome Banbury and Onemore

I am feeling really hungry and empty today, also very tired. I keep looking in the kitchen cupboards for something naughty to eat but the cupboards are bare of junk. I ate really sensibly yesterday but nothing quite hits the spot like tea and cake. I am really missing grazing on biscuits.

On the plus side, I have been really good but I don't think it will take much for me to dive head first into the bread bin.

I hope that you are getting on ok.

I HATE DIETING

Naughty I'll dive in after you if there's a chance although I keep telling myself "it's a lifestyle change, not a diet"

Little, you are right it is a life style change and not a diet. I hate change

pickledparsnip my entire life is basically not a struggle not to eat buttery toast. Especially when it's cold, and I have a cold.

Had an ok-ish food day yesterday but was very stressy for snow and driving related reasons, so did succumb to a g&t or two last night.

Will fast until late lunchtime then have scrambled eggs and ham. No idea about dinner as we have no vegetables and I'm not driving today, so it will be whatever I can get in the wee local shops.

I hope it's ok to join in. I started the 5:2 plan on 1st January. I also use a fitbit.

I'm 5ft 9 and on new years eve I weighed 13st 8. BMI 28.

Today I weigh 12st 11. BMI 26.5.

So I am 11lbs down and have lost an inch from my waist. My size 14's are looser already!

In May I will turn 35. My 5th baby will be turning 5 and my eldest will be 18 at the end of the year. I have decided now is the time to take control of my body after years of pregnancy and comfort eating. I intend to wear shorts this summer! I want a body that suits how I feel inside.

I have a goal weight of 10st 10. BMI 22.

I'm back to work tomorrow after an extended Xmas break, and realised yesterday none of my work clothes fitted! They'd been feeling a bit snug before Xmas but now there is no way any of the trousers are going to do up without cutting myself in half!! So I had to go out and buy new trousers, and realised just how much weight I've put on in the last few months, I've gone from a comfy 12 to a size 16.

That was enough to stop me snacking too much yesterday, but I still couldn't accept it so I bought the 14 and told myself it's because it's the time of the month and I'm bloated, may regret this tomorrow when they're uncomfortable. Also came to a realisation about why I've put on so much. Pure and simple, I don't stop snacking. I eat 3 good meals a day, walk a lot and try to go to the gym regularly, but eat around 1200 calories a day just in snacks!! Which it turns out isn't that hard to do, coffee and cake out with my dad, have lunch, maybe a slice of bread and butter or toast as I'm getting hungry waiting for dinner, have dinner, then a hot chocolate with biscuits, or half a large bag of crisps, or a box of Xmas chocs telling myself they need to be eaten so I can knuckle down to dieting without temptation...

So now I've had these 2 eye opening moments, I feel like I know what I need to do and why, so I'm walking to the hairdressers rather than driving, just getting a black coffee and then a new rule of only snacking on veg ( if I'm really hungry then I'm hungry enough to eat a carrot or cucumber sticks, if I'm not that hungry, I don't need biscuits!)

Sorry for the essay, hope everyone has a good day

So this morning I took the 30 day Shred dvd from where it’s been gathering dust for 2 years and made it through level one (just) followed by porridge for breakfast. Hoping that by doing some exercise - and realising how hard I found it - will spur me on to stay away from the bread bin / biscuit tin etc.... we’ll see

So turns out my new scales were faulty after my DP tried them out and was given the exact same weight as me! I should have known 11st1 was bonkers!

Have taken them back and I was more right with my first guess of 13st5 I'm actually 13st13 I need to lose at least 3 stone!! Let's do this!!!!!

Sigh... I need to join you too.

I'm 5 ft 7 and weigh 11 stone 10. My ideal weight is around 10 stone 4 as anything below that and I start to look gaunt. Also I find it impossible to lose weight beyond that point without starving myself.

