Here I am again, another summer and still fucking FAT.

[Lostinplaces]

Will I ever do it I wonder? 41 this year and still a fat fucker. Every year I promise myself I will not be obese for another year. FFS how I lie to myself. Someone wire my fucking jaw shut please!

Checking in because I’ve just eaten salami on toast and two milky ways and suitably disgusted at my attempts to lose weight!

starting afresh as of NOW!

so fed up of being the size I am. Put so much weight on after having kids but it’s no excuse I just eat!

I hear you OP and everyone else! What have you tried, any success? with weight loss it's all about what wil work for you. I struggle with exercise and anything requiring brainpower like counting or lots of prep. I have had my best weight loss so far by fasting - I eat at 1230/1300 as first meal of day (usually big salady sandwich or fruit yoghurt and oats type thing, ) and dinner, eaten by 1930/20:00. I am having to think less about what but only when. Following pages on intermittent fasting, finally got nearly a stone off. I really hope I can push on for more. But am finding this much easier than calorie counting or ww/SW as it's mostly about time and ploughing through water or black tea or coffee. I'd lose more and quicker if I looked at my food more. I notice if I do go off the timing - how easy it is to add the pounds back on.......I am determined to not start next summer the same. We're here with you ! Weight loss is tough!

Another one in the same boat. So annoyed with myself. I lost weight during the first covid lock down. I was doing great. Then we had eat out to help our and I went mad!! I've continued to gain ever since.

I'm so hot, I fell unprofessional at work because I'm a melting blob. My daughter took my photo yesterday and I honestly wanted ti cry.

On Monday I started cutting down. Sensible portions. No snacking. I hope/aim to lose two stone over this summer. The plan is to keep up the momentum over the winter and emerge a slimmer me next year!!

I know the feeling. And I see some incredibly thin women around and they look great.

So I am 45 and I have underactive thyroid, perimenopause , tired all the time , blah blah blah. I was at my heaviest ever start of the year and I decided I was going to do WHATEVER it takes to lose some weight to get back to at least the healthy range (BMI was30 and just entered the obese range, congrats to me). I started a low cal meal delivery service, attempted exercise and I did lose a whopping 3kg / 7lb over January and February and then it just stalled over March.

I then got very annoyed at myself and decided that if all these people (some of whom aren’t even as big as me ) on TikTok can go take Ozempic or Saxenda or those other medications I can’t spell then why can’t I? I certainly am fat and I am desperate . Anyway I have been on Saxenda since Easter and I have steadily lost another 22lb and am now fitting back into the size 12 clothing I had stored away. I have more energy back and I don’t feel like a tired old slug.

I have decided I will sign up to a reformer Pilates class which I think will happen some time in July. I loathe the gym and hate exercise classes but I’ve heard that reformer Pilates classes are small so not like there’s 30+ women. And it’s the type of exercise that you don’t sweat too much.

Hi @Lostinplaces, I remember a thread a few years back that was called something like I Forgot to Get Slim For Summer Again! Last September I made a decision that after years of saying I'll lose weight for Christmas and my birthday in the summer but never doing so that I would finally do it. And I did. The LOSE IT threads have been great company and motivation and I now have a BMI of 21 down from 26. I'm not built for the heat and get red faced and sweaty regardless of my weight. My thighs rub holes in my jeans every fucking time I buy a new pair the same thing happens. An old friend referred to inner thigh fat as love cushions 😁
My diet is mainly carbs, I eat ice cream, sweets and crisps regularly, but I've upped protein and become obsessed with proper Greek yogurt for lunch, breakfast is porridge with golden syrup and chia seeds, dinner is whatever and snacks are whatever that fit into whatever calories my fitness pal tells me I can eat for the day. That was originally 1750 and went down to 1550. Monday to Friday I walk 10 miles a day easily just going about my day. I don't eat after dinner which is between 5 and 6pm. Well, unless it's the holidays. The walking has allowed me greater calories so I haven't felt miserable and too deprived and I quickly got used to not eating in the evening. That's my danger time and I'd easily demolish a big bag of Maltesers or revels or big bag of popcorn or lentil chips prior to this. It was a deeply ingrained habit but I've kicked it and it's made a difference. If I can do it then I bet you can do it too. You'd be very welcome on the LOSE IT threads if you'd like to join us. Don't beat yourself up, you're human and good tastes good and exercise is effort and sweaty. If you focus on healthier changes and getting healthier rather than deprivation it can help

