Lockdown stones to lose thread two

[poorpaws]

Thread two for those losing their lockdown weight

I didn’t know it was possible to eat so much in so short of time, that’s all I’m saying ☹️

🤣 Dirto @poorpaws

But even though I’m
Not doing that well I’m determined to keep weighing in. It’s when I completely throw the baby out with the bath water and stop weighing and delude myself that I’m not putting on weight.

Even if we go off track until New year, weighing in daily and attempting to track it will keep it slightly in check

Errr I meant DITTO 😂

Good morning everyone on the last weigh in before Christmas

SW: 12st. 2.3/4
CW: 10st. 12
GW: 10st by Easter (15 weeks from New Year)

I’m throwing the towel in now until 3 January. I’ve tried but failed all week and every food (especially the fruit cake) is calling my name. I’ll have family popping in this week and DP is eating everything in sight (he can he’s thin).

I’ll keep checking in but I’m afraid my diet has ended for this year.

Good luck to those who are still trying but it is Christmas at the end of this week so don’t berate yourself if you cave. We’ll get it sorted in January.

Good morning!

SW 13.5
CW 12.5
GW 11.0

By some miracle I manged to stay at the same weight this week, despite succumbing to a bottle of prosecco curtesy of our team Xmas drinks via Teams. That event started the 'sod it its Christmas time' vibe. Will try and keep active over the the next couple of weeks, but the calorie counting is definitely on hold for now.

Up 2 lbs
SW 12 07
CW 1209
TW10.00
Not good.

Where you gone wrong Bjarnum?

I'm trying not to weigh myself until new year now (unless I feel like I'm doing really well).

I prefer not to put the diet on a big pause as it just makes it harder to get to the target weight when restarting.

I’ve decided I’m quite a strange person! Once I decided to throw the towel in and start the Christmas merriment I’ve been much better today and not eaten nearly as much as I have been doing. As I said, strange creature! 🥴

I hope everyone is doing ok, it’s all getting very close now.

Morning all, successes and whoopses over here in equal measure! I did manage to hit my xmas target of 10st6 at the weekend but today I've found 2lbs. Not a big surprise with the family home, meaning usual practices are harder to stick to!
The psychology of dieting is strange @poorpaws. I like to think of sacrifices I make now as a gift to the future me. If I prioritise current me then so be it but I also know how happy I'll be with myself if I stick with it and drop those pounds.
I hope everyone is enjoying the run up to the big day

@Purlsandhooks I love that! Your words have really made me think and I’ll take them into next year.

The last time I was what I consider the perfect weight for me was in 2012 (such a long time ago) and I felt amazing. I had been going to WW from September 2011, reached my goal the following February and then went on to lose even more. I remember the euphoria I felt so well. I bought an absolute ton of clothes and the feelings far outweighed the love of food. It’s true that nothing tastes as good as being slim feels.

I don’t even want to be that slim now but I need to be slimmer to feel good again and I’m battling the same 2.1/2 stones over and over.

I remember back in June when I started this thread (and I’ve said it over and over here) “I’m not giving up this time, I’m not giving up”, it’s become my mantra.

I feel now that Christmas and new year celebrations are getting in the way of my weight loss plan. I will enjoy this time and gain pounds but I’m straight back on the diet on 3 January cos this time we’ll all do it and become who we want to be.

Anyone up for a Christmas Eve morning weigh-in so we can evaluate our weight gains on 3 Jan?

After a very shaky start to the week where I threw the towel in and then retrieved it, I weighed myself this morning and I have met my Christmas goal of 10st 9.3/4. it seems an odd weight to be my goal but I chose it because now I’ve lost exactly 1.1/2 stones since starting this thread in early June.

It’s slow going and I’ve had hurdles to cross but I’m so pleased. Thank you all for your great support, I would never have got this far without you. (I just hope I don’t gain too much over Christmas/New Year but at least I feel in a good place to start the celebrations).

Wow. Very impressed with people's weightloss. I seem to not have put any back on since my couple of lbs loss in the last few days. Hopefully can lose a couple more. I'd take keeping this weight begrudgingly!

Need to learn to say no after accepting a slice of pizza and a big chocolate muffin at work. I didn't want to seem rude, but going to have to in future.

Woweee well done @poorpaws!!! You must be so pleased with yourself. Starting again after throwing in the towel for a bit is just as hard as starting in the first place so you should definitely give yourself a big pat on the back.
I have also hit my xmas target!! (Again!)
No idea how but that extra 2lbs seem to have come off again. I'm putting it down to hormones (and/or TMI... previously being a bit backed up!)
I'll join you on xmas eve weigh in .. but! That's following my work xmas do so I'm not expecting the scales to be kind at that point!!
@talktothehand123 I get the same thing with refusing treats at work. They've got used to me saying no now, so it's much easier!

