LOSE IT! June 2021

[TheRealHousewife]

Hello & Welcome 😊 WOW 😯 June already! What a start to meteorological Summer; stunning weather and easing of Lockdown.

Firstly a massive Thank You to @SunshineCake who has done a stellar job in taking charge of May’s thread 🙏🌟❤️. I was happy for sunshine to carry on but she kindly invited me back to start the new month, so we agreed to make it a joint effort. (I’m still battling ill health and will post when I can).

This thread is for those of us who enjoy healthy eating, exercising and feeling motivated to reach (or maintain) a healthy weight/bmi. The members of these threads are inspirational, supportive and happy to share their progress (the ups and the downs).

We all know that 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.

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 rarely drink alcohol and keep sugar to a minimum. I exercise by doing walking vids & strength sessions with light 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 these threads. We are in this together.

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 😊

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Crossed posed @swampytiggaa. Good plan! I’m the same, nothing is banned apart from foods with gluten (celiac).

Hello everyone

I'm wondering if I should step away for a bit. I don't want to pretend all is fine when it isn't but also don't want to put a downer on the thread.

Glad things are a little calmer for you @132orbust . Your positive spins were all very good and I need to hammer them in. DS1 just left to go but he gave me a lovely hug and said he loved me and will be back on Wednesday. It's looking like I can't run until Thursday now . I'm going to be putting loads of weight on since I really want to have some biscuits today.

Your plans sound very sensible and doable @swampytiggaa. Good luck.

No Sunshine don't step away unless you really want a break from us. We certainly don't want a break from you! Your running is extraordinary. If you cannot manage a run, why don't you do a Leslie Sansone session at home tonight?
This is a good one:

And you won't put on loads of weight just by missing a few days. Do you want to divulge what you weigh currently and how tall you are? Sorry if I have missed it through the threads. Stay strong our chum

@SunshineCake I echo @132orbust s sentiments… don’t step away unless you absolutely need to. This is your thread too! We need you … Off load as much as you want! This thread hopefully reflects the empathic nature of all our posters and we all need a hand hold sometimes. Sending love ❤️

I'm here @132orbust , still calorie counting and only weighing on the first of the month.

Had a huge wardrobe clearout and sent all my huge clothes to the charity shop today, felt good!

Hi @Elle200 that sounds really positive and so cathartic! Nice to ‘see’ you.

Thank you @132orbust. You are so lovely . I'm not feeling myself and it takes a lot for me to admit it. I've had a really difficult couple of days with dh but today I told him I was really miserable and he took it well. I feel like I want to be on my own while also having comfort from him. He offered to sit with me with a bag on his head. Instead we went out and bought a new bathroom floor and some cheese and chocolate.

I am 5 foot five and I'm sure the scales said 11 stone this morning. Very upsetting when I was 10 12 on Wednesday and 10 8.6 on the 9th. I now see it is only two pounds up so feel very silly . It's not great though as the 9th was great and now look .

Thank you @TheRealHousewife and thank you for your message too . We are a good bunch but I don't want to be a misery guts. Goodness knows you all had enough of that last year when I was sulking at not losing nothing .

@SunshineCake please don’t step away! I’m a recent member and you made me feel really welcome so I’d miss you. Plus I like to hear about your running. Jealous at the moment as I’m still resting…

Would it be worth stepping away from the scales for the rest of the month? Just carry on with your healthy eating and exercise and ignore the numbers? It’s possible that you are retaining water due to your longer runs and as your body adjusts to them it will let the water go?

Your husband sounds a goodun on the whole 💕 let him support you 💕

I’ve got tomorrow off work 😁 first day off in 12 days 😱 looking forward to a lie in

You are so kind @swampytiggaa especially as I know I have become a bit of a running bore. I'm just loving it and still amazed I can. Dh and I have worked out a plan so I can run tomorrow and he said worse case I'll only be smelly for a couple of hours as the water should be back on . TBH I need the run as emotionally really struggling with life stuff.

I think the scales are awful because I'm failing in my strict fasting. I do need to do better, need a bigger lunch or afternoon snack instead of an after dinner and into my fasting time snack.

Enjoy your life in and day off and thank you.

@SunshineCake nothing wrong with being a running bore 😂😂 always happy to chat running either here or via pm if it helps 👍 also about challenging children if that helps too… I have at least one of those 😉

I had a lovely lie in today and at 8:30 I’m meeting 2 friends for a walk and coffee. One of them is a bit sad at the moment so it’s a cheer up walk. She’s the one I’m supposed to be doing the half marathon with on Sunday… we are both injured and undecided whether it would be utter madness to still do it walking. We’ll talk about that this morning 😊

Weekly weigh In

Start may 14: 88.8kg
Last week: 85.7kg
Today: 85.9kg

Measurements after 1 month:
Thigh: -1.5cm
Waist: -1cm
Chest: -0cm
Hips: -1.5cm

The measurements are a bit subjective cause I feel like I get a different result every measure 😅

And weight is +200g but it's funny cause psychologically it doesn't feel too bad cause the main numbers did not change. It's a big celebration weekend. Gonna need to stay strong and not over do it!

