Lose lbs in September

[BustedDreams]

Following on from the previous monthly loss threads, here’s Septembers. I’ve omitted goal specifics of a certain number of lbs because as we’ve seen we are losing at different rates.

The support I’ve seen on these threads (and personally benefitted from 🙏) is awesome. I’ve not once seen any unkind or harsh posts. You’ve all been awesome 👏.

Link to August’s Thread

I will continue to:-

• follow a low carb Mediterranean diet as advocated by Dr Michael Mosley. It’s great for your heart health as well as keeping blood sugars in check.
• Intermittent Fast IF
• Calorie Count
• Eat Mindfully and address emotional blocks as and when they arise.
• Meal Planning
• Use a tracker such as MFP.
• Mantra is I’m not on a diet, nothing is banned, I do sustainable healthy eating.

How do you intend to lose/maintain?

Any tips you’d like to share?

Hi everyone.

Does anyone mind if I just sit here while I psyche myself up ?

What's up @sunsinecake?

oh ffs @sunshinecake

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@cheesenpickles I now feel I need to point out that I was saying FFS at myself for not tagging properly not at Sunshine!

Hope you're OK @SunshineCake

 I did wonder if there'd been something I'd missed then. Hope you're ok @SunshineCake

Hello. Sorry. I posted and then as no one was around watched tv with dh and forgot about my post. Sorry. Had therapy today. Was really hard but productive. But someone I thought was a friend did something that has made me feel very uncomfortable physically and then messaged to say will no longer take part in the activity we did together while saying they will miss me. I'm feeling upset, hurt, angry, a bit violated and stressed. Sorry.

oh sunshine that sounds really difficult.
over here i only sold 8 jars, but avoided the bakery. portion sizes on all three meals was good and 14,000+ steps in.
there may have been hidden salt in my supper...
have a positive day everyone.

Sending you a hug @SunshineCake

Sounds good @Knitclubchatter

Just steeling myself for a long day ahead. Food should be OK. Check in with you all later.

Sunshine, hope you have some good supportive people around you. I’m sorry about your (ex) friend.

I’m going to try to have a really good day today - time to get a bit more serious! My weight is staying stable though at least.

Oh and I had a really good moment yesterday. I’d just had breakfast and then my husband went upstairs with our son to get his teeth done and stuff for school. On complete zombie auto pilot I cut a massive slice of bread and put a load of cream cheese on it and was about to basically cram it in my mouth while I was alone. Had a sudden real epiphany and thought “this is binging behaviour” and chucked it in the bin. It was home made bread as well! I’m hoping I can just get hold of more moments like that.

Thank you all . Dh has been lovely. If I walk with my actual friend today I may tell her. She said a couple of weeks ago to be careful re this man and I assumed she meant about wanting to meet up a lot. There's been a lot of texts, some which made me feel uncomfortable and then yesterday. I've woken up still thinking about it and I feel like I have food poisoning. It must be the emotional upset as I don't think I've eaten anything bad or off. This person is a 70+ widower and in case anyone thinks I am being ridiculous, as soon as he did it I froze and felt like the child I was when in was SA by a person who was meant to be caring for me.

That sounds really tricky @SunshineCake and I'm glad you've got your dh as a good support. I find adult friendships as complicated - if not more - than when we were teenagers. It's all just veiled in adulty not saying what we really think.

I'm 0.4lb off this morning which makes 3.5lbs for the month so far. It's my last day at home with my eldest before she starts school next week and I wanted to do stuff with her but I've had a load of work that needs to be done come in. Feeling bad about it but she's been in such a foul mood lately anything we did would probably just descend into her shouting at me. I know it's just nerves and all the changes happening but it's so hard to keep my cool at the moment.

Hope everybody has a good day x

Weight wise I'm down 1.2 lbs since Tuesday.

Thanks cheesenpickles. I'm not sure what there was to say though. I'm married. He's nearly 30 years older than me and I have been kind and friendly, that is all.

Hopefully you'll have a better day than you fear with dd. Maybe go out to change the dynamic if she's stressing.

@SunshineCake that sounds grim, and I hope you can do some relaxing stuff today.

