Yes We Canuary! Lose 7lbs in A Month Thread.

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Happy New Year Slenderistas.

Let's move away from the Christmas bugger and ditch Linda for good.

I just don't think I could handle that psychologically. 800 calories? That would feel like too much (or rather too little) to handle for 8 weeks. But hats off if you can manage it.

It really isn't that bad past the first few days, I don't have breakfast, have about 200 for lunch in the form of full fat greek yog and berries and then I just have a normal sized dinner for about 600 cals. I don't always keep to the 800 but I never go above 1000 if I am on plan.

I tend to do it 5:2 style, 5 days on plan, then might have a treat or two at the weekend. I really want to break through the 12st marker though so I will be very very good even at weekends for the next few weeks.

I feel that dropping to broth at lunch time before xmas was a bad decision because I didn't have enough healthy fats to metabolise so my weightloss really tailed off. Hopefully I will see some good progress this month!

I do 1200 calories a day and usually stick to that 6 days a week. I'll stick to it like glue in January with no booze. So I guess it's not that different from what you're doing calorie wise.

I find my weight loss is much better if I have breakfast

I know, it's so awful having these teeny tiny micro meals but we'll adjust and be those really annoying 'oh I'm so full after two bites people'

I was referring to Paulat2112 comment about 600 cals. I'm still a bit new to this site

excellent! You can shout at me when I inevitably post that I have had my first secondthirdfourthfifth biscuit!

600 calories seems so little I do 5:2, so I stick to 500 calories two days a week, but I couldn't do that every day!

Today is my first fast day of the year, it's going pretty well. I'm not at work but I have a busy afternoon, which will hopefully mean I don't have time to think about being hungry.

Isn't BSD 800 cals a day paula? I could probably manage that for at least part of the week but never 600!

Do we have three brides to be on this thread then? That's the only thing that really got my fat arse in gear so good luck to you all! Beans if the weight gain has just been a Christmas / festive one I'm sure you'll manage to ditch it in a couple of weeks, no problem.

Having another go at a Golden Day here. I just want to eat bacon and chocolate and cheese and wine.

Buster I often weigh in on Friday mornings too, we can be weigh-in buddies! I sometimes do Thursday morning if I have Thursday evening plans but I do try and avoid those. You'll like weighing in with me, I never manage more than a 1lb loss

Is there a set day for weigh ins people are planning to follow?

lastqueen I think the consensus previously has been that you should only weigh in once a week. But when in the zone, onsessive twice daily weighing can happen

I've just eaten some chocolate FFS

Yes, what day is weigh in? Think it would be good to have people to congratulate/commiserate with.

If we started on the 1st would it make sense for it to be a Monday?

I weigh every day, keeps me on track, some people go for Fridays, some Mondays, there are no rules, it's like the hunger games, but with less killing and significantly more hunger!

Welcome to the Hungry Games 2017! May the Gods of the Scales be ever in your favor!

I think I'll go for Tuesday then as I weighed today!

Please may I join in too? I'm back to SW tonight, haven't weighed in since 20 Dec, think I'm going to have put at least 5lbs on, sigh... have really gone for it over Xmas, it's like I self destruct. Never mind back to work urrgh and Back on plan today but need to go food shopping as only cheese, bacon, chocs and booze left in the house

Friend of mine made her husband stand at the fridge and eat all the leftovers last night

Hairspray

lastqueen yep, people have different preferences. Some hardcore types like to weigh in first thing even after a big meal out the night before

I prefer to weigh in once a week, and only after at least two days on the trot to tip the scales in my favour

Quim I read that as "only after at least two days with the trots"

Well that would certainly put the scales in your favor BOOP

BOOP I wouldn't put it past me to temporarily poison myself for a scale victory...

I'm a daily weigher, apart from when I forget!

Just had pork belly and broccoli for lunch, then two chocobons
I figured spreading them out is better than "saving them for a rainy day", then eating the whole pack...?

Anyone else read the thread about workplace cake culture?

I've got a bit aerated on it

Hello! I missed that you had abandoned me and my Linda's on the Christmas thread.

I'm feeling very very podgy.

This year I'm planning to walk 1000 miles, row to Paris (at the gym) and to lose two stone over the year. So can I still play? I want to get 7lbs off this month but not next month necessarily.

Mummy We are doing the 1000 miles challenge at work! I will keep you updated with how far I get!

I want to lose another 2st, maybe 2 and a half, see how I feel at 10.7!

Ooh BOOP saw the thread, it isn't great having treats around every corner of the office or my house for that matter. I got given so much for Christmas, I have decided what I am going to eat of it (1 bar of lemon drizzle choccy and some dark chocolate coffee beans) and the rest I have given to DP or the food bank, I know it isn't ideal but I couldn't just chuck it out! Plus there are always treats on the filing cabinets at work. I moved seats so I couldn't see them in the end, and I haven't had anything from them since the summer!

I do like to feed though, and some people will be proud of homebakes etc. It is about balance, and that doesn't mean a cake in each hand!

I saw it BOOP, I was going to weigh in on it but it all got a bit bun-fighty so I decided not to

I am going to aim to weigh once a week, probably on a Friday. I think that will be better for my motivation than weighing every day and feeling dispirited when the numbers stick or I go out for dinner and gain a little bit.