Lose 50lbs with me!

[Cookiedough123]

Hi I just thought I would start my own thread so I can post daily!

I have recently started fasting and I am 10 days in and lost nearly 6lbs!

SW 15st 6.8
CW 15st 1

GW under 12st!

I am using a few apps to help.. Happy Scales.. I like the way this breaks it into 10 milestones so I have smaller weight goals to aim for. And Zero to track how many hours I have fasted. I have never tried fasting before but I feel like it’s using my willpower which I needed reminding that I had! MyFitnessPal i find if I don’t track my calories I forget what I’ve eaten. My goal is 1400 a day. And finally Fitbit.. I’m aiming for 10000+ steps a day.

Im a serial calorie counter! I got down to under 10st about 7 years ago and as amazing as I felt, I also felt amazing at 12st as my clothes were much more flattering on me. I had a baby last year and I’m nearly 10 months postpartum, frustratingly I actually lost weight after I had my son as I was so sick during pregnancy and then I have found breastfeeding made me super hungry and I piled weight on by constantly snacking. The breastfeeding has cut right down now and I am finding I am not as hungry and needed to kick myself into gear.

I have attached a pic of my MyFitnessPal weight log since 2015 to show how up and down I am!

@221BBakerSt thanks for the empathy - though in a way I feel bad because I’ve only got one DC, and my working hours are very light!! (I think still recovering workwise after bereavement + Covid)

Your meals are very healthy and so I applaud you for that! Wouldn’t surprise me if I’d eaten 4000 calories today!!

Smartphone addiction isn’t helping me either. I probably have depression in fact.

However: onwards, we weightloss warriors!

@LittleGlowingOblong please be really gentle and kind to yourself, on top of everything else you are living with bereavement and that hurt is truly exhausting.

Well done everyone 😊 13st 7 and 1/4lbs this morning, so 1.5lbs off this week. Half term officially starts for us today 😊 hope everyone has great a week x

Hi everyone so I thought I posted the other day but I clearly didn’t and what I wrote has gone now! 😂

Sooo…
Saturday 13st 9.4
Sunday 13st 7.8
Monday 13st 8.6
Tuesday 13st 8.6

So I had a lovely drop on Saturday and then a little gain again Monday which held today!! Tomorrow is my what have I lost this week thread and last week I was 13st 10.6 so even if I stick again at 13st 8.6 i will have had a 2lb loss this week even though it doesn’t feel like it!!

I have definitely upped my calories a little which is why I think I’m fluctuating so much! I am happy though with my loss so far.

I am also 1 POUND AWAY!! From my 2 stone loss (need to hit 13st 6.8). I doubt I’ll get that tomorrow but hopefully by this time next week I’ll have it.

Just thought I’d add a recent graph too 😄😄

Happy with this mornings weigh in I’m 13st 7.2lbs which means after losing 0 last week I’ve lost 3.2lbs this week! Also only 0.4 away now from 2 stone loss! So close! Going to be extra good today to try and hit it by the weekend 🤞

@Bumblebeebum23well done .. brilliant! What’s your total loss at now?

@LittleGlowingOblong It sounds like you’re having a rubbish time at the minute. good luck this week. Sorry you are going through a hard time.. keep your chin up and keep working at it.

@221BBakerSt of course you can join. You definitely have your hands full with 5 kids! How are things going this week?

Thanks, @Cookiedough123 !

Starting again, again.

weight yesterday was 15 stone 1lb

over on a menopause thread someone pasted a graphic showing the relative increases of risk of breast cancer, and being overweight was probably worse than drinking and being on HRT combined. Sobering.

Brilliant @Cookiedough123 amazing progress and so close to your 2 stone loss! 😀

Started at 15st 9lbs and I was 13st 6.75lbs this morning, so I have now lost just over 30lbs 👍next mini goal is to lose my 2 and a half stone (13st 2lbs) and following that I want to get out of the 13s

@Cookiedough123 that's fantastic!

We were away last week again, lots of nice cocktails, it wasn't the food, and I'm back hovering around 12st 7 really need to get cracking if I want to be 11st 7 for Christmas. I had hoped to get to 11st but it's never going to happen.

