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.

My turkey soup was so nice, a little watery in the broth but tasty. Good job because I will probably be eating it for 3 days now! My dinner was disappointing, the sauce was not lemony at all, I was hoping for a really sticky, sweet lemon sauce. It was ok but not delicious.

I applied for 2 jobs today, really good ones. Plus a good day at work. I have a thumping headache tonight and my shoulder is still so painful, it’s gradually tightened up all day and I have run out of nurofen 😢 so no run for me.

dh is away tomorrow and I’m actually quite looking forward to a night of peace and early bed!

@thenewaveragebear1983
Thank you for your warm welcome! I’m sorry to hear you’ve got a trapped shoulder and bad headache tonight. I seem to have headaches a lot more than I used to, don’t know if it’s just from general exhaustion and lack of sleep…

Your turkey soup sounds delicious and wholesome in this weather, nothing nicer than soup really.

Enjoy your night of peace tomorrow. I seem to spend most nights telling DH to roll on his side as his snoring is doing my head in!!

@poorpaws thank you for your lovely welcome. It’s great to hear you’ve got similar stats and goals to me, we can align our progress and motivate each other on. Cutting the sugar is the most significant thing to do, well done. I also have a big sweet tooth. What’s funny is I never had a sweet tooth before kids…I was always more into savoury snacks…I also want to get to about 10st 7 as an initial step. That will make a huge difference at my height. I like the idea of bitesize goals with clothes as a marker for change.

Im sorry to hear you had an awful day yesterday. I hope today was a little better?

We’ve had a run of viruses but hopefully out the other side 🙏 my toddler DC didn’t eat properly for about two weeks, lost a bit of weight even as had tonsillitis; then foot and mouth…I was so worried I ate for both of us. But now I’m drawing a line under it.

I’ve got a goal of end of May to be at my target weight. It’s definitely doable. I bought a bunch of cherry tomatoes today for my cute bento box which is coming. I’m trying to think of other healthy snacks I would like to add to it. Will make it up in the morning and whenever I’m feeling desperate tuck into it throughout the day.

Good morning. I had a weird night. I am due on (but because I had a weird mid month bleed, I don’t know exactly when) but I have had dreadful night sweats the last couple of nights. Horrible. I wake myself up from them now before ‘the drench’ but they means I had weird disturbed sleep. I have also gone nearly a month without alcohol and that gives me very vivid dreams, I think it improves the quality of my sleep, but the dreams were crazy, combined with painful shoulder trap and not being able to get comfortable. So all in all, a pretty disturbed night.

busy day ahead as well, I have a piece of work on that I have been delayed by others but i do still want to get it finished today or tomorrow. I’ll be glad it’s my 3 day weekend.

today I’m having soup for lunch and dinner will be hopefully something light and healthy that dh wouldn’t eat. I would like a run but not if my shoulder still hurts although sometimes a gentle jog does help put everything back where it belongs.

Hope you all have a good day.

Good morning

yesterday was good for me, a 2 hour (slow) walk and I kept my calories lower by not having supper or snacking during the evening. It really is slow and steady but 28 days of no sugar is a good start.

dd is working from home this morning which as I’ve said before is very difficult but she has to go out this afternoon. My problem is the family have voted for a pizza night tonight 🤦🏼‍♀️ and I’d rather carry on with my normal food but the kids want me to join them. DD does order a tremendous amount of food so it’s difficult to say no and I will enjoy it, I just worry what the scales will say.

@thenewaveragebear1983 I hope today is good for you. I am sleeping badly too with nasty dreams and it does wear you out. Enjoy time on your own with food you like.
@MidnightChangeit’s strange, I’ve always been 5’ 4” but when I went to my GPs surgery the nurse told me I’m definitely 5’ 3” so I’m not sure if I’ve lost an inch or I wasn’t standing correctly. Anyway I’m 11 st 11.5 so I weigh a little more than you. Doesn’t every pound show when you’re not so tall? My aim is to lose slowly but I’m a bit impatient and I cannot wait to be able to wear my smaller jeans (they are smaller, definitely not small). I don’t exercise enough, I walk my dogs but that’s about it. My DD is staying with me atm so when she leaves on 6 Feb I’m going to try to do an exercise routine at least once or twice a week, nothing too strenuous at first but just a bit more movement.

we’re having yet more rain this afternoon so I’ve got to get the dogs out this morning.

have a happy Thursday everyone.

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I’m really tired today, I had a difficult day doing technical spreadsheet stuff that wasn’t working properly. Brain ache!

my lovely dh messaged me to tell me that he knew I was having a stressful day and he’d left me a bar of chocolate hidden on his desk, what a legend. Except it was a huge bar of dairy milk with crunchie pieces, and I ate it all dunked in a cup of tea 🤦‍♀️ I am a dieting disaster today (actually all month)

I did eat my soup at lunchtime. No run as my shoulder was still tender although it is a lot better than it was earlier. Hopefully tomorrow I will be able to get out for a run.

