@lauren_989
Wonderful, glad to have you.
The challenge starts today, Sun Oct 2. The week to report on will run Sunday to Saturday

Sure feels like October with the weather and dark nights - properly autumnal now.

I'm Katie, 34, near Nottingham in the UK with my husband and our two cats. I've been overweight my whole adult life and earlier this year was diagnosed with binge eating disorder. As part of my battle with that, I've moved to the support team here rather than weighing in. It's a very strange thing because I feel like losing weight requires rules, and too many/too restrictive rules can be triggering for BED. My last therapy session is this week, and I've started reading a book by a well known/recognised psychologist on the subject. We shall see.

jugar wrote: »

This was a very quiet day. My vegetable garden is now officially closed for the winter - last parsnips, winter squash, and lettuces came out today. Now it will be time to plant the winter rye and let it all go to sleep. And then I'll be all impatient for there to be a lot of snow so I can try out my new snowshoeing boots!

We're in the process of harvesting everything from the allotment, too. It feels a little sad, but I'm also looking forward to taking the crop rotation beds back to bare soil (so. many. weeds.) then sowing a green manure for winter. Plus I could do with spending a little more productive time at home, rather than always being down at the allotment.

I said in September's thread that I would drink 2L of fruit infused water a day. I've realised this is a little unrealistic, partly due to cost/the amount of fruit I'd go through, but 2L of either fruit infused water or cordial is achievable. I also want to start doing my lunch time walks to feed the ducks and birds again; it's good to get out of the house, and gives my walks a purpose as otherwise I end up at the shop. Stopping the snack-shopping is my other goal for October.

Hi team!
I'm Courtney in Val-des-Monts, Québec Canada living with my husband and two indoor cats and now a new addition of an outdoor cat. We own a 'project' house where everything needs to be worked on and nothing ever seems finished so all of my spare time and money are wrapped up into it. It leaves very little time for meal planning and the quick snacks are reached for more often than they should be.
I'm reasonably active playing team sports and working on the property but portion size is my main problem. I've lost 50lbs since joining this group but have plateaued for nearly a year and a half now. Most of my weight loss when it happens these days is due to random luck and not effort. October is the last push before winter so all the final chores are to be done. We keep having disheartening setbacks on some projects so it ends up doubling the work and I turn to the wine and cheese for comfort. This needs to get reined back in.

I'm going to try to be more conscious of portions this month but plan to get back to tracking fully in November.

Thank you @LoraineGB

Thank you @jugar