I just can’t do it

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So bloody, fucking fed up of myself. I lose a stone then revert back to being a lazy, greedy pig and end up putting even more back on. I feel horrendous.

Have just ordered some new weighing scales, they come tomorrow. I have to stick to this!!! It’s only going to get worse & before I know it I’ll be middle aged and even more obese with little chance of turning back!

Just ranting!! Anyone want to join who is a real human who struggles?! I need people to lose weight & laugh with...

@Times10 this is me too. Feeling crap and tearful like I've got no control with the food.

Don't beat yourselves up, just start again today.

62.6 today. My chart shows a nice downward trajectory. Slow and steady which will hopefully stop me putting it all back on again.

Still here ladies 🤪
Not much to report though as PP said. In laws birthday, no kids for a night... all amounted to A LOT of unhealthy eating. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.

TOMORROW never comes will be better!

I have had a sedentary day and haven't met any of my activity targets. The dc have been in the paddling pool so I've been sat supervising a lot today and not up and down the stairs like normal.
I'm hungry tonight despite a good dinner. A chip buttie would be amazing right now with lashings of salt and vinegar luckily there is no way of getting or making one!
I made brownies today and restated them easily, same with the cake I made yesterday.
This sounds really odd but my knees appear more defined or rather have slight definition whereas before they had none at all. I have weird knees with cysts in the back of them, deviated kneecaps and fat on them too. Knees are weird things anyway but I hate my legs. I have slender feet, wrists and hands. Shame about the rest of me 🤣
So that's my knees and cheekbones that have become more defined since I've started on this journey of deprivation There might be less back fat too but I'm still traumatised by that and don't want to look again.
Tomorrow looks like another paddling pool day for us so maybe I'll just forget trying to hit my activity targets until Monday.

So on the advice early on this thread I’ve started listening to ‘delay don’t deny’

I’ve successfully and unsuccessfully done 5:2/16:8 etc in the past....

From Monday I’m going to have a 12-6pm eating window and that’s it! So either a snack and proper dinner. Or lunch then a snack..... I won’t go for lunch AND dinner because I’m a serial snacker so I’ll just be consuming too much.

Let’s see what Mon-Fri brings. I’ll have to push the ‘window’ back next Sat as I’m eating out in the evening, but 5 days beforehand will be a good start.

Let’s do this 👏

I’ve got approx 2st to go but I’d be happy with anything at the moment 😂❤️

Went for a walk this morning. Yesterday was better than the day before but still over eating considerably. I need a lock on the kitchen door!

62.4kg this morning which is 9st 10.5lb. I think. I've lost a kilo since Tuesday-all off my knees 😂

That sounds very restrictive just a snack plus one meal @GoodMorningSunshine. Snacking was my downfall too but I've found that eating three meals a day combined with 16:8 has put a stop to the snacking. Last week I didn't buy any lentil chips, biscuits or crisps and they've not been missed much by anyone. Dc are crisp and biscuit monsters and leave empty packets and crumbs all over the place so I told them I wasn't ordering any more.

My main concern is how to maintain my weight when being less restrictive as I don't want to be logging every item of food for ever.

I've lost about 1/2 lb from Thursday, i'm happy with that, i'll not weigh myself again until next sunday.
I really struggle at weekends with my eating, im hoping if I eat well during the week I can relax it abit at weekends, although not too much!!
I need to try and get out walking more but i'm finding it hard to find the time

Hi guys, just checking in as I'm on a first-time diet. I put on loads of weight since having my DD 4.5 years ago.

Bought some scales last Wednesday and weighed in at 14 stone 7Ib. I need to get down to at least 10. I've been on SlimFast for a week as a kick start and have lost 3Ib so far (maybe water?)

I'm now using some SlimFast and also healthy options. Had salmon and boiled egg on toast this morning and finding it easier to eat less and make healthy choices.

Exercise is my downfall - I have an office job and rarely get time, though I know I need to start making time. Going to try and do more walking and maybe join a 24/7 gym.

Good luck to everyone else on this thread - we can do it!

I’ve stopped eating on 3 alternate days a week for a few weeks now. It is a nice clean yes or no situation without the agonies of can-I-have-one-more-oatcake. Just water (lots), green tea or black coffee. It’s been easier than I thought. Have to add that I am near retirement and so don’t have to cook for children - can just avoid kitchen on fast days. I’m also walking a lot more Including walks which increase my heart rate to red on my Fitbit for 30 minutes at a time through speed and slopes. I get a bit tired but no more so then I was when I was eating loads and exercising less.

I am now eating less on non-fasting days and for the first time in years feel full and stop eating.

I’ve also cut out most sugar and reduced carbs.

I did this because I’m worried about diabetes. I started initially a few months ago with low carbing and added the IF days three weeks ago. I’ve lost just over 2 stone so far. My plan is to reduce it to 2 days when/if I get to my target weight which is another 4 stone away and keep it like that to maintain.

At the moment it feels like the best way I have eaten to improve my health. I never would have thought I could do it as I have struggled all my life. I read that reducing your daily calories works long term for a tiny number of people with my BMI and it certainly hasn’t worked for me - I can’t stick to the difficulty of making choices ever few hours. This way is simple - you’re on a fast day or you’re not.

