Old Style Weight Loss 2020 - Part 2

monnagran

Hello there.  Sorry I've been missing but I've had tablet trouble, I think I need a new charger.  Still, it's having a good moment just now so I'm catching up, not that I'm remembering much, it's  the dementia y'know.

I do remember Supersaver's post though.  Talk, sweetheart, just talk.  I know it can be hard sometimes, particularly if you are a bottler upper, but as long as you spill to someone you know to be empathetic, it will be good.

I have been loving my new way of eating, but it all came crashing down today.  A friend announced that she was going to give me a treat.  And she did.  She picked me up and drove me down to the seafront where we could sit and gaze at the sea and watch the few people who were down there.  It was lovely, but then it appeared that  she had ordered fish and chips that we could sit and eat  while we were down there.  They were delicious, but about 1/3 of the way through my body announced that it had had enough and would I please stop eating.  And I couldn't, not without upsetting my friend who is the kindest person in the world and who was doing this as a treat for me. So I struggled on.
Now I am at home, sitting on the sofa and feeling like a beached whale.
In the big scheme of things it doesn't matter a bit, but it brought home to me that all my life I have been trying NOT to eat
and that now, forcing myself to eat was  really hard work.

I suppose it was a break through of sorts, but I will be glad when I feel comfortable again.

Blue_Doggy

Good evening everyone   
 
Congratulations to molly on your loss. 👏 Good to hear the meds are working.  
 
honey congratulations on your loss 👏
 
Hugs to supersaver    Well done on your “unofficial “ loss👍 Have you tried monnagran’s idea for water - a slice of lemon in the glass?

Roundtuit  like Izadora I’m not bored reading about other people’s food, like their diet regimes, it’s all part of learning what works best.  You’re so lucky to have rain, I’m going to get the hose out in a few minutes.
 
Well done on the exercise, ditty. 🐕‍🦺 +++ How lovely to see a kingfisher.

 

Izadora thank you, it could be hidden sugar somewhere, I must read more labels. It’s often a morning thing. Hmmmm. I hope Monday isn’t too frenetic.
 

Monnagran how kind of your friend to take you to see the sea, and to arrange the fish & chips. I’m so sorry that it made you feel whale-like. Don’t give up (🥾 Boots of Bossiness on!  ). It’s an exaggeration to say “it all came crashing down” - tomorrow you can pick up where you left off. Had you told your friend about your new way of eating? I’m sure she’d be horrified to think you had made yourself feel bad because you were too kind-hearted to ask if she minded you wrapping the excess up and taking it home to enjoy another day.  (Boots off!)
I hope you have a good night’s sleep and wake up comfortable tomorrow morning ready to continue enjoying your meals. 
 
I’m off to water my garden now, before it gets too dark to see what I’m doing. Stay safe and healthy everyone.
 

Dishes of the day 
B : porridge 
L : ham and chicken salad (lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber)
D : steamed haddock with peas and broccoli; cinnamon yogurt 
S : 4 squares of chocolate 

Brambling

Honey and Molly well done on your losses ladies 👏👏

Izadora anyone who can accidentally buying gin is my kind of person 🍸

Supersaver I'm also getting fed up with working from home, but I think some of that is also living alone.  I hope you were able to talk to your family   

Ditty three hours of kayaking is exercise in my book  you were moving it's exercise 

Monna I hope the fish and chip belly has gone down, I think I would have done the same 

Roundtuit as a large busted woman I have found it's the last place I loose weight from and the first place it goes back on 🙄 

After work I tackled the full compost bin and emptied it where I want to plant my courgettes and squash plants as well as digging in some manure, the ground had large dogwood plants removed at Christmas so the soil didn't look great,   I also cleared and dug where I want to plant my beans probably not the wisest idea with a dodgy back so planting will have to wait until tomorrow if I can bend 😐 I have brought the wobble cushion as recommended by izadora although it may take some practice not to fall off my chair 😁

Breakfast was overnight oats with blueberries.  Lunch was a crab stick and egg baguette and dinner was a quick pan fried salmon with salad when I got in from gardening 

