Anyone need to lose a stone or less and needs motivation?

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Not that I can provide the motivation but hey ho, I thought perhaps if there were more of us it might help!

I'm currently 10 stone 12 and 5 foot 7. My fighting weight is 10 stone and I would like to get back down to this.

Lockdown has seen me put on at least half a stone. A bad back has seen me stop running and lack of school runs means a distinct deduction in time on my feet.

Anyone else in the same boat?

Yum, @overweightcat!

My DP forgot I was fasting yesterday and made one of his wonderful curry feasts so I ate a tiny bit last night (didn't want to be rude) and estimated my calories. But tonight I GORGED on the leftovers... That, along with 2 glasses of wine and I've overspent by 175 calories today. Ah well.

Has anyone seen or used an app called 'Eat This Much'? I've just been calculating my TDEE (again! Interestingly, this one says I should be sticking to just over 1100 to lose. And I'm rarely doing that) and it was mentioned. I might give it a go.

@clevername - Just the fact that you're still here posting after noticing that stagnation is really good - a lot of people would have thought "Screw it" and we'd never see them again! Well done for keeping up the willpower!

I also had ice cream this evening and managed to go from 300 calories under my allowance to 150 over My only defence is that DH was serving it up and decided we needed to finish the tub!

Hello! Any room for a late-comer?
I’m 5’6” on my best day, and I weighed 11 stone 1 lb when I last ventured onto the scales.
My happy weight is between 9st7 & 9st10

Am I the ONLY person in the world who knocked booze on the head and did NOT lose any weight?!? I was drinking quite a bit too. I suppose sitting on my bottom and discovering chocolate hasn’t helped.

Anyhoo, I’m doing intermittent fasting, and low carb (aiming for under 60 a day)
Planning a hot yoga session a few times a week to flab-bust/tone etc

Sorry for the loooonng post 🙂

Right, while we're confessing to excesses: I've been thinking, ooh, a spoonful of cream on my strawberries, only about 100 calories, not bad at all. Then realised, as I scraped the pot tonight, that I've consumed 1400 calories in cream in the last week. Fuuuuuuuuuuckk. No wonder I've only shaved 100grams off the old arse this week. Ok, well I know where my next dietary change lies.

@BorsetshireBlueBalls I’ve been having a “dash” of cream in my coffee after lunch and dinner... there’ll be no more of that this week after stepping on my new Renpho scales, my body fat is ridiculous!

I can't bring myself to get one of those body analysing scales

More of a relaxed day today, will pop my food on MFP just to keep general track but allowing myself up to 1600 cals as we will have a few bits tonight when we watch a film.

Weight in tomorrow.

Welcome, @CilantroChili!

@BorsetshireBlueBalls - Oh no! At least you're aware of it now though.

Today I dug out some of the lovely clothes that I haven't fit into in years, thinking I'd be able to start wearing them again. Most are still too small Now wondering if I should lower my target weight, because I can't see that the 6lb I have left to lose will make that much difference. But I chose my target weight based on its maintenance calories and anything lower might be too much of a challenge to sustain.

Thank you @PowerslidePanda

I’ve been thinking about one of those scales @plancina .... but like @overweightcat... I can’t bring myself to get one

I’m not weighing myself for another solid week. Something is happening tho... boobs are diminishing (thank god)
waiting patiently to see my hipbones emerge like gorillas from the mist 🦍
I lose weight from top down.
Anyone else?

@PowerslidePanda I think I will need to set my target lower too, at 55kg/8 st 6 as I’m so short that’s the only way I’ll be low enough down the BMI to have any leeway. That’s almost two stone from where I am now though so feels quite daunting.

I used a version of those scales at my gym's 'Lifestyle' course, which is when I started this weight-loss mullarkey. I will have the stats somewhere, but I do remember feeling rather harrowed by the results! I was still clinging to the idea that I could keep drinking my calories though (mmm, wine) while doing the LIfestyle course, though, which I don't think helped. I hope you find them motivating @Plancina.

@CilantroChili I think the tendency to replace booze calories with biscuit/cake/chocolate is frequently observed! There's a reason that AA meetings always have biscuits...but if you then consciously cut out the extra comfort/reward eating, the weight does seem to come off more readily. Sleep and mood improve, which helps with controlling eating as well. And you aren't spiking insulin and storing fat by loading your body with alcohol. I would say, don't rely on it to be a silver bullet all by itself, but don't underestimate the positive impact of giving up booze either.

Walked to and from the pub, 21,000 steps in total today. Had hummus and wholewheat pitta, steak and salad with a tiny spoon of coleslaw and a couple of DPs chips. Two small glasses of red.
Feel totally stuffed and very happy!

That sounds amazing, @Plancina... The walk, the food, the wine. Yum.

I had my first Greggs vegan sausage roll in a good few months today. Very yummy. And at 312 calories it's not that bad for a lunch. Mind you, had an enormous plate of pasta tonight (a really disappointingly bland Nigel Slater recipe that I needed to add a shit load of pesto and cheese to to get it to taste of anything... The next pound in the wrong direction on the scales is all on you Nigel...).

