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2010 weight loss, Loose 2 stone by March - anyone want to join me?

959 replies

Disenchanted3 · 31/12/2009 12:25

Hiya,

Am starting Monday, I have not weighed myself yet and think I probably need to loose close to 3 stone but am aiming for 2 by end of March.

Will weigh myself in here on Monday and update each Monday after.
Anyone want to join me?

OP posts:
runforit · 04/01/2010 11:10

Oh man I messed it up

mum2OliNoandJess · 04/01/2010 11:10

gruber : Start weight: 14st 1lb, Target weight: 10 st 12, Current weight 14st 1lb, Weight loss 0
vivivi : Start weight: 12st, Target weight 10 st, weight loss 0
Eddas : start weight 12st 2lbs, Target weight 10st, Weight loss 0

Kayz: Start weight: 15st 1lb, Target weight: 10st, Weight loss: 0
Hubbabubba: Start weight: 11st 7lb Target weight : 10st, weight loss 0
fatkatyslim start weight 10st 1lb,target weight 9st ,weight loss 0
Mum2Oli: Start weight 12st 7lb, Target weight 10st7lb Loss 0

skinsl · 04/01/2010 11:10

gruber : Start weight: 14st 1lb, Target weight: 10 st 12, Current weight 14st 1lb, Weight loss 0
vivivi : Start weight: 12st, Target weight 10 st, weight loss 0
Eddas : start weight 12st 2lbs, Target weight 10st, Weight loss 0
Kayz: Start weight: 15st 1lb, Target weight: 10st, Weight loss: 0
Hubbabubba: Start weight: 11st 7lb Target weight : 10st, weight loss 0
Fatkatyslim: start weight 10st 1lb,Target weight 9st ,weight loss 0
Skinsl: start weight 14st 12b,Target weight 11st ,weight loss 0

runforit · 04/01/2010 11:11

gruber : Start weight: 14st 1lb, Target weight: 10 st 12, Current weight 14st 1lb, Weight loss 0
vivivi : Start weight: 12st, Target weight 10 st, weight loss 0
Eddas : start weight 12st 2lbs, Target weight 10st, Weight loss 0
Kayz: Start weight: 15st 1lb, Target weight: 10st, Weight loss: 0
Hubbabubba: Start weight: 11st 7lb Target weight : 10st, weight loss 0
Mum2Oli: Start weight 12st 7lb, Target weight 10st7lb Loss 0
Runforit: Start weight: 11st, Target weight: 9st10, Weight loss: 0

skinsl · 04/01/2010 11:12

gruber : Start weight: 14st 1lb, Target weight: 10 st 12, Current weight 14st 1lb, Weight loss 0
vivivi : Start weight: 12st, Target weight 10 st, weight loss 0
Eddas : start weight 12st 2lbs, Target weight 10st, Weight loss 0
Kayz: Start weight: 15st 1lb, Target weight: 10st, Weight loss: 0
Hubbabubba: Start weight: 11st 7lb Target weight : 10st, weight loss 0
Fatkatyslim: start weight 10st 1lb,Target weight 9st ,weight loss 0
Skinsl: start weight 14st 12b,Target weight 11st ,weight loss 0
Mum2Oli: Start weight 12st 7lb, Target weight 10st7lb Loss 0

skinsl · 04/01/2010 11:12

It's all going too fast!!!

mum2OliNoandJess · 04/01/2010 11:14

if we lose weight at the rate we are posting we will be at target in no time lol.

runforit · 04/01/2010 11:14

gruber : Start weight: 14st 1lb, Target weight: 10 st 12, Current weight 14st 1lb, Weight loss 0
vivivi : Start weight: 12st, Target weight 10 st, weight loss 0
Eddas : start weight 12st 2lbs, Target weight 10st, Weight loss 0
Kayz: Start weight: 15st 1lb, Target weight: 10st, Weight loss: 0
Hubbabubba: Start weight: 11st 7lb Target weight : 10st, weight loss 0
Fatkatyslim: start weight 10st 1lb,Target weight 9st ,weight loss 0
Skinsl: start weight 14st 12b,Target weight 11st ,weight loss 0
Mum2Oli: Start weight 12st 7lb, Target weight 10st7lb Loss 0
Runforit: Start weight: 11st, Target weight: 9st10, Weight loss: 0

Think that's everyone...

