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[3am]

I don't have a empowering opening post but want to change.

There's a week left of the summer holidays and when the kids go back to school and I get my routine back I plan to sort my shit out.

I've got about 4 stone to shift and a lifetime of bad habits to work on.. I'll get there but definitely need somewhere to vent, so tah dah.. here it is.

Feel free to join in- I could probably do with some accountability!

Can I join you? Name changed for this and as the username suggests I am planning a sort out in September.

Also have a lot of bad habits to undo, and not under any illusions that I’ll magically transform myself in a month, but I’m planning to use it as a reset to at least get on top of things!

I will join you too.
I had my second baby 3 weeks ago, and have about 20kg to shift. I have a toddler, a breastfeeding newborn, and no will/time to do structured exercise in the gym. I am hoping daily wrangling of toddler with a newborn will count as exercise 😬
So I am really focusing on sustainable diet.

Errr at 3 weeks pp I would be on my arse in my baby bubble! Don't be too harsh with yourself you have enough on your plate.. that said some of my baby weight is 14 years old so I probably went too far the other way!

That's exactly what my problem is though, I tell myself I'm human and shouldn't be tough on myself, lifes hard enough/lifes too short you name the cliché ...and then whoops I've gained again.

I'm kicking off a no spends in September too so hopefully not carrying my card about will help me avoid all the impromptu snackcidents too.

Oh I fondly remember early newborn days with my first, spending days sitting on a sofa, cuddling, working my way through Netflix.
This time around I find myself BF-ing whilst perched on the edge of the bath, saying things like 'Wow that's excellent poo, good job!' to my toddler. So I thought, why not start getting myself into some sort of shape as there is no peace anyway 😂. I'm on mat leave for a year, and definitely want to be in my pre pregnancy weight by then hopefully way sooner.

Oh, I like No Spends September to go with it. I'm in!

Yeah it's definitely not the same second time round!

It's good to have a deadline to work towards, Last year I couldn't get the zip up on my winter coat so I bought a dry robe.. I felt like such a shapeless blob I vowed I would fit in my coat for this year so I need to get cracking before it gets cold again!

How are you all doing?
Day 1 for me and so far so good. I also got an added pressure of a family photosession coming up in few weeks' time. I want to look less bloated if anything 😬

Good morning? How is everyone?

I have had a terrible summer, eating bread because I can’t be bothered to cook.

im going to try to eat healthily for a week then weigh myself as I know it’ll only upset me if I weigh myself now and I want to be in the habitual behaviour of eating well.

Can I join in?

Name changed as I am doing this quietly, with only DH and a close friend knowing. Everyone thinks I'm happy with how I am, and that's the way I like to keep it, especially as MIL and a DiSs have been making comments about my weight and I'm quite arrogant about this sort of thing.

I'm embarrassed with how fat I've become. But in my defence, I had a bit of a breakdown and was diagnosed with burnout and depression, and it came from there.

I'm short, and have at least 2 stone to lose, which I know in the grand scheme other people have more, but for a short arse like me, it shows.

So, I've hired a PT, and told him to hold me accountable and help me get back to good habits. I'm going to be seeing him once a week, he's doing me workouts for another two, and he's going to set me a calorie and macro target. I don't want the weight to fall off, I want it to come off, and me to find a piece of who I used to be before everything kicked off.

1st sept so time to get on it for me!

We’ve got this @SeptemberSort 🙌

Ha, I hope so @GymWanker! so far so good, hope your day has gone well. It’s beautiful weather here which is helping

Day 3 ish for me. So far so good. Today was the real test, a day from hell with toddler. Usually I would reach for comfort food and/or biscuits, but today I resisted and had water instead of snacks 😬
Still wanting that glass of wine though, but I will resist that too. I've decided to cut out alcohol for the time being, empty calories they say. I will miss my Rioja.

Doing ok here, I’ve been mostly sticking to an 8-hour eating window as I find that helps me limit snacking.
Trying to keep active every day, and managed a couple of good walks. Also no booze 😭 a glass of wine in the evening is my downfall so the longer I can stay away from that the better!

Well I haven’t started! I am about to make the next five days breakfast (overnight oats) and then will meal plan. I dont really have the mental energy for this but I have to do something as I don’t fit into any of my clothes so I think I’ll live off tinned soup and salad!

@stealthninjamum I've been told to try and make one small change a week, so if you sort your breakfasts this week, then maybe lunch next week?

First proper gym session today, feeling positive... let's see how long it lasts!

May I join?
I just started a thread before I saw this. I've got 2-3 stone to lose and 2 young children at home 3 and 1. I'm terrible with snacking and need to sort my crap out before it gets completely out of control and the weight continues to pile on.

Thanks @gymwanker how did the gym go?

you’re right, I need to change habits slowly. To some extent I started in the holidays by doing a food plan for dc. Both are fussy, neurodivergent, so sometimes they have different things or one will have a veggie equivalent but it’s made a big difference as I can focus on my food or do stuff like cook them extra veg one night to turn into soup the next day.

Anyway I managed to do 1200 cals yesterday and I have just stuck a banana in the car as I’m going out in a minute and I know I’ll be hungry and will be tempted to eat junk like crisps or biscuits.

Hello @abbs I’ve become terrible at snacking too. I suspect my diet is healthy ish but my am having far too many snacks so there are now none in the house

I have the same issue of very fussy eaters and one of my dc also has several food allergies which makes cooking a nightmare. We eat the same meals every week that I know are safe and that both kids will eat. 🙈

I've got rid of all the snacks now and going to try again no more snacks after dinner. Its my biggest downfall. I've also stopped eating bread as it made me so bloated and uncomfortable and it's definitely helping. I could easily eat 5 or 6 slices a day. I just need to stick with my new plan and not give in. That's my biggest problem.