🎄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🥳

Checking in for November! Thanks for the new thread @TheRealHousewife
Last wow was 75.2kg so 0.7kg lost in October. 3.9kg lost since mid August.

For me 3 meals a day + fruit snack. Mostly homemade evening meals, focusing on sensible portions, generally leftovers or soup for lunch (trying not to rely on bread), same breakage every morning (boiled egg and 1 slice of rye toast with butter). I only have coffee with breakfast (and definitely no caffeine after midday). I don't drink alcohol (been 3-4 years now, I lose track). Evening eating is my biggest problem and have been able to mostly control this the last few months. I don't have a sweet tooth - cheese and crisps and nuts are my nemesis, and once I sart I find it hard to stop.

I know I need to move more. I hate sport and stopped running pre-pandemic. I'd like to get back into walking and yoga, and do at home strength exercises. Focusing on reducing stress and getting enough sleep helps me manage emotional eating.

Am down 4kg but still aways to go - another 7kg - so I'd like to chip away between now and Christmas. Another 1-2kg would be great.

SW 79.1kg 10/08/26 (BMI 29.1)
CW 75.2kg (BMI 27.6)
GW1 67.9kg (for a BMI under 25)
GW2 63.5kg (BMI 23.3)

10/08/26 79.1kg
19/08/26 77.1kg
26/08/26 77.1kg
2/9/26 76.7kg
9/9/26 77.8kg
16/9/26 76.8kg
23/9/26 76.3kg
30/09/26 75.9kg
6/10/26 75.7kg
14/10/26 75.4kg
28/10/26 75.2kg
4/11/26 ....

Would love to join as a new member! Due to return from a half term holiday away with the family. I have been fairly restrained but anticipate a small gain. I weighed in at 90kg when I left UK. Have lost 10kg since March 26 but my goodness that has been slow.

Increasing Exercise and water would help me no end but motivation isn’t always high for either when time is precious. I work a demanding NHS role.

Would welcome some accountability in the lead up to Christmas.

Another newbie here but I often read this threads for inspiration!

Ive stayed quite stable over the last year by just calorie counting (roughly) and IF. I got very into home workouts with Pilates and weights but lost all motivation halfway through the year and miss that feeling.

Id like to lose about 6lbs and tone up, currently weigh around 9st 4lbs. Height is 5ft 4. Everything feels saggy.

My downfalls are car snacking and wine in the evening so plan to cut these out and do some form of exercise every day, even a 15 mins Pilates. Going for a run today.

Thanks for the thread and will WOW

My downfall has been evening snacking 🙈. My plan is

IF so no food until 11.30 am then omelette.

mid afternoon will be soup or veggie Dahl so tasty but essentially vegetable based

normal dinner

Then nothing from 7.30 pm ish until 11.30 am the next day. Plus an hours exercise and trying to move more generally.

Thanks for the new thread, nice to see some familiar names!

SW (January 2026): 111.05 kg
CW: 83.8 kg
Christmas GW: would absolutely love to hit 80 kg but that does feel a bit ambitious with the festive season coming up, I’ll take any extra losses at this time of year!

I just need to lose 0.5kg more, and I’ll have lost 25% of my body weight this year which is completely wild. Feel so much better and I’ve gone down 3-4 dress sizes too.

Checking in for the 8 week countdown 🎄!

SW (April 2026) 16st 10lb / 106.14kg

Currently 14st 9lbs / 93kg.

My first target was originally 14st 7lbs so I’d like to get to that over the next couple of weeks.

I’d love to get down to 14st for Christmas but appreciate that’s very optimistic. I’d be happy anywhere in the low 14’s.

Hello, I'm a newbie, is it ok to join?

I am trying to maintain but build strength - so essentially replace fat with muscle.

I'll be going great for weeks, then just stop and sometimes the 'stop' last months/years.

Trying to minimise carbs but my biggest weakness is sugar in my tea (I drink a lot of tea), and toast with strawberry jam. Comfort food!

Hello - can I sneak in too please?
I lost about 15kg over 12 months but finding it hard to move below 77kg.
I know that adding extra steps with a brisk extra evening walk really helped last year, so might take that up again as I already walk up the hill every day and do extra half hour classes through the week.
I struggle to eat less than I do - but need to really stay focussed and away from the 'extras' when im bored/tempted.

Thank for this thread - I’m in! I lost 5 kg on WLI that I started in Jan this year - although 2 kg of that was gained in the immediate 2 weeks before I started! I’ve since gained all but 2 kg gradually since I stopped the jabs. I used to be slim and could eat whatever but HRT and other medication made me gain weight practically overnight. I plan to go low carb and hope for the best 😀

Hello to new joiners! 👋 Welcome to a very friendly thread.

Finally some dry weather here, so I had a cold but sunny outdoor walk this morning, and then did some Pilates.

