I’m a pear !

Could I join you ladies? I'm desperately trying to lose weight for health reasons. I developed an irregular heartbeat 2 years ago, and get very tired if I do too much exercise, and I also had mobility problems last year so I couldn't do anything for 3 months until the ligaments etc healed. Added to that the medication I'm on is not good for weight loss!

However, I'm determined to loose at least 3 stone and I've joined WW on-line (not very good in groups), go for short walk every day and gym twice a week. So far in 2 weeks I've lost about 4lbs, so onward and downward. It would be really nice to have somewhere chatty to keep me going!

Welcome Badenkate we’re all here with the same intention some of us following different ways to get to our goals.

Now lost 36lb in seven months, got another 9lbs to go, must be easier to climb the north face of the Eiger than to shift these remaining few lbs!

36lbs is very impressive Oldand keep going.

BadenKate you are very welcome. We are a friendly bunch all on our own paths to lose weight. We have our ups and downs but still keep ploughing on.

I too try to get out and walk every day which lifts my spirits as well as being good for us.

Onward and downward ?

Just realised this morning I had not weighed myself for about 5 weeks !! Happily I have managed to stay the same weight. I hope at last I have worked out how much I can eat to remain stable. It's taken me long enough to find out.

How are the rest of you getting on ?

Ok thank you NanKate, at least you didn’t gain anything such a bonus. I’m only going to weigh twice a month and measure too. Got 2 pairs of jeans that feel too baggy so have put them away and found another couple of slightly smaller ones to wear. Got drawers full of stuff that doesn’t fit ‘yet’ lol. Have a healthy eating day/fasting day ladies

Thats great nankate....maintaining is not easy, you must have it just right.
I lost 1 lb this week, am well pleased with that.

......lovely to have a couple pairs of baggy jeans grannyiris....well done...

Thank you Shirleyw x

May I join you too? I've always been a pear but for years I've been an obese pear. Joined SW online two years ago, lost 10kg and stalled. I now fluctuate, have put on some weight and lost it again, but I'm still trying. Trying to eat mainly veg based diet for health but puds or cake when we eat out, wine on social occasions and occasional piggery are my downfall. ’

Good morning and welcome Rowantree. We aren’t here to judge just to support and encourage each other. There is another thread where we weigh in monthly. We are all following different W.O.E. to get to our goal.

Weighed in this morning (doing it weekly by myself but following ww), and depressed to find I hadn't lost anything this week . Then I thought, well I'm back to where I was before Christmas and the same weight I was before Christmas 2017, so that's good . And then I put on a pair of trousers that had definitely been tight before and fit fine now ! So today isn't too bad after all!

Badenkate, scales lie, clothes don’t, great NSV

Another half a pound gone on weigh in today, now lost nearly three stone, press on another seven pound to go.

That's fantastic Oldandverygrey. There's hope for me yet! What's the best thing about losing all that weight?

Ooh Oldandverygrey that’s an amazing loss. Congratulations, you must feel very proud x

Welcome Rowntree. We are a great group of losers. No one criticises we just encourage each other. We are all following our paths to weight loss.

The best thing for me about my weight loss is when I went for my annual medical my weight wasn’t mentioned as I was almost within my weight limit for my height and age.

Very well done oldand mega weight loss.

Fitting trousers BadenK fabulous.

Thank you Baden, Granny and Nan. The best thing about losing all that weight? well, two sizes smaller in dress (whoopee), the downside is that I feel permanently cold despite wearing 2/3 layers of clothing. Has anyone else experienced this?

Nankate that's an amazing achievement! Well done!
I'll read the posts later, but I'm doing a mix of a Slimming World plan (loosely interpreted!) and the 5/2 but I'm finding it difficult to stick to fasting days. I'm actually focusing on eating really healthily, predominantly a wide range of veg, fruit, beans, pulses etc with some chicken and fish and minimal red meat. We cook from scratch mostly and I love spices and herbs in cooking. My aim is to be as healthy as possible, and yes, I'd love to be a healthier weight. Managed to lose quite a bit about 18months ago sticking to SW (I do it online) but since then my weight has crept up again a little and I want to stop the rot. I am small - thought I was 5' but hospital measurements now say 4'11" so I'm still in the obese category and I don 't want to be. Still, I have managed to drop clothes sizes over the last couple of years from 18 on top and 20 bottom to 14/16, so I'm pleased at that.
My stomach is a problem - huge and floppy! - a real Grannytummy. Hate my legs and bum. Thank goodness for tunics!

What does everyone have for breakfast and does it quell the hunger pangs later on? Mine is do-it-yourself muesli with jumbo oats, oat bran, ground flax seed, mixed seeds, nuts and some defrosted red fruits, with some soya or oat milk on. I love it and it usually keeps the pangs away but it's late afternoon I find tricky (nibble wise)

I read something on Facebook earlier where the lady had the perfect waist size, but only if she was 6’ 7”, poor lady was 5’ and not much more.
I don’t eat breakfast but have 2 glasses of water and 2 black coffees before I leave for work.
The last of my oats I made flapjacks with, super recipe on gransnet.

My diet is anything I want in much smaller portions.

One weetabix, mixed nuts 20g, fat free Greek yog, spoonful of mixed fruit. Tea.

Coffee

Apple, 6 crisps, half of a chicken Caesar wrap. Sugar free 7 up, filled half way with water.

Tea, half a slim fast bar.

Chicken arribatta, peas, then spoonful of fruit with dollop of Greek Yog.

As it is Friday a half can of coke, slug of Bacardi, ice and lemon.

This is more than I used to have when losing weight. Some days I eat less.

I have porridge for breakfast with banana and blueberries....keeps me going till lunch time.....

Hello everyone and well done to all .
I had to take someone to an appointment this week and while waiting got tempted by the grub on offer nearby - had a large veggie fry up and was amazed that I could scoff the lot and would have had room for more, even though that is the first "meal" I've had in 2 months! My huge stomach hasn't shrunk so I still feel hungry, and I mean really hungry, all the time!

Determined to keep going and think I've lost a bit more, although have decided not to use the scales at home but wait and see the Nurse at the surgery every month or so. I'm going for 52lbs in 5 months which is achievable even if it is blooming hard!

Woken up early today which I hate as more hours awake means more hours of denial! Also its the weekend so DH is around tucking in to anything he fancies, including crisps and sweeties Ah well, he'll be sorry when its time for the special occasion I'm losing weight for and he can't fit in his suit

All the best to everyone

Dontask losing weight is not for the faint hearted it’s a blooming hard slog at times. I find the sugar free Sevenup fills me up, worth a try.

Morning everyone!
Isn't it great having so many join us!!! Welcome everyone - we all have our different systems and they all seem to work, which proves that we are all different! What works for some doesn't work for others!
DH's birthday surprise went well - last Sun morning he was told he had 22hrs to pack as we were going on a 4nt short break the next morning!
We had a lovely time and the dinner, bed and breakfast was all good! I knew I was going to overeat but, as someone said, life is too short and we both really needed a break.
I approached 'Weigh-in' this morning with trepidation as you can imagine and I have put on 3lbs
However, life is too short and I am back on track now - hopefully I will get rid of that this coming week - onward and downward!
Good luck to everyone else as we start another week