Anyone up for sorting their shit out

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Starting tomorrow, I need to lose roughly three stone, and generally sort myself out.

I am a mess 😀

Some people might find it useful to know about the NHS Healthier You programme. There is a questionnaire to do and if you show up as being at risk of type 2 diabetes they offer you a place on a programme which is the equivalent of 9 months free WW. The new app is really good.

Not been a bad day as I’ve kept myself busy rather than sitting down all day which I have a tendency to do during the holidays. The next hour before bed is my pressure point so I’m having a coffee to avoid the snack cupboard

I’m a mess too. Need to shift at least a stone if not 1.5. I’m still in maternity clothes and my child is 18 months!!!

I walked to and from work today so did over 1200 steps but then ate loads of chocolate and sweet things!!

Good to hear about everyone’s days! Mine was great, hungry though now so I have brushed my teeth and put myself to bed! Had a protein shake with fruit in for lunch and veggie bolognaise with salad for tea.
Gonna do 14 days like that - protein shake lunch, protein and veg for dinner, no snacks and see how I go.
Weigh in this morning was 232 lbs which I think is 16st 5. Hoping to see some off tomorrow. It will be water weight, but is still encouraging!
I’m aiming for two stone as a start.

I’m the biggest I’ve ever been. I think I’ve just dropped the ball. Three kids, two with Sen (one with Sen also has coeliac disease), a full time job and just life has left me totally worn down. I’ve always had issues with binge eating and disordered eating and it has resulted in me just eating anything and everything. I’m going for slim and save. A low cal diet in the short term to try and get me away from eating bread, crisps and chocolate because I’m unable to moderate my food intake at all. Certain foods seem to be a trigger and I find I’ve categorised foods as good and bad which I know isn’t healthy. I’m needing to lose 6 stone at least. I’m not brave enough for the gym so I’m looking to maybe hire an exercise bike or treadmill. I’m also going to start reading the beck diet book to try and address some of my mental issues around food.

Can I join you please? I need to lose at least 3 stones. I’ve been to the supermarket this morning and bought loads of healthy food.

Also we looked round a lovely fitness club a week ago but haven’t decided whether to sign up (as it’s a bloody fortune) a woman phoned me this afternoon from there and they are doing a 2 week trial offer so I’ve gone for that.

My 11 year old says she wants to go to the gym and she needs to be accompanied by an adult so that will make me go!

@FranklyADick thank you for the Healthier You info! I've referred myself, the support is needed 

@Ohquietone I can well imagine that you're utterly exhausted - I have two DC, one has ASD and he just wears me down. Food has been my coping mechanism for a long time! It's all very well to hear "self care" and "you can't pour from an empty cup" etc, these are true and important, but frankly my main priority is often just to keep him from a meltdown...

@clare8allthepies oooh I'd love a fancy gym but they can be £££! We did a free trial day at a local one over Christmas and they haven't even bothered contacting me to do the usual hard sell. I obviously didn't look like the sort of client they wanted 😂

Hi all I would like to join in. Am currently 12st 7 and would like to be 10st 7.
My problem is self sabotage. I can eat healthily all week when working but come the weekend I just binge. I walk at least 12k steps every day plus yoga 15 mins so my issue is definitely diet. How do I get out of this mindset??

I too have two DC with SEN (one autistic, the other dyspraxic with concurrent immune difficulties and bowel trouble) and I know exactly what you mean about all the mental energy going on that. All the self-care stuff is useless if you can't leave your children alone for ten minutes to shower (8 & 10 so not toddlers) because they're not capable of being in a room together without one setting the other one off! Frequent hospital stays with DS2 don't help either. It's almost impossible to eat well when you've spent the night on a tiny truckle bed and are stuck in a chair during the day!

Morning all 👋 bit of a restless night with DS so tiiiiired today 😴😴😴 usually these days throw me off, I start off with the toast and marmalade or grab something sweet with my coffee on the crèche run and continue to fuel myself on caffeine carbs and sugar for the day, which while momentarily satisfying leave me feeling like crap when the sugar crash hits... but not today 💪💪💪
Todays plan...

Black coffee and water until 12
Brunch : scrambled eggs with chorizo, mushrooms, spinach and cheddar
Snacks : protein berry smoothie, apple, frozen grapes, half a tin of mackerel in tomato sauce eaten with sliced raw carrots
Dinner : diet doctor Keto cabbage and mince stir fry served with mushrooms in a Philadelphia light and mustard sauce
Exercise : lunchtime dog walk and hot yoga class this evening if I'm still awake
Day of no sugar : 4

Have a great day everyone x

@CaptainCallisto it must be incredibly hard. I can only imagine. Could you celebrate tiny wins to start with? E.g. today i had an apple, not a packet of crisps/chocolate/whatever your downfall is. Sustainable slow change and kindness towards yourself if you do fall off the wagon xx

@CaptainCallisto, I’d love to know where the time is meant to come from for self care. It’s half term, the kids are home and I’m with them all day and then both have sleep issues so I have no evenings at all. You’ve got my sympathy. It’s really tough isn’t it. I think as they’ve gotten older, I’ve lost sight of myself. I look back at me five or six years ago and I used to go to the gym but my kids and work take every last bit of my energy.

