Anyone want to join me as I go from 'fatty' to 'fabulous'?

[defyinggravity]

Well, I have decided that from Monday I am

1. Going to lose weight and stop making excuses and put it off anymore

2)Make exercise a regular part of my life, which will mean shaking the months of dust off my clothes hanger exercise bike.

3. Start to feel good about myself again, and imagine myself in lots of lovely clothes for the Spring. This will involve looking at myself in a mirror and thinking good thoughts

I am 5ft 3 and tipping the scales at a disgusting 12 stone 7lbs. Ideally I want to get to 9 stone 7 lbs so 3 stone to lose. Eeeek! Anyone fancy joining me?

That?s brilliant sweetboys mum ? well done on your loss. It?s such a nice feeling when people start to comment isn?t it.

Hi rowingboat ? welcome to our group. It sounds as if you have been through the mill. I am doing Go Lower. So far I?ve lost over 2 stones in just over 2 months.

Hi thought I'd check in before I reach for another mine pice. just made them and they are really lovely - yum. Been very good today apart from that blip.

Welcome rowingboat. Sounds like you've had it rought for a wee while now. Hope things look up for you soon. As the others have said, we all have different approaches but are mainly just altering our lifestyles a little. I've been trying to swim or walk a few times a week and am also on Slimfast once or twice a day in place of one or two meals. Although at weekends I tend to eat what I please (and pay for it the rest of the week)! Been on my diet since August when I was just under 14stone, and have lost 1st 11 lbs, so losing it steadily.

Hope you find this helpful for your needs. It's been getting a bit quieter in the run up for Christmas, so well done you for not putting off until after the festivities

Hello everyone,
I'm trying to get back down towards 11st. I've lost a few pounds, (back to 12st now at 5ft 10in) but can feel myself returning to snacking mode over last few days. Cold, dreary, tired.
I just thought I'd check in here to remind myself that I'm not eating anything till lunch
I've found exercise - brisk walks, and running are helping me stay motivated. One nut though seems to be my undoing...
I've also not drunk more than 3 glasses alcohol over last month and a half.

Mmm sweetboysmum, your mince pies sound lovely.

Swanriver, it sounds as if you are doing really well. Good luck with your diet.

Hello everyone, you all seem to be doing really well! I've not weighed myself for a while because Im too scared to! I have done no exercise and have been eating lots of naughty food and drinking lots of booze having been at a wedding, sons birthday etc. Ive done no exercise because Ive been feeling so ill and our children have been ill too so Im finding im just so exhausted from being up with them in the night that Im reaching for the carbs to keep me going. My y0ungest has been ill for the past week so Ive been stuck at home with him all day....you can imagine can't you....pick, pick pick!
When Im feeling a bit better I'll start back up again I promise!!! You are all very motivating....well done to you all you losers!

Clanky, it sounds as if you have had a lot going on. I'm sorry everyone are so poorly in your house too. I hope you are all on the mend soon. That is more important that dieting.

Hi everyone, sorry I haven't had a chance to get on here the last few days. I hope you are all well and had a good christmas. Did you manage to keep to your diets?! I have to admit I strayed a bit but am trying to get back on track again now. I naughtily decided not to weigh myself today and will hopefully have not put too much on by the time I weigh myself again next week.

Hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year. I have just constantly ate for over a week and know I have put on (a lot of) weight. Am going to be really, really careful with what I eat the next couple of days before weighing myself. Won't be surprised if I've put on at least half a stone and I am not kidding. Can't wait to get back swimming again and into my usual routine.

How have the rest of you all been? Ready to start afresh for the new year? I most certainly am. My goal for the next 2 weeks is to get back to what I weighed before Christmas which was 12st 2 1/2lbs.

helloooo and a big happy new year. Well how is everyone doing? I was seriously worried because hadnt weighed myself for a long time but I am still 13 stone which i am actually really delighted about because I have done no exercise at all and have been eating...well like someone on their Christmas holidays. I have been constantly ill over the holidays with tonsilitis, cold sores, cold, chest infection and endometriosis has been real bad this month so I have had no motivation whatsoever. I still dont feel well but am doubling up on echinacea and vitamin c because I want to be well again! If Im not well by Monday I might actually go the docs because I think ive been ill for a full month! So possibly weight loss may be down to loss of muscle....booo. However, on the plus side, Im comparing myself to last year and I am a stone lighter so even though I beat myself up about being fat at least it is going in the right direction even though its really slow and its made me realise I can lose weight and I will be fabulous again soon!

