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 wow 😮 @poorpaws! No wonder you are suffering, that looks really sore!

Good morning all, woke up really stiff and achy today after a days graft and 2 gym sessions yesterday. Today I am out for lunch but to be honest my social battery is quite depleted after 2 weeks of various things and I’d quite like to just stay in- but I am sure I will enjoy it.

Today I’m going to clean and tidy my house room by room, it needs deep cleaned, windows, paintwork etc. which is a big job really but I like to just crack on, I have a few days to do it all before starting work on Monday. My great plans for my 2 weeks off didn’t really materialise however I have done lots in the garden and other things.

food today-
lunch out - hopefully there is a salad on the menu at this pub, there usually is something
dinner-I think we have mince that needs used up, so probably bolognese with some veg and cheese.
no run today but I am going to do my core workout and some stretching if I can, I feel very stiff especially in my ankles

@thenewaveragebear1983 it’s strange that you should mention your social battery is depleted because I feel the same this morning. I might cancel DD and the children’s outing, I need a quiet day on my own with no drama. I might walk into town later just to get out, but I want to be quiet. It’s been a hectic couple of weeks for me with lots of hospital visits and quite a bit of socialising.

I didn’t really want to throw the pistachio cream egg away but as I said in an earlier post I didn’t like it that much so this morning I broke some of it up into my porridge and oh my goodness it was delicious.

I hope you have a lovely Thursday.

Update on my day. Dd won’t hear of me cancelling our day out and the kids were upset 😀 so I’m off to Torquay on a shopping trip (less travelling than Exeter). No doubt a MacDonalds meal is on the cards but I’m starting again on Monday with some sort of plan which is still to be hatched. I think part of me is pleased I’m going out and I’m not allowed to drive yet so I couldn’t go far alone.

happy Thursday

I haven’t had the best day foodwise, just ate far too much, and i’m due on so ate all the wrong things and now feel really bloated. And now dh says he’s getting wine tonight 🤦‍♀️ and tomorrow we are out for a meal with our in-laws, inevitably there will be more wine there too. So I guess realistically I will be back on plan on Saturday, I don’t want to wait til Monday because I know how much more damage I could do in that time. In advance of my new job starting Monday, I am going to meal prep for this week ahead, do some baked seasoned chicken for salads, and prep evening meals so that everything is all done, which should really help me get back in the zone.

Oooh a bottle of Château Lafite I hope? Touch wood I'm managing quite well at avoiding my usual binges of rice ehich has been left for me. I usually mindlessly eat junk also, but paying a bit more attention to what I am eating recently. Hopefully I can keep going.

🤣 no @TalkToTheHand123 unfortunately not! I still drank it though, I’m not fussy

urgh I am at the stage now where I feel really unhealthy and annoyed with myself and I still have today to get through. I feel like my period has been due forever as well, I’ve had a week of it now, and as I’m getting older I just find the sugar cravings insatiable, my appetite yesterday was insane. I think I ate/drank 4000 calories 🤦‍♀️

today we’re pottering about still. I should go for a run really but I feel so bloated I don’t want to but I know I’ll feel better if I do. I need to load up my car and go to the tip, colour my hair, book the ferry crossing for our summer holiday…. All really exciting stuff. Then this evening we are going for a takeaway at my in-laws. It will be a nice evening as we haven’t seen them in ages. But both of them are undergoing cancer treatments at the moment, so it will definitely be a takeaway.

i’m going to sort the freezer today as well and plan my meals for next week, and batch cook some things. I was doing really well on the fast800 and I am actually looking forward to getting back to that. I can’t remember if I posted on here or on a different thread, but we are away at Whitsun which is, I think, 7 weeks away (maybe 6 now) so I’d really like a pound a week until then. It’s crazy, if I lost just 1lb a week by summer holidays I could be at target and the slimmest I’ve been in years 🤷‍♀️ I don’t know why I just keep doing this merry go round 🤪

@thenewaveragebear1983 I feel exactly the same as you do, bloated, annoyed with myself and we just need to bloody do it. Goodness knows how much I weigh because I’ve not been near the scales for two weeks.

I had a lovely day yesterday, but it wasn’t that good for my figure. We had street food doughnuts which were gorgeous and then went into Costa for a latte. I don’t buy clothes very often because I live in dog walking scruffy jeans so I hadn’t realised just how much things like cardigans and T-shirts had risen in price. I spent a fortune on just a few things, but as DD says I don’t keep up with clothes prices. I was looking for a casual jacket which could be thrown on on a summer day and would be good for a quick dog walk or smart enough to go into town, but I couldn’t find anything suitable.

