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Group Weight Loss Challenge 2018

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Vince_UK said:
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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Well done that's fantastic!
 
Dusty48 said:
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🙂
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Dear Dusty48, Sounds like you are doing OK so keep it up. Eat healthily if nothing else and walk. Walking is incredibly effective I have found. I have not been able to sustain weight loss for years. Recently I lost half a stone and the following week managed to put it all back on again...in a week!!!!
 
Angelala said:
So Bubbsie am I right in assuming you have reversed your diabetes diagnosis? If you have please tell me how you did it. I'm really terrified of going for the HbA1c test, really worried its gone up!!!
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Hi Angelala I'm not sure we can't entirely reverse our diabetes...we can put it in remission...at my last review I was 46mmols...that leaves me in pre-diabetic range...I test regularly and my meter gives me an average of 5.4 for 90 days...my HBa1c test never equates to that figure...it doesn't worry me...I'm happy with my management...we do need to go for our reviews it's so important to know how we're doing overall...I would get your test done...you may have done better than you think...even if you are not happy with your results you have a starting point to regroup from...and can get things back on track as soon as possible...good luck.
 
It must have been a few weeks since I last posted on here!

My weight loss hit a bit of a snag these last few weeks with one thing & another. Ear infection & an eye injury. Was naughty & ate some comforting carbs: I seem to crave potatoes when unwell!

My weight, & BS, yo yoed a bit & it went up to 78kilos at one point. But, my weight now, this Monday evening before going to bed, is 73.7kilos. A little bit late to weigh-in as I DID do it on Monday mornings before breakfast!

Hopefully things are settling down now & I can get my BS back under control & continue the weight loss with less naughty food!
 
Angelala said:
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.
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@Angelala Hi. Your story is so reminiscent of mine🙄 but don't be too disheartened, you WILL succeed if you stick to a LOW CARB diet and EXERCISE regime ~ and drink lots of water, whether you're thirsty or not! I was pre-diabetic 2yrs before I was diagnosed T2 in 2016 ~ I wasn't given any dietary advice from my D.S.Nursie. However, once I joined this forum I learned so much about managing my Diabetes, so much so that my Diabetes is now in *remission* It took me about 16months with diet & exercise only to reduce my HbA1c from 53 to 31 tho my last A1c was 33 ~ still in the none diabetic range. Some members here have achieved this in lesser time ~ but diabetes isn't a race ~ and although we all share the fact that we have diabetes, everyone is different and we each need to learn which food & drink we can tolerate. To find this out we need to test our bgls daily ~ before each meal and two hours post each meal.

If you venture into the 24/7 SHOP you will see loads of low carb meals & recipes:-
https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/threads/the-24-7-shop.68574/page-14
and
Food/Carb queries & Recipes:-
https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/forums/food-carb-queries-recipes.4/

Hopefully you will be pleasantly surprised to see many lovely meals and recipes that are low carb to help you get back on track. It will take self discipline, determination and will power to lower your bgls but it can be done, and it has been done. You are not alone on your diabetes journey Angelala as we are here to accompany you all the way. Do please keep us updated. Take care & good luck x
WL

Dx T2 April 2016
Diet & Exercise only
 
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Dear Wirralass, Thank you for your positive and hopeful message. This is my first week on here so I'm hoping it will make all the difference. I hesitate to say I'm determined etc etc because I have failed over and over and over again. So I'm feeling very low and hopeless and helpless and pathetic. But there is a little something inside that keeps knocking and saying; I will not give up...so I weighed myself this Monday 4th June and after putting ON a pound from the weekend overall I have lost half a pound!??? So I'm feeling frustrated by my stupidity and lack of tenacity. So this week I start again.I did start running and was feeling very pleased about that, but for the last two days I've got a really sore and stiff back. I'm planning to get the bike out. Regards Angelala
 
So weight this morning 12st 8lbs another 5lbs lost around 10lbs to go and I’m in my weight to height
 
Lost another 1lb this week. Have hit my first 1/2 stone now. Aiming to lose another 7lbs before I go away at end of July then another stone and 1/2 by Christmas. So far so good - here’s to getting my 20- something body back rather than my current mid 30s one!
 
12st 6lbs another 2lbs lost this week slow and steady now only 8lbs overweight. Feeling so much fitter and more energy
 
So good Spireite72!! that's fantastic, can you lose a few pounds for me?!! Managed to put on one and three quarter pounds mid week so I'm really struggling to lose weight this week. I was 13st 13 lbs on Monday 11/06/18 and after putting on weight for Tuesday to Thursday, today I weighed 13.13 3/4. So its back to the grind stone!!
 
Flo15 said:
Weighed myself this morning and have lost another 2lbs, so 18lb loss altogether, my dog weighs 18 pounds and she feels heavy when I pick her up can't believe I have lost the weight of my dog
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Excellent news Flo! 🙂 Keep up the good work and you'll be losing another 'dog' before you know it! 🙂
 
It's been just over a month (blimey), and whilst my net weight loss doesn't seem brilliant (lowest I've seen on the scale is 117ish kgs, that's 18st 5lbs for those who don't speak French), I've gone 3 notches on my belt, and I now fit comfortably in my old 38" jeans! So that makes me happy, even if the number on the scales is refusing to reduce as fast as I like... However, tomorrow's reading (today was a "fasting" day on the 5-2) may well be below 117. Fingers crossed! Might do a few push-ups before I go to bed just to chivvy it along a bit... :D Naaah, who am I kidding?
 
I put 2 kilos on since I came back June 1 lol
Hey Ho
Will loose it quickly again when I return to Shanghai August 1
LIfe s like a Yo-Yo
:D
 
Weight this morning 12 st 0lbs and my BMI 24.8 I am officially no longer overweight yay. First goal achieved want to lose another stone now to put me in the middle of my weight targets.
 
Weight has stalled at 11st 13lbs/ 12.0st but I’m doing more gym work and exercise to try and build my muscle tone up so I’ve read that can stop weight loss for a while
 
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