10st plus to lose - part 3

[ShinyPikachu]

A big welcome to anyone who wants to join us on bigger weight loss journeys.

We are all following our own methods, whatever works for each of us and no judgment for anyone who falls off the wagon for a bit either. We've all been there and know we're on a marathon and not a sprint.

Part three, let's go!

Welcome @wholeeverything I am so glad you had a good first week and hopefully it spurs you on and you have a fabulous second week.

I need to incorporate more walking, I am thinking maybe my lunch hour or stop at the lake on the way home and do a lap. I know once I am home and nightie is on I won't go back out!!

I've lost 5lb this week to take me to 5stone 3.5 total or 73.5lbs!

Lost 5lbs this week and had some biscuits as my weekly treat I normally have after weigh in. But I don't think they're a good idea. I think overall it was a better choice than I've had recently ( some beer, some crusty bread with butter, and some small chocolate ) but ive always had issues with biscuits and after I had my 4 chocolate digestives and 2 jammie dodgers I really felt i could have had more ( i got 2 double packs!) But I kept my self control and didn't go back for more.

73.5 pounds in 16 weeks so that's really good as normally we don't stick to a diet for anywhere near as long. And its becoming routine now so it doesn't feel like I am making changes it's just the way I eat now which is ideal as it takes a lot of the emotional it's awful being on a diet feeling away.

I'm aiming for 3lb a week average for the year, id be absolutely ecstatic with 4 but I'm 95% sure i won't be able to as when I get down to a lower weight I expect the losses to slow but I'm currently at a 4.1 average.

@AITAH10 that's amazing, good for you, you are on a roll.

I know what you mean about the biscuits, once you have one it's easy to have more. I buy the Zero sugar free digestives now and they do hit the spot with a cup of tea 😀

Morning everyone, thanks for including me and well done on all the success so far! @AITAH10 that's a great, inspiring success. I know how you feel - easy to get carried away with goals at the start but being realistic makes it so much easier in the long term. @Sunshineandrainbow I'm the same with the walking, could definitely do with more, but the weather really does put me off. I'm trying to remember that diet is the main obstacle, and that I love being active so once I'm feeling lighter I'll actually WANT to be out walking.

I had a good week, stuck to my plan of three meals a day except for yesterday. Felt a bit bloated which I find happens with a low calorie diet and so I mainly had porridge and bran and berries for breakfast, then a split pea stew for lunch and the family dinner. I think my lunch portions were a little too big and I could manage smaller portions next week.

Yesterday I had a long car journey and had a small bar of chocolate and a latte en route, and then we had a family lunch where I ate quite a bit of bread and cheese. But overall for an "off" day I still didn't go mad and got right back to it when I got home - it was definitely tempting to say "f it" and indulge last night but I didn't.

Went for two decent swims and a few walks.

My official weigh in today was 308.6 but my weight has fluctuated this week down to 306.2 and up to 310, probably time of the month related. I feel weighing daily helps me as then I'm seeing the fluctuations rather than just being disheartened if my official weigh in isn't what I wanted.

Best of luck next week! Keep up the good work and keep posting, it's really motivating.

SW 2 Feb 2025: 315.6
CW: 308.6
Mini GW: 280
GW: 200

Glad you had a good week @wholeeverything and sounds like you were really in control yesterday which is a hard nut to crack. The number of times I have said I have ruined it now I may as well start again tomorrow but tomorrow never came. It's all in my head as soon as I tell myself I am on a diet I binge of whatever I can find. If I tell my self I can have whatever I want I don't tend to want it.
I quite like my active 10 app which encourages you to do at least 10 minutes brisk walking a day. I am going to get back on that this week.

I have put 1 pound on this week. It's a month since I was admitted to hospital, this week has been more tricky as I have started to feel better but still off sick.
I go back to work tomorrow I was going to make some soup to have for lunches but I have treated myself to some posh soup from Waitrose to get me through my first week back! It will be good to get back in the routine 🙂

Start weight 18.10
Current weight 14.12

Just entering my 5th week and so far so good down from 130 kg to 122.5 so am very pleased. My whole life has been me gaining or losing weight, predominantly gaining. I cannot recall ever maintaining for more than a couple of months but yet again I sincerely hope this time, if I can get to my target I will. Now in my 60’s and have probably lost in excess of 5/8 stones about 6 times. Why Why Why do I then return to bad eating habits and put it back on. Onwards and downwards, have a good week everyone

Best of luck and well done on your losses! I agree, maintenance for me is very hard. You'd think the memory of the struggle to lose would be enough to keep us on the straight and narrow?!?!
I have been hovering at the same weight up and down a few pounds since end of October. I'm 20lbs off my target weight so not absolutely ideal but also trying to look at it that I have been maintaining for the longest time ever at this point.

