12 week challenge - 84 days
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Cherry-Blossom
I CAN do this
Yep weigh day for me and 3lb gone 
Cherry-Blossom
I CAN do this
Thanks, slowly getting closer to going down an obesity category as well which is great.
Lou_G
Gold Member
michelleon - 12/84!
souffle - 10/84!
Lavinia - day 16/84!
Cherry Blossom - day 16/84!
Tinkerbellsmum - day 12/84!
Lou_G - day 13/84!
Zeke - day 21/70!
Morning all rise and shine
sneak peek at scales (naughty) shows me 1.8lbs down from last monday - that'll do - I'd really love to get a 3lb loss this week so will pull out all the stops this weekend. Got family coming round today making lots of nice food so this will encourage me to keep on track
souffle - 10/84!
Lavinia - day 16/84!
Cherry Blossom - day 16/84!
Tinkerbellsmum - day 12/84!
Lou_G - day 13/84!
Zeke - day 21/70!
Morning all rise and shine
sneak peek at scales (naughty) shows me 1.8lbs down from last monday - that'll do - I'd really love to get a 3lb loss this week so will pull out all the stops this weekend. Got family coming round today making lots of nice food so this will encourage me to keep on track
zeke
Gold Member
Three weeks done for me now! I 'only' lost 2.2 lbs this week but I am quite pleased with that due to it being a combination of the dreaded week 3 and TOTM - hoping to get over 3lbs next week though! Yes, keep strong Lou - nothing beats the feeling of removing this weight - have a lovely day with your family!
Cherry-Blossom
I CAN do this
Typical of my body, did my official weigh in yesterday and had lost 3lb. Did my daily weigh in today and had lost another 2lb taking me past the stone mark. Although it will go on next weeks stats I'm still going to update my signature
Lou_G
Gold Member
Well done cherry that's great!!
I've had a whoopsie today :/
Super busy didn't organise myself to do packs and just ended up eating what everyone else was eating. And more
Bum.
Leave it now though having a cuppa and back on with the plan. Still counting my days as I've only failed if I stop trying. And I haven't stopped trying
Lifelong battle like a drug addict I won't 'cure' it with one vlcd
And there is real life to consider anyway
Feeling philosophical about it must get this beck book everyone is talking about
*cry*!!!
I've had a whoopsie today :/
Super busy didn't organise myself to do packs and just ended up eating what everyone else was eating. And more
Bum.
Leave it now though having a cuppa and back on with the plan. Still counting my days as I've only failed if I stop trying. And I haven't stopped trying
Lifelong battle like a drug addict I won't 'cure' it with one vlcd
And there is real life to consider anyway
Feeling philosophical about it must get this beck book everyone is talking about
*cry*!!!
Lou_G
Gold Member
michelleon - 13/84!
souffle - 11/84!
Lavinia - day 17/84!
Cherry Blossom - day 17/84!
Tinkerbellsmum - day 13/84!
Lou_G - day 14/84!
Zeke - day 22/70!
so I'm still counting on the days even though I had a 'bad' day yesterday - figure that once today is done 100% then I've done 13/14 days 100% and that is nothing to be sniffed at. Trying to look at the bigger picture - normally I put myself back onto day 1 but that just becomes such an impossible task, to NEVER make mistakes isn't realistic, so as long as I'm still trying, I'm doing OK. I won't have eaten the entire last 2 weeks' deficit of calories yesterday, unless I had about 15000 cals, which I'm pretty sure I didn't so I'm still doing alright
scales show a gain this morning hopefully some of the 'bulk' will pass through before weigh in tomorrow!! Anyway good luck all, hope you're more successful with your weekend than me!!
souffle - 11/84!
Lavinia - day 17/84!
Cherry Blossom - day 17/84!
Tinkerbellsmum - day 13/84!
Lou_G - day 14/84!
Zeke - day 22/70!
so I'm still counting on the days even though I had a 'bad' day yesterday - figure that once today is done 100% then I've done 13/14 days 100% and that is nothing to be sniffed at. Trying to look at the bigger picture - normally I put myself back onto day 1 but that just becomes such an impossible task, to NEVER make mistakes isn't realistic, so as long as I'm still trying, I'm doing OK. I won't have eaten the entire last 2 weeks' deficit of calories yesterday, unless I had about 15000 cals, which I'm pretty sure I didn't
so I'm still doing alrightscales show a gain this morning hopefully some of the 'bulk' will pass through before weigh in tomorrow!! Anyway good luck all, hope you're more successful with your weekend than me!!
