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'm in. I'm 5'9 and 15 stone 5. I actually can't believe what I'm typing. I'm following the Jason Fung method of intermittent and extended fasting. I had done success with it last year but fell spectacularly off the wagon at Christmas.

pouraglass - yep - snoring at night and aching knees. It's ridiculous isn;t it?

I've decided to stop researching thyroid problems or wondering if medication I was on for years caused my fatness. I know I eat far more and exercise far less than I did when I was younger, and that what I eat is far less healthy too. I'm going to try to just eat how I used to and move how I used to this year and see what changes that makes. Not dieting as such.

Interesting logging MFP food diary. yesterday I jogged and walked, ate healthily but not dieting. Felt fine. Today I was at home at a desk, barely walked 2k steps. Felt hungry after dinner so logged my diary expecting to have enough calories left for a bowl of cereal. I was a few calories over. Now I know how little I need to eat if I don't move all day long.

You can google food plans. If you set yourself a menu, shop & prepare the food, it’s much easier to stick to a calorie controlled diet. There are workouts on YouTube you can do at home, it can be anything, dancing, hiit, body combat is a fun one. Or there are lots of fitness apps.
There is a guy on Instagram called James Smith PT, he has a video which explains why women should never weigh themselves, hormonal cycle makes your weight very misleading. To lose weight you just need to be in a calorie deficit, exercise helps this but isn’t essential.

I've recently read the complete guide to Fasting by Dr Jason fung. He says not being able to lose weight is because of insulin resistance. He says the answer is fasting. So I've started doing that

It's very compelling science and certainly explains why my past calorie restrictions have done bugger-all.

I’m not fat but feel like I have put on weight over the Christmas period. I used to do sit ups before I had children and am going to work my way back up to doing 100 a day. I also have a weighted hoola hoop in the garage and I’m going to start using that. I used to go to gym classes - mainly Zumba. There are loads of work out videos that you can view and follow on YouTube. I plan on doing this. I’ve let myself go since having children and want to get fit and tone up.

Oh and going to cut down on the sugary shit that I eat too much of.

I'm in the same boat as you.

Only I'd probably sink it.

I've started the 5:2. It's really good for me

I'm in!
I'm at my heaviest right now, weighed myself this morning and am 15st 12.
I feel absolutely disgusted with myself.
I've been losing and gaining the same 10lbs for a while, was just starting to get a handle on things and then I broke my ankle. So what little exercise I was doing stopped, and I put on even more weight.
I'm back at work tomorrow so the plan starts then.
My plan is to do the 5:2 diet, and to make sure I eat healthily on non fast days.
I'll also start going for walks to get my steps up to 10,000.
I will also start going to the gym again to build up my fitness with cardio and weight training.

Day two down, 10k steps and under 1500 cals.

Good luck everyone starting today

Day 4
high fat low carb no alcohol walking every day 2 lbs down, but it's probably water innit

I've just checked the BMI charts on the NHS website and mine is 37.9
I need to lose about 3 st to get to the overweight range. I think that will be my first target then.

I'm with you. I had my moment of realisation when my husband took a pic of me in a Christmas dress I had bought. I knew I was fat but Jesus Christ!!

I'm squeezing into a 24, struggle to fasten my seatbelt in the passenger seat of the car, get out of breath climbing the stairs. Can't walk far. I have 3 bulging discs causing intense sciatic pain and a knee that keeps collapsing all because of the extra weight.

I joined ww online just before Christmas and lost half a stone in my first week. Only 2lbs on over Christmas and new year. I've got 13 stone to lose in total and set a target to have lost that by Christmas 2020.

Weighed in this morning and I've lost 2.4lbs.

Maybe the scales are faulty but it's given me a lovely boost so I'm taking it :) Feel more motivated to eat well and move around today :)

Good luck everyone. We CAN do this.

I’ve lost 2lbs this morning, although again probably poop & water but I’m happy the scales are moving in the right direction.

I’m not after being a set weight as such, I would just like to fit comfortably into a 10/12 but I think my target weight to get to that point will be about 10stone

It really does just creep on though doesn’t it, I can remember being a size 12 and thinking I will never buy size 14 and now here I am not being able to wear my size 14 jeans! But I refuse to buy a 16, I think if I do that then I’m just accepting that I’ll get bigger and bigger and I’ll just carry on eating and not exercising like I have been for the past few years

Can I join please?
I'm currently 17 stone. I've put on 3 stone in 2018 due to binge eating and my MH kicking me in the arse. I had been bigger in 2016, but lost almost 3.5 stone in 2017 using slimming world.

