Fit & Fabulous in 2025 ✨️

[Thewhisperingwindsofwinter]

A thread to Continue our weight loss journey in 2025. Following on from the who wants to lose 7 pounds for Christmas thread.

Only one pound off this week. I'll take it.

Hope everyone is good and taking it steady!

@forgivingfiggy 1 pound off is great. I Googled a pound last year and was surprised how big it was. My week is going ok but could have been a lot better let's just say dry January didn't work out.

@Loseit2025 oh thank you for the YouTube tip will look some up. Ticktock is also good for recipes especially fake aways. Hope your cake was lovely and congrats on the writing. I know what you mean I always blow up like a puffa fish before my ttm. I am going to start weighing myself like you more than once a week. When I was doing that last year I got on losing much better.

Could I please join you all?

I wasn't on the last thread but have been steadily losing tiny amounts of weight for the last year - 5kg over the year, putting me at 63.6kg/9 stone 13. I was down to 63.2 before Christmas but went all the way back up to 64 and am just finding my mojo again.

I'm short so this is still overweight for me, and my aim is to get down a dress size. I'd like to get below 60kg eventually. I am still carrying the baby weight from my almost-9yo! My highest weight was 68kg and I have been constantly yo-yo-ing for years.

The last year things finally clicked a bit. I massively went off alcohol and although I still drink, I do drink a lot less. I go through periods of eating more but once I force myself to cut back it gets easier. The other key for me is exercise and I've hit upon a combination that works for me, running and yoga. I'm feeling stronger and fitter and this in turn changes my appetite a bit.

I'm signed up for daily yoga in February and hope to keep up with running at least twice a week too. Hoping this will give me a little weight loss boost! If I see progress I start to find it all much easier.

Thanks! My deadline is January 30th so I’m ahead of schedule. Just need to do a little bit of editing then I intend to be completely done with it by next week.

Yeah I don’t know if it’s in my mind but I always feel my face looks huge on my period - another reason to lose weight!

When I was thin, I didn’t notice any change in my face on my period. It could also be an age thing but right now I feel my face is so chubby to begin with that any additional bloat really shows.

Here’s some SW recipe videos in case anyone else is interested : https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SUaxRKE8cpw

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dE_e4ua0wxI&pp=ygUWc2xpbW1pbmcgd29ybGQgcmVjaXBlcw%3D%3D.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3Vf9wpE0-70&pp=ygUWc2xpbW1pbmcgd29ybGQgcmVjaXBlcw%3D%3D

Once you watch a couple the algorithm will
Probably start showing you loads!

Welcome and thanks for joining us @Swearwolf making small changes like you have done, that then become habit is definitely the way to go. However frustrating that can be at times.

Any thoughts on weighing frequency? I have downloaded happyscale and wondering if a daily check in would make me more accountable... but risk of obsessing which I really don't want to do.

@forgivingfiggy

It depends on your personality and history of any ED etc. I read online that many people can’t do it and would find it triggering and lead to a flare up of EDs.

I find it helpful for me as I’m fairly unemotional about the figure on the scale now as I see it almost every day. For instance as I said upthread I went from 10st 4 to 10st 8 on my period but I didn’t flinch. Most women’s bodies have slight weight fluctuations depending on what state of their cycle they’re on, or what they ate for their previous meal etc.

I feel leaving weigh ins to one day a week has its benefits, but at the same time it’s hit and miss for getting a true idea of your weight progress.

When I did weigh ins with a friend on a Saturday mornings during the pandemic,
I found I was trying to be healthier on Fridays but then would order a takeaway or bake a cake on Saturday night if I had lost a bit!

Oh and just to add - as someone who has struggled with a (not officially diagnosed) binge eating disorder I found it good because of my obvious tendency to binge on certain days.

Having to look at the figure daily helps keep me on track rather than thinking I can trick the scales by stuffing my face right after I’ve weighed myself.

But I suspect it’s the opposite for someone with an ED like anorexia.

Oh I've not heard of that app before @forgivingfiggy is it free to use?

Think I am going to weigh in daily for a little bit to try and keep me focused.

@Loseit2025 can I please ask how you overcome binge eating ? I do this a lot and need to stop.

Just checking in to say that I've lost 1 pound this week happy with that.

New weight
12 stone 6 pounds
Goal weight
10 stone

I guess everyone has their own way but these are the main things I can think of that are working for me:

Using willpower and just reminding myself that I’m not hungry when I feel like eating that whole tin of biscuits after a bad day.

I try figure out if I’m actually bored/angry/stressed/ and self-soothe in better healthier ways, such as dancing, stretching, deep breath exercises, speaking affirmations, reading or calling a friend and having a good long chat.

I had to remove the temptations from my house. Hopefully one day I can have better control even with things in my cupboard, but right now I limit how much I buy things that I’m prone to bingeing on, like cakes, pastries, donuts , biscoff spread and multipacks of crisps. Rarely buy them now!

I used to bake family size cakes and big batches of cookies , and eat the entire thing. Today I baked a one portion vanilla “mug cake” in a tiny ceramic container. I don’t keep much sugar or flour in my house nowadays which limits the baking I can do.

I don’t drive and don’t like shopping so I’m not motivated enough to walk up to the supermarket every time I feel like baking or buying a cake or cookies, so as long as it’s not in the house that makes it so much easier!

