I'm really fucking fat :( If you are too, what's your plan?

[MummyPigsBigTummie]

Last year I was gutted at being 13st.

I'm now 17st 2lbs.

I've done nothing but emotionally eat all year, fuelled by depression and anxiety. To the point where I've become mildly agoraphobic.

This has got to be the year I turn my life and poor eating habits around.

I don't know where to start.

I know the title is quite harsh but I've been telling myself it's not so bad.

But it is.

I'm fat. Very fat. And I need to correct it.

I think my scales might be wrong!

They’re good digital salter ones but I get on and it says ‘11.2’ but if I shift then even an inch it says 11.5 😣 and then keeps saying 11.5!

If I switch it to kg or lbs though it goes back to 11.2!

I promised myself I wouldn’t eat sweets for breakfast this morning but I was so tired when I woke up (could hardly keep my eyes open) and I needed them ☹️ FFS managed to limit myself to a handful of chocolate buttons though and some sugary cereal! Doesn’t help that we’ve no food in the house!

I’m 5’9 and 11.2-11.5 - I know I’m not fat or even overly heavy but I was- this time 6 years ago I was 19 years old and 17 Stone!!

I now struggle immensely with food and feel like I’m losing control again 😔 (I did not lose weight healthily- I starved myself and made myself sick as was a stupid teenager!)

I’m getting married in June and need to fit into my slim size 10 dress (already hanging uostairs) and I feel overwhelming pressure! I binged over Christmas and have gone up from being 10.8 over the summer!

Help!! 😞😞😔

*can I join please?

I've been overweight at varying degrees for 30 years, I'm a terrible binge eater when I'm stressed.
When I hit 15 stone this year I thought fuck this and booked myself in for a gastric band. I'm having the operation in a couple of weeks.
This is the year I'm going to be slim and not puffing my way up hills and knackering my knees with my weight.
It's expensive but it's an investment for the future.

Weighed in at 14 stone 9.6. Here goes..........new me starts today :)

I can’t get on with MFP but I had more success with nutracheck, it’s a british app so more foods that we eat are on there and the interface is a bit more user friendly imo

I’m going to do a few days of just writing down what I eat first as I’m also trying to cut down my phone usage but will use nutracheck if I’m not losing.

MrDarcy I have salter scales, you have to stand on them then step off, let them go to 0.00 and leave them turn off on their own, then you step back on to weigh, according to the booklet that came with the scales you have to do this every time you move them to a new location

@carbs - I weighed myself 3 times (letting them got back to zero each time between and turn off!

Got 3 11.2 results then 11.5 every time after I moved them 😩

Does anyone know if manual scales are more reliable/better than digital??

chalkyc2 Aside the clothes and horrid looks from other skiiers - your ability is likely to be unaffected. Whilst I'm loathe to criticise the bodies of other women - you'd be wise to google world championship skiiers over the last 30 years... some of the women closer to 15 stone than 8 - Chemmy Alcott is no 15 stoner, but she won't be getting her thigh & bums in a size 8 any time soon! You need balance and if you're a pear-shape you can use that to your advantage 100% - skiing works with gravity, not against it. If you were going rope-climbing it'd be a different story! Have fun!

I’m on day one here couldn’t start yesterday as was having Christmas dinner mark 2!!! Hasn’t been too bad scrambled egg for dinner,fruit for lunch and turkey and veg for dinner! Have been grumpy beyond words today mind! Urgh how did I let myself get this fat

I'm off to my old SW club tonight and I am so embarrassed! I'm pretty sure that I'll be at least 2 stone heavier than I was when I last joined (and I cried then because I was too fat). Nothing fits and I'm up to a size 20, so I need to do something about it! I feel sick about it though!

@youcan

🤔 Why would you feel at all embarrassed? It sounds to me like you’re taking a positive step to improve your life/health/confidence!

You should be proud- many wouldn’t be brave enough to take that step!

Everyone this is your reminder to go and have a very large glass of water.

The bonus of upping water intake is that you spend more time in the bathroom and less time in the kitchen

Room for one more?

I lost 28lbs between April and November (December was a write off - I put 3lbs back on). Still need to lose 14-18lbs.

I joined my local ramblers last spring and think a lot of my weight loss came from going out walking with them. Walkers seem to be a nice group of people and I’ve also made some new friends. Plus it’s nice to get outside and get some fresh air.

I’m also going to use MyFitnessPal to track what I’m eating but I think the 1200 calories a day it’s recommending is too low, going to aim for 1500.

Hope everyone is having a good day. Have locked all bad food in the garage. Here’s to a slimmer me.

