MFP Thread 7

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Continued chat for those using MFP as a weight loss tool

Well done on the loss Scandi, especially at this time of year. So tough.

Size 10 top Not, that's brilliant, I bet it is very flattering indeed. You sound more positive and happy. I meant to watch 'this is us', must use catch up TV.

Good day today. Lots of exercise. 3 miles dogs, 10 miles club run.
Brekkie - porridge and mango.
Lunch - bagel.
Dinner - pea and ham soup and crusty bread.
2 glasses wine (that's the running Not, giving me leeway ).
Pre run snack - cheese and cracker x 2 and an energy gel.

One more day at work (Monday) till New Year!!! Yippee.

Can I join you? Started back yesterday once I realised I've been dieting all year (slimming world, exante and using my Fitbit app) and I'm back where I was . Pretty sure I have a snacking issue so back to MFP which has worked for me before and is more of a longterm solution. Trying to eat proper healthy meals not starving all day then being so hungry that I make bad food choices in the evening. Also using the beck diet book for motivation.

Of course you can dont, you're very welcome. You'll have 2 weeks head start on the new year and I'm sure you can make some impact. You don't need to share any stats if you don't feel like it but I think snacking is a lot of people's problem. I'm losing/gaining the same 1-2 stone for too long to remember but I have to keep going, the alternative of letting it creep up & up is too scary.
Weighed in this morning at 11.3.4, down 2 pound from last Friday which I'm ecstatic about. As I mentioned I downloaded the hypnotic gastric and app & maybe I'm just in the right zone but I am eating a lot less - I'm down 3.4lb since I started around 10 days ago. I finished the week but have continued listening to the trance each night & will continue for as long as I need. If nothing else it sends me to sleep😁 And I'm eating what I want, just not too much of it. Oh long may it last. Gym later on, still a bit achey from Tuesday but not too bad

Welcome Dont. I think that's where many of us go wrong, restricting too much, whether that be during the day or during the working week, and then splurging at the weekend.

Brilliant weight loss again Not, you really are on a roll, 3.4 in 10 days is awesome. Maybe the new app was just what you needed to kick start again.

I'm off today, I've got quite a lot of chores to do but am also having a session with my personal trainer, first one. Should be interesting!

My maintenance weight is varying by 3lbs, but I can totally live with that, with water and totm etc.

Happy Friday y'all! Down another .4 to 11.3, so I'm really pleased. That's 2.4 from last Friday, 3.8 from getting back into it. No drinking tonight as I'm babysitting for family. Could be a slight danger zone as there house of always full with goodies. At least I won't be at their chocolate but I best warn them to lock up their jellies😁
Anyone doing anything nice this weekend? I've company over for dinner tomorrow and then family do on Sunday so looking forward to that. Have a friend coming for coffee soon so scones & mince pies yummm

Sorry for the hiatus again but gosh, it really is quiet around here!

Call-outs first then my news as usual:

Need I love reading about your food - I must get back into posting mine but it's very boring most of the time. Very jealous you only have 1 more day of work this year . 3lbs sounds very reasonable for maint weight fluctuation - esp with your activity levels. How was the PT session?

Not woohoo - 2.4lbs in a week - well done - that's brilliant . I know this sounds really awful but I keep forgetting how slim you are already, so swizz swooo on the size 10!
That's kind of scary what you said about the new joiners in January - I can barely keep up these days!
How was the gym yesterday? And good luck with the jellie resistance tonight (although jellies don't seem that bad honestly ).

Scandi wow another 1.5lbs - well done . I think you can definitely do another 1.5 before Christmas, you're doing so well to stay below 1200 net.

Dont welcome . Everyone is lovely here and I can definitely recommend this thread for support and encouragement.

So my WI day was Wednesday and even with an average of 1720 I lost 0.8kg ~ 1.7lbs . As an American friend of mine says - what the heck?! I almost feel like I should be apologising - I don't know what's going on - last time I had that average I gained 1lb.

