Old Style Weight Loss 2020 - Part 2

Blue_Doggy

Good evening everyone   
 
Brambling always happy to share a good idea  

 

monnagran   

 

Congratulations to those who’ve lost 👏 or STS 👍 and commiserations to those who’ve gained.
 

Hugs for everyone who’s worried or afraid, or who feels things getting on top of them. 
 
I managed to break the hinge on one of my kitchen windows today when I was ushering a very big black-and-yellow buzzy 🐝 out. Usually they go fairly quickly when I open the door and tell them to “buzz off” but this one insisted on using the window. So tomorrow I have to get someone to mend it  . It would be the night that’s forecast to be very cold.
 

Munched today were
B : bacon and eggs
L : hm tomato soup, oatcakes with Marmite; apple; slice of fruit cake
D : glass of sherry, olives; cauliflower bolognaise; yogurt with raspberries, glass of white wine
S : the last 6 mini eggs, 1 square of chocolate 

Brambling

Old Style Weight Loss Challenge 2020 - 2nd Quarter

01/04/20 - 30/06/20

Imperial (lbs) please let me know if you want me to add a kg list as well

Blue Doggy   2/14. STS.   
Brambling. -/10  STS
Cranky -/7. STS
ditty1234  1/5.   
Dumpling -/14
Frith -/21
Izadora 2.5/14.  / 
Jules81 2/20.   
Molly41 2/14    
monnagran 1/6.   
Roundtuit 1/14 STS /   
SIRENS  -/14  STS
Short_bird -/6
tigheningthebelt 3/10.  /   
Zafiro1984   3/20.

Brambling

Evening all 👋

Well done Izadora on your loss 👏 

Molly and Roundtuit I can only repeat what the others have said and to remind you that we are here for you, I know we're only virtual but we can lend you our ears   I'm still doing my ostrich impersonation  and other than a brief catch up in the morning I'm avoiding news, I keep meaning to work out how to switch the news feeds off on my phone and tablet.  Molly with four men in the house you need some space just for you 🙂

This afternoon it's been a bit if it doesn't move eat it 🥺 I warned the cat he might want to get a bit more active 🙀 but at least the rock cakes are all gone 🤐 I was fine whilst tidying the spare room this morning but I'm ashamed to say the dust on top of the wardrobe triggered my asthma 😯 so I spent the afternoon sitting, pottering and eating.  The asthma is long gone but not the feeding my face, I feel decidedly fat now 🐷🐷  TBH I'm not sure if it was the dust or the thought of sorting the overflowing book shelves 📚📚📚

B- banana and berries 
L- scotch egg and cold lamb with salad
D - Pork chop and LO veg from the weekend roast
S - too much including the rock cakes and lurking packets of mini cheddars

roundtuit

Morning xx

Thank you all for your kind words and support   xx

My anxiety is through the roof this morning - and I know exactly why: I don't want to go to work! I want to stay here in my nice safe little hidey hole. But: I have my morning routine for exactly this situation and I'm showered, hair is washed, I'm dressed, lunch is packed, I'm drinking my morning cuppa and I've made myself eat breakfast - 30g (unless the packet is telling lies) Coco Pops with semi skimmed milk. 

Does anyone else have two sorts of the anxiety? There's one that makes you comfort eat to win a gold medal at the 'stuff your face' Olympics, and there's one that removes all your appetite and you have to make yourself eat as you know you'll feel worse if you don't. When I was really ill with 'nerves' all I could eat were Weetabix (with milk): breakfast, dinner and tea.

Experience says I'll be fine once I get sat at my desk and crack on - as long as they keep me busy. Today should be ok as I'll be catching up from last week: picking up the reins again. I need to get back into my routine: 4 days at work, 3 days off, pandemic or no pandemic. 

I'm waffling. Sorry. Oh Monna - here's the Brasso: keep that halo shining today gal  

Much love to you all
Rxx

Izadora

roundtuit I'm sorry that this morning's been so hard but massive congratulations on getting up and getting on with it. I hope it's not as bad as you fear and that they keep you busy, work as a distraction is very handy right now. And yes, I know what you mean about the two different types of anxiety. When my husband wasn't well a few weeks ago it was like the worry was a massive knot that didn't leave any room in my stomach for anything else (well, other than gin... ) and other times it's like the only thing that's going to squash the feelings down is burying them under a mountain of food. Unfortunately the second one is far more common for me and there are times (I'm ashamed to admit) that I've actually been jealous of people who can't eat when they're worried, my weight would be a LOT lower if I tended to go that way instead!! 

