Page 2 | Frolicking through February

Octopus37 · 2021-02-01T08:19:22+00:00

Think I might have used a similar title last year, but here goes. Hopefully we might move towards frolicking cause things have got to improve in February right. Weighed in at 9st4 this morning. A couple of pounds off this month would be great, but I'm mainly working on my motivation and trying to increase my energy levels.

TheHoneyBadger · 02/02/2021 18:30

I'm told there are non lazy 13yos out there somewhere. Is the 10yo too young to be intrigued by Krishna's antics with the milkmaids?

FlatteredRhubardFool · 02/02/2021 23:40

Chippy chips, oh dear lord. I can smell them just reading that. I love Waitrose crisp and fluffy frozen chips. Big chunky chips that taste amazing. I had them with a nut burger. I've met all my goals for today and burnt more calories than yesterday so I'm happy with that. Not eating after dinner was much easier tonight too so I'm hoping I'll get back in to the swing of things easily. My stomach is hurling away but I just tell it to shut up. I'm never any hungrier at breakfast if I don't eat after dinner and don't eat mire the next day so I think it just needs retraining.
Sleep tight

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Octopus37 · 03/02/2021 08:15

Weighed in at 9st5 this morning. Feeling quite bloated, ended up having a cider and some crisps before bed last night which wasn't clever. Aiming to do better today. Rhubarb those Waitrose chips sound lovely.

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Fembot123 · 03/02/2021 08:20

What’s your goal @Octopus37 😊

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Octopus37 · 03/02/2021 09:18

Last year it was to get to somewhere between 8st7 and 9, would have been happy with about 8st10ish. The best I managed last year was 8st13.5. Now I'm not so sure, struggling with the whole mindset cause of lockdown (aren't we all). Was 9st2.75 at the beginning of December.

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TheHoneyBadger · 03/02/2021 09:55

Scales up 2lbs. Trying to assure myself that's 2lbs of fish and chips and salt locked fluids because I burned 2100 calories yesterday which should've covered it. Will be good today in the hopes of tomorrow's weigh in recording the overall deficit of the week rather than one greasy salty day.

Lots and lots of water.

Octopus I'm really hoping spring will see us enthusiastically dropping the pounds again. This was all so much easier when the sun was shining iirc.

Fembot123 · 03/02/2021 09:56

Definitely, 8’13 is great though, how tall are you? I’m not sure how much I weigh but I know it’s too much so I’m sticking to the 16/8 and daily exercise and feel better already. I’m short at 5ft 1 but muscular build, a couple of years ago I got to 7’10 which according to BMI is fine for my height but it doesn’t suit my build and I looked gaunt plus I was exercising like a demon and not eating properly so 8’10-9-00 is better for me.

Fembot123 · 03/02/2021 09:57

But yes this lockdown is bloody horrible but I’m thinking of it as I’m getting myself in the best position to fight any virus that comes my way

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Octopus37 · 03/02/2021 10:10

I'm 5ft5 and a weird build, think big hips and feet with tiny wrists and fingers, and a narrow back. I am a size 12 in trousers and skirts, size 10 on top. I was size 8/10 when I was 8st which I know would be too low for me. At the same time, I have hardly any motivation for dieting, can just about to manage not to go crazy, do some steps an drink my water. This lockdown is grim.

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Fembot123 · 03/02/2021 11:08

@Octopus37

I'm 5ft5 and a weird build, think big hips and feet with tiny wrists and fingers, and a narrow back. I am a size 12 in trousers and skirts, size 10 on top. I was size 8/10 when I was 8st which I know would be too low for me. At the same time, I have hardly any motivation for dieting, can just about to manage not to go crazy, do some steps an drink my water. This lockdown is grim.

And what is magic water? Is it just water?

drspouse · 03/02/2021 12:18

Octopus would you be better setting a goal to maintain your weight and see what eating/exercise keeps you where you are, for this lockdown?
I've done that in the past when I've lost track a bit.

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Octopus37 · 03/02/2021 12:56

Not magic water lol, wish it was. Yes Drspouse, think this is probably a maintenance time.

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drspouse · 03/02/2021 13:03

It's a totally rubbish and depressing time for everyone, isn't it?

Mimilondon39 · 03/02/2021 13:06

Yes I think if we can all continue to maintain (and more importantly not lose our sanity) during Lockdown 3.0 then we will have done well. I’ve been doing an exercise class most days but because my step count is down so much and I’m drinking/eating more I’m putting weight on. It’s bloody annoying. Also at 46 it’s probably not realistic for me to be my pre- marriage/babies Ibiza fighting weight anyway. That’s what I’ve been consoling myself with!

