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.

I just don’t seem to have a waist anymore I just seem to be huge from my thighs to my ribs 🤣 it really doesn’t help that everything in the shops is either cropped or completely baggy and shapeless and square, and made really cheap fabric so it just swamps my figure with no definition like a big bag.

anyway, it’s strangely motivating. I didn’t really need anything except for the interview and hopefully I won’t be given the job based on how slim I look , but I definitely felt that I couldn’t even ‘scrub up’ anymore like I used to. Maybe that’s partly age as well, and working from home doesn’t help because I never have to any more. Those three way angled mirrors in next left nothing to the imagination though. 😢

Did you have any pancakes? I had one, and it was gluten flour as well because I had no GF and I do love a pancake, it will be interesting to see if I get any side effects tomorrow. But I had one, with sugar free chocolate spread which was really nice. 👍

@thenewaveragebear1983 I didn’t even realise it was time for pancakes. I don’t watch tv so I miss all the adverts. I wouldn’t have had them anyway as I’d want sugar on them and I’m not allowing myself sugar until Easter.

its a filthy rotten day again here, I’m so sick of the rain.

I might start buying Easter eggs today. M&S sell a cloud selection of chocolates which DP and I love and this year they have a cloud Easter egg so I might buy one for each of us. I’d also love to shop for clothes but I’ve not really lost enough weight for that yet. They’ve got a lovely cream jumper in, very soft, and I’m so tempted but I’m sure it will look awful on.

i did really well yesterday but I doubt today will be as good. I’m shopping with the family and the kids will be wanting lots of treats, I just hope they don’t want to go to MacDonalds 😳

Love to all. I've been buying pancake mix these last few weeks as just noticed them at a local shop, so had some in yesterday. Judging by the above nutritional advice, I may have to cut them out or cut down.

I don’t know @TalkToTheHand123, I think like anything they are ok in moderation. Especially if you cook them in a good non stick pan with only a drop of oil.

I’ve had a lovely day today. I got up early and boiled an egg, added mayo and cucumber to go on my tiger roll in case the family went to MacDs but fortunately they didn’t. I still ate my roll in the car with a packet of crisps so the calories wouldn’t be high.

we weren’t in M&S for long and as I suspected I haven’t lost enough weight to buy new clothes because of my big rear end. I just bought socks 😀. I’m not sure how I managed to spend £98 plus in home bargains but I did.

small NSV I wore some grey trousers that I couldn’t get into for the whole of last year but although they weren’t tight I didn’t feel nice and my backside looked big. My shape has definitely changed for the worse. I did manage to wear my raincoat which was far too small last year but luckily I leave it open and have a big scarf as it would look far too tight buttoned up.

so I feel there were highs and lows today. Although I ate more at lunch than usual I didn’t go too mad and I managed to wear some clothes for the first time in ages but I didn’t feel great, so I’m not sure if it was good or bad.

id like a good weight loss this week but Feb half term is always a tricky one with the family. I think we’re going to Ikea this week too so I’ll have to negotiate their fish and chips and lattes.

I hope everyone is well and enjoying the half term holidays.

I think if you think about the positives from your post @poorpawsyou have had a brilliant day - took your healthy lunch and enjoyed it and no McDonald’s ✅ wore some clothes that didn’t fit before ✅ and of course you are still smashing sugar free life ✅

today I spent 2 hours working on my interview presentation, it’s looking very good now. Ideas are developed and I have considered a lot of the questions they might ask me. I feel fairly confident, I’d say a 7/10. Then I went for a cuppa and catch up with my friend, always nice to see her. We have a very effortless, easy friendship. Then I came home, and I planned to do jobs but instead I curled up with Maggie and watched New Zealand eat well for less (gosh food is expensive there! Families spending 6-700 nz dollars a week!) and I had a little doze. I am really not pushing myself this week, it’s rest and recharge for me.

i ate a big lunch, rice and peas and a portion of chicken from the freezer, so I don’t think I’m going to have dinner. Dh and the kids had kfc at 4 so it would be meal for 1 anyway, so I am not going to bother.

tomorrow, seeing a friend for coffee in the morning, and a different friend for a dog walk in the afternoon. The weather is dreadful here, so cold and really windy. I was going to book bootcamp but I am really not feeling it. And I haven’t run because I am resting my Achilles, although I will try a slow, flat 5km tomorrow.

all in all another very lazy day but honestly I think I need it and I don’t see any benefit in forcing myself

It’s been an ok day for me again. I saw my friend for coffee and another friend for lunch, I had baked potato and cheese and beans and a Diet Coke. This evening I was super hungry and we had chicken wraps, I had gluten free tiny ones with a sprinkle of cheese, avocado and some of the chicken mix- they are very tasty but I didn’t track the calories.

