General Weight Loss Support Thread

I started doing the 30 day shred yesterday. It's a tough workout. The fact that it's only 20 minutes is so appealing. Has anyone here done this workout before? What type of results did you see?

I want to lose about half a stone and tone up especially on my lower body. I also have plenty cellulite to lose on my thighs and bum. I know it's a long process to see results but I lack patience and motivation.

Welp, guess it's time for me to return to this thread, having dropped out of it last year due to pregnancy! My baby's almost three months old now so I'm just about ready to start contemplating calories again :P I didn't actually gain weight during pregnancy due to health issues, but I've definitely put some on since he was born and have a few stone to lose overall. I'm breastfeeding and get hungry very quickly, so I need to strike a balance and make sure I'm getting everything I need. Just downloaded MyFitnessPal so looking forward to getting into the zone again!

Musefan wrote: »

Just thought I would give a little update! This morning, I weighed 11 stone 12lbs

When was your first post from? Well done!

I've lost 8 lbs since 18th Feb delighted!

cactusgal wrote: »

Have finally reached the point where I'm completely fed up with my weight. I've put on about 1.5 stone in the last 2 years, and recently a few extra pounds have crept on. I'm now down to one pair of trousers for work that fit, and now those ones feel tight I refuse to buy a new wardrobe in the next size up, I just want to fit into my normal clothes again. I haven't been able to wear my jeans in ages

I already exercise a good bit, but my diet needed serious overhauling. On Tuesday, I started a new regimen of eating better (cooking my own food, focus on more veg, protein, and fruit, cut down on dairy and carbs, and cutting out sweets, junk, and alcohol). It's only been 4 days, but I want to see instant results, which I know is silly. Feeling so frustrated at the moment bc my boyfriend has gone to the pub to meet a group of our friends, but I'm staying in bc I know I'll too tempted to drink if I'm out with a group (went to the pub with boyfriend on Wed and just had Ballygowan, that was fine, but a group is different).

I just want this extra weight to be gone! And I wish I could go out for a drink! I know I should be able to go out and drink in moderation, but when I'm just starting off my clean eating plan, I need to be really strict with myself, or it all goes to sh@t!

Sorry for the rant. If anyone has any spare weight loss inspiration to share, I'd love to hear it!!

For me personally I find it really hard to start eating 100% healthy. Because for years it involved me saying to myself I'll start my healthy eating tomorrow but I'll have a food binge tonight. Then I'd eat healthy for a few days and give up. Then I'd start the cycle again. Instead I try to eat foods that I enjoy and are somewhat healthy. Yet if I feel like a treat then I will have it. Some days I will eat far too much but I try not to let that carry over to the next day. I have some digestive issues so am currently on a restricted diet. I don't eat that much processed food anymore except gluten free bread and breakfast cereal. Everything else is fruit, meat, fish, veg, cheese, eggs, oat crackers or rice cakes.

It doesn't seem fair that you feel you can't head out with your friends. Would you try not drinking to see how it goes? You might even enjoy it. You won't wake up with a hangover or be craving fatty foods.

122.2 pounds!:eek: At 5ft, I am definitely not happy with that. The funny thing is I could feel the extra weight on me as I'm usually around 115lbs. Gotta drop it! Also, oranges at this time of year are so sweet they are actually like sweets I cannot stop eating them! I may also be overindulging on them which I know isn't great, but they are just SO nice!:D

cactusgal wrote: »

Very very small achievement, but I started my healthy eating and exercise plan last Tues (5 days ago) and I just got on the scales this morning and I've lost 2 pounds It's tiny, but still helps with the motivation. Good luck to everyone, new week ahead!

Doesn't matter how small it is, you're progressing! Rome wasn't built in a day and your weight won't disappear overnight. That thinking has always dented my motivation, whenever I wanted to tone up and lose a bit of weight. If I didn't see results in a handful of days or a week I gave up when I have to realise that it wasn't in a week that I gained this weight so I can't expect to lose it and be all toned in a week! Focus on being healthy and taking one day at a time. I've really been re-evaluating how I look at my food choices I realise that having a biscuit or chocolate is not a treat. It doesn't make me feel any better. Whereas eating healthy does!

Papillon87 wrote: »

I've just spent about two hours reading through this thread. You're all amazing!

I'm going to use this thread to re-focus and revive my own weight loss journey, if you'll have me. I've lost a fair amount of weight very gradually (November 2013 was when I initially looked in the mirror and realised "Jaysus, this is really not good"), but I've plateaued for the last few months and I want to break through that and be where I want to be with my body hopefully this summer. I am the definition of skinny fat, also, as I stupidly neglected strength training as I dropped weight, so I need to address my exercise routine also.

5' 0", female.

Highest Weight (Nov. 2013)- 149lbs
Current Weight (April 2015)- 118lbs
Goal Weight- 105lbs

Would be good to have the encouragement of fellow shorties too; 13 lbs doesn't sound a lot or a struggle to lose but it's definitely poundage you notice more on a petite!

Definitely the same for me. I was always usually around 115lbs but lately my weight has fluctuated to 122lbs and it really doesn't sit well on my frame. 114lbs has always been ideal, I struggle to go any lower. Losing weight at that weight is hard too as you lose it more gradually than people who are heavier so it tends to take longer to see results. Really want to drop the weight and build muscle! Congratulation on the big weight loss, that's amazing!

Papillon87 wrote: »

Thanks! Still very much a work in progress but, yeah, feels good to have got rid of a fair chunk!

