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Old Style Weight Loss Challenge - 2nd Quarter 2026

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  • Gingerlily
    Gingerlily Posts: 366 Forumite
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    Hello

    Weigh day -1.5lb please Brambling.

    That’s the bit I put on over Easter gone. I’ve felt hungrier so have had a mid morning or afternoon snack some days, my appetite seems back to usual now so this week I’ll try going snackless again.

    Old Style Weight Loss Challenge 2026
    1st quarter - 
    2nd quarter - 
    3rd quarter - 
    4th quarter - 

  • Brambling
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    Thanks for the WIs guys I also weighed in with another STS 🤨 must do better this week

    Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage   -          Anais Nin
  • Pixie_Cosmo
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    TFI Friday! 1lb loss this week. I've been keeping to my calorie goal and mainly low-carb food with plenty of veg. I also do sort of time restricted eating - breakfast around 9.30 and eve meal around 5/5.30 most days.

    Exercise - daily walks, a couple of runs and 30 min weights workouts - my legs hate me now but it will do me good 😂. I'm trying not to overdo it - so a run or a workout 5 days and fairly lazy weekends to recover.

    I'm away with work next week so I'm not expecting to lose anything!

  • Brie
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    Well colour me purple and call me a grape! I'm down 5 pounds! All due to being ill of course but if it works…. Got home from our holidays at the beginning of the month with what turned out to be covid. That completely stomped my appetite, I mean, I have never been a "slice of toast for breakfast and another slice for dinner" and struggled to finish either. So having reached the stone mark I'm going to see if I can manage to get down to the next half stone by ridding myself of some of my grande derriere by shedding another 7 pounds by the end of the quarter. No holidays planned so it might be possible.

    Meanwhile…..I've been surprised by the relentless number of "diet patch" ads that come up on my phone when I'm playing games. Shockingly deceitful. Basically they are pretending to be Boots advertising something that will help someone shed 10 - 15 stone in 7 weeks thus going from massively obese to being slim and well muscled. There are other ads around to wear a patch and be cured of diabetes in 2 days and similar things. There's another version but instead of a patch you need to wear earrings with a specific gem in it. I assume people are being taken in by these which I find quite sad.

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  • diminua
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    STS for me this week please.

    Fashion on the Ration 2026 - 31.5 coupons remaining (rolling over 1.5 from last year) 
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  • Suffolksue
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    -2lb please Brambling

  • General_Grant
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    Yet again a STS to be recorded this week, please.

  • Gingerlily
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    Hello

    Weighday STS please Brambling.

    Old Style Weight Loss Challenge 2026
    1st quarter - 
    2nd quarter - 
    3rd quarter - 
    4th quarter - 

  • Brambling
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    edited 28 April at 9:44PM

    Old Style Weight Loss Challenge 2026 - 2nd Quarter

    01/04/26 - 30/06/26

    Imperial (lbs) 

    please let me know if you want to record  in kilos

    Ajmama -/14
    Brambling +1/7 STS / STS/ 👿
    Brie 5/5 😇😇😇😇😇
    catz4m8z +1,5/7 STS 😇 / 👿/ 👿😪
    diminua +1/5 👿👿/STS/ 😇
    eltee2 -/7 STS
    General_Grant 0/5 👿/😇
    Gingerlily 0/14 👿😪/ 😇😉/ STS
    Izzybee 2/7 😇😇/ STS/
    Jennystarpepper -/7 STS
    katejo 0.5/5 STS / STS / STS /😉
    moneyowen -/7 STS
    Pixie_cosmo 2/4 😇😉/😇/ 😪
    Smudgeismydog 5/10 😇😇/ STS /😇/ 😇😇
    Sponge_pudding -/8
    Suffolksue 5/7 😇/😇😇 / 😇😇

    Kilos  

    Key
     
    😇   = 1lb loss (or kilo)
    😉   = 1/2lb loss (or kilo)  
    👿   = 1lb gain (or kilo)  
    😪  = 1/2lb gain (or kilo 

    Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage   -          Anais Nin
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