42 year old looking to lose two stone by December. anyone care to join?

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On holiday and after a stressful four years I'm ready to get fit and healthy and lose two stone. I'm going to start at the beginning of September. Would anyone like to join and motivate each other?

Broke my non-sugar streak yesterday, but back on the wagon today.

26-hours fasted and counting. 12k steps, bringing my daily average to 13k steps this week (after a very sedentary Saturday).

Feeling hopeful about weighing myself tomorrow.

CanIask what the SW and CW is? I am guessing GW is goal weight.

My ibs (and hemeroids ) are flaring up at the moment,I'm just comfortable. On the plus side it makes fasting much easier as I want to avoid eating to avoid the bloating!

Starting Weight and Current Weight Blarn.

I have lost 3lb this week, and very happy with that!

Thank you!

I'm thinking I need some new scales. I tripped and stepped on the viewing window of ours, it's held up with sellotape! Might look at some digital ones.

Day 9 and 142.8 so I have put 1.5lbs back on over the weekend leaving me with a 2lb weight loss so far - whoops! I need to focus today and tomorrow and it will be gone in two days and I can try for the next lb.

3lb off in week one, very pleased with that.

SW 14st
CW 13st 3lb
GW Be under 13st for holiday in October.

Sunday is my weigh in day, down 2 pounds, so four pounds in total so far, over the last two weeks. Getting lots of walking in and really felt fitter striding out today. Also feel less bloated and generally better in myself. Last week had a couple of eating out challenges, and I did have a glass of champagne and a couple of glasses of wine at DD's graduation dinner, but no pudding. Made the best chocolate cake on Sunday for a friend, but not a crumb, not a lick of the beaters passed my lips! I got my blood test back and as expected cholesterol is raised, 7.1 - I'm determined not to go on statins, so it's giving me extra impetus to banish butter and cheese, though I am eating some low fat cottage cheese and zero fat Skyr on my breakfast oats, I think it is a good source of calcium and protein. I made this grilled aubergine and lentils from the NY Times on Saturday. Have eaten it for lunch the last three days, plus serving it to my friend and DH. It made a lot! Really enjoyed it, it's very satisfying and filling, so I will make it again.

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1025702-grilled-eggplant-herby-lentils-and-turmeric-tahini

After a barbecue on Saturday with lots of cocktails and family stress the last couple of days I have fallen off the wagon and am struggling to get back on track. Trying to draw a line under it and starting again from today.

I have gained a couple of pounds. Don't eat until 12, then most days it has been something quite small. Smaller portions at dinner, less alcohol, a lot less snacks and really reduced snacks like biscuits. So 2 stone by Christmas seems very far away!

Today it will be water and coffee until 12 when I am having a chicken, bacon and avocadosandwich for lunch as I have been looking forward to it since I cooked the chicken! I enjoy chicken leftovers more than the actual meal! Dinner will be something very light just for me as dc will have a quick something when back from swimming and dh is on nights. Possibly the remainder of a jar of chickpeas with a sautéed courgette. I'll get another walk in over lunch too.

Day 1- 141.2lbs so nearly back to Friday's weight.
Focused day today and I'll be there by tomorrow ☝

Just noticed my error. It should say:
Day 10, 141.2lbs so nearly back to Friday's weight.
Focused day today and I'll be there by tomorrow ☝

Day 11, 141lbs exactly so that's just over 3.5lbs and lower than last Friday so I will have another focused day and see what I can do.

Well done everyone! And keep going @Standinginthesunlight , we're here to help!

I don't actually own any scales so I don't know if I've lost any weight!
But I'm feeling less bloated, and my mood has improved too.

I have been drinking a lot more water
I'm still drinking wine but not every day and a lot less!
I haven't had a crisp or biscuit since the beginning of the month (and crisps are my downfall...)
I've been having my treat of good coffee with milk and sugar 2 or 3 times a week rather than nearly every day.
I've started going to pilates 2 x week.
I've been skipping breakfast and fasting 16 : 8

I never did get around to the wall pilates challenge as I think I need the accountability of a class - hence signing up for one.

This has all felt acheivable so far.

Now I need to visit someone with a weighing scales!

Having breakfast and lunch today as dd2 has chicken pox and I have a cold so was in no mood to wait until lunch as 12! So a bowl of porridge, made with water and a splash of whole milk at the end. Chicken, bacon and avocado again for lunch but might just fold one slice of bread in half rather than two. A slice of chicken pie planned for dinner with green veg and roast squash. Did eat four little chunks of chocolate while dds were swimming yesterday but I'm there for an hour and it's terrible! But no pudding, no biscuit snacks so happy with how the week is going on the whole. Had some strawberries, yoghurt and oats yesterday afternoon when I was feeling tired when usually I would reach for a chocolate digestive with my coffee.

Hello everyone, well done so far.

I've given up alcohol for September and it's going great. I definitely feel less bloated and am pretty sure I've lost a couple of pounds.

I have cut out most snacks, no crisps with my lunch, no cheese and crackers, no sweets, no biscuits or cakes etc. Still have a few crisps in the evening sometimes but not much. I never used to be a big snacker so I am trying to get back in that mindset of not minding being a bit hungry.

I am drinking my body weight in coffee and herbal teas.

I am increasing my vegetable intake a lot and I feel this is helping my metabolism.

I am also trying to be more proactive about activity, although nor in am wlexercise groove yet. But I'm walking more and joining in with my kids games in the park etc. Again, this is actually making me feel good.

