Onward Slenderistas! MARCHing as to Phwoar! The lose 7lbs in a month thread

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Welcome to a brand new shiny thread to help us all onwards and downwards through March.

Here's a link to the last February thread

Hairspray it wasn't a criticism, looks like a very healthy diet, I just wondered how long you could keep it up without fainting!

I thought that originally Lasty but the less carbs I eat the less I want them!

Although, for balance my food diary from Saturday goes something like

Huevos Rancheros - 223
Buffet GOD KNOWS 800+??
A whole Pizza - 1320
4 cocktails - approx 650
3 glasses of prosecco 210

So deff not going to waste away

Just don't want you to worry about me Quim thank you!

I use running as an excuse for carbs...

I don't think I run far enough or long enough to warrant them yet
I am getting into it though, especially with the weather being so nice atm.
We are going to run to MIL's tomorrow, bout a mile, I am going to try not to stop this time!

Hairspray that's brilliant. I'm going to do that. What a motivator. I love a visual.

I did a fancy pants move at yoga today. I have put it as my profile pic on fb son not sure how outing I'll be (hate that phrase) if I post the pic on here.

I'm calorie counting at the moment, or more no calorie counting.
I'm am wondering about the 5:2 you all keep raving about it and what I'm doing certainly isn't working for me right now.

I really want to go to WW as I like the control and having to go in and have someone weigh me really keep me on track. I can't for the life f me find a meeting that is at a good time with work and the closest one on Saturday is there bus rides away

I love the lists and wish I could eat that much and no then get so hungry I eat everything in reach.
I much prefer writing everything down than an app. So I might go back to that. And a small one is a good idea too. I went for pretty a while back and I didn't want to carry it in my handbag which mean trying to recall everything I ate all day when I got home.

I did a fancy pants move at yoga today. I have put it as my profile pic on fb son not sure how outing I'll be (hate that phrase) if I post the pic

Very unlikely. Lets see

ive eaten like a pig today. about 1800 calories. oops

After yesterday's goodness I lost one quarter of a measly linda. Fecking hate Linda.

Day 2 of giving up sugar and my colleague came in with M&S chocolate crispy things and pressed them on me. I hate it when she does that! I should be able to say "no thanks" and she should leave it at that! But she was all like "you must eat one, you've been so good, I won't take no for an answer" so I ate it to shut her up. FFS. I'm relatively new to this team and last week she announced that she was buying me a cake and I had to be really firm and say "no, really, please don't, I really don't want one". Who does that? So today was the cumulative effect of multiple times she has pressed cakes on me since Jan and I've said no.

Hi all, I have been MIA on these threads but have been reading and you are all so inspiring! Special kudos to BOOP, quim and hairspray! hairspray I love your diary! I am logging all mine on mfp and there is a certain satisfaction even in that and in the fact that I'm on a 140-day streak.

Basically I have no right to be here as I stand not a chance of loosing 7 Linda's in a month. Nada! But I've noticed some others who are struggling too so I thought maybe I can join in again. I have lost a total of just over 5 kilos but that is since the last week of Oct! I am down to losing about 1kg a month. Pathetic but at least it's a loss.

Every day I seem to fall off the wagon and have one big screw up. Like falling into a family bag of crisps or eating masses of chocolate at bedtime. I'm counting calories and if I can see I have 100 left it's an excuse to munch my way through 500! I'm resigned to it now. I'm staying under my TDEE so at least I'm not gaining but oh, I have so little will power! I don't think another weight loss method would work... would feel too weak on 5:2, and lchf or slimmers world would leave me desperate for chocolate and cake! I eat quite healthy meals, I don't drink much because of meds, it's just the snacking/deserts that's my undoing.

I can't exercise much as I have some pretty serious things wrong like massive post-traumatic arthritis in my ankle that needs surgery and insertional tendinitis in my bum/leg that just won't get better and means I can't sit down which is very hard to deal with. I have been told the last will improve if I lose weight so that's why I'm here. But at my present speed of weight loss it will take me two years to get down to healthy weight for height... sigh.

Anyway sorry for rambling, will try not to disappear this time.

Yoga move...

stellar that is amazing!! Very impressed I can't even touch my toes

Ok you ladies have convinced me I'm going to give the 5:2 a whirl. My weigh in is tomorrow so shall start then, see if I can get ride of some Linda's before the end of the month.
Will also find old notebooks to start writing down.
I. Can. Do. This.

Stellar that is
9 13 this morning. I know it's not two real pounds. As it were so just ignoring it!

Off skiing next week. Must not eat all cheese

Woohoo Squiffy that's exciting! My pearls of wisdom are:
-keep it proteiny (carbs will leave you feeling empty and grumbly and starving). Hard boiled eggs are miraculous, as is fish and soup.

