Lose 7lbs/3kg per month - The January Thread Part 2!

[cricketmum84]

Wow this is the first time I've ever filled a thread! I am so impressed!! Thought I had beat start a part 2 before there's no space for me to link :)

Part 1 here :) Lose 7lbs/3kg per month - The January Thread http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/weightlosss_chat/3782178-lose-7lbs-3kg-per-month-the-january-thread

Weighed in at 16”3 again this morning. It’s my brother’s birthday today so I went to his and had Chinese and birthday cake for tea. Ho hey, today’s another day.

Was doing so well with my meal out (slimline G&T, vegetable based starter & main course, no bread) until I had ice-cream with a huge scoop of cream, chocolate sauce and lots of nut brittle. I should have left the cream and nut brittle as they were probably 600 calories alone, taking me to around 2500 for the day. Oh well...

Fasting and green tea could help 🤗

I'm trying to be good today. Bean salad for lunch and banana for a snack. I had a nice walk last night after dinner.

@cricketmum84 I took advice from the S & B ladies and got £4 bras from Asda. I didn't want to spend much as I'm going to lose more weight in February. You definitely want to try them on though, I was quite surprised at my size!

@Somesortofzilla so sorry to hear court didn’t go entirely to plan - however if your ex follows most other men if that type he won’t actually do the courses etc so it will come to nowt.
@JessJonesJumps thank you for the name check super busy day yesterday. DS is recovering I am not. Went to the doctors and they think my asthma is why I’m not getting better so on steroid tablets now for a week (thank god they really work) and also. Ack on a daily steroid inhaler which I hadn’t needed for a while.
@cricketmum84 well done on the loss!
Another little drop this morning so at 12st 3.9.
Started January at 12st 8.6, so nearly 5lbs down. Going to drink tonnes of water today and see if I can get another 0.3lbs off to hit the actual full 5lbs loss for Jan! Hoping to then really go for it in Feb because I’ve actually been ill all of Jan.

Back up to 65kg after meal out yesterday (low for the month was 64.1kg, Jan starting weight 65.3kg). Lunch out today too.

Well done on your loss @jontydoggle37.

Morning all, quick check in from me as I'm rushing around getting ready for work.

Weight down by 1/4lb which is ok after the drop yesterday. Would really like one more pound off before tomorrow though so will be ultra strict today and tomorrow.

Quick plan for today:
B - satsumas
L - small portion mixed pepper jalfrezi and brown rice
D - chilli with Lidl's plant based mince, salad. Littlest DD wants to cook so she is making quesadillas as a side dish plus a homemade salsa and guacamole. Yum!

Have a great Thursday everyone!

Morning all. Yesterday was horrendous work wise - I was still at my desk at midnight trying to complete something for this morning. As a result my food intake was awful and unhealthy, bacon and egg at lunch time and a cheese, onion and red pepper omelette at 10.30pm. Snacks of cheese and half a dozen pecans at desk. Not enough water drunk at all and only 500 steps all day. Right, that's my confession done , can't really do worse today but concentrating on getting the water down as I think that is the key in my case. It's OMAD for me and it's Thursday already so DGC here later for cottage pie.
@somesortofzilla I'm sorry the court didn't follow the plan. I have names for STBEXH! Don't worry he isn't going to stay the course and common sense will prevail. You are all your children need and are doing a great job in order to protect them. KOKO.
@KedsandTubeSocks I can't wait for my bras to be too big - they're only just getting comfy after me losing the stone. I'll know I'm really on my way to getting this once they're actually too big. I'll be properly excited then. Funnily enough I've just started reading the S&B thread - never been that interested before but guess I'm getting more confident about how I look. [ I had no idea that my weight was having such a psychological impact until the last few days.]
Have a good day all.

Morning everyone, I have hit the target, 15st 4lbs this morning, that's -7 lbs for January. Yay !
Did a 2 mile walk yesterday and generally at the moment my appetite is repressed so I am trying to see that as a positive.
@KedsAndTubeSocks, @recklessgran, what is the S&B thread if you don't mind me asking ?

@Onesmallstep67 it's style and beauty. I'm really late to the game but it is quite interesting. Tips about clothes and where to buy them [Some places mentioned that I've never heard of], beauty products, how to put your look together etc

The Style & Beauty topic @Onesmallstep67. The lovely ladies there have the answers to everything - what clothes suit your body shape, what face cream is best, most stylish boots - anything!
I'm on the perfume thread there under another name.

