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I'm glad to hear your good news, John_T, your weight loss has been a real success story. Best wishes, and good luck if you do decide to go for that final stone.

Since I last posted I lost another few pounds, but then I stabilised at about 11 stone 7 lb. I've been around that weight for about 10 weeks. I think I need to start losing weight again so here I am, weighing in at 10 stone 8 lb this morning.

I started to have bad headaches and shakes a week or so after cutting down on sugar and carbohydrates. I found changing the balance of what I ate cured it, i.e. I added some sugar and carbs (not much) back to my diet. The headaches and shakiness were affecting my driving quite badly at the...

11 stone 10 lb - gone up a lb. I think I've lost interest in healthy eating and being healthier. I need to get motivated again somehow. I saw a picture of myself today looking very broad and flabby. I'm still carrying nearly 2 stone overweight and I'm sure it makes me feel worse and might...

11 stone 9 lb.

11 stone 10 lb again.

Back to 11 stone 11 lb.

Been off the 'healthy eating' for two weeks - back up to 11 stone 13 lb. :mad: Got to climb back onto the wagon now.

Hi Nightwolf - if one of your problems is that you feel hungry while you're dieting, I've heard that diets that induce ketosis like the Cambridge Diet and the Atkins Diet don't leave you feeling hungry. These are low-carb diets that make your body burn fat. I've never tried these as I prefer...

11 stone 10 lb - another pound gone. A bit surprising as I wasn't eating carefully this week. I was eating chocolate mini-eggs and chips yesterday (not at the same time of course!).

:D 11 stone 11 lb - a big drop for me. About a quarter of the way to goal now.

12 stone again on Saturday - no change.

12 stone. Slowly getting there.

I've also had mysterious headaches, and I think it was due to not getting enough sugar and carbohydrates. I was also feeling shaky and wobbly, which was very worrying while driving. If I had a couple of toffees the symptoms would go away. As I got used to eating less, I found I needed less...

I don't have any tips - just don't give up. Get your head down and keep going, don't get discouraged, and good luck.

Good luck with the weight loss and your new course both.

12 stone 1 lb, one pound down. Surprised as I thought I had gained weight.

12 stone 2 lb.

12 stone 3 lb, same as last week.

Good luck lou lar, hope it goes well.

12 stone 3 lb. Have cut down a bit more and it looks as though it has started working.

12 stone 5 lb again. I'm eating less fat, less sugar and less food, and feeling a lot healthier and fitter, but I'm not losing weight. I obviously need to make some changes.

12 stone 5 lb. No change.

Well done, John T, your diary is inspiring - I wish I had your determination. Good luck with the next three months.

I want to binge when I'm depressed or stressed out, and sometimes at night - I think everyone is the same. I would also say don't diet during exams - I'm sure I read somewhere that dieting affects your IQ (i.e. people on diets do worse on IQ tests). During an exam period I would just go for...

Don't feel too bad about it - I put a pound on last week which had to come off this week. At least you haven't had any weight gain to undo next week.

Back to 12 stone 5 lb. Slow but going in the right direction.

I agree it could be that!

It may be there is a link but it's more indirect. If you jog for 30 minutes, the jogging itself may not burn off all that many calories, but if it keeps you fit, then perhaps you either burn off more calories during the rest of the day, or have more energy to do other things besides eat.

I'm not counting calories but I've just checked how many I'd need to have a week to get to my goal weight by September ... 1223. It's a lot less than I would have thought.

12 stone 6 - gone back up a pound :mad:. Not that cross at the moment really, as my main aim was to get used to eating less fat and sugar, eat more healthily overall and lose weight really slowly. But not that slowly! It may be a result of the healthy eating paradox where you end up with less...

Thanks Just Peachy, you're completely right! And the slower it goes the longer it will take to come back - or so I tell myself!

I've tried to give up feeling anxious about what people in the shops are thinking. If you buy fattening food you feel they are thinking 'look at that fat person with the chocolates'. If you buy healthy food you feel they are thinking 'look at that fat person trying to slim, who are they...

