100 days to a healthier me!

[SquintEastwood]

Anyone care to join me?

I need to lose weight - about 2.5st - but my main goal is just to be healthier by making better choices and maintaining healthy habits.

I'm getting organised today and Day 1 is tomorrow, small steps lead to big things :o

Me too please. Will start tomorrow as I am now cooking and drinking so bit late for today.

I started summer telling myself I would be slimmer and healthier by the time I got back to work but I have managed to put on 5 sodding pounds !!
I am an idiot !
I have also joined more of these threads than I care to mention but I am really going to try.

I have 3 stone to lose
I will do MFP
I Will do gym 3 days a week
I need to get a handle on my booze intake.

I have a house full of teenage until Thursday which will be a challenge but will also keep me busy

Meal planning tomorrow and a gym session is my first goal.

Good luck to everyone.

Evening all, sounds like we all need a bit of a boot especially after the holidays.

I absolutely get the feeling of wanting to be stronger and fitter, I want to look more toned but I want to feel it too!

Instead of bingeing today I did a Fitness Blender arm workout followed by a quick stretch and cool down - took 15 minutes but I felt like I achieved something 😇😁

It was this one if anyone is interested -YouTube Toned arms workout.

Foods been good today, off to chill with the TV and plan for tomorrow. Have a good evening everyone.

Hello,

Love this idea, can I join in on 29th? It's my birthday tomorrow and I'm meeting friends for fish and chips on Wednesday.

I will get back to low carb eating, cutting out wheat as it triggers my eczema and IBS.

Walk 15000 + steps per day.

Do 10 minutes of strength / toning work per day

Cut down on alcohol, only drink on Fri and / or Saturday.

@glenthebattleostrich like the idea of 15,000 steps a day! I'm on 10,000 which I meet nearly every day but do have some under days and some way over days! I was thinking of upping my goal to 12k...

Welcome Glen and Happy birthday for tomorrow, enjoy it 😊

I walk a lot but don't actually know how much, I used to have a Fitbit one and averaged about 12k but it broke and I haven't found anything similar since. Not allowed to wear wrist watches or jewellery in work so needs to be a clip on. I had a big standard pedometer years ago but iirc it wasn't particularly reliable!

Good evening all,

I'll be joining ya!

I can't exercise though, for health reasons. All you lucky people who can it will make your journey so much more enjoyable and a bit easier too :).

I've done loads of diets, but this sounds perfect for me. I started a few weeks ago, lost a couple of pounds, got a bit too strict I think - and so maybe why I got a cold!!!! Flexible Restraint is my new way of eating.

I would like to lose 10 lbs in 100 days, just by smaller portions and healthier eating really at the moment, that would be a great start. I should also probably cut back on the wine a bit.

Today (though ill) had:

B - 1/2 bagel and jam
L - Fish chowder
D - 1/2 bagel with two eggs scrambled
S - apple
Drink - 1/2 bottle of wine.

Not brilliant, but unwell with cold so not so bad.

100 days is a perfect stretch of time.

Great for starting this, Squint.

Like Alre, it would be great to fit into some of my clothes again.

Just home from a great weight training session this morning! I'm really trying to gain muscle and lose fat so don't want to focus too much on the number on the scale. Just need to use it as a guide. Will try to take some measurements today. Weighed in this morning at 141lbs. 9lbs to go!

Morning everyone, today is my day 1.

I weighed myself and I am 10st 11.25. This doesn't sound too bad but I'm short so every pound shows on me.

Have a good day all of you.

Morning all today is my day 1
I have weighed and I am so annoyed that I am hitting 14 stone now.
I will get to the gym today
I am going to give 16:8 a go
Meal planning ( I have ordered gousto to arrive today as well so that's exciting)
My house is going to be full of teens until thursday so will probably get out for a walk and escape at some point.
I also have an ironing mountain I will tackle today.

Good luck all!

@Theboysareback I'm 4'10" so I understand!!!

Hi all, I well we are quite the bunch now going for this! Had a good first few days. Hitting around 1400 calories, which I find achievable. Any less and I’m into binging territory, especially after everyone gone to bed. Everything is much easier now I’ve hit the summer drinking on the head. But god I’d love a cold glass of white now. My problem being it’s more like one bottle than one glass, and then the food goes to shot the next day! Anyways, running and gym are going to be alternate days, and like most just sensible three meals a day.