Eddas · 04/01/2010 11:18

i've just looked at my BMI, I know i'm overweight now, but my target weight of 10stone only just brings me into the healthy section. I'm only 5ft4, but I doubt if ever been that small, maybe I've always been too big I know at 18 I was 9st 7 ish and looked healthy, but I don't think I can aim for that, it was 13 years ago now and seems unacheivable.

Stupid bloody charts

Disenchanted3 · 04/01/2010 11:21

OMG Eddas I was saying the same thing to DH!!

I always thought I was 5'4. But Im 5'6! So on the NHS site I thought if I was 10stone 5 (super skinny for me) they would still class me as overweight

Its crap!

OP posts:
Disenchanted3 · 04/01/2010 11:22

Well not super skinny but to get to 10.5 would be a dream and slimmest Ive been since about 17!

OP posts:
JaneS · 04/01/2010 11:24

gruber : Start weight: 14st 1lb, Target weight: 10 st 12, Current weight 14st 1lb, Weight loss 0
vivivi : Start weight: 12st, Target weight 10 st, weight loss 0
Eddas : start weight 12st 2lbs, Target weight 10st, Weight loss 0
Kayz: Start weight: 15st 1lb, Target weight: 10st, Weight loss: 0
Hubbabubba: Start weight: 11st 7lb Target weight : 10st, weight loss 0
Fatkatyslim: start weight 10st 1lb,Target weight 9st ,weight loss 0
Skinsl: start weight 14st 12b,Target weight 11st ,weight loss 0
Mum2Oli: Start weight 12st 7lb, Target weight 10st7lb Loss 0
Runforit: Start weight: 11st, Target weight: 9st10, Weight loss: 0
LittleRedDragon: Start Weight: 10st10lb, Target weight 9st. Loss O

PollyParanoia · 04/01/2010 11:25

hello very late joiner, but I'm 5 foot 7 and weigh 11st 4lb as of this morning. Pre pregnancy I always fluctuated between 9.5 and 10.5 (with one lurch into 10 st 10lb just after I graduated and moved to the big city). After third pregancy in five years was 11.13 and lost 11 pounds on ww. Now have put on a couple of them, well more if you take into consideration that weight was weighed in pm with clothes etc (now weigh myself buck naked first thing in the morning, post wee etc).
Anyway here are my stats:
Start weight: 11st4
Target weight: 9st13 (but would settle for early 10s)
Weight loss: 0

Basically I'm Runforit plus 4 lbs...

JaneS · 04/01/2010 11:28

Eddas, don't let BMI get you down. It's not a very good guide to anything - doesn't tell you anything about what you should weigh for your build, and doesn't tell you where you have fat and where you have (heavier) muscle.

... am sipping chamomile tea and trying to pretend it's going to stop me wanting a bacon and eggs.

Disenchanted3 · 04/01/2010 11:29

gruber : Start weight: 14st 1lb, Target weight: 10 st 12, Current weight 14st 1lb, Weight loss 0
vivivi : Start weight: 12st, Target weight 10 st, weight loss 0
Eddas : start weight 12st 2lbs, Target weight 10st, Weight loss 0
Kayz: Start weight: 15st 1lb, Target weight: 10st, Weight loss: 0
Hubbabubba: Start weight: 11st 7lb Target weight : 10st, weight loss 0
Fatkatyslim: start weight 10st 1lb,Target weight 9st ,weight loss 0
Skinsl: start weight 14st 12b,Target weight 11st ,weight loss 0
Mum2Oli: Start weight 12st 7lb, Target weight 10st7lb Loss 0
Runforit: Start weight: 11st, Target weight: 9st10, Weight loss: 0
LittleRedDragon: Start Weight: 10st10lb, Target weight 9st. Loss O
Pollyparanoia Start weight: 11st4 Target eight: 9st13 /Weight loss: 0

