DIET FAILED AGAIN? Thread two. Join us in a friendly supportive thread.

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@lisalou1401 I thought I might tell you about my evening and how near I got to a binge but avoided it. I'm hoping this might help you.

DP left at around 4.30 so I did my 25 minutes easy exercise DVD as soon as he had gone. I had an "easy" dinner, so very little cooking and little washing up.

Then I didn't really know what to do with myself, I didn't want to clean the house and I just sat mindlessly watching television (I can't even tell you what was on). I could feel that "I want to eat" thing coming on. I wasn't hungry, I'd had dinner followed by an apple and yoghurt and my 80 cal popcorn bar. What I actually was, was very bored!

I kept wondering what to do and then jumped up, grabbed the dogs leads and went out for over an hour on a lovely evening. I've just got back and my mood has changed completely. I've had nil by mouth and I've done a lot more steps (21,899 steps today) and I feel like a different person to how I felt earlier.

Just over a week ago this would have been a very different scenario. I would've sat around, bored sick and scoured the kitchen for snacks. I'd probably have eaten up to 1000 cals or more extra and that's how I got fat in the first place. I used to wake up the next morning and feel disgusted with myself and upset knowing that I would gain weight again. I know tomorrow morning I will wake up very proud of myself. Okay it's not rocket science and I know this mood won't last forever but at the moment I got over a hurdle that normally I would've fallen at.

This might not have helped you at all but if you could do something similar, even speaking to a friend in the evening or if you have a hobby(?) it might just set you on the right path to positivity about your weight. I am still learning how to deal with my weight problem (especially my binge problem) but hopefully we can help each other on this thread.

It's so true what they say, "nothing tastes as good as being slim feels".

Thank you 😊 yes it's 100% a mentality thing for me. That sounds so good well done you!! My energy levels are pretty much zero just now so it's hard to get moving which is just a vicious cycle isn't it.

And the more tired I am the more I want to eat! But I know if I managed to get to a week of good habits it would be easier to continue.

I'll restart tomorrow (famous last words!) but it's my longest shift at work on a Tuesday, so that helps slightly. And I'll try plan meals. DH has been working late so I've been snacking instead of making a proper dinner 🙄

Thanks for your help and motivation!

@lisalou1401 oh I know all about energy levels because I've had ME for 21 years. Believe me I do understand, it's very difficult. Luckily I am a fighter and I don't give in even if on a lot of days I feel I'm on my knees. Good luck for tomorrow, one day at a time, tiny steps 😀

Gosh @poorpaws , having ME must be very hard for you. A friend of my DM's has it and she says it's like an 'overlooked disability' as people don't understand how debilitating it can be. She's in her late 70s now and in some ways it's easier now as people expect her (rightly or wrongly!) to have slowed down, but it was very hard in her 40s etc when her DC were still relatively young and she had no energy to look after them, plus a general lack of awareness by the general public - hopefully that has improved since then?

I stayed the same this week - off to the physio tomorrow to find out if I have something like tendonitis, my foot is really painful. I want to re-start C25K and do more exercise but just daren't when it's this bad! Funnily enough when DP had a bad foot he spent most of his time sitting or lying down with his foot up saying "but my FOOT" in an injured tone when asked to do anything, when I have a bad foot I'm expected to limp around and do everything anyway

I had an Amazon offer through for £15 off a Morrisons shop, so I'm busy planning some healthy options. Hope everyone has a good week!

Friend left a bag of sweets in my car the other day. Should I return them or help her with dieting and bin them before I get tempted too? 😂

@TalkToTheHand123 don't do it!!! Hahah

@poorpaws that must be hard. Thankfully I've come to the conclusion it was all just to do with TOTM and I am feeling much better today! Food is tracked I'm still below my calories for the day and away ti do a workout. Hope everyone has had a good day!

I've managed to refrain so far. It's a bit easier as they aren't any of my favourite variety.

I've taken some soup with me today for 9 to 5 shift today as just having protein shakes isn't doing it for me.

Hoping to get to the gym later.

It's gone very quiet on here! Hopefully everyone is enjoying some lovely holiday time and not too much ice cream and will be back soon!!

