10st plus to lose - part 2

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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.

Excellent work @chalkyc2 ! I know how effective that 800cal a day is I just can’t sustain it with already feeling so dizzy and unwell with my health problems . I can only do occasional day like that . I’ve been down in the dumps lately with zero motivation to eat as healthy or with a deficit like earlier when I lost 15 kg in 5 w+ . I have managed to keep to a 16/8 schedule during the week , count calories most of the time and generally keep just under the daily estimate of my usage and to weigh myself daily which has always helped me and thanks to this am another 1,5 kg down . now I’ve lost what came back at Easter / our trip to see my family . It’s that extended period of not eating except for the 80 cal yogurts with my morning / lunch meds that does it for me so I’ll stuck with it .
I think I’ll make an app with my private GP about the jab since I feel like i need help .

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Hello to you all,
Can I join you?
I've spent my adult life gaining and losing weight. I am pretty good at losing it and even better at gaining it back 🫣 having 2 kids quickly definitely hasn't helped but my food issues go back to when I was a teenager.
This time I am desperate to lose the weight and keep it off. I just want to get off this hamster wheel!
I have lost 7lbs recently which is a great start but I have a loooong way to go.
I weighed myself this morning and I'm 17 stone 5 lbs. I'd like to get down to 12 stone again (I'm a size 12 at that weight and feel really good).
I really hope that come Christmas time I will be well on the way to feeling like myself again 😊

Hi all!

So I'm getting married next year! 😁 (we've been together 16 years but decided it's finally time).
So I have a really good reason to get this weight gone.
I am a rubbish cook, can you recommend any good meal plan books?

I'm thinking of trying fasting, can you have milk in coffee with that?
I can easily not eat in the morning but don't like black coffee and it's my one vice. I don't drink or smoke, so don't want to lose that little bit of joy.

@Pandermonium I can’t completely have nothing when I do 16/8 because I have to take my meds in the morning and at mid day with food so I have a little probiotic yogurt with them normally but nothing else except water until late afternoon during the week . I lost a big amount quickly with the calorie deficit of eating around 1/2-2/3 of my daily calorie usage estimate . When I ate more inc I’m the morning at Easter and while travelling I gained 3/4 kg bank of 15 but now they’re gone again despite eating less healthy and more calories but within the limits . Thanks to the fasting morning I don’t go over . Trying to get motivation to continue trying to loose but I’m happy and proud of myself already doing this much and keeping it off . I know it’s been really good for me and I’m much more comfortable already .

I rejoined Slimming World on Thursday and at 20 stone 0.5lbs I am the heaviest I have ever been. Being overweight affects every aspect of my life and I'm determined this is the last time I start over. Thursday and Friday were good days food wise, today I enjoyed a little coronation tea party. I'm going to have a scone with cream and jam later tonight but other than that I'm back on it. DP and I went for a walk yesterday we only did 3k and I was gubbed afterwards! The sweat was rolling down my back. I am so unfit. This needs to change!

My BMI was 60, I'm only 5 foot tall so any weight goes on my tummy. I was 142.7 KG. I've been on a diet using Ozempic to help me and after 5 weeks I'm now 134kg. I have so many stones to lose but I've lost the first one now.

@Pandermonium I cook salmon fillets wrapped up in foil and I squirt lime juice on them and bake in the oven for 25 mins. I cook 3 baby Jersey Royal potatoes and have lots of frozen peas with it. Takes about 40 mins. At the same time I cook a breast of chicken in foil too. Then I have it with salad for lunch the next day.

I'm on low carbs. Only 1 small carb portion per day so either 3 baby potatoes, 2 slices of wholemeal bread, one handful of pasta, 2 oven baked hash browns. I'm on high protein so I eat chicken, salmon or steak every day. I'm on medium low fat so I'm oven baking things, nothing fried at all.