Anyway, as moany as I sound I was thrilled and will grab whatever loss I can esp this close to the silly season. I'm now 63.8kg ~ 10st 1lb. Not you're spot on about a good target - that would bring me around midpoint on the BMI which would be great. If I can stay below 10st 4lb through Xmas though I'll be happy.

Anyway been throwing caution to the wind since Wed, already my avg is 1720 again this week - sigh. No excuses really, too many hot chocolates, TUCs and Gins over the last few nights (Not I forgot to say you were also spot on about the gin calories ).

2 more bits of news. Some of you may remember I did a private in-my-undies shoot of myself after I first started. So I took some 'after' photos on Wednesday and honestly, they were so disappointing. Back to the flabby conversation, but I'm still so fat and badly shaped - a testament to not doing any exercise I guess. After 4 months I thought I'd be like one of those women on the TOWIE fitness DVD covers, but I'm just the same shape except slightly narrower IYKWIM? I had to double-check my measurements, but I have lost 4 inches off my tummy, so typical me being v self-critical maybe.

In good news, had a half day this morning for last-minute shopping and bought myself a self-gift of a gorgeous Monsoon dress in a size 12 and for less than half price (yay!). I have a bit of a tummy in it (fixable via Spanx), but otherwise, even if I say so myself, I look quite fanciable . It's so surreal that I'm fitting into size 12s again after all these years.

Finally putting up our Xmas decorations tonight, hope it burns some extra calories. Going to my parents tomorrow to watch a rugby match, so lots of food expected again. Need to try to nudge the average down esp as TOTM is due Monday.

I love your updates dawg😉 That's a super loss, well done & your dress sounds fab - especially if it's making you feel so positive. My friend thought I'd lost tons of weight but I kept shrugging it off, I'm such a yoyo'er I feel like a fraud - cause I always rebound at this stage, but maybe I won't this time. I find it hard to think of myself as slim, 11.3 still sounds heavy (apologies to anyone who would love this weight - I'm v thankful really) I think you're being way too critical of yourself, the inch loss alone shows how much progress you've made. I'm not a huge fan of looking at myself in the undies, although if I take my glasses off the view improves😁 Very few "real" people look like them towie 'wans - I'd hazard a guess they don't even look like that, fake tan & photoshop play a huge part in the look.

Morning all! Haven't been in all week as had one of 'those' weeks! I turned 47 (gulp) and packed my baby (ok so he's a 6 foot 18 year old) off to Australia for Christmas to his Aunty. He's arrived safe and well 'OMG mum I'm the other side of the world and it's really hot!', but for a small town Welsh lad who's never traveled anywhere on his own before it's a huge thing for us all!
Diet wise I'm still paying for the excesses of London last weekend but I'm nearly there. I've set myself a challenge of walking 100km by Christmas Day. 10 down, only 90 to go. Not sure how my 2 little (supposedly) white dogs will be at the end of it but I figure it will be good for my mental health as well as my weight loss. It also helps that I'm on leave now until next year!
And this afternoon I'm taking my DSS Christmas shopping. He's 13 and hormonal so should be fun!

hello from me. Have only just caught up on what's happened since my last post, whenever that was. Tues? I won't moan, so will keep brief . But feel I've lost being in control of everything. Feel totally overwhelmed. Food - and any positive mindset - has totally gone down the pan too.

But Not - you are sounding SO in zone - and about time, and so deserved. Very happy for you. Dawhead - you just "sound" so gorgeous, that I'm sure you are being a tad too self-critical about the lingerie pose. Need - albs maintenance band sounds perfectly fine, esp with your frequent long-runs. Think you prob need an extra bit in the bank.

