January 2025 Starters - Onwards and Downwards

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Thread 12 right here losers!

happy weekend, losers! Sorry to hear about various troubles and shit weeks, hopefully things improve.

58.3 kilos this morning, not bad, my GW is 57. So have managed to lose most of the holiday weight. Went to gym as well already. Now just regular errands and prepping for a little dinner party we have this evening. Mango halloumi salad, pilau with roasted veggies, aubergine curry and DH is making something with chicken and sweet potato and squash, all very automn inspired.
Ideally would like to get a little run in as well, dogs would appreciate.

@myladyjane 😖 I hear your on the tough mothering this week too. One of mine expressed a really keen interest in doing something, I agreed, bought tickets and declined another offer. Then my sweet grown child got a better offer and decided they’d like to do something else.

The fact that I found it extremely disrespectful and expected better was heard loud and clear. 🤬

Honestly I am so fed up of my weight loss journey, 3lbs to 4st. I might call it a day when I get there.

Parenting so hard, I’m a calm then occasional blower, then have the guilts. I take a bit of comfort in knowing I can’t be as crap as my totally uninterested mother.

Hope next week is better for all.

Agree with the boredom, I’be still not lost 3 stone despite the billion months we’ve been on it.

on a positive - I’m running again .

Sorry know I’ve missed loads, I’m trying not to obsess on weight.

@BreezyPeer how is dating, hope not stressful now. @2025istheyeari i hope the interview went well?

Thank you @BlueLimes 🙏. It’s tough at times.

In other news I’ve actually started Vinting 😱😱😱😱😱😱 in my enforced rest situation. Four items sold within an hour - more shocking than me actually starting 🤣.

Buy something lovejy with your profit.

ps maybe price a little higher next time ?

I had no idea where to price @BlueLimes . It’s Cos and Hush stuff that’s sold. £10 per item, seemed ok to me and was more than Vinted suggested. Ten items still listed within at least 20 more I could list but I think I’ll wait until mid week. I also need to get some more stuff out of the loft.

I have been a bit spendy this week, the four dresses I’ve sold today will almost pay for the bra I bought, not quite but almost. 😅. I’ve bought jeans, cords, sweaters and a bra this week.

I’ve had a spendier week than normal, I ought to see if there’s any more vinting to be done. To add to my outdoor oodie I’ve bought an indoor one from 5poundstuff. I recognise the fabric - it’s definitely an oodie and at £8.99 I don’t mind it being a second. For someone that doesn’t feel the cold I’ve gone overboard on buying warm stuff.

I’m back to being a bit bunged up. Delicious though the hello fresh pesto chicken was the large quantity of butter beans have tipped me over into too much fibre territory. I love beans (but strangely not lentils) but care is required.

I feel the parenting pain. Mine turned me into someone I didn’t like at times when they became ‘adults’ but were still at school.

Hi everyone

Sorry to hear about being under the weather, weight loss annoyance and kids. I’m like you @BlueLimescalm and then I blow. I also had a massive blow out at ds this week, mainly about him leaving stuff everywhere but everything came up. I’m not proud and I apologised, stress related from 7 interviews for 4 jobs in past 10 days. This is what’s boring me, I didn’t get the Chief of Staff role, which prob was for the best. Still waiting to hear about the one I’ve had 6 interviews for, that’s bloody boring me now! I’ve been offered a 3 month FTC for a fab co I’ve been talking to since June, it’s quite exciting, and my mate chat thinks it would be a great thing, will also be something to do! Thanks for asking!

coat sounds fab @HeidiLiteand that teal jacket and xs jumper sound amazing @myladyjane

well done to all who’ve lost this week. I reached 10 stone 7 this week, my final goal but today is a challenging day, out for mil 80th, I’m going to track and whatever I have so be it!

I’m using the app which is so much easier but finding it more difficult to follow so sorry if I’ve missed anything!

@PenelopesPursuitPrevailshope new meds help. Well done on Vinted, and agree with blue limes, maybe increase prices? Cos tends to go for more than Hush I find.

Thank you for Vinted tips! I’ve just got home and I’ve sold five items, so £50. I’m ok with the price tbh, I’d rather things sold quickly as I want to make room and there’s far more to get rid of.

I think I will consider my Vinted pot something to spend on alterations. I’ve got a coat and two tailored lined dresses I’d like to get altered if it is possible. I’m sure that will cost £100.

I need to look in the loft but as I’m massively dizzy, probably not this week.

@BlueLimes I join everyone else in having had a tricky and stressful week.
I had my first real issue with dating. It was hard but it's over now.
I have also had an interview for a promotion which I have found stressful and I haven't heard the outcome yet.
Spent the day cutting back a huge hedge in the garden. Feeling quite good! Like I've achieved something. Allowed the sun back in!
Have a lovely Saturday night everyone xx

I’ve woken up from a nap in a bad mood. I’m probably cold and dehydrated but everything is irritating me. I managed some laundry and walked to do the food shop. But then got really tired after prepping the DSs lunch and had to have a lie down.

@PenelopesPursuitPrevails I think when you’re new to Vinted they promote all your first uploads so lots of people get to see them. Also, Cos and Hush are popular brands people search for. Def take advantage of the free promotion you get and post as much as you can.

@2025istheyeariare you going to accept the 3month FTC? If it’s anything like where I work, it’s often quicker to get a 3 months FTC signed off when actually we need someone for much longer.

