DIET FAILED AGAIN thread 6- everyone welcome

[thenewaveragebear1983]

We made it to 1000 posts on thread 5, here is thread 6

Hi all. Went to Buffet King today so not good 😂. Hopefully can reverse some of it soon.

I'm also not doing well.
Struggling or juggling or struggling with the juggling???
Haven't completed my training program for second week running .or not running as case may be
Feeling guilty and hungry and want a large gin and tonic.
Haven't been on scales for a week or so but a dress I have which I judge myself by ( I've only comfortably fitted into it once in two yrs) was doing up...ish ..it's a fitted 1950's style and biggest problem is round boobs and back fat I have aquired from menopause.
Anyone got good suggestions for back friendly workout moves for back and armpit fat ?
I already have a very legs and core support heavy plan of exercise from my physio..but could add in arms stuff

Hello @Theredjellybean if you have stairs at your property, I'd suggest sitting at the top and stretching out with arms down at the side. Seems to be a nice easy workout especially for the tummy. I just keep forgetting to do it.

@Theredjellybean I’m a big Caroline Girvan lover at the moment, there’s probably an arms/chest/back workout on YouTube although you can’t really ‘spot reduce’ areas and if you were to build muscle in those areas you might feel that you look bigger, not smaller. I’m sure your marathon training will pick up but everyone I know has done one says that any weight loss goals go by the wayside, you need your fuel. Be kind to yourself. Long runs are physically and mentally demanding, in addition to all the other things you have going on. I would always say in your situation to focus on good quality nutrition rather than calorie reduction, and if you’re missing runs it’s a sure sign that your body is saying ‘no thanks’. I’ve never done a marathon but I do long distances and I know when I’m training hard that if I don’t listen to my body it just shouts louder and louder until I can’t ignore!

Good morning! Returning from Manchester today, the killers were awesome last night. I didn’t drink too much but I did eat lots and didn’t sleep well so I do feel a bit rough today.

It’s just under 4 weeks to my birthday and just under 5 til I go on holiday with skinny people . I really need a very focussed push to the finish line now, I don’t think I’ve clocked an overall loss for 2 months running at least. I’ve enjoyed my last week of not weighing myself, it’s been very liberating and I don’t think I’ve gained as a result but probably haven’t lost either. Plus anything i lose seems to be quite transient, more like fluctuations rather than true loss. But I do want to push for the target now. I reckon 6-8lbs and I’m there, and I could make a good dent (if not fully achieve) that in 4-5 weeks.

what I’m doing isn’t really working though. I think to really do it properly I need to cut the carbs and calorie count in combination which all seems a lot of hard work. I also need to do it 7 days a week- there’s a coach I follow on socials and she points out that if you don’t track at weekends (so Friday, Saturday, Sunday) that’s 42% of the week. I do this pretty much every week so it’s no wonder I’m maintaining not losing.

Good morning everyone

Sorry I've been quiet, I've been doing a lot (too much) thinking.

I'm starting again, again, again ...

I'm short of time this morning so I'll be back later.

Have a lovely Monday.

Hi, I'm back.

So as I said I'm starting again and I bet you're sick of hearing that because I am.

I weighed this morning and now I've put the scales away because I want to do this without being ruled by those scales.

I don't know if it's anything to do with my weight gain or not but I've been very down for weeks. I keep having recurring thoughts and bad dreams about stuff that happened years ago and that do not affect my life and I had no control over. It's silly, it's many years ago but the memories won't go away and they are dragging me down.

I know we all have things in the past which aren't ideal but usually we can forget them or at least put them to the back of our minds. So how do I change my mindset? I don't know what to do but I want to cheer up, enjoy life by forgetting the past and get this weight off.

I don't have much of a plan, I'll probably muddle through trying my best.

Hi 👋- @poorpaws there’s no shame in restarting/ however many ‘agains’ we have.

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking this week. I feel quite blue/pensive myself at the moment. I often get like this near my birthday as the passage of time makes me very reflective. I realised last week when I tried to hide my scales and also not track that I’m actually quite addicted to both of those things. I had genuinely strong urges for both. It made me really question why and it was really apparent that I track my food after the event, in a weird kind of justification of having eaten too much, and I weigh myself/want to when I know I’ve not really stuck to it. So: both these things are a) completely pointless and b) really unkind things to do to myself. So then I started to think about when I actually feel good and when I eat best, and came up with these conclusions

1. when I eat more fat/protein and fewer carbs I have much better overall success
2. when I don’t weigh myself as much I am overall happier
3. when my meals are filling I don’t snack or graze

so this ⬆️ is my plan for the week ahead.

Good plan @thenewaveragebear1983, you really do understand your moods, your mindset, everything really, more than I understand myself. You take control, whilst I live in a muddle of hopes and wants and dreams.

