Old Style Weight Loss Challenge - 4th Quarter 2023

Brie

Foofoopuppy said:

Bazza, I was similar to you when I started, couldn't bear to look at how much my weight was in stone because I knew and understood that better. Once I started losing I was able to start doing the occasional conversion to see where I was at, but still look at the weight initially in kilos because it seems a much nicer number! I know weigh myself in kilos and then change the scale to stone so I can see both, but that's only because I'm now 11kg down from my highest.

Hopefully you'll get to that point as well. But this is also my 6th? 8th? Attempt to lose the weight, so don't be disheartened if it doesn't stick immediately. Keep going, keep trying and you will get there.

See now for me stones are really meaningless.  I mean - I do know what a stone is and how to convert it to straight pounds and into kilos but if someone says they weight 10 stone or 20 stone that doesn't say anything to me.  

So I like using stones on the scales as I can ignore that first bit and just look at the 14 pounds I need to lose.  And when it gets to zero I can look at the next 14.  Much better than thinking I need to lose 22 pounds or 10 kilo.

Pixie_Cosmo

Made a really nice, new to me, soup for lunch. Moroccan tomato, chick pea and broad beans, with Ras el Hanout spices and topped with a cruncy Dukkah mix. Recipe said it was 181 cals per portion. I added it as a recipe to my calorie counting app, that reckons it's only 100ish cals per portion. 🤷‍♀️ It was really tasty with warm pitta bread. More fruit for a snack then! Homemade veggie cottage pie and veg for tea. I've also managed my walk today :-) 

Brambling

Well that was annoying my words of wisdom waffle disappeared before i could post    I may be back !

Pixie are they allowing for oil in the soup when they say 181 per portion? 

Pixie_Cosmo

Pixie are they allowing for oil in the soup when they say 181 per portion? 

@Brambling I went back to check, seemed way too low! Somehow the chickpeas got 'lost', so it's 170cals per portion. That sounds much more like it! I used 1tbsp of olive oil. The Dukkah cals are on top, around 20cals of crunchy tastyness! 

Brambling

you have to add some texture or food becomes boring so the Dukkah is worth the 20 calories

Gingerlily

Hello

Lol Brambling, that’s a blast from the past we did have a carpet in the tiny bathroom in the 70’s but not for long. 

Weigh day -1lb please Brambling.

I switched from kg to pounds for weighing as lost more pounds than kgs.

This week I’m having a couple of lower calorie days to accommodate for a couple of social thingys sort of like the 5:2 approach and hope that equals a STS. Will keep exercise and movement as is as I’m enjoying current level.

Suffolksue

After a week away ( tried to be mindful) I am stunned with -21/2 lbs off .
asked the SW consultant to check her scale !!! But she assures me they’re correct 
will have to really watch things this next week 

Brambling

Old Style Weight Loss Challenge 2023 - 4th Quarter

01/10/23 - 31/12/23

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

Allie23 -/-
Brambling 2/7  / STS /  / STS
Brie 7/7  NT 7/14    /    
Catz4m8z +1/7    / 
Cazann 2/10  / 
Flamingo747 2.5/10  /    /  / 
FooFoopuppy 3/11    / STS / 
Gingerlily 2.5/14    / STS /  / 

Jennystarpepper  11/10     /    / STS / 
Jingsmybucket 2/6    
jules81 -/18
leftatthetrafgiclights -/-
Pixie_Cosmo +2/12    / 
SuffolkSue 5/10     /  / 

Kilos 
 
Bazzalona13295 1.5/-  

Sleazy +1/-   

Key
    = 1lb loss (or kilo)
      = 1/2lb loss (or kilo)
    = 1lb gain (or kilo)
     = 1/2lb gain (or kilo

Brambling

Well done Ginger and SSue after a good start I've stuttered to a stand still 😕 Sue you shouldn't question a surprising loss just quickly get off the scales 😁

catz4m8z

I can never be bothered working out my soups on my calorie counting app....I just put them all under 'homemade chicken and veg soup' coz I figure its probably about the same!
TBH all my soups are made the same way. Chuck a bunch of veg and a jar of fairly low calorie sauce in my soupmaker to blend, then add some chopped roasted veg (no oil cooking), a tin of lentils and a packet of tempeh/tofu. Usually does 5-6 portions and I pretty much live off of it every winter!
Trying to work on my NEAT (non-exercise activity thermogenesis) at the moment though. So taking things upstairs 1 thing at a time and breaking my cleaning up so Im up and down more often. Every little helps after all!