Beware the Lindas of March! Slenderistas spring forward and March towards a 7lbs loss

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So, winter has us in its icy grasp as March begins but by the end of the month we will be lighter, warmer and, erm, slenderer!

Here’s a link to January’s thread

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Happy I hope your health kick makes you feel brighter - at least the sun has come out too.

Feezles in your place I'd just take it one day at a time. Plan a great Monday and go from there. Keep going, you know you can do it

Thanks Boop, I do feel a bit better already for hydrating myself with water instead of coffee&booze!

This thread has gone a bit quiet, seems like I wasn't the only one to fall off the wagon😂

Feezles this is your virtual kick up the arse. Get your shit together and stand up straight. You have Linda's to get rid of and moping won't do that. You are allowed a treat every now and again so don't beat yourself up about it. And I'm sure when AF fecks off you will be feeling a lot better (and a lot less bloated) HTH

Loving the sun today, not so much getting up at 6 foe work after dd had me up every 45 minutes last night.

Yesterday's roast cost me 3lb. Hopefully it's bloat and will be better tomorrow. I'm going to be good today. So far porridge, 1 digestive in a meeting and soup with no bread. Goat curry with veg rather than rice tonight, and I'm going to take dd out for a walk in the sling this afternoon. Hopefully kick start a better duet week. I don't want a double chin anymore.

Sorry your feeling rubbish freaked, hope you can get some sun in your face to help.

Majesty

Sorry you’re having a rough time feezles. I hope the work situation gets resolved. With regard to the “gain”, you’re losing the logic of the average. If next Sunday you’re up then yes you’re up. You can’t take a Monday weight at totm and take it as true. That goes for all Monday gains everyone if you treat weekends different to the week - weigh, note, move on. It should be gone with a few days of plenty of water and decent calorie deficit.
I on the other hand am up on my weekly average, it was expected and no surprise. So yeah, it is what it is. I’ll just have to do better.
Poor baby hoola, poor you! You must be exhausted - nice to see a bit of sun though, does the spirit good

Hello all! Really has gone quiet, hasn't it? I hope that's because everyone's noodling along enjoying the brighter weather and getting on with life, not because everyone's lost sight of the wagon and is hiding

I'm determined to have a good weigh-in this week, as the Easter weekend is going to be a shitshow, and then DH has got a "surprise" planned for April 9th, so that'll no doubt hold me back too. Making a prawn sir fry this evening to that end, and got 26.5K steps yesterday! Which was almost as many as leesmum...

Hello hello! I'm here! It does often go quiet at the end of the month!

I'm on track for a second golden day on the trot. Hopefully can keep it going till Friday when I'm planning a pub evening watching football. I'm a classy bird

Been to my running HIIT class this morning. It was tough but it's done. I have an evening sand DC and BF tonight so I might go back and do some weights

I saw you'd been stepping yesterday Quim!

Keep on going everyone!

Hope MiniHoola is holding up - you'd have been well within your rights to live on Maryland cookies these past few weeks Hoola (or indeed Hula Hoops...!) so well done on holding fast, especially with disturbed sleep.

Feezles I get a bit like that too - it can be really depressing when it feels like a small slip sets you back disproportionately. Two things to remember though: one is, as Not says, it'll average out over the week, and another is that when you're steadily losing, you do tend to bounce around a lot more, but the general trend tends to be down as long as you're on it most of the time. I've noticed that since I reached my goal weight and held it for a while, my body seems to have "reset" more firmly to that weight: when I was about 2 kilos up a few weeks back, I managed to get it off a lot more easily than I did the first time, suggesting I have my "weight" and then everything on top is temporary "padding" (water retention, bloat etc.). That's not scientific, but it seems to be a common experience - people talk about getting weight off before it "beds in". Still a bitch to get off, but it seems less sticky. Not sure how helpful that is for now, but it might make you feel better if you've been (as I was) despairing at how you're going to live if you can't have a single slip without your weight rocketing!

I was thinking itsgone super quiet
I'm trucking on and enjoying it

I admit, I was hiding a bit - nursing my bruised behind following it's much needed kicking (thanks, Maj and Not)

You're right, Quim - it's that feeling of disproportionality (is that a word??) that's been difficult, but I have to keep the faith and keep on trucking! Which was easier said than done yesterday, as DH's dodgy work situation, which has been rumbling on for weeks, suddenly got resolved when he got offered a fab new job that is closer to home and pays lots, lots more. I'd promised him pizza and champagne when it got sorted, and I couldn't back out as he has worked so, so hard to find something better and I wanted the champagne too.

