Anyone up for sorting their shit out

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Starting tomorrow, I need to lose roughly three stone, and generally sort myself out.

I am a mess 😀

I've also failed miserably so have decided to go back to SW tonight , as much as I hate the idea , the accountability is what keeps me on track . I signed up to that previously mentioned new NHS programme but not had even an automated response , has anyone had a reply at all ? Thank you to who ever mentioned it a few days ago

I did too @whoturnedthesunoff. It said I was at increased risk of diabetes then directed me to a corporate facebook page which wasn't any help at all.

My heart broke a little bit for you when I read that you "failed miserably". I did too of course, but it's so wrong that you (/we!) feel this way. Eating isn't failing! We're biologically wired to eat. It's not your fault - and it's not mine either.

I'm going to set an intention for the day and it's naff all to do with weight loss. I'm going to go easy on myself and focus on getting outside for a walk, getting to bed by 11 and drinking 8 glasses of water instead of beating myself up.

I'll tackle the binging tomorrow.

Hope everyone's doing alright. OP are you okay? Being 3 stone overweight is hard work. It's tiring and things hurt. Sending you some good vibes and thanks for setting up a thread where we can support each other, even when we're still feeling a bit crap about things have worked out for us.

Youngest was up all last night. She’s got special needs so I know it’s not her fault but I’m knackered. Especially as our other child with special needs co-sleeps with me and grinds their teeth all night. I’ve had a coffee and two triangles of Toblerone which isn’t brilliant but eating is about the only thing I can control in my life. And being fat (I’m classed as obese) is ruining my already very difficult life.

Keep going everyone. Even if you’re taking those few extra steps to go get a drink of water.

Thank you @Version4needsabitofwork
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I think this has a lot to do with my inability to succeed in this subject
I've failed .. so I give up
I can't do it .. so I continue to eat crap
I've let myself down .. so I'll finish the ice cream

I truly believe weight loss has very little to do with food and is all about mindset

When I am in the zone I can cook and prep breakfast lunch for the following day , get some fresh air , drink plenty of water , revel in self care
When I am not in the correct headspace all I can do is eat crap feel crap look crap and therefore I am just ...

I wish I had the answer

Make your timeframes smaller. Set stepping stones.

So instead of 'I'm going to eat healthier for the rest of my life', change it to 'I'm going to have a healthy lunch'. Then reset after lunch, 'I'm going to have a healthy dinner'.

If you don't, then it's no biggie, just regroup and start again. At the next meal, don't wait for next Monday, or the following 1st of the month.

@Ohquietone that sounds shit sounds like just focusing on getting through the day is what you need today.

I had an OK start. Slept really badly again and felt sick when I was getting out of bed but I met my running buddy and we plodded round the park. I have just had two fried eggs with lovely soft sliced pan and a mug of tea for my brunch but I'll be on peppermint tea and and apple until dinner. I've already logged everything I'm planning to eat into mfp so I've an idea where I have wiggle room later.

@OstrichFeathers I'm in awe of your well prepped day and exercise already done!!

Sorry to hear about your lack of sleep @Ohquietone - DTS1 (ASD) has always been a terrible sleeper, I completely empathise! He's a bit better now - or least a bit easier to be reasoned with/ persuaded that 5am is not an acceptable time to get up! - but oh, those times when him and DTS2 seemed to tag team to allow me precisely 12 minutes of sleep per night almost broke me...

Thank you for your kind words @Version4needsabitofwork about being overweight being hard work; I don't think I realised how true this is before I got so fat this morning I woke up feeling like I'd been run over! It doesn't help that I spend most nights on the sofa to escape from DP's much dreaded snoring, but I've been on the Lemsip already today, sniffles + aches and pains aren't what I need at the moment.

I don't blame you about the SW accountability @whoturnedthesunoff, I'd join too if there were any groups I could get to! I wasn't a fan of the last group I went to, but it did help give me a bit of motivation.

For anyone who looked into the diabetes link, I had a text today offering me an online group, or face to face groups from July - I'm going to start after Easter, only because we're away for a few days next week and I can't fit in any Teams meetings beforehand (or whilst away). I have my initial phone consultation tomorrow as well. So for me it's been very quick but I don't know if it depends on your area/ funding available?!

I'm a terrible sleeper too and that's even if I've had a long tiring day on my feet

Today so far I've had
Tea, coffee and a bowl of cornflakes

Doing some studying from home today and I just needed to feed my tired brain.

So had a baked potato with half a teaspoon of butter, teaspoon of crème fraîche with a coleslaw I rustled up which had mayonnaise and natural yoghurt in the dressing. It was just what I needed and should keep me full up for ages.

When I get hungry later I'll have an apple or orange and in the evening I'll base it on how hungry I get.

I have just baked some bread because I needed a break and to relax a bit. So I'll have a slice of that later too and probably actually a bacon sandwich for dinner unless I get really hungry then chicken and broccoli stir fry

I've got insanely cold and unable to warm back up while gardening this morning so told boss I was stopping for the day (beauty of it being on SE basis). So I just have to not eat everything in house before DH comes home as DS is with my parents overnight and we should be out to dinner/ cinema (won't be bothering with popcorn, it was only just ok yesterday).

Going to read through my backlog of RHS magazines, do some admin, do some of the seedling potting up etc (can't really work from home )

Hello everyone, everyone's doing well considering its our first week - hard to make big changes all at once.

I'm finding I'm getting really cold with change of food, I'm sure sugar was keeping me warm
With heating being expensive this isn't a good mix so im gonna hoover the stairs to warmup. I'm on annual leave today so trying to keep busy but I'm too tired too.

