Shorties trying to lose weight!

[SwimmingOnEggshells]

I started my fatbusting journey a couple of weeks ago and my plan is to document my progress here.

So far I've been doing a fair bit of cardio - 5 times per week - and I'm hoping this will help me get rid of some lbs. I posted a thread on AIBU looking for people's advice on only using exercise to lose weight but the general consensus is that no, I need to calorie restrict too. Boo! is what I say to that but maybe I need to face facts that I'm no longer a spring chicken and need to make a concerted effort with food too to shed anything!

Anyone want to join me?! @neverenoughchelseaboots

Current weight: 60kg/132lbs
Target: 50kg/110lbs
Height: 5'0 :(
Age: 39

Oh and some meals in case they're remotely useful to people. Probably not healthy enough for the more dedicated crew (I'm looking at you @modernfemininity )

Lunches
Curried parsnip soup (homemade)
Mackerel with creamed spinach on a slice of sourdough

Dinners
Salmon fish cakes with homemade wedges and asparagus
Mixed bean chilli
Fish stew and rice

Reception aged DD is self isolating because of Covid in her bubble so my step count is practically zero. No progress here this week

@neverenoughchelseaboots it's tough isn't it? I have three weeks off work over Xmas and I've started buying all the snacky christmas food. I'd love to be able to spend those three weeks indulging myself but that would definitely put me back a month or two.

9 stone 3 this morning, which just puts me in the healthy weight bracket (finally!) - though have been up and down this week so am really hoping I stay there for proper weigh in tomorrow. Went out for a very cold run yesterday - I need to put some warm running gear on my Christmas list I think!

Half a pound off for me this week. That seems to be the trend for me, if I run and am reasonably sensible I can do a pound a fortnight, maybe slightly longer. Going to keep at it for a couple more weeks, not feeling the festive wind down just yet.

Start 25th Sep - 9st 10.8lbs /28.7% body fat
6th Nov- 9st 5.5lb / 27.3% body fat
20th Nov- 9st 4.8lbs / 27.2% body fat
Today - 9st 4.3lbs / 27.1% body fat

Finally, finally, FINALLY I'm starting to lose weight. This morning I weigh in at 128lbs and 3/4s which is 9 stone 3 lbs. Snap @Smellybluecheese :) My BMI is still in the overweight zone, I need to lose 2lbs to break into normal weight. Must.Keep.At.It.

It's pretty pathetic that I've only lost 2lbs since I started the thread but I'm so much more in the dieting zone now. I wonder is it something to do with not exercising? I haven't been able to exercise the last two weeks because of my gammy knee and I've ramped up the dieting because of it. As you said earlier @neverenoughchelseaboots, it's mostly about food really.

Re. Christmas, I'm both looking forward to it and dreading it in equal measure! I usually start my nightly Bailey's mid-Dec but I'm not going to do that this year. If I could get to below 9stone before Christmas that would be the icing and the marzipan on the cake for me

@neverenoughchelseaboots I think 1/2lb is a solid loss for us petite ladies and should not be sniffed at! You're eating sensibly which is way more sustainable in the long term. Keep up your menus by the way. I like the inspo!

Official weigh in and I’m 9 stone 2.6 today so still in the healthy BMI bracket (just!)
@SwimmingOnEggshells well done! Sometimes it clicks and you are in the zone and other times you just...aren’t. I’m trying to look at this as a long term thing this time so if I have a bad week I don’t just think sod it like I normally would, but carry on and start again. Been plodding on with this since July which is such a long time. God I’d love to be below 9 stone for Christmas and there is a very small chance it might happen. I finish work on the 18th so I’ve got 3 weeks and I do tend to lose about a pound a week if I stick to calories and go running. Realistically I won’t stay below 9 stone over Christmas (& my birthday) but I will try to make sure the damage isn’t too bad.

Well done @Smellybluecheese, onwards and downwards we go.

You're spot on about not giving up. A couple of weeks ago I was so frustrated because I thought I wasn't losing weight that I even had a little cry about it. My DH was so kind, he even asked me if maybe the scales was broken. But I gave myself a good talking to and told myself that if I gave up then I'd definitely not lose weight!

Having a read of my OP I see I was 132, and I definitely went up to 134 for a few weeks after that so ~4lbs in two months isn't the worst progress in the world.

Well done all. I am finally under nine and a half stone! It has taken me 7 weeks to lose 2lbs. That is the reality of being short...well and having wine and pizza a bit too often.

9th October - 9 stone 8.8lb
27th November - 9 stone 6.8lb
Onwards...

Good work gang. Lots of movement in the right direction today.

It’s definitely hard to lose when you are short! I’m barely losing 1/2lb a week/ ten days now I’m nearly at my target. Don’t think I’ll get to 9.3 by Christmas Eve
I might stop for a week over Christmas and set new target of 9 st after.
I’m so excited about my Christmas dinner that I have to tell you all about it! Because of bubbles etc, we have been invited to dinner and one of our daughters with the 2 youngest grandchildren and it will be the first time I’ve had Christmas dinner cooked for me since I was 20!!!!! 44 years of cooking it for others.unless Boris changes the plan....

Will definitely be eating more than 1000 calories as son in law is an excellent cook!