Have a good weekend  all

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

Aimeemum 12/17   /   
Black_Saturn 4/14  /  /  /STS 
Blue Doggy   3/14. STS.  /  /  / STS /STS /   
Brambling. 2/10  STS /  /    /   / /STS / STS 
Cranky 1.5/7. STS /  /STS / STS
ditty1234  2/5.  /  /  /    /STS / STS /
Dumpling 0/14  /  
Frith -/21
Honeythewitch 2/5 
Izadora +4/14.  /  / STS / /   /   
Jules81 6/20.  /   
Molly41 11/14   /   /    /  /  / 
Mistergazpacho -/7
monnagran 4/6.  /  /  /  / STS 
Roundtuit 6/9
SIRENS  3.5/14  STS /  /   /  /  /   
Short_bird  +0.5/6   
Snowbird20 12/30  /   
Supersaver1000  2/10  /   /  /   
tigheningthebelt 4/10.  /  /STS / /  /STS /STS
Zafiro1984   5/20. /   
 

supersaver1000

Thank you Roundtuit, Izadora, Monnagran, Brambling and Blue Doggy.  I'm always strong for others, but I really should have given myself a chance to grieve properly - and it was one thing on top of another.  I kind of pushed it down inside and then it got to the point when if I even thought about talking about it I began to cry, so then I just felt I couldn't talk about it as people might be upset by me being upset.    It will always feel like a piece of me is missing, and that my smile somehow got turned upside - time is a great healer but by pretending it didn't happen I think it hasn't given me chance to heal and grow.  xx

Hope everyone has a lovely weekend, hugs and warm wishes to all. xx 

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Weigh In  (Edit this morning) - 1lb lost this week.  
Now back down to 12st 11lb - double Yay  
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roundtuit

Morning xx
Thank you for your lovely comments. Here's yesterday's intake:
B - 2 Weetabix, skimmed milk, half teasp sugar
L - tuna mayo sandwich, crisps, biscuit bar (They're Gold and 95 calories if anyone is wondering)
T - fish and chips. I counted the whole thing in my calories but actually ended up giving half of the chips to DS as I'd had enough. 
S - none
D - tea, water, diet coke
Calories - 1650 

WI this morning. I've lost six pounds this week.   Can you feel the smile? This feels sustainable - I've not denied myself anything. The observant will have noticed that I've eaten pizza, fish'n'chips and chocolate this week - but counted them in my calories for the day. Rome wasn't built in a day - healthier choices will be introduced, as will gentle exercise (walking and dancing, and maybe cycling). Baby steps. What have I learned this week? I recognise when I'm hungry and when I'm full. I've started to recognise when I'm heading for food because I'm bored or stressed and not actually hungry at all. And I've learned that posh crisps (that come with our free lunch) aren't worth the calories in a pack.

Thank you for all your support. I'm sure there will be hurdles ahead, but for now I'm  
Rxx

ditty1234

Roundtoit congrats on 6 lb
I am proud to report I have lost an actual pound this week, tadah, still more observing what I eat than actually dieting and just trying to get that movement time/exercise in. Have a lovely long weekend. 

roundtuit

Well done ditty xx 
I've decided that dancing is something I can start today - I'm going to set the microwave timer for 5 minutes and play my music. I used to be first on to the dancefloor and last off (many moons ago) - but 5 minutes will probably be enough for starters. I want to lose weight, not give myself a heart attack!
Enjoy your weekend
Rxx

CRANKY40

Good morning all, 

Well done roundtuit and ditty. Good luck with the dancing roundtuit. I've been running on the spot in the kitchen. Have you seen those video clips on facebook of people pouring oil on the kitchen floor and pretending its a treadmill? Don't be tempted - I work in a cafe kitchen and they'll be cleaning their floors for weeks. If we spill even a tiny bit of oil we rush for the salt to pour on it and then clean it up as quickly as possible. 

I'm supposed to be losing weight with my sister but as far as I can tell only one of us is filling in MFP and doing exercise and it's not her. She did text me to say she was up 2 lbs on her first weigh day....this was supposed to be her chance to lose some weight as the gp's nurse rang her just before lockdown wanting to discuss diabetes, sigh. 

supersaver I'm another that says it's good to talk. My best friend died when we were 29 and I ended up with depression because I didn't talk about it. Four months after she died it felt to me as if everyone else thought I should be OK but my life still felt like it was never going to be the same again. When I was widowed I was more open about it (although also not great) and still ended up on antidepressants for a couple of months but I think I was more prepared for how bad I'd feel and how long I'd feel sad for if that makes sense. 

Monna next time your lovely friend takes you out take a knife, a plastic tub and a carrier bag in your handbag. That way you can save anything that you can't fit it for reheating the next day (I know it's never as good on day two but for fish and chips I could force it down). The carrier bag is to save everything smelling of fish and chips for ever once it's in the tub 

Take care all of you 

roundtuit

I did 5+ minutes dancing   I danced to The Twist and C'mon Everybody, then 30 seconds in to The Twist (again) the timer went off, but I carried on until the end of the track. Thought about CRANKY running on the spot in her kitchen keeping me company. 
Rxx