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

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@Zebracat that is fantastic, 8kg in 7 weeks is a great success. Hope you're feeling energised and motivated now! I'm sorry you didn't get a date though, must be so disruptive for you.

Didn't do so well on the exercise front last week - didn't exercise all week then skipped parkrun (usually my only exercise these days) because I simply couldn't be bothered. Felt anxious, stressed and demotivated - all of which I know can be improved by exercise but I just couldn't face it. So got up yesterday and made myself do 30 mins and am DETERMINED to do something today. Wish me luck...

@TalkToTheHand123 You've inspired me, I've got a flask of soup in my bag! Many of you on this thread will know I am terrible for doing any actual food prep around kids so let's see how long this lasts 🙃

Welcome @xprincessxjanetx, you are so right that exercise is energising when you get into it. I've never done Slimming World, how do you find it? I find it difficult (logistically) to eat different stuff to the family, are you in a group?

it's a brand new week everyone, we can all do this (whatever this is for you) xxx

Ah well... stayed the same this week... I think... 15st 6lb... Got a cold, so eating less, but eating wrong...😕

I’ve more or less stayed the same too. 100.1, but the scales are shooting around so could be 100.8 tomorrow, it was yesterday. So I am paying for the fish and chips. I started out slack about weighing portions, but it was ok because it was so much less than before, then I weighed, then I thought I knew what 28 grams of cheese looked like and stopped. Time to start again I think. We have visitors coming this week and that always sends things crazy though.
Got to see the anaesthetist today for the because you are fat assessment, so that may help me to focus.

Oh I forgot to post weight in my nattering. 10st 3 so expect I will finish October where I started. Christmas goal is 10st... but bigger goal is to be in an exercise routine!

Hi everyone

Well done to the losers this week. Everyone seems to be making some progress and even slow progress is good.

After not daring to brave the scales last Monday, I decided I couldn't go on ignoring them. 10st 13 lbs this morning, whilst not great at least I'm still in the10 st zone not the dreaded 11 st. I probably put an enormous amount on the week before last so I've tried really hard this week.

In other news I've had a very frustrating day today. I had a new combination microwave delivered at lunchtime and whilst it looked very pretty and had a fully functioning clock, that's about all it had. Having tried to warm up a mug of cold water and trying many many times to make the cold water hot, we decided it was faulty. I was on the phone all afternoon to AO and was asked to speak to the manufacturers and then back to AO and they eventually decided it was faulty and that I can have a new one on Wednesday when they will also fetch the old one back. My whole afternoon was spent on the phone either in a queue waiting to speak to someone or being passed from one company to another, providing three photographs to prove that it hadn't been damaged, and trying to find someone/anyone to agree it is indeed faulty. What on earth has happened to quality control.

In dog news, Cassie isn't any better and is becoming like a coiled spring she's so desperate for a long walk.

I think I might have a cold coming, I feel quite lethargic and I've been sneezing a lot so I think it's an early night for me tonight.

Well done everyone, keep up the good work.

I have weighed in 71.9..but last week had four nights out drinking and eating and a very very big night out Saturday, think destination restaurant,cocktails, million courses, wine,wine,more wine...
It's a miracle I didn't put weight on

Still aiming for 69kg for Christmas
9 weeks to go ...

Wow @Theredjellybean Very impressed you didn't put on.

I've been having a few too many toasties so need to start knocking it on the head.

Made a couple of batches of soup. One tastes ok, the other not so much 😯. I'll power through though.

I've started doing mini sit-ups again as I feel like I've stopped losing weight and need to do something different.

Woohoo....71.6kg this morning

@Theredjellybean woohoo! That's very good news, well done 👏⭐️

Anyone do any kind of sit-ups?

I feel like I'm not making much progress so started doing tummy stretches / situp exercises and on day 2 with it now. Feeling a bit sore around tummy area so hopefully it means it'll work if I stick to it.
Going to try plan meals as still binging a bit too much.

I have done a fair bit of Pilates over the years @TalkToTheHand123 and I want to get back to weekly again. It all starts with working out how to switch on and use your core so it definitely works for the tummy. I went to a beginners class last week and was sore the next day.

Do you have a goal in mind for the sit ups?

Hi @triplecheeese . I'm thinking about 30mins worth per night of tummy exercises / stretches.

Hi all. Struggling with house guests and food.My breastfeeding daughter needs lots of snacks, Dh keeps making celebratory dinners and I’ve been having alcohol after weeks without. None of this is good. I’ve been reading all the fat threads. Thinking of putting notes around the house with my bmi as a cryptic reminder.. This is so hard.

Well there's always something to scupper my exercise plan but I think this is a bit excessive.

Six weeks ago I had what I call a "nasty episode ". Since then DP and I have argued daily that I should've seen the doctor so to keep him quiet I've been. I've had a heart attack 😱. I've had a blooming good telling off from the doctor on the phone and then the same day I had to see another doctor and got another telling off for not going. Yesterday I had an ECG and blood tests and I've got to attend the hospital to see a specialist.

The reason I'm telling you all this is because temporarily I have to stop all exercise until the tablets I've been given have chance to work. My blood pressure is high which accounts for the thick heads I've been having and DP is like a mother hen faffing around me asking me 100 times a day if I've taken my tablets 🥴 and if I feel ok. I think he's scared I'm going to die (but I'm not because I refuse🙈).

