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Phew what a scorcher! And that’s just the Slenderistas! Come and join us to lose 7lbs in July and become Hot Stuff

265 replies

BitOutOfPractice · 01/07/2018 06:46

Here is the July version of the best thread on MN

Here we support, chivvy and help to find that wagon and lose 7lbs in a month. Everyone’s welcome, new and old.

Link to the June thread

Phew what a scorcher! And that’s just the Slenderistas! Come and join us to lose 7lbs in July and become Hot Stuff
OP posts:
Misericord · 25/07/2018 22:54

Massive mental health dip due to circumstances with my psychologically abusive mother. Off the diet for a while while I just take care of myself - thanks for the support guys, will see you again in the future I hope when I am less broken.

Misericord · 25/07/2018 22:55

And this really is such a nice thread too :( :( :( Flowers

KickBishopBrennanUpTheArse · 26/07/2018 04:37

Misericord Flowers look after yourself. We're here for more than just diet if you want to talk.

Koko more Flowers. Sorry to hear you're feeling low. I agree to step off the treadmill of different diets. I went through this last year where I'd try low carb high fat but not really stick to the low carb part so was just having loads of carbs and fat!

Unsurprisingly I did not lose weight Shock

It's hard to say what finally clicked in my brain to make me stick to it last autumn. I wish I could recapture it (and sell itGrin) but something just went right for a few months.

Like quim I made up my own diet that combined elements of other diets I'd tried and failed on. It was a mixture of MFP, low sugar, 16:8 and probably more. It was quite boring and restrictive but it worked.

I think the main thing for me though was that my mental health was good and I didn't have too many outside stresses or problems. They are the main culprit for derailing me. That was just good luck though.

I think we're all different and different approaches work for us all. I tried fasting once, had the most miserable day ever, crashed my car on the way home from work and inhaled a massive bag of crisps while on hold to the insurance company. I swore I'd never try it again. Others swear by it.

You're probably quite a diet expert by now and you probably have enough knowledge about what you should be eating. For me it was identifying WHY I was eating rubbish that was a big turning point. I listed the problems, the cause and the solution.

For example:

Problem - mindlessly eating biscuits at work
Cause - boredom and habit
Solution - glass of water, walk around the block, handful of cashews if absolutely needed.

Problem - too many take aways on days when I work late
Cause - being disorganised and tired
Solution - batch cooking healthy meals that can be microwaved

Problem - scoffing ALL the food after a long run
Cause - not getting my food / drink intake right before and during
Solution - drink more, eat protein e.g. nuts, egg etc and stop pretending an hour of running justifies an extra 3,000 cals!

The hardest one for me to crack was when I eat because I've had a shit day. I haven't got much of a solution for that one. Just try not to have too many shit days!

CiderwithBuda · 26/07/2018 07:15

Great advice for us all there KickBishop! I’m also trying to remember which I want more. I.e. do I want to lose weight and enjoy the feeling of seeing a pound less on the scale or eat that packet of crisps?

Misericord - I’m sorry to hear that you are having such a bad time. We are always around to chat even if not diet related. Have you post d a thread about your issues with your mother or read the Stately Homes threads? There are lots of people in similar situations on here. Look after yourself. Don’t stress about dieting just concentrate on feeling ok in yourself. Flowers

I’ve just done a sneaky weigh in and all my holiday gain has gone plus and extra .2 of a pound. Happy with that! Off out for my walk now!

QuimReaper · 26/07/2018 08:50

Cider if you fancy joining us, @leesmum has kindly taken on the role of FitBit Mother and she generally sets it all up, I think she just needs your email address Smile The hand burn sounds hideous, I've done exactly the same thing before and felt like a total doofus afterwards - medicinal wine definitely warranted!

Koko you poor love. I did see your other thread - I know you've had Diet Fatigue before, I think it just goes to show how bloody hard it is to lose weight in such a manic diet-driven-but-also-obesogenic environment. You can't move without having your head spun by it. I agree with Kick's excellent post - you feel confused and lost, but actually, you're the world's leading expert on Koko and Dieting! You know what doesn't work for you, so kick that to the kerb and permanently discount it and never think about it again. For instance, all those shakes and things that I bet you still have Wink are not something you can stick to, so just cross them off the list. An actual handwritten list of everything you've tried might work, and then a thick black line through every one which you can't see yourself doing again, then you can stop thinking "maybe I'll try that one next Tuesday morning".