OP posts:
Blondeshavemorefun · 04/01/2010 11:31

gruber : Start weight: 14st 1lb, Target weight: 10 st 12, Current weight 14st 1lb, Weight loss 0
vivivi : Start weight: 12st, Target weight 10 st, weight loss 0
Eddas : start weight 12st 2lbs, Target weight 10st, Weight loss 0
Kayz: Start weight: 15st 1lb, Target weight: 10st, Weight loss: 0
Hubbabubba: Start weight: 11st 7lb Target weight : 10st, weight loss 0
Fatkatyslim: start weight 10st 1lb,Target weight 9st ,weight loss 0
Skinsl: start weight 14st 12b,Target weight 11st ,weight loss 0
Mum2Oli: Start weight 12st 7lb, Target weight 10st7lb Loss 0
Runforit: Start weight: 11st, Target weight: 9st10, Weight loss: 0
LittleRedDragon: Start Weight: 10st10lb, Target weight 9st. Loss O
Blondeshavemorefun; Start weight 13stone, Target weight 11stone, Weight loss 0

MABS · 04/01/2010 11:33

here are my figs

start weight 9 st 12 height 5ft 8
target is 9stone - no loss so far!!

Blondeshavemorefun · 04/01/2010 11:33

bugger wheres an edit button, missed out polly as double posted

gruber : Start weight: 14st 1lb, Target weight: 10 st 12, Current weight 14st 1lb, Weight loss 0
vivivi : Start weight: 12st, Target weight 10 st, weight loss 0
Eddas : start weight 12st 2lbs, Target weight 10st, Weight loss 0
Kayz: Start weight: 15st 1lb, Target weight: 10st, Weight loss: 0
Hubbabubba: Start weight: 11st 7lb Target weight : 10st, weight loss 0
Fatkatyslim: start weight 10st 1lb,Target weight 9st ,weight loss 0
Skinsl: start weight 14st 12b,Target weight 11st ,weight loss 0
Mum2Oli: Start weight 12st 7lb, Target weight 10st7lb Loss 0
Runforit: Start weight: 11st, Target weight: 9st10, Weight loss: 0
LittleRedDragon: Start Weight: 10st10lb, Target weight 9st. Loss O
Pollyparanoia; Start weight: 11st4 Target eight: 9st13 /Weight loss: 0
Blondeshavemorefun; Start weight 13stone, target weight 11stone, Weight loss 0

Colonelcupcake · 04/01/2010 11:37

gruber : Start weight: 14st 1lb, Target weight: 10 st 12, Current weight 14st 1lb, Weight loss 0
vivivi : Start weight: 12st, Target weight 10 st, weight loss 0
Eddas : start weight 12st 2lbs, Target weight 10st, Weight loss 0
Kayz: Start weight: 15st 1lb, Target weight: 10st, Weight loss: 0
Hubbabubba: Start weight: 11st 7lb Target weight : 10st, weight loss 0
Fatkatyslim: start weight 10st 1lb,Target weight 9st ,weight loss 0
Skinsl: start weight 14st 12b,Target weight 11st ,weight loss 0
Mum2Oli: Start weight 12st 7lb, Target weight 10st7lb Loss 0
Runforit: Start weight: 11st, Target weight: 9st10, Weight loss: 0
Colonelcupcake: Start Weight 11st 11lb, Target Weight 9St, Weight loss 0

Colonelcupcake · 04/01/2010 11:38

Redo:

gruber : Start weight: 14st 1lb, Target weight: 10 st 12, Current weight 14st 1lb, Weight loss 0
vivivi : Start weight: 12st, Target weight 10 st, weight loss 0
Eddas : start weight 12st 2lbs, Target weight 10st, Weight loss 0
Kayz: Start weight: 15st 1lb, Target weight: 10st, Weight loss: 0
Hubbabubba: Start weight: 11st 7lb Target weight : 10st, weight loss 0
Fatkatyslim: start weight 10st 1lb,Target weight 9st ,weight loss 0
Skinsl: start weight 14st 12b,Target weight 11st ,weight loss 0
Mum2Oli: Start weight 12st 7lb, Target weight 10st7lb Loss 0
Runforit: Start weight: 11st, Target weight: 9st10, Weight loss: 0
LittleRedDragon: Start Weight: 10st10lb, Target weight 9st. Loss O
Pollyparanoia; Start weight: 11st4 Target eight: 9st13 /Weight loss: 0
Blondeshavemorefun; Start weight 13stone, target weight 11stone, Weight loss 0
Colonelcupcake: Start Weight 11st 11lb, Target Weight 9St, Weight loss 0

Disenchanted3 · 04/01/2010 11:39

Anyone have any suggestions for low fat/calorie snacks please? or meals in general

OP posts:
Blondeshavemorefun · 04/01/2010 11:41

bmi's are rubbish - mine is 32 and im OBESE over weight def, but obese - no way!!!!