Entertaining the in-laws this weekend. They are lovely, but just extra work / pressure which I really don't need atm. But my philosophy is that we need to make the most of them as they are still here & very well (late 70s).

oh - and a big happy birthday Loli! . Must be a wrench to have said goodbye to DS for Xmas. Lets hope he doesn't spot too many sheep & the Oz countryside get too familiar

Happy birthday loli!!! And commiserations on escorting surly teen about town - if it gets hairy, feed him, that should defuse most situations I find (hmm any wonder I have trouble with my weight)
Ah crap bath, we must be taking turns at being in the zone. I have a theory (here she goes again) that we all have a "cusp" weight, we get to it and then either keep going or hit a wall & begin to self sabotage. And any stress or hard times exacerbates the situation. If you want my advice, or not you'll still get it, just go with it. It will lift, don't think too far ahead, just one day at a time. If you manage 1 good day, even a 2000 calorie day at this time of year is epic, you might find the next day easier. Of course that sounds too simple but if there's one thing you can control in life, well in our nice lives, is what goes in our mouths. 💐 & ❤️ for you.
Did my 8am class and it was tough. Totm came a bit early so didn't do Thursday class, and I have to say it really sapped me this month. Felt the class drained me. But it's done. No wine last night as on babysitting duties but quite a bit of junk eaten. No biggie, on a 2 meal day so it'll balance out. Now I'm going to have a rest with tea & kindle😁

for Bath. It's that time of year for sure. So much stress, rushing, pressure and situations where food isn't within our control. You will get through, just negotiate one day at a time.

Gosh Loli, I'm guessing this is the first Christmas without DS? My eldest is 17, I feel the clock ticking for sure.

Ooooh the dress sounds lovely Daw, and one that makes you feel confident and sexy is always a bonus. More weight loss is absolutely brilliant, well done. 90% of images at least are not real, our heads know that, but we still aspire to a 'perfection' which isn't even real. That being said, I have noticed a massive difference in my shape since exercising again. Yes, obviously weight loss, but I'm more toned too, lots of progress still to make but only exercise can give you definition in certain areas. I've been slim and toned and slim and flabby, believe me!

Well done on doing the class Not, 8am on a Saturday morning is tough work but you made it. You really are in the zone.

I'm trying to negotiate this week as best I can. I'm on a recovery week running wise, and have had a lot of Christmas related functions and meals to negotiate. Tonight is an Indian as it's our works do. I feel like I can't plan and control our meals quite as well as I would normally like but hey ho, it's for a short period of time in a year.

I've a cross country race in the morning and then Monday I start a more focused training programme leading to a race in February.

Hello all, hope you are doing well. Can I rejoin you lovely lot?!

I completely fell off the wagon about 2.5 weeks ago. Stopped using MPF, done virtually zero exercise and been eating junk and too much of it. I am going to go to Tesco shortly to do my food shopping and weigh in so hopefully I can get back on track before the Christmas food frenzy. I suspect I may need some encouragment re. how much I have gained on my return!

Welcome back pj, don't disappear again - we're at dethcon 1 (sp?) coming into Christmas. Are you back at your job now? Don't worry about the last couple of weeks, history now.
need deeply jealous of your Indian feast, hope you have a great night

Welcome back pyjamas!
Bath hope the weekend with the in laws is ok. I do worry about DS and sheep, he tried to shoot one once when he was an army cadet...apparently he thought it was the enemy!
Not shopping with teen was actually lovely! Yes a meal in F and B's helped but he was good company even choosing a Zumba outfit for DD, bless he was so out of his comfort zone!
Need I hope you enjoyed your Indian!
Well I'm back to my 12 stone low of the pre-London excess! And I'm 24km into my 100km walking challenge before Christmas so that's definitely helping. Dogs are absolutely knackered though, the one is a westie cross and only has little legs! Happy Sunday everyone!