I also agree with Happy about making one change. I'd take it one day at a time. One day without snacks; one day with a clear meal plan which you stick to; then make it two, three, four, etc. I know others disagree, but as you know, I need an endpoint: "no snacks until Friday" rather than NOTHINGNICEEVERAGAINUNTILI'MSEVENSTONE. I feel like you sometimes have a good run, but you seem to give yourself such a hard time when you slip up, and go into a demoralised doom spiral, so it might be good for you to have slip-ups built in - that way, once it becomes a bit more of a habit rather than an endless wrestle with your own will power, you can slip up knowing that what we always tell each other is true - tomorrow is another day, you can put it behind you. Even if you just start by eating well and not snacking / whatever else on one day a week: say Monday. Just focus on Mondays, and then whatever happens for the rest of the week, keep saying "but on Mondays I eat protein and veg, drink water and don't snack" (that's my mantra, insert your own!); once you do one, it'll be easier to say "I did it last Monday, I can do it yesterday, and all that stuff I want I can have at the crack of dawn if I want it, just not on a Monday. Write it on the calendar, write it on Post-Its, write it all over your hand, really hammer it into yourself, just not today. It worked for me, anyway - I had to train myself into delayed gratification, because saying "you can't have that you fat pig, carrot sticks for you" just made me rebel at random (usually after three good days at the absolute most), whereas "you can't have that until Friday" kept my inner beast placated. It's a bit like toddler training - "if you get in the bath now you can have hot chocolate afterwards". My inner beast was a total toddler!

I know that advice ^ is what I always wheel out, so tune it out if I've said it forty times before Grin

Misericord lots and lots of us on this thread have had really awful times where we've completely forgotten about dieting. Don't feel like you can't post about it here, and we're definitely all in favour of eating to survive a rough patch. We'll be here to hold your hand, and also to drag you along if you have trouble finding the wagon again at the end of it Flowers

QuimReaper · 26/07/2018 08:56

Apparently it's going to be highs of THIRTY. SIX today in London. I really cannot handle this heat! Storms glorious storms overnight with any luck though, so hopefully it'll be all fresh and comfortable tomorrow.

I feel like I'm having a fairly good week. Steps not what they could be, but it really has been too damn hot. I know some people find it easier to not eat in heat, but for me, it just makes me want to lounge, and lounging for me = a glass of fizz and All the Food. I am also convinced my body holds on to weight more in heat. Maybe I just sort of "spread out" to try and expand surface area to keep cool? Grin It really does feel like that, in winter it feels like I clench and tighten up, whereas in summer I go sort of blobby. I know realistically it's probably just the difference between light colours and shorts, and dark colours with black tights, but is it just me who feels like that?

ponygirlcurtis · 26/07/2018 09:27

Sorry to hear of difficult times Misericord. I agree to look after yourself, and that includes getting support - whether on here or somewhere else. Flowers

Well done Cider! It's always good to see it gone again.

Quim I think summer is definitely more exposing - vest tops, dresses with bare legs. There's something about donning lots of layers in colder weather - like armour maybe. Although now I have an image of Joey from friends with all the clothes on!

Great posts Kick and Quim. I absolutely agree that for me it was looking into the why of overeating. A combination of the Paul McKenna book on Emotional Eating and realising (while trying 5:2 fasting) that hunger won't kill me, that I didn't need to dive into food just because I had a little rumble. But the two were definitely interlinked. Food was my way of treating and punishing myself and had been really tied up with self-esteem and emotions my whole life. So feeling hungry was actually quite triggering I have now realised (like, as I typed this!). Separating hunger from emotions and working on my emotional eating issues was the start.

leesmum · 26/07/2018 15:34

Hiya ladies, I see I'm not the only one struggling in the heat, I've been quite good in July and lost 4 lbs up to now but it's not been easy and now the boys are off I'm moving less now Shock
@Quimreaper I've sent Cider a message about the Fitbit challenge, the more the merrier Smile

MissingPanda · 26/07/2018 15:35

Kick glad you've had a great holiday. 3lb isn't a bad gain and shouldn't be too hard to lose.

