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.

Hi everyone

sorry I haven’t posted for a couple of days. Despite being told not to do anything with my hand, I thought I knew better and I decided to scrub my kitchen foor. I realise people use a mop or some fancy floor cleaning contraption but I have 12 paws in the kitchen so I like to get down and scrub with the scrubbing brush the old-fashioned way. I did about a quarter of the floor and then the pain in my hand was quite incredible. I didn’t even do a good job because I couldn’t press on and although I tried with my left hand, I am hopelessly right handed. I’ve been in considerable pain ever since my stupidity and I am not doing any more work until I’ve seen the physio in three weeks I believe.

I did weigh this morning and I’ve gained another pound which considering what I’ve eaten is very lucky. I started again today in the hope that I can at least have a loss next Sunday because at this rate I’m going to be putting back everything I lost in three months.

I hope you are all okay and that you’ve had a good weekend and I’m hoping to get back to daily posting from now on.

Oh no @poorpaws, how is it today?

I had a good day today. Yesterday I went to an all day spa with my gym ladies, it was so nice! Just warm and relaxing and lazy, exactly what I needed! I slept really well and was really tired, but today I felt refreshed.

I’ve had a good day at work today, did my first ‘real’ risk assessment in my new job rather than a mock one, I think I’m doing well after only one week. I actually stuck really well to my plan food wise today, drank lots of water, and I tried to keep the carbs down, managing around 80g. Would have been less but I made a big pot of mixed bean salad and that’s bumped me up a little.

I roasted a chicken today for tomorrow’s tea because it’s my office day tomorrow, we will just have wraps or bagels with chicken (no bagel for me) so all in all, a good day

@thenewaveragebear1983 you sound as if you’re doing so well at work, I hope it continues and your confidence grows. You are also doing very well with your food plan so you’re winning at life right now. 👏

my hand is less painful today but I find the physio so difficult and imo it doesn’t seem to be helping yet. I will keep doing it as I want the best result I can get and I want the physio guy to be pleased with me as so many of his patients lie and they don’t do any physio and he can tell.

ive done much better with food today, not perfect, but better. I seem to do well if I have boiled eggs at lunch time, they seem to get me through to dinner quite nicely. I still struggled during the evening but I left enough calories for crisps and/or mini cheddars this evening. I’ve had to stop eating chocolate again because I just can’t control it and during the last three weeks it’s starting to be a nightmare.

im hoping tomorrow will go well as i have a couple of challenging days coming up at the end of the week.

How is your hand today @poorpaws?

I had another good day on plan. I skipped breakfast and had salad lunch and just had roast chicken with a few chips, cheese and sauce. I needed stodgy but I also did keep well within my cals. No sugar/sweets at all today either.

I am absolutely exhausted, literally tired to my bones. I think just so many days of constant learning at work and then the last two days I’ve been a bit thrown in the deep end to basically do the job, it all feels a bit overwhelming tbh. But I’ll be fine, I am glad they trust me to do it alone but I find the decision making a bit stressful and quick.

@thenewaveragebear1983 I’m sure you’ll be ok, they wouldn’t throw you in at the deep end if they couldn’t trust that you are capable. You will be worn out, you've had a lot on your plate recently. I hope you manage to get through the next two days and are able to relax at the weekend.

My hand is ok thanks. I’m just really sick of the physio and my fingers still being so stiff. It took me over half an hour to hang a small load of washing on the line because my right hand just doesn’t really work yet and I dropped just about every peg I picked up.

i think my food has been good this week, well better than it’s been for a while. I’m having my hair cut tomorrow so we’ll walk the dogs into town and we were having chips outside the chip shop and then our first visit of the year to our ice cream parlour. I told DP I didn’t want to do both and I thought we’d choose one but he’s adamant that he wants both (not like him and it surprised me). I am NOT having both and I think he expects me to sit outside the chip shop with him with nothing to eat. I’m not sure how I’m going to negotiate this and it might not end well.

I’ve finished the day on 1350 cals, I’m ok with that even though it’s more than I planned. That’s 3 days on the trot I have come in under my calories! Maybe I will even get a loss this week for a change!

Hope you feel better @poorpaws, if I was in your position I’d take myself a little lunch/sandwich and then enjoy the ice cream.

@thenewaveragebear1983 sadly I cannot do what you recommend. When I said fish and chip shop, it’s actually a f&chip cafe with a lot of seating inside and about four tables outside and it is seating only for people actually buying the f&chips. I wouldn’t be able to eat my own sandwich outside even with DP buying chips. I’d like to just leave him there and window shop but the dogs would go crazy and if I take them with me they are difficult to handle (one in a big buggy on narrow pavements). I really don’t know what to do because I feel DP is being unreasonable. It’s especially difficult as we will be going to our cafe Friday or Saturday and I really don’t want to sabotage my week. Tbh I want to go alone but DP insists on coming with me and he sits with the dogs for over an hour whilst I get my hair done. The obvious answer is for him to go and have lunch while I get my haircut, especially since my appointment is at 1, But he just refuses to do that. I will report back what happens. 🙁

Well today went better than expected. After my hair appointment we walked to the fish and chip shop and it was very busy. There was a long queue and the tables outside were all taken so I had DPs chips wrapped and we walked to a bench near a small park where I left him and walked the dogs along the road and then through the park. By the time we got back the chips were eaten and we were two minutes from the ice cream parlour. No drama and I didn’t have one single chip. The ice cream was lovely and the owner greeted me like an old friend as we’ve been going for over 10 years and it was the first visit this year.

