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Old Style Weight Loss Challenge 2021 - 2nd Quarter
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I've decided there isn't sufficient movement to record a loss so need to report another STS.
Calories this week:
Thursday 1589 cals
Friday 1911 cals
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Oh, likewise, I think there's 0.25 down...
‘Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole.’ David Lynch.
"It’s a beautiful day with golden sunshine and blue skies all the way.” David Lynch.7 -
Checking in with a 1lb loss having a chinese takeaway tonight whilst we watch the champions league final, so I thought I'd weigh today instead of tomorrow
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Hi just to say hi and I'm still on it, but not greatly, I'm back to letting exercise lead - and then the weight will have to follow:
Wed - nothing (typical work day)
Thu - 1.2 k swim done
Fri - Bike to work 2 x 15 min done
Sat - 8 m run walk done
Sund - in a bit 800m lake swim - yep lovely morning
Mond - long walk w ds did it and then had an ice cream!
Tue - swim booked FAIL DID IMPROMPTU BBQ INSTEAD
Wed - run DONE
Thu - run or walk A bit
Grateful for a bank holiday week with almost no driving, 2 days of work and a garden that is beginning to look like a garden.
I'll weigh in again 'when I feel slim' have stopped after I was weighing myself every day and just started eating more if my weight went up!
Isa help to buy: 1000/3000 33%
Emergency fund: 100/1000 10%
Weight loose 8.6 kg - while having fun. 0/8.6 0%
Focus debt to clear HSBC £10/1111, 0% updated May 256 -
Well done, losers and STSers, commiserations, gainers.I seem to have managed not to post last week’s STS. Weighing in this week with +1lb
following a miserable week and too much wine, culminating in a binge on a whole box of croissants with butter and jam (definitely not a slimming food!). New month coming up, miracle needed to reach target (note to self: the “7 lbs” target is meant to be loss not gain!).“Tomorrow is another day for decluttering.”Decluttering 2023 🏅🏅🏅🏅⭐️⭐️
Decluttering 2025 💐 🏅 💐 ⭐️6 -
Reporting a STS this week - I have to confess the meal portions have taken an upward turn this week - I'm struggling with meals that feed 2/4 when I don't really need a whole portion, but taking the 3/4 I do want only leaves 1/4 portion, which I don't want to give to DH as he needs to lose a bit too, so I end up eating it cos I don't know what else to do with it! I've tried reducing the rice/potatoes/ pasta but that didn't work with yesterdays risotto, or the day before's pasta bake! I need to try and plan meals which are easier to eat in smaller portions, but I'm trying to use up a freezer full of stuff at the moment cos it needs defrosting.Ditty - very impressed with the level of exercise - my one walk a week looks a bit lame beside it!7
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Thanks, this is my bragging week, obviously I don't post when I sit on the couch for days like for the last couple of weeks :-)2childmum2 said:Ditty - very impressed with the level of exercise - my one walk a week looks a bit lame beside it!Isa help to buy: 1000/3000 33%
Emergency fund: 100/1000 10%
Weight loose 8.6 kg - while having fun. 0/8.6 0%
Focus debt to clear HSBC £10/1111, 0% updated May 256 -
Afternoon all. Hope you're all doing well and congrats on the progress so far 🙂
Reporting a 2.3 lbs loss this week, weighing in at 262.2 lbs taking the total loss so far to 18.1 lbs (@Brambling I've just noticed you've not recorded my 3.7 loss for last week so throwing that in here too). So 10 lbs to go until I reach my target for this period 🤞🏼
I hope everyone enjoys the nice weather and that we all get some nice numbers next week 🙂Common sense is not common
Small progress is still progress
Weight Loss Challenge 2025 - 30.8lbs/73lbs5 -
Weighing in with +2lb it's pretty much the usual 2, so I won't comment any further. Congrats to losses and sts'ers.Isa help to buy: 1000/3000 33%
Emergency fund: 100/1000 10%
Weight loose 8.6 kg - while having fun. 0/8.6 0%
Focus debt to clear HSBC £10/1111, 0% updated May 255 -
Morning,
Hope everyone had a good Bank Holiday weekend. Weighing in with a 2lb loss this week. Have a good week all.5
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