Koko you've had some good advice I can't really add to. Hope you get back on the right track, whatever that is for you, soon.

Misericord take care of yourself. Keep posting if you find it helps, even if you take a break from losing weight for a while.

I weighed in yesterday and Boots weighed me at 11st 14lb ConfusedConfused I'm also back to 168cm in height too so go figure. Anyway I enjoyed my day out yesterday, ate what I wanted, and I'm ready to start again today.

Phew what a scorcher! And that’s just the Slenderistas! Come and join us to lose 7lbs in July and become Hot Stuff
QuimReaper · 26/07/2018 15:46

Thank you lees!

Panda that's still like 8lbs down since the start of the month isn't it? I'd take that! Also isn't it TOTM for you? That causes all sorts of doolally water retention and things, I wouldn't trust any weigh-ins until it's behind you!

MissingPanda · 26/07/2018 16:11

Quim I'm not Confused about the weight. You're right itis totm so I fully expected a gain. It's the fact that it says 11st 14lb and not 12st. Not that I'm complaining about that mind you. I'd rather it start with 11 than 12 Wink

CiderwithBuda · 26/07/2018 16:19

Loving your theory about spreading out in the heat to expose more surface area to keep cool Quim! It explains a lot for me. I lived in Asia for 8 years and did six things Eastern Europe summers! I’m not fat - I’m adapted! Grin

Thanks for invite leesmum. Have replied.

Very odd scales reading Panda!

Right I have had a shitty afternoon. Had to tell a friend her dd is doing drugs. She knew some of it but not all. I was dreading telling her as she is a shoot the messenger type but she was devastated and cried. She had just been to doc for a lump in her breast too and her older dd is self harming. Ugh. I’ve known about the drug use for a while and chickened out of telling her - I knew she knew some of it. But on holiday I found out a lot more so had to tell her. And the dd is away. With drug dealing boyfriend and his family.

I really feel rubbish although I know i did the right thing. Bloody drugs! Hate them.

KickBishopBrennanUpTheArse · 26/07/2018 16:47

Cider that sounds really hard but definitely the right thing to do. Horrible position to be in though. Flowers Take care of yourself.

I weighed this morning and i was 10 13 so I will now ignore the 11 stone reading from wednesday and take this as my post holiday starting weight.

My aim by the end of July is to manage to stay asleep beyond 3.30am. This jet lag is a nightmare. Also I think it's hotter in northern England today than it was at the equator last week. And I miss the air con and the pool. SadAngry (sad and hot)

QuimReaper · 27/07/2018 09:48

Oh sorry Missing I didn't spot that, how bizarre!

Cider I think we must be super-evolved. Maybe we're a master-race emerging in the face of Global Warming. At the end of civilisation there'll just be us and our kind, bouncing around the scorched earth like enormous blobby space hoppers, expanding daily to survive the threat of the encroaching sun.

Grin

500g down on last Thursday! That's not too bad since I had a 4-day weekend. Should be back at goal by next week...

CiderwithBuda · 27/07/2018 10:26

Indeed Quim! Super-evolved we are!

Well done on your loss! Excellent!

As predicted friend turned into shoot the messenger type. I got some angry messages from her. It seems I only told her about her dd to make her feel shit. So I def felt crap last night and there was gin and wine and DH cooked a Thai curry and I had it with rice and then I had crisps. And couldn’t sleep last night and was hungry at midnight so ended up making a cheese sandwich. Anyway. Onwards and upwards.

Not sure I’ll get my walk in today but I did walk the dog down to the vet and back. Today might be my rest day and I will get good walks in tomorrow and Sunday. Sunday is normally a rest day.

Kick - lovely to get back down under a stone marker! I’m desperate to get under 15 stone. Almost four pounds to go.