However I am too long in the tooth to think this is it and I’ve found the way for me forever! One day at a time and I keep telling myself - you’re doing this because you choose it. It’s your choice. Somehow that makes me feel better and not deprived.

However, it would be hard to do with children to feed.

I’m on holiday, so am just focusing on not putting any weight on this week.
Weirdly I ate sensibly yesterday. I only had one Icecream and nothing else unhealthy.
Today I’ve had:
Allbran and crumpet with marmalade for breakfast
A feta tomato salad for lunch and bit of DS leftover sausage roll
2 Jaffa cakes and a couple of squares of chocolate
I’m now going to go out for dinner, so I’ll have something healthy - fish or something like that.

Ok so I’m on day 2 of my ‘fast’ so I’m only eating between 12-6. Black coffee or water outside of those hours.

Early days but I feel in control.

Monday I had a bowl of cereal for lunch and a mackerel salad for dinner.

Today I went to a friends and had cheese and biscuits with fruit. Tonight I’m having cereal again.

The heat is helping! I’m not needing anywhere as much food as before.

This Thurs I’m out for a couple of drinks in the evening, plus Saturday for dinner. So it’ll be slow and steady but I need to have real life in there too.

Is anyone still here?

Day 4 today for me and managing ok with not eating outside 6pm and 12pm the next day.

How are you all doing?

I'm still here! With my pre-menstrual bloat 9st 10.5lb at the last weigh in. I think that's gone up now judging by my poor bloated belly. It really hurts too. The weight loss threads go so quiet. I'm on three of them I think to make sure I keep going.

I'm still here
I've fallen completely off the wagon, struggling to get back on it. I'm not in a good mood this week, AF is due, my house is upside down as dh is decorating and it would of been my Nannys birthday this week, she passed away at start of this year. So stress levels are high.

@Minnie123456

We haven't been on our walks for a week now due to the heat but will go for one today now it's cooler. I e really missed them and feel more sluggish and my weight loss has stopped. That's possibly due to AF being due and bowels that need dynamite since I've been eating better and drinking more water. My stomach feels heavy, painful and hard. I didn't sleep well last night which doesn't help. I've been having nightmares about lack of social distancing this week and am obviously a lot more anxious than I thought. I'm in the middle of a very stressful court case with dcs' abusive dad again and between him and COVID it's no wonder I'm stressed

I feel so sad that our summer has not been like it usually is with trips to the seaside on the train and days out in the Peak District by train too. We love Liverpool for the museums and shops and I'm usually always planning little trips here and there. I don't drive so the train is our go to and we all look forward to our days out or travelogue stays. Cheap and cheerful are us! Although by the time I've paid for train fare and food, drinks and souvenirs and a hotel it's not so cheap after all but it's worth every penny. The last time we went anywhere was Liverpool in February!! I've been able to save money and buy them fun things for the house though and have a little savings pot for days out when we can go out again and actually enjoy it. This will be the year that wasn't but when mummy lost some lard 😂

Sorry, I'm waffling on again. It's the painkillers

Hope everyone is ok and has a good Friday!

There were supposed to be flowers with that, I don't know where they went!

I keep falling off the wagon too, every morning I have the best intentions but that quickly disappears. I have been going for a daily walk early in the morning, so hopefully that’s helping a tiny bit.

Thank you @Bercows
Just writing this week off as a very bad week and start again.
Ordered my self some gym leggings and tshirts, not that i'm going to go to the gym lol but i'm going to try and walk more. I didn't really have any suitable clothes and now i've no excuse lol

Hi I’ve read most of the thread and can relate everything that’s been said, I have atleast 5st to lose and I’m so overwhelmed I keep starting and stopping and getting angry with myself about it, but I have to start somewhere so today is the day, I’m going to cut out crap and stick to healthy meals to begin with and see how it gos, has anyone else got a similar amount of weight to lose?

Hi @Wobblywibblywoo i've just over 3 stone to loose.
Weighed myself this morning,managed to loose about 2oz its still a loss right lol. Meant to be having a bbq later so calorie counting will be out the window today lol

Yes I can relate to this.. I have been massive all my adult life.. Biggest a mount I lost was with lighter life but it is all back on now.
I tried tablets from GP last year and didn't help. Have considered private surgery.
I can just eat and eat and don't know where to start.
I have at least 5 stone to lose.. I don't have scales so it could be more.

had a good day today. 380 calories under mfp target, no exercise though.
Managed to only eat 2 biscuits out of the packet then put them away. Would love a biscuit now though but I'm resisting lol

Oh dear. 3lb down in the first week and fell off the wagon the last few days (a few meals out)

Back in the zone tomorrow 👏

Gave up with the static bike through all the heat last week, continued calorie restricting so didnt gain anything during it luckily. Back on it again and dropped another 4lb so only two more to go and im at the 3st target id set myself!!!. Im tempted to go for another 7lb (11st 7)after that though, the weights stripped off my top half, I feel like its still hanging on to my legs. Ive always had a problem with the tops of my legs, so In hindsight, they're probably fine. DP thinks ive lost enough now but I'm still going to get as much as i can off before I go back to work mid September when ill most likely gain a bit back on