Lose in October Be Awesome in 2020

[BustedDreams]

Hello Lovely People

There are 13 weeks/95 days until 2020. I for one want to greet it feeling my best! Feeling healthy happy and vibrant!

So following on from the previous monthly heathy eating & weight loss threads, here’s October’s. I’ve omitted goal specifics of a certain number of lbs because as we’ve seen we are losing at different rates or are just happy to maintain.

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 Septembers Thread

Myself, 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 Fasting/IF
• Calorie Counting
• Eat Mindfully and address emotional blocks as and when they arise.
• Meal Planning
• Use a tracker such as MFP.
• Drink plenty of Water
• 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?

Come on ladies, let’s be awesome 😎

[Galvantula]

I'm just under a kilo down for October.

Let's go for November!

Thanks again @BustedDreams :)

[BustedDreams]

I’ve never had a Herseys @fallfallfall ... what are they like? Well done on the damage limitation!

@SunshineCake that is actually fantastic progress! It does slow down the nearer to goal we get. The emotional gains you’ve made will be a life long benefit and you deserve to feel very proud in your achievements!

@stoptouchingthat fabulous!

The November thread is running now.

[stoptouchingthat]

On 1st October i was 61kg exactly, today 60.2. I'll take that with a holiday in the middle eating lots. 😅

Happy Halloween :)

[SunshineCake]

Track*

[SunshineCake]

I've finally had chance to rack and I've gone from 12 stone 12 on July 31st to 12. 1.2lb today so 10.8lbs loss in three months. Pretty low but I'll take it. I can see how iv3 slowed down but the emotional gains have been huge and probably better and more lasting.

[cheesenpickles]

Ooh my mum's fave in there (oh! Henry)

[fallfallfall]

Well, with these and a broken bone I expected much worse than being UP .3 for the month.
I’m not disappointed, it’s so much better than I usually do (gain back plus more, and quicker).
I’m looking forward to November and improving the status quo.

[cheesenpickles]

Thanks for those fab links @BustedDreams. @MrsJonesAndMe I'm going to squeeze into a 4 year old's fancy dress and try and blag some free sweets instead of adulting tonight

[MrsJonesAndMe]

I'm convinced life is like that @cheeseandpickles, bored of being a grown up now

[BustedDreams]

@cheesenpickles Ways to help avoid self sabotage.

[BustedDreams]

Bless ya @SunshineCake . I share you disappointment. Same thing happened to me when I bought new scales. The new ones put 7lbs on.

You’ve still made massive progress in regards to your head space etc and that deserves 👏👏👏🏅

@MrsJonesAndMe Spooky toots back at ya’ . That’s a nice loss. I’d go for damage limitation if I was you but an eye on still enjoying myself

@cheesenpickles yes I think weight loss is in a self sabotaging cycle is common. See Here and Here. I think eventually you can overcome it but you need to be able to be in the right head space 100% of the time which is difficult.

[SunshineCake]

Well I'm an idiot. I have been misreading my graph and thought I had lost 7.2 lbs in October. Nope, I've lost 0.8lbs in October. I was 12 9 August 9th, 12 8 on September 1st and 12 3 on September 30th with October 1st weighing in at 12 2.6. So no clue but at least I'm heading down and have lost all the hatred of myself for eating when I am hungry as well as learning the signs of hunger again.

Hope that makes sense. .

[cheesenpickles]

My weight is still 2lbs up from my lowest but it's going back down again (phew!) I've not managed to get to the gym this week yet but should be able to grab a work out tomorrow and on Saturday or Sunday which is good.

Is it always like this mentally though? Like as soon as you feel like you get a handle on life/work/family and are in a good mindset something derails it/workload sky rockets etc.

[MrsJonesAndMe]

Good morning all, on balance I'm 2 1/4lbs down for October but those few lbs might be wiped out by my return on Sunday. At least I know I have the tools. Just need to follow through instead of making excuses.

Have a spooky day

[Foreverlexicon]

@DownUdderer that app sounds brilliant! I’ll need to get that if/when I start weighing myself.

Today is damage control. Going to a bit of a Halloween party tonight which involves cheese fondue and some sort of dessert too I’m sure.

