Half a stone off (or 3kg) in June

[cricketmum84]

Following on from previous themread and on the lovely @VivaFridas behalf I welcome you all to half a stone off for June!

Welcome to all and good luck for the month ahead. I hereby promise to inject a little enthusiasm into each morning and stay away from the Greggs Vegan rolls.

Old and new joiners welcome, whatever diet or exercise plan you are following. All I ask for is positivity towards others even if we are feeling a bit meh about ourselves.

Who's in and ready for day 1 tomorrow!

@cricketmum84 it could well be all that tension making itself known in your shoulders and back plus your body is readjusting itself - that's a phenomenal weight loss and your body will need to adjust and re-align! . I've found yoga (with Adrienne on YouTube) and mindfulness (headspace) are absolutely brilliant.
With yoga I went from daily / constant back and shoulder pain to a very occasional ache. It's almost miraculous it's part of my routine for life now. My vision is to be a lithe bendy , slightly bonkers old lady riding round my locale on a bicycle . Right now I'm the middle aged version but with a slightly bigger bum than I'd like.

Just weighed myself 61.6 wooooo! That smaller arse is on its way !

Thankyou everyone for sharing and keeping me motivated.

Oh verbrithien part of my job is arranging the invigilation schedule where I work, I'm always glad I don't have to actually do it myself!
I just had a sneaky weigh this morning as yesterday was my first day back on it properly after illness etc and I'm down to 13st 13 3/4! I won't count it as a proper weigh in until next Wednesday but I'm very motivated now to make sure I'm still under that 14 stone mark by then.
I'm listening to a really interesting podcast about forming habits and how long it takes to make doing something so embedded it becomes unconscious - it can be nearly a year! And how the key to breaking habits is removing or changing the 'cue' that triggers them.

Morning all
I agree about the tension causing pain especially in neck head and shoulders. I tend to hold all mine there and I have to make a really conscious effort to drop my shoulders more.
That is an amazing loss cricket You must be so proud of yourself.
I am currently roasting some chickpeas to snack on later. I have never done this before but thought it could be tasty.
My plan today is
Veg strudel leftovers for lunch
Falafel pitta and roasted veg for dinner
Snacks will be mini cheddars, fruit and hopefully the chickpeas if they work.

Thank you for this thread. It is helping to keep me focused every day.

I hope everyone has a good day and those feeling I'll wether mentally or physically have a better day today.

Gosh I lost this thread for a bit and just found it! I blame my new phone!
Anyway I started really well then had a bad day at work and ate loads of crap. This escalated into the weekend and the following week but as of Monday I’m back on it and so far doing well although it’s only Thursday morning!
I’ve downloaded my fitness pal so I’m hoping that will help.
Also making myself do my 10,000 steps a day even if it means jogging on the spot in front of the tv
Well done to all of you who have kept on track.

Cricket I had an awful pain in my neck last week after sleeping funny. It took almost a week to feel normal again. Swimming helped, especially back stroke, I think for stretching it back out again.
I’m having a tough few days with the kids. They are being little terrors. Yesterday my son climbed up a chair, onto the dinner table and then picked up and threw a crystal glass. It shattered into a thousand pieces. I then had to shut him out of the room while I cleaned it all away, while he screamed the whole time. The most annoying thing about it was, I was doing the washing up at the time and had an eye on him, but just couldn’t get there in time.
I’m doing really well in the evenings with my banana and warm milk combo. After 13 days I’m starting to feel positive that I’ve broken the sweet binge habit once the kids are in bed. My tum feels slightly less bloated and I’m actually looking forward to weighing in tomorrow morning.
Good luck today everyone.

Aw @cricketmum84 I hope you’re okay! I wonder if you’ve just slept on your arm funny - or have you had that before?

You’re right about thinking about the bigger picture, I’ve lost 200g total this week and it’s making me feel a bit 🙄 because I’ve worked quite hard this week to keep within cals.

Today’s food:
B: Alpen and yoghurt
L: Chicken salad
D: Haven’t decided, was supposed to be going to a friends but don’t think I am anymore. If not I’ll try and get out for a run, don’t want to buy anything that won’t get used up as I am away over the weekend...
Snacks: Latte, Maltesers, hot chocolate, mini babybel light

I seriously need some motivation to stay on track today - just keep thinking about in 6 months time I guess

Ooh on the positive side - I'm in a size 16 top today!!!

cricketmum I had that problem with 3lbs going off and back again recently - I swear it's stress related! Have managed to break through that but it has involved salad for lunch nearly every day! Hope you feel better soon.

Morning all! Finally, we are seeing some progress this month. I had a good feeling this morning so hopped and the scale and I'd broke into the 122's! Vegetarian week and 45 minute walks are having the desired effect! Here's what the month looks like;

*3/6/2019: 123.3kg

4/6/2019: 123.1kg

10/6/2019: 123.4kg*
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13/6/2019: 122.6kg*
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Loss so far in June:* 0.7kg *

Weight at beginning of 2019: 142.9kg
Total loss so far:* 20.3 kg (3.197 stones/44.754lbs)

And that's me over 20kg lost as well. I has a proud.

Just need to carry this on and maybe June's loss won't be so dismal after all!

