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Group Weight Loss Challenge 2018
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goosey
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Thanks but if you dont drink it do you get pains like that?
Lanny
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Hi! 😳
Have decided to join this group as I’ve been losing weight, with some ups & downs, just over a month ago.
I’m 155cm tall & at diagnosis, 17 years ago was 8.5 stone after losing 0.5 in 6 months. My then, normal weight was 9 stone & I was overweight!
Over the years, I’ve battled with my weight, 13.5 stone at my heaviest & slipped into obesity!
I was seriously ill in hospital last May 2017 & it’s been a long slow recovery for me! I was holding steady for a good few years at 11.75 stone but, after coming out from hospital & the steroids I was on, my weight went up to & stayed at 12.5 stone.
But, thanks to my GP’s facebook page posting a news item about artificial sweeteners tricking the brain into eating more, I cut them all out about September 2017. It didn’t happen overnight but, I went from drinking 8 2 litre bottles of coke zero while eating over 4000cals/day to eating about 1200cals/day about the time I joined these forums here early March 2018. That’s when I started to lose weight, when I hadn’t been trying: steady 0.25 stone/week.
I learnt a LOT from these forums & upped my daily cals a little to about 1400-1500cals/day by cutting out a bit of carbs & eating a little bit of natural fats & eggs. I’m still losing weight, apart from a few set backs while ill etc. this fortnight!
I’m currently at 74.5 kilos this morning. I do my weigh-ins on Monday mornings before breakfast, in my birthday suit! 😳 I got new digital scales to replace my old mechanical dial one in stones: always had to convert as my hospital team uses kilos. I was losing a steady 0.25 stone a week until this fortnight when I yo yo a bit while ill etc.
But, I’m more or less over that now & want to resume my steady weight loss. I have achieved my initial goal of getting back to 11.75 stone 74.6 kilos, before hospital stay, & want to achieve more! Ultimately reach 8 stone, about 50.8 kilos within normal weight for my height? Ooh I would be SO HAPPY if I could!
Edited to add:- 8x2 litres coke zero a week.
Have decided to join this group as I’ve been losing weight, with some ups & downs, just over a month ago.
I’m 155cm tall & at diagnosis, 17 years ago was 8.5 stone after losing 0.5 in 6 months. My then, normal weight was 9 stone & I was overweight!
Over the years, I’ve battled with my weight, 13.5 stone at my heaviest & slipped into obesity!
I was seriously ill in hospital last May 2017 & it’s been a long slow recovery for me! I was holding steady for a good few years at 11.75 stone but, after coming out from hospital & the steroids I was on, my weight went up to & stayed at 12.5 stone.
But, thanks to my GP’s facebook page posting a news item about artificial sweeteners tricking the brain into eating more, I cut them all out about September 2017. It didn’t happen overnight but, I went from drinking 8 2 litre bottles of coke zero while eating over 4000cals/day to eating about 1200cals/day about the time I joined these forums here early March 2018. That’s when I started to lose weight, when I hadn’t been trying: steady 0.25 stone/week.
I learnt a LOT from these forums & upped my daily cals a little to about 1400-1500cals/day by cutting out a bit of carbs & eating a little bit of natural fats & eggs. I’m still losing weight, apart from a few set backs while ill etc. this fortnight!
I’m currently at 74.5 kilos this morning. I do my weigh-ins on Monday mornings before breakfast, in my birthday suit! 😳 I got new digital scales to replace my old mechanical dial one in stones: always had to convert as my hospital team uses kilos. I was losing a steady 0.25 stone a week until this fortnight when I yo yo a bit while ill etc.
But, I’m more or less over that now & want to resume my steady weight loss. I have achieved my initial goal of getting back to 11.75 stone 74.6 kilos, before hospital stay, & want to achieve more! Ultimately reach 8 stone, about 50.8 kilos within normal weight for my height? Ooh I would be SO HAPPY if I could!
Edited to add:- 8x2 litres coke zero a week.
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Dusty48
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Hi Lanny and welcome.Good luck with your weight loss.
I am interested in the issue of artificial sweeteners. I personally dislike very cold liquid,I never keep my drinks in the fridge like Mr Dusty does.Over the winter the water was so cold I started having hot lemon with sweetener,loved it,and have been having up to 12 cups a day!.I dont drink tea or coffee.
I did notice that at Slimming World,which allowed unlimited amounts of sweetener has now started advising counting half a syn per spoon when you use a lot in cooking etc to keep on target.I think from all the drinks I have been using an awful lot of sweetener,which I previously rarely bothered with,so maybe this could partially explain why,while eating fairly healthily I havent lost an ounce in 3 months! But I admit to cravings lately and eating bigger meals
Co-incidentally I started yesterday to cut down drastically on the sweetener,and your post chimes in nicely!
