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One stone one month :-)

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It's one month since I stood on the scales in a very long time.

I've lost 1 stone exactly. 2 and a half to go, to see me at 11 stone 12 pounds; my ideal BMI.

No doubt some water weight, but I think I am trimming up a bit.

Face looks thinner and my wrists and arms, my collar bones are on show, and the bottom ribs above my tum.

Been trying to gradually bring my carbs down over the last month. Last couple of days been ultra low carb, just veg and a bit of lentils and humous. No bread, rice, pasta. Starting to get used to the low carb (it was hard to start with).

I'm reading the 8week lower sugar diet. This is inspiring me to keep hard at the weight loss.

I'm going to see if I can do another stone this month...
 
Excellent progress PG! 🙂 Well done, good to see your efforts bearing fruit (so to speak!) 🙂

Hope the weight loss continues and you achieve your target 🙂
 
That's brilliant Pinky. You must be bloomin' chuffed. Just keep on doing what you're doing...it clearly works.
 
Marsbartoastie said:
That's brilliant Pinky. You must be bloomin' chuffed. Just keep on doing what you're doing...it clearly works.
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It's a bit organised chaos to be honest. The only consistent things are;

No booze juice or diet drinks (green tea,coffee, water only) and lots of water.

Trying to think l about every calorie and carb I stick in my mouth. Trying to go as low carb as I can.

I have a kiwi or a few blackberries every day. Sometimes a mouthful of chilli spiced seeds (you need to chew for ages before you swallow and one mouthful leaves a nice wodge of filling in the stomach).

I am walking more. Also got put my resistance band for some strength work.

It's early days, I have a long way to go. But so far so good 🙂
 
I don't know if you would find it helpful, but I log everything I eat, my daily exercise and even my mood at https://supertracker.usda.gov/.
The site allows you to set targets, examine the nutritional content of what you're eating and generate reports. This had an unexpected outcome for me.

After about six months I could see that all of my over-consumption occurred when I was with my boyfriend. Having identified this 'problem area' I tried to address it. Our relationship was very 'food based'...involving going out to eat and drink and planning and cooking elaborate feasts. Unfortunately, he was happy with the way things were and didn't want anything to change. In fact, he constantly undermined my efforts to lose weight...telling me that I was beautiful just as I was and tempting me with 'treats'. He was, in fact, 'a feeder'. As a direct result of changing my diet and my lifestyle I'm therefore flying solo for the first time in many years. However, I feel healthy, full of energy and ready for new adventures.
 
You should go back and read your very first post Pinky. You've come a long way in a very short time. 🙂
 
Congratulations to you Pink Grapefruit. You are doing well. Very inspiring
 
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Congratulations to you Pink Grapefruit. You are doing well. Very inspiring
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Thanks, that's very kind 🙂

Last 5 days has been a very very low carb, no bread pasta rice potatoes. Perhaps 30-50g of carbs a day. The fat is melting off.

It's making me feel more positive, I hope that less visceral fate will take me off meds in time.
 
Yippee for LCFF!!!
 
Well done, PinkyG.🙂 That's brilliant. 😛
 
Wonderful to see such great progress. How are your sugar levels?
 
Congratulations, that is just awesome......
 
I'm down 7lb from my last report, hitting 14stone even this morning. So 1.5 stone lost and 2 stone (eek) to go. Low carbing going well. I've eaten lots of fresh Colli rice this week. I just grate it then microwave it and it is sweet and lovely textured!

(Tbh I'm not sure about my goal weight, I think I will just keep reviewing until I am happy. I'm medium heavy build and 5'11" the BMI stuff says I need to be 75kg or 11.5 stone which is jenson button thin).
 
PinkGrapefruit said:
I'm down 7lb from my last report, hitting 14stone even this morning. So 1.5 stone lost and 2 stone (eek) to go. Low carbing going well. I've eaten lots of fresh Colli rice this week. I just grate it then microwave it and it is sweet and lovely textured!

(Tbh I'm not sure about my goal weight, I think I will just keep reviewing until I am happy. I'm medium heavy build and 5'11" the BMI stuff says I need to be 75kg or 11.5 stone which is jenson button thin).
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Well done! 🙂 I think that, at a certain point, the number becomes less relevant than what you are happy with 🙂
 
Second month has passed. I'm down by 10lb. So total loss 24lb and down to 13st11lb. I am a bit disappointed. I was hoping for more. But I've had a lot of stress this last two weeks, and interrupted and shortened sleep. I know these both impact my weight loss. My goal is just under 12st so I am around 1/2 way to that goal.
 
Well done on your stickability! That's an excellent achievement. I think a lot of people see a slowing of their weight loss around the half way mark, and a lot give up, so good for you to keep going, I'm sure you'll see equally good results in the next few weeks.
 
Well done PG. It's going in the right direction. We won't recognise you soon! :D
 
You're going great guns Pinky. Keep up the good work.

There's one more thing you can do to rev up your fat burning and that's Intermittent Fasting...which isn't as difficult as it sounds. I 'fast' between my evening meal and breakfast the following morning. I try to make this period as long as I can be eating relatively early in the evening and having my breakfast just before I leave for work. I don't do it every day because I have a life. However, if I'm not doing anything in the evening I use that as opportunity to do a fast. Sometimes I can do 4 or 5 in a week and sometimes less. This presentation explains how it works. It's an easy watch because Dr Fung is really good at
getting his message across. It clarifies so many things...


...and best of all, it works. It also explains why I've spent years and years losing and then regaining weight...which is the last thing I want to happen after all the effort I've put in.

Hope you find this helpful. 🙂
 
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