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Old Style Weight Loss Challenge - 1st Quarter 2025
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STS for me this week - bit miffed but onwards & downwards.
Well done CRANKY40 & Suffolksue
"I started out with nothing
And still got most of it left"
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Pleased to see the scales tip down to just .2 of a pound above my target for the quarter. Though of course due to me then having a few glasses of water or something it's now back up a whole pound. But I'm very pleased to think I'm getting very close.I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Debt Free Wannabe, Old Style Money Saving and Pensions boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
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Old Style Weight Loss Challenge 2024 - 4th Quarter
01/01/25 - 31/03/25
Imperial (lbs) please let me know if you want to record in kilosBella_Budget 6/7/
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Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage - Anais Nin4 -
Morning all xx
Monday morning weigh in revealed + 3.5lbs.
Not unexpected as I had pizza and chips delivered last night.
I'm finding it very difficult to stay motivated - with no wedding to aim for.
Anyhoo. I'd better get my aim straightened as I don't want to end the quarter with an overall gain.
RxxIT ONLY TAKES SMALL DAILY ACTIONSFOR MAGIC TO HAPPENRosemary Ikpeme5 -
I won't be reporting any more weight changes this quarter and will leave it as "no overall change" for the three months.
In reality that may or may not be the case.
I've been using mechanical bathroom scales because the electronic set needed a new battery. The mechanical ones give a general idea but they don't give stable readings - the pointer moves depending on how far forward I lean and flickers as I watch. So I've now fitted a new battery and now get proper stable readings but is off by a few pounds when I convert the kilos to stones and pounds and compare with the mechanical scales.
So I'm still back to counting calories and my weight should go down but I can't properly compare from the beginning of the month. Fortunately the new quarter looms on the near horizon.
This month I have kept a food diary with calories - and daily figures have ranged from 1349 to 2512 but the average to date is 1783. So that's not too bad.
I'm not abandoning this thread and will still be looking at how others are reporting and will also write about my average calorie consumption figures at least at the end of the quarter if not in between. I think the thread helps with the motivation.
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that serious talk to myself continues to pay off another 2 pounds off @Brambling
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@General_Grant I have a similar problem. We split our time between my house and his house. One has mechanical scales, the other digital. Our mech scales and digital differ by 1lb maybe?
Am sticking to the digital scales and really hoping for a loss when I weigh in on Fri. TBH I'll be happy if I weigh less than the start of the quarter. It's felt such a struggle this year. Onwards!6 -
@Brambling. I have to say STS this week. I was down a half on Saturday but it has gone back up again. Off on a mini cruise later this week so will probably gain a little by next week
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STS for me please Brambling.
Not been feeling 100%, Mr Pepper in is wisdom has told me that the anxiety caused by not seeing anyone / having hospital appointments permanently cancelled and until I have peace of mind / help at the month end from the consultant appointment just hang in there, stress does not help you lose weight.
Have a good week everyone.
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01.03.25 £14794. 01.04.25 £12888
01.05.25. £11805. 12.05.25 £9997 05.06.25 £8898.
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Weighday - 2.5lbs please Brambling.
More than I expected pleased with that. I’m missing the weekly milk chocolate, I’ve not been out socialising so haven’t missed not having a drink yet. Movement was ok maybe I can increase a bit more this week.Old Style Weight Loss Challenge 2025
1st quarter - 17.5lbs 🥇
2nd quarter - 6lbs 🥈3rd quarter -
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