One meal I am enjoying is a cooked breakfast with 2 low fat oven baked sausages, 1 piece of grilled bacon, 1 oven baked hash brown, low fat low sugar 1/3 tin of baked beans and a poached egg. I have it at about 3pm with just a banana for breakfast and strawberries and low fat Greek yogurt in the evening. I eat a slice of melon or an apple if I feel hungry. I'm losing about 0.3kg per day.

That’s amazing @caringcarer well done!

Well done @chalkyc2 , @TheQuest1 and @caringcarer

Welcome to all those joining us!

Congrats on the upcoming wedding @Pandermonium I've been fasting but the drinks I have are tea or coffee with a dash of milk. I couldn't have either black, just never have liked it and it seems to be working fine for me that way.

I've lost 2.1lb this week. I haven't been 100% with my fasting hours this week so I'm happy with that.

I am mentally gearing up to trying to do lower calories for a week or two how ever long it’ll take to loose5-6 kg ( 1 St ish ) and to get to the next 10s I haven’t seen for over 8y . I’ve been eating everything lately on and off and even having a few cocktails although just one a week for the last few weeks . I think am about ready to get serious again and not to just maintain . For me It’s a matter of making it through that period of feeling more tired and weak and dizzy as I know I’ll get like that but I know that’s what it will take for me to move forward again , I need that big push . I think it’ll have to be starting next Mon since I’ve got a rare lunch out and a school thing with food etc this week coming up . I’ll have to then concentrate on projects in the house or something thing to keep busy and not to be eating or thinking about it constantly . The other option is sleeping lots then I won’t eat either . I know I’d be so happy to get that stone off !!!
Well done everyone on any losses big and small or just for maintaining too . If you’ve had a gain then just get back on that horse again and don’t give up ! We can do it !!!

Well done @caringcarer that sounds like a great start. I also cook my salmon in foil in the oven but it’s just so expensive now I haven’t bought any for ages.

I’ve lost 3lb this week which I would have been happier with if I hadn’t had a sneak weight in on Saturday when I was 6lb down! I think I might start using ds2’s scales as mine are ancient and not as accurate.

SW 18st 7lbs
CW 18st 4lbs
GW 11st 7lbs

Total loss 3lbs

I've had a break from weightloss but feel like I'm ready to try again. I realise I've probably said this before but I feel in the right headspace now so actually mean it. I weighed myself and have gained about a stone since my lowest weight and I really don't want it to continue.

I re-read my post from January when I was so pleased that I fit into the size medium dress, and remembered that my parrot wasn't supposed to be in the photo but he insisted he was so he was obviously proud of me and he wouldn't want me to give up either. I've set that photo as my phone background so it can be a constant reminder of what I'm going to do.

I’m really struggling. I think I’m stressed, I’m not enjoying my new job and balancing two kids with disabilities is exhausting. Work have sent me on a course and it’s really hard. It wasn’t mentioned I’d have to do it and it’s data base management which I would never want to do. I spent most of Friday my only day off in tears on and off at home. Most of my life feels pretty joyless and I’m leaning heavily on eating a lot which then makes me feel even worse. Urgh weight loss is hard.

@DuckWithOneWing You know you can do it but I agree that you have to be in the right headspace. I’ve not been too bad this weekend but I know I could do better. I’m gearing myself up to get going again tomorrow.

@Dirtylittlewolf I hear you with the juggling. I have one dc with ADHD and two with ASD but they are older now so much easier generally. I found it all very hard going when they were younger. Do you think you will like your new job better once you settle in? Weight lose is really, really hard especially when you are stressed. 💐

@Thetimeishere, my eldest is 13 now and much easier to manage though has a lot of challenges. My youngest is 11 and if anything has gotten worse. He’s non verbal and has gotten quite aggressive. It’s like having the kind of a baby in the body of a very physically able 11 year old. I’ve used food as a comfort for so long and I think balancing the demands of work to them looking after my younger when he’s home from school is just wearing me out. Honestly not sure on the job. I won’t be working over the summer so it’ll give me some proper reflection time. Giving up makes me feel like such a failure though.

