Half a stone or 3kgs off in September!!

[cricketmum84]

Link to previous thread here: Half a stone (or 3kg) off for August!! http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/weightlosss_chat/3652424-half-a-stone-or-3kg-off-for-august

Morning all! Welcome to the half a stone loss challenge for September. All are welcome whatever plan or method you are following. I'm mainly following ww online with some intermittent fasting thrown in for good measure!

All I ask is that we continue the uplifting positivity and support seen on previous threads! We cheerlead each other, celebrate success and support through the harder times.

We had a great month in August with lots of losses. I don't know about you lot but the longer this goes on the more it feels like a way of life for me now rather than "being on a diet"?

Stats for me are:
Starting weight: 19st 13
Loss for August: 14lbs
Loss for 2019: 5 st 3lbs
Target for September: 10lbs off

Ready for September??

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Hi @MilesJuppIsMyBitch welcome back!! Hope you had a lovely time!

Thankyou @Onesmallstep67 :) hope you continue to enjoy it! Stepping down to that next stone down is such a good feeling!

@uppershopping that's an impressively low holiday gain!

@muddledmidget excellent loss so far!

@2018SoFarSoGreat as per my morning motivation - it doesn't matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

Welcome back @twobambinos

@Crazzzycat Your day doesn't sound too bad!! (Except maybe the crisps)

I'm closing the kitchen on a very very low cal day. Lots of water, one coffee with skimmed milk and a sweetener. Then the spicy Mexican quorn with a sprinkling of grated cheese and lots of romaine lettuce. Hoping for some movement on the scales tomorrow!!

I'm doing 16:8 so had coffee and a sneaky bit of muffin for breakfast, then leftover home made egg fried rice at 2pm, then miso chicken with peppers and onions at 8pm.

Have avocado and a tuna steak in the fridge for tomorrow but not sure of the best way to combine!

That does sound low Cricket!

10.2.4 this morning! Argh! I know I'm up early, but ffs why I am I going backwards! I did have one bad day, but yesterday was reasonable I thought. Going for a run in a minute and will have to try and stay low today.

Hope you all have a better start today than me!

Me too @tanaqui

It daunting to think it’s going to be 5.5hrs until I eat again.

In happy news I ran my longest continuous stretch without a break - 5min 20sec.

PUMPED.

Oh dear, yesterday was terrible. I baked sourdough for the first time in months and ended up eating about half a loaf with butter straight from the oven, and then made cranberry and oat cookies for the DCs' playdate and ate probably four cookies worth of dough straight from the mixing bowl. Really annoyed with myself. Weight is back up to 67.4kg this morning, and I'm just relieved it's not higher. Still a 0.4kg loss for the month so far. Just need to make sure it starts heading downwards again right away.

Need to get back on it today. The DCs are back at school today so I have no excuses.

I know that fasting is going to be incredibly tricky today as I'm going to be hungry early after eating that pure sugar yesterday, so I'm going to try not to beat myself up if I break early, but I'm really going to focus on getting protein and veg in today in the hopes of setting myself up for success tomorrow. However I do have a busy morning, viewing a flat with STBXH for him to move into at 10am then having lunch together to discuss childcare arrangements, so if I can keep myself on track until 9:30 I'll naturally end up fasting until lunch anyway.

Meal plan:
11am turmeric latte with oat milk
12:30 roast sweet potato and whatever other veg I can find with baked/fried eggs
3:30pm small bowl of stewed fruit with yoghurt
5pm dinner at a friends, no idea what it will be. Going to suggest a buddha bowl (loads of ideas on Pinterest), as I can prep stuff and take it with me so we eat early.

Also aiming for 15k steps again today (only managed 13.9k yesterday), and although I don't have time for a full yoga practice I'm going to make sure i do half an hour as soon as I finish typing here.

Honestly, I'm so cross with myself about yesterday. Such a stupid thing to do. I have got into a bit of a cycle of really stuffing myself after fasting rather than taking it sensibly. I'm hoping that being a bit busier with work and errands now that the DC are back at school, rather than just being near the kitchen for hours on end, will help me break that. Some days I find myself twitchily opening and closing cupboards after breaking my fast, looking for something else to stuff down. Need to get a grip on it!

PaulHollywood that's brilliant running! Well done. It's so satisfying when you get up to decent chunks.

Tanaqui as you can see, I'm not doing terribly well right now either. I'm sure if we can both have a couple of really sensible days we'll see a little whoosh each.

I love a decent chunk @hopefully

Morning all, it's day 4!

For all of you who are doing 10k steps or more - how do you do it? I do about 3k per day. I'm up at 6 to leave the house at 7.20 every morning. I get 30 mins for lunch that I usually work through as I have so much to do then not usually home until around 6.30 then there is homework to sort, a meal to cook, organise bags for the next day, wash and tidy up before I finally get sat down.

I know I need to make some time for exercise but I'm just not sure how?

Weight is still the same :( only 1 measly lb so far this month! Am so frustrated!

@Hopefully What's the turmeric latte you've been mentioning? Aren't there really good health benefits from turmeric?

cricketmum84

I make mine - glass of milk warmed with turmeric, cloves, cinnamon stick and crushed cardamom seeds. Sieve it into a glass and add black pepper and raw honey.

I used to get pains in my joints until I started drinking that.

@TheBatsHaveLeftTheBellTower I have awful joint pain and ongoing costocondritis. May have to give this a go!!

Enjoying reading other people's food diaries!

14 hour day at work yesterday, so possibly ate a few too many sweet things:

B: brown roll, back bacon with fat cut off
L: salmon, roasted veg, dhal. 2 biscuits
D: salmon sashimi, 2 biscuits.

Snacks: banana, strawberries, 2 squares dark chocolate.

