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Original start weight: 158 Challenge Start Weight: 134 Challenge Goal: 130 and sub-35 min 5k Week 1: 133 and 36:28 Week 2: 133 Week 3: 133 Week 4: 133 and 37:36 Week 5: 133 and 37:34 Week 6: 133 and 37:26 Positive thought: Finally finding some time to run Healthy snack/meal: Not sure... there must have been something! Best…

Original start weight: 158 Challenge Start Weight: 134 Challenge Goal: 130 and sub-35 min 5k Week 1: 133 and 36:28 Week 2: 133 Week 3: 133 Week 4: 133 and 37:36 Week 5: 133 and 37:34 Apparently I forgot to weigh in last week... I am making no progress on either weight loss or getting faster at running, it seems. I can,…

Original start weight: 158 Challenge Start Weight: 134 Challenge Goal: 130 and sub-35 min 5k Week 1: 133 and 36:28 Week 2: 133 Week 3: 133 Still not found the enthusiasm for running again. Maybe tomorrow... I need to get my eating and activity back on track. I’m eating at maintenance and not getting my 10,000 steps in.…

Original start weight: 158 Challenge Start Weight: 134 Challenge Goal: 130 and sub-35 min 5k Week 1: 133 and 36:28 Week 2: 133 Comments: No running this week. Started an archery course on Saturday and went for an 11km walk on Sunday (my usual running days) then got hit by a sickness bug and have been completely wiped out…

Original start weight: 158 Challenge Start Weight: 134 Challenge Goal: 130 and sub-35 min 5k Week 1: 133 and 36:28 Positive thought: feeling quite strong this week and enjoyed my runs. Healthy snack: apple and cheesestrings Effective workout: 2 runs this week. 5k on a treadmill in 36:28 (97% chance of hail? No thanks) and…

I did something similar when I was running 6 or so years ago, not sure it was officially but I used the c25k app but with jog/run intervals rather than walk/run. Got me to a 32min 5k, but then life and ill health got in the way. At the moment though I think I need to be able to consistently get the full 5k in, so working…

Original start weight: 158 Challenge Start Weight: 134 Challenge Goal: 130 and sub-35 min 5k I’m back and crossing my fingers for no set backs this challenge! Would like to shift a few more pounds to give me a bit of extra breathing room in my jeans, but want to focus more on fitness - knock a couple of minutes off my…

Challenge Start Weight: 134 Challenge Goal: 130 and 5k Week 1: 134 Week 2: 133 and 4.0km (30 mins) Week 3: 134 and 5.0km (37 mins 40 secs) Week 4: 134 Week 5: 133 Week 6: 133 Week 7: 133 Week 8: 132 Week 9: 132 Week 10: 132 Week 11: 132 Week 12: 132 and 3.0km (23 mins) I am basically maintaining... it’s been a crazy busy…

Challenge Start Weight: 134 Challenge Goal: 130 and 5k Week 1: 134 Week 2: 133 and 4.0km (30 mins) Week 3: 134 and 5.0km (37 mins 40 secs) Week 4: 134 Week 5: 133 Week 6: 133 Week 7: 133 Week 8: 132 Week 9: 132 Week 10: 132 Week 11: 132 Positive thought: The cough is gone! Best workout: 15 mins elliptical and 15 mins row…

Challenge Start Weight: 134 Challenge Goal: 130 and 5k Week 1: 134 Week 2: 133 and 4.0km (30 mins) Week 3: 134 and 5.0km (37 mins 40 secs) Week 4: 134 Week 5: 133 Week 6: 133 Week 7: 133 Week 8: 132 Week 9: 132 Week 10: 132 I’m still not able to exercise properly, so I’m doubtful I’ll hit either of my goals at the end of…

Challenge Start Weight: 134 Challenge Goal: 130 and 5k Week 1: 134 Week 2: 133 and 4.0km (30 mins) Week 3: 134 and 5.0km (37 mins 40 secs) Week 4: 134 Week 5: 133 Week 6: 133 Week 7: 133 Week 8: 132 Week 9: 132 Positive thought: Very very slow progress is still progress Healthy snack/meal: Nothing different to usual, so…

Challenge Start Weight: 134 Challenge Goal: 130 and 5k Week 1: 134 Week 2: 133 and 4.0km (30 mins) Week 3: 134 and 5.0km (37 mins 40 secs) Week 4: 134 Week 5: 133 Week 6: 133 Still ill. Still coughing. Still not exercising. Eating only a tiny bit below maintenance (according to Fitbit). Next week?!

