Cake no cure for the summertime blues. Help yourself to a slimmer summer with the Slenderistas and lose 7lbs in July

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Well here we are again. Otters. Lindas. Babes. Buggers. We're all here to lose 7lbs this month.

Everyone welcome to the best thread on MN *

TM

link to the old thread here if you need it

Morning everyone - 16.11 for me this morning. That's 5 Linda's off now this month.

I've still got such a long way to go though it feels so daunting!

I also now want a waffle. Thankfully there's nowhere near me where I can go and get one.

Morning all.
141 this morning
I was 147 last Tuesday

Macaroon I low carb, and could not live without cheese or nuts, but I don't eat meat so would be seriously limiting myself if they were also off the table.

10.8 I recall feeling thrilled the first time I saw that, now I am annoyed it is more that 10 and a half... still that is most of the weekend bloat gone, I am really struggling to get in "the zone" again, only lost 1 real lb since June the 1st.... I think I was getting lazy and eating too much fruit in the day plus snacking and nibbling when I really did not need to, three weeks of golden-ness will be dull but nessassary, if all else fails I might have another go at the egg fast the last few days before my hols!

Brilliant lastqueen!

lasty how tall are you? I was also 147 last Tuesday, and would like to be 141 next Tuesday

5ft 7
It probably wasn't "real" weight gain last Tuesday but I was all the same having had about a week ten fucking days stuffing my face

Fantastic going Early and last. Early, take each loss as it comes, mini goals along the way.

Rejoining the gym later, will go for a swim after as well. I have been doing some reading to try and make sure my head is in the right place and I can get a handle on the eating urges I had yesterday and found this website www.eatlikeanormalperson.com
It has made me quite unexpectedly thoughtful about how my childhood experiences with food have impacted on my eating. I am going to mull it over today.

Hope you all have good days.

Pony I had a quick flick through that website on my way to work will look in detail later, looks good!

Morning. Too scared to weigh

lasty thats a fantastic loss over a week no matter how it arose and 5 Lindas down from start of month is also pretty good going early

I was 12st 8 1/2 this morning after a low cal day at work, a decent walk in the evening and only a coffee and dark choc after dinner (no dessert Quim ).....that new low of 12st 6 looks close on paper but feels so far.......

Guess you had a fun weekend BOOP

Wow, everyone's doing so well! Well done Macaroon on the steps and Smarsh, Early and queenie on the losses! And you too TV, that's a Linda and a half off overnight, do that again and you're back at your new low! At you being force-fed desserts, I'm just glad you don't have to fight temptation which is right in front of you rather than temptation that's just in your own head!

Thanks for the sympathy pony and lees - I do have antihistamines, it's actually chronic urticaria which I've had since January so am on high-dosage antihistamines morning and evening, but for yesterday was so hot and muggy that nothing could touch it! Being sleep-deprived doesn't help, and I always have a flare-up after a weep, so it was probably a bit of a perfect storm.

BOOP remind me where you've been? Sounds like a couple of golden days before you brave the scale is in order

I was at a school reunion. Which required hangover food the next day.

And guess what, I'm away this weekend too

Oh quimmy that sounds miserable you poor thing

TV you're getting so close again. Well done on the dessert dodge

Well we ended up not going to the waffle cafe as my friend was having a tough day with the kids so had salad lunch at hers instead- much easier to avoid waffles that way!
Lasty that loss is amazing! School reunion sounds fun BOOP, maybe leave it a couple of days before the weigh in?!

That sounds totally rubbish Quim - hope you are having a better day today.

BOOP sometimes you have to just maintain things and enjoy life for a while.

That's a relief Smarshian, although sorry your friend was having a tough day.

I rejoined the gym, yay for me! And then did weights and had a swim - MFP tells me I have so far earned back 705 calories!

Not golden but not disasterous day.

It's ridiculous, if I don't get offered shite I don't want it but as soon as someone offers me chocolate that's it

Bastard Smarties

It's not a lack of willpower last, it's a conflict. If you don't get offered there is no conflict.

Pony that's a way of looking at it! I can walk past the confectionary aisle 1000000 times in a shop. But if someone in the office comes over and offers me a biscuit or whatever I have to have it.

I can't stop eating. can't find my wagon.

I'm similar. If I know there is a bar of chocolate and it hasn't yet been opened, I can resist easily but once that packaging is opened, I can't resist.

10.7 thinking about it positively it is only 3lbs of my lowest weight todate, I hate how much it slows down towards the end, it just feels like such a grind!

Had slimming world stuffed peppers for tea courtesy of MIL and they were delish! SIL is off to Zambia for six weeks tomorrow so we had a little leaving tea for her.

Out on a course tomorrow and then I have Friday off work, must try to not nibble when I am in the house on my own. Toddler birthday party on Saturday, no plans for Sunday, have monday off work also!

Would like to be very low 10s/top 9s by the time I go on holiday on the 3rd, so I can over eat to my hearts content while we are away!

141 again this morning which is fair enough considering how many times I popped to the work biscuit tin yesterday

Stuffed peppers sound lovely Hairspray - do I remember right that you are veggie? I have a veggie friend coming for dinner on Saturday, I am thinking of doing a curry, any nice recipes you can recommend?

Squiffy that website I mentioned yesterday was really interesting on the feeling of not being able to stop eating and the messages the brain receives and sends out.

This morning I am back down to my pre-holiday weight of 11st 1.5lb. Phew. It's still 2/3lbs off the lowest I have seen recently of getting under 11 to 10.13 (and 10.12 on one wonderful, fleeting day! ). But getting there.