I was shocked at the amount of drug users around the town, Especially in the crumbling multistorey car park which absolutely stank of urine On the stairs. We had to use the stairs because both lifts were out of action. My daughter kept saying be careful of the puddles mum they’re not water and no they weren’t, I could smell exactly what they were.

I’m not sure what today is going to include, but certainly a dog walk and very little else. DP’s cat had to be taken to the vets last night, he’s not well at all so I’m hoping DP will have the sense to go home at a reasonable hour.

I still don’t feel as if my head is in the right mindset and I’m not even sure how to get it there but before Monday (another physio appointment at the hospital), I want to have a plan and my head in exactly the right place.

I’ve just popped back on to confess. DP came in for 10 minutes this morning to bring my bins in and he’s gone back to his cat all day so I found myself unexpectedly alone. I’ve had a large mug of latte and a big bar of chocolate. I have no excuse, I’m horrified with myself and I just don’t know what’s going on. The saddest thing is as I was eating the chocolate and drinking the latte I was on my iPad looking at lovely summer clothes for slim people. I have to stop this!

@poorpaws there were some really nice summer weight jackets in the regatta sale online, they were very reasonably priced. I was admiring them last night but I do not need any more dog walking coats! I agree with you about clothes prices though, everything is so expensive now! And I think retailers are responding by making some really nice little things as well. In town today there were loads of little knitted vest tops, more like a lightweight knit than a T-shirt, but they were £20+ each! In Primark! In the end I treated myself to some new foundation and a new perfume, I wanted something as a treat with my redundancy money.

what are we like, eh? I cannot keep being at the mercy of the hormones, I’m on HRT but I get them most insatiable sugar cravings at this time in my cycle and I am also in a really foul crabby mood. The last thing I want to do tonight is go and make small talk with my in-laws 🤦‍♀️ I’m going to drive so I don’t drink.

I really really really am back on it tomorrow though, I have to. I am so near to my goals and I know i can get there, I just need to do it 4 weeks a month not 2!

Morning! Right- back on it today!

my plan for the weekend : walk with my friend, go for a run, I’m feeling really tired and a bit hungover to be honest, so hopefully a brisk walk and chat in the cold with my friend will perk me up

food is planned- I’m going back to my fast800 plan, it makes me focus on exactly what I’m eating. I need to eat much more veg, and concentrate on protein
i need to colour my hair and get myself ready for Monday, I’m really not looking forward to it and starting to feel very nervous.

today- I’m going to fast as long as I can to reset my appetite a bit. Lunch/brunch- eggs, feta, tomatoes, dinner will be mince (eg chilli or bolognese) with veg.

@thenewaveragebear1983. Thank you for the Regatta tip, I’ll take a look although tbh I shouldn’t be spending any more money on clothes. I saw a lovely three quarter coat in trespass at a reasonable price but it was loose at the top and tight on my hips 🙁

don’t be nervous about your new job, you’ll be amazing!

they are very

Lucky to have you. Sorry my hand is stiff and it’s hard to type. This hand is really getting me down now so stiff and heavy. I don’t think the operation has worked but we’ll see what physio say on Monday.

im exceptionally low at the moment, not sleeping well and grumpy and this hand makes doing anything so hard. I must get back on track but my head is anywhere but the right place.

@thenewaveragebear1983. I ordered a jacket from the regatta sale but AFTER I ordered it I read the reviews and they said it’s not true to size, very small and the advice was to size up 🤦🏼‍♀️ I was already dithering about the size so it’s not going to fit, I’m a size 14 but definitely not a small 14.

Ah that’s a shame @poorpawsalthough you never know, it might just be one dud review.

I’ve eaten total crap the last few days, loads of gluten products and I am definitely feeling the impact of it. My mood is absolutely dreadful, I feel snappy and irritable and so tired! I wanted a run but I couldn’t be bothered, I’ve just sat watching crap tv and eating biscuits all afternoon. How dreadful. And I weighed this morning and I am 8lbs heavier in 2 days!!! 😱 which just shows how terribly bad for me it is, and yet I still haven’t actually stopped eating it.

@thenewaveragebear1983 I’ve had exactly the same sort of day. Lots of chocolate, lots of bread, hot cross buns, I haven’t stopped shoving food in my mouth all day.

im out for a roast tomorrow so that will be quite a foodie day too.

how do you feel about starting 7/7 on Monday? I’ve got a hospital appointment at 11 but I think I can avoid an early lunch. I need to knuckle down after two weeks off plan.

Would it not be better to just try do a healthy balanced diet? May help avoid the binges.

