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Old Style Weight Loss Challenge - 3rd Quarter 2024
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Welcome back Frith all any of us can do is try 🙂
good luckLife shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage - Anais Nin4 -
First official weigh in - 11st 3lbs.
Technically a 1lb drop from my weigh in last month, so a good start.
However I am working from home today which is usually a big struggle with snacks! I will have to remember that I've started with a loss and that I don't want to put it back on.
Good luck to everyone for the next quarter!4 -
I'm in please @Brambling :-) I will try for 9lbs, although I'm going to focus on fitness and eating better overall. I need to work on my mental health and coping better, ie not immediately reaching for wine and snacks when I feel low / fed up. They do work though! 🙄
Hope everyone has a good new quarter!5 -
Good luck pixieLife shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage - Anais Nin5
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Hey! everyone
Goal for me is 4Ib (then to just try and STS!).
Im on the home stretch now...
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Hi @Brambling can I please join, I will be looking to drop 20lb I am looking for a mix of dietary changes, interim fasting and a decent amount of exercise. So no dieting as such! In it for the long haul.Isa help to buy: 1000/3000 33%
Emergency fund: 100/1000 10%
Weight loose 8.6 kg - while having fun. 0/8.6 0%
Focus debt to clear HSBC £10/1111, 0% updated May 254 -
Welcome back Catz and ditty 👋Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage - Anais Nin4
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I've had a bad couple of days - nothing too drastic but enough to make me annoyed with myself 🤦♀️ I watched a programme last night about weight loss journeys and one of the participants had been doing really well then went to see her family for a couple of months and put on weight.
She then said something which has really resonated with me:
'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'
I know that I'm horribly guilty of that and if I really want to achieve my goals then there can be no compromises - that quote was my 'light bulb' moment and I will remind myself of it daily.'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'6 -
Only a measly 1/2 lb off for me this week. Still, better off than on. 4
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Lost 1Ib this week!
Think my current obsession for picky teas with rice cakes, hummus and crudites is paying off. Its all healthy low cal stuff but I get to nibble away in front of the telly.
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