Here I go again (again,again🙃)

[Jingle_berry]

Good morning all.

I have been lurking again. I’ve previously been a member ( but not for a very long time!) and feel the need to connect again if you’ll have me 🤞

I lost my way a little over the last year or so, due to family bereavement, work stress, moving house and my partner being made redundant and definitely confirmed to myself that I am an emotional eater.

😠😵😂😖➡️🧁🍔🍟🍕🍫➡️🤦🏻‍♀️

I do feel ready to embrace the challenge again and do this for me! I am 50 in December and want to be a fitter, slimmer me as I enter my 50th year - it’s my present to myself 🎁

I have decided however, that I am not going to become a slave to the scales - that really doesn’t work for me, (a slight gain and I throw the towel in) so I’m going to track my calories using MFP, have restarted Couch to 5k and am going to record monthly measurements instead of weight.

I would still like to be part of this community, but won’t be joining a weigh in group. Hope that’s okay 👌

[moreless Administrator 7 stone]

Welcome back Jingle_berry

You might like to have a look at these, as they'll prevent you becoming a slave to calorie counting too

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Just as a reminder, follow this link to our chat thread and a list of all the activities we run. We've found active participation to be key to success, especially with our weigh-ins and Daily Diary.

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Wishing you all the best

[Jingle_berry in reply to moreless]

Thank you moreless 😘

[moreless Administrator 7 stone in reply to Jingle_berry]

You're very welcome

[IndigoBlue61]

Welcome back Jingle_berry 😊

[Jingle_berry in reply to IndigoBlue61]

Thank you IndigoBlue61 . Feels good to be back 😊

[IndigoBlue61 in reply to Jingle_berry]

That’s good 😊

[Lytham 3 stone]

Hello, nice to meet you ! Sounds like you have a good action plan! Good luck with it and look forward to seeing you around ! x

[Jingle_berry in reply to Lytham]

Thank you - good to meet you too x

[monday1957 3kg]

Hi Jingle-Berry and all the best to your weight loss journey! Sounds like you have some good strategies and a positive mindset for your big birthday 🤗

[Jingle_berry in reply to monday1957]

Thank you monday1957 x

[Celticshe 6lbs]

Hi fellow lurker. I’m back in the groove. Will fetch my diary and start again 1930 calories. Here we gooooo! Good luck!

[Jingle_berry in reply to Celticshe]

Brilliant! I’m going for 1850 per day (12950 per week) I’m going weekly so that the bottle of wine I know I will have this weekend is taken off my weekly allowance rather than daily allowance. We can do this!!! Power to the lurkers 😉

[S11m]

My late wife died of cancer 2½ years ago, but I got slim and fit in time for my 70th birthday.I find that my Apple Watch helps - along with a Reduced Carbohydrate, High-Fat diet (LCHF), and Intermittent Fasting. See:

healthunlocked.com/fasting-...

[Jingle_berry in reply to S11m]

You have just become my inspiration S11m . Thank you for your advice. My Apple Watch is also my trusty companion xx

Ps - so sorry to hear about your loss xxx

[Tiggerr]

You've got my vote Jingle_berry Good luck!

Maybe take a shuftie at the Daily Diary!

[Jingle_berry in reply to Tiggerr]

Thanks for having me Tiggerr . I will definitely check out the daily diary 😊

[Tiggerr in reply to Jingle_berry]

I find that making yourself do things differently helps. Part of the reason we are where we are is because we stick to doing the same things.

Good luck!