Old Style Weight Loss Challenge- 1st Quarter 2023

jennystarpepper · 23 January 2023 at 3:25PM

@Brie, I had seen Mr Brie is unwell and if you can get a little comfort from something nice to eat then I'm all for it.

Sending you both good wishes and hoping for a speedy recovery. X

TornErse · 23 January 2023 at 6:14PM

Hi everyone, it's great reading back on all the successes and the temptation hurdles being faced 😀 So it's a sts for me this week, and a bit of a roller coaster to be honest.

I was in Paris Tues to Fri last week and had to face the temptation of lovely hotel breakfasts. Then the temptations of 3 nights of delightful restaurant dinners with free drinks. In addition, buffet lunch was laid on too - 😲 😱 I feel like I have been tortured by many temptations and succumbed to many.

However travelling home Fri evening I didn't feel too good so then spent the weekend in bed with some weird, horrible lurggie type thing. Still don't feel good today but I did weigh in this morning and I'm just the same as I was on the 14th. No surprise as apart from hot drinks I haven't eaten anything since Fri breakfast.

Good luck my weight loss buddies !

Amara · 24 January 2023 at 4:42PM

Checked weight yesterday , 84.8kg, 1.6kg loss from the first week, I’m really pleased 🙂But I need to be careful. Protein shakes are quite filling, but sometimes is nice to eat “normal” food and it’s easy to overload.

Brambling · 24 January 2023 at 4:58PM

Type your commentOld Style Weight Loss Challenge 2023 - 1st Quarter

01/01/23 - 31/03/23

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

Barole -/10

Black_Saturn 6/14

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Brie 2/8

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Brambling 1.5/10

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Candiii 12/42

cazann 3/14

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Cuddlymarm -/14
Clutterbug07 1/10

Ditty1234 -/6
EskarinaWeatherwax 1/7

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FreetodoasIlike +1/11

Frith -/28
General_Grant -/4
Gingerlily +1/14

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Izadora -/14
Jennystarpepper 8.5/10

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JingsMyBucket -0.5/9

LLM2018 1/14

Landgirlinthelittlecity 6/28

Leftatthetrafficlights 1/14 STS /

Miss_Behaving 1/7

Pennyrounder -/18
Pixie_Cosmo +1/14

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PurpleJay -/14
Shabbychic12 2.5/14

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SIRENS 6/14

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Suffolksue 1/11 STS /

Sunfl0w3r -/10. STS
TornErse 5/14

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Van_Girl 1/12

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BlackandGold_2 (Wicked_Lady) -/7 STS
Zafiro1984 -/14

Kilos

Amara 1.5/8

Ej22 2/30

Lanky-Larry -/10
LilacPotato 3.5/10

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Smudgybunny 1.5/7

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Key

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Brambling · 24 January 2023 at 5:55PM

Van_Girl said:

Food prices have gone up again I noticed! Getting the balance between financial budget and calorie budget is not easy at the moment is it?

Van_Girl unfortunately healthy eating or buying good quality is often not cheap I not sure if they are still this cheap but i used to think there is something wrong when you could buy four chocolate bars for £1 or a packet of biscuits for less than 30p . I like to cook from scratch and have benefitted from being taught home economics in school where we were taught budgeting etc i think growing up poor also helped as I learnt at a early age 'at my mothers' knee' although not always healthy as my mum liked to over use the frying pan especially if using left overs!

Amara well done on your first WI you will see i have added you with 1.5kg you will need to carry over the 0.1 to next week as I only work in increments of 1 or 1/2 units

TornErse I hope you have recovered I suppose if you have to be ill after a indulgence few days in Paris is the right time

Jenny it's always good to aim for something although with me it tends not to work

Brie - I hope all is ok

Pixie hopefully the cough is now gone, mine took over a month to shift

SBunny all you can do in challenging situations is eat healthily when you can and otherwise make as healthiest choices as you can, dieting away from home and out of control can't be easy

Lovely to see so many halos on the chart

personally i'm hoping the weather will get warmer so i will feel less incline to go into hibernating mode and eat

Have a good week

Gingerlily · 25 January 2023 at 10:52AM

Hello
Well done everyone.

Weighday STS please Brambling.

Mildly irritating I didn’t loose any of the weight I gained last week. I managed a few days with carbs at just one meal not both and I’m sure my portions were smaller overall. Movement and exercise was similar to last week.

This weeks focus is on nourishment. I’ve planned lots of homemade soup type meals. I’ll get my mat out for gentle stretching exercise and maybe a couple of walks out in nature if I’m up to that. I’m reducing carb intake right down this week to get over the cravings and back to calm. From past experience I know I won’t be up for much exercising as I switch from carb energy to fat energy. Hopefully that’ll see downward movement next week as I’m really not wanting to get the food scales out and start logging again.