Just popped button off my 'fat' shorts.....

[mckiwi07]

It has to stop - every year I say I am going to lose weight and each year I put weight on. My 'fat' shorts that I have had for years and always kept as I didn't want to buy new shorts in the same size as of course next year I would be a size 12 - are now too small. I am so ashamed. I start a new diet practically every day and don't last until lunch time.
I am going to post on this thread each week so that I can be accountable to myself at least.

Stats:
5'5 and 15st4

I need to lose around 4.5 stone to get to a healthy bmi
I am NOT going to diet - I am going to eat sensibly and increase fruit and veg intake and drink lots more water. My only rule is no secret eating/binging as this is my major downfall

If anyone would like to join me that would be great but I am going to keep posting to help myself stay focussed.

I CAN DO THIS

[PrincessTheresaofLiechtenstein]

I am in the same boat - just posted a self pitying thread about my binging (on top of lovely healthy filling meals). I really need to do something about it now, it is getting beyond a joke. Good luck to us both!

[shinydog]

I am 5'6, and 15.2 stone. I was up to 17 st at one point, and managed to get down to 13.9. But have put loads back on since the end of last year. I am so fed up now of being big, especially since the nicer weather has come along.
I will definitely join you. It really helps to be accountable to someone else and to have that support there.
My first goal is to give up alcohol for a while and try and eat less carbs. I did a boot camp before and lost loads. I go away in 6 weeks, and any loss by then will be fab.

[mckiwi07]

Oooh great - more people! I know how you feel about the binge eating princess as I do it all the time - I make up excuses to go off on my own so I can have a binge. I told DH I was going to the gym last night then sat in my car eating McDs and chocolate . I have 2 young DCs and I so want to set a good example for them.

shiny sounds like you have had great weight loss before - its getting the motivation to do it again. I hate summer too and am longing for it to be a bit cooler so I can wear more layers and cover the chub! I go on holiday in 11 weeks and that is my motivation at present - to be at least a stone lighter would be great

[PrincessTheresaofLiechtenstein]

I just want to be one of those people that doesn't think about food all the time. They just eat and then that's it until the next meal time. I find meal planning and sticking to it really helps with this, but that's boring and I hate doing it. However, nothing will change by magic so I think I need to be disciplined about planning out my day.

[shinydog]

I find I am so much better if I exercise every day. It makes me less likely to binge on junk food. Finding it tough at the moment as I have just got over a chest infection and now have a cold with bad cough. Asthma playing up too, so its hard to do anything, and feeling all sorry for myself too :(

[Cookiepants]

Can I join too mck? All my clothes are faded, full of holes and falling to bits cos why would I 'waste' money on new ones when I'll be 2 sizes smaller soon .

I have tried diets (SW , WW, slim fast etc.) and need to realise they aren't working for me.

Current stats

5'4"
13st 12
Dress size 16/18

[AnyoneForTennis]

13.12
6 foot
Size 14/16

Juicing today. Had 2 toast for brekkie as on my feet all day. Got 2 juices (frozen) for lunch

Using MFP

Will do 3-4 mile run tonight

[mckiwi07]

Great to have more people and so reassuring to know I am not the only one really struggling. Everyone in RL seems so sorted when it comes to food including my naturally slim DH.
Over the last couple of days my diet has been far from perfect but I feel I have made some better choices about food which I suppose is a start. I think meal planning does really help as a pp said but its finding the time to be that organised!
I have ordered the Paul McKenna Freedom from Emotional eating book that has been recommended on the weight loss threads as I really do think I need a complete change in my thinking about food and not just another diet that I am likely to fail at ....

[mckiwi07]

tennis how do you find juicing? I have never tried it but sounds interesting..

[KittyandTeal]

A tip for binging (for a BED in recovery!) if you desperately feel the need for a binge. Drink tons and tons of water, virtually no cals but you get that horrid, over full feeling.

[Sleepwhenidie]

There's a thread in Food - Eating Better where lots of us are making healthy and sustainable changes to how we eat. The emphasis is on cutting down on sugar and processed food and eating mindfully (as Paul McK advocates I believe) - no diets and no guilt! A few people on there used to struggle with binge eating but are finding it helpful and people who say they need to lose weight are doing so easily.

There's also a thread in New Blog Posts, started by a poster about her blog that charts her journey to recovery from binge eating disorder. That may be interesting to have a read through and get some support too.

One thing, if you struggle with bingeing, dieting is the worst possible strategy, it is exactly that which sets up the sense of restriction, control and deprivation that inevitably leads to a binge. There may be other, emotional triggers, but the first place to work is ditching dieting and learning to trust your appetite and eat well - it's not easy and takes lots of practice but can be done and is so worthwhile to be free of the restrict/binge/restrict cycle of misery.

[sebsmummy1]

I joined Slimming World last week after putting on a stone in a year. Have lost 2lb in a week so pretty happy.

I would really recommend a weightloss group as doing it on my own doesn't give me enough incentive to keep to the diet. Whereas doing it to impress someone else somehow does (I know that's sad to want to impress a load of strangers!!!).

