DIET FAILED AGAIN - it’s thread 8 (the one where we all lose weight) - all welcome

[thenewaveragebear1983]

New thread for the new year 2026! Everyone welcome to join us for motivation and encouragement, without judgement.

oh @poorpawsthis sounds horrible. I hope you get some sleep tonight, everything feels worse when you’re overtired. Hopefully once you start your physio you will see some improvement. I know you don’t need me to tell you that you won’t feel better if you eat loads of crappy food; a bit of comfort food will be nice but loads will make you feel worse. Be kind to yourself x

@thenewaveragebear1983 mine was a very sorry for myself post, I’m sorry. My problem has been all my life. I am an eternal optimist. I’d got it into my head that everything would be fine and tomorrow I’d be back to doing the dishes and cleaning the floor. According to the physio man that’s a very very long way away.

When I spoke of comfort eating, it’s not like the olden days, I’m not going to eat six bars of chocolate. I have eaten a lot more than normal today but apart from breakfast lunch dinner I’ve had a hot cross bun, a packet of crisps and a bowl of nuts seeds and dried fruit (which I appreciate is quite high in calories but also quite healthy).

I think what I mean is I’ll probably be eating more than I’ve been eating for the last three months, probably quite a bit more, but it won’t all be bad.

thank you for you kind post. I think I’ve been in shock for most of the day at the severity of my injured hand and the amount of hard work needed to make it normal again. Dd made the best comment when she said I’m still in a better place, although it will be very difficult, than I was when I’d got to be waiting maybe four years for the operation. I have to keep positive.

Your dd is right but I can see why you feel disappointed. Hopefully you had a better night last night and everything looks a bit brighter today. The physio will work wonders as well.

I went out last night and had a lovely steak and salad option at the pub with my friend. Cooked beautifully. A few glasses of wine with dh last night- he is in finance and so end of March to April 6 is always horrible for him and he broke up last night fir the weekend so we had a few celebratory wines.

By some miracle I weighed in at 10.13 this morning, it’s been a very long time since I saw a 10 on the scales although to be fair to me and my efforts I have been really trying the last few weeks. The biggest change has been actually counting my calories and limiting my carbs. I’ve not gone crazy low but it makes me realise I must have been eating a lot more than I was realising. I’ve also increased my exercise, doing a couple of home workouts in addition to my usual. So all in all I’m feeling good. I’m a bit apprehensive that the weekend away will throw out all my efforts, but actually that number was very motivating and it makes me want to protect it. We are going with family but we will be doing our own food. I think my strategy will be to stick to my meals, try not to snack, accept I will probably have a few drinks and just enjoy it

@thenewaveragebear1983 sounds like a good plan. Very well done on seeing the10s again and I can understand your need to stay with them. Your night out sounded lovely and now you’ve got me craving a good steak (haven’t had one for ages).

i do feel brighter and more positive today. My recovery will be much slower than originally thought but I will get there. I’m planning a very quiet Easter staying at home and relaxing. I didn’t even manage to do an Easter supermarket shop, which is not like me at all, but the operation and recovery took over so we might have to have a little Easter celebration after Easter.

Hi all. I'm not a fan of weighing but I couldn't resist as I was convinced I was a few lbs lighter, but it turns out I'm a couple of lbs heavier. 🙄
I haven't drank any alcohol in weeks, cut out a lot of junk (burgers and sausages), portions reduced quite a bit. Snacking less so a bit baffed. Maybe it's because I weighed at my heaviest range weight as it can change quite a lot over a short period of time.
I'll just try monitor food intake a bit closer and weigh again.

Just to mention also I've started to manage to avoid the hills of cooked rice left for me in the kitchen. I'm only managing to keep off the Easter eggs so far from guilt trips by DP. I have a nice chicken stew in the slow cooker to keep me going at the moment and I'm stocked up on fruit. I somehow managed to avoid buying a cheesecake last night. When I feel a binge coming on I'm going to the fruit bowl.

I was so sad when I got up this morning, my hand is very very swollen and doesn’t seem to be getting a lot better (early days so that’s not surprising).

By lunchtime DD had arrived and decided we were going out. We went to Asda, Marks & Spencer’s, home bargains and I have had a wonderful day. I bought loads of things I really love and don’t eat very often so crusty baguette, ready-made salad bowls with chicken and bacon and another one with cheese, an M&S Easter egg with pretzels, luxury hot Cross buns and Red Velvet hot cross buns to name but a few.

I’ve eaten so much but really enjoyed my day and I think occasionally we should be allowed to do that. My mood has changed dramatically just from a few hours going out.

I hope you’re all enjoying the Easter break and just remember we are allowed treats occasionally and it is Easter.

@thenewaveragebear1983 I also managed to buy some Tony’s Chocolonely to try 😃

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Aww @poorpaws . Hope the hand gets better soon.
I agree we should be able to endulge, especially at times like Easter. For me though my tastebuds have really changed recently. I crave chocolate and other foods, however I believe I don't seem to like the taste any more and I get a feeling of shame and disappointment, which spoils it also. It may change if I do actually start losing weight again.
I seem to be craving different types of fruit now and the taste of green tea seems to have increased. I'm going to try to keep being strict, as I battle with a couple of 'feeders' who haven't been helping my recent weight loss attempts. The thought of getting back to 14.0 stone, and even beyond is really motivating me at the moment.

