30kg to lose. Who else is in this ballpark?

[trytopullyoursocksup]

That's ambitions - I am 51 and it's taking me to my 21 year old weight. (On the other hand, when I weighed that - or anything lower - I was never ever satisfied)

Is there anyone else in that kind of region? I am seeing a lot of threads from the people with around a stone, or a stone and a half to lose

Yes, I do have an issue with you and your attitude. If you're staying, I'm not posting here again. Yes, it's a public forum, you can do what you want. But if you bring that kind of shitty attitude to this thread I will not want to be here, and I will have lost this little group of who appear so far to be very nice people, who are all talking nicely and constructively to each other. So you decide what to do. You decide what kind of a person you want to be, you can just ruin this for me for fun, or you can go away and find some people who actually like being ignorantly bossed about. you decide.

You are coming at me with a funny attitude. I not come at you with one. How about you use that attitude and use it constructively. Maybe eat healthier. Do more exercise. Sorry if that sounded rude but maybe you needed to hear it as you were rude first.

Thanks, @trytopullyoursocksup - I felt the same way but was just ignoring.

I hear you on the meals for family thing. I have a bunch of fussy eaters and would cook so differently if it was just me.

My biggest barrier at the moment is hormonal swings. I find the fluctuations that go with my cycle really discouraging and it's maknig it extra hard. Similar age to you.

I lost that amount on keto, I have kept it of for a few years now. I transitioned onto intermittent fasting-11am-6pm and my weight has stayed pretty stable. I'd like to get rid of a bit more this year.

Good luck. I think the diet we pick to follow has a lesser influence than the mindset. There are so many times when I wouldn't have been able to do it at all and I've had to pull it back several times.

@trytopullyoursocksup funnily enough I don’t hate exercising - I love dancing and enjoy swimming and yoga, I don’t even mind the gym, weights and stuff. It’s just getting in the car and going there… it’s like there’s always something more important, more urgent… excuses, excuses.

Does anyone know how many calories are in a glass of “stfu”? Asking for a friend… 😁

Today went well, especially as the schools were closed due to the weather and at one point I had 5 kids here… although I did end the evening with whisky - oh well.

Morning all

I'm going to check in every day and report how I'm doing.
It would be nice if others wanted to join in.
I've been on other weight loss threads and they just trail off after a while.

Is everyone still in the right frame of mind to diet?

Hiya, can I cwtch with you all please if it will be friendly in here?

I also need to lose about 30 kilos to be back at my youth weight.

I’m awful for cake and biscuits and anything sugary as well as family meals with growing teens or celebrating with food.

So my plan is to move my weekday eating to low carb, high protein, high veg/salad and watch portion sizes/courses for times when I can’t avoid socialising type meals with friends out.

Current weight 13st 9 and I’d love to be around the 9 stone mark but will have to see if my old face holds up to it.

Are you doing a weigh in?

Morning! I'd be up for a weekly weigh in. I weigh every day because it helps me not give in to temptation too much, but I don't take proper notice apart from weekly.

Ate to my plan yesterday. Woke stupidly early today so a bit worried I'll succumb to chocolate later when I'm feeling low.

Did 12k steps yesterday and Pilates. Did 15 mins weights this morning. Just heading home from a meeting and having a late breakfast - yoghurt, raspberries, granola I think.

Hope you all have a good day

I'd be up for chatting on this thread and maybe weighing in intermittently.

I’m happy to have a dedicated weigh-in day although I’d rather not put my ACTUAL weight in print. 😳

I had a terrible night’s sleep and was up at 4. Usually I’d be shovelling stuff in to keep going, but instead I’m going to have a portion of batch-cooked and an early night. Going to bed slightly hungry isn’t going to hurt me.

cwtch’s all around.

Hi, I'd like to join please. I'm 52 and have binge eating disorder. I could do with losing 30kg at the most but just a couple of stone would be amazing. I started 16: 8 intermittent fasting today. I'm not going to count calories because that's bad for me, just focus on getting as nutritious as possible foods in, and not going on a mad binge if I have a blip.
I did sleep all afternoon after lunch so I'm hoping thats not going to happen every day when I break fast!

I won't be weighing myself till I've lost a lot of weight because I find it triggering, but will measure progress by my clothes and feelings of wellbeing. I want this to be a holistic journey for me.

Hi everyone! I think weighing is a very much YMMV situation - let's not formalise that we all have to, but I will certainly be celebrating or commiserating with anyone who weighs themselves and comes here to report in. I'm going to try to stick to weekly or thereabouts.

cwtch backatcha @DressingForRevenge

I've been in the office today. Had two boiled eggs, enormous homepacked salad for lunch with sardines and now I have just had some cold chicken. So that's a day of 16:8 totally obliterated with breakfast at 7am and dinner at 9pm but I'm ok with that for one day, especially as I didn't snack. I am really on a roll with my current version of low carb. Every time I do it, I feel this flood of relief a few days in when I realise I don't have to think about eating or not eating all the time. High protein, high fat, high cabbage (seriously - it's a staple) and low sugar really work for me.