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Octopus37 · 03/02/2021 13:23

Know what you mean Mimi, I'm 46 as well.

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TheHoneyBadger · 03/02/2021 15:57

45 here. Occasionally I think how much easier it would be to just resign myself to being fat and middle aged. Thing is though that I put all of this weight on in quite a short period of time after major surgery so it really doesn't feel like 'me' if that makes sense.

I don't think I'd be aiming for being super slim though like I used to. I remember lusting after being 9st. At 5ft7 with a large-ish frame (size 7 feet and longer hands than most men I've been with) that would have been too think even then let alone now.

I sat for years between 10 and 10st7 and always wanted to be thinner. I'd now be ecstatic to be able to go back to that.

I'm going through a meds switch from one antidepressant to another because I think I'd just been living in low level depression for so long that I forgot that's not what life is meant to feel like. I think my eating is linked to that too - food cravings to stuff myself at night are basically a way of seeking serotonin and dopamine hits. I'm hoping the new meds work better and that that helps with the eating too. Had a good talk with the person I had my meds review with. Might be a bit of a rollercoaster of withdrawal of old/side effects of new meds for a while but I decided best to do it now whilst I'm mostly working from home.

TheHoneyBadger · 03/02/2021 16:00

I was once 8st5 and thought I looked great - ds saw a picture of me then and said wow you look so ill and unhappy. It's true that I was and strange that he could see that just from glimpsing at a photo whilst probably most people would have been telling me how great I looked at the time. I was so poorly with my mental health and had literally lost any appetite and was wasting away.

Sorry if that's all tmi! Just reminding myself I'm aiming for all round healthy rather than just a number on a scale.

Fembot123 · 03/02/2021 16:23

@TheHoneyBadger

I was once 8st5 and thought I looked great - ds saw a picture of me then and said wow you look so ill and unhappy. It's true that I was and strange that he could see that just from glimpsing at a photo whilst probably most people would have been telling me how great I looked at the time. I was so poorly with my mental health and had literally lost any appetite and was wasting away.

Sorry if that's all tmi! Just reminding myself I'm aiming for all round healthy rather than just a number on a scale.

Definitely not TMI, at my lowest weight I was very ill mentally too. This lockdown sucks so whatever works, I just want to feel comfortable and be healthy, I can’t put a specific weight on it especially since my scales died 😂

FlatteredRhubardFool · 03/02/2021 18:49

I'm 44 and 5'3" and I long to be 9st 4lb like I was before I had ds. I'm not far off that weight but my body has been changed by a third baby and the tests gone by so I'd need to weigh less up look as good I think. I will always think I look fat though no matter what I weigh

FlatteredRhubardFool · 03/02/2021 18:52

Years not tests

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Octopus37 · 03/02/2021 19:06

HoneyBadger thanks AD's do have a big impact, I have been off them for over a year now, but I do they they contributed to my weight gain. Also think there is a link with the dopamine effect. Good luck with the new meds HoneyBadger. Hope you Think it is very much a case of trying to get through, its all so much harder than last year. Its interesting how you an see in retrospect from photos when you have been too thin in the past. It definitely changes as you get older.

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TheHoneyBadger · 03/02/2021 19:17

Thanks. The ones I'm switching to I've taken in the past and they were the only ones I didn't have weight gain with. I came off because of a I have to stop I shouldn't need pills stage and they had nasty withdrawal effects so I didn't want to take them again.

They did work though and I am past the cycling between getting well then convincing myself I don't need meds business. For me I need to stay on meds. Otherwise within 2-4 months after a brief high I'm back in major depression again. So I may as well be on the ones that work itms?

Glad you managed to come off successfully. Think my issue was I was prescribed them at such a young age when my brain jaws still developing that it can't cope without. Who knows and it doesn't really matter without a time machine

TheHoneyBadger · 03/02/2021 19:21

Brain jaws? brain was still developing.

No appetite today so I'm rolling with it. Have made ds toad in the hole and veg and not feeling at all hungry myself.

FlatteredRhubardFool · 03/02/2021 20:41

1417 calories today, 1829 burned. 1100+ steps. All activity goals met. I'm hungry tonight though but I shall resist! It's far too easy to snack whilst reading or watching tv and that's my downfall. Snacks today have been a Jaffa cake on two occasions and a portion of dried mango. I've been peeing like a racehorse for some reason even though I've not had loads of water. A good amount but not loads. I've started taking vitamins and they always seem to help with any cravings.

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Octopus37 · 04/02/2021 08:27

Its a no weigh day today, I'm aiming to snack less and do better with my steps and water.

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