Lockdown stones to lose, please join me

[poorpaws]

I’ve joined many diet threads on here over the years and in time they have all crumbled into dust. This time it’s dire so I’ve decided to create my own post for the first time and just hope some lovely people will join me and this time stick to it until we are all thinner and happier with our bodies.

During the first lockdown I managed to lose a stone and was overjoyed. Last November my partner moved in with me for six months and whilst I fed him large meals I ate the same plus a lot of evening snacking. He is thin and can eat a lot of food without weight gain because he has a manual job. He left three weeks ago and I have eaten even more food. I can’t fit into any of my clothes apart from a couple of baggy t-shirts and some very old stretch jeans, which to add insult to injury ripped today.

I have to do something NOW. I think (am pretty sure) I have gained 2.1/2 stones. I am 5ft 4 and tomorrow I will face the scales and really lose it this time. Please if anyone is feeling overweight, lethargic and totally overwhelmed by weight gain, do join me, make me feel better and help yourself too.

Morning poorpaws. I think if we're in it for the long haul we're all likely to have the odd bad day, and you're absolutely right that it's important not to let one lapse distract you from your goal, and then undo all the good work done so far.

My week has been fine, but today I am travelling 200 miles to meet up with school friends I haven't seen since the pandemic started. There will be pudding, there will be wine, and importantly on Sunday there will be penance.

I'll also be walking a fair bit today (train and tube round London) which will be a good test for my foot injury. If it's not worse tomorrow then I'm going to gradually start longer walks again, but will hold off running to make sure I'm for for plenty of long walks on holiday in three weeks.

Ugh, I've had some bad food days also . I seem to get very annoyed if I have to deprive myself.
Anyway, back on track with a healthy breakfast and lunch today, and I did a strength training workout which felt really good. It so hot here, I'm trying to avoid scoffing all the ice cream.

I think you are right poorpaws, I don't seem to have the motivation that I had the first few weeks when I was very mindful of everything I ate. On the other hand, I'm more used to exercising regularly, which is good. But as they say you can't outrun a good diet.

Monday's weigh-in is looming large, I guess we'll see how it goes.

I'm still plodding along. Went for a 5k run this morning and a walk with DS2. Had a Subway for lunch but stuck to the healthy option (Veggie Delite - only 230 calories!) and am going out for a curry but again will stay healthy (fish tikka - yum) and not drink.

Scales are sloooooowly creeping downwards.

Fish tikka sounds both glorious and healthy MegBusset. I might Google a recipe to add this to my meal plan.

Lunch out involved two courses with no attention paid to calories, and two glasses of wine. I shan't go into detail so as not to tempt anyone!

One positive is that I've done 10k steps today and the tendonitis in my foot hasn't flared yet. I will see how it is in the morning, and if it's ok I'll start doing 10k steps every second day to ease back into more exercise. I didn't pick up any snacks for the long train home, and will have a little fruit and cheese for supper at home instead.

@TheTurn0fTheScrew I hope you had an amazing day out with your friends today. It was a long way to go. I hate travelling as I can get lost turning around twice, honestly people can’t believe my lack of direction and how easily I get lost. My daughters friends always called me Miss Geography 😁 . I hope you’re return to exercise trial goes well.

@Mulletsaremisunderstood sorry to hear you seem to be struggling too. It’s so damned hard especially a few weeks in when the weight loss slows down. Good work on the exercise though, that’s a big plus (that I haven’t got into yet).

@MegBusset well done on healthy choice meals, it’s so easy to think “sod it” so you did brilliantly and deserve a good weight loss this week.

I’m still struggling with wanting to snack a lot but the weather doesn’t help. I felt foul this morning when I opened the curtains to rain again. Took the dogs out when it dried up and later the sun shone and my mood changed dramatically.

Not long now to weigh-in. I’m not expecting any loss at all, just not to gain would be nice. I certainly don’t deserve a loss this week but at least I’m not giving up.

I hope everyone is having a happy Saturday evening.

Saturday was going pretty well ... until the witching hour! It's almost as if I feel obligated to have a blow out on Saturday nights, even when I'm fairly ambivalent about it, like I was last night. It was not a pretty sight! Anyway, it's Sunday and I'm in full damage limitation mode and I'll see how it goes in the morning.

