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.

Morning all, @poorpaws , the soup maker gets my endorsement. You are making me want to make some for when I return home. I haven't made any for a while. I felt the soup was being extra food rather than replacement.
Went for a walk yesterday for exercise but ended up at the pub. One event so far this month so going to try save myself for this.
I don't think I've been drinking enough sensible fluids recently so I'll try with a bit more effort this week.

Made soup last night to take with me today but forgot and left in fridge. Oh well. Something to look forward to when I get home. I have a couple of bananas and an orange to keep me going. Going to try and remember to drink plenty fluids also as have been forgetting as usual.

I’ve had the most lovely day today, a bit lazy but managed to make some phone calls/appointments and catch up on admin.

it’s been very quiet and I’ve just really enjoyed the day. I think I’ve been needing a day off because I’m not sleeping well and I’m always overtired so hopefully with a busy day planned for tomorrow, I should be okay.

My eating this week has been hit and miss. I must admit I’ve eaten more today as, while I’ve been sitting down, I’ve been grazing. My exercise has been poor, but that’s a long dog story I won’t go into.

i’ve got soup planned and made for tomorrow’s lunch as I won’t have a lot of time. Ages ago I made a chicken pie (mashed potato on top not pastry) And it’s taking up a lot of room in my very small freezer, so I’m going to eat that tomorrow with broccoli and carrots (probably be two days as it’s quite big).

I hope everyone is doing well and we can all look forward to a loss at the end of the month.

Urgh so September has not started well for me! My cycle is so messed up now, I’m several days late and feeling very PMT like. Plus I have another bloody infection/illness, this time it’s a horrible (massive) infected spot right inside the lining of my eye, it’s making my whole face swollen and affecting my sinus and gums. It’s on the ‘bad’ side of my face and I am convinced it’s as a result of Bell’s palsy lingering numbness and reduced movement in that side, I have had no end of sinus and eye problems on that side. I have an appointment today and hopefully will get antibiotics although I don’t really want them, last time they made me feel really crap and I put on 7lbs!

I’m currently the heaviest I have been all year, all my weight loss from earlier in the year has regained (I weigh nearly 12lbs heavier than I did on 18th July) and I must admit I feel really fed up and miserable. I’m sure a lot of it is inflammation, I feel like I am constantly fighting off bugs and infections and I feel like my immune system is completely battered! I have eaten loads of rubbish and stodgy comfort food and enough is enough, I just want to feel normal and have some energy!

@thenewaveragebear1983 bless you, that all sounds horrible. I hope you feel better soon, you’ve had a really shit year.

@TalkToTheHand123 how are you doing?

I can’t pretend it’s going well here. I was absolutely determined to lose weight in September but it’s just not happening, we went to our cafe yesterday and today because I just can’t be bothered to make lunch. I’ve got soup going off in the fridge, I just don’t fancy it.

the chicken pie was lovely and I’ve got that again tonight but I know I’ll be grazing all evening, I think it’s become a habit and it’s so easy and comforting to eat different things every night in copious amounts, that is until I face the scales and then it’s totally depressing.

i suppose all I can say is we’ll have to keep trying as best we can.

Hi all. A slight improvement. Drinking lots of water and soup. I've been drinking a bit more water recently to help balance the binge eating.

@poorpawsI totally feel this! I have all the healthy things in but then I eat rubbish.
dr has confirmed that my eye thing is an inflammation not an infection, (although I don’t agree but 🤷‍♀️) - but it’s just further evidence that I am just a big inflamed mess, my body is screaming at me loud and clear to change something and I need to listen as I am going to end up unwell, everything I have had wrong this year ultimately comes down to inflammation! I ache and my hair is falling out and I am constantly running on the fumes of my tank. It’s got to stop!

I have previously had very good results from a strict no rubbish diet but I can’t quite muster up the energy but I am definitely going to try very hard now, I cannot wait for more evidence than it’s affecting me. Time for change

@thenewaveragebear1983 my attitude towards healthy eating and exercise has never been as poor as this year.
i think about it constantly and after “so and so” it will change, or next Monday I will start, but it just doesn’t happen.

ive never gone through a whole spring and summer as big as i am this year. As you say, time for change, but then i eat rubbish and the cycle goes on and on …

Wandered off track a little today involving 2 x sausage and bean pasties and a tub of pasta bolognaise. Washing down with what was supposed to be carrot soup but has turned into more of a carrot drink as added extra water to boost my water intake 😂.