At the moment I'm a size 14 but only just, I fear. I bought one or two things in a 16 that fit much better and I'm always pleasantly surprised when a size 14 is ok. At 10 stone 4 I'm a very comfortable size 12 so that's what I want to get back to.

muddledmidget I could have written your post. I eat three good meals a day, we cook from scratch, eat tons of fruit and veg and avoid all processed crap. It's the snacking! Until now, I could easily have a coffee and cake mid-morning, then some crackers and cheese around 5 as a pre-dinner snack, then pudding after dinner most nights. There was never a day when I didn't eat cake.

I actually gave up all cake/biscuits/sweets/puddings at the beginning of December, managed fine, then had a couple of weeks of eating what I wanted over Christmas and now am back on the low sugar + no snacking thing with a vengeance.

A stone and a half to lose at a pound a week means I should be at target for the summer holidays. hopefully. I carry nearly all my fat around my middle and it's so not a good look (also am quite concerned about vascular fat). I'm like a barrel with long arms and legs, but I can see that my upper arms are starting to look quite flabby too. Oh joy.

Oh God Fristaidnovice, mine too. Currently doing Veganuary, so can't have any butter sobs. Plus you know, the whole weightloss thing.
Hope your cold buggers off soon. Feeling poorly is the pits.

My inner thighs are killing after starting C25K yesterday. Ridiculous! I walk shitloads, just presumed it would be easy and not hurt.
Reminder: walking is not running.

Obi talk about emotional rollercoaster I'd be wrung out!

Buzzing this morning (my weigh in day) I've lost 3lb this week. I'm not calorie counting (yet) just trying to eat sensibly 90% of the time with lots of veg and lean protein and not so heavy on the carbs.

Please can I join in? I'm also 11 st 4.5lb and I'm 5'3" tall so it's not a good look. I have very weak willpower.
I'm trying to set up a good habit each week.
Wk 1 in Jan was start Dry January, which I've done
Wk 2 was take supplements, as I do get dog tired and crave sugar without them
This week it's exercise every day: long walk, yoga or HIIT kettlebells.

But I really need to start eating sensibly too. Just booked a summer holiday that will involve swimming, so I need to find that motivation and keep it!

Like lots of PPs, I eat healthy food, just way too much of it, with snacks on top. 3 meals a day but also tea time and suppertime ...

Well, for me toast is a mere delivery mechanism for butter pickledparsnips, so if there was only vegan spread I'd be out anyway.

I'm about to have a shower to stop me eating lunch too early . It's the curse of the homeworker. I've got a frozen fish thing from Lidl - fish, potatoes and veg, in a steam pot. Only £1.50 and 360 calories, I'll report back....

I've realised that my previous weight-loss attempts have all gone wrong because I didn't ever really tackle the sugar addiction.

Last time I lost a couple of stone I'd have sugar-free jelly and a mini meringue or two for pudding. All very well and it did work but it kept the addiction to sugar going, so that it was all too easy to start eating cake again.

I'm really trying this time just to get rid of my sweet tooth. I have a giant jar of granola and I'm still having a 10g sprinkle of that on my fruit and yoghurt every morning but once the jar is gone I'm not buying any more. I can take or leave crisps etc and I hardly drink at all so I think if I lose the sweet tooth that might knock the snacking on the head.

Anyone on here tried Les mils On demand? I bought the On Demand membership on New years Day as a kick up the bum to get me to do some exercise with no excuses. Done it 7 times since 1st Jan and been eating about 1400 kcal, have lost 4lbs as was 10st 11 then and now 10st 7 and feel really good. I've always hated exercise but this is fun, I do Body combat, used to do it yonks ago, pre-kids and it's the only thing I've ever enjoyed. Would definitely recommend xx

Oh god Obi, that is so harsh that your scales were faulty. Still it must have been nice for a couple of days thinking you were 11'1. At least you know the truth now, still very hash.

Welcome Ginger and Lurking

Positive vibes to you both.