Frugaleers talk food/fitness & weight loss 2019(2)

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Hope everyone can find us

Sea I’m dead on 15

Ah Wolf, you’re not so far off me at all! At a steady rate you’ll be that stone down in a couple of months. But ime, your head has to be in the right place to do it. I’m not sure what tips me into the right frame of mind, it doesn’t seem to correlate with anything obvious (I didn’t manage to lose weight for my wedding, for example, and I lost weight through DS and my dad’s initial diagnoses).

3lb is a good loss!

Haha motivational booting. Now I have read her post properly I see she wasn't asking. Soz curvy

Macros = macronutrient. Fibre, protein, carbohydrates and vitamins and such like.

Hi north and sea!
life, I definitely need the kick!

Steps today 10010, so just about got those in!
Food wise not so good as have had a few hectic days so will start logging again tomorrow. No idea what my calorie intake was this morning and this afternoon as had food at a conference, but it was lovely!

I will kick away then curvy. Does it count towards my steps. Might put my Garmin on my booting foot........hmm

Haha life, go for it!

Oh god I miss you lot so much!
Now I know I have murdered the other thread (I promise I haven't nobbled fluffy)...but if I promise to be very good, can I hang out here?

Steps are down for me as I have been feeling blue. Plus there is a dog in heat round here, my rather intact dogs are behaving really badly...so less walks. For me. Dp chased them for 2 hours today as they ran away, he can barely walk now. Silly sods, the three of them.

Have eaten a silly left over party food tea, which was preferable to a chippy (and more frugal, sob!) I suppose. Limited myself to 4 sugared almonds (I stupidly bought a kilo), and told dd3 to hide the bag.

Loads of frugal friends here now

Hey lonely, you are always good

Lonely you haven't murdered the other thread. Get your arse back over there

Lonely get back! Or otherwise I will have to do exercise or lose weight.

I ran 45 mins with my friend this evening, was spur of the moment & really enjoyed we've never run together before

YOU didn’t murder the other thread Lonely. And it will hopefully regenerate in time, if we can keep it vaguely normal .

Hang out here for now though... you are counting steps and fretting about sausage rolls, so you are one of us!

I managed 12k steps in the end. Not too bad.

Hey lonely. You don't murder it and we need you back. Sure hang out here for a bit.

Ended up on 15,006 steps.
No gym today, rest day.

How on earth do you lot get to 10-15k steps?? I can barely manage 6k, and it feels like I am always on the go. So far I have done 102, and am off shopping while dd1 volunteers. I bet I only manage about 3k.

My stupid spaniel is still throatily howling constantly. Quite glad I'm going out until lunchtime.

Great steps Life well done

I don't count steps. I have nothing to count them on and would only end up being disappointed

I walk to work and back lonely. It's an hour and a bit a day.
Yesterday was 30 mins in the spot. I made a decision not to take the car and walk to beavers. It's about a 15 minutes walk each way.
The difficulty you have is where you live you can't decide not to take the car. Aim lower, but for more than you do in daily life iykwim, that's ok too.
I will do about 5 on a day of in the house.

You're right life I have to drive everywhere. I suppose little things like the furthest spot in the supermarket all help though.

Yes, needing to drive makes a lot of difference.

3x a week I do the school run with DS twice a day. Each round trip (just over a mile I think?) is c 4500 steps. So that’s 9k before I’ve done anything else. Work days (in the office) are usually rather less as I don’t move much when I get there (don’t usually even take a lunch break). So it's just the commute and a bit of pottering. Maybe 7k all in. Weekends vary massively but this weekend I might not actually leave the house so I’m not expecting great things!

Steps so far today: 0 (but about to get up now )

I've had an unhealthy breakfast. Toasted cheese and quorn 'ham' croissant. It was a small croissant though only 160 calories and didn't add butter.

That sounds nice Wreck. Yum. I don’t have a step tracker but I suspect it would be woeful. Like Sea if I’m in the office I’m glued to a desk for 8 hours straight. When I work at home it’s similar except that I tend to pace the house when I’m on the phone. Most things require a car I am in walking distance of our town centre but what it has to offer is quite limited so I could get a top up shop for example but not a full supermarket shop
The hip also tends to be an issue. I’m fine walking on relative flat stuff and can walk for miles once I get going (paying for it later) but stairs are problematic

Morning all. I managed just shy of 15,000 steps, was pretty pleased with that. Matching on the spot watching the tv/listening to a podcast/dancing to music is always an option if walking outside isn’t. I’ve gone off strenuous exercise with sciatica always lurking waiting to kick in. My night out last night was cancelled, meant I only overate a wee bit as opposed to a lot. I think this isn’t going to be a showstopper weight loss wise. I was on track for 1.1lb down but I haven’t weighed since Thursday and did go a tad mad then.
As I’m out tonight, the aim will be keep cals low all day & steps high. I’ll either go on the treadmill for an hour jog or outside for 1.5 walk.
Anyone doing anything interested?

lonely I blame you for this!
I am 75 kg at the upper end and 73.5 after a night of hot sweats. My BMI says I am just in the healthy range and according to the NHS exercise ratings I am "active". This makes me thinks it is a lie.

I want to get to 68kg and stay there. It will make size 12 jeans fit easily and reduce the amount of accidental midriff that shows. I too have broken my middle with kids.

To do this I am going to go back to the skip breakfast routine. I only started eating breakfast when DH went to work at the same time as me would have toast. It became a habit and I put on weight. When I was young mornings used to be coffee and fags. Now it will be coffee.
I am also cycling to the station -6 easy to fit in miles a day. It is quicker to cycle than catch the bus. Also saves £5 per day bus fare.
Yoga once a week...in the kitchen gym
I am failing miserably with no alcohol..but I have reduced it down which is a start.