@thenewaveragebear1983
Sounds like a stressful work day, hope you have a really relaxed Friday.

Disturbed sleep is probably a big part of why I overeat, I think I overeat to boost my energy levels but instead it zaps them. Hope you sleep better tonight.

@poorpaws
Well done paws. Two hours walk is good work and the not eating in the evening has always been a real winner for me in losing weight. Ditto the not snacking. Sticking to no sugar for 28 days is impressive.

Did you have pizza this evening? Sometimes I go for kids size for takeaways to reduce my portion. Or if it’s a shop bought pizza, I get the pizza express ones as low in calories.

I did pretty well today. I started the day with a homemade protein shake - 4 very ripe bananas, 50 ml of milk and a teaspoon of peanut butter. It actually kept me full till about 4pm. So even thought it was about 500kcal it was worth it. I’m counting my calories on the NHS weight loss app and it’s really helping me identify where I’m going wrong and also what I’m doing right

For dinner DH was on a late one with work so I gave my older DC pizza and younger one pasta. As they are fussy and don’t like the same things. Then I had a ready meal of noodles. Probably not healthy but only 500kcal. With soup for my very late lunch and a few snacks I was within my limit of 1800kcal so happy with that.

Friday tomorrow and can’t wait for a lie in on Saturday.

@thenewaveragebear1983 I hope you have a much better day today and are able to give your brain a rest, oh and please could I borrow your DH, he is indeed a legend so very well done Mr Bear.

@MidnightChangeit sounds as if you are getting well into the “zone” (I do hate that term 🤦🏼‍♀️). My dgc are so fussy too and DD has to cook separate meals as they never like the same things, it’s tricky isn’t it. It’s the amount of washing up it creates which astonishes me. I’ve known my DP for nearly 10 years and I see him most days but we live separately, a 10 mins walk from each other, so my dirty dishes are minimal (he only has lunch here) and the amount a family, all eating different food, creates just astounds the life out of me.

last night was the eating disaster I expected. Dd ordered a large pizza and 14 chicken strippers with dips. Dgd was not feeling well so went to bed without food, dgs ate a little but he’s young so not a big appetite and DD hardly eats much at all so guess who was eating A LOT. It was delicious and I enjoyed all of it and I did do damage limitation during the day having porridge with a few berries for breakfast and parsnip soup for lunch so by evening I was really hungry and as DD kept saying, “its not sugar, no sugar mum”.

so today I’m trying to get back on track. DD will be working in the kitchen all day so I have to be quiet again but the family are going out for the weekend until late Sunday night/early Monday morning so it will be a peaceful weekend for me. Hopefully @MidnightChange I can have a lie in on Saturday too and my home will return to the quiet haven it usually is.

my plan for today is to eat healthily but cut my portions down. Have a great Friday, the weekend is very near.

I had a busy day today and worked over by 2hrs but I finished my very technical spreadsheet stuff and successfully imported 1800 people into our new system which goes live on Monday. I am actually so proud of myself, I have never done anything like this before and i actually did it, all by myself. This project has been so much work but i have learned so much, considering in the first few weeks I genuinely thought I would never be able to do it. I celebrated with a zero gin and tonic and dh made curry which was nice, with rice.

I’ve probably stuck to cals today as I only had soup at lunch with 4 oatcakes, and curry for tea. Oh and a piece of Gouda cheese. Went for a run at lunch time which had helped to loosen up my tight shoulder, it’s much less painful now.

I need a weekend of cleaning, exercise and rest. My house is a tip, I need a long run and I am determined to have some downtime as well.

Oh and I also am going to weigh on Feb 1st, then I will be properly starting and hoping to have a good month. I might hide the scales. And I really need to cut the sugar and the junk.

@thenewaveragebear1983 👏. Very well done to you for all your hard work. I remember when you started in this roll you seemed unsure and nervous but you’ve cracked it with knobs on. You deserve to treat yourself this weekend.

today has been ok but I got really cross with DP who had stayed up until 1.45 am watching a war documentary and promptly fell to sleep in my chair after the dog walk 🤦🏼‍♀️.

my food has been ok and we only just missed torrential rain by cutting our walk a little shorter and getting home within minutes of it starting.

in other news I have been accepted to have a further private consultation on my hand and if the consultant agrees to the seriousness and lack of use I have, the operation should go ahead and I should be covered for payment. Ive got to sort out an appointment on Monday.

im home alone tonight and after a day of everybody being in and out and endless online meetings, its bliss to have peace and quiet.

