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.

No planes for us @Mulletsaremisunderstood as we are off to Wales however any earache I still have by then will be magnified x1000 by the constant presence of my small DC, who never shut up...

Well done to everyone this week! I think if I have enough money left at the end of the month I'll treat myself to membership of the fitness & nutrition programme I've been umming and ahhhing over for ages (about £100). The plan is that it'll help me stay on the straight and narrow over the summer holidays and perhaps even make me some new RL friends, as I feel a bit lonely sometimes plodding on on my own. Flakey Friend (who suggested the membership in the first place, and really wanted us to get fit together) has definitely gone AWOL

Well done everyone, we are a good team! Sadly I’ve counted only 7 weigh-in results. A lot of people joined us only six weeks ago so they have obviously fallen off the wagon which is quite sad. I’m hoping we might get a few more new people in the near future. I don’t want this thread to die, I’ve got a lot more work to do, a lot of weight to lose and I don’t want to lose my diet buddies.

@ClaraTheImpossibleGirl. I’ve got a flakey sister-in-law who persuaded me TWICE to join a quite expensive gym a few years ago. She went twice both times and then left. She kept paying for one gym membership for six years and never went. She’s very rich (inheritance) but I’m not so it was really hard for me.

It would be good to get some RL diet friends. I try not to overload OH with diet news, I know he prefers me thin (no pressure on me, he’s a good man) and he’s never seen me anywhere near this size. He hasn’t noticed any weight loss yet but I think it takes about a stone off before people begin to notice and I’m way off that. How I sooo regret getting this big 😢

Some people may be busy/ on holiday @poorpaws as I know some schools have broken up already? But I hope they are all doing ok regardless

How annoying about your SIL!! My FF can afford these things much better than I can too, she has way more disposable income (usually 3 or 4 foreign holidays per year pre-Covid) and no DC. The thing is that once she'd talked about it and I looked into it, I thought "oh this is just the sort of thing I want, it'll be lovely if we can do this together, FF & I can lose the excess pounds and gain new hobbies" - but since then she's stopped replying to my messages again and completely dropped off the radar I don't think I've done anything wrong but there's only so many times I can say "would you still like to do this?" and her to avoid the question before I get the hint...

I completely regret getting this big too!! I'm really trying to focus me and the DC on taking up new healthy habits, becoming more active etc - enrolling them for new sports and clubs to try, making sure that I take them for regular walks/ bike rides etc. I don't want to make them paranoid about gaining weight but with DP being very obese, I don't want them to think it's ok to eat to excess and do zero exercise like him either. He was big when I met him but not this big!

Good Morning All!

I hope you are well. Apologies for not posting a weigh in! I have continued to do mine on a Saturday morning as that is my quiet window of opportunity! This week it was 65.8kg so down slightly on last week but then I checked again the following day, out of interest, and it was back up to 66.6kg! How does that work?! Disappointing! I also think that I should convert it back to stone as it still means less to me! The healthy eating is mostly continuing, as is the walking and zumba. Having looked at what I eat and do, I am not sure there is a whole lot else I can do or change to try and speed up any weigh loss, other than low carb or something similar. Not sure I fancy that just yet but might try it for a couple of weeks at the start of August.

Well done everyone else on your losses or not gaining. Good luck!

P.s. I have really enjoyed reading all of your updates and news I am definitely invested in this thread!!!!

Oops just posted on the wrong thread!

12 st 11 so 6 lbs in 3 weeks on WW blue

Need to cut out the wine but living in a world of stress right now (complicated house move, elderly parents moving to a new care home, MIL having surgery, kids self isolating, full time job…)

@VonWeasel perhaps the moral of the tale is to weigh and then not weigh the next day 😀. I can’t speak because I tend to weigh myself mid week too just to see how I’m doing so must practice what I preach. I can’t get my head around kilograms either, I’m still in old money, I understand stones and pounds.
So glad you are invested in this thread, it’s nice to know people are getting something out of this drudgery which is weight loss.

So when I took my dogs out this morning I saw this fairly elderly lady who I’ve seen many times before but don’t actually know. She has about seven little dogs, all immaculate, that follow her without a lead and then she has one in a dog pushchair. Anyway to get to the point, she told me today that she absolutely loves my curves and how in proportion I am and how I always look lovely, it was all a bit over the top but she’s always admired how I look. I told her I am trying hard to lose weight because I’m too big but she totally disagreed and said I look amazing. Then she told me I look absolutely fabulous for my age! She doesn’t know my name and she doesn’t know how old I am. I guess I look bloody good for a 90 year old😂🤣 I’ve been smiling about it all day.