Can I join? Heavier than I've ever been even when my thyroid packed in when I had my eldest and I'd put on 5 stone. I'm very active and eat well but really need to rein it in. This was a typical day yesterday. Not as much walking as usual as I wasn't at work but managed a swim and a hiit class. Starting with more water this week and more veggies.

Yes please I have over 3 stone to loose.

I was up half the night as one of the dogs decided to chew and eat various things she shouldn't then threw up then spent several hours just coughing. Loudly. So I was on the sofa. Off with DS today and obviously as I'd only been asleep 2 hours, didn't run before he got up. May try to when dh is home then eat my dinner after Ds in bed. Taking DS for his first trip to cinema today so we're eating in town and I'm assuming he'll want some popcorn. So we'll just wing it today

Well I was 190.4lb this morning and my BG was 8mmol, so not massive rises but rises nonetheless.

I'm going to do c25k w3r2 today, but on my cross trainer. The weather is awful so I don't want to go out. And I'll do the rest of my steps on it. Yesterday I hit 11k.

Food today will be:
12pm B: A slice of Spanish omelette, spinach, cherry tomato, half a slice of cheese and a couple of slices of ham.
4pm L: I'm not sure as I'm not hungry today, but might be later, so if I am, Tuna salad or banana and Greek yoghurt.
7.30pm D: fajita chicken (with homemade spice mix to avoid the sugars etc) and salad.

I'm still having 1 sweetener in my tea so will try to drop that tomorrow.

Have a good day everyone, make good choices 💪

Is anyone weighing daily? I’ve seen some advice to say do it and other that says don’t. I have been and so far no loss (which I get as I’m not being active enough) but wondered what the general consensus on here was about daily weighing

@Wowcherarestalkingme I am but only as I need the constant reminder that I’m really large and I can’t go and guzzle a load of chocolate and crisps.

@Wowcherarestalkingme I am. I heard a good way to do it is to weigh daily and take the seven day average and as long as that's moving down each week you're good. Taking one number on a scale at just one point in the week can really set you up for disappointment but tracking the weekly average is much better as you can fluctuate daily depending on various factors

I weigh daily but the scales don’t upset me, if a gain put me off I wouldn’t weigh but go on waist measurement or a pair of jeans fitting.

I am down 1.5 lbs since starting, todays goal is not to eat crisps and drink 1litre of water (I normally drink none).

That’s my thinking, I can gauge my calories for the following day with the daily weigh in but I need to not become hung up on the numbers

Hello please can i join you? I'd ask you all to shift up, but my arse is now so massive I'd probably break the bench.

I've joined a few of these threads over the years and never stuck to anything. I used to be a super fit marathon-running size 10. Now I'm fifty, fat and totally inactive. I need to sort my shit out urgently for health reasons.

I'm probably 3 1/2 stone over weight... I weigh more now than I did when I was full term with my second pregancy, the one I thought I was already fat at...

Taking the 7-day average is a really good idea - I hadn't heard that before. That way I'll be keeping track of things, but it should hopefully stop me from seeing a number on the scales and sinking into despair / "rewarding" myself for a loss. Thanks @bella1426!

Yesterday went well and only coffee so far today

I’m a daily weigher (when I’m not hiding from the scales) when you do it for a while you get to know how things affect your weight, if I eat a really salty meal like a takeaway or am due on I can easily be 2-3 pounds up on the scales just from the water retention. I do like Bella suggests and use the weekly average to measure progress.

Also especially if you’re planning on doing a fair amount of exercise I would take photos as these can sometimes show a big change even if the number on the scales hasn’t altered that much.

All bran, protein yogurt and berries for breakfast so far, I’ve been down to the fancy health club to pick up my membership card and have booked the kids in for the kids club and the gym intro session for after school.

Don't you feel hungry @LittleZombie? Whenever I've tried IF and cut out breakfast I just get ravenous and eat too much later on. Mind you, I eat too much later on anyway. God, sometimes everything just feels like a big trap.

I've just read through the whole thread and so many things jump out at me. We're all overstretched (kids, work, dependents with SEN issues); we're all over tired. We're all trying to be "good" and eat well in an obesogenic environment where we're constantly being told to eat more, in a certain way. Lots of us are dealing with post covid exhaustion (I definitely am) and just trying to get through the day any way we can. Menopause doesn't help with any of the above, so solidarity to anyone dealing with that as well.

It's bewildering and it's so tempting to say fuck it, and just eat whatever is easy and cheap (high carb ultra processed in most instances)... this sets two things in motion: self loathing and blood sugar swings which result in more hunger.

I know what the answer is (for me anyway) - eat lower carb, eat more veg, drink more water, get more sleep and more excersise. And the biggie: stop emotional eating or eating out of sheer boredom. Working at home from the kitchen table is lethal.

Now, all I need is the mental kick up the arse to begin. Wonder where that went?