Fuck, some serious dieting and princessing required

[ThornsInMySides]

Who's in? I'm a mess.

I need a lot of work 😁

I'm going to try and ditch quite a few pounds and make myself more lovely again. I need a complete overhaul. Starting tomorrow obviously!

@Bercows try a quinoa salad for lunch. If you buy the tricolour quinoa, it works really well with edamame beans and a bit of sesame oil and soy sauce as a lunch. Good amount of protein, a wee bit of fat and a decent amount of fibre.

I'll add some to next week's shop, thanks

I've now dropped to an average of 946 calories and feel rubbish but that's mainly due to stress and my days being messed up so my routine has gone out of the window. I'll do better tomorrow and eat more.

I might make a strawberry and blueberry compote to go in my yogurt at breakfast. The yogurt was just too sour otherwise I'd have enjoyed it I think. I didn't even finish it it was that grim. I might start making overnight oats too. I do love my tea and toast for breakfast though.

How is everyone doing today?

Congratulations on the losses and keep going to those who are balancing

Well that will teach me to say that I feel like I'm getting somewhere. This morning I've gone back up 2lbs and gone back into that original stone bracket, I didn't go over my cals yesterday at all and all my water was drunk so no clue, I haven't felt great for a couple days though, headaches and feeling really emotional and a lot of hip/lower back pain and crushing fatigue so maybe it's a flair up starting (fibro/Elhers Danlos)
I can't let it get me down though or I'll end up giving up and ballooning. Hopefully a long shower will perk me up, today doesn't have to be awful.

Ugh I'm failing at this!
Bitten off all my nails, which is disgusting. Somehow lost the 2lb that I gained last week but have since gained 1lb. Really need to stop drinking wine every night, even if it is within my calories. I'm also eating some of my exercise calories so I'm eating quite a lot. Ugh need to start again, today.

Morning all. Don't despair, just keep on keeping on. Don't forget the natural fluctuations due to hormones and hydration levels. As long as the general trend is down that's what matters.

My scales will be here by about 2pm. I'm working up to breakfast and will make some compote later.

I've finally got myself out of the obese category, to the lofty heights of 'overweight'

I started in January this year, had a 3 month 'blip' and started again 4 weeks ago. I'm just going to keep plodding on. It's 2 stone to get myself to a healthy bmi. So hopefully by winter I'll be somewhere close

My scales have arrived. I've unpacked them, put them on the floor and run away 😂 I was tempted but I'll stick to my plan of weighing tonight first.

I was brave!!! 67.4kg with jeans and tshirt just now. So that's 10st 8lb clothed and constipated (sorry!) my heart is still pounding with anxiety. I was expecting 11st 4lb so I'm quite relieved. That puts my bmi at 25.4. I was prepared to cry in horror and disgust at myself but now feel like crying with relief. I'd be happy to get to 9st 4lb or 60kg ish. That seems realistic and puts me nicely in the healthy bmi range.

@Bercows well done - first of all on the weight loss but more importantly for waiting until you’re mentally ready re scales and dealing with it all really sensibly! I’m sure your weight is a result of all the great efforts you’ve made over the past few weeks so you should be proud! And goal seems very realistic.

I ran again this morning - up to 40 mins Non stop now...:but I am currently sat here with a glass of wine and a bowl of crisps 🙈

Well done on the running! I'm quite envious of the wine and crisps! Would setting an eating window help with that? I don't eat after 6pm so could you have a no wine or food after whatever time would work for you? Evening eating is my weakness so it has helped me massively to stick to water only after my dinner.

65kg without clothes. Those jeans weigh a lot!
Dds are so slim at 39kg and 34kg. Ds is a whole 17kg. They are 13, 11 and 5. They eat for England too. It's so unfair.

An eating window is sensible I think. I try and have dinner by 7. I have a sweet tooth but having been having an ice lolly for dessert as its low calorie. Normally done by 8 and then I go and clean my teeth, as it discourages me from eating or drinking anything other than water.

Weigh in later today. Will report back.

1lb on - which is annoying and disappointing. I've been really careful with portion control and what I've been eating. However I'll stick with it and hopefully see some progress next week!

Bizarrely I'm 66.5 this morning.
I brush my teeth around 7pm when ds does his. It helps to close the window at the start but I'm used to my window now. I resisted eating a minstrel last night as it was after 6pm

I read back from the beginning of the thread last night and lots of people haven't been back to post. I hope they are still reading and finding it supportive.

Well done ladies! Some really positive results here. Keep on keeping on.

