Half a stone off in March

[SingaporeSlinky]

Carrying on from the February thread and new joiners welcome, fresh slate for March!

I’ve weighed in today at 10st 1lb so I’m determined to at the very least get down to 9-something this month! Ideally the half stone by the end of March when I go on holiday. Who’s in?

Have had a blow today. I'd ordered some digital scales as I had the old dial type and not only are they hard to read properly but I knew they were a bit out...

They are a LOT out.

I'm 11st 2. I'm gutted. 😔 I was hoping to get down to 10 by the end of the month but the best I'll manage is where I thought I was now. I'm going to stop adding in the breastfeeding calories mfp and hopefully I can burn some of this access.

Excess. I'm so annoyed I can't spell...

Morning all, I was going to weigh in this morning after the gym but ran out of time so will weigh in after work this evening.

Another gym session this morning (now you are smashing the minutes in Frida it seems I have competition!!) and another 1050 calories burnt.

I will keep you updated :)

Oh thisonebreath that is disappointing, but remember - you are what you are independently from the scales - if you found out that you (as you are now) weigh 8 stone, would you say, "ah oh, that's ok, I'll quit dieting then!" - ? I don't think so, no?

We don't do this (or at least I don't do this) for the number on the scale, but for eliminating the 'muffin top', diminishing the 'lardy rolls' and gaining not only a more svelte figure but more energy, more strength, and even more joie de vivre too.

And it's not that you are not awesome, now, I am totally sure you are, but you are doing this for your health, and to be fitter and better, not for the number on the scales. That's, truly, just a number. It does not define you now, and it has not defined you before, or in the future.

AmIWelcome - hahaha how long are your sessions?

I am working towards one hour x day at the end of March, then moving up to 1.30 per day in April (when working from home which I do 3/4 days x week).

I tend to measure my sessions in time spent on the machines and some times if I am doing a particular challenge, on distance. When I am the correct weight for running (I am about 1 stone and a half above it at the moment) then I run first on time, then when my fitness gets better on distance. However, at the moment I am trying to establish a routine to exercising every day.

Viva thank you and you're so right. I'd be happy to be this weight if it was all toned. But I'm an apple and it's all sitting on my belly and hips and is so wobbly.

It's not too bad in clothes at the minute because I can cover it up but when I look in the mirror in just underwear I'm not happy. But I'm in my 40s and have had three children. That and my previous bad habits have all caught up with me.

I need to remember it's not about the weight, it's about being a fitter, toned me and modelling good eating and exercise habits to my girls.

@VivaFrida - I tend to spend between 45-1hr a day exercising and that is genuine exercise so like you doesn't include any rest periods or anything. Annnnd if I wanted to spend longer then I would need to get up earlier which as I'm up at 4ish each day atm I cannot do!!

Also you are spot on, the number on the scale is just that...a number. I'm measuring my success by the comments I am receiving, things like "crikey haven't you lost a lot of weight" and then putting my clothes on and feeling how loose they are - these are the things that are important to me.

My weight loss journey is to make sure I am the best version of me that I can be. It's making me so much more positive, confident and I feel a million times better after being in the gym.

And every minute on the treadmill, drop of sweat and 1lb burnt is helping me to deliver that.

Had my weigh in this morning and I’m down almost 3 lbs since last Friday. Not sure how I managed that as I’ve not been able to do much walking this week with all this dreadful weather.

thisonebreath the same thing happened to me when I changed scales and it really hit my motivation hard. But at the end of the day the scales are just a tool to track progress, and not a particularly accurate one at that!

Do you track anything else? E.g. your waste or heart rate if you’re exercising?

I’ve found that the more things I track, the better. My weight may not shift much some weeks, but I’ll notice that I lost a little bit on my waist, or that doing a certain walk got a lot easier. It all helps to stay motivated

Hi all, I'm still here! But been stuck at 9st 9lb (a pound up on last weekend) because of my period - most frustrating. Have been sticking to my eating plan so hoping for some downwards movement in the next few days!

Oh no thisone how much out were your old scales? Well at least whatever you’ve lost so far is still a loss, that part would have been consistent.

That’s so frustrating on the scales - I would find it demotivating too even though the weight you have lost is still the same. Thinking of recording my the .1s of the scale now so when the weight slows down I can still take a 0.5lb loss as a success!

@tick I had oven chips with the mussels (about 4 points on ww!) but forgo the buttered bread to mop up the sauce I’d normally have!

Does anyone have any weekend plans coming up that will prove tricky? I’m going for a couple of drinks tonight but will hopefully factor them in

No weekend plans but I went to Costco today and had to try hard to resist all the samples! There were some delicious smells at the hot food stations, plus some pretzels, cheese, sourdough bread with bacon, and a few drinks ones too. Normally I’d get them all, but I walked on by.

Slinky they were out by about 8/9 pounds.

Oh wow! Loads!

I'm 9st 11 and want to be 9'5 by the end of the month!

Welcome pepguardi are you logging calories or something else?

Evening all. I'm incredibly lonely tonight.

Going to have a bath to avoid munching my way through the cupboards like the hungry Caterpillar.

I've got two kids birthday parties to get through. Not sure what will be harder, resisting the food or the gin calling after!!
Hope you're OK funky loneliness is a terrible feeling.

Just a quick update from me, weighed in this evening at 16stone exactly which is a total weight loss of 17lbs in 3 weeks

funky you've done so well with your 2lbs yay! Though at the same time it's horrible feeling the pressure of not wanting victory to slip away! I'm sure a nice bath and maybe some good tv will help be a good distraction. I absolutely love a bath especially in winter. I've just hosted a play date and did pizza for the kids. Urgh it was so hard not having any. I did pinch a few pieces of ham off it and hoovered up bits of cucumber and carrot to try to compensate. And beforehand I treated myself to a cup of options salted caramel as I figured hangriness and play dates aren't a good mix! whatthefox i hear you on birthday parties! i always need a way to decompress afterwards! thisone that's very annoying on the scales . Which digital ones did you buy?

AmI that loss is just amazing

It's just been hardcore exercise and literally clean eating, no booze, no treats! It won't be sustained at that rate but it's a good start

Hi everyone!

Sorry I didn't reply sooner.

I'm getting married in 6 months so that's my motivation.

I started at 10st4. I got down to 9st 7 but a couple of "treat" weekends and it's crept back up. But, I'm back focused now, I'm doing 4 runs a week and using MyFitnessPal to track calorie

Morning!
pepguardi congratulations for your imminent wedding, and not one to go weight wise. I am at the moment 10.9 and my "fighting weight" is around 8.7-8.10, that is 69 kg and around 56kg in metric measurement, [which I prefer as more detailed (you can check on 100 gr progress!) and in general I quite like the whole history of the metric system a lot more of something called "imperial" with its colonialist connotations, etc. ]

Anyway, up early this morning and just faffing around the house before attacking the fake bike. Will post later on progress. Have a good day all.

Thank you @VivaFrida

Have a great day!

Morning all. Ate 12 fruit pastilles yesterday. To keep under calorie allowance I had soup for tea.

Meh

Still could have been worse there a box full of treats I didn't touch.

And spent an hour side stepping on the Wii fit board as penance!

Was going to go in the garden but it just started lashing it down