☀️LOSE IT! Motivational May 2026☀️

[TheRealHousewife]

⭐️OPEN TO ALL⭐️ Weight Loss, Wellbeing & Motivation Thread To Support Healthy Habits.

Following on from ⭐️LOSE IT! Active April 2026⭐️

I blinked and missed April 🙃. Apologies for my absence; the month passed by so quickly! I’m feeling a little bit more human and absolutely doing my best to move more and eat well.

Jumping into May LOSE IT! - 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 3lbs.

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?

I will definitely be joining you all! Thank you for the thread @TheRealHousewife and all the warm welcomes on the April thread.

I'm going to continue to increase my steps and will make a start of C25K in the next week or two. Still IF, its the only thing that works for me.

We are having a bbq tonight and I will be going heavy on the salad. I normally make a pasta and a potato salad but will only do one for tonight. I don't think anyone else really cares about the sides anyway.

I have a family get together coming up at the end of June so I'm hoping to have shifted most of the 35lbs i want to lose by then. I definitely won't be able to hit it as its just over 3lbs a week (taking the weight I've already lost into account). I think I've got a nice dress that would fit if I can manage 1-2lbs a week!

Please can I join?

Dragged myself out of a rut in April and managed to lose 2.5kg. Still a long way to go but I’m focusing on counting calories, trying to eat a more balanced diet (ideally with less sugar - I am a bit too addicted to sugary snacks). Exercise wise I’m pretty good, averaged almost 19K steps a day in April with a conscious effort to move more, do a couple of slow 5K runs a week and some home weights sessions too.

ideally I’d like to lose another 5Kg before we go away at the end of June… and then long term another 15kg but baby steps for now. I need all the motivation I can get as I’m forever starting diets and then giving up

Welcome to you both 🤗 @SeekingHappinesss @JustOneMoreMargarita

Sorry I missed you on the April thread @SeekingHappinesss . I find having a set point goal ups the motivation and helps us to remain consistent. A consistent 1-2 lbs loss per week over the long term can reap rewards 👍.

@JustOneMoreMargarita 19k steps per day is awesome 🙌! Tongue in cheek; but didn’t anyone tell you … diets don’t work in the long term. Lifelong healthy swaps, whole food foods, wide variety of vegetables & pulses, fibre rich complex carbs, protein and healthy fats 80 - 90% of the time will get you there and keep you there 👌(I know it is not as easy as it reads, especially if you have a larger household with differing preferences and tastes).

Some photos of recent meals.

@TheRealHousewife - oh I know! It is as much about making my diet better as calorie counting, I’m trying to make much better choices at the same time. I’m not eating ‘diet foods’ and my diet is generally pretty good, I cook pretty much everything from scratch and we have a lot of protein and veg, Too much pasta / bread though and my portion sizes need a bit of work which is the main reason I’m tracking calories, because then I ‘have’ to weigh stuff and it makes me think about the portions. Your meals look delicious though, I think I could easily eat like that if it wasn’t for the fussy teens.

Weight was down, now back up. Did go to the gym yesterday which can do it. Did a class this morning and honestly I am ravenous. I’ll keep ploughing on though.

Have you tried electrolytes? I thought i was hungry after being active but I tried electrolytes and it turns out I was just thirsty. I don't know how I made it into my 40s without knowing if I'm hungry or thirsty but here we are!

Does anyone else here find they are so much hungrier when they are premenstrual? I think I read somewhere that the body burns more calories in the days leading up to it which makes sense (though sadly probably not the same number of calories as I am hungry, if that makes sense), but it's like a switch has been turned on - yesterday I was starving a couple of hours after lunch!

Exercise can definitely skew things @Pasta4Dinner and OMG yes to hormones influencing hunger @PipkinOfPepper

Have a good long weekend all. We've just eaten Chinese so I know my weight will go up tomorrow, but will weigh in again on Tuesday to see what is what. Have hit -27 consistenly for 3 days even after exercising last night, drinking Creatine and eating dinner later than I normally do 💪

Signing in for May - thanks for the new thread and the lovely advice @TheRealHousewife ❤️
I've had a good April, down 2.5kg. Heading out for a Thai meal tomorrow but aiming to keep the rest of the weekend sensible!
Good luck all for May!!

Apologies @JustOneMoreMargarita I hope my post didn’t land wrong. I can get carried away 😬 x

You’re very welcome @CinnamonSweet73 Congratulations on your progress in April! I hope you enjoy your Thai😋

Thank you @TheRealHousewife I hope you have a lovely weekend!