Spireite72
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Group Weight Loss Challenge 2018
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Dusty48
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Hi folks,I have been looking for my last post,made early May,and cant see it so I musnt have pressed save correctly!
In that post I said that in the light of 3 months just bobbing between 3st 12 and 3 st 13 1/2 loss, once I finally reached 4 st loss I decided to give up Slimming World and just maintain for a few months. I have some huge stresses in my life at the moment and futilely trying to reduce weight is one extra stress I could do without!,I know I am at a BMI of 31,still slightly in the obese range,but all my family have been urging me to stop slimming.So I am having a time out. Have stayed at 3st 13lbs loss now for 4 weeks without making any changes to my diet,so the weight loss seems sustainable.
I will have results about the state of my thyroid in about a month or 6 weeks,and will probably go onto thyroxine,until then I cant do much. I want to increase my walking,and perhaps other exercise to perk up my metabolism,but at the moment I am very very busy. Relatives in the USA suddenly informed us that they are coming in 3 weeks time.😱😱 They usually give at least 2 months warning,so I have a lot to prepare,decorating,rearranging the house to fit in 3 extra people,menu planning etc etc etc.Dont know if I am on my head or my heels and certainly cant focus on diet😉😉
It will be nice to see their surprise that I have lost over 50 pounds,as they count weight. 50 is a nice big sounding number!🙂🙂
Once they have been and gone (1-8 June) I can settle down to exercise etc.
I will try to pop in once in a while to show if I am maintaining.
Well done everyone who is losing weight. I intend to get my body used to this weight for a while,then will try again later,perhaps after the summer,to lose. But because of the slowed me tabolism I will only expect about 1 lb loss a month,or even less. But even a steady half stone a year will be good for me. Slow and steady wins the race🙂
In that post I said that in the light of 3 months just bobbing between 3st 12 and 3 st 13 1/2 loss, once I finally reached 4 st loss I decided to give up Slimming World and just maintain for a few months. I have some huge stresses in my life at the moment and futilely trying to reduce weight is one extra stress I could do without!,I know I am at a BMI of 31,still slightly in the obese range,but all my family have been urging me to stop slimming.So I am having a time out. Have stayed at 3st 13lbs loss now for 4 weeks without making any changes to my diet,so the weight loss seems sustainable.
I will have results about the state of my thyroid in about a month or 6 weeks,and will probably go onto thyroxine,until then I cant do much. I want to increase my walking,and perhaps other exercise to perk up my metabolism,but at the moment I am very very busy. Relatives in the USA suddenly informed us that they are coming in 3 weeks time.😱😱 They usually give at least 2 months warning,so I have a lot to prepare,decorating,rearranging the house to fit in 3 extra people,menu planning etc etc etc.Dont know if I am on my head or my heels and certainly cant focus on diet😉😉
It will be nice to see their surprise that I have lost over 50 pounds,as they count weight. 50 is a nice big sounding number!🙂🙂
Once they have been and gone (1-8 June) I can settle down to exercise etc.
I will try to pop in once in a while to show if I am maintaining.
Well done everyone who is losing weight. I intend to get my body used to this weight for a while,then will try again later,perhaps after the summer,to lose. But because of the slowed me tabolism I will only expect about 1 lb loss a month,or even less. But even a steady half stone a year will be good for me. Slow and steady wins the race🙂
Northerner
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Hey all
2lb lost so far - very slow progress which is frustrating but given lack of sleep at least it’s moving in the right direction.
Doctors appointment next week should give me the all clear for exercising properly again so fingers crossed that’ll help to start shifting this weight
2lb lost so far - very slow progress which is frustrating but given lack of sleep at least it’s moving in the right direction.
Doctors appointment next week should give me the all clear for exercising properly again so fingers crossed that’ll help to start shifting this weight
Katieb
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Well done! You must be very pleased with yourself!
Spireite72
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Just a little 🙂
goosey
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Sorry been neglecting you all
well i sts the same week before last and gained 1/2lb this week but still 1/2lb over target go on holiday in a couple of weeks really wanted to lose a bit before then.