Drinks: black coffee, lots of water.

Morning all. I had a bad day yesterday- good until lunch then cracked and started on office biscuits. Then went out for dinner. Tried to choose well so I had a chicken flatbread and humous but not low calorie! New day today. I have a health check including blood test this afternoon. I’ve had breakfast early but now have to fast. Wish me luck!

Well done @PaulHollywoodsSexGut on your run!

paulhollywood!

cricket I usually make my own from scratch, sometimes use a powder (which I buy from the health food shop). There are tons of recipes on Pinterest, but for fresh I basically grate a teaspoon-ish each of ginger and turmeric roots, add a cinnamon stick and a couple of cardamom pods, grind in a twist of pepper (it helps release the benefits of the turmeric, so I've read), maybe a grating of nutmeg. Simmer in a pan with a cup of oatly barista a few mins, strain and serve with a pinch of cinnamon on top. I'll also often make the fresh one as a tea with just water rather than milk, but I haven't tried that with the powder - can't imagine it would combine well!

Re getting my steps up - I made it an obsessive focus for a while, and a lot of the habits stuck. I'm self employed so have more freedom, but my time is fairly tight. So I would get up a few minutes earlier to allow for a walk before the DCs were up, even if it was just up and down our small garden a few times. Setting an alarm every hour and trying to add in 100+ steps each time with a walk around the building. Walking for my lunch break (you must take this! Such a positive impact for mental and physical health) then eating at my desk before or after, so as not to waste precious free minutes eating. Walking as part of my commute, even a tiny tiny bit, or leaving an extra bit of time for a quick walk. An evening walk with the DCs as often as possible, even if just a few mins up and down the road with DC3 (5yo). Eldest DC (10yo) will come for a decent hour long evening walk given a chance. Also I focus on the average over the week too, so if it's low some days I'll make sure I build in loads of walking on the weekend to make up for it, even if it's things like errands/shopping really inefficiently in town (walking to one shop, returning stuff to car, walking to another, returning stuff to car). Leaving the laundry basket at one end of the washing line and walking up and down the line with each item of clothing as you hang it can gain a bit!

Another 0.2kg off today (this is good for me) so finally seeing a 4 - so I am 74.8kg

Eating slightly more actually seems to help me lose.

cricketmum costocondritis is so painful - I couldn't breathe properly! I had it once and, after phoning 111, was told to go to A&E due to my age (I'm over 40). One of the most painful things I've ever experienced! I really feel for you. I'm not sure how good it would be for that.

I was starting to experience joint pains in my elbows and finger, particularly after playing instruments where your elbows don't change position much! I found I was having to support my elbows to straighten my arms again and warming them to ease the pain/stiffness. It really helped with that and I don't get it at all now.

Hope it helps

I'm doing well food wise. I'm resisting the urge to weigh myself other than at the gym at the weekend.

I think I'd rather get an overview of how I've done during the week rather than get hung up on tiny daily changes.

Morning everyone just a quick question I’m doing 16/8 is it ok to have milk in my coffee?

@BoBBIe09 - I'm having a tiny drip in my tea and black coffee (I don't mind black coffee but can't stand black tea) - someone up thread said no milk = "clean" fast, but given you're not eating anything, I think it's probably fine?

I can eat from 12-8 and I must say breakfast time when the children are at the table is a little tempting. I'm such a feeder though: I can't eat, but they've had a three course brekkie. 🤦🏼‍♂️

@TheBatsHaveLeftTheBellTower isn't it just! It's been going on about 2.5 years now. I have a constant pain in upper left chest, if you touch between boobs on my breastbone I could cry. I also have quite severe anxiety so the pain sets me off panicking a lot. I've had 3 ECGs in last 2 years that that all come back clear. The last time I was sent to a&e was when they finally said costochondritis. The doctor lightly touched a couple of places around my ribs and breastbone and diagnosed straight away.

There's a Holland and Barrett a couple of doors down from work so I'm going to go look at the turmeric tea when I get a break :)

Today is going to be tough, DD has been up all night teething. This is normally where I reach for the treats as I "deserve" the sugar and "need" it to get through the day.

Last night I had the last square of tiffin because I felt crap. Was looking after 3 children yesterday (the new job) and it was the first time without a parent there. Suffice to say they were testing boundaries. I was rewarded with a lovely headache. At least I didn't have to deal with a night of teething on top though!

This morning however I was rewarded with a 200g loss. So at 72.8kg I'm the lowest weight I've been in a good 15 years 😁

I'm also a fan of turmeric although I take it in capsule form. Anti-inflammatories that don't come withthe same risks as NSAIDs outlined to me by a consultant some years ago. What's not to love? 😁

Thank you scooby more coffee it is then

Hi all! Sorry I went AWOL. I got bloody suspended for a totally innocuous comment on another thread

My social life picked up over the past week which means I piled on three pounds Nobody to blame but myself and the prosecco!!

Starting weight for September is 11:10:0 so overall I have lost 4 pounds in August, which at one point was the required half a stone...

Seeing "Ex wot broke my heart" on Friday and have job interview on Monday so it's all stress and drama chez Blue.

I am intending to stick with the 16:8 as that had worked so well for me until I undid all my own hard work.

Morning all! I weighed myself again today, just to make sure yesterday’s dramatic drop in weight was real. I’m pleased to say it was!

I’ve decided to now step away from the scales and not weigh until the end of the month. It’s radical, I know, but I have found myself getting a bit too focussed on those numbers in the past, so I’m going to give this a try.

My plan for today is spicy bean wrap for lunch with salad and two tangerines. Dinner will be a homemade falafel burger with “all the trimmings”. That should still leave me with 400 kcals. Now what to use those on? Choices, choices...🤔