Im nearly 42, 5ft 2 and 14 stone.
I keep trying and failing to loose weight.
I think I need a buddy to help me along and vice versa.
I want to get down to about 11 stone as a start point and see how I feel from there, I am so miserable I just cant go on like this and being overweight and living in jeans ANOTHER summer. I say next year I wont be big and uncomfy next summer and here I am 😞
Is anyone up for it?
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I need a weight loss buddy! PLEASE
mumofone1980 · 15/06/2022 15:58
BokoGoblin · 15/06/2022 15:59
Me please!
I want to lose 16lbs in the next 6 weeks.
Am 37. 5ft5 and 11st 6.
mumofone1980 · 15/06/2022 16:04
Perfect how do we go about it? I was thinking I will weigh first thing in the morning then post here I bet I am over 14 stone now 🙄.
I need to up my exercise saying that I do walk for an hour most days but really its my food I need to log everything and go back to basics and not forget to log the 4 oreos I shove in my mouth when I walk in the door from work.
x
BokoGoblin · 15/06/2022 15:59
Me please!
I want to lose 16lbs in the next 6 weeks.
Am 37. 5ft5 and 11st 6.
ThistimeIreallymeanit · 15/06/2022 16:12
I don't know if you guys would want a third - I have a lot to lose. I weighed myself the day after my 48th birthday (exactly one month ago) and realised in the cold light of day something I sort of knew already at some level. I was the heaviest I had ever been at 20 stone 2lbs. I am 5'6. It's horrific and I hate what I do to myself and that I likely pass on my unhealthy issues to my teenage daughter.
I am taking it very slow - ultimately the goal is to be a healthy weight by the time I turn 50. I haven't quantified what that would be - it seems too overwhelming a task. So I've broken it into chunks. I have a big work dinner on 15th Oct - I want to be 17 stone 13 by then. Then I will set a new goal.
I have been tracking calories on myfitnesspal, weighing once a week and walking at least 10k steps 5 days a week. So far I have lost 9lbs - I have another weigh-in tomorrow.
But I need accountability and I don't want to go public with my family.
Am I too big a project (in every sense) for you?
mcplant · 15/06/2022 16:13
Me!
I lost around 5kg this year, then fell off the track (a week off lead to 2 weeks off lead to 2 months off) and have put some on.
I'm 38, 5ft 3 and 82.7kg.
I started back on Monday
BokoGoblin · 15/06/2022 16:16
I just downloaded nutracheck to track my food (there's a 7 day free trial of the upgraded version.. Or a free version)
Am thinking gym (treadmill & swimming)
I will weigh in tomorrow
mumofone1980 · 15/06/2022 16:04
Perfect how do we go about it? I was thinking I will weigh first thing in the morning then post here I bet I am over 14 stone now 🙄.
I need to up my exercise saying that I do walk for an hour most days but really its my food I need to log everything and go back to basics and not forget to log the 4 oreos I shove in my mouth when I walk in the door from work.
x
BokoGoblin · 15/06/2022 15:59
Me please!
I want to lose 16lbs in the next 6 weeks.
Am 37. 5ft5 and 11st 6.
BokoGoblin · 15/06/2022 16:24
I really need to work on my water intake too.
It's so important for weightloss and I'm really bad at drinking regularly!
mcplant · 15/06/2022 16:13
Me!
I lost around 5kg this year, then fell off the track (a week off lead to 2 weeks off lead to 2 months off) and have put some on.
I'm 38, 5ft 3 and 82.7kg.
I started back on Monday
ThistimeIreallymeanit · 15/06/2022 16:45
Ok - so on mfp my user name is ThistimeIreallymeanit111 if anyone wants to link up there too. I've never done that before on it so should be interesting.
Welcome Limes and Cazza.
I aim to keep it simple - stick to the calorie limit given by mfp, up the movement as much as possible and try to create new habits.
My biggest danger spots are where I don't see a result. If i have a week without any loss I can become really disheartened and reject all progress in the manner of a toddler having a meltdown. It's amazing how quickly i can self sabotage!
ThistimeIreallymeanit · 16/06/2022 08:01
Ok - so feeling super-positive today. Pleased we have group support now and just done my weekly weigh-in and lost 3lbs (12lbs loss in total) - I had stifled disappointment at only a 1lb loss last week and this seems to explain that. But it highlights what I was saying before - last week was a bit flat, today I'm up in the alt. I would really like not to connect my emotional well-being to my weight or the food I consume!
Hope you all have a good day.
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