Morning! Another good weigh in today! Don’t know what’s going on this week but having some really good drops! Today I was 13st 5.2!

So that’s 2st 1.4lbs lost!!

My goal is ideally 12st so another 1st 5.2 to go.

@LittleGlowingOblong Good luck today. The first few days are the hardest!

@Bumblebeebum23 that’s brilliant well done! 30lbs is amazing! How do you feel in yourself? I definitely feel a difference now my clothes fit better, I have more energy and I feel like when I take a picture I’m not looking at my massive round face it’s definitely shrunk and I’ve gone from 3 chins to maybe 2 😂

@Sugarfree23 that sounds like a lovely week! It’s definitely doable 🤞🤞🤞🤞

Yay! Well done @Cookiedough123 great news 😊 you are doing so well!

yes, I'm definitely feeling better for it. Moving down the clothes sizes, feeling more confident and less self-conscious and generally fitter and healthier. I still have a long way to go (top end of my bmi is 10st), but little goals seem to be keeping me on track.

Small loss today of 13st 5.0 so down 0.2. I am waiting for any day it to shoot back up now! I tend to guess in a morning if I will be heavier as to whether I wake up very bloated! This week I’ve had no bloat which is nice for a change. I’ve woken up a little dizzy and lightheaded so I’m going to skip a fasting day today which I haven’t done since August.

Total loss so far … 29.8lbs.

Next few goals..
Hit 30lbs lost
Get into the 12st bracket

You are doing fabulous!

God knows how I dropped a 1.5lb between yesterday and today. 12st 5.9 want to get back to 12st 4 someing before Monday. Need to be really careful over the weekend.

Wow, well done!

I think my digital scales must be broken - I dropped 6lbs in 2 days. Something not right!

@LittleGlowingOblong - could it be time of the month?
Just my guess if digital scales have broken they'd be completely wonky say you'd doubled or halved not be close enough to make you think they are nearly right

Yay- just come back after 10 days in california (couple of vinos every night ) plusUS portions and I'm only 1.2kg up-(did walk a lot) pleased with that

Stayed the same this week (13st 7lbs) 🙄 trying not to get disheartened. October has been a very slow month in terms of weight loss (I will post October's final total tomorrow, but currently, it's 3.5lbs). Just need to keep going and remember the bigger picture. I'm 30lbs down and on the right trajectory. (Now to make it through Halloween, Guy Fawkes and Christmas! 🙀)

Back to work today (boo)

Have a good week everyone xx

@Crikeyalmighty to only gain 1.2kg after 10 days away is really good going.

October has been very up and down. Too many meals out, and generally taking my eye off the ball. I was doing well then was out twice this weekend.

This is Monday, November starts this week. I need a good month of actually loosing.

12st 7.1 this morning.

@Sugarfree23 I know- I was expecting at least 3kg - I ate double what I normally eat plus wine every day

So, it was a little bit better this morning.

End of October weigh in: 13st 6.5lbs... so only 4 lbs this month, but still moving down. Here's to November 😊

SW:15st 9lbs
CW: 13st 6.5lbs

Hi everyone.

Have had a poorly little baby for a few days and feel like I haven’t had a minute to get on my phone and type out replies!

After my brilliant drop I am back up although I am on my period so that is likely why. I will post my last few days weigh ins!

Sat 13.6
Sun 13.6
Mon 13.7
Tues 13.7

So had a gain of 2lbs since Friday but I am so bloated and uncomfortable so that is probably why! Will catch up on the rest of the messages later but hope everyone has a good Tuesday!

@Cookiedough123 hope baby is better soon.

Tame care @Cookiedough123 hope your little one is feeling better soon x

*take care

Thanks everyone hoping he’s better soon! Lack of sleep is a killer!!

So todays weigh in I was 13st 5.4 so nearly back to my Friday low..

Hope everyone’s week is going well so far!

Happy weekend everyone. I’ll hopefully be back to daily weigh ins again now my little one is better as we’ve been in hospital for a few days!

Todays weigh in I was 13st 3.2. I haven’t been able to use scales for a few days so I’m happy with that!