Hi can I start tomorrow and join you?

I've just got back from travelling for 6 months and weigh 11st9 which is far too much at 5'4.5 so something needs to happen!

I would love to lose 2st by Xmas, I'm not sure when the 100 days runs out, but that's my goal. Will be going shopping tomorrow and will make sure I get my 10000 steps in. Will also contact the gym and see if I can unsuspend my membership a bit early and that will help.

Excellent that we are now such a big gang!

Today
Breakfast: none
Lunch: Greek salad / a few walnuts / dark choc
Dinner: hot dog

Cycled to work and back (the short way so only about 5 miles but will work up to going the long way there and back which is a 10 mile round trip).

@Howlongtillbedtime me too (14st and doing 16:8 or thereabouts)

B: none
L: egg salad
D: burger and salad

Half a bottle of wine with friend this afternoon 🙄 consequently have the munchies. Must try harder!

Day 2 Evening all, great to see some more "faces" appearing. I hope everyone has had a decent day. I've done lots of walking as per, but no targeted exercise. It's been roasting here today and like others I wish I could fit into last summer's cool clothes instead of sweltering in whatever fits!

However - for full disclosure and to hold myself accountable I'm putting it out there... I binged today - I have issues with mindless bingeing that I've managed to avoid for a while then bam here I am - 1 hour of zero self-control. I could make excuses about the shit morning in the lead up to this but actually it was me. Just me.

I'm mortified - I started this thread and 2 days in I've made a big fuck up BUT - I know this is an issue I'll always struggle with and I know that i have to be realistic. This will happen every now and then but instead of beating myself up I'm owning it and moving on. I've got this, I'm back in control!

I'm going to list my food - it's not pretty and a big indication of how quickly I can "lose it" and why I have always struggled with my weight but I have to be honest with you guys and myself.

B: Fruit, Greek yogurt, sprinkle of oats.
L: Quiche, coleslaw, salad
D: Pasta bake and garlic bread
Binge - 6 packets of crisps and 2 Nutella b-ready bars, 2 meringue nests and squirty cream

I could actually cry with embarrassment reading that back but heyho I can do this. That was 1 hour - 1/24th of today. I've copied the other 23 and I'll smash a whole lot more with you guys over the next 98 days.

I'll join you, I've been planning something similar for September. I'm overweight, shattered and miserable so I need to sort myself out!

Apologies - that was a very long, self-indulgent pity party right there 😂

Oh @SquintEastwood I am the same with binging. I self sabotage and I don't know why. Good on you for owning it and you can totally get back on track

Signing in - like others I’ve been on more threads than I’d like and fallen off the wagon just as much. But I came back from holiday bursting out of my clothes and I can’t go up another size with so many lovely things in my wardrobe just sitting there! Having a gin tonight and I’ve got to commit to tracking and planning - so starting tomorrow.

I’m exactly the same with binging squinteastwood I think the key is to get straight back on it rather than my usual pattern which is to binge and give up!!

@SquintEastwood Can you identify why you binge? I don't binge but tend to go overboard when I'm bored or over hungry. Do you have a trigger?

Did pretty good today but kind of hungry now... I do go to bed early so I'm going to try to just have some herbal tea and go to bed.

I'm trying to get more protein. Thought I did pretty but could be better.

Would only let me do 3 images at a time. So here are my meals. I had some snacks in addition. I weighed and measured every morsel of food as I'm really trying to get a handle on my portions!

@SquintEastwood just joining in with those saying they've been there. What we are doing is hard and there will be many days like these. Well done being the first to write a post like that and I hope we can all feel that it's ok to be honest on here.

My hot tip for trying to get back on track after a binge: decide now when you're going to eat next, and what you're going to eat. Try your best to get to that time without eating anything and stick to your planned food. (This is much easier than thinking about 100 days or the rest of your life or whatever.) Once you have eaten, decide again when and what you are going to eat. Etc

I find this helpful all the time as long as I remember to do it. It's from a book I read which talks about overeating as being like an addiction in terms of the neurology involved and applies techniques used successfully on other addictions.