Lets March into Spring Shedding

[Octopus37]

Morning, thought I would start a new thread for March as it has been such a good thread again in February. I think the supportive atmosphere really helps us all. I'm hoping to be dead on 9stone by the end of March, currently 9st3.25 (total loss of 8 pounds).

Well done octopus! You're showing me where I should be!! Just in from 5k walk here. I will actually track today, not sure how many cals yesterday was but yes thought OK. Have a good day all.

71.7kg - a new low. Lockdown is good for me!

Well done!!

At least that's one positive Porpoises !
I'm staying steady at 9st2 which I'm really pleased with as at least it proves I can fairly easily maintain it! I'm still hoping to lose another half a stone and am going to try and crack back on next week. I've still been doing my normal amount of exercise and have been keeping to 16:8 but need to tweak meals and stop snacking - in my defence here, I am shamelessly blaming my husband and son for putting temptation in my way!
Onwards and downwards comrades!!!

Great hounds! Today:
Porridge with Apple-
Soda bread
Scrambled eggs(2)
10almonds
Apple
And ordering creamy pasta with chicken and mushroom after that! I'm happy with that, stopping the lone mindless binging and upping the exercise. Period has arrived again!

Well done octopus porpoise and hound!

I'm 1/2 a pound down but was expecting that as I've let loose a little. I'm back on it though. I'm fairly active around the house and will probably go for a long walk with the kids later.

Keep going all.

I actually had a good day today!

B - porridge (177)
L - cottage pie (569)
D - sandwich thin with soft cheese and an apple (200)

S - apple (51), galaxy chocolate bar (229), 1.5 cups of tea (60), animal biscuits (96)

Total - 1382

Better than I have been doing. Now to get through tomorrow..!

Well done winter!

heygirl that pasta sounds amazing!

Well done hounds, porpoises and octopus!

Wish I hadn’t stayed away so long, I’d have got back on it sooner I think. Thanks for all being here!

Well done everyone! Seems like you're all managing despite the extra stress that's great! I think I've slipped quite a bit this week with a few online pub nights and generally feeling like my head is full of bees, but when I weighed in I'd lost 1.5lbs so I feel motivated to start tracking properly again.

Hope you are all well and managing ok with the lock down x

WellErr you're doing great and to everyone else for keeping going. So hard at the moment. I feel guilty for being stressed about jobs and money when people are dying but I cannot help it. Found out I had lost some of my jobs yesterday (I do freelance merchandising and price checking), but next week I have some jobs I can do (think they covering for other people). Went a bit off my head about it all yesterday. Weighed 9st0.5 this morning, New day, hang on in there everybody.

Really sorry to hear that Octopus. I'm lucky that I can work from home and my work seems secure so far.

Go easy on yourself, financial worries are horrible. You're still allowed to find it hard even though others in the world have it worse.

It’s all just crap isn’t it?

Not much more to say really!

I have (very well hidden and usually controlled..!) health anxiety which I see a psychologist for. I can’t see him at the moment and I’m just worrying so much that one of us will catch it and die. Really trying hard not to lose the plot.

I think that’s possibly why my diet is back on track today and yesterday after a few weeks of binging. It’s something I CAN control :(

I'm sorry wellerr this situation is bad enough for someone who is not normally anxious, if you have any pre-existing issues it must be very hard to cope. Can you see your psychologist remotely?

@octopus. It must be shitty having to worry about money as well as everything else. You're doing the right thing by being kind to yourself.

@WellErrr. Your anxieties are totally valid, and a bit normal. I'm not normally an anxious person but I am feeling and behaving out of sorts too. Has your psychologist given you any coping strategies? I'm only watching the news at 5pm and trying to create a bubble around me at home with the kids. I am waiting to be redeployed in the NHS so until then I'm going into hibernation mode.

Stay safe all xx

I’m managing to keep a lid on it ok at the moment! You’d never guess if you knew me irl. It’s usually sickness bugs that set me off panicking but I’m just terrified, not of getting it but of dying of it or someone in my family which I know is unlikely and therefore irrational.