Aw, poorpaws that's so lovely . We are too hard on ourselves sometimes, so it's nice to get a compliment like that. Plus older people are known for their frankness, so you know you must look fabulous!

@Mulletsaremisunderstood. I think she was a little confused. You can’t say that somebody looks good for their age if you don’t know how old they are. Made me smile though, she was very kind.

Morning all

I have nothing to report this morning but I just wanted to keep in touch. I hope you all have a lovely healthy day in the sunshine. Apparently the rain starts on Friday for us!

Keep on keeping on 😁 my motto for the day is slow and steady wins the race (that’s just because it’s going so slowly and I am getting fed up (But I won’t give in)).

Morning, bring on the rain I say - I'm quite looking forward to a break from the sunshine tbh. Not sleeping well in this heat at all, which makes me feel like a grumpy zombie.

You're right poorpaws we need to keep motivated. I've lost about 5 lbs or so in total since I started, which is not massive but I do feel better and hopefully will keep going in the right direction.

I watched a youtube channel from a young woman called April Lauren last night, who was really inspirational. She started at over 350lbs, and has lost about 50 lbs in a year. I think she wants to lose about 200, but she is not in a hurry and is being realistic that it is a change in lifestyle.

She is going slow and steady, but her attitude is wonderful, she constantly talks about the non-scale victories (such as improved mobility, improvement in her pcos symptoms), and loving yourself as you are now, not just the future version etc etc.
I just thought she was really refreshing, that it does take time and effort, and it's a long slog and there's no magic quick fix, but to celebrate the little victories.

I love the sunshine but hate this oppressive heat. We've just been hanging around the house, venturing out for a walk later in the evening when it cools down. The beaches and parks are heaving and I'm not ready to start mixing with people, given that covid cases are going up (sorry for mentioning the 'c' word!) I managed my run on Monday night at about 9.30pm. It was getting dark by the time I got home.

We had salad for dinner last night ... lots of little pots of pasta salad, falafel, potato salad, coleslaw and feta couscous (the only thing I made myself). I think it's time I realised my idea of salad isn't very healthy! It was lovely in this heat though. We have had a hot weather warning in NI for today and tomorrow. Any hotter than yesterday and I might expire!

Have a good day everyone

@poorpaws how lovely of the dog lady to compliment you like that even if she may be a little confused one of our neighbours stopped me the other day to say well done on my weight loss, which was lovely of her. She's one of only 4 people to notice/ comment so far, although the same school mum who congratulated me the first time stopped me again to say how well I was doing, I was very chuffed!

(It's taken me six months to get to this point and I still have a pair of size 16 trousers I can only just get into, disappointingly )

The YouTube channel sounds great @Mulletsaremisunderstood; it's always unrealistic when you see a celeb who's claiming to have lost 50lb in a couple of months just by eating a bit of salad! For another bit of realism I would recommend the Janet Street-Porter books, where she says that it's not possible to look like most of the celebs as they don't look like that without a lot of help...

Those salads can contain a lot of calories @FunnyWonder, very sad as they are tasty! I remember once going to Pizza Express, having a salad, feeling virtuous and then when I realised how many calories were in it. Far too hot here too - I've scheduled another run for tomorrow but not sure if I'll be able to do it at 9am as it'll already be scorching by then.

Bit shaken here today as there was an accident at the school near us yesterday, a child was hit by a car as they crossed the road after school. I arrived home just after it happened and all the parents were still standing around in shock. I don't know the full details - the child is still in hospital and "serious but stable" - but it's really shaken everyone up, I know some of the mums with DC in the same year. I planned to have a very productive day but haven't settled to anything really. It looks like dinner will be ice cream and toast as that's all that's in the house and I definitely cannot be bothered to cook!

Oh my goodness @ClaraTheImpossibleGirl I hope the child who got knocked down will be alright. Poor wee soul. It's terrible when something like that happens close by and I can completely relate to the unsettled feeling that lingers afterwards.

I have been a useless lump of jelly today. We bought the kids one of basketball nets on a big stand to encourage them to play in the garden, but same garden is roughly the temperature of the earth's core, so it's just not fun. I had sweat running down my back from hanging out the washing. My car read 37 degrees this afternoon, although it dropped to about 32 when I drove it for a bit and it wasn't basking in direct sunlight anymore. Still ... 32 degrees

Not hopeful for a run this evening. I might just take the DC for a walk to make up for our lazy day.

bloody hell Clara, that's very frightening. Hope the child is ok.
poorpaws I am sure you do look lovely as you are, even if you have a preference to lose a little weight. Enjoy seeing yourself through someone else's eyes. Funnywonder I think I have been doing salads wrong for years as well.

