Shorties trying to lose weight - pt 3

[neverenoughchelseaboots]

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@SwimmingOnEggshells I've stepped back as it appears my sister is now talking to her husband, and tbh it's their issue. I still think he will screw her over, and I'm not sure it's sensible for them to stay together a few more months but it's not my marriage. So on that note, my anxiety seems to have settled a little, mostly worse in the silent night hours or when I first wake up.

I'm eating, but not lots.

@neverenoughchelseaboots good to hear you're getting out walking (not sure I would've gone out in the rain if I didn't have to). If baby is latched on to you, I imagine biscuits are easy and within reach. Yay for the lovely comments you've been receiving.

@Sooverthemill isn't this the issue with us shorties, it really doesn't take much on the calorie front for us to maintain.

B - nothing
L - might have scrambed eggs with crumpets
D - will try and have some soup

hello to @Knittingnanny2 @Morningmaeve

Morning everyone and thanks so much for the welcome back. You’re very kind.

We can do this, everyone! There will be blips and difficult periods to get through, but we will get there. Thinking of you all. Keep the faith.

I haven’t lost any weight in a week. Stayed the same, but I am logging everything on my fitness pal and I’ve walked four times. I clearly need to move more and eat less. I am getting used to far fewer treats and don’t feel too deprived so my mindset is shifting.

My aim for the next week is to walk 25 miles (above my normal round the house and local errands steps) and to stay under 1300 calories each day. I’ve looked back to my MFP entries when I more or less stuck to my plan this time last year, and I was eating in the region of 1100 calories a day, sometimes less. I think 1300 is a step in the right direction but I do probably need to cut down my calorie intake even more to see results. The joys of being a shortie! But in good company

hi everyone, thank you all for the welcome and hello @WellTidy, I can remember you liked your walks :)

Congrats on the new arrival @neverenoughchelseaboots! boy, girl, how many weeks?

So I braved the scales and I'm 8st 11.24lbs. Still in healthy weight territory but up 4lbs from before Christmas.

Last night I did pretty well, I managed to not eat anything after dinner and even though I was a little hungry going to bed, I just ignored it. I managed a spin class this morning and boy it was tough, I'm feeling the pace after covid!

Welcome back @SwimmingOnEggshells and hello to everyone else. All okay here. Trying to eat a bit more healthily and continuing with Dry Jan. Today I had porridge for breakfast and I've done a 7k walk so off to a good start. Might start logging again on MFP as I did find that useful.

Hello everyone, I’ve still been eating too much even though the sellotape is back on the chocolates! I’m not brave enough to weigh yet as I would be very disheartened. Clothes still fit but I’m aware my middle is bigger soo I need to get a grip.
Long walk after a short train ride to Winchester today and only a very small piece of husbands cake.
Will hopefully get over the white carb cravings soon

I had an overnight whoosh (daily weighed) and I’ve lost 1.75lb and am 10st 3.25lb. Yay. I’ve walked for an hour today but treated myself to an almond croissant (pastries and anything baked really are my nemesis). Must do better.

I'm also down a lb today @WellTidy, a move in the right direction but I'm likely to fluctuate up again I'd say.

But, my eating hasn't been too bad and I've done a gym class two days in a row now.

Today I had:
Two coffees on milk
Tesco Caesar salad (no chicken)
Homemade fried rice with pork
And a bit more mint Lindt than I'd like to admit...

I'm doing my ' go to my bedroom early' trick to keep me away from the treats, it worked really well last year so I'll do that as much as I can.

I've had a bad few days (leftover tin of shortbread biscuits that I feel I can't throw away as they were a Christmas present 😫) so I've put on .5lb. Still doing my daily walk though.

I go back to work next month and working from home is my optimal environment for weight loss - not as many snacks in the house as at an office and some routine / meetings to distract me from constant grazing.

@SwimmingOnEggshells a boy, he's 8 weeks now and he's fab! He's a really content and happy baby so life's pretty good.