Right so it has taken 20 days to move forward again ( it isn't a surprise there has been some amazing fun days/meals and evenings in there so all to be expected and I don't regret a bite but I digress...)
Day 170
SW:151
CW:134.75
GW:132
0.75lb off - got to love the power of a 24hr fast ( well really 22hrs and I had tea and coffee with milk and there may have been a banana around 3pm so strictly a 19hr fast ) and the amazing thing is the weight will not be back tomorrow in my experience. I don't know what the book says @TheRealHousewife but I have found a really decent meal from time to time seems to fire up my weightloss again and then a fast thrown in seems to confuse my body into letting weight go.
Just 2.75lbs to go....
Weighing in once a month @Elle200 is real self control. I weigh every morning ( except when I reach a sleepy hand out and drain the cup of tea on the bedside table before my brain engages).
Running is your thing @SunshineCake - I am seriously in awe of you. I run for a bus about once every 3 months if that! If you want to kick start the weight loss again and you cannot run today anyway then why not try a fast day? You might be surprised by the results. Just a dinner last night to dinner tonight thing? Just a suggestion.
Must go do some work but I'll be checking in through the day. I did yesterday in lieu of lunch and it kept me fuelled up.

Hello Ladies

I’m happy to report a little bit off 😬. Every little bit counts as long as it’s going and not increasing.

@Rewis that’s great progress! Enjoy your celebrations 🍾. I’m sure you’ll be mindful without over indulging and still enjoy yourself.

@132orbust that last little bit is being very stubborn for you. Nonetheless you’ve made great progress 👍👏. I’m increasingly reading that our ‘set weight point’ shifts when we actively lose. It’s like the body going into panic mode and it makes it increasingly difficult to lose. Exercise and mindful eating will see you through it. Last year I was within a few lbs of goal. Then illness & meds (and not mindfully eating) saw me increase dreadfully. Still slogging at getting back to where I was; slowly getting there! I tell myself if I wasn’t on it like I am (most of the time) I’d be much much heavier on a small frame. 3 years ago I was over 12 stone 😳 Although I might not be where I want to be, I’m in a much better place (health & weight) than I would be without the support on these threads and eating the way I do.

Enjoy your Wednesday Peeps.

Menu
Lunch - Veg & butter bean bowl.
Evening - Stir fry with crispy pork.
Apple, nuts.

Thank you everyone for being so kind. I have definitely worried dh and he's said he's keeping an eye on me plus my oldest friend is being brilliant as usual so right in this second I feel okayish but I know it won't last. I took DS2 to school then walked the dog for 1 hour 50. Cheeky madam still sulked about getting in the car! I came home then went for a run 1.5 hours so I'm feeling tired. All I have to do is pick up DS from school and dh is making tea and hoping I will get a decent nights sleep.

Thank you for your kind offer @swampytiggaa. Have you any thoughts on why I'm suddenly getting blisters? I'm alternating my trainers and I have another blister in the same place plus a new one. Hope you enjoyed your walk and your friend is feeling better.

You sound like you are doing really well @Rewis. Keep it up, enjoy your weekend and don't stress about extra things. As long as you savour and enjoy the food and drink it is all good.

I'm definitely up for a longer fast @132orbust should I need too. I nearly did 20 hours the other day as was busy and was fine. Dh and I have had a later lunch with my long walk and run and I had nearly a whole bag of salad with grated cheese and two chicken drumsticks. Pudding was a cornetto, just because !

A loss is a loss remember @TheRealHousewife! Thank you for your message.

Hi everyone, been trying to catch up with the thread today but it's taken me a while! Well done on everyone's losses ⭐ @SunshineCake hope you are doing ok and please don't feel you need to leave the thread!! You are so lovely and encouraging on here and would be greatly missed. Glad to hear you have a supportive DH and friend. @Millie2008 I know well the pouch to which you refer!! I often wondered if mine was exacerbated by having 2 c sections. I am now nearly 5 years pp so it definitely isn't going anywhere without some serious focus 😂 Focusing on general weight loss has helped somewhat with it, but I am now trying to learn to accept it as the shape my body is now. Maybe if I really gave serious attention to abdominal exercises I could make a difference to it but tbh that sounds so boring I can't be bothered... its not like I've ever been the type to strut around in a bikini anyway 😂

As of this morning I am 0.4 pounds away from a healthy BMI which is a bit exciting. It's been slow but I've only myself to blame as I'm not really on plan at the weekend and should be exercising more. But it's fine. Need to work out next goals. Going to try to post on here a bit more regularly to stay focused.

