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Old Style Weight Loss Challenge- 2nd Quarter 2023
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Morning and happy Easter Weekend to all, so Sat morning weigh in and -1lb for the week. I've been doing some extra pilates and managed to squeeze in two 10 mile walks alongside a few 3 mile fast walks. The better weather and lighter evenings definitely help.
I think at this stage I need to increase the exercise to spur things on. There's only so much food & drink I can cut back on before it becomes demotivating and starts to feel like a punishment. You know what I mean 🤔5 -
I'm strangely looking forward to starting on Monday.
My eating is now completely out of control.
Today I have eaten:
Toast, honey and a banana
Cooked breakfast (after Park Run) including potato cakes.
A complete tub of ice cream
A full roast dinner
Still hungry.
In more positive news, I think the iron tablets might be starting to work... I start this challenge with a ferritin level of 6...6 -
Managed to post on the 1st quarter challenge! 🤦♀️
-2lbs this week 🙌 very happy with that as I was away at the beginning of the week and had to eat pub food! Avoided the burger rolls though so think that helped 😉
'Happiness is not a destination but the journey you walk every day'
Jan GC: £0/£100
DNF: £0/£6700
Garden sections: 0/21
DNF: 3/45
'It's the small compromises you keep making over time that start to add up and get you to a place you don't want to be'4 -
leftatthetrafficlights said:Managed to post on the 1st quarter challenge! 🤦♀️
You're not the only one!
4lbs loss for me. I don't expect that it will be so dramatic going forwards
£12k in 25 #14 £19,041.66/£18k 24 #14 £15,653.11/£18k 23 #14 £17,195.80/£18k 22 #20 £23,024.86/£23k4 -
14 stones 0 today
Blimey...4 -
Type your commentOld Style Weight Loss Challenge 2023 - 2nd Quarter
01/04/23 - 30/06/23
Imperial (lbs) please let me know if you want to raise in kilosBrambling 0/7
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CCW007 -/14
candiii -/24
cazann -/10
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General_Grant -/2
Gingerlily +1/14 / STS
irishseagul -/12
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leftatthetrafficlights 2/14
Marycanary 2/21
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TornErse 1/6
Van_girl 4/12
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Smudgybunny -/7
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:'( = 1/2lb gain (or kiloLife shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage - Anais Nin4 -
Frith good luck for your start tomorrow line drawn under Easter eating
I've hopefully swept up all those who tried to confused me with posting last Qtr, it doesn't take much guys
I hope everyone had a good Easter and not let the Easter Bunny tempt you too much - fresh start tomorrow for anyone who fell off the wagon over the weekend, I hope you had fun if you did and I will slow it down enough for anyone to hop back on
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage - Anais Nin6 -
STS, again.
Need to pull finger out as holiday in a couple of weeks... at least it is not going up.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 01.09.25 £5956. 01.10.25 £4979
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Checking in with a STS
pleased with this as quite a lot of chocolate 🍫 has been consumed 😋
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Brunch - 2 sausages, 2 tomatoes, mushroom, egg
Mid afternoon - pistachios, apricots
Tea - Jacket potato, crab, lettuce, radish, tomato
No cakes or sweets. Unrelated (?) this evening had a terrible tummy!3
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