I’m still way over my calorie allowance for the day, but at least I know I did some damage limitation and I didn’t miss the chips at all and thoroughly enjoyed the ice cream. Im counting it as a small win and hoping for a couple of pounds off this week.

how are you all? It’s been a lovely warm day here so I hope everyone’s spirits have lifted. Another lovely warm day forecast for tomorrow. ☀️

Well done @poorpaws, it’s hard to resist and you did it!

I had a good day today, I am doing a bit better at work and finding it a bit more manageable and being kind to myself. I will be very very glad to finish tomorrow for the weekend! I went for a lovely run this afternoon in the sun.

food has been good too, I skipped breakfast and had a salad for lunch, the last of my bean salad and 3 hb eggs, I was full all
afternoon. For dinner I didn’t really fancy anything so I had cheese on toast. Definitely under calorie limit today.

Good morning, what a lovely day it is going to be today. I’m walking with my friends and dogs, and also meeting different friends for lunch at a local pub. Around that I want to get out in the garden, I have a load of things that need planted and I need to repot some seedlings because the soil I have is full of fungus. Every morning instead of tomato seedlings it’s just a tray of mushrooms!

Food wise, I am not sure for lunch as I haven’t checked the menu but I will probably have some sort of brunch as this place we’re going is good for that. Not sure about dinner, I have some chicken and a curry out and I imagine it will be along those lines!

It’s been a gorgeous day here too. We walked to our cafe, I had a bacon sandwich with black coffee which I thought wasn’t a bad diet choice.

i had a really bad nights sleep so I sat in the garden whilst DP preserved the wood on the tiny back porch (it’s not really big enough to call it a porch).

this evening I want something quick and easy so beans with cheese on toast or maybe poached egg.

have a lovely sunny weekend.

I was busy yesterday. I walked, I did loads in the garden setting up my veggie patch , I saw my friends for lunch and we went to look at garden rooms for a project we are doing. It’s very exciting.

today it’s a bit cooler, in fact I am sat outside and it’s actually too cold so I am going back in. I am going to walk the dog, then kids football. I have new trainers so I am going for a little run although not far as I’m tired and I’m racing next weekend. I’m not going to food prep for the week but I am going to review the freezer and decide what I will be having from my extensive stash for lunches as I have loads in there taking up space.

I think there’s a chance of a small loss this week going by my Friday weigh in but only if i have a good day today so that’s my goal. Lots of water, keep busy, and don’t overdo it at dinner tonight

Hi. Can i join please
I am your typical yo yo dieter.

Weighed in this morning at 99.5kg
Target 1 - 94kg by 30th june (husbands bday)
Eventual target currently 74kg but will see how i feel when i get there

I have tried in the past to get down to a 'normal' bmi - i can't do it and that makes me self sabotage and regain. I would like to be a 12 and be able to maintain it rather than going for an unobtainable target and when i can't get there think fuck it.

I have been dieting since sept 25 - i started at 124kg so have lost 25kg (half my target) but i know this half will be harder and being a little accountable wouldnt hurt.

I have lost this weight so far via diet and exercise (i hate needles) - essentially i have

Yoghurt for breakfast with fruit
Veg packed Soup for lunch
Calypo or ice lolly for pudding
A snack e.g a mini roll or something similar mid afternoon
Dinner
Pudding - always pudding

I have a dreadful sweet tooth and allow myself a little something extra at weekends

I use the fancy scales at the gym once a month. Last time was last sat and recorded 28.8kg muscle and a horrifying 49.6kg of fat. Trying to lose the fat without losing too much muscle - didn't take these measurements when i started but dread to think how high it was.

My original push was my over 40 health check which showed some areas i was borderline for problems. I was referred to weight management. About 6 weeks later was contacted by stage 2 who comically then told me i was too fat for them and would be contacted by stage 3 - have chased it up a few times in the beginning but still not heard from them and would now be too thin for them if they did.

So thats me - the wrong side of 40 and fat but trying to do something about it. Hello everyone

Plan for today - 45 min swim while my son does a sports class

Round to Mil for lunch and try not to go mad - its a roast and there will be desert

Hi all, new and regular 😊. Bought some cabbage and made some cabbage soup. Quite nice. Plan to buy a lot more. Plan to go swimming again as need to exercise more. I have done quite a lot more walking than usual. Not weighing though as I find it demotivating so just focusing on trying to eat wiser.

