10st plus to lose - part 2

[ShinyPikachu]

A really unimaginative title but the old thread is almost full and we don't want to lose people who have joined us already.

Anyone else with a large amount to lose is more than welcome to join us, we're a friendly bunch and whatever way you're trying, that doesn't matter to us. It's about the results and more importantly the support.

I couldn't believe the scales this morning. I lost 6.6lbs this week, which counteracts the 3lbs put on weighing the day after birthday pizza and sodium overload, plus another 3lbs off.

I'm now down 18lbs since the start of January.

Hoping I can ride this as a high and not fall into the usual self sabotage for the weekend.

That's amazing @WeirdPookah hope it spurs you through the weekend 😊

Nice one !

I've lost 1.25lbs. My weight is now 19st 3lbs.

So pleased to report 4lb weight loss.
Start weight loss 18.9
Today 18.2
So after a difficult few weeks I am back on a lose! My strict week has paid off 😊
Hoping this will spire me to not relax too much this weekend with my choices. I am working tonight and tomorrow night (evenings) to stop the evening munching.
I have found BBQ snaxk a Jack's hit the crisp spot. Two packs of 5 for 3.00 in waitrose 😍

Unofficial weigh in today and I’m a kilo down on Thursday. Yasssss. I was terrified I’d gained a kilo of fat. But I’ve already lost it, I’m so happy.

Well done everyone on all your losses. Hopefully next Thursday I can post a loss. Cannot wait, need to work hard. I’m so glad everyone’s hard work is paying off. And if your not losing at the moment I know it sucks but don’t give up keep going. I know how it feels not lose or to gain. So keep going.

Well done all of you! Great losses.

I'm down 2kg this week, so I'm super happy with that 😁

My plan of doing better isn't going well. I find I can't eat during the day because I miss my parrot too much - he'd always share my food - and then I end up binging in the evenings after he would have gone to bed.

@DuckWithOneWing so sorry to hear how sad you are 💐

Two days in a row I've haven't eaten after 7pm. I read up about intermittent fasting, and it sounds like something I could stick to fairly easily as I don't eat anything until mid-morning.

I also need to take better care of my gallstones. Sometimes I become complacent and allow too much fat to creep back in.

Hi everyone, great to read about your losses. I've had a bad, bad week ☹️. Eating all sorts and telling myself I'm going to die anyway so I may as well enjoy the process ☹️. I did join and go to a gym this week though, which I actually enjoyed so will go two/three times next week. There's been a lot of stress this week with the house (refurbishment), workmen, my job, my husband's job and family matters too. So, rather than face it all and deal with it, I ate crap instead. I know it's not the way to handle things but I guess habits are hard to break. I'm taking it easy on myself today and will get back on it tomorrow.

Hi all,

I would love to join you all if that’s ok!

I am 30 and am about 22 stone (BMI 50ish). I had many complications with my pregnancy with my first DS due to being overweight and we want to try for another baby next year.

I desperately want to lose weight. But end up binge eating. I am going to weigh myself tomorrow and start again.

Has anybody had any luck on Orlistat medication?

thanks so much xx

Welcome @Toebeans1 that's a great motivation for you.
I have tried those tablets in the past but didn't get on with them.
I am now calorie counting on fat secret app which I love.

Welcome @Toebeans1!

I haven't tried them but definitely contemplated it.

@DuckWithOneWing I'm so sorry you're missing your parrot so much. They are such characters. Sending hugs.

Well done getting to the gym @Hottoffeesauce!

Day three of not eating after 7pm. My jeans are very slightly looser at the waist. I've tweaked my supermarket delivery order swapping full fat dairy for skimmed. I'm reading labels more carefully, and also discovering how often sugar under a different name is added unexpectedly.

