Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet, you can't have any - you're a Slenderista! Join us to lose 7lbs of February flab

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Welcome to the new Valentine's edition of the best thread on MN™ where we encourage and support each other to lose 7lbs in a month (though that happens so rarely maybe we need to change our USP!)

Link to the January thread here

Everyone welcome, new and old

How weird - maybe I was ill or something - you know when your tastebuds change when you're not well?! I can't remember if I was or not. I was so disappointed. Maybe I'll try one again and see if it's better - I think one of the DC still has one in their stocking from Christmas

Do you know any other bars that are less than 200cals? I've actually gone off kitkats since they changed the recipe of those. I'm not generally a fan of mars chocolate but oddly twixes are a total favourite of mine.

Sadly my fav of a dark chocolate bounty is too high and I can never restrict myself to just one half of it.

I buy the big bars of 85% dark chocolate at have two pieces of that - 102 cals for the piece I had last night. Rylan, could you have that with some coconut, kind of a create-your-own bounty? In fact they make a bounty spread don't they? You could spread that on the chocolate

Previous talk of bodypump classes did the trick and I got off my arse and into the gym this morning. Now fiercely hungry for protein after golden day yesterday and bodypump before breakfast so am currently cooking up a mahoosive brunch for the family while my arm and shoulder muscles tingle from weights.

Hmm, computer screensaver across the room is in slideshow mode and currently displaying family photos from when I was at my slimmest (while healthy) 4 years ago. Sigh. Still I suppose despite being 20lbs heavier than that I am also a hell of a lot stronger and fitter than that slim lady.

I did enjoy having actual normal slenderish thighs though.

Chocolate talk 🙈 I had a cadburys creme egg last week. Wasn't as nice as I expected. However between cadburys and galaxy it would be cadburys every time. Maybe because Galaxy chocolate is just too easy to come by due to having access to a staff shop!

So started the month on 10st 10. Hoping for a 3lb loss as the last few lbsalways seem so hard and my exercise is restricted (and I have no will power!!)

Have a good weekend. 😀

I actually have to watch chocolate now my wisdom tooth extraction has given me sensitive teeth and if chocolate sticks to some of them it stings.

Blessing in disguise I guess.

All gone to pot, drank loads of wine last night, ate pizza and feel sore today so have only eaten carbs today 😐
Will be better tomorrow.

What happened to the Diet Coke? 😕

Scrambled eggs on whole meal toast for breakfast then ran 5k on treadmill at gym. Peckish now will have some oaty porridge I think, then steak later. Have to pick dort up from a party at 11pm so that will help stay off the drink tonight!

Just shaved legs etc for the spa tomorrow. I'm so excited.

Had chicken salad in Nando's and a bit of DS's garlic bread & then a slice of cake for mother in laws birthday.

Chicken and veg and exercise biking later! I so want to break out of this 11 stone bracket!!

Beyond peer pressure 😂

Oh hello, just found this thread!

I've just started at WW (again...) and I want to lose 10 stone in total. I try not to look at it as a 10 stone goal though as that's ridiculously overwhelming - it's 10 lots of one stone goals. I like the idea of 7lbs per month as I'd be halfway there by Christmas!

😂 hairspray

I'll be joining you in peer-pressure-land, just had a phone call from a friend to go on the piss tonight but I don't even have enough cals spare for my diet wine 😱

Think I'll have to aim for a good average for the week... 😬

Hairspray I'm sometimes fairly convinced we're the same person

Any words of motivation for getting off my fat lazy arse and going for a 5k run while I have the chance to? Currently eyeing up a pizza and some lindt... Send help.

Pip that pizza and chocolate will taste sooo much better if you run first. Even better, the run might made you eat something else!

I'm off out!! Arrrgggghhhh I hate running

I feel sick. Running sucks.
Fastest 5k though apparently says my Garmin! 😣

Ooooh what Garmin do you have pip? My Fitbit Alta is just not cutting the mustard these days and I'm eyeing up something new and exciting. Also well done on the run! On Saturday's I do park run so that it's over and done before breakfast.

And hello grooovy! Welcome!

I have the Garmin forerunner 35 Naughty and I love it. I also switched from an Alta and it is far, far better. It's much more accurate and I love not having to take my phone with me on runs because it has gprs. When I bought it the guy in the running shop said to me that there's a reason when you line up at a race almost everyone is wearing a Garmin - because they really are the best

Well done pip!

I ate chocolate arrgggghhh

10.7 down in January - BMI only a few pounds off healthy. 47 pounds down since November. Will be back to my 9.5 stones for July wedding (BMI 21.7).