I am back on it after mainly maintaining since our trip to see my parents over Easter . I have been trying to continue the 16/8 but have slipped up a few days from counting calls or gone over them and I’ve been eating everything just too much so I’m up 2 kg 4/5 lb again after loosing what I gained at Easter and travelling . I am now in the right mind set definitely and determinant to shake off the next stone and a bit about 7 kg . That’ll take me to readings I haven’t seen for about 8 y ! I managed 9 kg in 3 w and 15 kg in 5 w and a few days so I’m now aiming to about 7 kg in 3 w although I do have one lunch out with DH coming up in a week and a bit somewhere I’ve been waiting to go and I will not count calories during that but enjoy myself . I am now getting super hungry so hoping to eat my dinner by 7. I’m having a Cook Mac cheese with cauliflower and ham that’s low calorie but satisfying followed by some fruit ,and a tea later then it’s just water until my morning yogurt maybe a bag of 45 cal popcorn if I must . I only had a small probio yogurt with morning meds , soup and one slice of toast with a bit of butter and cheese and green grapes followed by a milky coffee for lunch and have had a tea a while ago . I need to do an Ocado order for lovely salad ingredients etc . Starting is always hard but I know how much I want to continue to shrink I’m already much more comfortable after the first 15 kg so I know that’ll just keep on continuing if I don’t give up . Also I’ve now found what works for me ; 16/8 and calorie counting .

I’ve had my lovely if quite small dinner and a second coffee before it .I’m full and satisfied for now but I’m sure I will hanker for a pudding or a cookie with my later tea which I’m now used to again . If I have that milky tea and small popcorn I’ll be under 1000 cals for the day and happy with that .I am now going to aim daily for 800-1500 max but will try to keep it 800-1200 and I know that gave me results fast last time . I did one 600 day and felt dreadful so not again.

I wish inner strength to anyone struggling atm . I know I can do it and so can you ! You just have to think about how much you want the change and why ! You can always eat that biscuit or what ever after you’ve lost another chunk of weight as long as you count it in your daily calories .I’m off sugar now again except a tiny sprinkle in my otherwise too strong coffee . I also use a lot of skim milk in it and won’t worry about that . I have 1-2 milky coffees a day and a couple of teas and they help me to keep going . I hope I’ll get my first reward of downwards movement ok the scales in the next few days and that’ll spur me on ! Now I’m off to buy a bunch of fruit and veg and lean protein ,cottage cheese etc I exist on while doing this .

@Dirtylittlewolf look at it as “moving on” rather than giving up. It would not be a failure to decide it’s not working for you. It sounds as if your younger son needs a lot of input from you and that’s stressful enough without a stressful job on top. It’s good that you have the summer off to think it through and chill a bit.

I’ve had a good day today. I had berries and yogurt with 6 walnut halves for brunch and a small portion of cottage pie with sprouts for dinner. I could do with a nice big mug of coffee but have to pick ds3 up at 9pm so will wait until I get back.

SW 18st 7lbs
TW 18st 1lb
GW 11st 7lbs

Total loss 6lb

And here we go ;the first 1 kg / 2 lb is gone ! I don’t care if it’s water weight or what since it helps me stay motivated regardless . Now 6 more and then I can maintain for a bit again . I think that’s how I’ll have to do this huge amount, I can’t just keep going until it’s all gone I know myself. I don’t want to give up so I want to break it into 5 / 10 kg chunks and small goals and then bigger goals like 1/4 ,1/3,1/2 etc of the total gone done . I have again just had my yogurt with meds this morning and now am having a milky coffee , lunch will a soup again but a chicken vegetable grain one today with a nice slice of toasted sourdough with a smear of butter and some cheddar with a few tomatoes followed by fruit . Im not 100 % about dinner since the Ocado will come tonight . Might have to have a half or 2/3 portion of a Cook meal from the freezer since I don’t have another lower calorie one left and i want to aim for the around 1000 cals in total for the day like yesterday to kickstart this loosing again effectively and get fast results to motivate me . Tonight I’ll get all my salad ingredients etc so for tomorrow’s lunch I can have that .
I do have to plan my meals ahead to avoid impulse eating when I’m too hungry . If I know I’m eating a certain thing at a certain time it helps me to hang on! And counting the calories before to plan it I can fit in a few snacks too to carry me through if I need them .
Hope everyone else is managing to get back on it if they’ve faltered for a moment . This isn’t a sprint it’s a marathon and we can do it !!! I believe in us !