TVHubbyClaire · 27/07/2018 14:29

It looks like a no move month for me. i was 12st 1lb this morning which is pretty much what i was at the start of the month.

3 nights in a hotel with DS, a general lack of proper exercise along with too many visits to local has been my downfall..

Thinking about starting up running again and I really need to get my work day food sorted out. Right now I'm definitely eating too much before dinner. A challenge for next month...

...oh and I have been summoned for jury duty on Monday...will be interesting to see what lunch is if selected.

INeedToGetMyShitTogether · 27/07/2018 16:59

Marking place so I will be able to find the August thread easier Smile

Need to shift the stones pounds over autumn & winter so that I don't have to be a tired, sweaty, chafing mess next summer Sad

MissingPanda · 28/07/2018 19:33

Quim you have a wonderful imagination Grin Well done on the weightloss.

Cider sorry you got caught in the backlash, most unfair of your friend. Easier said than done but try not to let it get to you.

Tv a sts is better than a gain and there's always next month.

INeed we can all do this together.

HappyGowerGirl · 29/07/2018 11:08

Just checking in and marking my place! Wine has been flowing this weekend and I am dreading weighing in!

CiderwithBuda · 29/07/2018 11:53

Still plodding along here. Sneaky weigh in this morning looked good. Just need to avoid wine tonight! Had some last night but was sensible. Not so sensible on Friday!

Trying to summon up enthusiasm to go for my walk. It can’t decide whether it will rain or not.

LoveNina · 29/07/2018 14:01

Hi all, it’s been a little while since I have looked at the thread ... had some unexpected dental work done last week which hurt like hell and meant I had to eat soft things so I wasn’t really focused on weight loss. I must have been eating less though (even if it was all porridge and mashed potato) because this morning weighed in at 8 st 9 which means if I can maintain for the next few days I’m on target for my end of July goal. That is a nice boost as I’ve been feeling a bit down this week, I don’t know why maybe just from the sore teeth!

Well done to everyone with losses & also hi to everyone revving up for August losses! Miseri sorry to hear you are having a tough time, I remember we joined the thread on the same day so hope things get better soon Flowers

HappyGowerGirl · 30/07/2018 08:25

Yikes, hope your teeth feel better soon Love! Well done on the weigh in though!

I’ve been away for four nights, unable to really control what I was having for each meal (and also conveniently unable to weigh myself😂). So I just tried to do portion control as best as I could which worked well, and tried not to drink too much which didn’t work well😂😂😂

Damage this morning was 60.0kg exactly (9.6), which is a smidge up from last week but I’m still very happy with it, everything considering.

Hope everyone is well.

CiderwithBuda · 30/07/2018 09:12

Morning all. This morning’s weigh in was good. 15st 2.2. Down from 15 st 6.4 last week. Very happy with that. Would have been even better if I had avoided wine the last four nights!

So it looks like inJuly I lost 4.6 pounds. And considering I was away in Greece for ten days and gained 3.6 is pretty good!

I started tracking on MFP and really trying at the end of May and in total I have lost 11.5 pounds. Can’t actually see it although DH says I look healthier and I’m moving better.

Off to Dublin to my Dad’s today until Friday. Two nights out planned but the rest of it will be ok. Although I think it’s fish and chips tonight for dinner!

I will do lots of walking every day.

Hope everyone is doing ok and getting the results they want.

TVHubbyClaire · 30/07/2018 09:47

BBQ on Saturday where i didnt eat too much but did have quite a lot of gin and rose wine....

A good day yesterday as i had only granola before going to see mama mia and bought no food or drinks at cinema. I then just had a coffee and a 400 calorie katsu curry meal from M and S.

This morning i was 11st 13 and am pleased with that. Badminton tonight so just a snack in the evening and hopefully burn off a few more calories too.
May be doing jury duty today if selected and am hoping there is a salad option fir lunch...

HappyGowerGirl · 30/07/2018 10:13

TV I may be totally wrong about this but I think you are given a small budget to choose your own lunch when on jury duty... do you hope you get selected or would it be a huge inconvenience for you?

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