@Sunshineandrainbow How's the walking going? I started walking to and from work instead of taking the bus (it's about a mile) and it was hard at first but it's just become part of my routine. Walking around the lake sounds lovely for in the summer! I also got a FitBit, and it moans at me every hour until I do at least 250 steps, which isn't a lot but does add up.

@AITAH10 you're doing great!

@Thejugglestruggle Maintaining is hard, so it's good practice that you've been doing it since October! Well done on not giving up and gaining again.

I'm now down to exactly 11 stone, which I'm super pleased about. I don't think I've ever weighed this in my adult life! I'm unsure what to post here now as I don't want to come across like I'm showing off. I'm only half a stone away from my goal weight and hope to be getting there over the next few weeks.

Welcome @wholeeverything

Well done to those with losses!

I've been ill yet again (honestly the longest time I've been well was during lockdown when people didn't come near me with their bugs) and I've decided just to stop weighing every time I'm ill as it takes all my energy to just get through each day never mind worrying about what I'm eating.

I'm much better now so weighed in again and surprised to find I've only gained 1lb through it all. It's usually much worse for me.

Lost 13lbs in February, got slimmer of the month. 1lb off 5.5st

I'm down ten pounds in February. Obviously happy with that but given it's my first month and I've a lot to lose, I was hoping for a little more. Feeling a little discouraged as my weight has stagnated this week. I had a scone one day and a slice of birthday cake and an ice-cream another (on my own birthday!) and while I know that would slow weight loss I feel a little panicked at the idea that I would lose nothing at all because of a few treats. BUT I know it's a long journey so I just need to stick to the plan!

SW 2 Feb 2025: 315.6
CW: 305.8
Mini GW: 280
GW: 200

@DuckWithOneWing please keep posting! As someone beginning my journey (again!) I feel more and more surrounded by people saying that natural weight loss is impossible and you need drugs or surgery. So the more inspiration and motivation the better!

@ShinyPikachu Getting back to weighing myself is always my first step, so well done!

@AITAH10 that's brilliant, well done! Any tips or advice?

@StHilarion agreed about the need to keep it off. Every time I think about needing a 'treat' or a 'break' I remind myself that I intend to eat like I am now for the rest of my life. It's not a 'diet,' it's just my new normal and lots of people who never got fat have lived the whole lives eating like I do now.

Oh dear I have gained 2lbs this week and I don't know why but this has made me want to throw in the towel. Probably because over the years I have lost and gained so much weight and it all just feels impossible long term.

I have realised I also hate people commenting on my weight loss, I just don't know how to respond. Someone last night I had not seen for a while said I looked amazing and I came home and had a small binge (toast and cheddars). Maybe the comments make me feel like I have cracked it and don't need to worry what I eat anymore. Maybe the comments scare me as I don't like people noticing me and mentioning my appearance I like to blend into the background. Maybe I am just strange!

Well done everyone who is keeping going and losing.

Start weight 18.10
Current weight 15.2 gutted as was into the 14's and that now feels a long way off again.

@Sunshineandrainbow I hear you! I haven’t weighed for ages, and I know I have put a load back on. I hate people noticing changes in my size - and I know that’s irrational as I notice other people! One of the reasons I haven’t faced up to it is gains are so demoralising and likely to send me further off course.

l’m back in the office full time at the moment to support new starters, and am managing to stick to the diet mostly (Friday night’s a bit haywire as the wine comes out), but apart from 10000 steps which are built into office days I am doing next to no exercise - no swimming, no cycling, no gym. I can really feel a decline in fitness and strength.

I want to get back into it, but I don’t have the willpower at the moment 😔

Well I’ve now weighed in again, inspired by this thread.

sw 20.2
cw 16.10
gw 10.6.

so I’ve gained 1stone 13 pounds since my last weigh in September and 2 stone 9 lbs since last Easter. Not great, but motivating. Next mini goal is to be under 16 stone again.

Thankyou for your post @PreesHeath and great that you have weighed today. You can draw a line under it now. You will achieve that mini goal in no time.

What's your plan for this week?

I am going to plot everything on my fat secret app and I mean everything and stick to my 1600 calories a day. I have also redescovered overnight oats so I might have those for lunch as easy to take to work and I don't have breakfast.

@Sunshineandrainbow @PreesHeath well done on the weigh ins! Every successful loss I've had involved a weigh in first. I'm just not facing reality otherwise.

My plan this week is;
-porridge with fruit seeds or scrambled eggs on sourdough with kimchi for breakfast (approx 350-400 cals)
-roast veg and bean soup with a small slice of bread for lunch (approx 400 cals)

• family dinner with less carbs and more veg than everyone else. (500-600 cals).
• swim 1km Wednesday and Thursday and a few short walks other days.

