DIET FAILED AGAIN? Thread three. Join us in a friendly group who are very supportive without any judgement.

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Thought I'd save you the hassle @poorpaws.

Well done for those who have lost and good luck to those struggling.

My focus at the moment is just to be wiser for food selection and to keep active. The slow moving scales can wait although I did check this morning and showing I'm nearly back to 14 and a half stone.

I’m up 2lb but ate total rubbish and drank too much over half term. Onwards and downwards. Am at my highest ever weight as I approach 45. Hate it.

I didn’t weigh at the weekend, to be honest I can’t reminder what I was anyway. I know I haven’t ducked under 160lbs yet this year, although I have been close, and I started the year on 169, so I’d really like to see 159 on the scales before then end of feb. My target was and still remains 1lb a week average, to take me up to whitsun half term and a 23lb loss. I’m on target, just, but could do with actually losing some weight. I’m yo-yo-ing about with the same 2lbs.

all that being said, I have actually had a pretty good few days. Saturday, Sunday and today I have stuck to 1500 calories, no snacks, no rubbish, no alcohol. I genuinely can’t remember the last time i did that. I’ve run a few times, walked with the dc today, and generally been active. So I’m feeling pretty good. My only gripe is that my period is hugely delayed, I had a weird cycle last month and I think this is the knock on effect of that, (but I did even do a PgT yesterday to put my mind at rest).

Sympathies to all those who are struggling 💐

tomorrow the kids are out all day, I am walking to a pub with my SiL for lunch and will have a nice chilled day, I want to clear out another 2 bags full of stuff from my loft!

Well I'm very impressed with you all, staying positive and working out what can and can't be achieved, well done everyone, I feel the wagon is at last rolling for all of us.

@Bjarnum ugh I just knew Ireland was incorrect but I couldn't think of where else you were. I think we had another lady from Ireland at the same time and I mixed you up. I certainly remember the wedding trauma, the dress too short, the difficult venue planning last minute, the rude guests, the Princess bride letting you wait on her and your husband making everyone cups of tea 😁 it was like a soap and I was addicted waiting for the next episode. I hope the couple are now happily married.

My DP is 10st 7 lbs, the bastard, 🤣. Ok he is quite short and is always busy but really I should LTB for that alone.

I've had a great day 1 of my again, again diet. I've not stopped all day (food shop, long dog walk, making soup, batch cooking chicken breasts and freezing all food, exercise dvd, made dinner, bit of cleaning) and didn't sit down until well after 7 pm. That's got to be half a stone off obviously or may be a pound 🙈

It's very positive here atm, keep it up everyone and good luck for another great day tomorrow.

Spanner in the works for tomorrow - eldest child has no hiking boots that fit and now cant possibly go up a mountain and it's going to rain the rest of the week.

I'll get to the gym and Pilates instead.

Plus it is pancake day tomorrow. There's a jar of Nutella in the cupboard calling for me...

But if I eat well the rest of the day I'm allowed one pancake. It'll be fine.

Sounds like you've been fabulous today @poorpaws !

We are indeed sounding positive..
I ate under 1200 calories last three days and gained 1.1kg...but think I have answered it...I have been on codeine for back pain last week and realised I haven't been for a poo for five days.
Went for run today and shook it all up rather...I get dreadful runners diarrhoea...so lost .5 kgs after run.
Still up .6kg..but looks better on scales.

I've gone back to soup only for when on shift (10 and 12 hour shifts). Wish me luck 😂

@TalkToTheHand123 good luck. I'm on the soup for lunch diet too. It's very boring for me because I really only like parsnip soup with added broccoli so it's the same soup daily 😕 ok for a while but not for much longer.

My day has been messed up due to bloody Evri. DP is expecting a parcel which he has to be in for and Evri haven't given him a time slot. I can't take Molly out for a long walk yet so I've been stuck inside waiting for him to get here to look after her whilst I get some steps done with the other two dogs.

I've used my time wisely by cleaning kitchen windows, my most hated job! They were very dirty 😬 but at least I did a bit of stretching.