I hope this week goes well for you. As we said last month or possibly the month before "I just want to get this bloody done".

Hi all. Had a bit of a rethink myself due to not feeling like I'm progressing and my plan is to plan better! This mainly involves not buying junk food during shopping trips and having more soup!

I'm trying to keep off alcohol at the moment as no doubt I will be hitting it hard when I'm on my jollies in a few weeks 😯🤭.

@poorpaws i Do spend rather a lot of time musing over this stuff though…. Not sure whether that’s always a positive

@TalkToTheHand123 I’m also trying to cut out the junk and alcohol. Considering I didn’t drink at all for the first 3 months of the year, the 2nd 3 months I think I have drunk every weekend at least one of the nights. I feel so much better when I don’t drink, I’m really over it…: but then Friday rolls round and…

I’ve had a really good day today, I’ve eaten very well. Absolutely zero junk or processed food, three healthy meals, snacked only on fruit and drank gallons of iced water with lemon. 😇 Tuesday tomorrow, and you all know how it’s my absolute nemesis, but I’m really really determined this week to break the cycle.

I had an early finish today as we had a training day so I came home and did a workout. It’s hot here so I took the dog for a nice slow walk. I love the summer evenings and I love the heat, even though everyone tends to moan about it, I won’t hear a bad word about it after the rainy year we’ve had!

@thenewaveragebear1983 I love the heat too...it's never too hot !
But then I've spent large parts of my adult life as a trailing spouse to my dexh and that was all in the tropics.
I've had a good day...but still had the one smallish g and t ..but stopped at one so that's progress.
I'm also struggling with being really hungry...which I think is a side effect of marathon training. It's hunger on another scale...but this evening I managed a normal size dinner...braised lentils with tuna steak. Infact it was quite small and the three chocolate fingers...since when have they been so tiny !!! Are they now chocolate midget fingers ??? I remember them being a proper biscuit size .. anyway I ate 3.
Not bad

i have had another really good day today, and (drum roll please) even thought it’s Tuesday I did not come home and scoff loads of rubbish! Hurrah! My meals have been good and I have really tried to cut out all junk/processed food again. I’ve had a smoothie made with frozen fruit and coconut milk, lunch was salad with chicken and mayo, and dinner was some marinated spicy chicken, more salad, avo and dressing. I’ve snacked on fruit and 2 chicken drumsticks. And I got up super early today for a run before the heat. Really pleased with that today

Another really positive day for me. I’m really enjoying not eating any junk, it’s calmed my appetite down so much and it’s forcing me to eat more veg, more fruit and more healthy fats which is all good. I’ve come in under calorie allowance every day this week. I’ve also drunk loads of water all day because of the heat. Not sure if it’s related but I’m due on this week and have not had the raging hormonal hunger, plus I am normally very achy in my hands and feet but this morning noticed that I just wasn’t as tight and sore there so maybe it’s relieving some bloat/water retention

currently sitting out in the garden enjoying the last few rays, it’s been sooooo hot here today. I don’t complain after the year we’ve had but I would certainly like it to be a bit more manageable tomorrow, just so i can actually get stuff done!

I did perhaps have a few glasses of rose yesterday.
But food choices were not bad
I did go to gym as well now trying to motivate to go for a run....I'll report back if I do ☺️
Well done @thenewaveragebear1983 you sound so positive it's motivating

Hi everyone

I love this heat too but it's not good for my dogs.

I've been doing ok, not brilliantly but better than some earlier weeks.

DP has decided that we will go to our cafe on Wednesdays and Fridays and since it's hard work to get him to go anywhere I'm up for that.

We went yesterday but it was so busy and it's entirely our fault because we've told so many people who now go regularly and they have told people and now our quiet friendly cafe is always full or nearly full. One regular told me to stop telling any more people, it's a secret.

Anyway we had fish goujons in a bap with lettuce and tartare sauce and chips. Yes quite high in carbs and calories I suppose but I only had poached egg on toast in the evening. We did drink a lot of orange juice so I suppose I wasn't 100% on track.

I did do a glance in the mirror after my shower this morning, I didn't do it on purpose, my head just happened to be that way as I walked past to fetch some clothes. Oh my Lordy lord, it was not pleasant, the view was extremely disappointing and would normally have sent me straight to a chocolate bar but I reasoned with myself (trying to follow you @thenewaveragebear1983) and I know my figure will not improve with chocolate bars and I just have to bloody do it.

It would be so lovely to be slim in this heat.

Anyway my lovelies keep on doing what you can and enjoy the sunshine,

Hi all. Had a bit of a binge last night so the thinking cap went on. I'm going to try have a batch of soup prepared in advance for when I get in on an evening. Hopefully this will help stop these binges.