Eddas · 04/01/2010 11:47

thankyou dis and lrd, I was just a bit annoyed really as it'll take loads of effort to lose 2 stone, let alone anymore!! I should know BMI is rubbich as dh should weigh alot less than he ever will, he really does have big bones and isn't very tall, so in theory should weigh a few stone less than his target(he's aiming for 2 stone less by May) but he'll probably still be overweight according to the charts.

Still I'm doing ok so far today, I had frosted shredded wheats, ok so it could be better but i'm starting slowly so I don't cut it all out!! that's my excuse when they've gone i'll get something different.

Can't decide whether to have soup or salad for lunch. DH made up a huge bowl of salad for us to have over the week to make it easier to just grab IYSWIM.

low fat snacks, hmmm, i think i'll try sticking to fruit/veg tbh as if I try the low fat crisps/choc i just tend to go straight back to the normal stuff My 'treat' will be diet coke I'm going to try to stick to water most of the time, a cup of tea or 2 maybe at work.

it sounds so dull doesn't it

I have to keep thinking, well for the last 10 years since we had our own home I've been splurging on whatever I want so now I have to be dull to lose the fat!

Lovecat · 04/01/2010 11:59

gruber : Start weight: 14st 1lb, Target weight: 10 st 12, Current weight 14st 1lb, Weight loss 0
vivivi : Start weight: 12st, Target weight 10 st, weight loss 0
Eddas : start weight 12st 2lbs, Target weight 10st, Weight loss 0
Kayz: Start weight: 15st 1lb, Target weight: 10st, Weight loss: 0
Hubbabubba: Start weight: 11st 7lb Target weight : 10st, weight loss 0
Fatkatyslim: start weight 10st 1lb,Target weight 9st ,weight loss 0
Skinsl: start weight 14st 12b,Target weight 11st ,weight loss 0
Mum2Oli: Start weight 12st 7lb, Target weight 10st7lb Loss 0
Runforit: Start weight: 11st, Target weight: 9st10, Weight loss: 0
LittleRedDragon: Start Weight: 10st10lb, Target weight 9st. Loss O
Pollyparanoia; Start weight: 11st4 Target eight: 9st13 /Weight loss: 0
Blondeshavemorefun; Start weight 13stone, target weight 11stone, Weight loss 0
Colonelcupcake: Start Weight 11st 11lb, Target Weight 9St, Weight loss 0
Lovecat: Start Weight 12st 4lb, Target Weight 10st, Weight Loss 0

bebejones · 04/01/2010 12:01

gruber : Start weight: 14st 1lb, Target weight: 10 st 12, Current weight 14st 1lb, Weight loss 0
vivivi : Start weight: 12st, Target weight 10 st, weight loss 0
Eddas : start weight 12st 2lbs, Target weight 10st, Weight loss 0
Kayz: Start weight: 15st 1lb, Target weight: 10st, Weight loss: 0
Hubbabubba: Start weight: 11st 7lb Target weight : 10st, weight loss 0
Fatkatyslim: start weight 10st 1lb,Target weight 9st ,weight loss 0
Skinsl: start weight 14st 12b,Target weight 11st ,weight loss 0
Mum2Oli: Start weight 12st 7lb, Target weight 10st7lb Loss 0
Runforit: Start weight: 11st, Target weight: 9st10, Weight loss: 0
LittleRedDragon: Start Weight: 10st10lb, Target weight 9st. Loss O
Pollyparanoia; Start weight: 11st4 Target eight: 9st13 /Weight loss: 0
Blondeshavemorefun; Start weight 13stone, target weight 11stone, Weight loss 0
Colonelcupcake: Start Weight 11st 11lb, Target Weight 9St, Weight loss 0
Bebejones: Start Weight 15st 1lb, Target Weight 11st 7lbs, Weight loss 0