6st to lose no more excuses. Who's with me?

[Mumphineasandferbmadea]

This morning I hit 16st I am so angry at myself as I worked hard to get down to 9st 10lb three years ago and I've messed it all up by mindlessly eating through boredom since leaving my ex.

So today I've dusted off my old mfp account and I'm starting again. I dont plan to eat diet crap just stick to my calories eating whatever fits in them and trying to walk more. Anyone want to join me?

Morning all!

I'm the same, hostess, trying to make 9 - 5 work for me at home but I'm much more alive in the afternoons.

Down 3lbs since Monday!!

If I can keep this up, I should hit target in time. Gym day today, so I'll have to try and keep willpower up...

Have a good day all!

I have to wear a belt as my jeans fall down. But I worry that I'm like the people on My 600lb Life who think they've lost weight but put it on instead. I'm going to weigh myself on Sunday. I'm really struggling to keep to the 800 calories blood sugar diet. I'm craving carbs. I am only having breadsticks as the carbs.
Congratulations to Vicki and Anchor!🏆🏆

231.5lb today so 2.5 lb loss in week 1, just eighty three bazillion pounds to go!

Hello

Welcome @stayathomer. Sorry to say, yes it's the carbs giving you the belly. But the good news is, a couple of weeks into low carb I'm not craving them at all. And my (fat) belly has shrunk lots.

Another 2lb off this week. Took 4 days to get rid of the binge bloat of last weekends overindulgence. But I've stuck to it and prepped lots of easy meals.

This takes me to 18lb this month. Incredibly pleased. My personal trainer calls me her star pupil!

I'm wearing some trousers that I haven't been able to get into for a while today, so the hard work is paying off.

And I'm just going to pop this photograph on to remind everyone of how much 1lb is so we can all celebrate how well we are doing.

Also, for lots of people, exercise stalls weight loss but shows in inch loss, so if the scales aren't going down please remember to take your measurements.

Wow Glen, 18lbs in a month is amazing!! Well done on all your hard work

I've just eaten chips from the chip shop.☹️I'm sad. I have to stop emotional eating.

18lb in a month is brilliant glen!!

I'm really with you on the emotional eating Lemon. DP is being such an arse at the moment, I feel uncomfortable eating with him (and eat cake later to console myself!). He's going to the gym twice a week and feeling much better for it, then makes disparaging comments about my weight. Well I would love to go to the gym too, really miss it, but (a) he would moan about paying my membership and (b) there's no way he'd look after the DC two evenings a week like I do for him! I don't know the solution but am very unhappy with myself, low self esteem, lack of social contact etc. And the more I feel lonely the more I eat to console myself - then I have less confidence to go out/ stand up to DP - and hence I eat again. What a vicious circle

I'm trying to do something about it, though - hopefully my next post will be more positive!

Ruby that sounds really hard. I don't know your set up but I'd be pursuing a gym membership or at least making him give you two or three decent slots a week to get out for a jog/swim/whatever. It sounds completely unfair at the moment and it's rich of him to be berating you and not helping at all. Not that he should berate you. Is he normally nice?

Lemon don't beat yourself up. Onwards and upwards.

Finished the week 2.5kg down. Gained 0.2kg this morning; it was the only day this week I didn't lose at least a tiny bit. Not quite sure why - maybe bread from yesterday, or that I ate a bit later. Or from the surgery.

Eating out tonight, for Mother's Day... don't really want to, but going to fit in a long walk today if I can to try and make up for it! I hope you all have lovely days.

Hi all,

Happy April. I'm so tired, not sleeping well at all at the moment, averaging about 5 hours per night. Trying to stick to food plan but it's hard as I didn't do my food prep this week.

I really need to fit more exercise in, I'm doing loads of walking but not much else. There's a parent and child boxercise class starting at school so going to give that a try tomorrow.

Finish work on Friday for 2 whole weeks. Can't wait for the lie ins!

Doctor has upped my meds. Hopefully the higher dose will have a better overall effect!

Just refound this thread - it disappeared off my watched and I'm on markers.
Anyway.....have lost 6lb since beginning of thread, up to Monday 01/04 which was mainly from increasing walks as i cant claim to have watched what i ate. Since Monday i have been filling in mfp with everything that I have eaten and drank and have increased walking even more. Got 30,000 steps on Monday.
Why can I be so motivated sometimes and ruin it so badly at othertimes?
I go on holiday in 5 1/2 weeks and would like at least a stone off...... ( i have to do it now its written down)
Well done to all who have posted some amazing weightlosses and keep going to those who are struggling.
I will weigh again next Monday. ( i use the obese scales at work)

So pleased you've seen the doc HerRoyal. I hope the new dose works better.

Good work Nothing. I'm very impressed.

Hi, can anyone help me with a menu choice tonight, we are going out for a friends birthday to an Italian restauarant, I was looking at the menu and could not really see anything suitable to eat, Low fat etc
I don't ant to ruin all my hard work with a cheesy fat laden meal
(Clearly not having pizza )

I think the tomato sauces are better. Some Italian restaurants do just vegetable dishes. I think the pasta works out lower calorie than rice. But it's worse as it has carbs. Where's rice , although carbs has protein.
I've fallen dramatically off the diet. I've been really stressed and struggling with Mother's Day as my mum is abusive, a friend telling me about her quite serious problems (I'm too empathetic and it makes me really tired,) that sounds a bit crap, but she's had the same problem for around nine years and won't listen/apply any advice. My youngest son is struggling at school and threw some things in temper. He has also started punching stuff. I'm really worried about him.
But today I took the balls in my hands and volunteered at a charity shop. I'm hoping that it will improve my confidence and self esteem, because they are quite low at the moment. But it's a big step for me.
Glad you went to the doctors Royal.

Back on calorie counting... been really naughty with food.

Shy is it that every time I diet

Week 1 - i lose a.couple of pounds
Week 2 - i put those 2 back on plus another 2?

Im pushing through as this is usually the point where i get disillusioned and go back to choc and crisps, but its really blood y annoying when i know ive been sticking within a calorie deficit and i really sodding miss chocolate and thick sliced fresh bread with real butter and sharp cheddar right now.

I had dominoes for tea! Emotional eating again.🙄I frustrate myself.

Lowest weight in about a year today, but only 4lbs down overall. I was awful with food between Thursday and Sunday last week, which didn't help.

Tried really hard at the gym today and I'm 400 odd calories under my limit for the day so hoping it goes on the right direction again!

Don't beat yourself up Lemon. It is hard.

I'm stalled, not losing but not gaining need some kind of boost to kick start me, tempted to do a week of slim fast or something

I have now lost 21 Lbs in total but it still seems like a drop in the ocean when you are still so far to go. How do you keep motivated?
I am generally feeling pleased although it was my colleagues birthday today and I felt obliged to eat a slice of her home baked cake. Thing is she is skinny and loves baking, always bringing in sweet treat to fatten the rest of us up.

I've started the slim fast today. Using the ready made shakes in cafe latte flavour which is sweet and drinkable though certainly not delicious.

Re motivation it's really tough. At my heaviest I was just under 20 stone, lost 5 stone then got pregnant.

Dd is nearly 5 now and my weight has crept up to 16st 8.

I have been heavy since I was 8 years old, went from kids clothes to women's size 12 in year 6.

My motivation is to get to a size 12 clothing, something I have never been as an adult. That means losing at least 5 stone I reckon. I'm 5ft 8 so not sure that the lowest 'healthy' weight of 8st something would ever work for me, I think that I'd look like skeletor but if I could get to 11stone it would put me on par with my weight at age 11