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This made me giggle. I’m glad that something resonated. I will take away: “It's not that "i’m a failure", it's more, "the way i’m trying to do it is failing me". Well put!

Good point - and worth mentioning, especially when you can’t afford the calories in that extra lug of olive oil. Otherwise, some days, when my body is craving a proper vinegar hit (you know, that eye-watering, slap to your tastebuds and a shiver up your spine), I gladly bypass the oil altogether. Yum.

@mw00087 I obviously don’t know you, so this might be way off the mark; but here’s a slightly different perspective for you to consider, based on some of the things you have written. I feel that the term: “self-sabotage” is frequently mis-used - and it immediately rings alarm bells whenever I hear it. There is a genuine…

Red wine vinegar + dollop of whole grain mustard + olive oil (roughly double the amount of red wine vinegar and mustard) whisked vigorously and poured over every leaf salad ever.

Not advice but an observation: you say you won’t touch the baked goods when there is a specific purpose for them. This means you do have the self-control to resist. However, you’re sense of duty to others (e.g. the guest or the person who’s birthday it is) appears to be stronger than the sense of duty to yourself (i.e to…

@psychod787 will you also make @ReenieHJ put the cookie in the basket?

@quiksylver296 Hot jello drink when you’re sick?!? That’s genius!

Canned sardines in olive oil with a fresh squeeze of lemon. After barely ever eating them, have started to crave them. Weird.

(Above), I should have said “astronomically high daily calorie consumption” as opposed to TDEEs.

@IronIsMyTherapy Ah-ha! That has “translated” something else for me - i.e. when some people post their astronomically high TDEEs on MFP, it might include an element of surplus (presumably when building muscle?) as well as super-activity/muscle-mass. That’s also reassuring to hear. Still - despite being in surplus I’m still…

Thanks for all your interesting feedback. @lynn_glenmont (and @verykatie), your assumptions about me are very fair from my limited profile clues - but, I’m actually an early-40s woman. I’m 5”5 and 150lbs (still quite “grizzled” though). When losing weight, I really battle to ever get under 140lbs but usually feel good in…

@freda78 Thanks. Your post did make me laugh. I agree with you re: remembering the motivations of people out there offering “advice”. I’m sure (or at least, hope), that individuals don’t set out to explicitly deceive - but there are certainly many factors at play other than pure altruism. I guess by definition, the easy…

@Strudders67 You’re right. I should only judge this stuff in context. By “peppered”, I am not talking about explicit ads/blogs - but chefs, TV shows, recipe websites - so you are right, in that these people all rely on this content for their livelihoods, albeit in a more subtle way. I am a Brit (albeit living abroad) - so…

@psychod787 Yeah - totally the same for me re: nut butters. I think there is a lot of confusion between wellbeing and weight loss. I’ve just read elsewhere in the community spaces somebody saying “I turned vegan...why am I overweight?!?”. This is kind of what I am talking about. There are a lot of decent arguments about…

So much to like in @88olds response, but I particularly liked: A helpful idea in any circumstance - not just related to weight loss. I am reassured that “just enough” (fighting the negatives to a draw) can also be “good enough”.

@88olds Always such a source of sensible advice - thank you. As per @NovusDies advice, I DID log everything after all. I was surprised at the ACTUAL extent of the “damage”. Won’t share the actual number (for fear of judgement) but let’s just say it wasn’t nearly the disaster my head assumed it was. A bit of valuable…

@MarcyMavin Thank you. A good message to wake up to this morning. I am ready to slay it today. @Cahgetsfit It seems that getting back on it is the key to success here. i.e. not what we do when we’re at the top but how high we bounce when we hit the bottom - and all that. Thank you. @NovusDies There’s that concept of rebel…

Thanks all. Amazing to receive such support, especially from strangers (albeit not strangers to the travails of weight loss by the sound of things) @Terytha A picture tells a thousand words, right! Amazing achievements - well done - and you’re right - this is about the longer journey. Thank you for reminding me. Can be…

Something interesting about me: I like giving advice even when it hasn’t been requested. See above.

You can get an overnight boat from England to Northern Spain. A bit pricey....but worth saving for if you really want to see Spain. Else, try taking a train to Paris as a first go or boat from Hull to Amsterdam is good value. Alternatively, the likes of BA and Easyjet offer heavily subsidised courses for fearful flyers.…

@LeiLaura It sounds like you’ve gained a lot of insight into your own behaviour on this journey. Sit for a moment and consider how powerful that is. Lots of people never gain that understanding and spend their energy blaming others, third-parties, diet types, exceptional health function etc, etc. Instead, you have…

I second this. Good reading.

Wear headphones. Nobody bothers you then.

I actually live on the Med! I wish I got brownie points for that but yesterday I bought some mangetout grown in Kenya (no doubt, flown in). I just couldn’t face another meal including tomato, onion, courgettes, peppers and aubergines and wanted a change. However, I felt guilty all evening. 😐 Re: the “buying local” rule -…

I reckon there’s probably a “low carbon” diet on its way. Not focused on personal wellbeing / weight-loss - but with a broader conscience of the carbon footprint of eating foods out of season or which fly miles from another country or which use significant energy to produce.

When they’re beautifully ripe like this, you have to eat them raw IMO. No better way than a simple bruschetta: chop the tomatoes quite small (purists say you should de-seed but I like the extra juices), mix with a good grind or few of salt, pepper, some smashed garlic, basil (or a blob of pesto at a push if you have no…

Skate - why is it so hard to get? - It is the best fish EVER!!!

You know something - although I “hear you” - I’m only going to listen for so long. This probably isn’t what you want to hear - but stop making excuses. Not putting food in your mouth doesn’t take time or effort. You’re allowing life to overwhelm you and you’re using that to let yourself off the hook when it comes to…

I don’t like the aftertaste of any artificial sweeteners. Have tried, but just can’t get on with them. I just try and reduce the sugar I use. Another idea for egg whites other than meringues: cheats souffles - you use ready made custard instead of faffing about with making creme pate from scratch. Needs minimal additional…

Cooking is so relaxing, creative and satisfying! Enjoy it!