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.

Sadly, it’s not going well here. I fell sideways and hit my head on a wall and although it wasn’t too bad as I first thought it gave me a hell of a shock. I saw the wall coming towards me in slow motion. Anyway, I’m okay, but it was worrying at first.

The diet hasn’t gone very well either, we’ve just been eating loads and going out to eat too, so I’ll definitely see a gain this week.

My main problem is that I stupidly bought a lot of ice lollies. The fruit ones are okay because they aren’t too many calories but I bought a big box of mixed chocolate type ice lollies which were very calorific and they’ve screamed my name from the fridge every evening and I just keep eating them. DP reminded me that I said last year I would never ever buy them again and after this box is finished, I have to remember that, they are so addictive.

We’ve got a couple more things on in the next few days, so I’m hoping to start again next week

@thenewaveragebear1983 i’m very pleased to hear you’re feeling brighter and I will try to keep coming back but it’s a bit difficult when you aren’t doing very well 😁

Sorry to learn of the fall @poorpaws .
My struggle at the moment is ice cream. I can't seem to resist buying at the moment. I'm quite good otherwise.

Quite hungover so googling detoxing at the moment.

@TalkToTheHand123 I bought mini twisters on offer at Tesco, they are only 39 calories each. They are nice but not so amazing I want to eat the whole box. I’m also a bit hungover today, but I’m now not drinking the rest of the weekend.

@poorpawsi’m sorry about your fall, and I have also been meaning to ask how your hand is doing now? You are in the wars aren’t you? Hopefully not too much lasting pain from your fall.

sun is shining here but it’s still quite chilly, I had a lie in and I’m going to do jobs all weekend. We are having our kitchen floor stripped out and replaced this week as there is asbestos under it, so I need to clear my utility room so I can put a lot of kitchen things into there. It’s an opportunity for a big clear out and tidy up. I’ve been doing well eating the contents of my freezer as well so I can now actually see what I have got. I want to start batch cooking like “the batch lady” does, making meal prep bags rather than portions of leftovers so I now have a few available drawers

I was 2lbs down today, woohoo.🙌 I’m focusing on all the good foods, I tried not to binge my way to my period this month and instead I just made massive filling meals with loads of rice and filled myself up rather than eating salad and then eating loads of chocolate. And you know what, it actually worked. I didn’t binge once- that’s a massive improvement for me. I have written it into my diary that I need to try that method again next month.

have a lovely day all, wherever you end up ☀️

After about a week of drinking quite a lot of soup I feel noticeably slimmer so going to make some more now and hopefully continue this unexpected weight loss.

Good morning everyone on this lovely sunny morning

Sunday weigh in and I genuinely expected a 4 lb gain. Over the past week we’ve eaten out quite a lot, I’ve eaten 11 of the 12 chocolate lollies and eight of the fruit lollies. I’ve eaten mini cheddars and crisps every evening and I’ve just had the most glutenous week. With a miracle at my side I have gained half a pound! I will probably have to pay for this next week but from today I’m back on it as much as the spring/summer months allow. I was dreading weighing and I’m very grateful to whatever forces have been on my side.

Today is glorious weather, so I’m hoping to spend some time in the garden. I hope you all have a love lovely Sunday.

Hi all. Today I plan to try give up ice cream.

It ended up unexpectedly sunny yesterday and we had a lovely afternoon and evening at friends having a bbq and lots of wine. I don’t feel hungover today but I am tired and very palpitayion-y which isn’t nice. I have just had brunch of bacon, lettuce and cheese sandwich 😋

I’ve just had a bowl of soup for lunch, it wasn’t that much but I’m deciding to be good today and it’s about time. I’ve actually got some soup out of the freezer for tomorrow because it’s a quick lunch that’s quite filling.

I’ve had one of those Sunday mornings where the time has just flown and I don’t really know what I’ve done so I’m going to take the dogs out soon and get some steps in.

If the sunny weather continues this afternoon, I might just sit in the garden and relax although I’ve got plenty of things I ought to do.

It was freezing here yesterday and today, even though it’s sunny. The wind is strong and icy. We had a tiler here ripping out our kitchen floor to be retired which turns out to be great for the diet, because I didn’t venture to the fridge once today! I have ended up on 1300 calories which is low for me. Tomorrow I am in the office, I will have a Shake for breakfast and my lunch is already made, a chicken salad. I really need a run as well, I was going to go today but I was too cold!

