BOOT CAMP - Slim again in 6 months - No More Excuses!

[ColumboWearsControlPants]

Starting this following the discussion on AIBU last night...

Have you slowly let yourself slide into weight gain over several years and are unhappy about it but feel powerless to change?

Are you avoiding going out and seeing people because you don't want them to see how you've let yourself go, or because you can't fit into your clothes? Are you living in (DP's) T shirts and jeans or tracky bottoms?(you can call them yoga pants if it makes you feel better)

Is your family album decidedly lacking in photos of you with your DCs because you camera dodge?

Are you tired all the time and a bit secretly down about it all, but coping on the surface?

If so, then this is the thread for you! All welcome!

We're going to be working on our self esteem issues and create new habits that will take us, one step at a time, to feeling much better physically and mentally. We will be building up to taking more conscious exercise and trying to change our dietary habits that got us in this sorry state to start with.

I think it was Starbear that mentioned trying to do something similar to the FLY threads on Good Housekeeping.

Perhaps we could post each day our plans (whether it be exercise, food, motivation, water intake, giving up something or whatever) and then see how we did each day.

I should really lose 2 stone to be in the middle of the healthy recommended weight for my height and build. Personally I'm low carbing - been trying it on and off for a while, hoping I can stick to it this time.

OK so today I'm going to eat just breakfast lunch and dinner and 1 snack, drink 8 250ml glasses of water, and do 30 mins either walking or on my stationary bike.

Good luck.

Can I join you? I'd like to lose a stone by Xmas. Ideally, I'd like to lose 2.

I'm doing it by mostly not eating anything in the evening after dinner and trying to do some exercise instead. I'm not usually too bad during the day but I do tend to reach for choc/cake in the eve when the kids are in bed. I've lost a stone so far by doing this but have been slacking a lot lately.

Well, Paul McKenna arrived today and I listened to the CD while waiting for DS to fall asleep - was just about dozing off, nice warm dark bedroom, comfy armchair, soothing murmurs. Then I got myself all frustrated trying to listen to a different voice in each ear and count backwards from 300 all at once. Needs some work, I think!

We won't talk about what I ate today, not a good start

Tomorrow's a new day though

Right, today hasn't been that bad - went shopping this afternoon and didn't buy any choc/junk/sweets/pudding stuff. Although my lunch did consist of 2 individual M&S rhubarab crumbles, because they were sitting there in the fridge...

V. annoyed with myself for getting into bad habits again. It is just habits, I can see that, but it's so easy to slip back...

I too am doing P McKenna. And Times and Plans from Gillian Riley, which I always find really helpful.

Hi cikecaka and tyme

What are your aims and methods?

hello all

sorry been a bit slack on this thread

lost a pound last week - weight is coming off sloooooooooooooowly which is a bit frustrating but good in the long run i guess

just been shopping and am planning a weekend of cooking and freezing

am doing a pumpkin and lentil soup amongst other things

I had a blowout day yesterday because of a biorthday party but back on the straight and narrow today.

I think I need to get a bit stricter if I'm going to lose a stone by Christmas. I think I'm going to stick to about 1200 cals for most of the week.

I saw some photos of me yesterday and gosh, I look awful. And I actually thought I looked nice! I look really huge. I don't think I really see myself as this big when I look in the mirror, having never been overweight before. (I'm 5'2" and 10st 12lb)

Sorry have been latchy updating my thread. Haven't dropped off, promise. Weighed in this morning and I have actually lost 9lb since we started here. I should be pleased but actually when I did my first weigh in I discovered I was 8lb over where I thought I was (which would have been bad enough). Nearly dropped dead!

So from today I feel I am starting my true weight loss campaign and I have staggering 5 stone to lose . Probably will eat around 1300 calories a day because I know I need to stick to this so there is absolutely no point starving myself because it only leads to bingeing in the end. Then I give up for another 6 months before I just looks so bad that I have to start again. I am SO determined this time.

I must do more exercise. I must do more exercise. I must do...........

Hi All, have been following this thread and cold do with some inspiration.
Jumped on the scales yesterday and was horrified to see that I now weigh 1st 7lbs more than I did this time last year. None of my clothes fit me, my boobs are constantly falling out of my bra and I refuse to resort to buying bigger sizes! Time to take action! Found my WW's books at the back of the cupbard and started yesterday. Am seriously interested in taking up running, so if anyone has some good advice on how to get started it would be most welcome.

