Phew what a scorcher! And that’s just the Slenderistas! Come and join us to lose 7lbs in July and become Hot Stuff

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Here is the July version of the best thread on MN

Here we support, chivvy and help to find that wagon and lose 7lbs in a month. Everyone’s welcome, new and old.

Link to the June thread

Fantastic Gower .keep it up and you'll be at goal in no time.

Welcome back Quantum

So far so good here. Kept within calories the last couple of days. Exercise could do with improving, not been to the gym for over a week now. It has cooled down here so hopefully should get back into the swing of things soon.

Koko I actually hoop a few times a week so I don't really get achey any more, although my feet and legs start to ache whilst I'm actually doing it, and I was really feeling it by the end of 2.5hrs! I don't really know what a difference it's made to my waist - I was hoping it'd tone me, obviously, and I do think it might have made a little bit of difference, but nothing really appreciable. I still do it though, because I figure if I'm going to veg in front of the television of an evening I may as well be a bit active rather than sedentary whilst I'm doing it. FitBit for some reason registers it as steps, so I quite often do it to get up to my step goal for the day. (I figure it's aerobically about the same!)

Welcome back Quantum! Oh dear, being outed sounds alarming. I've been outed twice, but on both occasions I outed myself like an idiot Hope yours wasn't malicious?

Well, the Golden Stint has come to an end. I'm still 600g over my goal weight I've only lost 600g since Monday. I really don't understand why this one's been such a fail. I'm 1.5kg lighter than I was last Friday which I guess isn't terrible, but on my last Golden Stint I lost 2.4kg in the same time period. Over the past 4 days I've only really had a green smoothie and an evening meal (on Weds I even skipped the meal!) and I've done over 95,000 steps. I'm trying not to be too disappointed: I should be able to get closer to goal by next week, but my dream of going 3-4 Lindas under Goal is still a distant fantasy.

Also GAH Gower so close now, well done! Keep going!

Thanks, Quim - no, not malicious, but it did still shake me a bit. I posted about some home improvement choices I needed to make, including links to my options. The person at the home improvement company we've been dealing with searched for their company name, found the links, recognised the options and emailed me asking if it was me. Which was a bit of a shock to be honest.

It's okay, as I'm quite careful what I post so there wasn't anything scandalous to find. But I decided to name change as I value my anonymity here.

I am hoping to restart my healthy eating tomorrow. I’ve been out and bought loads of fruit and salad and vegetables. I’m going to weigh soon, it’s been over five weeks since I weighed and I am very nervous.

Quim Great idea from you about swimming but unfortunately I can’t swim. Long story but when I was a child I was very ill and wasn’t allowed to swim and as an adult I’ve always wanted to but never done it. I once bought a swimsuit and it went to the charity shop with the tags still on it.

In flood news (if anyone is at all interested), And electrician has been and condemned nearly every electrical item I own. He said it was such a bad flood that he really couldn’t be sure of my safety in the future if he didn’t condemn them. I’ve also had a gas safe engineer around and I’ve now got a gas cooker which works, woo hoo! I’ve bought a new microwave and a cheap toaster. I still haven’t got hot water but I can at least eat.

I’ve been encourage by my insurer to make a strong complaint about the company they appointed to take on my case. This company has been absolutely useless and the only time I have got anything done (the drying out process, electrician, the gas safety man) has been when I have contacted my insurer not the company they appointed. It’s nearly 5 weeks now since the flood and I really have had enough.

I’m waging a war on fleas, I’m at my poor dogs nearly every second of the day and the one with the long coat I’ve stripped it down totally so that fleas have nowhere to go, it’s been an absolute nightmare.

I will report later with the weight gain when I’ve plucked up enough courage to get on those dreaded scales. Everyone seems to be doing so well, I’m so pleased for you all on your weight losses and I hope to catch up soon (although I’m all talk and no action 🙄)

11st 3 .1/4 pounds. And I haven’t been in the 11s bracket since 2011! So I’ve gained between 12lbs and a stone in just five weeks. I deserve to have put on every single pound. I’ve been living on fatty food, ice cream and chocolate.

It is going to be very difficult for me to get back down in weight and I know I’m going to need a lot of support from you all. My biggest problem will be sticking to healthy eating whilst having all this upheaval in my life but I have to at least try to start now or it’s going to be another stone. I’m feeling quite deflated but there’s absolutely no way I can carry on the way I have been doing.

