Monday 24th March weigh in.

Hi everyone sorry I have been missing this week, been one of those weeks when you dont get a moment to yourself.
I only lost 1/2lb which I was shocked at after having a really good week, but thats how it works sometimes, I blame not having my weetabix I was having porridge and berries instead and I feel that I was missing fibre... that all I will say on that but there has been movement since returning to the weetabix

Another one off notso the weather does make t easier I think.
tegan well if thats not incentive I dont know what is.
Well done rock
aka you can lose inches but it sometimes doesnt show on the scales.
nellie the 5:2 works well for some just not for me.
ginny to maintain is a blessing some weeks.
vegas I am doing SW too and find it can be adapted to whatever I am doing through the week, and slow but sure is the way to go.
grannyK just get on the scales, remember a few weeks ago when we were all afraid to climb on and found things were not a bad as expected,its difficult to control things when you know you have a stressful time ahead.
Well done galen
tegan when that food monster arrives he clears everything in sight, but its a challenge to keep him in the cupboard.
notso on SW you can have lots more of theAlpro than skimmed or semi.
grannya every little helps
Well doen caz on maintaining.
tab its all down to choices but sometimes its easier to make the wrong choice.
grannyk & tegan you have to decide why you are eating those crackers or strange food items, do you really need them, have a cup of tea or a large drink of water and make yourself wait 15 min before eating and if you still really need it have something in the fridge that is healthy.
Good luck storynanna
Well done mrshat
silverfish most slimming groups have a weigh in and a group talk where everyone helps each other with tips and motivation. I attend Slimming World and find that I can eat from which ever food groups I enjoy and lose weight if I stick to the plan, but thats what is important to all the different Slimming groups sticking to the plan. I think the will power has to come from yourself, if you dont have it joining a group isnt going to help, you have to find motivation from something like a holiday or an occasion.
rock if you havent opened them you could drop them at the local old folks home, but best not let on to DS. My SW group have a collection of any unopened chocs at Christmas or other choc driven days and they are given to the local hospice.

Thanks, NanKate, that's a good idea!

Rockgran if you put the chocs in the freezer it takes much longer to eat them and is my way of slowing down the process of gorging oneself.

I have lost 4 stone with slimming world, and kept it off, you eat healthily , rather than daft fasting etc
If you eat more than you work off in calories, you will put weight on, its not rocket science - you just need to be in the right mind set to tackle it

My lovely son has just sent me what I think is a huge box of chocolates! If so, I am going to try to ration them so that I don't put the weight back on. I am saying this in public so that I am motivated not to snaffle them all in one sitting (being a total chocaholic!) Watch this space!

Can anyone tell me how slimming classes work, I went to one years ago and I felt motivated until I went home, I ate as normal until the next class and hadn't lost any weight. I would need someone to keep and eye one me all week not just one class. most of the girls at the class I went to were the same we all went for fish and chips as soon as the class was over then lots of food and drink over the weekend. There is no way of controlling your eating other than will power which I have non

Down by a half pound this week, now 12stone 3lbs. Every little helps as they say, but this is a very slow process. However, trying to keep positive and keep the eating under control. Good luck everyone.

I am on week 3 of yet another attempt to lose a stone, left over from birth of last child 22 years ago, determined this time as I have 2 weddings to go to in the summer.
I have researched basal metabolic rate for my height, sex, age, weight and activity level and discovered it is only 1600 calories needed a day. As you have to cut 500 calories every day to lose a pound a week it looks as if it will be a slow process. Unless I up the exercise I suppose..... Horrid thought, even worse than cutting out food treats. I do walk every day and am a fair weather cyclist so maybe I will increase that as much as possible.
I had hoped that cutting back to 1000 a day would lose me 2 pounds a week but the maths doesnt add up

Oh Tegan you are very naughty, go and stand in the corner!!

Well, there's nothing left to eat at all now. I ate the crackers with what was left of some margarine in the fridge; great, I thought; no more margarine therefore no more crackers. But I then found the remains of some butter I'd bought goodness knows when so then had to use it to eat the remains of the crackers [and I mean HAD to as well]. I feel as if I ned to lock myself away somewhere and do a sort of 'cold turkey'. D'you think it's the time of year??