A friend recommended the Deliciously Ella app for exercise & recipes, I've started a week's free trial - apparently it's very helpful for getting you moving and providing shopping lists. I'm not a massive fan of Ella (she always looks a bit smug to me) but I definitely need to eat better, anything that'll help with that is welcome...

Oh yes, and I need to have an X ray on my bad foot to check there's nothing broken, after that I may have to wear one of those big plastic boots recently sported by Colleen Rooney for a while! I'm guessing that still wouldn't be enough to make DP get off his arse and help out more with the housework, cooking, cleaning etc

@ClaraTheImpossibleGirl wishing your bad foot better and hoping it's not broken.
I'm still here plodding along, food good so far this week. I've got the motivation of a holiday in 3 weeks.

Ah the Moon boot, I know it well.

@ClaraTheImpossibleGirl that sounds good with the food. Hopefully you don't need a moon boot.

This is my 3rd day getting bum back in gear and I'm succeeding, so far! Long may it last.

Hiya all... hope everyone is still motivated, and no feet are broken!!

Just been for part one of my cardio check up. Weight, blood, wee, blood pressure etc. Was pleased to be 101kg fully clothed with shoes on... same as at home! so roll on Monday for the official weigh in to see if I made my 100 target... couple of weeks before I get the senior nurse ringing up with blood results to say sternly that I still weigh too much and could do better... sigh... yeah? really? never thought of that...

Hello all!

Bit of radio silence from me recently. We've been running around trying to find stuff for our loft conversion which was put off due to the pandemic. Then our builder decided he wasn't effing well doing loft conversions any more because, he said, 'life's too short' - after stringing us along for two years. Thanks mate. Anyway, we got a slightly less astronomical quote from one builder (after a few that made our eyes water) and he and his mates are outside now using power tools and blaring terrible music!! And I am very glad to listen to it - just happy the work is happening. We live in a small bungalow and my eldest is 5ft 9" and only turned 14, so it's as if his legs take up all the space in every room he's in!

So, diet wise, I'm a bit up the left. Anxiety has made me eat more. Extreme anxiety has made me eat less. So it may all be balancing out. I'm too scared to weigh myself! Healthy eating is still very much on my mind, but I'm a bit hit and miss about sticking to it.

Glad to see all the familiar names here! I have been on Mumsnet, but hadn't checked this thread for a while because I couldn't get my brain around all the catching up on all the posts!! I will have a read through later.

Oh God, one of the builders is now singing at the top of his voice right above my head!!

Ouch @ClinkeyMonkey, hope the noise will be worth it in the end!! What is it with builders not responding?! I contacted three for a quote to sort out our driveway - the edging's starting to go - and none of them even bothered to come round. Which is pretty annoying considering they don't even have to wait for someone to be in, they could just come past any time and take a look!

Ah yes @BeyondMyWits , why didn't you think of that before?! Because it's always that easy to 'just lose some weight'...

Have you personal experience of the moon boot @TalkToTheHand123 ? I'm wondering if it would actually be any help or just a nuisance?!

I'm planning to make a fresh start on Monday, once I've had chance to do a big shop - both @poorpaws and I love it when the 1st of the month falls on a Monday

Well done to @endlesswashing and @lisalou1401 who are plodding successfully!!

@ClaraTheImpossibleGirl I do yeah. A few years ago now. Fractured ankle. Highly inconvenient!

Hi everyone

Sorry I've been missing for a day or two but I have been reading.

@ClaraTheImpossibleGirl I've never heard of Ella so I might take a look. I hope all is well with your foot and it's not broken. Sadly you won't be able to kick your DP into doing work but there's always your other foot 😀
Yes Clara I was stupidly excited to see the 1st is on a Monday, let's hope we see some good weight loss. I always get really happy on Monday morning reading how we've all done.

@endlesswashing keep plodding, you can do a fair amount of good in three weeks (all to be undone by your holiday but that's life as they say).

@lisalou1401 3 days is great, it's a good start for doing well for the next few months.

