Any fatties want to join me getting slim

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Oh dear, I'm so tubby. I can't hide it any longer. I need help and support from other fatties who will understand 😭

Starting tomorrow, no more excuses. Please join me.

For me, the real turning point has been stopping a medication which secondary effects are weight gain and water retention! I put 10 kg the first year using it, and another 10 kg the second! Tried to loose weight before, but it was not really shifting! I stopped this particular treatment one month ago, and finally the weight shifts! And I feel better! Just a bit tired if I work some new set of muscles, but then two days later I can see that my muscles have gone stronger indeed!

So far I am very happy. And funnily enough, I am not hungry. I am not doing fasting or giving up any food, minus cakes and biscuits or crisps. Just meal planning, calory counting to a 1000 to 1200 cal per day, basically smaller portions.

@Grimmauldface
I bet everyone on this thread has been where you are, I know I have.

I'm terrible for having a good week and then immediately thinking, well if I keep losing at this rate I'll be at my goal weight in 3 months. And then of course the very next week is not so good and so then I'm rubbish and a failure and never going to get there.

Only recently I realised that this is actually a very hard thing to do. And so it's ok to find it hard, and not to stick to it perfectly all the time. If I'm finding it hard, it's not because I'm useless, or lacking in willpower, or a greedy pig, it's just bloody difficult to lose weight and for whatever mysterious reasons some days are worse than others. So now I know the tough days are going to come, I expect them, and when they do turn up I'm ok with finding it difficult and just getting through the best I can. In theory anyway
And yes I try to be nice to myself and to congratulate myself on even the tiny things. The other day I did a list of mini achievements that will take me through to my ultimate goal, as many as I could think of, so every half stone lost, every stone and half stone marker I pass, getting closer to 13 stone than 14, half way there, 2/3 of the way there etc etc. I never have to lose more than 4 or 5 lbs between these mini goals so I'm hoping they will help to give me a short term focus, otherwise it can seem like a long way to go.

Anyway everyone has to find their own tricks and ways to make it easier. Being nice to yourself and cheering yourself on is something we should all be doing though imo.

@MushMonster congratulations and keep going: it’s really nice to get to the point where the first digit on the scales changes.

@MushMonster that's fabulous, well done! @Grimmauldface just seconding what @YeetYeet said. This is hard enough, we don't need to beat ourselves up too x

I stayed the same which is a result the amount of rubbish I've troughed down my gob this week! Back to it properly now!!

Sorry late updating my first week’s weight loss 1lb 🙄 its a loss, I was hoping for more but is a step in the right direction. I’ve been on some brilliant hikes this week and I’m feeling good for taking charge.

@YeetYeet

Has anyone else got a Fitbit bit? Anyone trying to hit a target of ‘active minutes’?

So I know weigh 12st 2 lb - roll on next week and fingers crossed I can shake off that 2lb 🙏

@Grimauldface @YeetYeet I could have written the same thing - you set the bar, beat yourself up for failing, compare yourself to others 🤦‍♀️ Workout how much you should have lost if you’d be more committed 🙄

Well according to my scales I am down 5.2lbs since this time last week

Probably gonna go straight back up tomorrow but I'll take it for now

I did gain a bit last week due to DD's birthday so it's more like -3lbs I think. I seem to be in a pattern now of terrible week / great week, which is alternately lovely and horrible. Just goes to show that if you have a bad week it's always worth carrying on I reckon.

Good luck to fellow Monday weighers 💪

I'm not weighing this week.

After doing well last Monday, I pulled both hamstrings gardening on Tuesday and between that and the weather (I am terrible in heat) haven't managed any more exercise.

I'm currently caring for elderly parents and tbh it's such a nightmare I just haven't had the brain space to think about the rest of it.

I desperately need to sort it out for the sake of my health but at the moment it feels impossible

@MintyCedric I'm looking after mine too. It's hard work isn't it, to ay nothing of the emotional side of it.

If it helps, I started by just cutting out snacking - nothing I had to plan, or prepare, just something I had to resist. The positive results from there spurred me on. But it may be better to do this rather than nothing - it gave me a feeling of control as well which helped, I felt like I was doing something.

Alternatively, just not the right time for you - it's so blinking hard. No shame in that - we have to prioritise in life, and sometimes it's just keeping going. xxxx

Today is my weigh in, and I'm down 1.5lbs. 7.5 lbs over 3 weeks. I'll take that. Heading for one month - never managed more than 3 days before! :) :)

Weigh in this morning... 14st, 13.5lb

Just half a pound under the 15st, but I'll take that. Seeing 14s instead of 16s is great.

@housemdwaswrong thanks, sorry you're having to deal with this too.

My dad is the one that's ill/frail and although we've now got carers popping in 3 x a day there's nothing I haven't done for him care wise at one time or another. It all coincided with lockdown and I was allowed to wfh for a bit but had to go back in p/t from June and will be back f/t from end of August.

