Old Style Weight Loss Challenge - 3rd Quarter 2025

General_Grant

I'd like to lose 8 lb - just to get to the whole stone no pound mark.

But I'm going to try to concentrate on getting more protein inside me and to build muscle strength.  So I may not actually lose in pounds.  With a current BMI of 21.4 I shouldn't worry.

Brie

@Brambling
Still here and still the same weight or near enough.  So I'm mid stone at a tidge over 7 pounds so want to get that down to zero, i.e. the stone mark.

So mark me for 7 pounds.  

I'm thinking if this heat continues I'll lose it all simply due to sweating!!!  That and the salads which seem to be the only thing I'm "cooking" for dinner.  

katejo

Brie said:

@Brambling
Still here and still the same weight or near enough.  So I'm mid stone at a tidge over 7 pounds so want to get that down to zero, i.e. the stone mark.

So mark me for 7 pounds.  

I'm thinking if this heat continues I'll lose it all simply due to sweating!!!  That and the salads which seem to be the only thing I'm "cooking" for dinner.  

I have been eating salads but it isn't having the desired effect!

jennystarpepper

7lb - For me please brambling.  Need a shift this quarter for Christmas holiday and just to start feeling better. 

Protein drink, couple of Ryvita with light Philly for breakfast, cottage cheese for dinner and chicken salad with Mr Peppers freshly dug new potatoes for tea.  Fruit when I want it and ice lolly later may be.

Hope it goes well for everyone.

Brambling

Hi Jenny 👋 lucky you I love freshly dug new potatoes, hip hasn't been up to any vegetables this year

jennystarpepper

Brambling they were delicious, I cook them with fresh mint, alas no butter or salt on them.

As for senior nurse who thought I'd had surgery for weight loss, I had thought about a complaint but don't think it will do any good, I know that's not the point but, in my area, care is so bad it would be a waste of my time.  This is what has messed me up, being told to eat more when all I had to do is not fast to even out my blood levels.

Her name "will go on zee list".

Angelica123

My head wasn't in game last quarter but hoping to get on track. Going to try be more conservative. 

So 2Kg for me please. 

General_Grant

jennystarpepper said:

Brambling they were delicious, I cook them with fresh mint, alas no butter or salt on them.

As for senior nurse who thought I'd had surgery for weight loss, I had thought about a complaint but don't think it will do any good, I know that's not the point but, in my area, care is so bad it would be a waste of my time.  This is what has messed me up, being told to eat more when all I had to do is not fast to even out my blood levels.

Her name "will go on zee list".

I would advise raising this matter with the practice.  You don't have to raise it as a complaint: you could raise it as a question.  

I say this because one of the errors on my medical records was that I could not tolerate a particular medicine.   I had never been prescribed it and was concerned that if it had been appropriate in the future and a medic had checked my records they would not have administered the necessary medicine.  So I raised it as a question as to why.  The next time I saw my GP she began with an apology - had ticked a box about not tolerating as there was no box for "not indicated".  I'm not finished with this though, as at least one of the places which officially record my history it is still shown.  It seems it is easier to add to a record than to correct it.

jennystarpepper

@General_Grant, the error was by a Senior nurse at a hospital, re weight loss surgery, I was talking about this with Mr Pepper last night and it's probably worth putting it to the Pals service. 

I used to train colleagues, I'd to make sure they used to have a look at previous case history as good practice, so errors don't come back to bite you on the bum, looks like sloppy working is not being addressed, along with long waiting lists.

Brie

jennystarpepper said:

@General_Grant, the error was by a Senior nurse at a hospital, re weight loss surgery, I was talking about this with Mr Pepper last night and it's probably worth putting it to the Pals service. 

I used to train colleagues, I'd to make sure they used to have a look at previous case history as good practice, so errors don't come back to bite you on the bum, looks like sloppy working is not being addressed, along with long waiting lists.

I quite get this.  Not quite the same scale but I used to have a team of accounting clerks, all very concerned that they got their numbers right but didn't care if the dialogue around them was full of spelling and grammar mistakes.  I pointed out to them that people are more likely to notice a spelling mistake than a number transposed but as a result that spelling mistake could make their whole submission look questionable.  Same for medical stuff - if you spot one error you wonder how many others you missed.