Happy Easter Sunday to you all and hope you have a lovely day however it looks for you. I just walked Maggie on the beach in the tail end of storm Dave, wow it is blustery out there. Last night was very very stormy. I ate and drank loads yesterday too @poorpaws, I agree, sometimes you just need to. Considering the weather today I imagine we probably will again today as there’s not much to do with kids except eat! We might go for ice creams or chips later. We didn’t bring Easter eggs away with us so no temptation there, however I am sort of regretting that decision a bit as I really fancy some chocolate! Still, doing loads of exercise to offset (Maggie was absolutely exhausted last night) and it’s only one more day

Happy Easter Sunday.

I’ve lost quarter of a pound this week which is definitely not deserved and probably because I’ve changed the heavy cast on my hand for a light brace.

I’ve decided I’m going to enjoy Easter, not that I’m doing much, and then get back onto some sort of plan which I haven’t decided on yet. The pretzel Easter egg from M&S is delicious, the Red Velvet hot Cross buns are to die for and I’ve just been having lovely food that I don’t eat very often.

@thenewaveragebear1983 enjoy what’s left of your holiday and we’ll sort out the damage when you get back.

Happy Easter all. You can have my egg @thenewaveragebear1983 if I can keep away from it. DP off to work later so I will be relying on willpower.

Yesterday was a LOT of food but all enjoyed and guilt free. I’m not doing my regular Monday weigh in today though, I’m going to wait until next Monday.

I’m really tired, Maggie was barking and whining in the night so I slept in the lounge with her but I was really cold and uncomfortable. I have had a lovely few days away but the weather hasn’t been great and I’m quite glad to be going home today.

I was very organised and did my shopping order for today, and my plan is to get back on the fast800 for a few days, it was really working for me and I was losing weight well which is a big change for me after months of nothing. So while it is hard and quite restrictive, I feel it is effective and worth it.

Good morning. Beautiful sunny spring day here ☀️

today I have a hospital appointment for my lingering facial numbness from Bell’s palsy I had 16 months ago! I imagine all they will do is refer me onwards, but it’s finally an appointment after all these months!

we are then planning to do some grafting in our garden, take a load to the tip and a few other domestic jobs over the next few days. Our end goal is to clear an old shed and play frame and create a bit of garden space, which we have loosely discussed putting a summer house in to make a garden gym. It will be exciting to see that become a reality over the next few months

food wise- I am head down and in the zone from today. Dread to think how much weight I regained this weekend but I did not weigh myself, and this morning I drank a pint of water straight away so did not weigh myself again! That’s a big step for me, moving away from “punishment” and just getting back in the zone.

food is all planned , and I’m doing a full fast 800 day. I’m also taking a total rest day as well after a lot of steps over the last few weeks. I’ve prepped my breakfast but won’t eat it until after my appointment, light salad lunch and chicken for dinner

Good morning everyone, it’s a gorgeous day here too.

I need a plan, I haven’t got a plan! I don’t want to be as strict as the last three months as far as chocolate goes but I do need to make some sort of rule. I ate far too much chocolate over Easter, which is totally allowed in my opinion, so my first plan is to not have any more chocolate this week.

I keep thinking over what I could or should do for the next few months but nothing seems to quite fit. I’m going food shopping today and since chopping salad has become very difficult because of my hand, I’m going to buy some of those salad bowls in Asda and then add maybe peppers or some little extra to it. It will be easy to manage, very little washing up and I think it’s the way forward for the whole week.

I did start dog walking again yesterday. My partner has been taking them on his own for a long time because it’s been difficult for me to get clothes over my dressings which were huge. The dressing I have on now comes off in a few pulls of Velcro. We were out two hours yesterday but it was slow and steady and I had to stop twice to do physio on my hand which must be done every hour during the day. I suppose my first plan is to definitely walk every day again because I’ve been getting so little exercise and it’s going to be lovely weather for the next two days so I want to be out in it.

Any suggestions for a plan would be greatly appreciated. Have a lovely day everyone.

@poorpawsi guess so long as you can fit the chocolate into your daily/weekly goals then that could be enough of a plan? I’ve been listening to a podcast where the presenter talks about the No Crap Cake method, which I actually like- what she means is, have the cake (or choc, or whatever) but only if it’s good. No crap- that means if you have it, it’s really good quality, you savour it, you make it into a luxury and a treat, rather than just having it. I think that could work for me, and takes away that scarcity mindset of if I don’t have it now I will miss out- you can choose to have anything but it must be worth it.

@thenewaveragebear1983 I like the sound of the no crap cake method and I suppose it’s what I’ve started to do with chocolate. I now read the labels for no palm oil because in my opinion that’s what makes modern chocolate soft and greasy. There were a lot of Easter eggs with quite a lot of money off (it’s not quite half price I think) and I read the ingredients label of most of them. I did find one that had no palm oil But that was all.

