Looking to Reboot, and lose 50lb. Support needed please!

@fairy_daisy My gosh we sound like we're in the same position! Ditto only on the logging to get me going, and am cutting calories. I honestly feel too heavy to even exercise at the moment - I had literally bought a new swimming costume to go swimming twice a week at the very moment Corona hit us

@louisejen5918 That's so funny, our wright and goal weight are the same - We must help each other!! I got below 12st previously, so I'm hoping I can do it again. How about you, any success previously?

@ThilaM87 I had to just google a conversion to KG, LOL So we're similar, although your goal is lower than mine. Is this the first time you've tried to do this with pals on MFP then? We can do this - I do find it helps to see each other on here. The time I had my big success was pre-wedding day. This time I've set it as a holiday in Sept (if it can go ahead that is...) as I find I can't succeed without a target date!

I've sent Pal requests to all three of you !

Do you guys have specific weigh-in plans? Daily? Weekly? A specific day of the week? I am weighing daily to hold myself accountable (this worked for me previously, but I understand most people hate this), but I'll only input weight onto MFP once a week. Are you guys doing that?

Much Love!

@louisejen5918 With all sincerity, I think you've done a fantastic job! To have lost 5 stone, and ONLY had a...what...20% wobble on that during lockdown is frankly amazing. This period has been the strangest to contend with, even if people work from home and haven't seen much change in lifestyle (with their loved ones staying safe)...the impact of what's happening has been huge. It's when I'm putting on weight that I cover my eyes and don't look at my eating or the scales. You've done the opposite, you've monitored it and are now rebooting! We can do this together!

Yes, I've been this weight before, then went down to 11st 3 (157lb) by my wedding day. Have just gradually crept back up since I guess. I was at my goal, but stopped monitoring. That's been my failure.

@ThilaM87 Yeaaaaa for us being Pals !!! Well done for restarting and keeping going afresh today! The norm is to have one 'over calorie day' and then give up and think "I'll start again on the 1st of next month".

Gosh, I'm trying to think of ideas. Well, keep yourself accountable with the snacks possibly? If you have an evening snack, logon and enter it on MFP in real time as soon as you have eaten it. Might that help prevent having a second or third?

Another option to prevent late snacking is to go to bed earlier and watch TV in bed instead of in the lounge (if your home life permits this). Brushing teeth and getting into bed tends to stop the return to the kitchen. I was given this tip before, and it helped me across my first week, just to get out of the habit of evening snacking. Once I broke the habit I got into the 'zone' and didn't go back to it for a while.

If daily weighing is NOT motivational for you, it might have to be something you address now. If a slight upturn in weight impacts your ability to stick to your plans that day (ie. you feel low, and have more snacks as a result), then the weighing itself is a bigger issue than the snack. Maybe the two of us can commit to doing a weigh-in just once a week together, every Sunday? What do you think? I'd like to help you break the pattern of daily weighing whilst it's impacting you so negatively

WEIGH-IN SUNDAY

So I just weighed-in, and technically I'm down 1 lb, after 3 days of being back on MFP and logging food.

The thing is though, I'm actually only back to my weight from last Sunday in reality. I tried to 'cut' food Monday-Weds this week, and put on a 1 lb. This was the driving factor for me getting back on here and logging so that I would be more likely to succeed. So I'm happy I've proved myself right that logging and having Pals helps, but also I'm a bit miserable that I'm really still at Day 1

@fairy_daisy It's weird how similar it is for us all when we just start out, eh?! I dropped a bit on the scale this morning, so I feel a little more motivated now as at least that means I'm below where I started now thankfully

@hanweky Helloooo! One wrong meal usually derails me too! It's like ok, I've messed up, I may as well eat all the junk food now...and start again next month. I'm going to try and get out of that habit now. There's quite a big chance I'll mess up, but what I'm hoping I will do is log all the calories honestly, and then get right back on track the next day.

@allenjamie457 Hello to you too! Is this your first time using MFP for weight loss? I do find it helps to keep me motivated if I connect with people on the same journey here!

@4jumps Welcome! You've got back on it really quickly - you should be proud of that! You've had some difficulties in the early part of the year and then are quickly rebooting! It's taken me 5 years to commit to trying a full reboot (face palm). You've got this!

@cerysr Indeed I'm working from home, but luckily the husband and kids aren't here, so they don't bring me stuff! My husband has been well-meaning offering me things too, but I've told him straight to stop doing it, and he has. I would suggest doing the 'serious conversation' thing with yours perhaps? Not the 'no thanks, stop offering me' casual request in the moment, but instead the 'turn the tv off and sit together and pay attention for a minute' type request. The one where they realise you're serious and it's an important issue for you.

The fridge breaks have been a massive part of my life for the whole of Lockdown sadly, leading to an extra pile of in weight. Bright side, it brought me back to MFP after a 5 year hiatus. What have I done over the last 7 days to curtail this....hmmmm... I started making tea instead of going to food. I normally only have one cup of coffee in the morning, but I've started making hot drinks a lot, as it feels a bit more 'of a thing' than grabbing a cold drink. But I've also started drinking more diet coke. I've been worried about my extra caffeine intake over the last week, so I've just bought som de-caf tea bags! Also, another tip is to plan your meals and log them at the start of the day - you can see what you've got to look forward to - and you can see that you don't really have hundreds of calories left over for fridge browsing all day. I've usually plotted in an 86calorie packet of crisps (chips to the Americans!) as a snack, meaning I know I can grab it if I want to, but I tend not to do so in the morning as i think "no, I'll want that even more later". I don't know if that helps? In short - hot drinks, plan meals, have one set snack that you can graze on but only once!

@cugogirl2017 I totally agree with you, quarantine lbs will defo come off more easily. 'Fresh' weight gain seems to go pretty easily (making me even more worried about my 5 years...) "Break the spell" - I like it! I think I've done that now, I don't feel trapped anymore, but I'm not quite "in the zone" yet. This is where I can go through day to day for months eating well and losing, without obsessing about food.

Right now I'M IN THE TOTAL OBSESSION STAGE!!!!! "What can I eat...I'm hungry...how many calories can I have...log in your prospective dinner and see what's next...would ham be better than fruit, I can have more of that for the same calories..." etc etc, repeat infinitum.