I am really getting ready for a shake up- I was talking to my friend today and saying I just feel so unhealthy, I’m not enjoying eating the way I am right now. I think I need a proper kick up the bum to be honest. I know what to do but I just don’t actually do it 🤷‍♀️ we have a few social things on the next few days which is going to make it difficult

@thenewaveragebear1983 I think we all know exactly what to do but don’t do it. You’ll get into the zone soon I’m sure.

why oh why did I chose this week to be extra healthy and lose at the very least a pound, as my loss is slowing down.

its becoming a really tricky week to stay on track..DP really wanted to go to our cafe yesterday and since I’d been out all day the previous day, I felt I couldn’t say no. I had to navigate the food as best I could but I really didn’t want to go.

today was equally difficult as we went to Ikea. Again I should have chosen more wisely but I was tired and it was very busy and hot. I ended up with fish, chips and pease and two lattes. Everyone else had dessert but of course I didn’t but I think I should have chosen better.

this evening I had an M&S chicken ready meal at 285 calories with extra carrots and broccoli but I’m craving some fruit, something with a bit of sweetness.

hopefully tomorrow I can make better choices at home. Sunday mornings weigh-in is just around the corner and I so wanted to lose a pound this week but I fear I chose the wrong week to do it.

Good morning all, happy Saturday!

the sun is finally out, there are actual shadows in the garden. Amazing! I am definitely going out for a run today, I have not been all week, but before I go I am definitely warming up my calf/achilles with some stretches and I will be sticking to a gentle flat 5km.

we have family coming round today for a dog walk and pizzas, probably some wine. I feel tired today after having a very lazy week and I am determined to get myself back on track after today. I feel like I’ve needed this week to reset and sleep but I have had enough now.

I have quite a lot of food in the fridge where I have bought and then we haven’t eaten the planned meals, I hate food waste so I am going to prep up and freeze what I need to. Plan my menu and meals for the week and do an order for tomorrow. I’ve been watching a few foodie programmes this week and it’s inspired me to get back to that place where I was interested in my food and tried new things. I’m so bored of food at the moment.

I also really want to start doing some home workouts with weights, I used to do a lot and now I do precisely zero. It’s really showing in the overall tone of my body. I think I have really let some of my good habits go and yet I’m still sort of expecting those results 🤷‍♀️

you did well yesterday @poorpaws, be proud of yourself. Your losses may slow down a bit as you said but you are still making really good choices

@thenewaveragebear1983 I too have food in the fridge because I’ve eaten out more at lunch time. I hate waste as well but I think I’d forgotten it was half term and bought quite a lot of food. I wish I had a bigger freezer, mine is very full and I have a few things in DPs freezer. I keep saying I’ll buy another cheap, small freezer but I not sure where I could put it and family say I don’t need more freezer space for one 🤦🏼‍♀️

you are so lucky to be seeing the sun, it’s raining here again and will be raining all day according to the forecast. I keep repeating myself but I cannot wait for Spring sunshine.

I hardly slept at all again last night, this is becoming a troublesome habit. I’ve asked DP not to come until 12 so I can hopefully have a little nap in the chair this morning. I need to sort this problem out or it is going to affect my health.

hopefully today I can stay on plan. I’ve had homemade soup in the fridge all week and I’m not sure if it will be fit to eat or if I might have to throw it away.

im trying to make a plan for next week as I don’t think we’re doing much apart from a cafe visit on Thursday. I guess I’ll see what, if anything, I’ve lost this week and then adjust what I do accordingly. I don’t like it when the loss is tiny, I get irritated and think I should do better but I know from experience if I don’t eat enough my weight loss doesn’t improve and my body shuts down.

happy weekend.

Sorry about your sleep issues @poorpaws. Do you think it’s a peri/menopause thing? Do you take supplements or anything to help you (like cbd oil? Or magnesium?) I am such a sensitive sleeper that now I have really good silicone ear plugs and an eye mask and I cannot sleep without them. However my sleep quality has improved so much since having them, and weirdly they now form part of my sleep routine so once they are on my brain clearly knows it’s sleep time.

I lost 2kg so far but did eat chocolate and pizza yesterday so im too scared to weigh in. Back on the shakes and beyond body snacks and see how we go.

All my socials are finished and it’s back to work tomorrow. I had a good day yesterday and did a load of batch cooking. Today I am walking dogs with my friend and then will try to go for a run as well. Dinner is paprika chicken and mash and lots of veg.

my goal for the week is to have more veg- lots more. Water. Get a few runs and a gym class in, and try to do one further home workout as well. My interview is on Tuesday and I hope that after that i might feel a bit calmer, I’m feeling quite stressed about it now. I woke up twice in the night feeling quite non specific anxious but I think that’s probably more to do with alcohol consumption than real anxiety.

anyway- onwards. My not weighing in Feb hadn’t really worked out for me so I’m going to hop on the scales this morning, then really knuckle down. I have a really posh meal out in March so that’s a good goal for a nice dress to fit

@thenewaveragebear1983 I do take a multi vitamin tablet every day and my DP has researched that it could be a magnesium problem too. My body hates change and I’ve had this lack of sleep thing before often through stress (when the family were here) and also through diet change. I really haven’t changed my diet too much though, I’m eating the same meal plan just cutting out the sugar. I ate so much sugar (much more than I like to admit to) especially in the evenings before bedtime and I wonder if my body is craving it. I might try some magnesium and see if it helps. Also this septic throat problem I have had for quite a while can’t be helping.

i so wanted a one pound loss this week and it’s .75 lb again. I know I shouldn’t grumble and it’s not far off a pound but I am really trying and it’s beginning to frustrate me. Anyway the grand total is 12 lbs off so far this year which isn’t too shabby and I’m down a dress size so really it’s quite good. I need to lose two pounds in the next two weeks for my first stone off then I’ll feel I’m getting somewhere.

im hoping for a quiet Sunday, it’s been a busy week and I just want to do a few little jobs and rest most of the day ready to start again next week.

happy Sunday in paradise.

