🎄LOSE IT!🎄8 Week Christmas Countdown🎄

[TheRealHousewife]

⭐️OPEN TO ALL⭐️

Clocks have now gone back and the nights are drawing in! Halloween will soon be done and dusted and Bonfire Night is in a few days 😮. Meaning one thing! Christmas and all its festivities are 8 weeks away 😮🎄🥳

It’s never too late to make a change, to make a difference and feel confident in your body.

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)

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! You'll be pleased that you did 😊
PS - This thread will take us up to the New Year 2026 & the next thread will be January 2027🥳

I want to join, please!

Of course, I'm joining from tomorrow. I have already started today with some "treats".......

Welcome @FidgetSpinners … and what treats are those 😅

Morning!! Homemade pumpkin cake with maple butter and walnut icing 🙃

Can I join please? I am usually rubbish at keeping it up but really really want to!

The treat sound awesome Fidget! 🤤

Absolutely allowed and actually compulsory on Halloween 🎃👍

Welcome @HereForTheFreeLunch 👍

Joining in again please 👍🏻
After a few days away, I have started today with 30 mins Body Attack class, and a nice bowl of nutty muesli.
I will be trick or treating later though 👻😅

I am sure I have gained whilst away but haven't weighed yet, will do on Wednesday and go from there.
I do find this time of year very hard with all the treats around! But need to keep focused and make progress towards my goals.

That sounds amazing @FidgetSpinners
Signing in and good luck all!!

Signing in and hoping for a very merry Christmas at - or below 🙏- my next goal weight of 85kg!

Thank you @TheRealHousewife . I’m sorry to hear about your health challenges. I’m still here, broadly maintaining, currently living on a building site so good food is a challenge but I’m doing my best.

@FidgetSpinners that sounds incredible!! We will be celebrating firework night next week and I will definitely bake something toffee or treacle-y I think…

Thank you for the thread @TheRealHousewife. Can’t believe there’s only 8 weeks left. But still time to make changes 💪🏻 I shall keep telling myself that 😆

Hello!

We've been away for half term so food has been up in the air. Getting back into it from tomorrow.

Happy Halloween!

Welcome to the thread ladies @DreamingOfGeneHunt @LemonDrizzle23 @TheWayTheLightFalls @moondip @CinnamonSweet73 @10kstepsaday Lovely to see how committed you all are. We might not always get the results we work so hard for but showing up is half the battle ❤️

So cross with myself lost 6kg this year and just weighed myself 4kg back on 🙈🙈. So tipped into overweight bmi category as was right at top of normal bmi. Urgh.

Need to to cut out snacking and chocolate and crisps that’s my downfall

Officially the 1st November! Will attempt some greater accountability this month.

We had loads of trick or treaters, so thankfully all the sweets have gone, which is a good start!

Good morning all!

850ml water at the ready in my festive Autumn thermos and black coffee.

Coming down from a sugar high, having enjoyed myself quite a bit yesterday, so think today will be a quiet one!

Have surgery planned for Wednesday so going to prioritise protein and sleep for the next few days.

Thank you for the new thread @TheRealHousewife

Hope the surgery goes well @FidgetSpinners

I would love to join too please. I have lost a stone and a half over the last 18 months - it’s been really slow.
I have always had a few glasses of wine during the week and have counted the calories into my allowance.
I’m going to cut out all alcohol until Christmas.
I’m going to keep swimming four times a week and walking every day to work.
I’m going to have to stick to around 1200 calories a day until Christmas in the hope of shifting the last stone!
Good luck everyone.

74kg would love to be 65kg. 5 foot 6 and 52.

Was 76kg in 2019 and lost 2 stone quickly by IF looked amazing people really noticed and maintained that weight for 4 years. Then perimenopause hit at 49 and I put it back on 🙈🙈

That’s it! It suddenly creeps on at that stage in life, and it seems more difficult to get it off again. I’ve tried a few times over the last few years but have finally realised that it’s just going to take longer than it did years ago.

Made a good start today! Lentil and pumpkin soup for lunch, veg hotpot for dinner (old Cranks recipe).

Haven't had much of a walk but I've done a load of cleaning etc. Back to work tomorrow and I'll be walking everywhere so it hopefully balances out!

Hope everyone is having a good Sunday.

Bready day today, but reasonable calories:

B: pain au chocolat and fruit
L: sandwich, crisp and fruit packed lunch
D: burger bowl (w/ 5% minced beef)

Back to school tomorrow. Half term has absolutely flown by!

I would love to join! As per user name I’m considering baby no2 and want to be fitter and slimmer so I’ve got less work to do after. I got down to 10stone 10 but have shot back up after slipping up with bread, sweets, wine etc. I made so many changes and still am in a different position to the past but need to really get down to 10stone. Gutted as I’d just got into size 10/12 jeans. 8 week countdown would be great!

current weigh in:
11stone5lbs
5ft4
big size 12

goal weight for 8 weeks is 10s10lbs trying to be realistic

Hi Everyone

Welcome to the thread @ConsideringBaby2 @MadameEtourdie @AutumnLeaves1983 @OneoftheWeddingPeople

Sometimes @LemonDrizzle23 our bodies crave carbs and like you say you’ve kept an eye on intake so no harm done. Great you offloaded all the confectionery x

@DreamingOfGeneHunt Nothing like an hotpot to hit the comfort spot 😋

@MadameEtourdie @OneoftheWeddingPeople That’s the frustrating aspect about weight loss … as we get older weight loss does appear more difficult. That said it’s encouraging that so many of us keep at it. I know I’d be even heavier than I am if I didn’t pay attention to my intake.

@FidgetSpinners Hope all goes well 💐

Menu
Meal 1 - Roast chicken dinner. Gravy.
Meal 2 - Home made rice pudding and spoon of cherry jam.

Drinks - Tea, black coffee & water.

Hi all, it’s summerhols here with my new user name 😆 I went right off the rails at the end of October (mainly because of half term throwing my routine completely out). Haven’t weighed in for a couple of weeks. Bit scared to do it on Wednesday but will do and hope being back on the thread helps to refocus me!

Thanks for the new thread @TheRealHousewife, I hope you see and feel some health improvement soon 💐