I’m going to keep the daytime low with a shake for breakfast and soup for lunch. I’ll have some pineapple for a snack if I need it.

I’m going to ride the horse and I might torture myself with a Jillian Michaels dvd 😊

[BustedDreams]

Happy Halloween 👻 🎃

This is it it. The last day of the month. This month has absolutely flown by. Roasted veg and mixed bean soup for lunch, cod and veg for evening meal. Going for my little walk again too.

@DownUdderer Well done on your October’s loss, 8lbs is fantastic! I also have the Happy App. I’ve set it up so every lb I get a ‘fanfare’ . We eat similarly. Low carb, not keto, if, rarely have sugar or alcohol. I generally feel very good eating this way.

@Mungomango well done on the 19,000, that’s an impressive amount.

If you’re celebrating Halloween 👻 I hope you get more treats than tricks!

[Mungomango]

Well done @DownUdderer. I like the sound of that app, I'll have to give it a go! I survived trick or treating (pretty big in our part of NZ) and haven't stolen any of the kids sweets. Also, hit 19,000 steps today

[DownUdderer]

Hi friends, I’m down a pound this morning! I’ve got an app called happy scale, I think someone else has it too, it gives a small sort of fanfare when you reach a small goal and I just love it! It really gives me a kick!

@BustedDreams I’m doing low carb but I’m not terribly strict I just sort of do it blindly by eating what I feel is good for me, and pork scratchings just seemed ok to me! They were nice and crunchy, I miss eating crisps!

I’ve been and got antibiotics this morning for a swollen eyelid from an infection. I had a tiny scratch.

The sky has been obscured for a few days from Bush fires up north. It looks like mist or fog but it’s not.

I have been surprised at my progress this month, I would not have done it without the support here. Thanks! I’d better go and find the Nov thread.

[Mungomango]

Full respect for what you do @Foreverlexicon

It's taken me years to train myself to having treats in the house and not binging on them. Having a small amount everyday is the only way I can do it now. And I forgot it's Halloween tonight so we'll have bucketloads of sweets to add to the sugar stash!

[BustedDreams]

@Mungomango good to hear you’ve dropped a bit. You’ll need reserves of steel to avoid all that cake!

@Foreverlexicon Oops my mistake. For some reason i thought you were a nurse. Your job must be really difficult with all that’s happening in communities and gangs etc. I salute you and all you do to keep us all safe.

@SunshineCake get you Skyping ... I’m not brave enough to Skype or FaceTime or anything. I bet it was lovely seeing your son 😊
I’d missed where you’d said dd was poorly. I hope she recovers quickly.

[SunshineCake]

And yes, blinking rice flour is in so many things I could have had.

[SunshineCake]

@BustedDreams DS Skyped yesterday which was lovely. I love seeing him on screen.

Had a lovely walk with doggy. She met two new friends who were very funny.

Just had good chat with dh. Plans for tomorrow. DD still poorly but she got up and came down for tea and has had two meals today so hoping she is on the mend.

[Foreverlexicon]

@Mungomango I couldn’t cope with that! I’ve had to accept I really just can’t keep junk in the house. I can be ‘okay’ with it for days but then one day I’ll just inhale it all. Bit annoying when all I want after work is a square of chocolate but hey ho!

I’m police, not in a hospital It’s fairly heavy but don’t find it hurts my back/shoulders at all, it probably improves my posture more than anything!

[Mungomango]

Parents in law came round for dinner and MIL left baked goodies for us (despite the fact that we've got 2 birthdays in our house this week so there's no shortage of cake!). I've put them on the highest shelf so that I can't see or easily reach them. I know her heart's in the right place but it annoys me that she's always pushing extra sugar onto us and the kids!

Down half a pound this morning. Got a busy day shopping so will be getting my steps count in

[BustedDreams]

@galvantula Every bit helps! I agree about moderation at the weekend. For me just a little deviation creates havoc and the scales fast forward somewhat 😳 Then I spend all week trying to undo the damage

@fallfallfall hope you wrapped up warm for your walk brrrrrrr

@SunshineCake being intolerant to rice must make it really difficult as most gluten-free products have rice in. Hope you’re ok now your boys returned to uni.