Started drinking mocktails instead of coke. Not sure if that makes any difference. 😂

Then there is chocolate. Oh well. I'll start my diet again tomorrow.

Morning all. Being unable to no to offers of food seems to be a big factor in my failure to lose weight at the moment. It's about 50/50 of not wanting to upset the offerer and wanting the food, so this is on this weeks plan to conquer.

I plan to make a lot more veg drinks also as these seem to help remind me to drink more fluids.

@TalkToTheHand123i agree, it must be very difficult, constantly being offered food that will scupper your diet. I’d find it very hard.

It's very annoying, especially when they have been told many times I'm dieting. I'm getting better though and finding excuses that will least offend so fingers crossed I'll start losing weight!

@TalkToTheHand123 I find the more you tell people you’re on a diet, or trying to eat healthily, the more non-diet, fattening foods you are offered. Perhaps it’s best to find a different reason to refuse food but it’s not easy I know.

sunday is not going well here 🙁

At the moment it was a suprise full dinner meal when I already prepared my tub of chicken and peas. She'd spend a lot of time on it. My excuse was I was eating healthy. She said it was healthy and started getting a bit upset. Next time I'll say it's too heavy and makes me sleepy and can't eat too late either!
The more it stops me losing weight though, the more tougher I get as I'm getting a bit annoyed with the situation.

I made some sweetcorn drinks (watered down soup basically 😂). Finishing off the carrot drinks tonight. Feeling a lot less dehydrated.

I did my first strict on plan day in a very long time yesterday. I’ve decided that for the next week at least my focus is nutrition and cutting out the crap. I’m not going to count calories, but I’m going to try to have no sugar, no bread or crappy cheap flour products, and no alcohol. I am taking apple cider vinegar to boost my immune system a bit, and basically maxing out on veg, lean meat, eggs, fruit, and good things. I had a stinking headache yesterday which I guess is a sign it’s working. My period finally arrived (8 days late) this morning. So hopefully I can now have a focussed week.

today I’m having;
ACV in a bit of juice (it’s not exactly nice but the juice masks the vinegar taste a bit)
a banana
chia in coconut milk with fruit in a smoothie/shake
homemade scotch egg with salad
chicken curry with lots of veg instead of rice.

I’ve got a busy day ahead but I am not going into the office which is better as I get more done at home and I don’t get the horrible frazzled feeding frenzy at the end of the day either.

Hope you’re all good 👍

Hi all. Sounds like a plan @thenewaveragebear1983 .

I had a bit of a eureka moment. So I'm 2 or 3 day on these soup drinks and the intense hunger is starting to subside a little. I did get a chicken and rice ready meal from the big shop just around the corner today though. It made me realise, if I wait a while before a decent meal, as in a little fasting, I enjoy the meal that little bit more, so hopefully it will help me stop mindlessly eating!

I was determined to start a good healthy eating plan yesterday until my neighbour brought a big home made apple, blackberry and pear pie. OMG it was delicious with custard. She is a retired chef and her food is amazing. She also brought me a bag of eating apples and pears from her garden which is a little more healthy.

i still can’t get into “the zone” in the evenings. I’m fine with breakfast and lunch and I’m trying to eat dinner later on but from about 6 pm to 9 pm I just keep eating. After a big dinner and dessert I’m obviously not hungry so it’s just gluttony or boredom.

I hope you are having a good day.

Well I’m on day 2 of my no sugar, bread or junk food plan. I went up to the gp this morning about my continuing face issue and she asked me lots of questions about my health and mental health, which is pretty poor right now. She’s referred me for a cortisol serum test and another round of bloods and I got really upset talking to her and have basically cried all day, I have that weird hot puffy face thing going on. Don’t know if I feel better for that or not but it’s strangely therapeutic isn’t it. I’m so tired of feeling tired and run down and like I’m not really living my life, just existing on the edge of it all. It felt for the first time like someone actually listened to me and agreed that no, it’s actually not normal to feel like this every day. Realised afterwards that I’m probably partly (largely) detoxing off sugar but anyway. Just shows how much it takes over us and how much I use it to mask my feelings.