Sorry about the typos, can spell, honest! Blardy keyboard packing up!

prawncrackers running is a really good idea. I started running from just running up and down in the park away from the paths so I didn't feel embarrassed. After a few sessions of doing that, I embarked on the Runners World beginners programme. After following that I was able to run for 45 mins + without stopping and I really enjoyed it.

I had to stop due to a foot injury but I'm back into it now and following the beginners schedule again, easing my way into it.

There is also a Couch25K schedule on coolrunnings.com and there is a podcast (free) available that tells you when to run/walk etc. I tried it, and I think it is fine, but I switched back to the Runner's World schedule as it seemed to fit me better.

pickupthismess well done you on losing over half a stone! Fantastic!

I also need to get my arse in gear if I'm to lose a stone for Christmas. I seem to have been losing and regaining the same 3 lbs. Very poor. Thinking of joining Slimming World as have never been to a weightloss meeting and maybe the weekly weigh in will spur me on? Has anyone done Slimming World and what are the pros and cons?

Hello All, bit quiet on here, how are you all doing?

Please come and fill me with inspiration, 6 days in on WW's and have been cycling everywhere, but this is usually as far as I get and then give up!

CBG, thanks for the good advice, just saving up for a decent pair of running shoes and I'm trying to build my stamina up with the cycling until that time.

Well I'm quiet because I'm dying of starvation on Slimming World atm. Perhaps I should be more organised, perhaps I have forgotten what it feels like to be on a standard diet after low carbing, but I am so hungry all the time, feeling like poo, with a headache.

I'm going to give it a couple of weeks and see if I can get better organised at menu planning/snacks etc.

CBG full sympathies! I haven't slept this week, been so god damn hungry every night that I just lay there listening to my stomach growling. It's got to get easier - hasn't it?... or at least that's what I keep telling myself.

We all seem tohave gone a bit quiet. HOw's everyone getting on. I lost ZERO last week and what did I do today, ate a whole toblerone that's what. Total self loathing as hadn't been bad for three weeks. So back to the grind this week and I MUST NOT buy chocolate again.

Hello! I've been away on holiday but I did lose 1.5lbs so I am quite chuffed. I'm still in this for the long haul and feeling motivated.

I've thought of another reason to do this now, over this winter. Thinking about TTC again and think it would be nice to experience being pg and not being overweight to start with. Last time with DS, it was almost a relief to be obviously pg and waddling about, because I had an excuse, I could hide behind my pg and people would see a pg lady first and foremost rather than a fat one

hello and i have been baaaaaaaaaaaaad

need to get back on track - gained 2lbs

if you don't see me on this thread then kick my arse please

Columbo - we are also going to TTC and would be much happier being lighter!

pickupthismess - i heart toblerone as well

Right - Today is a NEW day

I thought I'd post, as it is not often I will get the chance to say:

I LOST 5LB THIS WEEK

But then again, I've been ill with gastroenteritis so it doesn't really count...all I've managed to eat is a few rich tea biscuits and live yogurt.

Columbo - result! That's totally brilliant. I have lost 1lb maybe 2 (depends how the scales wobble). But I haven't bought any more choc although did have a slice of cake yesterday. Maybe a bit of gastroenteritis is what I need.

Those of us who are lurking on this thread/checking back to see how others are doing/not trying as it seems too much of an uphill struggle:

Think how quickly time passes, soon Christmas will be upon us and then New Year and before we know it the snow drops and crocus will start appearing and it will have become spring. I for one don't want to suddenly find that I've let more time drag on past while not making any of the small, manageable changes that will make a difference, I don't want to face another summer as a lard-ass full of regret that I couldn't get it together, couldn't take my own wants and needs seriously enough to invest in myself and ensure I kept my promise to myself: to emerge after winter feeling lighter, more in control of my eating, and happier with my (hopefully new, smaller) size. The feeling good comes from keeping the promise to yourself, doing what you said you would do.

So all those who have not frequented this thread recently despite your initial enthusiasms, come back and tell us what you're going to do today (whether it just be not having a biscuit, menu planning for the week, going for a quick walk or whatever) and then pop back this evening to let us know how you got on.

Me, I'm going for a brisk walk along the river with DS in the buggy and I'm not going to eat anything sugary.

Good luck everyone!

Okay. So now I feel distinctly alone in this. Is no one else still with me?

I am... But just been crap.

I have to confess that I still 'feel' on a diet but in last few weeks have been naughty here and there so haven't put anything on but haven't lost. Totally with the it still. Next week after all this half term stuff I'm back on exercising and food control.

How much have you got to lose Columbo?

Oh god. Shit. FFS. Wail.