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.

I've been quite good with no obvious results. I've even cut down on the muffin munching. Trying to drink more fluids. Adding blackcurrant to my water to try make it more enticing.

It’s so miserable out there today, I took my older son to town for a mooch round the shops and a hot chocolate, I had the Black Forest one from coffee#1 and when I checked it was nearly 450 calories 😱
just shows how things add up.

today I am cooking a Huge piece of pork, I think it will do 3 meals so I am going to batch cook loads of veg so I am all sorted and prepped for the whole week. I’m already in my pjs, no running today as it’s so bleak out there. Just wrapped up warm with the log burner on.

Just been to Iceland but not able to buy a big piece of meat as a few hours before returning home. Got a couple naughty nibbles.😯

So sleepy now. Sweet and sour chicken with rice. Feel so ashamed now though. Oh well. Start again.

Oh @TalkToTheHand123, I don’t like to think that you feel ashamed after eating. It sounds like a lot of the time your diet is influenced by others, you can’t really help that. What are you having today, what are your plans?

i’ve been having an ok few days, yesterday I had leftover roasted pork dinner and went to bootcamp, today I think I fancy something different but not sure what. I am heading into our office to give a presentation this morning, only a low key thing for my old team, then working from home this afternoon. I really need to go for a run as I haven’t been in ages, nearly 2 weeks. I’m feeling really tired and having very disturbed sleep at the moment, I was woken at least 2 or 3 times last night.

Good morning

i haven’t much to report. As usual my meals are healthy but the chocolate snacking is ruining any hope of good weight loss.

I was contacted by my dr yesterday and I’m being referred to orthopaedics about my hand as he confirmed a spiral fracture which needs surgery.

ive been very down and like @thenewaveragebear1983 my sleep is very disturbed and I’m ratty from lack of good sleep.

most of the Christmas decorations are done, just the top part of the tree to finish and then all the lights can go on. I’ve not seen many decorated houses on my road yet so I don’t want to be too early. I live high up from the road so have to use a lot of lights to be seen.

its nasty outside again today. I always struggle with rain because two of my dogs hate it and don’t want to go out but I feel guilty if we don’t go for a walk and it’s not good for my fitness.

have a great day.

Love to all.

This time it was 100% me. It wasn't that nice so hopefully I'll refrain next time. I have a batch of fried rice to get through. Going to try focus on fruit and veg though, maybe make some soup.
I'm going to try do a bit more walking.

Ouch @poorpaws, remind me- did you know what had caused your fracture? Hopefully you will be able to have the surgery soon. @TalkToTheHand123i hope you do manage to get out for more walks. I just took Maggie out and it’s absolutely howling out there, but strangely warm. I must admit I’ve not fancied running in it at all, so dragged myself out for an extra dog walk. I feel better for it now.

I ate a lot of cheese today. I went for a meeting and came back and oooh I made some oven chips in the air fryer and added a load of cheese 😋 so unhealthy but I just needed it. Then for dinner I roasted a chicken in my cast iron roaster, pulled all the meat and added bbq sauce and new potatoes. Nice simple dinner with salad.

to be honest, my December strategy is to keep ticking along, nothing too dramatic, having what I fancy but not going mad and actually I’m feeling ok with it. I am really trying not to get overwhelmed or too tired. Tomorrow I am booked on to bootcamp after work, and food will be leftovers from today.

@thenewaveragebear1983. Re-my hand. I slipped on an exposed tree root and started to fall on my side. I put my hand out to stop myself and it smashed into the root and then I fell on top of it. I have Dupuytrens contracture in my right hand which is the hand I landed on. Dupuytrens is where one or two fingers are pulled down, fold over until they reach the palm. Anyway it’s made this condition worse and I have two badly folded fingers now.

physio rang me today and I have a hospital appointment on Friday early evening to view X-rays, discuss the spiral fracture, pain relief and the worsening Dupuytrens. Apparently they can’t operate until the fracture is sorted. Basically I’ve had a broken right hand since 20 October and they don’t know what they can do about the fracture because of my folded fingers.u

this has sent me into a chocolate frenzy as you would expect from me. I’m also nasty as hell atm and poor DP, who is the most patient person, is suffering. So I’m afraid the diet is taking a backseat until the new year and I fully intend to do the no sugar three months.

my clothes are really tight now, even my biggest jeans are cutting into my waist so I know I have to do a lot of hard work in 2026. Strangely hardly anyone knows about my fall but I’ve told everyone about my three month ban on sugar, just because I want to be made accountable.

i hope everyone is getting on well with Christmas preparations. It will be quiet here with a visit to DD on Boxing Day and that’s about it.

To me the shame feeling is a good thing, as it helps to resist for the next time. I seem to have gone off pasta, which is a good thing also.

I've started the lightweight diet today and about to start on a 21 hour shift. I have a lot of fruit with me and a few green tea bags.

Usually I would have had a takeaway or ready meal by now. Having the mindset of eating light snacks and light meals has helped. Although there is time for this to go t'tsup.

@TalkToTheHand123 keep on keeping on, you’re doing well 👍Stay positive.

Oh @poorpaws you poor thing that sounds horrible. I hope they can get you sorted soon

@TalkToTheHand123 you are doing well. Keep it up!

