Morning all
Welcome to the thread @secondtimemumma hope the thread helps you stay accountable and successful 🙂
@Openmouthinsertfood I too am reliably honest and would have owned up about the shopping. I cross my fingers for Karma and hope that my honesty will be rewarded one day in another way 😂Well done on avoiding any additional Fibre One bars and good luck for Saturday!
Doing a little happy dance for you @SnuggleBuggleBoo for keeping in calories on Monday and getting a walk in - well done 😊1600 yesterday is not bad either, it's at least maintenance even if not an actual deficit surely. I agree with @Yocal you should give yourself enormous credit for being here every day posting and consistently keeping at it. My job is often deskbound and I agree completely that lack of movement is really problematic when you are trying to lose weight. At least you're managing a walk most days though. I'm going to take a leaf out of your book and try for one more often.
Really great to have you join @Dashel and glad the holiday was fabulous. I am in exactly the same mindset currently, really struggling without a holiday target to aim for. I am carrying on however as even if I only manage to maintain for now it is a significant improvement on the weight I was when I joined your Diet for Summer Challenge in January. I know I'm going to have a couple of weeks off over Christmas and New Year so want to make sure that I've not gained in the period prior to the festive over-indulging. Secretly also I'm hoping you can help me find my exercise/weights mojo again - I seem to have got out of the habit and am finding it hard to get it back 😉
Well done on getting the workout done@Gemzee like you I don't want to find all my lost pounds again so am singing just keep swimming too😄
Congratulations on staying strong in the face of the chocolate cravings @CatMattress and hope the run went well - if the weather near you was like it was here yesterday you deserve a medal!
Glad to have you join us @EllaWallace your plan sounds great, I think snacking is a major downfall for a lot of us. When you've only got the last few pounds to go I think you're spot on, you don't have much margin of error to play with so it takes a bit more effort. Hope we can all cheer you on to success 🤗
@LBB2020 sorry the kids are driving you to cookies and crisps. You'll have to think of some energetic activities to do with them to burn lots of calories. I have two boys and when they were little I used to spend a stupid amount of any school holidays chasing a football around the playing field or walking through the local woods in search of 'treasures' - no wonder I didn't have to worry about my weight so much back then, if only it were so now 😭Stay strong, you can do this! Just read your second update about the spin class - awesome, well done, you're doing a great job!
Work has gone a bit haywire for me over the last couple of days. My job is cyclical and we have two really busy times a year, one in the summer and one now that will last until mid December. It has arrived a week or so earlier than expected though this year so has taken me by surprise. Add on to that the fact that FIL is seriously ill and DP is understandably in a bad place due to that, life is quite stressful at the moment. I feel like the proverbial juggler trying to keep all the balls in the air.
I didn't manage any exercise yesterday or this morning and snacked pretty much all day yesterday although I was so exhausted come bedtime I only had a light dinner. Amazingly I have had another STS at 10st 3lb which really isn't deserved given the circumstances but I'm going to take it as a win and it has given me the motivation to try a bit harder today. If I can squeeze it in I really am going to try for a walk this afternoon - I think it will do my stress levels good as well as earning me a few calories.
Have great days all and keep up the good work!