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Ah thanks @Theredjellybean . I think I am the classic ‘high functioning anxiety’ sufferer to be honest, and periodically I get burned out.

today I weighed in after my run at 153.7, so a teeny fraction under 11st 🎉 I’ve had a good day, I’m not feeling brilliant (waves of angsty weird feeling, plus the tail end of this wretched virus which seems to make a reappearance every now and then) but my food has been good. Dh is away tonight so I have had an early, light dinner and I am going to have a bath and a really early bed to catch up on some sleep.

An annoying weigh in this morning as I'm back up to 17'7". I've eaten out more than usual this week as a family member has been visiting, but nothing hugely unhealthy and we've done a lot of walking, so I might reweigh tomorrow to see if it nudges down a little.

How often do you all weigh yourselves?

I’ve been doing my improve diet (with far
lesser calories) for five days now and I’m itching to weigh myself but I know realistically that I wont see a difference so soon 😂

I weigh twice a week @MyTruthIsOut , I try to weigh less actually because I’m not a fast loser and I Also fluctuate wildly, but twice a week is good for me. Always after a run as that’s when I am at my lowest!

Hey everyone

I can barely believe I'm writing this but... I seem to have conquered my 8 week long plateau.

I had been hovering in the mid 170s for absolutely ages after having our second little one 5 months ago now. I thought I had a good plan but now I can see the flaws... more to follow!

This week I have lost 6.6lb, moved out of the 170s and scraped into the 11 stone bracket as well! For weeks and weeks I've been losing half a pound and the regaining it so this feels almost too good to be true. (Let's ignore anything about water weight!)

So here's what changed...

Well firstly I was getting progressively down about it all. I managed to lose a decent amount of weight after having our first child but somehow I couldn't this time. It's really been affecting my mood if I'm honest.

So I went back to complete basics in a last ditch hope to make the scales move and help myself feel like I'm getting somewhere.

I introduced a 15/16 hour fast each day. That means moving my morning milky coffee out to 11 (a killer when you get up at 6!), but worth a try.

All week I have weighed everything. Absolutely everything. And found I was previously underestimating loads of weights. Even simple things like strawberries I was getting wrong.

I've used my phone / Apple Watch etc to check my calories burned each day - resting plus active. I've then eaten 500 less the following day, in order to remain in a decent deficit. This has brought me in around 1300-1450 each day.

I've kept carbs under 50g and protein around 100g.

I haven't drank any alcohol (sniff).

I've exercised as normal (two 15 min weights sessions and two 20 min spin sessions).

I haven't drank more water than normal although I do need to. Drank my diet drinks as usual.

The above is all very dull. I hate making my husband and kids potatoes and then eating salad. I love a glass of wine. I'd prefer to drink a cappuccino at 8am than fast. And measuring is boring. BUT... it's had an impact. Now praying it keeps going!

Gosh, this is a good thread. I weigh every day. That’s ridiculous, but if I don’t, I eat more. I only record it once on Monday, shit weighday really, I’m thinner on Fridays.

I ve had my hip done. Barely got any food yesterday and what I had was crap. Just toast and more toast and biscuits. At every handover, someone says high bmi meaningfully. I’m wondering if that’s why I didn’t get any dinner.
Honestly dont see how this is going to work. It hurts so much to move. I just keep begging for more drugs. Really worried about going home with sticks and a new hip to a very bouncy labradoodle.

I found your post really inspiring. I’m so glad you are feeling more positive about things and I hope you continue to see the losses and it keeps you empowered x

@Zebracat glad you got your op done but sorry you're struggling at the moment.

Do you have help at home with the bouncy labradoodle?

My mum had both her hips done about 15 and 13 years ago and it massively changed her life. It's a tough recovery but so worth it. Not sure why they wouldn't feed you. Hopefully they're mentioning your bmi to make sure they give you the correct dosage of medication because often that can depend on weight?

@MyTruthIsOut thanks so much that's really kind. I am genuinely feeling so much more positive as I didn't know if I would ever beat this plateau! Had given up hope. A long way to go still so need to keep my positivity.

@Zebracat good luck with your op recovery. That's a big thing to recuperate from so I hope everyone is being kind and helping you as much as possible

@thenewaveragebear1983 just read you've sneaked into the 10s. #goals. That must feel amazing

Hi all. I haven't weighed myself for a few weeks but feel a little slimmer. I seem to have got into a routine of swimming a couple of times a week and finding this better than the gym.

I've sorted out the fridge and making tubs of salads which is helping me eat better and waste less fruit and veg.

I finished the bag of sausages yesterday and hopefully won't buy anymore.

I can't say much, mine is the sea food diet, or a yo yo, dietbased on the reduced section.

That said day by day, meal by meal, cal by cal.
All the best and positivity all.
Keep doing your best.
We are all human

@effiesgoldwig thank you. Its day 3 now. I’m doing well, but movement is so painful. Just trying to psyche myself up for the exercises. I have loads of support. Interestingly bouncy labradoodle just seems to know to be careful around me. I’m so sleep deprived though. Work up every hour last night in pain and with totally dry mouth,so had to drink. But then had to go to the toilet which is difficult. Walk like I am a 1000 years old.

Feeling really crap this morning.

