18 weeks until Christmas

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It’s 18 weeks until Christmas and I would love to be 25lbs lighter by then. I want to do lots of self care as well as 50s skin is looking very dry and elephant like.

Plan is 10,000 steps no snacking, lots more vegetables and daily yoga. Does anyone want to join me?

New week even!

I'm trying to calorie count until after my monthly, I find the plateauing/increase dispiriting.

@SnowyMouse Slow but steady might be best, but its definitely frustrating!

I'm hoping I'll have another lb off on Monday, it's looking like a good week so far...

Thanks @sar302, it is frustrating.

Fingers crossed for you for Monday.

How’s everyone doing? I’ve had a few bad weeks . Lost a little then gained it all back. Why is it so easy to gain weight but so hard to lose it?!

I've had a bad few weeks too, gaining then plateauing. Sorry you're struggling.

Yes, sometimes it feels like I can gain it back with one big meal!

I think part of the issue for me is that my weight can easily fluctuate by 2/3lbs at any given time. So sometimes I think I've lost 1lb, but actually I'm just a bit dehydrated when I weighed, and the next day the 1lb lost has returned again!

I think once I've lost 5lbs I'll be convinced it's real.

Was looking forward to the gym today and instead have come down with my toddler's stinking cold 😭

I've done my weekly weighin, only lost 0.25 lbs
SW: 14 stone 4
CW: 13 stone 13.75 (week 6, 4 oct)
GW: 13 stone 0 (Christmas)

I did mine this morning. Apparently feeling like death has made me put on about 4lbs in 5 days 🤨 somehow, I don't believe that after watching the weight drop throughout last week!

So there we go.

0.25 is frustrating @SnowyMouse - just keep telling yourself it's going in the right direction.

I've gone to 0.75 lb today

Even better!

SW 14st 4
CW 13st 9
GW still too far away

I think I skipped a week so I’ve lost 2lbs over 2 weeks but still a downwards trend.

Keep on it- a slip up is ok next meal get back on track. I’m not having alcohol really and that’s helped with the willpower over evening snacks too.
11 weeks to Christmas so still plenty of time for good losses

Well the 4lbs seems to have vanished again overnight - wtaf?

So total loss stands at 3lbs currently.

11 more weigh-ins to go!

Well done to everyone hanging in there!

SW: 14 stone 4
CW: 13 stone 12 (week 7, 10 oct, 1.75 loss)
GW: 13 stone 0 (Christmas)

SW .. 13st 11
CW... 11st 6
GW... 10st 11

Hell I've worked SO hard at this since April and have to keep at it. I've been away for a few weeks eating and drinking far too much and only put on a couple of pounds so maybe, just maybe, I'm in the right place to do this.
I'm doing 16/8 which has really worked for me.

Good luck everyone, onward and upward

Arriving late and wondering what CW, SW, GW mean?

Start weight
Current weight
Goal weight

Another 0.5lbs off this week. Not too bad considering I've been ill for a chunk of it and not done any exercise.

Still only about 3.5lbs off in 7 weeks 🙄 but better than nothing.

10 weeks left to go. Welcome @Roussette You've done a great job so far!

Sorry, that was meant to be welcome @crackerjackbaby, and @Roussette is doing well so far!

sar302
Thanks... have to say, apart from the first week when I dropped about 6lbs, it's been steady between 0.5 and 1.5lbs a week.
Hopefully this will mean I'll keep it off!

0.5lb is good for you, it's a loss!

That's what I'm trying to remind myself, because until this thread gave me a kick in up the backside, everything else this year was a gain!

Even if it's 7-10lbs lighter by Christmas, it's something!

No loss this week

SW: 14 stone 4
CW: 13 stone 12 (week 8, 18 oct, 0 loss)
GW: 13 stone 0 (Christmas)

Sorry @SnowyMouse - that's always annoying!

I managed 1lb this week, so I'm now up to 4.5lbs in 8 weeks. I'm on the cusp of a stone that I would be thrilled to be out of, so that's my goal this week...

9 weeks left. We've can do this! Wondering how others on the thread have got on.

I've dropped to 13 stone 11.75, so that's something.

Well done on your 1 lb!