@Bercows less than 1000 calories sounds so little, how are you surviving on that?! I'm 5ft7 and a 29BMI and MFP suggested 1450 can to lose 1lb a week. That's a comfortable amount for me, but was a huge shock at first. Ive had ups and downs, 4lb lost, 2lb back on etc, but weighed in today at another stone bracket! So pleased and given me the boost to continue. Plus, no wine last night and didn't actually miss it. Wine absolutely = unnecessary post-dinner snacking for me!

So I started this journey 5 weeks ago and I'm 5lb lighter. Slow and steady wins the race. Hoping for similar progress until I hit my first goal of 12st 5. 8lb to go. Aiming to have that off by September, 7 weeks time.

I agree an eating window is helpful. I don't do 8/16 but try not to eat anything after 6pm 5 nights a week, and eat with DC and DH at 5ish on those nights.

I wish I knew what my weight was at the beginning of my IT health kick. Sort of. I imagine it was scary! At least now I have a known starting point for future losses. I've been heavier in the past. I think I was around 11st 7lb at my heaviest then my dad died and my abusive husband left and I lost loads of weight and eventually got to 9st 4lb. I had confidence then in how I looked, my stomach was much flatter but my boobs were at least a cup size smaller 😔 I've had Ds since then and breastfed for 4 years and my boobs have stayed the same. Unfortunately so has my belly 😩

@UnicornAndSparkles well done on not having your evening snack
I don't know how I'm surviving on less than 1000 but it's affecting my sleep so I'll eat more from now on. I'm aiming for 1200 but various things have happened so that a proper dinner has gone out of the window. I ran out of time yesterday and ended up with yogurt and muesli.

I'd kill to be in the 60kg - 70kg backet I'm still here, lost that random spike from yesterday.
I am in awful pain at the moment in my pelvis, it's making me quite tearful and emotional and also slightly nauseous (deffo not pregnant before it's suggested!) I'm really only managing one meal a day so I'm making sure it's calorific. Last night chopped all the stray veg in the fridge and 2 veggie sausages and had with gnocchi.

I'm making homemade soup for dinner. Carrots, lentils and celery. Nice and healthy, filling and full of protein.

Not been as active on here as I was but I'm just plodding on irl.

Weight loss has definitely slowed (initially it was coming of at a steady 1kg a week) but my calorie deficit would have to be too great to keep that up at my current lower weight. I don't want to mess up my metabolism for the sake of losing now to gain back later. So I've been loosely sticking to 1200cals or more if I'm hungry but not having any sweets/cake or much sugar apart from a little bit in my coffee (I worked them into my cals before) and focusing on more wholesome and filling foods rather than low calorie ones.
Today I didn't fancy breakfast, went for a hours walk with toddler and then for lunch had a whole meal pita filled with chicken breast and sweet potato chunks I picked out from the curry I made yesterday, wilted spinach, peas and sweet corn it was lovely and didn't leave me hungry or wanting to snack afterwards.
Planning salmon for dinner.

Weight is slowly creeping down under the 65kg mark which is a nice thing to see after my standstill last week. These past few of days first thing in the morning the scales are showing anywhere between 64.4-64.8kgs (with no clothes that is) so I'm ok with slow progress as long as they're shifting in the right direction.

Keep offing on cat, you're doing well.

MFP says if I continue to eat 1200 a day I'll lose 7lb in 5 weeks. That's a bit depressing but sensible I guess.

Having read a bit more about it recently I do think slower is better @Bercows
I've read and watched videos which explain that calorie restricting can really mess up your metabolism so for example if your maintenance calories at your goal weight might be 2000cals with a healthy metabolism they might be significantly less than that if your metabolism has taken a hit due to a calorie restrictive diet.
There's an argument that people who have lost weight doing restrictive diets like that are more likely to not maintain the loss overtime.

I'm still very new to it and not properly informed (I'm currently watching Natacha Oceane on YouTube) but I've started switching my approach a little bit and I'm not trying to be so restrictive calorie wise but instead I'm focusing on whole foods, lots of veg and lean protein and less processed crap wherever possible. But I'm also not going to beat myself up over eating that kitkat or whatever it is.

Baked salmon, quinoa made with stock with roasted broccoli, peas and sweet corn for dinner tonight. It was actually really enjoyable.

I really need to up my exercise to boost my metabolism. I felt like crap today after not eating enough for a few days. I practically inhaled my soup and baguette portion I refrained from dumplings even though I really love them. My net average has now dropped to 888 calories despite eating 1234 today as I had a couple of bad days last week too where I didn't eat much. I'll try to keep to around 1250 from now on. I've ordered some quinoa and plan to make some salads with it. I will try my Greek salad type one first. I love feta, olives, beetroot combos. I want to experiment with other ingredients though.

Do exercise which builds lean muscle - lots of health and fitness benefits.

I'm having a gin. It's been a very stressful week. I now want chips. Alcohol always makes me want carbs.