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Old Style Weight Loss Challenge - 1st Quarter 2026

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  • Gingerlily
    Gingerlily Posts: 365 Forumite
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    Hi

    Weighday plus +1lb please Brambling.

    Stress snacking on fruit and cheese and dark chocolate. 1 glass of wine this week also.

    If I can’t get the snacking under control this week I’ll start counting calories again for a bit and make allowance for them. I don’t have a lot of calories to play with being under 5ft and quite sedentary though.

    Old Style Weight Loss Challenge 2026
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  • General_Grant
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    The flickering thing was wrong. According to my electronic (battery replaced) scales, I weigh 1.5 lbs more than I did on 1 January - but my BMI is only 21.4 (middle of "healthy" range). So, though the gain hasn't really all been in the last week, in order to show the overall change for the two months to date, my line on the chart becomes:

    General_Grant -1.5/5 STS / STS / 😇/ STS / STS / STS / 😉/😈😈😈

  • Smudgeismydog
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    Morning all,


    It’s a STS for me this week


    will admit it’s a little disappointing, but I know I just have to keep going

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  • eltee2
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    Morning all

    Half off for me this week please @Brambling

    El

     "I started out with nothing
    And still got most of it left"
    Seasick Steve 



  • IzzyBee
    IzzyBee Posts: 2,987 Forumite
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    another 1lb on for me I’m ashamed to say I’ve blamed the dark grey miserable weather and I know you have heard it all before but I’m starting again today weather has picked up no excuses not to get out for a walk I’ve planned my meals for the week ahead and no snacks

  • Brie
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    @Brambling I'm tempting fate and logging another 1 lb down. So that's 2 out of 11 so far this quarter. I've got about 3 weeks for the rest before I'm on holiday which will likely throw everything into disarray.

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