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.

have you guys noticed that you lose more at the beginning of the cycle and then it's clinging on during the last two weeks?

This is definately true for me. Not every month but whenever I see the weight loss stall, despite knowing I've eaten and exercised right, it is always on the run up to a period. Once it starts, the weight loss whooshes and catches up again.

p.s. well done, though, on the 4lb loss. I think you must have been doing well on the run up to this week to get this

So I’ve gained half a lb despite target to lose 1lbs. Was completely ok track bar one day when it was really hot and I didn’t go for a walk and I had an ice cream. God damn if! Never going to hit the 1 stone loss at this rate. Probs need to do some real exercise I.e. more than walking

noteven I think exercise is overrated in terms of how much it impacts on weight loss. Unless you really really exercise, like HIIT and such, it's not going to make much of a difference. I know Fitbit likes to tell us a half hour gentle jog burns 600 kcal or something, but I don't buy it.
I would recommend getting a calorie counting app - some are free but I have a paid for one that is so convenient as I can scan anything and it finds it- and be very dedicated putting everything in, weighing it if needs be. Seriously everything.
I've stayed in my 1200kcal limit since the end of June (bar my 2 weeks holiday) and I'm 27lbs down now; my exercise hasn't changed one bit (dog walks only).

Thank you Wobble I still can't quite believe that it all fell off in one hit.

I'm honestly starting to see the light now. Very nearly at the 2 stone down mark - yes it has taken long and it seems so painfully slow at times - but it's so great to look back now and think, wow, I've really done this, I can do it and I will keep going!

Well done, SansaClegane - it's great when you hit milestones. And that's quite the NSV, Mush. I'm inclined to agree that exercise is overrated in terms of actual weight loss, though it obviously has loads of health benefits. And in my case, my only real exercise is walking, and its chief effect is that I can't eat and walk at the same time, so going for an hour's walk means there's one hour less in the day when I'm tempted to binge on sugary rubbish!

I'm beginning to wonder about a change in direction. I'm really proud of what I've achieved during lockdown. I'm now down from a size 22/24 to a size 16. My next weigh-in isn't until the end of the month but so far I'm on track - my target for Sept 30th is 11 stone 10.

But my problem is yo-yo dieting. I've been here before, many times. What's happened is that by the time I get below 11 stone I've become completely obsessed with food and eating, and think about very little else. Once I get down below 10 stone my body starts screaming at me that it's starving (which it isn't, I'm only 5' 3") and it takes an iron will to reach a target of 9 stone. Where I stay for a very short period of time, before I lose control completely and binge my way back to 15 stone faster than you'd ever think possible.

I don't want that to happen again, it's horrible. I'd like to think that I'll never see 12 stone again. So I'm thinking, what if I work out what my intake would need to be to maintain at, say, 10 and a half stone. That's still slightly overweight for my height, but a damn sight better than the 15 stone my body seems to want to be. If I were to eat that amount, then am I right in thinking I'd very gradually lose weight up until I got there? If so, I'm beginning to think it might be worth doing that, and trying to establish good maintenance habits that I'll be able to keep up long-term. Part of me thinks I'm on a roll at the moment and not feeling particularly deprived or obsessive so why not keep going. But also I've watched myself do fabulously well and think I've cracked it, only to find I haven't.

Over to you, weight loss buddies. What do you think?

Weigh in day for me. Another 1lb off

BMI is still over 30 but inching slowly down!

Just want to thank everyone for posting their stories here. This is the longest I’ve stuck to a weight loss plan in a long time and it is 100% down to the support of this group.

Total loss -8lb

@morningtoncrescent62 I’m not an expert but rather than eating the calories of a 10 1/2 stone person you should probably eat for your current weight minus 500. If you restrict too much then in theory your metabolism slows down and the weight becomes really tough and disheartening to shift (why a lot of people throw in the towel.)

I’d recommend using a TDEE calculator online to work out your daily calories to lose weight based on your height, weight and activity level.

That must be where I'm going wrong fitbee. I'm doing too good and that's why my weight loss has has come to a standstill. Well done on your 1lb loss.

I will weight tomorrow and see how it is going.
I do agree that the way to loose weight is diet and exercise interacts with this, but cannot really shift the pounds.
But in my vase I do want to loose weight and GAIN a healthier/ fitter way of live. I think a fitter me comes first than a thinner me, well now that I lost enough for my knees not to bother me. I am sticking to the diet and uncreasing my exercise. I am stalled in weight at the moment but I feel healthy! I am heading to the gym for 50 min bike ride. Now that is aaa new me! Usually I would be in bed yet. I am loving how I feel and hope to start shifting pounds at some point.
Well done to the loses. I will report tomorrow morning.

LOL case not vase, and increasing exercise not uncreasing. It is the keyboard!

I've changed my weigh in day to Saturday so I can have icecream with the family if I feel I've lost enough.

So 128.1 kg today, that's a 1 kg loss. Chocolate icecream for me woohooooooo!

Well done @fibeee and @FatCatThinCat - enjoy the ice cream!

Hi everyone, great job on the weight losses and sticking with it even when it's tough. I hope you enjoyed the ice cream @FatCatThinCat

I've basically stayed the same for the past couple of weeks (but not gained!), which is down to the usual excuses of being tired and under the weather with a cold.

But rather than dwell on that and feeling sorry for myself I have been focusing on addressing some of the other reasons I make poor food choices and self-sabotage. So trying to sort out things I find stressful and that negatively impact my mental health.

I've been busy dealing with the clutter (dump run booked for this afternoon), I worked my way through a list of the admin jobs I was putting off, I've made a big effort to get on top of work again and we're finally back into a proper routine now the kids are back at school.

