LOSE IT! December 2020

[TheRealHousewife]

Hello & Welcome

Roughly 4 weeks to Christmas 🎄. We all know it’s been a strange unsettling year. Unprecedented. Nonetheless we all deserve to feel the best we can, be the best we can and strive to be as fit and healthy as possible. Not only will you look great in your finery, you’ll be (to a degree) improving your immune system and your ability to fight infection should you get one. In addition, if we eat right, get outside, move more your mental health will heap the rewards. Better mental health = better choices. It becomes a self fulfilling prophecy.

Me personally? In the main it’s been a way of life for nearly 3 years and I’ve lost over 40lbs. I had a bit of blip at the start of C19. After all my hard work I just started eating with impunity. Before I knew it I was10lbs up in a few short weeks! I needed to get back on it and COVID proof myself 😬 I calorie count, log via MFP app, Intermittent fast, eat-low carb Mediterranean style aka Fast800 Plan and try to stay well hydrated. In October/November I didn’t really lose but did maintain. I’m hoping to see a loss this month which would see me firmly in the healthy BMI bracket.

There are so many enjoyable lifestyle options out there without the need to resort to extreme measures. Whatever way you choose, it needs to be enjoyable & sustainable for the long term. This is a long term commitment rather than a quick fix. I also rarely drink alcohol and keep sugar to a minimum. I exercise by doing walking vids & strength sessions with lite weighs.

As no one size fits all members need to follow their own way of eating. Nonetheless this thread aims to offer guidance, support and a bit of hand holding.

There is no shaming, competition or harsh words to be found on this thread. We are in this together.

Useful Links

How to lose weight

The Fast Diet

Mediterranean Diet

MFP

Intermittent Fasting

Mindful Eating

Drink Water

Meal Planning

Mental Health

Jump right in! If you’re not too shy, post a bit about yourself 😊. How do you plan to do it? What do you want to achieve? What excites you about your future self? Together, we can create a whole new you!

You’ll be glad you got on board this time next month 😬

I've no idea what it is, I feels like the bone is the painful bit .

Just on the off chance. I get a painful knee, it is particularly sore going down stairs and standing up if I've been sat down for a while or with my knee bent under me. Feels kind of like the bone is scraping on other bone. After a while I figured out it's not actually the knee that's the problem it's my thigh, the long muscle on the front of my thigh directly above my knee, if I press firmly along the muscle I can feel where it twinges. It gets knotted and tight which then makes my knee hurt. It helps to do gentle stretching and strengthening exercises focused on thighs rather than knees.

I think there may be an element of that with me. I'll have to look into stretches. Thank you.

No clue if I’m holding steady but I’m only planning on weighing in Jan 1.
I do hope everyone else is hanging in there.

Hello lovelies ... hoping you all enjoyed yourselves as best you could under the circumstances.

I just wanted to share LOSE IT! January 2021 new thread.

I’ll go back and read the recent posts now ... MN site is playing up for me at the moment, nearly lost the new thread 😳

I really need to rest my knee again tomorrow but I miss running. Had a lovely Christmas. Much better than expected. Only the third one on our own in 25 years and much better than the last one alone as I felt bad the kids didn't see granny and grandad. Looking forward to snow coming. Hurray! Dh not impressed.

Hope everyone is well.

@fallfallfall I've done a few weigh ins and am up a lb or 2.

Considering I've eaten an entire chocolate orange and various other treats I'm ok with that 😅.

We have been a bit sloth like so could do with moving more though. DC have been obsessively Lego building quite happily, but I could do with more fresh air. :)

Thanks@TheRealHousewife, I will go and check in :)

@SunshineCake glad you had a nice time. :)

@Galvantula, oh how I wish it was only one orange...cheese is my nemesis.
But I’ll be okay, and come the first, ready to cut back on the extras...fruit cake, pumpkin pie, more fruit cake, Portuguese cookies. Just little things that I know all add up.
I’m using ice as a reason to stay indoors but I continue to use the LS videos (3miles daily).

Hi Everyone 👋🏻

Hope all having a lovely Christmas break, and looking forward to a New Year!!

I have weighed in this morning at 10 st 9lb,which is 1lb loss since last week and a 5lb loss for December.
Very pleased with that! Calorie Counting is really working for me!!
I'm going to have another day off cc tomorrow for NYE and then straight back on it to smash January!!!

I have joined the Fiit app too - has anyone tried it? I did a low impact workout last night and can barely walk today 🤣

Otherwise I am finding the world very scary and gloomy. I can't read the news or talk about what's going on because it makes me despair! So focusing on Calorie Counting and staying in my own positive bubble is all I can do at the moment! 🤔

Thanks for all your help along the way, I'm so glad I joined this thread in October! and cheers to a new year 🥂

Been eating far too much here but not much else to do. Sure I’ll be up on 1 December but not weighing in until Friday. Hopefully all the cheese will be gone by then 🤞

I walked for two hours with my friend and our dogs this morning and feel really tired now. I will run tomorrow as long as we don't have too much snow. Otherwise I'll have to brave the cold garage and go on the bike. I'm suffering a bit with knee, back and hip pain but don't want to have weight creep back on.

Hope all are okay. You are all doing really well .

Hi all,

Not looking forward to weigh in tomorrow at all- cheese is also my nemesis! Will be back to normal on the 1st. I did feel better getting out sledging today with DH and DS3- was such fun and I'm sure I worked off some cheese!

Then don't weigh @Puffalicious. You've enjoyed some cheese. Don't let it be spoilt by potential weight gain. If you think it will upset you then don't get on the scales.

Hoping we'll have snow tomorrow though I need to run so it might be a bit scary. ⛄️ ❄️ 🏃‍♀️

Good advice, Sunshinecake, I'll think about it. It may give me the kick I need, though, to get back on it, though. I'll see how I feel in the morning.

If too scary replace the run with a long stomp in the snow!

Great idea! I've got the exercise bike as back up.

🏃‍♀️ I think that should have been .

Snow stomping here you come!

@fallfallfall cheese is also my nemesis. It's been the hardest habit to crack tbh! I'm now a cheese weigher. 🙈 But I do still put cheese on stuff when I want to... Just a bit less than I might have before.

I am sure I clicked woman!

There wasn't any snow when I ran just frost. I didn't slip and ran further than I thought I had so all good.

I finish the year at my second lowest weight in years having lost 1.4lb since Christmas Day. I am very happy as end on a ten stone amount. Run went great. All good.

I feel happy. It's been a long time. Happy emotionally as well as physically.

Hope everyone has a good New Years Eve and here's to a good 2021. Let's face it, can't be much worse!

That's a positive and win @Galvantula. Still enjoying cheese just not having too much.