🌼LOSE IT!🌼 Summer Ready May 2025🌼

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⭐️OPEN TO ALL⭐️

Following on from ⭐️ Active April 2025⭐️

Are you up for getting Summer Ready? There’s still time to make a change, to make a difference and feel confident in your body in time for the summer sun ☀️

To reach optimum health and vitality we need to focus not only on our food intake; but movement, mental health and sleep quality too!

Who doesn’t want to feel good and energetic as well looking great! Get on board to reset & refresh and become a healthier version of yourself.

These threads are for those who’d like to lose weight and those who wish to maintain whilst eating a healthy varied diet.

As no one size fits all, members need to follow their own way of eating. This thread aims to offer guidance, support and a bit of hand holding.

We generally have WOW (weigh on Wednesday) day each week. However post and share your progress as often or as little as you prefer. Do what works for you.

The important thing is not to think of it as a diet (based on deprivation and unsustainable) but more a way of life (sustainable & enjoyable).

I calorie count based on a lower carb Mediterranean diet. I intermittent fast and generally eat twice a day. Im a long time healthy eater and overall I’ve lost just around 45lbs. After having been on the wrong side of 12st The last time I weighed I was hovering around 9st 2lbs. I would like to get back into the 8’s 🤞

Are you in😊 What food plan will you be following? What do you want to change and why?

New members … Give it a go; it’s never too late! Come summer you’ll be pleased you did 😊

Beloved long timers it would be great for you to keep going❤️

PS - Grok 3 created my picture … not the best but perhaps I’m instructing him wrong. I still thanked him 😅

Did a WOM as may not remember on Weds.

SW 11st 11.4
CW 11st 11.4

NSV (non scale victory) this week - I feel less tired which I am attributing to lower sugar intake.

Goals this week are to eat more (found it hard to hit goals on healthy food vs quick calories) plus do some exercise.

Keep going everyone 🙂

I'm feeling very determined. 6 weeks until an event where I can hopefully wear a nice dress and feel confident. MFP says I should be under 10 st and into the 9s in 5 weeks if I continue which is motivating.

40 mins upper body weights and 30 mins on bike this morning done 💪🏻

Well DH’s birthday lunch was wildly calorific! Definitely the last two days have been a very tasty write off! Back to normal tomorrow.

Did give some thought on both days to the bigger picture. Thoroughly enjoyed all the food but:

Didnt drink any alcohol
Made one cake that fed 12 perfectly, with no left overs.
Sent bbq left overs home with guests.
Dregs of various packets of crisps went into the food waste bin.
Had half a rack of ribs and a taste of DHs lunch, instead of sharing a massive 2-person platter with him.

I still have no desire to step in the scales 😂 But I think I got the balance about right.

That sounds brilliant @LemonDrizzle23 , well done!

All ok here but nothing special to say really. Skipped breakfast today, lunch was a ready meal (550cal) followed by a Kitkat (95), dinner was a big salad and some gyoza. Lots of coffees here and there.

Ordered some meal prep type meals for the week ahead, because I am hitting my limits with planning meals to a calorie count and want someone to do it for me!

Good luck this week everyone.

Weight hasn't budged.

Did 10 mins HIIT on treadmill - highest walking speed: 6.5 kph. Average heart rate is a bit lower - 130 something, so that's improving.

Only 2 sets of 5, 1 of 10 X 3kg for side raises and the same for biceps. Couldn't get on the vibro machine cos a bloke dumped a selection of free weights on it. Not sure what he was doing - going through a range of weights for various exercises. I should have told him to shift.

He was standing in front of the free weight stand too... He did move when I was returning my weights.

3 sets of 10 X 20kg on the lat press plus one for luck. Same for triceps.

I'm keeping within my calories, but I suspect I'm going to have to reduce further.

@SummerOak sadly it’s the kind of household where everything gets plated up, and so many empty calories and carb heavy food, which leads to eating of crisps etc. later in the evening with a glass of wine because despite consuming loads of calories we’re often hungry a lot of the time when we visit! We are home and I’m looking forward to a nice healthy dinner. Back on track tomorrow and hopefully not too much impact on the scales!