@thenewaveragebear1983 I quite fancy the new kitchen floor diet. It’s been an icy wind, cold day here too.

today hasn’t been dreadful but not amazing either. I think I’ve had about 1,400 calories but my step count hasn’t been too bad as I walked around two supermarkets and did a decent dog walk.

this evening I’ve been so tired I fell to sleep in the chair so I think an early night would be a good idea.

i didn’t buy any ice lollies or ice cream today as planned, no chocolate either. I passed on the lattes and I think the only snack type thing I bought were low fat crisps so I haven’t got much in to ruin my diet. I have got lots of salad, veg and fruit so hopefully I will be on track all week. I’d like to lose 2 lbs by Sundays weigh-in so we’ll see.

i hope everyone is ok and doing well.

Do you ever have days where you work really hard all day and then you wonder what the hell you’ve done and what you’ve got to show for it? I’ve had one of those days today. I’ve been working since 7am doing little 10 minute jobs that actually take two hours or more. I’m absolutely shattered and looking back, I’m not sure what I’ve done.

I think I’ve eaten somewhere in the region of 1400 cal again today and I don’t seem to be able to get below that figure. I suppose I’ll have to try harder tomorrow.

I think we’ve got a wet day here tomorrow, so I’m hoping I’m not as busy as today.

I haven’t really got much to report tonight other than I’m still hoping for a couple of pounds loss but I think 1 lb is far more realistic.

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Been a crazy week, my house is like a bomb site and hopefully kitchen will be finished today. Yesterday i forgot to get anything out for lunch and had literally no access to food or water all day! After work i went and got pizzas for the kids and i got some nice bread and cooked chicken, and potato salad. I have been reintroducing a bit of gluten into my diet but last night i was absolutely crawling all over, and i think its probably down to the delicious olive focaccia bread 😢

anyway- weekend. Salad lunch today, something for dinner (not sure what!), no alcohol this weekend. Run today plus bootcamp, long dog walk tomorrow, long run Sunday. I am going to spend the weekend sorting my dinner clothes, tidying the house and getting my kitchen sorted once the guys leave.

@thenewaveragebear1983 goodness you’re a busy lady, you put me to shame. I hope you get everything on your long list done.

its gone very badly here for the last 2-3 days. I’ve binged on everything, sweet, savoury, everything! I think I’ve worn a path in the flooring to the fudge and cupboards, I just can’t stop eating and then of course there’s the guilt!

I feel fed up and bored and I think that’s what’s making it worse. I am sick to death of doing physio on my hand and then it not making any difference. Every day in my life seems the same, I’m in permanent Groundhog Day.

we’re going to our cafe today, prime example of my life, DP won’t eat out anywhere else. Because of my dogs health issues we do the same walk every day, I eat the same or very similar food every day. As Freddie Mercury said, I want to break free!!!!

sorry for the pity party, I just need to cheer up and losing some weight might help but I’ve got to stop this binging.

Oops obviously fridge not fudge.

@poorpawsits hard when you can’t get variety, I walk Maggie the same few places because she can get safely off lead there but sometimes I just want to scream NO MORE PARK!!! and the same with the food, sometimes streamlining it helps but then if you feel stuck in a rut that’s going to be making you feel bored and dissatisfied. Could you mix things up even if you basically keep things the same? Try a new salad dressing or sauce (I love Nando’s peri peri mayo 😋) or a new seasoning. My boys are really enjoying variations of chilli with nachos rather than rice (miraculously they will now eat the chilli 🤷‍♀️) or do chicken skewers instead of chicken breasts etc? So it’s similar but something different? You must be very patient because in my house if I do all the shopping and meal planning you eat what you’re given, I couldn’t cope with such a rigid menu and it makes it harder to stick to your meals if you’re feeling bored of them. Sometimes when I’m feeling bored and uninspired I use the Colman’s or Schwartz sachets just for a bit of easy inspiration

@thenewaveragebear1983 I do actually enjoy my “same” meals, I just want lots more to snack on during the evening, boredom I think. I changed my meal last night to a beef casserole I’d made in winter (I’m trying to clear my freezer) with croquet potatoes (with cheese from M&S, lovely) and a ton of carrots and broccoli (my favourite veg). It was delicious but I still binged all evening.

i honestly believe my hand physio is getting me down the most. Four times a day and each session takes at least three quarters of an hour and it’s exhausting. The muscle/ligament/whatever from my little finger up to the elbow has stopped working and this moves the fingers so the physio is intense.

ill try again this evening and thank you for your suggestions, I’ll try little changes and see how it goes and I’ve got a lot of fruit in the fridge which I keep ignoring, I don’t have any chocolate left in the house but I do have a lot of sweets for the kids which I’ve now put in the spare room. I’ve got nuts, seeds, crisps, mini cheddars which I must start ignoring like I do with the fruit.

I've been on a constant supply of soup the last few days which has really reined in some binging. I've noticed a little difference so hopefully this continues while I try to work out what happened to the other stick of garlic bread I cooked.

