Old Style Weight Loss 2020 - Part 1

sarahj1986

Hello all

Popping in to say I’ll weigh myself next week. My husband had the time off and it’s our girls birthday tomorrow so understandably not only have I been a bit piggy but I won’t have time to weigh myself (I use the chemist scales) so I will weigh myself next week

xxx

jackrabbit123

Evening all,
Well what an eventful day/morning that was with the weather, got home after work yesterday only to find the house in total darkness, (DH and DS have gone to see family I couldn't get anytime off, so at least they are warm and fed and back on Friday) the wind had put the power out across the valley, so I had some pickled herrings and a yoghurt and read in bed with light of a candle! Luckily it came back on for the morning so this evening meal is chicken fyitas (something hot!!) and left over mince pie!! There is a silver lining with aid of a torch I was able to weigh myself - Sorry Brambling forgot to say Monday will be my weigh day!!:) I've lost a grand total of 2lb!! the joy of old fashioned scales , no batteries!!
FrugaLina, so sorry for your loss, a be it not direct family it's still difficult to deal with.
Sarahj, Hope your wee girl has a lovely Birthday tomorrow.
Izadora, Maybe your DH has found a new Zoflora recipe concoction...!!

Blue_Doggy

Good evening everyone

Brambling thank you. I was thinking of health centre nurse or local pharmacy, but unsure if they’d agree to do it. I think I might get in touch with the health centre.

Procrastinator your party sounds fun. Chocolate-pushers are lying in wait for us everywhere with their temptations.

FrugalLina I’m sorry for your family loss, best wishes to you and your loved ones.
Well done on STS inspite of the upheaval, and I hope your health improves soon.

SIRENS your work day sounds really horrible, so extra kudos to you for not eating the lo chocolate. :T I hope the rest of the week will be better.

Izadora thank you, I think I might offer sponsors the choice of paying either by the pound or by the hitting of the target. It’ll certainly be an incentive.

Sarahj best wishes for your daughter’s birthday.

Jackrabbit well done on the loss :j I hope your power has stayed on today. How dependent we are on a steady supply for all sorts of things.

As for most people, it’s been a very blustery, wet and dark day here. It’s just a pity we can’t send it over to Oz where they need it.

Today’s menu:
B: porridge made with water
L: was going to be ham salad, but because the weather was so miserable it became ham omelette with mixed veg and a tangerine
D sausages with a saved portion of tomatoes & beans, cinnamon yogurt
S: one chocolate biscuit (visited a friend.)

Brambling

Well done Jackrabbit :T

Sorry for your loss FrugalLina and well done for a STS when you've haven't been well, take care of that cough with your asthma you don't want it to end up on your chest

Blue Doggie ask the receptionist if they will weigh and record it for you if you don't want to disturb the nurse, they should be happy to encourage weigh loss

Weather wise today has been worst than yesterday and the trip home wasn't fun with the local radio warning of flooding and trees down :eek: my sister texted be with a fallen tree warning on my route home, so there was some decisions made about which way was going to cause least damage. I may find a excuse to work from home tomorrow as it's due to rain heavily all night.

Food wise hasn't been too bad other than a chocolate biscuit at work, but they're all gone now

B - fruit and yogurt
L - Left over vegetables and venison from the weekend
D - gammon, egg and airfried chips
S - chocolate biscuits
, pineapple and melon

FrugalLina

Thanks everyone for the good wishes about the family loss, it is hard seeing those around me suffer and everyone seems to want to talk things out at the moment, so I am just letting them do that.

Sorry about yesterday's workday, Sirens, that does sound a bit tough. You did well not to hit the chocolate. I hope your back and shoulders have recovered.

Izadora, I hope you managed to stick to your intended food today, despite being at home. I tend to find the kitchen calling me more when I am at home too much. I think it is boredom in my case.

Happy birthday to your girls for tomorrow, Sarahj1986, I hope you all have a lovely time celebrating. _party_

Woo-hoo - well done jackrabbit, that is a great loss this week and I am glad your power was restored by the morning and you had a hot meal this evening. :j

Thanks BlueDoggy, we are all coping here. I agree about the weather, it is awful and yes, I am sure Australia would love the rain over there.

Brambling, yes, work from home tomorrow and keep out of the way of harm. It has been miserable today, but at least the wind has died down now (well according to my musical chimney it has anyway).

I've had to stay on track foodwise today because I am doing my own store cupboard challenge, where I don't buy any groceries until the 20th January and things are getting a bit lean around here. I am still eating healthily, but it is a rather strange hotch-potch of things at this stage - scurvy has been averted by my BiL bringing me back a big baggy of kiwis from the tree at the house in France. Only 6 more days to go before I can do a grocery shop! :beer:

I will be offline tomorrow as I am on a road trip all day, but will try to pop in on Thursday.

Keep up the good work everyone! :A

Bfh

Just popping in to log an STS for this week.
Frustrating, but it’s my own fault, and it’s better than a gain, I suppose.
Have a good day, all.

s_glover

I've not been around much the last week as it's been all go here with redecoration of our main bedroom and another bedroom.

The end of last week continued as bad as the start in terms of self control. Before embarking on painting our bedroom at the weekend we started with parkrun onSaturday morning, which was pretty tough but to be expected after all I'd eaten in the last week!

I'm off work this week, partly project managing the various trades doing work in our bedroom and also stripping wallpaper in another bedroom and painting some cupboards a local joiner made. It's keeping me busy and out of the way of food and keeping me more active than sitting at my desk, which seems to be working as despite last week I've lost 3 lbs this week.

I'm hoping this week will put me back in the right frame of mind for continuing the good work.
I've been considering signing up for spinning locally for ages, but haven't taken the plunge as it's quite pricey. I have however taken them up on their new year offer of unlimited rides for 30 days for £20. I'm booked on a class next Tuesday evening. I love spinning and have done lots in the past but it's a good few years!

Miss_Behaving

Good morning all, I’ve just seen this thread and would love to join if you’ll have me 🙂. I’ve challenged myself to lose at least 20lbs this year so would love to start by losing 7lbs this quarter.

I need to be accountable to someone as I work from home and it is so easy to raid the fridge or food cupboards if I want to avoid doing something or I’m bored. I can easily eat my body weight in Jelly Tots when I want to avoid doing our VAT return 🤣. I looked at WW online but don’t want to pay the £13.95 a month 😲

Well done to everyone who has lost weight so far!

FrugalLina

You are right Bfh, a STS is certainly better than a gain, so well done! :)

S-glover - woohoo! 3lbs off, that is fantastic. :j:j I love spinning classes too, but haven't been to one since moving away from my lovely local gym (300miles away, sniff) and haven't tried them at my current gym. We used to have a good laugh and really got a good workout in. The 30 days for £20 is a bargain. :T

Welcome Miss Behaving - I much prefer this thread than attending expensive online or real-time weight loss groups, I would rather be shedding weight pounds than sterling pounds. Good luck with those VAT returns (ugh)!

I am off on my travels shortly, will try and pop by later today or tomorrow. :cool:

procrastinator

Hello All
Another blip yesterday my head is currently not where I want it. Just have to keep on trying.

bfast boiled eggs and butter
L walnuts and pear
D lentil stew
Off course..crisps and fruitella...also 2 biscuits at work

Today is another day. Off out shortly, only water this morning.