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.

@thenewaveragebear1983when I got married at age 23 I was exactly 8 st. I think I was about 16-17when I started dieting and remember being horrified when I reached 9 st (how I wish I could get even close to 10 st now).

I don’t think I’ve been a good example to my daughter who is very very slim but also just 5 foot. She looks like a little doll and size 8 clothes are a little bit big on her. I don’t think she diets like I do, but if she was to put on a few pounds, she’d surely get them off again. The difference is she’s really not interested in food where I live from meal to meal. I actually think I am obsessed with food because as soon as I wake up, I jump out of bed so that I can have my breakfast and I’m looking at my watch to see if it’s time for lunch and dinner is my favourite meal and of course there has to be a dessert and then I want to graze all evening. it’s a very strange and incorrect way to live in my opinion but I still do it.

So yesterday was mainly damage control due to lunch at mil
Breakfast - yoghurt and strawberries
Lunch - roast lamb, potatoes, parsnips, veg followed by cheesecake and icecream.
Dinner - small bowl of shreddies
Exercise -80 lengths swimming. I had 55 mins as fit it in while son was at training.

Today will be
Yoghurt and strawbs
Veg soup
Meatballs and pasta with veg
Yoghurt and a meringue nest with blueberries
Exercise - 2x hour long walks. Walk 1 i meet a friend mon lunchtime for a walk with her and walk 2 - my son has training tonight and where he trains on mondays and wed is on the edge of a lovely country park where you walk through a forrest to a lake. I do a lap of the lake and the whole route is about an hour

Have a good day everyone

I lost 2.5lbs last week, I am happy 😃 any regulars will know that my weight loss is sloooooooow so that is a big chunk for me.

I am racing on Sunday so this week I will be a bit less heavy on the exercise. I’m doing bootcamp tonight and I may do a little run as the weather is gorgeous again. But after today I won’t be doing anything strenuous in my legs, I am going to do home workouts but nothing too taxing. And And walking of course.

Food today: protein shake with frozen berries and chia and flax seeds
lunch- I’m eating my freezer this week so I have a Thai prawn rice portion and a load of veg on the side.
dinner- I’m going to make a big chilli but split it and bulk half out with lentils and beans which will then do mine and dh for tonight and then I can use the rest tomorrow as a sort of chilli bolognese thing 😋

such a beautiful morning, I have a real spring in my step today. My goal this week is to increase my water a lot as that’s definitely somewhere I slip up especially as the week goes on.

@forgotmyusername1 sounds like a good plan for the day, your food sounds nice too.

supermarket shop for me this morning and although I’ve got a list, I’d love something a bit different to eat but I’ve got to be careful because that’s where I go off plan and over calories.

yesterday went okay I wasn’t really hungry until the evening but late evening I was starving even after my normal crisps or mini cheddar treats so I toasted one crumpet and amazingly it did the trick and I wasn’t grazing for the rest of the evening. I’m still staying away from the lattes because I’m sure they are the one thing that sends me to the treat cupboard. Since I’ve stopped having them again this week, I’ve not been craving anything sweet quite so much.

Have a lovely Monday.

@thenewaveragebear1983 I think I was typing whilst you were posting so very well done and wow on the 2.5 lbs off. It’s a while since you’ve seen such a good loss, isn’t it? I appreciate though that you haven’t got a lot to lose so it gets harder the nearer you are to reaching your goal. Good luck with the race on Sunday, rather you than me I’d say. I’ve never been able to run, I run very awkwardly and very slowly and always have even as a kid.

I hope we all have a good week and see good losses on our weigh day. It’s been a while since anyone reported a NSV, not one person has noticed that I’ve lost weight yet in the last four months.

Hey I spoke of NSVs this morning and today I wore a Joe Brown skirt that I couldn’t get into for the whole of last year. It was just a little loose on the waist and tight around the tummy but I’ve worn it all day and was very comfortable. NSV woohoo!

