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.

Keep going as you are and there'll be lots less of you come June - no matter how consistent you are, the body releases weight on its schedule not ours, stoopid body!
There might be a button or lever that switches to stones/pounds when you turn it over?
I'm embarrassed how much I ate in the last week, if I could leave weighing until Friday week I would but part of me has to know what damage I've done. There may be tears tomorrow but it won't be a mystery, that's for sure.

Morning all. I've been avoiding reading this as I was so bad last week with DH being off work and we were away for a few days and ate and drank sooooo much... Anyway I have been 'good' since Monday and trying hard to be back on it. Ten weeks until my holiday.

I have just over 10 weeks to my hols too hoglet, feels like enough time to make a difference doesn't it? Hope you enjoyed your time away, kind of like a diet break. I have 2 breaks over the summer, with just enough time between them to undo the holiday gains.
Thankfully despite Eastergate, I'm down .8 this morning. Very happy with that, I had been very consistent with getting a decent walk in every day so I guess that gave me a bit of an advantage. Going into this week without a tonne of chocolate staring at me at least!

Eastergate!!
Yes I have eaten the last home made hot cross buns now so no more!
Weight up 2lbs since Monday :(

Is daily weigh in not a good idea?

Depends on how it affects you I guess. I've been a daily weigher more on than off for years - and I can see how it's disproportionately colours my day. For example, I see a two pound loss - delighted then I'm incensed if it's up again the next day and either eat less and binge cause I'm starving or just eat more from the get go cause why not, I'm already up.
Tell you though, it's been a lonnnnngggg week resisting checking. If you're able to take it as information & data great, if not remember this was how the slimming classes worked, you got your weekly weigh in and you worked towards the next week.

Well, I finally managed to switch my scales to lbs today. I had to take the battery bit off and there was a button under there. So I thought I'll have a wee stand on them. And I was 181.8lbs. I stood on them about 5 times just to be sure but I am now officially out the 13 stone category.
12 stone and 13.8lbs. That's put me in a good mood today lol!

I think I'm just gonna change my weigh day to a Friday. As I'm off on a Thursday so no crap hospital food eaten on the Wednesday at work lol!

How are you all doing this morning? I have now got my mother in law living with us as her house sale went through but her new house is not ready yet. It's been a busy, busy couple of days and to be honest I feel totally overwhelmed, probably with all the mess as everything is everywhere. I think today, I'll take the kids to a soft play or somewhere fun to get out the eyesore of a house. Just clutter everywhere as she had nowhere to store anything.

Not2bObvious thank you - yes tuning in to its impact. Today feeling fat and unhealthy and not wanting to go to hairdressers this pm or out with my friend tonight. Feels horribly like shame -I know this feeling I was bulimic 40 yrs ago. Talking to myself to say it’s only weight, it is no one else’s business but mine, and still sitting in my car after Pilates class with tears in my eyes. This feels like such hard work.

So that’s a “No” on the daily weigh in then!!

Ah @Headstarttohappiness I completely get that feeling and I've never had anything like bulimia. If it's making you feel like that, it's of no use (I know it makes us all feel like that from time to time) I heard a great saying about if the measure, I.e., the number on the scales, becomes the target, it's ineffective as a measure. So taking some attention away from it by only checking once a week might be a way of reducing its power m. After having my first, I used a pair of trousers that I tried on around twice a month. I wrote the date & the fit on the label (wayyy before selfies!)
Do the nice things, get your hair done, go out, have some fun. We're more than our weight and if I was to wait til I was slim, I'd be housebound forever!

It's hard to get out of that mindset, especially if you're having a crappy day. But remember, you are on your journey and we all need to start somewhere and have our "before". Your after will come before you know it🩷 I have written down all the lbs on my from from 190 to 160 and ticking them off each time I get down to that number. Also, I have been doing weekly progress photos. I have only lost 9.4lbs so far but with progress pictures and measurements is a good way to keep track as your body may be changing but the scales might not be. This took me a while to get my head round and not obsessing over the number. Don't get me wrong, if I stand on scales and I'm even 0.01lb higher, I feel that heart sinking of "what's the point" but then I tell myself. This time next year, we'll be healthier and happier versions of ourselves. My problem is patience, I want to lose 3 stone in 2 days lol!
I hope you're doing okay💜

Hope everyone is having a nice weekend? My week's calorie counting starts on a Thursday so I had 2 good days within limits, saving some cals for Saturday. I had a little feast for myself last night, no guilt. Back to my normal cals today. Lots of coursework to do so it's going to be a busy but sedentary day. I've a new tactic to break my desire to weigh myself by downing a glass of water just before getting up, not a chance I'd go on the scales after that!

Oh this is such a good idea with the water. Since I got my new scales I'm so bad for temptation, did weigh this morning and it was 0.2 of a difference but I know a good dinner today could make that difference tomorrow but the temptation will still be there, I think I might try this myself! I decided to do a wee collage of my before pics to now with my face and what a difference. I've only lost 9.4lbs and I see a huge difference around my bonus chin and cheeks lol. Absolutely not enough for people to comment on but I do see it. It's these wee things that make you keep going. This is the longest (4 weeks and 4 days) I have ever in my life stuck to a diet. After 1 week if I didn't see a difference I gave up.