That's so lovely @Knittingnanny! You can put your feet up and relax. Fab. It's looking like I'm going to do my first Christmas dinner ever and I'm 40 next year .

Coincidentally, it's looking like we might have my mum over and it'll be her first time not cooking Christmas in 45-odd years too! Christmas is complicated in our families so I won't know until closer to the time if these are our definite plans.

I know! It’s so tricky this year. I’m a firm believer in families with young children having their own dinner in their own home making their own traditions with none of this Mumsnet nonsense of their turn, your turn, I hate my mother in law etc! We usually see them all briefly on Christmas Day or Boxing Day for a cup of tea and the grandchildren showing us their presents from Santa, and then have dinner at ours with one single adult child visiting us for food if he doesn’t have a better offer!
Got some children and grandchildren abroad so can almost safely bubble with the local ones.
I’m going to have a extra push between now and then to lose 2 more lbs!

And the house for Christmas dinner has the newest grandchild, a 3 month old baby so that’s even more of a bonus!

I’ve said I’ll take a selection of ( very calorific ) puddings.

@Knittingnanny that does sound lovely, you've got me feeling Christmassy.

My DD is a December baby and that first Christmas with grandparents was so lovely. Having everyone share the excitement (and the nappies) was really special.

I'm not sure what we'll be doing this year, tbh I think we'll end up breaking the rules and having 4 households (but only 7 people) as my dad had dementia and so mum definitely needs some other company and mil is having her first Christmas alone since fil died earlier in the year and doesn't want to have Christmas in her house. Plus sil as she's incredibly close to mil. I do think the bubbles sounded good at first but the way relationships work mean it's actually incredibly difficult.

On the bright side we had a new kitchen this year in our big wreck renovation of a house and I get to use my fancy oven setting which turns the oven off automatically as soon as a probe says the turkey is cooked!

Pescatarianism will be paused for Christmas week!

I agree completely on the bubbles - you would have to be a miserable individual to think you could leave one of your guests out.

Oooo a new cooker- sorry to de-rail. what did you get? I've never heard of an oven with a function like that!

It's an AEG something @SwimmingOnEggshells I don't normally go as fancy as that but I bundled about three different Black Friday deals together last year. It's also got a little well in the bottom for water and a steam button for when making bread.

I never use any of these fancy features, hence why I'm looking forward to Christmas!

Yes I think we will be slightly breaking the 3 household bubble just by one, but we have all kept to the rules almost to the last letter since March. I think us and the new baby family are more or less one anyway as we have still been doing some essential childcare. It’s so hard to work out! I just want those with young families to have the best time.
Ages 3-7 is such a magical Christmas age range isn’t it?
I’ve been on target today with my eating so hopefully when I weigh on Monday I will have lost a massive 1/2lb!

Another static week for me, though I might be about to gain. The bakery that I won the competition from has just delivered not one but two cakes. The original one for me and a "free from" one for my multi allergic son - so kind of them. Here's mine.....probably a week's worth of calories in each slice but it looks VERY good!

I have hit my target weight! I might try to drop a few more 100grams so I have some flex.

I need to learn how to maintain.

Ah - Apologies. ..the page updated. I thought no one had posted in ages!

Congrats modernfeminity. Keep up the good work! I know what you mean about learning to maintain though, its easy to slip back into bad habits. I think I am going to keep up a weekly or fortnightly weigh once I have reached target, then if I start creeping up again I can act before it gets too bad.

Wow @MrsAvocet - That cake looks delicious and beautifully chocolaty. I would not resist. Eat it up, get it out of the way, enjoy it while you’ve got it, just go for it (and maybe take a slice to a neighbour!).

I opened some chocolate nut florentines and I enjoyed them slowly and was a bit relieved once they had gone.

I have been very lucky that I have dieted with my husband. He only has a small way to go so it will continue to help me maintain. Makes it a whole lot easier. He is on board with extra veggie portions, the lack of the usual/obvious carbs, my ‘alternative’ puddings (Like low fat yoghurt and berries), reduction of fruit (we used to eat loads thinking it helped us be slim - but now veg is our friend) and hubby is not consuming snacks in front of me very often. The teens take snacks to their room so I don’t witness that too much either.

I still have wobbly thighs and bum. My hip bones are bony and it feels weird at night laying on my back. My face isn’t too craggy like I thought it would be. My clothes are definitely easier to wear. I am more flexible and I can move more easily (especially if I squat down and then stand- it’s easier).

I encourage you all and send warmest wishes.

I am onto a maintenance diet now. I have no idea how to, and I am fearful, but I will let you know how it goes. I have added ingredients to meals. When I eat like I plan to today it hurts a bit as I am over stuffed. I need to regulate my portion size.

B: skipped as still doing 16:8 so black coffee. This is easier now than it was.

L: homemade chicken and veg soup (very filling)
Milky tea, no sugar
(I craved chocolate so had the milky tea and it sorted me)

Later...
D: Katsu Chicken Curry (not breaded chicken), Cauliflower rice, Broccoli, mango chutney
(Have Dinner early, as it’s the weekend. Husband thinks late eating makes him gain.)

PUDDING: Strained Yoghurt, couli, banana, berries, granola crunch.
(Have as late as I like)
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