DIET FAILED AGAIN thread 6- everyone welcome

[thenewaveragebear1983]

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

Davina mcall..I met through a work thing and she was telling another person that, that day she'd done a 10 mile run in the morning, then a "short" weights core strength session in the gym.
Then at lunchtime done a yoga class and then another session in gym of mixed exercises before coming to the event...she apparently does this every day....I mean I don't have the bloody time

@Theredjellybean yes. I’d heard that about Davina too. It must be exhausting.

@poorpaws good you’re feeling a renewed enthusiasm.

I had an ok day today, a long day at work. I am also feeling a renewed vigour and after work I cleaned and tidied my house for 2 hours which is very unlike me! I ate a big lunch- we had loads of nice salad stuff left from the weekend and so I had cheese coleslaw, potato salad and homous with my salad. It was nice, but high calorie. However, I’m sort of feeling a bit different about the whole thing since my musings yesterday. I’ve decided not to berate myself about it. I just had a light dinner, and it is what is is.

tomorrow is my office day, it’s usually my hardest day food wise of the week. I’ve prepped my lunch, my breakfast will be Greek yogurt and berries and I will make a protein shake after work before dc’s football. I really need to do some proper shopping but I’m trying to clear my freezer so it will be something with mince before I shop properly on Wednesday.

I was a big fan of Davina when she first "lost the weight" (though she was never big to begin with) and used to love her fitness DVDs but they are definitely not reflective of what it takes to get a body like hers... I remember her saying "have you tried corn on the cob without butter? It's amazing!" 😂

@Theredjellybean ALWAYS wanted to do the marathon du médoc - it'll be great! London will be amazing too. I'm in the ballot yet again but I've run it before so not expecting a ballot place.

I had a sensible eating day yesterday and did a Caroline Girvan workout which I'm calling a win. HMS WeightyMcWeightloss is riding the waves... ⛵️

I have a deferred entry to London 2025 but in all honestly, I’m not sure I’m going to do it, I’m too injury prone these days and I think it’s inevitable I’ll do some sort of hip/hammy injury in training as they are my weak spots.

@triplecheeese ..I'm very excited about the marathon du Médoc...next week is first training long run with wine...my DD is doing it too...we planning a run along the coastal path with a glass of wine at various points .we are sending other dds out to sit on benches with the wine.
I'm not sure we really need this type of training but we all thought it would be fun !

@Theredjellybean so jealous, sounds like a wonderful day! There's a wine marathon in Surrey (Denbie's) in September. I did it a few years ago and it was fab. Much prefer the wine of Médoc though!

@thenewaveragebear1983 agree the training is worse than the day, sometimes you just have to listen to your body. though my body is currently telling me "open the biscuits"

Slabgate, everyone is invested, right?

I was up and dressed at the crack of dawn, DP arrived in his working gear before 8 am. Long story short (and after phone calls and arguing and nearly bloody cancelling the order) the slabs didn't arrive! A complete waste of a full day full of trauma and drama. They are supposed to be coming tomorrow morning at 8.30 (we have a neighbour standing by to help (the very same neighbour who was standing by the whole day today)) and if they don't arrive I am cancelling the order. Ffs!

The diet is going ok and I'm trying very hard. I haven't done any exercising yet, which I need to get into but my eating has been pretty good. No dog walk yesterday because of torrential rain and a very short walk today which injured dog struggled with.

I am extremely impressed with all the marathon talk, you ladies are awesome.

So that's about it, I'm shattered but not because I've done too much, just because of stress. Even DP was becoming agitated and he is one of the most calm people you could meet. So update tomorrow on slabgate and I'm still crossing fingers and toes that I will actually like them.

I am totally invested in slabgate @poorpaws , so annoying when trades don’t turn up! 🤞 delivery shows up tomorrow!

I’ve just tried to be a bit kinder to myself the last few days. My meals have been good, but I’ve not tracked religiously, more just as a guideline. I’ve probably gone over, but I’m ok with it, I’m just trying to settle into a groove of listening to my body a bit more and eating when I’m hungry, but stopping when I’m full. I’ve drunk loads of water. It’s my office day which is my no exercise day.

tomorrow I’m all planned, plus I will run in the morning, and I have an abs/core workout I want to do because although my arms and legs are looking good after 5 weeks of Caroline Girvan, my core is really weak and I struggled to even do a plank on Friday, so I’m going to try to fit that in at least once a week.

