TTC Weight loss thread :)

[BabyFrog]

I've done slimming world before (lost 2 and a half stone before my wedding) and I've put a stone back on so I'm back again.

I absolutely love SW. You're never hungry as there's a massive list of free foods you can eat as much as you like of.

I do miss not being able to have a takeaway on a weekend, but I've started making my own instead!

To be honest I think they all work if you stick to it, as I've previously been quite successful on WW too, but I enjoy not having to weigh and measure stuff as much on SW!

Good luck to you all anyway!

 

[MrsS15]

Yeah I think there's more freedom on slimming world, but then with weight watchers you can eat whatever you like as long as its within your points. Pros and cons! With slimming world, I'll need to just look into if I'm able to eat the gluten free pasta instead as freely as I can normal pasta? Same with gluten free bread etc!

I'm hoping to just lose 2lb a week if possible xx

 

[Clover]

Hi ladies,

I joined here but never actually done it properly. I haven't dieted for about a year and a half. I'm so annoyed at myself as I previously lost 26lb on weight watchers. I put all of it and more back on but thankfully since July I've lost 12lb, although I've not done anything deliberately just not stuffing my face 24/7!

I'm 10st 7 but I'm only 5ft 1 so I badly need to lose a stone. I was 9st 5 at my lightest on weight watchers and I felt amazing but it was very hard to maintain. If I could get down to a 9 on the scales again I'd be delighted!

My best friend is having her 30th in 4 weeks so I'd love to lose 8lb for that (just to get into the 9st mark ). Is that realistic?

I also have no idea what diet to try. So far I'm just having a shake and banana for work, soup or brown bread sandwich for lunch with a yoghurt and piece of fruit, dinner is always something home cooked then a cup of tea and weight watchers biscuit at night. I ate clean before and lost weight really well but struggled with it because its not necessarily food I love! I'm also gluten free so not as easy. Hmm, what do you all think? xx

Hey Leah
I've lost just over a stone in a month so it is possible

I have had a lot of personal / family issues this week that have upset me so I haven't eaten properly and when I have eaten it's been the wrong types of food
Today I've had a Subway and some jaffa cakes
Yesterday I had breakfast then was too busy and stressed that I skipped dinner but then had pasta and chocolate pudding at 8 PM that night plus a bottle of wine

Hopefully we can keep each other on track

xxxxx

 

[MrsS15]

Aw Gail, I hope everything is okay Here if you want to talk!

Last year was the worst year of my life I had so much going on and so many family problems, I still don't speak to my sister brother and parents because of it. I ate terribly or not at all for a year so its not just dieting, it's having a better attitude to eating that I need to sort!

I'm sure we'll all be a good support to each other I need a kick up the bum xx

 

[Clover]

Thanks Leah
I really appreciate it hun
My little one (almost 4) has had to have a filling at the emergancy dentist on Saturday , my MIL looks after him 5 days a week and feeds him rubbish (I have told her ) and he also has 2 other teeth that showing signs of decay
So I feel so awful because he has had to go through this at such a young age
And ive had a go at my MIL for giving him sugary sweets and drinks so now she's not speaking to me

So I feel like a failure and a bad mum this week

xxxxx

 

[MrsS15]

Don't feel bad at all mrs, you're trusting your MIL to look after him not rot his teeth. If she's fallen out with you then that's her problem, she obviously knows its true and that's why she's went in a huff!! Could you start giving him a packed lunch and say he only gets what is in that?

To make you feel better, I had a little boy in my ward last year and at 4 he had to get 14 teeth out because of decay. When I took his cannula out he cried and his dad said 'be a good boy and we'll get you a sweet on the way home'.. they totally didn't care! So stop beating yourself up, you're nothing like that xx

 

[Clover]

Don't feel bad at all mrs, you're trusting your MIL to look after him not rot his teeth. If she's fallen out with you then that's her problem, she obviously knows its true and that's why she's went in a huff!! Could you start giving him a packed lunch and say he only gets what is in that?

