The General Diet & Emotional Support Thread

Eric_Pisch

~daisy~ wrote: »

online or on tv ??

downloaded it

and episode 1 of series 10 which started this week

the product placement is bloody hysterical

skypie123_2

Thanks Butterfly I start tomorrow!
Got my fridge full of the things I can eat on the Attack phase and am going to try 5 days on it. How many did you do?

nomorespending

hello
please can i join?? I have been in and out of depression for the last few months, am coping better now but my weight really gets me down and everytime I put weight on and give up I feel like such a failure. My Oh said to me last time i broke down that i haven't failed until i stop trying so am going to try hard between now and christmas. I have put about 5 stone on in the last 4 - 5 years and would love to be able to get back in a 14 - 16 pair of trousers for christmas.
today I have eaten well - me and oH are cutting out carbs - I've felt like crap all day as had a big chinese last night which has made my stomach sore from the amount i ate - and i'v felt realy sluggish and thirsty all day.
So today I#ve had soup , a yoghurt and a proper tea - checken and veg plus some fruit. I have also been for a 30 min walk. I haven't exersized for so long that i'm very very unfit - I do have a gym membership wchih i need to get my bum in gear and get to - but again when i feel down i feel so tired and don't want to get up early to go. My gym shuts before i finish work on tue wed thurs and fri so the onyl night i could go is monday whcih means if i don't go in the morning - i can't so really have to get myself going.

I mainly struggly because i find it such a struggle to keep motivated on my own - i'm generally good at giving up things ( don't drink much at all, used to smoke and stopped easily) but becasue i can't stop eating altogether I just find it so hard to modify my intake!!

Moaning over and going to bed soon so will wirh myself in the morning - i was 1411 this morning ( managed to get to 14.6 only 2 weeks ago and was really pleased with myself and have just let it go again!)

i Know that joing a club woudl help motivate me but i only have a monday night when i finish before 9pm and i really don't want to spend the only night i have with my oh at a weigh in club - even though i know it will make me happier in the long run, i'm goign to try hard this month - see if i can get down to 14stone by november... will keep updating on here although my posts arelikely to be late at night most nights.

sorry for the long long waffle... off o bed now i think

nomorespending

eric.. I've been searching through the posts to try and find which app you are using.... but now its 11pm and i have to go to bed or i'll be super grumpy tomorrow at work... could you let me knwo what it is... i love recording stuff and i'm sure it woudl help me force myself to excersize!! I have an iphone x

Eric_Pisch

nomorespending wrote: »

eric.. I've been searching through the posts to try and find which app you are using.... but now its 11pm and i have to go to bed or i'll be super grumpy tomorrow at work... could you let me knwo what it is... i love recording stuff and i'm sure it woudl help me force myself to excersize!! I have an iphone x

in app store on the iphone search for

my personal diet

should be £2.99, its a bargain

instructions here

http://www.vidaone.com/download/impd.pdf

Eliza_2

nomorespending wrote: »

hello
. My Oh said to me last time i broke down that i haven't failed until i stop trying so am going to try hard between now and christmas. I have put about 5 stone on in the last 4 - 5 years and would love to be able to get back in a 14 - 16 pair of trousers for christmas.

Hiya

Lots of things in your post I can identify with, though not the supportive husband bit, you're lucky there! Would he go to the gym with you? However I think having a strong target helps, Christmas is a good one - I've then broken it down into 2pounds a week, and in my diary have written the weight I should be each Friday. It's a bit like having a target for a piece of work you need to have done by a certain deadline. In my case if I have a long time to do it I always end up doing it in the last few days in a rush. So if I plan to lose 2 stone say by Christmas I'll be frantically starving myself from 1st Dec onwards!!! Doing it in 2 lbs a week chunks is more sensible.

Anyway, have had a weak weekend , heavy working week this week so somehow need to stave off the nibbles, working at home is disastrous if you are trying to lose weight I find.