Could you have slept on your arm cricket? And congrats on the size 16 top!

1lb loss today...but I was a bit useless yesterday and didn’t eat enough. I did manage to resist nicking a slice of DS’s pizza...came very close but will power kicked in at the last minute!

Love the quotes on this thread, great reminders to keep plugging away at it.

I was supposed to do some yoga this morning (I saw someone else mention Adrienne, love her!) but am being lazy and having a sofa day instead - the weather is hideous.

B: coffee with milk
L: 3 crackers with butter and Boursin
D: the bean burger I was supposed to have yesterday
S: honey yoghurt and pineapple.

Good morning
Weight is stable at 59.3
No exercise today as I have a pretty hectic schedule ahead but will try to be good with food even if I won't be home until 9 tonight and left at 7.45
Good luck everybody

Morning everyone,
Still have not weighed myself, Mother Nature will be calling soon so I’m bloated AF!
B - Light and free Greek style yoghurt pot + 1 banana and a cup of tea.
L - frittata
D - no clue yet, possibly salad and chicken.

Have good days everyone

Today:

B: Cornflakes (100 Cal)
L: Biscuits (320 Cal)
D: Vegan Chilli (550 Cal)
Snacks: Biscuits (150-200 Cal)
Exercise: 3 miles walking

Back on the scales this morning and they’re showing a small gain of around a pound. I don’t think that’s too bad considering all the cake I’ve been eating these past few days. And with any luck, that extra weight won’t hang around for too long.

Most of the rest of this month will be dominated by visiting a whole bunch of university open days. I’m so not looking forward to that. It takes a lot of energy for me to manage my anxiety while traveling around, so I expect the next few weeks to be draining. No idea how I’m going to manage, but will try not to resort to comfort eating

I’m on the brink of having a sod it day but I can tell it’ll be one of those where if I do say sod it I’ll then be annoyed with myself that I’ve sodded it! If I’m going to be irritable either way I might as well just stick to plan.

I think this might be progress for me and my emotional eating habits...

Sounds like definite progress @Lookingforpizza hope you've avoided the sod it gremlin. Was at risk of it myself earlier as allowed myself to get too hungry - my 14 month old ate her share of banana after swimming then dropped mine in puddle on floor! Have had soup and toast now and feeling better.
Starting to accept I wont make it into my size 10 dresses I have earmarked for brothers wedding so ordered a 12 online, hope it fits but have 5 more weeks to go.
Hope everyone has a good day

Thanks for the recipe idea, Lucky, sounds tasty. I do love cheese!

Weighed again this AM, no change for three days. I've decided I need to take a step back. Struggling with feeling ill. Body really craving high energy foods, and yesterday for the first time in 7 weeks I just caved and stuffed a load of crackers in my face to get me through until dinner. I'm finding myself agonising over eating too much food even though my body is telling me it needs it and I think eating low cals when you're ill isn't great for recovery. Not in a good place in my head, I'm worried about how much I'm internally berating myself for eating extra calories or not sticking to my "plan" and it's making me feel shit.

Sooo, giving myself a few days of no counting cals, no weighing myself (or my portions), no food forbidden until I start to feel better. Going to enjoy some of the homemade meals in the freezer I cooked before starting diet which are defo not low calorie, and come back hopefully feeling more physically able and more mentally positive in a few days.

I'm feeling mentally strong but realise my weeks consist of too many opportunities to veer off the straight and narrow (food wise). My life is quite dull (recently divorced) so when I go out I struggle to eat sensibly. I don't go crazy, but I certainly don't stick to 1100-1200 calories per day which is what I need if I'm going to lose weight faster. I have book club tonight and so I've been trying to eat every little all day so I can be relaxed about what I order (we always meet in a local pub). Just not sure if that's the best approach.

A pp mentioned that when you're unwell you need to let go à little and I agree @Wellthatwastricky
Don't despair, the horrible weather is not helping with the cravings
Rest your mind and body until you're ready x

So today was as expected a not so great day diet wise
I had a tuna sandwich from Paul bakery (650 cal) and a gourmandise (400+ cal)
It was yum but doesn't leave much room for dinner.
Good luck everybody x

@DeadButDelicious that's awesome. Joining you in a little dance

wellthatwastricky I think you've got too much else to worry about when you are ill to stress about your diet too. Just come back to it when you are well enough. I think Michael Mosley said, it's not one meal or even one day of over eating that makes you fat, it's what you do habitually and that's the same for losing weight/maintaining weight too.

There are some truly inspirational losses on this thread. You must feel transformed. And even those who have only lost a few pounds must notice it. I know I do!
This week won't be a loss for me. I had forgotten I was going to a fancy pants French restaurant last night where, as well as what you order, they bring amuse bouches & other lovely little extras and everything is oozing butter so it's not conducive to calorie watching!

Well, I've now come down with a summer cold and a UTI and feel rubbish! Had my planned breakfast and dinner, but after my doctor's appointment, had to walk past the chippy. So, just shared a small packet of chips with my DD (they did taste lovely). Off to bed as soon as I can get her up the stairs. Hoping tomorrow is a better day, and the antibiotics kick in soon.

And who just had half a chicken kebab wrap??? Meeee
Dammit