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Stop Bustin' Out All Over In June! Join the Summeristas to lose 7lbs this June

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BitOutOfPractice · 31/05/2017 22:13

In case you didn't get the reference in the title it's a song from Carousel

Let's drop the Lindas, cast off our otter responsibilities and lose the pounds on the best thread on MN (TM)

Everybody welcome.

Link to the May thread here

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QuimReaper · 23/06/2017 08:51

koko this is what I'm always saying about doing something sustainable even if it slows you down: I am all for drastic measures etc., but if it leaves you hungry then you'll crack and feel dreadful and despair. Was it a Shake Day that left you so hungry, or a normal restrictive day?

Either way, I have a suggestion for you: this week, for three days I've tried the "Dukan Attack Phase". It was along the lines of the egg fast, something I wanted to try out of sheer curiosity/boredom, but it might be worth you giving it a whirl next week: basically it involves "pure protein", i.e. low carb low fat, and so it really doesn't make you hungry as you can have as much as you like. (Probably as much as anything it works by slashing calories, but in a way that satisfies your hunger.) You'll be bored as anything but you won't do a Cookie Monster when you get in from work out of crazy hunger.

I suggest this not as a fad, but because it might be a good way of identifying a few low-calorie snacks you can shove in your mouth when you feel a Cookie Monster Attack coming on to distract yourself? I mean, I ate almost a whole pack of ham for just over 100 calories. I didn't finish it precisely because I was allowed as much of it as I liked and I got bored of it, because who eats an entire pack of ham? But if I'd only been allowed three slices I'd have been twitching for more.

I'm just all for finding coping strategies that work for you - I think I've found mine by trying lots of weird things and cherry-picking things that work, and at the very least, anecdotally, you'll see a great loss on the Dukan Attack Phase, which might give you a kick. (Disclaimer: I have only done it for 3 days and I haven't weighed yet Grin )

QuimReaper · 23/06/2017 08:51

Woop woop Dr and Niki on the losses, great work!

HairsprayBabe · 23/06/2017 09:05

Also I may need some new jeans

TVHubbyClaire · 23/06/2017 09:18

Well done Dr and Niki , you are certainly putting my static weight (12st 9 again today) non progress to shame

fabulous job hairspray and you certainly deserve to go shopping for new jeans

I had a NSV yesterday...........got a pair of M&S swim shorts from DS for fathers day in a size medium..they definitely felt a bit roomy so got a small and they fit much better......admittedly I think its a "big small" and the medium was definitely made to make fat blokes feel good but I'm pretty pleased......

Also took christmas present shirt (the one I mentioned a couple of months ago) into sewing shop to see if it could be adjusted. They want to charge me £48 for sleeves and body alterations. I have only had it on once and can't quite decide what to do. Confused

Either way I need some new clothes...... can't find decent shorts that arent boring chino material...yuk

FreeNiki · 23/06/2017 10:38

Well done for all the losses.

I have been bobbing up and down from 10.8 to 10.5 since the beginning of April and so I would really like to drive it down.

Im now back down to 10.6 but AF is due within a couple of days and I have bloating etc so I am hoping for drop of a couple of pounds at least after.

FreeNiki · 23/06/2017 14:41

I gave myself hell this morning. Cycled to the gym. Did body pump and then interval training on the treadmill. I did 5 intervals too tired to do more. Have to cycle home now.

Softpebbles · 23/06/2017 17:28

Quiet on here ladies and TV.

Weekend is here already. No wikd plans just need to reign it in!

Will weigh on weds. Weighed today and was up a bit but on my period so Hoping it's that 😬

Have a good one.

HairsprayBabe · 24/06/2017 07:12

10.7 too many "tastes" of my baking yesterday.

Annoyed with myself now, I will be lucky to see any loss this month at all!

Softpebbles · 24/06/2017 07:40

Hairspray you are so close to target and have done so well. Maybe this is the right weight for you?