@Purlsandhooks. I meant Christmas Eve morning for the weigh-in before any damage 😀

I was expecting a lot of damage at my work party yesterday @poorpaws!!
Although as it turned out the food was so mediocre I only ate half! Plenty of liquid calories though

Xmas eve weigh in for me:
CW 10st5.. and 7/8! I don't normally do the fractions but as it's practically the next lb I thought just saying 10st5 feels misleading!
SW 11st5
Xmas GW 10st6
UG 10st

Merry Christmas Eve everyone ❤️

Just popping on to say an early Merry Christmas to everyone - it's been lovely to 'meet' you this year!

Hope you all have a great day - I'll be back soon with some (improved!) weight loss ideas for me next year

Merry Christmas everyone.

My Christmas Eve morning weighin was 10st 11 which is a gain already.

I bet I’m the only person who weighed on Christmas Day ( I think I’m obsessed). 10 stone 11.25.

I’ve eaten loads and drunk plenty so after Boxing Day I hope to ease off a little.

Anyone else’s Christmas dinner not that good? I’ve made much better in previous years.

I keep wondering how Bjarnum is coping with the wedding. I’m keeping my fingers crossed for them all.

Have a good Boxing Day everyone.

Hi all. Hope everyone had a good Christmas. We are desperately putting out fires (metaphorically). Our new DIL called eldest son's DD obnoxious. You can imagine how that went down. We have a new venue - the only one possible and it is awful. After ordering the wine it transpired DIL is allergic to alcohol. And dairy products. She is also in a flat out feud with her mother. DS lent a friend money to bail him out of a US jail. He has now absconded with $40,000 of his money. One DD is picking holes in everything another DD does and is claiming her other siblings find her "ridiculous" for refusing to go to a wedding when her foster kids were excluded (She did offer to meet the couple for a special celebration dinner at home once the wedding was over) This was 3 bloody years ago! Youngest DD's boyfriend is spending a lot of money on gay dating sites and transexual hookers, no longer has any interest in sleeping with her and yet she insists his mother can sort it all out. And is going ahead with fertility treatment (?). I haven't gone anywhere near the scales - there is only so much crushing I can stand. Tomorrow I am off to find tablecloths and napkins. Oh and mate of another DS pitched up to stay with his autistic son who could not be dissuaded from chasing our screaming and terrified GDs and saying he was going to "get them". I could continue about the visiting puppy, the wedding cake that is going to look dreadful with the toppers that dwarf it ,the snowflakes that are likely to just slide off it, the dress that was 140 cm too short when it arrived and the issues with the caterers but I'm sure you get the picture. 3rd January it will all be over. I shall return.

Oh bloody hell @Bjarnum, you couldn’t write it. Bless you, I really feel for you but I’m so sorry it made me laugh, it’s so so bad. Anyway I hope everything sorts itself out and 3 Jan isn’t too far away.

In other news both DP and I have been really ill straight after Christmas. I’ve never known DP ill, never! We’ve both had banging headaches, really bad sore throats, noses running like taps and no energy at all. Yesterday is the first day my dogs haven’t been for a walk in years. He’s out with them now but I know he’s struggling, neither of us can move much due to the lack of energy.

I hope everyone else has had a good Christmas, it’s over in no time after all the planning and is all a bit meh now. I’ll be glad when new year is over and we can all get back to normality.

Hope everyone is well and happy and @Bjarnum you really are in my thoughts constantly and I truly hope you all have a magical day after the drama, you definitely deserve it

My goodness @Bjarnum... in your position I'd be tempted to hide away with a massive bottle of Baileys and let all the DC/ in laws fight it out between themselves!! I assume that's not an option though so I hope everything is sorted out soon and you all have an amazing day

Sorry to hear you & your DP are ill @poorpaws, have to say that's one thing that puts me off getting a dog, DP & the DC keep talking about it but I know it would be down to me to walk it regardless of the weather or how well I felt! Hope you feel better soon

Bit of a disappointing Christmas here TBH, I got some random smellies from DP's family - I don't usually mind bath foam/ shower gel/ soap etc but this lot was just bog standard sets (including some aftershave balm?! ) when we'd taken the trouble to ask people what they'd like and spend a few quid on them. At least lovely MIL had got me a nice box of chocs as usual DP got me bugger all but said "oh me and the DC wondered if you'd like a pamper day?" - I just looked at him a bit dumbfounded and thought, it's not exactly relaxing is it when I know I'm going to come back to a house that's an utter tip and all the cooking/ cleaning/ washing to do as you never do them?! So that was a no...