@forgotmyusername1 hi and welcome. I too am a yo-yo dieter with a very sweet tooth so I feel your pain. We are a tiny group now, so many have been here and then left, but we are very supportive. I have such a sweet tooth that the only way I can lose weight is to give up cake/chocolate/biscuits/sweets completely as I have no control on “a little”. Good luck on your weight loss.

weigh-in and I’ve lost 3.75 lbs woohoo! I’m very pleased with that and just quarter of a pound up since my two (or was in three) weeks of madness. I’ve really been on it this week because I could feel the loss of control. @thenewaveragebear1983 I’m so, so delighted I passed on those chips.

I don’t think I’ve mentioned it on here, but we’ve had a really really bad eight days. DD’s cat went missing while she was away for the weekend. I normally go to her home and feed the cat twice a day, but because of my hand operation, DD wouldn’t let me do it so Polly went to DD‘s ex partner‘s house where she used to live and she knows the area very well. When DD was back, the cat was missing but luckily we got her back late last night. She was very skinny confused and disorientated but okay. Hardly any of us have slept for the whole eight days with worry.

Today I’m going to take it easy, I think. Short dog walk and I’m not sure what else but I’d like to carry on with the weight loss so I don’t want to be grazing the fridge and cupboards.

It’s cooler today, but still quite nice so I hope everyone has a lovely Sunday.

Hi @forgotmyusername1, wow you have done well so far! Do I read that correctly that you have lost 25kg since September??! That’s incredible! I would like to use those fancy scales, I think my muscle % has decreased a lot in the last year or so but my weight has stayed pretty stable, it would have been interesting to see. i highly recommend a free app called Me360, it essentially takes a 360* photo of you and then you update it during your weight loss and you can see the change in your body shape. I’ve only done my before picture so far but if/when I actually lose any weight I will be updating it!!

Just for interests sake I’ve checked and the last time I was this weight was 7th July 2024 so now I need to get back into the 10 stone bracket pretty quickly.

Thank you and poor paws

They are scales with handles you have to hold and i think use electrical currents or something - sounds hideous but quite useful

First time i tried them (have a pic on my phone) was 14th feb which was weight
109.1
Muscle 29.9kg
Fat 55.6kg

Last weigh in 18th april
101.4kg
Muscle 28.8kg
Fat 49.6kg

So in 2 months lost 1.1kg of muscle and 6kg of fat plus 0.6kg of god knows what.

@forgotmyusername1 that’s very impressive, well done. I think you’ve put me to shame. 😀

From what i can tell you are thinner than my eventual target

As a 43 year old, 5 ft 4 woman i weighed more than giant from gladiators at the start and was more than a stone too heavy to use the segways when we went to a holiday park in aug

There is no comparison

@forgotmyusername1 i’ve been at this weight loss thing for years! It’s getting so difficult now because I only want to lose one more stone. “Only “, I just can’t seem to do it. I get near the 10 stone bracket and then fly up to 12 stone something again it’s so so difficult. I admire anyone trying to lose weight no matter what they’re starting weight is. We’ve had really really big people on here and really really tiny people too, and they all have their own story to tell and all find it hard.

you are doing brilliantly so don’t be put off. You go to the gym, I don’t, that’s a good win.

I think i have spent my whole adult life on a diet

I dont find losing weight that hard - i am a target driven person and quite focussed when i get my head in the game
I find maintaining it almost impossible

I have clothes in my wardrobe from 12 - 24. I just want to get there and stay there.

We all have different mountains to climb but climb them we shall

I have managed to fit in exercise around my son who does a sport at a resonable level. This means lots of training. Rather than sitting and watching (or rather scrolling facebook) i now use the time he is training to do my own.

@forgotmyusername1 I too have been on a diet my entire adult life and have a massive range of sizes in my wardrobe. Well, maybe not so many now because I’ve got rid of so many to the charity shop.

I am that person who is never ever full. I’ve spent my entire adult life being hungry and no matter how much I eat, I can always eat more. As I said I can’t control anything that’s sweet so for the first three months of this year I gave up everything sweet and actually it was a lot easier than limiting myself. after the three months it was Easter and I just went mad again. I expected to have gained control over the first three months of the year and not be able to eat an astonishing amount of chocolate et cetera, but I just got back to it. I could eat it like I’d never been off it for three months 🤷‍♀️. I’ve now been back for a week on no chocolate, et cetera although I did have a large ice cream which was planned. It seems I have to plan every day meticulously or I just spend the whole day eating.

I do feel very determined this year and whilst the weight is coming off gradually I’m fine. It’s when I have a few weeks of trying hard and the scales don’t move then I go crazy and I can put a stone on in a very short time. As I said before, it’s so hard but I do very much admire everyone who keeps on trying, especially when it’s a steep hill to climb.

Me too, I have also been on a diet since I was about 15, maybe earlier really and I grew up in a diet culture household of people being “too fat to do/wear that” etc. my parents are both in their 70s now and still on diets and mum still compromises nutritious food for low calorie/fat options. My dd is 22, she eats a lot more processed food than me and than I did at her age, she is her father’s build and is lean and naturally slim with curves but has never to my knowledge tried to lose weight intentionally. I remember being 9st 5 and trying to get down to 9.2 because that was the bottom end of the healthy for my height, I must have been so skinny!