Quim You are always so upbeat and positive, I need your wise words.

Hello everyone, I am returned from my holiday with the DCs - not Borneo or Greece unfortunately, just a Haven park. And while the weather was glorious, the kids weren't and it was a bit of a tough week. Ah well. Just weighed in and I am about 3lb up on my lowest recorded weight. Given that apart from wine consumption my eating was fine, and we were activeish, I am hoping it's mainly bloat - I didn't drink much water all week, just tea and wine!

paws well done for taking the plunge and weighing. The key is not to beat yourself up - you have been through a rotten time and stopping it going up further is your first step. Glad to hear that you are getting some new kitchen stuff, I know it will be a long road back to normal life though. How is your poorly pup?

Hi all.

Poorpaws - don’t stress about the weight gain. I’m sure it will come off quicker than you think. As well as what you have been eating your cortisol levels will have been through the roof which won’t help. Stress is a bugger. Fingers crossed things start to improve now for you.

I’m still on holiday. Didn’t do my walk on Thursday as gave myself a day off and then couldn’t do it yesterday as did my back in. Thankfully rest, a gentle swim and some stretching in th pool and lots of anti-inflammatories did the trick. Much better today and I did my walk this morning and another walk along the beach before lunch to get my steps in. Eating and drink lots though! God knows what the scales will say on Thursday!

Paws well done for weighing and for making a healthy plan!

Pony sorry you had a tough week, I know what it’s like when kids turn a supposedly pleasurable event into a disaster! Well done for not diving head first into a chocolate pond. Onwards and upwards.

Missed my daily weigh in yesterday but am 60.5kg (9.7) today.

Hope to break the 60kg barrier this week, and maybe even reach goal (59.0-59.5kg/9.5ish)😬

Hey all! The last posts have just been me but I’m soldiering on regardless! Hell, I had been plateauing since lasts Christmas so I can’t afford to give up now! I’m still losing, 60.1kg (or 9 6.5) this morning, I hope to see the 59s tomorrow!

Good luck this week all!

Hello Gower

I've been awol for a few weeks. Partly holidays, partly being poorly. So, despite a weekend and Vienna and a week in Spain, plus general indulgence, I'm 3lbs lighter than the last time I weighed. It's a summer miracle I tell ya!

I will try and read back now

Right – I’ve put my big girl pants on and checked out my averages. I’m not going to torment myself by looking back to this time last month, but week on week, it is coming down. 12st 8.2 last week, 12st 9 the week before. And this morning, I was 12st 7.6, which is 1.5lb down on last Monday, so that is positive.

Holiday is in just under 2 weeks. I can get back to 12st 5 by then if I put my mind to it.

Shifting our meals around is really working for both me and DH – normal breakfast, main meal at lunchtime, snack for dinner (if we’re hungry enough), still inside weight loss calories. It means that we’re no longer eating a big meal late at night – dinner was often at almost 9pm by the time DD was settled, we were both home, and we’d cooked something. It also lends itself to occasional 16:8, which I like, and it gives more flexibility to fit in exercise in the evening. This is important as I hope to start running again in September – achilles rehab is finally going well.

I just need to be fastidious about MFP, which I definitely wasn’t at the weekend. I don’t think my ready reckoner on where I was was too far out though, according to the scales. But I’m not going to sort things out pre-holiday by winging it!

Gower - I’ve been enjoying reading! Just weekend laziness for me. Hopefully you’ll be at goal this week – how exciting!

PoorPaws I'm. It surprised you've struggled with eating. You've been through an utter nightmare you poor woman. Well done for facing the music. Don't beat yourself up. What's done is done now and you know exactly how and why it happened so best foot forward and we will all cheer you on along the way

In other news I have bought the BSD book. I am planning on starting it in September. No point doing it in the summer, too much on - parties, holidays, festival, DD1's A level results - to get stuck into it.

I've not started reading it but, you know, buying it is the hard part eh?

Nice work on the loss despite the holidays BOOP!

Also well done on your loss Quantum, like you I find it works well to have my main meal around lunch time.

Good for you Quantum.

