Anyone else struggling ?My weight is up and down ,I know what I should do but I'm just self destructing.
Every week I say I'll get to grips with things and then things don't change .
I've started going for a long walk at the weekends ,I walk too and from the office daily .
I have a dumbbell at home and a rower not used them for ages.
I just seem to be in a rut .
Thanks for reading .
Gary
Oh it's been a major problem this week gman1961 A huge number of STS with weight staying around no matter what has been tried. So you are not alone! Good to see you here today 🌈
I did lose 1lb this week but it's a constant battle and cycle .I'll post in weigh in later .
Thanks
Gary
Thanks gman1961 look forward to seeing you. ❤️ If you have been cycling you're amazing as it's been more like an ❄ icerink around here. We're all learning to walk penguin 🐧 fashion 😂 👍 🌈
No cycling ,a long walk has been a thing I've managed at weekends .Gary
A 1lb loss is good so you are not doing so badly. Keep up the walking and maybe build up.
Don't forget to pop over to the weigh in and post the loss.
All I can think of, Gary, is that whenever you're struggling, you talk about exercise rather than what you're eating, when the reality is that food is by far the greater contributor to weight gain. We have, and have had, members who are severely limited in what exercise/activity they can do but have successfully lost weight
That's a really good point BridgeGirl is making and TheTabbyCat made a similar point to me earleir in the week when she said "You can't outrun your unhealthydiet!" as I've been bemoaning the fact that I haven't managed to get my steps in at all this past week and I have eaten rubbish or been eating out and so not being in control of what I am eating... So I must start focusing on what I'm really eating over the next few days and weeks gman1961 🌈
Thanks Clematisa1,Gary
So much rubbish about ,Gary
Very true Bridge Girl ,Gary
I have no motivation for doing much at the moment .Gary
It’s so hard with the weather, chocolate left over from Christmas. There are so many reasons, excuses, it’s hard to motivate yourself. So easy steps gman1961 let’s just take it easy, and hopefully get through January without putting in. 🙂
Just started to write down what I'm eating ,hopefully that will help Looking at 1,500 calories a day .
Thanks for replying Cockneyblue .
Gary
Ok gman1961 , writing down, sounds like a plan. Even one tiny 1lb will be good. I’m not asking for much. 🤞. Here’s to us.
Heres to a good week for both of us ,see you next week ,same place .
👍👍🤞🤞
I am 100% what I eat . Currently in London in a very expensive but room only hotel but sadly eating junk at odd times . I look large and feel large . Feb is the target . 3 meals , no snacks and no eating after 7 and no alcohol . Let’s see
Ok , I don’t have dinner until 7 so it’ll be after 8pm for me. 3 meals, no snacks, no eating after 8, that’s a real biggy for me! I’ll probably have a glass of red wine though, but not every night, with my dinner.
Yes let’s see 👍
I just had a bad week. I was doing great then when I weighed it was 8 pounds I had gained in a week. There are a lot of reasons it goes up and down. For myself, I try to look at the trend over a period of time rather than one specific weight. I hope that helped some.
Racquel 😀
Here's hoping you have a better week Jerry02,Gary
Good idea. Spread it out. Well done 👍
Hi Gary sorry to hear you are struggling . Think that BridgeGirl makes a very good point though. You haven’t said anything about food , whether you are struggling and snacking or whether you are okay with healthy eating. During the time I’ve taken to lose 4st 7 lbs the only “exercise” I’ve done is walking round the local area - just the streets near home . Quite honestly I couldn’t run for a bus even if my life depended on it. So my weight has all come off with a healthy diet . Perhaps that’s something you need to sit down and look at . You may get ideas from the daily diary section though I’ve actually not used it myself I know a lot of members post on there. I do hope you can get yourself back on your weight loss journey before too long .
Have a good week
Sue
Hello Sue. What a lovely supportive response and so true…we can easily fool ourselves that extra biscuits etc don’t make a difference…when it all adds up! 🌼
Hi Alideer I definitely agree with you there . I sometimes find myself opening the uscuit box and thinking oh I’ll just have another ginger thin then I realise one thin is an extra 21 calories that I might not have spare that particular day.
Love your bit below too, the bit about we’ve done it before and done it well and can do this again- onwards and downwards for us all this year.
Sue x
Yes, Sue…last year was tricky in lots of different ways for so many of us. It will be good to focus on getting back on track again…looking forward to our weigh in tomorrow!🌼
Hi Alideer it will be lovely focussing on weight loss - I need to get health issues resolved or at least on the way to being sorted. ENT yesterday he did another manoeuvre on me as he said he must have moved the crystals to another part of inner ear. At the moment having a few issues with dizziness this morning but trying to ignore them. I’m hoping it will sort itself gradually
See you mon/ tues weigh in
Sue x
Aw thanks Sue ,I know it's the food, chocolates a biscuits mainly .