@cheesenpickles yep, DS was like that for the weeks before starting his new school. I have to say at the point it descended into talking to me with contempt he got a short, sharp response It actually seemed to help a bit though, as if he was testing whether normal service was still running and was relieved when it was! Solidarity though, it’s a bit wearing a times to say the least!

No idea what I am eating today. I spent so much time on packed lunches for everyone else this morning, I forgot mine till too late!

Good morning Lovelies

Arrived home last night after 11 days away renovating (feels much longer). Jumped on scale to find I weight EXACTLY THE SAME as before I went. I think it’s because even though I was busy busy painting I didn’t get enough walking in, hardly any really. I’m not too disappointed as I think if I hadn’t eaten healthy during my time there I would have gained. Which I don’t want to do. So taking it as a win.

Today’s menu is mixed vegetables pan fried in butter. Cheese omelette and salad/vegetables (using up fridge contents which we brought back with us, I hate food waste!) Some yoghurt, nuts, 1 coffee with cream, water & white tea.

@MrsJonesAndMe It’s looking like a home now. Some furniture in, mostly decorated and carpets down. Yoga is great. My sessions aren’t too long but try to get at least 5 minutes a day. Cat/cow, downward dog and a few other poses. I find they lumber up my spine lovely.

@Knitclubchatter great! It all adds up.

@doadeer what a pleasant surprise. Well done! Hope your baby is feeling better and you’ve caught up on your sleep.

@cheesenpickles Get you! That’s great, every bit of loss adds up. I need more steps in. If I don’t I stall.

@SunshineCake How hurtful & triggering for you. Hope you’re ok. Well done for not falling face first in a cake or eating your feelings!

@RiddleyW I’m like you, keeping weight stable, better than gaining. Well done on chucking bread in bin. I’ve still a stone to go and it isn’t shifting. My fat luvs me and won’t go!

@DrDiva do you have eggs. Always a great stand by.

Whatever you are all doing have a good one!

Thanks all.

Just back from an hour and a quarter walking alone with my dog. I've got an hour before I need to take ds to the dentist, then dropping him at his girlfriends before doing a small food shop and then I'll have the afternoon free.

Definitely a win @BustedDreams.

I've just had avocado with a garlic and chilli dip.

@BustedDreams I have to confess while shopping after the therapy I was thinking about what sweets or chocolate I could get, especially as dh had told me to get something, but all I really wanted was a full fat coke and as I couldn't find a small can and had forgot in the supermarket I had nothing. I didn't want to eat my feelings. I didn't want him to win. And today I'm slightly down so I am pleased.

Urgh @SunshineCake I had that happen to me and I was in my twenties! I was just being polite - it was a good 40 year difference

I haven't weighed despite it being official WI today, but going on yesterday it's 4lbs down in September. Still eating GF. Doing a roast, so lots of veg tonight.

Well done on all your hard work @BustedDreams shame it's not showing on the scales. I'm sure it will woosh at some point!

153.4, down .3
Reasonable portions and lots of options available so no concern about going off track nutrition wise.
Now exercise motivation will need to be drummed up...

Evening all. I'm out on my get steps up walk and trying to work out snacks for this evening. I've got about 600 calories and 7gs of carbs I can have. I ended up doing 18:6 today as the stress hunger kicked in. I've got so much work on at the moment and not enough hours to do it in. Still, I'd rather have too much to do than not enough.

Made a ridiculously simple but really tasty pork mince stir fry tonight. But it was surprisingly low in calories (400 I think?)

Only dh like the dinner so there's loads left for breakfast, lunch, dinner, breakfast .

Left overs are always good.

@Knitclubchatter I do yoga and tonight I went swimming which was very hard work!

I ate outside my window and had a small GF choc pud and custard after swimming. Was starving!

i got my steps in but the effort was lame, no real huffing and puffing.
food choices okay but a few things found there way into my mouth with no willpower to stop myself.
almost bedtime and i need to steer clear of the kitchen!!
highlight of the day...i've booked myself for a haircut...

Morning everyone.

I have a particularly busy weekend ahead so I've weighed in a day early, and registered a loss of 2lbs.

This takes me to 5lbs for Sept, and 18.5lbs since I started in July.

Ive never lost weight so steadily and consistently in my life before, and for the first time I feel like I'm eating right, and well, and like this might actually stick. 😊

Happy Friday Everyone!!!