I drink lots of water, decaf coffee and tea, and since I have a sweet tooth I try to eat fruit every day or Greek yoghurt with a bit of honey and often make porridge with cocoa powder and bananas thrown in. Satisfying my sugar cravings in a healthier way, helps remove the desire to binge on high fat high in refined sugar foods.

And finally sleep - it has such a massive impact on appetite and cravings and can affect your ability to make good food choices.
I struggled with sleep for years since 2019 and I found the more tired I’d be the more I’d want to bake, order takeaways and eat highly processed foods.

So (pre-injury) I’d walk 10 steps daily to tire myself out for bedtime. Journaling and limiting screen time are good for sleep but also for managing and regulating emotions which then makes you less likely to want to binge.

Just checking in to say I've lost 0.5kg this week! Only 0.3kg to go and I'm down to where I'd got to before Christmas. I would love to keep this pace going and get below 60kg! Now that I'm below 63, so below 10 stone, I desperately want to stay there! I'm not very tall so am still at a bmi of only just 25, my happy weight sits in the lower 9 stones.

Hope everyone is doing well and had a good weekend.

Last week I ate a whole lot including a fair amount of bread, and baked stuff while on my period last week. I also guzzled half a carton of orange juice and a packet of biscuits yesterday.

I’m still at 10st 7 up from my pre-period weight of 10st 4. Not sure how much is due to high sugar consumption and how much is just lingering period bloat.

Plan of action for this week is to:

have two meals plus one snack a day, one of the two meals will be porridge!

Drink way more water and tea
Not consume any sugary treats.

Hopefully I’ll be back at 10 stone 4 at the end of the week.

I was hoping to be down at 10 stone by end of month but such is life. This why I don’t follow mens weight loss advice because it’s so different for me as periods and hormones play such a big role in my progress!

Today:

meal 1- porridge with a drizzle of honey
Snack - oatly yoghurt
meal 2 - Korean beef with rice and vegetables

Weigh in day - 2lbs off this week

Still no alcohol which is about the only thing I've cut out! Trying to be more mindful with snacks. Meals are ok.

Enjoying following everyone's progress.

Hello all,
I'd love to join in. Not a GW loss for me, I'd like to lose around 7lbs. Mainly so my clothes fit nicely.
Weighing in at 9:4 on Friday. I will update tomorrow 😀

Welcome @Greendiamondbee thanks for joining us.

Hi everyone, sorry not been on for a while life has been busy. Lunches and dinners have been fine snacking could be much much better. Need to cut back on alcohol again. I've had a few takeaways. I gained 1 pound last week to be honest I expected it. We had the grandkids for a few days they are both under 4 that was full on I was exhausted 🤣 it was really lovely spending time with them though and they had fun. Plus work has been full on and we decorated our sitting room in a few days. Safe to say last week was mental! Oh plus we had the usual clubs etc on. I did manage a few walks need to try and get out more but the weather has been really cold here in the Highlands with snow and then the storm at the weekend. Just remembered also need to get back into YouTube exercise videos.

The Joy's!
Hope you are all doing well 😊

AlsoI don't have greatexpectationsforthescalesthisweek 😭

Hi @Thewhisperingwindsofwinter. Glad to see you checking in.

1lb on for me this week too! Time of the month and probably more cake than necessary.

Hope everyone else is keeping well.

We just need to think of small steps to the big picture. Maybe the pound was fluid and will be off next week. Cake sounds amazing I've been craving a big slice of cake for a while. Might make a cake this week.

I maintained this week which doesn't surprise me as it's time of the month and I am so bloated. Not really feeling it with slimming world finding it a bit faffy to use.

Might go back to using Nutracheck 🤔 I've been good and getting my one hour walk in a day, my sleep has been terrible though keep waking up during the night. Had no alcohol this week. Snacks and meals have been fine soups, veg, fruit. On the whole a good week just a pity the scales don't show it.

Hope everyone is getting on OK

I maintained this week too, unsurprisingly as we've been eating through the last Christmas chocolates. Only one or two a day but still not ideal. Last one went last night so that's done now!

Tomorrow my daily yoga begins. I plan to take measurements and pictures so I can track if it affects my body at all. First step, weigh myself again this morning for an accurate starting point.

It's such a difficult time after Christmas with all the extra food and drinks. Good luck with the yoga YouTube has great videos. Measurements and pictures are a great idea are you planning on doing them weekly or monthly?

I was just going to do this set once, at the start and end of the month. The daily yoga is a February thing my regular teacher does so i really wanted to track how it affected me just over that month.

Just popping in to wish you all lots of luck for the fresh new week ahead. Also here a picture of 1 pound for inspiration.

Editing to add. Hartley 10 cal jelly and Alpen caramel bars have been my weekend snacks.

Hi everyone,

Today is scales day for me and I was surprised with a 1 pound loss. That's a total loss of 11 pounds. I've went back to Nutracheck and finding it much easier than Slimming world. My calories sit around 1300 to 1600 per day depending what I've got on or how hungry I am. I've done a few walks this week the lighter nights are making this much easier after work. My sleep has still been terrible I am hardly sleeping and when I do I keep waking up it's frustrating!

I noticed this week that small changes I made last year are now habits that I don't even think about. Small things like not putting butter on my baked potato or salt on my food or wine every Wednesday just because its the middle of the week. With alcohol I am still just sticking to a few gins at the weekend.

The weight is definitely harder to move mid 40s for me. For my sanity I am still focusing on the bigger picture like the health of my body, eating well, drinking water, exercise and self care like a face mask or doing my nails.

Anyway that's my ramble 🙃 hope you are all getting on well.