• don't be too strict on the calories at first while you're finding your feet: the trick is to find a menu that makes your fast days easy, no-big-deal if-a-bit-boring days, and trial and error in when and what to eat is an essential part of the process - if they turn into 800-calorie days at first that's still pretty damn Golden!
• arm yourself with Babybels, coffee, herbal tea, and miso soup. Good things to have around for when you feel peckish, and the Babybels are great because you can toss a couple in your coat pocket and they won't go bad or anything.
• Personally (although it may be a bit hardcore) I am currently making a green smoothie every day - it's basically just carrot, apple, kale and some frozen spinach, so neither delicious nor gag-inducingly vile, but it's a huge tub of goodness which it takes me a while to suck through, and it keeps me going for quite a long time.

Welcome back Mountain! Thanks for the kudos, although I'm not at all sure it's deserved as I've been plodding away at the same weight since time immemorial Having a golden week though and hoping to see results in Friday's weigh-in! 5kg is a brilliant start - how much more do you want to lose? Don't worry, I've never once lost 7lb in a single month, that's the headline but we all just muddle along at our own pace.

Stellar That's amazing, I had to stare at it for ages before I saw the harness thing, I thought you were holding your entire body up with one hand

Cheddar commiserations on the colleague - there was a thread a while ago about people bringing cake into offices, and it got very heated. I was of the opinion that most people just think they're doing a nice thing and it doesn't occur to them that it could be anything else, but forcing things on someone who is saying no is such an unequivocal dick move Does she get some kind of weird kick out of it?

I remember a friend sharing an article a while ago talking about trying to go vegan and the weird satisfaction people seem to take if they fail - it's clearly a projection thing. I can sort of understand a sort of jovial encouragement to have a naughty treat on a special occasion, but how can people bring themselves to care so much about someone else's diet?

Mountain I haaaaaaate to say it, but the only way to crack a sugar addiction really is to go cold turkey! I'm sure you know that and it's horribly patronising of me, apologies. How much of a whack did you give LC? The remarkable thing about it is how when ketosis kicks in (about 4 days in my experience) your appetite for everything goes away. I never recommend it on here because there's no "release valve" with LCHF, if you mess up you've gone back to square 1 which is why it's never worked long term for me, but a stint of, say, a fortnight might be a good way to make inroads into overcoming sugar mania.

Morning all!

Thank's for the kudos Mountain I have to agree with Quim cold turkey is the only way to beat a sugar addiction.
First week is brutal but you will start to feel much better after that!

I am weighing in at 11.4 again this morning, we didn't salsa last night as DP came down with a mystery illness very suddenly, hot and cold shakes, awful headache and throat. He is tucked up in bed and I am desperately hoping I don't catch it!

Also feel super bloated AF is just around the corner, I am hopeless at tracking it, so could be any day, then fingers crossed for a woosh!

Stellar That move is amazing! I also thought you were holding yourself up with one hand!

Squiffy Good luck on your 5:2 quest, and I second all of Quim's advice!

Cheddar Develop an allergy of some sort, dairy or gluten intolerance then you have a real "reason" to not indulge?

Onwards and downwards all!

Hello everyone! Things got a bit hectic this week at work, and I ended up falling off the wagon and off this thread. I am also going away for the weekend so it will not be golden. I think I will just accept that and climb back onto the wagon on Monday. I have managed to go for a couple of runs though, the warm whether makes it so much easier!

I am really late but Quim I am so sorry to hear about your dad, I hope he is feeling better now!

Boop and Hairspray congratulations on your amazing losses, both of you! Really impressive.

Cheddar your colleague sounds like a nightmare! Why can't some people take no for an answer? And why does she think her desire to get you to eat the cake trumps your desire not to eat the cake? It's weirdly controlling and also twatty

Spurious, I wondered where you'd gone! Thank you - no change yet, we're still playing the awful waiting game and just... trying not to panic really.

I always think it's healthier to give in to inevitable wagon falls and just be realistic. I think it can be really psychologically damaging to have unrealistic expectations and fall short of them, because then there's the guilt which leads to despair which can lead to wagon-falls, and the more times that cycle repeats itself the less motivated people become to start again. Not that that'll happen to you, seasoned Slenderista that you are!

I know it isn't the same but I always follow that cycle with exercise. I get really enthusiastic about, say, C25K, but then after a while when I start to struggle I realise it's making sod-all difference to my weight / appearance, that I still feel unfit, and that I still haven't "learned to love it" and it tapers off, and then when I think about restarting it I feel all dispirited. That's where I'm at now.

I would say go lower for the first week or so to make sure you can see your fast days working 1400-1600 from your other post KOKO

If you are cold and craving something like a warming soup try either a stock cube broth or hot bovril/marmite, approx 10 calories for a cup but really warming and satisfying.

It can be good to have something like that just before your main meal so you don't feel starving and over eat anyway.

Marmite is a great shout! Also it helps with fasting-related headaches if you suffer with them. Something to do with the salt.

Again koko I also find miso soup brilliant.

Are you supposed to count calories on non fast days or just eat 'normally'?