7lbs in 35 days. Let’s go.

[ICanDoIt23]

How about that for an arbitrary goal?

This is what it’s going to look like:

26/4 Day 0: 11st6
1/5 Day 5: 11st5
6/5 Day 10: 11st4
11/5 Day 15: 11st3
16/5 Day 20: 11st2
21/5 Day 25: 11st1
26/5 Day 30: 11st0
31/5 Day 35: 10st13

I will be strength training twice a week and running twice a week (somewhere around week 5/6 of couch to 5k). And getting on top of my blood sugar so I am not snacky, with some of the ideas from the Glucose Revolution book.

I need the accountability of a thread I have actually started. I’m well aware I may end up talking to myself, but it’d be lovely to have some pals if this feels like a feasible goal to anyone else 😊

Weighed in this morning and I'm 1 kg down!! 🥳

Argh! I've been losing weight lb by lb since January but I'm stuck on a massive plateau and it's doing my head in. Since joining here I've been extra strict and I'm still just bouncing around 12,10 / 12,9 and back. It doesn't make any sense to me and it upsets me irrationally because maintaining my calorie intake is so hard.
I aim for 1000 calories to have a 500 daily deficit to lose lb a week but haven't lost for about three weeks.
Make it make sense. How can my calorie count come in at just over 1000 yesterday whilst my Fitbit says I burned nearly 2,500 (more than 3000 on Saturday).
Science says this should not be possible. Why is my body so difficult? What can I change?
The only thing I can think is that because of mum's taxi duties the last two nights I ate my salad at 10 o'clock. Will eating earlier make a difference?
Can anyone help because it literally makes me want to cry. Eating so little every day is really hard. (Please don't say starvation mode. That's not a thing.)

Sorry, I'm hijacking, I'll stop.

Hi All, I thought I'd link back to my first comment as you guys have been so busy with posts. Sounds like you're all making a great start so now I feel like I'm lagging behind a little!
I weighed myself Monday I'm actually up t 10 st 2lbs which was disappointing - so now I really have 9lbs to loose not 7.

So far I've decided to eat Vegetarian for 3/4 nights per week hoping to cut out some saturated fats. I batch cooked a curry and Moroccan stew Tuesday which I've really enjoyed.
I usually have sandwiches for lunch every day - always have done so it's a hard habit to break. For now I'm cutting down to 1 sandwich (ie 1 slice of bread) rather than 2. which make it easy for me to not have to change what I eat too much.

I've bought one of those ball hoop exercise things - slowly getting the hang of it and building up to 20 mins of that each day. Also bought a skipping rope - but my goodness that it harder than i remember it being!!! So far have only managed about 7 mins of that at a time!

Also having physio on my poorly shoulder so hopefully will get some permanent results with that treatment so I can get more exercise done.

I went for a team meeting earlier in the week an ofcourse the table was full of biscuits and sweets etc. Almost impossible to resist some homemade cakes someone had bought in

Target is to reach 9 1/2 stone by mid June.

@Z0rr0
I'm no expert on weight loss but just wanted to acknowledge your post and offer some sympathy. I can see how that must be getting you down.
How do you measure your calorie intake? Do you weigh everything you eat? Any hidden calories in things like dressings?
Hopefully someone with a bit more knowledge might come along with some thoughts but in the meantime I'm sending best wishes and

Thank you @toomuchlikemyusername. Appreciate your post but really don't want to hijack.
Yes I do weigh everything and log on Noom. Don't really have salad dressings but if I do I also measure them out. It's frustrating and it does get me down but think I just need to woman up and crack on. No one needs to hear me whining when this should be about the wins.
Good luck everyone.

@Z0rr0 I have exactly the same issue! Right now my plan is to snack on protein in small amounts through the day as I think those days I tend to lose more than on my days when I eat the same calories in a couple of salad/ vegetable/ fruit based meals. I’m hoping it works… currently 1lb down from 4 days ago so we’ll see!

@Z0rr0 , I don't have any expert advice either but wanted to acknowledge your post.
You're not whining BTW, posts like yours are good because it's not easy and it's good for others to read and know they're not alone.
Keep going, it will probably start to come off soon 💐

Well done @Howmanysleepsnow. Yes I switched to snacking on protein this week too.
It's a bit TMI but I also struggle with constipation which doesn't help. I think because there's just not a lot of substance to what I'm eating, so I've started taking Fybogel because the constipation keeps the weight on.
Good luck. I find it so disheartening to be working so hard at diet and exercise and then see nothing for it. But hopefully if I stick with it there will be a breakthrough.

Thanks @Amdone123. Appreciate your words.
Fingers crossed.

Official weigh in

5 days ago 11 13
1st May 11 10

6th May 11 9 ✅
11th May 11 8
16th May 11 7
21st May 11 6
26th May 11 5
31st May 11 4
5th June 11 3

Good work @Howmanysleepsnow!