I'm really really craving something sweet now 4 days in - I had just had to watch my son eat cheesecake. Any tips for curbing my sweet tooth today? I'll try anything before I crack

Freeze some grapes ? I find this good for sweet craving ... but it doesn't equal cheesecake 😂

Thanks for the tip @whoturnedthesunoff but I've got really sensitive teeth so I can't eat frozen things or fruit either as it's just too painful. I even have to warm yoghurts up a bit. Dried apricots don't hurt but I'm getting bored of them now. I think that's thd problem you know - there are only a dozen or so fruits but 1000's of biscuit/cake/choc things to choose from!!!

I've just realised my user name is the total opposite of anything I can eat

@frostedfruits oh no what a shame
I'm not a massive fan of the grapes but I do it occasionally to keep me out of the ice cream tub

Finished work now so going to get ready to do the walk of shame as a serial offender onto the scales at SW

Going to come home , have a bath , do a hair and face mask , shave my legs surely 5 lbs immediately and paint my toe nails.

I am inspired by all you ladies with such additional responsibilities re Sen children and here I am complaining

We can do this ! Keep going you are all amazing !

@frostedfruits fighting the sugar craving is so hard, in the afternoon which is my worst time I have a protein shake with almond milk and protein powder and frozen fruit which carries me over that hump. You could skip the frozen fruit and not have it as cold. My protein do a lovely strawberry cream protein powder that tastes like strawberry milkshake when done in a smoothie maker, you can get chocolate ones too if that's more what you're craving

Happy Wednesday all!
Family trip out today so we did have some snacks for the car ride, I just had a brioche and 3 pringles on the drive there so felt pretty pleased with myself, then walked for 5 hours straight around the attraction we visited and had a couple of Oreo’s on the way home.
Breakfast was a protein smoothie, trying to repair a little more after yesterdays 2 hour leg day session at the gym, my legs are destroyed!!
Lunch: chicken burger
Dinner: another stir fry, lots of veg and egg noodles

I’ve got a dog walk to go and then making sure I have no snacks after dinner. Can see me dozing off early, I’m exhausted from the trip today!

Keep going and well done those with kids and especially kids with additional needs, I know it’s hard, my eldest has autism and sleep is very hard to come by in our house too.

I’m trying a new class at a new gym tomorrow, no idea what I’ve got myself in to but I am loving being so active!!

My afternoon sort of sugar craving was a can of lemon Sanpelligrino. I'm not hungry at all yet since my baked potato but think I'll be having a bacon sandwich.

I forgot I had a very small avocado earlier on not long after my cornflakes this morning. They're always rock hard when I get them so they're easily forgotten. I do love them though.

Bacon sandwich when I'm hungry later that is

I like the thought of a chocolate protein shake @bella1426. Thank you. I'll pick some up tomorrow. Funnily enough I stood staring at the protein shakes in the supermarket today, there was such huge choice I just walked off as I couldnt decide. Lack of sugar is giving me a 'glazed over' feeling

I've had a good day, if I can get to bed without eating anything else 😂

I did bootcamp, did w3r2 of c25k (on the cross trainer), and completed my 10k steps.

I've eaten:
B: 2 slices of cauliflower tortilla, a tiny bit of cheese and a slice of ham on top of each slice. Spinach and cherry tomato salad.

Snacks: A few monkey nuts. A banana. A tea and 2 biscuits. A Moser Roth 70% chocolate bar.

D: Fajita chicken, salad, coleslaw, mayo.

And I've had my 3 litres of water and 3 teas in total.

I need to stop the snacks and have a proper lunch instead.

I've had a good day today (assuming I can stay away from the cheese this evening lol). Muesli for breakfast, salad & falafel for lunch, and tortellini for tea (because it's DH's day off and he's not the most versatile cook!). Would usually have had garlic bread with tea, but didn't today so that's a win. We had tea really early though as the boys had karate at half five. I'm really hungry now! Going to have a slice of toast once I've got the kids to bed to try and stop DH tempting me with cheese and crackers...

Well done everyone!

I'm feckin starving. I was incredibly restrained and didn't eat the snickers I bought this afternoon so I was a good bit under my 1400 cals limit for the day I also didn't eat any of the magnums my brother brought when he came for dinner. And I took the dog for an hour walk instead of the usual 20 mins round the block he gets in the evening(18000 step total today). This peppermint tea better fill me up so I can sleep 🤣

Morning everyone, I'm quite proud of myself for staying on track this week even though the children are off school and the constant need of food there way! 😀

I have also cut down on my coffee intake I have 1 in the morning and iv switch to herbal/boost teas which are full of good stuff and less calories. That time of the month for me too,so I feel bloated 😫. Managed a hour walk yesterday in the wild wind! Here's to another day!

Out for dinner with DH last night,made slightly wider choices but good to spend time together and I'm trying to be sustainable. Trying to steel myself for another day of gardening in sh** weather and try not to flake out today. Slept really badly as well.

Packed lunch sorted and dinner will depend on what I spot in the farm shop on the way home. Turning into a not great week sleep wise so bath and very early night on the cards.

Starting weight, 3/4/22: 190.4 lbs
Current weight: 190.9 lbs
Goal weight: 133 lbs
Lbs to lose: 57.9 lbs

My fbg was 7.9 this morning. The aim to be 5.6 or under (normal), or at least 6.9 or less (prediabetic).

Today I am going to do my 10k steps, I usually swim on a Thursday but my friend can't go today so I'll see later if I do that.

Food today will be:
Banana and Greek yoghurt
Cauliflower tortilla
Soup or fajita chicken
Snacks of nuts or dark chocolate

Have a good day everyone, we can do this 💪