I had bypass surgery in February - lost 5 1/2 stone so far - but still fucking fat 😅😅😅 maybe next year will be my year for frolicking in floral floaty sun dresses. This year I'm rocking leggings and oversized t-shirts and sweating like a pig. Keep on keeping on folks!!!

How much, if at all, can I improve my appearance in two weeks? Having my first weekend away in forever.

I won't have anything on show but is there any way to look less blobby?!

Can't tell you how much this post spoke to me lol.

My people. I put on a couple of stone in lockdown (I'm only 5'3 so every pound shows) and was determined to get it off. Roll on now and nope, I'm probably half a stone heavier still. Looking at the few photos of myself now I want to cry. Why can't I stick to anything when I feel this shit?!

I look at photos of pre-lockdown when I really needed to lose half a stone and thought I was fat and think I was I was 'that' fat, not 'this' fat 🤣😩.

I appear to have found my people. I have a "do" in July and I really need to lose weight for it. Dh weighs less than me by 3 stone, I am mortified.
I'm drinking pints of water but still eating too much. I've been referred for a 12week NHS plan but it doesn't start for 2 weeks so I'm faffing about rather than making a start now.

Running I don't get these people who can lose 5lb in a week or whatever.

I'm now seeing someone who is really thin, probably underweight, so I feel that issue too!

Sugar and carbohydrates are addictive, particularly if they come in the form of UPF and/or alcohol. The only way to get on top of this is to cut out virtually all forms of sugars and only eat small amounts of unrefined carbs. There is a book by an American physician that explains this really well and offers practical ways of combating this addiction: The Sugar Solution by Mark Hyman.

By far the best way of exercising effectively is working out with dumbbells. Caroline Girvan has lots of free YouTube programmes which I found life changing. I'm in my 60s now and so, so grateful that I changed my diet and my lifestyle as I'm fitter than I was in my 40s and I'm rarely tempted by 'bad foods'.

Hello everyone!! Two days in a row I’ve had salad for lunch and drinking as much water as I can. Managing around 1-1.5ltr a day so far. My fall down is the evenings and crisps! The crunch, the salt, the flavours 😋😋😋 just pour them down my throat and be done with it. Death by walkers is apparently my fate! Sending slimming thoughts to you all today hope the heat helps you sweat off a few lbs!

Thought the weight would magically melt off while breastfeeding, instead I gained weight. My youngest is almost 2 so can’t even blame it on the baby. I’m just miserable with the way I look. I can eat good meals, then I end up binging on sweets and cake.
I hate summer, I end up in maxi dresses and I don’t look effortlessly chic, they just look sack like.

"Death by Walkers" really spoke to me!!

I absolutely feel the same sentiment here.

But.

I've been doing 16:8 since the beginning of May, and Couch 2 5K, and have lost 7kg.

Last weekend was DS's 3rd birthday, so had lots of celebrations. Not dropped even a gram this week.

It's just so easy to fall back into old habits.

I'm less than a kg from just being overweight.

4kg more would mean I went on holiday lighter than 4 years ago, and would be a 12% loss.

I have 2 months.

Primark cycling shorts are longer this year, and perfect against my chub rub.

I have a couple of cotton, sleeveless tea dresses, and am wearing them constantly. I don't care if everyone can see my wobbly bingo wings.

Hello,

This is exactly me too! I have a BMI of 34 and I've just had to buy a load of new summer clothes because I didn't lose weight before summer like I said I would! I need to lose 4 stone to be a healthy weight, but would like to at least lose 5 overall.

