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!

I find a multivitamin really helps, and with cravings too.

I've had a better day today and am under my allowance by 100 so all good. I need a better breakfast so will try to go back to porridge and then a bagel with spicy cheese for lunch. This will mean no snacks I think but it will be more fibre and protein than toast and yogurt and muesli.

65.1kg this morning. It's slowly coming down.

I'm still here lurking. I'm mid house move and it's a constant slog of trips back and forth to move as quick as possible. Lots of Hard work physically but not so I hurt. I'm still losing slowly, lost a stone and a half all together now.
I'm really hungry from all the hard work though so I have eaten closer to the 1200 cals most days.

I'm growly hungry again tonight. There are sweets in the pantry and I want them. There's a bag of toffees too.

Incoming AF is making me crave chocolate and crisps  not only do the cravings start before its even here but on the first day I feel like I lose all self control and just scoff on everything,

DP wasn't here until well after DCs bedtime tonight so I decided to do a 20min HITT after I settled them down, I'm already feeling it when I walk up the stairs 

@Bercows have you got yourself any low cal snacks?
I like to keep those fibre one cake bars at under 90cals each and some sun bites or walkers baked if I'm desperate for something - even though I do try to not have it through the week I'm not perfect.

Well I have been hanging around here for a few days now and I have not magically lost stones in weight and become gorgeous!

I guess I had better get off my ample arse and start to do something about it. Losing weight is so boring and tedious but I have nearly 4 stone to lose which is huge so it really needs tackling.

My meals tend to be pretty good, I love cooking and cook from scratch all the time.
But I am bored and a bit fed up at the moment and that is my downfall. I am snacking too much and eating toast far too much.

I have downloaded WW as that has worked for me in the past but tbh I think I could have saved myself a tenner and just used MFP .

Sorry that was all really waffly
Good luck and happy Thursday to all!

Hello!

I finished my Whole30 on Tuesday. Yesterday I went crazy and had chickpeas for lunch, and then we had a Japanese takeaway for dinner. My period also arrived. Result is a 3lb weight gain over two days. Still 10lbs lighter than a month ago and back to heathy eating today.

I am trying not to snack and of course my rule is no eating after 6pm. I tend to snack in the afternoon now and stick to an apple or a portion of lentil chips. I am very hungry in the evenings though but just can't break that rule I've set myself. Thankfully that's the only eating disordered thought that is persisting and it's one that is good for me. Like I said in earlier posts-back in the day people didn't snack and wouldn't eat after their dinner. They stuck to their 3 meals a day and that was that. They couldn't just nip to the shop if they fancied crisps or chocolate and there wasn't the choice there is now even when they could in later years. The drinking culture wasn't the same either. Pubs were a thing for the men and women stayed at home (this was my experience anyway). They might have a drink on special occasions but going to bars and pubs wasn't something that was regular. The same with eating out. They was for special occasions or maybe if you were well off which we were not. The culture was so different in the 80s when I was growing up but I accept that might be my experience and not that of the general population. I lived in a rural place and we were always out on our bikes for hours, cycled the mile to school, tv was only available for an hour and a half after school and Saturday morning. Life was simpler with less choices and I think it was much better for our weight and health. In school there was generally only one fat child. I went to 3 primary schools and this was the case in all of them. Now a much bigger proportion of children are overweight. My dc get called skinny all the time but they are just normal weight. It's just compared to class mates they do look skinny.
Sorry, I'm waxing lyrical again

I'm 65.1kg today and could actually see the top of my knickers when I looked down at the scales as my stomach has shrunk if I've been the same weight for two days I view it as a definite and not a result of being dehydrated or whatever. Again I really need to get exercising. I've been so tired and lazy.
Now, what to have for breakfast? I'm up early for the fridge engineer. It will be great to have a fully working fridge again and have more choice for meals. Last night was chips and beans!

I was the fat child at my school.

Ah I've fallen off the waggon a bit thanks to AF arriving. Second one in 3.5yrs thanks to pregnancy, breastfeeding and then the pill, so i really felt it!

Half a pound down since last week so guess that's ok given that I enjoyed a lot of wine and chocolate during the period cramps!

Back on the waggon now.

I agree about the "old days". Sizes were also much smaller, portion sizes and dress sizes!

I love those mini fibre one bars too but didn't realise how much sugar there was in them! Cant be perfect though. I find a lot of low fat food is full of sugar or sweeteners.

I've not been eating jelly beans, oh no

Yep they still have sugar @UnicornAndSparkles but when DP rocks up with some Greggs yum yums or cookies he picks up on his way home for DCs (and us) they're a better option than the cookies or sugar coated doughnuts

2 scrambled eggs on wholemeal toast today. 1 coffee so far but 2nd is impending. A bit sore today but at least the muscles are working.

