Dis Dieters, week beginning 21st april

[natalielongstaff]

i lost 2lb this week, disappointed but not really been trying, too much stress and stuff going on a work.
treated myself to a lovely curry last night as a final treat before starting again today.
i am 13.1 hoping to be 12.10 next wi on friday.
12.6 will be my 50lbs. want to do that before my bday end of may.
you know now i have declared this in cyber space i have to do it dont you
tracy
ps fitted into a size 14 skirt today for the 1st time since i was 14! that was really motivating.

you are doing really well !

 

[CustardTart]

i lost 2lb this week, disappointed but not really been trying, too much stress and stuff going on a work.
treated myself to a lovely curry last night as a final treat before starting again today.
i am 13.1 hoping to be 12.10 next wi on friday.
12.6 will be my 50lbs. want to do that before my bday end of may.
you know now i have declared this in cyber space i have to do it dont you
tracy
ps fitted into a size 14 skirt today for the 1st time since i was 14! that was really motivating.

Brilliant news, Tracy!!! Nothing motivates more than dropping a dress size... I'm positive you'll reach that target for your birthday!!!

 

[scojos]

the bottom half is easy, lose weight quickly on my waist then my hips and thighs catch up.
my problem is my bust, that is still a small 18 lge 16.
dresses are a nightmare.
how much has everyone else lost, and what are your goals.
i have shared my deepest secrets now its your turn...
tracy

 

[Mrs Hobbes]

i lost 2lb this week,ps fitted into a size 14 skirt today for the 1st time since i was 14! that was really motivating.

Well done Tracy that is an amazing achievement I can't remember the last time I was a size 14.

i have shared my deepest secrets now its your turn...

Ok I can't believe that I am going to admit to this, DH is the only other person who knows my weight.

A few weeks ago I weighed 22 stone but I now weigh 21 stone having lost 14lbs since starting SW. My dress size is about a 28 and since losing just a stone I can now wear a pair of jeans that had gotten a little too tight to be comfortable. I haven't set a target because I have such a long weigh to go but my gut feeling is I would like to get to 11 stone

I lost loads a few years back and got to 13stone and I felt fantastic but I was still overweight.

It is going to take a long time and I am just working on a stone at a time. I hope to lose 4 stone though by my best friends wedding in September and a further 4 stone by February 2009 for our trip. DH has made me a graph in excel and if I lose 2lb a week then i'll be 14stone for February. Currently I am ahead of my target so I feel that I can do it.

I am so focused and determined right now, I haven't felt this strong willed for a long time. I really want this so badly. Over the last few months I've had scary chest pains, felt unable to do much activity and my back and knees ache so badly every morning. We went to WDW in December and I found the constant walking so tiring, I literally fell asleep the minute we'd put DD down every night. I so want to be healthy and be able to enjoy more with my family.

There so now you all know I guess I have another reason to stick to my diet

 

[DebIreland]

Can I join in this thread?!!! I joined Weight Watchers last Tuesday and am hoping to lose quite a few pounds in the coming months. I've been finding it very easy, then very hard, then impossible and then easy again. I guess all these up and downs are part of it. I feel bad now though as I couldn't resist fish and chips earlier. But other than that I've been good and resisted a lot of things over the last few days so that's gotta be good overall right??

I can't believe some of the amazing successes I've read on this thread. Wow! Well done everybody!

 

[Dimplenose]

I couldn't resist fish and chips earlier.

There's nothing to stop you having fish and chips. If you feel really guilty you could always save a couple of points each day over the next few days or have a little more exercise. But if you've followed everything else to the letter I doubt they'll have much effect on your overall loss.

 

[Pinky166]

Well done Tracy that is an amazing achievement I can't remember the last time I was a size 14.



Ok I can't believe that I am going to admit to this, DH is the only other person who knows my weight.

A few weeks ago I weighed 22 stone but I now weigh 21 stone having lost 14lbs since starting SW. My dress size is about a 28 and since losing just a stone I can now wear a pair of jeans that had gotten a little too tight to be comfortable. I haven't set a target because I have such a long weigh to go but my gut feeling is I would like to get to 11 stone

I lost loads a few years back and got to 13stone and I felt fantastic but I was still overweight.

It is going to take a long time and I am just working on a stone at a time. I hope to lose 4 stone though by my best friends wedding in September and a further 4 stone by February 2009 for our trip. DH has made me a graph in excel and if I lose 2lb a week then i'll be 14stone for February. Currently I am ahead of my target so I feel that I can do it.

