Fetchie Flab Fighters
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21 Mar
2:01pm, 21 Mar 2025
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GetOutTheDoor
@Grast_girl lovely stuff! Good paper!
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21 Mar
4:48pm, 21 Mar 2025
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RevBarbaraG
@Shades when 1st March came round I was having a break from weighing myself, as part of the focus on process (eating right, no sugar, no snacking etc) rather than outcome (weight, measurements). So there was nothing to report! I have now resumed weighing. The other day I figured out that I was down 4lb compared to three months previously and 10lb compared to six months ago. So when I say slow, I do mean slow! But peopl continue to say I’ve lost more weight, so I guess there is some reshaping going on. Which is a good thing! I had to have a 2-week layoff from running as the knee niggles built up. But back on it now, twice a week, and varying my routes. Longest run to date is 3.9 miles. So well on track for a 10K at the end of May. |
21 Mar
5:11pm, 21 Mar 2025
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Shades
@RevBarbaraG you're still making progress in the right direction and the reshaping will continue. Hope the knee behaves, you're doing well with the 10k training. Over the last couple of years I've had knee problems. I have a knee strengthening plan from my gym instructor. He swears by this knee exercise and I do it twice a week, it doesn't hurt at all. physitrack.com |
22 Mar
1:42pm, 22 Mar 2025
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Non-runner
Reva, this thread has been more active of late fetcheveryone.com/forum/inbetweenies---not-skinny-not-fat-need-to-lose-around-a-stone-42358/
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22 Mar
4:52pm, 22 Mar 2025
3,906 posts
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RevBarbaraG
I do t qualify for that one, @Non-runner , I’ve still got over 2 stone to go to top of healthy BMI range.
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23 Mar
7:02am, 23 Mar 2025
1,204 posts
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Non-runner
It’s an inclusive thread Rev, I am outside scope at the moment too and there are many members from here😊
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3 Apr
4:16pm, 3 Apr 2025
3,907 posts
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RevBarbaraG
Hello, everyone. Determined to keep this thread functioning! So here’s the 1st April update. Weight - over the course of March, I re-lost the couple of pounds I had gained during February’s on-off carb fest, plus a smidge more. Total loss since January last year stands at 5stone 4lb. I am officially only overweight, not obese. My size 16 clothes are all fine, some of them encourage me to think of 14’s, although I think that’s a bit premature. February ended with me accepting (again) that I have a real problem with sugar. I simply can’t moderate it. March started with a massive binge, and then a decision. To give up sugar. Maybe not for ever, but for now. It helped that there was a sub group in my fasting community who were giving up sugar for Lent, so I piggy-backed on that and it got me through the first couple of tricky weeks. With two exceptions, which I will outline, I have been sugar-free since 2nd March. And, as a result, the cravings are much, much less. OK, so I have gone overboard on peanut butter a couple of times, and on coconut cream. To the extent I’ve decided that they are now “don’t keep in the house” foods. I will buy them only if I have a specific occasion I want them for, and then not replace. They’re on the same list as cream - eat occasionally away from home, don’t keep in at home. But sugar - or crack cocaine, which it might as well be. No, I can’t cope with that. The two exceptions are: the little bit in 85% dark chocolate. It’s about 3g sugar in 2 squares. And the sugar in baked beans, or a BBQ pulled pork or similar, which I would have as part of an all-day breakfast out or an occasional ready meal at home. The key here being “occasional”. Neither of those things are things I do weekly, or even monthly. I mostly eat what I’ve prepared myself from ingredients, not packets. And although they do raise my level of interest in having something else with sugar, it’s a mild feeling, easily overcome. So it seems that I can have a little bit of sugar in those 2 situations, without it triggering more. And that’s what matters to me. As part of containing the sugar and occasional binges, my focus has been “2 meals of low carb real food, no snacks”. And only fasting when I felt secure to do it. That has translated into a few 24 hour fasts each week, and just the last couple of weeks I’ve done a 42-hour. Things feel calm, and once I’ve been away next week for mother’s 90th birthday party, I think I may be ready to step up the fasting. To accelerate my weight loss again, as it’s been very very slow for several months. I still have over 2 stone between me and a BMI of 25. My body fat this week was 35.5%. My priority is to maintain my eating pattern - low carb, real food, no snacking between my 2 meals a day. Plus as much fasting as feels doable, within the limits recommended by my tribe. My body will settle where it does….. which I hope will be a healthy weight and ideal BF%. But if it isn’t, that will have to be OK. Running twice a week and enjoying it, plus 2 strength sessions and 1-2 swims. |
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3 Apr
4:26pm, 3 Apr 2025
6,852 posts
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Shades
RevB - fabulous report as usual. You've come so far and now to have moved down to no longer being obese is a major achievement. At least you know that you can't deal with sugar and keep those trigger foods out the house. You are so close now to your final goals. That's a good reduction on body fat too. I'm pleased to hear that the running is going well. |
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3 Apr
9:45pm, 3 Apr 2025
1,305 posts
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GetOutTheDoor
RevB thank you for the update - amazing progress. Especially tough figuring out the sugar thing.
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4 Apr
7:31am, 4 Apr 2025
28,897 posts
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Lizzie W
Fabulous, RBG. Been trying to improve quality of food: more veg, protein & fibre etc. Although this has reduced the biscuits consumption considerably, I have gained weight. Harumph. |
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