Ive only been calorie counting since last Monday (now Saturday) and I’ve kept my daily intake at just under 1200 as has been advised by my App.

Yesterday though, after 5 days of being really careful I had an awful evening meal (in terms of calorie content) followed by a doughnut covered in icing and sprinkles. The whole thing was delicious but resulted in me having 400 calories than I ‘should’ have.

I didn’t feel too bad about it at the time but I’ve woken up this morning and feel awful. I feel like those 5 days of being really mindful of what I ate have all been for nothing as my curry, rice, naan bread and doughnut just obliterated all those previously reduced calories.

How do you stop yourself from feeling low after episodes like this? Or how do you stop them from happening in the first place? After 5 days of being so watchful completely failed when my willpower was tested last night and I feel so disappointed in myself. 😢

@MyTruthIsOut I agree with poor paws, one day doesn’t (shouldn’t) override and cancel out your good week, just get back on it today. I don’t always follow this advice, just read back through our posts on here 😂 but honestly, it’s not the one day or one meal that makes the difference, it’s the repeated behaviours - and that goes for the opposite too. One healthy meal doesn’t make you instantly slim, it’s repeated behaviour that will get you where you want to be.

I had a good day yesterday, I weighed in at 153.5 again, still under 11! Breakfast and lunch were excellent, dinner was half good- chicken and salad- and half treat- baked Camembert and breadsticks, and 40g minstrels. And 2 small glasses of wine. So ended up on 2400 cals. However, Friday I had been under 1000 (somehow, I don’t know how?!)

today, I’m just working up the motivation did a decent length run, I’m hoping to do 10 miles. Foods all sorted and can stay on plan today. this is the last Sunday of my 30’s so I probably should live out my wildest dreams or maybe go to a rave or have an inappropriate one night stand with a hunky gardener as per some chick lit novel? 😂

I think the idea of a one stand with someone hunky sounds more fun than a 10 mile run 😂

I’m 40 at my next birthday too (October)….I might suggest the idea of me having a celebratory one night stand but I’m not sure he’d go for it 😂

@MyTruthIsOut forgive yourself and you have not done too much damage, if you ate 400 extra calories on one day, that evens out over the 7 days as 58 calories per day, so if you averaged 1258 calories per day for the week the likelihood is you are still in a calorie deficit overall and will lose.

I have had a good week then a blow out last night and ended yesterday about 500-600 calories over, but most of week had been under so i have had a loss
weighed today at 70.4 kgs...
very pleased as finally hovering aorund 70-71 kgs...its a very gradual but overall trend downwards.

I have not been sleeping well lately and really struggled at work yesterday and could not get up and run..so i took some melatoin yesterday and slept for 9.5 hrs..woke at 5:54 feeling on top of the world...did 10 km run and come to work full of bounce...now eating a pot noodle !

i also ditto the hunky gardner ...and i am well past 40 !

and i have now just dropped pot noodle down my scrubs....spilled strawberry juice on them yesterday ..its not a good look

Aahh *drools for pot noodle, I'm trying to do a 4 week salad binge, I could inflate about 10 balloons today 🤭. I haven't had a chance to eat yet so an unscheduled fast today!

Managed to avoid buying sausages last night too 😊

I seem to be back on the soup, but not as extreme.

Belly not as flat as hoped but think I can notice a bit of a loss.

sorry to trigger a potnoodle drool....they are counted for in today's calories which means dinner is going to be a pretty limp lettuce affair

Ah it's ok @Theredjellybean , I have some noodles in the house for later, the penny seems to have dropped about being able to have naughty food as long as you have plenty veg to fill you up for as long as possible.

I didn’t manage 10 miles, more due to geography than fitness, but I did do 9 so nearly there, plus it saved me a bit of energy in case I need it later 😜 <alas, I’m not sure dh would be too pleased, although he is now out there mowing the lawn so….>

do you know, I have never in all my 39 years and 362 days eaten a pot noodle. 😱 I feel like I am missing out!

I really fancy a roast dinner tonight, so I have just peeled the veg and potatoes and put the chicken in. I had amazing chocolate oats after my run this morning, they are my new favourite (god bless tictoc) but I try to limit them to weekends, and then if I have my roast tonight I should scrape in just over 1000 cals which leaves me a little for a pm snack or I might just bank it for later in the week as it could be quite a celebratory/calorific week

@thenewaveragebear1983 you do quite a bit of running, are you not hungry after a long run ?
I find when i do any run over 10 km i am much hungrier that day ...i am not often that hungry tbh...but long run days it is noticeable.
i certainly could not have a long run day without increasing calorie allowance a bit that day
i tend to work on allowing 250-300 more calories if i have run over 10 km. I don't want to eat back my exercise but find i definitely need something more than my usual salad at 2 pm and small dinner at 7 pm.

i am also been quite curious of late on here what everyone eats..i am on 1200 calories and have a very parsimonious carb free salad at 2 pm and then a normal dinner, not big portion, by the time i have counted in milk for million coffees and 71 calories for my single gin and slimline ..i am lucky to have any left

Your roast dinner sounds yum...are you not having potatos and gravy ? i would be at 1000 calories with a chicken dinner

@Zebracat ..how are you feeling today ? when do you get out and have you got help at home ?