I am so focused and determined right now, I haven't felt this strong willed for a long time. I really want this so badly. Over the last few months I've had scary chest pains, felt unable to do much activity and my back and knees ache so badly every morning. We went to WDW in December and I found the constant walking so tiring, I literally fell asleep the minute we'd put DD down every night. I so want to be healthy and be able to enjoy more with my family.

There so now you all know I guess I have another reason to stick to my diet

Thanks for sharing Emma. You sound very determined, I am sure you'll achieve your target.

 

[Dimplenose]

It is going to take a long time and I am just working on a stone at a time. I hope to lose 4 stone though by my best friends wedding in September and a further 4 stone by February 2009 for our trip. DH has made me a graph in excel and if I lose 2lb a week then i'll be 14stone for February. Currently I am ahead of my target so I feel that I can do it.

I am so focused and determined right now, I haven't felt this strong willed for a long time. I really want this so badly. Over the last few months I've had scary chest pains, felt unable to do much activity and my back and knees ache so badly every morning. We went to WDW in December and I found the constant walking so tiring, I literally fell asleep the minute we'd put DD down every night. I so want to be healthy and be able to enjoy more with my family.

You are so brave to share this. At my heaviest I was half a pound off 16 stone. Although I'm at target now, my body looks like a deflated baloon. But I feel so much healthier. I used to have a nap every afternoon after work - I thought it was normal after a day on my feet but now I don't even feel tired.
It's great to break your targets down into managable chuunks but try not to set timed targets as your weight loss rate is bound to slow down over time.
Do get your chest pains checked out with your doctor - he'll probably just tell you to lose weight but it's best to know if there is anything else you should be doing. And try to keep that determination. Good luck.

 

[Mrs Hobbes]

Thanks for sharing Emma. You sound very determined, I am sure you'll achieve your target.

You are so brave to share this. At my heaviest I was half a pound off 16 stone. Although I'm at target now, my body looks like a deflated baloon. But I feel so much healthier. I used to have a nap every afternoon after work - I thought it was normal after a day on my feet but now I don't even feel tired.
It's great to break your targets down into managable chuunks but try not to set timed targets as your weight loss rate is bound to slow down over time.
Do get your chest pains checked out with your doctor - he'll probably just tell you to lose weight but it's best to know if there is anything else you should be doing. And try to keep that determination. Good luck.

Thanks for your support and encouragement

I haven't had any chest pains since I started dieting. I wonder if a lot of it was anxiety because I was very worried about my size and health. I will get them checked out if they come back though I already feel so much healthier even though I've only lost a stone. My skin feels better, I'm happier and I feel more energetic.

 

[natalielongstaff]

Can I join in this thread?!!! I joined Weight Watchers last Tuesday and am hoping to lose quite a few pounds in the coming months. I've been finding it very easy, then very hard, then impossible and then easy again. I guess all these up and downs are part of it. I feel bad now though as I couldn't resist fish and chips earlier. But other than that I've been good and resisted a lot of things over the last few days so that's gotta be good overall right??

I can't believe some of the amazing successes I've read on this thread. Wow! Well done everybody!

Welcome to the thread nplease join in every week, all the support from the others is really helpful x

On WW i used to have chippie every week and i had a small portion of chips and some fish....the idea is that you dont deprive yourself and therefore your food cravings don't get the better of you

good luck

 

[natalielongstaff]

Whilst we are sharing our innermost demons i came to WW after having my eldest dd ( she was about 2 at the time) i had been shopping for some new jeans and i could'nt fit in to a size 22 i joined WW at 14st and 4lb and got down to 10st

I am currently 10st 7lb and need to lose another 5lb before my holiday in july

Thanks everyone for making this thread a success every week, all of us benefit from the encouragement and support x

 

[scojos]

Well done Tracy that is an amazing achievement I can't remember the last time I was a size 14.



Ok I can't believe that I am going to admit to this, DH is the only other person who knows my weight.

A few weeks ago I weighed 22 stone but I now weigh 21 stone having lost 14lbs since starting SW. My dress size is about a 28 and since losing just a stone I can now wear a pair of jeans that had gotten a little too tight to be comfortable. I haven't set a target because I have such a long weigh to go but my gut feeling is I would like to get to 11 stone

I lost loads a few years back and got to 13stone and I felt fantastic but I was still overweight.

