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Old Style Weight Loss Challenge - 3rd Quarter 2022

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  • Sunfl0w3r
    Sunfl0w3r Posts: 203 Forumite
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    Checking in with a 2lb loss 🌻
  • jennystarpepper
    jennystarpepper Posts: 796 Forumite
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    Brambling if it helps, I have 4 x weeks of SW tracker sheets, I'd be happy to send them to any address you would like, I have a SAE that is going spare.  



    MFW - 01.10.21 £63761   01.10.22 £50962   01.10.23 £39979   01.10.24 £27815. 01.01.25. £17538
    01.03.25 £14794.    01.04.25 £12888
    01.05.25. £11805. 12.05.25  £9997   05.06.25  £8898. 
     01.07.25. £7975  01.08.25 £6968

  • Brambling
    Brambling Posts: 5,961 Forumite
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    jennystarpepper said:
    Brambling if it helps, I have 4 x weeks of SW tracker sheets, I'd be happy to send them to any address you would like, I have a SAE that is going spare.  



    Thanks for the offer Jenny, I think I have some here and I may benefit from hunting out my old books from them :)  
    Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage   -          Anais Nin
  • ditty1234
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    hi I have managed to loose a whole 100g so not a failed month, but not a great achievement either. hope all are well 
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  • General_Grant
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    Van_Girl said:
    General_Grant said:
    Van_Girl said:
    Morning All, hope you all had a lovely weekend!

    +0.5 lbs for me please, I am so happy with that as I've basically had a week and a half off, eating pretty much what I wanted. So it's really not as bad as I'd feared. I didn't weigh last week as I was in a field recovering from the weekend haha

    Is this the last week in this quarter?
    Eventually you get to the stage where what you want is what you should have to maintain your reduced weight.

    Time flies - it is indeed the last week of the quarter and we then move to the final quarter of the year.

    Absolutely - I couldn't have eaten the portion sizes I used to, and I didn't want to at all. And that felt like a big step. Next quarter for me will be about loosening the restrictions a bit and trying to find the right balance. Having this thread has been amazing and is really helping me keep on track  <3
    I think I'm fractionally ahead of you on the restriction loosening front/need.

    So far this month I've lost almost 2 lbs (and don't expect to lose more in the next 2 days).  So that clears the quarter target for me.  Because my electronic scales started to work with a new battery for my own records I switched from imperial to metric part way through the quarter.  I know it's not recommended but by weighing myself daily I've seen just how much weight can fluctuate and so I'm not going to worry too much about the odd half kilo.

    My BMI has been comfortably "in the green" for a long time but I wanted to get it down just a little further.  It is now 20.6 and so now I'm going to allow myself to ease up to an average 1940 calories which is supposed to be the amount for an older female.  And I'm going to a party this evening which promises "delicious grub".

    Next quarter I'll be looking in on the new thread in order to see the successes (think positive - they all will be successes of some kind) and at the end write how well the "maintenance plan" went.  (Perhaps there should be a thread for graduates of this one.)
  • Brambling
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    It's that time again! 

    I have created the new quarter challenge which will take us up to the end of the year - everyone welcomed now is the time to lose those holiday pounds before adding the Christmas ones >:)

    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6390705/old-style-weight-loss-challenge-4th-quarter-2022#latest

    I will continue updating this thread until everyone has completed 
    Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage   -          Anais Nin
  • Brie
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    I just wanted to sneak in and log another half pound down for the quarter.  I fully expect that tomorrow morning the downward trend will have been reversed so will post a new starting weight on the new thread.
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  • Brambling
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    edited 1 October 2022 at 9:31PM
    Old Style Weight Loss Challenge 2022 - 3rd Quarter

    01/07/22 - 30/09/22

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


    Brambling 5/10  STS /  o:) /  o:)o:) /  >:) / STS /  o:)o:) /STS /  o:)  o:) / STS /  >:) / STS 
    Brie 3.5/10  o:) /  o:)o:) / STS /  ;)
    Candiii 6/35  o:)o:)o:)o:)o:)o:)  /  o:)o:)o:)o:)o:);) /  >:) /  >:)>:)>:)>:)>:)>:) /  o:)o:);) /  >:) 
    Ditty1234 +2.5/8  >:)>:)>:)>:)>:) /  o:) /  o:)o:)  /   :'( 
    dustydigger -/5
    Frith 4/28  o:)o:)  /  o:)o:)o:) /  >:) /  >:)>:)>:)>:) /  >:)>:)>:) / STS /  o:)o:)o:)o:)o:)o:) / o:) 
    General_grant 3/3  o:) /  o:) /  o:)
    Gingerlily 7/14  >:)>:) / STS /  o:)o:)o:)o:);) /  o:) /  o:)o:);) /  o:) 
    it's_time -/9
    Jennystarpepper 16/10  o:)o:);) /  o:)o:)o:) /  o:);) /  o:) /  o:);) /  o:) /  o:) / STS /  ;) /  o:) / o:);) / o:);) 
    Izadora 13/14  o:)o:)o:);) /  ;) / STS /  o:)o:);) /  o:)o:)o:)o:)o:);)  / STS /  o:) 
    leftatthetrafficlights -/14 STS
    Longhill +1/12  >:) 
    Millicent 2/25  o:)o:)
    sammyjammy 4/10 STS / STS /  o:) /  o:) / STS /  o:)o:)
    simplelivingcottage -/-
    SIRENS 4/9  o:)o:) /  o:) /  o:) / STS 
    Suffolksue 9.5/10  o:) / STS/  o:);) /  o:);) /  :'( /  o:)o:) /  o:)o:);)  /  o:) /  >:)>:) /  o:);)  /  :'(  / o:) /  ;)
    Sunfl0w3r 8.5/14  o:)o:) /  o:)o:)o:) / STS /  o:) /  o:) /  o:)o:) 
    Van_girl 12.5/14 STS /  o:)o:)o:)o:) /  o:)o:);) /  >:)  / STS /  o:)o:)o:)  ;) /  STS /  ;) /  o:);) /  o:);)  / :'( 
    *Zippy* 17.5/8  o:)o:);) /  o:)o:) /  o:)o:) /o:) o:);) /  ;) /  o:)o:);) /  o:)o:);)  / o:)o:)o:) 


    Kilos
    Angelica123 1/4.  :'( /  ;) / STS / STS 



    Key
     o:)  = 1lb loss (or kilo)
     ;)  = 1/2lb loss (or kilo)
     >:)  = 1lb gain (or kilo)
     :'(  = 1/2lb gain (or kilo)

    Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage   -          Anais Nin
  • Izadora
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    As you could probably guess from my silence over the past month or so, things haven't been going particularly well here. I don't think I've quite undone everything I'd lost but will try to be brave on Monday so that I can put a final figure for this quarter and then try again for the next quarter.

    I'll try not to be quite so rubbish when my head starts rebelling against me and check in here to keep me accountable, rather than spiralling further into "I've messed up so what's the point?"

    Well done for all the losses this quarter and best of luck for the next one.

    Thanks you Brambling for keeping track of us all xx
  • Suffolksue
    Suffolksue Posts: 1,745 Forumite
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    1/2 lb off please 
    At least the quarter ends with a loss !
    Grip still missing!,
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