Old Style Weight Loss 2020 - Part 2

Blue_Doggy

Good evening everyone 
 
Brambling how is your sister? I hope she’s making good progress. I love your suggestion of flying parrots for monnagran to look out on: there are so many beautiful macaws ...
 
Molly so glad your results were good. I hope today went as well. In the circumstances ice cream, and raspberries and cream sounds entirely reasonable ( and enjoyable).
 

Supersaver very well done on STS inspite of all that’s been going on. 👍 See you in the next quarter! (No—o—o—o! October is nearly C........! I know 2020 has been a bit rubbish, but going by so quickly? )
 

CRANKY, Gingerlily very well done on your losses 👏👏
 
Izadora I didn’t win, but came second. This time we seem to have won in age order, oldest first.  I hope all went with discussing your HT’s maths. 

Today was hot hot hot so did paperwork this morning, avoided buying cake when I went to get milk and to the post box. Groomed the canine doggies this afternoon, then tested a new white wine I ordered when I caved in and bought a half case of red  Very nice 😋🥂
 
Today I munched
B : porridge
L : Cheese salad (lettuce, cucumber, yellow pepper); 2 squares of 85% chocolate. (I had intended to have omelette with salad, but too darn hot!)
D : plaice cooked in mustard sauce with fennel, tomatoes and mushroom; strawberries and yogurt. Two glasses white wine.
S : 2 more squares of 85% chocolate.
 

Have very good weekends, everyone!

Molly41

Hello x
Back from hospital was stabbed for blood 6 times!!!! (and Im phobic about needles) but the nurse was very good.
Who else loves that hospital ice-cream - so synthetic and yummy! Just hit the spot! Dreading WI on Tuesday what with raspberries and cream etc.
Thank you for all your supportive comments you are a friendly and lovely group of people xxx

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 5/14  /  /  /STS  /  /  / STS
Blue Doggy   3/14. STS.  /  /  / STS /STS /    / / STS / / STS
Brambling. 5/10  STS /  /    /   / /STS / STS /  /  /    /   
Cranky 5/7. STS /  /STS / STS /   / / 
ditty1234  6/5.  /  /  /    /STS / STS / /    /    /   
Dumpling 11/14  / /   
Frith -/21 
General_Grant 0 /7  /   
Gingerlily 13/6   / /  / 
Honeythewitch 4/5    /   
Izadora +3/14.  /  / STS / /   /  /  / STS /STS
Jimali -/10
Jules81 6/20.  /   
Molly41 15/14   /   /    /  /  /  /  /  /    /    
Mistergazpacho -/7
monnagran 5/6.  /  /  /  / STS /  /  /  /   / STS / 
Roundtuit 10/9 / /  / STS /   / 
SIRENS  1.5/14  STS /  /   /  /  /    / STS  /STS /STS /STS  /   
Short_bird  +0.5/6   
Snowbird20 12/30  /   
Supersaver1000  6/10  /   /  /  /  /  / /STS / / STS
tigheningthebelt 9/10.  /  /STS / /  /STS /STS /  /  /    /  / STS / 
Zafiro1984   5/20. /   
Zippy 9.5/8   /    /   

Brambling

Well done on the losses Cranky and Gingerlily 👏👏 

Great news Molly 🙂 hopefully today's test results will be as good, that's one worry off your mind 

I woke with a definite hangover feel this morning which is really annoying as I haven't had a alcoholic drink for ages 🥺 I'm assuming a mix of not enough water in the heat (although I thought I had) and not sleeping well.  Breakfast was therefore dry crackers and painkillers, I did think of not working but we're short staff on Friday, not sure if they got 100% from me through 😴

lunch was the same as yesterday fresh pineapple and melon.  Dinner was stir fried vegetables with prawns and noodles including my first courgette of the year 🙂 slightly concerned as there seems a lot of half grown ones out there 

ditty1234

Well the only walking I did today was around the supermarket and after that I just sat around feeling blue.
Anyways as I'm expecting a bit of a backlash tomorrow I'll post my food intake for today:
Oats and flakes w milk and coffee
Late lunch rye w mackerel and mayo (I know)
strawberries and bitter lemonade
pasta w burger and tomato and feta salad ( not much pasta, small burger and not much feta)
2 small glasses of wine and a spoon of peanut butter (why) 
I feel absolutely stuffed, probably from the soda, I never really drink sugary drinks - but I did today. 
I think it's time to scrap sugar for a while!
Thanks for listening, I feel very disconnected form the world this week.
 

dumpling

Good morning everyone  
I have had such a good night's sleep for the first time in absolute months and it really has made an enormous difference to my mood. Today is the day I officially start my planner and make changes. I have had a terrible few weeks food wise but today I feel in control of myself. I weighed myself first thing so now I have a starting point. I have put weight on but I am not surprised but I feel confident in losing it again.