My aim is to get down to 10 stone from 17....however I used an app, that calculated my ideal weight as 8 stone 9!!! Which seems impossible. Do not think I was every close to even 9 stone even as a size 10 many years ago!

Anyway, day 1 done - was ok.

Oh and on MFP I am aiming for a 0.5lb loss a week so currently at 1700 is calories a day.

I dread loose skin!!

Day one has gone well. As I'm trying 16:8 I didn't eat until 12 noon and have just finished dinner. I have an hour left where I can eat but don't think I'll need anything else.
I went for a walk at lunchtime instead of sitting at my desk eating and I'm planning on getting out on the treadmill later to get my step count up.

I hope I'm not too late?

I weighed in today at 19 st 5 :(

I got down to 15st 10 a couple of years ago but have spent two years binging and emotionally eating and now almost back to where I started.

I'm also just going to try to eat three meals a day without loads of snacks/junk in between. Im trying to avoid "dieting" as it will inevitably lead to the starve/binge cycle I'm desperately trying to escape!

Today I've had coffee, a tuna wrap for lunch and a chicken casserole for tea with lots of veg. It was a frozen premix from ASDA - so easy just chuck it in the slow cooker and tea sorted!

I also went to the gym and did a 45 minute weight session :)

Well done itsallgravy and oomff sounds like you’ve both had a good day

I small bowl of porridge for lunch and scrambled eggs, mushrooms & toms on toast for dinner no other snacks and only water but did just have a hot chocolate and a boost so I’m probably just over my calorie limit....not going to beat myself up though as it was the last bit of chocolate in the house.

How does the 16:8 work??

jamff not the oomff

Ok I stood on the scales today expecting to cry at being 14 stone and discovered I was a lb off of 16.

I'm tall ish but it was a huge shock. I literally do t know how it happened. I was 13.5 this time last year (I know as have my ski hire confirmation - weighed myself today for this years order) and was disgusted with myself then.

I literally don't know how it has happened. I have put on nearly 7 stone in the last decade. My husband told me when he was drunk that one of his colleagues had called me a fat fuck. Not that it matters but I was always the pretty one that men were falling over themselves for.

I've never been skinny more Kelly brook type but I used to have a skinny waist and could easily wear a size 10. I'm now in 16's and only buy jeans from mint velvet as I know I can do them up. Wtf.

I'm in denial about it tonight but think I'm going to to go for vlcd.

I've got pcos and also wonder about my thyroid.

I need to seriously sort myself out this year. I weight 13.5 stone, which 3 of which I have piled on in the past 2 years. A lot of my weight goes to my stomach and its just a blobby mess, I feel hideous, I cry all the time and I never let my partner see my naked, we're only 22 + 23 its not healthy for our relationship.
DP sister is a twig, a size 6/8 and she looks incredible. She's also recently got engaged and wants me to be bridesmaid, wedding won't be until next year but no time like the present to sort myself out

I started today; I have stuck to 1600 calories ish, fitbit says I've burnt 1900 so should be in a deficit

My problem is I can cut down portion size and eat less, but I don't know how to actually eat healthier. If any one can show me the direction of some delicious healthy recipes (that aren't salads please- can't bear them) I would be very grateful

Good luck all xx

It doesn't bloody help that our stupid electronic scales are about half a stone off. Need to invest in some good old fashioned ones, I don't understand how something so precise can be so wrong!!

I can also tell my weight is having an impact on my health; my heart rate is high compared to most people in my family; I snore all the time when I never used to before I was overweight; I get out of breath ridiculously easy; my back and knees constantly are in pain

I just want a happy life again

Carbsnomarbs you fast for 16 hours a day and eat only during remaining 8 hours. I'm not having breakfast and today I first ate at 12 noon. So I could then eat up to 8pm and nothing after that.
I had water all morning and one cup of tea as I only have the tiniest of splashes of skimmed milk in that so thought that would be ok.
It went fine today but not sure it always will. I can imagine I'll be very hungry some mornings.
But I think I'll be better at this than fasting for a whole day.

This week is going well for me. I’ve done exercise everyday and yesterday DH had put out a can of coke for my lunch, I swapped to water. DH has a bit of form for buying me treats when he knows I’m trying to lose weight, I don’t even think he realises he does it.

@pouraglasshalffull do you like roasted veg? I’m not a huge salad person although I have found a few lately I like but I can easily fill most of a plate with roasted veg like, cauliflower, sweet potato and beetroot put a small amount of nice dressing on and then sneak a a few spinach and rocket leaves in.