Old Style Weight Loss Challenge 2022 - 1st Quarter

EskarinaWeatherwax

Morning all

I’m not sure I quite believe this but it’s what the scales say - 14st 8lb, so that’s a 6lb loss to record please @Brambling

I’ve walked 24.21 miles and had my three
calorie restricted days this week, and on the other days I’ve been more mindful. I’m also doing dry January so no booze which helps I am sure. 

My calorie restricted days are my nowhere-near-as-low-calorie version of the 5:2 diet. I manage the calories hard for three days through each week, and plan it so I eat LOADS on these days. I’ve plotted out calories for a day and then for each meal and snacks etc. and then I’ve made recipes for masses of meals, snacks and puddings that match those calorie limits. (Yes, I am very organised, it’s been said…) This means I get choice and variety - which I rebel without - and can tell my brain I can’t possibly be hungry as look, I’ve eaten a huge bowl of food. 

My hope is that I can permanently make a change rather than the yo-yo-ing by keeping this sustainable forever 🤞🏽

Clutterbug07

So did the dreaded first weighing  this morning- eeek,  heaviest I've ever been. 😢  but now I know what the damage is, and can move forward from here.

Signed up to a Conqueror running challenge this morning to motivate me to get my running groove back. Running around the Giza pyramids- 75km for January as I think a pretty medal (and fun travel postcards!) fairly quickly will be motivating, and then a year challenge for the overall big picture- Golden Triangle India run 766k. It's about 15k a week which is nice and manageable- I really want to work on my consistency this year so this should be good!

Wish me luck!

EskarinaWeatherwax

@Clutterbug07 Good luck! I love the sound of those challenges and will be running again when I’m out the other side of injury - are they online somewhere?

clootiedumplin

Good afternoon everyone
reporting a 4lb loss since  1 Jan so happy with that 🤗
been reasonably good food wise and no alcohol.
try to walk each day and did 2 x 1 hour gym sessions.
hope everyone is having a good week.

Suffolksue

That’s really good 

General_Grant

Surprised, but delighted, to be able to report a 1 lb loss.

Housework must burn off more calories than I thought.

Clutterbug07

EskarinaWeatherwax said:

@Clutterbug07 Good luck! I love the sound of those challenges and will be running again when I’m out the other side of injury - are they online somewhere?

Yep all online, The Conqueror Virtual Challenges (it wont let me put a link)- haven't done one with these guys before, but it seem good so far- got my first travel postcode after my run this morning 😁  they have loads of different distances/challenges too so u can choose a suitable one, and the medals look amazing!

Brambling

Is this the one you mean Clutterbug?

https://www.theconqueror.events/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAieWOBhCYARIsANcOw0xkrJQzpoZXFpuZ5icJ3LvdTEcfGGE9D0nFPLlDtrPZDbt4jdqLKQQaAsLhEALw_wcB
 

Clutterbug07

That's the one @brambling, thanks!  it said I was too new to post a link

Brambling

Old Style Weight Loss Challenge 2022 - 1st Quarter

01/01/22 - 31/03/22

Imperial (lbs) please let me know if you want to raise in kilos

beckstar1975 -/10
BellaLasagna2018 -/14
BookWormNotEvenSorry -/6
Brambling -/10
Brie -/7
Candiii -/35
catfree -/7
CCW007 3/14 
ChihiroSen  -/12
Clootiedumplin 4/12 
Clutterbug01 -/7
Cranky40 -/7
Danebury -/24
Ditty1234 -/5
EskarinaWeatherwax 6/12. 
Frith -/28
General_Grant 1/7 
Gingerlily -/14
its-time 1/12   
Jennystarpepper -/10
Izadora -/14
Leftatthetrafficlights -/14
LilacPotato -/12
marrob -/14
Marycanary 3/10   
millicent 4/14    
Miss-Behaving -/14
mrs_motivated -/10
Pennypincin -/12
SeekingFlight -/16
Short_bird -/7
Suffolksue 2/8     
Sunfl0w3r -/10

Kilos

Key
   = 1lb loss (or kilo)
   = 1/2lb loss (or kilo)
   = 1lb gain (or kilo)
   = 1/2lb gain (or kilo)