January 2025 Starters - Maintenance, Progressing and Avoiding Traumatic 💩

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Hit me up losers!

I’m also in the stopped giving a fuck camp. Do you follow justbeingmelani?
Although I definitely do care about the clothes that are now looking downright baggy on me - need a good sort-out in January.

I left early this morning and DH said DD was under the weather and he allowed her to stay home. When I got back (homeoffice), she looked perfectly fine to me. Not flu, rather allergy to today's German test, I would suspect.

I did a morning bodypump class but felt I had not worked hard enough, so went back to the other gym for lunchtime legs workout. Now feeling better. Would love to do a bodycombat class this evening but now got a work meeting at the same time. Rude!

@Aimingdown I love We Do Not Care club!

and oh yes I totally care if clothes are not showing off how slim I am 😀

Sorry to hear more re going down with the lurgy, hope it’s gone by Christmas.

i also love the we do not care club, I definitely give no fecks these days!

Im also struggling for clothes, the paper towel effect has certainly kicked in for me. A pair of jeans I bought about 3 months ago now look ridiculous on me. Had a PT session today, fiat one in ages due to holiday and illness. Nothing too crazy, it felt good to get moving again.

Christmas shopping almost done, I’ve got about £60 left to spend on ds1 but I think I’ll just give him the cash as I have no idea what else to get, he’s so hard to buy for. Food is done apart from fresh stuff which I’ll do on Monday or Tuesday.

Morning everyone, just over a week to go!! Well done on finishing shopping @CurlsandCurves!

I’m off on holiday tonight. Can’t wait for sun! Wanted to check in and say have a wonderful Christmas, mine will be spent on a beach in Vietnam, can’t bloody wait!! Jabbing today then when I get back. Have decided to relax and deal with things when I get home, that’s real life isn’t it, having times when you’re a bit more relaxed than tightening things up.
Anyway enough rambling, get better poorly people, and enjoy the celebrations whatever they look like for you, in a much slimmer place than last year!

@2025istheyeari totally jealous, I love a tropical Xmas holiday.

Where are you off to @2025istheyeari? Love a bit of winter sun.

@CurlsandCurveswell there is a bit of a story, we always have curved balls! We were going to Bangkok and Koh Chang until the FCDO advised against all but essential travel to Koh Chang as it’s within 50km of the Cambodian border so our insurance would have been invalid. We’re now going to Bangkok and Phu Quoc then back to Bangkok. My mum, sister and nephew flew out yesterday and we’re meeting them in Bangkok! My mum is ( a fitter than me) 78 year old who’s never been to the Far East, my only regret is I won’t be able to see her experince Bangkok for the first time, it’s such an attack on your senses and she is going to be hilarious🤣🤣

Enjoy Vietnam @2025istheyeari

I thought the Pharmulous order was on its way, but they still need to approve DH. So waiting to see if he gets an email today.

Just a few more working days to go till Xmas - I really really need a break. And to book another holiday.

DH makes fun of me but holiday booking is the highlight of my life. I have booked February, summer and October already and now planning April 2027..
Plus some weekend trips in between, of course.

Omg mine too! We’ve booked Easter, summer and October and planning some long weekends. I worked for an airline for a long time and travel is my absolute passion!

I’m feeling better! Hooray! Not 100% but not as miserable as I was.

I am with you @HeidiLite. My nearest and dearest all know that in times of crisis my response is to book a holiday. If I can’t justify it (unusual) for myself, I will start pressurising adult DC “weren’t you talking about Paris in Springtime? Mummy will book and pay for your hotel darling sweetie” The Jennifer Saunders impression is optional.

I already have the following booked for 2026…completely outs self…

Morocco for five days with very good friend.

Austria with DD

Croatia by myself

Austria again (completely different area) with DS

There will be more!!!

Weighed in at 8:4. Weight has been really stable for a month. I will try to get my dosage down to 5mg in January just for financial reasons. Currently on 6.25.

Have a fabulous holiday @2025istheyeari

glad you are feeling better @Zempy

Happy mid week all!

Hope you are feeling better @PenelopesProteinPackedParty sounded awful.
@Jins your poor friend with the fishnet husband 😔

@BlueLimes he’s an ex husband now but he skipped off with most of her shoes and all the savings so things aren’t great for her. I’m sure that becoming a cleaner at 62 wasn’t in her plans but she’s still better off without that situation going on.

Glad to hear of some health improvements. So far we haven’t heard of many people who’ve had flu and I hope it stays that way.

Treated myself to a 40 click jab yesterday as a pre-Xmas measure. I really like being able to control my greed with medication and to alter doses at will. Totally not what Eli Lilley tell us to do.

We’ll be having a very different slim Xmas this year. We should add up the amount we’ve lost between us and see what it equates to.

I'm keeping an eye on the weight this week, and then am going to pretend I'm away on holiday, hide the scales and relax into next week. Remembering, that if I eat too much it just makes me feel rubbish. Will come out again the other side and get back on it.

We have our summer holiday to book - we know where, just need to get booked. Very impressed with all the organisation. Currently I have a husband two weeks out of his hip op, and a dog in season, so trying to ignore it all and I'm down the end of the garden pretending to work. I pretty much finish tomorrow so taking it easy in general. I still have worries about having a job still next year - so am head in sand for now.

Would love to go to Vietnam. Have a wonderful time!

So jealous of all the holiday organisation! We've STILL not got next summer sorted out. Everyone likes completely different things so it gets impossible to find something to suit everyone then I give up for a while until I can bear trying again to come up with a plan.
And DS has A levels this year so no breaks at half term or Easter either ☹️

weight is up and down at the moment but not worried about it - these next couple of weeks will be more relaxed then back on it again afterwards.

great idea about adding up the weight lost between us all @jins!

Ooh yes, love the idea of adding up weight lost, shall I start
77 pounds/ 35kg ( I’ve gone for the max weight I’ve weighed in last few weeks, at my lowest it’s 81 pounds)

37lbs or 16.9kg for me. We’re already up to a slim woman with just 2 of us!

20 kilos lost - 44 pounds I believe

We’re up to a washing machine…

158 pounds/ 71.9kg just for 3 of us, that’s more than I weigh now! I like this, what will our grand total be?!

26.7 kg here. Was more but I’m still up post flight/holiday.

I’ve lost 43lbs 😊

How absolutely awful. How on earth did we get to the stage where men think they are better women than actual wome and that some people go along with it.