2023 - Get to slinky again

[AliGal]

I'm back. I reversed most of my 2021 loss in 2022. Not sure why I fell off the wagon. I'm not sure how high I got as I half started a new regime and didn't weight mysalf. This past week, I've eaten very well - mainly carnivore with some dairy, two meals a day. I'm 4lbs down last week. I don't know what my starting weight in January as I was playing around without scales. I do know my size 26 jeans are getting very baggy, and almost falling down - when I filled them at the start of the month. I'm now being inetntional - mainly carnivore keto. So higer fat & protein, very low carb, mostly meat, fish and eggs with some dairy.

I'm going to start a Team 40 thread - as I aim to shed at least 40lbs by Xmas. Anyone care to join me?


Start weight 305.8 27.1.23 I 301.8lbs 21st7.8lbs I target weight 188lbs I target loss 118bs I
Target waist >33 inches

Month One: week one 4lbs down.

 

[Halley]

OK I’m seriously motivated now that someone I used to follow is back - I’ve joined the challenge and am going to get my head down to take care of myself and reduce my weight to make my life easier.

 

[Kittywinks]

Hello Hailey,
im doing the challenge too.
there are not that many of us active on here, but that is ok.

i Know that challenges help me

 

[Halley]

Hi @Kittywinks

That’s great, I look forward to seeing your journey. I follow the old weight watchers smart points plan as I can’t handle Slimming World’s free foods. I’ve been counting points religiously since 2013 and have managed to keep off about 5 stone but it just keeps trying to creep up all the time

 

[Kittywinks]

Hello Hailey

I have done weight watchers and they were my go to diet club, however I couldn’t find one near where I was living as Im reliant on buses, so I’m doing
Slimming world.which I can walk to.
It wasn’t my first choice but seems to be working
I understand what you mean about the free food
It takes a lot of getting used to.
I’m still not there.

Anyway it does seem to be working.
I am losing weight albeit slowly.
I think the weight loss always feels slower than we would like.

I have lost a stone

 

[Kittywinks]

I don’t have a signature yet as I have to do 50 posts
That’s quite a few posts before I get a weight signature
I will post my weight etc then

 

[tipperary]

Hi Ali, great to catch up. I'm back too, no idea what happened in 2022, the year just was strange. I'm back with a bang on full on keto.

 

[Kittywinks]

Hello and welcome back

 

[AliGal]

Aaargh.

So I disappeared again and put on nearly 10lbs between March and late August and up into size 26s.

So back again.

I'm now eating carnivore. Lamb, beef, eggs, bacon, and a little cheese and dairy as a condiment.

It's suiting me well. I've shed 25lbs in 46 days, despite a few missteps (maybe 3 times my old shopping habits at the supermarket returned). Most of the time I feel happy and satisfied.

7 weeks to the end of the year.

Maybe I can shed another stone by then. I can certainly get into the teens - just over 9lbs will get . I'd like to start 2024 under 20 stone. It would be a start on getting to slinky so I'm using this thread to track the rest of the year.

 

[AliGal]

Down over another lb over night - 288.2lbs. I'm daily weighing now.
Updated 13/11 287.2lbs 27.4lbs down 8.6 %

I used to have a bowel movement daily. Without the fibre of veggies, wheat and beans, my bowels move once every 2 or 3 days - so that can make a difference to my daily scales!

Today, I broke fast with an omlette with a little cheddar and a second meal of roast lamb shoulder, and a red pepper roasted with anchovies. I'm rarely eating veggies - but do so occassionally.

 

[AliGal]

Today I am 2 stone down, at 286.6lbs in 80 days carnivore -
11 weeks and 3 days or
21.92% of 2023. I wonder what I can achieve in the 47 days, 6 weeks and 5 days or
12.88% left of 2023. At least I hope to be into the teens.

Yesterday I broke my fast mid morning with a 3 egg omelet, and then ate early evening 4 strips of bacon, some lamb and cream. 2 good filling meals.

Today I broke my fast with a 3 egg omlet. Early afternoon 2 eggs mayo. A small snack of cheese en route to a mtg at 6.45pm, then afterwards bacon and an egg. So lots of eggs today.

I wore some linen trousers to the mtg as my jeans are tatty and baggy. A few weeks ago they would have been hard to do up. Now they are a perfect fit. Both jeans and linen trews are size 26 but they must be very different measurements.

I am missing the signature and the weight tracker in the left hand column. Have they gone forever?

 

[AliGal]

Today I have ticked up - 287.4lbs. No drama. Broke my fast with a three egg omlet. More later.

 

[AliGal]

Daily weighing - but sometimes tick up or down a lb or two. Gently shedding weight. 28.4lbs down to 286.2lbs / 20 stone 6.2lbs in 93 days

Not sure I'll make it to 40lbs down before the year end as that would need 11.6lbs in 4 weeks. At least, I should get into the teens for 2024 with another half stone off.