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My traitorous body! I weighed myself Friday and was 15st 2.5. I started my period today so I'm back up to 15st4. I hate the scales. I'm taking Fridays weight and saying that I had a great boost week and pretending this morning didn't happen.

How did all you other boosters get on? Hope you get some good results today x

@effiesgoldwig thats annoying, but quite normal to bloat at totm. I’d definitely take Fridays weight as the official weigh in!

my boost week didn’t go exceptionally well. I did go off the rails a little bit. I’m back on the straight and narrow now so I’m going to do another strict week, at least til Friday. I’ve cooked a big mushroom and bean veggie chilli which I’m having for lunches for the next few days and I’m just going to really go back to basics.

@poorpaws yes you are being hard on yourself! 3.25lbs is excellent and you should be pleased with your efforts. I know we are all very hard in ourselves, think what you would say to one of us (then say it to yourself)!

@poorpaws . Well done you. That is an amazing result. You should be so pleased.
I think I initiated boost week because I’d gained last Monday. I started at 96.5 and I am now 95.9. This is a miracle given that I took comfort eating to a whole new level . I did much less exercise than usual and I didn’t binge exactly, but I ate a lot of chocolate and cheese cake, so I think I did better than I deserved.

I am feeling ok now. Thank you to everyone for your help. I’m going to try hard this week, I have a pre op assessment in 10 days and I want to be under 95 for it. I was hoping to be around 93 but we can’t always get what we want.

@effiesgoldwig I also have a traitorous body! Back up 1lb to 14'2 this morning - dammit.

Oh well, back on it hard this week. I have a party on Friday week and I would like to be under 14st for that, so that's my goal.

Also booked a holiday to Mexico last night for October half term so I want to be 3st down and bikini ready by then 🤣

@poorpaws 3.25 is brilliant, well done 👏

@poorpaws ..bloody brilliant..now try to see it not as boost week ..try to say "well that was a week when I did what I know works and needs to be done"
Then do it again this week..
My body is also treacherous...I ended the same weight I started 71.3
Just bouncing about...another week though...onwards and downwards...

Afternoon ladies, I’ve not been very good for boost week so no surprise I’ve only maintained at 14 st. Well done to all those who were good and have lost - onwards and upwards to those of us who didn’t 🙃

It sounds like you get the boost week crown this week @poorpaws well done! Mine was all going so well until Aunt Flo arrived and ruined everything. I'm sure by the end of the week I make it back to what I'm supposed to be and this was all a dream!

I'm so close to being under 15 stone I know I can do there. I've been pretty well focussed this month and this is the longest sustained weight loss Ive managed in a very long time. My app was predicting I'll hit my goal of 11 stone by may 2024 the other day which is the first time it's been under 12 months. I was even figuring out how much I'd bed to weigh to have even lower bmi than 24.9 the other day.

We can do this.

Omg the typos in that post! I'm sorry.

It's been a long day clearly I need to get some sleep.

91.8kg this morning.

Only 400g loss this week, but it feels significant.

I am now just overweight.

Just over 8kg down since the end of April.

1 inch off of my hips and waist, since I last measured about a month ago.

4kg to go until my next target (88kg). I have until the middle of August until my holiday, and I hope that would be achievable.

I can now run (jog) for 25 mins, thanks to Couch 2 5k. Only have 2 weeks of that left.

@Vebrithien well done, what an achievement!

I’m having an ok week so far, I managed 1450 cals on Monday and around 1600 yesterday, and I’ve not been snacking/mindlessly eating. It shows how much I can probably eat if I do eat mindlessly because my lunches/dinners I have actively reduced in both size and calories, and I would unthinkingly eat a few bits here and there, so I must have been exceeding my calories and possibly by quite a lot. It’s always very eye opening when I track calories properly.

today I went to the gym at 6, for a cardio core class. I feel quite tired. I will have my new favourite breakfast of chia, yoghurt and fruit. Lunch is to be chicken and salad, and dinner is yet to be decided. I don’t feel like weighing myself which is unusual for me but I think because I am feeling quite bloated (from heat, plus also from increasing fibre) plus I haven’t run yet this week, I’m not exactly expecting a significant loss so it’s not really worth it. I could potentially have had a gain.

I turn 40 in 4 weeks today and I, despite committing to have a few really strict weeks, don’t think I’ve actually lost anything bar a couple of water pounds! It’s very depressing how hard I have to diet just to maintain and I am really starting to believe that I just cannot actually lose the weight I want to without some serious calorie restriction and/or increase in exercise (which I don’t see how I could actually achieve due to time and risk of injury- eg i know my limits, if i suddenly start running loads, my hip will just get bad and I’ll be out of action)

sorry, I just read this back and realised what a misery guts I sound!

I had a really crappy boring day today, it was just one of those days where time just stood still and dragged on and on…
As a result I’d eaten all my calorie allowance and a bit extra by about 4pm 🤦‍♀️ I did resist any sugary rubbish though, but I made myself a cheese roll in the end because I was just frazzled and exhausted and time had stood still. I logged off at 5pm and I went for a 5km walk with a podcast on but I still feel desperately tired and basically have no calories left for dinner. I’m not actually hungry, the kids had tea out so I’m just going to close the kitchen until tomorrow.

I’m ovulating and it does give me like a mini pmt, but the last few days I’ve been noticeably down, and feel incredibly bloated.

Wow @Vebrithien that's very impressive well done you!

@thenewaveragebear1983 not a misery guys at all! Moan away. I'm only happy when I've got something to moan about. My friends jokingly say it's my favourite hobby 😂

Well done for getting back on track @Zebracat - that's what makes the difference. We will have days or weeks that go wrong every so often. And that's fine as long as we keep picking ourselves back up and starting again. In the long run we will get there.

Wow @Vebrithien . You have done so well. It really helps me to see that we can meet our goals.. And I’m not jealous, not at all, not even a little bit!
@poorpaws wow to you too, to have cracked the evening snacking issue is massive.
@thenewaveragebear1983 This is exactly the right place to come when losing weight seems really hard. But also, I think that when you brave the scales you will be pleasantly surprised. I just wonder if actually you need to eat a little bit more? Women's weight fluctuates with our cycle some of it is outside our control, and we need to go with the flo . Boom boom.
I am back on track, having a good week. Think I may have found my new dog.

@Zebracat I'm so sorry. He ended his life knowing nothing but love. Remember that. You did the right thing xx

We are hoping to collect at the weekend. I darent jinx it! But such a good dog.😍

@Tiredanddistracted thanks, I know. We adored Our old boy and did everything right for him. And we will adore our new dog.