DIET FAILED AGAIN thread 5. Everyone is welcome to join our very supportive and friendly group without any judgement.

[poorpaws]

Thread 5, everyone welcome!

@poorpaws thank you.

I had 2 hours early finish from work today, sounds like not much but its really been nice. I left at 3, collected the pup from doggy day care, then have come home, she’s having a snooze and I am just sitting, cup of tea, empty house- just…..sitting. I can’t remember the last time I did that. Ok so I won’t spend my entire 2 hours, but I will have 30 minutes to myself to just be. I did briefly consider a run but I thought no, a rest is better.

I feel quite bloated and uncomfortable today, it’s the progesterone in my patches I think. I’ve eaten well, probably not drunk enough water though. I can’t remember what I’ve planned for dinner- last night I made a delicious cod,,bacon and butternut orzo-tto (like risotto but with orzo pasta) and it was delicious. I’ve also been having baked oats for my breakfasts , they are also really delicious, filling and can be made in advance so really handy.

baked oats recipe
for every portion use:
40g oats
100ml milk
1 egg

you can make individual portions right up to a batch of 6 (or bigger) by multiplying the ingredients.
I made 6 portions and I traded out 2x 40g oats for 4x weetabix (Sw healthy extra b Portions) - the texture was a bit lighter.
I also added a tsp baking powder.
I added 2tbsp cocoa but I wouldn’t bother again, it was brown but not chocolatey.
you could add sugar or sweetener if you want.

mix it all together. Bake like a rice pudding, low and slow, until it’s all cooked through. It will resemble a solid cakey texture. cut into your number of portions. I froze them individually wrapped and they freeze well.

I’ve been serving with frozen mango, and raspberries, defrosted, with fat free yoghurt. Again, you could add sweetener or use a flavoured yogurt.( If you’re doing SW and don’t add the cocoa, it’s free with an A and a B choice hex).

I’ve put on 1/2 a pound this week which I’m a bit disappointed by to be honest, but then I guess I did go awry at the weekend and clearly 3.5 days isn’t enough to claw it back. Still annoying though!

@thenewaveragebear1983 ..that's seems unfair as you seem to be doing well..lets blame hormones.
I don't think I'll have done well this week as too much alcohol creeping in and been away/travel for work since Sunday afternoon and too much food such as sandwich and crisps and cocktails in cans...to relieve boredom on long train journeys.
I'm hoping to stay the same .
It's still really helpful to have had a challenge..
Just need to think of Christmas one now...

Some really fabulous weight losses though...@Sedgwick and @poorpaws ...

As best you can, try to fill up on protein which is really really filling. Cheese, meat, chicken etc...

I feel like I have finally got a grip. 97 this morning. Now to avoid any oh fuck it moments this weekend…

Just checking in. DS2 is going through paper 1 of the Transfer Test tomorrow and my brain has shoved healthy eating to a dusty back shelf. This is a crappy time for 11yo children in N Ireland. The 11 plus was abolished a few years ago and no new system was put on place and it's all a bit of a mess. DS2 is a very anxious child and is really struggling with it all. I told him he didn't have to do the test, but he wants to because his brother did - even though he has missed loads of school due to Crohn's and OCD. I'm really proud of him but worried about how he's going to cope.

Anyway, enough of me ranting about our banjaxed education system. I forgot to weigh myself on Monday, so just did it this morning and I am somehow down a lb at 10st 13lbs. Lots of fluctuations, but overall a loss of 4lbs since the start of the challenge. Who knows? Maybe I'll be down a bit more by Monday. Still happy though, given the way my life is going at the minute. And definitely up for another challenge when this one is officially over!

Once I can breathe again after DS2's transfer test tomorrow, I'll have a wee read of everybody's news etc😊😊

Hi everyone!

DD is fine now thank you for all your well wishes. Nasty case of bronchiolitis but I've been off work with her all week (she's gone back in to nursery today as a trial for next week) but I've been so poorly as well from basically 48 hours with no sleep at the weekend it just wrecked me.

Bright side I'm back down to 14st9 from the stress of it all. So my 7/7 score ends with a 2 pound loss which I will take.

I'm knackered and I'll but grateful that my little one is ok. Im still going to lurk around and wish you all luck in your weight loss but it's not high on my priority list at the moment. I'm focussing on Christmas and enjoying this time of year with my family (but I will try not to do too much damage)

Hi all. Been to gym 3 days in a row as I have been nearby and wanted some moneysworth. Had to go shopping / do errands afterwards so shattered now. Hoping it has helped!

Recently had another realisation of just how much I eat on a daily basis and it's quite shocking so hopefully will help me to learn to eat less.

Tummy muscles are sore so a good sign.

Hope everyone had an ok weekend.
I've decided for the six weeks left until Christmas, I'm going for 6/6.
But instead of just 6 pounds lost , I'm going for 6 habits..
So..here goes:

1. Veg at every meal
2. Two rehab weights sessions each week
3. Two runs each week
4. Use my electric toothbrush twice a day
5. No alcohol unless on already booked event/ night out
6. Pint of water before going to bed and with morning coffee.

