Old Style Weight Loss Challenge - 3rd Quarter 2024

Suffolksue

-1lb today !
must do better but at least it’s a start ,
walking well with no sticks or crutches so no excuse !

jennystarpepper

STS here too, I'm trying to get back into my 'old habits', have been getting weighed during the week like I used to and I've been 4LB up all week, so STS is fine by me.

Giving myself a bit of a kick start this week and putting myself on the same eating plan when I put on 3 stone from stopping smoking, this weight has never come back on and was at my biggest.

Only exception is I will be adding berries to this week's food.  So, no bread, rice, pasta (a couple of extra spuds had been creeping back on my plate), nothing that grows under the ground and peas and sweetcorn are off the list, along with sugar.  No booze or caffeine. Apart from a little cheese no dairy (not a dairy lover so it is easier for me).

Chilli tonight, with a big pile of slaw and green shoots.  I will make some flourless egg muffins for lunches and Mr pepper was sent for more charcoal for the BBQ, so an extra piece of turkey will be cooked for salads for lunches.  BBQs are not a problem for me as I only eat fish, turkey and chicken (no bones, I'm not a meat lover), so a couple of BBQ teas are on the cards.  

Just have to stick to it now,  , Christmas holiday is booked to have an incentive. 

Have a good week all, well done for braving the scales, good or bad. 

Frith

Weighed myself this morning. 

14 stones 5. 

The heaviest I've ever been. 

I've made some very dodgy decisions this year regarding men and finances and now it seems about eating too. 

Gingerlily

Hello

Weigh-day +4lbs please Brambling

General_Grant

Up and down since last week's weigh-in but, come this morning, it's again STS for me.

Smudgeismydog

Apologies for the radio silence, and congrats to you all for persevering.

I’m currently on holiday, so not able to weigh myself, but having seen the photo my partner took of me today, has really brought it home how much I need to get on top of my perimenopausal weight gain 😭.

This holiday will involve a lot of walking, so if I combine that with conscious food choices and the expected very limited alcohol intake, I’m hoping not to put anything on while I am away 🙏

charlies_tribe

Good morning. -2LB please. I'm not sure how, but I've double checked so I'll take it. That's a whole stone gone since I joined you all in April.

Pixie_Cosmo

Checking in for the first time this quarter! STS please @Brambling , I've been all over the place tbh. Feeling miserable due to work stuff and personal stuff, and the awful weather hasn't helped!

I have a wedding and a holiday at the end of September, so my aim is to have lost a bit by then.

Plus side my running is improving. I'm doing a 5k in August so I'm keeping going. I've lost motivation to do daily yoga, so I'm not going to force myself until I'm 'in the mood' again.

Danthenoble

Hi, I'm just starting a virtually carb free diet, hoping to get into ketosis. I need to lose 1.5 stones. The foods I can eat on this are very limited and I'm so hungry! Has anyone tried this? Any advice? 

jennystarpepper

Danthenoble said:

Hi, I'm just starting a virtually carb free diet, hoping to get into ketosis. I need to lose 1.5 stones. The foods I can eat on this are very limited and I'm so hungry! Has anyone tried this? Any advice? 

I personally would not go nearly all carb free; it is not good if you want to maintain your weight, you should not be going really hungry and cutting out lots of foods will make you crave things or fall off the wagon. I don't think anyone put weight on eating fresh fruit and veg, (no chips).

I cutout all bread, (or anything containing flour), rice, pasta and sugar,and any veg that grows underground, also bananas and oranges, no smoothies or 'health' drinks, or breakfast cereal.  Some would also add alcohol, caffeine and milk to that. 

Tea / evening meal, I cook things like a chicken breast marinaded (chilli, paprika, cumin and turmeric) with a good olive oil, fresh lemon juice, mushrooms, peppers, onions and asparagus with this, shoving it all on a tray and oven baking is quick, with a green salad and even make my own slaw, minus the carrot.  Even better on the BBQ

Eggs, bacon, tomato or a Greek yogurt with berries for breakfast.  Egg muffins you can eat anytime of the day.  You could even go to your local India and have tandoori chicken or meat with salad. 

I've done many diets over the years and cutting out too much does not help, unless you are in the finals of Mr / Miss Universe.