I've been sticking to three meals without snacks and it's working for me. I find it reduces the amount of temptations in the day and it's good for my relationship with food. I think a lot about preparing delicious healthy meals, and don't think about the foods I'm denying myself anymore. I've also gone zero UPF and I feel like it's really helped my psychology.

Having been downbeat yesterday I woke up to a two pound overnight loss. So that's six pounds in the week after my period, nothing the week before my period. Sunday is my official weigh in day, so I'm officially down 12.5 lbs in four weeks which I'm thrilled about.

The advice to just trust the process even when the scales is not budging really is true!

Best of luck this week everyone!

Good plan @wholeeverything . Good luck!

@Sunshineandrainbow I’m having smoked salmon and poached eggs with mushrooms for brunch, and a stirfry for tea. The plan is to keep on keeping on I suppose I know what works for me food wise when I can stick to it. Just not very good at sticking to it! I’ll be staying away from booze for the forseeable, as where that is always where it starts to unravel for me. I’ll try to introduce some beginners HIIT and resistance training from he Fast Diet before work if I can - but I struggle with early starts and don’t have the time in the day and in the evenings it’s hard to fit exercise in with family/cooking/getting everyone ready for the next day. I’m out of the house 8-7 at the moment so I don’t have a huge amount of time so need to be realistic about how much I can squeeze in. Was easier when I mostly worked from home - should be back to that pattern within a month or so.

I'd say to keep at it for a while until it feels natural but also if you're doing something like calorie counting, slimming world, weight watchers etc to not slack when keeping track as this week I've found i was having more syns than I thought even though I'm almost 5 months in.

So interesting week. I was soo good for the weekdays and I upped my water in take and with going to the toilet a lot more I didn't feel bloated and I felt I'd lost weight.

Had my niece and nephew and whilst I resisted temptation at various places I caved at the ice cream place on Saturday and then today I had an ice cream, hot chocolate, slush puppy...and a meat and chips Kebab with garlic sauce. So don't really know what to expect tomorrow I wouldn't be surprised at a gain ( my only bar christmas) in almost 5 months. Thing is it's the first time we've taken them out in probably over a year and feel like as this is likely going to be a multi year self improvement project it's unreasonable to think I won't cave in sometimes and it's these sort of weekends which I enjoy with the kids.

It's just important to draw a line under it and keep on the wagon as this has been the biggest issue for me is once I've broken the diet it's been a case of failing to get back on it.

I'll see what the scales say tomorrow but I don't have any intentions to quit

Well no weigh in for me today as the batteries died in my scales this morning and I have no idea where the spare ones have gone. I'll try to pick some up today so I can weigh in tomorrow at least.

I lost 2.5lb still and got my 5 1/2 stone award. But it's been bumpy the last few days

@AITAH10 well done. Same here, rocky week. Got very sick and was off work Monday / Tuesday, ended up indulging too much, and haven't really gotten back on track since. Yesterday was the first time in a month I went into a shop and purposely bought crisps and biscuits to overeat. I swore I'd get up this morning and turn a page, but had two large slices of buttery white toast instead.

I need to get the mindset back, and find the courage to keep weighing so that I can't 'pretend' it's all OK.

Plan is: keep busy - housework and kid stuff today, and a bit of reading this afternoon / evening. No more 'treats' lying around. I had to buy bags of chocolate bars for an event later in the month, and have had them lying around and they proved too tempting. I also have to stop getting 'nice' white crusty bread.

And I'll have to work on the mindset - not sure how to do that yet, I can never quite figure out what exactly shifts my mind so I can get started, if that makes sense.

Great weight loss @AITAH10

I always have toast on a Saturday morning @wholeeverything in bed with hot tea. It's my 'treat' for getting through the week but I really need to not use food as a treat. I do tend to have brown, current fav is Asda specially selected multi grain.

I have had a relatively good week, a planned meal out was cancelled but I did then go and get a free burger king whopper with my DD. I got the vegan one so not as high calories and that was all I had for dinner. But I know not great.

I really enjoyed my overnight oats for lunch and added some tinned mandarin and juice made it super delicious.

I am not weighing today as my gain last week really put me in a slump and it was hard to pick myself up. I feel if the scales are not happy today it will have the same affect and I just want to carry on without a blip.

After my over eating this week, I am up a pound since last Sunday. Didn't weigh myself all week.

I was very tempted to not weigh today and wait til I was "good" again, but I know deep down that keeping weighing regularly is essential. When I've a bad few days and then don't weigh it's the first step to giving up completely.

So I'm a pound up and if I lose two this week I'll be back at another new low, which is a motivating goal.

I have soup already prepped for this week's lunches. Going to have poached eggs for breakfast now, and do an online shop and meal plan for dinners. I didn't do that last week and it definitely had a negative impact.

Weather is good so we will get out for a walk in the afternoon.

Well done everybody!