Glad someone can relate to petite probs! Half a stone on someone really small definitely compares, visually, I'd say to a stone or more on a taller person. Makes logical sense, really; less surface area for fat to be spread out over!

I've been 110lbs at my lowest weight. I'm naturally very small boned (under the flab) so that by no means looked "skinny" in a bad way. I wasn't extremely toned (but miles better than I am now), but even that 8lbs made a huge difference to my overall shape. I'd be happy to hit 110lb and stay there if it was a toned and honed 110lbs!

What are your plans for losing your 7lbs?

I didn't to imply you'd be too skinny just that I have never been to go to 110lbs or under and sustain it, though I plan to see if I can maybe down to 110lbs after I get to 115lbs (but I won't force it, just want to be healthy). That is he important thing, neither of us want to be skinny fat at that weight but healthy and toned!:) My plan, cut out the junk food and exercise on a daily basis!:p Because college takes up a significant portion of my day and I have to be up at six o'clock most days, I do a HIIT in the morning (with and without weights) as they are only 15 minutes or I come home and if I have time I skip for about a half an hour. I can't leave it too late as I'd be up all night and somedays when I come home from college I'm too lazy to exercise so I do prefer to get it out of the way in the morning. I try to squeeze in weight training even if it's just 3 sets of ten of 2 exercises or I include weights into the HIIT.

Hi there!

Feeling a bit fed up with my weight atm. I'm not overweight but I'm the heaviest I've ever been and really struggling with my confidence. I'm 5'6" and over the past 3 years I've gone from 118lb to 143lb - just over half a stone a year!!! I'm very much an all or nothing person, I'm either half starving myself or sat on the sofa crying into my jumbo-sized chocolate bar... Anyway, I'm trying to break my bad habits and get back into my old wardrobe lots of fruit and veg, whole grains and lean protein, and cutting back on booze and sweet stuff!

I'll weight in again on Friday, fingers crossed!!

I've read through the majority of this thread and there's a lot of strong minded people here doing good work and fair play to you all.

For the last 6/7 years I've had 2/3 stone on me that has put me over weight. This has been for a few different reasons and even though I was aware of it, I wasn't strong enough mentally to tackle the problem.

The day after Paddy's day, something clicked though. I was hungover and had a chinese takeaway and I just said to myself 'enough is enough'. I weighed myself and was over 13 and half stone. I've roughly dropped a stone since and 10.5 is the goal so about 2 more to go.

Last October, I bought a Nutribullet and have incorporated juice into my diet - this would mainly be spinach/kale/apple with seeds.

So I done a 10 day juice fast, nothing but juice for 10 days. I was used to juicing at the stage so I didn't find it too hard. Anyways, done the 10 days and I dropped a few pounds but more importantly it made me look at food in a completely new light and gave me a good platform to get rolling. Since then, my diet has been fairly good. I still have juice for breakfast and bring a flask of it into work.

Dinner would be a lot of veg and some lean meat ( mainly chicken ). I've stopped piling my plate full of rice/pasta and most part I've dropped that stuff, including bread/dairy ( except skimmed milk in coffee and a small wrap with my dinner :cool: ) and basically anything processed. I find the weekly shop important. If you don't buy crap then you won't it eat it, keeping your basket/trolly filled up with healthy stuff for the week at hand is the way forward and half the battle.

I've also quit smoking and have taken up e-cigarettes for the last few months, massive difference to my chest and breathing. Thanks to that change I've been able to get started on the c25k and I am loving it. Nothing like getting out into the fresh air and it's a good challenge, I'm actually looking forward to my run this evening.

The main thing is though - as others have already stated - it's not a diet but a lifestyle change. I feel there's no point in depriving yourself too much because it's just not going to work out long term. An example would be going out and having a few drinks, if you like heading out and having a few beers then do it but for the long term, why not drink a little less and switch to a bottle of light beer instead?
Even last weekend after a few beers on the Saturday at a party, I ended up having a large pizza on the Sunday. If that was a couple of months I would have said '**** it' and went off the rails but the next day I just went back to good ways ( which is now normality ) no big deal, it's Friday now and I couldn't give a damn what crap I ate last weekend. I also know I wouldn't be at that every weekend but if it happens then move on and go again.

Things like that will make the difference long term, going on a crash diet and restricting yourself won't work and I reckon that has been my downfall in recent years. If your mentality is right and your daily routine is good then you're winning anyway, it doesn't matter if it takes 3 months or a year, the pieces will fall into place eventually and that's how I'm thinking now.

I haven't weighed myself much, I don't think it's good to get too fixated on the scales. Weighing myself every couple of weeks is enough for me but you know yourself with clothes, and people's reactions etc. A few people have said I'm looking better and some of my old clothes are starting to fit me again so that's a good boost to get. I'll weigh myself next weekend and take it from there.

Anyways, I'll throw in a few updates from time to time. Great thread this.

In the last 6 months or so, I've been put on medication that is known to cause weight gain AND increase appetite as a side effect (no, not the contraceptive pill, that has never affected my appetite), something I cannot, not take.

I was doing fine though, till I quit smoking 5 months ago.

Half a stone up now haven't been this weight for about 3 years. Feel fat and miserable. I felt so bad that I considered going back to smoking because of how nicotine suppressed my appetite.

I'm scared about going to my GP to get my contraceptive prescription because she gives me dogs abuse if my weight fluctuates by so much as a pound.

Ahhh. I need to sort this.

Still eating good food, but too feckin' much because my appetite is ridiculous since I quit smokes.

So, I'm going to just eat less and deal with being hungry. Wish me luck