DIET FAILED AGAIN thread 6- everyone welcome

[thenewaveragebear1983]

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

@poorpaws I am definitely with you! We know what to do, we’ve totally got this! what are your “easy wins” - the key little steps which you know will make you feel better that will kick start you- eg. Mine are always drink more water, and add one of those steam bags of veg to my evening meal every day (in addition to any other veg) - when I do those two things, somehow other good things follow.

@Sedgwick 29lbs since September is flippin marvellous! Well done you! 🌟 you win the thread! I’ve lost 14 since September but it’s been a very bumpy road with some big gains at key holiday times (Xmas and Easter) which have really set me back.

My next holiday is in 4 weeks, we are going on a city break to Edinburgh which I am so excited for- I’d love to be 4lbs down by then!

@thenewaveragebear1983 cheers! I feel so much better without the extra weight. It has been very up and down, lose 7 lbs, regain 5 lbs, lose 5lbs, take a break for 3 weeks, lose 7lbs again, maintain for a month, restart ….

With you @poorpaws - let's kick May's ass. Going away May bank holiday and would love to get 2lbs off by then...

well done @Sedgwick ! Amazing to see such progress. I on the other hand looked back to when Covid hit: I was running all the time, working in the fitness industry and I was 60kgs. 60kgs!!!!! I'd forgotten. I'll never see that again but I'd like to get back to 65kg.

sts today (10st 8lbs). Come get us May

Please can I join? I've lost nearly a stone since 14th March when someone congratulated me on my pregnancy. I'm not pregnant and my baby is 20months old.

Current weight is 13stone
Goal is 10 stone.

I would love to gain inspiration on easy but delicious meals.

I just had the most delicious lunch- a slice of dark protein bread (it feels like a tiny measly slice but it’s so dense and filling) with half an avocado, and sliced chicken, with a drizzle of thousand island dressing.

I also had this lunch over the weekend, again, super filling and tasty. That was protein bread with goats cheese and avocado and a scoop of pre-chopped salad

I’m closing up the kitchen on 1350 cals, 66g carbs. That’s a good day for me, and it includes a kinder happy hippo as a treat after my dinner (bloomin lovely, highly recommend). I ran this morning, I don’t normally do Mondays but it was a lovely sunny morning so I mixed up the schedule.

Hi @TotoAnnihiliation welcome.

@thenewaveragebear1983 I've been thinking over my "easy wins" and I can't think of many offhand.

I tend to have a side-salad with most meals to bulk it out. I often drink when I think I'm hungry in case it's just thirst. I chew sugar-free gum if I'm craving sweets. If my sugar cravings are really high, I find a job to do to delay the inevitable. I go to bed early as my cravings are worse at night. In summer I walk the dogs quite late to take me away from the kitchen and that one actually works (only on warm summer evenings though).

If we are talking about "good things follow this", it's always exercise for me, either the extra dog walk or my old exercise dvd, it's as if "I can't spoil that now with chocolate" mode creeps in.

I've had a better day today, not perfect but much better. DP took two of the dogs out and I took the injured one into the lounge and did an exercise dvd with her snoring in her bed. When DP came back I took injured dog out for a very slow hoppy walk. I had chicken stir fry for dinner, that's one meal that I usually lose weight on and I'll have the same meal tomorrow as I have got a lot of ingredients left.

I feel drained and tired today, I'm not sure why as I slept well but I think stress and worry tires me.

Tomorrow looks like a miserable rainy day here so DP might stay at home and come here on Wednesday when we are having a timber delivery and he can start Phase 20,000 in the garden. This means no one to watch over my bad kitchen habits and I have to use self control to keep away from the fridge 😬

I think I'll go to bed soon, I'm starting to fancy something nice to eat and I can't have anything because I'm looking for a good loss this week.

Keep on everyone. Newcomers, if I've missed your name, welcome to you all, we are all going to kick May's ass!

How was your day today @poorpaws ?

So in terms of kick ass April, well hmmmm…. I didn’t exactly break any records, but I did lose 3lbs. I had one absolutely shocking week in the middle, which threw me totally. What I will say though is that this is the first of me actually feeling like a) I might one day get there, and b) that I am starting to look like I’ve lost weight. I can notice it on my arms and shoulders, and my side view, and my clothes are definitely definitely fitting better. So it’s not all in the scales!

I had a good day today food wise but I felt awful, just had a weird anxiety type attack this morning and have felt tearful all day, really fragile. I think it must be hormonal, my latest patches seem really crap and keep peeling off, so maybe it’s a bad batch with poor absorption? Anyway, I felt really delicate and pathetic all day.

what does may have in store? Well…. I’d love 4lbs off, that would make me 10.6/10.5 which is pretty much my target. I could do it but I also know I will need to be super strict. I want to pick up my strength training again, as I have dropped off this week, and keep up my running. I’m doing a midnight hike for charity mid month which I’m excited about.

diet wise, I’m enjoying calorie counting again but I think I will continue to weigh at SW until I get to target, then maybe drop in for a free weigh in until I’m 3lbs under and have to pay again! But I am enjoying my low ish carb and calorie counting, I’m going to keep up the reduced drinking (I’ve only drunk 7 times this year) and generally just stick with this as best as I can and hope it continues to work, albeit slowly!