Just found the thread and tentatively joining if that’s ok ?! I have a huge job ahead of me if I’d like to ever get back to where I was roughly 16 y ago when my first DC was little and before my health went down hill . About 10 stone to be exact but for now 5 st would be amazing then I’d be back to what I was when my younger was born 10 y ago . Growing up I was always healthy , active and normal weight then as a teen there was some disordered eating and I got down to very low weight , in my 20s and early 30 s after having my first it was always up and down but not by huge amounts other than when I was pregnant . I managed to
loose that nearly 6 stone I put on after 2 y . Then I got sick and put on steroids for life and they have been my undoing . In a year / two I put 3-4 st and then it’s just somehow creeped up in the last 12 y while I’ve been on them . As a double whammy I’m unable to do any serious calorie burning exercise beyond cleaning the big house etc since I have among other things arthritis so can hardly move at times. After being quite stable for years I’ve now got increasing problems inc with blood sugar that’s never been an issue before so I’ve really got to shed some and quick . I’ve thought about the weigh loss jab since my sugar is now an issue . I don’t think I want go for surgery I am too worried about the consequences in general let alone any complications. Atm I am sick and due to not eating much in the last two weeks I’m down 5 kg / nearly a st which is a great start . I want to change my habits for good .I know I can’t get all obsessed with calorie counting since although it does work it makes me neurotic and just not ok mentally with my eating disorder past . What I will do is a) weigh daily / every other day but only in the morning and not more than once a day b) finish eating when I’m full no matter how much there’s left on my plate and as a habit always aim to leave food and eat 1/2-1/3 only c) dessert only as a rare exception and avoid any other added sugar ( while I’ve been ill I’ve gone off sweet things even some fruit is too much) d) stick to 3 meals a day and avoid snacking , I know I can definitely do morning with none ,and if I want something after dinner I’ll try to have decaf tea with skim milk that fills me up and eat a picky plate of protein and veg no mindless crisp etc munching that was a bad habit even the reduced calorie ones are often full of salt and the calories pile up . Now that I’ve been getting better I’ve got my appetite back more and I am hungry but I know that means good things are happening . I will take this 5 kg at a time and have small goals. After this initial -5 kg that has come on recently and gone up and down several times before that I’d love for the next 5 kg to go.
I haven’t been down to that number for at least 3 y and it would be so amazing to crack that barrier . I’m trying to to believe in myself but don’t know how I will have the strength to do this while always feeling so unwell and tired as it is with multiple health conditions . I know I would feel better and I want to be able to do things I used to again and to resolve things like blood sugar and cholesterol etc so I have to do it somehow . So far I’ve only had some probiotic yogurt with my meds as usual on weekdays and yes I’m absolutely starving the thing I have about this is that then all I think about is food and feel increasingly guilty about eating but I’m hoping that if I restrict the amount and type without counting calories exactly I wont be quite as obsessed .
Starting weight : 22 stone (140 kg)
Current weight : 21,2 (135 kg )
Goal weight of my dreams : 10 st -12 st
I’ll wish you all inner strength and perseverance!

Epic weigh in today, I realise it’s not been a week but I had multiple sneaky weigh ins over the weekend. So made it official this morning, down 1.8kg yay.

Day four of not eating after 7pm. Feeling so much better for doing this. Getting things done in the evenings now, instead of being a couch potato.

I tidied the fridge-freezer, ready for tomorrow's supermarket delivery, with low-fat items where possible. With that in mind, I avoided the cheese tortelloni for tea, and had soup and crackers instead.

Welcome @TheQuest1! Well done on your loss so far.
I understand how hard it is to stick to it with multiple health conditions.
If it helps I've found increasing my protein (having some with every meal) has really helped with cravings.

@FatLadyTriesAgain well done! You're doing amazing sticking to no food after 7pm.

I’m doing something right ! Another 2lb/1 kg down and now I’ve nearly lost the first stone in little over 2 w . We’re hopefully travelling to see family for Easter in 5 w and I’d love to be that another -4 kg down by then and have 10 kg gone in total . 11 kg would get me to the new tens I haven’t seen for maybe 3/4 y ! That’d be amazing and hopefully I wouldn’t need the seatbelt extender I had to use the last trip . I am already feeling this loss and -10 kg would definitely make a difference . I still have a long long way to go and I know I’ll stall and regain many times having done this before but this morning I feel positive and I will keep at it . I have lost 10 kg in a month before which I know is a big amount but I know it’s possible . Interestingly enough I haven’t even been just starving myself , yesterday I had spaghetti bol for dinner granted I ended up mainly eating the not huge amount of pasta and leaving the meat since I had eaten cottage cheese and ham before the meal when I was starving so I wasn’t that hungry , then just had half a little orange , 2 cups of milky tea and later more cottage cheese and ham and a piece of cheddar when I was hungry . I’ve been put off sugar while I was ill so that’s now easy to skip but i had a cream marzipan bun the day before we do in my country for lent instead of pancakes . In tonight’s grocery delivery lots more soups ,veg , fruit and lean protein so looking forward to nice salads for lunch not just soup like I’ve been having . I am absolutely starving now but I’ll just have my probiotic yogurt with meds and lots of water as usual and sleep more now that kids have gone to school and then next eat a late lunch . Being this hungry is something I’ll have to get used to again but I know it works and is the price for progress for me so I’ll have to learn to tolerate it and not automatically think I’ll need to eat .