To make you feel better, I had a little boy in my ward last year and at 4 he had to get 14 teeth out because of decay. When I took his cannula out he cried and his dad said 'be a good boy and we'll get you a sweet on the way home'.. they totally didn't care! So stop beating yourself up, you're nothing like that xx

Thanks hun you've made me feel much better, been having major arguments with my husband too, just feel so crap this week

xxxxxxx

 

[SoObsessed]

So I've just been to my first SW meeting. To say I'm shocked and disgusted with how much I weigh is an understatement!! I think I'm going to take a break at TTC until I've lost some weight. Just stuck a SW friendly dinner in the oven to kick things off x

 

[broody2013]

Baby frog read your body magic book! I think the general idea is its not the intensity but the duration of the exercise which helps lose weight. I do a mix of spin, step aerobics, Pilates, yoga and light weight classes through the week. I would listen to your body but in my opinion the fitter my body is before I get pregnant the less hard the labour will be! I might be completely wrong there though lol! I have also read over exercising makes it harder to fall pregnant so I only work to a maximum of 80% effort. Good luck xxxx

Clover I hope you manage to eat better soon, it's horrible when we are so busy and stressed and it's easy to forget to eat or in my case eat the wrong thing because I'm in a hurry! Xxxx

 

[PeanutButter]

Oh, clover I hope things get better soon and your LO isnt in too much pain with his teeth!
I would love to join slimming world or weight watchers... But I know alot of people go to the ones by me and im too embarrassed to get weighed in front of people especially the ones i know!
Also I think that if I have out on a pound or two, they just shame you like "Oh no, what have you done wrong" ... In front of people... I have anxiety so thats not helping anything.
Are you ok with getting weighed infront of people?
I mean I quit the gym before because there was some girls laughing at me, and was there a couple of times, it just made me feel awful about myself and just stopped. But this time i will not let anything like this stop me!
Well ive been in a hotel room all day, and ive had a horrible day! Ate a whole box of brownies and then my hubby bought me a takeaway. Hmm I keep putting it off but when i eat bad food it makes me feel so guilty that i just want to cry. I keep saying monday, monday... Ugh. xx

 

[Slb24]

Oh, clover I hope things get better soon and your LO isnt in too much pain with his teeth!
I would love to join slimming world or weight watchers... But I know alot of people go to the ones by me and im too embarrassed to get weighed in front of people especially the ones i know!
Also I think that if I have out on a pound or two, they just shame you like "Oh no, what have you done wrong" ... In front of people... I have anxiety so thats not helping anything.
Are you ok with getting weighed infront of people?
I mean I quit the gym before because there was some girls laughing at me, and was there a couple of times, it just made me feel awful about myself and just stopped. But this time i will not let anything like this stop me!
Well ive been in a hotel room all day, and ive had a horrible day! Ate a whole box of brownies and then my hubby bought me a takeaway. Hmm I keep putting it off but when i eat bad food it makes me feel so guilty that i just want to cry. I keep saying monday, monday... Ugh. xx

Speak to the person running the groups. Explain you have anxiety and ask if you can be weighed in private at the end of the group. I'm sure they will say yes.

Girls can be horrible Hun! Just ignore them. If you want to go to the gym can you try a different one?

How much do you have to lose? If it's not much you could do it at home using SW or WW plan without the weighings. But I wouldn't be able to keep motivated that way haha

I'm the same Hun. I keep putting it off. Don't worry about an off week. You've had a tough time recently and you deserve to relax.

Good luck xx

 

[PeanutButter]

Oh, clover I hope things get better soon and your LO isnt in too much pain with his teeth!
I would love to join slimming world or weight watchers... But I know alot of people go to the ones by me and im too embarrassed to get weighed in front of people especially the ones i know!
Also I think that if I have out on a pound or two, they just shame you like "Oh no, what have you done wrong" ... In front of people... I have anxiety so thats not helping anything.
Are you ok with getting weighed infront of people?
I mean I quit the gym before because there was some girls laughing at me, and was there a couple of times, it just made me feel awful about myself and just stopped. But this time i will not let anything like this stop me!
Well ive been in a hotel room all day, and ive had a horrible day! Ate a whole box of brownies and then my hubby bought me a takeaway. Hmm I keep putting it off but when i eat bad food it makes me feel so guilty that i just want to cry. I keep saying monday, monday... Ugh. xx

Speak to the person running the groups. Explain you have anxiety and ask if you can be weighed in private at the end of the group. I'm sure they will say yes.