I'm invested... please keep updating

Invested. Hope they turn up today.

Wedding anniversary fancy hotel stay has arrived. Looking forward to it. Wearing a Hush size 10 dress tonight (from years ago but never worn). 9st 4 1/2 lbs. Cross trainer has just been fixed, relieved to go back to it. I might run outside once a week for some variation.

Checking in for Slabgate updates!

well done @Sedgwick, hope you feel amazing in your dress!

which Carolines do you do @thenewaveragebear1983, do you follow one of her programmes? I can't do it as often as she would like with running as well but I do love her workouts. I've got pairs of 3, 4 and 8kgs so need to get some heavier ones but nowhere to store them!

@triplecheeese I’m doing Iron at the moment on YouTube, it’s my first one. I’m 22 days in- I think I’m going to do Epic next. It’s not much abs though so I have found a standalone CG abs that’s 16 mins on YouTube which I’m going to add in. I don’t do 5x a week though and I don’t do anywhere near her weights. It’s hard to fit it all in with running as well, I find if I run 2 days after a leg day, I am halfway round and suddenly have no energy in my legs at all. So I have to work out my schedule quite carefully.

in terms of weights, I have a set of 3s and 5s, and then I have an adjustable set that can go up to 10kg each or make 1 of 20kg. I just pause the w/o to adjust them, she tends to say at the start what the weights will be. They were only from Argos but they are quite good

these ones

@triplecheeese

Slabgate update 😁

They said they were delivering the slabs yesterday at 8.30, they arrived at 7.30. Luckily I'd got up before 6 just in case and was already showered and dressed. DP arrived "early" just before 8.

We immediately set to work moving them as I don't have a drive but the delivery driver placed the slabs very close to my wall so the pavement wasn't blocked. Lovely neighbour came to help a little later.

I went indoors to get us a quick drink and when I looked through the window a car had pulled up at the opposite side of the road, the driver opened his window and was making notes! By the time I got down there he had pulled away. Dp and neighbour confirmed he'd been there for quite a few minutes and was very intent on watching us. I can only assume he thought the slabs would be on the pavement all night which would be very dangerous and we wouldn't let happen.

We worked all day and managed to move everything which was difficult because there was a lot to move including two dumpy bags of sand. I'm still not sure I like these slabs, they are very thin, but I'll report later if I grow to like them and they might look better once placed on the ground.

All the time I was working I was thinking it would be good for my figure. The only problem was it made me so hungry and I couldn't stop eating last night so obviously that will negate any calories used working. The next slab delivery is next Monday so watch this space.

I'm going to try and have a much more relaxing day today and try to limit my food more than yesterday. My legs are aching and I had leg cramps in bed last night so I'm taking it much easier.

So less of me and the slabs, how is everyone doing? From the chat you sound very much on track and all this talk of marathons sounds amazingly positive to me. Fingers crossed we all have some weight loss this week.

I hope everyone has a lovely day and keep up the good work.

They look fab - and they're on sale 👀 👀 👀 thanks @thenewaveragebear1983. You're giving me hope that I can do both.

I asked Chat GPT how to fit exercise routinely into my week and it told me to get up earlier. I for one welcome our robot overlords

cheers for the Slabgate update @poorpaws and it sounds like you had a super productive day! You'll be building strength with all that heaving about heavy things, after all isn't that what this weight training and exercise business is for!? i was open mouthed at the image of your spy taking notes, some people are such busybodies. I'm selling my house at the moment and a neighbour I've never spoken to (not close) asked me apropos of nothing why it was listed at that price, because "So-and-So on the next terrace over got £££££ for hers". Well madam I've never met either of you so excuse me if I don't take your advice.

@triplecheeese the only way I fit exercise in routinely is by having a very strict weekly routine, and all my exercise is done before 8am.
Monday= workout
Tuesday= rest
weds= run
Thursday = workout
Friday = run
Saturday = run + w/0
Sunday= long run.
the weekends are a hit more flexible eg if I do a long one on the Saturday or have dc football etc, but everything else is fairly fixed. It’s the only way I can fit it in. I know if I leave it til later, I make excuses and it doesn’t get done.

