I’m a pear !

Thats brilliant billybob, well done...i have another 6lbs before the 2 stones mark....

Thank you MOMB am in the process of donating my "fat" clothes to Charity Shop, determined not to wear them again

Well done Billybob! 2 stone loss is brilliant!

Thank you Nankate, sitting here in a happy daze.

Wonderful news Billy 2 stone - RESPECT ALL ROUND ⭐️??? So pleased for you.

Sorry to hear about your health issues Dontask I have every sympathy. I have Polymyalgia which needs bloomin old steroids, are you on those too? I also have an underactive thyroid so battle fatigue as the tablets just don’t do it for me - moan moan ! Good luck with the walking, I love it. ?‍♀️

Well I've finally made it! gained my 2 stone weight loss certificate from SW today, cheers all round, another stone to go. Press on regardless.

ShirleyW That's a good idea for the surgery to have scales at the ready! Mine only have them in their rooms so no pop ins to use them available.

SW and WW seem popular but I'm not good at shopping for ingredients or doing the cooking, which is why I find it easier to just do it on my own. I know all the theory, its just putting it into practice! I used to crash diet when I was young and already skinny - I used to weigh 8st 4lbs and was disgusted when I went up to 9st 2lbs! AH those were the days.... I'm in it for the long haul as I know there's no quick fix.

Billybob I can confirm your feet get fat so must also get thinner too. That's one thing I'm looking forward to as I have to buy a shoe size bigger and I'm up to EEE width, which I can get online but very expensive.

NanKate I'm going to start walking too. I have fibromyalgia and arthritis which have made me very down for quite a while, and I've spent a lot of time sitting on my fat backside (getting bigger daily!). The medication I'm now on does help and I feel I can actually do something, so walking it is. It won't be fast walking though, that's for sure, but a mooch is better than nothing
Thanks everyone. Have a great day.

Thanks for your kind words Billy.

A friend of mine has also lost weight with SW and I think it is impressive the amount you have lost in a short time. Yes your shoes can get looser. If you wear rings you will have noticed your fingers get slimmer too.

I agree that weighing regularly is important.

My other thoughts are that healthy slimming eating must be seen as a a long term aim. A two or three week crash diet may bring results but it is shown that most people put the weight straight back on, which seems such a waste of effort.

So onward and downward for us all. Spring is on the way when we can show off our less flabby figures.

Nankate, I find your posts very encouraging, I am with SW and feel I need the deadly "weigh in" weekly to keep me on track. Lost 26 pounds in 5 months, dropped a dress size, is it possible to drop a shoe size? my shoes seem a tad too large these days or perhaps it is my imagination.

Dontaskme I agree both WW and SW have good success rates.

12 years ago I was battling with tinnitus and being overweight. Because I was so scared of getting diabetes as well as dreadful tinnitus I decided enough was enough. I lost 3 stone on my own with portion control and calorie counting. We drew up a chart which showed the ups and downs of my 18 month battle, but it was worth it in the end.

I also started doing a fast 20 minute walk a day and am still doing it 12 years later.

However I read in the paper most people are successful when they are in a slimming group, not on their own as I was.

Over the years I put back on one stone. Last May I decided not to go down the slippery slope again and that is when I started this thread and with the help of all the lovely people on here we have supported each other. I’ve lost that stone and now feel so much better.

You have to decide what is good for you and remember if you have a bad day just ignore it and restart the very next day.

Onward and downward ladies.

Can't you hide a set of scales, Don'taskme? I really think it's important to weigh yourself regularly if you have a serious amount to lose.

If you want to go it alone I can recommend WeightWatchers online. No meetings to go so completely confidential. I've lost two and a half stone in seven months.

It's great when your clothes start to feel a lot roomier though so those trousers sound like a good idea.

Clothes getting loose is a good measurement to scales dontaskme, also boots has scales to go on. The town I work in the GP surgery there has up to date scales to stand on in the waiting room, for free so I take the people I support there to get weighed lol....

Thanks for all the advice re weekends - my DH cooks and also brings me in goodies as he's a feeder!
Been to the GP this morning and asked to be weighed while I was there. I now have the dreadful knowledge of just how much I am and have decided I want to lose 3st 10lbs . The Doc said he's heard good things about SW but I prefer to go it alone, although thanks ShirleyW for the idea of roasting stuff with one cal to nibble on
I don't/won't have scales in the house (weight obsessive DD) so won't know how I'm doing, but I'll be trying my special occasion trousers on every couple of weeks so they'll be my gauge.

