Frugaleers talk food/fitness & weight loss - last push for 2019

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Feeling very Monday morning, start of a new week and time to get the weight off. I can visibly see the extra weight on my face and mid section, very puffy looking. This day 7 weeks will be Christmas week, depending on what we need to lose we could looking at 3.5lb, 7lb, 10lb or 14lb down! I know these ideas rarely work but anyone facing setting a challenge?

fancy, not facing

Does good not. I'm going to stick to it for 2 full weeks. I haven't done this since spring.

Not that sounds like a good idea.

Definitely up for that, I can see the extra lbs on my belly, and that's not going to bode well for my dress on Sat week.

I'm not going to be able to push myself with exercise because I'm only just back feeling better, but food I can control.

I think I will do food shopping & Pilates this evening while I'm childfree until 8pm and that leaves Wed eve free for sorting out house for ds's party then. Hopefully be back to walking ddog by then too.

That's very annoying about class not suiting lunch break life

Great! Let’s give it a good go, to be honest if we crack the food side the exercise will be the cherry on top. I braved the scales this morning and I’m now 168.4, I had been 163.4 before going away and before summer I was around 158/159. I know a proportion of the extra 5lb is bloat but sadly not too much. The 5lb between the 158-163 is most definitely solid gain.
So I’m going to do my best this week - so I’d say it’ll be next Monday I’ll officially say what my target will be.
Imagine what we could achieve if we take it day by day, key here is not to have all or nothing thinking. If we have a bad day, it’s behind us the next day. We have 49 days to work with, if we manage 40 days consistently that’ll show results - and it gives us a margin of error for things like Christmas parties. Ooh I’m excited!!!

I've been thinking about it & my weight gain coincided with me forgetting about my commitment to gym 2/3 days per week & changing to running outdoors and starting to stay overnights with bf, because then I could have a few drinks instead of just driving home.

I hit 155.something in May and like not half of my gain is bloat and the other half is pure gain.

My gain is down to going away far too much and had too many weekends at home that were more like weekends away! I wish I could go back to the gym, I’m just so bloody scared of the sciatica coming back. I need to work on strengthening my back, I feel so jelly’ish

I went on holidays mid July and never got back into routine properly after that, and there's a bit of YOLO too going on!

Evening all.

Emm, I would like to lose 2.4 kgs, ( just over 5lbs) as that would take me to 75kgs.
I know that isn't a huge amount, but even that I'm scared I won't lose!
Do you think that is reasonable and will that be enough time?

Mine is because I took my eye is the ball and began to eat the sweet stuff again.
Food and steps hit today. I'm good with that.

I think that's doable curvy. Are you doing SW? I forget.

One day at a time not and even a " bad" day does not have to be full bad day. Just one meal off track.

Thanks life, no I'm not following a plan. Just trying to eat less but well and move more.
I should start using MFP again.
My steps today were 11531 and today was the first day that I felt I could walk a bit quicker since my op, so that's good and I'm beginning to feel more 'normal' now.
Just have to remember to not over do it still!

I think 5lb is totally doable curvy, nice steps today too - great that you’re recovering well. Yes mfp is a great help for sure, I’d be lost without it, even though it wrecks my head sometimes.
I’ve had a good day, just over 10,000 but in that was a weighted walk - just 3lb dumbbells but it felt good to do something. I also didn’t eat between meals, not deliberate but more that I’d feel peckish get distracted & not bother! Treated myself to a smart phd bar that someone had decided against in Aldi, left it to the side aisle at the checkout. I nearly choked €2.49! But it made a nice enough treat this evening so no harm...won’t happen again though. Early start tomorrow, food packed & the aim will be to keep busy. Day 1 of 49 down 😬

Sts this morning
Went over by 400 cals yesterday, I'm not as better as I thought & did grocery shopping & Pilates after work & had to face putting it away afterwards was late when I sat down to dinner & didn't make the wisest of choices.