Lets see if I see some results.There has to be SOMETHING blocking my weight loss,maybe the thyroid problem or this sweetener issue making me eat more.It can be so insidious you dont really notice. Its all driving me crazy
I am interested in the issue of artificial sweeteners. I personally dislike very cold liquid,I never keep my drinks in the fridge like Mr Dusty does.Over the winter the water was so cold I started having hot lemon with sweetener,loved it,and have been having up to 12 cups a day!.I dont drink tea or coffee.
I did notice that at Slimming World,which allowed unlimited amounts of sweetener has now started advising counting half a syn per spoon when you use a lot in cooking etc to keep on target.I think from all the drinks I have been using an awful lot of sweetener,which I previously rarely bothered with,so maybe this could partially explain why,while eating fairly healthily I havent lost an ounce in 3 months! But I admit to cravings lately and eating bigger meals
Co-incidentally I started yesterday to cut down drastically on the sweetener,and your post chimes in nicely!
Lets see if I see some results.There has to be SOMETHING blocking my weight loss,maybe the thyroid problem or this sweetener issue making me eat more.It can be so insidious you dont really notice. Its all driving me crazy
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Lanny
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Hi, Dusty!🙂
When I joined these forums my first post was about artificial sweeteners in the newbies forum.
It happened very slowly, that I didn’t notice, until I suddenly had 8 hypos in 10 days & actually sat down & thought about what I ate then & now! I just naturally cut down on the calories & carbs & actually found starchy carbs, like potatoes, too heavy to eat anymore! When I told my DSN, she agreed that being the case, I didn’t need so much insulin & started lowering my doses.
It was worrying when I had all those hypos & I was ringing the DSN everyday, lowering doses, until the hypos stopped & almost halved my insulin.
I’m the complete opposite to you, Dusty! I can’t stand warm drinks! Either hot like tea or freezing cold with lots of ice: nothing in between! I hear that some people get a brain freeze kind of pain/headache with cold stuff but, I’ve never had it!
I’ve since seen some threads & posts on these forums about fizzy drinks, regardless of full sugar or sugar free, being a similar problem in that the bubbles fill you up & leave a deficit needing to be fed after they’re gone: eating more! So, I stopped drinking shloer as well: replacement to coke zero after the cut out!
Edited to add:- in my first post I meant 8x2 litres coke zero a week!
When I joined these forums my first post was about artificial sweeteners in the newbies forum.
It happened very slowly, that I didn’t notice, until I suddenly had 8 hypos in 10 days & actually sat down & thought about what I ate then & now! I just naturally cut down on the calories & carbs & actually found starchy carbs, like potatoes, too heavy to eat anymore! When I told my DSN, she agreed that being the case, I didn’t need so much insulin & started lowering my doses.
It was worrying when I had all those hypos & I was ringing the DSN everyday, lowering doses, until the hypos stopped & almost halved my insulin.
I’m the complete opposite to you, Dusty! I can’t stand warm drinks! Either hot like tea or freezing cold with lots of ice: nothing in between! I hear that some people get a brain freeze kind of pain/headache with cold stuff but, I’ve never had it!
I’ve since seen some threads & posts on these forums about fizzy drinks, regardless of full sugar or sugar free, being a similar problem in that the bubbles fill you up & leave a deficit needing to be fed after they’re gone: eating more! So, I stopped drinking shloer as well: replacement to coke zero after the cut out!
Edited to add:- in my first post I meant 8x2 litres coke zero a week!
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Dusty48
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Yay! Lost 1 1/2 lbs this week,and FINALLY got to the 4 stone level
Only took 12 weeks to get from 3 st 13 1/2 to 4 st
I have been too depressed about my stagnation to even post my stats like I used to do. So I'll give an update for once,since there is good news for a change!🙂
MY STATS
Pre Slimming World:starting BMI - 40
1st goal - get out of the morbidly obese level,i.e.below 35 BMI. COMPLETED 1/8/17
2nd goal - reach my Club 10 target COMPLETED 8/9/17
3rd goal - get BMI below 32 COMPLETED 12/12/17
4th goal - get my BMI down from obese level to overweight: BMI 29.9 (7 lbs to go)
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Weight loss for March/April 2017 - 1 stone.
SW weight loss till 12 Apr 2018 - 2st 12 1/2 lbs
SW weight loss 19th Apr 2018 - 1.5 lb loss
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April 2018
total loss - 4 stones
BMI - 31.15
HbA1c 2017- 49 mmol ; 2018 - 37 mmol
cholesterol 5 : now down to 3.3
BP now 128/69
🙂🙂🙂🙂
Only took 12 weeks to get from 3 st 13 1/2 to 4 st
I have been too depressed about my stagnation to even post my stats like I used to do. So I'll give an update for once,since there is good news for a change!🙂
MY STATS
Pre Slimming World:starting BMI - 40
1st goal - get out of the morbidly obese level,i.e.below 35 BMI. COMPLETED 1/8/17
2nd goal - reach my Club 10 target COMPLETED 8/9/17
3rd goal - get BMI below 32 COMPLETED 12/12/17
4th goal - get my BMI down from obese level to overweight: BMI 29.9 (7 lbs to go)
******
Weight loss for March/April 2017 - 1 stone.
