DIET FAILED AGAIN thread 6- everyone welcome

[thenewaveragebear1983]

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

Hi all. I made a batch of soup tonight and cupboards, fridge and freezer are low on stock meaning I've managed to use food up instead of keep buying, so quite pleased.

Aiming for majority of my food consumption being soup for as long as possible 😂

I had cake three times yesterday. People just kept bringing it to me. Parkin, banana cake and a slice of Victoria sponge.

Exercise was only a 10 minute dance party with DD.

But at half 8 when I was eyeing up the wine, I instead went upstairs, brushed my teeth and climbed into bed with a book. So will power won at least one round yesterday.

Hope you all have a good day. It does sound that collectively we are feeling more motivated and on it. I'm so glad for this thread. Good days or bad - it's an encouragement to keep going

Lost 1 lb, eating a lot of veg (half a head of roast cauliflower, peppers, courgettes, Swiss chard, mushrooms) and been on the cross trainer 7 days in a row. @Storyland brushing teeth is a great idea to stop the after dinner snacking.

Hi all. Accordig to the scales I am down half a stone to 14 and a half. Last weigh-in was about a couple of weeks ago. Although this was my morning weight and last time was my night one. I'll take it though!

@TalkToTheHand123 night time weight is always heavier (usually 1.5 lbs for me), definitely take the morning reading. Well done, that’s a great result.

@Storyland all those cakes sound amazing 🤩

I had an ok day today but I did eat loads! It was just such a grey miserable day. I did go to the gym after work and my PT did a really good core, balance and mobility session which was great for my hip. I will have to see what it's like tomorrow.

I feel a lot calmer around good these last few days and I've had no biscuits, sweets or anything sugary. I have had bread though, that's got to stop as it bumps my calories sky high.

Tomorrow, I'm going to try to fast til lunchtime then have eggs for lunch, with mushrooms and tomatoes. Dinner should be mince/chilli but I am fairly certain we have no tinned tomatoes, so I might do cottage pie instead 😋 I just need to try to curb my grazing, I eat a lot of my daily calories outside of mealtimes- need to bulk up my volume with lots of veg instead so I'm too stuffed for anything else!

Hi all. Just weighed again and just under 15 stone. I do feel though I'm gaining more control over my eating habits, so hopefully some consistent improvement can be viewed on the scales in the next few weeks.

A win for me: yesterday I did 20 minutes on the rowing machine. Only a small thing I know but I'm so out of the habit with exercise that this felt like a big step in the right direction.

Also didn't snack after tea and zero alcohol too. I am worried how difficult it is not to drink in the evening. I think I've used that glass (sometimes 2 glasses) of wine as a signal to myself that it is my relax and wind down time. Letting go of the days worries and easing in to bedtime. I need to retrain my brain that I can still unwind and relax without the crutch of wine. I wish I liked tea because I'm sure that would help.

Hi All

@Storyland the rowing machine is a big win. I've been trying to get back into exercise all year since I pulled a muscle and it hurt. I make any excuse and so far every excuse has worked so well done to you.

After a truly angelic three days, today was horrendous. I'm a bit loathed to admit this but I actually detest any appointments. I don't know what it is but I'm foul if I don't have my day to myself.

Today I had three appointments and all was not well. The first was in an area with no parking so placid DP got very agitated and we had to walk a long way after eventually parking his car. The appointment was double booked so we had to wait a very long time.

We then had to go back to the opticians because the side had come off of my brand new glasses. The optician was very rude, I was cross and he flounced off like a petulant child. New parking meters have been installed near to town and they wouldn't work with DPs phone and it ended in a row and I walked off 🙄.

I won't bore you with the rest but it was a day from hell all round. DP and I never fall out because he is just so nice and I think we were both frazzled so we saved the day with chips and then a triple ice cream.

To make matters worse I couldn't be bothered to cook tonight so I had a lot of chocolate, lots of frothy coffee, crisps and toast.

No appointments tomorrow (what the hell is it about me and appointments) but a gentle walk to our cafe, a chat with regulars and all will be well <and breathe>.

I hope you are all ok and trying hard with this agony that is weight loss. I need to look in the mirror and have a chat with that person.

Oh @poorpaws , chalk it up to experience and try again tomorrow. I hate appointments too, or anything like that.

I have had a weird day today. I ate something that was off at lunchtime, I took one bite and swallowed it and it was vile, and I literally thought I would throw up. 🤮 dry heaved all afternoon, everytime I have thought about food I have felt really sick. I have now eaten my dinner but I still feel really sicky. I don't think I've ever had that happen before in my life.

