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Luciicul Week 2, Monday PW: 143.3 lbs CW: 144.8 lbs Sorry everyone - I have gone red this week! Silver lining for me is that I don't think this is a 'real' weight gain. I have been good with my eating, exercise, etc, and in fact, increased my exercise and started doing HIIT twice a week which is pushing my muscles to be…

Absolutely, it's not that my nutritionist/dietician was completely wrong - she did have some knowledge and insights, and some of her suggestions I was already doing (and still do) - but that if I want general population advice I can already get that free anywhere, and if I go see a specialist 1:1 (and am paying out of…

@LovebyDraug69 I just got to the part in the video where he is explaining simple flavour combinations, and mentions Australia, Canada and America. Too funny! Thanks for sharing :smile:

@hipari I hope you found the nutritionist’s advice useful. Good luck on your journey. Unfortunately I didn’t find my dietician very useful. I was diagnosed with insulin resistance and sluggish thyroid at the beginning of last year, my dr (who is a great dr) asked what I thought of keto as a solution until I reminded her I…

Luciicul Week 1 Monday PW: 146.2 lbs CW: 143.3 lbs

Sorry to hear about your dad's accident, and the ex stress - the Cabernet is understandable (and hey, it was only 1 bottle - could have been worse!). Well done for managing to stick to calories and steps despite the drama. One day at a time :)

Hi all, this will be my twelfth month on the challenge. I'm Australian, mum to a 14 yr old. 2019 was a great year for me in terms of hitting health and weight goals, and I only have a few more pounds to lose before I transition to maintenance goals. My stats: 169cm / 5'7' 41 years Highest Weight: 263.5lbs/119.5kg (27th…

Finishing the month (and year) on a good note: my goal was to end the month weight neutral, to not regain weight, to not go back into the "overweight" category... and I've not only achieved that but lost weight (4.2kg/ 9.3lbs) since December 1st. I mostly stuck to (and in some cases exceeded) my plan for the month, though…

Luciicul Week 5 weigh in, Monday PW: 149 lbs CW: 146.2 lbs Just to show that, right as I begin to think I've got this whole thing figured out, my body will do something weird (like lose weight despite eating more and exercising less for a week over Xmas)! Not that I'm complaining. Here's the good news for anyone who had a…

Starting weight: 119.5 kg/263.5lbs (27 January 2019) Goal weight: 65kgs /143lbs 169cm / 5'7, 41 years Total weight lost: 53.2 kgs / 117.3 lbs / 44.5 % in 49 weeks. Successes: Have avoided most Xmas temptations and kept to a modified version of my way of eating, exercise, and managed not to regain this week (actually had a…

I agree that it takes time. I had one of those "ahah" epiphany moments when putting on a jumper that used to be too small and is now baggy on me, when I thought: if our skin wasn't tightening up, then it would be as saggy and baggy as the oversized clothing we no longer wear. It's actually pretty amazing how much our skin…

The first two-thirds of December I have been pretty good at staying on track with my eating, fasting, exercise, and sleep. Have lost 2.9kgs (6.4 lbs) in 3 weeks, which exceeded my goal. However, the second part of my plan (for the period staying with family for the festive season) has been mixed. I have consistently kept 4…

Starting weight: 119.5 kg/263.5lbs (27 January 2019) Goal weight: 65kgs /143lbs 169cm / 5'7, 41 years Total weight lost: 51.9 kgs / 114.4 lbs / 43.4 % Successes: Have kept on track this week. Challenges: Festive season. Stress and challenge of eating my way while staying with family, as well as handling difficult extended…

Luciicul Week 4, Monday PW: 151 lbs CW: 149 lbs This week ahead is the challenge. I fully expect my weight to increase by next weigh in, not just because of xmas food temptations, but stress of christmas with extended family (dysfunction dynamics, different eating, sleeping and exercising, habits, lots of tensions and…

It depends on your goals... This time round I’ve decided to give the gym/fitness centre the skip and choose exercise that I feel is sustainable (easy for me to do in my everyday life). So I alternate between jogging and yoga; I listen to running podcasts to motivate and improve my running, and I use “Yoga with Adriene”…

