Who else is sitting planning their new healthy version of themselves while eating pringles and drinking wine ?

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I am !

I have bought a shiny new notebook.
I have been searching pintrest for bullet journal ideas.
This includes couch to 5k (for the 3rd time)

I really need to sort my health and fatness (not a typo) out .

So if you need a partner in crime to give you a nudge or a kick then please come and join me.

More importantly if you are one of the few miracles out there that day feeling like this last year and actually succeeded please come and tell me your tales.

All welcome.

My fakebit is here! I'm just waiting for it to charge, it is already set up

I have done a starting goal of 1,000 steps a day. I will hopefully push it up to a lot more though.

Have been doing the 'early toothbrushing' trick for three days. Tricky - go too early and you just end up busting through the gate on the way to the fridge. But it can definitely eliminate the 'let's see if I can eat 1000 calories on the way to bed' challenge I used to do to myself. 7.30 does seem a bit early....

Am quite proud of myself as it's Ds's birthday and I have both joined in eating with him and not gone crazy. I should - should - be OK today.

I've cut my caffeine intake quite significantly by only having decaf coffee around at home. Annoyingly, it's worked on a lot of levels - I was having a fair amount of palpitations, wasn't worried about them but they were annoying - pretty much gone. Also have had a running battle with urge incontinence for a couple of years now and it's SO much better with less caffeine.

I'm intermittently doing the Headspace app but I'm not sure it's working as I mostly use my 'meditation' time to develop a crush on the Headspace narrator

Ooh "toothpaste technique"! I forgot about that one - I used to use that trick whenever I embarked on another ill-advised diet. It does work!

So I've managed to go gym every day this week, eating healtht and feeling very proud! I just wanted to ask, I start my periods next week - they're always painful and heavy, plus I end up craving chocolate :( any tips on how to cope with gym and cravings when on?

What is it that feels better about the chocolate (sorry!) - is it the anticipation of something nice, the actual taste of the chocolate, feeling full, the feeling in the mouth? All of it? What about a different treat instead? Or just eat the chocolate, but less of something else? I had a piece of birthday cake with my son today but I had it for/instead of lunch - nothing really wrong with that IMO from time to time.

Maybe do something a little bit steadier in the gym - stretches and something like the rowing machine rather than running or classes?

How's everyone doing ?

I am off to a zumba class tonight . It's really good fun even though I am a bit rubbish at it.
So far so good with the food but the toblerone is still calling me. I am going to either hide it away or give it to one of my sons.

I am still impatient and want quicker results than I am getting but at least the scales are not going up any more.

Keep drinking the water !

The scales hit 12 stone this morning so that's somewhere between 2lb and 4lb off in a week! Hurrah! 😀

I'll get that beach bod in six weeks - nae bother!

Another feeling virtuous moment for me today - had a meeting in London and was travelling back at lunchtime, which is normally my excuse to stuff my face with whatever tempts me at the station. But no, I resisted and had some veg soup when I got home instead.

Am meant to be gymming tonight, but it's SO cold and I can't be bothered. But will try and drag myself out somehow, otherwise I've only been once this week which is a bit feeble.

Had a sneaky mid-week weigh-in this morning, and the scales actually snuck below 11 stone. It's almost making me question whether it's worth having a drink at the weekend, as no wine is clearly working. Almost, but not quite - dry mid-weeks is enough for now!

Well done everybody, keep going! I have to say hearing peoples running/ zumba/ workout stories is really helping to motivate me. Did Week 2 day 1 of C25K last night and it didn't hurt!
This afternoon I managed to convince myself that a banana was just as satisfying as a chocolate biscuit would be.
One day at a time, eh?

Well, I got back from therapy today and headed straight for the fridge for a sandwich. That's fine. But having inhaled it, I went for another - but actually the thought of this thread stayed my hand! So yes, I had a 160 calorie sarnie but at least I didn't have three of them. One day at a time indeed...

We had a nasty bout of norovirus this week so weightloss wise I'm doing well, haha, I'm about 5.5lbs down and most of it has been earned by my virtuous diet and exercise plan. Actually all joking apart, I'm being quite good but the 2 days nil by mouth has certainly helped.

I've signed up to a 15km race in February. I teetered over the 10km option, but decided to aim high. I do run long distances but after a foot injury a few months ago I've struggled to get about 10-12 km so this is something to aim for.

Still sticking to the low cal days and doing mostly okay. Tomorrow I need to get the house in order and then go on a long walk. Also need to do a meal plan for next week and sort a shopping list for that.

I have also had a lovely few days with norovirus so here's hoping it has knocked a few pounds off the scales for me. After a couple of days in bed though the house has become a huge mess so I'm looking forward to catching up on cleaning so I can focus properly. Nothing worse than a messy house to throw your focus off something!

I'm happy to see people regularly posting and keeping up with it. You had better stay here though otherwise you'll be joining thread after thread each new year...

I've got to admit that I'm not dieting. I've cut down on the sweet stuff and cut out alcohol altogether (day 8!) so I'll see how that goes for another week or so.

Good morning losers!

I have downloaded mfp (again) . I think I am doing well with food but the scales are not backing me up.

Exercise is definitely loads better so I am going to top being deluded and make sure I log everything.

It's bloody boring isn't it ?

Well done all who are keeping on!

Howlong depending on what exercise you're doing and how much of a change it is, you can find that you retain water a bit at first and it skews the results. When I first started running I lost virtually nothing for a few weeks until my body got used to it. Have you taken measurements? You might find you've lost inches but not lbs?

