Fellow Menopausal Fatties

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Anyone care to join me in trying to lose some weight.

I really need to sort myself out but I seem to have zero willpower. I would love some company.

I will weigh myself tomorrow. There will be tears.

Has everyone given up on this thread? Have we moved to another thread? Just noticed the last comment was over a week ago 😕

I haven't posted for a couple of weeks because I haven't lost any weight for the last 2 weeks. It's absolutely soul destroying to live on salad, fruit, yogurt and a small dinner, to turn down all the offers in work of biscuits, cakes, brownies, sweets, to kill myself at the gym 2 or 3 times per week, to then hop on the scales all excited and motivated and find that I haven't managed to shift a single pound in 2 weeks.

I honestly don't know what I'm doing wrong ☹️

Still here, the kids have both finished their exams & stress is levelling out. I'm still exercising regularly but have not yet tackled my eating habits - which aren't particularly bad but clearly something needs to change. Off on holiday next week & have promised myself that things will change once I'm back. I'm going to look at increasing water, cutting out "hidden sugars" such as cordial etc so plain water it is. Dropping Diet Coke. And the big one, no more sneaky squares of chocolate after dinner - a habit my hubby has gotten me into. Main meals are all pretty healthy so it's the small things I need to look at. Just worried life will become very dull, I don't drink alcohol so the odd cake, chocolate or biscuit has always been my treat.

I've been so good these last two weeks. Pitta sandwiches and salads. Hot food on on a sat/ sun teatime. Still walking and biking.
I'm 3lb heavier.
Figure that one out.

Hi, @JaffaCake70 @Neversaygoodbye @Rowgtfc72 , I haven’t been on it, just back from a carb heavy holiday in Cornwall. I go away with family in 4 weeks, beach holiday. I will weigh tomorrow morning and regroup.

Anyone interested in doing a 4 week plan? I will probably do Fast800 as it works well for me if I stick to it.

Just looked at fast 800. No way could I manage that😱
I get up at 4am, bowl of oats made with water, no milk or sugar. 5 mile bike ride to work. 8 hrs in a manual job were I eat one ham sandwich and two cereal bars. 5 mile bike ride home . Then 3 mile walk with the dog ( mainly to stop me emptying the contents of the fridge)
Tea is generally by that point anything frozen I can grab from the freezer as I'm starving and knackered.
If I could sleep for the five hours between coming home and going to bed I'd consume a lot less calories!

@Rowgtfc72 haha no way could I do it with your schedule. I am retired and other than cooking family dinner and occasional ferrying of teenagers I do very little. Re. your annoying 3 lb gain, maybe change things a bit food wise, have steak and chips, or some meal you wouldn’t normally allow yourself and see if it gets your body going again. Just a thought.

I've had 2 weeks without chips. I'm definitely back on them this week.
Just eating less of them.

Has anyone tried trinity transformation. I can’t find a price for the programme anywhere.

I've been mediocre this week. The hormones are wreaking havoc though which has been on top of a stressful week so tried not eat my body weight in chocolate. The scales are STS which I'll take a the moment.

@Rowgtfc72 maybe have some quick lrotein ready when you get home. I have a protein drink when I get home from work and then an evening meal as early as possible and it's really curbed my cravings in the evening.

I am really vulnerable to hitting the kettle chips at 9pm and this is the only
Thing that has haloed me consistently avoid it.

@declutteringmymind I tried peanut butter on toast but of course one led to two, led to three.
I have been eating nuts for the last fortnight. And satsumas.
And I'm heavier.

Yes I had to curb the nut habit. So moreish. The protein drink works for me as it is volume as well as protein and well worth spending a few calories on for me.

Am on holiday visiting family, and of course all the food is great. Trying very hard to control myself. Many noticed I lost weight, so that was motivating but they still keep feeding me!

A question for those whose weight yo-yos: what do you do about clothes not fitting? I bought a couple of shirts two months ago and now they are loose.

Also still here and reading. Nothing much changed for me so think I also need to do something drastic! The cutting down is making sod all difference on the scales.

I hate that I allow myself to feel so disgusted with my body. It has served me well and deserves to be loved. It has carried and birthed two bouncing baby boys and walked me everywhere until I passed my driving test at the age of 52 (I'm so happy to drive a car but do think it's added to my weight gain). I'm so grateful to have a fully functioning, relatively healthy, body.

But I just hate all the blubber! I HATE IT!!!! I look in the mirror and I just see mounds of fat everywhere. Fat thighs, Fat boobs, Fat arms, Fat legs, Fat bum and worst of all my flabby jelly belly 😭and it's just NOT MOVING!