I started gaining weight when I was depressed and ate out of comfort (single mum, would spend Saturday nights stuffing my face whilst sat alone). I've then had two bereavements close together in mid 2021 and gained another 1.5 stone in the year after those.

I'm in a much better place now emotionally but still find myself eating out of boredom. I definitely have binged in the past too, and know the foods which I can't have in the house anymore (Mr Kipling angel slices being my biggest weakness!). Also, things like babybels or Pepperamis (I won't just have one as a snack, I'll have a load!).

I have managed to track my calories and stick to 1500 for the past week. I'm hoping I'll be able to break the habits this time 🤞🏻 I haven't weighed again yet in case I've lost nothing.

I feel really embarrassed about how little self control I have had. Would love to keep checking in here for accountability!

@AutisticLegoLover thank you for the recommendation, I'll take a look at the LOSE IT threads. I feel like I have found my people. I started SW recently and stupidly decided to use all the non-SW food up so I actually put on weight in my first couple of weeks. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Down 4lb this week though, having made more of an effort. Got another 59lbs to go - ideally more but that is a terrifying number to be getting on with! Ffs.

I was thinking about adding in fasting too @Whatevernext33 for most of the reasons you mentioned. I'm eating a much healthier diet but I'm just wondering whether I'd go mad in the eight hour window, rather than listening to when my stomach is full!

@RunningKatie I'm on the wait list for the NHS thing too although I'm not exactly sure when I start, had a random text about it today asking me to confirm my interest.

It'd be great to stick around for accountability!

@whoathisisheavy baby steps is the way forward. I use the Happy Scale app and it divides your goal into small increments and makes things much more encouraging and less scary. Someone recommended it on mumsnet and I love it. Seeing the graph move downwards over time was motivating and it evens out the little blips.

Well, I've had a very sobering experience today where I've been prodded by a lovely doctor all around my podgy stomach. Mortified doesn't begin to describe it.
Salad for dinner this evening.

There is definitely hope. I am mid 40s. Summer 2021 I was 15 stone. Last summer I was 13st8. Today I am 12st 2. I've lost a stone in the last 3 months. I've done it through calorie counting and also getting very stressed about Tinder! Lost half a stone in a week thanks to the latter. I'm now steadily losing still just by restricting calories and reducing carbs. There were many summers when I said that would be the last fat summer. I feel so much better now although I still have a ways to go. Aiming to drop to 11stone. You can do it! One day it will just click. I've had plateaus along the way and even gains but overall a downhill trajectory.

Calorie counting / deficit is exactly what all diets are based around so focus on that. I lost a stone, had Sundays as my cheat day and ate whatever I wanted on that day only. But even on my calorie counting days I gave into cravings but just made it all work into my allowance. Had mcds, chips, choc still but just keep in allowance and buy calories by walking. If you struggle with binge eating you may need to get help from a therapist to work out why you resort to this, start mentally first and then go from there. Good luck x

Cut out sugar and refined carbs and I promise you, the cravings will vanish, you won't feel hungry, and you WILL lose weight.

Lots of vegetables
Moderate amounts of lean protein
Plus healthy fats and some unrefined carbs and fruit.

It definitely works, especially if you do intermittent fasting and get fit.

@RunningKatie DTS1 (has ASD and no filter when speaking!) prodded my tummy yesterday and asked when the baby was coming out there hasn't been a baby in there for almost 8 years...

I'm embarrassed to admit this but I really struggle with meal planning - well the planning, shopping, cooking, everything! Part of it is time, part of it is a lack of cooking ability/ enjoyment, and part of it is that the whole concept confuses me the GP suspects that I have ADHD and this is probably one of the areas where it manifests itself, too many variables for me to get my head round. The only way I've been successful is sticking to a (very) limited range of meals, which works but is of course dull, if anyone has any top tips I'd love to hear them!