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Old Style Weight Loss Challenge- 2nd Quarter 2023
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Well done pixie on your half stone 🎖
i hope you had a good trip Jenny 🙂Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage - Anais Nin4 -
Starting again.
14 stones 4 today. This is exactly the highest weight I reached once before.
Last week (this NEVER happens) a man asked for my phone number. Later in the day, another man chatted me up. I quite liked the second guy but at the moment couldn't imagine having a relationship. He'd be crushed!
Anyway, I've had another blood test today (previous tests for ferritin were 11, 5 (!) then 6. I'm torn between eating plenty and lots of red meat to eating enough iron but not actually exploding.
Brunch - scrambled egg and smoked salmon
Tea - will be Spanish chicken5 -
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Brambling said:Well done pixie on your half stone 🎖
i hope you had a good trip Jenny 🙂4 -
Thank you @Pixie_Cosmo and @Brambling, all that extra Vit. D makes me feel better, I tan easily and look like a local after 3/4 days...
Although I only put on a Qtr lb, I need to putt pants up and try to lose, at least 7 Lb by end of June, need to get back to portion control, no snacking and less booze.
Used to regularly do beach walks, we went out for the first time in ages on Sunday and managed a good walk, the pain clinic are sending me to Yoga, hopefully this will also help... if I can get on the floor without help!
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 £69684 -
Brunch - 2 slices of black pudding, one egg, 2 tomatoes
Tea - fried some PSB with bacon bits then baked with a bit of creme fraiche.
In exciting news, my ferritin level is now 21. It hasn't been over 11 for 7 years! I'll carry on with the massive iron tablets but can probably not panic so much about eating lots of red meat.4 -
Brunch - plantain with salad and chicken
Tea - Salad with hummus and falafel2 -
Have managed to lose the weight I put on last week so i am calling it
STS please.
craft stash 2023 =161, 2024 = 119 2025 = £25.96 spent, 128 made and 5 mended,
GC 2022 = £3154.96
2023 = £3334. 84
2024 = £.3221.81
2025 = £2254.03/£3300
Jan 413.77 Feb £361.32, March £192. April £438.06 May £261.66 June £204.54 July £260.95/ £250 August £273. 40 /£650
Decluttering campaign. 2024= 80 // 52 bin bags full. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🏅💐DH ⭐3 -
Type your commentOld Style Weight Loss Challenge 2023 - 2nd Quarter
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Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage - Anais Nin3 -
Good news re your iron levels Frith
looks like the tablets are working
I hope you have recovered Brie every cloud has a silver lining
I've not weigh in this week, have been feeling sorry for myself with a attack of gout which unusually seems to be disappearing as quickly as it arrived - I'm not complaining about that! A family funeral on Saturday meant a visit to my eldest sister and there was too much of her lovely homemade cakesLife shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage - Anais Nin3
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