Need some breakfast inspiration. What do you all eat for breakfast? I managed to be (fairly) creative with dinner and light lunch, but I am honestly sick of avocado sandwich/oatmeal for breakfast.
Any ideas??

@LightGirl I tend to go for greek yogurt with berries and chia seeds. If it's not sweet enough you can always add a bit of honey. For savoury I go for scrambled eggs, or avo on toast. My breakfasts are quite quick and basic.

@LightGirl
Overnight oats
Homemade granola and yoghurt
Scrambled eggs with spinach
Omelette
Smoothies
Protein Pancakes

Yesterday finished at 1608 calories.

This morning 30 mins walking workout, 30 mins on bike.
Breakfast: Fage and mixed berries
Lunch: Grilled chicken and stir fry vegetables
Dinner: Salmon, asparagus and bulgur wheat
Snacks: cottage cheese on ryvita, strawberry mousse yoghurt and a trek protein bar.

That's my plan anyways 😅
Ready for WOW tomorrow!

@LightGirl I tend to skip breakfast, then have "lunch" at 11am, supper at 5pm, then kitchen closed. Big meals for both lunch and supper. If you can get through the morning it's much easier to allocate calories to meals that way, for me anyway.

I am so annoyed with myself, I am coming back to recommit to losing weight. I've just been eating and eating and there are excuses galore, but ultimately I just gave up and stopped tracking and now I'm back where I really never wanted to be at over 90kg. My clothes feel tight, I feel unfit. It was so much better a couple of months ago!

So I'm recommitting to (1) eating in my entirely sensible calorie allowance every day and tracking properly and (2) getting back to moving around as much as I can during the day. I'm going back to the foods and rules that worked for me the first three months of the year, and will try to find better ways to manage stress so I don't go back to binging and excessive eating.

@LightGirl my weekday breakfasts rotate between boiled egg with one slice of toast, scrambled egg on toast, sugar free granola with Greek yoghurt & mixed frozen berries (defrosted), occasionally porridge with honey, chia seeds and fruit. At the weekend I’ve swapped out a bacon roll for a protein bagel and either turkey rashers or bacon medallion.

Welcome back @WoodlandDragon I’ve been trying (unsuccessfully because I haven’t always been tracking) all year to get back to the 10st 4lb I got to at the start of last summer. Got around 5lb to lose in just over 4 weeks now if my weekend hasn’t added another couple of pounds

10 min HIIT walking on treadmill.

3x10 30kg low row
2x10 10kg leg press and leg curl. Legs aren’t fit for any more.

Weight is sticking.

Gardening when I get home.

Do intermittent fasting so I have my first meal 2/3pm and find that easy, but then it’s like the floodgates opening and the evenings are the worst. HOWEVER, I’ve just brushed my teeth after dinner and reminded myself that this simple act immediately switches off the food noise in my brain. I have no idea why. Hope this helps someone!

I still have a cold! Fgs, it's taking ages. Ate a tin of baked beans around 10am (not the best meal ever but I was a bit caught out), then a salad, small quantity of pasta and chicken breast for lunch, followed by a doughnut, and skipped dinner.

My work entails a lot of doughnuts, so I veer between "I never want to see another again" and "May as well, late breakfast". If nothing else, I'm very popular round the neighbourhood for handing doughnuts out to everyone I know. Hope they aren't on diets .

@WoodlandDragon it may not sound like much but you know exactly what works for you and that's brilliant, that more than most people really. I hope it's a good week for you.

I'm really boring and eat the same 😆

25g steel cut oats with 6 Almonds (vitamin E), 5g chia seeds (omega 3) , half a brazil (all the selenium you need...), 10g Bulk unflavoured pea isolate protein powder (only Time I have this), ginger powder (for pizazz), cacao powder (because, chocolate), 20g Blueberries, 55g Almond milk, 65g fat free Greek yoghurt (less milk if yoghurt is less thick) (as healthy fat comes from the nuts), 25g grated apple or grated carrot depending on mood. I make the oats a week ahead then just add the milk and yoghurt in the morning. If I'm feeling like variety, chopped pear or chopped banana on top.