Usual yoghurt and fruit breakfast and soup lunch today. Cheeky pack of monster munch but apart from that not too bad on the snack front

Pork chops, mash and carrots for dinner with yoghurt in a meringue nest with strawbs for pud

Did an aqua class at lunchtime and going to the gym later to do some weights while my son does diving.

Hope everyone else has had a good day

@forgotmyusername1 sounds like a good day to me.

I walked into town which is about a mile, wandered around the shops and walked back home so that must be quite a few steps. I also popped the dogs over to a field before we went so they could have a run.

Breakfast was porridge, lunch was too boiled eggs and I’ve got to sort out dinner soon but so far it’s been a good day. As you all know, evening is my problem time so I’ve got to navigate that somehow and no doubt there will be crisps consumed.

I also hope everyone else is doing okay.

Sounds like you both had a good day. My food was good but I was really frazzled at the office and just couldn’t clear my head, I felt really overwhelmed. I’ve not counted calories due to my random freezer meals but on top of my 3 meals I ate a couple of biscuits and a sausage 🤣 so probably maxed out today in the end

tomorrow I have a protein shake for breakfast , a curry with spinach from the freezer drawer of doom, and then dinner will be shepherds pie (ingredients also from freezer drawer!) I’ve been having my protein shake with a big scoop of fibre powder in it, frozen berries, chia seeds and milk, and the fibre makes it so filling. I read somewhere that fibre really helps balance blood sugar and stops sugar cravings

I am the queen of random freezer items mainly as i am a food waste hero for olio so end up being left with all sorts of random items. As i hate food waste, unrequested things that can be frozen usually end up in there until i get enough to make a meal e.g pukka pies - i currently have 3 collected over the last 6 months but we are a family of 4 so they need to stay in there until their mate pops up at some point.

I have had to get strict with myself - pastries now all go down to my kids sports club so i dont eat them and i have had to learn that i am not a human dustbin

Fortunately i have a massive freezer

Such a beautiful looking day today, but windy and the wind is cold. I just stepped out to drink my coffee outside and immediately turned round and came back in! I can’t believe it’s nearly May. May bank holiday/ Whitsun is my first goal, and I’d really like to be getting somewhere by then, I could be back in the 10’s for sure but only if I work hard now. And every single year I end up regaining everything I lose while I’m on holiday anyway, so this year I’m really going to try a bit harder to protect my efforts as well.

foods all sorted for today. I’ll walk the dog and will give her another one later as I’m now not running as I am resting my legs for Sunday. I do want to do a bit of a workout with my weights first my arms and core (will do this after work)

yesterday we paid our deposit for our beautiful new garden room which is to become my home gym/workout space and I am so excited! It’s such a luxury to be able to do that and have that room and I hope it will really be motivating to use it, particularly for yoga if it’s peaceful and beautiful in there. Really exciting!

Had a good week so far

Tomorrow though is going to be tough. Once a month we have to take our son to england training in the midlands. 7 hours of driving and 7 hours sitting on a hard bench while he trains - god it is so boring and i usually pack lots of naughty things to make it somewhat bearable and we eat pizza when we get back as its quick- the things we parents do

Going to take a thermos with soup to avoid the standard tesco meal deal type lunch and will try and make slightly better choices. Will have tortelini and sauce when we get back - not great but got to have something carby after being up since 5am

@thenewaveragebear1983 that does sound tough. I hope you get through it without too much pain or dieting disaster. TBH I think I would have to have several treats.

i thought I’d had a good week but the scales don’t agree. Apparently so far this week I’ve gained a pound although I’ve kept to plan. It’s possibly because I had such a good loss last week.

ive been very low today which isn’t like me on a lovely sunny day. I think it’s because I met an acquaintance (I’ve mentioned her on here before), she’s on GLP1 jabs and she looked so amazing. I didn’t recognise her at first and I’ve known her for more than 15 years. I just felt that my weight loss was so weak compared to hers, she looked so beautiful.