Well done on the loss @WeirdPookah that's fantastic!
@Sunshineandrainbow what a great result after a difficult few weeks.
@Pandermonium great result, well done!
@fidgetcube well done!

@Hottoffeesauce focus on the good- you've had a hell of a lot going on and you still went to the gym AND enjoyed it!

@DuckWithOneWing I'm so sorry to hear that you are so sad.

Welcome @Toebeans1 and @TheQuest1

Well I've had a couple of days of being over my calories at the weekend (which I knew would be the case) but I've stuck to it the other days and so am happy to report the scales are showing a loss!
I want the scales to show an 18 by next week!

Starting weight: 20.9
Current weight: 19 stone 1
Goal weight: 15
Interim goal weight (by 20/03): 18.7

Well done to everyone on losses.

 to everyone going through a tough time right now.

Welcome @Toebeans1 and @TheQuest1

I did well during the week, came in under by about 100 calories a day and then it basically all went to shit at the weekend. I've still managed to lose 1.6lb this week for a total of 8.7lb off. I just checked and this is the lightest I've been since I restarted on NutraCheck in June last year. I would always get close to this and then mess it up and gain loads and take a month to lose it again, wash, rinse, repeat.

I'm determined to keep it off this time.

I'm now 19st 2.9lb and I'm determined I will see an 18 on the scales instead next month.

I had two twenty minute walks yesterday evening, albeit very slow. I was down one pound this morning too 18.13.

Slipped up with supermarket delivery this morning though, as I had left some sweet treats in the order. I didn't really enjoy them, and was lethargic and grumpy after.

Intended to have a very low-fat tea, but swiped half-a-dozen oven chips after eating my microwaved white fish and peas.

Not my best day, and I hope the scales won't say 19st tomorrow. But I still don't want to eat after 7pm. A cup of redbush tea will round off the day nicely.

I am trying to not start unhealthy thought patterns that always crop up if I’m trying to lose weight ,and only weight in the morning at the same time but after just some probiotic yogurt with my meds and then going back to sleep since ill I did go back on it mid day and it was showing even less now nearly -7 kg so past the stone mark but we’ll see in the morning . Then I was doing housework and ate my lunch very late around 3 pm after another small yogurt with my meds . I was absolutely ravenous by this point got pretty full from just half a pot of chicken veg rice soup and didn’t finish my 2 pieces of toast with cheese . Estimate I had one piece in total after nibbling the middles from both . Then had a milky coffee and I was full for a few hours but had to have cottage cheese ham and carrot batons ( that also the dog loved ) and a tea before dinner which was delivery pizza because others wanted it . Had three small slices of a margarita and more carrots plus grapes and now I’m stuffed . The grapes were sweet and I have zero dessert cravings . I know I didn’t eat all morning and then not a huge amount in total but I am feeling guilty / worried about gaining and having to reassure myself by googling calories in grapes and carrots since I know what the pizza had in it . I have to not start that it never leads to anything good . Tomorrow lunch will be a nice big salad I’m actually really looking forward to since I love raw vegetables . It’ll have cous cous and lots of king prawns too , I need to have some carbs and lots of protein with my salads . I had a bad habit of eating snacks and a dessert after dinner which I have now stopped and I have to admit I’m getting a bit hungry /craving something now but I’m having a milky tea and maybe I’ll have a bit of some protein before bed so I can sleep . Hopefully my body is body burning it all up while we speak !

I’m down to 16’2 and have lost 10 pounds since the beginning of January. Doesn’t feel like a lot though but probably not helped by the snacking. So I’m going to try and knock that on the head for March.