Monnagran Well done and keep polishing the halo

Blue Doggy I hope you get your window sorted soon.

Brambling Well done on tackling the spare room and I can see how the thought of overflowing bookshelves would steer you towards munchies. I know it's a Tuesday but it feels like the start of a new week so sparkly, glittery lines can be drawn and we can start again.

tighteningthebelt

Hi everyone, what a lovely morning! 
Shortbird, a new week a new start - keep on keeping on. 
Isadora well done on your loss 🤸‍♀️

I forgot to soak my porridge so it will be
B L cornflakes with banana
D sausage and lentil casserole, new potatoes, carrots. Fresh pineapple.
S try not to! 

Confession - we had jelly and a tablespoon of cream for pud yesterday, mum made it. 

Have a good day everyone. We got this!

monnagran

roundtuit, You are going to be OK you know.  You aren't the only one who feels safe living the hermit life, there are quite a lot of us.  It's a revelation to me how happy I am being by myself.  I have always lived in the middle of a three-ring circus, surrounded by hordes and usually being the one responsible for every thing that had to happen.  Lockdown is my idea of heaven.  I also know what you mean about the two sorts of anxiety.  For me the trigger is emotional turmoil.  It can go two ways, comfort eat or not eating at all.  A sudden and brutal ending of a relationship caused me to lose 2 stone in 5 weeks  and I wouldn't want to go back to that for all the tea in China.  So I do understand what you mean. 

We are all struggling.  No one finds this life, and more particularly, losing weight, easy.  But we get up each morning and gird ourselves for the fight ahead.  And that, my darlings, is bravery. x

Molly41

Thank you for all your kind words and hugs  - have laid down some ground rules and don't feel so guilty.
Hope work went ok for you roundtuit x

Blue_Doggy

Good evening everyone 

roundtuit I hope your day went well: your courage this morning surely deserved it 🏅. If you can repeat those steps tomorrow you should be on a winner   Good luck!
 

Molly how have things been today? I hope they’ve been better, and your menfolk have been considerate of your needs and cherished you  .
 

Izadora I hope you’re doing well now. Gin is always ok, it trickles round the edges and takes up no space at all (like sherry trickles round the cake very nicely). I have a load of clearing (of pots and tubs) to do before a workman can come in and mend my window while still observing social distancing - one of the downsides of container gardening  ). Congratulations on your loss 👏
 
ttb  well done! Good going 👍

Monnagran you’re right, the daily quiet courage of getting up and keeping going in spite of everything is seldom noticed but is essential. I know what you mean about the solitary life, I’d  always felt my default setting was “recluse”, but I’ve very much enjoyed the last twenty-odd years of being social with friends and miss it very much. I can cope with solitude but ...
 
Well today’s the anniversary of my mum’s death (not recent but still vivid) so I snuck up to the cemetery and cleaned the gravestone, and replaced the flowers I’d put on for Mother’s Day with artificial ones so it looks decent even if I can’t get there again for a while. I was heartened to see there were one or two others there on a similar errand. How odd that such a thing should feel so illicit. Phoned a friend this afternoon so had real contact. I miss real face-to-face conversation 
 

Food today:
B : porridge, half slice of fruit cake
E* : other half slice of fruit cake (poor lonely thing all alone in the tin 🎻)
L : didn’t feel like it
AT** : four choc & ginger biscuits, 2 cups Earl Grey tea (time for a bit of class!) 
D : 2 glasses sherry with olives; chicken salad (chicory and celery) (“c” what I did there?!) (I’ll get me coat), 2 glasses white wine; yogurt with raspberries 
*E = elevenses 
**AT = afternoon tea, or late lunch, or who cares anyway
 
Stay strong, stay well, stay proud everyone!

roundtuit

Halloooo everyone xx

Thank you once again for all your kind comments and support. xx

Work went ok - brief wobble when I got there but once I started working I was fine. There was an Easter egg waiting on my desk - I've eaten it for my tea   It would be rude not to!

We are being given a free lunch too - so I had an egg sandwich and a posh bag of crisps for lunch, then ate the cheese sarnie, that I'd packed up as lunch, for my tea - before eating the egg. Not the most balanced of diets but there was no snacking in between - and there shouldn't be any more rogue chocolate heading my way.


Enjoy your evening
Rxx