No proper movement on the scales despite my efforts yesterday which is depressing but not surprising. Todays been a day from hell being in constant pain all over my body and starving hungry physically and mentally all day so I’ve done very well not giving in . I’ll now have another coffee and a bowl of cottage carrot stick and ham to make me last until dinner . I literally can’t take it any more !!!!!

Grrr I continue to struggle to get back into the mode and after 3 d I’m still at about -1,5 kg out of the 7 kg to get to the total of -20 kg I’m now trying to shed and feeling depressed . I am aiming for 2,5 / 3 kg a week optimistically so I need results tomorrow . In the morning just the little yogurt with meds then I had more minestrone soup with two thin slices of toasted sourdough with a smear of butter and a bit of cheddar followed by a handful of blueberries and a nice big milky coffee for a late lunch .In the afternoon then had to have a little bowl of cottage cheese , a bit of Turkey and carrot sticks so I could last until dinner I was starving most of the day . Dinner was delicious duck and udon noodle stir fry with 2 prawn crackers only which was very satisfying followed by a bit of mango . I can still have a tea and some popcorn if I need something. In total I’ll then be at about 1200 cals for the day again . At the moment I can’t do less I’m struggling with this which is about half of the calories I was having quite often while maintaining .I really hope there’s more movement soon and that I could achieve my goal -2,5 /3 kg by Monday ! I’m finding it hard to hang on here I’m so depressed at the huge task still left and not getting much done in general with all the stuff with the kids , the house , the admin etc jobs . How is everyone else doing ? It’s very quiet here and would be nice to have company for support atm !!!

Well done sticking with it @TheQuest1 . It sounds very difficult, you have willpower of steel! You're doing amazing. Have you taken photos? Sometimes although the scale doesn't move we can see a difference in a photo and it can help you feel less frustrated? I'm not sure that's the word again want (brain fog) but hopefully you know what I mean.

I've lost 2kg and 3 inches from my stomach. I'm going to start just tracking measurements rather than weight, as I find I become less obsessive and depressed that way.
I made myself some new pyjamas and I'm Into the next size down so that was fab!

Thanks @Pandermonium , I haven’t taken pictures but I do feel and look much better and clothes fit looser for sure after -15 kg . It’s just very hard to suddenly to cut your calories in half again especially since I always feel shitty with all my illnesses already but I know that for me this rather drastic amount is the only way to get it done lose a good chunk and then have a little break and maintain . I am still having an apple tonight it’s better than then alternative . I’m praying for a reward coming my way soon !
Well done on your loss too ! Let’s keep going !

I've been away again so sorry for not catching up properly. I had a small gain (half a pound) this week but I've been out to lovely restaurants with gorgeous food and the most amazing afternoon tea one day too (and way too much booze) so I really can't complain about that. Back on it for Monday's weigh in.

Finally -2 kg and have 5 to go to my next target but feel like I might need to take one day off a week . I’ve eaten nothing yet so I’ll decide later . Feeling so weak and hungry but I know I’ll feel better after having something and then I can think clearly . The problem is that my week finished on Mon and the weekend is hard anyway I always eat more then so taking Fri off is not sensible .I’ve got to be more careful this weekend . I was ideally aiming to get one more off before Mon anyway and that would require being strict. Maybe 2 kg a week is fast enough pace atm anyway .