DIET FAILED AGAIN thread 4 - Everyone is welcome to join our very supportive and friendly group without any judgement. Do come and join us

@effiesgoldwig I agree.Good lord woman you have lost over 2 stone in a year, a couple of slices of cake won’t kill you!

I grew up with Lowly Worm Effie! 🍎

No judgement here. In fact I do that without even the consolation of a voucher. Don't beat yourself up over cake!

I read susie orbach's fat is a feminist issue many years ago and she said some powerful things about connecting shame and food. I must dig it out again.

Went to a circuits class this morning, ate sensibly all day, but at 8pm the f&ck it fairy shimmied her wings and I got the tub of Ben & Jerrys out of the freezer. However... I had some then put it back before it was empty! Halo over here please

*passes halo.

I'm hoping I can wear one over the next few weeks. I managed to avoid the cake but couldn't resist a sausage sandwich offered on Friday. It wasn't very nice, so hoping it has put me off for next time.

what thoroughly gorgeous weather!

I’m sat in my hammock eating frozen fruit and lapping up the rays, it’s so good for my mood! Went for a lovely long run (9miles) this morning so I am justified in lazing about this afternoon. Dinner is going to be a spatchcock chicken with tandoori spices and I might even finish it off on the bbq, with salad and new potatoes. i weighed in at 11.1.5, a pound off since my last weigh in I think, but I’m really trying to focus on nutrition and health right now and have accepted that if I maintain while settling into my meds then that’s as good as I can hope for. So a little loss is excellent and puts he a bit closer to my September goal of finally getting under 11 stone

hope you’re all having a good weekend. I have excellent (Non diet) news- we reserved a little puppy yesterday! We’ve wanted one for such a long time, but it’s just not been the right time, but these little guys have come up and we have decided to go for it! She’s coming to us mid October, but here’s some shameless puppy spam. 🐾

@poorpaws oh I have always wanted one, we have tried to adopt/rescue but with children and cats they are very reluctant to rehome and we’ve been on waiting lists for a while. I think over the summer dh an I have had something of a mindset shift- we are generally very cautious people and play ‘but what if…” a lot, and y’know, I think we both feel that our thirties have passed by in a blur with neither of us really embracing opportunities, and being over cautious. Now our boys are older (youngest will be 8 in a few weeks) and with dd whose 19 now back at home while she is at 2nd year of uni instead of halls, and I now work from home etc, we just felt like maybe we should just be bold and go for it. She’s a Labrador and her name is almost certainly Maggie 🐾

Aww puppy. So lovely.
I have had so much family today. I’m knackered. Did a local fair, and it was nice but there were 8 of us, and 2 dogs and I was being pulled in at least 2 different directions all day. In my jammies now. Eaten so much and most of it crap. Thinking of erecting a 40 ft pole in the back garden and becoming whatever the people who lived up poles were. Our youngest is going to University on Thursday. She went last year but it didnt stick. I can’t wait to wave bye bye. Then it s only the one in his 20s who came back to encourage onwards.. The not so Dh can also f* right off after today. He managed to watch the football, the cricket and a bit of golf on tv, while I ran around, stopping 4 year olds enticing 2 year olds into ponds, trying to save my sons marriage etc etc etc..
Tomorrows weigh in could be really really bad.

Oh bless you @poorpaws . Thank you. I will weigh tomorrow, and try to go from there. I can see why it’s annoying, but actually, looking after the fence will probly save you money in the long term. And he picked a good week for it!

A puppy ....so exciting...you can keep us all going with puppy pics and tales come October.

I did not weigh yesterday (leaving for holidays day) as I feel a blob... really flobby...but some of that is due to constipation from having to take codeine for my back pain.
I think once that sorts itself I will be a bloody supermodel/ greyhound/whippet thin 😂
But I'm n holidays and feeling fed up as back pain is preventing me doing all the sport I came for and I feel like a beached whale ...has anyone got any tips for relaxing the mindset and just not feeling so self conscious about the flobby bits...I'd love to just enjoy lounging about in the sun but I'm not very good at it .. always feel I should be doing something...

96.5 today. This is so bad. I’m gaining a kilo a week. Ive got to stop the rot.

@Theredjellybean I think we are similar. Takes me 3-4 days to get into holiday mode, head is always buzzing before that. Remember you ARE doing something, you are Being On Holiday. So take @poorpaws excellent advice as your to do list for the day

I've been hiding from the group as I've gained about half a stone in a couple of weeks. I fell completely off the wagon. I saw your post though @Zebracat and remembered why this group and the accountability is important.
I have a fridge full of veg and know I can't keep ice-cream in the house until I have this under control again.

Back to 15st2 here today! Work fed us cake today and are supplying fish&chips for lunch tomorrow. It's a disaster. Back on it from Wednesday is the plan...

I’ve only eaten 500 calories today so far, and I went to a circuits class in the 27* heat after work…. So my dinner is 2 crumpets with chorizo and cracked black pepper cheese and I’m not even sorry. Annoyingly they are too hot to eat so I’m typing this, staring at them….

Thanks @poorpaws. It's tipped me back into the 18 stones and honestly I'm furious with myself for that. That's nearing my lockdown weight again and that horrified me at the time.
I think I'm turning a corner again though. No point letting it get worse, or being cross, I need to channel that into some positive change.

@PinkArt so glad you came back. You are trying to undo really well established patterns here.it wont happen overnight, but you will find yourself over time, making better choices. Keep the faith!