Tegan - It won't help really , but I am going through exactly the same thing. Have only eaten sensibly today because I went out to the theatre - it's always the evening where I go haywire- and until I read your post I was about to go off and raid the biscuit tin ( at my mother's - I obviously don't have a biscuit tin! ) because I am really panicking about tomorrow. Thank you - I am now going to bed and doing what I really need to do , which is sleep!

Well, today was going to be the day when I got my eating back under control but I've just devoured half a packet of cream crackers with butter. I can't quite get my head around why this is happening but I feel that I need a week of complete 'me time' where I eat sensibly, exercise and don't have to think about anything else [never understood why people went to health farms but I do now]. It's all about control and my out of control eating is a reflection of my out of control life; I know that sounds a bit melodramatic but it's for real!

Hi people. I lost 14 lbs but it took a year.

I can say how I did it if that would help anyone.

I made better choices when I ate--I ate less--I walked more--and I NEVER gave myself a hard time if I happen to eat something un healthy or fattening, and I NEVER used the bad word..diet...

I still have 2 stone to loose but I am not putting myself under any pressure, it is a way of life now, eating better, but If I want something I will have it, just not all the time.

It has took me a year, as said, but I did it in my own time, my own way and got there in the end

The very best of luck to everyone trying to shift a few pounds, You Can Do It

I've just discovered coconut 'flour' Tegan..... delicious sprinkled on porridge....and fewer calories than honey

Went up a bit at the weekend as I ate normally although moderately, but back down to the same as a week ago now. Have to be strict this week if I want to lose more. Tegan I know what you mean about the Ryvita, I have the same compulsion with dry cream crackers, strangely addictive when there is nothing else.

...only four short of a pound, grannya...every little counts...

12 ounces!

Iuse that with porridge [although I ruin the calorie aspect by adding lots of honey].

Not sure if this will help anyone.....but I recently came off dairy products and tried a variety of the available milk sustitutes before eventually settling on Alpro almond milk, the unsweetened variety.
When you compare the calories with even semi-skimmed cows milk, there's quite a saving to be had!

I ate just about everything in the house yesterday; now there's no bread, no cheese in fact nothing. And, annoyingly yesterday was a beautiful day and I should have gone on a long walk but didn't. Planned to do so today and it's horrible and damp. However, the obsessive eating has stopped [nothing to eat anyway]. I even ate half a packet of Ryvita late last night .

Well I'm back to 14 03/4 I had gone up to 14 3.

I seem to be having one good week , one rubbish week . Like Tegan I am scared to get on the scales this morning . It was a reasonable week till late last night , when because I was panicking about the incredibly stressful time I have ahead of me in the next few weeks I managed to consume about 1,200 calories in twenty minutes . I have just added it up ! Sorry Paul McK , your emotional eating book just wasn't up to the struggle. Feeling saner this morning , and just having to get on with things now rather than panic about them. May weigh myself tomorrow, when even calmer !

I have lost 10 lbs in 10 weeks with Slimming World, which seems to be working for me as I can eat lots of the things I like. The people at the SW meeting who have huge losses of 5/6 lbs a week tend to be very overweight, but as I have about a stone to lose, I am content for it to come off slowly and surely. I sympathise ginny as social life does get in the way of your diet, but you have done really well to maintain. I live alone and consequently go out quite a lot, so I just try not to go mad when with friends and then be extra vigilant when alone.

AAAGGGHHH! still stuck. Too much socialising ! Still, I haven't gone up, so pleased about that. Hope to report a loss next week.

I was 55.1kg 8st 9. this am. My weight seems to have been stuck again for the last few weeks. I would like to get below 8st 7lb and stay there. I think I would probably still need the two fast days to stay a good weight though.
At least I am the right side of 9st 8 now that was too much for my height, (or lack of height!)

Thinking about what I have steadily lost over the last 10 mnths does make me realise the 5:2 diet works.
500 calories today, cheese tomorrow.