I’ve eaten a lot today, but good nutritious foods- eggs, meat , watermelon, salad.

@thenewaveragebear1983 I’m so sorry, bless you, you sound so down and unwell. I hope your health and more especially mental health starts healing soon. You really have had an awful year and time of the month and sugar detox will not have helped.

I’ve made an apple and raisin (should be sultana but I didn’t have any) cake/dessert thing. In could be a disaster, I am so impulsive. If I decide to make something even if I don’t have the right ingredients I go ahead. So I didn’t have the right flour, no sultanas, eating apples not cooking, wrong milk. Medium egg instead of large, wrong size and shape dish. Looks ok but I’ve no idea what it’s going to taste like.

I had a ham sandwich, a boiled egg and vegetables last night. The boiled egg and veg filled me up. When considering what to eat, (which is nearly all the time), I'm thinkin about choosing more filling foods a bit more so hopefully I start noticing a slimmer waistline soon.

I’m actually feeling much better today. I always do when I properly nourish myself, it doesn’t take long, and my cravings are hugely diminished. I had ACV in juice this morning, and a chicken breast. Then for lunch I did a baked potato, chicken chopped up in mustard mayo, and some cherry tomatoes from my allotment. I still need a sweet something after meals (a habit to break) but I had a little handful of raisins. I think dinner tonight will be chilli and salad and homemade wedges.

i have been having some big discussions at work as a secondment was offered to me at a much higher rate without an interview, which has prompted my line manager to discuss my salary for when I return. So I am very pleased to say that I have now been offered a 4K pay rise for when I complete the secondment. I’m really nervous, it’s an exciting project and I am a bit out of my depth but you know what, I’m ok with that. And it’s very nice to be recognised and feel valued at work. I am not one of these mythical MN 100k earners (with the big house and the husband with hobbies and a nanny). I’m a regular mum who works bloody hard and scrapes through and tries my best and actually I feel really proud of myself today.

@thenewaveragebear1983 wow that’s some pay rise. Very well done, it’s obviously well deserved and you have every right to feel very proud of yourself. I am proud of you too. I’m also very pleased you are feeling much better and I hope your improvement in health continues. Perhaps you are coming into a new phase of everything coming together for the better, at last. I do hope so.

im having one of those days where I wonder where the hell the day has gone. We did a food shop this morning and then after putting the shopping away walked to our cafe. By the time we got back it was 3.30, DP dealt with the bins, I cooked chicken for the dogs and it will soon be evening and I seem to have only just got up.

i had got homemade cottage pie (from the freezer), cauliflower, broccoli and carrots for dinner but I’ve no energy and I’m not really that hungry so I’ll leave that for tomorrow and have a snack meal, maybe beans on toast.

the apple and raisin dessert I made was absolutely delicious, warm with custard but I also ate a slice (or two) cold like it was cake. It was quite cinnamon-y but really very nice. I’ve given DP some to take home so I don’t eat it all.

weve got an early start tomorrow (some time before well before 8) as we have to see the vet at 9.15 for a post x-ray and pain control discussion. That will be another £64.99 consultation, honestly the vet bills this year are crippling, over £5,000 so far, and I don’t have pots of money. The pain control will be for life and I’m guessing/estimating it will be around £150 pm at least <sigh>.

the diet still isn’t going well but I’m trying to cut back at least a little.

Aww nice one @thenewaveragebear1983 .

Had 2 tubs of vegetables (too lazy didn't have time to cook chicken or fish). Had 3 mocktails at the pub instead of coke, so hoping I get rewarded for this nunlike behaviour and can keep it up. The thought process of choosing options to feel full rather than a quick hit with not fullness feeling seems to be helping.

Disclaimer - I reserve the right to go totally off track and refer to the above as all talk.

I'm new here; you seem a lovely supportive bunch.
I'm struggling to lose weight. I did lose 11 pounds at the start of the year but then two sudden family deaths and the associated grief and sadness has meant I've regained it all. Currently 13st 4lbs and a size 14, which is the biggest I've been. I've taken to binge eating a lot of crisps and chocolate, especially when i'm at work (lone worker in an office) and im struggling to find the motivation to get cracking with losing weight. I hate the feelings of shame I get from binge eating but it's hard to break a 30 year habit and having a sweet tooth really doesn't help. Any tips welcome!