Keeping yourself busy with course work will be good too. I hope you've had a lovely weekend x

There's no only about 9.4 pound in 4'ish weeks, be proud of yourself! Seeing it in your face is a brilliant nsv, in my case it's the place it suddenly becomes apparent I've gained a lot. Then I have to be reminded of it every time I look in the mirror. I actually hate when people notice and say I've lost weight, mainly because I never keep it off. These days when I don't see people regularly with wfh, some I hadn't seen in 3-4 years, I really struggle with the thoughts they're seeing my weight gain. Reality probably is that people don't care that much about others to notice! I notice though cause I'm weight obsessive.

Well, I was doing so well today. So far, I've eaten 3 packets of wotsits, 1 cheese string, half an easter egg and now onto malteasers. The whole family are having a pig day today lol. To be fair, other than my soup for lunch it's all I've eaten. Oh well, start fresh tomorrow. My husband came back from the shop with loads of sweets.
I'm so fat 578 calories over my 1250 limit. They're all not a pick on them too lol. Yes, my face is the first place I notice too and my double chin. My stomach and waist aren't as big. But my legs, arms, back and face are what get me. Hopefully I'll see another difference after another month or so.

I've already added my dinner to my calories. I may just go a walk after dinner to save the guilt feeling lol x

sfraxx and Not2bObvious

Thank you so much for your posts. That was the first time I have ever posted like that here and I am truly grateful for your support.
I did have my hair cut, and went out and had a good evening. I let go of the diet a bit this weekend
Reframing it again in the morning and will stay on this lovely supportive thread!

Delighted to hear you had a good night out head, that's the spirit! We need to be kinder to ourselves, it's bloody hard work and takes over everything if we're not careful.
If you only went over by that amount sfraxx, you're fine! That's probably not even a maintenance day. But for the love of all things holy, do not get on that scales in the morning, anything sugary/carby plays absolute havoc on the numbers. We'll be scrapping you up off the floor!

Have a good week everyone!

Happy hump day! The temptation to weigh in after a few decent diet days has been very strong but only have to wait until Friday. I've been necking my pint of water on wake up before my scale cravings kick in.
I hope my hopes aren't too high, but I'd love to see 1-1.5 pounds off. If I don't get that, I may need to be hand cuffed for the weekend as of course the way to fix not losing weight is to lose oneself in a bucket of food & drink. Must try to be a grown up.

Well I've not weighed myself lol, the temptation this morning was a struggle but I took advice from here and drank water the minute I woke up. Weigh day tomorrow so gonna try be good today lol.
Hope everyone's doing well. I've been very lazy this week as off on annual leave. Yesterday, I done a total of 800 steps😂😂 today has been more productive but being in Scotland our weather is terrible (as usual). I'm hoping to get to the 179lbs tomorrow when I weigh but I'll not get my hopes up xxx

I want to see 175.4 on Friday, that'll be another percentage toward my initial goal of 167 (11stone13) I was 176.6 last Friday so here's hoping! 9 weeks to my holiday and around 9lbs, it should be doable 🤞
Best of luck for tomorrow sfraxx

Oh, good luck for Friday. I'll have my fingers crossed. I've not weighed just yet, my husband just stood on the scales and has lost 1 stone in a month. May I add, he isn't dieting, drinks about 2l of coke a day and eats absolute sh*te and takeaways everyday at work. Oh how the other half live lol. I wish I had his metabolism!!

Just going to go up and weigh now, was waiting until after toilet to do so lol.

Well weigh in is, 179.8lbs (12st11.8lb).
Chuffed to be out the 180s. 11.2lbs off now, 2.8lbs to go for my 1st stone loss.

Good luck to you all in your weigh day x

That is brilliant sfraxx, is that around 2lb in the last week?
I did an extra long walk when I got up this morning, so I have my 10,000 steps in the bag - anything else is a bonus. I wish I could save this in the zone feeling so I could call on it when I get tired of this process. I suppose if I could do that I wouldn't be here!

Well done @sfraxx That's a great result. Nice and steady and consistent.

I haven't weighed in yet. Maybe on Saturday.

Weigh in day and down .6 - not quite what I'd hoped for but quite fair considering my calories average around 1700-1750 a day. On those numbers, I can take it I'm in a 300 a day deficit. So it'll be slower but if I'm consistent with it, it'll happen over time. I've come to the conclusion I'm not broken with regard to weight loss, I'm just impatient! I can do more week like this past one, it was liveable.

And to add, all of the above well considered and sensible reaction was after an hours walk where I fumed & huffed. I'm going to do exactly what I have been doing until the end of the month. If I don't see even maintains or small losses, I'll drop cals to 1650.

0.6 loss, is still a loss! So well done. It definitely is the impatience thats the worst. If only this could happen sooner for everyone, IE, 2 weeks😂 I had a GP appointment today and she asked to weigh me. I got on and was up 3lbs on her scales. I hadn't eaten or drank anything, appointment was 9.05am. I even stripped down to underwear as she said to weigh with my clothes on. No chance, I didn't want to see a huge increase due to shoes and jumper. But yeah she said I am 182.1lbs. I told her yesterday I weighed 179.8lbs. She said my scales must be wrong🙄 so now I'm sat feeling a bit rubbish as I've been very consistent, haven't really met my step goals with being on annual leave but I feel a bit down with it. But anyway, we carry on x