Can't stick to my diet, need help!

@nata

Im pretty sure reading through the messages that someone mentioned not to try cut out all sugar to quickly. Yes we want to ensure we don't consume to much of it but again were only human! Don't put yourself under to much pressure...in the end it causes anxiety. Try your best and maybe remove certain parts of your eating habits little by little. I find that if we remove things out of our daily eating routine to quickly its to much of a shock to our system and we end up reverting back to our old habits very quickly.

Consider that changing lifestyle habits for good takes time and some effort. Its all about baby steps to achieve your ultimate goal. Maybe look at removing one bad habit and replacing it with a good one every week or 2 weeks. for example - Cut out eating sugar in the evening and add 1 glass of water every day.

Just a thought! Good luck!

Mmmmm raisins - covered in chocolate.

I cannot remember having a need of chocolate before. Now since ordering on line I have to include a couple of large bars every week. I do share with DH but where has this come from. Quicker I get back to bypassing the aisles in an actual store the better.

That is exactly like me I have extremely sweet tooth which has contributed to me putting on weight. Believe it or not I usually buy kefir from the polish shop it has a lot of magnesium in and helps stops the cravings, you only need half glass. It's the best kefir I've had and the only one Ill buy.

I use my fitness pal app,I love it ...it calculates the calories you need depending on height and weight.
I find if I’m craving something I have it but a smaller piece.or I no I’d eat the whole lot..ie liquorice!!
I keep the bag in the kitchen take out 6 pieces and craving has gone.
I basically eat what I like but log it into the app,it keeps stored what you eaten so no messing around having too look it up each time.

Could you try eating raisins or some other fruit when the sugar craving hits you?

If it only hits occasionally, perhaps you should just allow yourself sugar when you are desperate for it.

I've stuck to my SW plan but still managed to put on weight this week; I just hope I see a "whoosh" loss next week to keep me motivated.
I have been a slave to sweet things for many years which I was told is part of being insulin resistant. I have found that in the past that one bit of chocolate gradually leads to two until it is 2 or 3 bars a day. I'm a bit like an alcoholic with chocolate. However, I have found that eating some sweet stuff like fruit is keeping me on the straight and narrow. I also buy Fibre One Chocolate Brownie bars which I mix with fruit, Quark and a serving of Options Salted Caramel Chocolate powder. It is like eating a creamy, sweet, chocolatey cheesecake which satisfies me without crashing off my eating plan. Alternatively, Fibre One Chocolate Popcorn Bars have just enough chocolate on them to make me feel satisfied without having the rest of a chocolate bar nagging at me to have just another mouthful.

Knowing the dangers of sugar helps me to avoid it but doesn't stop the craving that hits now and then. Here's what I turn to in desperation:

We have all been here. I've piled on the weight since lockdown. Every time you feel tempted by sugar take a walk or distract yourself with a hobby or activity. I find no.sugar Ice cream with diet soda of some sort together fill you up and you feel like you are having a sweet treat. Or I find a can of diet cola fills me up too

I put on a lot of weight at the beginning of the lockdown but then cut back on the "treats" and had some success in shedding some of the extra weight. Yesterday I had a really bad day, felt very depressed and ate my body weight in crisps, chocolate and ice cream If this carries on much longer I won't be able to see my feet

I have a flat tummy

(...the 'L' is silent)

Not doing very well either. But I keep telling myself that if I do lose some weight I will be able to get a whole new wardrobe once the pandemic is under control!

This is the current one;
www.gransnet.com/forums/dieting_and_exercise/1271266-I-m-a-pear-the-sequel?msgid=27830810

Is I'am a ? sequel still running ? The one I found is January 2020 ? I desperately need to lose weight.

I suggest you read I'am a ? sequel.

What is this, please?

hereshoping, I am sitting here eating salted cashew nuts straight after breakfast! This despite deciding yesterday to start eating more sensibly. I have gained 1lb a week so far in lockdown, so enough is enough. What if we are restricted for a year? That would be 52 lb at this rate ! I have previously had good results with alternate day fasting and low carb, just got to get my head in the right place and stop baking.
Good luck to all others in this position.

Nana - I understand a lot about what you are feeling over your weight and trying to get to a healthy size you feel OK about. I've been very engaged with this whole issue over many years - and used to be about 2 stone heavier than I am now. I have stayed this size for 10 years - so maybe have found a good place in all this. It is not about following a diet - as you may know diets usually only work for a while, and people's size yo-yos up and down. It is about our minds and how we manage our thoughts and feelings - I suggest you look at a book called The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It
In this book, Dr. Kelly McGonigal introduces readers to the what, how, and why of willpower from numerous perspectives.
This book gives you a pathway to change your patterns, to understand craving and find a better and healthier way ahead. I hope you will find it helpful! With very good wishes Applegran

I'm not a particularly sweet-toothed person, but currently my depression is kicking in and tempted by my diabetic hypo store of jelly babies. But my Dafne course reminded us that a little of we fancy does us good and so long as we adjust our insulin accordingly we'll be fine. Funnily enough, my current readings are better than they've been in years! I'm currently eating lots of fruit instead of sweets, chocolate and bickies and keep telling myself that eventually things will get better. Suggest that you're doing fine, Nata and everyone else feeling a bit down and we'll finally get back onto our normal exercise and leisure activity regime. Finding that mindfulness activities (adult colouring books, tarot studies etc) are helping me at present and DS's BBF (both having depression and Aspergers issues, so their friendship is vital therapy for both of them) recommended a fantasy DVD series and we've been enjoying with her and in return watching our favourites via Skype for an hour or two most days, also lots of on-line time together supporting one another in their creative writing work, allowing them to spend precious time together without breaking the rules. Of course, we're all different, and in different situations and we're actually a relatively anti-social family who don't do outsiders and really enjoy individual "me time" alone and "us time" as a family, so, apart from not being able to follow outside activities (especially my local over 55s choir, all good mates), lockdown for us isn't a problem, but I recognise that others are struggling to cope. But chin up, everyone - at least we've got GN to keep us cheered, loved and supported!
Love 'n peace xxx

I too get sugar cravings from time to time and have various methods for trying to keep me on track. I havent totally cut sugar out of my diet, because I find that rebounds on me, so I have one square of dark chocolate per day after lunch and two dried figs after the evening meal. If that doesnt work, then I keep a tin of sugar free travel sweets in the drawer and distract myself with one of them. We dont have any cake, biscuits or other sweets in the house. If all else fails I eat a kiwi, or some other fairly intense fruit. Going out for a walk, or even just into the garden works well too as a distraction technique, as does phoning a friend. Sitting around on the sofa watching TV ads for sweet treats is the least helpful!

Since I'm munching on peanuts, soon after breakfast, I'm afraid that I'm a lost cause and in no position to advise you.

I have started to put on a bit of weight since the lockdown. I was always very skinny and having even a tiny bit pf tummy feels huge to me!

Nata - you do need some sugar in your diet, so don't stop it altogether or you will crave it badly. Try fruit for the sugar you need. Whenever I am a bit bigger than I might choose, I reduce serving size, eat very very slowly, and have a drink of water whenever I feel hungry between meals.

Hope you find what works for you.

What a nice thing to say.

Thank you!

MissA you are a darling, your off the wall comments always give me a smile and just now that is worth a lot to me.

I do the same.
My body used to look fat, and it still does.

I don't do anything special, just when I start to go off the track again, I take a good look in the mirror and start to think about how my body used to look so that I get motivated to stay on the right course again.