@poorpaws we have a horrible gravel driveway full of weeds and 2 days ago dh lost his rag with it and has had a quote for 30 tonnes of Cotswolds gravel to be delivered dumped on the front drive. He’s all excited because he’s saved £400 by having a loose load, whereas I’m ever the practical one thinking eerrr and who exactly is going to be moving this “loose load” 30 tonnes!! Of gravel? So now, the lovely 4 days annual leave after we get bank from Edinburgh at whitsun which was to be spent resting, is now to be spent lugging stones. Seriously, I wonder what planet he is on sometimes. 🤦‍♀️

I’ve ended up slightly over on 1450 calories today. I’m supposed to weigh in at group tonight but when I did my pre-weigh in hop on the scales I am still bloody 1-2lbs above my target. It’s so annoying. My weight has literally plateaued for about 6 weeks now. It’s sooooooo boring.

I should probably just give up on going to get weighed and just get on with it at home, but after going all those weeks I really wanted to actually get the certificate, which I know is stupid, I’m not 5 years old. And I’m actually really enjoying my new, slightly kinder approach to myself and my food this week. I don’t even follow slimming world anymore! Why am I putting myself through this torture?

I’ve toyed with a few ideas to get over this plateau- eat more calories, eat less calories, do a few days IF (doesn’t appeal to me,) or just hide the scales and carry on doing what I’m doing, and weigh in a month or something.

went to Lidl tonight to do a quick food shop and buy an electric garden weed burner- they have nice food in, got some beautiful sushi and a salmon poke bowl which I have had for dinner, it was really tasty and 365cals. Highly recommend if you have a Lidl near you.

so…. Onwards into the weekend we go. I am doing a charity midnight hike up pen-y-fan in the Brecon Beacons on Saturday night, which should be fun (ish), I’m probably not going to drink this weekend so that’s also a positive. It’s my higher calorie days tomorrow and Saturday so I have lamb steaks for tomorrow and I bought some cheese sauce fish cakes for Saturday.

I feel like I'm going to burst. Ate quite a bit but I'm putting it down to not being able to be as much of a pig. I'm starting to plan and reduce my food consumption levels slightly.

Feeling a little slimmer and taking bloatedness into account. I just need to push on now.

Morning all, happy Saturday.

i hit my calorie max yesterday, but I did eat well and had 2 glasses of wine. I’ve decided I’m going to put my scales away for a few weeks and just focus on my food. I’m going to quit slimming world as well, I don’t know why I’m putting myself through the torture of a public weigh in every week 🤷‍♀️

but, I’m not going to go off piste, in fact, far from it. I’m going to try for a really strict, careful week. We go away next weekend and it will be 4 days of hotel breakfasts, bakery lunches and pub dinners- so a gain is inevitable and I want to enjoy it not feel crap about it. A little boost before I go will help surely.

and then it will be June. I can’t believe how quickly this year is thundering past. After my weekend city break, it will be 8 weeks until my summer holiday and I am determined to have got past this plateau and got to final target by then, that’s only a pound off a week (plus whatever I gain in Edinburgh!).

but for now, let’s keep smashing May. Today I am hiking overnight, I have a few cereal bars and things like that and fruit in my pack for energy. To be honest I’m not especially worried about the walking, I’m worried about the tiredness overall as missing a nights sleep, and tomorrow I’m quite likely to be exhausted!

I need to plan my meals and do a proper shop for next week, I didn’t shop properly last week and our food has been a bit hit and miss as a result. My dd is away on holiday next week too which means lunchtime dog walking will fall to me every day so I will need to factor that in and probably prep my lunches in advance- great for planning and diet!

following the conversation with @poorpaws last Sunday, I did a lot of thinking. I bought a new notebook which I have committed is NOT to become an endless churn of promises and lists of food I have eaten and menus and shopping lists. Those things are preventing me from thinking about and dealing with the real issues and the difficult questions I need to ask myself about food. I sat with the book in front of me and just let it flow. It was really hard at first but I just jotted down notes about my food behaviours and things I do and how I feel. A lot of things about my childhood (my parents are both super weird with food) and above all a lot of things about how I look and how interlinked that is with food has come out. It’s something I want to do more thinking/writing about.

