Shorties trying to lose weight - pt 3

[neverenoughchelseaboots]

New thread 🙂

So DS and his GF have covid so that's scuppered the weekend plans!

Starting weight 29th Nov - 10st 5.1
10st 3.3
10st 6.6
Today - 10st 2.7

I've realised that my baby life means standing on the scales on a particular day is unrealistic! So I'm just going to weigh vaguely every week / when I get chance to do it before breakfast and track a rough log of numbers.

@Sooverthemill oh no! How are they doing?

@neverenoughchelseaboots good loss! You might be the only one in the on this thread losing weight at the moment :)

My tummy is feeling unsettled so I'm still sticking to white carbs and hoping it's just a blip and not the start of a flare up.

B - crumpets with cream cheese
L - gnocchi with a tiny bit of cheese
D - tbc
Need to watch my cheese/dairy intake isn't excessive as I rely on the carbs

For full transparency, the tummy being a bit 'off' might be down to sharing 2 bottles (1 champagne/1 prosecco) on Saturday

Hi everyone! oh my goodness i joined this thread in June in the part 2 and i realised i had only made one post with a plan to lose 2st!.
Well happy to report that i made my target of 7st 2lb but it was not a nice experience!.
I caught a nasty dose of covid which ended up in not being able to swallow, which then gave me chronic gastritis which i am still struggling with now so i will not recommend my diet to anyone!!.
Best wishes to you all and have a fantastic christmas

@browneyedgirl81 oh no, that sound horrendous. I hope you feel better soon

Waves to @Morningmaeve @Knittingnanny @neverenoughchelseaboots @Sooverthemill how are you all?

I've completely given up, this is not the time to focus on my weight. I will try to be mindful when home alone, but tomorrow will be carb heaven. I am making this realfood.tesco.com/recipes/cauliflower-cheese-pithivier.html to take to my mum's tomorrow (I'm the only vegetarian).

I'm heading to York mid-week (hopefully) to spend a few days with a couple of female friends (also single) we've rented an Airbnb and it'll be nice as we live alone and this time of year can feel especially lonely So we'll chill out, enjoy having some company and have a nice chilled eve together over NYE. If you've got any recommendations re York send them my way :)

Wishing you all an amazing festive break and that it manages to be a little relaxing for you. Thank you for keeping me company over this past year on this never-ending weight loss journey x

What a lovely message @purplegirl13 and I agree, thank you for the company regulars 😘.

Have a wonderful time in York, I think it's a beautiful city in the winter.

Merry Christmas everyone, hope you all have great time. xxx

York is lovely and it's where DD1 and her DH are spending Christmas ( with his family who have recently all moved there separately).
So, my tummy problems are not sorted and I was in tears when I left the GP. Felt totally fobbed off 'don't eat what makes you feel unwell, take pain killers' oh and 'these are your choices not to eat things that make you feel I'll' er not choices when food makes you vomit surely? Anyway for now I'm leaving it and I may try to see someone privately in the new year.

So we had a reduced family weekend last weekend. The sick people are now back in our old county spreading their virus ( imo they came out of isolation too early and the government is being far too lax about isolation periods given the science). Was nice to see DD1 and her DH but totally exhausting and also for DD who had massive payback and could barely speak until Friday. She is now unfortunately very unwell with a serious UTI ( thank good ness for our kind nurse who responded Thursday evening out of hours to a text) and is on antibiotics and waiting for an urgent blood test today we hope ( yes on Boxing Day!). But the day itself was really nice. I cooked Turkey etc and a vegan alternative thanking god and the NHS for my new three oven range ( my DH had his NHS hours increased since March 2020 and therefore his pay!) and we ate Christmas dinner for the first time in DDs room, her first Xmas dinner with us since 2013 so that was a bittersweet moment. I ate bits of it but missed out the parts that I know I react to but it was still delicious. And today is my favourite day anyway as it's the leftovers I like best ( queue Ross's sandwich skit from friends). And we spent the whole day slowly doing presents in DDs room and we all had stuff we genuinely loved and all the gifts showed thoughtfulness and love.

I've lost more weight but it's due to not being able to eat much! And my jeans feel very comfy as a result.
Wishing all of you a a lovely peaceful day

Hi there everyone, I seem to have accidentally closed my account so now I’m knittingnanny2!
Fed up of mindlessly eating chocolate and left overs so on a new plan from tomorrow!

@Knittingnanny2 how strange!

Happy new year everyone!

I've not put too much weight on over Christmas - a pound or two perhaps, but I'm ready to get back on it and want to get some steady progress going.

I'm starting the year at 10st 5.2 and will be:

• doing dry January
• stopping eating meat again
• doing 10,000 steps a day (on avg for the month)

I'd like to get some more serious exercise in too but know I can't guarantee I'll manage with the baby so don't want to commit and fail. But doing those things throughout last year worked, so fingers crossed they will again.