I'm having a nice glass of Picpoul now, and I'm still marginally under my calories for the day. Although I'm desperately trying to ignore this fact because my sweet tooth is calling.

55kg is what I've landed on as a target too, @Plancina - it's one BMI point lower than I was planning, a nice round number and it will make my total weight loss a nice round number too. It's only 30 calories a day less than my original target... but it means my remaining weight loss is doubled - argh!! 21,000 steps is brilliant, by the way - I've never even come close to a number like that!

I've actually managed a 500 calorie deficit today - I don't think I've ever achieved that on a Saturday before!

Definitely no deficit here today!
2 glasses of prosecco , some cheese and onion crisps and Aldi Moser Roth chocolate bar have all landed on the menu tonight.

Weigh in tomorrow

Managed another 2.5 miles run today. My legs weren't happy.

Only ate 900 calories yesterday too. Today we had a bbq though 😬 but I had mainly chicken. Although I did have a few pimms and diet lemonade.

Kettle bells tomorrow. And then run again Monday.

I feel like I ate a lot today... well.. I Did Eat A Lot. 1800kcal and 88g carbs.
I made a ‘low’ Carb banana bread with almond flour. It was delish, too delish
Oh well tomorrow is another day!

Morning everyone!

Weighing in today at 64.9kgs so hit my initial target of 65!
But a bit later than I hoped and don't think I'll hit my goal weight by August...

I have stayed the same (65kg) which is pretty good going after a night out hoping for a small loss in the next couple of days if I stick to the 800cals.
By the end of the 2 weeks on 800cals I would be thrilled to be 63kg and then go onto 5:2 and see if I can still lose but maybe more slowly, I’ve worked out my BMR is 1290 and TDEE comes up as 1800-1900 so I was planning to eat 1200-1400 on normal days and 800 on fast days which should lead to a good deficit.
When I eventually get to my goal (55-56kg) I think I can go to 1700 to maintain with occasional fast day, plus I will try to keep up the 16:8 TRE as I really think it works for me.
Food today:
Poached egg, wild salmon
Portobello mushroom “pizzas” with salad
Chicken and ratatouille with kale = 811 cals total
No treats today as we had such a treat last night.

@overweightcat well done! I can’t wait to see the 64 on the scales

@Plancina, yours is a very similar plan to mine. Once I get to my goal, I'm going to have a play around to figure out what I need calories-wise to maintain and keep doing 16:8 with the odd fast day thrown in (maybe one a week if it means I can have more calories on my normal days ). Hopefully that should work to keep myself from piling it on again...

Right, I've finally properly accepted that I need to start exercising meaningfully now. I know this sounds lame but I don't really know where to start... Do any of you have any advice /recommendations? I mainly need to tone up (my stomach area and arms especially) because the diet seems to be largely doing the trick for losing the weight (albeit slowly!). So, I was thinking, do I actually need to do full-throttle cardio?! I did a HIIT thing on YouTube last week and it broke my spirit . But I think something that gets a bit of a sweat up, whilst toning my wobbles and flab, would be ideal. I can't really do much outside stuff (eg running or brisk walking) because I usually have my 2 year old with me as DP is often at work. Any ideas for something I could do at home (YouTube maybe)?

@overweightcat - Woohoo! Congratulations! Is your next goal your target weight, or do you have another interim goal in mind? I'll still be going in August, so if it does take you that long, you'll still have some company

I took my measurements for the first time 3 weeks ago (wish I'd thought to do it at the beginning) and checked them for the first time today. Chuffed to see that I've lost 3 inches from my tummy and 1 from my thighs! No change for my flabby arms though (so watching with interest for the answers to your question, @clevername!)

I'm 5ft5 and 73kg.

Would love to get back to 65kg or less and back to a size 10-12. I can only wear 2 pairs of trousers right now and not many tops- have to wear DPs t-shirts.

I've lost 1kg in 3 weeks but not happy, as I feel I should have lost more and eaten less.

Congratulations on exceeding your target, cat!

@clevername - I've gone off HIIT since the gym closed - can't muster the same enthusiasm for it at home (although spin is good for stripping the weight off and I would be tempted back for those classes, trying to cycle more outside in teh meantime). I have been enjoying Kathryn Morgan's workouts (ballet barre/pilates) on YouTube and there's another ballet barre based one by Rosie Hope www.rosiehope.com/ready-set-sweat/barre-series-floor-barre

Moving Mango on YouTube is another pilates one, and has cardio workouts of varying lengths.

Had a 6k walk this morning, plenty of uphill. What I should do now is a workout followed by a stretch, but really just want to sit in a chair with a big cup of tea and read.

Whoop whoop cat! Brilliant.

I really need to get my head back in the right space.

I'm 5'6" and 74kg! Wish I could also get down to 67-65kg. Missing out on a holiday abroad gives me no incentive at all. Just can't be bothered at the moment and know it's my head that needs sorting first. I was going so well and now lost all incentive!