Anyone else struggling to get that annoying half stone off that won't shift for love nor money?

[MascaraOHara]

I don't need to lose a massive amount of weight but ideally would like to be half a stone lighter I'm 10.7 at the minute and would be almost in heaven if I could get down to 10st exactly!

I'm going to start on Monday and I am going to lose 7lb by Friday 14th December..

Would anybody else like to join me.. or just come here and abuse me to keep me on track?

Camn I join you if it's not too late. I've lost 4 kg in 6 month but I started to gain some and now I've put on over 1 kg. I feel it's hard to loose weight but it's even harder to keep good work up.

Motivation is the trickiest..... I always last a week or so, I must say being on here has helped remind me I'm supposed to be trying for more than 4 days at a time!!

I am trying to work up the enthusiasm to go out to the gym this afternoon, it opens again at 4pm.... I'd like to get it out of the way before my bf comes home so we can curl up watching videos.

But it's SO COLD outside I don't want to go!! I need to get some yoghurt to go with my fruit this evening, so far today I've had...

an apple when I woke up as I was running V late

med. bowl of porridge

a sandwich with a sliver of blue cheese and a small grilled aubergine and some mange tout on the side.....

about 200g low fat yoghurt

2 apples and 2 1/2 slices of toast with lots of low fat spread.....

Planning on having salad for dinner as the toast was a snack at 3pm, won't be that hungry. I'll have some mango and a hot chocolate afterwards then flop on the sofa.

So really want to go to the Bums Tums and Thighs class, but will have to do battle with the freezing wind. Bah!

I went today in my library and borrowed some videos: Repid results by Beverley Gallard and Hips thighs buttocks by Ausie Fit. I haven't tried either of them yet but it's free and i can do it at home.

NN - get off your arse and get to the gym! Yes it's cold outside but after 5 mins of jumping around you will be warm - plus you'll feel energised and proud of yourself this evening rather than sluggish and guilty! Plus it's one lot of excercise you can tick off your weekly list!

Come on - get up and get out!

pep talk over!

I haven't done my Tao Bo today but I have a netball match tonight so thats my excercise for the day.

So far I've had
4 x cups of tea
Boots Shapers tuna sandwich
pack of riveta minis salt and vinegar flavour.

Tonight will be some kind of ww ready meal for tea.

Oh dear Didn't mean to offend anyone - please coma back, where are you all?

I am being very rubbish. it's so demotivating to feel like you've been very good and then to have lost nothing.

Very frustrating as just no time for the gym at the moment and can see my tummy getting round when a few weeks ago it was lovely and flat. Also my bum is expanding at alarming rate. So equally am not loosing any weight and am losing m uscle tone. gutted.

Hi, how is everyone today? I had beetroot soup and mashrooms for lunch, coffee with pine nuts and raisins for breakfast. I'm hoping to have another soup for dinner - perhaps carrot and coriander.

Hi all,

Well I'm still being good food wise. I'm afraid to say the excercise isn't going so well. Yesterday I felt under the wether so instead of doing my DVD I went to bed early feeling sorry for myself.

Today I was supposed to go home at lunch time to do it but instead ended up meting a friend for coffee. I managed to resist eating flapjack or muffins though which is really good for me.

The weight is still coming off - very slowly! It's my sisters birthday on Fri and my sons on Saturday so I'm sure this good streak won't last - the lure of birthday cake and party food will prove too much!

Oh crap - I've just checked my diary and things are going to go speeding downhill from this weekend!

Next week I have 2 meals out booked for xmas do's and a lunch date plus we are in London at the weekend for a winter wonderland thing which means crap food! The following week I have 2 meals out for other xmas do's and a family gathering which will mean a dreaded buffet full of cheeses, pate and other naughty things!

Eating out doesn't have to be a danger zone. The general advice in books is to avoid bread when offered, drink plenty of water to avoid too much eating/drinking, have salads with dressing served separately, that way you can decide whether you want it and if yes, how much, have grilled, steamed or baked, not fried or deep fried food, avoid chips and have selected boiled vegies with your meal. Even Pizza Express has salads. Every restaurant now has some healthy alternative. I went to Italian restaurant recently and I had grilled sardines with some beautiful little salad and baked sea bass with freshely squized orange juice. Good luck.

Fish is usually a great option if you're eating out, yes... doesn't work for us veggies though, thankfully instead of getting the greasy cheesy lasagne or whatever, I can't face anything except a salad or maybe a starter served as a main with a salad or veggies on the side!

I am hating this PMT stage, I am resolutely at the same weight even though I exercised my butt off last week.

I hope I will see the benefit in two weeks time when it's all over with.

Mascara I know exactly how you feel, we've got to try and keep eating healthy even if nothing's happening - that way, at least we're looking after ourselves! :-/

I would like to join this thread please!!!

However I will need to catch up again as I have had a bug this week and lost that difficlut half stone, which was probably just water retention and will be back in a few days, lol!

I am usually just around 9st, but since baby arrived 6 months ago I have been stuck on 9st7 or a bit more.

Want to get just under 9st again. It may never happen...

cheers guys,

I guess the thought of going out for a meal and being good is really depressing - especially when i am paying to go out, I begrudge paying to go out for a meal to eat crappy food! Plus I'm a pudding girl - in a big way!

I don't eat fish so thats out for me really, I guess I could change my eating habits if I really wanted to - you know, avoid the bread, stick to water instead of a bottle or two of wine. I think the problem is I just don't want to. I want to go out for dinner and enjoy myself and leave feeling satisfied - not pissed off that everyone around me had a great meal and I had salad!

