Luciicul Member

Starting weight: 119.5 kg/263.5lbs (27 January 2019) Goal weight: 65kgs /143lbs 169cm / 5'7, 41 years Total weight lost: 47.9 kgs / 105.6 lbs / 40.1 % Successes: Still going in the right direction Challenges: Weight loss is slower than it was. I am so close to being in the "healthy" BMI range, but it has been teasing me…

Luciicul Week 3 Monday PW: 159.4 CW: 157.9

Not a struggle or a NSV, just a share... A number of us beginner joggers have commented before about how slow we are at running... I’ve mentioned being over taken by a fit little old granny... On my last “run” (I really do have to put that in inverted commas because I am so slow I’m not sure it counts as a run so much as a…

I totally understand the conflict. Over the many ups and downs of weight loss and regain over the past decades, I definitely saw that if my goal is weightloss, to focus on diet, and that exercise (while healthy and good for us) can sometimes make it harder to lose the weight. And even when you know that “weight” isn’t…

I can't take a photo of it, but today it was 38 degrees centigrade (100 fahrenheit) where I live in Australia, this is spring, and the seedlings I planted out a week ago are all wilting from the heat stress :( Things are worse for those living near bushfires - 500 schools across the country are closed today due to fire…

Starting weight: 119.5 kg/263.5lbs (27 January 2019) Goal weight: 65kgs /143lbs 169cm / 5'7, 41 years Total weight lost: 47.2 kgs / 104.1 lbs / 39.5 % Successes: Am on track with eating, exercise, sleep, etc. Had a good loss this week. Challenges: Have only just erased the gain from two weeks ago. Am facing up to the fact…

Luciicul Monday, Week 2 PW: 163.1 CW: 159.4 Shifted the gain I had two weeks back. Well done @lindamtuck2018 and @KelGen02. Doing us proud :)

@boehle I think you accidentally missed this 😀

Luciicul Monday PW: 164.2 CW: 163.1 Sleep challenge - as I live in the Southern Hemisphere, am the reverse to you. A few weeks back we ‘lost’ an hour and had to start getting up earlier than our body clock was used to. It took weeks to adjust - going to bed and rising by the clock rather than in response to normal body…

November Challenge! SW: 164.2 lbs (28 Oct) Nov Goal: 154 lbs (25 Nov) This month I hope to hit a very significant milestone: when I get to 157.4 lbs I will enter the "healthy weight category" by having a BMI under 25! When I started this journey (February Challenge), I was in the class 3 obese category with a BMI of 41.84.…

Starting weight: 119.5 kg/263.5lbs (27 January 2019) Goal weight: 65kgs /143lbs 169cm / 5'7, 41 years Total weight lost: 45 kgs / 99.2 lbs / 37.7 % Successes: Am now on week 9 of the C25K, keeping pretty much on track with eating, exercise, sleep, etc. Challenges: Gained weight this week (0.9kg/1.9lbs)! I don't really know…

So sorry to hear about your injury, and how terrible that you have to cancel your cruise. I hope you heal soon and it doesn't hold you back too much.

Starting weight: 119.5 kg/263.5lbs ( 27 January 2019) Goal weight: 65kgs /143lbs 169cm / 5'7, 41 years Total weight lost: 45.9 kgs / 101.2 lbs / 38.4 % Successes: Got blood test results back showing I have now reversed my insulin resistance! Thyroid results also now normal (was previously described as "sluggish"). Last…

Starting weight: 119.5 kg/263.5lbs ( 27 January 2019) Goal weight: 65kgs /143lbs 169cm / 5'7, 40 years Total weight lost: 43.7 kgs / 96.4 lbs / 36.6 % Successes: Small weight loss this week, have kept on track with eating, IF, exercise and the Last90Days Challenge, been getting up earlier in the morning. Challenges: This…

Thanks Stormy, that's so nice of you to say! I'm glad my contributions have been useful to others. I like this thread because it keeps me accountable and on track, and makes me think not just in terms of weight loss but also other successes and challenges. I got the idea of using the spoiler code after seeing someone else…