I'm trying so hard, I've cut out so much and restricted my diet drastically. I thought the weight would fall of but it just hasn't. I've lost about 12lbs in as many weeks, but if I have a little treat at the weekend I'll gain a couple of pounds overnight, it's just ridiculous. I feel like someone is playing a rotten game with me, adjusting the scales or hiding extra fat in my meals 😂Last Friday I had 2 Bacardi and diet cokes, a small packet of Space Raiders and a small choc ice, when I woke up on Saturday I'd gained a pound.. HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE?

I'm just venting here because I'm sick of not being able to buy/wear the clothes and fashions that I like, I'm stuck wearing flowy dresses or leggings and baggy t shirts. I'm sick of hating every photograph I see of myself and most of all I'm sick of the scales telling me that I weigh nearly 14 stone!! I've been dieting and going to the gym for nearly 4 months now, why am I still so fat and gross?

It's so frustrating, I'm sorry to moan, I am grateful to have a body that functions as it should (I work in a hospital and see sick and injured people every day, I appreciate how lucky I am). I'm just so disappointed that all of my hard work isn't paying off in the way I thought it would.

If anyone else feels the need to vent please do, I'd like to know I'm not alone in my frustration! 🙃

@JaffaCake70 yeah, same here, used to have 32 inch hips (not talking when I was 17, right up until 40s) and could just pull on anything and go. I think I hate my huge bust the most. I am not tall and have narrow shoulders, the fat starts on my chin and goes to my upper thighs. Yes grateful to be mobile etc but have spent 4 years gaining and losing the same pounds over and over. I don’t actually eat masses and don’t have a sweet tooth but still rolls of fat. So much mental energy going into what I weigh, what the hell I can wear to look passable. DH had a friend we haven’t seen in a couple of years pop by a couple of days ago (we live very rurally) and I kept thinking I am so much fatter than when last he saw me. I am avoiding seeing lovely but chic girlfriends as I am embarrassed.

I know I need to make permanent changes rather than diet.

My DH and kids (all slim and fit) are very sweet to me but I do worry at some point I will be an embarrassment.

Its so silly really but yeah I hate the rolls of fat and they are stopping me doing stuff.

Oh @JaffaCake70 losing 12 lbs in 12 weeks is amazing. You should be proud!

You will get there. Probably slowly, but eventually.

Still 14 13. Had a bit of a moment, slapped myself round the back of my head and reminded myself I'm not 15st 7 anymore😁

@JaffaCake70 just read your post from Monday - I'd say 12 pounds in 12 weeks sounds like a consistent and sustainable loss so you're doing well!

And the gaining is likely to be water weight retention due to carbs and can go just as quickly as it goes on x

I haven't weighed for a while but nice surprise this morning to go from 14/10 to 14/6.

I had just had a poo though

I'm trying to be more active as much as my health will allow.

So. Monday I went to the docs for my b12 jab. Noticed on the screen a box at the bottom that said 'eligible for digital weightloss course'. It might as well lit up FAT in big red letters. It will not say that next time. I am spurred into action.
Incidentally the nurse was pleased I'd lost just over a kg. As was I. She did say hormones at our age are an absolute nightmare and any weightloss would be hard earned.
Back in 3 months for b12, hopefully more kilos gone.

Term will end today and I’m determined to start stacking some good habits. Cooking from scratch, exercising with weights, moving more and avoiding processed food.

No family holiday booked as my mother-in-law is in palliative care. Lost my Mum and Dad in the last two years so life has been difficult. All this hasn’t been helped by school being understaffed and overstretched.

But, I’ve been reflecting on how we all have battles to fight and I want to be healthy and active for my children. Only I can make the change and I HAVE to take this opportunity as no one else can do it for me.

One thing I’m definitely going to start with is avoiding picking up my phone and just lounging on the sofa where time seems to just run through my fingers!

Keep going everyone. 💪

Week off work with headaches, sickness and dizziness. Stayed on sofa, didn't eat much. Week back at work, 9 miles biking a day, 3 miles walking.
I'm 15st 4 this morning. I don't get it.

@Rowgtfc72 what height are you? I think waist measurement is more important. I am 5ft 5, weigh 10st 13 lbs, doesn’t sound too bad but my waist (narrowest part) is 39 inches and I am soft with rolls of fat. I am also small boned with 40% fat according to a test I did. If you are tall, strong and fit as a fiddle I would ignore the scales completely and go by your measurements.

Just looked back at my first entry on this thread (27 March) and I am exactly the same today as I was then. Been up and down by half stone or more several times since but ultimately back to square one. Don’t know what to make of that.