I feel a bit guilty about how dependent it makes me on animal products. Everyone is going on about veganism and so on. i just can't do it. Even cutting animal products a bit makes my weight shoot right up. Being a full time veggie was constant misery, wanting to eat all the time, desperately trying not to, being obsessed with food and gaining weight, quickly or slowly. I'm sorry if this offends anyone with vegan or vegetarian sensibilities but I have reached a point in my life where I am just not going to try any more. I am too old, too tired, too fat. I just want to be healthy and have energy and live my life now.

How is everyone else?

Morning! look at me, all keen, double posting. How is everyone?

Working from home today, so:
C25k W4 D1 this morning
No food yet, aiming for brunch at 12 ish and dinner at 6.30 ish to get back on the the 16:8 thing. Coffee and water so far

Have a good day everyone!

I had to do a quick conversion from stones and lbs to kilos, but yes I need to lose around that ball park. Am 54 and have piled on the wait in the last 4 years after developing plantar fasciitis and giving up running. Also emotional eating because my dd's mental health has taken its toll.

Might be able to find the motivation from joining this group chat, hopefully

Morning!

Nice to see you all and hear everyone is going to have a go too. Strength together eh? We’re all doing slightly different things but that doesn’t matter, we’re all trying to sort ourselves out a bit in ways that work for us and that’s great.

I’m the same on veggie, I’m much better to cut out the carbs but my weight and hunger just balloons if I go low meat/fish. Upping exercise doesn’t seem to have much effect on my weight, but a huge effect on my appetite so I’m keeping that down at the moment too, until I’m a bit lighter and my body isn’t shifting so much about but I totally hear you about being tired or emotional eating, both of which I’m awful for - trying to also set a better bedtime routine of 9:30, bath and book and alarm of 6:30 weekday and weekend so my body doesn’t get out of sync.

Emotional eating tips welcome 😬

How’s everyone else feeling this morning?

Morning all! Well, I did a weigh in this morning and have lost 7lb since 3 January. Am aware that some of that will be water weight but am still feeling quite pleased. A start at least.

I find the hardest time not to snack is late afternoon. Can’t work out why though- I probably am a bit hungry so have tried building in a snack but I still find myself randomly sticking things in my mouth in a way which I imagine must be emotional- it feels like a compulsion, in that I almost don’t consciously know I’m doing it. Not a huge amount of food but half a biscuit here, couple of grapes there- all adds up. Really odd as I don’t do it at any other time of day.

@MrsDMrsI I saw a counsellor some years ago about emotional eating. Only had a couple of sessions but the thing that I really remember was her focus on awareness. She wasn’t fussed about what I ate and when, just that each time I consciously noticed I was eating and also checked in with my mood eg “it’s 3pm, I’m eating an apple, I’m feeling irritated” or whatever. I still find it hard to do (see my para above) but when I manage it I definitely find it helpful.

I jumped on the scales this morning and they were very encouraging - so before anyone says “it’s only water”, might I pre-emptively say FUCK OFF! 😉 it’s three fewer pounds I need to shovel into my pants.

I too am a meat-eater. I cook gorgeous veggie food - all very healthy apparently and simply pile the weight on. I only really like beef and fish - to me, chicken are flying vermin - but eggs are eggsellent.

I'm a meat eater too, though I do really like veg heavy recipes. I've had success in the distant past with low carb. I'm feeling my way around 5:2 for the next few weeks but think I'll end up in the 5 days settling on meals where the kids and DH can have added carbs if they want and I can go without. It's not so much that I'm strict low carb as carbs being the thing I can most easily give up - pasta bloats me, potatoes I can leave most days, I have decided I'll only eat bread if it's really nice bread and then don't buy it often, so it's only rice I could and do eat lots of. The carbs I eat are usually the snacks - cake, choc, biscuits, crisps. So this is where I need to put most attention.

Going to do a slow cooker chicken curry tomorrow with roasted cauli as the side and going to try to avoid the naan and rice that they will all want!

The late afternoon eating thing is the same for me. I found some miso soup at the back of the cupboard yesterday and had that when the hunger hit. It really did the trick! I suspect I may be reaching for it a lot!

I'm also trying to be really mindful of my eating. I can eat 100g bar of choc and not even think about it. Loads of work to do in mindless snacking.

Been v busy with work today and feeling peckish. But wondering if it's just me needing a break. Going to go for some fresh air and stretch my legs, see how I feel when I come back. Will eat then if I'm still hungry.

I'm on day 3. Just cutting out junk at the moment.
I need some time to get into the zone.
I want 5 stones off by Christmas. Which is only 1.5 lbs a week.
Sounds doable.
25 weeks to start of school holidays.
11 weeks until Easter.

Me, I'm on saxenda and currently lost 3kg this week, not the most enjoyable way to lose weight but I just need to get this 3 stone off asap. I'm done living like this

Good morning everyone 🙃
How’s everyone doing in this weather?

I’ve been mildly demotivated by morning meetings with breakfast 🤣 I haven’t calorie counted properly in a couple of days, but I have found yesterday that because of having breakfast I then was too full to eat lunch so skipped that instead. Also, I’m thinking of moving my weigh in day to the end of the week, seems like weekends have a negative impact on the scales for me. I weighed myself on Tuesday and hadn’t lost anything but just out of curiosity weighed myself again today and have lost 0.8 kg since, which is nearly 2lb. Total loss since starting: 3kg, so I’m pleased with my efforts 😁 I’ll test Thursday, Friday and Saturday and then pick one!