Anyone starting a new diet tomorrow 21/1?

[MrsMummyBx]

Anyone starting a new diet tomorrow? Want to be diet buddies? Im 14st7lb my heaviest ever at 5ft4. Need some motivation and willpower. Going to be doing meal substitution with shakes twice a day to kickstart my diet. Was meant to start early in January but it didn’t happen and I’ve slipped. Will be doing My Fitness Pal too.

Ooh I'm only an hour away from Bicester Village and my BIL and SIL live just outside Bicester! Have fun! Don't go near the donut stand they have there... luckily they're stupidly expensive but delicious all the same!

I have planned out my day food wise. Upping my water intake too.

Fingers crossed for a good day!

Just made this:

fromthegroundupwellness.com/recipes/raw-carrot-avocado-ginger-soup/

Really nice!

Have fun shopping tinsel! Sounds like a lovely week you have planned.

How is everyone else doing today?

Hi everyone!!! chubsy that looks really nice!!! I’m yet to make tea yet as too busy rounding up my children! Is it a full moon or something today as they have pressed every button I own!!!!!! Diet wise has been fine no mess ups today and I had a little walk round the park with my LO

Hi everyone, so far, so good. All tracked and on plan.

I have dropped down to 1200 calories for a bit just to get myself kick started. I've drunk more water today too. This evening will be the main test. No wine and no choccy treats... wish me luck!

Me, DS and DM went to The Living Rainforest today and had a picnic lunch. It was a really lovely day!

Recklessgran I suppose whether you would like WW meals depends on whether or not you generally eat ready meals. I'm eating the frozen deserts because it stops me feeling deprived so 160 cal for a WW mini cheese cake or chocolate desert compared to 260 for a mini supermarket one or more than 300 cal for the Gu ones. They aren't too bad compared to any other mini supermarket desert- I like the caramel and chocolate ones - best semi frozen. I like the mini fromage frais with fruit on the bottom, 45 cal each. The canned soup is like any other canned tomato soup but costs more for a smaller can! Yes it's a rip off but makes it easier to count my calories - 76 cal for a small can which is enough for one mug. Of the ready meals I've only had the frozen veggie curry and that was OK, no worse than any other!

Today I've eaten

Breakfast toast, low fat spread and marmite

Lunch can veg soup, toast chopped as croutons, WW fromage frais and watermelon.

Dinner Quorn lasagne, broccoli, mash carrot & swede and sweet corn.

Snacks a fibre one caramel bar and a banana.

I'll have a WW cheese cake this evening.

I am averaging about 1400 cal so I really need to increase my activity levels - am doing average 5500 steps at the moment

I've been very good today and have also read that drinking lots of ice cold water is good for weight loss - the water from the "flushing" point of view and the "ice cold" because the body has to use calories to heat the water to body temperature - don't know how true that is but now have bottles of water lined up in the fridge.
Been very inactive today which is just as well on this paupers soup diet but I'm so determined to crack this. Hope everyone else is getting on O.K. I have resisted the scales but do feel a bit thinner so hopeful of a decent loss on Weigh Day Wednesday.

Sorry, I forgot to say thanks @Apples for the WW info. I'm not a dessert person at all but don't mind the odd M&S ready meal. Might give the WW meals a go later on in the diet. I think half my problem with dieting is boredom as I tend to just eat chicken salad which I get fed up with after a couple of weeks.
I have got lots of will power generally but have fallen off the wagon in a spectacular kind of way [think mountains of cheese on toast and plates of chips ] quite regularly before. Trying to avoid that this time and hope with the help of this thread to last longer than 2 weeks on a dietr before I give up.

yes yes to lasting more than 2 weeks on a diet! That is my downfall also. I have 17lbs to lose - if that were possible in 2 weeks that would be ace. Sadly its a bit too much

2 months is more realistic

Can we do it?

(In the words of Bob the Builder) Yes we can!

outreach I’m also in the failing before 2 weeks bracket. If we get beyond that point, we will be in more of a routine and more likely to stick at it I think!!

@outreach - yes you can do it. I would like to lose 2 stone although 3 would take me to my ideal weight , hence my starting on near starvation level. However, I'm older [62] have a sedentary desk job and don't have little ones to run round after [except when my darling DGCs are visiting.]