I feel I’ve wasted a load of calories tonight. I’ve told you before about my lovely neighbour who was a chef and the terrific things she brings over to me. She’s been making hot cross buns from a Mary Berry recipe and they were fantastic but today she brought over a new recipe She’s tried and I didn’t enjoy it at all although I still ate it and it’s got a nasty burnt taste in my mouth. I didn’t like to not eat it because it was so kind of her to give it to me but it’s the very first thing she’s ever given me in about eight years that I didn’t like and I wished I hadn’t eaten it and it was very very big!

I don’t usually see DP on a Wednesday, but tomorrow is going to be a glorious day so we’re going to the café and I’m having Thursday as my free day instead. On Thursday DD might be going into Exeter to get the kids some shoes and if she does decide to go, I might go with her and have a little mooch around on my own. It’s just to get out really, I don’t go out often enough and I haven’t been to Exeter for years.

I still haven’t formulated a real plan, but I intend to try and just cut down a bit, not counting calories, and see how this month goes. It doesn’t matter if I don’t lose anything this month, but I would like to not gain.

I like the No Crap Cake idea as well although I think I need to go back to just no cake for a while, I’ve had almost a week of eating rubbish now and I feel really bloated - it’s the wine really thats done it. So this morning I need to draw a line and go back to what was working so well for me. I have acupuncture this morning and then it’s set to be lovely day here as well, so I will be making the most of it in the garden. I have booked on to 2 gym classes today, bootcamp and run club (I don’t normally double up but as it’s so lovely and I’ve done all winter in the cold in the rain I thought I would!)

I’ve planned my food but I do actually need to stick to my plan which is where I keep going wrong. I bought some really nice salads and houmous yesterday, sounds great, except I just loaded up my plate and didn’t count anything. I have some Greek marinated chicken and salads for lunch, and dinner will be something later after my classes.

Hi all. I ate the 2 chocolate bars and 3/4 of the chocolate egg last night. Felt a bit sickly but was ok. I drank a lot of water last night. Have been quite dehydrated it seems. I'm cooking chicken and veg often which is something easy. Eating a lot more fruit also. Hoping to lose an lbs or two by then end of the month.

Hi everyone

It’s going to be gorgeous here today, so I’m planning a slow easy walk with the dogs to the café and we’ll sit outside in the sunshine.

I’m a bit worried that my head is definitely not into healthy eating anymore. For three months, as you all know, I really did well because my head was in the right place, but somehow Easter has screwed it up. I must be kind to myself though because there’s a lot going on with my hand operation recovery and maybe that is the reason I just want to eat rubbish.

@thenewaveragebear1983 you sound as if you’re really in the zone now, all that exercise! Well done to you.

Oh my word today was not a day that was planned. We went to the café and sat in the sunshine and it was lovely and since then I just craved chocolate all day, just like in the olden days and I thought I was over all that. As soon as DP left, I had the second half of the large pretzel Easter egg I bought for myself and then had half the pistachio egg which wasn’t even that nice but I was in the chocolate zone.

I’m going to give myself the rest of the week off so that makes two weeks, the first two weeks in April and then I’m going to get back on the plan. The Easter eggs will be eaten by then and the only chocolate I’ll Have will be the nice bars without palm oil.

after three months, I really thought I’d be over the chocolate binges but obviously not and now of course I’m cross with myself and I didn’t even enjoy it that much, this should be a good lesson learned.

if DD doesn’t go to Exeter tomorrow I’m going to go into town. DP is cutting down loads of dead climbing plants which will take him all day and I thought I’d take a walk into town on my own and it might stop me from eating quite so much. I know I’m going to be upset because the town is awful now and it used to be lovely, it’s full of druggies and closed shops, it’s so sad.

I hope everyone has done better than me today, then again that won’t be difficult.

@poorpawsplease don’t be so hard on yourself, you are recovering from the stress of your operation, plus pain. These things aren’t easy. It’s ok to have a day off plan, you can eat your chocolate, you won’t undo all your efforts in one day. But be kind to yourself. If you don’t want the chocolate, particularly the not even nice chocolate, then it’s ok to just bin it or give it away. You can give yourself permission to get rid of it.

I had a great day, dh and I smashed up a wooden climbing frame and took it all to the tip, we have cleared a huge patch of garden. We have really old rotten summer house which is next to be smashed and then we will have a huge area about a quarter of our garden to do something with- we are thinking of getting a new summerhouse to use as a home gym (I’m really excited about this!!) it was so lovely and sunny today, like summer. I had a nice nap in the sun before heading to outdoor yoga with my gym followed by run club. Then had a chicken salad with nice spicy chickpeas and hummus 😋

tomorrow I am going for lunch with my friend, then in the afternoon and all of Friday I am cleaning this house and getting ready to start my new job on Monday which I am not really looking forward too.

Oh bugger, I’ve just written a post and lost it.

@thenewaveragebear1983 what a great productive day. I’d love a summer house, my neighbour has a lovely one but my garden is very steep so there’s no room. I’d also love a pergola but I’ve got to make do with a parasol.

It looks like I am going out tomorrow and I’m very tired so I’m going to bed early.

My hand is itching like mad so I guess it’s getting better.