Hi all - I'm in the same boat. I stopped even thinking about my diet due to life events last year and went right back up to my original starting weight. I tried getting back on the wagon last December but with little success. Now that the stress of Christmas is over I'm starting to do a bit...

Hi there - I don't have any good advice on stopping binging but I do over-eat when I'm stressed or depressed. If I've got an attack of depression or my mum's said or done something extra stressful, eating an oversized bar of chocolate or something unhealthy seems to relieve the stress or the...

Starting a new weigh-in thread - in fact, starting a new everything after a bad year last year in which I lost my job and had to look after my mother at the same time as trying to get back into the jobs market. Last week weighed 12 stone 6 lb, my original starting weight last year. This...

Gone up 2lb ...

No change since last week but at least I haven't put any weight on. The cold is finally going so I don't have to feed it any more.

Hi Jan - with those symptoms it does sound like a real food allergy or food intolerance. Best of luck with eating better. Hope Christmas goes well! And good luck with fending off all mince pies and Christmas puddings and people saying 'just have one slice, one slice can't do you any harm' etc.

I have had this. I think often people are just saying 'you look alright to us'. They don't think you are overweight because they don't see too much flab. But you sound as if you are the same weight and height as me, and when I lost a few stones in the past I really did look a lot better.

All of the above. As well as this, I'm getting old as well, and I want to actually spend some more of my life at my right weight.

Good luck Jan with the new healthy diet! I try to avoid gluten too but I'm a sucker for refined sugar and milk. Do you really think refined sugar is bad for the immune system? I've been getting so many colds lately and I've been eating food with lots of refined sugar because I feel fed up...

Interesting thread - the only way I've ever lost weight is through healthy eating, lots more fruit and vegetables and a lot less of everything else. The results last longer as well. But if you're not careful you slowly get back into eating more fat and suger and then you start to crave it...

Well, I've had six months of disaster and I'm back to 12 stone 4 pounds again. My mother's been ill, I've had to move out of my home to help her, and at the same time, cope with getting a new job. Worrying about my weight has been a luxury I couldn't afford. It doesn't help that I've got a...

Hi Marley, thanks for asking ... what with losing my job and one thing and another, eating sensibly has gone out the window the last few weeks. I'm not binging the way I would have a few years ago, but I'm not eating the right way to lose weight. I'm not giving up though - I'm just having a...

I'm not going to weigh myself this week as it's been a disaster of a week. :( :mad: :sigh: Start again next week.

Thanks, pineapple77 It's good to be going in the right direction again.

:D 11 st 11 lb - 2 lb lost. Back on track!

Well, I'm amazed to find I'm under 12 stone - 11 st 13 lb. My job has finished and I seemed to spend the last few days living on nothing but cakes and coffee. I'm getting back into eating loads of fruit and vegetables now so I hope I'll soon be back on track.

There are reasons and there are excuses, aren't there. Excuses are the things you tell yourself when you are too lazy to watch what you eat, and then there are reasons, the things that really do set you off eating too much. e.g. Excuses: 1. I can't not eat at a leaving do. 2. I'm...

Weighed in at 12 stone, i.e. I've put on 2lb since last week :(, but I knew it wouldn't be good news. My place of work is closing down next week and apart from the stress of losing my job there have been parties, farewell lunches, consolation chocolates etc all this week, and it's hard to say...

You have made a good point here. When I'm stressed a biscuit can go down my neck almost without meeting my teeth at all. I've just had a look at the book and though I don't want to be hypnotised, a lot of it makes sense.

Well, I've had a quick glance through the first few chapters and a lot of it makes sense. He is saying that to lose weight we need to follow four golden rules: 1. Eat whenever you are hungry. 2. Eat only what you want, never what you think you 'should'. 3. Eat consciously and enjoy every...

I never realised this was a hypnosis CD. I got the book at a charity sale and glanced through it, and I got the idea it was just telling you to trust your intuitions about food, or something similar. I decided my intuitions were the problem (they keep saying "chocolate is good, eat as much as...

Hi FB I try to fit the exercise into my normal routine just by walking to work. I lost two+ stone a few years ago by eating healthily but it took a long time - about six months. I wasn't 'dieting', I was just eating better food, less food, and trying to eat normally - breakfast, dinner and...