Have to say my eating hasn't been great but I've made the effort to be active, taken the DC swimming, been on some long walks etc. DP has moaned constantly that he needs to lose at least 2 stone (and that's only to start with, he could do with losing at least 8) but then moaned when I suggested doing something active, keeps snacking on large bars of chocolate and has drunk a couple of bottles of wine most evenings... I'm just tuning out the moaning now, I can't think of anything more I can do to help him.

Please tell me someone has some exciting plans to share for 2022?! I'd love to say I have but am currently looking for some virtual challenges as I still don't get much time away from the DC!

@ClaraTheImpossibleGirl you sound so down and I wish I could think of something/anything to make you feel better.

Sadly my 2022 will not be exciting but most likely exactly the same as 2021. Hopefully the long, long garden project will be finished (but it’s gone well over double the budget already so funds are low), we’ll go to the moors occasionally as we do every year, we’ll do long daily dog walks to try to keep a bit fitter and I’ll still be bloody trying to lose this damned weight. I’d love a bit of excitement in my life but I don’t even know what I want.

Re the dogs, I am very very lucky. The day we both couldn’t take them out my lovely professional dog walker friend offered to take all three of mine free of charge. I was so touched, people are so kind to me. We didn’t let her take them as it was pouring with rain and it didn’t seem fair to the walker or dogs. Yesterday DP took them for a “short” walk even though he was feeling rotten and ended up being out for 3 hours worrying me massively.

The diet isn’t going well but not too badly either. What I am eating is sweet rubbish as I don’t fancy and can’t be bothered with proper food but I haven’t got my usual appetite so it’s not going too badly. I’m actually thinking of cancelling new year food. We were having a roast beef dinner but I don’t fancy it and we’ve already wasted a lot of the turkey so I’m thinking cheese and biscuits, other nibbles and Christmas cake (which atm I’m addicted to).

@Bjarnum you are truly in my thoughts all of the time and I’m trying to send you positivity and strength. I shall be so glad when this is over for you.

@Bjarnum I’ve just read what I wrote the other day about your plight making me laugh and it sounds so bad. What I really meant was I let out a nervous little chuckle (not at all a laugh at you), just an OMG this is horrendous, it surely can’t get worse for her. Sorry I wasn’t clear, I most certainly wouldn’t laugh.

I love Christmas cake @poorpaws

Your routine sounds lovely to me, ok not wildly exciting but there's time for that, if it's what you want at any point! I'm going to sign up for Walk 1000 Miles again, in case that's something you'd be interested in? I found it quite motivating to watch my progress on a map this year...

I'm also going to join RED January again, not to run every day (although I could do with it, frankly!) but to try to keep me moving/ work some more exercise into my daily routine. It's more about improving mental health through (any sort of) exercise than actually running, in case anyone's put off by the title.

DP refused to come out with me and the DC this morning and spent his time sulkily cleaning the kitchen instead - honestly it's so all or nothing with him, either he's refusing to move off the sofa or (rarely) he's throwing stuff around and moaning that we are all so MESSY and LAZY. Bizarrely he feels that I've had the easier day, despite me having to feed and entertain the DC for hours with him being cross every time we set foot in the house. Of course when I spend hours cleaning whilst he takes the DC to MIL's and does nothing for hours but sit on the sofa letting her do all the childcare/ cooking/ tidying, he thinks I've had the easier day then too

I am a bit down at the moment poorpaws, I just can't see how things can improve when DP is so uncommunicative. It feels like I'm trying to make a new (healthier) life for myself and leave him behind, which I don't necessarily want to, but it's very tiring getting snapped at when I ask him to come for a walk with us/ get some shopping in/even just put the oven on for dinner... not sure how to get past that issue TBH!

@poorpaws - trust me I took it in the way it was intended - don't worry! I have the awful feeling of being stuck in a soap opera - and one with a very unlikely plot. @clara - bless you. If I could escape I would - I love my kids but right now I could slap the lot. My poor OH is running round trying to keep the peace and bringing me bacon rolls with his puppy dog eyes, hoping he can ward off the inevitable explosion! When the bride pitched up with 2 cake toppers - each about a foot high, shiny gold, on a top tier that is only 4" wide. Plus 2 6" chess pieces and a red double decker bus. She had asked for a plain white tiered cake with snowflakes. I just lost it. I was laughing so hard I could not breathe. Hysteria. Just as I got control the dog reared up on its back legs to have a look and emitted a lengthy series of very loud, vile smelling farts. She is so my dog.