Girls can be horrible Hun! Just ignore them. If you want to go to the gym can you try a different one?

How much do you have to lose? If it's not much you could do it at home using SW or WW plan without the weighings. But I wouldn't be able to keep motivated that way haha

I'm the same Hun. I keep putting it off. Don't worry about an off week. You've had a tough time recently and you deserve to relax.

Good luck xx

Thank you!
I need to loose 5/6 stone, i went on this weight loss site and it said if I lose 2lbs per week I'll be 10 stone by the end of the year. But I think when I first start the weight will kinda of fall off quite fast because of how big I am lol. I mean the month before second pregnancy i lost 6 lbs in a week and half from just eating better! But I am going to give it my all this time.
I use pure gym, because there's no sign up fee and it's cheap 20£ a month for 24 hour access, and can go to classes like spin class, zumba and stuff like that. xx

 

[Slb24]

Oh, clover I hope things get better soon and your LO isnt in too much pain with his teeth!

I would love to join slimming world or weight watchers... But I know alot of people go to the ones by me and im too embarrassed to get weighed in front of people especially the ones i know!

Also I think that if I have out on a pound or two, they just shame you like "Oh no, what have you done wrong" ... In front of people... I have anxiety so thats not helping anything.

Are you ok with getting weighed infront of people?

I mean I quit the gym before because there was some girls laughing at me, and was there a couple of times, it just made me feel awful about myself and just stopped. But this time i will not let anything like this stop me!

Well ive been in a hotel room all day, and ive had a horrible day! Ate a whole box of brownies and then my hubby bought me a takeaway. Hmm I keep putting it off but when i eat bad food it makes me feel so guilty that i just want to cry. I keep saying monday, monday... Ugh. xx

Speak to the person running the groups. Explain you have anxiety and ask if you can be weighed in private at the end of the group. I'm sure they will say yes.



Girls can be horrible Hun! Just ignore them. If you want to go to the gym can you try a different one?



How much do you have to lose? If it's not much you could do it at home using SW or WW plan without the weighings. But I wouldn't be able to keep motivated that way haha



I'm the same Hun. I keep putting it off. Don't worry about an off week. You've had a tough time recently and you deserve to relax.



Good luck xx

Thank you!

I need to loose 5/6 stone, i went on this weight loss site and it said if I lose 2lbs per week I'll be 10 stone by the end of the year. But I think when I first start the weight will kinda of fall off quite fast because of how big I am lol. I mean the month before second pregnancy i lost 6 lbs in a week and half from just eating better! But I am going to give it my all this time.

I use pure gym, because there's no sign up fee and it's cheap 20£ a month for 24 hour access, and can go to classes like spin class, zumba and stuff like that. xx

Yes, without being rude I have heard success stories of people who started off bigger loosing weight faster.

I have a friend on fb who started SW at 24stone. He's since lost 7stone!! (Less then a year) How amazing is that! He was loosing about 7/8lbs a week at first and then obviously it slowed down. But he's still going strong.

I wish you the best of luck. Don't let ignorant people put you off. Do you have a friend you can take with you? It may boost your confidence if you go with someone. And keep you motivated.

And I would definitely speak to your Nurse. If you fit a certain criteria (bmi over a certain number) they can offer you help. Sometimes medication and something they do here is group sessions that include aerobics and meal planning. My mum attended some.

There may be a group near you. I'm not sure what weight you are but these groups are specifically for people over a certain bmi so there will be ladies of a similar size/shape to you. And no skinny Minnie's around to judge you. Which I hate also! Why go to a gym if your stick thin! Haha but for all we know they started off the same size as us and they want to keep fit.

You can also find gyms/swimming sessions that are ladies only if that helps.

Have a look around your area and see what you can find.

