🎄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 am with you @AutumnLeaves1983 - I just find this time of year so cosy and festive, and a big part of that are the Christmassy treats… God knows what “reindeer cakes” are, but I was eyeing them up yesterday in the corner shop - managed to resist. I’m just a sucker for food marketing at this time of year 😬

@DreamingOfGeneHuntIt’s so frustrating! Sending a hug x

@moondipstep away from the goody room 😅. Seriously though they really do know how to market stuff to make it uber appealing 😋

@TheRealHousewife thank you!

Trying to stay positive. I hate feeling like my life is ruled by a number on a scale but it really does feel like that at times.

Food for today-
Breakfast was porridge and yoghurt
Lunch is a veggie sausage sandwich and pickle, an apple
Dinner is mushroom and buckwheat cottage pie, except with baked potato instead of mash.

@DreamingOfGeneHunt Are you vegetarian? You always post the most delicious-sounding veggie meals 😋

I had yoghurt for breakfast
Lentil Dahl soup for lunch
recipe from my HBD cookbook for supper

I am proud of myself I’ve had nothing sweet since Sunday and no crisps whatsoever which is a big deal for me!

Remember Michael Mosley (rip) saying it’s all about habit and it takes 3 weeks to break a habit. I am going to break my crap sugar / salt / granola snack habit. Pretty sure that is the sole cause of my extra stone my meals are good and I exercise quite a lot.

For a long time I ate hardly any meat but I've recently given it up completely. Thank you I have a huge amount of old 70s/80s cook books and there's some fabulous vegetarian recipes in them!

Hi all, good going - I will weigh on the weekend if I get a chance.

@ChunkyMonkey36 I had a plateau lasting months. The thing that made the most difference to me was weight training. It improved my shape, muscle burns more fat too.

@Autumngirl5 was the recipe good? I have the old hbd cookbook and should actually try using it.

I got sucked in by Christmas yesterday and had s toffee nut latte think I will allow myself one more over the season but maybe in December rather than November next time 🤞

I felt like I was a lot more in control of calories today but just totted it all up and calories and carbs are higher than planned. Still a deficit though. I fell foul of shopping while hungry and bought myself a small protein flatbread pizza thing but it was supposed to serve 2 and a bit people 🤪 but realistically 650 calories isn’t enough for multiple people?!? Had it with roasted broccoli.
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The lentil Dahl recipe is very good and I love the aubergine curry too.

Decent day today. A (very chilly!) walk and an excellent stretching class at the gym.

B: cheese on toast and fruit
L: chicken, potatoes and squash
D: accidental burger and chips as we stayed out later than planned.

14783 steps today, happy with that.
Made a big pan of soup for lunches tomorrow and over the weekend- tomato, fennel and cannelini bean with lots of basil and oregano.

Back to 13 stone 12 this morning.
Breakfast- porridge, yoghurt, medlar jelly
Lunch- tomato and fennel soup, apple
Dinner- same as yesterday.

Hope everyone has a good day!

73.7kg this morning! 😱Very very happy with that. Last time I was here was 18 months ago. 5.4 kg gone in 3 months and half way to my target.. Only one more kg and I've lost a stone. I'm feeling quite stressed and anxious at the moment about issues at home and at work and have managed not to turn to emotional eating which is a huge win.

Oddly I am down 2kg! May be water / hormonal but as the kids say I’ll take it!

Have been absolute since Sunday not one snack not one treat. Logging everything on my fitness pal. Lots of exercise. So motivated now!

Morning all!

B - 2 homemade pancakes with a drizzle of maple syrup - Friday treat!
L - Soup and sourdough toast
D - Lasagne and salad

So not the most low cal day today, but I’ve had a very low cal week in general and feeling happy going into the weekend! No dinners out this weekend so should roll into next week with a hopeful eye on doing WOW and seeing some progress 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

Well my scale has NOT been my friend the last two mornings, it's been showing nearly 1kg gain (!) which I'm hoping is because I've been a bit slack with my water intake, and I've eaten quite a lot of salty stuff. But could also be ovulation bloat (anyone else get this?).

Whatever the case really hoping that it sorts itself out by Monday which is my official weigh in day, just need to not be discouraged.

However a nice NSV today, I ordered a pair of size 14 M&S jeans just to see, and they fit perfectly. For context I was a big size 22 in January, so it's just mind boggling to be buying a 14!

@PatienceOfEngels well done, that's a huge win in itself!

Sorry things are feeling stressful @PatienceOfEngels I think lots of us need 2026 to come to an end!

Excellent NSV @PipkinOfPepper!

B: Cheese on toast and fruit
L: Homemade butternut squash soup with bread and butter (soup was so good!!!)
D: Halloumi, chorizo, carrot and pickles with rice, with chocolate after

Having friends over tomorrow evening for fireworks and dinner, so tomorrow afternoon I will be busy baking tasty autumn things.

Late to the party but hopefully not too late to join. Like many on the thread my weight has been creeping up and I am struggling to get it down - damn perimenopause and in fairness having a sweet tooth. Currently 10st 11lbs and would love to be 10st by Christmas but realistically, 10st 3lbs would be amazing. Keep me on track people, I need an accountability group.

13 stone 11! FINALLY.

Happy Saturday everyone!

Hi all - STS this week which is down to calories going up to maintenance and just below for a few days due to surgery mid-week. I'm sad but determined to not ruin it over the weekend and just stay the course. No plans other than avoiding festive foods and alcohol. Black coffee and water for me!

Hi gang, some good stuff here, well done to all

I'm another 1 1/4lbs down in 3 weeks since last getting on the scales. Total -33 1/4lbs. Birthday weekend (not mine) so cake and meal out but otherwise should be OK.

Have a good weekend x

Well done on the results. Weigh day for me….down 1.5lbs will keep plodding along. Haven't been exercising for about 4 weeks due to illness and holiday. Will be back swimming this week, walking to work and the gym for weights.