Thank you David and Karen….
David…thanks for the link. Patience is the key…i guess 🙂 but i realize I need to go a little lower in my carbs.
karen.great you knocked off the other pound..i hope to do so too 🙂
starting with renewed energy today!!! 🙂
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Well done la_dolce just keep going and you’ll get there in the end!
I’m doing ok. With eating more normally after last Thursdays fast I put half a lb back on over the weekend which was better than last week but after my fast yesterday I’m back to my weigh in weight of last Friday so I’m happy with that. I’ve got a busy day today – work this morning then an appointment this afternoon so Ill have breakfast but probably won’t have time for lunch and I think we’re going out for a meal this evening (and wine) so that will probably be all I’ll eat today.
I’m the lowest weight I’ve been for the whole of the Winter, I would guess maybe for a year, so I’m sticking with this and hope I can get the last few lbs off before my holidays in 10 weeks. I’d be happy to lose another 3 lbs but 6 or 7 would be ideal.
Keep me posted with how you’re doing.
x
thks thats true but I dont have that mental devotion- if i weighed in daily any increase and i would get disilusioned and have to tell others, so be discouraged which is I guess where dolce vita is……- thats what used to happen in weightwatchers and in the end stopped me going. the early weeks are always rapid but then when water is off you need i think about nutrient rich food like fruit and veg.
YOU WERE UP EARLY? I woke to get my weigh in! well done dolce vita-commisserations to me i weighed in today at 14 2-it could have been 14.4 or 14 so i picked 14.2
then when I looked at my weight chart it was like i got all my sums wrong? I only lost 7lb since in i started? but thats wrong so now I am 7lbs down over 2 weeks since i weighed in at 14.9 my start weight was a guestimate of 15.5
i reckon its coz my mum is cooking carb and I am eating it. and also coz it was my birthdaY LAST WEEKEND
hello again, its my fast daY AGAIN- TRIED MY BEST NOT HAVING breakfast which is easy at my mums but as I am in london I had 4 tbsps of oatmeal and 2 tbsps of Oats and 1 tbsp of sugar and 1 dsp of sugar in porridge for brEAKFAST, SHOULD MeaN I can stay of fruit/veg no carb for the rest of the day as there are no temptations. as my mjum says its all about quantities but I have now had 2 compliments about how well i look.
i dare not start taking measurements!
Well guys I put on a lb this week so a bit disappointed but onwards and downwards and today, although not a fast day, I’ve eaten very light meals to hopefully get back to last weeks weight.
The pair of you have done really well, keep up the good work and have a nice trip dolce.
I used to live in Cumbria David (Workington) but moved back to the North East coming up 14 years ago.
Have a nice weekend all.
in week one la dolce you lost 5.7lbs whilst in wk two i think i lost 7 lb dont know what my start weight was really but guestimated it at 15 stone 5 1lb
had my weigh in and with guests my mum and a stressfull week end trying just to quench my hunger- but binging i reckon i knocked of 1 lb which is below trend but was really demotivated last week when i only lost 2lbs- trying to get used to an empty tummy. again and high fruit/veg intake
Sorry David had a really busy week and yesterday my son came to visit me for the weekend from Workington so didn’t have a minute!
I’m doing ok. Still plugging away and I’m fasting today. I ate a wee bit too much rubbish yesterday (don’t think I went over my TDEE though) and I’m worried that I’ll not lose anything tomorrow on my official weigh-in but I’ve decided to do 4:3 from next week if I’ve stayed the same. I think I’m plateauing a bit because I’ve not got alot to lose so maybe fasting an extra day will help. Anyway I’ll see in the morning.
la dolce has been very quiet too this week, not a peep out of her so hope she’s ok.
Sounds like you’re doing fine David and still losing so don’t be too hard on yourself if you don’t lose big amounts every week, that’s normal. My husbands doing this with me now too and first week he lost nothing, last week he knocked off 5 lbs and about 2 inches gone from his waist in 2 weeks. He’s weighing in the morning too and I expect he’ll have lost again because he’s really disciplined (better than me)but he needs to lose around a stone to get to a healthy BMI so has a bit more to lose than me.
Well guys – weigh in today and I’ve got rid of the lb I put on last weigh in and lost another lb and a half. That’s 4.5 lbs in 4.5 weeks so I’m more than happy with that! Thankfully I’m going the right way again so hoping for a small loss next week to get me further to target. I’d be happy with another 3 or 4 lbs but 6 or 7 would be my ideal, not sure if I’ll make that but will be giving it my all over the next 8 weeks.
Have a good day x
thks after my first weigh in i was thinking ” well it wont take me long to knock off 28lbs”- but this site sayds its better to just xpect 1-2lbs a week and ond if you are not getting it go 4.3 or intermittent-every other day- i must admit at home with my mum its hard to calorie count and we have a guest, so try to stick to tea & coffee and stay away from carb xcept at night
I don’t think this is a quick fix David and to be honest slow weight loss is more likely to stay off in the long run. How much have you lost now? My husbands lost half a stone in 3 weeks and 2-3 inches off his waist so he’s done really well, I can see him shrinking week by week so I still think blokes do better on this than the ladies.
Men seem to lose more weight more quickly, usually because they are larger and have more muscle mass(muscles burn more calories than fat). If you take more exercise, walking is very good, then you will increase muscle mass which in turn will burn more calories, as well as toning.
Make sure that you eat your TDEE and alter that as you lose weight.If you don’t eat enough then you will not lose weight.
A pound a week is very reasonable, but don’t forget to measure the vital statistics as you will shrink as well.Some weeks you will shrink and not lose any weight, and then again some weeks you will lose weight, but not shrink.The aim is for a waist that is less than half the height.
It is a marathon and not a sprint.
thks karen, have to be carfeful though i do. today i used one of my mums belts as a pair of trousers didnt fit me(too much round the waiste)- but even though there was a post on here saying excercise wont help you loose weight not long ago-which made me not do training in the gym so often- I do go to the gym or if not conveninet swim- so whatever others say i think regular excercise in your/my routine really helps on two fronts-it makes you less hungry and tempted when you are in the “fasting” mode(during the week for me) and counting calories, it makes you feel happier, has health benefits like a stronger heart and helps you sweat off toxins in your body, which fasting does on fasting days-reduces toxins
i didnt have a weigh in when i started though karen, i might not have been 15 5 when i started, but if not since i started weighins i guess on a fair basis i have lost 1/2 stone- la dolce knows it was 6 march.
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4 Apr 14
” I don’t think this is a quick fix David and to be honest slow weight loss is more likely to stay off in the long run. How much have you lost now? My husbands lost half a stone in 3 weeks and 2-3 inches off his waist so he’s done really well, I can see him shrinking week by week so I still think blokes do better on this than the ladies.”
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