Anyone starting a diet/healthy eating tomorrow? (29/4)

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I recently loss 6lb and was very happy but due to illness have put 8lbs back on .
Im hoping to lose the 8 and then some if anyone is looking for a diet pal.

Yes please. Actually started on Friday but back to work etc tomorrow so need to stay focused. What approach are you using?

Yes, me!!

I need to sort my shit out. My approach is to grow up and stop shovelling crap into myself at every opportunity.

I can't do a 'diet' as such because it all feels too extreme and makes me dream of cheating so I'm going to eat as though I was a size 8 waif and hopefully one day I'll resemble one.

Yes I was as well and now need to lose 4 stone to get back there

I would like to do this although I don't have a plan. I've tried twice this year to launch myself into healthy eating and have failed miserably.
In my head I just jump from one possible way of doing it to another...Fast 800/5:2/MFP etc etc and can't stick to any of them.

Me. Am going back to slimming world. Hate it, hate the constant thinking about food and drink, calculating syns and healthy extras and speed foods and free food. Hate being weighed every week and the claps and stickers and certificates and blah blah fucking blah.

But am now obese again, bmi is nearly 31, am a size 16 and 90% of my clothes don't fit and I obviously can't be trusted to self regulate.

So back to slimming world. Will lose 2st, feel all cocky and slender, not be able to get the last half stone off, get fed up and stop going. Maintain until the next Christmas or holiday or heat wave the put a few lbs on, the a few more, then a few more.

Am destined to spend my life flitting between diet clubs and being a size I am not comfortable with.

But today I have had a pain au chocolate for breakfast, left overs for lunch and a big, fat sunday roast for.dinner. apple tart for later and enjoyed 2 glasses of wine while I was making dinner.

But tomorrow I will be mainly eating veg 😁

Yes me too. I'm actually very near to target but have been training for a long race, which weirdly has meant my food consumption has been off the wall. Then we went away, then it was Easter, then we had our kitchen done- I have literally eaten rubbish for weeks and weeks, and it's only due to running that I haven't gained loads. I am scared to step on the scales though, but I reckon I'll be half a stone above where I want to be, and we go away in 4 weeks (yesterday). Race now completed, so nothing to stop me being very food focussed for 28 days.

So for me it's 100% sugar free, no excuses. Low carb/high fat/lots of protein, with 2 fast days a week and the rest around 12-1400 cals. I'd like to reduce the amount of dairy I consume, and cut back on coffee.Gallons of water. Running 3-4 times a week and a few hiit/circuits classes.

I tried slimming world but didn't find it that supportive . Am trying a low carb type approach hopefully

I've watched so many of these threads but I'll join this one.
Pilled on the pounds since getting married.
I've been going a few days already. Just building up with exercise. I find if I exercise a bit it motivates me to eat less as I don't want it to have been in vain.
My work is seasonal so I have very little over the next couple of months. I have some lovely recipe books and now finally gave time to have a go at some of the dishes. Hoping it can springboard me into healthy eating and smaller portions.

I have at least 2 stone to lose. Aiming for 4lb at a time though. I'd like to lose 4lb per month, any more is a bonus.

Good luck everyone...

What's for breakfast?

Yes! I need to lose around 4 stones.

My actual meals aren't too bad, apart from portion size maybe...it's the snacks that let me down 😢
I just can't not have something sweet after lunch and dinner and I can pack away a fair amount of chocolate.

So I guess my plan has to be 3 meals and no snacks.

I'd like to join but how do we keep each other in check and motivated without the thread becoming very long, very quickly and therefore hard to keep track of?

Yes please. I did Metabolic balance before Christmas. Lost nearly a stone. Have put it all back on. Felt so much better when I was on it. Thank you for this thread. See you tomorrow. Breakfast will be yoghurt and mango.

Yay! Friends .
I'm trying the specific carbohydrate diet. Its really for people with digestive problems but I'm trying it to see if it helps with an auto immune disease (Lupus).
I like the look of it better than conventional low carb because I can eat all fruit and vegetables on it.
I'm just out of a flare that lasted 2 months and the steroids have completely mucked me up, the amount of food I can shovel in me is unnatural .
I'm back at work tomorrow for the first time since it started so I won't have breakfast but will have some fruit around 10.
I lost the 6lbs by doing the 6:18 which worked well for me.
I'm 11st 5lbs. I'm hoping for 11st to start with.

Oh good luck everyone see you tomorrow

Yes!

I've lost weight very successfully in the past (70kg) but have put a lot of that back on (not quite all of it!). I need to get a grip and stick to it. I have one good week and follow it with 2 self destructive ones.
I have a 6 month old baby who should be all the motivation I need, but it's so much harder when so pushed for time.

low carbing starts tomorrow. Well, tonight's dinner was a vegetarian cottage pie with cauliflower and squash topping instead of potato and was lovely....but I've just eaten an entire Easter egg!!
so tomorrow I will try just the low carb stuff without the Easter Egg. Have a stone to lose but it's hard when you get to middle age.

Tell me about it demented! Im 50 now and couldn't for the life of me get in the 10st last time.
I'm a total carb fiend but I know it isn't doing me any good. I'm really fatigued and puffy.

Yes I'm going back to low carbing tomorrow. Lost a stone when I started in March but was on holiday over Easter and ...... well ...... Easter happened so back where I started. Got all shopping in and meals prepped and planned so hopefully will be ok. I found it a good way of eating and one I am likely to stick to apart from on holiday or Easter.

Yes.
Just going to reduce intake & up exercise.
Planning on going to the gym tomorrow after work so hoping it will be quiet.
I hate the gym it just adds to my anxiety as i know I'm the only one panting & sweating after 10 mins on the bike.
I turn 40 in august so want to have lost 2 stone by then.

I don't really exercise due to being a lazy sod joint pain but do walk a lot and I'm thinking of starting swimming.

Just sat with Jamie Oliver and planned my meals for the week and quite my shopping list. Feeling very positive!

Yes! Tomorrow it begins.
I know I need to simply move more and eat less but I'm a carb and cheese addict.
I'm mid forties and my abdomen resembles my past pregnant self. I feel tired all the time so hoping I find some energy from some where too.

Can I join, please?

I have lost 20lbs since Christmas, but nothing for the last 5/6 weeks. 10st 10lbs would get me into my healthy BMI range, but I CANNOT get under 11 stone it seems. 🤔

Also 50 and dropping even a pound now takes constant vigilance. Starting today with hot water and lemon juice...

Agreeing and commiserating with everyone about the middle aged thing (if you count 52 as middle aged). Plus HRT and ADs 😩
Have got breakfast and lunch sorted out plus a banana and an orange.
Not sure about dinner yet, protein and green stuff in some form.
Good luck today everyone!

Morning!
I think I'm going to try a 16:8 approach (just to avoid evening chocolate habit) so I'm fortifying with a couple of black coffees for now.

I'll have some yoghurt and fruit at 11am and soup around 2pm. Tonight's plan is for chicken Katsu so not very healthy but the loss of snacks and wine should mean I'm still winning

Fat and 40 was not what I thought I'd be when I was 20 and whippet-thin