@BeyondMyWits I hate people telling me I weigh too much, errrm yes i do actually know, I'm not as stupid as I might look and I am trying. It's enough to send you straight to the cake tin.

@ClinkeyMonkey I hope your loft conversion runs smoothly and the builders don't stress you out. I hate workmen in my home. Not as big a deal as yours, but I've been waiting for some glass in two of my windows (one huge picture window and a smaller one). The company have let me down twice now. Both times was on the day they were supposed to be coming. The first time I was ok and very sweet about it. The second time I was furious. I had taken blinds and curtains down and moved furniture away from the windows. They are supposed to come next week, I haven't got a day yet as they let me know the day before but if they don't turn up I will really lose it and they'll see a very different (scary) side of me.

So to my news ... there isn't any really. I've been moving a fair bit and the food's not been bad but I'm not expecting much of a loss after a big loss last week.

On Saturday night (so not long before weigh in) I'm going out to the caravan site clubhouse again and there will be plenty of chips, pizza and a large picky platter (which we haven't tried before) consumed. This is the reason I've been fairly good all week because it will be a very calorific night I fear. It is hard not to join in when everyone else is eating and having fun.

Today we picked a lot of blackberries on our walk so I'm making blackberry ripple ice cream (which I'll probably eat) and possibly blackberry and apple crumble (which I will try not to eat).

One thing I'm thinking about is the caravan site (it's got a much posher name which I can never remember) across from me, has a small gym. I thinks it's just a couple of treadmills, rowers and cross trainers. I'm considering trying it out, maybe early morning when no one else is there. Apparently the showers are poor and communal 😱 but there's a small sauna too. As I said I'm thinking! Maybe better in September when the tourists leave.

I hope you are all doing well and keeping focused. I'm off to eat now, I'm very hungry.

Woo woo finally under the 15 stone mark😊, first time in a very long time.

I had planned to consume a lot of alcohol tonight but after going on the scales I'm having second thoughts as I don't want to undo the hard work 😂

Brilliant news @TalkToTheHand123

@TalkToTheHand123 amazing news!! Very well done, it is such a wonderful feeling isn't it. Perhaps a drop of alcohol to celebrate but not as much as planned. Such great news.

Happy Friday everyone! I'll catch up later but pleased to say I'm still doing good. Although weekends are a struggle so fingers crossed. I'm going to weigh next Wednesday morning before I come off work for 2 weeks and hopefully I get a nice loss to motivate me to keep going when I'm off and tempted by tasty treats

morning all and well done @TalkToTheHand123 @BeyondMyWits

i have /am having a good week, weighed 72.8 kg this morning after a vert strict week. so very pleased...have been home alone and every night looked at bottle of wine in fridge and made myself go and walk dog/have bath etc and not open it..it is still there..
i want to share my really delicious ( though a trifle pricey) lunch..i usually have plain salad, lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes and add about 150 cals of ham or boiled egg or tuna and add salad cream..its dull but works
today i made a mango and prawn salad...shredded white cabbage and some dark green lettuce, mint and coriandar ,and finely sliced carrot,one small mango cubed up, 150 gms prawns. made a dressing of teasp of sweet chilli sauce, half teasp penut oil, lime juice and splash of fish sauce.
it was FLIPPING YUM and huge and filling and came in at 120 calories....YES 1020CALORIES...the whole thing.

I was yeah but now thinking how much I need to keep sacrificing to get to lose just 1lb per week and the time it would take to get to where I want to be (2 more stones-ish)🤔😂

@TalkToTheHand123 wooohoooooo! Well done.

those big milestone figures really do make you stop to think.

@TalkToTheHand123 Ha! 2 stones! We'll all help you, we're in no hurry. Don't look at the big picture if you feel it's too big, try half stones or even quarter stones at a time. As I keep repeating, tiny steps. We didn't put this weight on in a short time, we'll all get it off when we can. Just try to stick with it (easier said than done I know). The tortoise won the race! Just keep trying, I have the faith, I know you can do this. I don't forget how far you've already come.

Just think about the NEXT pound. I find that is helping.

My next pound will take me just below 100kg. (mixing my units, but I work best with headline type numbers).