@TalkToTheHand123 i find I binge after my office day when I’m dehydrated and frazzled, it’s such a hard habit to break isn’t it?

Good morning everyone

Last night did not go well! To be fair, I've had worse evenings but I could've done much much better.

I've ordered a lot of 90% cocoa Lindt chocolate from Ocado which is being delivered tomorrow. This week I bought some chocolate that was about 60% cocoa and it just doesn't work. I am trying to adjust my pallet to a lot less sugar and apparently the 90% is quite bitter so we'll see. I've seen quite a few vlogs where people have been able to eat a lot less chocolate when they just have a little bitter chocolate and that's what I'm trying to do. At the moment I can eat both 🙈 but that's not too helpful.

My plan is to calorie count a certain amount (I'll work that out when my order comes but somewhere around 150 calories I guess) and eat it slowly and mindfully each evening instead of the mountain of milk chocolate Ive been eating. Apparently it's difficult at first but then becomes much easier and milky chocolate becomes too sweet and nasty on the tongue. I can't imagine this but I'm getting desperate to find something/anything to stop or cut down my milk chocolate habit.

Watch this space and I'll report back.

I hope everyone is doing well and have a lovely Friday (it's going to be cooler today).

Hello, please may I join? I was on another weight loss thread but it seems to have fizzled out.

Been going up and down with my weight the last few years but the overall trajectory has been getting heavier. I would really like to fit back into some old clothes and feel better about my appearance.

We are going on holiday with DH's extended family in August which is a good motivation to get on it. I've managed to lose half a stone in about 6 weeks but this is normally the point where I run out of steam and undo it all.

My strategy is to do some kind of exercise everyday, try and reach 10,000 steps and cut out as much of the junk food snacks as I can. Some days are better than others.

@Storyland welcome. It sounds like you’re doing really well already.
@poorpaws i’d be interested to hear about the dark chocolate experiment. I really don’t like Dark especially the super dark stuff, so for me it would probably make me eat less Or none at all! I think to be honest I eat milk choc not for the chocolate but for the perfect “hit” of fat and carb it’s the same ratio as human breast milk did you know?! And the more palm oil and sugar the better (I’m a Heathen, no?)

this weekend i’n just going to pretend it’s not the weekend. We have nothing special on, no socials, one kid away on a trip, so I’m going to keep up my super clean food and not drink any alcohol. My house needs a thorough clean and tidy and I want to do a long run and also take my dog out for a good walk somewhere new, she has been neglected in this hot weather with just little trots round the roads. So lots and lots to keep me busy!

I did hop on the scales this morning. I’m 151.5, I think this is technically a loss this week, but I’ve been bobbing around the same weight for months so overall it’s not, and it’s a maintain again for June. 149.5 was the lowest I got to before this plateau so once I’m there again I will start claiming actual weight loss!

I forgot to report back...I did run...did my fast 5km...it was awful..I felt I was dying.but shaved a minute of best time.
I then weirdly had a day of no hunger ...had dinner out with a friend and struggled to finish my halibut 😶

Welcome @Storyland

@Theredjellybean great running! I’ve got a place for London 25 and this time I am going to do it, I’ve booked my hotel and everything. Now just need to run 42kms…… eek 😥 my current comfortable long run is about 10-12km, I could do 15 but the last 3 would be horrible. I have a fair amount of work to do by April…..

I had a good day yesterday, I did go very slightly over on calories but more because I forgot I’d had something then remembered later. Nothing dramatic and nowhere near like what I have been having recently on weekend nights..I’m planning more of the same today. I’ve joined a new gym, it’s an outdoor physical training club so this morning I’m going to bootcamp, plus I need to do a run at some time this weekend. I need to sort my summer clothes out and stick some on vinted so that’s my other job today. my food is mostlg sorted, I cooked a big tray of chicken legs yesterday for snacks and lunches, I am going to have eggs after my bootcamp as a brunch, and not sure yet about dinner.

Thanks for welcomes! Sounds like you have a good active day ahead of you @thenewaveragebear1983 !

I'm feeling very tired today. Didn't sleep well last night and was busy yesterday evening helping out at a youth club. Am already on the backfoot because we went out to Morrisons for breakfast (i had a small cooked breakfast) and we have friends coming round for lunch.

Menu for lunch is roast chicken, New potatoes, carrots, broccoli and green beans. I'm going to only have a tiny portion of potatoes and focus on the veg. My friend has diabetes so is bringing a diabetes friendly dessert of yoghurt and fruit. I'm not planning on having an evening meal so I'm hoping the food today will be OK.

If I can I'm going to get out this afternoon/evening for a hill walk and will spend the next couple of hours cleaning. But I don't feel very optimistic about seeing a loss this week.