@poorpawsyes that would get me down as well, and does seem a lot. 45 mins multiple times a day especially if it leaves you feeling in more pain does not seem good. Hopefully it will be one of those things that just seems to magically work all of a sudden, and all your effort will get worth it.

@TalkToTheHand123 you are doing well with your soup 👏

I’m tired today and feeling the churn of “overwhelm” , I have so many things i need/ want to do and none of them are urgent and yet they are whizzing round my head at a million miles an hour. I think this definitely coincides with reintroduce gluten into my diet, I sat to try and write a list yesterday and could only think of about 2 or 3 things that must be done. So why is my head swirling around at a million mph?

Today went for a dog walk and then a nice slow 11km run. I popped out for some errands, and have a shopping order coming this afternoon so I am now going to make a cuppa and just chill for a bit and try to get my thoughts in gear.

for dinner tonight I have a piece of lamb, I really want some sort of spicy fruity sauce with it so I may have to improvise or find a recipe

My binging was so bad last night, but today has been a bit better.

@TalkToTheHand123 I had what I call my mud soup for lunch. I made it with red onions and it looks like something you’d get from the bottom of the big puddle but it tastes delicious. I’ve got two more portions in the freezer which I’m thinking of having for the next two days just to use it up and make some space. Every time I have soup I think of you, you’re the Soup Queen.

I’ve been sleeping very very badly and I’ve been very techy. Last night, I had a really good nights sleep and I feel like a different person today.

The physio is still getting me down but not quite as much as when I was overtired. I see the surgeon who did the operation on Tuesday. He said it would be a six week recovery and it’s already been eight weeks and I haven’t seen a lot of recovery. I know I’ve done my bit with the physio so maybe it’s just not worked which was something he said could happen on our first consultation. I’ll know more on Tuesday.

Today I’m having a quiet day. I’ve already walked the dogs and I just want to be quiet and chill for the whole day.

I’m expecting a load of trouble at my door because I’ve cancelled my TV licence. I never turn it on and do everything through my iPad on YouTube but apparently I’m going to have some men at my door insisting I do watch TV and I need to buy a licence. The whole reason I haven’t cancelled the licence in the last nearly 4 years is because I was worried about them harassing me, but this week I decided I should not buy it because I don’t need it and I don’t use TV. I don’t buy a bus ticket when I’m not going on the bus. Watch this space for me heading for jail as an innocent woman.

I downloaded the Zoe app today, it’s a bit gimmicky to be honest but I got a voucher from a friend and I thought for 3 months I would try something new. It Focusses around eating more veg and fibre and quality protein, nothing new, but i am hoping it gives me a bit of a new focus. I do think it overestimates calories (or maybe not, maybe that’s my problem 🤣) and I will still use nutracheck I think because I can’t pre-select my food diary. But anyway, I will try it and see what it brings. It calculated my calories as well over 2000 today 🤷‍♀️ but I can switch the calories off anyway.

I felt really tired and down today, I am ready for my annual leave next week and I have a lot to tidy up at work before I can finish, plus absolutely loads to do at home, so everything is getting a bit overwhelming and on top of me. I miss having my work friends to chat to and I spent a lot of the day on my own, ate lunch on my own etc (they all sit and eat at their desks which I hate, especially when they are hot desks, it’s so unhealthy). So feeling a bit down overall with new job blues!

tomorrow, hopefully will feel a bit brighter, maybe this promised sunshine will actually appear (still raining and really cold today) - I have bootcamp after work. Lunch will be salad and tuna mayo, and dinner will be chilli and nachos

I don’t want to bring this thread down, so I’m not going to go into a lot of detail and be a Debbie Downer.

I’ve decided to try and maintain instead of losing weight because I’ve got so much on at the moment. I’ve had a binge from hell tonight, but I’ve also had the day from hell. In a nutshell, I saw my consultant surgeon and it’s not good news at all. His comment was “ I am a lot further backwards than he had hoped “. From the sound of it my little finger will never recover and will never have any use and he’s given me a hell of a lot of very painful physio to do. I am very very down, I’ve tried very very hard and I just can’t take anymore.

I’m not going away from the thread, but I need to stop trying to slim at this time.

Oh @poorpaws I am so sorry to hear this! Giving yourself a bit of leeway diet wise is a good idea. I hope you do continue to recover, there’s always hope that the new physio would work otherwise why would he give it to you? Try to stay strong 💪 I wonder if something like acupuncture would help reinvigorate the nerve, I was never a believer but mine has done wonders with my facial nerve which I was told wouldn’t get any better. There’s always hope. Be kind to yourself x

Love to all. Feeling a very little slimmer at the moment. A little frustrated with dieting. I'm going to try do more of a liquid diet. My soups are more drinks than soups so I'll dry drink more of these than eating food. I'm trying to cut down on the ice cream.