Thats my first breakfast (about 300 cals).

Then for my second breakfast 😄 (I am a massive proponent of two breakfasts, it transformed my focus at work 😆), I have eggs on toast. For ease that has now become a small pot premade with 1 boiled egg and a second boiled egg (egg white only for the second, for added protein), mixed with 50g fat free cottage cheese, salt and pepper, a tiny bit of mayo or a tiny bit of EVOO (0.25 teaspoon 😁), 5g Pumpkin seeds, a small slice of sourdough baguette ( I chop these up and keep in the freezer) which I then toast and add the egg mayo mix on top. And 3 cherry toms on the side. I used to spend a fortune on the Pret egg baguettes so this was my compromise and I'm not bored of it yet. There's endless variety with eggs and cottage cheese (e.g. scrambled egg and cottage cheese which was previous go to but that became impractical to transport to work)

I've also (very sad I know) macro counted these so I know it's roughly 40% carb, 30% fat and 30% protein. That seems to set me up better for sensible lunch and dinner.

A good day here as I was in the office and it's on the billionth floor - so unless I leave temptation is limited!

Lunch was bean and halloumi bake again. I also had bean stew that I forgot to eat yesterday.

For dinner beef stew that I batch made with potatoes and some courgettes.

I did have a small slice of chocolate cake - no comment 😁

Will tot up cals before bed. And prep lunches for tomorrow.

I've done 8,000 odd steps. Back in tomorrow so that will be the same again.

Frankly if I don't start losing this week there is no justice! I've got swimming and a spin class in the calendar for the weekend so am gradually eeking my activity levels back up.

Think I did ok this last couple of days, hopefully it shows tomorrow on the scale.

Today I had 2 yogurt covered rice cakes and coffee. Haddock with risotto and Greek yogurt with granola and honey. And strawberries for snacks.

I had my usual cornflakes and oatmilk for breakfast.

Lunch: lentil soup; cheese and onion toastie with salad.

Dinner: small two egg omelette with cheese; strawberries and yoghurt.

I'm beginning to think that I'm going to have to cut back more to lose weight, but I really don't want to...

B: porridge and a protein smoothie.
L: cheese pitta, cashew nuts, crisps and a yoghurt
D: pasta and a bit of cheese

lots of water and 18k steps done again
id run out of fruit and my shop is due tmrw hence no food stuff! I went to buy some in London but they wanted £2.50 for about six grapes and I couldn’t justify it

Managed to get back on track today - mostly because there was no chocolate or junk food in the cupboard when I went foraging tonight, and DH was out and not available to be sent to the co-op 😂

Less exercise than I have been doing, due to terrible rain all day! But did get to the gym for a bit, which over half term is all I can manage generally.

WOW tomorrow. Not sure how it’s going to go having spent half the week stationary and eating! not expecting a loss, but hopefully not too much of a gain.

WOW came with +400g for me, which is no surprise because of the wild weekend I had. I am happy with +400, thought it would be more!
I am back to calorie counting and working out, so let's hope next week will be better!

WOW is 74.9kg this week for me / 165lbs / 11 stone something, so still under goal. Fluctuated by nearly a kg this week. Happy to come up under today but still not settled in maintenance - though it looks like I fast or 18:6 on Mon and Tues and tend to eat more freely later in the week, which is a useful pattern to note.

Haven't done much on weights/strength this week as planned, will keep that as my goal for the coming week.

IWOW was 1lb loss today.
I’m happy but i won’t make my next mini goal on Tuesday which is upsetting. I rarely take a day off and it feels so slow. Haven’t lost 2 stone yet and been on this since January 1st

Morning WOWers

10 st 5.0 this morning which is a 1.6lb loss since last week.

SW: 10 st 8.0 (this time, OG was 13 stone 4 years ago)
CW: 10 st 5.0
GW: 9 st 7 lbs

Today's Plan:
45 mins leg strength workout

• 1 hour evening walk with a friend

B: Fruit & Yogurt
L: will be on the go, need to buy something low cal 🤔
D: Chicken & Rice & Veg with mustard sauce