Morning all!

bacardi, YY, my dcs were on form yesterday. I felt like I did nothing but correct my eldest who was just out for mischief for some reason. Did not feel as zen as I had anticipated, what with the raw veganing...

Anywho, a few slip ups and a few downright cheats for me! I polished off the dcs’ meals last night, as they were on hunger strike again. Chicken, peppers and rice noodles. Not a disaster healthwise, but not what I was aiming for. Oh well. I did discover that wine is technically considered a raw food, so that’s a bonus .

I was up in the night with the baby and then rolled out of bed this morning and made myself a tea with cow’s milk and then I remembered what I was doing. I just drank it anyway. Figured I needed it.

Aaaaanyway, plan for the rest of today is:

B: carrot, apple, ginger, orange & chia smoothie, (just had this and now realise why people normally juice these ingredients rather than making a smoothie... chewy and fibrous it was, but not totally unpleasant)
L: an avocado, some fruit and nut mix / nakd bar
D: grated courgette salad with lemon basil dressing and pumpkin seeds, (I’ll have to break it to dh that he is having this too, unless he wants pasta with the dcs)
Snacks: coconut water, fruit... & I’m going to allow myself some green tea... it isn’t raw, but I basically feel that I need the caffeine today.

Hope everyone else is well.

Yes, I need to stick to something for the long haul. I can’t keep letting my weight creep up. I’m 35 and if I continue to let myself get fatter and fatter I will be in serious trouble in my 40s and 50s and beyond. My ultimate goal is to get from 12 stone 1, (most recent weight), to about ten stone. 9 and a half would be lovely, but I’ve never maintained that weight for very long in the past. My primary aim is to get back to a healthy bmi, which I would only need to lose about half a stone for. Why I can’t at least do this is beyond me. Sigh.

Two months is a good goal I think.

@chubsy yumm at your meal plan for today - sounds really nice. I might be round later

@recklessgran - haha near starvation levels is right. I have calculated the facts and basically have to eat 1000kcals or less in order to lose 2lbs a week. I'm all or nothing - so not allowing any sweet treats or alcohol until the 17 lbs is gone.

I'm 54 and have a moderately active job with plenty of temptation on offer daily in the workplace. I do look after a lot of patients with type 2 diabetes though - which makes you think twice before letting your weight escalate too much.

@Bacardi - with young children you definitely need treats built in to a diet plan and I really dont think when my lot were little I could have done this less than 1000 kcals business.

Thanks outreach! I’m enjoying it so far today. I mean, I’m obviously not doing it ‘properly’ as I’m having green tea, not to mention my builders’ brew this morning... oh yeah, and I cheated a bit yesterday...

But it’s definitely a step in the right direction. Eating mainly fresh fruit and veg plus a few nuts and seeds can’t be a bad thing afaic. Hopefully, I will form some better habits even if I don’t stick to it long term.

I imagine looking after diabetic patients is a bit of an eye opener. Equally I can understand why treats are tempting when you’re on the go all day like that.

A friend of a friend is an A&E nurse and she is always exasperated at how very active she is all day at work, yet she keeps gaining weight!

Hope everyone else is doing well today.

Been a bit naughty and had 2 slices of toast and marmite first thing as I was STARVING. I tried to keep the Lurpak thin - not exactly a scraping but not slathered on either. A bit disappointed with myself as I'm trying to avoid carbs all together as I love them so much. Never mind, back on the wagon and had a bowl of soup for lunch. Haven't decided about dinner yet but as it's not a fasting day I am probably going to have a chicken breast and roast vegetables.
@Chubsy I'm admiring you from a distance with your raw vegan thing - must be hard when you have kids around with all their snacks and scrummy dinners going on.
@outreach ,yes, I understand about your patients being a good reminder to look after yourself. DD4 is a junior doc and sometimes I can sense her disapproval of what's on the table. For instance, I make this lovely potato bake which is literally, thin slices of potato layered with double cream and extra strong cheddar baked long and slow. It is SO delicious and I tend to make it when we have a crowd here to feed. Anyway, last time I made it she said " and how often are you making this for you and Dad?" in a concerned kind of a way. Luckily I could say truthfully that I only make it for company - thank God - I think she considered our arteries saved. It's ever so funny when you begin to see the parent/child role reversing.

I have all that to look forward to then reckless! Although my 4yo already likes to tell me what’s what too... I think I’m doomed when she’s an adult!