I am trying so hard now, it's getting near to Spring and I don't want to be this big this summer. I'm hoping the thought of too tight summer skirts will spur me on to eating healthily as I'm refusing to go up a size.

I love the fact that it's suddenly getting busy again here and more positive. We need to keep this going for all of us and we'll hopefully all see some weight drop in those pesky scales. Very embarrassingly I have to admit that I still haven't lost all my Christmas gain so I need to get that done before I can move on to greater lows.

Went shopping today and the walking made me think I should walk more as it seems to helps reduce bloating, so went on treadmill for a slow 20mins walk. Hopefully can keep at it (and the soup).

Hiya all, you go away for a week and come back to heaps of posts! I'm not stepping on the scales til the 1st of March.

Had enough of feeling disheartened, so have decided on a clean break, reboot on 1st March, with whatever weight it happens to be to start. Not going to overeat before then, but am going to get everything ready... including my brain and a positive mental attitude. Will check in on here before then, but need to sort out things and give myself a bit of a shake...

I can see people getting more positive as spring approaches...

Hello @BeyondMyWits . That’s a
Good plan. I think spring is helping. I’m getting out in my garden and it does burn calories. I’m also swimming. Trouble is if I swim at 9, it’s an awfully long time to lunch. Just had some yoghurt and a biscuit, I think I maybe need to build a post swim snack in to my calorie allowance rather than feeling pointlessly guilty. But that might mean actually properly counting calories rather than just looking for something on MFP that seems about the same

Everyone seems to be really on task. I, however, have had a fit of the "lemmings" which involved making a Boston Cream Pie Cheesecake (the quantities in the recipe were way off and I had enough mix for 3) Then I discovered I couldn't freeze any due to the cornflour component (who knew?). So, I ate huge amounts of it and then the Lemming effect kicked in and I had a pile of cheese sandwiches, half a bottle of wine and crisps. Sigh. Back on it today - scales up by 2 lbs.

I had a great piece of advice the other day from a friend when I felt the weight wasn't shifting.

Look at the month not the week.

Our weight fluctuates naturally from day to day and week to week. If it's not going down or blips back up that doesn't mean you're not on track - look where you were a month ago and you'll see the progress you've made.

The spring weather definitely puts a spring in my step. I’ve been very busy this week, house is tidy, washing out, building work coming along really well. I’m going to try to get out ok for a run this evening, and one tomorrow. The only thing I’ve not managed this week has been a gym class, childcare issues have restricted that, and while I don’t really mind getting up at 5.45 on a work day to go I’m not doing that during the holidays if I don’t have to. Squats can wait 😆

no idea what I’ll weigh on Saturday, I’ve had a few really good days, and a few tdee days. I’m out tonight and have already bought alcohol free wine as I am determined not to drink, went out for coffee with ds and had brunch rather than an enormous piece of cake…. So I am making significant efforts which I hope will be rewarded. Considering it’s been half term I don’t think I’ll have done too badly as long as I can keep it up til Saturdays weigh in.

i also love soup but I am really not good at making it. I tend to buy them, or I will make chicken bone stock and throw in a few veggies but it’s never particularly exciting.

I shouldn’t post hopefully. Today I have eaten a lot of banana bread and poppadoms, not together though. Need to undo my button.

Last Friday weigh day for me before hols tomorrow. Have managed to put 1lbs back on so have list grand total of 4lbs in 8 weeks, despite my ambition. I've slipped up massively most weekends so need to dig deep and find some willpower. Going to just stick with being 'healthy' and walking a lot whilst away so expect a gain. But hope to get mindset right whilst away. Its only a week, but time to rest and reset will be nice.

