Old Style Weight Loss Challenge - 2nd Quarter 2024

Brambling

hi Katejo new electronic scales may be more unkind than previous ones!   with mine i have to lift one front corner of the scales slightly usually with my toe and put it down again and then it shows 88.88 for a couple of seconds before going to 00.00 which is when i step on.  Mine are only cheap Salter scales as I didn't needs more complicated ones to tell me how much fat i was carrying    

katejo

Brambling said:

hi Katejo new electronic scales may be more unkind than previous ones!   with mine i have to lift one front corner of the scales slightly usually with my toe and put it down again and then it shows 88.88 for a couple of seconds before going to 00.00 which is when i step on.  Mine are only cheap Salter scales as I didn't needs more complicated ones to tell me how much fat i was carrying    

I have just been to Sainsbury's again and bought a different brand (Habitat) just to compare them (only a budget one again). My previous broken one and my new one earlier today were both Salter. On the new Salter one, it wasn't responding well when I tried to get it to display 0.00. It is working better on the new one  which did correctly give the 8 8 8 8 and then adjusted to 0.00 and is giving me lower readings than the new Salter did this morning. I will compare them tomorrow morning (when I usually weigh myself)  and maybe try to take the Salter one back
I know I have lost a little because the trousers which I wore yesterday fitted me better. A month ago they were too tight.
One consolation is that a friend who unexpectedly  invited me for a meal this evening has cancelled at the last moment!

General_Grant

First progress weigh-in of the Quarter and will report a slow start - just a half-pound lost ( ).

Looking forward to a restaurant birthday lunch on Friday which may well be just a main course.
As the venue is in a chain, calories are shown on the menus so that will help keep me in check.

katejo

Since my new scales agree with each other but not with the old ones,  my new starting weight is 12 st 4lb. The old scales must have been way out. I definitely have lost about 1 lb since last week though. Hopefully a more accurate weigh in next time. I will be away on holiday in Madeira for just over a week from Saturday so won't be able to weigh myself during that time. Expecting that I will do lots of walking/exercise during the break. Just have to be a bit careful about what I eat.

ditty1234

Day 2 of 8/16 - I'm hungry, but will have my breakfast after a yoga class so am looking forwards to that. 

candiii

Weighing in a day early and am pleased to report a first week loss of 8.4lbs. Also now under 300lbs  again 🥳

Previous week's weight - 306.2 lbs
Current week's weight - 297.8 lbs
Total loss - 8.4 lbs

Brambling

Well done Candiii a great start  i have rounded you up to 8.5lb on the chart

Nice and steady and consistent General as usual 

Ditty from your 8/16 I'm assuming you are fasting for 16 hours after dinner? 

Katejo I have noticed new scales never make you thinner!  just avoid kicking these 

katejo

candiii said:

Weighing in a day early and am pleased to report a first week loss of 8.4lbs. Also now under 300lbs  again 🥳

Previous week's weight - 306.2 lbs
Current week's weight - 297.8 lbs
Total loss - 8.4 lbs

That's a huge loss in 1 week! 

katejo

Brambling said:

Well done Candiii a great start  i have rounded you up to 8.5lb on the chart

Nice and steady and consistent General as usual 

Ditty from your 8/16 I'm assuming you are fasting for 16 hours after dinner? 

Katejo I have noticed new scales never make you thinner!  just avoid kicking these 

I told a colleague about the smashed scales and she said "That sounds like the sort of unlikely domestic accident that occasionally makes it into tabloid stats!" When we report losses (or unfortunate gains), do you amend the chart with the  figures and symbols?

Brie

candiii said:

Weighing in a day early and am pleased to report a first week loss of 8.4lbs. Also now under 300lbs  again 🥳

Previous week's weight - 306.2 lbs
Current week's weight - 297.8 lbs
Total loss - 8.4 lbs

inspiring!!!