BOOP I have also ordered the recipe book so I can get back into properly after the summer (I am happy to maintain where I am till then). Word of caution re the calorie estimates for the recipes in the main book - they are generally regarded as inaccurate. I have made a few things and put it into MFP and they were way off. So I would work it out for yourself. But the recipe book is supposed to be more accurate - I will let you know if that is the case!

Thank you pony

When you say they are inaccurate you mean they're too high or too low?

Usually underestimated - for example, I did the portobello toast recipe (portobello mushrooms, goats cheese, pine nuts and olive oil. 150 cals in the book, 250 when I weighed everything and put it in MFP. Having said that I rarely stuck to 800 - I was usually 850-950. I used the recipes as a starting point and put it into MFP and changed it as I needed.

Ah I see. Thanks for the heads up.

First day back on the wagon and I'm STAAAAAAAAAAAARVING

Can I join please? Been a long time lurker and following the slenderistas thread helped me get down from 10st7 in Summer 2017 to 8st8 in Spring 2018 ... thank you all!! (I’m short btw so that’s down from overweight BMI to a middling one.) But I’ve found maintenance really hard (reintroducing carbs seemed to be the devil) and now hovering back at just under 9st so 5-6lbs up in the last few months. So thought I might nip the gains in the bud and join in properly to keep myself accountable.

I do mfp at 1200 calories a day & low carb and generally try for 1-1.5lbs loss per week. Starting mid month so hoping to maybe see 8st11 or 10 by the end of July ... fingers crossed!! Today has been 1070 calories so off to an OK start.

Hello Nina! Welcome aboard. You've done incredibly well. The power of the Slenderistas reaches the lurkers that other threads cannot reach

Hello Slenderistas

I wonder if I might join? I’ve been a watcher and admirer but wondering if actually getting on thread could be the push I need!

Weighed yesterday - 12 st 5.6. I have new been this heavy! Ever! I don’t remember ever (including at school) being less than 9 and a half stone. When I got married a few years ago (before lots of happiness ie booze and no exercise ruined my waist), I was 9 st 11, so I would like to be back for that.

Is that too big a jump to aim for? Am I setting myself up to fail?

For context, I suffer from pretty severe depression - makes leaving the house hard, and reaching for booze easy. Even getting to work Is diffivult mentally let alone gym where I’m convinced everyone is laughing at me. Plus my (excellent) husband has always done a lot of exercise as part of his job and is used to v large portions and booze - he’s trying to get onboard with losing a stone though

I’m going for a variation on slimming world (haven’t joined but low carbs, low booze seems a good idea). Am STARVING though. How do I beat this so it doesn’t beat me? Need to shift the weight!

hello everyone

paws i do hope things get better each day. If it were me I would definitely postpone all weight worries for another week or two

My results look like I have postponed all weight thoughts as well .

Back at 12st 0 today. I haven't moved up or down by more than 2 Lindas for about 2 months now.

In a way its good because 12st was a weight I wasn't confident of seeing when I joined the thread but now I want a bit more.

Taking DS away to a hotel for 3 nights on Sunday so with hotel breakfasts and a couple of dinners in their restaurant I can't see an improvement soon.
I think I need to work on quantities and portion control...Tonight I am having spaghetti (bolognese sauce provided by aunt) and I think the portion of sauce would be expected to do 2 people. I would normally eat the lot but I'm going to try and make it last 2 nights.

What is weight of a reasonable portion of spaghetti to have? I don't have kitchen scales yet so will make a a guess on proportion of packet I put in pan. All tips appreciated...C

Wow LoveNina, that's amazing! Well done on your loss. Maintenance can be really tricky, come and join us. 😊

You too Misericord - I think it's good to have an end figure at the back of your head but aim for smaller goals. Eg, first pound off, then down to 12, then get into the 11s. Lots of us low carb at least some of the time so definitely post here for advice, support and all manner of shenanigans. Sorry to hear you are suffering from depression, it is an absolute bugger.

It is funny TV how our expectations change as we reach the weight that we strive for and bypass it! You have done brilliantly so don't lose sight of that. I would bulk up your bolognese with loads of veg so it can fill you up for two nights. It's really easy to overdo the pasta so underestimate rather than over. And get yourself some cheap scales from Argos! Don't worry too much about your eating while you're away with DS.