........I did lose half a pound, pleased with that.....

Weekends are definitely harder to keep on the straight and narrow for me dontaskme. I like to have a little tipple then which in turn makes me feel peckish ? I do keep it under control though. What I do is roast chick peas or kale so they are crunchy , just a squirt of one cal and sprinkle over salt, pepper &paprika....all free for SW....that keeps my nibbles at bay.
Bless your husband , that's sound advice from nankate, my husband doesn't/can't cook so it's all my doing. Also, fourormore, mine is a slim Jim and can eat what he likes too ....and I'm more on the go than he is lol
My weigh in later, I've not been as strict as last week so hoping I've lost at least half a pound....

Dontask I have my 'Sinday' on Sundays each week. The day I allow myself some slack just like NanKate - I don't go mad but I do enjoy a sweet after my Sunday roast and occasionally a glass of wine. I also have chocolate on Sinday as I know I would never be able to survive without chocolate!
Having Sinday to look forward to somehow make 'being good' during the week slightly easier.
NanKate gave you good advice re approaching it with your DH. My DH can eat anything and not put on a pound! Makes you sick doesn't it!!!

I always cut myself a bit of slack the weekends and cut back in the week.

If it was me I would explain to your DH for health purposes you are trying to lose weight and want his support. My method of losing weight now is to do with portion control. I would have had everything offered roast etc but would have had small portions. Say two potatoes, lots of veg, cut any fat off the meat. When we are out and have coffee and cake I say to DH 'just give me a third of the cake'. My DH is not a big eater so that does help me.

How do you cope with weekends!!! Its so much easier during the week when I'm home alone but this weekend was a complete nightmare! DH kept offering me tasty things, he cooked a pizza on Sat then a fry up for breakfast yesterday and did a roast for dinner! I had no will power. I kept saying "no thanks" but he took no notice. He's not being horrible, he thinks he's being kind but fgs!!

Back on healthy eating today now he's back at work.

Sorry about your knee Fourormore. In my book a pound is not a lot to put on, but to those of us trying to lose weight it seems much more than it is, if that makes sense. Hope you are more mobile soon. ?

Not a good week in more ways than one
For about a month or so I have had intermittent pain in my knee but have soldiered on as I believe in 'use it or lose it'
It was getting worse so I saw a physio during the week and see another next Tuesday. Meanwhile I am on anti-inflammatory pills which concerns me a bit as I believe that you feel pain for a reason and by masking it with medication further damage could be done. I have to be patient tho!
Either way I have not done the amount of exercise I would have done. I have 'walked' every day but not with the usual gusto. Sadly the biscuit box was around too so - as I said, not a good week.
I have put on a pound unsurprisingly but that has made me more determined. Even if I can't put gusto into my walking for a while the biscuit box stays out of my reach!
Good luck to everyone else - I really hope that Shirleyw loses the rest of those potatoes
Better news from me next Sunday hopefully!

Thanks nankate, haha yes it is , hope to lose the rest of the bag next week

Wow 4lbs BRILLIANT Shirley ! That’s almost a big bag of potatoes ?

Lost 4 lbs this week...well pleased, probably because i stuck to alcohol Saturday and Sunday evenings only lol....I have been writing what I've eaten down this past 7 days and stuck to mainly free food apart from the alcohol at the weekend and they were my syns.....

Thanks folks for the kind words. I think we have all kept each other going through the ups and downs of weight loss.

If you decided to count calories Don'task you could allow yourself a small amount of French Bread occasionally. Eating slowly and savouring small amounts works for me. I am often not hungry but am tempted by smells and taste, hence the tiny portion is satisfying.

I love nuts on my breakfast. I now weigh 20g each morning as in the past I ate MANY portions of nuts not realising they were adding to my waistline.

This is fantastic support - thank you all, and well done everyone! I haven't told anyone else I'm trying to lose some flub, its just between us
My first day yesterday went well until my DH came home from work with french bread. Bread is one of my many downfalls, and the smell of this lovely fresh gorgeousness was too much to resist. It sat on the kitchen side hypnotising me like the snake in Jungle Book, singing "come to me" until I surrendered. Fallen at the first post

I've got a GP appointment on the 17th so I'll get him to weigh me, then give in and buy some scales, which is something I haven't had in my house since my DD got obsessed with her weight as a teenager, years ago now.

A new day today and I've hung my special trousers on the back of my bedroom door so I see them a lot as inspiration.

Have a great day and thanks again