Good luck xx

 

[PeanutButter]

Thats amazing!
Im only a size 16 but 15 stone... My thighs and arms are the worst, but I dont know how but iv lost fatness from my legs and chest :S I mean theres a noticeable difference, my hubby kept saying my legs look thinner but i didnt believe him lol but i was stood in front of the mirror sideways and noticed that the bottom of my legs dont stick out like they used to. And my collar bones stick out again but theres no different in my weight? Moving to my belly aha! Tbh i think it might just be stress, thats making the fat go?
I love swimming! I used to go alot before my wedding to loose a few pounds. It makes my whole body hurt so i know its working lol!
My bmi is in the dark red 33.2. I remember when I first signed up to my doctors the nurse was going on about my weight but ignored her, she was taking my blood pressure and said "Oh, i need the bigger arm band" ... Thanks? lol.
Yeah I will ask abut the session stuff! I do need help with meal planning, what i think id good is actually bad!! xx
Thank you

 

[Nemi]

I weighed myself this morning and I was 12 stone 5!

One pound lighter than on Monday! It could just be that my weight is fluctuating lol, but I'm still happy with that!!

So far I have found that usuing the myfitnesspal app is helping me to think more about what I put in my mouth as I dont want to input it onto the app!!

I'm still eating junk juts maybe a little bit less!!

 

[Clover]

Oh, clover I hope things get better soon and your LO isnt in too much pain with his teeth!
I would love to join slimming world or weight watchers... But I know alot of people go to the ones by me and im too embarrassed to get weighed in front of people especially the ones i know!
Also I think that if I have out on a pound or two, they just shame you like "Oh no, what have you done wrong" ... In front of people... I have anxiety so thats not helping anything.
Are you ok with getting weighed infront of people?
I mean I quit the gym before because there was some girls laughing at me, and was there a couple of times, it just made me feel awful about myself and just stopped. But this time i will not let anything like this stop me!
Well ive been in a hotel room all day, and ive had a horrible day! Ate a whole box of brownies and then my hubby bought me a takeaway. Hmm I keep putting it off but when i eat bad food it makes me feel so guilty that i just want to cry. I keep saying monday, monday... Ugh. xx

Thanks hun

like Slb said women can be so bitchy and horrible, I'm not going to a slimming club as I have social anxiety and wouldn't be able to put myself through it , I think you will be better doing it with the support of us lot we can all empethise with you and we all know how stressful TTC can be combined with dieting, I have been so crap this week and it's a miracle I haven't gained weight (just weighed in a pound lighter than last week) I've not eaten the right things at the right times this week, the other day I skipped lunch and didn't have tea till 8 PM then last night I had a scone with cream and jam lol

We can do it girls we are all amazing

Xxxx

 

[Clover]

I weighed myself this morning and I was 12 stone 5!

One pound lighter than on Monday! It could just be that my weight is fluctuating lol, but I'm still happy with that!!

So far I have found that usuing the myfitnesspal app is helping me to think more about what I put in my mouth as I dont want to input it onto the app!!

I'm still eating junk juts maybe a little bit less!!

Oooh well done sweetheart! !! That's brilliant, I use that app but have been a bit slack the last few days so not inputted what I've eaten ...I know I've eaten too much tho haha

Xxxxx

 

[MrsS15]

I had a nightmare shift in work last night so didn't get a chance to sit down till after 2am, I needed such a sugar rush I just munched crisps and a slice of cake felt so guilty and still do! Must be better tonight xx

 

[lillith112]

Hi ladies, can I join in please ?, I am 5'2" and used to weight around 9 stone pre pregnancy, post pregnancy and in a bad relationship I rocketed up to 13 stone and from a size 12 up to an 18 dress size. Over the last few months I have got myself down to 11.3, still would like to lose another stone but I seem to be stuck at this weight �� xx

 

[broody2013]

I'm doing slimming world on my own now. I went to the first group and got the info and booklets then went to a second the following week and gained a pound on their scales although my clothes fitted better so I never went again! I've been doing it on my own for 6 weeks now but not always stuck to it 100%, I am maintaining or losing small amounts each week so I'm happy with that. I'm on meds which cause weight gain which I am coming off now so I hope in a couple of months it might fuel a faster weight loss. I find it helpful to go to the gym because after burning my ass off in spin class to loose 400 calories it often doesn't feel worth it to eat a chocolate bar worth 240 calories as its 35 minutes of pain in the gym to burn off lol! I do find it a positive experience now going to the gym, as I feel better afterwards and I can see its paying off xx