Welcome to Maintainers Club this November where we celebrate the highs and lows of maintaining. 😄
The above photo was taken by a friend in the nearby deer park. Its the rutting season hence the stag looking so magnificent.
I haven't logged on to this forum for some time for various reasons. Firstly and maybe someone can tell me how to put this right I haven't been getting any notifications.
Secondly I had a bad fall six weeks ago and broke my right shoulder and foot. What a palaver that has been as I'm right handed. I couldn't do much for myself for the first couple of weeks one of them being using a laptop. Hence no posts from me.
I've recovered a lot now but it has been a big learning curve. Did you know you can't wash your hands if you can only use one hand not to mention toileting and showering?
When things were at their worst I was relying on my husband to cook. I had to accept and eat whatever he felt able to cook. Actually he has been a star I couldn't have coped without him. I wasn't able to stand on the scales and had a big boot on my foot anyway. So it was with great trepidation that I stood on the scales for the first time about a week ago, preparing for the worst and low and behold I was a few ounces under 10 st which was basically the same as I was before my accident. 😀👍
10st is right at the top of my range and I would be happier half a stone lighter. I downloaded the nhs app before my accident and was alarmed to find that 10st is overweight for me and 9st7lb is the top of the range 😱
What about you? I'm hoping you're going to share that you've had a brilliant month and that you've found the secret to maintaining long term, especially when the weather gets colder. On the other hand if things haven't gone so well we're all here to support and encourage. Looking forward to reading your news, thoughts and tips.
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I'm doing ok. I've been signed off work for almost a year now as I have nerve pain in my left leg and waiting for a knee replacement in the right one!! I haven't been able to get a stable reading on my digital scales with not being able to stand properly but my clothes are all still fitting nicely so if there's been a change its not by much. Hopefully the knee will get done soon and I'll be able to stand on the scales properly then I still wanted to shift a few more kilos to give me a buffer so I'll sort that once I'm sorted out xx
Sorry to read that you've got health challenges springersrule Nerve pain is so awful, its relentless . Hope you get the knee fixed soon. Great that your clothes fit well hope the scales are kind when you get on them. 👍
I have been dealing with my middle daughter's health issues at present and am not eating as well as I could and have been more nibbly than I would like, especially as we're on our way to Christmas!
It came on suddenly just two days after her birthday in October-not quite the gift we were expecting! We are at least in the system and have an appointment on Friday. Yes, my healthy eating is kind of on the back burner for now until things are not so unpredictable.
Thanks for hosting even though you have really been through a tough time recently. Well done on staying the same weight throughout and a round of applause to your husband for being such a star! I hope you are making a good recovery now.
I can’t help with the notifications. Mine seem to come and go, but a lot of people have said it is a problem.
I haven’t been on the forum much recently either although not for such dramatic reasons. I have been away a lot, weight yo-yoing up and down, tending to stay up. Then the joys of Covid, more yo-yoing, minimal exercise and here I am today up more than half a stone from where I want to be. I went into denial and stopped weighing myself but luckily came out of that fairly quickly.
For a whole week I have been back on my old low carb regime and managed to lose a bit. So that is me for the next few weeks until I have got back to a weight I am more comfortable with. I need to get back to a healthy BMI and get my blood pressure back to where it was a few weeks ago.
Lovely to hear from you again walkthisway . I can totally empathise with the reluctance to weigh yourself. That's where I am at the moment. I think its because I'm expecting bad news. Well done for getting back to your low carb regime. It obviously works for you because you've had a loss. We both know what we need to do. Its just finding that will power. 🤞
Sorry to hear about your fall, hope you are on the mend now. Great that you have not gained any weight with being less mobile too.
There is something wrong with the notifications, I try to remember to look at the alerts icon to get here.
I am now out of the top end of my range. I’m doing a good amount of exercise and eat a healthy diet BUT I do fall into a trough- toasted tea cakes, toasted tea loaf and buns are my downfalls. They are so warming on coming in out of the cold! And the bad weather hasn’t even set in yet!! No excuse, so new day, no goodies at home and I will start making more soups and warming casseroles to get savoury dishes to fill me rather than sweet.
Hi Moreorless Good to hear from you. I love toasted tea loaf too. In fact I like anything with dried fruit in it. You've reminded me I've got a recipe somewhere for a tea loaf that is quite low calorie and high fibre. We used to call it the cake with nothing in it because its vegan and my sister can eat it. 😆Well done on getting rid of the goodies and doing more exercise. Fingers crossed the pounds drop off.
Do you know Bara Brith- Welsh tea loaf with no fat in it? You don’t toast it as it is very moist but butter/ spread can be put on each slice. It is yummy.
Hi wa2un7 . Good to see you posting. I love anything with dried fruit as I said earlier. I would choose it over a cream cake. For that reason I haven't made a Christmas cake this year..... yet 😀I love it too much. I will probably regret it. How is your maintaining going?