I've just realised, we have builders here today - a good opportunity to offload some of this shortbread.

It’s D’s’ birthday tomorrow so we have a cake and are eating out on Saturday. I will join in and enjoy what I have, but I’m really hoping to offload some of the cake (it feeds 22) before I eat my way through it.

Despite my walk yesterday, I finished the day having eaten an almond croissant and a creme egg, which are showing on the scales. Another walk planned for today.

Let’s put the shortbread and the chocolates behind us and aim for better going forward. Gorgeous day here (south east), cold but really sunny and bright. I’m really looking forward to my walk and podcast later.

Oh that's lovely @neverenoughchelseaboots, it feels like only two months ago that you announced you were pregnant, time flies! Isn't it so much easier with no. 2? The first is always such a shock. I remember you have a little girl the same age as my LO, I hope she's enjoying having a little bro to look after.

Don't be hard on yourselves on the biscuits and croissants, we need to live a little too. If I restrict too much I always binge by the end of the week...

Going well here, booked in again for another gym class this evening which will be three in a row - woo! Not sure how much the gym actually helps me lose weight because it makes me more hungry but it's amazing for my mental health. The atmosphere at my spin class last night was epic, it was like a great night out...closest thing I get to a night out these days, mind!

Plan for today is coffee/latte x 2 again, salad for lunch, possibly chicken curry for dinner. Then my gym class which is a mix of spin and weights. It's at 6.15 which I find great as I have my dinner when I get home at about 8pm so then I'm less likely to eat again before I go to bed.

Happy Friday all! Holding steady here at 9 stone 0.4lb so being dry cancelled out by extra eating 😀

Same here, no change on earlier in the week. And I've realised I can't add and substract, I actually put on 5lbs over Christmas! Now just to hold steady with it, I need to keep reminding myself that consistency is key.

Another spin class today and that'll be 4 this week, woo! But absolutely wrecked, I was worrying about things I have absolutely no control over last night and now I'm bolloxed. Tiredness often means I crave sugar. Must. Resist.

Didn't even weigh myself! I'm certain I'm holding steady

Feeling dreadful again and DH has helpfully googled and exited I have cancer of the pancreas! I think he's wrong but it doesn't feel just an intolerance.
Anyway weighed myself and yes I'm still under 9 and that's even eating almost all a large bag of crisps yesterday as I was craving salt ( and felt sick afterwards that will teach me).

Sorry to hear you are feeling so rough @Sooverthemill - I find doctor Google is rarely a good place to look! Can you see another doctor in your practice? I remember you said your own doctor wasn't at all helpful. All okay here - still dry and still eating a bit too much to compensate especially in the form of evening treats when I'd usually have a glass or three of wine. How are you doing @purplegirl13 ?
B boiled egg and toast
L homemade Stilton and broccoli quiche (using up last of the Christmas Stilton 😀)
D gnocchi with veg
Treat - something from the Green & Black's selection box - just ONE something is the plan

Stay away from Google if you can @Sooverthemill, I know it's easier said than done though! I hope you feel better soon.

Dreadful weekend on the food front here, I ate a whole sharing bag of crisps last night and I'm back up to higher than I was after Christmas. Sigh. Tomorrows another day and all that.

Well done on staying dry @Morningmaeve, I stupidly broke it last night which led to the crisps. Again back on that wagon today.

Can I join please.

5, 1.5
63kg
44

Probably be happy at about 57/58 kg.

Hey @helbel34, of course! I'm an inch smaller than you.

What's your plan?

Morning All

My weekend was shocking. A real binge going on. I was searching for something to satisfy me and nothing hit the spot. Lots of white carbs! I wish I'd given in to the glass of wine I wanted on Saturday evening but I didn't so I'm still dry. I think I was restricting too much hence the binge, should have just gone out for a slice of cake - would have worked out less calorie-wise instead of everything else I ate to compensate

My Friday weigh in showed a loss of 1.2lbs taking me to 10st1.6 but the weekend eating will have an impact unless I can reel it back in over the next few days.

