6 Week Weight Loss Club (13th Jan-24th Feb)

[BlackBean2023]

Weigh In: 10st 4
Dress size 12

Looking to shift a stone in 6 weeks; feel free to join me or peruse from afar.

Nothing more than moving more, eating less and cutting back on booze...

SW: 12st 0lbs
LW: 11st 9lbs (last week/weigh)
CW: 11st 5lbs

I’m down 4 lbs this week which is a surprise. I have been out walking a lot and kept under my 1200 calories but that’s still a bit of a surprise. However I think again it’s just because I’m in the first couple of weeks of weight loss. Had it before like that and then I usually plateau. I feel I’ve lost a lot of bloating too which is probably diet related as well.

Down just 1kg this week which feels tough as I've been pretty disciplined!

Tried on the snowboard trousers and they're better than they were 2 weeks ago so that's good. 3 weeks until trip!

@Scarecrow2016

I can only dream of seeing a 9 on the scales again, well done you!

As for you @RestingLettice another 4lbs - you must be over the moon 🌙

Phenomenal stuff all round xx

@RestingLettice
If SW is starting weight what is LW & CW?

Hmm I’m a bit grumpy with my scales this morning:

SW: 10st 8.8lbs
Last Monday: 10st 6.4lbs
Today: 10st 5.7lbs

Less than a 1lb! Annoying as I weigh daily and yesterday was 10st 3.5lbs and I ate maintenance cals yesterday and did 1 hour of yoga. Oh well. Natural fluctuations I suppose.

Just did an 8km run so starting this week as I mean to go on.

Well done everyone!

I put LW down as last weigh in/last week. CW is current weight. Sorry it’s probably not very clear, edited to include LW meaning 😃

Well done! It’s probably just a little bit of water retention this morning if you were down to 10.3.5 yesterday. Daily fluctuations due to water/fluid can make a big difference in a day

Who wants to guess how much the scales shot up this morning??

Reminder: been doing Fast 800 Keto for 2 weeks. Came off for 2 days- cocktails and wine on Saturday. Sunday i had a roast beef lunch (including potatoes and Yorkshire pudding). Had popcorn in the afternoon and sticky toffee pudding and ice cream later 😋

Hello all
Started a few days into January, at 8:12.
Currently 8:8.
Goal 7:6 (I’m 5ft tall).
Need to have larger meals so I don’t snack, and stop counting half a packet of biscuits as a meal!

Hope everyone is doing well.

I've been lurking a bit on this thread.

@orangegato Well done! Can I ask what your strategy is? I have similar stats but really struggling to lose! (It's hard being short.)

@ACuppaAlwaysHelps thanks!

I got off to a ropey start but I calorie count, about 1,200 net (if I do 300 cals exercise I can have 1,500 etc).

I try to eat protein with every meal and trying to limit snacks and just have larger meals. I’ve fallen into the trap of having 2-300 calorie meals then eating cereal out of the box or yogurt out of the tub etc and it’s made my body used to grazing.

I used to be terrified of feeling hungry but slowly learning to power through to the next meal, not fully there yet but not as obsessed as I was with grazing.

Oh and ‘exercise snacking’. Smaller burst of exercise when I get a few mins (squats/ab exercises etc). They all add up over the day!

@HorrorFan81
Really hope its not too much damage. I hate the idea of slight indulgence impacting heavily.

Weigh day today for me too, at the gym, on the body scanner. I like the scanner as it gives me a few metrics to process (including body measurements) so there's always something to celebrate. My aim is 20% body fat although that might not be realistic, it's a while since I got that low. Trying not to lose lean tissue in the meantime. One of the posters up thread mentioned it was difficult to get high protein as they are vegetarian. I am not vegetarian but my DP is so 95% of my diet is veggie, I eat about 50g protein a day mostly through beans and pulses, and the occasional egg. I don't think a high protein diet suits everyone, I love complex carbs and a diet high in them seems to work for me.

7/12 - 66.5 kg - 35.4% body fat - 26.3 kg fat - 43 kg lean - BMI 27.7
18/12 - 66.2 kg - 35.8% body fat - 23.7 kg fat - 42.5 kg lean - BMI 27.6
23/12 - 65.0 kg - 34.4% body fat - 22.4 kg fat - 42.6 kg lean - BMI 27.1
15/01 - 63.1 kg - 31.4% body fat - 19.9 kg fat - 43.2 kg lean - BMI 26.3
20/01 - 62.5 kg - 32.0% body fat - 20 kg fat - 42.5 kg lean - BMI 26
27/01 - 61.4 kg - 31.2% body fat - 19.2 kg fat - 42.3 kg lean - BMI 25.6

4lbs! Went from 151 to 155. Ignoring it though, should be off in a few days 🤞

Thanks for replying @orangegato I also calorie count and eat between 1200 and 1400 every day, but I've not lost anything since Christmas!

Good attitude and glad you let yourself have fun. I also have birthday celebrations this weekend where I will indulge and trying not to let it derail me to the extent I feel being good the rest of the week is pointless!

Exactly! This is a marathon not a sprint so a few days of indulgence won't make a difference in the grand scheme of things. Straight back into F800K today and hopefully by Friday the 4lbs will be off, ideally with another 1 🙏

@HorrorFan81 ignore!!!

And get back on track - you know we have this, right?

We've got this!

@Fibrous such a good set of stats. You seem to defy the trend of getting bigger and bigger as December progresses.

@HorrorFan81

We sure do!!!

Finished the day on;

10494 steps
1441 calories
60 minutes on walking pad - 278 calories

Whoop whoop, good day!

I finished on just under 900 calories, 7200 steps

I had an overindulgent weekend so have dropped off the thread for a few days. Back on it today though although I haven't weighed as I think it will be a shock. I'm going to give it a couple of days and hope I can mitigate the damage in the meantime.

Good to see you here @NahThen 🙂

@nodtik and @HorrorFan81 it sounds like you are both smashing it! I just need to pick up some of that motivation now 🤗

Stayed at same weight this week. Little bit disappointed as I have been in calorie deficit every day and getting my steps in, but understand this happens and not getting obsessed with the scales. That said, I have put the scales on the naughty step in the hope that they Won’t do that again 🤣

It's so annoying but just keep going and the scales will start moving again 💪