Ahh well, I’ll just keep trying.

@poorpaws i have a friend who is on the jabs who has lost a ton of weight - from about a siza 26 to a 14. Absolutely changed her life as she is now running 10k's when before she barely walked anywhere. I am sure she couldn't have lost the weight without them. She did though spend her 50th in hospital having her gall bladder removed so there cam be significant downsides.

I chose not to go down the jab route - my concern is that by artificially removing your appetite you don't learn how to keep the weight off without that crutch and i would not be willing to be on them for life. I am not against the jabs for those where the risk of obesity outweighs the risk of drug deoendency (at nearly 19 1/2 stone i was up there;- i am just very very tight with money) but there are very significant downsides too

@forgotmyusername1 wow that makes my few hours at football a week seem like nothing, fair play - and hopefully when he’s playing for England he’ll repay you all your efforts 🤣

my week picked up a bit. I felt like I was perfecting my craft at work, and I enjoyed it much more this week although I am still finding it challenging. I went out last night with a lot of my old colleagues which was nice, and also reassuring that we are all feeling similar in our new roles. I had a delicious Dhansak and mushroom rice, a bit over calories probably but it was so nice. And a glass of wine. It unsettled my sleep though and i really struggled to get to sleep.

this morning i am going for a dog walk with my friend, then going to see my parents. I don’t really want to, I feel quite tired and my social battery is totally flat, what I want to do is just have a quiet day at home, potter about and get some jobs done, then maybe do a nice yoga or walk by myself.

my food has been ok this week but not 100% and overall in April (at 1st May weigh in) I was 2lb up 🤦‍♀️ but overall this year, wait for it, I am a grand total of 3lb down. 🙄 good grief. Basically I am in maintenance aren’t I?!

my plan for May is to do something 10 mins every day- like 10 mins abs/ core , arms/ press-ups etc. just as a little challenge to myself. And stick to my calorie deficit properly (as always) and basically just keep going. We are on holiday end of this month, part of me thinks what’s the point even bothering as anything I lose I am just going to regain anyway on holiday, but I know deep down I will feel better if I do

I have looked into WLI @poorpaws, firstly considering lying to get them, then more recently finding out that some places will sell them off licence to bmi 25 or above. Then I really looked into it, suddenly it was a viable option- however, my conclusion was that I would be on them for life. If you use them to lose a stone, you almost certainly will regain that weight, lose muscle mass, lower metabolism etc. and I don’t want that, and I don’t want to be tied to them for life and that money being tied to them. I can understand how you feel and seeing your friend must be difficult but if you do decide to go that route (and nothing against those who do btw) you have to do it for you because it’s a lifelong commitment either way it’s whole own set of issues attached to it.

@forgotmyusername1 sorry I posted to you but typed @thenewaveragebear1983 instead. I’m sure you realised that post was for you,

anyway this comment is for both of you. I looked into wl injections ages ago, and I didn’t like the side effects and the fact that I realised I’d have to be on them for life. I was quite happy going on my own little journey and taking my time and losing the weight. I suppose deep down, I still feel like that, but when I saw Janet yesterday, I think it nudged me into “you could look like that too”. Coming back down to Earth today, I know I can’t afford them, I don’t want to be on them for life and I still don’t like some of the side-effects. I’ll just carry on and hope I can do better.

I don’t think it helped yesterday that I’d been on plan and still gained a pound. I do think having dieted for all my adult life, I’ve messed up my metabolism. I have to be positive, I’ve lost a stone this year (its not enough) and I feel much better than I did this time last year when I couldn’t get into any of my summer skirts (I spend the whole winter in jeans).

I still feel a bit down today, but not nearly as bad as yesterday and I don’t think the fact that I can’t use my right hand helps. Anyway, onwards as they say and I’ll keep trying.

I hope you have a good weekend.