Hope you are feeling better today @thenewaveragebear1983 . You are very near your goal and should be proud of yourself. Only drinking alcohol 7 times this year is amazing. I wish I could say the same, it’s something I need to tackle. My favourite things about losing weight is going down a bra size and being able to feel my shoulders after years of them being buried under fat. Last thing at night I give my shoulders a little squeeze 😂.

DD has asked me to order some shorts from Levi. I am tempted to order a new pair of jeans but will go through my old ones first and see if anything fits.

Salmon, asparagus, courgettes, mange tout, spinach, jersey new potatoes for dinner.

Hi everyone

@thenewaveragebear1983 I'm ok thank you for asking, I'll tell all about yesterday when I've congratulated you on doing so well. You're very nearly there and you can absolutely do this in May. Doesn't it feel amazing when you actually start to feel slimmer, it's the most terrific feeling, you should be so proud of yourself. Very well done, fantastic job from me 🥇

@Sedgwick The last place I like to lose weight but the first place I always lose it is on my bust. Dinner sounds amazing, I'd love that.

Yesterday I spent most of the day huddled in front of a radiator which was on the highest setting. I just couldn't get warm no matter what I did. Usually if I don't keep busy I eat chocolate but during the day I sipped hot drinks instead. By early evening I was in my night clothes and oodie and at last I was warm. I had the usual evening "I'm starving" when again I hit chocolate, sweets, crisps and I knew I had to eat or I wouldn't sleep so I had an apple, orange and low-fat yogurt 😇. I can't say it was nearly as enjoyable but I don't want to give in to temptation this week.

So after a very lazy day yesterday which in my head I love but actually I don't enjoy much, I was up early and took all three dogs on a slow hoppy walk. Although it was very slow for injured dog we were out two hours so I must have done a reasonable amount of steps and the dogs were exhausted.

Dinner is chicken stir fry again <sigh>. I really enjoy the first one but all the noodles, bean sprouts etc are in big packs so I have to eat it over three days to avoid wasting food. I'm looking forward to tomorrow nights dinner which will be entirely different.

I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying a bit more warmth today, although where the sun has gone to this year I'm not sure but I wish it would come back.

@thenewaveragebear1983 I'm enjoying my overnight oats daily, usually at lunch time or as a dessert after dinner, thank you for getting me back into them.

Have a good what's left of the day.

Thanks @Sedgwick I do feel better today, it’s definitely hormonal because I’ve come on today even though I’m not due for 8 days 🤷‍♀️ so something odd is going on but at least the anxiety has subsided.

I’ve been hungry today and I ate quite a lot at lunch which left me lacking a bit at dinner, faced with the option of either have a very small meal or to eat what I’d planned and end up over, I chose the second option. I’d have been miserable and hungry if I’d tried to claw back. A large percentage of my food today was ‘junk’ /nutritionally void- this is something I want to focus on and work on a bit. Making sure that more of my food each day is nutritious and less is rubbish. I ended up today on 1750 cals, 113g protein- and I did a run, a workout and walked the dog.

it’s weigh in tomorrow, I’ve had an ok week so I’m fairly optimistic I might get a half pound off and get my stone award

@thenewaveragebear1983 🤞🏻for a good loss tomorrow.

Just been reminded that group is cancelled today due to voting day! So I will have the option of a drop and go weigh in tomorrow, or an 8am class on Saturday. Normally I’d do a drop and go but as I’ve worked so hard to get my stone award, I’m bloody well going to get my moment of glory and my round of applause. So Saturday 8am it is…..

Warning! Hipster lunch alert ‼️ ⚠️

just made myself a really wanky hipster lunch- open sandwiches on dark protein bread. One with beetroot and halloumi, one with pastrami, tomato and rocket.

Delicious, I love both. Chicken thighs in honey and mustard, potatoes and peas tray bake tonight with steamed greens. Ate a cheese sandwich yesterday and have gained 1 lb.

@thenewaveragebear1983 I could just eat that, minus the beetroot 😁

I'm sooo hungry today. Had the usual porridge with blueberries for breakfast, overnight oats for lunch and now I can't wait for dinner, I'm starving (but mustn't snack).

It rained so heavily last night that the lanes are impassable. I had boots on, not my wellies, so I had to cut the dog walk shorter and it was enough for hoppy dog as she was tiring. I think I've done enough steps for the day though.

DP has started the last phase of the garden, it's getting exciting now, I can't wait until he's finished, which will be quite a while as it's been a massive project. To go to my clothes line without rubble underfoot will be like a miracle for me.