At work is worse as they are present at the moment .
Yesterday I was out for the day and other people had food I didn't ,preferring to eat later when I was back home .
For me that was a start..
So today I will look at what I am eating and try to keep the choices to good ones.
Gary
Hi Gary
Sounds like you’ve got a good plan there. That took some willpower not to eat when others did so well done.
When I’m next hosting think early March it would be great to see a weight loss badge next to your name ( doesn’t matter what exactly) - I have great faith in you achieving this so onwards and downwards we all go joining you on your journey .
Sue
March 3 I'm away but I will still post .Thanks
Gary
Thats a great loss. Well done. I can’t walk far atm I have dodgy knees, which hopefully will improve with the weather. Well done for sorting a healthy diet. Thank you for your inspiring post
Hi Cockneyblue lovely to hear from you and thank you so much. I have a bit of osteoarthritis in my knees especially my right one but since I lost weight my walking has improved slightly so am hoping with a weight loss yours may improve. I’m not suggesting you should try to lose 4st 7lbs but a slight loss may help- hope so.
Have a lovely week
Sue x
Thank you. I had a knee replacement 15 years ago and feel very lucky that it’s lasted this long. It’s the other knee now. I’m sure you are right, any loss would help my knees. Time to give them a lift by losing some weight.
Hi Cockneyblue only guessing some weight loss may help your knee as it has for mine . No harm in trying is there. Good luck
Have a lovely week
Sue x
Oh definitely. I have loads of veg tonight. I love vegetables, with roast beef. So fingers crossed for that 1lb on Thursday. 👍
Hope to see you with a 1lb loss if at all possible.
Sue x
Hello gman1961 …the first two lines of your post could have been written by me…until this last week. Like you I had lost the confidence that I could do this…so much of this battle is in our minds. I almost didn’t weigh in at all last Monday but the support I received from our friends here made me take a good hard look at what I was doing. I’ve been hitting the self destruct button and have regained 2 stone 2lbs and lost several badges last year.
I think you are right when you say you feel in a rut and yes, there is so much rubbish about. I cleared my kitchen cupboards ruthlessly and took any temptation into work…I left it in the staff room before anyone was about because I was so embarrassed. Now to keep the momentum going…
We’ve done this before Gary…and done it well…we can do this again. Sending positive thoughts to you.🌼
Aw Alideer,
So true ,we have done it before and we will do it again
I was out in the morning yesterday and I saw so many people running ,I thought that should be me and would have been me.
I will seriously look at what I'm eating and get back on track .
I look at myself and think omg.
Need for action
Thanks again
Gary
I have been really heartened by reading your post Gary, and all the lovely responses to it, as it could have been written by me too, so thank you for being so up front with your struggle this week. I have lost couple of the Christmas pounds, put them back on again, repeat.... and it gets dispiriting after a while! At least I have managed last week to stop the "just a glass of wine tonight" habit, with four days dry, which is my start. Next week, ie from tomorrow, I will stop the "just one treat" twice a day (!) habit - there, I've said it now, so I had better stick with it! Hope you have a better week this week - if we are back on track by the end of the month that will be great! Thank you again for your post 👍
Thanks Dietbunny2,Well done on doing 4 days dry ,that's a great start.
I'm just sat here calorie counting my breakfast .
I'm just realising how many calories I have been eating every day .
It's a start that has been needed .
Off we go ,have a lovely week ahead .
It's to easy not to post when everything isn't going well .
Gary
Agreed, it is much easier to tell oneself "I'll post when I've got good news" or "I don't want to spoil the stats" or "Maybe I am getting too fixated on my weight"! I am a calorie counter too, when I'm doing this mindfully, and I haven't really been doing it for weeks now - I shall start the day with counting my breakfast calories too - have a great day!
Thank you Dietbunny2,Gary
Good luck Gary. I’ll see how we get on this week. 👍
it’s been a while since I’ve been on here. I’d forgotten how kind and inspirational you all are. Thank you. You help me understand that my feelings are not isolated. January is a difficult month too. Thank you again.
You are definitely not alone with this .Gary
Yes, Cockneyblue …our forum is a real life changer and I think we are so lucky to have found it. I used to feel I was the only person struggling and to find out that we are not alone is a powerful feeling. Plus I’ve learned some great meal ideas too!🌼
January is a hard month as it is & having a cold spell after such a mild November & December is a really shock isn’t it.
It was my hubby’s birthday last weekend & our anniversary of getting together this weekend so I have had a couple of meals out , wine & a takeaway.
It’s scary that I can be in my weight zone I want to stick to during the week or almost & then by Sunday morning have put on almost 1.5kg 😢
I will re-focus from Monday as it’s a while before the next celebration which is my cousin’s wedding reception & our wedding anniversary in middle of April .