He's going infor respite fare for 2 weeks today, but mum is incredibly highly strung and hysterical. It's her that I find hard to cope with so its not really going to be much of a break I suspect.

@Mintycedric

That's tough, when the respite is for the one causing the least anguish.

Can you just leave your mum get on with it for a few days after checking she has everything she needs? Give yourself a couple days off as it were, even lie about an increase in working hours just to give yourself a bit of space?

No long-term solution I know, but it's like a bit like living day to day when you have this to deal with. I often find myself playing for time, just squirreling away bits of extra me time for sanity's sake - so difficult to advise though because everyone's circumstances are so different. x

So my normal weigh in day is Monday but I did it on Wed last week as I was away for a long weekend. Not sure if I should now have Wed as my weigh in day? Do think Monday is the most brutal of the days to weigh yourself after the weekend...

Anyway good news! I am 3lbs down which takes my total weight loss so far to 8lbs. I have so much to lose - about 3 stones but trying to think of it a stone at a time.

I am very grateful that I am getting results as I have been in a position of dieting and losing nothing or even gaining for weeks on end. BUT I have to say, this is really bloody hard. I’m starving all the time and cranky. My sleep has also been affected because I am just so hungry. I am eating about 1,300 cals mid week and 1,500 at the weekend so I’m not under eating but I’m just a really hungry gal hopefully the scales moving will keep me somewhat motivated.

Well done everyone for your efforts x

Also I’m convinced that exercising is detrimental to weight loss (for me) the only exercise I am getting right now is daily walks and I wonder if what’s why the scales are moving.

I would like to lose half the weight I need to lose before starting either back at the gym or running. Obviously exercise is essential for long term health and also weight maintenance but I have no doubt that this will slow down/stall my weight loss

@housemdwaswrong

It's the school holidays so can't use work as an excuse...I suspect I might get a bout of notorious next week though !

Today just needs ploughing through. I've just had a scotch egg and crisps for lunch but have healthy dinner planned, albeit there is wine in the fridge already!

notorious??!

Norovirus

Well done everyone who's lost weight. How are you all doing it?

I've been using weightwatchers daily menu plans but not weighing stuff or counting points. For now it works for me as the big change is not eating multiple 200 g chocolate bars a day. I've always used these menu plans so it's business as usual for me but without the chocolate.

I've been fasting - I find it so much easier to eat nothing than to eat less 🤷‍♀️
Plus lowish carbs and no snacks.
No real exercise to speak of as I can't really do cardio at the moment. Plenty of walking though.

Thank you for the support and understanding on this thread, it has really helped and prevented me from giving up at the first hurdle.

Yesterday I didn't worry too much about what I ate but I did make sure (once the temp dropped a bit) to make time to go out for my next c25k "run". I think exercise is key for me, not for the calorie burn but for the mental health benefits. I am going to prioritise exercise this week and see how I go. If I can make it through the day without snacking on junk, even better!

Congratulations to all those who have seen a drop on the scales, however small It's definitely inspiring to read about other people's successes.

@MintyCedric sorry to hear you are having a tough time with caring for your parents. I hope you are able to get a bit of break and some much needed you time.

This weekend will be the first anniversary of my dad passing away and I can't help but sit here in the sunshine and remember how hard this time last year was and those last few months caring for him and coping with my mum.

@housemdwaswrong is right too about the emotional side of things. It's so tough. Sorry you are in the same boat housemdwaswrong.

This is my first week and some days I’m tracking calories and other days just trying to be more mindful i.e not eating 6 chocolate biscuits with a cup of coffee . Also doing a lot more walking which is doing me and the baby good.

Weigh in day is Friday. I’d like to think that I’ll have some weight off even if it is just water at this point.

@Grimmauldface Thank you. xx I'm sorry about your dad, I can imagine only a little of how difficult that was. x Well done on your running - I'm a tad in awe! :)

@MintyCedric Ooh, that's a good one. Infectious and incapacitating. Can last a good few days too! :) Sometimes you need to for your own sanity; no good to either of them, or yourself if you're too strung out to think straight, and you sound like you're almost there. My mum has early stage dementia, and my dad is immobile. It's been fascinating to learn how memory works, and how much just a little of it going wrong has on your daily living but jeez. Not an easy gig.

Self-care is a cliché, as is the 'you can't pour from an empty vessel' saying, but it doesn't render them untrue. Let me know what plans you have with your norovirus days, I can live vicariously until my next slip. Like you, not in work until September, so a tad more stuck. September will see extra meetings when needed though. xx

@Snowdrop30 @avocadoze thanks a lot for the encouregement!

@MintyCedric you will loose weight without the extra exercise while you are looking after them, I think that it is harder than climbing any mountain. Lots of time on your feet, and if you have stairs...

Do not forget to be kind to yourself too

@YeetYeet I knew a single day of cake could not be that bad!