I want to lose weight to TTC again and for my daughter. I felt 201838% better at 14 stone than I do now. I hate the binge eating, but can't help myself.
I hate being fat. I make myself feel sick when I look in the mirror. I hate being exhausted all the time. And I don't want gD again when pregnant, or to be mocked by a midwife again.

Down 2lbs this morning. Still horrific though. But I'm at least engaged about it now. Trying to drink loads of water.

Well done catgirl1976 and Carbsnomarbs. You have inspired me to weigh in today and not Sunday. I am so embarrassed by how much I weigh as it's more than my husband... 2 years ago I was 2.5 st lighter and was 1 st away from my target. I am so annoyed with myself. I have a stinking cold and can't excerise but I have planned to count calories today just to see how many I am hoovering up and as of tomorrow I will cut back to below my TDEE. I am also considering 5:2 and sensible eating on non fast days, so all advice welcome MrsSlocombesPussy. Well Done to everyone who has lost weight so far.

Thanks Duvet :)

Go for it - you'll feel better for starting. We can do it!

@LancashireTea. I absolutely hated seeing the dr when I was pregnant with my last. Everything was blamed on my weight whenever I raised a concern.

Well done those who have already lost. I went out to lunch today and ate to much as usual, however when it got to dinner time I wasn’t hungry so I didn’t eat, usually I’d eat something so I wouldn’t be hungry later. It’s going to be 40+ degrees here tomorrow so if I can get my exercise done I’ll be proud of myself

Thankfully due to over indulgence over Christmas, I've had awful stomach ache since Nye so have barely eaten, but necked tons of water.

Had a piece of toast, a pint of water and two coffees today and feel better. I've got a bit of my get up and go today.

Ok, this time last year I was 15 stone 10

It was the fattest I've ever been and, like you, was due to mental health issues.

Since then, I've committed to simply putting less in my mouth. Strict meal times (0700, 1320, 1830) and plenty to drink. I don't worry TOO much about what I actually eat, but I only have one big meal a day. An egg for breakfast, a tin of soup and a latte for lunch and then Dinner (whatever dinner is that day). I also bought some Wilko Value plates because they're 1970's sized dinner plates, and notably smaller than all the other plates you see for sale. A big full dinner on one of those looks massive but is actually a small dinner on a normal sized plate!

I'm now 14 stone 6.

It's a slow loss, and at 5'2, that's still very obese but I can feel the difference when I move around. I was starting to feel suffocated at night, I was fearful for my heart - that's not a problem now.

I've over eaten massively while off work for Christmas but I am going to get straight back on it on Monday. Egg. Soup. Dinner.

@MrDarcyWillBeMine - I think I was just embarrassed that I was walking in bigger than when I last started again :S. You're right though and everyone was lovely.

What wasn't lovely was that I weighed in at 18 stone and now have a BMI of 35.

I'm thinking of signing up to a swimathon (swimming is the only real exercise I can do at the moment) and getting people to sponsor me ASAP. That way, I HAVE to go to pool and get some exercise done!

@youcan

Feelings of embarrassment or failure are really detrimental to your mental health!

The best way to think of it is just that you fell off the wagon- you weren’t trying to be good or eat well during that time so you didn’t fail and now you’re doing something about it there’s no need for embarrassment - you should be VERY proud!

I’d set yourself small realistic targets- you don’t need to run a marathon or swim one and setting overly high goals at this early stage leads to pressure and feeling like you’re failing/ going to fail!

-I’ve been there 😒

Ooooh I'll join too although started in December and managed to maintain over Christmas. I've joined team RH which so far has been amazing and lost 1/2 stone so currently 15st 3.

I took our youngest into our nearest city and we did about 4 miles but my body aches from carrying the weight about. I’m so embarrassed and cannot face another year of being overweight. My youngest doesn’t start back school until next week and we could go swimming except I’m disgusting and hugely fat. I’m probably 15 and a half stone but I can’t face the scales yet.