L

mazzers

Hi nomorespending :wave: NMS from now on i think

Phone line sorted a last, have had awful withdrawal symptoms

Off to work in a mo and not home til 8.30 so prob be going straight to bed

Have a good day (its a fabulous one here)

Sunnyday

Hi Peeps :wave:

feel a bit of a fraud posting really cos i`ve not been dieting but i`m happy to say that i`ve not put any weight on :j

I think that baking again has made a difference as ìm having a biscuit or a piece of cake rather than a mars bar and a bag of crisps so thats got to be better for me right?
I`m also freezing the cake and biccies so that they`re not all being eaten at once which is helping massively

On the GC JayJay recommended a site which is free and might interest some peeps, here it is http://www.foodfocus.co.uk/index.php if anyone wants a nosy.

i`ve spent the last couple of days catching up with the house work in my spare time and limiting being online so have got loads done but i still have lots of things to catch up with, today is lovely and i really must do some jobs in the garden but i`m worn out already think i shall have a nap for half an hour and see if my energy levels are boosted. I managed to get my sleep pattern around to more or less normal but then this morning i woke at stupid o`clock again so its back to square one with that it seems.

I`ll have half an hour in the kitchen and then have the nap - it seems a shame to waste such a lovely day.

Have a lovely afternoon peeps.

SD

madget_2

skypie123 wrote: »

Thanks Butterfly I start tomorrow!
Got my fridge full of the things I can eat on the Attack phase and am going to try 5 days on it. How many did you do?

Good luck, skypie. I start tomorrow - one day after you. Please check in on this thread every now and again to let me know how you are doing. It would be good to have someone to share experiences with who is going through the same thing at the same time.

The online official site calculator gave me 2 days of the Attack Phase, but I'm trying for 5 also.

nomorespending

Hi all,

Thanks eric.. I have the app on my phone now and have been busily programming all my info in. I'm down 2lb this morning ( i'm afraid a week to wait for me is total torture so will eb weighing myself each day!!) and have worked really hard today to eat well.
I've had minestrone soup for lunch ( heinz) not especially good for me I know because of salt etc but its easy and its lower in carbs I hope than a sandwich and doesn't make me feel as tired - i struggle with bread a lot as it makes me feel so sluggish for a good few hours afterwards.
I've had a banana, 2 tangerines and for tea some bolognaise - no pasta. I've struggled with my water intake ( i forgot to take a bottle of water to work and the water fliter things at work have been stopped as a cost cutting measure ( i work for the council) the tap water is not desireable so I drank tea about 4 cups today but no water til tonight.
I have been for a walk for 30 mins which means for 2 days running I've done 30 mins excersize however tomorrow is going to be a real challenge. I start work at 8am and finish at 8.30 pm home at 9pm tea finished at 9.30 whcih means walking will need to be at 9.30 in the dark alone ( OH won't / doesn't want to come walking with me) . I have a walking machine in the garage I could ask him to get out i guess - this could be a plan - need to be deturmined and stop thinking of time and darkness as an excuse.

Eliza - thanks for your post... I think half of the battle with me is not trying to do this alone as i lose my motivation so easily when i'm on my own - knowing other people are feeling the same thing really helps - although that sound awful - i didn't mean it like that!

I can work form home 2 days a week if i choose to and where as its a good money saver - petrol etc, its not so great for me because i tend to be forward and backward to the fridge!!

I also don't really clock the amount I'm eating - i know in myself that I am a greedy eater!! So even if i'm eating healthy stuff i tend to have no moderation and will just keep eating and eating until i am uncomfortable - as i type it i feel like an idiot - why i dont' stop i just don't know! !I am goign to make a conscious efford to eat smaller portions - maybe useing a smaller plate would help me...

thanks for the hellos... Going to have a think about a plan to get some excersize in tomorrow...will post back tomorrow night with update..
nms xx