I’ve very nearly done the whole month of January with no sugar,😇

Good afternoon all

today has gone well so far with weigh-in looming over me tomorrow. I managed to dodge our cafe for another week (as I’ve already had pizza this week) by saying we were too wet to go in which we were. I’ve promised to go next week because I can’t keep putting it off because of the calories and I do like going.

out of the blue my iPad has broken. I don’t have a computer just my iPad and iPhone and since I don’t watch tv I’m on my iPad all the time. I’ve had to order a new one this morning, so much for no spend January.

i don’t have any other news but it’s all going slowly and steadily and January is nearly over so just two months to keep trying. I just hope I can keep steadily losing until Easter.

have a lovely weekend everyone.

Good morning

1 lb off for me this week which I’m pleased with considering I’m not doing as much exercising as I’d like and I had one night off plan.

i said this year I’d like to lose it slowly at 1 lb a week so I’m very happy with how it’s going @thenewaveragebear1983 you see I’m being kind to myself now 😀

I looks cold outside and I’m planning a quiet Sunday before the family are back for just one more week and then normal life will resume.

happy Sunday.

Well done @poorpaws👏 and I love the new positive talking 💕
I am calling it a maintain for January, so 1st Feb is still 11.4. I actually weighed in a little less than that but it’s a skewed result as I just ran a half marathon (!) which obviously gave me a lighter weight than it should be. So I’m using my weight from yesterday. After my absolutely horrible month, I will accept a maintain graciously and consider myself lucky.

I’m not going to weigh for a few weeks now, I just need to get my head down and actually stick to the plan. 1500 calories, really cut back on the sugar and gluten free bread products, and I ordered myself a brita filter jug which I am going to sit on my desk while I work so I can get my 2l in every day. Some days I drink nothing but coffee all day.

while on my run today I saw crocuses out and even a couple of daffs in sheltered spots. Spring will be here soon. No more muddy dogs and slippy paths ☀️

@thenewaveragebear1983 half a marathon, I would be dead. You are doing great to maintain, you’ve had such a worrying, rotten month so I think you’ve done very well.

NSV? I can get into my next size down jeans, size 14. These are the size I have loads of. They fastened easily at the waist which surprised me but are tight on the top of the legs which also surprised me. I’m calling it a NSV but I’m not going to wear them for at least a couple more weeks with hopefully another couple of pounds off. It’s all going in the right direction.

Oooh it’s great when you have a wardrobe full of lovely things to bring out and very motivating. Well
done. 👏

We went to my in-laws for lunch today which was nice, and I always eat much much less when we’re with people like that rather than if we’d cooked ourselves. For dinner I just had a nice chicken sandwich on gf bread with a bag of quavers and some fruit. My shopping order for the week has come and I have some nice meals planned, and I have lots of veg which needs used up this week. I bought steam bags of veg (very expensive way of buying veg) but I think it will help me just to have an extra portion of veg a day.

Better day today, I had no breakfast but quite a big lunch of gf toast, avocado, chicken and cheese sandwich, and fruit with skyr yogurt. I had a little nap on the sofa which I much needed.

I’m feeling down today, I think it’s just hitting me now that all the people I love at work are going to be leaving soon, and even if I stay it just won’t be the same. I am not finding many things to apply for and I am just really sad and tired about the whole thing. I think I need a bit of closure but it won’t come yet unfortunately.

anyway, onwards- i haven’t turned to food to get me through which is positive. I am sitting at Ds’s freezing football training thinking about my dinner. I need to cook some veg, we have loads for some reason so I am going to peel and cook loads of carrots, sprouts and cauliflower and then I can just add it to meals during the week. I was planning a ham and leek gratin tonight but I don’t think I have enough calories left so may need to do jackets and beans instead

@thenewaveragebear1983 it must be awful for you at work atm. Could you meet your work colleagues at the weekend when you’re split up? Or perhaps a drink at a pub every couple of months. I know when I was forced to leave work due to ill health I regretted losing touch with a lot of staff but I also moved 300 or so miles away so it was inevitable I’d never see them again.

I hope you feel brighter soon and I don’t envy football training and I’m pleased I had a girl. Indoor dance classes and theatre groups were all I had to do.

ive had such a fraught day. I hate waiting in for parcels and I hate waiting for a return telephone call and I’ve had to do both today. I did manage a food shop which I kept to a minimum and we didn’t get wet in the walk so that’s a bonus.

my food is still good and I find I’m not so hungry now and not craving dinner by 3. I guess I’m getting used to not snacking nearly as much as I did and on day 33 of no chocolate I’m not craving it at all. I suppose if someone handed me a piece I would enjoy eating it but I’m not thinking about it like I used to.

