Lose 7lbs/3kg per month - The January Thread

[cricketmum84]

Hello lovely losers!

Welcome to the January edition of "lose 7lbs or 3kgs a month" link to previous thread is here

Lose 7lbs/3kgs a month! The December instalment! http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/weightlosss_chat/3756861-lose-7lbs-3kgs-a-month-the-december-instalment

All are welcome here, oldies, newbies, lurkers and watchers. There is a huge range of starting weights and weight loss methods.

All I ask for is the same positivity and support that we have seen on every thread so far.

My stats are:
Starting weight: 18.13
Jan target: 18.6
Loss for December: maintained
Loss so far: 6 stone 5lbs

I'll be following 16:8 and WW purple plan.

Let's get ready to smash January! (As soon as the cheese and trifles have gone 😂)

Thanks for the sympathy. She's not making any progress (cat) so expecting to lose her tomorrow. Feel so sorry for dd, they were best friends.

Weight stuck at 13 stone and half a pound. 30g porridge with a spoonful of greek yog and some blueberries this morning.

Well done all. Tumbled off my plateau scales now down to 10 stone! This is great as was 11 stone 9 in October. Bmi was 27 now 21. Was 76 kg now 63kg.
Would like to lose a pound or so more but for me now it’s maintenance. My pledge to myself is to stay below 10 stone for the rest of my life. I feel so much better mentally and physically (albeit abit hungry) the fleeting pleasures of all the biscuits chocolate and cake I used to have aren’t worth it.

Well done! That's fab!

Well done MsT ! What WOE have you been following?

I am struggling today. I've already eaten a creme egg . DSIS bought one for DS but he doesn't like them so it's been sitting calling to me since Christmas. Today I gave in.

Broadly Michael Mosley 16 / 8
Most days don’t eat anything until an early lunch 11/12 ish
One hours turbo biking with some weights first thing most days (do in house watching tv so I don’t mind)
Normal lunch usually veg in soy sauce or soup maybe fish cake and salad on small plate
No snacks except ryvita type crackers carrots
Normal dinner eaten early again on small plate and home cooked healthy not processed
No evening snacking which means basically fast for 16 hours
Relax abit at weekends have wine breakfast etc
Previously ate lots of biscuits cake and chocolate as wfh. Stopped all that

Got a last minute ticket to hear Tom Kerridge speak tonight. Will report back if any useful tips.

Nicely done on the losses.

I don't need to know that creme eggs are in the shops!

I saw creme eggs earlier.

Do sweet cravings get easier?

Winter salad I like,

Roasted beetroot, roast in skin so don’t need oil. Then when it’s cooked, peel and cut into sticks and put a little horseradish sauce on it. Then add that to grated carrot, cucumber, lettuce and a little (vegan) soft cheese and any additional veg. I find just by having one warm/hot ingredient doesn’t make it like a summertime salad and more edible/special. Beetroot nice and sweet too. If you can’t find uncooked beetroot can buy a bag of cooked and heat up in grease proof paper so it doesn’t dry out.

Have more motivation today to avoid those pesky carbs and drinking more water. Phew.

Lots of activity this morning here! Hi everyone.

Sending lots of virtual hugs to @Vebrithien.

Aw @Trewser, I had the same when I was younger, my cat and I were pals so it was really sad for me when he passed away. Kept being a cat person though, we currently have two

@AdventureTravelDreamer that sounds interesting, which channel was the Tom Kerridge programme on?

Congratulations @DownUdderer and @MsTSwift really great losses!

It’s interesting how a lot of us have similar weight goals - I’ve also based mine on the upper end of the healthy BMI. At my slimmest (we’re talking many years ago, in my adolescence) I was 130lb, which is 9st 4lb. For my height that is in the upper half anyway of BMI, I’ve never been lower than that. I’m currently aiming for 145lb which is at the top end of healthy BMI for me but was also what I weighed pre-pregnancy, and I felt and looked good. Once I get there we’ll see if I gradually lose anymore (I’d like to get closer to 140lb so I’m not teetering on the edge of overweight if I have a big meal!), but that would be much more relaxed.

