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

[poorpaws]

Thread 5, everyone welcome!

I'm having a disaster.
Weight jumped up
Heavier than after Christmas and holiday
It's not even as if I've had mad blow out, just generally overate portions and alcohol
I am going to have to work very hard on 7/7
Actually looking forward to Monday , I think I need the structure and accountability.
If I get 7/7 done I will be back to my lowest weight of 2023. And that would be good to spring into spring.....

@poorpaws Joining please!

Lost quite a bit of weight between October and December - had about 6kg to go. Then had a very difficult Christmas and January - endless illness and family stress. Feel like I've been eating and drinking non-stop for the last 6 weeks! But determined that February will be different. Weighed in this morning at 72.5kg which is very high for my height. Also exactly the same weight I was before I lost weight before Christmas - arghh!!

Oh well. Onwards and downwards!

1st of February, evenings are getting lighter!

@Zebracat how are you, hope you are getting over your upset and been able to walk your dogs in peace?

@Mattietoes welcome to the thread, you are certainly not the only one to regain weight, I am also not quite back to where I was in October.

@Theredjellybean it’s been a slow start to the year, hopefully a good group will rally for Monday and we can encourage each other.

I ve been having bread binges. We had cut right back on it, to 1 home made loaf a week, but then we bought some to have with soup and I cant leave it alone. And when I eat bread, I want biscuits and cake and pasta too. I know what I have to do. We are still walking our dogs in the park, but I do feel wary. Roll on Monday.

I had an almighty binge after weigh in today. I was already in a shitty mood from the minute I got up today, then I maintained - and even though I didn’t actually deserve a loss really, I was in even more of a shitty mood so I ate a bar of mini eggs dairy milk., a piece of cake, a crumpet, some toast and then my dinner 🤦‍♀️
I’m just so tired. I need to sort myself out, I’m doing this more and more and it’s a really horrible dieting cycle of binging and then clawing back, it makes food into such a horrible chore and I’m really tired of it. I mean, it probably isn’t helped by being hormonal, anaemic, menopausal and knackered. But still….

I need to do myself a menu and a shopping list but I’m going to do that tomorrow when I’m feeling less grouchy.

@thenewaveragebear1983 You poor thing, the binge/diet cycle is so familiar to me!! It makes you feel so miserable. Try not to beat yourself up too much, even people who lose weight really successfully have some days where everything goes wrong!

I'm in a bit of a bind at the moment as my husband has reminded me that we have a couple of things happening over the next few days that will make it hard for me to stick to my diet. I'm considering moving my official start to Monday, but trying really hard to keep things sensible over the weekend, as it would be great if I could get my 'start' weight down a bit... A few days shouldn't make too big a difference, if I can avoid bingeing. But then I worry I'm just making excuses!!

Didn't really start as I'd planned yesterday due to feeling conflicted, but it wasn't too bad a day - didn't choose particularly healthy food but had less than 1000 calories and noticed a big difference in my sleep, much less bloated/overheated/uncomfortable. So thinking maybe if I can stick to something similar for next few days...?

@thenewaveragebear1983 it seems we are all in the diet doldrums this week.
You do have some difficult factors at play though .. anemia and menopause...double whammy of tiredness.
Let's be logical about this... accept the bad week/ days ..try not to derail, let's just wobble on the tracks a bit ?.
How are you getting on sorting your anemia?
And look...the new improved 7/7 wagon is coming over the hill....I think @poorpaws has added a hot tub and in wagon cinema room...
@Mattietoes I'm with you...week of dinners out and now a weekend with friends awaits but rather than throwing caution to the wind, I'm going for some damage limitations and a real start on Monday...

@Theredjellybean That's exactly what I'm thinking - damage limitation while reminding myself that life comes first! In the past I've missed out on events/gone along and had a miserable time due to overly strict dieting, it wasn't worth it!! We have to be able to enjoy ourselves. However, I am definitely very motivated for a proper start on Monday!!!

I did it again today 🤦‍♀️ finished working, had massive sugar fest….

@Theredjellybean I’ve got some iron tablets which I did think were helping but yesterday and today I’ve been back to feeling really tired and drained.

@thenewaveragebear1983 , ok why don’t you incorporate an after work snack into your day.? You are really struggling. I would have it as an extra to whatever your allowed in SW. Something iron boosting, maybe, like steak or liver or eggs , spinach, bar of dairy milk. Maybe it’s time to listen to your body. You work really hard at work and at home. You drive yourself constantly, why not just think that ok, right now, you need a bit extra.
im not saying this to sabotage you, quite the opposite., I think you need someone to stick you in an armchair with a fluffy blanket and a mug of hot chocolate.

I agree with zebracat...

After work is a trigger point...and the iron tabs will take 2-4 weeks for any real affect.
Are you taking vit d as well ? And don't forget the vit c to absorb the iron.

Right now...think of the trigger point and either incorporate some food into your day...or if it's not hunger it's self soothing with food plan a different self soothe activity.

I find 5-7 hard as want a large glass of wine and big bag of crisps to destress the day...I try to go have a long bath instead...