B: Cheese on toast and fruit
L: left overs from dinner yesterday
D: chicken, potato and corn on the cob
Snacks: kettle chips and a chocolate

Thanks @LemonDrizzle23

I've had a rubbish eating day to be honest.

Started off well then went downhill:

B: greek yoghurt / protein powder / chia seed pudding
L: 3 cups of tea / too busy
D: small homemade pizza and a crunchie bar
Supper: yet to be decided

Will plan a better day for tomorrow.

Food tidy was home made muesli (utter faff, back to packet I go) with yoghurt.
Lunch- lentil and pumpkin soup, peanut butter sandwich, a banana
Dinner- veg hotpot, a veggie sausage (M and S, not convinced) and vanilla blancmange.

Only about 10000 steps but I've been cleaning the kitchen at work most of the day scrubbing walls and shelving. So I'm assuming that's a decent workout!

Hi @NotStayingTheSame You’re welcome ☺️. Brave the scales and that way you’ll know where you’re at 👍

PS … I came to write a post to find a previous one that didn’t post. They usually go pooof into thin air. 😅

Evening All

You’re very welcome @PatienceOfEngels … I love your posts and enjoy reading them. Nice steady progress and you’ve made a real difference to your BMI 👏👏👏 Thank you for sharing xx

@DreamingOfGeneHunt 10000 steps is awesome in a day … I’m lucky if I do that in a week 😅

You’ll soon find your groove @TheLaughOfRustyLee 👍

Welcome to the thread new members and previous posters@LostNFoundSV @Pics @TheLaughOfRustyLee @PipkinOfPepper @ChunkyMonkey36 .
Menu
Meal 1 - Scrambled egg on sourdough.
Meal 2 - Chicken & vegetable lemongrass stir fry. Mixed nuts.

Drinks - Tea, black coffee and water.

Morning! STILL 13 stone 12- no change in a month!!

Onwards and downwards. Food is the same today, should get more walking as work is back to normal.

@DreamingOfGeneHunt join the club 🤦🏼‍♀️ here’s to a better November!

B: cheese on toast and fruit
L: bacon, leek, mushroom and potato
D: spag bol and a chocolate

Exercise: Walk and yoga

Will be WOWing tomorrow whatever the scales say…

Hi @LemonDrizzle23 & @DreamingOfGeneHunt I feel for you both! The dreaded plateau is a beast! No advice other than to keep going 👍.

Menu
Meal 1 - Scrambled eggs on oaty super seeded. Rocket & spinach.
Meal 2 - Liver, onion gravy, mixed veg and a small spoon of colcannon. 4 prunes. 3 Tiny profiteroles 😋
Drinks - Tea, black coffee, water & water kefir.

I seen to get stuck at this point every stone!

A good day today -

30 mins body combat
30 mins lunch time walk

Breakfast: muesli, fruit and coconut milk
Lunch: burrito bowl
Dinner: chicken stir fry

Nervous to WOW tomorrow after half term treats but good to reset and see where we are at.

Morning! Still here, still maintaining.

Morning WOWers.

Haven’t weighed in for a little bit as weight has been so up and down, but need a baseline really. So starting weight for November is 13 st 7.4

SW: 15 st 8.5
CW: 13 st 7.4
Next goal: 13 st 5.2 (back to my 2026 low)

Well done to everyone weighing in!

Still 13 stone 12. Sigh.

Food for today- porridge, yoghurt
Lunch- end of the lentil and pumpkin soup, veg sausage, an apple
Dinner- veg hotpot, chips, peas.

Good morning. Well done to those who have lost. Keep going if you are stuck or gained. Very well done if you are happily maintaining.

SW (02.09.26): 9st1
Current weight: 8st10.1 (Happy scale moving average)
Target weight: ?8st0?

My loss is very, very slow. However, my current weight is a healthy BMI so that’s probably why it’s slow. My September starting weight was the highest I’ve ever been (apart from pregnancy), so I’m really relieved/pleased that I caught the gradually weight gain creep when I did!

Checking in! Remembered to leave the old thread this time 😂 I’ve had a good couple of days calorie-wise, feeling positive about this week as a whole, got a Bonfire weekend meet-up with friends with the kids where there will be lots of tempting sweet treats but the way the week is going I’ll have calories to spare for some cake 😊👌💜

Morning all!

Slight loss post hol which is a first but my step count went well so that’s my key to unlocking the current plateau.

SW 100kg (March 26)
CW 90.8
TW 86 (in time for Christmas festivities)

At the rate I am losing, target feels ambitious but to see the scales going in the right direction is just a bonus at this age.

Food today
Meal 1) Porridge
Meal 2) Ham and Mustard sandwich on seeded loaf, fruit
Meal 3) lean chicken and vegetables (omitting the carbs in the evening)

Longer evening dog walk with the pooch!

Good luck to all those WoW