zeke
Gold Member
Quite right Lou! I don't think many people would officially make the 84 days if we were really hard-line about it. Getting straight back on to it after a blip is all part of the challenge. I had 1.5 extra bars on top of my normal 4 packs (inc a bar) about 10 days ago - I was close to quitting that day. I managed to stop myself though (merfifully because I didn't like the second bar - new honey one!) and the next day was 100%. It could have very easily ended in a very different way if I did my usual 'that is it I have failed' thing. Last time I did SnS I had about 4 days in a row where I had 5 packs instead of 4 (I was just really hungry - I think because I had been doing a lot of gardening) - I counted that as 100% too! This forum is full of posts from people who have completed 1-2 weeks and then stopeed - I think mainly because of having a blip and then the old hard-line 'I've failed' thinking comes in and then it is all over (of couse, some are fine and just don't post anymore). Anyway, hope today goes smoothly for you!
Lou_G
Gold Member
thanks zeke - very wise advice - especially as I made it a double whammy blip that then extended to the whole weekend!!
But it would be more impressive to pull my socks up and carry on regardless now and continue the challenge than it would have been for me to stay 100% the whole way through (or so I tell myself!)
Psychologically it's more difficult especially as I released the carb monster from his cave But here we are, another day, another week, still 10 weeks of the challenge to go for me and plenty of time to make a dent into my weight.
so I'm on day 15 today - 12 days successful, 2 days non-successful, that is 86% success rate - and they say 80-20 don't they? (???) so I'm still winning
But it would be more impressive to pull my socks up and carry on regardless now and continue the challenge than it would have been for me to stay 100% the whole way through (or so I tell myself!)
Psychologically it's more difficult especially as I released the carb monster from his cave
But here we are, another day, another week, still 10 weeks of the challenge to go for me and plenty of time to make a dent into my weight. so I'm on day 15 today - 12 days successful, 2 days non-successful, that is 86% success rate - and they say 80-20 don't they? (???) so I'm still winning
zeke
Gold Member
Lou - yes, put that behind you! Do whatever you need to do to get back on plan - that may be easing yourself on. Better to have 5-6-7 packs today than insist on doing 4 (great if that work out though) and end up feeling like a failure and reaching for a load of 'regular' food. I eased myself on last time I did the diet - this time I managed to do 4 packs/day straight off (much to my surprise) - you just have to do what is right for you that particular day. Good luck with it!
Souffle-la
Full Member
Morning everyone!
I also have a confession to make - I totally came off plan on Saturday. I knew in advance I had a long day planned so I thought I might have struggled, but it ended up being an even longer day than expected and I just *had* to eat! I started the day normally with a milkshake, then I had a gig in London in the evening... i ended up being out from 1pm on Saturday afternoon, and got home at 8am Sunday morning as I had to get the 4am train home and then a bloody bus as well!
I'm not going to punish myself over it, just back on it as normal today! (pretty much slept most of yesterday)
I find when I start punishing myself I start to think *well you have failed, might aswell carry on eating* - But not this time!!
Good luck everyone lets keep on pushing!!! x
I also have a confession to make - I totally came off plan on Saturday. I knew in advance I had a long day planned so I thought I might have struggled, but it ended up being an even longer day than expected and I just *had* to eat! I started the day normally with a milkshake, then I had a gig in London in the evening... i ended up being out from 1pm on Saturday afternoon, and got home at 8am Sunday morning as I had to get the 4am train home and then a bloody bus as well!
I'm not going to punish myself over it, just back on it as normal today! (pretty much slept most of yesterday)
I find when I start punishing myself I start to think *well you have failed, might aswell carry on eating* - But not this time!!
Good luck everyone lets keep on pushing!!! x
Lou_G
Gold Member
michelleon - 15/84!
souffle - 13/84!
Lavinia - day 19/84!
Cherry Blossom - day 19/84!
Tinkerbellsmum - day 15/84!
Lou_G - day 16/84!
Zeke - day 24/70!
Cherry you're confusing me, your diary says you did day 18 yesterday!
Got through yesterday 100% no problems didn't feel hungry at all hurrah! Out for dinner tonight and tomorrow but will stick to veg and protein no problemo. Failure is not an option!!
souffle - 13/84!
Lavinia - day 19/84!
Cherry Blossom - day 19/84!
Tinkerbellsmum - day 15/84!
Lou_G - day 16/84!
Zeke - day 24/70!
Cherry you're confusing me, your diary says you did day 18 yesterday!
Got through yesterday 100% no problems didn't feel hungry at all hurrah! Out for dinner tonight and tomorrow but will stick to veg and protein no problemo. Failure is not an option!!
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Cherry-Blossom
I CAN do this
Yep yesterday was 18. I started 1st of March same as Lavinia. You had my numbers right yesterday lol.
