Dearest Jane. It’s June 2023 and I’m watching your 2021 video today. Your words are my words. I have never been honest with myself about food so your video has helped me realise this. Thank you xx
I recognise and understand every word. I don't know what else to say, but every word resonates and is true to me. Sometimes we really have to manage every meal and that leads to every day etc.....thanks for sharing
I do love your honesty Jane and saying it as it is now I am going to be honest because every thing you say relates to me and I don’t quite know where to go with it. After losing 5 st 7lb and maintained for 5 years I have gone back to my old ways and have regained 2 stone by binging each day I get up with a new resolve and each day by night time I have broken my resolve and I really don’t know how to stop this, people do say you have done this before so you can do it again but it is not as simple as that. I do wish you lots if luck with whatever way to try to combat your problem and I hope we can both get through this somehow, lots of love to you and Joe xx
Hi Jane. I'm feeling your frustration and wish I could give you a hug. For me, SW can never become a lifestyle choice until we understand why we make the food choices we do and address it. Some of these are easy, maybe just lazy habits or whatever. But others are so deeply ingrained it can be hard to get to the root of it, if we can identify it at all. I don't think SW, or any weight loss programme, goes into the mental aspects particularly well; we're left to figure it out ourselves. But there is support out there and there is no shame at all in seeking help. Until we're choosing healthy food because we want to, not because we have to, we will forever be on a diet. I'd say I'm not even halfway there yet. For all I've been at target for 3 tears, I made bad choices for 20+ years, I'm still battling my inner chimp on a regular basis, and I don't always win. But I very much like the healthier me, so I get up every day and I'll keep fighting the good fight. It might be viewed as a negative word but my F is for Fight. I also want to give you F for Fabulous and Frank, you are both these things. F is for Faith, believe in yourself. F is for Friendship, your friends will support you and help you find your path. Joe did the right thing, telling someone we love something they don't want to hear is one of the hardest things to do. Stay strong, Jane. You are one of the most determined people I know and I know you'll do what's right for you. X
The last ten weeks ive been switched into binge mode (ive managed to control it for so long) I like you can easily skip meals but come nighttime I swear food calls out to me im not hungry but I eat it, if its there I have to eat it! Im evil when im in this mode. I like you need to somehow gain control I know its down to me, I know its life long it will always be a part of me. For now its in control but I try everyday to regain control and I wont give up. Ive gained 12lbs since March its effecting my health my clothes are uncomfy I feel this I know this, ive always been on a diet of some sort since my late teens after listening to Joe's wise words ive never had a normal relationship with food. At the moment im going concentrate on putting good food in and trying to gain control on those voices in my head! Good luck Jane x
Thank you Jane. I could have said every word of that and although I wouldn’t wish it on anyone it is quite liberating to know I am not alone. I am about 3 stone over what I should be but have never been more than that. I have dieted since I was about 13 and have been down to a very slim weight at various times but always seem to have been fighting weight gain. It has quite literally been a lifetime struggle and like you I believe it always will be. I must also add I am about 10 years older than you so it’s been a very long time but I don’t intend to give up. I know my mindset is the answer but I’m not obviously always in control of that. Good luck.
Dearest Jane you certainly struck a chord... it's because you're so transparent that's why the majority [I'd say] are even here. You tell it as it is, that's why we find you so relatable. We need to be honest with ourselves. It's this honesty fixation with being honest with myself that has kept me sane hun. Sending much 🤗😘
What a F n week you have had Jane, well done Joe saying how it is with F food behaviour s . Jane this is life ( your life / journey) Your F en right Food / SW/ Cambridge diet. Love the frankness and feel in a similar place Best wishes both of you 😀 xx
My fascinating fab pal, one meal at a time, that's what helps me, Not one week at a time. Agree 100 % the walking has both mental and physical benefits but doesn't shed the lbs. Loved your honest chat. Jx
Hi Jane..... Nice to see you today. This video and all your feelings in it really resonates with me. All how you feel and describe and how you have behaved recently....it could be me. Not just now but it has been many times in the past. It takes so much out of you and so much strength to drag yourself up and out of these feelings and behaviour. It is exhausting totally exhausting. I know what you mean about you would gain weight if you lived in America....I feel the same about if I lived in England. I struggle really struggle but for sure if I still lived there I would be 20 stones or something. I can put a stone on if I just come for a couple of weeks. Easily. I have been for short stays and joined slimming clubs or slimming world 3 times over the years....just to try and curb things while I'm there...but still go home heavier than when I arrived. It's such a horrid thing then that feeling of not caring comes over you and wondering what you can eat next and as you say buying it and not enjoying it. The difference between you and me is you can bin it. I won't do that and I will force myself to finish it rather than throw it even tho I'm not enjoying it and it's making me sick and poorly. When I feel a bit better I come back to it to finish it and feel poorly again. Madness. And then low low that you feel when reality hits you and the dragging yourself back to reality and trying to make positive changes is nothing other than pure exhaustion that takes every drop of mental strength....but after the realisation and coming through the other side and getting a few better days under your belt makes the world of difference.. unless like me you can screw that up and end right back where you were very quickly 3 or 4 days ago and feeling in an even bigger mess. Sometimes I feel like I need a holiday away from myself. it never ends. There is no escape. Just have to try and have better days until it all eventually comes back and then try again to get out of it again. So I'm hoping for some better days for you Jane. Xxx Oh and well done to Joe for calling you out. Its good to have someone like that in your life. A reality check. Plus I really believe a lot of it is related to what you said before about having a healthy gut biome. It doesn't have to be a perfect biome but a gut thats not full of bacteria wanting to feed off more and more sugar really helps. I do wonder if it really is like those sugar desiring bacteria fiddle with your brain and partly make you eat more rubbish. Even when you don't want it or fancy it. So when you come out the other side and do have a few good days the bad bacteria reduce and things do get better mentally.