I don’t make Christmas cake or pudding either but there is M&S- always sending emails and now the Christmas advert- and I have family here for Christmas and New Year.😋
Well you've just got to celebrate at Christmas. You can't sit there with a bah humbug face while everyone else tucks in. I'm hoping against hope that I will have lost a pound or two in advance so I can just enjoy.
Pin afraid I’m struggling at the moment. I’ve never fully recovered since I was ill and as a result I’m not burning off calories easily. However I’m hanging in there😊
Sorry to read that your recovery has been slow. Well done for hanging in there. I've not been able to move about much with my broken foot. I'm not sure that's a good excuse though because I'm notoriously lazy. Hope you feel better soon.
I get hot flushes as well if I have too many sweets before bed. I failed to resist the wine gums🥴 I’m just going to have to stop buying them because once they’re open I can’t seem to stop eating them until they’re gone- hot no control
You have certainly been through the wars hjskev - I hope you have recovered- or if not fully at least improving. Also very good news about your weight maintenance even if you have just found out that its classed as overweight! Sometimes it is just as important to settle on a weight that you feel happy with rather than basing it on your BMI which is a rough tool. I remember watching the news one morning and the Olympic rower Cracknell mention that he was classed as obese using the BMI system which obviously he wasn't! I have been away from home for a month (teenager/dog sitting for my brother then mother sitting for my sister whilst she was away on holiday) so little control over my diet. Though I have had cravings for crisps and Haribo's which didn't help. Only put on 1/2kg at my brothers since I was in charge of the meals though had to consider what foods teenagers would eat! Then at my mother's it was more of a negotiation of what we would eat. That would have probably been ok but then I went a bit mad on Haribo's and wine gums, must admit I am still having the cravings Halloween hasn't helped either- only 2 visitors so ended up eating the left-over chocolates I ended up putting on 1.5kg- still within range but only just I have been trying to get back on track but failing miserably so I am hoping after 12th November I will do better- since I am visiting my sister for a week later this week to celebrate my mam's birthday. I think my mind set is still in visiting family mode (even though I have been at home for 13 days) because I am going away again on Wednesday. Though it could just be making up excuses to buy sweets
Only just is outside range is ok. It's a small step to get back to where you want to be. Its so hard. We've got family staying at the weekend. It will be sweet stuff snacks and fish and chips.😨
Well, we’ve got some weeks to go before the Christmas festivities begin. Lol- the Christmas I did best when I was losing weight was when we were not allowed to mix and I live alone. I want to get back within my range but not enough to isolate!
I agree a bit drastic! What I do for Xmas is have a special breakfast then the starter as brunch, the main course mid afternoon then Xmas pudding for tea. Spreading the main meal throughout the day which stops me grazing😁
Gosh, that is quite restrained. I’m going to enjoy having family here for Christmas, a few twixmas days to eat leftovers before bringing on the New Year. After that, I expect we shall all be looking on the scales.😃😱🙃🤔
In previous years I've done exactly the same thing. Bought sweets for Halloween and ended up eating them all myself. So this year I didn't get anything and ended up having callers. Awkward. 😀Enjoy all your family visits and celebrations and well done for still being in range.
I got things in for Halloween too but, this year bought mini packets of biscuits as well as lollies that I can't eat but my children can. Last year we had loads of callers this year no one came later than 5.30ish (when we arrived home)
That's not too bad considering all the changes to your routine and meal planning being out of your control while away. Re the sweets-You've managed to resist them before and can do it again RG07!
Oh no, Sounds like you have had quite the ride ! It's hard to get about and do things with one injury-never mind two. Sounds like you managed to muddle through weight wise even though you weren't in charge in the kitchen and I guess as you recover more you can get to where you want to be.
Well back home after weeks of visiting family and still out of range- put on a bit more weight after visit to my sister but not as much as I thought I would put on- it was my mam's 90th birthday and the celebrations spread over 5 days I have been told by my sister (who stayed overnight at mine on the way to France, whilst I was mother sitting for her, that I am not to come up again until kitchen sorted (I come up for a week every month)! That will help, but I am hoping that the washing machine leak will be sorted by next week and the redecorating by the end of the month🤞 I hope that by the end of this month I will be back in range- hopefully the lower end as I am back in control of my meals.
Wow it sounds like you've got a lot going on. Its hard to be organised with menus when you've got work going on in the house. Hope it all goes well for you. Congrats to your mum on reaching 90. Fingers crossed you manage to get back in your range. 🤞
Is that your kitchen that has problems? Hopefully it will get quickly sorted and you can feel you're back in control. It's so difficult to keep off the tempting foods when it's a really special occasion. I have had a couple of 'days off' from strict low calorie eating but I am making myself log the foods, even if something like takeaway fish and chips is pretty uncountable. My weight loss has slowed to 0.1kg per month, but am trying to be patient and congratulate myself on not putting any back on.
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Halloween hasn't helped either- only 2 visitors so ended up eating the left-over chocolates
Sunday weigh in 26th February 2017
Weigh-in TUESDAY 21st March 2017
I will get back to my correct weight!
Daily Diary Sunday 26th November