I've got a holiday booked in May (the third reschedule of something from cancelled just as covid started) so I'd really like to have lost a fair bit before then.

Happy new year everyone, especially to little baby chelseaboots.
Not sure how much I put on but I’m back to mindful eating and will weigh in 2 weeks time.
There are 3 tubs of chocolate in the cupboard under the stairs which will probably last my husband til next Christmas. I’ve put loads of sellotape around them so I’m not tempted to stuff them in if I have a craving.
The following photo shows how much control my husband has over his chocolate eating. I put the remaining chocolates from tub number 1in a pot with three on the lid which wouldn’t fit in - 2 days ago. They are still there

Wish I had self control over treat type food.

Happy new year!!

@Sooverthemill how are you doing? your last message made me sad and I hated to hear how much pain you were in but I LOVED hearing about Christmas in your DD's room

@neverenoughchelseaboots sounds like a good plan there, and Dry Jan worked very well for you last year if I recall correctly.

@Knittingnanny2 You need to give those chocolates away! You really do, sellotape wouldn't stop me. Although I'm impressed you haven't touched those chocs at the top of the tub. I threw half a bag of doritos away yesterday (they came back with me from York), I hate waste but as I was starting to eat them, I thought 'I'm not a dustbin' so out they went!

I got back from York yesterday, I had a lovely few days - a nice balance of getting out and seeing the city but also curled up on the sofa reading, or having an early night. I got my nails painted a sparkly colour, had afternoon tea (with obligatory champagne) at Betty's, and walked the city walls/around the the town. I was a bit nervous of doing much indoors because of the covid risk (especially given my vulnerability). I realised I would go away with one of the ladies again, but not the other so that was something to come away with and I'm already thinking of where we can go later in the year.

I don't know how but I've managed to lose weight over the the festive break. I weighed today and am pleasantly surprised to be 10st4.

My rough plan:
not drink alcohol for the next 2 weeks (not quite ready to say Dry Jan)
get out at least 2 times a week for a decent walk around the park
breakfasts will be yoghurt & fruit, lunches will be soup
be mindful of bread/pasta intake
dig out my pilates dvd that I always used to enjoy doing

@Morningmaeve hoping all is ok with you

B - greek yoghurt/frozen cherries and flaked almonds
L - broccoli & stilton soup (no bread)
D - possibly this www.mobkitchen.co.uk/recipes/emergency-gyoza-soup

'Little baby Chelsea boots' that made me do a huge smile 😍 @Knittingnanny2

Glad York was good @purplegirl13, I can't believe you lost over Christmas! Were you doing a lot of walking?

Today's menu has been weatabix and skimmed milk, beans on crumpets and chickpea curry.

And I refused to drink any of the open bottles of wine, I hate to see them go down the sink but I'm liking the 'I'm not a dustbin' approach to making me feel better.

'Little baby chelseaboots' made me smile too!

@neverenoughchelseaboots yes, a fair bit of walking, plus the ladies I was away with weren't big drinkers so there was limited alcohol and I stuck to yogurt/ fruit for breakfasts.

If you still have the wine, can you freeze it? I always laughed at the thought of leftover wine, but when I wasn't enjoying wine last year and had open bottles I froze some (the red to use later in a 'meat' sauce for veggie lasagne, and the white was frozen for a future risotto)

Hello all and happy new year. I completely abandoned the diet over the last few weeks and I don't regret it! I haven't weighed but I am sure I am back over 9 stone. My plan is dry Jan from today and back to mindful eating. Also going to give C25K another go.

@Morningmaeve lovely to see you back! I think we all abandoned the mindful eating weeks ago :)

B - greek yoghurt, banana, tiny bit of honey
L - mushroom soup (possibly with a bread roll)
D - rice, dhal, indian spiced carrots

Trying to up my water intake today, have been slack on keeping hydrated

and since you're all doing Dry Jan, I'm now committing to it as well

Great news re dry Jan @purplegirl13 - glad to have your company

Unintentional fasting going on here. A migraine yesterday meant i skipped dinner last night and breakfast this morning.

L - spiced carrot & lentil soup
D - rice and dhal
Snack if needed: greek yoghurt with frozen cherries

Sorry to hear you are feeling unwell @purplegirl13 - hope it passes soon. I am still eating up the Christmas goodies so I dread to think what the scales will reveal on Friday. Not drinking though!

@morningmaeve much better once I bought some stronger meds this afternoon. At least now I'm stocked up for future migraines.

Hopefully the Christmas goodies are gone soon! Anything there you can give away??

A box of mince pies were jettisoned from the house today! A rather large block of Stilton remains but I'll turn it into soup with broccoli I think. I can't give the stollen away as I love it too much!

That's the best use for leftover stilton!

I've got little space in the freezer and there's already a few portions of broccoli & stilton soup in there. With the stilton leftover from Christmas, I've just crumbled and frozen it for the next time I make soup.