Weight looks so different on everyone, this isn’t meant to sound bragging at all (that’s very much not me!) but when I was slimmer if, for whatever reason, weight was discussed my friends didn’t believe me when I said my weight - as in, they thought it sounded too heavy. But I have an hourglass figure, gain most weight on my bum/hips/thighs, I don’t wear very fitted/tight clothes (I like feeling very comfortable, even in smart occasion clothes or office wear) and I dress for my shape. As a result my larger areas aren’t noticeable but I have a more noticeable waist and don’t gain loads on my arms and face (I do gain there ultimately, just not quickly, goes to the hips first!).

DH’s family are almost all apple shaped, incredibly slim on arms, legs, face but gain very easily around the waist, which can make you look bigger even though the rest of you is so slim. DH is very health conscious and has to keep his BMI under 23 in order for his waist/stomach to look normal, but has to do exercise to bulk his arms and legs slightly - not interested in being a body builder, he’s just looking for some proportion! The women in his family find it especially hard, I think because there is a perspective that women should have smaller waists, whereas men are sort of expected/normal to have a bit of a tummy. A number of them have struggled with eating disorders in the past as a result thankfully not now though and they are all focused on health instead of just appearance now

Trewser sorry about your cat.
Great loss JontyDoggle37
Keeping fingers crossed for you Vebrithien
Around 1275 cals yesterday and down 0.2lbs.

Forgot to add, tried a new ‘cereal’ today! It’s by Keto Hana, it’s pretty much just an assortment of nuts/seeds, with coconut oil and a natural low carb sweetener (erithrytol and steviol glycosides, for anyone doing low carb this is probably the most common sweetener; a natural by-product I believe, which isn’t absorbed by the body and doesn’t spike blood sugar). The one I tried today is cinnamon, with almonds, coconut, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds and hazelnuts.

Was considering making something like this, but thought I would outsource to determine whether I actually like it - it’s not cheap, about £6.99 I think, but I had a discount and figured it would help me figure out if I like it without the initial outlay of ingredients and baking that homemade would require!

So far I think it’s nice, had it with full fat natural yoghurt, only thing is I’m still hungry but that’s probably because I’ve only just eaten now and I get hungrier the longer I wait to eat (was busy distracting myself with buying some clothes for the DCs). Also bought the cocoa version but haven’t tried that yet. Would be really handy as a snack to carry around too.

Love how active the thread is today :)

Thanks ever so much for the winter salad idea. Popped to Morrison's earlier for some ingredients and am currently soaking some green lentils (couldn't find puy) for @Cream123s recipe. Also added beetroot to my local veg delivery for Monday. I love beetroot!

I really miss a good crunchy cereal with yoghurt. It's probably the only thing about 16-8 that makes me grumpy 😂

Afternoon all!

Rocky start to the day, I missed breakfast so only having it now, determined to stay on plan though. I got my delivery form amazon this morning of one of those salad chopper things, new freezer boxes for my ready meals and labels. I have reached that stage on my life that I'm now thrilled!!!

@cricketmum84 6 STONE wow that's some feat to be able to out that much on in such a short time!!! Hopefully a whoosh will come in the next day or two and you'll drop it of and some!

@Trewser I'm so sorry, loads of cuddles

@MsTSwift @DownUdderer that's amazing congratulations!

Thanks so much for organising @JontyDoggle37

@recklessgran [waves back] I'm doing good, left my lunch at home so scrambling around the bottom of my bag to see if I have change for a soup (stop me using my card and getting silly things). Very tempted to just go down the road and get a roll, but if I start on bread that will be the end of me. I will confess to my one purple snack I ate early, and are now regretting after finding out it's 101 fecking calories. IT'S TWO BITES! How is your day going?

B: Oats, chia, mango
S: Purple snack
L: Soup
D Chicken veg stir fry & rice

Genuinely think I have “reset” myself. My appetites shrunk and I look at cake and chocolate and see a lump of fat. It’s easier not to have any. And I used to have biscuit with morning coffee dark choc after lunch and dinner and biscuits or cereal before bed. Amazed I wasn’t bigger than I was!