That potato thing sounds totally amazing. I am also a carb lover.

I don’t have a recipe, but I used to make boulangere potatoes, which iirc, are a bit like what you describe only I think it’s stock instead of cream and cheese. But your one sounds delicious, so maybe you don’t need an alternative!

Thanks btw. You too have my awe for sticking to your fasting regime!

I haven’t been finding the raw thing difficult today... so far . The baby eats a lot of fresh fruit anyway, so I can eat the same. The test might come a bit later when the children are having a hot meal and I’m having grated courgette! I think it should be quite nice though. I’ll make a lemony basil dressing etc and the pumpkins seeds will gee it up a bit.

reckless your potato thing sounds DELICIOUS...do you have a recipe??

Hi ladies,

Had a fab day yesterday and hoping to do ok today. Tomato soup and baguette for lunch and chicken enchiladas for dinner... have got to drop down the cheese so it isn't hideous!! I don't think I'll have a loss on last Wednesday as I've only been good for 2 days but at least I'm actually trying!

Hi everyone - chicken and jacket potato for dinner after ham sandwiches at lunch, smoked salmon and scrambled egg for breakfast.

I am home from the spa now back to reality! I'm off to Liverpool on Thursday for an evening just to cheer up my mate as we've both had a rough few months! Looking forward to it and going to eat really well hope everyone is great! I'm back for good now

Reckless that potato thing sounds lush!

Boggle cutting back the cheese on enchiladas is a serious test of willpower.. you can do it! I'm expecting a gain tomorrow so at least you'll be doing better than me!!

I adore cheese and the fact that I'm not having any wine either is a really test of strength!!

boggle your enchiladas sound yummy!

Welcome home tinsel hope you had a lovely time!

I went out to lunch today but unfortunately had a rice based dish (yummy but cals) now going out for dinner and will have grilled lamb sheesh so probably isn’t horrendous but not amazing either. In my defence I skipped brekkie!

They were yummy! But I gave in... I had a glass of red. I track it and measured it though.

Chubsy your diet sounds so amazingly healthy - I wish I had the willpower to eat like that. I do love avocado and the flavour of ginger though. Maybe when the weather gets warmer!

Recklessgran's potato dish definitely sounds yummy - I love cheese and potatoes. I think you can do a healthier version using s mix of potato and celeriac cooked in stock - I might try that.

My food diary today

Breakfast toast low fat spread, marmite

Lunch prawn sandwich, WW soup and a little tub of chopped melon and grapes

Dinner- quorn cottage pie with s massive plate of veg and some gravy.

Snacks - a fibre one bar and a banana

I'll probably have a desert / yogurt or a mini pack of chocolate buttons but need to run up and down the stairs a few times first.

O.K. Recipe as requested for reckless potato bake;
2kgs waxy potatoes peeled and thinly sliced,
600 mls double cream
large block extra strong cheddar grated.
This will serve 8 so you can scale up or down depending.
Large oven proof shallow dish/pyrex.
Put sliced potatoes in saucepan covered with water and bring to the boil. Boil for 2 minutes only and then drain and allow to cool slightly.
Arrange potato slices in a single layer in base of dish, slop over a good glug of the cream and sprinkle on a handful of the cheese.
Repeat this process making layers until you have used up all the ingredients finishing with grated cheese.
Bake in middle of oven at 150/160 for an hour and a quarter at least.
Divine. I serve it with quiche and salad usually but have been known to serve it with lasagne but it is very rich!
Hope everyone is doing O.K. and looking forward to weigh day Wednesday.

Oh that potatoe dish is making me drool! Have had a bit of a mental day at work today so was glad to get home! Diet wise it’s been a solid day maybe one too many cashews! But I’ve left my scoop and shake mix at work 🙈 so tomorrow morning will not be as angelic as today!!!! I don’t feel any different but my skin is looking better at least!

Ah a catch up with a friend sounds lovely!!!!!

And honestly that vegan diet sounds soooo healthy! I don’t think I could stick to it for too long you must have epic will power! I’m off to bed before I throw myself head first into the biscuit tin!

apples sounds like you’re doing really well

boggle as long as it’s recorded I think it’s fine!

I’ve had taramasalata, lamb shish and shared a dessert, it was so yummy. Combined with lunch out, today was not a good day so not looking forward to the weigh in!!