That's so funny about the sheep loli! The shopping sounded really good. Well done on being back to your pre-London low. My prediction wasn't too far off then. Does go to show excesses like that can be wiped away from a few days of ontrack.
Scales back to 11.3 - this is a revelation still being the same weight on a Sunday as a Friday. I did as promised and only had 2 meals, although I was tempted to nibble on something mid afternoon but I wasn't actually hungry so I held on for dinner. I am absolutely aching this morning. My instructor murdered me, and then feels like he ran over me in a truck to finish the job. Party at 2, toying with the idea of being designated driver but really fancy a 🍷with my sils- don't see them v often & they're lovely company. Of course why would I need wine in that case? We'll see. I think I'm going to need a long hot bath to sort me this evening

Oh Not go for the wine! My lovely brothers-in-law are over from France and coming to us xmas eve. Again we rarely see them and great company (that's the wedding I went to in August) but I'm definitely not holding back! It's one of the reasons I'm investing in the exercise this next week. So 15km done. Dogs are presently snoring gently on the bed. They both stink but I cba to bath the buggers as I'll be walking them every day next week. The joys of white hounds!

You've persuaded me loli😉 Trying to get through my beautification process, leaving in 50 mins and too much to do! Well done on the walk👏

Waves at Pyjamas.

Well done on being back on track Loli. I find dogs get stinky and filthy whatever the colour, or maybe that's because mine are spaniels. DH has taken them out just now.

The Indian wasn't that brilliant I am afraid, not awful, just a bit 'meh', which is a shame for the 'treat' it was supposed to be. A good night was had anyway.

Cross country race. 4.6 miles through hills and thick mud. Brilliant fun. My kind of race and just the thing to get me moving and stop me lounging around all day. Legs felt good and I worked f**king hard. Calories burned though.

Brekkie - Toasted bagel, all I had time for before setting off.
Lunch - smoked salmon sandwich and a big bowl of fruit.
Dinner - will be Shepherds Pie, lots of veggies.
Snacks - energy gel. Chocolate milk for recovery.
Glass of wine.

Need so well done on the x country! I wish I enjoyed that kind of thing (and was fit enough!). I blame the enforced things they made us do in school. Ugh! Is the weight dropping off you? Shame about the Indian. You want a treat to be special.

Ha Loli, XC is certainly an experience. Luckily I love it. There's all standards, it certainly isn't just skinny speedy folk. Weight has remained constant for a week or so now, but it's in the midst of Christmas season. All the running means I can stick a bit of grated cheese on top of the Shepherds Pie and cook the rice and parsnips with a touch of maple syrup and duck fat without worrying too much.

Although, since I returned to running, the weight has dropped away significantly.

Tomorrow is work and normal food hopefully. DH is home so no dog walking but a 6 miles run is on the agenda.

Watching Sports Personality. Can't help but feel inspired to work a bit harder.

Honestly need I don't think you could work any harder, you're doing super with your running, you must be at optimum weight at this point. I love the fact you eat what you want to eat, you're slim & fit. You must be at your goal now?

Need gets my vote as SPOTY for this thread .

, thank you Loli. Ha ha, I think Not would get my vote!

I'm not sure where 'rice' came from in the last post, it was supposed to be carrots, I must have mis-typed on my phone and auto correct did it's best. I'm usually on the laptop.

I guess I am the mad one of us that likes training hard though Not. SPOTY always gets me, they work so hard and sacrifice so much for their goal. DH won't watch it with me, I get too emotional.

I am at my goal now of 7st7lb. Anything else that comes off will be as a result of training and eating well and not actively seeking to lose iyswim? That being said I was 7.6.6 this morning, which may or may not be water.

My last day at work today, yippee. What's everyone else doing?

Food will be -
Brekkie - toast and egg.
Lunch - edamame bean salad and big pot of mango, maybe a yoghurt.
Dinner - salmon, fennel and potato tray bake.
Probably a glass of wine.

6 mile run at an easy pace for exercise.

I think I'd win lush of the year if there was such a contest. I drank wayyyy to much yesterday but had a brilliant day. I've been awake on/off all night & my stomach is gurgling/growling. I didn't eat an awful lot considering how much food was on offer. That's probably part of my problem, too much wine not enough soakage. In work til 2 so at least I can lie on the couch for the afternoon- it cannot come soon enough!