🌼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 😅

I know the feeling @Vacuummyblub .

I'm now retired, so avoiding buying new clothes - currently living in jeans and t-shirts, etc.

I might be going abroad to a family wedding in July...I do have some summer frocks in my wardrobe, but I need to be a stone lighter to fit into them (I think). The last time I tried one on I could button it up, but it was definitely stretching across the midriff and I wouldn't dare sit down in it.

Lovely loss @LBB2020 - especially at a weekend! @Vacuummyblub always better in summer to have something that fits properly, to avoid feeling hot and squished. Cut the labels out and try and forget the size!

@WearyAuldWumman I started at 15’8 and my first goal is to get under 14 stone. Haven’t see a 13 on the scales since Dec 2018, so that will feel like quite an achievement…

I’ve managed to spend between one and two hours most days this past week tidying up my garden. Lots of bending and stretching, and I feel much better for it. One day I had to force myself to stay in and attend to a rising mound of clutter. It was good to get that done, and great to get back outside again the next day.

I set my phone alarm for mugs of tea especially in the morning. I’m gradually adding food plans for through the day so that I spend much less time each day wondering what’s in the fridge and being distracted by thoughts of the corner shop. An alarm at 6pm to eat my tea then close the kitchen.

Quite unhappy with myself, bought a few snacks on Friday and then went on a binge yesterday to get rid of them all. Just couldn't stop eating. And today we have a kids birthday we're going to. Decided I'll just have coffee and the cake.

Then I'll just continue with my low carb plan throughout the week and hopefully I lose some more by Wednesday.

After a solid week of exercise and calorie deficit, I have lost ....... precisely nothing. Not even an ounce. Very annoyed.

So, on to another week. Can anyone recommend a calorie counting app that isn't MFP? I am sick to death of it 😆

I’ve had a big clear and found that some stuff that was too small is now too big! Lots for the charity shop 😀

@Kazziek I'm a massive nutracheck convert. So much more UK friendly!

@Kazziek another nutracheck convert here. The difference between it and MFP is night and day. Nutracheck is so much easier to use in the UK.

@socks1107 that sounds very satisfying! I’m hoping by the time winter comes around again, I may need to get rid of some bits!

Pub lunch with in-laws today. I ate garlic king prawns but left the bread, and a cheese burger, but left the bun and half the chips. Enjoyed what I had, but was trying to be a bit sensible, and definitely a bit put off by the calorie count on the menu 😬 I always knew eating out was more calorific, but when you actually see it written down, it’s quite painful!

To my surprise, I'd lost half a pound this morning. (I know - might just be water weight, but at least I've not put anything on.) Didn't train yesterday and I skipped today - right knee still feels a bit off.

Had my usual cornflakes and oatmilk this morning. Coffee with oatmilk.

Lunch - burger with a rash of bacon, cheese and salad: rocket, lettuce, tomato, cucumber. Chamomile tea. (That was at the local farm shop. The burger should have a bun with it, but I just told them to skip that.)

So far as clothes are concerned, my biiiig problem is my stomach. At my biggest, I was 16st 4lbs. I'm just under 15st now.

When DH died, I inadvertently went down from 16st 4lbs to 14 st 4lbs in the space of 4 weeks. When I started eating again, I quickly regained that weight, but was left with old lady arms.

Weight training has helped a lot. My arms are back to their normal size (I think) but I've added to my biceps. My thighs are stronger, but I can see some wrinkled skin on the inner thighs. (Yeuch.) Trying to build those up more and using moisturisers. There has been an improvement.

My bust has gone down, thank goodness, and I can see that I've shifted fat from my sides and some from my back. I still have fat to lose from there, however.

Size 22 trousers are now too big for me and size 18 tops fit at the bust, but the bugbear is the stomach...it sticks out. On the plus side, the stomach doesn't protrude beyond my bust, so I must have lost some fat from there.

I know that you're not supposed to be able to spot reduce fat, but it's noticeable to me that the parts where I've lost fat are the parts that I've been able to exercise.

I'm not able to use the more usual stomach exercises, since getting down and up from the floor is a bit of a problem for me. Now trying to find exercises that can be done standing. There is a seated machine at the gym, but I've not tried that yet - I'm nervous of stretching my skin more.

You are doing so brilliantly @WearyAuldWumman . I can’t think of any suitable stomach exercises but hopefully someone will.

Thank you.

@WearyAuldWummantype into YouTube standing and workout there are lots of videos on there with ideas :)

Hope everyone is doing well

I'm still keeping going and weighing daily but nothing moving yet.... Quite disheartening!!
Just got to keep at it.

Today was:
Breakfast: Overnight oats
Lunch: Buffet food @ party - all I took was fruit, berries and grapes and 2 x hardboiled eggs
Dinner: chicken wings and salad
Snack: banana and chocolate protein pudding

2 L of water
30 mins leg dumbbell workout
30 mins exercise bike (leisurely)

Standing ab workout even 😆

I've gotten so much better at healthier choices and calorie counting.

We were out most of the day and I was really amazed how much I could eat today for my calories by making a few swaps!

