It was a hard hurdle to get past, but when you can finally not reward yourself with food, it makes a big difference to weight loss. I was able to replace it with buying small things for myself that I would reward myself with after a great day at work or tough workout. I keep the price around $3 so it didn’t get too expensive, but not taking calories as a reward is mega-powerful, and led to parenting wins as well, substituting for them with pokemon card packs or video game time.
But taking a very quick glance, there is a “Show Diary Food Insights” checkbox in the settings that I have unchecked. I’m wondering if that is it? There are other settings, but that one stands out as possibly related.
@amvanhoose_701479 I have friends from northern British Columbia, who would say that basically any dessert was a square, like the Brits say pudding for dessert. But when I referred to something as square after that initial discussion, they said I was wrong…so then I was super confused? Does a square mean something out of pan? I think it does, but again - they were very serious about the whole topic - so didn’t want to push it. Maybe it’s a regional thing? Maybe western canadians have differing opinions on dessert, like some say supper instead of dinner? Inquiring minds want to know.
British people (of my age) weigh themselves in stones: a stone is 14lb. I am 0.6lb above the psychologically important barrier of dropping down to the next stone.
That being said I am still four pounds heavier than I was at the beginning of my last serious attempt to lose weight in February 2015.
But I am at my lowest weight since I returned from WDW in December 2019 where, thanks to the deluxe DDP, I put on 4lb.
The secret has been to have sugar in things that I only like a bit so that it takes the edge off. For example I have a low-sugar jam that I put on a cracker and a wash down with loads of water. It kills the craving at very low sugar cost.
One of my original motivations was that I didn’t want my lovely new Liverpool clothes to not fit because I was putting on weight. In this regard the diet has backfired. One of the jackets I bought is now too big. I also noticed that one of my t-shirts was blousing. And my belt tongue is sticking through the clasp at least an inch further than before. I’ve definitely dropped a dress size.
For the most part the diet hasn’t been that hard. I’ve still had Five Guys complete with milkshakes. And I had a fantastic cheesecake dessert with a meal the other day.
I’m just not eating Cadbury’s milk chocolate by the tonne any more.
I always used to say that I don’t actually eat that much regular food. (Except at WDW where the DDP forces you to be greedy.) It was all about the chocolate.
That’s a healthy difference, too, though! When we went to WDW and UOR this past summer, I was about 28 pounds lighter than our previous trip. I outlasted our DS12 walking all day, and I had zero knee pain that trip. Keep going!
That’s great! I unexpectedly gave up sugar and gluten and it’s been life altering!!! I feel so much better and weight has come off without much effort. At some point I’ll add both back probably once a week but as a treat and not all day every day! so far I’m shocked by how easy it’s been.
