Looking for diet buddy(ies)

[pandacub]

Hi everyone, can I join too? :waves:
I currently weigh 12st 3lbs as of this morning (1lb weight loss this week(!). I have lost 9lbs since the start of the year but it has been a slow process with lots of stopping and starting. I have my friends leaving party in 5 weeks so I'd like at least a 5lb loss for then.

I'm trying to eat healthily and exercise 3 times a week.
Yesterday I ate
Breakfast - porridge and honey
Lunch - leftover chorizo and pepper soup with sourdough bread
Snack - 2 slices of fruit bread and marmalade
Dinner - a chicken breast, sweet potato chips and salad
And I had an options hot chocolate in the evening
And a bite of LOs trifle

I shouldn't really have had the fruit bread, definitely could have picked better for that snack but its a working progress.
I normally try and have a green smoothie once a day too

Hopr youre all getting on well!

 

[Embo78]

Hey nanninoo. We're in a very similar position. In January 2013 I was 19 st 8 and by my wedding day July '13 I'd lost five stone.
Since then I've messed about with fad diets, binging, exercising/not exercising. I've done my back in and had an early miscarriage but I'm recovering from both quite nicely now.

I went back to weight watchers yesterday and I've gained some weight back but I'm feeling really motivated to get healthy. I started 30 day shred again with my daughter.

I'd love to buddy up with someone in a similar situation to me.

How are you getting on? How much more weight do you want to lose? I'm taking it half a stone at a time

 

[2have4kids]

Panda congrats on your pound!
Lost a lb this week, woo hoo
My meals were typically like this:
Breaky: 3/4 cup cottage cheese
Snack: grapefruit
Lunch salad & chicken stirfry
Snack: handful each of pistachios & grapes
Dinner: fish, roasted veggies and california mashed potatoes
Snack: sf jello/glass of milk

 

[weewdy]

Really depressed this week. I weighed myself today and i am 3lbs heavier than what i was on monday. I have stuck to my diet all week, not eaten anything remotely bad and i have gained. I have till monday morning to lose pounds as i refuse to log a gain.

 

[weewdy]

Well i spent all day yesterday at the hospital with a neighbour and her dying husband so i only ate 380 calories all day. So today my scales have dropped 4lbs. I have logged a 2lb weight loss as i think when i eat today i put alot on.

 

[2have4kids]

Weewdy, don't fuss too much over that scale. It's the main reason people fall off the wagon with diets. Just keep on eating a calorie deficit and it'll come. Great work on your eating, can you feel it in the way your clothes fit at least?

I was kind of disappointed because I've worked out so much over the last week and it seems the pounds are coming off very slow (mind you it's only been a week lol). So much effort for so little scale reward. But I can feel it in my clothing and see the difference on my arms. There's less bat wing flapping around lol. I was so sore on Saturday, felt very arthritic and old. But seeing an extra pound came off on Sunday was all the worth while. My appetite goes up alot with so much cardio so trying to tone down cardio and do more weights to get my metabolism up.

Hoping for 2 more next week. That'll put me over the 10% mark to my goal.

 

[weewdy]

2have4kids i havent really noticed a difference with my clothes. Also no one has noticed ive lost weight so really the scales are the only encouragement i have. As of this morning scales are showing a 42lb loss. My first goal i had set was 55lb off by end of july, so i have 4 month to lose 13lb. So i have changed my goal abit to 55lb off by 16th may (my dd birthday) then another 15lbs off by end of july (my birthday).

I do seem to have more energy and i feel fitter. I am in it for the long haul and definately feel better doing it without any fad diets. In my area every second person has started juice plus and i feel like saying to them just to eat properly within a calories deficit. Sunday is mothers day though so i am going to either go out for a meal or get a takeaway, i will do extra exercise that day. I day above calories wont do that much damage will it?

 

[george83]

2have4kids good luck for the future with the ivf I can't imagine how frustrating and heartbreaking it must be, hopefully a good weight loss journey will help distract you.

Weewdy I'm starting to feel just as demotivated too, my scales seem to go down 1lb one day and then back up again the next day plus my clothes feel even tighter. I've been eating really sensibly this past week and doing parts of my exercise DVD every day but I'm not getting anywhere. I also had my first bridesmaid dress fitting on Friday and the size 16 dress which I was hoping would be far too big fits a little too well, I know it's my sisters wedding day and everybody will be focusing on her but both my sisters are a size 8 and I'm dreading standing next to them. Moan over now!!!