@cricketmum84 I just want to clarify (I now see how badly that reads) that I know you did not put on 6 stone over xmas, and I am also aware that a whoosh or the biggest of poos would not shift that overnight....I've checked

What I'm trying to clumsily say is 2lbs is nothing you haven't faced, and you'll wee it out in no time.

Can you tell my anxiety is kicking in??

@Somesortofzilla I mean he was very very large anyway but to gain 6 stone over Christmas?? What the hell did he eat! I'll have to see if I can find a link to the story.

Didn't get my steak bake for lunch. Not for lack of trying. I went three times and they didn't have them. That's gods way of telling me to have something healthy instead.

@MsTSwift yes I have that too now. There are 4 winter berry doughnuts in the kitchen and don't think I could even take a bite. The thought of it makes me feel a bit sick.

@Somesortofzilla haha that made me giggle! I did have to read it twice to understand though 😂😂

Ohh liking this ketohana it looks great. I’ve been doing lowish carb and missing my cereal this would fill that gap!

@cricketmum84 phew haha!

I'm going to need to take my time and start rereading, my phone is quite small and I just don't scroll up as much as I should! Would probably help with all the typos and predictive text issues as well

The hasn't really hot the spot, shop bought just doesn't cut it anymore! I can't wait to get to a point where I need to eat every bit of sugar I see

MsT thanks for sharing your method. Your biking whilst watching TV reminded me of being a student. I had an exercise bike in my room and used to prop my books up on the handlebars (it was the old days - all the handlebars were stationary) and study and cycle at the same time

I went for a short walk to see if I could shake myself out of my hunger and malaise but it hasn't really worked. Have only eaten a few rice cakes to atone for the creme egg earlier. I might do some gardening once DH and DS get back - and before the light disappears completely.

What I’ve found interesting for this thread is that we all work really hard to loose weight! I always felt like it shouldn’t be this hard but we are all really watching what we eat / cutting things out/some of us not really eating that much cal wise/exercising

So it’s just not me who really has to focus hard to get any results!

Having a hungry day but staying strong as going away tmrw and god knows wot will happen.

I'm struggling to find time for exercise. That sounds a bit of a usual excuse but it's hard. I am on my feet all day for work and when I am not at work I have 4 children to tend too. I don't really sit down but I never do 'proper exercise ' I'm sure my tummy could do with a proper gym session!? I feel like I will never lose weight!

Struggled this afternoon
Eventually had a banana which was sweet enough to hit the spot- for now!

@Somesortofzilla I'm doing O.K. I work from home which is part of my lack of exercise problem as well as my previous snack at desk problem. No more - I am virtuous with a glass of cold water on my desk.
DGC's are coming for a roast chicken dinner and I have just taken the chicken out of the oven and feasted on the lovely salty, fatty, crisp skin. [Thank you Keto diet!] It will be hard to resist the roast potatoes and Yorkshires but resist them I will. I have brussels, broccoli and asparagus to have with the chicken and everyone else is getting carrots as well but too carby for me.
I am in ketosis and determined to stay there.
DH took my office chair back to Ikea for a replacement as something had gone funny with the seat and it was SO uncomfortable. He came back with a brand new chair and I was so pleased with him until he said " Don't worry darling I didn't tell them that a fat person had been sitting on it. Murder anyone?

@recklessgran do you need any help hiding the body??

@Skyejuly I have the same problem with finding time for exercise. I'm up at 6 already to leave the house for 7.20 to drop everyone at school and work then on to work myself. 30 min lunch break so no time for gym session then not usually home until after 6pm.

On an evening I'm either doing extra work or cooking. I don't often just sit and relax.

Ok I'm on it now! After a slow start my head is now in the game.
I am 3lbs down 👏🏽 and I resisted all the yummy snacks on offer during my night shift last night- normally a big downfall for me.

Keep up the good work everyone