Jesus there's a lot of chat going on in here! I've not had any time to check the thread so I've been reading from the start. I see some struggle with depression/anxiety and I'm the same, some days are worse than others. I hope everyone is doing okay 🥰

I live in Scotland, west Central belt. Always raining here 🤣 I'm 23 in a couple of weeks, have a daughter who is 2 and my man has his own daughter who is 3 so I often have ay least 1 if not 2 toddlers!
I'm returning to university in October, studying Accountancy with 2 years left. I also work in a supermarket part time.

I've recently found my love for cycling again and have been cycling to and from work for the last few weeks. I used to draw and read books which I'd like to get back into as well. Hard to navigate all the weans lol

I've just been planning my dinners a week in advance so I know what I'm eating for at least one meal. Cutting out the takeaways and excessive sweet snacking. So far I'm doing well! My first weigh in on Monday there was rubbish because I hadn't started at all until this week so I'm hoping the next weigh in is decent.

Looking to lose 10lb this month which would take me down to 13 stone exactly which is what I was before lockdown happened.

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Jesus there's a lot of chat going on in here! I've not had any time to check the thread so I've been reading from the start. I see some struggle with depression/anxiety and I'm the same, some days are worse than others. I hope everyone is doing okay 🥰

I live in Scotland, west Central belt. Always raining here 🤣 I'm 23 in a couple of weeks, have a daughter who is 2 and my man has his own daughter who is 3 so I often have ay least 1 if not 2 toddlers!
I'm returning to university in October, studying Accountancy with 2 years left. I also work in a supermarket part time.

I've recently found my love for cycling again and have been cycling to and from work for the last few weeks. I used to draw and read books which I'd like to get back into as well. Hard to navigate all the weans lol

I've just been planning my dinners a week in advance so I know what I'm eating for at least one meal. Cutting out the takeaways and excessive sweet snacking. So far I'm doing well! My first weigh in on Monday there was rubbish because I hadn't started at all until this week so I'm hoping the next weigh in is decent.

Looking to lose 10lb this month which would take me down to 13 stone exactly which is what I was before lockdown happened.

It is a chatty place and was my first time joining any online group. This is a great, yet revolving group. Even if the struggles and challenges are different for everyone, for weight and life, it's nice to have a supportive group for it all. I'm in the Boston area and my mum's from Glasgow (came here to be a nanny for a year when she was 20, then met my dad and stayed) but some of her sibs over there tell us of the rain, whereas here my garden, everything, is shriveled and crunchy from heat and drought.
Planning your dinners is excellent - it's harder when there's more than just yourself to feed, especially with little ones. For me, making big, I mean huge, batches of soup, using the Recipe calculator to know just how much in each cup, and then freezing in 2 cup containers was and is a help.

I think my motivation has kicked in again - I logged everything yesterday - had been weeks since I'd done that I'll switch to maintenance in the next month and move my focus to exercise while still logging and watching my food...I don't want to have to do this battle ever again. You all amaze me with your workouts!

Yesterday was good, got my sticker for the day !

I was towards the end of my book last night, so of course I stayed up to finish it, then it decided to seriously thunderstorm around 4am for about an hour or so... So I see lots of coffee in my immediate future.. I only did a 30 minute work out this morning because my feet were a little sore, and I was just sleepy and decided to lounge a little longer... but no biggie, I will make it up this evening, hubby is off today, so he will have dinner made when I get home, so that saves me 45 minutes...

Dinner tonight is Margarita chicken over garlic herb spaghetti... Woohooo, sounds yummy..
The Balsamic Figgy Pork was super yummy..

I really wanted to smoke yesterday when I got home, but I didn't, I told myself to wait till after I cooked dinner, and by the time I was done, the craving was gone... I read an article yesterday and it said you should delay any cravings by 10 minutes... it had some other stuff about recognizing and changing triggers, but the delay worked... so yeah... I'm gonna use that when I get snackie too.. although I've been drinking tea, I have this one called Get Relaxed from the Republic of Tea, it's an lavender tea for revealing stress... Not only is it yummy, it smells so good..


Okay have a great day !

Hi loving catching up reading everyone's chat on here, my first week on the group.

Would it be ok if I changed my weigh-in day to a Thursday? I've weighed this morning at 12st 1.6lb's (169.6lb) - it's actually my Birthday today and I am 0.6lb of a lb heavier than I was this time last year - yes could be worse but to be honest considering I've been "dieting" everyday it could've been a lot better!!

Anyway onwards and downwards, goals for the upcoming week are proper accurate tracking, getting steps in and controlling wine consumption which doesn't help with extra calories and then leading to extra snacking!!

Hope everyone else is having a great day xxx