Here’s mine for day 10:

26/4 Day 0: 11st6
1/5 Day 5: 11st5 - Weigh in: 11st4.5 ✅
6/5 Day 10: 11st4 - Weigh in: 11st4 ✅
11/5 Day 15: 11st3
16/5 Day 20: 11st2
21/5 Day 25: 11st1
26/5 Day 30: 11st0
31/5 Day 35: 10st13

Not much progress from day 5, but on target at least.

I’m not great at keeping up with the chat I’m afraid! But I’m wishing you all strength and good vibes 😁

Morning all.

I'm not planning ahead on my predicted losses but here's my update so far:

Day 1 (1.05.23) - 66.9kg
Day 4 (04.05.23) - 65.9kg
Day 6 (06.05.23) - 65.7kg

Definitely heading in the right direction 🙌

Realised I forgot to update with my weigh-in yesterday:

30-4 Day 0 - 12st 2lbs
5-5 Day 5 - Target: 12st 1lb Actual: 12st 1lb ✅

I’m happy to be 1lb down (and on target) but it feels like hard slog for every ounce! I have a party this evening and another tomorrow, which feels like sabotage, but I really want to go

Forgot to check in on Saturday!

30/4 Day 1: 11st5
6/5 Day 7: Goal: 11st4 Actual:11st 2! (-3lb total)
11/5 Day 12: 11st3
16/5 Day 17: 11st2
21/5 Day 22: 11st1
26/5 Day 27: 11st0
31/5 Day 32: 10st13

Pleased with that- gives me a bit of a buffer, just hoping I can keep momentum up. Have really stuck to plan this week, so glad it has shown on scales!

Well done you both.

I absolutely stuffed my face at a neighbour's coronation party yesterday so it's back to eating sensibly today.

I forgot to update my stats yesterday, so here they are.

28/04 10st10lb
03/05 10st9lb. Actual-10st 8lb4oz
08/05 10st8lb. Actual 10st7lb4oz
13/05 10st7lb
18/05 10st6lb
23/05 10st5lb
28/05 10st4lb
02/06 10st3lb

Happy with that. Managed to keep within calorie requirement all but one day (Coronation Day food saw me go a bit over but not madly so).

Hope everyone else is doing ok!

Official weigh in

5 days ago 11 13
1st May 11 10

6th May 11 9 ✅
11th May 11 8 ❌ 11 12
16th May 11 7
21st May 11 6
26th May 11 5
31st May 11 4
5th June 11 3

hmm, that didn’t go as planned! Not gone over 1400 calories most days (1800 once due to comfort eating!)

I’m going to keep my goals the same for now, and hope it’s just a (massive) fluctuation 😬

I haven't done stats properly but appreciate this thread for helping my motivation.

17/04 Start 11 stone 8
11/05 11 stone 2
20/05 Goal 10 stone 13

26/4 Day 0: 11st6
1/5 Day 5: 11st5 - Weigh in: 11st4.5 ✅
6/5 Day 10: 11st4 - Weigh in: 11st4 ✅
11/5 Day 15: 11st3 - Weigh in: 11st4.5 ❌
16/5 Day 20: 11st2
21/5 Day 25: 11st1
26/5 Day 30: 11st0
31/5 Day 35: 10st13

Big Red Cross for me too @Howmanysleepsnow! Gone a bit backwards. I’ll check in again in the morning, hope it’s just a brief fluctuation. This is the problem with the 5 day weigh in interval I guess.

Well, it seems mine wasn’t a 1 day fluctuation… to keep up motivation I’m going to add my (excessively large atm) waist measurements. I’ve decided only to panic if both go up 😂
5 days ago 11 13, 34”
1st May 11 10, 32”
6th May 11 9 ✅ 31.75”
11th May 11 8 ❌ 11 12, 31.5”
16th May 11 7
21st May 11 6
26th May 11 5
31st May 11 4
5th June 11 3

at least I’ve some sort of downward trend!

Just wanted to let you know I decided I needed to lose 7lbs (ideally 9lbs) the later end of 2022. I didn't plan to lose it as quick as you are, but I stuck at it through the ups and downs. I've just about hit the 9lb mark and just wanted to say do stick at it through all the ups and downs, it's worth it.

I accepted that if I was eating out I'd try and have just a few less calories in the day and try and make better choices while out. Also, if I really fancied a cake with my coffee that was fine as long as it was low calorie lunch. What might seem like small adjustments is still beneficial.

I like your thinking @Howmanysleepsnow 🙂 I haven’t been measuring at all, maybe I should dig my tape measure out.

Well the scales did say 11st3 this morning, but I don’t quite believe it so I’ll wait till next weigh in to officially update.

Thanks @ifonly4 , and well done for sticking with it!

I’ve lost 6lbs now. So close to the half stone mark.

Day 1 (1.05.23) - 66.9kg
Day 4 (04.05.23) - 65.9kg
Day 6 (06.05.23) - 65.7kg
Day 13 (13.05.23) - 66.3kg 😭