Group Weight Loss Challenge 2018

[grainger]

So erm shocking month... have put back on 5lb (I’m blaming eating a load of c**p really - no excuse except for a newborn so tired and can’t be bothered to cook!)

Anyway I start back with PT on the 8th August so will knuckle down then. Want to lose at least a stone by Christmas. Hate the way I look right now.

 

[grainger]

He’s not even newborn anymore - he’s almost 4 months

 

[Northerner]

He’s not even newborn anymore - he’s almost 4 months

He's nearly old enough to be sent up chimneys and earn his way, then you'll be able to concentrate on your health and fitness more 😉 😱

 

[Flo15]

Have lost a few more pounds so a grand total of 21lbs now. I went to see diabetes nurse last week and she said it was my lowest weight for ten years!!! Still a long way to go though but feels so good, even treated myself to a few new clothes as gone down a dress size.

 

[Northerner]

Have lost a few more pounds so a grand total of 21lbs now. I went to see diabetes nurse last week and she said it was my lowest weight for ten years!!! Still a long way to go though but feels so good, even treated myself to a few new clothes as gone down a dress size.

Excellent news @Flo15! 🙂 Well done - best in 10 years, wow! 🙂

 

[Flo15]

Have lost another three pounds, some of it due to walking a lot on our Yorkshire holiday and possibly a lot due to the suffolk heat and just haven't fancied eating. Four more pounds and I will have lost two stone since January, can't quite believe it.

 

[Northerner]

Have lost another three pounds, some of it due to walking a lot on our Yorkshire holiday and possibly a lot due to the suffolk heat and just haven't fancied eating. Four more pounds and I will have lost two stone since January, can't quite believe it.

Ah, that good Yorkshire air! 🙂 Well done @Flo15 🙂

 

[Flo15]

Ah, that good Yorkshire air! 🙂 Well done @Flo15 🙂

Yes I think so, still haven't recovered from all the hills nearly a week later, at least it was cooler there then suffolk thank goodness.

 

[AdeV]

Wahay! For the first time since 2011 (when I had pneumonia & pleurisy & hadn't been eating for the better part of a month), my BMI is officially out of the "Obese" range and into "Overweight"! 114.5kg and falling!

Another 15kg will see me into my "normal" weight band. I'm going to aim to have that 15kg gone by the end of 2018... which is a tough ask, but hey - this is a challenge, right? 😉

On the diabetes front, I am noticing that as my weight reduces, I do seem to find it easier to keep the finger-stick numbers down in the mid-to-high 5's, currently spiking to low-mid 7's after a "good" meal and high-10s to low-11s if I fall off the low carb wagon...

I should be seeing the DN in the next couple of weeks, so hopefully I'll get to add some "official" numbers to my sig. If they're good enough that is

 

[Flo15]

This morning I have officially lost 2 stone since January. Really pleased and never thought i would do it. Here's to the next two stone which seems a bit more daunting.

 

[Northerner]

This morning I have officially lost 2 stone since January. Really pleased and never thought i would do it. Here's to the next two stone which seems a bit more daunting.

Excellent news @Flo15! 🙂 The Pig of Happiness is rejoicing!

 

[Richard65]

I am new to this.

SWMBO decided she was going to do Slimming World and I have been following on but with my own rules (beer at weekends don't count but I generally keep it sensible and very rarely during the week as I work in London Tuesday to Thursday). The start coincided with being diagnosed so six weeks in I have managed to lose 5kg despite a heavy weekend last week when we had our annual apple picking and pressing day which involved drinking cider and eating lots of food.

However I am back on it and have a relatively clear run through to Christmas so hope to shift another 5kg by then.

I will only record my loss (or gain) on a monthly basis so will force myself to celebrate (or put up the post of shame lol) monthly.

 

[AdeV]

Hrrumph, a couple of months or so after my last post, and I'm still bouncing around the 114kg mark... although more often than not my AM weight is now 113-ish (113.2 this morning, if I recall correctly). Then again, I've been a bit naughty recently and let myself eat too much carby stuff. Back on the straight and narrow from this week!

 

[Northerner]

Hrrumph, a couple of months or so after my last post, and I'm still bouncing around the 114kg mark... although more often than not my AM weight is now 113-ish (113.2 this morning, if I recall correctly). Then again, I've been a bit naughty recently and let myself eat too much carby stuff. Back on the straight and narrow from this week!

Good luck Ade! 🙂

 

[HOBIE]

Loosing weight is very good for diabetics. Good luck if you are trying 🙂

 

[AdeV]

Good grief is it already ~3 shopping weeks to Christmas? Ouch! This will be interesting, my first Christmas knowing I'm a diabetic... Plus it seems like the Christmas stuff's been out forever already. 😡

Anyway, good news is, after I had a bit of a talk with myself, and eased up on the bad food (Chinese for lunch...), I'm now sitting pretty at around 112kg. No-where near my original 15kg target, but hey ho, every little helps. Besides, there's a few more weeks to go yet...

 

[AdeV]

I guess this is pretty much the end of the WLC 2018 then 😛

Final weight this AM was 109.2kg... so I'm well within 10kg of my initial target weight 😎 2019 resolution: Shed the last 10 (14 to be at the top of my NHS-approved ideal weight) kilos. Wish me luck! And similarly - good luck to everyone else who's on a weight loss diet!

 

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