So, so far so good.

A NSV to report for me. Had to buy some new trousers for work and dropped a dress size! First time I've been a size 14 for about 18 months.

Yesterday was a struggle (40-hour fast completed this morning) as I had a bit of a headache. However had a sneaky weigh-in this morning and I was 12st 13.8lb . This means I'd hit my first target of being under 13st. (I can only count it if it's a Monday morning weigh-in though).

I am absolutely loving this new lifestyle. I faffed around with 16:8 for far too long, losing and gaining the same 3lb.

Some great losses here! Well done all. Time is really flying by.

Been muddling along - eating in an 8 hour window, mainly healthy stuff.

Bit disheartened to hsve only lost 0.8lbs when I weighed on Sunday, but the scales showed a bigger loss the next day, so who knows! The truth is probably somewhere between

Have been for 1 run. Work and kids and life in general has been so hectic. That's my aim for next week - get 3 runs in.

I'm down to 11st 10, so that's 4lb off in 11 days. Not too shabby. I've been doing mostly low-ish carb, some days I have a carby breakfast if I fancy it (something like porridge or poached eggs on pumpernickel toast). I don't generally eat much by way of UPFs, IDK if the heavy dark pumpernickel type bread counts as UPF but it's pretty healthy as bread goes, I don't eat it very often. I don't really eat much wheat, it triggers my IBS. In the evening I generally stick to low carb - since I got a smart watch I realised how much carbs affect my heart rate. Sometimes I get actual palpitations if I eat something sugary, or even just pasta or normal bread and then just sit about afterwards. My heart rate is high for hours after. Same at night, too - my sleep is really crap if I have a carby evening meal, & it doesn't settle until at least 2-3am.

I've been listening to Why We Eat (Too Much) by Andrew Jenkinson, & Metabolical by Robert Lustig. Both very motivating to help me stop eating too much crap. Am focusing not only the carb content of foods, but the omega 3:6 ratio, avoiding UPFs wherever possible, and doing some fasting where I can (short fasts only - I'm a wimp.) TBH I mostly trained myself not to want to eat so much rubbish any more, as so much UPF food is a migraine trigger or I've gone off it since I had covid. (Crisps & bar chocolate - two of my biggest addictions - both now taste quite unpleasant to me. Like they've gone rancid. Unfortunately so do most nuts and anything with processed oils in unless they are extremely freshly produced. Annoying.)

NSV - the trousers I've been wearing for the last several months, are now getting noticeably too large. Unfortunately, the ones I have that are the next size down, are a bit too small, with an unfortunate muffin top effect. Think I just need to stick with the current ones for now, and a belt, to stop any embarrassing moments in public. I keep having to hitch them up in a most undignified fashion. When DD was little she used to cling to my legs, and in the process once managed to pull my trousers right down just before I left the house, because I was too skint to buy a smaller pair. Must wear belt...

I'd like to get below 10st. If I can get below 9st I would be fucking ecstatic, but I rather think that's shooting for the moon at this point. I was 8st something 13 years ago (when I got pregnant with DD). Strongly suspect I'm perimenopausal at the very least. Hair mad, skin like a lizard, periods increasingly erratic, waistline wasted. Sleep virtually absent. Ditto memory. Sigh.

Sunday is my weigh day and I'm not cheating and peeking as I'm more likely to feel encouraged by results if I wait a full week. I am beginning to feel benefits though. I just feel less bloated and sluggish. Getting more exercise is definitely helping. I've promised myself to go swimming once a week - it's a bit of a bore as I like to go to the 50m university pool in the city where I work, and it's the other side of town with a long drive home after. I really didn't feel like going yesterday evening, it was nearly dark and raining and I was very hungry but once I was in it was fine. I do 20 x 50m = 1000m
Yesterday was only my third swim but I did it in ten minutes less time (not swimming substantially faster! Just less time clinging to the side gasping for breath at the end of each length). I even did two lengths without a break. Feel so much better afterwards.

Today I went for my first bike ride in 20 years - DH has resurrected my rusty bike for me.
I was puffed out in no time, no major hills but stretches I don't even notice as being uphill when walking were very challenging! Really felt it in my thighs. I only went a short distance, about 2-3 miles. So I guess I need to get to the point where that is relatively easy before I head off on a longer route.

I’m impressed with the swimming! I’m finding it too cold and miserable this week to get to the pool.

Can I join please? I would like to lose a stone by December more if possible but want to set a realistic goal. Any tips are welcome. I am 32, 5ft4, around 15 stone (size 16) I naturally have big chest hips and a bum. Want to lose some from my mum tum ☺️

I will join you! I am 41, and after a very stressful 3 years I'm not looking great. A stone off for Christmas would be amazing.

Some amazing losses on here!

I lost 2lb first week , which I was a bit disappointed with as I'm on Fast 800 so its been tough, no wine, no starchy carbs. Not very fast!

BUT, I have been home all week laid low on the sofa with this virus which has wiped me out.
SW : 11st.10
CW 11st.08
GW : 10st.07

I'm intruiged by your regime, can you tell me about your fasting, is it a specific diet? Thank you!

I'm in! When I turned 39 I vowed to lose 2st (excess baby weight) by the time I was 40. I'll be 40 next month and, although I had a good period of diet and exercise, I'm no closer to my goal. I'd love to lose 1.5st by the end of the year as we're away for New Year. Think I'll do a month of meal replacement shakes to get me in the zone and then switch to calorie counting and introduce weight training again.