[Doitforme]

Princess the way you would like to be around food is how I am. I eat anything I want but probably only have a few bites and then I am done. I do Paul McKenna and have done for over ten years ( before he made it mainstream). I know diets don't work. If they did then people wouldn't be needing one diet after another and trying the latest fad.

[PrincessTheresaofLiechtenstein]

I have made better choices over the last few days and no mindless eating. That has slipped a bit today with repeat visits to the kitchen for chocolate and biscuits tonight. I am struggling a bit now. Think an early night will help, along with telling myself that if I really want, I can eat another biscuit tomorrow.

I think in the last few days I have focused more on choosing things I enjoy and savouring them and I have been busy today and forgotten to do that. Clearly the PMcK stuff is sinking in!

[AnyoneForTennis]

I love the juicing. I do it more for health and nutrition than for weightloss. People often say,'just eat the fruit/veg' but I can't eat a whole lemon/celery etc. yuk! Love them juiced tho

Had argument and drama with dd today so can't face eating not hungry just angry!

[anyoldname76]

Can I join? Everyday I start off thinking I'll be good today, before you know it I'm eating everything I can get my hands on.

My stats

10.12
4'11"
Size 14 but really I'm more a size 16

Ive always got an excuse, todays is its because its Sunday

I'm doing a charity walk in a few weeks and I know that unless I start doing some exercise soon I probably won't make the whole walk.

[mckiwi07]

Sorry i haven't posted for a few days. Am really struggling with not having a binge. I am so sick of food controlling my life and thinking about it all the time. Am reluctant to join a slimming club as i don't feel it will address my underlying issues with food. I am hoping to make one or two small changes at a time and accept there is no quick fix, I need to sort this out for the sake of my young dcs

[Doitforme]

mckiwi07. Have you tried reading Paul McKenna Emotional Eating books and CDs.
Another good book is Overcoming Overeating by Jane Hirschman. You can break free of dieting (which actually is proved to only make you fatter over the years) and have a normal relationship with food in that you eat when you are truly hungry and need food and choose whatever you want.

[BlueKarou]

Adding my name to the list of weigh-loss-attempters.

Yet another pair of my jeans has given out at the inner thigh due to my fat legs rubbing together. This happened midway through a dog walk, leaving me with a large, painfully chafed wound on my leg. That's not supposed to happen.

I'm 5'4'' and 14st9. My BMI is 35, and I've been told I can't have the fertility treatment I want in order to conceive unless I get down to below 12st7 (out of the obese category and into merely overweight).

I'm a grazer, a binge-eater and a comfort-eater, and I don't really trust myself to count calories without sneaking an extra pack of crisps in. So I'm on the slim fast shakes and snack bars plus a salad lunch each day (today's was lettuce, cucumber, celery and a cut up frankfurter for some protein). I'll learn how to improve my eating habits once I've lost a bit and my mood has lightened.

I'm currently 3 days in and have a headache because I'm not drinking enough water - have just filled a glass up to finish before the end of work - and am grumpy because I'm hungry. I'm hoping the bad mood will pass as I get used to the restricted calories.

[PrincessTheresaofLiechtenstein]

Just checking in here and knowing I'll have to report a binge is helping me. I think trying to do this alone is why I've struggled for the last couple of years.

I am also not worrying about the odd bad food choice and am not using it as an excuse to then eat everything in the house.

[mckiwi07]

I have just weighed myself at my mums house as she has fancy scales and i am 15st6!! Even worse than i thought! I will not weigh.more than 15.7 and feel this has given me a kick up the backside to make changes.

blue welcome to the thread. Good luck with the weight loss, you have such a good incentive to succeed.
princess i know what you mean about being accountable for your eating. Keep posting ...

anyold i.also use any possible excuse lol! I know that I am only fooling myself though. I keep thinking if i stop making excuses and actually take action i will be half way there

[mckiwi07]

oh and thanks to all the otherposters who have offered advice. It is appreciated

[HilariousInHindsight]

Completely understand.
I'm 5ft and last month was 11st 9.
This month I'm miraculously 11st 2!
I have a pedometer and do at least 5-7k a day as a minimum.
I have ordinary meals but fruit for snacks .
For the first time in ages I'm pleased with myself ever.

I have a toddler which helps running around after.
I'll lend her someone for an hour you'll be tired!

[wizzler]

Can I join in.. ?

I am 5 ft 4" and 12 stone.
I go to work in black trousers every day, because they are the only thing in my wardrobe that fits.

I did weight watchers 3 years ago and lost 3 stone to get to 10st 7 lbs.. and in my head, that gives me permission to eat crap because " I know I can lose it if I want to"... except I cant

Recognise so much of your op Mckiwi I too start a diet every day (and a " really mean it this time diet every monday"

As I sit here now.. I can here the maltesers calling to me from the kitchen

Must do something to stop this...

[PrincessTheresaofLiechtenstein]

If you haven't yet found the maletesers wizzler - remember you'll feel far worse if you eat them than if you find something else to do instead. I always forget this in the moment of "needing" chocolate.