@poorpaws we could do, certainly there are a couple of people I will definitely stay in touch with, but we live a long way from each other.

I spent the day really looking forward to a delicious cheesey potato gratin with bacon and leeks, but I don’t know what went wrong when I cooked it, the cheese and cream all curdled and the potatoes wouldn’t soften - it was so disappointing and now I am in a really shitty mood because I’m hungry and tired and grumpy.

@thenewaveragebear1983 oh no poor you! The meal sounds horrendous and I always know your meals sound delicious and make me salivate. Can you find something tasty in the freezer or the back of the cupboard (where I keep chocolate I want to try to forget I’ve bought).

I have big news for you ladies! So today I met the ceo and HR to discuss my counter proposal which has been accepted, and I have been offered without interview. And a little payrise too! So I am totally chuffed, although it’s very bittersweet as my colleagues are still planning to leave or will be made redundant. I have accepted their offer after adter a bit of negotiations. I’m genuinely excited, it is a step up for me and an interesting and challenging role that will get me into a good position in the future so I am pleased.

diets gone great because I’ve been too busy to eat! Having spicy chicken and gf noodles for dinner. I had a Spanish bean Bol pot for lunch.

@thenewaveragebear1983. 👏 yayyy, very well done, I am so pleased for you. You’ll shine in your new roll I’m sure. Let’s hope your colleagues manage to find good positions. You must be extremely well thought of and all your hard work has eventually paid off.

i slept very badly last night, perhaps got one hours sleep at most so today I’ve been overtired. I’ve eaten a little more than normal but not overly bad. Crumpets called my name in Asda so I had to have them, so they were today’s lunch with an orange. I’ve had a huge dinner but a lot of it was salad so nothing too damaging.

we managed a lovely dog walk and didn’t get wet, so a good day really. I’m hoping to go to bed early tonight and make up for last night.

I am so so tired today, you know when you hit the wall and your body just says no? I’m there. I slept badly last night, I keep trapping my shoulder/neck in the night, it feels better during the day but during the night it traps again and it’s horrible. I also have a horrible pain in my sinus on my Bell’s palsy side, I had acupuncture on Monday and I think it’s definitely making things move and the nerves are starting to come back but all night my face and eye were hurting, so I couldn’t lie on either side. Ended up getting up early and felt tired all day.

miserable and wet here, a wet dog walk and rain all day. And forecast for at least a week. I really really craved something sugary and cakey today and there was nothing at all in the house. Thankfully because I would have eaten it all. I made risotto for dinner with bacon and fancy mushrooms and cheese - not low calorie but sufficiently carby and stodgy.

i did make a casserole for tomorrow while my risotto was cooking so at least tomorrow is sorted. I am going to really try hard to finish on time or maybe even a little early tomorrow, it’s been a really busy and stressful few weeks.

@thenewaveragebear1983 sounds as if you are having a rotten time. I hope your shoulder improves soon and you manage a good nights sleep.

ive had two nights of poor sleep and I feel shattered. Ive got the beginnings of a cold that the whole family have passed around with an awful metal tasting sore throat and watery eyes so it’s not good.

i was tricked tonight, thoroughly tricked. I’d made a salad this afternoon and just after Id made it dgd rang to ask if I wanted a MacDonalds. I immediately said I didn’t but they should go ahead. She squealed the way girls do and said mum had said they couldn’t have one unless I joined them. This was followed by much pleading and so I gave in. To add insult to injury I asked for small fries and all four fries were large. It looks like weigh-in will be a disaster now and I did it just to placate the children.

i was hoping I’d lose a pound this week but now that’s doubtful. I don’t mind if I sts but I said I would not gain for three months and I think that might happen this weekend 🙁

it was our last night tonight as the family are leaving tomorrow evening. We’ve had a fun night playing cards and everyone enjoyed the evening.

its been torrential rain today all day and with this cold I couldn’t face getting wet through again so the poor dogs didn’t get a walk and I didn’t get any exercise at all. Tomorrow if I am up to it, we must go out for a walk.

@poorpawsi am sure even if the mc d’s is a little blip on the scales, it will be just water weight and will soon go. You’ve overall had an excellent start to 2026 and this won’t undo that. It will be nice for you to get your space back even though it means your family going home.

I think my eye pain is just a recurring stress/body overwhelming reaction, it does seem to flare up and because I have had such a difficult few weeks, combined with a bit of a headcold and tiredness it’s flared up again. I’ve not started February particularly well really, but I am determined. It is my dads birthday tomorrow and we are going for lunch and cake so possibly not starting til Sunday. Although they never cater for gluten free so it’s easy to avoid the things i would rather not eat.

I have realised I have a week off soon, that will be very much appreciated, I feel like i need it and it will be a good chance to get on top of the house and chill out a bit.