Arghhhh!!!! Nightmare!! I got on the scales and I've gained EIGHT POUNDS since 18th December.
Which, incidentally, was exactly the same amount of weight I worked so hard to lose during the Christmas Challenge.
(Why is it SO much easier to gain weight than to lose it?????
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So.... I'm starting this 13 week New Year to Easter Challenge at 12st 12lbs (180 pounds). My jeans size is between a size 16 (which is loose) and a size 14 (tight). My target is to get in to a pair of size 12's by Easter, for which I estimate I will need to lose my Christmas gain plus another 10lbs - making a total of 18lbs. (I'm going to have to REALLY work at this because I lose weight V-E-R-Y slowly!!!!)
I'll put up a weigh-in thread each Thursday between now and Easter and it would be lovely if everyone could post on this thread with their start weights and a brief outline of your chosen diet/exercise plan - but if you don't want to thats fine, too.
My personal cunning plan is a sort of combo of RC's GI Jeans and the Diet Doctors recommendations - basically I'm aiming for:
a) 1200 cals per day for the first week or two then increasing to 1500.
b) Low GI and aim to eat mainly 'Angel' foods
c) No snacking after dinner
To anyone new to this forum reading this.... we're all in the same boat here and no-one is judgemental, rude or nasty - so you are very welcome to join us in our Challenge and we can all work together towards a healthy and slimmer new year.