HairsprayBabe · 24/06/2017 09:18

I have been super greedy most weekends this month pebbles I'll have been deiting for a year in septmber so I'll see where I am then and focus on maintaining from there I think

BitOutOfPractice · 24/06/2017 11:25

Hello lovely ladies and TV. I am so far off the wagon it's just a dot on the horizon. So far, since Thursday I've driven from Essex to Kettering then Exeter, back to Essex, then Warwick, and Wolverhampton. I'm currently in Manchester. Utterly knackered and finding focusing very difficult. I will be back with a vengeance next week. You've been warned.

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HairsprayBabe · 25/06/2017 07:23

Could yoy try a 5:2 egg fast approach koko? Although you would have to reduce the cals Michael Mosely says 800 still works as a fast day?

10.7 stayed the same, even though I ate a large handfull of liquorish allsorts last night whilst manning my cake stall.
made over £60 after float and costs on it even though I wasn't allowed to set the price structure and the prices were too low imo.

SIL better name this school in Zambia after me! 😂

Madasahattersteaparty1749 · 25/06/2017 12:16

In excess of 21000 steps done yesterday marshalling the school Fete. 2 lbs lost this week. Very slowly coming off was nothing for 2 weeks but inches round waist were being lost. Would love 3 lbs off next week to bring me down to 210lb

FreeNiki · 25/06/2017 13:56

I havent felt well for a few days and been off my food. Kind of glad as nice flat tummy. That's bad of me.

lastqueenofscotland · 25/06/2017 17:33

Hairspray you donsound like you might just be at the stage where t levels out? You've lost a remarkable amount and done really well!

FreeNiki · 25/06/2017 18:24

Hairspray how much weight have you lost since mid January?

I ask because I only started in mid January and Ive lost 12lbs. That's all. Not even a stone.

The problem is when you get in to the normal category it is much much harder to get weight off.

How tall are you?

My bmi is still 24.7 and i want to drive it into the 23 zone as I am a whisker away from overweight. 1-2lbs would put me over weight again.

FreeNiki · 25/06/2017 18:25

I bet since January you've lost so much weight whereas for me it is just 12lbs.

SpuriouserAndSpuriouser · 25/06/2017 18:50

Hello all! Hope everyone has had a good weekend.

Weighed in this morning and I have gained 3lbs during my holiday. Back to work tomorrow so I am climbing back on the wagon! Hoping to reverse the gain ASAP and hopefully lose another couple of pounds before the end of the month. That's doable right? Confused

HairsprayBabe · 25/06/2017 20:15

No no not done yet please don't say that it weakens my resolve!
I am 5ft6 and 11.2 is the top of the healthy weight catagory for me. Started January at 12.7 so 2st since then.
I was hoping to get to between a stone and a stone and a half into healthy.
I think I need to up my excercize, honestly I class it as a good week if I excercize 1 day out of 7!

DrMadelineMaxwell · 25/06/2017 20:43

Bloody disaster of a day, diet wise. After doing ok this week.

Back to it! :) Shopping for a healthy week once I finish work tomorrow.

FreeNiki · 25/06/2017 21:34

That is an amazing effort. If I had lost 2 stone since January I would be 9.4.

You should up the exercise but then again you can build more muscle which is denser than fat so it may not result in a huge weight loss either.

poorpaws · 25/06/2017 22:25

Niki I am exactly like you, just in the healthy weight range but if I gain a couple of pounds I'm overweight yet again. I'm finding it very difficult, I just need to be half a stone lighter for some leeway.

My good intentions have been totally sabotaged today and I am so angry with myself. I got pressured into going out, which I didn't really want to do and had my own plans, and then found it included eating a lot and everyone forgetting conveniently that I am trying to lose weight. I am such a people pleaser, so hate to say no, and I hate myself for it. It's going to take me ages to undo the damage done today and had I been firm and had the day I planned, I would've had a much, much nicer day.

FreeNiki · 25/06/2017 22:33

What you should do hairspray is HIIT.

Can do it on a treadmill. Run for 40 secs, walk for 40 secs x 10-15 times. Apparently incinerates fat because it peaks your heart rate over and over.

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