DIET FAILED AGAIN - maybe this time we're 7th time lucky, all are welcome

[thenewaveragebear1983]

Roll up roll up, it's time for thread 7... everyone is welcome here on our lively supportive chat thread.

Good morning
welcome @YourBlueSquid- apologies for the click bait thread title! I’m going back after just 4 days and it feels like I’ve been off for ages so can’t imagine after 2 weeks!

just enjoying my morning coffee, planning my day. Annoyingly I am delivering a presentation in our staff meeting this morning, way out of my comfort zone. It’s still school holidays here so kids are off to granny’s. It’s less than 4 full weeks until our next school hols, and we are going away to climb snowdon - I’d love to see a bit of weight loss by then! I weighed yesterday and I had gained 2lbs over the easter weekend which could have been much worse.

Welcome @YourBlueSquid lovely to have you join us. We are a small group but very friendly and supportive so I hope you stay with us.

@thenewaveragebear1983 I hope all goes well with your presentation.

yesterday was ok for me, not amazingly good but better than I have been doing. I keep telling myself tiny steps are better than no steps.

i have a morning dog walk planned and then some housework, so not an exciting day. Homemade soup for lunch again and dinner, whatever it is, will have lots of veg with it 🤷‍♀️

for those returning to work today, I hope it goes well.

Hi all. Shopping trip yesterday and bought burgers for my naughty treat. Only bought a couple and will try avoid next time. No inroads to 13 stone so will try be more strict.

My meal plans at the moment is alternating between fish and veg and chicken and veg, homemade soup without stock cubes, salads and fruit.

Light exercise, plenty water and tummy tensing in bed and more sleep.

Morning all.

I managed 8 days without chocolate but fell off the wagon last night with an overdose of Maltesers - they are always my nemesis. As a consequence I feel disgusting this morning, which is helping my resolve to not go there again.

I happily avoid all other substances/foods that make me feel unwell: why on earth can't I do the same with chocolate?

So cross with myself...

@ToutesetBonne oh I hear you and agree with every word about chocolate. I’ve said here before I know I have an addictive personality but I gave up cigarettes (difficult) and alcohol (easy) and I cannot control myself with chocolate. I’ve been trying to give up chocolate for many years but it wins every time and like you the next day I am really cross with myself and repeat …

i wrote a long post last night three times and deleted because it was far too convoluted and made me appear more than slightly crazy.

a brief outline is that I’ve always turned to chocolate if I’m upset and particularly if someone has been nasty to me when I was trying to help and be kind. Yesterday there was a family situation which wasn’t a big deal at all and the person involved will have thought nothing of it. I was a bit “that was unnecessary” but again it was nothing horrendous. Again I turned to chocolate in a big way, knowing I’d be upset with myself today and knowing how excessive the amount was for the tiny amount of hurt I felt.

it seems then that my addiction is getting worse and I need help. I should have distracted myself and I knew this but I’d had a busy day and was tired so I gave in. I need a strategy for coping with this. It would have been an evening dog walk but Lottie (my new dog) is so strong and powerful and with the other two I can’t manage them alone. DP doesn’t do evening dog walks and tbh I like to go alone. I could never just leave her alone at home, so I’m stuck and I need a resolution in case this happens again.

my chocolate habit really is out of control and I fear it’s getting worse. I wonder if anyone can relate to my problem, I need to sort this out as I am just hurting myself and getting fatter and more unfit. I have very low energy atm due to my ME and exercise has always been my distraction previously but now it’s not possible. I’ll have to think hard when my head clears.

have a great Wednesday everyone. I’m going to the dentist late morning and I know i need at least one filling but DP and I are walking the dogs down there so I’ll get some exercise.

@ToutesetBonne I haven’t posted for a few weeks as I reached goal a year ago and have maintained pretty well since then. It’s a lovely thread.

I wonder if hypnosis is worth a go…...

@ToutesetBonne I know quite a few people who have used hypnosis for various conditions/addictions and all found it very short lived. My ex spent a small fortune on hypnosis for severe migraines and spent months if not years being told it would eventually work, it didn’t.

this really puts me off hypnosis but thank you for your thoughts and support.

I quite like hypnosis. I have a few for binge eating and overeating and when I remember to listen to them I do find them effective. They seem to tone down my cravings a lot - but I rarely remember yo listen to the recording and it does involve having 40 minutes to basically have a nap with headphones on which is a luxury I can rarely afford myself

Hi all. I've managed a few weeks now without chocolate. To help me stop, I'd eat enough to get the sickly feeling and try save the thought and feeling for when I crave. I also quickly skip the chocolate isle so none in the house. I tell myself to feel shame at the time of eating so I don't enjoy it. This method usually works, sometimes takes a few goes.

Trying to do mini fasts at the moment and drink plenty water.

