Inbetweenies - not skinny, not fat, need to lose around a stone ...

123 watchers

hellen 6 Jan 10:38pm, 6 Jan 2025 15,123 posts	0 hellen Not a particularly good start. Normally when I’m dieting I am good in the week but allow chocolate at the weekend. Had far too much this weekend. It’s as if I shove in as much as I can due to not being allowed any for 5 days. If I allow a little a day I don’t binge at the weekend but a little a day turns into a little in the morning a little in the afternoon and so on!
geordiegirl 6 Jan 10:39pm, 6 Jan 2025 26,091 posts	0 geordiegirl I use the Scooby Calculator and a conservative estimation.
geordiegirl 6 Jan 10:41pm, 6 Jan 2025 26,092 posts	0 geordiegirl I think it’s hard to reset after the Christmas festivities, I listened to Dr Rangan Chaterjee on Chris Evans this morning and he was taking about breaking habits. There is a podcast of the interview.
Jaks 7 Jan 1:48am, 7 Jan 2025 10,168 posts	0 Jaks LipGloss wrote:When you fast is that just food or don’t you drink anything either. Not sure if I could although usually Mon to Fri there is nothing to eat or drink after 8.pm and could easily wait till 9.am to eat again next day. It’s just food. I drink lots of water and black coffee whilst I’m fasting and I’m normally asleep for most of it (apart from tonight 😛)
Non-runner 7 Jan 8:05am, 7 Jan 2025 1,191 posts	0 Non-runner Coffee, tea, green tea until about 1pm then brunch then evening meal at 6pm and that’s it. Maybe a cup of marmite and piece of cheese at 4pm. I need the discipline of it.
geordiegirl 7 Jan 8:09am, 7 Jan 2025 26,098 posts	0 geordiegirl I couldn't be that restricted n-r, but as you say it is what works for us individually, we are all so different with different lifestyles. Step on scales suggest a little progress in the right direction...
Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) 7 Jan 8:12am, 7 Jan 2025 48,937 posts	0 Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) I braved the scales this morning, my app must have been so shocked that it refused to record the readings! Anyhow, I have 11lb to shed.
cathrobinson 7 Jan 8:22am, 7 Jan 2025 13,217 posts	0 cathrobinson geordiegirl wrote:I think it’s hard to reset after the Christmas festivities, I listened to Dr Rangan Chaterjee on Chris Evans this morning and he was taking about breaking habits. There is a podcast of the interview. I’m reading his latest book about making change that lasts. I’m a big fan of Rangan Chatterjee and his work. He talks a lot of sense, from a place of compassion.
Non-runner 7 Jan 8:22am, 7 Jan 2025 1,192 posts	0 Non-runner It helps that I am retired GG, I can shut the world and all its temptations out, which is a luxury most don’t have. Well done on your progress.
LipGloss 7 Jan 8:41am, 7 Jan 2025 79,507 posts	0 LipGloss Being retired has certainly helped change my eating habits. I can wait longer till i need to eat my first meal of the day. Not so many temptations for sweets while sitting at a desk . My workplace would be full of chocolate and biscuits just now from lovely patients.