Is anyone up for a gentle weight loss thread?

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As the above title says.

I'm sure some of you recognise my username cause I used to head up some monthly threads. Anyway, to cut a long story short I'm on Tamoxifen following having breast cancer and my weight is going up. Its my own fault, I eat too much when I'm in the wrong mood, obsessed with snacks and sweet stuff blah blah blah. The only way I can normally lose weight is by just cutting down a bit, cause as soon as I tell myself I'm on a diet, I just panic about being hungry and want junk. I'm aiming to lose 8 pounds by the Summer.

My plan is to increase my steps and carry on doing my Get Fit with Rick workouts and to eat more mindfully, aiming to eat less overall but definitely less junk. Would love some company, cause this approach really helped me when I lost some weight in 2020.

That was just fluid sfraxx, you go by your own scale only - don't let it upset you, especially when you know you've put in the work. When was her scale last calibrated? I checked mine today with a kettlebell when I saw the .6 drop 😂 Sadly it's fine!

I got my husband to stand on my scale, he's 1.5 stone lighter than me to kind of reset.
My husband has asked me to go out for a buffet meal tonight. I feel so guilty that I've said yes but I've not ate crap for 6 weeks! I feel I deserve it but then, having this mind set got me in this mess in the first place lol. Maybe go tonight and just not eat too much x

Bit of a late reply on this but I hope you went & enjoyed the buffet. It's only 1 meal out of 21 or so during the week. It's practise for non diet life, if it bloody exists! I think with the way I'm away a few times this year, I'll have to diet between to undo the damage as I absolutely know I can't responsibly eat/drink while away.

Well I did go, unfortunately I felt a bit sick after only just a few spoonfuls. I think it was maybe the fizzy juice too as I treated myself to Pepsi max but I haven't drank fizzy juice in 6 weeks. Also, I weighed myself this morning to torture myself of course and I was 182.2lbs. So I think Dr scales were correct. Rubbish. I can only restart a fresh from today, I'm going to try cut out more things such as potatoes and bread.

You defo diet when on holiday. I'm away on the 26th of April and again the 3rd and I won't be either. I obviously won't be having takeaways 5 times a day lol. But definitely go and enjoy yourself and try not too worry too much about it. I think I'll refrain from weighing myself after the holidays for a week lol. We can't go and be miserable x

Honestly I wouldn't cut anything out, if you're already only eating 1200'ish cals a day. This is another indicator that weighing more than once a week could be counterproductive maybe? The doctor could have handled it better as well.
I was actually saying I have to diet between holidays because I want to enjoy them, I've come to the conclusion that my attempts to be diet mindful on holiday backfire into f'it mentality fairly quickly!
Hope everyone's having a lovely weekend.

Well, I think I'm at about 3000 calories today lol. That'll make up for those 2 work days at the beginning where I only ate 700 both days, all day.

I had a slice of cake (husbands birthday) with a pack of hula hoops. Then my mother in law came and said she'd get everyone something from chip shop for dinner. I'm not a chip shop lover, but got some chips and curry. Didn't eat them all but definitely ate half. So its out the window for today. Can only start fresh again tomorrow. I'll maybe push weigh day back by a week😂

Hi everyone,

Hope everyone has had a great weekend. Today has been a better day for me physically and mentally. Straight back onto plan and keeping myself busy. I'm not a coffee drinker but noticed, if I have a mild coffee with 2 sweetners it curbs my wanting to snack appetite.
Got a lovely roast on for dinner today and a weight watchers chicken tikka masala for lunch, I have been thinking about one for days and noticed this in asda for £2 and it was lovely. Only 390 calories too.

It's now 8 weeks to my holiday and determined to stay consistent to hopefully even get to 12 stone for then, currently at 12st13.06lb.

If I make it to then, I'll be happy, if I lose more then great.

Re start for me.
CW 12 stone
TW 11 4
Weigh in 2x a week not daily! Thanks for all the support before. I’m in a better place now!!

I have to admit I did a sanity weigh in on Saturday - I might regret it but it showed I was down by 2lb not .6, I doubt I'll see much of a drop this coming Friday. Anytime I've ever lost anything like that over a week, the following week I could be looking at a slight gain or maintain. Having to remind myself this is gentle weight loss and not get too exited! Saturday was nigh on 2500 cals but Friday & Sunday were good.
Around 8 weeks to my hols,
CW 174.6 (on Saturday)
TW 167 hopefully by the 7th June

Morning all, how's everyone doing? I need to have a good read back.

Personally I'm veering between absolute saintly behaviour and eating and drinking the house (am blaming DH as he has been eating everything in sight since Easter and it makes it really hard to stay well behaved when he's waving wine and Pringles at me) so hopefully I am maintaining where I had got to but I'm too scared to get on the scales and find out. I'm going to get a coffee and read back and hope you all inspire me 😊

Hoping you find inspiration hoglet, I'm think I'm on my third week of being properly on track. Easter hit hard, I was more chocolate than woman for a while! It's getting much easier to avoid the temptation to weigh as I hop/limp out of bed to do coursework & try squeeze a walk in before starting work. This is usually where the wheels fall off, although rarely make it 3 weeks! Eyes are firmly on the prize with 8 weeks to my summer hols & a wardrobe of summer dresses that require less body than I'm currently sporting.