But, I was very conservative with my pizza consumption and only came out at maintenance calories, so actually it wasn't too bad. I've been stuck on 12st 8lb for a few days, but in fairness, I would have been thrilled with that 10 days ago, so I need to look bigger picture. It's going to be a bit bumpy over the next few weeks with Easter guests, a night out, and then our holiday, but if I make sure the days in between are good, it should all even out. And I'm in it for the long haul, after all - as much fun as wooshes are.

I just need AF to feck off, and then all will be right with the world

Oh congrats Mr Feezles on the new job - sounds perfect!

Oh that’s great news feezles, what a relief. Yeah it’s a funny one when you despair about a weight you’d have been thrilled about a few days/weeks before. Look at it this way staying at one weight for a few days is usually the precursor to a drop. You’ve come a decent way, don’t lose faith. And above all remember totm messes with your head!
Company tonight, healthy’ish meal planned. Tired but there’s nowt new there! Got my steps in through a run earlier and v active day. Roll on Thursday, hoping my for no flight delays or drama

Feezles I'm so happy your DH has found a better job, must be a huge weight off of the family's shoulders! Pizza and champagne were well deserved for sure! And so glad you are feeling more motivated today

I think we need to call out for all of the people hiding. We can see you all you know, come back here!!

I'm still here (although I don't post much). 3st 10 down with SW since June, WI tomorrow night, hopefully will have lost another 2lb to take me to 5.5lb for the month.

Went back to work after mat leave last week and had lots of weight loss comments which was a real boost when I've been flagging!

Congratulations mr freezles.

Ive had a productive day, eaten well and not noticed the lack of snacks. 2 good days running, hopefully make it 4 before Easter arrives.

I’m here too. I don’t post much but I read every single day and never miss.

Very happy for the Freezles family, such a happy relief.

I’m just about on track to lose 7lbs this month 😇, it’s the first time I’ve done so well in ages/for ever.

I’ll try to post more but my life is a bit dull. Big news for my day is I forgot to wear my fitbit today so no steps recorded 🙄

Hurrah for Mr Feezles! Brilliant news, and pizza and Champagne would be exactly my celebratory meal of choice

I did chuckle at you're being at a weight you'd be thrilled with ten days ago - I thought you must've mis-typed as ten weeks! That's not a very long plateau! Easter will be bumpy for us all I suspect - I'm going to hope for a loss on Friday morning, and just hope to not gain too much over the next two. The endless battle to maintain continues...

My prawn stir fry was nice but very virtuous and crunchy, not terribly satisfying. I was jealous of DH's egg fried rice Between that and my kale smoothie earlier I'm feeling a bit like a bunny 🐰

Wowzer, well done paws! I know it's the stated aim of the thread but I've almost never done it - I'm praying for 2 kilos in 5 weeks which'll practically be a personal best. I haven't seen you on the FitBit challenges in ages, you used to rack up squillions didn't you?

I've had a golden day too even though I feel like I've eaten loads.

Well done paws. I don't think you're far from goal are you? So that's really impressive

Night all

I’m still here! Haven’t read through but 8 st 11 this morning

I am so pleased with 5lbs off. For weeks I’ve thought I was stuck at 8st12 or 13. I’ve had a few high calorie days - pizza with the DCs, lunch out with friends - but generally stuck to plan.

Will catch up properly with thread after work. Have good days everyone!

Wow well done everyone! So many great losses and golden days!

I'm feeling much better already. Started a bit of a health kick on Monday and I already feel the benefits. Lost two pounds (now 9.7, two more lb away from goal) and have been drinking lots of water & sleeping much better. Phew.

Thank you, everyone - we're all really chuffed

Quim - I know! It's literally been about a week, so it barely even counts as a plateau. I think it's annoying me because I still have such a lot to lose that I wasn't expecting to have to fight so hard for every half Linda. It isn't like I'm close to goal or anything. Either that or I'm going nutty with sleep deprivation, which is equally possible, thanks to toddler DD who has been inexplicably restless at night recently.

Speaking of which - does anyone else find disturbed sleep affects their weight? I was wondering if it might be connected.

Oh and yes - 12st 8lb again this morning. Surprise surprise!

Paws 7 pounds is amazing, well done

Feezles yes it does affect weight. And lack of sleep actually makes you eat more bad foods with higher calories. I watched a tv programme a couple years back (don't know the name) but they did a mini study and the people who got a crap nights sleep ate way more the next day and were more drawn to the 'bad' foods whereas the good sleepers ate normally and went for healthier options. Hope your DD settles down soon