Half a stone by Halloween - join me!

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Ok, maybe not a full half stone, but 5lbs would be nice! I've been invited to a Halloween party and am feeling so self-conscious about my appearance. I'm about 3 stone overweight and I'd love to get it shifted, and while 5lbs might not be terribly noticeable I guess I'd feel more confident. I've been trying for about a month without any real success, so I'm going to start keeping a food diary on here from now til Halloween and log my exercise. If anyone would like to join me please do! Sometimes a short-term goal feels more achievable than a 'by Christmas' type thread.

I had 1665 calories today.

no exercise except running around after a toddler all day…I’m exhausted 😅

hope to get a walk in tomorrow and keep on track with calories 🤞🏼

@TC2023 Urgh, it's so hard to diet with a toddler to care for! They're such hard work it makes you really work up and appetite without really burning the calories in the same way! And who has the energy for exercising after a day of that?!

I've just weighed myself and I've bloody GAINED 2lbs!!! How unfair is that?! I think I've been taking on too many calories for my (non-existent) activity level. It's very depressing.

Today:

Breakfast: juice - 150

Lunch: Red pepper - 50
Spinach and pinenut muffins - 150
Guacamole - 100
Babybel - 100
Yoghurt - 50

Dinner: Coucous - 200
Courgette and sweetcorn - 100
Falafel - 250
Mango - 100
Banana - 100
Yoghurt - 100
Cake bar - 100

Total: 1550. I did at least have a walk today, about 40 mins.

I had a pretty bad weekend so we go again. I’ll weigh on weds.

Having the willpower to get on track again after having slipped up is huge! That's something I really struggle with.

Today:

Breakfast: Smoothie - 150
Oat bar - 250

Lunch: Houmous - 200
Cucumber sticks - negligible
Seeded flatbread - 100
Babybel - 100
Satsuma - 50
Cake bar - 100

Dinner: Butternut squash soup - 200
Cheese sandwich - 200
Raspberries - 50
Cereal bar - 100

Total: 1500. Again, more than I'd have hoped for! Not having a good day today though so it could have been worse. One walk of about 40 minutes.

Can I join?

I have around 2 stone to lose to get to a healthy weight. Only lost 2 pounds so far this month.

Today I had:
Waffle - 169 cal
Babybel - 59 cal
Chicken curry, naan and salad - 928 cal
Red velvet cake - 273 cal

1329 cals
Only a little over 3,000 steps. Hoping to go to the gym tomorrow.

@andweallsingalong

Welcome!

Today:

Breakfast: Oat bar - 250
Juice - 100

Lunch: Egg sandwich - 300
'Proper' lentil chips - 150
Bag of babyleaf salad - negligible
Satsuma - 50
Cake bar - 100

Dinner: Minestrone - 200
Bread and butter - 200
Cheese - 150
Banana - 100
Yoghurt - 50
Cereal bar - 100

Total: 1750. As I've had absolutely no exercise whatsoever today, I'll be lucky if I've not gained on that! I just hate being hungry. I must get some steps in tomorrow.

Hi everyone.
can I share some input. Weigh yourself same time every day. Once a week isn’t enough I think. Then a get a more accurate reading.

Good morning everyone.

I was 73kg this morning. So I am down 1kg since start of October. Its so slow but at least it is going down i guess. I am hoping for another 1 kg at least before Halloween. Don't think i will make half a stone at this stage 😫

Happy Wednesday.

@TC2023 Well done!! A loss is a loss. We still have over a week until Halloween, I reckon you can do another kg by then, but if not I'm planning to extend the deadline until bonfire night anyway as I somehow managed to gain 2lbs last week...!

Today:

Breakfast: Glass of slightly chocolatey milk - 200

Lunch: Couscous - 200
Sweetcorn - 100
Avocado - 200
Banana - 100
Satsuma - 50
Cake bar - 100

Dinner: Chestnut and mushroom burger - 200
Buttered parsnip and carrot - 200
Yoghurt - 50
Oat bar - 100

Total: 1500

Still more than I'd like. It's just hard to go hungry!! At least I had both a half hour workout and a half hour powerwalk today.

I’m down 2lb which isn’t what I was hoping for but with the night out probably entirely fair.

I did a workout in the park with a friend. She has battle ropes. First hiit type of workout in months. First time in my sports bra in months too!

I had 1600 calories yesterday. More than planned but the cold rainy weather has me wanting all the comfort food. Salads just aren't appealing in the rain 😆I went to the gym and did a short walk at lunch time so that will help.

Going to aim for 1500 today and a walk this evening.

Happy Thursday 🤗

Today:

Breakfast: Banana - 100
Smoothie - 200

Lunch: Flat bread - 200
Cheese - 100
Bag of salad - negligible
Satsuma - 50
Cake bar - 100

Snack: 3 x veggie cakes - 150

Dinner: Goats cheese stuffed pasta - 300
Tomato sauce - 300
Kalamata olives- 100
Cake bar - 100

Total: 1700

I'm eating too much I know. I will try and cut back tomorrow. I did have a walk today though, about 50 minutes.

Well done!! I feel too old and tired for hiit workouts these days.

I’m 47 and definitely feel it today.

1600 calories again yesterday. Can't seem to eat less than this 😅But the tracking is definitely keeping me more disciplined and focused.

Happy Friday everyone.

No, I can't. I just know I'd give up altogether if I even went a bit hungry and I can't afford to do that! Slow and steady wins the race...

Today:

Breakfast: Smoothie - 150

Lunch: Vegetable omelette - 350
Pear - 100
Cake bar - 100

Dinner: Roast vegetables and halloumi - 400
Flatbread and butter - 250
Banana - 100
Yoghurt - 50
Cereal bar - 100

Total: 1600

Oh my God, where do these stupid calories even come from?! I swear I'm eating half as much as I used to but they mount up so fast!

Half an hour walk today.

Today:

Breakfast: Smoothie - 150

Lunch: Cottage cheese - 150
Salad onions and lettuce - negligible
Bread - 400
Cake bar - 100

Dinner: Risotto - 550
Satsuma - 50
Oat bar - 250

Total: 1650

About 40 minutes walking. I've managed to squeeze into my jeans today! True, I can't breathe, and I have the most horrendous muffin-top situation going on, but I wasn't even able to pull them on a month ago so that's still progress!

I'm late to the party but I'm in.

I tried on my Halloween costume on Friday, and boy, would it look a lot better if I could shift a few pounds, but it's damage limitation at this stage.

I'm going to get back on My Fitness app and try to fit at least one hour of walking each day. My PT pal tells me walking is great for fat burning.

Meant to also say, you guys are amazing. I can't get my daily calories down to what you guys are doing.