I was at the doctors with my bad leg........waste of time 😳 but when he looked at my blood results said cholesterol was a littl high at 5.6, i said but the good cholesterol is good...........he looked..........looked again and said yes extremely good 1.8
well i sts the same week before last and gained 1/2lb this week but still 1/2lb over target go on holiday in a couple of weeks really wanted to lose a bit before then.I was at the doctors with my bad leg........waste of time 😳 but when he looked at my blood results said cholesterol was a littl high at 5.6, i said but the good cholesterol is good...........he looked..........looked again and said yes extremely good
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AdeV
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Morning all! I'm new here, but one of my major goals is to lose a chunk of weight - particularly, my belly fat. I'll be kind of sad to see it go, I've been carrying it around since I was about 15 years old... and I'm not entirely sure I'm going to be happy about seeing my feet again (they're not very pretty feet....) but needs must...
Apologies in advance to all imperialists, when it comes to weight, I basically work in kgs... in my defence, I use imperial units for everything else...
So, about 3 years ago (2015 ish), I peaked at somewhere north of 140kg. My trouser size was up to 44ins, my waist even bigger (I never did measure it). Since being that weight scared me a little, I worked on losing some, and got down to 130ish, where I plateaued for a couple of years. Just over 2 months ago, I got the letter from the District Nurse (after a routine blood test following a minor infection), "RE: Glucose" it said at the bottom.
Anyway, as a result of that letter I cut sugar out of my coffee, stopped drinking sugary fizzy drinks; and started getting more exercise (mainly because I have to walk to the train station every morning, and back at night).
This morning, the scales said 120.1kg! Woo!!!
I've also had to change to a smaller belt, as my 40" waist trousers were starting to fall down. 38" trousers are still a tad tight on me though...
My goal is to loose 1-2kg/week approx, although I expect to plateau again soon. Target weight for my height is, according to the NHS, between 69 and 93kgs. I'm aiming for 100kgs for now, and will re-assess when I reach that point whether I carry on, or try to maintain.
Current exercise regime is: About 10k steps/day rapid walking.
Current diet: 5-2, low (but not no) carb.
Coffees/day: 10
Cakes/week: nil
Apologies in advance to all imperialists, when it comes to weight, I basically work in kgs... in my defence, I use imperial units for everything else...
So, about 3 years ago (2015 ish), I peaked at somewhere north of 140kg. My trouser size was up to 44ins, my waist even bigger (I never did measure it). Since being that weight scared me a little, I worked on losing some, and got down to 130ish, where I plateaued for a couple of years. Just over 2 months ago, I got the letter from the District Nurse (after a routine blood test following a minor infection), "RE: Glucose" it said at the bottom.
Anyway, as a result of that letter I cut sugar out of my coffee, stopped drinking sugary fizzy drinks; and started getting more exercise (mainly because I have to walk to the train station every morning, and back at night).
This morning, the scales said 120.1kg! Woo!!!
I've also had to change to a smaller belt, as my 40" waist trousers were starting to fall down. 38" trousers are still a tad tight on me though...
My goal is to loose 1-2kg/week approx, although I expect to plateau again soon. Target weight for my height is, according to the NHS, between 69 and 93kgs. I'm aiming for 100kgs for now, and will re-assess when I reach that point whether I carry on, or try to maintain.
Current exercise regime is: About 10k steps/day rapid walking.
Current diet: 5-2, low (but not no) carb.
Coffees/day: 10
Cakes/week: nil
Vince_UK
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Good luck @AdeVMorning all! I'm new here, but one of my major goals is to lose a chunk of weight - particularly, my belly fat. I'll be kind of sad to see it go, I've been carrying it around since I was about 15 years old... and I'm not entirely sure I'm going to be happy about seeing my feet again (they're not very pretty feet....) but needs must...
Apologies in advance to all imperialists, when it comes to weight, I basically work in kgs... in my defence, I use imperial units for everything else...