I hope everyone else is doing better than me ok!

Yeah same FunnyWonder, it's like there's some self sabotage going on. And then panic before the weigh in!

Very rainy and cold here this morning, hopefully I will get out later on for a walk if it clears up.
I hope everyone has a good Sunday.

Self sabotage here too @Mulletsaremisunderstood (not helped by AF arriving a bit early!) - I'm just tired out, fed up with job hunting and want someone else to do the meal planning/ shopping/ cooking instead. First world problems I know, but DP never cooks and I wish he would do it every once in a while!

I did w7r3 today - the weather was good for running actually, not too hot or cold, not raining for bloody once - and am quite pleased with my fitness improvements. If only I could crack the eating side of things I'd be progressing much quicker

We'll be watching the football here tonight - the DC can go into school late tomorrow - but I'll try not to snack too much before tomorrow's weigh in!!

I’m self sabotaging too. It’s cold, it’s raining, I got soaked on the dog walk and I’m sitting here trying to resist the Kitkats and other chocolates in the cupboard. I might re-start tomorrow and call today a day off.

It doesn't help that my neighbour is slimming too and she’s just had a full week off! I’m feeling a bit like, if she can do that, so can I. 😕

Clara and poorpaws it's hard isn't it, the guilt is terrible. But I suppose in order for this to work long term we have to allow for a few bad days (or weeks ).
I'm also due my period in the next few days, which I think is why I want to eat everything in sight!!

Just want to get the weigh in over with, so I can start a new fresh week. Onward and downward .

I agree with Mullets. This for the long haul, so there have to be bad days. As long as there is a general move towards calorie deficit, then the odd day or three when this doesn't happen isn't going to make much difference. The problem, I feel, is when going off the rails a bit leads to giving up. Not giving up is the thing.

I definitely would have given up by now if it wasn't for the accountability and friendly encouragement on this thread! At least that's how it usually goes for me ...

Morning all, hope everyone is feeling motivated for another healthy week. A pound off for me, although I didn't lose last week, so that does represent two weeks' progress.
SW 13st 4 (April)
CW 12st 2
Mini-Goal 11st 13
GW 11st

@TheTurn0fTheScrew well done on the 1 lb, feels great doesn’t it.

Sadly I have to admit i have re-gained the half pound I lost last week so that’s two weeks getting nowhere, devastated but deserved! I really must sort my evenings out. I’m fine all day but come the evening I just sit and wonder what I can eat next.

So it’s July, I’m in Devon and yesterday I had the heating on high all day and it just sent me to the food cupboard. I need evening healthy snack advice ☹️ I’m so sad this morning.

I really hope everyone else has a good weigh in, good luck.

Morning everyone, it was my first week and I'm down 4 lbs which I'm happy with. I haven't been shopping this week yet, I think I need to be more imaginative with my food.

@poorpaws don't be hard on yourself x

I've managed to lose 1lb somehow. I'm quite shocked. Yesterday my meal times got messed up because we were out late and I was very, very grumpy and had gotten past the point of wanting a proper dinner. I cooked for everyone else, then started snacking on crisps, a bowl of cereal, chocolate, pecan nuts ... you get the picture! So that was two days of being a little piggy. Still, I'm pleasantly surprised with my 1lb loss.

@poorpaws I hear you. It's very difficult to keep your spirits up when the weather is bad. You expect to be cold in winter and your brain adjusts to that - but winter weather in summer is all kinds of wrong. It's no wonder you're in need of some comfort food. I'm sorry you've regained a little bit, but it's just a blip and this is Monday - and Mondays are good for starting again. You'll be fine

@TheTurn0fTheScrew and @VenusStarr well done on your losses!

Morning all :)

Well done @FunnyWonder @VenusStarr and @TheTurn0fTheScrew

@poorpaws sorry to hear you're feeling down. It's really not easy when the weather's rubbish. Is there something else you can do in the evenings to take your mind off snacking? Something crafty, a jigsaw or puzzle book? Or could you eat dinner a bit later?

1lb off for me - I don't expect anything quicker than that at this stage.