@forgotmyusername1 I hope your day goes well and it isn’t too boring for you.

Hi all. I seem to be losing weight but at a very slow rate (est 1lb over about 3 months). Although it can just take a moment to undo. I was about to type I've managed to stop eating burgers and sausages but now have cravings. I'm struggling currently a bit with ice cream which was supposed to be for DD.
I have been drinking a lot more water than usual though which has helped suppress cravings.

Hi all. I've been in the oats quite a bit for the last couple of days. It's been really beneficial. I'm adding honey this time which makes as big difference as it's not very palatable without it.

I had quite an interesting weekend, it feels like a long time ago I was out for curry on Friday, then Saturday I saw my parents and siblings, Sunday I raced and we went out for food and wine, and today I have had a weird hungover very meh kind of day where I had 100 things to do but didn’t really do anything. Needless to say, I have gained weight at my weigh in this morning.

I’m serious about knuckling down though, I need to. I go on holiday in 3 weeks and I found either go away 6lbs heavier or 6lbs lighter- it’s totally up to me. So I am really determined to stick to my calorie goals, not drink now until we go away, and just prioritise my diet and get better sleep. I feel really tired and I have a lot on in the next few weeks, just lots of different things to remember and slight changes to our routine which are just always in the back of my mind.

food tomorrow:
protein shake with frozen fruit and fibre powder
lunch- salad with tuna and mayo, and a few bits of fruit. Must make sure I drink more at work that I have been doing recently
dinner- I was going to make a peri peri rice thing that I saw on a video , not sure if I’ll have time tomorrow. But I do have some Nando’s marinade which I will plan to use for that for tomorrow.

Hi all. I've been making a couple of batches of soup recently and it has made me consider going on a more liquidised diet...so here goes!

Sw 99.5kg
Wk 1 100kg
Tgt 1 - 94kg by 30th june

Weighed in 0.5kg heavier - not a good start

Up until sat was 1kg down
Then had the sat where i was fine until i got home and then demolished the cupboard
Mon was fil birthday so roast and cake
To top if ofd the gym car park was closed fri -.mon inc as there was a marathon through the town so no exercise either

All excuses of course but back on track today.

It’s not going well here either. Up 1 lb at Sundays weigh-in and I’m yet again pigging out in the evenings.

I don’t understand myself, I am so determined all day and do really well then as soon as I’ve eaten my evening meal (which is substantial) I start emptying the cupboards, fridge and freezer. I fear my resolve is extremely weak atm.

i hope everyone who is struggling will do better this week.

I’m feeling really sad today - I hope it’s just that I’m tired and I had a long day in the office, but I just felt really low when I got home. My friend messaged me and I had a little cry, I feel a bit better now.

my food has been good today, I had a shake, a salad, and for dinner I made a big peri peri seasoned rice with chicken, chorizo, lots of peppers and mushrooms, it was really tasty and there’s loads left for lunch tomorrow.

i took a rest day today but tomorrow i might try a gentle recovery run, and maybe will do my arms workout as well. One thing I will say, Sunday gave me renewed energy and definitely made me feel like my training is starting to pay off.

Good evening all. I had a much better day today. I think I’m hormonal. Hard to tell exactly because my cycles are crazy but I feel very achy and that would support the emotional incontinence yesterday!

I have sort of gone with it, most months I ends up craving carbs and rubbish and binging so this time I’m actively eating big portions of very carby heavy food (I had rice last night, tonight I’ve had spinach and potato curry etc) thinking that at least this is nutritious food and not crap. And I drank loads of water all day. So it may not show straight away on the scales but hopefully once the blisters is gone I will be in a better place than if I’d binged

How is everyone doing today? It’s quiet in here!

i managed to stick to calories every day this week (except bh Monday) and have drink lots of water as well, despite my tearful day the other day I feel good today.

planning a busy weekend with lots to keep me occupied! I did say I wasn’t going to drink as well didn’t I?