I'm ending up on 1600 cals and 124g protein , so that's good for today.

@thenewaveragebear1983 that sounds horrendous, you poor thing, I can just image your upset. Did it not look off, or smell off? I suppose not or you would have realised and not eaten it. I am so sorry, it's very off putting.

@poorpaws no, I did give it a sniff but I think the heat of cooking turned it. It was vile. It always amazes me the pure animal bodily reaction to things like that as well, there was no way my stomach was allowing even a morsel more of that. Thankfully! 😅

Anyway, I feel a bit less pukey today. It's not been the best week for me food wise but I weighed in today at 154.2 so that's about 2lbs off. I have managed to curb my full on binges and excessive biscuits and toast consumption at least.

I'm going to do a shopping order today and plan some decent meals and some things I can batch cook- bathroom Reno starting on Monday so I need ease of prep but don't want to spend the week eating freezer foods. This weekend I will do some meal preps and I am going to try a very gentle run on my hip and see where we are after 2 weeks off. Dh is planning to drink tonight, I don't think I am. We were doing stoptober but we cracked last weekend, I'm determined to keep going after the blip but dh is a quitter!

Well done @thenewaveragebear1983 ! That sounds really great and glad you are feeling a bit better. Hope your run goes well.

@poorpaws Sorry about your tough day. Hope today is a better one. Appointments stress me out too. As does parking in tricky places.

We had parents evening yesterday. Glowing report for DD which was lovely. It meant that we got home late and neither DH or I could be bothered to cook so we had chicken sandwiches from a left over roast. I'd had a chicken sandwich for lunch too 😅 I do love them though so that's OK. I could never master the mumsnet chicken because all I want to do with a roast chicken is make sandwiches!

I've got a busy event day at work today which should be fun, then I'm hoping to get my Friday night walk in this evening if the weather stays dry

Back at goal weight this morning, lost 6 lbs the last couple of weeks. A lot of chicken breasts and salad, veg. Feel well. Decorators start at 7.45 am, they are good guys but I am looking forward to a weekend without them.

Good morning, happy Saturday.

All in all it was not a brilliant week for me, I think I did lose a pound or two but nothing amazing. I had a glass of wine last night and fell asleep watching tv so that saved me from drinking the rest 🤣 I made a delicious cottage pie with cheesey mash as well 😋

I have loads to do today! I really don't want to spend another weekend cleaning and doing chores but it does need to be done! Reno work starting Monday so I need to move my office set up downstairs and clear space on the landing for the guys to work.

Ds and I will be taking the dog out for a nice adventure walk as well. She will be going to kennels a few nights a week for the next few weeks to allow us a bit of breathing space while all the work is going on, is it wrong that I'm secretly looking forward to a bit of a break from dog walks and generally a break from the dog?

Food today- shopping coming at 9, then will probably fast til brunch,
Eggs for brunch, mushrooms and toms
Dinner- dh is cooking, he's doing fajitas. Could go either way depending on how many tortillas I have! (Although I do have some nice low carb ones if I was feeling really on it)
Weather permitting, I will go for a run today although I'm expecting to have lost all my fitness and I'm not going if it's wet and cold 🥶

Happy Saturday!

Congrats @Sedgwick on getting back to your goal weight!

@thenewaveragebear1983 I think you've lost a pound or two this week that is amazing. Especially with the hip and everything else going on. I think it's understandable to be ready for a break from dog walks but then again I'm a cat person 😁 Think dogs are awesome but look exhausting to look after to me.

18,000+ steps yesterday. Busy work day and then 5 mile walk. Had meat and potato pie for lunch so just had snacks for tea.

I have a baby shower to go to this afternoon and DD wants to bake biscuits so today's challenge will be not to eat too much of all the delicious food that's going to be in my vicinity.

Hi all. Not weighed recently but feel a bit more toned which seems to be from regular stretching throughout the day and tummy tensing exercises. I went for a walk around the next estate which was a 15 min walk so hoping to do this regularly.

I did buy a big bag of chips recently. Hopefully can make it last a bit longer than usual.

Morning all.
Last night we drank wine, dh's fajitas were very yummy but uncountable in calorie terms, (I had 2 wraps) And a GU dessert. I didn't snack at all yesterday though, just had my brunch and dinner. I spent the day moving furniture to make space for the bathroom guys, we now have this glorious clear landing, it's funny isn't it because it shows a really nice corner of the house that we've never really seen before because it's always had drawers and stuff cluttering it up. I'd like to keep it clear like that once the work is done.