@thenewaveragebear1983 that was all very interesting to read. You appear to have everything nailed for good weight loss and I love the fact that you wrote everything down, can pick it up and read any time and further reflect, that's such a good idea. As you say it's nearly June, my favourite month, and I want to enjoy June but also keep my calories low. I guess I need to find something other than food to make me both happy and content.

We've been to our cafe twice this week (my idea after a gruelling slab day). I avoided the cake, which was difficult as it looked good, so I'm still trying hard.

This week I haven't weighed at all, which again I found difficult and I haven't checked my watch for the step count (most likely because it will be low as injured dog is really struggling).

I've been very pleased with myself for the last two evenings. I've not reached for chocolate or granola bars. I have noticed that those granola bars are extremely addictive for me. Once I eat one, I crave another and then start on the chocolate bars so although I don't find it easy, it's better for me to just not eat them.

Surely there has to be a loss this week, surely! I had one evening of overindulging and the rest of the time I think I've been pretty good. Whatever, I am not weighing until Monday morning.

I hope you are all well and enjoying the sunshine. It's very bright and sunny here this morning but I believe we have rain later AGAIN.

Enjoy your Saturday everyone.

Hi all. I'm trying to give up the noodles / ween myself off at the moment. Managed to do a bit more housework last few days since giving up the gym. Been making and taking in tubs of fish/chicken, veg and potatoe for food for my 12 hour shifts recently. Plan to start making my soup again.

On a bit of a plateux last few weeks, but at least I'm not gaining (well I don't think I am 😂).

Hi everyone, I’ve had 4 days off (wedding anniversary hotel stay) and had a great time. Delicious food, really relaxing. Came back to a minor drama with DD and then drank too much wine on Friday night to destress.

I’ve been thinking about @thenewaveragebear1983 ‘s posts and others. It’s made me rethink a bit too about things generally. Truth is I drink too much, I give up for 3 weeks or so but always go back and am not good at drinking just 2 glasses. The whites of my eyes are a bit bloodshot and cloudy now and have been for a week. I tried antihistamine drops as I thought it was hay fever but no change. I am now genuinely worried about my liver. I am going to find a giving up thread on here and join.

Diet wise I have regained 3 lbs but I not worried about that.

Hope everyone is doing ok.

This was my view at 4.30 this morning, hiked 8km up in the dark. Reached the summit about 20 minutes before the sunrise, then hiked 9kms back down. What a grueller but so worth it.

@thenewaveragebear1983 wow wow wow. I was thinking about you last night - amazing! How are you feeling today?

I know what you mean @Sedgwick. I really enjoy a nice wine but my stress has been so high the last year or more that I've been using it as a tool to de stress and that doesn't feel right. Just like the chocolate and ice cream, I'd like it to be an enjoyable treat and not just another thing I bung mindlessly in the trolley.

@poorpaws do you make your own granola bars or buy a brand? I find they can be addictive but not satisfying as you say. I quite like at Christmas time when there's honey roasted cashews or cocoa covered nuts - feels like a dessert but more filling.

@TalkToTheHand123 i eat ramen noodles for a quick lunch, I put in frozen edamame beans and an egg and then pretend at least im boosting the nutrition. Tubs of proper food sounds good tho!

Hoping I've halted the gain... 0.5lbs off which I'm not going to complain at.

Happy Sunday everyone

@triplecheeese oh it was just so beautiful. Perfect conditions. A hard walk, harder than snowdon. But the views at the top and the sunrise above the clouds, I could drink it in forever. I’ve got the wanderlust big time now.

Something weird is going on with my hormones. About 2 weeks ago, my period arrived 8 days early and it was so incredibly heavy, well yesterday another period arrived …. So that’s 3 in a month? I need to speak to my doctor but somethings clearly not right either with my HRT or with something else. I haven’t had any pmt or other signs such as appetite increase or bloating though.

I need to sit and plan my meals for the week and do a shopping order to see us through til Friday night as we go away Saturday. I’m determined to have a good week this week to limit any potential gain overall while away. I’m thinking lots of fresh salads and keep the carbs low.