@BreezyPeer sorry to hear of dating and interview stress. But a day in the garden tackling a hedge sounds very satisfying.

Finding the MN website takes too long to load on my phone, so am also on the app - but it’s not as user friendly as the site. Difficult to type and scroll.

Jab day tomorrow. Level of suppression has been high early on in the week and was toying with dosing down to 2mg but today I ‘really’ enjoyed an apricot and custard pastry so I think 2.5mg is still about right for me.

Omg - just went to jab and my jab HAS GONE. I think someone has thrown it out of the fridge - not only do I feel sick that effectively nearly £300 is just POP but I don’t have a jab… argh.

so I was going to go down from 7.5 but can I just stop? What will happen? Oh gawd

dinner party was a success, friends all said the food was delicious.
Only trouble, friends are all French and now I have a headache from speaking French all evening (my skills being moderate, if we are generous).

@MissPobjoysPonies that is awful! I do worry about losing pens but I’m pretty sure my fridge is safe as so far the only person that cleans and sorts the fridge is me. 7.5mg is quite a big dose to stop at but I don’t see why you couldn’t. The medication tapers off whatever dose you’re on.

Like the superhero I am I managed to push through a complete lack of hunger yesterday to make a pig of myself with some caramel and vanilla ice cream. Saw it, wanted it, ate it. Now I’m adding nausea to the mix but will I ever learn?

@MissPobjoysPonies oh no, who would do that? So weird, is it someone who doesn't believe in jabs and has done it on purpose?

@MissPobjoysPonies that's awful 😖 who would do that? Do you have a list of suspects?
I keep mine in the salad drawer. Nobody but me ever goes in there 🤣
I feel for you! I would be so upset if that happened to me

Morning 🌄 losers!
I have a lovely day planned with lunch out and seeing family.
Need it after spending all day yesterday working in the garden I am looking forward to a less strenuous day 🙃
Hope everyone has a happy Sunday xx

@BreezyPeersorry to hear about your challenging week. Keeping fingers crossed for promotion. Hedge cutting sounds cathartic and love the ‘letting the sun back in’ comment.

@DGonMJhope you feel better. Yes I am, she said it could become permanent and I’m well aware that things are going to slow down now for Christmas. I’ve only been looking for 2 months and what I do is quite niche, I’ve been really fortunate to be in a few processes and down to final 2 for 3 but I need to be the one! So think this will be good to challenge my brain and keep me busy! Thank you!

@HeidiLitefood sounds delicious and well done on the French.

@Jinstoday is a new day!

@MissPobjoysPoniesnooooo😱it’s definitely not been moved?!

It was in the salad drawer so not sure where it went - I can’t interrogate as i have been a secret jabber (DH very anti) I had disguised it 🤣 but suspect someone has accidentally thrown it or I have…. Arghh. Anyway I will put in another order and hope I can just carry ok where I left off. I’m irritated though, and my pocket is feeling a bit poorly too!

@MissPobjoysPonies what a disaster. 😥, I really hope you get a replacement quickly.

@DGonMJ I've actually had a vinted account for about 18 months, I bought a text book on there for about a tenth of the new price so I am not sure if I am getting 'boosted', anyway, I have now sold 8 items. I will have to get on with packaging everything later on so I can post before I go on my work trip. Fortunately I've found the shiny packing bags I ordered more than a year ago with this in mind 😅.

Still feeling sub par, blood pressure, so there's not much I can do other than 🙏and wait for the medication change to kick in.

I've come back to bed with a book and my laptop in case I feel like making a start on 🎄shopping.

@MissPobjoysPonies , could you get away with what I did which is buy a shallow, long plastic storage container. Mine would fit one pen in the prescribing box or four pens out of the box in it. It lives under the cavolo nero which means it is guaranteed not to be exposed as my DC are like toddlers when it comes to eating cn.

Disaster @MissPobjoysPonies

I'm still in bed with the dogs and a cuppa, with my husband doing all the jobs as I've got a stinking cough. So, no exercise for me this weekend - body feels tired.

I decided to have a few glasses of pink fizz last night. Probably had half a bottle, as we played games. Still had no chocolate, and no booze now until Thursday when my boss is in town from the US and we have dinner and drinks planned. Which I'm not looking forward to at all. I have my review on Friday, and our relationship has not been easy since I moved into my new role in March, for all the reasons.

I had banana custard last night - haven't had custard in years. Delicious, added some walnuts, and really not hugely calorific given the comparison to something like chocolate.

@PenelopesPursuitPrevails loving the Vinted chat. I only sold for the first time a month ago, and am quite enjoying making the odd sale, and buying a few things back. I recently bought two pairs of Next petite size 8 pleather skinnies - black and burgundy - they fit! And will go well with some big jumpers I've just bought.

Today we have lunch out, and I shall mostly be sitting in warm clothing and having a lovely bath. Might even pick up a book for the first time in ages.

One of the friends we had over yesterday, she's naturally slim and has never dieted or restricted food in her life. But complained that finally age is catching up and she has put on 2 kilos, for the first time in her life.
I can't even imagine a life where I don't need to restrict food to keep my weight under control. But my friend also has a challenge - she has no idea what to do now, how do you even start with trying to lose weight the first time when you're 50?
And while my friend recognises she's very privileged, I'm sure many of WLI haters are coming from the same place - it's so easy not to gain weight, so why are those greedy fatties overeating?