Starting weight: 119.5 kg/263.5lbs ( 27 January 2019) Goal weight: 65kgs /143lbs 169cm / 5'7, 40 years Total weight lost: 43.4 kgs / 95.7 lbs / 36.3 % Successes: Stayed on track even though I was away for 10 days and unable to weigh in! Am now on week 6 of the C25K running program, have got into a great habit of exercising…

VLCD (very low calorie diets) have been pretty well studied and appear to be safe for short periods of time (up to 3 months) PROVIDED nutritional needs are met. My concern would not be about too few calories in the short term so much as whether what is being eaten is providing all the vitamins, minerals, protein, etc that…

I’ll be there too - have been in the monthly challenges since February, and have lost over 80lbs along the way.

Definitely. I’ll be here at least until the end of the year - getting closer to end goal every month!

Your goal is similar to mine (I started at 263.5lbs; goal is to get to about 145lbs), however, I started my journey in February this year, have already lost 89.3 lbs, and am on track to lose the rest by the 52 week mark (possibly even by year's end - depends on whether the pace of weightloss stays steady or slows down). I…

Starting weight: 119.5 kg/263.5lbs ( 27 January 2019) Goal weight: 65kgs /143lbs 169cm / 5'7, 40 years Total weight lost: 40.5 kgs / 89.3 lbs / 33.9 % Successes: Am now on week 4 of the C25K running program (increasing exercise and fitness) and have started doing yoga a couple times a week. Down 1.3kg (2.9lbs) this week.…

Luciicul Week 4, Monday PW: 177lbs CW: 174.2 lbs This has been a great month for me - I hit all my goals (after several months of not hitting the 'additional' exercise/mindfulness goals). Lost the weight, took up running (doing week 4 of C25k today), took up yoga, and regularly making kombucha. Am feeling a lot less…

I suspect that many of the foods listed aren't common - in some cases might be one food outlet that does it as a bit of a gimmick? In Australia:* Vegemite spread (like marmite, promite, yeast spreads, etc if you've heard of them) is popular and common in many Australian households. If you haven't grown up eating it, you…

Sorry to hear you've been unwell. Yes, do take care of yourself! I've really enjoyed you being a captain - thank you for all that you bring to this group (sorry I hadn't said this earlier) - and am glad you will remain a member. Best of luck as you adjust to the new meds.

Sorry to hear about your pup. And sometimes life events are more important than the eating plan - it's not like you have an anniversary every day!

From what I've heard, when we exercise - particularly if we push ourselves and get sore with DOMS - our body can be inflamed from the small micro-tears in our muscles (part of the strengthening process) and retain water in the short term. It's a pattern I've noticed at times when I do new or substantially increased…

Luciicul Week 3 Monday PW: 180.3 CW: 177 Has been a good week. I am on the third week of the C25K running program, my kombucha is going great, I've been experimenting with new recipes and ingredients (no longer bored by my eating routine), and I have cut out the sugar-free chocolate which may or may not have been slowing…

I hope the surgery went well and you are having a good recovery. I have heard that some of the stuff they give you in hospital can lead to temporary water weight gain, so please don't stress if there is a blip. Take care of yourself :smile:

Starting weight: 119.5 kg/263.5lbs ( 27 January 2019) Goal weight: 65kgs /143lbs 169cm / 5'7, 40 years Total weight lost: 39.2 kgs / 86.4 lbs / 32.8 % Successes: Am now on week 3 of the C25K running program (increasing exercise and fitness). The kombucha is going well, and I've managed to get my partner to drink it too…

Luciicul Monday, Week 2 PW: 181.4 lbs CW: 180.3 lbs Mindgames suck. Rational me says "this is good sustainable weight loss"; but it is hard to be excited when for the last month my weight loss has slowed down from what it used to be. In the first 6 months my weight loss averaged 1.3kgs (2.8lbs) per week, which of course…