I have a long day out with DC2 on Saturday, including all three meals out. I am going to try to cut back hard tomorrow and Fri ahead of this, to counter the likely gain. I will be in work away from my fridge both days which I hope will make it a bit easier. I am envious of anyone who finds their appetite disappears in hot weather. I can eat for Britain regardless of the prevailing conditions.

@TheTurn0fTheScrew will DC2 be keeping you busy and active on Saturday to burn off a few extra calories?! I've planned activities with both DC because I know how hard it is to eat healthily with them around...!

@FunnyWonder 32 degrees it was 27 earlier when I went to the supermarket, and that was 8pm. I haven't enjoyed a trip to Sainsburys and their air conditioning that much for a long time!

(Thank you to both for your kind comments about the child that was injured - my understanding is that they are doing ok and will be allowed home from hospital tomorrow, thankfully. It's just one of those events that leaves you very shaken and thinking that it could easily have been your own DC. I have been over road safety yet again with mine!!)

Well everyone, I missed my Shred today as I used that time to talk to some of the other school mums, but it's still my plan to run tomorrow morning if it isn't absolutely baking by then! I'm so rubbish at running that I do need to go often to keep in practice. Also I've done two very exciting to me who leads a quiet life things today: joined expensive nutrition programme - they emailed me a 25% off discount code and I thought, now or never - and bought tickets to the Joe Wicks tour!! I couldn't even get our closest location but I know DS1 will be keen to go. Hopefully DS2 won't as I didn't bother to get him a ticket he wasn't bothered about doing the PE sessions so I don't think he'll mind missing out...

That's awful Clara, I'm glad the child is recovering and will be going home soon; still, it's very scary when something like that happens.
Joe Wicks tour sounds exciting, is that where you go and work out with him and a big group? Should be pretty inspiring.

Hope everyone is doing ok today, still mega hot and sticky here.I managed to get out for a walk in the local park these last few mornings, early enough before it gets too hot.
Other than that have not been as active but hopefully as it's been too hot to eat much the scale won't be too bad on Monday. Just trying to keep hydrated and not melt!

It's on days like these I know I could never live in a tropical climate, I would be absolutely useless 90% of the time.

Hello Everyone & greetings from the paddling pool!

Well what another glorious day! This was the only thing for it! I am pretending to be somewhere slightly more exotic than my back garden but truth be told we are so lucky to have a garden and this country is amazing when the weather is good. Bliss!

@ClaraTheImpossibleGirl what shocking news yesterday and I also hope that the poor child is ok and on the road to recovery. How are you feeling today? Sounds like you have nutrition and fitness covered with your new membership and Joe!

@Mulletsaremisunderstood I think you have the right strategy with an early morning walk. It's good to get some exercise in before it gets too warm and I quite enjoy the being up and about early to seize the day!

@poorpaws I would take the compliment. It's so nice to hear something lovely and I think sometimes we can be too hard on ourselves.

@FunnyWonder I hear you on the salads. I sometimes find combining a bit of unhealthy with healthy kind of works! That said, I was hoping to do that yesterday as we went down to the coast for the day. My other half had found somewhere he desperately wanted to stop for brunch so we went there. There was nothing vaguely pretend healthy on the menu! All big burgers or similar and mostly involving at least one fried egg - this weather says many things to me but not fried egg!! In the end I got a load of fried chicken pieces and they didn't even come with salad. Was so disappointed that there wasn't an unhealthy salad in sight!

So today I am sort of back to it. That said, I had a load of rice cakes with peanut butter and raspberry jam for breakfast which is really not healthy although it was delicious. Lunch is an alcohol free beer in the paddling pool at this stage and dinner will be salad. I don't think this will cancel out yesterday but I am finding that you win some, you lose some and we went for a nice walk this morning.

@TheTurn0fTheScrew it sounds like you have a bumper Saturday lined up. I guess you can only try your best on the food front. Good luck!

Good evening all

Sorry I’m late posting but I’ve had a busy day. My lovely neighbour gave me fuchsia cuttings this morning and I’ve been trying to plant them and loads of geraniums. I think I’ve very slow but I like to do it properly.

