I’m a pear !

Well done fourormore a brilliant result from your hard work.
Found out it was a different tooth, £100 a filling - I need to find a NHS dentist before I go broke.
Have a good week with hopefully healthy choices.

Ouch GrannyIris I feel for you having to go through the filling for a second time!
Well folks, at last a SUCCESS - on the scales today I have lost 2lbs so I am delighted with that.
I am able to use the knee a bit more now so I plan to increase the movement gradually as if I 'go for it' too fast I could end up in reverse!
Last week I was so disappointed but thought perhaps I wasn't eating enough?
This week I made myself sort of calorie count!
I made a list each morning of what food etc was planned for the day - then using MFP (or similar online calorie counter or book!) wrote a 'ballpark' area number of calories for each.
I kept myself in the 1000 - 1100 area as I know my figures were not accurate. I make my own meusli without sugar for example so have to guess that, working on the theory that should be less that a commercial sugar-filled one!
As I said only guestimate counting but it seems to have worked so press on into this week now haha!
18 weeks to booked holiday so that's another incentive!
Good luck everyone - don't get stressed or obsessed as we will all get there with the support of dear NanKate and all our fellow strugglers

I had a piece of licorice and lost a filling lol. It’s only be done 2 weeks, that’ll teach me

I gained two pounds this week,....and would you believe, my daughter and I went to , champneys , henlow grange for the weekend lol...

I think calorie counting worked for me as I always factored in some choc or wine so I never felt I was going without. The first couple of weeks were hard but then I sort of got into the swing of things.

Can’t cope with calorie counting if I go over I end up think sod it and eat anything

It’s interesting the different approaches to weight loss we all have Mine has been portion control with initially calorie counting. My weight loss is slow, steady, plateaus. I think my stomach has shrunk as I am not as hungry as I was. I think slimming is psychological where how we are feeling affects how we are eating.

Onward and downward. ?

I’m trying EF (extended fasting) the theory is that every time you eat your body releases insulin (the fat hormone). If you don’t eat after your evening meal and can delay breakfast you have done 15 hours or more with no effort. Don’t overdo the milk in your morning coffee/tea and no juice. One of the other things is LowCarbHighFat, can do the fat bit (lol) but not a big meat/fish/egg eater. Good luck today with your hopefully healthier choices.

Having a Chinese meal tonight (New Year) I bet that will be high in calories, so will have to go really carefully for the rest of the week.

Hi fourormore I used to use MFP but it just makes me think of food all day. Whatever you use it has to be sustainable, I don’t believe in restricting any particular food. My problem is eating because it’s lunchtime/dinner/bored/stressed etc whether I’m hungry or not. If I could listen to my body I’d be half way there

Incidentally, I used to use My Fitness Pal and got on well with that. However, a while ago I had notification that MFP was going 'american' or words to that effect, with the warning that their privacy rules would not be as strict as ours, so I closed my account.
Does anyone currently use MFP and if so, have you had any problems? I am tempted to rejoin as it does keep you focused and ensures you avoid bad things but eat enough of the correct stuff!

Bless you GrannyIris for your encouragement.
I have a real problem with bread so steer clear from it, opting for crispbread etc. so I can't blame that sadly!
To be honest I think it could be a case of not eating enough which I know can prevent weight loss as the body stores everything possible if it feels it may be a long time before it gets fed again.
While I am less mobile with my knee I have tended to skip food - I know that's not good but still did it!
I have now sorted out a sensible eating plan for this coming week and am also going to gradually increase my mobility so, fingers crossed, something will happen.
Hopefully the weather will improve and make walking more pleasant and therefore more beneficial. I feel low mood is also a factor but I'm not making excuses.
I hope all my fellow struggling friends have better luck this week!

I hate that, it is so demoralising, sometimes I think you are better judging by your clothes and not the scales. Is it water, have you had a no 2, anything like bread that retains water? Perhaps it’s muscle - weighs heavy ?

I am GUTTED!!! All my efforts this week have resulted in staying exactly the same I have been really good with food but I know I am not exercising as much as I have done in the past because of my wretched knee.
The physio is still working on it without much improvement but I have to be patient! (Not my best virtue )
I will carry on regardless though and I will get there!

Absolutely GrannyI

Weigh a pack of butter, there’s that much less of you ?

Did my home weigh in this morning and have lost half a pound, I know it’s not much but I will accept anything that is downwards.

DON'T DO IT GRANDMAMA
I am also sitting here craving twiglets of all things!
My weigh-in is first thing on Sunday morning and I have been really good this week, so if I haven't lost weight this weekend I will be furious! I can't blow it now can I
Have you tried a drink of hot Bovril? A teaspoon of Bovril (dissolved in boiling water) is not too calorific but seems to take away urges to sin!
The ads are a pain aren't they!!!
Good luck - you can do it!!!

Nobody said it was easy, good luck

PS: 7.35pm and I'm fighting my craving for choccy biccies, not helped by an advert for Leibnitz biscuits, there are some in the pantry and I can eat a whole box at at time. A large factor in my undoing.

I keep popping up on here, usually hoping that posting will help me to keep my resolutions - so here I am again in despair at my lack of self-control. Only 8st 10lb (height 5'1") but I have had long stretches of time at between 8st 1lb and 8st 3lb which suits me and I feel really happy at that weight. But last autumn, feeling fed up and stressed I took to binge eating of biscuits in the evening and my weight rocketed from 8st 1lb that I had maintained for ages. I usually lose weight in Advent but this year piled it on.

So another hope that confessing here will act as a jolt/impetus to keep me on track to lose those pesky pounds.

And congratulations to all grans who have lost weight.

well, i know i said I would give way- in a miss but I thought I'd better take the 'bull by the horns' and go...soooo pleased i did, i gained only half a pound...you would be shocked if I told you what I ate at the weekend lol....it will remain a secret btw :-)) ...have a good week every one

That’s the good thing Shirley about our thread you can fall off the wagon and then get straight back on instead of giving up.

After being with DS and DGSsfor a few days I know I have had a restorative large drink every night, well wouldn’t you after having been with two turbo boosted young boys? So I will report back after my weigh in next Saturday.

Hi and welcome all....have a good week.
I stayed the same last week but went off the rails this weekend and it ran into Monday too ? So I shall give weighin a miss Wednesday ? As I know I shall be right fed up lol....But am back on the wagon today.

NanKate you are a ⭐️, always encouraging x