B: 150g high protein natural yoghurt with blueberries and raspberries, with a sprinkle of oats on top. (184kcal)
L: Picnic in the park consisting of a Lidl 'bang bang' chicken salad bowl, a few olives, a quarter of a family bag of crisps, one piece of vegan sushi and half a chocolate 'cronut' (shared with DH). (940kcal)
D: 6 inch turkey sub from subway (no cheese) with lots of salad and honey mustard dressing. (364kcal)
S: (at the cinema) individual bag of popcorn from a multipack, one sweet from my kids' haribo and an Aldi protein coffee. (Later) Mini twister and a mouthful of my daughter's pistachio milkshake. (~300kcal)

Total: 1788kcal

And walked over 17000 steps!

So proud of myself! This the first weekend that I wasn't excusing my unhealthy choices. I also took a step forward and told my friends and coworkers that I am on a healthy journey and I still love to hang out with them but won't be needing an extra brownie to go with my coffee any more. They were very understanding and supportive, which was such a surprise for me!

@frostedshreddie wow! Going to a buffet and grabbing only eggs and fruits - thats insane! I wish I had such a strong will.

Well done @LightGirl it's a big step! People will surprise you, mostly for the positive I think!

Been on it since 25th March. Weighing monthly. Weighed yesterday lost 6kg! Very pleased. Back in normal BMi by a whisker but still. I was bmi 27 in March now 24.9. Spurred on to target 65kg.

@LightGirlI did eyeball the garlic bread and pizza 😆 just took a massive plate of the healthy stuff. I was hungry by the end of the party though.
Well done telling your friends, it takes the pressure off when people understand ✨

I think weighing monthly is good. A week is too frequent so dispiriting.

I go in hard with weight loss. No food at all until lunchtime then an omelette with salad. Normal dinner on smaller plate. Ryvita snacks. No booze in the week and try to have less at weekends. As much exercise as I can do. This is the only method that works for me.

It’s funny how individual it is - I have to way daily to be effective, I need the accountability somehow. Obviously it’s not exact - you can eat well and not consistently lose weight each day - but it’s about the timeframe or checking in for me. I log everything on an app.

So down - have managed to put on 3kg in 3 weeks. Out of routine (school holiday, week away, school residential) and now even though I'm back at work have family visiting from abroad so everything is out of whack.

Have a mountain of work to do and big school event next week so really stressed.

Going to be very hard to be disciplined. I'm not sure how I ended up at almost the weight `i was when I joined these threads 2.5 years ago. 8kg to go to a healthy BMI. Feeling very low about it.

I feel like I’ve had a good weekend food wise and exercise wise. But my legs are in bits from running so I’m back up on the scales. Trying not to get disheartened as I know DOMS means water retention and temporary weight gain.

I’ve managed to avoid any alcohol since Easter now. Not that I was a massive drinker or anything but any alcohol effectively stops my weight loss.

Hi, can I join? My weight has crept up last year. Gained something ridiculous like 1.5 stones now.

My plan is calorie counting - will have to get into logging everything, plus hitting 10k steps, weights in the gym 3 times a week, and a little bit of cardio.

At the moment, just need to log everything and weight myself daily as I can't track what is going on.

I have done a fair amount of batch cooking so I've got various custom meals on my app which should help.

My main saviour in weight loss is that I eat fairly high protein.

But I really struggle to balance carbs and fat - I end up eating way too much fat mainly in form of biscuits and crisps.

I've cracked the crisps thing with half a bread stick rolled in olive oil rosemary and salt and put in the freezer, and tiny crackers, when I have the craving. Better than a whole packet of crisps every day.

And for biscuits I've got dates and stuffed them with peanut butter and dipped in chocolate and frozen them. Also made chickpea energy balls with peanut butter and honey and chocolate chips. And budgeted for one of these a day in my calorie allowance.

So in theory all fine. But just got to lose the weight now without losing muscle mass (I did a bulk and cut into the gym a few years ago and still have great muscle mass under the fat 😂).

So stats I'm 5.6 and currently 11st 13 so overweight by a stone.

Goal weight is somewhere between 9st 9 and 9st 12, as long as I'm regularly lifting weights.

Just be good to shift the first stone to start with.

I think this is an overall 2025 goal. I don't drink alcohol so summer isn't too much of a challenge although exercising in heat is!

Let's do it.

CW 11st 13
GW 9st 10

SW March 76 kg bmi 27

19 April 73 kg bmi 26

11 May 70 kg bmi 25

Goal weight 62kg which is 10 st 2 bmi 22.

Gutted as was 76kg in 2019 got to 62kg in 2020 and maintained that for 3 years! but took foot off pedal in 2024 and regained the weight I lost. Cross with myself.

Edited to say my starting weight is actually 11st 11.4.

When I weighed yesterday it was the evening after a day of eats. Plus very bloated from pasta.

So accurate starting weight this AM is 11st 11.4. Not expecting loss by this Wednesday but will try not to gain and see if I can start to shift by next week.

Motivation - to feel so much better than the lethargic beached whale I currently feel like 😂