So, about 3 years ago (2015 ish), I peaked at somewhere north of 140kg. My trouser size was up to 44ins, my waist even bigger (I never did measure it). Since being that weight scared me a little, I worked on losing some, and got down to 130ish, where I plateaued for a couple of years. Just over 2 months ago, I got the letter from the District Nurse (after a routine blood test following a minor infection), "RE: Glucose" it said at the bottom.
Anyway, as a result of that letter I cut sugar out of my coffee, stopped drinking sugary fizzy drinks; and started getting more exercise (mainly because I have to walk to the train station every morning, and back at night).
This morning, the scales said 120.1kg! Woo!!!
I've also had to change to a smaller belt, as my 40" waist trousers were starting to fall down. 38" trousers are still a tad tight on me though...
My goal is to loose 1-2kg/week approx, although I expect to plateau again soon. Target weight for my height is, according to the NHS, between 69 and 93kgs. I'm aiming for 100kgs for now, and will re-assess when I reach that point whether I carry on, or try to maintain.
Current exercise regime is: About 10k steps/day rapid walking.
Current diet: 5-2, low (but not no) carb.
Coffees/day: 10
Cakes/week: nil
Takes time so never become disheartened.
It is a journey and a leap or a race.Please keep us updated.
Spireite72
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Another 2lbs this week now 13st dead getting closer to that 12st first target yay 🙂
Vince_UK
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Well, my weight seems to have stabilised between 78.8 and 80.0kgs depending on the day of the week, I jest not.
Weekends I always gain around 1kg which is off by Wednesday.
I am eating like the proverbial horse and I am happy with those figures.
Anything less I will look positively skeletal which I don't want at all.
Down from 98 kgs Set 29th 2017 after touching 105 kgs prior to that so that is approx 20kgs lost.
Cannot complain methinks.
Cost me an absolute fortune in new pants and shirts etc. but cannot have it all ways I guess.
Belts altered, rings altered and on and on lol
Perhaps a little nip and tuck could be called for. 🙄
Vanity is an expensive business.
Weekends I always gain around 1kg which is off by Wednesday.
I am eating like the proverbial horse and I am happy with those figures.
Anything less I will look positively skeletal which I don't want at all.
Down from 98 kgs Set 29th 2017 after touching 105 kgs prior to that so that is approx 20kgs lost.
Cannot complain methinks.
Cost me an absolute fortune in new pants and shirts etc. but cannot have it all ways I guess.
Belts altered, rings altered and on and on lol
Perhaps a little nip and tuck could be called for. 🙄
Vanity is an expensive business.
Angelala
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Yes I'll join up: I was diagnosed May 2017 HbA1c 48mmol. It was a helluva shock and I was so angry as my doctor had told me a year previously that I would get diabetes but had offered no advice or guidance as to how to prevent it. Have done the no carb diet … lost a stone in weight but could'nt sustain it and put every pound back on again so here I am a year later and exactly the same weight as I was when I started. This year I have struggled with depression, anxiety and fear about my blood sugar; so much so that I'm avoiding going to the doctors. I cannot work out what leads to high blood sugar, so I do the tests but have no idea what to do about the results. Now I'm experimenting with fasting.
Vince_UK
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Well got up his morning as I usually lol and weighed myself as I do each morning.
I put the scales on the same square tile on the bathroom floor, a little compulsive perhaps.
Scores on the door gave me a 77.8kg and I can honestly say that is the lightest VCW (Vincey Recorded Weight) for the past 40 years lol
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I put the scales on the same square tile on the bathroom floor, a little compulsive perhaps.
Scores on the door gave me a 77.8kg and I can honestly say that is the lightest VCW (Vincey Recorded Weight) for the past 40 years lol
🙂
Bubbsie
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Really?...even with the avocado ice cream
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Bubbsie
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Ahh...that explains it then😉Haven't had that YET!!!!!
Bubbsie
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Well done Grainger...admirable.
Spireite72
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12st 13lbs 1lbs loss this week happy with that
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