Oops sorry - forgot the most important bit well done on hitting your target for January. I know how that feels. Brilliant!

@Onesmallstep67 congrats on hitting the target! That's great!

@JontyDoggle37 sorry to hear you're still ill. I hope the inhaler and the tablets work.

I'm 0.2lbs back up today. Today's goal is to drink more water.

I'm sorry, it sounds stressful @Somesortofzilla. I can well imagine it's possible he won't actually follow through on the requirements, though.

@JessJonesJumps I'm going to join you with the goal of drinking more water! I feel so much better when I do (yet it's so easy to forget).

Congratulations @Onesmallstep67 for hitting the target!

@KedsAndTubeSocks hello, and I am a regular on the lovely perfume thread too! (But too lazy to change name...)

I haven't started WW properly yet, but I've spent the past two days monitoring what I'm eating when I think I'm eating 'relatively healthily' (quite shocking even without the snacking) and making a plan for how I will do WW.

I also worked out that I want to lose 72 lb (eek) so that is my overall target although I imagine it will actually take a rather long time. It would be fantastic to lose 7 lb in February to start with.

Also increasing my water intake and reducing snacking quite successfully.

I have actually lost half a pound but I think it's just post-period weight fluctuation so I will only properly report in about weight once a week as I think that will be more accurate...

Good afternoon all, just a quick check in and a big hug for Somesortofzilla
Yesterday's gain has gone except for 0.2lbs.

Afternoon all!

@Onesmallstep67 that's brilliant well done!

@JessJonesJumps I know, I'm getting used to being in and out of there with him, I just can't get over the sheer panic and terror when we get in there, I hate seeing him. Oh I must check out the middle aisles, I usually try to avoid them

@Egghead68 sounds delicious though!

@Skyejuly thank you, I'll drop you a PM! I'm sorry this is still going on, the stress is something else

@cricketmum84 thank you, I know it will all sort, I love my boys and I won't allow him to come between them and their happiness. Sadly DS's happiness comes second to his, I can't get my head around that kind of thinking! well done on your loss! Fingers crossed for you for tomorrow

@JontyDoggle37 I hope so! Although he's like a dog with a bone at the moment, it's one thing him not showing up and not spending time with the kids, quite another when some woman (his words not sure if it was me or the SW) tells him he can't. He wants access back, then he'll stop spending time with them. Sorry you're still feeling sick, 5lbs is brilliant especially when taking steroids!

@recklessgran sorry yesterday was so tough, but you're dead right, draw a line and reset KOKO! I have many MANY words fro him as well

@MotherOfDragonite thank you I'm in a similar boat with weight loss, Last year I started at 119kg (I know right!) over 50kg (110lbs) to lose, I am halfway through that now. I did more on this thread in a month than I did on my own in a year. It keeps you accountable and the tips are great!

Yesterday started out quite well but ended badly, with all the back and forth I didn't realise I had emptied my freezer stash until yesterday morning and last night I ate all the bad things! But today is another day!

Good luck everyone!

thank you @Tryingtwo and well done on the weight loss!

Congratulations Onesmallstep67 for hitting your target. Sorry I wrote my post above much earlier and forgot to hit the post button, I just changed the greeting to afternoon and then went back to read updates and saw your news.

@MotherOfDragonite it took me a year to lose 89lbs. So really even though it feels like a huge target it really is do-able taken in these little half-stone steps :)

@recklessgran that was me on Monday. Switched laptop off just after midnight and ate rubbish. Hope things are settling down a little work wise!

Huge well done for hitting the target @Onesmallstep67

@Somesortofzilla that's an amazing loss! Well done!

Gosh, thank you everyone for all your lovely messages of congratulations. The support on here is genuinely fantastic and has been invaluable over the last 5 months ( can't believe I have been on here that long )
I'm full of admiration for everyone giving it their best shot whilst juggling so many other factors in their personal and professional lives- then taking the time to reach out to others to offer words of encouragement

I have eaten an entire tub of millionaire's mini bites. I shouldn't buy them ever again because DH can't eat them because of allergies. DS doesn't like them and I have no self-control.

Well done to all the losers!

@JessJonesJumps - it happens. Just start again tomorrow.

If it helps someone told me that if I wanted a treat to go and sit and have a piece of cake or ice-cream in a cafe rather than have the whole cake or tub at home. Not always practical though, I know.