@thenewaveragebear1983 🤞 when you hop on the scales, let me know how you’ve done.

I’m contemplating getting a load of random things together that weigh 12 lbs to actually see my loss. I think it might help me actually see that it’s a good amount and I know I’d hate to be carrying an extra 12 lbs around every day now. I need motivation.

@poorpawsthats wonderful, nearly stone you clever thing 👏

I weighed and I think I’ll be looking at a 2lb gain overall, which isn’t as bad as I feared although obviously isn’t ideal. I do feel a bit of renewed enthusiasm though. We have a really fancy meal out in a few weeks for dh’s mums birthday, last time we went I wore a really nice hot pink dress and I’d like to wear it again this time so that’s my goal for 5 weeks time.

I just really need to just actually stick to the plan. It sounds so simple but I just cannot seem to even get the basics right. I keep up with my exercise, that’s the only positive really. However, I do keep on trying.

my shopping is coming tomorrow. I batch cooked loads of meals this weekend and my plan this week is to have veg with every meal, I have some steam bag veg packs. I have booked my gym classes and planned my run days. I have my nice water jug already in the fridge.

interview is Tuesday and I think once that is done I will feel a lot calmer and be able to concentrate a bit better. It’s been a really difficult 6 weeks really and that certainly hasn’t helped but it’s time now to focus on me and to really knuckle down.

definitely try the magnesium @poorpaws.

@thenewaveragebear1983 please try to stop berating yourself, you’ve just gone through a difficult time and also an important job interview coming up. Btw I hope the interview goes well for you, I know you can do this. Plenty of time to get into your dress too.

im opposite to you in that I’ve got my food sorted, well most of the time, but I just cannot get into exercising. I felt sure that once the family had left I’d really get into it but sadly my head just won’t get into the right space.

im hoping the weather improving will at least get me out walking but I just can’t face anything more atm. The weather did improve this afternoon so we did about one and a half hours or more which I enjoyed but I was shattered when I got home which I definitely shouldn’t have been. I need to build myself up.

Thank you @poorpaws, I will be glad when it’s all over to be honest. Hopefully I will find out by the end of the week if I’ve been successful.

I actually had a much better day today. I drank water, I ate a filling hot meal at lunchtime which pretty much kept me stuffed til dinner, and I went to bootcamp after work.

I’ve had a rotten day today. This metal tasting throat I’ve suffered for some time might just have turned into a cold and with little sleep and no energy I’ve struggled all day.

i did a food shop this morning but could tell I wasn’t in the mood nor was I concentrating on things like sell by dates. Had to do a dog walk as they needed it and came back at 2 and made DP lunch. I’d got some homemade soup out of the freezer but I just couldn’t fancy it so gave DP a second lunch and I didn’t bother.

by early evening I was starting to feel hungry and although I didn’t fancy it, had dinner. I’ve been sitting in the chair ever since and I have no energy so I going to go to bed early and hopefully sleep. I did scan the vitamin and supplements aisles at Aldi and Asda but no magnesium so I’ll have to go into town. DP has also been reading that vitamin D is very good for poor sleep.

@thenewaveragebear1983 all the very best of luck for tomorrow, you have this and I know for sure you’ll smash it. 💥😁

@thenewaveragebear1983 🍀🤞💪

Thanks @poorpaws, it went…. Ok. I wouldn’t say brilliant, I felt like the questions they asked me didn’t give me a chance to say my more developed answers I guess, and I felt like I waffled a lot. I think everyone feels like that though and I also did seem to say a few things they were impressed by. We’ll see. I don’t feel very confident.

I’ve had an ok day on plan though, I have been having overnight oats and fruit, then lunch after my interview I had some Stilton and crackers. Dinner was sausages and mash and brocolli.

i feel really tired, I think the adrenaline of today has hit me and I had quite a busy time at work around that. I’m going to watch some tv with Maggie and try to get to bed early.

I’m sure you did a lot better than you think. I’ve been thinking of you all day. If it’s not to be, well you’ll deal with it but I wouldn’t be surprised if you did really well and impressed them. It’s done, relax and enjoy your evening.

I got the job!!! Woohoo! 🙌

foods been ok today but not perfect. I really wanted a run at lunchtime but I have a painful ankle and didn’t want to risk it. The sun came out as well, it was perfect running weather ☀️ oh well, maybe tomorrow.

after work I made chicken wrapped in bacon for dinner tonight and while it was cooking I made a brocolli and Stilton soup and a moussaka for tomorrow. I don’t normally like aubergine but I saw it on a tv programme and I just had a real nostalgia pang for moussaka, I remember my mum cooking it when I was young.