Thank you @CocoaMojo, lovely of you to say. Well done on being so close to a healthy BMI .

I felt a bit better and took it okay when my plans for next week had to be cancelled and now I'm really struggling again now that it's sunk in .

Ah sunshine stay with us! You are always so lovely and encouraging. I'm sorry you are having a tough time

@CocoaMojo - glad you understand the pouch! 🤣 two c-sections here as well. I think I feel similarly to you in terms of my level of botherdness- like ideally I'd prefer it not to be there, but not sure I care enough if it means doing 20,000 sit ups a day! Plus I've never particularly loved my tummy anyway so... meh! Battle scars!

Well done every one! Even if the weight goes up a bit, that's ok. It's about the general health. It's a marathon!

I just came from football game. We had the absolutely shittiest ref ever. And trust me, we have a lot of shit refs that get demoted to ref women's hobby league. I will drown my sorrows in wine and have some quark. Stupid football.

My nephew is coming tomorrow for a sleep over and he wants to go to the new burger restaurant so that should be good. Today I made noodle fair lunch but they were wayyyyyy too spicy. Like I actually couldn't finish it and I only had frozen pizza so I had very weird lunch.

@swampytiggaa. I do have a running question if you don't mind. The last two runs I have tried to run at the heart rate the lady who runs professionally told me and while I don't understand the science or all my stats, I am mostly in the green which is what she said I needed. My min/km are a little slower than I can do but I have surprised myself by not sulking about it . She said by doing this I will eventually get faster times per km. my dilemma now is how often to run now I'm running longer distances. Sunday I did 18km and today I did 11.5 as I didn't want to over do it after two days of just walking. Currently I am running a lot to help my mental health and even if I want to go home I know instantly if emotionally I'm not ready. I don't know whether to run daily but accept I might have to do shorter distances or miss days and run the longer time I need for my mental health . Did that make any sense?? Also probably four times longer than necessary.

Thank you so much @joysmoy66. You are all doing so well it is easy to be encouraging.

I've had a EMCS with DC1 then had to have it redone and you've made me realise my tummy is better than it was @Millie2008 so I'd say hang in there, it will get better. And I had badly separated tummy muscles after dc3.

@SunshineCake you honestly sound clinically depressed are you getting support from gp? So sad to see you feeling so miserable, take a step back from weight loss if you're not up to it at the moment but you don't need to step back from the thread

@swampytiggaa sounds a manageable plan good luck

@TheRealHousewife salty/peppery carrots surprising satisfying aren't they? Crunch + salt = crisps resisted

Weight loss wise, I was having a fairly good week - then sugar found me! Last night. I kinda had a "fuckit" moment...but I added up the cals I had today and I was still under daily count so maybe I'll still get a loss tomorrow

My downfalls behaviourally are:

Boredom (I need to get back to the cross stitch, can't eat and do that!)

Lack of motivation - not necessarily to cook, but with my mh issues I really struggle with dealing with the mental load side of sorting a meal - deciding what to have, what to have with it, doing the cal counting, resisting the appeal of more calorific and easier to make things

If anyone has ideas for these issues I'm all ears

The lack of motivation leads me to avoiding dealing with meals, my sleep pattern is upside down again anyway (I worked really hard and had this sorted earlier in year then bloody neighbours scuppered me!) so I don't wake till after noon, I don't feel like eating when I first wake but then I get too comfy and don't shift my arse into the kitchen until I am ravenous and then of course the more calorific foods are more appealing

I know I'm not being sensible and self sabotaging somewhat but can't seem to pull myself out of that rut!

Weigh in this morning-9 st 13!

Morning all!

Sunshinecake my lovely, lovely thread friend. You're going nowhere-I'd turn from a 🐢 to a 🦥 if you weren't here!!!

🐢 update: weighed this morning and after 3 weeks of staying the same I'm 4lbs down! It must be all the manic painting - arm exercise is the answer . I've hit the 2.5 stone mark at last. Only half a stone to go to healthy BMI.

On holiday next week, so just as well I lost as it'll go back on.

School finishes today here. Excuse the expletive, but thank fuck! I'm bloody knackered.

Well done @joysmoy66 quite a milestone today!
Day 171
SW:151
CW:134.50
GW:132
I'm obviously off again as I dropped another 0.25lb overnight.
2.5lbs to go - I'm sure it won't all be in one direction sadly but I will get there.

joysmoys do a wee victory dance! That's amazing. It must feel fab.