I need a really focused few weeks, I have a race in 3 weeks and a holiday 3 weeks after that. My issue is my cycle, I’m just completely exhausted at this time of the month and I think it just manifests itself in poor sleep and insatiable cravings. I just read a similar thread on the menopause threads which really struck a chord with me. It happens pretty much every month.

I’m just having a coffee and then will walk Maggie, and then I need to go for a run as I haven’t been since Wednesday. I’ve planned all my meals for the week and ordered some nice salad bits so I can make my lunches ready to take with me to the office. I am so incredibly nervous about tomorrow and I don’t think that’s helping me either to be honest. I feel wound up and tense which isn’t really like me, and every morning I’m waking up dreaming of doom.

however- I am sure I will be ok when I get in, I’m being kind to myself about my expectations. I’m incredibly grateful that I landed this job and I actually think it’s career defining for me. Maybe that’s why I feel so anxious about it.

my food today- working backwards from this evening, I have a piece of beef which I will roast and do with nice spring veggies and new potatoes; that leaves lunch which will be eggs on gf toast, breakfast after my run will be chia seeds in yoghurt with frozen berries.

Howdy all! Getting myself settled for the kids to go back tomorrow, fell so far off the wagon in this 2 weeks, feel horrendous! Skin is atrocious, I’ve spent about £300 on takeout, and thoroughly neglected my vitamins, collagen AND gym workout.

Needless to say at bouncing back from today! Redownloaded nutra-check, which has me set on 1750cals for a 1.5lb loss per week, will exercise on top of that (aiming for 1 good swim, 1 full body gym workout, 1 good cardio walk this week and 10k general steps a day)
Other steps are need to massively increase water (which from 0ml should be doable 🤦🏼‍♀️) decrease caffeine and definitely take my supplements in the mornings!

Really hoping to lose another stone (I’m 15st7, down from 16st7) before I go away on 25th May. Planning to completely cut out booze and takeout, and I don’t have many events to navigate so fairly doable I would say!

@TheGirlWhoLived that sounds like a good plan and you sound very focused. I too am going to focus starting on Monday. I’m starting again with cutting crap out of my diet and moving more.

ive gained 3 lbs this week which is to be expected given how many times ive eaten out and how much Easter chocolate I’ve eaten. It really could have been more so Im not stressing.

from tomorrow im loosely calorie counting and my first goal is to lose this weeks gain and then try for 1 lb a week.

im going out for lunch today so my plan is no alcohol (easy decision, ill have diet coke) and no dessert (very difficult). I’ll fill my plate with veg and only have a small roast potato and give the huge yorkshire pudding to dd.

its looking sunny outside so have a good Sunday.

I sound focused because it’s early on day 1, after I finish work on Friday might be a different tale 🤦🏼‍♀️🤣

@TheGirlWhoLived that does sound like you have a plan that will work. 1750 cals is a decent amount as well, so definitely doable and still see a loss.

today I walked the dog 2 miles then ran 10 miles so I have definitely got my steps in! It’s sunny here but really changeable, every time I think the sun is out it then clouds over and goes grey and we had an almighty hailstorm an hour ago. I’ve been lazing around on the sofa and watching Sarah beeny instead of doing anything productive.

I was listening to a podcast earlier and she was talking about having a few ‘non negotiables’ that you always do each day/week even when it’s all going off track, and I was thinking about what mine are, and what I should probably add….

for me, my supplements are a NN, I always take them
I usually plan my menu and usually my meals are on track
I walk 6 days a week 🐕
i exercise a couple of times a week either home workout, gym or running.

what should probably be a NN- stretching (should do more of this especially when i exercise a lot)
getting more sleep
5 veg a day
drinking 2l a day (to be fair I probably do this but I don’t track it, and some days I just don’t drink anything!)

so I am going to try and add these in each week as these things will make me feel so much better even if I’m not managing to stick to my calorie goals

Non-negotiable things sounds like a winner! Particularly meal planning, I want to try batch cooking too as I have very fussy children and they won’t eat a lot of what myself and my husband want for dinner, so cooking 2-3 meals a night is a pita

I felt really tired after my first day today. It was all a bit overwhelming, the place is HUGE and I just got a lot of info for one day! I’m sure I will feel a bit better when I settle in but it all just felt a bit odd.

I took my lunch, made my breakfast and had a homemade chicken pie with leftover mash. Ended up on 1600 cals but I’m ok with that, even though it’s a bit high. My breakfast and lunch are also prepped for tomorrow and I’ll take fruit, although I do need to take water as well. I got really thirsty today.

They don't provide water?