I’m on day 3 of my health kick and I felt absolutely dreadful today. Fully in the throes of detox. Headaches, cold, flu feeling, tearful. I hope it will pass soon, it’s testament to the sheer amount of junk I have been eating recently I guess. My body is going into shock 🤣
my food has been good but today I ate a lot. I figured I was as well to just eat and get through the detox rather than try to fight it. I didn’t go for a run as I planned but I did give the dog a third walk, she’s very tired now 💤

food was chia pot with fruit, some chicken as a snack, a homemade scotch egg and mayo and sweet potato chunks for lunch. I had a handful of nuts and some fruit as nibbles throughout the day, then dinner we had mince and sweet potato and veg. And a slice of melon. I feel really full but also really satiated, the extra fat content is really satisfying. I think I’ll end up having gone over on calories though today.

positive results though, even on these 3 days I’ve not had a single palpitation whereas I was having 20-30 a day some days. Although I feel tired overall, I didn’t get the ‘slump’ mid afternoon. My hands are quite sore today but my ribs are a lot jess painful.

Love to all.

Up 2lbs to 14.0 stone. Burgers finished last night. Spring rolls will be finished very soon! Plan is to have chicken, fish and veg as main food and ideally no naughty treats from shopping trips.

Try for earlier nights / sleep more and tummy muscle exercises. Drinking plenty water.

Fair enough

Yes - I felt so ill after my Maltesers overdose the other day that I'm hoping that will put me off forever!

Sorry you feel so rough: let's hope you'll soon reap the benefits.

i’ve had an ok day today, a bit stressful with some family issues with my dd. I have stuck to my food, ended up on 1600 cals but everything has been 100% UPF free and natural. I haven’t been as tired and fluey feeling today. I couldn’t fit a run in today, but did walk the dog twice.
my hands have still been a bit crampy and my ribs were a bit painful but not as bad as they were previously.
annoyingly, I weighed myself this morning and I have overall gained this month so far! I did have a bad start to the month i guess but it will be annoying to end the month heavier than i started! And we are away this weekend so I will not be able to control my food in any way, just make good choices where I can.

Esrly night for me. Going to try sleep my way down the scales as struggling a little these last couple of days.

My gluttony cycle is ever growing. I fear I will end the month a lot heavier than I started it. I actually love May so I’m hoping to do much better very soon. June is my favourite month of the entire year so I’m hoping I can really go for it then. All the hopes, all the fingers crossed, all the dreams of being slim, it’s time I just did it!

@poorpawsi am totally up for a super strict May, April has been very up and down and I think I’ll be lucky to end up on a maintain - I was down a couple today but I’m away with dh and I just had 3 cocktails and half a bottle of wine, shared an antipasto starter and had crispy gnocchi with goats cheese

@thenewaveragebear1983 enjoy your break and we’ll both get back on it in May. We could try a 7/7 from May until nearing the end of June. As far as I know I don’t have many plans during this time so it should be a good time to re-start.

I had a sneaky weigh in this morning to see how bad the damage was because I can honestly admit I’ve not stopped eating for the last few days (last weigh-in Monday). I was shocked and delighted to see I’ve STS, and I’m not sure how that happened because a lot of Easter eggs have disappeared into my mouth as well as ice lollies.

I can only assume I’ve got away with not gaining because I’ve been doing horrendously long dog walks. The other day we were out walking for well over four hours because we took my daughter’s new dog with us so added a lot of steps collecting him and dropping him back off.

I absolutely knew in my head that I’d put about 4 lbs on this week And I weighed today as a wake up call and “get back on it”. I just hope I can discipline myself in the next two days so that I can see a small loss on my regular Monday weigh-in.

Have a fabulous break @thenewaveragebear1983and I hope everyone has a lovely weekend.

You can do the hypnosis quite cheap or free. There are some free ones on youtube. Convert to mp3. Also I found weightloss music quite helpful.

I've been weighing myself the last few days and no weightloss. I forgot I was cooking a bowl of veg yesterday. Another pot ruined.

Done 30mins gentle tummy tenses in bed this morning and going to try do this more regular as I'm getting a litttle frustrated with not losing any weight recently, especially with not drinking and sacrificing social life! Enjoying not having a hangover though.

Going to check out some recipes as fancy making some nice meals.

I had a dreadful nights sleep after drinking, I was woken multiple times by thundering palpitations! Awful. I am not going to drink tonight. We did a little walk in the Malverns this morning and now back at the spa, just chilling by the poolside. It’s so nice 👌
food is obviously off the scale but 🤷‍♀️

@poorpawsi am definitely up for a 7/7. We haven’t done one for a while and I have also decided I am going to sign up for our town’s half marathon on 15th June, so that would fit in perfectly. Not excluding damage done this weekend, if I was to lose 7lbs in 7 weeks, I’d be back into my happy weight and not far at all from target so I’d be thrilled with that. Count me in!

@thenewaveragebear1983 are we starting 7/7 tomorrow morning?

Hi all. I've managed to get under 14.0 stone again, yay. Hopefully can keep to my routine and keep making progress.

@poorpawsabsolutely 🙌

I feel really crap today after a weekend of eating and drinking and relaxing. The sun is shining and i don’t want to do jobs and get ready for back to school, I want to drink cocktails in the garden and sunbathe! I’m allowing myself 30 minutes then i need to crack on and be an adult. And NO cocktails 🍹
7 weeks takes us to 16th June and it would be very nice indeed to find myself 7lbs lighter as well!