@SwimmingOnEggshells absolutely fresh start/new day and all that today. Accept the choices you made and move on. You're doing so well on the exercise front! What's the meal plan for today?
@neverenoughchelseaboots how are you getting on?
@WellTidy hopefully the birthday cake has all left your house by now?
@Sooverthemill echoing others to stay away from Dr Google, but easier said than done. Can you try and see another GP in your practice?
@Morningmaeve I'm doing ok, anxiety has eased off but I do realise I'm slipping slighlty with low mood (Jan blues and all that, plus I am so over wfh and the isolation it brings)

@helbel34 welcome!

waves to @Knittingnanny2

Today:
B - greek yoghurt and frozen cherries, small anount of flaked almonds
L - I'm hoping I still have some soup in the freezer
D - tbc
sipping on a green tea now whlist I wait for the cherries to defrost so I can have breakfast.

Morning all

Shocking weekend here (though I’m relieved to see that I’m not in my own in this ) - birthday cake three days running, cocktails, champagne and ate out.

Imagine my surprise to see that since Thursday morning (which was the last time I weighed) I have stayed the same overall. An incentive to walk again today and get back on an even keel.

Yes, the birthday cake has left the building! Palmed it off on both SILs for their DC to be sure that I wouldn’t go back for more!

My plan is to keep walking as much as I can, with my podcasts, and still to eat the same things as the rest of the family at mealtimes, just smaller portions. It worked for me last year when I was mindful, and I’m hoping it will again.

Ach @purplegirl13 my sympathies on the binging, we all do it!

Yes the exercise has been going well, but there was an incident in the gym on Friday which left me in tears. The guy who owns the gym got really aggressive with me about how my spin bike was set up, he was clicking his fingers in my face when I was talking! I'm not sure what to do now...my husband says I shouldn't go back but the classes suit me and it's close to my house so it's very handy.

But he sent me a text a couple of hours later saying he was only trying to help me and that it was his job as trainer to help. He also said that I was right, my bike had been set up correctly. I couldn't bring myself to reply until yesterday and I told him I wasn't happy with how he spoke to me so aggressively and clicked at me like a dog. He replied with
'I apologise if my actions made you feel disrespected, that wasn't my intention'.

Not a heartfelt apology but an apology nonetheless...

@SwimmingOnEggshells That sounds awful, I'm so sorry to hear you had to experience that. I think go to the next class and see how you feel and whether you can get past it. I'm proud you shared with him how unhappy you were about the way he spoke to you. Hopefully it'll make him think twice before he does it to someone else.

@WellTidy as a result of your post, I will make myself go out at lunchtime for a walk around the local park (also whilst listening to a podcast, I feel like I'm at least 5 yrs behind everyone else as I've only recently discovered podcasts!).

I am realising us shorties need to get moving/exercise if we want to eat a decent amount of calories.

Update to my meal plan after rummaging through my freezer
B - greek yogurt/frozen cherries
L - broccoli & stilton soup
D - cauliflower/chicckpea coconut curry with rice
S - apple (maybe with some peanut butter)

I am torn between calorie counting or just making sensible options/minimally processed diet. For now I don't have it in me to calorie count

Given how my weekend went, I may start listening to this www.stitcher.com/show/the-stop-binge-eating-podcast I've listed to the first few episodes before and found the episode about 'managing urges' useful

Hi everyone, don't worry I'm not googling it was DH. I know he's wrong and anyway my bloods were fine when tested. Seeing a different doctor is tricky. The best one is my DDs GP but I try not to see him because I have to advocate strongly for DD and I find that hard to do with any individual who has seen my most private of parts! This GP that I saw is supposed to be brilliant according to DDs nurse. Anyway it's helping me stay slim but possibly not in a healthy fashion.