May's magical melting of poundage leading to skinny Minniedom

lilmisskitkat

Hello

Can i join please? I'll aim for 5lbs for May, not sure how much i actually weigh but can feel the extra weight on me, i think i've put on about 1/2 a stone in the past 6 months ad being a shortie i dont carry it well

My friend is bringing her scales round later so i will have a start weight to work from, dont actually own any scales lol

Good luck all

Kate xxx

treeny_bash

Hey

Doing my weigh in tomorrow, not feeling overly hopeful - could be another 1lb, which would make 2 for the month, pathetic

Anyway, no point dwelling on the past, please put me down for 7lbs in May (good title by the way!). This could be a bit tricky as I am going away for a hen weekend this weekend, and then my parents will be down for the weekend after. Must, must, must get back into my running next month (I have one planned for tomorrow) as the weeks are whizzing by to the races. Good luck everyone!

Katrina
x

Bitsy_Beans

Hey everyone
I'd like to join you, I am hoping you can all help me stay motivated - something I really struggle with. Old habits are hard to break

jackieglasgow

Hiya Bitsy! :hello: Well, I weighed inlast night and gave myself a heart attack and a good talking to.I won't tell you all what I weigh, but I am very overweight:o. Not that I was surprised, it's not as if you can't see it!

I did some Wiifit and dug out an old Vanessa Feltz video-don't laugh, it is very motivating, even though she does my head in. Couch to 5k is on my Ipod and the PaulMcKenna is out, too.I shall be dedicating 2hours every night Monday to Friday to myself, instead of watching TV or coming in here whilst OH is working night shift. That means exercise, relaxation, beauty therapy.
My excuse is that for years I have battled depression and low self esteem. I have shaken off the black dog but the comfort blanket of my big fat !!! needs to go now. No more calorific food because it tastes nice because it's the not the only thing which tastes nice.
My May starts here because there's no need to wait 2 days.

Thanks for listening, even if you never. This time I will do this, and see it through right to the end. (I'm not even sure if this is the purpose of the thread but I'm hoping it will help give me some focus?)

Jackie X

Alexnikov

That's such a lovely positive post Jackie. Best of luck to you. I really like the idea of making it you time and focusing on treating yourself kindly as well as just exercising and eating better

lostinrates

jackieglasgow wrote: »

Hiya Bitsy! :hello: Well, I weighed inlast night and gave myself a heart attack and a good talking to.I won't tell you all what I weigh, but I am very overweight:o. Not that I was surprised, it's not as if you can't see it!

I did some Wiifit and dug out an old Vanessa Feltz video-don't laugh, it is very motivating, even though she does my head in. Couch to 5k is on my Ipod and the PaulMcKenna is out, too.I shall be dedicating 2hours every night Monday to Friday to myself, instead of watching TV or coming in here whilst OH is working night shift. That means exercise, relaxation, beauty therapy.
My excuse is that for years I have battled depression and low self esteem. I have shaken off the black dog but the comfort blanket of my big fat !!! needs to go now. No more calorific food because it tastes nice because it's the not the only thing which tastes nice.
My May starts here because there's no need to wait 2 days.

Thanks for listening, even if you never. This time I will do this, and see it through right to the end. (I'm not even sure if this is the purpose of the thread but I'm hoping it will help give me some focus?)

Jackie X

Yes, this is the purpose of the thread, to keep ur focus, a 1/4 or half a stone at a time, to break it into managable chunks and keep our sense of humour about it.

jackieglasgow

Thanks you two. I will be more upbeat from here on in I promise, I am actually quite funny when I want to be!

buyitall

Great post, Jackieglasgow, I especially like the bit about not wasting the 2 days til May starts :T. When you are in the right frame of mind, you need to seize the day (as opposed to what I normally do which would be to stuff my face for 2 days) xx

ps couldn't help but lol at the Vanessa Feltz video though - how many of us have got that or something very similar gathering dust somewhere ....

Bitsy_Beans

jackieglasgow wrote: »

Hiya Bitsy! :hello: Well, I weighed inlast night and gave myself a heart attack and a good talking to.I won't tell you all what I weigh, but I am very overweight:o. Not that I was surprised, it's not as if you can't see it!

I did some Wiifit and dug out an old Vanessa Feltz video-don't laugh, it is very motivating, even though she does my head in. Couch to 5k is on my Ipod and the PaulMcKenna is out, too.I shall be dedicating 2hours every night Monday to Friday to myself, instead of watching TV or coming in here whilst OH is working night shift. That means exercise, relaxation, beauty therapy.
My excuse is that for years I have battled depression and low self esteem. I have shaken off the black dog but the comfort blanket of my big fat !!! needs to go now. No more calorific food because it tastes nice because it's the not the only thing which tastes nice.
My May starts here because there's no need to wait 2 days.

Thanks for listening, even if you never. This time I will do this, and see it through right to the end. (I'm not even sure if this is the purpose of the thread but I'm hoping it will help give me some focus?)

Jackie X

Hear hear Jackie - you go girl

I was using the calorie counting website - how depressing is my calorie count :eek: I don't "do" diets as they make me obsessed (Jackie - I love PMK's way of thinking just tend to concentrate on the eat what you want part and disregard the rest ).
My biggest bad habit is snacking whilst having a couple of hours on the internet. Admittedly some of it was raw carrot BUT I had 3 bloomin' apple pies and at 185 calories EACH I have rather shot myself in the foot with that one

I know all the things I do wrong but can't seem to break out of the self sabotage cycle. Am hoping this thread will help me pick the right choices, need to work on portion control, snacking and just what i eat generally (I hate fruit ).

Anyway this has turned into a ramble. I weighed myself yesterday I would really like to lose 2 stone BUT as the thread states lets work on 7lbs at a time

newbeginning_2

JackieGlasgow You sound so positive hope you can stick with it, you sure sound motivated enough. Think I need to give myself a little pep talk