Good to focus on an event Iwilldothisthisyear, I'm away in March so that's mine .Good luck ,
Gary
It’s always good have something to aim towards xx
That’s a lot of celebrations. Enjoy.
Thank you xx
You don't say how far your daily walks are but you may be better off dropping your weekend walk and doing a session with the dumbell and rower as that will build up muscle which can store more glycogen which will stabilise your blood sugar and stop your liver turning the glycogen into the triglycerides which go to buid up bodily fat. This as well as keeping a tight rain on your carbohydrate consumption. Watch out for hidden sources of carbs, I recently found that the 'no added sugar' baked beans that I had been buying were packed with 'modified starch' which turns to sugar as soon as ingested.
Aw thanks Eryl,I will have a go getting back doing a beginners dumbbell routine tonight .
I'll let you know how I'm doing
I've just been and purchased protein yogurts and sardines
Gary
Hello my lovely. Ahh Gary I think there's a few struggling with the post Christmas slump, me included. I've took a few tips off the gang maybe I'm not eating enough!. Keep pushing because eventually the rut will budge and you'll be back on track. You know you've got the support on here with our lovely gang. The 13s are within touching distance do you kick that rut up the jacksy MM xx
Aw MM i will do my best this week .Determined to drop some weight ,
Thanks again ,
Gary
Maybe even 1lb for everyone sounds good. I have dumbbells, I’ll give them a try as my knees aren’t great atm. So thank you.
Take care ,good luck Cockneyblue ,Gary
You’re now going for long walks at the weekend and walking to and from work. That will definitely help your mental health and will show on the scales eventually. Have a great week!
Try intermittent fasting, have a watch of Jason Fung on YouTube
I'll have a look at that ,thanks brads27,I've done16:8 in he past,
Gary
I originally lost 3 stone doing it. If you do it pick say Monday and Thursday good fast days and just have 800 calories. On the other days try not to go mad or it will not be good
Hello gman1961 Hello everyone. I've been avoiding this all week. Thinking I might be the only one struggling. I'd been conscious of what I was eating and walking every lunch time. I lost a pound then last week happened. One bad week personnel wise at work. PMR kicked off once I reduced my meds. Disturbed sleep with worry on both counts. And tried reducing carbs to become a carb rebel and the only balanced diet I was on was a biscuit in eat hand and a flapjack in my stomach! So back to square one gman. Little losses add up. Mindful eating. Small steps. You e done great with a loss. Look back at what you ate and see a trend there. I did. Mine was a self inflicted gain. But tomorrow is another week. Hopefully work will be easier. Hopefully mindset will be better. Here's hoping!
You are definitely not alone 16 carolann,I've been eating rubbish .Chocolates and cakes the usual suspects .Thank you so much ,I hope you're week gets better .
Gary
Gary,
My weight is very much like yours, up and down. I do have an under active thyroid Since I have long covid it makes it worse even to walk at a good pace, due to my shortness of breath.
So I joined Noom weight loss program run by psychologists, so far so good. It really is baby steps, they teach you to understand what choices about food to make and that nothing is really off limits.
It is different to weight watchers or slimming world, this is about teaching us how we think, feel and behave around food, people and social triggers that impact our behaviour. I have only just joined in January and have lost 5 lbs, by looking at food choices, made by me.
You are not alone in this weight journey. Good luck with whatever program you choose.
Hello and welcome, Katydl 
I'm hoping you've joined the Thyroid UK forum healthunlocked.com/thyroiduk - you'll get great advice and support there, and unless your thyroid condition is optimally managed, losing weight will be very difficult.
I see from your profile that you are pre-diabetic. In a way, that makes it more straightforward in that it's carbohydrates you need to get control of. There's lots of information here healthunlocked.com/weight-l...
You'll find everything you need to join in with the forum by following this link healthunlocked.com/weight-l... to our Pinned Posts. Do have a good look around and join in as much as you can - it definitely pays off
Tha k you. You are right I was eating a lot of carbs and started to cut down, significantly. My problem now is not to crave sweet things.
I struggle with it, too, but the more I get into a good pattern, the easier it becomes. As long as we don't sabotage ourselves, we'll be able to make progress
stay strong. You too.👌
Hello. I'm afraid I've been AWOL for a few reasons. However I got an email notification from Hidden offering to create a free meal plan. Is this for real?
I didn't reply to it ,Don't reply if unsure report to admin
Gary
Thankyou. I thought as much. How's your week been Gary?
Not bad thanks ,I've stuck to not eating rubbish and lost 4 lbs as a result .How about you ?
Gary
Could have been better but I've just about got the brakes on. Not a good week I realised changes at work unsettled me and I ate anything I could. I have however had a good think. Cleared out rubbish food and will start fresh tomorrow. Good luck this coming week!
Well done on clearing out ,Stay strong and have a good week .
Gary
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