@QueenMabby that's a shame about the quorn.
My bean dip is gonna have to go unfortunately as its had same effect on me! Horrific diarrhoea today  last thing I needed this week. Although no doubt it will contribute to a loss as indeed the world has fallen out my arse!
Not saying it wouldn't be ok for others just it's affected me this way.
@Backofthenet20 good to have small goals to head for along the way.
My 1st goal is to lose 10% of start weight I've still got 5.5lbs to go there. Then next target is into next stone category and so on and so forth. Been very slow for me but there's a few of us 🐢 on here as long as it's headed in right direction that's the main thing. I'm going on just losing a lb a week which is very slow but hopefully will get me there.
@swampytiggaa I'm 49 now and suspect also peri/menopausal but similar to you I'm on noriday for endo so no periods so hard to tell. Have certain symptoms which I think mean possibly even post menopausal. But I'm really reluctant to come off the noriday "to see" cause the endo is awful.
Will chat it over with gp at some point but when I'm doing better mentally.
When my hormones aren't under control my mh is much worse too, anxiety pre-menstrually was through the roof so that's another reason I'm very wary.
@CarolinaWeeper welcome!
I personally would say it's a mistake to think you can change what kind of eater you are in terms of if you're a grazer/snacker trying to stick just to meals - or the reverse actually - is setting yourself up to fail. Cut out/down the less healthy snacks BUT replace them with something else. This fills the hunger both psychologically and physically. That's what I've found anyway. Remember too veggies are better than fruit for snacking. I get in carrot sticks, celery, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, peppers and mushrooms as veggies I can use in cooking AND for snacking on (yea I know a lot of people don't like raw mushrooms or mushrooms at all but I love them and will happily sit and munch away)
but I find instead of embracing what I can do, I just don't bother doing anything!
I'm disabled and this was me too. I'm not managing it this week as got a lot on but once it's out the way I'm gonna do the fabulous50's (have I got that right?) YouTube videos that the link was posted for
You haven't written anything offensive as far as I'm concerned
LOVE beetroot but have to eat it cautiously, broad beans I'm not a fan I'll admit. Re ideas though you could do a bean and sausage casserole could include the beets in that, Have them with pesto pasta, or with a roast...
@Crazzzycat well done on the veggies! Be interesting to know if your no scale method works. A friend of mine does this (but she's not overweight she just has a preferred weight and when her clothes start to feel a bit tight she reins herself in - wish I'd done that!)
Also wondering about @SunshineCake
@73kittycat73 hope ok to ask what was the trigger? Maybe we can give you tools to deal with it?
@TheLastStark welcome! I'm a stones and lbs person but it's easy enough to use a converter. This is a lovely thread. Plenty of we 🐢 on here so slow and steady is fine
I'm not doing the 30 plant challenge but I try to do a variety.
This week I have in
Fresh:
Carrot barons
Celery
Peppers
Mushrooms
Cherry tomatoes
Baby corn
Cucumber
Salad leaves
Always in freezer/cupboards:
Baked beans
Sweetcorn
Diced onions
Carrots
Potatoes
Tinned tomatoes
Ratatouille
Veg curry
Veg chilli
Lentil ragu
Olives
Sundried tomatoes
Passata
Bamboo shoots
Water chestnuts
Fruit:
Fresh
Apples
Bananas
Nectarines
Strawberries
I had melon it's now been eaten (I just buy the small snack packs as I couldn't get through a whole melon myself)
Grapes
Need to check but I usually have in Tinned :
Pineapple
Peaches
I have pistachios there but they're very high cal for a small amount so I struggle to fit them in but I need to really. Ditto dried apricots which are a good source of iron.