After losing one pound at the end of a week of careful calorie counting and lots of exercise, I moaned a bit on post 5 and got some lovely encouragement. Thank you.
Anyway, you may remember my saying that I was going away for a few days.
I have not counted calories or done any serious exercise ( apart from last Monday's Zumba and this morning's 5k run ) for almost a week and was really dreading the trip to Boots to get weighed.
So imagine my thrill when I found I'd lost another pound! It's funny how the same amount lost can affect you in different ways isn't it?
I must, I know, be very careful this week in case Karma catches me out.
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Don't down play your efforts - Zumba and a 5k definitely count as serious exercise It helps motivation to have these good suprises doesn't it. It kind of balances out the dissapointment of weeks where the scale doesn't budge.
Are you following 5:2 ? I've tried but can't manage 500 cals on the two fasting days and being a reformed binge eater, I have to be careful not to deny myself too many things I like, because that's when I go off the rails.
I'm sorry I didn't see your post about 5:2. I watched the brilliant BBC Horizon programme in August 2012, "Eat, Fast and Live Longer" (vimeo.com/54089463) and then started 5:2 when Kate Harrison's book came out and joined her Facebook group. I then lost three stone (42 pounds/20 kilos) in six months. What's brilliant about it is that I've kept the weight off since just fasting one day a week instead of any other diet in the past where I've yoyoed it all straight back on again and more. I'm 63 and started running with C25K in January, bought a Fitbit in August and have run or walked over 500 miles since then. I was a fat couch potato until I watched that programme - so I can honestly say it changed my life.
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It helps motivation to have these good suprises doesn't it. It kind of balances out the dissapointment of weeks where the scale doesn't budge.
Week 6 weigh in
New to this but would like to share my weight loss this year
No loss at all this week & I'm feeling really fed up!!
Yippee
