2 Stones off by Christmas- a thread for those with quite a lot to lose.

[RedDoughnut]

2 stones is a drop in the ocean but there are 14 weeks to Christmas and so at 2lbs a week a 2 stone loss is achievable. Maybe a little bit more if you have lots to lose like me. ( 5 stones).

I'm going to weigh in on Monday and possibly check my measurements if I can find a tape measure!

I'd welcome some company form anyone who wants to have some accountability and a place to keep track of their weekly / daily food intake or losses.

I'm now off to have a small and healthy breakfast.

Yes

I weight 3lb lighter in the morning than evening

Hi all 😚

Lovely to follow the thread and hear about progress and success.

I'm posting for accountability as I had a bad 3 days... At this point embarrassingly I usually begin a downward spiral back off the wagon but no, I don't want to do that and I don't want need to fix essentially a lifetime of poor/overeating in a couple of weeks with no slip ups.

calorie goal and macros met today.

P.s sorry if it's been mentioned but does anyone have any experience with glutamine supplements? I hear it's helpful for cravings and have ordered some!

Morning all, I'm really surprising myself as I'm still on the wagon - it must be this thread keeping me accountable as usually by now [today is Day 7 for me] I would be back on the toast and biscuits but I've had neither all week.
DD3 and SIL visited yesterday and we went out to eat. I had a veggie omelette with salad and gave the dessert a swerve. Later we had a cheeseboard but apart from one lovely cheesy cracker I had 2 skinny crackers and two slices of Wensleydale to try to stay low carb and within my 800 calories. Weigh day tomorrow and I'm definitely feeling less bloated so hoping for a loss. Hope everyone else is having a good weekend.

Well that was a shit week.
Got til Thursday but was working miles from home. Everything just went to shit.
Back on it today but it was binging to the extreme. Ended up eating a full tub of pringles, full packet of choc fingers, two curly wurlies and a packet of squashies last night . Am disgusted with myself.
I dont really do meals. Snacking is my downfall and I know that if I eat three solid meals, the want/need to snack to excess will go but Its so hard to change a lifetime habit.
Im thinking I may need more help than just willpower. I'm not in the right headspace for dieting but I need to do something..

It's ok. We've all gone off the rails when something happens. You've recognised what's gone wrong. That's a good start. So just ignore last week and work out what you're going to do to help yourself.

You say snacking is your issue. Why not plan your food for the day as 6 or 7 little choices. Yoghurt with berries, handful of nuts, soup, apple slices with peanut butter. That sort of thing. Then there's always something else for you to eat. To be honest I've not don't the 6 little plates as I prefer 16:8 but if you ask for sure someone here will be able to offer advice.

@Losingmymind85
Just start again, it's all you can do.
I know exactly what you mean about being in the right headspace.
I'd give the usual advice about preparing healthy snacks in advance but I dont practice what I preach.
I do like sweet chilli Philadelphia in celery though! And diet fizzy drinks to fill me up.
I ate a load of chocolate peanuts and raisins yesterday. First slip of the week. Came in at 2300 calories for the day. It could have been a lot worse.

We need to be more like @recklessgran who seems to be setting the tone for iron will! Well done!

It's 7 days since I started the thread.
I thought tomorrow morning I'd do a weigh in and every can copy and paste and make a chain.
If Monday isn't your usual weekly weigh in day then just add your results as and when.

I like the idea that just before Christmas we could do a grand total of how much we have collectively lost.

May I join?

stats are 13st 6lb at 5f3.5 - bmi is 32.9 so obese range.
starting to feel too fat to do things like bending down!
2stone off by Christmas would be absolutely amazing.
starting today….

Weigh in day .

Start - 15st 7lb / bmi 38.9

Today - 15st 2lb _ bmi 37.7

5lbs loss.

Really pleased with that. Really hope I can keep up a 2lb a week weight loss.

When I looked back at my renpho app, when I first weighed in in July, I was 15st 13lb so in total, an 11 lb weight loss ❤️

@RedDoughnut thanks for the compliment but in truth I am so completely useless at moderation that this is really the only way that I might have a chance of staying on track. The problem is that I KNOW that one minor will be enough to set me off on a breadfest so for now that's my motivation! On top of that DH and I are off on holiday on 5th November and none of my holiday clothes fit nicely - I can get them on but look ENORMOUS with my fancy 41 inch breadbaby hence why I'm going hardcore as I need at least a stone off by then to look remotely presentable.
@Losingmymind85 been there SO many times, hand hold from here - we're all here for you so just start again and sit in the middle of the wagon this time so you don't fall off!!!