@Mulletsaremisunderstood I too am sleeping badly and getting increasingly grumpy. It won’t be long before the temperature drops and life will be a little bit more normal. I don’t understand your too hot to eat comment though, I never find it too hot/cold to eat.

@FunnyWonder. I would love your salads, mine are quite boring compared to yours.

@ClaraTheImpossibleGirl four people have noticed, four! I bet you look amazing. I cannot wait until someone genuinely notices my loss. Most of all I want my OH to realise when I’ve lost more weight. He is very honest and will not say a word until there is a big difference in my appearance but I kind of like that about him.
I hope the child who had the road accident is good now, it must have been such a shock. I hope she is safely home with her parents. I saw a very very elderly man getting hit by a car last year, he broke his leg quite severely and I was shaken for a long time.
You’ll have to keep us all informed about this nutrition programme, I hope it is worth the money (and your flakey friend regrets not joining with you 😉). The Joe Wicks tour sounds great too. My life is definitely more boring than yours.

@TheTurn0fTheScrew. I hope you enjoy your weekend and I am just like you I can eat my wavy through any conditions. You will be able to level everything out next week maybe (?) but I wouldn’t let food, even too much of it, spoil a lovely weekend.

@VonWeasel. The paddling pool is such a good idea and I hope you found somewhere exotic if only in your head.
My friend and I live 300 miles apart but FaceTime regularly. We go on pretend cruises together if we are a bit down. We’re always saying “time for another cruise”, OH thinks we’re crazy.

My neighbour said today that she’s noticed I wear quite a lot of floaty skirts and she’s thinking of giving me hers because she doesn’t wear them, which is very very kind of her. The thing is I’m a 16 (at the moment and will be at 14 very soon) and she has to be a size 20 at least. I am not demeaning anyone who is a size 20, or any size for that matter, but if she does give me her skirts she’ll wonder why I’m not wearing them and they are going to be way too big but I can’t tell her without being rude. Just another problem, but I don’t want to hurt her in any way because she is so kind. I’m now wondering if I look a size 20+ ☹️

I think it will be another early night for me I can feel the food cravings starting.

@poorpaws sounds like your garden's coming along beautifully. I have whatever the opposite of green fingers is - anything that survives in my garden is purely by luck or sheer bloodymindedness

Been to the GP today after my sore leg developed a rash and she reckons I might have shingles I'm still struggling to walk but have started taking stronger painkillers and am seriously hoping I feel better by next week when I'm off on holiday...

@Mulletsaremisunderstood the tour involves a workout and then a chance to meet Joe!! I am super excited although will claim it's all DS1 - there's a few tickets left I think if you're interested Joe tour

Feeling better today thank you @VonWeasel, the child is better and should be out of hospital tomorrow, thank goodness. I feel your pain with the brunch - DP loves the greasy spoon type of cafe and I usually end up having an omelette or a jacket potato because there's just nothing else! They do at least come with a token side salad, I suppose...

Maybe your neighbour thinks the floaty skirts can be easily taken in/ folded around @poorpaws?! Or could they be elasticated ones? I can see your dilemma with the neighbour, what a kind offer but perhaps not the easiest to take up...! And yes, I hope Flakey Friend regrets it too when I'm enjoying my new programme, she still hasn't bothered replying to my messages about it

Ouch @MegBusset!! Is there anything the GP can do for shingles apart from painkillers? Or is it just a case of resting till things improve? I'm with you on the gardening, plants in our garden have to be very hardy indeed to survive with the DC 'helping' them on a regular basis

Rubbish eating today, couldn't move without wanting to melt but don't think I ate too much, plus am up to 24K steps with a run (only one left on C25K!!) and an hour with DS1 at the park. Fingers crossed for cooler weather and a better weekend with some sensible eating!

@MegBusset

Not a good photograph but this is shingles

It was actually far worse in real life than on the photograph. Really really itchy and nasty. I had shingles three years ago and I really hope you haven’t got them

I thought perhaps you could compare the rash to yours

@MegBusset sorry for many posts, my iPad wouldn’t send all in one post. Sadly my garden isn’t as good as you might think. There are pockets of beauty but the main garden isn’t finished and I’ve run out of money. It’s been such a long project and cost so much more than ever anticipated and so we are leaving it now until next year. My 0H made a lovely gate yesterday at at the entrance to the garden and I’m very pleased with that.

I don’t seem to be losing any weight this week although I am being careful. I think we’ve come to a time where it gets very difficult and challenging. I just keep in my mind how I’m going to feel when all this blubber has gone.

Have a good Friday everyone.