Ds called out to me because of bad dreams at 4.30am & he's been snoring his head off beside me since, I didn't sleep another wink

Protein bars are mega expensive not I bought a grenade Jaffa quake one in Dunnes yesterday, pity I didn't eat it instead of dinner

Curvy totally doable great steps while you're recovering from surgery

1lb down today. Forgot to track my bread so 106 cal over.

Good effort curvy, take it steady though.

Thanks guys!

1.2 down this morning, now just under the 12 stone mark. I got so used to pounds it anaesthetised me to how heavy I was, got a fright yesterday when I realised I’d gone back over 12, at my heaviest outside pregnancy I was 13 stone 7, and it felt tough. Gotta keep turning this boat around!
Oh happier, you poor thing. I’m way beyond the night wakings now but the odd time one of them might be sick, I can’t get over how hard it is to be woken from sleep - shot in the head tired is how I feel. Even though I’m a bad sleeper, there’s something different about being woken by kids. My eldest woke around 4am for a good 2 years, I spent too much time with Barney (aka that purple f*ker in our house)

He'll be 6 on Sat not he's no more having a bad dream than you or I but he finds comfort in joining me and I'm not going to take that away from him, there'll be enough upheaval in next few months.

Ds didn't sleep a full night until he was 3.5 I'll never get that sleep back so I need to constantly mind myself.

Ya you do get used to lbs don't you I'm almost 11st 7, I keep hovering, need to get into the 10s and then rock my way down through them but stress of house sale/renting house/buying next house gets to me and I lose focus. Before I starting see bf I rarely went out and drank but now I'm enjoying doing that too. But alcohol plays havoc with the scales for me. I've wine bought for Sat night with dm, wedding next weekend and then a month until my Christmas party so will limit it to one night in that month.

The day is going well apart from low steps. Again no eating between meals unless you could me having my homemade soup with a slice of bread, then my walk, then my sandwich. A 2 course lunch if you will!
My new plan is to eat dinner closer to 6pm, I had been eating before 5pm and that just seemed to leave wayyyy too much evening to graze. I even my big girl to taste test tomorrow’s bolognese so I wouldn’t have sneaky blts (from ww, bites/licks/tastes)
How’s everyone else’s Tuesday going?

I've eaten loads today. I'm feeling really stressed and down so comfort eating. For dinner I did broccoli and red pepper roasted in pesto with sausages and cheese on top it was really nice.

My Tuesday hadn't been too bad.
Coffee and a breakfast bar.
'Pull pork' burger in a roll and lots of salad, no dressing, apple and an alpro chocolate dessert for lunch.
Carrot, leek, potato and garlic soup for dinner, will take left overs for lunch ttomorrow.Lots of water today too.
Steps 13618, will probably get to the 14000 mark.

I have parent conferences tomorrow, so will need to make sure that I have a good breakfast in the morning.
Talking to parents in close proximity always makes me nervous, so I don't need to feel nauseous on top of that!

Sorry you’re feeling stressed wreck, there’s just days like that and you do what you need to get through. Hope you feel better and your dinner sounded lush, not a thing wrong with cheese. Sausage & mash here, very yummy. Got a 45 minute walk in before dinner, so I’ve around 12,500 steps. I’m not pushing the steps too much as I can get too hungry. I’ve room for a snack even after having a slice of buttery toast. Dare I call it this early? 2 good days

Spent definitely an hour fighting my demons wanting sweet stuff last night & stayed strong, finished about 50cals over & was in bed by 9.30.
Rewarded this morning by 2lbs drop on scales, helped by a trip to the loo which was overdue tmi sorry

Gym emailed yesterday with 6 week Christmas challenge 3 45 mins sessions including trying one new class so I'm going to go for it & try circuits.

Well done happier, on fighting your cravings and your, ahem, losses😉 The gym challenge sounds cool, be something else to keep the focus, gets you out of the house & away from food too! I love circuits, time goes faster.
Down another 1.2 this morning, was under cals by around 90 so putting a bit away for the weekend - I’ve c. 240 which is a nice bar of chocolate.

STS. Also checked my weight on my work scales which are calibrated and they tallied up, in anything it was a bit less as I was fully clothed with shoes on.