SW weight loss till 12 Apr 2018 - 2st 12 1/2 lbs
SW weight loss 19th Apr 2018 - 1.5 lb loss
******
April 2018
total loss - 4 stones
BMI - 31.15
HbA1c 2017- 49 mmol ; 2018 - 37 mmol
cholesterol 5 : now down to 3.3
BP now 128/69
🙂🙂🙂🙂
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Northerner
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Brilliant @Dusty48 ! What a great achievement, well done! 🙂ay! Lost 1 1/2 lbs this week,and FINALLY got to the 4 stone level
Only took 12 weeks to get from 3 st 13 1/2 to 4 st
I have been too depressed about my stanation to even post my stats like I used to do. So I'll give an update for once,since there is good news for a change!🙂
Right then... it’s time...
Weighed myself today. I’m not as bad as first expected but now is the time to lose all the weight I’ve gained over 2 pregnancies and marriage and get back to my “ideal” weight...
So I officially have 2 stone 4lbs to lose to get back to my pre 30s weight.
Wish me luck.
Good luck to everyone else and well done on the losses already achieved!
Weighed myself today. I’m not as bad as first expected but now is the time to lose all the weight I’ve gained over 2 pregnancies and marriage and get back to my “ideal” weight...
So I officially have 2 stone 4lbs to lose to get back to my pre 30s weight.
Wish me luck.
Good luck to everyone else and well done on the losses already achieved!
Northerner
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Wirrallass
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This is a question that I have often asked myself! I suffer with Hypothyroidism too Dusty and my recent bloods resulted in the Levothyroxine being increased by 25mcg. As I found your post interesting, may I ask please which web site you researched? I am ever trying to perfect a diet that suits me as a person living with Diabetes ~ Hypothyroidism ~ and my other medical conditions. Thanks.Wow,thank you all for your kind words people,I'm so pleased at your support.🙂
Unfortunately I put on 1/2lb today,but I was expecting it. 4 days ago I could slip my rings easily over my knuckle,today I cant remove them at all,proof of oedema. I am being driven mad by cystitis and the antibiotics dont seem to be shifting it.
This makes 10 weeks moving backwards and forwards between 3st 11 1/2 lbs loss and 3st 13 1/2 lbs loss,now midway at 3 st 12 1/2lbs. Well at least now I understand why. Reading up hypothyroidism online has been a bit depressing and I may have to tweak my diet a bit,I'm very confused. What is a good diet for a diabetic losing weight isnt necessarily ideal for thyroid problems.🙄
I need a good ponder on this.
WL
Lanny
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Oh, dear! Weekly Monday morning weigh-in 75.5 kilos. So, put on 1kilo this week! Just when I noticed a looser fit when I put on my jacket: about an inch less! Had doubled my steps count on 3 days last week with increased energy levels! I couldn’t be starting to put on muscle that quickly, could I?
I had a lot of fvery firm leg muscles due to a lot of walking but, it all turned soft & flabby this year after hospital stay May 2017. I haven’t noticed any firming up as yet!
Weekly Monday morning weigh-in 75.5 kilos. So, put on 1kilo this week! Just when I noticed a looser fit when I put on my jacket: about an inch less! Had doubled my steps count on 3 days last week with increased energy levels! I couldn’t be starting to put on muscle that quickly, could I?I had a lot of fvery firm leg muscles due to a lot of walking but, it all turned soft & flabby this year after hospital stay May 2017. I haven’t noticed any firming up as yet!
Northerner
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Patience, grasshopper 🙂Oh, dear!
I had a lot of fvery firm leg muscles due to a lot of walking but, it all turned soft & flabby this year after hospital stay May 2017. I haven’t noticed any firming up as yet!
Lanny
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Lanny
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Ah! Just back from dietian & DSN appointment this morning. I’ve put on a wee bit of weight because my blood sugars are coming down! 🙂
They were expecting me to put on weight from last month, last time I saw them, when I was 76kilos. They’re pleased that I’m staying more or less the same weight!
Now that I have more energy, I will start using my mini trampoline & need to phone in my readings every 2 weeks, or sooner if need be, to see what adjustments to insulin doses I’ll need. I’ve already noticed the delayed drop in BS the one time I’ve been on the trampoline.
They were expecting me to put on weight from last month, last time I saw them, when I was 76kilos. They’re pleased that I’m staying more or less the same weight!
Now that I have more energy, I will start using my mini trampoline & need to phone in my readings every 2 weeks, or sooner if need be, to see what adjustments to insulin doses I’ll need. I’ve already noticed the delayed drop in BS the one time I’ve been on the trampoline.
Vince_UK
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Me Too lolMade me roar with laughter!
Nice one! 😎 🙄
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