Brambling, I really hope you will run another challenge pretty please. I would be so sad to lose you fabulous people. If you do then can I please have 14lb as my amount to lose.

Right, today's meals and snacks have all been planned and calorie counted. I will be eating:
b - porridge and a banana
l - chicken and mushroom soup with 2 slices toast and butter
d - pork loin steak with pineapple fried rice
s - gooseberry yoghurt, apple and grapes

I am also planning to restart my exercises that my physio gave me after I came out of hospital last year. I really want to improve my mobility and strengthen my legs. I will wait until Steve gets up though in case I fall as I am very unsteady.  Ok, that's all my waffling for now. Hope you all have a brilliant day, take care xx

roundtuit

Morning xx
Hugs to all xx

I'm up but my guag seems to be having a lie-in! I think it will be a 'do a bit', 'sit a bit' sort of day. All I've done so far is get weighed and drink my first morning brew. Definitely a two brew day!
Brambling - my WI revealed - 4 lbs. So I've got rid of the 4 lbs that I gained last week and I'm ending the month 10 lbs lighter than I started it.
My goal now is to lose another 7 lbs and get into the 'next number' lol. At my heaviest I was 20 st 4 lbs. I now weigh 17st 6 lbs. 

You are the most amazing and inspiring bunch. Thank you Molly for guiding me here   
Rxx

monnagran

Morning Losers.

WI day today and the black armband is on.  I have put on one pound.  That's  + 1lb Brambling please.  I'm very relieved that it's not more.  It so easily could have been.
Back to normality today.

Hope you feel better today Brambling.  The combination of heat and headache sounds draining.
You too ditty, oh! don't we all know that 'not quite with it' feeling.  Perhaps a cool day will put us all back to rights.
Dumpling, glad that you are feeling so positive.  Make the most of it.  New starts are very encouraging.

I'm having a quiet day today, relishing no one being around.  I sent the fence painter off yesterday with all the leftover biscuits, flapjacks, cake, 2 pasties and a large steak and mushroom pie that has been leering at me from the freezer for too long.  He cycled off cheerfully with a bulging backpack and a couple of carrier bags dangling from the handlebars.
Back to healthy living for me.
Who am I kidding?

tighteningthebelt

Hi all, 
brambling I've lost 1½lb this week please. could you make my target 10lb again for the next quarter? Thank you for running such a super thread. 

Well, I didnt quite make my target but I'm only a pound off target this time.  I'm a little disappointed as I've worked quite hard but hey, we are where we are! Next quarter I'm going to post my food diary again as I think it helps. I'm not going for the fast 800 this time, but will bear it in mind for the future. 

Molly41 I always feel we are allied somehow as we both have significant long term disability and bipolar as well. I am so pleased your breast clinic results came back clear and so quickly. Mine was the bad news, I didnt like to say while you were off to the clinic. I'm in the middle of the treatments now, I've had a double mastectomy (my choice and I didnt lose any weight that week before you ask!!!) Further surgery 3 weeks ago to remove the lymph nodes under my arm, some were positive so ive had a ct scan and on Tuesday I have to see the oncologist to discuss chemo, then it'll likely be radiotherapy, then hormone therapy for minimum of 5 years. All a bit of a !!!!!! when I was losing weight to get healthy. Ive got to the point now where I'm feeling mostly que sera sera with a bit of upset mixed in. The hardest part by far was having to tell my family, esp my son who is 21 (I'm a single mum with just the one child, we are a strongly bonded micro family). He has been home from uni because of the virus and hes diligently  shielded with me, hes been a godsend and really stepped into being a grown up which is both tragic and wonderful. Theres a risk chemo and radiotherapy will damage my already damaged nerves further so it feels like a very big decision to go ahead. Apparently we can do it on a trial basis though and stop if I get more nerve problems. I suppose each dose will help. I'll know more Tuesday, I have a big list of questions for the poor doctor. 
Anyway, enough of my ailments.

My son and I watched a film on Amazon called Shackleton's Captain about his failed attempt to cross the Antarctic and the horrors the men endured to stay alive. So now when we hear anyone moaning we say "go tell Shackleton". Which cheers us both up! 

I'm  grateful it's a bit cooler today, I have been struggling a great deal in the heat, I always do. So I'm heading off to do the 3 day chore backlog now!!! 

Molly41

Tighteningthebelt - many thanks and much love for sharing your journey - I have in adequate words to express how I feel but will travel this journey with you. Much love x