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

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WtnMel 12 Feb 5:58pm, 12 Feb 2025 2,870 posts	Quote Pin WtnMel Been lurking for a few days but 'know' a few names here already (geordiegirl, Shades, Ness). I need to lose a stone (tbh, have needed to for a while!) so this looks like the place to be. Some quick info for anyone interested .. I used to run, but my knees put paid to that. These days I go for fast walks. But I've had a few spates of my big toes getting painful and feet swelling up in the last year. A podiatrist diagnosed some calcification of the joints - a blood test at the doctor's showed some mild gout. I'm on medication and am 'managing' the problem. Though this last week, the left foot has been sore again. Today was my first walk for a week - but a slow amble with my partner rather than anything to get me out of breath. I weigh myself most days, to be able to see the 'trend' (I use the Trendweight website). But my 'official' weigh-in is usually at the weekend and I record my weekly weight on a spreadsheet - and have been doing so since 2002!!
Shades 12 Feb 6:13pm, 12 Feb 2025 6,190 posts	Quote Pin Shades @WtnMel sorry to hear your foot had flared up again, must be frustrating when you can't walk as far or often as you like. That's dedication recording your weekly weight for the last 23 years.
LindsD 12 Feb 6:25pm, 12 Feb 2025 72,641 posts	Quote Pin LindsD Hello
Ness 12 Feb 7:46pm, 12 Feb 2025 48,194 posts	Quote Pin Ness Hi @WtnMel sorry to hear about your foot. Your weight monitoring sounds good. I also check my weight once a week, usually on a Wednesday.
Jaks 13 Feb 5:00am, 13 Feb 2025 10,628 posts	Quote Pin Jaks Hi WtnMel Welcome to the thread. Hope your foot heals quickly.
Jaks 14 Feb 9:51am, 14 Feb 2025 10,643 posts	Quote Pin Jaks 3/4lb off this week which puts me under my target I set. I’d like to lose a little bit more especially off my hips and lower abdomen. I wish you could specify where you want the weight to come off 😂
EvilPixie 14 Feb 9:58am, 14 Feb 2025 62,409 posts	Quote Pin EvilPixie Well done 👍
Ness 14 Feb 10:53am, 14 Feb 2025 48,247 posts	Quote Pin Ness Well done, Jaks. And know what you mean! I don't want to lose any more weight off my upper body but would quite like to shift a little bit off my !
geordiegirl 14 Feb 11:35am, 14 Feb 2025 26,826 posts	Quote Pin geordiegirl Morning all and welcome Mel nice to hear from you and sorry to hear about your foot. Hope the meds help. Hope from hospital bandages have been taken off but still special shoe and crutches for another 6 weeks. I should be ok doing a bit more moving around now not that it will help me losing weight. It’s been hard to weigh as I couldn’t stand well on scales but today suggests I’ve gone up a lb-ish. I can’t worry about it at the moment through. Well done Jaks, tummy & hips would be my target area too.
EvilPixie 14 Feb 12:00pm, 14 Feb 2025 62,414 posts	Quote Pin EvilPixie I’d avoid the scales GG until you are in a position to do much I guess lack of running etc has reduced your appetite anyway? If you want to do something get some resistance bands and do upper body stuff in a chair or chair yoga?