Challenge Start Weight: 134 Challenge Goal: 130 and 5k Week 1: 134 Week 2: 133 and 4.0km (30 mins) Week 3: 134 and 5.0km (37 mins 40 secs) Week 4: 134 Week 5: 133 Realised I didn’t even log in last week... not that there has been much change. The house has been struck by various minor ailments and I have more-or-less been…

Challenge Start Weight: 134 Challenge Goal: 130 and 5k Week 1: 134 Week 2: 133 and 4.0km (30 mins) Week 3: 134 and 5.0km (37 mins 40 secs) Well, my weight might be up again but yesterday I managed to run 5k! And I am a bit achy so maybe that explains the weight bump. Or maybe it was the flapjack and brownies at work events…

Challenge Start Weight: 134 Challenge Goal: 130 and 5k Week 1: 134 Week 2: 133 and 4.0km (30 mins) Positive thought: Two weeks without any exercise is OK. Healthy snack or meal: I roasted some aubergine and courgette with shallots and red pepper and some dried herbs, and then used it in my packed lunches during the week.…

Challenge Start Weight: 134 Challenge Goal: 130 and 5k Week 1: 134 Healthy meal: Noodle soup with lots of veggies and edamame Best workout: No specific workout this week, but did have a 16,000 step day. Comments: Was hoping to see a drop this week as it’s the first week back ‘on it’ since Christmas, but sadly not. I need…

I’ll kick off! Start Weight: 158 (my post-treatment high) Challenge Start Weight: 134 Challenge Goal: 130 and 5k Comments: Had some kind of vomiting bug last week, only just getting over it now, but still feeling a bit pathetic. No exercise or even activity, and my diet has been mainly “beige food” until last night when we…

Hi all I’ve spent the last 18 months losing the weight I gained during treatment for an illness and while recovering from surgery in 2016-17. With the help of this group a nice round 2 stone (28lbs) has melted off (the treatment weight plus a bit extra), and just before Christmas I just hit my lightest ever adult weight…

Challenge Start Weight: 137 Challenge Goal: 132 Week 1: 136 Week 2: 137 Week 3: 134 Week 4: 133 Week 5: (skipped) Week 6: 133 Week 7: 132 Week 8: 131 Week 9: 132 Week 10: (where are my scales?) Week 11: 131 Week 12: 130 I’m not convinced that’s a ‘real’ number because I had a pretty low-volume meal the previous evening and…

I’ve tried maintaining without logging and I’m not good at it! I have MFP set to lose 1lb a week sedentary (but it bottoms out at 1200 which I think would give me about 0.75lb). I then add activity via Fitbit, which I think over-estimates my calories by about 100 a day. So I figure this set up gives me a 250 cal logging…

I think you’re doing a grand job too. I like having somewhere to weigh in on a weekly basis to keep me accountable. Personally I don’t need lots of other ‘stuff’ around that (although I’ll contribute if I have something to say or joining a challenge fits my life), and I don’t think you should feel you have to provide it :-)

My secret? Errr...not entirely sure. I think a few pounds are actually down to starting on meds for RA and a reduction in inflammation rather than fat loss. The rest? Just trying to eat under maintenance. I am not spectacularly tight with my logging, I don’t eat ‘clean’ or do any particular eating plan. I like cheese. I…

Challenge Start Weight: 137 Challenge Goal: 132 Week 1: 136 Week 2: 137 Week 3: 134 Week 4: 133 Week 5: (skipped) Week 6: 133 Week 7: 132 Week 8: 131 Week 9: 132 Week 10: (where are my scales?) Week 11: 131 House is still a building site but I found the scales and frankly I’m astonished. Not been very good recently and was…

My house is upside down while the bathrooms, living room and dining room are decorated. I don’t even know where my scale is this week! Another week of this and hopefully the scales will reappear. Although: chocolate is happening more than it should :-/

Challenge Start Weight: 137 Challenge Goal: 132 Week 1: 136 Week 2: 137 Week 3: 134 Week 4: 133 Week 5: (skipped) Week 6: 133 Week 7: 132 Week 8: 131 Week 9: 132 Can’t even blame Thanksgiving!

Challenge Start Weight: 137 Challenge Goal: 132 Week 1: 136 Week 2: 137 Week 3: 134 Week 4: 133 Week 5: (skipped) Week 6: 133 Week 7: 132 Week 8: 131 Comment: Late weighing in this week as we’re having the bathrooms ‘done’ and I didn’t remember where I put the scale. Found it, but it’s now in a different place, on a…

Challenge Start Weight: 137 Challenge Goal: 132 Week 1: 136 Week 2: 137 Week 3: 134 Week 4: 133 Week 5: (skipped) Week 6: 133 Week 7: 132 (gooooooaaaaaaaal! for this session, anyway) Positive thought: only 2lb up on my lightest ever adult weight! Best workout: Week 7 run 3. 25 minutes running and my best ever (according to…

Challenge Start Weight: 137 Challenge Goal: 132 Week 1: 136 Week 2: 137 Week 3: 134 Week 4: 133 Week 5: (skipped) Week 6: 133 Skipped weigh in last week because I was away for a few days. Went mini-hiking with my 10 year old and explored castles, woods and a ruined abbey. Ate more than usual but also did more walking than…

Ooo, I don’t know! I would imagine that if you make the yourself you could freeze the dough, but I am lazy and only buy them. I’m going to try and bake gluten free ones this year though... I am going to try this recipe I think:…

Lebkuchen are a German Christmas treat a bit like gingerbread and a cross between a cookie and a cake in texture. Delicious, and they appear in the shops right about now.