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Old Style Weight Loss Challenge- 2nd Quarter 2023

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  • Brambling
    Brambling Posts: 5,958 Forumite
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    edited 18 April 2023 at 8:39PM
    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 kilos


    Brambling 0/7  >:)o:) 
    Brie +1/9  >:)
    CCW007 -/14
    candiii -/24
    cazann -/10
    DundeeDoll -/10
    Frith -/-
    General_Grant -/2
    Gingerlily +1/14  >:) / STS
    irishseagul -/12
    jennystarpepper -/10 STS / STS 
    leftatthetrafficlights 2/14  o:)o:)  
    Marycanary 2/21  o:)o:)  
    Pixie_Cosmo 1/7  o:) / STS
    shabbychic12 1-
    SIRENS -/14
    soontobeosp -/8
    Suffolksue -/12 STS / STS 
    Sunfl0w3r 2/7 STS  o:)o:)
    Toni'sfriend 2/14  o:)o:)  
    Toonie -/6
    TornErse 1.5/6  o:) /  ;)
    Van_girl 5.5/12  o:)o:)o:)o:)  /  o:);)
    Zafiro1984 -/14



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    Smudgybunny 1/7  o:)


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    Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage   -          Anais Nin
  • Brambling
    Brambling Posts: 5,958 Forumite
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    Welcome Toonie and good luck sorry to hear you have osteoarthritis especially so young.

    well done on everybody's weigh ins 👏👏

    Unfortunately alcohol is empty calories 🤨 usually followed by bad food choices.  Im a lightweight these days long gone are the days of half bottle of vodka on a night out  🥳 I don't like to drink alone and I will offer to drive to keep to low calorie soft drinks 

    i tested negative this morning so just have to shake off this cough and tight chest, I have been lucky to only have a mild case 

    hope everyone has a good week

    Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage   -          Anais Nin
  • Van_Girl
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    Hopefully you're on the mend Brambling, but it can often linger for a while :(

    1.5lbs loss for me this week, despite a busy week being away from home. This week is a bit quieter, so fingers crossed it'll be easier to keep on plan
    £12k in 25 #14 £10,474.10/£18k 24 #14 £15,653.11/£18k 23 #14 £17,195.80/£18k 22 #20 £23,024.86/£23k
      Debt Free January 2021
    • Suffolksue
      Suffolksue Posts: 1,745 Forumite
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      sts again I need to get the act together 
      my hip is so very painful I feel sick 
      Ringing physio this morning and will be asking for referral to specialist 
      time to crack the weight loss now 
    • Toonie
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      Brambling said:
      Welcome Toonie and good luck sorry to hear you have osteoarthritis especially so young.


      Thanks, sadly the osteoarthritis started when I was 37, it's secondary effect of my hypermobile Ehlers Danlos, but took quite a while to get diagnosed as my GP was rather useless.

      I'll be weighing in on a Thursday (as that's when I weighed myself last week after getting new batteries for the scales). My plan this week is to be a little more conscious about what I'm eating and to make sure I drink more water. I used to be much better at hydrating, but because I'm sat at home on my own most of the day I tend to forget.
      Grocery budget in 2023 £2279.18/£2700

      Grocery budget in 2022 £2304.76/£2400
      Grocery budget in 2021 £2107.86/£2200
      Grocery budget in 2020 £2193.02/£2160

      Saving for Christmas 2023 #15 £ 90/ £365
    • Frith
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      And I'm away! Day 1.

      Brunch - 2 sausages, 1 egg, tinned toms

      Tea - will be baked salmon fillet and purple sprouting broccoli. 
    • Brambling
      Brambling Posts: 5,958 Forumite
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      Well done van_girl 👏 sorry the hip is giving you so much pain Sue hopefully the physio can help  <3 I have exercises from the physio for mine


      Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage   -          Anais Nin
    • Van_Girl
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      Sue that sounds horrible, good luck with the physio x
      £12k in 25 #14 £10,474.10/£18k 24 #14 £15,653.11/£18k 23 #14 £17,195.80/£18k 22 #20 £23,024.86/£23k
        Debt Free January 2021
      • STS, again.  

        I am not going to stress about this,  it happened for a month last year... 1week to holiday.  Don't think the constant noise from neighbours and the council saying they are going to deal with it, then doing nothing is helping. 


        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

      • Brie
        Brie Posts: 14,771 Ambassador
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        Need to tether myself in the sand to ensure I don't roll off down the beach.....despite best intentions at Easter (aka no chocolate at all) the scales were groaning.  I know some of the residual weight is due to a certain lack of digestive transit possibly due to certain meds I'm on (sorry TMI but it's a known side affect).  I've decided not to hang my head in shame any more though particularly as the scales appear to be slightly happier with me now.  

        So the short version of that is " @Brambling log me as 1 pound up please".

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