8 Stone or more to lose? Please join me.

[TheShellBeach]

I was 20st.
I've recently lost 2st.

I'd like to be 10st, so I have 8st to go.

Does anyone want to join me? I'm taking Orlistat and trying to stick to 1700 cals/day.

All welcome!

I got my GP to prescribe the Orlistat.
I find it really helpful.

I seem to have hit a plateau over the last three days. Can't get below 18st.

I need to tell myself that this is normal, though.

In the past when I've plateaued, I've thought stuff it, and eaten loads of crap.

And I decided last night that even if I'm the only person on this thread, it'll serve as a diary for me.

I'm not quite at 8stone to lose but still got a long way to go.

Started 1st Jan at 16st 1lb (225 lb)
Currently 14st 9lb (205 lb)

Want to be around 10st too so 4 and a half left to go.

Oh and plateaus are bastards.

I've discovered by weighing every day that i don't lose weight the week before my period and I also stall if I don't get 2lts water (ish) a day.

Hi!

I am too old to have periods, but I've always noticed that I have a plateau every four weeks anyway.

I sit and wonder where I went wrong. And maybe it's just inevitable.

@FlabMonsterIsDietingAgain how long has it taken you to lose what you've lost already?

I was 20st just after Christmas, then I lost a stone quite quickly, then I started eating crap again.

It was about two weeks ago that I got strict with myself, and lost the next stone.

I'm now sitting at 18st and hoping the weightloss starts again.

12 weeks so far.

Logging everything in my fitness pal and sticking to less than 1670 calories a day

I'm trying so hard to stick to 1700 cals a day.

I'm also trying intermittent fasting, as it's helped me in the past.

But I tell myself that I've already lost 20% of my excess weight, so that's a bonus.

The only way I can do it is to cut carbs, they take up too many calories and leave me feeling hungry.

I upped my protein and fat so I don't feel as hungry which makes it way easier to stick to the calorie count.

You're right about the carbs @FlabMonsterIsDietingAgain

I had quite a lot on Thursday, and I feel that's why I've plateaued since.

Join us on the 10 stone plus to lose thread OP - lots of us around to chat!

10st plus to lose - part 2 http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/weightlosss_chat/4683388-10st-plus-to-lose-part-2

I've got under 18st at last.
Just.

Well done @TheShellBeach !!

Monday is my official weigh in day (though I tend to check everyday if I remember)

SW - 1st Jan - 225 lb (16 st 1 lb - BMI 34.2)

WC 8th Jan - 220 lb
WC 15th Jan - 217 lb
WC 22nd Jan - 216 lb
WC 29th Jan - 213 lb
WC 5th Feb - 211 lb
WC 12th Feb - 210 lb
WC 19th Feb - 207 lb
WC 26th Feb - 212 lb
WC 4th Mar - 207 lb
WC 11th Mar - 205 lb
WC 18th Mar - 205 lb
WC 25th Mar - 201 lb (14 St 5 lb - BMI 30.6)

Total Loss - 24 lb (11% bodyweight)

I don’t quite have 10st to lose but I was 19 stone at my heaviest and am only 5’3” 😳
I have lost 1st 4lbs so far this year so am now 16st 2. I am easting 1850 calories but trying to get out for 4/5 decent walks per weeks.
Do you mind me asking why you were prescribed Orlistat, was it just based on bmi or did you have another risk factor?

I was prescribed Orlistat because of my BMI.
You don't need another risk factor as far as I know.

Ah yes, I’m mixing it up with other weight loss drugs where you need to also have diabetes or something similar. You don’t find the side effects too bad then?

Hi! Congrats on the losses so far. I don't have quite 8 stone to lose, but I'd like to lose at least 5 stone.

My worry is that I've been here about 1,000 times in my lifetime. Got fat and got slim maybe three times between age 24 - 44, the rest of the time I start, lose 1 or 2 stone, then just get drawn back in to bad habits and end up back where I started plus a bit more.

DH and I have been absolute FIENDS for the takeaways in the last 12 months, I can eat extraordinary amounts of chocolate and I'm now a stone heavier than I was at my last "fattest ever" weight. I struggle with stupid shit like doing up my shoes, bending down to pick up dog poop, cutting my toenails, walking in heels - even <cough> wiping one's derrière is a challenge at 16st 8lbs and 5'3".

So a week or so ago I started (agaaaaain) but cutting out all added sugar, upping my fluid intake and eating sensible food in sensible portions. I no longer bother with calorie counting but I do have the WW app.

Do I feel better? I guess - it's nice not regurgitating food up into my mouth and partially inhaling it at night, acid reflux is a bitch. Sometimes my last cup of tea can make a reappearance when I Iie down!

Have I lost anything? Yes, about 4lbs so far so on the right track.

Will it last, can I keep this up and change my eating habits for good? I really, really want to, but the little voice in my head is laughing incredulously. Of course it won't last, you've eventually careered back towards a trough of chocolate every other time why should this be any different...?

No, I haven't had any side effects. I've been very lucky.

I feel exactly the same!

I often think I've lost and gained the same four stone loads of times over the years.

It's very depressing.

I agree about things like wiping your bum and tying shoelaces. I will add finding you don’t quite fit in chairs in waiting rooms that have arms. As well as losing weight doing a 10 to 20 minute yoga session at home really helps me, but after a good start in January I haven’t done one since 😩

Started at 23st13. Now 19st13 (last time I weighed myself). Not sure where I want to end up, but I know it's not here. I have a long way to go, currently using berberine supplements

Has the Berberine helped?