New Year, New Wagon: the Slenderistas Resolve to Lose 7lbs in January

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Sorry about the crap thread title. I’m afraid my head hurts rather a lot!

Welcome to the best™️ Thread on MN where the Slenderistas help and support each other in their weight loss goals (and other stuff as well). Join in and lose the Lindas.

Link to the December thread here

kiki Team RH is a Facebook group (£3.50 pm, £15 joining fee I think?) it’s run by a couple, Richie Howey & Rachel Hepton. It’s really good, no nonsense/no bs/no fads and no excuses, he takes no prisoners haha! In a nutshell depending on your activity level you get your calorie allowance which is 500 less than you burn. You are expected to hit a certain level of protein/fibre as well, outside of that you can eat what you want as long as you hit your calories. I might be making it sound more complicated than it is, it’s just a way of learning to eat as a lifestyle rather than a temporary diet. Loads of people have fab results, and I would too only I’m a terror for weekend gluttony. But I know I can do it and it’s not miserable, it’s a great way of living, it’s improved my mindset dramatically- now I just need to do it properly so I can reduce my waistline!
Sorry for the essay, you can tell I’m a fan😂

I'll join. I've been sporadically dipping in and out of these threads but have lurked on all of them.

I'm back on MFP and 16:8 and have been aiming for 10,000 steps a day (have a shiny new fitness tracker now so no excuses)

Been up and down throughout last yr, lowest weight was 9st,5lbs, current weight is 9st,11lbs and I want to get to 9st,7/8lbs. I'm just finding it really hard to stay there; think it's down to my alcohol intake and sugary snacking mainly.

10.8 someone kill me that is 12lbs up from my lowest weight 9.10 in mid december at some point...

I have eaten nothing but cheese chocolate and cocktails since the 22nd so I more than deserve it 😂

Here is to a golden January all, first goal get back into the 9s

I'm still haven't weighed. Not near a scale while away.

I may not weigh. I may just get back on the wagon and weigh when I feel I have made some progress again.

In a way I hate Christmas. Gyms are shut, my classes not running, bad weather so can't cycle. Bad food.

I love Christmas, we have a huge family and me and my siblings are still the babiea so we get fully spoiled...

Got a super weird gift off DP he said it was a big surprise.... something I had wanted for ages... so naturally I was excited....

Ladies, he got me a..... (drum roll please)
Purple lava lamp

That is awesome hairspray. I would be chuffed with that.

My family are small and not very nice so I didn't even spend it with them this year.

I'd like to join please, not weighed myself yet but know I need to lose at least 2 stone. I was loosely following the 8 week Blood Sugar Diet which worked very well for me and also brought my blood pressure down so will be going back on that when I get organised with shopping - aiming for 8 Jan onwards to be realistic.

Hairspray it will be fine I'm sure at least your damange wasn't as hilariously bad as mine!
11.4 this morning so 1lb down in Jan so far.

Weighed at 11 3 and 3/4! Hoping it's the easy on, easy off kind! Will miss my diet mainly consisting of Baileys

Not2 Sounds like it's working for you and is actively encouraging healthy things!

Boop you are my Mfp inspiration! I know I've done my best work when I've kept a proper track of every mouthful, it holds me accountable and puts me in a mindful place.

OK so far the plan to avoid office snacks is not going so well; have eaten 4 Celebrations and 1 Fox biscuit so far this morning

I'm still well under my MFP allowance though and on track for 10,000 steps so it could be worse.

'Eeeeeello 'ello 'ello! I thought we might get lots of new faces on this one!

I daren't weigh myself. Today will be my first golden day in a week and a half and my God I need it, I feel absolutely awful. I'm out two more times this week for the end of the festivities too, so I'll weigh in on Thursday morning to assess the damage.

About to read back. at the lava lamp though Hairspray - is there some kind of back story (or does he seem to think there is)?!

Aww KiKi I'm glad it works for you. I'm on a 338 streak at the moment. It would have been longer but I missed a day when I was holiday last January

BOOP do you mean you haven't gone over 1200 in a year?!

Oh god no, I'd be 3 stone 4 if that were the case.

I mean I have logged everything I've eaten for 338 days, for good or ill

I have never expressed a wish to own a lava lamp Quim but he looked very pleased with himself so I have put it pride of place in the living room

He also got me less weird gifts but I think the lava lamp will become a family heirloom 😂

Oh BOOP that makes much more sense - I was wondering how on earth you'd managed that!

It's just so brilliantly bizarre Hairspray, I bet your face was a picture

I find that if I kog everything (even if it's horrendous) then I'm much less likely to change a blip into a "fuck it!"

I need to lose the 3 pounds or so I put on the last month. Possibly down to eating about twelvty million mince pies and about 5 kilos of Xmas cake. Also cheese.

Me too usually BOOP. Apart from yesterday when I ate so many random little things (like individual chocolates) that I got sick of searching. Then I ate a whole bag of cashews...

A blip where I eat a massive bar of galaxy gets logged. It never looks as bad as I think it will, which helps me to stop.

I keep wanting to giggle when I look at it but I have to keep a straight face as I dont want to hurt his feelings!

Very very weird!

Checking in. Thanks for the new thread BOOP and happy New year all!

I got a head start on the gym by getting back on it end of December. Went again this morning and have the same planned tomorrow.

Flying to London for a week on Friday and my main worry is the hotel breakfast. I only ever eat breakfast when staying at a hotel so I need to resist the temptation to eat a cooked breakfast every day. Advise welcome!

Egg, bacon, beans, mushrooms, tomato, beans. Perfect!

Avoid hash browns, toast, sausage etc. Also avoid fried bread —because I can’t—

I love a fry up.

Thanks for the good wishes and hugs to you too mountain. It's not an easy time and far too easy to comfort eat.

The house is still full of Christmas treats which is making healthy eating pretty hard (I make a mean Christmas cake if I do say so myself). But I weighed myself this evening and the results were horrible so I really have to do something.

I'm trying to decide whether to go back to 5:2 or just eating less all the time.