I hope you are all doing well, roll on dinner time.

Weighed in tonight, only stayed the same!!!! Still half a pound from my 1 stone/target 🤦‍♀️ I’m having a treat night tonight, pizza and wine and pudding, but then I’m back on it tomorrow and for the week ahead!

@thenewaveragebear1983 staying the same is better than a gain. Enjoy your night off, you deserve it.

It was going so well until last night. I received some really bad news (not personal to me but people I care about) and it sent me into a very low mood and, as they say, I ate my emotions. I'm hoping I've done enough on the other four days to have not gained but I'm cross with myself because I was doing so well. I'm not going to dwell on it as I'll get more upset and binge more. I am an eternal yo-yo dieter and I so wish I could break this pattern for good.

I started watching an Australian programme on my iPad on emotional and binge eating and I could relate to all of it. Using food to help feelings and being guilty and very down once the last mouthful has gone down, never full, thinking of the next food to eat when I haven't even finished what I'm eating, panicking if there is none of a certain food left, searching cupboards, secret eating, hiding wrappers, I've done it all.

I'm struggling with exercise too as injured dog suffered yesterday from too long a walk the day before. Yesterday she kept holding back and looked so sad I took her back home. I can't take the other two without her as she's very clingy and would run around whining and barking until I returned, despite her injuries.

So at the moment everything seems to be against my progress, or am I making even more excuses. I'm feeling very low and fed up this morning and yet again I need to address my relationship with food.

I hope you are all doing well and have a lovely holiday weekend.

Sorry to hear you’ve not had a great day @poorpaws. Emotional eating is so hard to tackle isn’t it, because in the heat of that emotion, you aren’t making rational choices anyway.

I am having the period from hell, I don’t know why but I came on 8 days early and since then have had the heaviest most painful few days. Completely different to normal. I’m hoping it’s a sign my iron tablets have been working and that it’s my body doing what it should do, but it’s a bit concerning and yesterday I basically couldn’t leave the house! I was hoping to do my long run this morning but I am not going to risk it, I’m going to wait til tomorrow.

last night I had a ‘cheat night’ , I had a ham and mushroom pizza, a Gu dessert and some ice cream, and a glass of wine. I would have drunk more but actually I was so tired I fell asleep for most of the evening watching tv and only drank one glass. I’m glad about that today as I have no hangover. It’s forecast to be dry and quite nice here today, very rare occurrence, so I am going to take my doggie out and then I need to get out into the garden and do some chores out here, it’s an overgrown mess with a football pitch in the middle and various holes where Maggie has enjoyed digging the wet ground over the winter. I despise gardening, so I need lots of motivation to get out, but once I do I will be ok.

I am determined to get my half pound (at least) off this week and get this bloody stone certificate so I can leave slimming world as a target member!

Hi and love to all.

I cancelled my membership at the local leisure centre and signed up to my local private gym as I thought it would fit around my schedule better and touch wood going quite well.

Diet is slowly improving so hopefully will notice an improvement over the next few weeks

@thenewaveragebear1983

See all those lovely rhododendrons, they rotted and died in the wet this year. This is such a difficult garden, steep and very big and we've lost hundreds of pounds worth of plants. Luckily DP does the garden for me.

@poorpaws that’s beautiful! This is my current weed patch, Maggie loves it because I throw her kibbles out here and make her sniffle for her dinner, but I think my very garden proud neighbours must be cursing me. I’m going to tackle it slowly today . There actually some nice plants in there amongst the weeds. I need mature shrubs!

@thenewaveragebear1983

That's not too bad, both sides of me have far worse gardens than yours. Both sides NEVER go into the garden and it's so overgrown with weeds taller than me.

I realised as well it might look like I'm boasting so for full disclosure my garden is lovely, my house is shit. Every room needs painting and it needs a new kitchen so I'm not pretending I live somewhere nice (although my views are gorgeous).

@poorpaws absolutely did not think you were boasting and even if you were, boast away. Your garden looks lovely. I’m always very envious of lovely gardens but deep down I know I don’t have the mindset to be a gardener. I want instant gratification and don’t have the dedication to do the hard graft. I tend to do pots these days, a couple of nice pots that I keep in my eyeline so I can still see nice plants but don’t have to put the work in. I think people have wholly lost sight (especially my age and the mid 20’s, first home type age) of what is actually realistic and nice in a home. Pinterest has killed it, so used are we now to seeing immaculate perfect homes and bathrooms and gardens. My house is big but it’s a massive workload to keep clean and tidy, never mind immaculate and decorated. I could do jobs for a month and not be finished. It’s expensive to run and to do any jobs. I have stopped even looking at social media and decorating/renovating programmes now because it’s too depressing. I know some people who I think actually have a kind of body dysmorphia but for home, it’s like they cannot stop until they have achieved this “perfection” that’s not achievable, and it largely involves buying lots of plastic things to achieve a desired ‘look’.