Hello all! Happy New Year! Does this thread need a serious kickstart? Well done clankypanky, mummymels and sweetboysmum for checking in lately but where is everybody else ? I obviously need to include myself in this kickstart because I have been rubbish since, ermm, I joined this thread .

So, no more excuses for me. I will NOT get appendicitis and end up in hospital for a week while they figure me out, the kids will not then get stinking colds, the entire family will not then get a horrific stomach bug and Christmas isn't happening for another 12 months. The lengths I will go to to avoid loosing weight....

So, today - I have drunk my 3 pints of water which was one of my original aims. I did have a milky hot chocolate and a piece of shortbread after playing in the snow but I have since been out for a 40 minute good speed walk with the pooch. Portion sizes have been decreased.

Tomorrow I am going to Pilates. And, snow permitting, I WILL get out for a run in the next 7 days. And my SMART resolution is that I will lose a minimum of 8lbs by the end of March.

What about everybody else?

As of tomorrow, when everyhting gets back to normal, exercise will resume and I am going to aim to lose 1 stone by end of February by really decreasing my portions and also by keeping very busy so Im not tempted tp pick during the day. Im also planning on not drinking until my birthday which is the end of January....all of these things will tot up hopefully. Poor robino....appendicitis and a tummy bug....surely you must have lost weight through default! Hot chocolate and shortbread sound truly deserved after playing in the snow...theres no better feeling really is there? Good luck with the 8lbs...we CAN do it!

Well done to every one who has kept weight off or gained a minimal amount!

Bootcamp restarts for me tomorrow too, I've put a couple of pounds on over the last fortnight and have drunk far too much wine AIming for half a stone off by the time I go to London at Easter, should be doable...

Oi! Fabulous ladies! Where are you? Get yourselves back here and be motivated!

Sory to go all a bit Sergeant Major-ish but I need you. I need to be kept motivated because I am going to lose this bloody weight but I suspect I need a bit of company.

End of Sunday and yesterday were quite successful. After my decent dog walk on Sunday I only had one glass of wine with dinner rather than the half bottle I was tempted to have and that, for me, is very dedicated .

Yesterday, had my three pints of water, only one minor slip when a couple of chocolate coins leapt into my mouth during a teddy bears' tea party in the living room . Very small portion of left-over pasta for lunch supplemented by salad and a veggie dinner. And I braved the freeze and went to pilates. Today I will do wii fitness coach at some point.

How are you all doing?

Clankypanky - Sorry to hear you have been so poorly. I hope you are on the mend soon.

Wow Robino, you have been doing brilliant this year so far. Sorry to hear you were so unwell before though.

Good luck sweetboysmum.

I didn't do wonderfully over christmas but could have done worse but decided not to weigh myself that week but last week weighed myself again as after christmas I was back on it and I had lost 6lbs. Woo hoo! Was a bit of a shock but I am very pleased. Total weight loss is now 48lbs in 3 months but still got more to lose.

mummymels!!! 48lbs in 3 months that is amazing!!!! The thought that I could in 3 months be at my ultimate target blows me away, that would be like a dream come true for me. Go lower sounds like its really great. Ive had such a shit day (diet wise) today. My downfall is that if I eat crap first thing then I crave it the rest of the day...I made the mistake of having a bacon sandwich for breakfast,,,then I made the mistake of baking cookies for 'the kids', then munched my way through about 5 of them throughout the day....full of sugar, oats, butter....groan, I am so crap at this and think I will be fat forever. 8I feel very bloaty this evening, reckon Ive put half a stone on in 1 day

Clankypanky - I had a bad day yesterday too, shall we have a new start together today?

Mummymels - that's really good weightloss. I know nothing about go lower - please tell me it helps you re-educate your eating habits for general life? Are you exercising as well?

Back on the decent eating wagon today and that wii workout I didn't do the other day, well, as punishment to myself it's a 45 minute workout today instead of half an hour. Only problem is that we have a big night out on Saturday with lots of food and drink, a family get together on Sunday for DD1's 3rd birthday and DD's actual birthday on Monday. Think I need to up the exercise because the food situation isn't going to be good!