SW: 10st 2lb
CW: 9st 7.4lb
GW: 9st 4lb

oh poorpaws it's bloody hard, isn't it? I've had odd gains over the couple of months I've been trying to lose weight. Some deserved, but some baffling. On those occasions I've often found a bigger loss the week after a gain, as if the small gain was just a degree of natural fluctuation.

well done VenusStarr, FunnyWonder, and MegBusset - very inspiring losses!

Morning all, sorry you're having a bad day poorpaws, it's hard. But without you this thread wouldn't have started, so you get to take credit for all our loses .
I hear you about the weather - p!ssed rain here yesterday and I had the heat on also, it felt like October, and no I didn't go for walk I was planning.

Well done Turn, Venus, Meg and Funny...feel like I'm roll calling a funky band with those names .

Alas, I didn't lose anything this week, but I didn't gain either so I'm alright about it. I knew it wasn't a good week, too much snacking.

Back on track this week, I might go back to using MFP just to keep from going mad with my food. But I hate feeling like I'm denying myself (whiny toddler alert!). Also, no eating after 8pm.

Hope everyone has a good Monday.

I have to track everything with MFP, it's the only way I can lose weight. I'm incapable of self-control or reasonable portions left to my own devices!

Well done to the funky losers Turn, Venus, Meg and Funny

Hope you are feeling more encouraged now @poorpaws, summer is thoroughly miserable when it's this damp but (apparently) better weather is round the corner for us...

2lb off for me this week!! Obviously I'm really pleased with that but as I only lost 1/2 lb last week, it's only 1lb or so per week... but still, encouraging. I've done plenty of exercise again (C25K, Shredding, PE with Joe, loads of walking) but eating hasn't been great thanks to AF... still, I 'celebrated' today by moving on to level 2 of the Shred and subsequently nearly died

Well done everyone on your losses this week. I did my weigh in on Saturday and it was 0.5kg up. I do find measuring things in kilos a strange phenomena because it actually doesn't really mean much to me! I only started weighing myself in kilos because that's all my scales can do. I don't know whether things sound better or worse in stones or kilos but I know where I am with stones

Food wise it has been mostly ok and with some restraint although I haven't been a total saint! We went to the beach yesterday and I had a black coffee instead of ice cream like everyone else, but then didn't eat the homemade chilli I made everyone for dinner because I had finished off the leftover chips that the kids had. So swings and roundabouts! It feels mostly like the good intentions are still there. I believe I will eventually get there!

Good luck everyone!

Well done everyone, some great losses this week.

So I was sad, upset and grumpy this morning but I soon got myself out of it. This might sound very strange now but I think it was a good thing for me to gain some weight as it’s possibly been the wake-up call I need. I used to shove chocolate into my mouth at a rate of gluttony unknown to man in the evenings. I’ve totally stopped that but gradually I’ve increased the ice lollies (I keep telling myself they are full of fruit so are okay) but now I am eating as many of them, one after the other, as I used to the chocolate bars. It’s shopping night tomorrow and I’m not buying any and then I can’t eat them. The problem is I’ve got a very addictive personality and I’ll probably find something else to eat in copious amounts.

I decided I am not exercising enough so today I got the watering can (I think they are something like 5 to 7 L) and I liquid fed a load of plants. Not earthshattering I know but it was better than sitting there watching my 0H work all afternoon and I told myself it was like lifting weights at the gym (I can really fool myself). 😀 I was up and down steps with it so surely that was good exercise.

Usually straight after dinner in the evening I go and sit down after washing up. Today I’ve tidied the kitchen up and cleaned the floor. I am sitting here now waiting for it to dry. So I am doing more and trying harder and next Monday I hope to have a loss. I don’t really care if it’s a small loss, I lose weight very slowly, but there MUST be a loss.

Everyone else has done brilliantly and you must all be delighted but I will catch up, I will! Mood - positive.

Hey guys I'm back. Been on a binge the last two weeks, emotionally was not in the right place to diet.
I haven't weighed myself again but I'm starting again today. Walking, Pilates and intermittent fasting.
Absolutely starving right now but using this thread again to keep motivated. I have to get into a swimsuit in two weeks. Any improvement is a step forward.

Welcome back @zippityzip Everybody goes off the rails a bit - I was a right little piggy at the weekend - but you're back on and that's the main thing Keep your eye on that swimsuit and you'll be grand!