@Not2bObvious that's exactly where I am. 8 (could be 9) weeks until I go away and all my dresses make me look like a pregnant duck!

Weigh day for me tomorrow. I was dayshift today, was meant to be off but got asked to do a 9-1 which wasn't so bad. Ended up into 5pm, with nothing to eat since last night!! So as you can imagine I was absolutely ravenous. Ate a cheesestring, 2 packs of McCoy's, 3 chocolate digestives, a pack of monster munch and 2 spoonfuls of nutella lol. All the while my dinner was cooking. Good thing is, I'm still under calories with 41 left for tonight. I only had a frozen chicken curry from weight watchers. So that all filled a hole, I didn't even eat half of my dinner. So now, I'm lying on top of my bed like a burst couch. Hopefully not had a negative impact on weigh day tomorrow lol. X

Weigh day this morning and I am back to 12st11.4lbs.

After shedding the mysterious 3lb gain lol. Back to plan 100% today, no more hiccups along the way. 11lbs to lose in hopefully 6 weeks.

Well done - you're moving very nicely into 12's👍
Still getting very achy from weights, although it's probably a case that as the workouts progress, I'm trying to do more/lift heavier so probably to be expected. You never saw anyone make getting stronger an exercise in getting frailer😂
The aim is three times a week for around 30 mins for the next 3 weeks. If I can after that, I'll try 4 times a week for 40 mins a session.

Unexpected totm isn't helpful when you're a once/twice a week weigher. Scales is marginally down from last Friday but up from Saturday. Battling hormonal strop and disappointment with logic that I put a good week in. The rewards might show tomorrow (unlikely) or take until next week. Trying to avoid eating all the food. I had a good high protein/high'ish cal brekkie but will admit to breakfast dessert of biccies. Onward and downward 🤞

Ahhh, totm is not good. I now, don't weigh myself at all at mine as I can go upwards of 5lbs. I figured I even went up that 3lbs last week due to ovulation because it just dropped back off. Still have a little snack or 2, especially at this time as your hormones are going crazy and craving sugar.

I weighed myself today, I know I shouldn't have but I've been a unwell with an "unwell stomach" and I've lost an extra 1lb. Down to 12st10.6lbs.

Not weighing myself again until Thursday now, I just wanted to see if it made a difference as not been able "to go" for a few days. So rather thankful that getting rid got me 1lb off lol!

Hello all! Sorry I haven't been on here much. I haven't really got back to it since Easter. I'm not terrible in that I'm eating well but I need to stop snacks between meals. I'm finding my appetite and cravings hard to deal with in perimenopause. I'm hungry even though I eat protein and good fats. Grrr...

Don't beat yourself up about it. Hormones have a lot to answer too when it comes to trying to maintain a diet. Start to slowly cut out things as oppose to going cold turkey from them all.
I myself have been terrible today, had a last minute offer to chinese buffet, a sausage bap from greggs just before, and ate my body weight in chocolate since I got home. My totm is due tomorrow so I am blaming this lol. Sometimes we do just need a little break from the exhausting calorie counting. It definitely takes up a huge chunk of your energy and daily life xx

Thanks sfraxx I'm going to drink more water between meals as well as I have got out of the habit of doing that and it helps.

I've got off to such a terrible start this week. I have been quite poorly with H pylori and gallstone problems so feeling down and rubbish and been eating more than usual. Just going to refrain from weighing this week to save disappointment x

I hope you feel better soon @sfraxx
That sounds tough. I would definitely hold off on weighing this week. Take care.

A better day today. I didn't feel as hangry.
I had more water which helped.

Last weekend was way too indulgent, combination of excuses that ultimately mean I've put myself back a week. There's gentle weight loss and no weight loss!
Anyway, rather than try claw it back Monday through to Friday by cutting back drastically to rein in weekly average calories, I've just been stick to my reasonable calorie goal and my Friday or Saturday weight in will be noted. There's a lesson in there for next time of the month. Who knows when that'll be in this peri menopause hell!

No nice surprises this morning, scales up .4 of a pound which is in the realms of maintenance. As suspected my overall indulgences have put me back a week. I'll do a quick sanity check weigh in tomorrow in case I'm holding fluid from salt dinner last night. Overall though, I am showing a loss month on month so I'll take the positive.
My walking/weight training are going well so need to dial the treats in a bit. I won't lie, I was a bit down hearted but since I threw out all my too small jeans yesterday, I only have clothes that fit now. Clean slate. I'm not dieting into anything anymore

We ended up going away to the caravan Thursday evening, and home later tonight and I have not eating too much rubbish, but definitely not eaten the correct things, pizza for dinner, the odd packet of crisps but not too bad. But not had any water at all, only coke zero and I can honestly feel the difference. I feel so bloated and my wedding rings are so tight on my fingers which means I'm retaining water. Back to square 1 yet again today, we're away for the weekend next Friday to Monday too, but I'm going to try my best and not fall too much off the wagon but easier said than done when you're away and it's easier to go out for meals etc. The most important holiday is on the 20th of June. If I can get my stone off for then, I'll be happy! So I'll be very strict with myself once back to normal x