Iron tablets will probably take weeks to make a difference. Sounds like your body needs a rest. I know for me ages 50-55 were tough (I know you are a lot younger), went from 8 stone, very thick long hair woman to 11 1/2 stone massive hair loss woman with draining 3 week periods for years. Zero libido which I didn’t think was of any importance until it went. My sister grabbed my wispy hair one day and said what’s going on you need to sort this out! Helpful not!

56 now and still very thin hair but hurrah the periods have stopped and my libido is returning. Have not given up on achieving a waist.

Maybe you need to rest, take a few weeks to nourish yourself with good food and see what happens.

@Zebracat @Sedgwick @Theredjellybean thank you, all. I do take your words on board.
i’m really not good at resting, I need to get better at it don’t I? I relax by doing activities as well, running, dog walks etc, and I fill every minute of my day with ‘busy’.

I went to my dad’s birthday party today, had sandwiches and salad. A few nibbles. Fruit salad and a muller light chocolate pot which is 66cals, really chocolatey actually and nice. I didn’t have any cake or cheesecake/dessert. I’m still not drinking- dh has just opened his first bottle of wine of the year, but to be honest, I don’t want one. I didn’t count syns or anything today but I haven’t gone mad at all and I think I’ve done ok under the circumstances.

Re the iron, I don’t know how much to take for therapeutic purposes. They won’t actually prescribe for me because I’m normal (technically) as my level is 24 and the normal range is 11-350. I’ve been taking 2 capsules daily. 🤷‍♀️ I have really heavy periods, they’ve offered me a mirena coil but I’m really wary and it will mean i need to change my HRT which is another change. I don’t really know what to do. I’m back to having thundering palpitations again, I’m sitting here having one now and my heart rate is only 50bpm, the other night I had an awful night because I was lying in bed with my heart literally thundering away. I have another 24hr ecg in March and hopefully that will shed some light.

anyway, enough woe is me! I’m all planned for tomorrow although I do need to do a shop as we have zero food in! So will take ds to football and then go shopping, stock up for the week and keep on keeping on….

Just started 50 days ago and have lost 16lbs after having not been able to lose weight (trying a few different methods). Commit to the process! Set realistic goals everyone! I've become the BIGGEST believer in the right amount of protein

What changes have you been making @swinter123 ?

I'm back on my soup diet which I seemed to forget about when I had a break from it. Hopefully if I need another break, I won't stop for as long. I'm hoping I can cut down on alcohol as plan to stop going out drinking as much.

I'm going to try make bigger batches and freeze some.

I’m terrible at making soup but I’ve been making a super easy one, a bag of frozen peas or some lentils, a ham stock cube, frozen onions and garlic. It freezes really well and it’s really filling.

I actually stopped thinking about diets. I started a system that has concepts of protein pacing (I believe in this fully)! And one intermittent fast a week (many ways to do it though). I eat two meals as protein shakes and two snacks 200 cal or less. Supper is whatever I want between 400-600 cals. The protein is key!!

Hi everyone

Just a quickie to apologise for not posting but I'm quite ill atm and typing this from bed.

If you remember I had a sickness virus a couple of weeks ago and didn't really recover. Now I have a horrible cold which has affected my balance and when out of bed I keep falling to the right.

Anyway this is just to wish everyone a great start to 7/7 tomorrow and I'll join as soon as I can. Welcome to the newbies, lovely to have you here.

If someone will take over explaining 7/7 and monitoring progress and encourage daily posting I'd be grateful.

The family did leave on Friday night so I have peace again but I just want to feel better.

I'll be back soon and in the meantime I'm thinking of you all and wishing you well with 7/7.

@ poorpaws so sorry you are sick. You are right that you just need to get better.

Get well soon @poorpaws

@poorpaws get well soon

@thenewaveragebear1983 my soups wouldn't win any awards, but are ok for me. I just fling in any frozen veg into a big pot then once cooked and cooled put into the blender then poured into tubs. I'm onto my second week now, hopefully start noticing a difference in the next week or two. If not, back to the drawing board.

Wishing everyone best of lucking starting 7/7 today!

I weighed in at 72.1kg this morning.

@poorpaws ...sounds like labyrinthitis..which is viral infection affecting inner ear and balance center.
Call your gp ..as there is meds for it.
It's horrible..I've had it a few times.

For newbies...7/7 is a motivational plan to lose 7 lbs in 7 weeks. This thread is just for support and chat .we all do different diets, use different methods etc. all are accepted and there is no criticism of peoples choices.
You can post weights or not...and choose your own weight in day...but this time most of us are starting today.
So next weigh in will be Monday next week.

I couldn't resist weighing myself even though I knew I hadn't lost any weight. It wasn't too bad. My lowest weight which I can't seem to get under, 14 and a half stone.

Going food shopping today so hopefully I can make more wise choices than not!

Hope you feel better soon @poorpaws , take care of yourself.

Had a boozy weekend, six nation set me off, ate crisps for the first time in ages. Weighed this morning and gained 1 lb. Going to supermarket today, meal planning for the week. Really want to lose 7 lbs.