Can anyone recommend any cheap weights for home that don't take up space? I'd like to start with some soon but unsure where to turn.

I had a bagel with Mexican cheese for dinner and it was so nice! I used to have them daily but had gone off them. I fancied a change again and really enjoyed it. The jelly beans and movie popcorn have been worked in to my allowance.

I'm going to make soup this weekend. It's like winter out there at the moment. So grey and dismal. Definitely soup weather.

We had roast cauliflower and broccoli with goat’s cheese and hazelnuts. It used to feel like a really virtuous meal because it has so much veg in it but now it feels very rich because of the cheese!

I am hungry but not nearly as hungry as normal tonight. Progress. I felt faint this morning despite porridge with syrup and two cups of tea. I miss enjoying evening snacks. Some people like to have a drink of wine or whatever but I like to eat chocolate or crisps. I think this is 5 weeks now without which is great. It's been much easier than I thought it would be despite feeling very hungry some nights. To be honest I didn't think I'd be able to do it.

I'm convinced it's Saturday today and will probably be confused now until school starts back
I made homemade pizza from scratch and our favourite oven chips for dinner. I manage to keep to 2 slices but I could eat twice that easily. I've become good at saying no to myself over food and to the children offering me chocolate and sweets. I'll have the odd one to join in on movie night for example but generally say no thank you, you have it. They don't seem to mind too much!!
It is officially the end of the school year today for ds and dd2. Dd2 has now left primary school and I feel quite emotional about it. It will be strange just walking ds to school from now on. I can't even remember the last time I picked her up from school as it was so long ago back in March.
How is everyone getting on? I've resigned myself to slow and steady I think. Very slow! Much better long term. I'm aiming to be slim and gorgeous for the school run in September 😂

AF has arrived full force here. Feeling a bit grim and sweaty for some reason too
I don't know if it's normal but I did a 20min HIIT on Wednesday and I'm still in lots of pain, especially walking up the stairs my inner thighs are screaming at me.mI don't know if I just went a bit too hard.

Not weighted myself in a couple of days but kind of avoiding it at the moment.

I'm going to have some chocolate. Fuck it!

I have not been very good this weekend. I've not stuffed my face but have eaten more than of late and had quite a few chocolate biscuits today. I had needs thanks to hormones. My poor stomach is horrendously bloated after being so much flatter. That started before the extra food though so not related and probably hormonal too. When I ate the chocolate last night I had shooting pains all over my abdomen for a few minutes. No more minstrels for me! I was impressed that I didn't eat the whole packet as normally I'd have had no trouble at all. After the first 5 I stopped enjoying them so much.
I will restart properly tomorrow. Lots of homemade soup planned for this week. I feel the need for healthier food and a daily walk now the dc have no home schooling to do and we can all relax.
I hope everyone has had a good weekend

I’ve been quiet on here as I didn’t have a good week (weight loss wise!) last week. We had a much needed break away (in U.K.) and ate and drank lots. That, and the start of AF on Friday meant I weighed and was right back to 13.3 😫

I have had a very good weekend food wise though - havent eaten much but what I have eaten has been nutritious. I’m hoping to switch off my appetite via eating less as that’s how I’ve had weight loss success in the past!

Exercise still going ok and I’m more in the habit now. It’s not moving the dial weight wise though. My gym re-opens today so I may pay a visit this week.

Princessing wise it was nice to have a week where I actually cared about what I wore, other than stretchy loungewear / gym kit, however it re-emphasised why I need to lose weight as barely any of last summers clothes fit.

It is monday so time to start again!
I really need this to work but I am really struggling to keep motivated.

I am keeping up with the couch to 5k which I am pleased about but my diet is hideous. Too much booze and far too many snacks.

My plan today is no snacks!
I am also going to make a pea and ham soup to eat for lunch rather than my usual sandwich and crisps.

The whole thing is just so bloody boring isnt it ?

It’s definitely soup weather. Really gloomy here. I agree with it being boring but I too need to do better. I think once the scales start properly moving it will seem worth it. I must be getting fitter with the exercise (well done on your c25k too) but until I do something about my fat levels it will always be tougher than it needs to be

I have so much to lose so I do feel a bit overwhelmed by it at the moment.
I need to just take one day at a time I guess.
Good luck .

It's pouring down here and chilly. Soup making and tidying day and will try and get a walk in later in. I still don't like being out and about though.

Almost a week after I ended my 30 day programme and I have put 2/3rds of what I lost back on. I did NOT go crazy. I ate very slightly more and had some booze one day, that's it. I am totally fed up as I don't think the combined food I've eaten over the past five days would actually weigh six pounds in itself.

I genuinely wonder if I should be thinking of surgery. My BMI is only 27 but I seem entirely unable to eat pretty much any food and lose weight, and I'm not even menopausal yet. My metabolism is just beyond screwed.