It is going to take a long time and I am just working on a stone at a time. I hope to lose 4 stone though by my best friends wedding in September and a further 4 stone by February 2009 for our trip. DH has made me a graph in excel and if I lose 2lb a week then i'll be 14stone for February. Currently I am ahead of my target so I feel that I can do it.

I am so focused and determined right now, I haven't felt this strong willed for a long time. I really want this so badly. Over the last few months I've had scary chest pains, felt unable to do much activity and my back and knees ache so badly every morning. We went to WDW in December and I found the constant walking so tiring, I literally fell asleep the minute we'd put DD down every night. I so want to be healthy and be able to enjoy more with my family.

There so now you all know I guess I have another reason to stick to my diet

emma, well done on making the decision to diet- i was a size 28 at my largest, following the birth of ds number 2.
i was totally in denial.
i look at the pictures now and they frighten me.
i do have more energy, dont sleep as much as i did, and mentally feel stronger and able to cope.
i can also keep up with the kids at school
you are right to do it slowly, not deprive yourself.
as a food tech teacher i can explain all the benefits of ww and sw to the kids, but i dont have the will power to stick to it myself, hence i am doing the cambridge diet which removes all food from the equation, and this works for me.

natalie, thanks for setting up the dieting forum, its easier to be honest when you dont have to look people in the eye and confess.

tracy

 

[natalielongstaff]

natalie, thanks for setting up the dieting forum, its easier to be honest when you dont have to look people in the eye and confess.

tracy

It was actually Netty who set it up originally and then she asked me to take over

I love doing this thread, everyone is so supportive

 

[kellie37]

i was 17 stone in 05, i had been fat for so many years just slowly getting fatter as time went on. i had no confidence, i wouldnt go to parties and i wouldnt eat in public. im only 5ft 1 so i looked like a ball on little fat legs. my hubby is great and he never said anything. then we booked to go to disney in may 06 and something just clicked and i did lighterlife for 4 months and lost 5 stone iwas still to big for my height but i felt great. i was a size 18 which i hadnt been since i was 18. we had a fantastic holiday, but the problem started when we got back because i set myself a target of 10 stone and i gave up before i reached it. so for the last 2 years im always going to do lighterlife or similar diet to reach my target, so im always having that last blow out with food but to be honest i just can't do this diet again i just can't get my mind into that space again. so ive gained back 2 stone. i do have a terrible relationship with food. we are going to disney in july and i so need to lose some weight i would so love to be back to my size 18 again as i just havent felt that good for such a long time. i felt like myself again after so many years of hiding behind this fat person.

so thats my story, im going to stop beating myself up about gaining the weight back and im going to be sensible and lose whatever i can between now and july. when i get back off my holiday im going to carry on losing weight and get to my target. i want to live life to the full not keep hiding because i worry what others think of me.

good luck to everyone
i hope we all reach our targets

take care
kellie

 

[natalielongstaff]

i was 17 stone in 05, i had been fat for so many years just slowly getting fatter as time went on. i had no confidence, i wouldnt go to parties and i wouldnt eat in public. im only 5ft 1 so i looked like a ball on little fat legs. my hubby is great and he never said anything. then we booked to go to disney in may 06 and something just clicked and i did lighterlife for 4 months and lost 5 stone iwas still to big for my height but i felt great. i was a size 18 which i hadnt been since i was 18. we had a fantastic holiday, but the problem started when we got back because i set myself a target of 10 stone and i gave up before i reached it. so for the last 2 years im always going to do lighterlife or similar diet to reach my target, so im always having that last blow out with food but to be honest i just can't do this diet again i just can't get my mind into that space again. so ive gained back 2 stone. i do have a terrible relationship with food. we are going to disney in july and i so need to lose some weight i would so love to be back to my size 18 again as i just havent felt that good for such a long time. i felt like myself again after so many years of hiding behind this fat person.

so thats my story, im going to stop beating myself up about gaining the weight back and im going to be sensible and lose whatever i can between now and july. when i get back off my holiday im going to carry on losing weight and get to my target. i want to live life to the full not keep hiding because i worry what others think of me.

good luck to everyone
i hope we all reach our targets

take care
kellie

your story will ring true too many of us Kellie, if only losing weight was as easy as gaining it !! good luck Hun

 

[Mrs Hobbes]

It's been really good reading everyone elses stories and knowing that there are other people out there who face the same problems as me.

Thank you everyone for sharing - hope we all have a good week