Obviously I'm going to carry on with the mindful eating, calories allowance type eating plan...
I haven't weighed for 9 days , so will weigh myself tomorrow and go from there.

Sounds like a good plan @Theredjellybean. It's difficult to comprehend it's only six weeks to Christmas, I really should get on with some gift buying ☹️

7/7 has been going really well until today. DP stayed at his place so I took the dogs out alone and got absolutely drenched to my bones. Every item of clothing was wet through. I had a good coat on but no waterproof trousers and the soaking on my jeans went through to my pants. OMG it was horrendous and this is from someone used to getting wet.

It resulted in A LOT of comfort food, a long sleep and a wasted day.

Tomorrow I will weigh-in and see what the damage is. I know I had reached a 7/7 loss days ago but if I haven't tomorrow I won't be too upset because it should be close.

Good luck to everyone on 7/7, it's been a very long time for me and I'm pleased to see it ending.

I agree, 6 weeks til Christmas sounds insane, I am so not winter ready. We never buy until December anyway but to be honest I’m not really feeling it this year. I was thinking today, I think 2023 has been the toughest year for a long time. I’ll be glad to see the end of a very expensive, wet, miserable year.

I am going to have a strict few days. I’m really not feeling well and today I chose to use my syn allowance on 2 Cadbury brunch bars which were delicious but probably not necessary. I’ve used all my Syns now for the whole week so will really try to cut back now til Thursday’s weigh in.

I ended 7/7 (ish) 8lbs down overall, so thank you @poorpaws for suggesting and motivating us all. I’m definitely going to continue, I am very close to new numbers and if I can lose another 1lb a week until Christmas then I’ll be a stone down which is marvellous. I think my motivation will increase a little when I’m not feeling so ill, I actually feel a bit ‘covid-y’ with a very tight sore throat and weird sore sensitive skin all over.

I like @Theredjellybean ’s strategy so here are my super 6

• 1/3 plate of veg with every meal
• cut back on the potatoes, rice and pasta - (just because I can, doesn’t mean I should….)
• write when you bite/scribble when you nibble…. Track everything at the time of eating or in advance.
• plan my meals and actually stick to the plan
• run 3x this week (illness permitting)
• something I’ve been doing recently- making a bit more effort- wearing nicer clothes even if wfh, wearing makeup and perfume, actually styling my hair rather than just scraping it back… etc. I feel much better for it.

although I’ve only lost 8lb which is hardly groundbreaking, I actually do feel a lot trimmer and feel like my clothes fit me better so I will use that to motivate me further to keep going for another few weeks.

keep at it ladies! Tricky time of year ahead but we can navigate our way through it

@thenewaveragebear1983 I have to disagree with you, I actually think 8 lbs off is groundbreaking. That is a great loss and you should be very proud of yourself. Well done. 🥇

Good morning lovelies and a special hi to all 7/7ers.

My apologies in advance if this is a very long me-me-me post but it's time to reveal my stats I think.

I managed the 7 lbs off exactly (earlier in the week I was an extra
.75 lb down but yesterdays chocolate fest put paid to that).

Height: 5ft 4ins
Weight 10st 2lbs
BMI: 24.4
Goal: 10sts

So BMI just in the normal healthy range (no longer obese, no longer overweight).

Was a very large size 16 hovvering on an 18, now an M&S size 12 which I suppose is a large size 12.

I haven't been this weight since 2012 when I went to WW.

Goal weight 10st so I'm only 2 lbs off and quite honestly the 2 lbs doesn't bother me because as far as I'm concerned I've cracked it! I cannot be sure but I think it's taken me 3 years or thereabouts. I know in the first Covid lockdown I lost a stone then in the next lockdown DP moved in for 5-6 months and I gained 2 sts. Anyway it's something like that and I will never forget when he said to me "I've never seen you like this" meaning he'd never seen me so fat and that is when I started the diet, not for him but for me. I forget my exact original weight 12sts something but I think I've lost about two and a half stones.

It's been a very long, winding, bumpy road and that wagon has flung me overboard so many times. I've only done this with each and every one of you helping, encouraging, cajoling me on. This includes previous posters who have long ago left the thread, all of you have been remarkable in your support and I thank you from my heart, I would never have done this without the support I've received and I'm so grateful.

This post is dedicated to @Theredjellybean who has not left my side since she joined us. There are loads more of you, too long to list but thank you all.

It's my birthday today and this is the best present ever from all of you, thank you.

Just for the record and hopefully to keep you all motivated, it is so so worth losing the weight. No matter how long it takes, it's worth every 1 lb off so please don't give up, I'm so pleased I didn't. I actually feel a bit emotional this morning but in a very good way.

Thank you all of you and please, please keep on. I'm going to refurbish that old wagon, pick you all up and we'll ride into the sunset until we are all at our goal. 😃

How lovely @poorpaws , and happy birthday! What a great achievement 💐
are you doing anything nice today?

I’m not well, I’ve called in sick, and I’m just going to have a really quiet restful day (if my puppy allows it).