I've never dyed my hair, so have grey/silver speckled throughout my dark brown hair. But the thing I want to do - and will one day - but haven't yet had the courage to do yet, is get it cut really short. I'm a low-maintenance person and I only visit the hairdressers like once every year or two - I currently get it cut into…

Alignment, family, miracle. ?! :D

Starting weight: 119.5 kg/263.5lbs (27 January 2019) Goal weight: 65kgs /143lbs 169cm / 5'7, 41 years Total weight lost: 51 kgs / 112.4 lbs / 42.8 % Successes: At the beginning of this year I set myself the goal to lose 50kgs by 1st Feb 2020 - well I've hit that with 1.5 months to spare! Challenges: I've let my sleep and…

Luciicul Week 3, Monday PW: 153.7 (I think) CW: 151 Sorry I have been a bit MIA this week, just the lead up to Xmas is hectic as so much extra stuff to be done before we go away to visit family.

Starting weight: 119.5 kg/263.5lbs (27 January 2019) Goal weight: 65kgs /143lbs 169cm / 5'7, 41 years Total weight lost: 49.8 kgs / 109.8 lbs / 41.7 % Successes: Safely in the "healthy" weight category now! Am just keeping at it: eating well, fasting, exercising, sleeping well. Challenges: Had some stress last week - my…

Luciicul Monday, Week 2 PW: 156.3 CW: 153.7 I weigh every day but only 'count' the Monday weigh-in, which is always higher than the Sunday weigh-in (I basically lose most my weight during the week, and then have a minor bounce back on weekends - because of my intermittent fasting schedule), so while I can't quite 'count'…

My Determined December plan is split into two portions: A) The next roughly 2.5 weeks (prior to me spending time with my extended family). Goal: Lose 1kg /2.2 lbs Plan: Just to keep doing everything I am already doing: I am in a great habit of eating, exercising, sleeping, and fasting well, and am consistently losing…

If speaking of what mainstream considers fruit, I might only have one serve a week (watermelon, orange, mandarine, tangello, necterine, lemon/lime juice) but not any of the high sugar tropical fruits. But I do eat plenty of foods that might technically be "fruit" but are used as vegetables (avocado, tomato, cucumber,…

I don't tend to drink milk (didn't much even when I wasn't LCHF, unless it was in hot-chocolate or tea) but do consume full cream dairy: homemade yoghurt, cheese, cream, sour cream, etc. For a while I was making shakes with my yoghurt which is probably the closest to a dairy "drink". But also note, I am a liberal LCHF - I…

Starting weight: 119.5 kg/263.5lbs (27 January 2019) Goal weight: 65kgs /143lbs 169cm / 5'7, 41 years Total weight lost: 48.6 kgs / 107.2 lbs / 40.7 % Successes: On track with exercise, eating, sleep, and weight is still going in the right direction (albeit, slowly now, as I get closer to goal weight). This week's weigh-in…

Luciicul Week 1 weigh in (Monday) PW: 157.6 lbs CW: 156.3 lbs I've finally edged into the BMI "healthy" category!

Hi all, November is my eleventh month on the challenge. I'm Australian, mum to a 14 yr old. Since joining this challenge I've lost 48.6kgs / 107.2lbs (40.7% body weight), moved from 3rd class obese category to upper end of the healthy category, reversed my insulin resistance and sluggish thyroid, my sleep has improved (am…

Starting weight: 119.5 kg/263.5lbs (27 January 2019) Goal weight: 65kgs /143lbs 169cm / 5'7, 41 years Total weight lost: 48 kgs / 105.8 lbs / 40.2 % Successes: On track with exercise, eating, sleep, and weight is still going in the right direction. Challenges: Here in Australia there have been lots of bushfires, and while…

Non Scale Victory Challenge Day 1: My best two NSVs for this year (sorry, I can't narrow it down to just 1!):* Reversed insulin resistance (two steps prior to diabetes - was important to get off this path!) * Stopped snoring. My snoring was such a problem interrupting first my husband's sleep, and then mine, as he'd wake…

Luciicul Monday, Week 4 PW: 157.9 CW: 157.6 November summary I hit some of my goals this month =* I run three times a week, and one of these days is an interval run. * For the last couple weeks I've added swimming once a week * Keeping on top of everything else (food, sleep, yoga, etc). Weight loss has slowed…