How's everybody else doing? Hopefully some of you are feeling more positive and have some good weight losses to inspire

 

[caz_hills]

Hi girls,

Can I join too please?! I lost all my baby weight after having my son through using this forum plus my fitness pal and being really disciplined - but he is 2.5 now and I've put another stone and a bit back on just laziness and snacking so determined to get sorted again - exercise and track my food.

Would love some motivation from you guys!
Caz x

 

[pandacub]

I did exactly the same caz, I was so happy I lost all my baby weight quickly but over the course of the last 3 years ive put over a stone back on!

Ive been good with exercising so far this week, and Mostly been good with food choices. . I did have a couple of fizzy pencils and a creme egg though i keep eating sugar free polos too but they make me really bloated.
if I hop on the scales on friday and I've not lost any weight, I'll have to readdress my eating and perhaps be a little stricter with myself.

Hope everyone is doing well

 

[caz_hills]

Pandacub (love your profile name on here!) - a few little things will be ok I'm sure as you're exercising. I'm using myfitnesspal to try and help me see what I'm eating well (profile name is ajaysmum). I feel guilty if I go over the calories and love the feeling knowing I've done exercise and can eat more. x

 

[2have4kids]

Weewdy I didn't see your ticker, that's an amazing weight loss 42 lbs wow. Yes you are obviously in it for the long haul! Keep up the good work, you'll definitely reach your goal at this rate by July.
George thank you for your kind words. We just got the call today from our fertility specialist that the baby had 45x Turner Syndrome. I can't quite get my head around it. What a fluke, that a 26 year old donor would have this. I thought the risk was mosly for women over 35. So it gives me great hope with our next DE IVF in Greece. I'm still awaiting the results for the immune testing and then we'll be booking our dates with them.

I made the most delicious asian salad the other day, so healthy & low calorie and blackened spicy red snapper. Today is going to be spicy curried chicken with mushrooms, onion and pineapple. Still have salad as a side. I'll make rice for the DH. I'm on the verge of losing another pound, it's no longer at 160.6, we're down to 160.0. I expect to read 159 tomorrow and if no lose I'll grit my teeth and do my HIIT class at noon and eat well either way.

 

[pandacub]

Well weighed in this morning and according to those horrid scales ive gained 1lb. I've not gone over my calories (Definitely not enough to gain 1lb of fat) but I have been doing the 30ds every day this week so maybe thats why? My legs feel very heavy today!

 

[caz_hills]

Muscle maybe? I've stayed the same this week and I know it's because my calorie tracking is rubbish - need to be stricter!

 

[weewdy]

Well weighed in this morning and according to those horrid scales ive gained 1lb. I've not gone over my calories (Definitely not enough to gain 1lb of fat) but I have been doing the 30ds every day this week so maybe thats why? My legs feel very heavy today!

Because you have been exercising your muscles are damaged so they retain water to repair themselves. So your weight gain is only water weight. I read somewhere you have to eat 3500 calories over to gain 1lb of fat.

 

[weewdy]

Well i have had my weekly weigh in today (2 days early) because i plan on having my first takeaway since christmas tonight. I have lost another 2.6lbs. Only 12.4lbs to my first goal.

 

[caz_hills]

Wow that's amazing! Well done x

 

[pandacub]

Thanks, its easy to get discouraged when I see a gain on the scale but just going to keep soldiering on
That a great loss weewdy you'll be at your goal in no time. Are you following a plan or just keeping your calories under a specific amount?

I didn't do any exercise yesterday so will do it today before I go to my mums for the weekend. Will have to lure LO into his bedroom by putting gruffalo on my
computer though!

 

[caz_hills]

Can't go wrong with the gruffalo!

 

[weewdy]

Thanks, its easy to get discouraged when I see a gain on the scale but just going to keep soldiering on
That a great loss weewdy you'll be at your goal in no time. Are you following a plan or just keeping your calories under a specific amount?

I didn't do any exercise yesterday so will do it today before I go to my mums for the weekend. Will have to lure LO into his bedroom by putting gruffalo on my
computer though!

No im not following any specific plan just doing low calorie. Trying to choose wisely when it comes to food. Also drinking a minimum of 2 litres of water a day.

Has anyone done a fad diet and kept weight off?