Anyway this is just to let you know I am still cutting down on food and I need to lose weight still but it's going to be much more difficult. I am okay it's just a bit of a shock.

I hope everyone is doing well and continues here because you're such a lovely bunch. for everyone.

@poorpaws so sorry to hear about your heart attack...so knocks you for six.

I had one, or maybe 2 back in 2017, so know how you feel. It really takes a while to balance the medications, so prepare for a few months of "issues". It took me about 5 months to get to a point where the pills that were keeping me well allowed me to feel alive too. At one point I was wandering around like a zombie.

One thing I'd say is allow hubby to worry, allow him to take care of you because he IS worried you might drop down dead, but in a few months all will be back to normal and (if like me) you'll be saying things like "never mind, let the lady with the heart attack mow the lawn, you just sit and watch the telly..."

One really good thing is it gives you an excuse FOR EVERYTHING... I hate social occasions and work dos, now I just say "sorry, my heart condition means I can't..." and nobody judges or says anything.

27/11 will be my 5 years post heart attack, so will be celebrating.

If your local health area is the same as mine, they will work with you to build an exercise plan gradually, working with you to improve diet and exercise, and sleep, and reduce longer term worries etc. The heart health team were really helpful, if you get offered the 6 week rehab go for it.

Oh my goodness @poorpaws i am so sorry to hear this. Wishing you so much comfort and support right now. I second all of @BeyondMyWits wise words - and im so sorry to hear that you have been through this too!

i don't have anything helpful to add except please do keep posting here and chatting to us if it helps you, we all care so much about you here.

YES to DP clucking about and taking some of the pressure off you for a bit.

Aww @poorpaws sorry to hear about that. Take care!

The exercise has caught up with me a bit, but I have a couple of days off so enjoying a lie in at the moment. I'm doing gentle tummy clenches and it's quite motivating as I can feel the tummy muscles having a good work out. I might just try spending more time in bed doing this as it's a lot less exhausting compared to other exercises.

I've read one of the local leisure centres is likely to close which I'm a bit gutted about as it's so handy being next to my daughter's school. (Although paying £30 per month could be used somewhere else).

@poorpaws have they offered an angiogram ? Was absolutely fascinating to see my heart on a screen!

@poorpaws . That’s scary. Thank goodness you went. Will they figure out why you had a heart attack, because you arent very old or very overweight? . Love the advice to let yourself be looked after!🥛🤒🤭

Hi everyone, thank you all so much. It's been a bit of a shock but I am ok.

@BeyondMyWits Thank you for your good advice. I haven't been offered a angiogram yet but it's early days and I suppose I might be when I've seen the specialist at the hospital.

My doctors practice couldn't have been better from the receptionist who took my original call to the doctor who immediately rang me back, the doctor I had to see in the afternoon or the nurse who took the ECG and bloods. They were magnificent, all of them. My blood pressure was high (which it's never been in my life, in fact it's always low) and I'm getting a lot of twinges in my chest. I have aspirin to thin my blood, tablets to get my blood pressure down and a spray to widen the arteries.

@Zebracat I am overweight but a size 14 so not obese and sadly yes I am old (but very young at heart and quite fit from all the dog walking I do which I have to hand over to DP for a while).

Whilst weight loss is not my biggest priority atm, I don't want to gain either so I'm still going to join you all but not exactly expecting miracle weight loss.

Thank you again everyone. Keep on trying and no you aren't getting rid of me just yet 😁

Very best wishes @poorpaws . I've not been posting on this thread but I've been following and finding it very supportive.

It sounds as if you should be taking very good care of yourself at the moment rather than supporting all of us.

@Lizsmum thank you. Please post here, there are lovely supportive people on this thread.

Welcome @Lizsmum 😊
@poorpaws How long do you expect to not exercise for? Does that mean no dog walking?

Weighted myself today and back to 15 stone, but feel fitter and a bit slimmer than over the last few months. Did a 45 min simulated run and bit of stretching to up my game as I'm thinking I need to be doing more than 10 to 20 mins which is my usual.

I do think I've been a bit more sensible eating wise, so hopefully the scales will be nice in the next few days if I can keep to it. Time will tell.

Might start doing some stretches at work when there's no one about for a bit extra 😊.

@TalkToTheHand123
I can't do my exercise dvd because it says not to on it. I am starting slow dog walking occasionally but for much less time because I can't get out or back without hills and a lot of steps no matter which way I go and my home has 27 steps to the back door. I live in Devon which is very "hillie" and yesterday my neighbour said I should move to a flatter home ☹️. I'm not going out every day as I feel exhausted atm. I've got a telephone appointment with the cardiology dept at Torbay hospital on 10 November so I should know more then.

I'm still trying not to overeat but it is difficult to not fill my face when DP is out with the dogs all morning and I feel fed up because I can't go. Again the walk takes us up a very steep narrow lane (it's actually known as Ladder Lane because it's so steep and narrow). I've done the walk for many years (probably 10 years) and it keeps me fit, well that's what I thought!

I hope everyone is doing well with both exercise and healthy eating. Enjoy good health whilst you've got it because it can soon be snatched away.