Twinkley - welcome to the thread, hopefully that weight will stay of - good luck!

Tha's perfectly understandable. Then may I offer plan B: before the restaurant have some poriage for breakfast if you like it or some fruit or vegetables or may be some freshely made juice and for lunch have some soup so when you re in the restaurant (if it's n the evening) you can enjoy some food being moderately hungry and in that case you won't overeat. For vegetarians there is plenty of choice with spinach, chick pea, lentils, root vegetables, tofu, mushrooms - you don't have to have fish if it's nopt what you normaly have. you can also have some soup the following day and dalads with modest dressong are very good as well. For pudding I opt for fruit salad withou cream but i suppose it's not for everyone's taste. Good luck!

Ahh fedda thanks - that sounds more my cuppa tea. Eat nothing most of the day so I can truly pig out in style!

Oh, well. The choice is yours, of course.

can i join this? i am 10st10lb have been this weight all year give or take a few pounds really want to get down to 10 st.
I am so cheesed off just cant seem to stop eating i dont eat bad just too much!!

It's nice to have new faces. I'm the same. I think upi can eat too much salads and soups and still lose weight. What do you eat?

today i had boiled egg and wholemeal toast, then tomatoe soup and oatcakes
selection box size so small galaxy chocolate
half banana
half a pot of cous cous and roasted veg
half a kids portion of pasta with bacon spinach pesto and peppers(leftovers in other words!!)
am going out tonight for mexican!!!
see i eat too much
oohh just remembered i had halfa spinach cream cheese and chorizo sandwhich too!!!

ELR welcome to the thread!- I do think you eat quite alot, sorry to be harsh. That in a way is a good thing though because by cutting down a bit you should loose weight easily!

I would also say you are eating alot of the wrong things:- cream cheese, chocolate, bacon, chorizo and too much pasta are all things I would steer well clear of if trying to loose weight.

totally agree i love food!! i never put any weight on i just cant loose any!! and dont always eat chocs, i only eat wholegrain stuff and cook everything from fresh bacon and chorizo is first time ive had it in about a month so does look bad !! mainly eat veggie and i do love my pasta if i eat well for a few days i loose about 3lb but really need to watch my snacks or i put it back on
This thread will hopefully help me as gonna post all i eat and you let can tell me off!!

sweetheart, I'm with you! I'm a pudding girl through and through which is why I want to watch things in the run up to Christmas because I know it will be hard to resist!

Haven't been too bad today, and yesterday I ate the WRONG stuff... but not very much of it, and didn't eat much the rest of the day either.

Managed to get up and have porridge this morning, followed by sandwiches in my focus group - equal to 2.5 sliced of bread, with fillings? and... some biscuits. A skinny cappucino... and then some granola and for dinner - salad! with low fat cheese and a little sesame oil as a dressing, then fromage frais with artificial sweetener for dessert.

The only thing I'm really worried about is the granola as it's too damn easy to go "mmmm raisins!" but they're all sugar practically. Handful, my arse - they mean a tablespoonful is a portion and I never stop at that.

I did do 30 min of cardio burning 300 cal, loads of sit ups and a Body Pump class.... yay! Went to gym yesterday as well (BUT SORRY, your motivational speech didn't work on Monday and I sulked and went to bed early! haha)

Now I have to get through the rest of the evening without eating anything else. Might have some Options hot chocolate later. Found that the Sainsbury's in Chiswick stocks the coconut flavour. YUM!

Actually hovering around 1lb lower than I expected, so on 17th when all the PMT rubbish is out of the way... the truth will out!

I am eating out on Sunday with my Mum and my in-common-laws, the first time they've met - Tim's parents put the vino away like there's no tomorrow and I'm going to be so tempted to drink. I think the last time I had an alcoholic drink was about 2 weeks ago, though, so at least I don't have that hurdle...

oooh, can I join? I'm about 10.7 but am best under 10 stone...

feel unfocused though - how can I get back into it tomorrow (esp as have been feeling awful all day with tummy bug and not eaten, so have just scoffed half a pizza as so desperately hungry! tummy protesting furiously!)

Hi, dinny, poor you. I've read that if we make mistakes it tells that we are human, mind you machines make mistakes too. Anyway, tomorrow try to have some good food. I have to say that for me nothing works better then shop bought french toast - made from white bread after I've been unwell.

Hi Everyone,

Lots of new people... Hello to all of you .

Have had a good day today although that may be down to not feeling too well (This tummy bug just keeps coming back!). I've been aiming to stay under 20 WW points but most days have gone over but have only had 15 today and don't feel hungry. Hopefully this day of less food but no cravings will help kickstart an eat less pattern.

As I said in an earlier post I don't think I'll get under 9st by the 14th Dec but I'm hoping to get to 9st 2lbs and then under 9st for the 23rd Dec.

Sweetheart ~ It's so hard to eat sensibly when you're out with friends who just eat whatever they want. I went out last week and was v. saintly... Had a mushroom pizza at 11.5points. No dessert and a peppermint tea instead of coffee. My friends had tiramisu and profiterols I was drooling! However... I went home and scoffed Xmas cake because I really felt I missed out. With hindsight it would probably have been more sensible to have orderered dessert and only eaten half. If you HAVE to have a pudding could you share with a friend?

Nifty ~ You're right about the raisins. I was shocked when I saw how many calories are in a small box of Sunmaid Raisins. I normally snack on them during the day thinking how healthy they are... Won't be doing that anymore!

Btw... How tall are you all?