Feeling hot hot hot! But are we looking it? Can the Slenderistas catch the wagon up and lose 7lbs in August. Come one, come all!

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The summer is scorching. And so are the Slenderistas. We encourage, nag, support and cheer each other in to lose 7lbs in a month on the Best Thread in MN™️

Link to the July thread

Quim: ...as long as he's willing to take over the brunt of the weighing and faffing that comes with calorie-counting

And therein lies the problem, because he doesn't. He relies on me to do it. Still, I don't have a crystal ball, so perhaps it'll be fine. But yes - it's the difficulty of not having the support that I am most worried about in the short term.

Thanks Quim I am so proud of her and how hard she's worked.

You'te off to the States? How exciting! Where are you going? I LOVE America - and its food!

My first weigh in today with SW lost 5 lbs, am walking on air! thank you ponygirl and quim for support.

Brilliant news! Keep going. 😊

Congrats love!

And mini Boop on the a-level results! Hope you enjoyed a lovely celebration.

Am 9 st 6.7 this morning (60.2kg), so holiday weight seems to be coming off.

Thank you for support, if God had not invented bread I would be the slimmest lady in town!

Ugh stepped on the scales this morning - after a week of being good with healthy food . I did have one night out wirh friends but stuck to two glasses of wine and that’s all alcohol I have had this month!

Stepped on the scales and I have gained 1.5 kgs! How is that even possible ? :( I track every bite and lick of food on MFP so I know I am not overestimating what I ate or drank.
Btw NC-ed yesterday I have been here on the thread with you lovely lot this month

Well done lovesugar! Great result. Just be aware that ‘free’ foods on SW still have calories. I know people who have tracked what they used to eat as free foods on MFP and were shocked at how many calories they were eating.

Bloopity - frustrating but stick with it. Drink lots of water. Weigh again on Monday. It might just be a blip.

@cider thanks - yeah I wil fluff gown the water and weigh again on Monday. It does feel like I have been losing and gaining the same 2 kilos all of August!

Well done to everyone who has seen happy numbers on the scale.

Hello! Feeling pretty pleased with myself this morning - 12st 8.2! That’s 1.7lb down again! So clearly I wasn’t done with holiday bloat yesterday.

My loss is now 5lb for the week. Yes, I know it can only be fluid. No, I don’t care. I’m really pleased! I’m only 2lb above pre-holiday weight now

@quantumweayherbutterfly so pleased for you!

Nice work Quantum

Hello (waves), may I going the quest to lose 7lbs a month. A 2 stone lose for Christmas would be amazing.

I'm doing Team RH so 1600 calories, 15000 steps, 3.4ltrs of water a day and I weigh every day! Today's starting weight is 174.2kg I am very short and do not carry it well

Well done Quantum! Nice one.

Welcome Flapjackninja. I’m on 1600 cals too and aiming for over 15000 steps a day too. Just need to get back into it as was away and didn’t walk and can’t seem to get motivated. Can I just ask if you ha e given correct weight? Kilos or pounds?

@flapjack waves back - two stone bun Christmas is my aim too. Let’s do it.!!

Bun = by !

Wow lovesugar what a result, you must be delighted! Well done! I agree about the bread - I have long since consigned it to "special treat" territory, which is a bit miserable but it really is sent to test us.

bloopity what a disappointment, I'm so sorry. How long ago was the night out with friends? Alcohol plays absolute havoc with your hydration levels, I never weigh until I'm at least three days clear of booze because I simply don't trust it. As Cider says just stick at it, brush it off and try again in a couple of days, it's bound to be a blip. I'm on a run of disappointing (or as I think of them "UNFAIR") weigh-ins, and I know how utterly demoralising it can be.

Quantum and Happy well bloody done on kicking the holiday weight, very encouraging news for me! BOOP I'm actually starting in Canada and then noodling around the Canadian border for a few days, just a short trip but I'm so excited

I'm having my sixth Golden Day on the trot. A bit of gardening today, running a few errands, and the rest of my chicken soup for dinner. I was unexpectedly Super Golden yesterday - whenever I'm having a (very rare) Golden Friday I normally show some concession to it being the weekend and console myself for the lack of weekend carbs and wine by having a treat meal, but yesterday I wasn't actually feeling very hungry, so I held off. I'm feeling very virtuous about that!

I resisted weighing in this morning so tomorrow will be the moment of truth. My last weigh-in was that ridiculously unfair disappointing gain, so if I haven't managed to get myself down to goal this time I'm going to cry REAL ACTUAL TEARS and then drown myself in wine and garlic bread.

(I mean, I'll drown myself in wine and garlic bread either way, but I'm hoping it'll be in celebration rather than misery...)

Hello everyone!

I fell off these threads back in the spring and since then I’ve gained and gained and I’m now at 9st 3. It doesn’t sound like a lot but I am a short-arse so it’s a lot for me, and none of my clothes fit and I just feel bleurgh. I’ve made a few changes with work over the last few weeks, which for various reasons means I finally have the mindspace to think about losing this weight. The goal is to get to 8 stone, but anything under about 8st 7 is a good weight for me.

I’m going back to the 5:2 diet as that has worked for me in the past, but I’m also focusing on generally eating more healthily as that has really slipped in the last few months. I’m actually going out to dinner tonight so not a great start, but after that I have a golden week planned out. I’m also starting BBG on Monday, does anyone else here do it?

Anyway it’s nice to see some familiar faces names and some new ones around, everyone sounds really motivated which is great!

@Quim the night out was Thursday so maybe it still just bloat and I also had my periods this week. Am really hoping it’s just the hormones. My jeans that fit easily last year are starting to feel a bit tight and I don’t like that feeling at all!

Thank you Cider and Quim, husband and I went shopping today, he placed a HUGE bar of chocolate, lemon cheesecake and two cream buns in the trolley, somehow I don't think he is taking my weight loss seriously!

Day 1 of properly restarting BSD today - I have my dinners for the week already made so no excuses.

Quim hope your weigh-in goes the right way today!

Spuriouser I think being in the right mindset is crucial, you sound determined! What's BBG? Big beautiful gluts? Bacon beats greens?

Hi everyone. It's a bad weekend here but tomorrow is my back on track 11 day get back in track to start next month in a better place.

Honestly getting serious starting tommorrow and will be posting the effort daily...

I’m back to my starting weight of the beginning of the month of 9.6 (60.0kg).

It’s actually been exactly a year since I joined this thread! In that time I’ve lost 12lb. It’s not a lot (about 1lb a month😂 though of course some months I maintained/stayed the same) but it means I can fit into my old clothes again.

Another huge benefit is that my skin is so much better! I used to get horrible hormonal spots which are so much less frequent now. I think it’s cutting down on sugar and increasing water that did that.

Good luck tomorrow judy!

Ponygirl I wish! It’s an exercise programme, it stands for bikini body guide. A friend recommended it, I’m willing to overlook the name if it works!