Today I'm ferrying kids to football. Walking the doggo this morning and then I would really like a nice gentle jog to test out my hip. I want to make some soup and I am doing a roast chicken with cauliflower cheese and veg tonight. My goal for this week ahead is to eat more veg, just with everything.

Morning. Official Weigh in of the week: 9st10. No change.

I did drop during the week but yesterday was not a good day. Found the baby shower hard work as I only really knew the mum and one other person there. Was a lot of sitting around, slightly stilted conversation and finger food.

I was planning on skipping tea but I was so drained afterwards I ate two burgers. Today I have church, lunch with parents, then this afternoon DD are making gingerbread leaf biscuits - it's our Autumn half term tradition.

*drools at reading cauliflower cheese.

I went for a run yesterday! First time in weeks. I ran / (walked a bit) 2.8 miles. Felt good to do it. The sun was out and it was blustery so leaves kept falling about me. Very pretty and I'm glad I got outside and moved about.

Also made gingerbread biscuits with DD that are laughably terrible. The dough was so crumbly that it was impossible to roll. Then the biscuits came out cracked and lumpy and the icing went everywhere. DD and I make these once a year and you would think we would be better at it by now 😆 If any of you have a reliable gingerbread biscuit recipe, please send it my way.

I don’t have a recipe @Storyland but your pictures really made me smile this morning. Hope they tasted good. @thenewaveragebear1983 Solidarity on having work done on your house, a new bathroom will be worth it though. We have people coming and going most days here decorating and so on. Haven’t weighed as had to rush this morning. I am usually heaviest on a Monday after Sunday’s roast potatoes.

@Storyland I love the biscuits, I'd eat them. The red ones at the bottom look like dinosaurs to me.

It's been such a very mixed week for me. Three days of near perfection and then everything went wrong and yesterday I was appalling with my chocolate feast. The result is a quarter of a pound gain, but I'm so big at the moment that a quarter of a pound seems a lot.

There has been some exciting news in the paws household. It might not seem much to anyone else but you'd have to know my DD. She came out of a very abusive relationship four years ago, she was basically his slave and she is still frightened of him (although in fairness I have to admit he never hit her but mental cruelty can be worse than a fist).

She is very much a loner like me and very anti-men. I've been trying to nudge her in the direction of dating for some time mainly to give her confidence against her ex who still bullies her. Anyway the big news is she met a man two days ago and she's very smitten and so is he. They met for coffee and spent four hours together and didn't want to leave each other, the next day met for lunch and spent five hours together and didn't want to leave each other. The biggest thing is she can't stop smiling and she never used to smile.

Anyway, I'm telling you all this because I've been celebrating behind-the-scenes. I'm so happy that I just keep eating. It won't sound much to anyone else that it's massive for her and I'm so very very happy for her and long may this happiness continue.

So it's Monday again, I'll try to be good with my food again and I'll try to keep away from the chocolate. I always feel a little disappointed that it's Monday because I love my home alone, do what I want, Sundays and I've got to wade through another whole week until next Sunday.

Have a good week everyone.

@poorpaws how lovely for your DD! Hope the smiles continue to shine!

Legs are still stiff after Sundays run and there is too much free cake at my work that I have to do better at resisting.

Busy day today so not sure if I'll fit any exercise in so will do my best to keep portions small, no snacking and no cake. Also not had any wine since Friday so that's good. Plodding on!

@Storyland No wine, yay! I'd love a workplace with too much cake 😁

Yesterday, considering it was Monday and usually my angel day, was not brilliant. I did well all day but I'm really getting addicted to these lattes. For many years I've considered at least my drinks are free of calories (black coffee, no sugar and Diet Coke). The only drink with calories has been my weekly latte at our cafe. Now I'm buying the latte sachets I limit myself to one a day, only I don't! Yesterday I had three and on Sunday I lost count. I think they are 70-80 calories per drink so it does add up but I find myself craving them.

Update on daughter - he works away all week so she didn't expect to hear from him until the weekend. He texted her early morning, rang her for 15 mins during his break and they spoke for over an hour in the evening. Oooh this is so exciting. Normally, because she likes to be on her own, she would be annoyed at so much attention but she's enjoying his calls (this is so not my daughters normal reaction to men). I might start looking for a hat.

So it's Tuesday and day 1 of my week was a failure so I'll try harder today. I've got a busy day planned finishing off the spare room. I need to polish the wardrobe which is now much neater inside (Paws polishing 😱 blimey) and clean the carpet which is quite old and really needs replacing but it's a spare room so a quick run over with the carpet cleaner will do.

Have a great Tuesday everyone.