I had a much better day at work today, I am over a big hurdle that has been giving me a lot of dramas but also I think I am over an emotional hurdle of accepting that I am not going to be able to deliver a 100% perfect result in this, there are too many other people involved and unfortunately they are preventing a perfect result,I also know when their data is not correct they will blame me but 🤷‍♀️- let them. That’s a new change for me. I normally break myself trying to deliver and the thought of people saying my work is not up to scratch is horrible, but actually I have put 110% into this already and if others won’t change their processes then what can we do? Being on a project team has taught me a lot and one of them is definitely this- it’s out of my control and i can only do my best.

I wonder which other areas of my life i can apply that to?!

anyway, dh is out on his Xmas do, I finished work and took my boys to McDonalds, I had a medium fries and a small McFlurry 😋 I have not eaten McDonald’s in years!

Only about 4 stone behind you @poorpaws 😂
Drools at the thought of a McDonald's @thenewaveragebear1983 .
I had a banana, orange and a cup of green tea for bed. Was offered some pasta and bolognaise, but declined (wasn't too difficult though. No Michelin stars in this kitchen😯😂) .

I was 11st0.5lbs today, those tens are once again in my grasp before the weekend knocks them away again, dammit

Big challenge today. I'll be passing a few bakeries.

I didn’t eat until about 3 today, I was so engrossed in work although today it was fun rather than stressful. Earlier this week i Bought some Myprotein and Bol branded ‘meal pots’ reduced in Tesco, they are gluten free and I got them for 50p ish each, stuck them in the freezer and had one today, it was really good and filling. I wouldn’t pay full price for them but definitely worth 50p! Anyway as a result, I’m not really that hungry so currently I’m planning to just have a few crackers and cheese for dinner and I am having some wine because, well, December.

tomorrow the in laws are having the kids, we were going to go out but actually we’re both knackered and I think instead we are going to stay in. Will probably have a steak and salad.

Quick hand update - been to physio, saw X-ray. Being referred to a hand specialist consultant. Hand should be strapped but can’t be because of folded fingers. Physio say hand is unusable.

diet is on back burner which I know I’ll regret early next year.

i hope everyone is ok.

Good morning all,
weighed in yesterday at 10.13.5. (Woohoo! 10’s!) although my official weigh in is tomorrow so who knows what will happen by then! Still I have seen a ten on the scales a couple of times the last few weeks which I’ve not seen since the summer so that’s very cool, and considering it’s December I am pretty pleased with any loss.

I am going to take my dd out today for a coffee and to visit a designer outlet park, then visit my little niece and family for my nieces birthday. The family are vegan and I am gluten free so it’s unlikely there will be a cake problem as there is no GF vegan cake! So should be ok there.

dh and I drank wine last night, watched Christmas specials and ate a baked Brie and a few other goodies. It was nice actually, I am quite enjoying my gentle slide into the festivities this year and I don’t seem to have that ‘fuck it it’s Christmas’ mentality where I have to eat it all. I am not doing so much exercise, walking the dog obviously, but the running and gym classes are very much when I feel like it. I was so poorly last December after totally burning myself out, so this year I am just being a bit kinder to myself.

@thenewaveragebear1983 great news to see the 10s and fantastic that you’ve swerved the fuck it vibes. How I wish I could be back in the 10s but very well done to you.

@TalkToTheHand123 re your comment 4 sts behind me. Well this time next year you won’t be because I have faith in you.

I made the cake and I have to say I was not impressed. I think my sweet tooth is extremely sweet and I found the cake very bland and not very nice really. I’m going to get some sugar substitute from the grape tree and see if I can make a nicer 🍰.

I must admit I’m preparing well for 2026, researching what I can eat without sugar and getting my notebook ready so that I can write everything down. I’m a very visual person and I need to make notes to see progress or patterns when I fail. I’ve also ordered cod liver oil capsules. I give them to my dogs so I’ve decided to take some too. I want to do a month by month guesstimate against what I actually lose/gain to see if I can stop yo-yoing as I’ve done for years.

Not long now before we’ll be seeing the new year in with renewed action to ditch this weight.

Hi all. Had a portion of pasta and a portion of rice last night and some soup. Some alcohol too. Plan is to try cut out the pasta and cut down on the rice. The heavy portions is making me too tired and fortunately putting me off eating so much, so hopefully I can eat less and just have mainly fruit and soup. I'm wanting to use up food items from the cupboards also.

Finished off the rice tonight. Getting a bit sick of it now. Next time I might just leave it. What is the last food people eat before bed? I always seem to go to bed needing something else to eat to settle me.

Hi all, official weigh in was 10.13.5 so a 2.5lb loss last week, behold, it’s a Christmas miracle. However today I’ve just had a mega binge. It’s such a long time since I have done that as well. I just ate absolutely loads and loads and loads. I really wanted a run but I am feeling v tired and it was miserable out so I didn’t go but I should have really, more for the headspace. I will try to go tomorrow. I have been having terrible palpitations all day, possibly from all the sugar and rice I ate (ate loads of rice cakes) and possibly from being tired, a bit under the weather. And thirsty. I drank several pints of water after work, it’s like I forgot to drink all weekend and was really dehydrated.

so all in all, not a great day, not feeling brilliant, and probably not still 10.13!!! However I am still trying. I’ve not given up yet. If I could have another really good week then I get myself a little Christmas buffer.

Hope you’re all doing well? What are all your plans for the festive season?

Quiet festive period for me. I also forget to keep hydrated. I've planned some light snacks and meals for the next few days. Fingers crossed I can lose a couple lbs this month.