So impressed by all your positivity and success already , really well done to you

I'm not doing so well , not really started to be fair

Every day I plan A B and C but it's all gone by lunchtime 😩

Will continue reading and hoping the motivation gets in .. anyone in East Midlands that wants to kick me up arse .. I'll pm you my address 😂

Crikey @Hundredthmillionthdiet that's amazing really well done. I should think you're chuffed! How are you doing it?

Thanks. Really am. Like I say, I will be really happy with 2lbs a week here on in.

I've cut out snacks altogether and using my nutracheck app to count calories. I want to fast, but it's really hard doing this when I work nightshift.

@anybloodyname - probably a bit outing but I'm in Earls Barton - are you anywhere close although I don't walk far? [Ha! Ha!] I do drive though and being pretty hefty and quite a big old unit for the time being I wouldn't think a kick from me would be helpful other than preventing you from being able to sit down for a very long time!!

Well done to those making progress, and solidarity with those struggling. It's a marathon though, not a sprint, and I think it will help me to have a mindset that one lapse is one lapse, rather than saying fuck it and falling completely off the wagon.

This week has been ok, scales showing a teeny loss, but I have a pub lunch to contend with today, and it's the kind of pub where the healthy option is not having cheese and bacon on your burger and chips. So I plan to enjoy whatever I choose, swerve the booze and pudding, and have a very saintly supper tonight.

@recklessgran .. might make me walk a bit more though 😂😂😂

Tomorrow is another day

morning everyone! about to make eggs. slept in very late today, i must have been tired from yesterday... going to have a chill day today and not do much. bit of cleaning maybe.

congrats to those who've weighed in and got good results! if not, tomorrow is another day... 50% success is better than 0% success. 😆

I wi Friday as then if I have a busy /good weekend I feel I have a few days to get jt off 😂

So I mis-typed last week and I was at 1st 13lb loss.

But starting from last week, I was at 19st 9lb and today I'm at 19st 6lb so a nice 3lb loss this week, though a stressful event on Friday meant I didn't eat on Friday and made up for it with a large chippy tea on Saturday! I did share the fish with the cats though who where thrilled.

Starting to see all the Christmas chocolate in the shops and I just want to buy it all. Been trying to avoid chocolate altogether these last few months as that's one thing I can't eat in moderation - it's all or nothing! 😂

Hope everyone's had a nice weekend and Happy Autumn! 🍁🍂

Starting weigh for this challenge: 19st 9lb
Current weight: 19st 6lb
2st for Christmas: 3lb/28lb

I'm so glad that I weigh in daily - yesterday I was 14st 3, which puts me 1lb down but this morning I was 14st 5. DH sats I'm wrong to weigh daily but if I hadn't seen the lower weight yesterday then I'd be really pissed off.

I find daily weighing helps make it less emotional as it does jump up and down, but as long as the overall trend is downwards then I know I'm ok.

Hoping to see 14st 2 by the end of the month which will put me at 8lbs off for September.

3.5 stone to lose here I went out and did a massive food shop Thursday to do loads of healthy food prep over the weekend - DP decided that this weekend was of course the best time to change over our DC's bedrooms. Unfortunately any sort of DIY/ cleaning/ tidying always puts him in a foul mood, I've been so bloody busy sorting out stuff for the move round and he's just snapped at everyone and flounced off whenever he feels like it

I realised tonight that a lot of my weight issues are to do with never having time for myself (DTs are 8 and DP has always been pretty rubbish with them!) and generally feeling undervalued. No idea how to even start putting this right though...

Still hovering around the 11stone or 69/70kg mark so definitely haven’t lost any.

Have made a few small batches of cookies and mini cakes and one takeaway, but overall my diet hasn’t been too bad.

Feels like a win that i haven’t put on weight considering I’ve barely moved from my bed/sofa in weeks.

Looking forward to getting active again when I can as it’s good for my mental health but it’s been a reminder to me that diet impacts my weight more than exercise.

Morning all this weigh day Monday. Am I the first one on parade?
Week 1 Start weight 15 stones exactly.
Today 14st 8.5lbs - so that's a loss of 5.5lbs
I am utterly gobsmacked to be honest.
I moved the scales round the floor and and reweighed a few times and got DH to check too. I know it will all be water weight due to going hardcore low carb/sugar but even so I'm really happy with that. Waist staying the same at a whopping 41 inches though, I know going forward I'll be struggling to get a pound or two off a week but it's a good start from me. Six weeks to my holiday so hoping to reach my first goal of a stone by then but there's a still a long way to go.
Good luck everyone.