Anybody seen defyinggravity around? She started this thread and seems to be MIA

Yes robino, I am being good today although ahving been busy this week and not having drunk any alcohol for a week (which is a biggie for me) I am dying for a glass of wine tonight....dont know if I should abstain or cut myself some slack and just have it. Today so far I have eaten: 1 weetabix with tsp sugar and skimmed milk plus 1 apple, 1 mullerlight yog, some yellow pepper, 1/2 tin tuna with grsted carrot, cucumber and tomatoes and pepper and a splodge of salad cream. Right now I am having a cup of tea and a penguin (figured this would be ok because of such a low cal lunch. Later on I will have 2 pieces of ham for a snack and I think we are having lean thin cut steak with vegetables for tea. Does this sound ok? Im going to do at least 1/2 hour cardiobox this evening and if I have more energy I may finish it with some yoga.

Will you have time for exercise with all that going on?! At family get together you could try and just go for leaner options, chicken breast or tuna steak or something like that and avoid the pastas etc...I know they always make me feel really sinful and then I give up and just stuff myself. Just be as good as you can be I suppose and if you cant then dont feel guilty about it, make sure you enjoy every mouthful! Party food is the worst though, did you watch the big fat diet show last night where they put everything in 100 calorie portions....1/2 mini pork pie is 100 calories...imagine if you ate a few.....quiche is like 1/16th is a 100 calorie portion....shocking. steer clear of them if you can and give them to the children...send them home with doggy bags. They're not that nice anyway I dont think but I always eat them just because they are there. GOOD LUCK!!!

I have been totally rubbish and after starting off so positively and losing a few pounds I lost focus and put it all back on so I am back to the starting line. Stupid me. Will try to get back on track. Keep it up ladies, you are inspiring me to get my big fat ass into gear!

Nope, not stupid - just got side tracked by Christmas and the like I'd have thought (at least that's my excuse...)

Welcome back!

Hellloooo, I need someone to buck me up please. I have weighed myself today and have put on 2lbs and I simply dont understand it. I have been so good every day but 1, I have been eating way less than 1200 calories every other day and no more than on the others, I have also stopped drinking alcohol completely, and believe me, I could get through 4 or 5 bottles a week before (I know, thats really bad)so please tell me what the ???
Ive also been back to doing lots of walking and my boxercise dvd. I had one bad day that I told you all about...surely that cant have made me put on 2lbs. I hate hate hate my useless metabolism!

clankypanky Its a PITA when that happens isn't it? Maybe you're putting on muscle with the exercising?

I've gone and ordered Hannah Waterman DVD cos currently I look like her 'before' picture and am hoping she will give me some inspiration to get to her 'after' picture

My solution to my annoyance was to rather petulantly get hammered last night and then today went out and had kfc to fix the hangover...pathetic really. Have been supermarket shopping though and bought so much delicious fruit and veg and no junk at all so I will get back to it tomorrow. It probably is muscle but it feels so disheartening doesnt it.
Ha ha about Hannah Waterman, I look like her too....but with far more stretch marks so actually worse than her! You'll have to tell us what its like.

Yeah I'll let you know how I get on. Feeling knackered just thinking about it. Haha.
You just had a blip today, don't worry about it, and start afresh tomorrow. Do you measure yourself? That normally helps me as it shows I'm still losing, its just showing up as inches not pounds that week.

Hi everyone I am new to Mumsnet today,
I have just come across this thread and was wondering if I could join you all? I would like sighs.. to lose two stone. I gave up smoking last new year and took up eating!!! However I have got past the given up smoking stage and now what to lose all the weight that I have gained. I think its great that you guys are here to chat and spur each other on.

Hello happygolucky and welcome. So whats the plan, how do you aim to lose the weight? I know how you feel, I gave up smoking 3 years ago and put on a stone in a year! I think its to do with your metabolism as well as eating extra. I then had a baby and put on even more weight, I now have a whopping 3 stone to lose which seems like this impossible mountain to climb but I am detrmined to do it, even if it is slow. I have lost a stone already (did have 4 to lose) but it took me a year because I was being half assed about it and for quite a bit of it I was still breastfeeding so ravenous all the time! So now I am going to try much harder because there really are no excuses now! Good luck!