Back down to 17'2" depsite eating pretty shockingly all week, so I think the 17'4" last week must have been a little bit of a weird blip. I've been in a terrible head space worrying about whatever the doctor wants to discuss next week and a lot of work stress so having initially tried being kind to myself with lots of veg, in the end I decided to just go with whatever I needed to get through, which involved considerably more chocolate than veg. I'm feeling more emotionally robust again now though, so going to get focused again.
@poorpaws your 7 (or 6 now?) weeks to Easter post struck a note with me. It's a family member's birthday over Easter which makes it a great point to aim to be feeling and looking better for. My niblings are quite active and I want to be able to keep up with them.

Back up to 15 stone. A bit gutted but relatively confident I can get back on it. 🙄

Hello can I join?

I think I’ve bounced about and tried most diets. This time has to be different as I’ve had a health scare and need to lose around 2 stone.

@TalkToTheHand123 I'm up to 73.5 again so also gutted
Feeling very low about body image really..
Considering just giving in and buying shapeless tunic dresses as most menopausal women do...but looked at all my lovely fitted clothes in wardrobe today, remembered how I felt about my body and found new strength...I can do this ...it's just 9 lbs off and a lot of toning exercise.
I'm thwarted by my back issues and having to take everything so slowly with weights etc when I want to throw myself at it..
But it's five weeks until I'm presenting at a big international conference in France...I will be wearing my fitted black power suit...
I need to plan better as my downfall is working away and being in London and eating out...last week three nights, this coming week three nights but I don't have to ...I don't stay in hotels ,I have my own flat ..I could cook a low calorie healthy dinner...I just don't want to 🙄...this week I'm going to do that and see if I can get into habit
Onwards everyone...
@poorpaws ..how is the 🐶?

Welcome @sheepdreams, we like to meet new people. How are you planning to lose the weight? . We have all sorts of health issues going on here.
@Theredjellybean so, I may have got this wrong but it seems you spend 4 days a week being the family lynchpin, and 3 days being high powered in London ?
And you think you should cook yourself healthy and nutritious meals in those 3 days? Fuck that. I’d have 1 healthy early evening meal out, probably Asian, 1 M&S ready meal or equivalent, and an evening at the theatre with interval ice cream, and a cracker when I got home, If needed. I think that if/ when I get to live alone, I will make a 1 pot meal once a week in Winter, and a big salad in Summer, and live on fruit and cheese when that’s finished. I’m so sick of being a slave to dinner time.

Aww @Theredjellybean the scales can be such a downer, although this morning I was back at 14 and a half stone. (Still feeling groggy and had a lot of sleep).

This week I plan to have no burgers or chips. I'd passed a McDonald's through the week and thought I was clever having a few fakeaways, so will either up the soup or fish and veg.

@Theredjellybean thank you for asking about Molly but sadly it's bad news. She has a long scar down to the base of her tail but tests on the mass prove they haven't been able to remove all the cancer cells.

We went back to the vets yesterday and it was a total waste of time as the vet we saw hadn't seen the lump and couldn't answer our questions. In actual fact his comments contradicted our previous vets views so we came away totally confused.

We are back tomorrow to where she actually had the operation to have some of the stitches out. Everything is contradictory and confusing and the decisions we had made regarding future X-rays and another operation have been overturned but could be changed again tomorrow.

I am trying so hard to be strong and brave but it's bloody hard. I've been following my diet all week and considering the circumstances I think I've done well. Tonight I am allowing myself some treats as I just need something good in my life.

I'm sorry I've not been posting everyone but I hope you have all been doing as well as you are able. I see we have a few weight gains but it's to be expected, it's a long bumpy road and hard to cling on to that wagon.

@poorpaws . So sorry, that is really hard.

2.5 lbs off for me this week but considering I gained 2.25 lbs last week I'm still yo-yoing with the same Christmas pounds and getting nowhere. I'd rather lose half a pound every week than all this yo-yoing so that might be my next plan, just a small amount but a weekly loss.

6 weeks to Easter Monday today. I always do a countdown to Easter as it's my favourite time, I much prefer it to Christmas. I think I need to lose 6.5 lbs to reach my Easter goal so that is asking quite a lot. I think just to get back into the 10 st range would perhaps be a better target.

I hope everyone weighing today (and all week) gets the result they are hoping for.