@thenewaveragebear1983 bless you, I hope you feel better soon and the puppy ❤️ allows you to rest.

I've asked family to not buy me gifts as I have every drawer overflowing with "stuff" so they are taking me for a meal instead. DD has booked to go to the theatre (Six) tomorrow night followed by a meal at a really lovely French restaurant. DP has bought me loads of shrubs for the garden which he planted yesterday and we're going to our favourite cafe for breakfast and to our favourite fish and chip shop (I've said here before he won't go to restaurants because of his shaking condition) and SIL is taking me to our favourite carvery restaurant. It's all very calorific but I don't want any more gifts and I know if I put a few pounds on in the next few weeks I can get them off again, hopefully before Christmas.

Get well soon 💐

Happy Birthday @poorpaws and congratulations on reaching goal give or take a pound. What a lovely post to read at the beginning of the week.

Hope you have a quiet day @thenewaveragebear1983 and get some rest.

@Theredjellybean sounds like a great plan. I admire all the people exercising, I am incredibly lazy on that front.

I went off the rails and regained 1lb, still managed to scrape through the 7/7 challenge losing 6.5 lbs. I had Doritos, crisps, sourdough bread and my favourite wine. I shouldn’t have bought them, can’t have stuff like that in the house. Going to have a strict week, lots of veg and protein. Absolutely no wine or it all goes to hell.

Going to bed early (9.30 pm) and reading light historical romances or mysteries on my kindle is something that has really helped my weight loss and I need to get back into. It keeps me from drinking wine and making cheese and chorizo sourdough platters at 11 pm which is how I gained 2 stone. DH is an early riser so he is usually happy to go to bed early too. Putting that out there in case it helps anyone. I’d like to say I was reading Proust but there you go.

Congratulations and a very happy birthday to @poorpaws . Very well done also to @Sedgwick and @thenewaveragebear1983 . I’m 97.4 today which i think is well down on last week, though I havent checked. Weve been decorating and it’s felt miserable and endless, but also a lot better for me than sitting on my arse.
I do like the idea of making positive promises.

@poorpaws happy birthday.. six is a great show !

WELL DONE @poorpaws!

enjoy every second of your birthday celebrations - so proud of you and so pleased.

I’m glad I found this thread. It will take me a few days to get caught up on all the posts. Sorry for just jumping on here without introducing myself! I’m a binge eater and have failed every diet miserably. I wasn’t always like this, I’ve actually been underweight most of my life. Since past 6/7 years the weight has piled on and I don’t recognise myself anymore. I’m 3 stones heavier now than I was at my last trimester of my youngest child. It’s embarrassing that my maternity clothes don’t even fit me anymore!

Oh and happy birthday @poorpaws

sorry everyone I will get caught up in all the posts! I’m going to start with first thread tomorrow

I was going to post last night but I was in too much of a funk. I’ve had a really long week at work, a poorly puppy, I’m super tired, hormonal, and I went to SW and maintained. So I was in a proper funky mood. Anyway, I came home, made myself a huge Chinese stir fry with courgette noodles and loads of veg, a big bowl of fruit and yoghurt and wrote my shopping list and my menu. I’m going to cut myself a bit of slack today and catch up on some admin and have a quiet day.

this week I need 1.5 to get into new numbers but I would really like 2 off so I’m going to try extra extra hard. The first stage is this is not drinking wine. It’s just too calorific. The second is cutting back on the carbs- not cutting them out entirely, but maybe only having alternate days carbs, smaller amounts, and higher fibre options. I had said when I rejoined that I wasn’t going to reinvent the plan, I was just going to do it, and it has sort of worked except I’ve hit a bit of a plateau so I need to ramp up my efforts a bit.

so… today. I really want to run this morning, so will try to squeeze that in once the dog goes back to her bed. Baked oats with lots of fruit and some yoghurt, lunch will be eggs, dinner will be some sort of curry. No wine, maybe a gin and slimline if I feel like one later.

have a good weekend!

@thenewaveragebear1983 it sounds like you've got this week well sorted. These plateaus are so demotivating but your plan will help you hop over being stuck on a number and you will get there, you sound so positive. I hope the puppy is better now 🦴

I've had a lovely week, two meals out and one cancelled due to illness. I asked for no cards so family bought me chocolate instead. I've got a big box of Lindor, a huge bar of Galaxy, a pack of kitkat and a pack of double deckers and a box of mince pies 🙈

I'm happy to say I've already reduced my birthday meal gains and this morning was 10st 1.5 lbs, woohoo! I am determined not to undo all my good work on 7/7 and it's so lovely to feel slimmer. Actually I feel quite proud of myself for knuckling down straight after two days of overeating.

We're going to our cafe this morning for a bacon sandwich. It looks like we've inadvertently formed the pattern of going every Friday and the lady who works there looks for us and waves as we approach (so sweet, she's such a lovely welcoming lady).

Have a lovely Friday everyone and try to make good food choices 😀

@imsofedup how are you doing? It's lovely to have you here so join in the chat and let's get those pounds moving.