My neighbour (5 min walk away) has just text to say she thinks she has it so to stay away. She’s one of the worlds most sensible people so I believe her. I’ll still go leave meals on her doorstep but I’ll wear a hazmat suit 😂😂

winter I feel awful as I’ve had two calls asking me if I’ll join the bank and I’ve said no. DH doesn’t want me to, one of the kids has asthma and I just don’t feel I can risk it. Which makes me feel so SO guilty.

My friends mum works in bank recruitment though and she said they’ve got loads of people so that made me feel slightly better :(

@WellErrr I'm in health so who knows where I'll end up. Probably one of the field hospitals. NHS nightingale is too far for me but one of the northern ones isn't.

I've resigned myself to it. DH is not happy but I am willing to step up. I have a lot of transferable skills that are being wasted here at home. I'm hoping that it will be possible for me to help in some way but not risk my family. Scary times.

We are cobbling together a home made nandos today. So I'll try to be good!!

Its so hard isn't it anxiety and so difficult to cope with when normal coping mechanisms are taken away. Re work you have to do whats best for you and your family. I'm doing a Supermarket shift through an agency today, glad I'm able to help out, worried about social distancing but tbh more worried about doing something wrong and making any type of mistake. Everyone take care. Ate far too much yesterday, mood related, 9st0.75 today, aiming to do better today but will be busy which will help. Take care all.

Weighed in this morning 9st0.75 still. Funnily enough (same as everyone else here I'm sure), I just want to eat carby stuff at the moment. Taking it day by day. Hope everyone is managing as best they can. Will set up a new April thread tomorrow.

9st 5 so 5lb down! Happy with that so thank you all! next goal 9st! I couldn't have done it without the support on here.

Octopus you are basically there so go easy on yourself. Hopefully these supermarket shift will distract you and ease some of your worries xx

How's everyone else doing??

Thanks Winters it was just one shift that came up through an agency. I will be on the look out for more. Winters you have done well, hope you are managing to go easy on yourself as best you can. As I have said many times, NHS workers are heroes. Hope everyone is taking as good care of themselves as they can

Well done Winter - that's great!
You're doing brilliantly Octopus - keep going! I know what you mean though - I'm strangely torn between wanting to eat chocolate biscuits yet also wanting to emerge from this lockdown looking like a whippet. I'm not sure which way it's going to go to be honest...

May I join?

I'm hoping to lose a stone to a stone and a half. I'm using my fitness pal to keep myself around 1200-1300 calories a day. Is it likely to work? I feel like i'm doing it wrong all the time because i'm not finding it difficult and I think drinking water is keeping me feeling full, but the proof will be in the scales at the end of the week.

I love the idea that actually, nothing is really off limits. Unlike low carbing. I can have pretty much anything I like, just in moderation. I hope it works for me.

Hi cheeseplant sounds like a good plan if you can stick with it.

I am at 9st1lb and hopeful that once my period finishes I'll drop to the magic 9st. Day 12 of isolation today and only doing about 2500 steps a day compared to my normal 15k. I can't wait to get outside again! We have eaten fairly well in isolation, it helps that whilst you can ask neighbours to buy bread and milk it's too embarassing to ask for a multipack of chocolate bars or frazzles!

Welcome Cheeseplant .
Are you isolating because of quarantine reasons Patchwork ? Just wondering whether you are close to being let out again or not...
I've done a 10k run this morning - there's a beautiful blue sky here and going along the river was really lovely. The chocolate biscuits won yesterday...but Operation Whippet is back in progress today! By the time we're allowed to see anyone again, I'm planning to be virtually unrecognisable!

Welcome @MonsteraCheeseplant!

I'm doing MFP and it's doable, and flexible enough for the current circs. It took me a while to get used to it but fine once I got over the initial ravenous phase.

I tend to have a late 200 cal breakfast, 300 cal late lunch and a smaller portion of dinner with no sides or a salad. And a few snacks. Drinks will be boring.

@TheHoundsofLove and @Patchworksack the lack of activity will definitely slow the weight loss down. I've been keeping one child upstairs and one down and keep going up and dow between them! They're quite demanding when home schooling so it's keeping my steps up. I'm going to charge up my Fitbit and see how I'm doing. I went for a quick run yesterday. It was glorious!

@octopus I'm not quite the hero at the moment as I can't work as no PPE and non urgent so waiting to be redeployed. I'm in next week so let's see where they put me.