The MFW Shrinking the Mortgage and the Waistline challenge.

There_Is_a_Light

Happy Tuesday everyone, hope your healthy eating and exercise plans go well today.

Weigh in for me tonight then I will know my starting point for sure. Bathroom scales have me tipped into the next stone zone I know that these are not accurate though so either I am lighter or even heavier

newgirly

Many thanks for adding me to the spreadsheet there is a light

Good day yesterday, I have set my cals target low at 1200 per day, allowing me to go over by a lot as I always cheat total yesterday 1648 thanks to aldi "Malibu" :beer:

Karmacat

I've got my supermarket delivery arriving today - more veg than usual, plus fruit, which I often skip altogether

Pearla*Merle

Ooh, I'll play :j

I need to loose at least 50lb :eek: Guess I'll start with 5lb this month

The plan today is to pop to Aldee to pick up more snacking fruit & veg. I'm also going to unearth a plastic tub so I can take a selection of nuts & seeds to work.

Going to crack open the exercise DVD's later as well :j I feel so much better after even 30 mins of cardio so I must get back into the habit of doing this every day. I've put all my sports gear in an easy to reach place - so no excuses not to quickly get changed and do some jumping about

There_Is_a_Light

OK so I am in the next stone zone but only by 0.5lbs. This means I need to lose 7.5lbs to get back to my ideal weight. Got a free lunch today of quiche and potato wedges which was great for my £££ but not for my weight.

Welcome Pearla Merle. I will add you to the speadsheet when I do my weekly update

beanielou

2 lbs off this week :j :j

in_need_of_direction

Made it through my first chocolate free day.

beanielou

Wow. Go you in need of direction:j

Verbatim

Well done Beanie!!
2lbs is epic for one week and so much more so when you've been dieting for a while.
And INOD. No choc is obviously a biggie for you. So take a bow!
I have been doing the 5:2 for 4 years but seem to have been on a plateau for a long time. Not yet a healthy weight but much lighter than before. Trouble is I don't have scales, a deliberate decision as I was obsessed with my weight when younger so got rid. I haven't weighed myself since September so will do so tonight at a gym I always used before to weigh myself;(I've been using another branch of the borough gym recently).
I also had rather a lot of cake last weekend so am trying to roll it back this week with 2 extra half fast days as well as my usual 2 full days.
Depending on what my weight is revealed to be I might decide it's time to buy some scales.

Karmacat

I made some cookies the other day, gluten free (within my food allowances), because I really, really needed something - once again reacted badly to them, I don't know whether its because there's butter, or because the flour was a bit old, though I suspect its the butter. No more for me.