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A space to talk openly about weight loss journeys and challenges. Mumsnet hasn't checked the qualifications of anyone posting here. You may wish to speak to a medical professional before starting any diet.

⭐️LOSE IT! January Jumpstart 2026⭐️

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TheRealHousewife · 28/12/2025 15:33

⭐️ Open to All ⭐️

January 2026! Following on from LOSE IT! 8 Week Christmas Countdown

Fresh Start, New Habits! To reach optimum health and vitality (as well as a trim body) we need to focus not only on our food intake; but movement, our 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 have a 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) that’s based on several sensible principles including:-

  1. Eat a variety of real whole foods such as fresh vegetables, salad, berries, beans, nuts, eggs, lean meat, good fats etc.

  2. Reduce sugars, simple carbs, alcohol and UPFs.

  3. Plan your meals & log your intake. Also be mindful of portion control.

  4. Intermittent fasting - research suggests (Zoe study) that adhering to an eating window of 10 hours can have a positive effect on health, wellbeing and weight loss. I personally have a eating window of approximately 7hrs - 12:00 - 19:00.

  5. Stay hydrated! 💧

  6. Move as much as able. Particularly strength based exercise. Muscle keeps you strong as well as revs up your metabolism.

  7. Get the fibre in! Great for your gut biome as well as 💩

  8. SLEEP! Good sleep hygiene and a regularly sleep routine can be beneficial to weight loss. I’m always more hungry following poor sleep.

  9. Be mindful about your own mental wellbeing and try not to eat your feelings. We’ve all been there!

  10. Be kind to yourself. One or two slip ups won’t undo all your previous efforts. Just check-in with yourself, reinforce your good intentions and carry on.

I calorie count based on a lower carb Mediterranean diet. I intermittent fast and eat twice a day. Im a long time healthy eater and overall I’ve lost over 3 stone. After having been on the wrong side of 12st Im now hovering around 9st 2lbs.

Are you in?😊 What food plan will you be following? What do you want to change and why? Any recipes/workouts that have worked for you, you’d like to share?

⭐️LOSE IT! January Jumpstart 2026⭐️
⭐️LOSE IT! January Jumpstart 2026⭐️
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Positivepositron · 04/02/2026 09:19

Oh and in my spirit of celebrating every little victory, that weight takes me to a bmi of 24.5 so another increment!
Next goal is under 59kg.

Ehlace · 04/02/2026 12:36

144lbs today, down from 144.8 2 weeks ago. Much slower progress than my initial 5lbs but it's progress! It's also spurred me on a bit as I haven't been excersizing or being calorie controlled every day... But losing means I e done something and I can do more!

FridayNighFeeling · 04/02/2026 12:42

Hi all, I haven't weighed as I've eaten everything in sight. Life still super stressful, but if I can try and maintain where I am, I'm doing the best I can at the moment.

Good luck for the other WOWers.

Pollyparanoia · 04/02/2026 17:15

Well done all for getting through the rainiest January EVER.

I managed to weigh not today but yesterday so a WOTu rather than customary WOTh.

I'm down another pound. Actually two pounds in the last two weeks. Something like that. It's very slow now and there are plateaus but I'll take it since I'm not really counting calories and I've had a fair few off days.

SW in December 160lb, 72.5kg
CW 148.8g
GW 144-146lb, 65-66kg

So I made it past my mini target of into the 140s. I'm now closer to 10 and a half stone than 11.
Next target is to be 10 1/2 ie 147.
Then it's 146 ie nearer to 10 than to 11.

And then it's anything under that and more importantly staying there. I'm very pleased as my clothes fit me from having lost 11lb but the next four or five really makes a disproportionate difference. So almost there...

LemonDrizzle23 · 04/02/2026 17:39

Hi everyone, we’ve moved over to the February thread now. The link is a few posts up.

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