As I thought, I am still on 12 st 10 lb. Been a slightly stressful week so I will look for other ways to deal with stress than having something to eat, and try and be more organised about taking a healthy lunch to work.

Hi Ferryboy I am trying to lose weight by healthy eating as well and I have lost about half a stone so far. Have you tried groups like weight watchers, I think they give a lot of advice on healthy eating. I'm basically cutting down on fat and sugar, being careful with things like bread and...

Hi Marley, I'm trying to have a normal diet with a lot less fat and sugar and a lot more fruit and vegetables, so I'm still having small amounts of bread etc. My idea was to keep it as normal as possible in the hope that I will find a healthy normal diet easier to stick to afterwards, and so...

aw thanks KiiRwarr. I know you're right. As long as we all keep going in the right direction we'll all eventually reach our goals, which is what matters.

I've got 26lb to go now by the 1st August. Have lost 8lb so far.

Well I've lost a lb so I'm getting there but I'd better move a bit faster if I want to reach my goal by April! Perhaps I was a bit ambitious :(. The rest of you seem to be doing so well - congratulations everyone! new me 20009 - 14lbs - 4lbs - 10lbs to go night-owl - 10lbs - 0lbs - 10lbs...

11 stone 12 lb. Not doing too well if I want to lose 10lb in April. I thought I was eating more carefully than that. At least it's going down.

Can I join - I'd like to lose 10lb by the end of April.

Under 12 stone at last! Weighed in at 11st 13lb this morning.

Thanks for the encouragement New Me! I know losing even just one pound is good, as eventually I will get there. But it would be nice to get there faster.

Well, not done too well again. Have lost one pound since last week, was 12 stone 2 this morning. The peanut craving struck again during the week, and I think it may be a craving for more protein so I will try and make sure I get plenty from other sources next week. You are right...

This is my problem. I've never been able to 'just have one piece'. If I buy a bar of chocolate, I eat it all the same day. The only solution is not to buy it. When I've reached my target weight this will be the next big thing, learning to have one piece and put whatever it is back in the...

We are so lucky not to have the pressure that people like her are under. When your income and your job depends on whether your fans still like you, and you need to stay in the public eye to keep selling your material, it must be so hard not to bow to media pressure over weight. It think this...

31 lb by August. When I started that was less then 2 lb a week to lose, now I think it may be over-ambitious.

After a good start last week, I've just weighed in and ... the same as last week, 12 stone 3lb :o. It looks as though just eating different food isn't enough, I will actually have to eat a bit less! I did have trouble with one of my major weaknesses - peanuts. I bought a packet thinking I...

Thank you Purple Hugs, nice of you to say so :D

:wave_cry: Hello Irene and Jim, thanks for your supportive messages! Doing well so far ...

I posted earlier and my post seems to have disappeared so it might reappear saying roughly the same thing as this. I'm a vegetarian and I think it's not a good idea to try and change to a vegan diet at the same time as trying to lose weight because of the difficulty of getting the nutrition...

My first weigh-in! I've just weighed in at 12 stone 3lb, a loss of about 3lb. I didn't expect to lose much this week because I was just eating sensibly, and getting used to not having any biscuits, chocolates, fried food, crisps, double helpings of bread etc. I've been stuffing myself with...

I am going to try and just eat less fat and less sugar, and much more fruit and veg, and just cut down generally. I lost nearly 2 stone doing this a few years ago so I know it works. It took a long time though.

I ticked three but I suppose it's health first and looks second. I'm tired of feeling tired and old all the time, and I'm embarrassed about spilling out of my clothes. I've reached the stage where I can only just get my trousers on, and it's either lose weight now or start buying a whole new set...

Hello Meg, I've just joined and I've had the same problem, I lost weight and it's gone back on. It just seems to sneak back on while you're not looking! There's a maintainers section here which is a really good idea.

Hello, another newbie here! I want to lose about 2 and a half stone by August through eating sensibly, cutting out chocolates, eating a bit less and exercising a bit more. I did it a few years ago but it's crept back on :mad: . I hope this time I will get rid of it for good.