Joe Wicks (I know he's an acquired taste!) has got a really good new 7 day workout on his youtube channel. I won't be able to get to gym next week so planning on doing these at home, thought others might find it useful.
m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyCLoPd4VxBtuM-_HKeZSDSCKaVIhYiVL

Feeling sorry for myself as period has arrived (TTC following MC in August) so I'm drinking tonight. I've "earned" the calories by doing my C25k run and being otherwise pretty controlled but need to get out of the reward for exercise mindset.

On a more positive note, beautiful Leuchtturm journal and pens arrived today. An organised life will surely follow?!

whoseline I'm sorry to hear that. TTC is a bloody roller coaster.
I am loving doing my journal. It's very functional and a bit messy but it is good to have everything in one place rather than loads of random note books.
bear I hope you are right. My weigh day tomorrow so am hoping !
bonfire I don't know much about him. Is he the juice diet fella ?

Wk 3 r3 finished today. I am a bit scared about next week but I need to do it.

How's everyone getting on ?

I'm not happy. I put on about 7lb over the festive period, pushing me over 12 stone which is the heaviest I've ever been. So I'm doing DryJan (help me god!!) and I've cut right back on the sweet stuff too. I'd hoped that the Xmas weight would just fall off and it hasn't. That's what I get for being so cocky!

I've got a right sweet tooth and love carbs so my breakfast is always coffee and buttered toast with a couple of sugary biscuits/breakfast bites so I'm going to stop that and have a protein based breakfast. So I'll have an omelette or bacon/egg cupcakes for breakfast which should take me up to lunchtime. And I'll add more veggies to my meals.

I bought some size 14 clothes from the £5 site and I'm wearing one of the new tops and it's a bit tight 🤨

Hello losers (love this ) I've had a really tricky couple of days. Spontaneous invitation to dinner at a friend's on Friday, ds's birthday outing today so making birthday cake and eating out, plus another party tonight. I don't want to be the person who turns down invitations so I don't have to eat. But it's bloody difficult negotiating your way round so many meals. Big exercise day tomorrow though.

Ah, I see my current dual identity has let me down - I'm Annan dale on my phone and PatPhoenix on my laptop but too lazy to switch between the two. Also that was supposed to be a smile, not a piece of bloody cake, though its a good emoticon for this weekend.

I nearly, nearly got below 86Kg this week but I'm certain I've bounced up again. It would be a big thing for me to drop below that number.

Annandale/ Pat - so tricky when you have lots of social engagements which involve food!! I found pub trips when I had a social life before DC easier as at least I could just not drink and save alcohol (and snack!) calories.

I loved zumba howlong although I was comically terrible at it! It seems to have fallen out of fashion around here, we have plenty of bootcamps and things like Fitsteps and Metafit but no zumba are you enjoying the exercise? If my DC were a bit smaller I'd try buggy running but they squirm too much now and the buggy is really heavy with them in it!

Sending you lots of hugs WhoseLine, I was TTC for over two years before I had my DTs through IVF. It can be a really bloody miserable time, you thoroughly deserve a drink if that cheers you up. Have you tried upping the amount of protein you eat? (Apologies if you've already done loads of research on it!). That was the main improvement I was told to make, it does help with dieting too as the protein fills you up, and (allegedly) it can help with your egg quality too.

Thank you for the Joe Wicks link bonfire. I might attempt one of his easier workouts, the harder ones nearly kill me!! One day I am hoping to have some leisure time earlier in the evening where I can do a quick workout and then start meal planning and food prep. But not this evening, with DP snoring in bed from 7pm and not lifting a finger to help tidy up the detritus of the day...

Humph. Curry Friday night and meal out at Zizzi last night and I've managed to put on 4.5lbs - everything I'd lost so far and then some. Maybe this diet thing requires a more extended effort - but I was really hoping I could get away with the odd night off when I'd been so good all week.

Guess I'm starting again on Monday...

Can I join? Although I'm a right bunch of misery and just cried on my husband.

Lost a lot of weight previously (4stone) and maintained around 10.7 for a couple of years. I'm only short at 5 3 so this was still a little overweight but I'm not petite and was fit so happy to maintain here.

Put a stone on over the last year due to huge job changes where I was stressed, eating late and awfully sedentary with bad choices. Managed to loose a tiny bit pre Christmas so went in at 11 3. Post Christmas was 11 10 but weighed the day I was due on so water retention too.

Sure enough dropped down to 11 8 within a few days. Since the I have gained half a pound.

I have started 16:8 fasting, I have stuck to around 1200 good calories (lots of veg, no alcohol although I don't really drink anyway). I got a new Fitbit for Christmas and have hit all my targets every day but 2. I have done yoga, hiit and even run a little although I can't really do much of that at the moment as my dodgy knee is playing up. I have changed the job situation so those stresses have gone. And I have GAINED weight.

'D'H gained 10lb but cut back on some beer/coke and reduced his portion sizes a bit and it's all gone. He's just treated me to a lovely lecture about set weight and how maybe I'm just meant to be this weight. But I feel fat, miserable unfit and unhealthy.

It's my dts birthday this week as well as my parents big wedding anniversary so unlikely to be easy. I will be as sensible as I can although we are going to a desert parlour on Tuesday and fuck am I just going to have a coffee there!

So I am very grumpy and usually supportive dh is being a smug arse. Sorry for the rant but I am upset.

Diamanté, most of that will be salt/water weight so will be gone by Tuesday