Things like that make a huge difference to me and I really feel like a weight has lifted, sadly not of the excess fat kind, but that should come now I have more time and space in my life to cook decent meals and get outside for some fresh air and exercise.

I can't wait

This morming I am 85.4 kg! I have not lost (actually I had a slight gain) on the past two weeks, and it is coming off finally. I have lost 3.6 kg, so 7.9 pounds, really 2.6 pounds per week.
It was tough not to see any changes in the balance, as I am sticking to the diet, and also more active. Someone did say that they found the weight did not shift around their period, but then went easily afterwards. That actually matches my experience these weeks.
Well done to all the hard work, the losses, and do not be disheartened if you did not loose, because here you have other example of how the hard work does pay off, though sometimes not straight away.

I think creating a calmer environment is essential for good mental health and therefore weight loss. Well done for making a start.

@Grimauldface I bet you will soon see lots of weight falling off you. Stick to it! It is worthy.
@morningtoncrescent62 I think you do need to ca0lculate the calories for your current weight and the level for losses, but towards the final stone aim for slow losses, and the food and life style that will allow you to maintain the weight. Slower pace at the end is meant to be the best. That is part of my plan, when I get there! I will slow my weight loss towards the 75 kg to 68, which is meant to be my target weight, though some calculators give me 70 kg as the one. You are very close to your goal! Keep going!

Aw well done everyone. You all sound so positive this week which is great!
mornington I have exactly the same problem. All my life basically from about 20 onwards - gained weight, realised I'm fat, lost weight, gained again... I'm really good at losing weight. Once I've decided I need to do it, it comes off steadily. But I'm completely rubbish at maintaining a healthy weight... as soon as I take my eyes off the ball, the pounds creep back on.
I haven't yet figured out how to deal with it. I don't want to be calorie counting and logging everything I eat for the rest of my life. But, if I don't, I seem to be straight back on the train to fat town.
So for now I've said to myself once I have reached my goal weight, I will set my app to "maintain" and keep using it for a couple of months or so, in the hope that I train myself to know what portion sizes and foods are ok in a day, so that eventually it will become ingrained and I stick to it without thinking. We'll see!

As for my weigh in: 12st 6.8lbs this morning, down from 12st 8.6 last Sunday. Almost 2 lbs but more importantly, I have (just) cracked the 2 stone total loss mark! Feeling positively skinny this morning

No loss this week. The scale seems to have got stuck, even though I know my eating and moving has been on track.

I'm trying to see it as a chance to focus on the process, not the goal and remember that weight loss is not linear. It stops and starts but should all balance out, in the end.

@morningtoncrescent62 there are plenty of experienced nutritionists/trainers who recommend people regularly take maintenenace breaks in which they eat at their current maintenance rate for a couple of weeks to give them a pschological and physiological break PLUS give them experience and knowledge of what it's like to track eating without targetting weight loss and help prepare them for when they need to do it for real. Something maybe to read up on to see if it sounds like it might help? e.g. www.bodymindquotient.com/blog/diet-breaks-how-to-lose-weight-and-keep-it-off

I have been trying to think about how weight loss is not success - afterall, most of us have lost weight before. Maintaning weight loss is success. So, 10lbs lost and kept off is always going to be better than 20lbs lost and regained. So I try to keep in mind what life will be like after the weight has gone and how I will maintain it. I may do a maintainance break/practise myself in the next few weeks.

@SansaClegane the Half Size Me podcasts are pretty good on that topic, because they talk a lot about building habits that will support long term maintenance, rather than just target rapid loss now. Well done on the loss so far!

@SansaClegane that's fantastic that you've cracked the 2 stone loss barrier. Well done!

And thanks for the advice, @WobbleWhenIRun and @SansaClegane. I very much need to get thinking about maintenance. I actually think I'd be happy to maintain at around 11 stone if I could believe it was for life - it's still in the overweight range but I'm sure would be better than pinging back up to 15 stone again.

I had an NSV today. Last time I lost weight I bought a gorgeous winter coat. It's practical and smart, and it cost much more than I normally spend (having to keep a basic wardrobe in sizes 12-24 inclusive is a disincentive to ever spending much on any single garment!). I only wore it a couple of times before my weight shot up again and it's been sadly languishing in the cupboard. I tried it on yesterday. It's size 14 but maybe a big 14, because it fitted over a long-sleeved t-shirt. It's a bit more snug than I'd like over a jumper, but hopefully by the time the properly cold weather arrives it'll be a perfect fit.

Hi ladies. 2lbs off for me this week which finely takes me to just over a stone weight loss. They weren’t joking when they said weight loss is not linear as my graph is all over the place. The stone has taken 9 weeks.

Here are some stats:

Starting weight: 14st 2lbs
Starting bmi: 30 (obese)
Current weight: 13st 1.5lbs
Current bmi: 27.7 (overweight)

Total loss: 14.5lbs

Goal 1: 13st 2lbs - 1st loss
Goal 2: 12st 8lbs - 10kg loss
Goal 3: 12st 2lbs - 2 stone loss
Goal 4: 11st 11lbs - Healthy bmi
Goal 5: 11st 2lbs- 3 stone loss
Goal 6: 11st 0 - 20kg loss

Congrats @notevenamum1! I‘m sure it feels fantastic at to get the first stone shifted. Are you feeling or seeing a difference yet?

Love the idea of posting stats and goals. I will do that tomorrow.

Thanks @fibeee ! I couldn’t really see a difference but I have an old pair of jeans which didn’t button up but now they do so that’s great! I still wouldn’t wear them in public though I think if I lose another stone it would be significantly noticeable. Easier said than done!

Also looking forward to seeing your stats and goals x