Lovely to see you popping up. Life just isn’t easy and we will always have to be accountable for what goes in our mouth. I agree with you that walking makes us feel better. I have to walk now as Hollie needs it. Some days I have to push myself especially when it’s raining. I have a sore foot at the moment which doesn’t help. I can walk on it but when the boots come off it throbs. Think I’ve strained a wee tendon but wish it would do one!! Had a picnic up at crail to put flowers there as mum and dads ashes were scattered on the water . Well I decided to throw a rose on the water as we did 2 years ago and never thought for a minute Hollie would jump off the edge, luckily it was only a couple of feet drop, and retrieve the rose. Brought it back in her mouth and then shook and all the petals went everywhere. Now I bet your laughing😂😂 look forward to your blog on Friday whatever it tells us but I do pray you get your head in a better mindset. With the help of Joe I’m sure you will get there . Love and hugs Doris x
Mind over matter, this is THE MOST IMPORTANT thing in my life for health reasons, I just have to concentrate, I calorie count which I am finding extremely successful for me. It is only yourself you are letting down and sabotaging so keep doing that or do the other thing! I wish you only the very best Jane
I definitely agree with you about slimming world it's not a lifestyle I can eat on plan 5 days out of 7 and the other two days I can eat pizza Chinese etc etc if it was a lifestyle by 4 years surely I would be eating foods without think is this on plan is it off ? But I'm not I use any excuse to eat whatever I want. I spend a lot of money on food a week because I think I could say I'm addicted to food and food shopping. I tried to be frugal on food shopping set a budget kept to it then went and spend the same again by the end of the week. I really admire your honest and enjoy your weekly vlogs it's nice to hear someone say it how it is rather than pretend everything is ok . Take care both stay safe . X
What a lovely honest video Jane and well done Joe & hubby for telling the truth. Jane I have never lloked at sw as a life change only as a diet. Slim fast only tried it once had to hold my nose to drink it and felt sick. My daughter said to me about 4 years ago after me dieting all my life, Mom dont weigh yourself ( I was obsessed on weighing) just eat in what you want in moderation if you eat to much cut down the next day. To be honest when I went on holiday abroad I lost weigh because I would eat all the nice salads, meat and veg and friuts I wanted Im not a pudding or chocolate fan. I am happy to say I have been the same weight now give or take about 3Ibs for the last 3 yrs, but I could over eat easily its hard when you have weight problems and until you experience it no one knows what its like. Lovely to see you both back, lol xxx
I don't think you said one thing in this video which doesn't match how I feel. I really relate to the whole problem not beginning with the eating, but it starts with that first thought, the planning, buying preparing, everything. The saddest thing you said, which I often think myself, is that I can't actually see a time in my life when the constant cycle will stop. My only thoughts on that are to try and make the stable bits last longer than the chaotic bits. Glad you had Joe to give you a talking to. I think that will help. Andy has done that a few times with me in the past when the situation has got very bad and it really did pull me up short and help me to sort things out. Good job we have brave men around, I wouldn't approach myself, that's for sure. Get the Slim Fast in the bin and do something sustainable. Don't be afraid to ask Joe as it's often helpful to listen to someone who hasn't gone TEMPORARILY round the bend until you get back on track. Sending lots of love and hope you don't feel too bruised for too long. Shell X
I’m having quite a few ‘can’t be arsed’ moments followed by regret and guilt. I don’t watch any food related RUclips apart from yourself and UsTwo and even this is sporadic. You will find that mental strength and food plan that works for your lifestyle and health because your bloody minded and don’t give up. So that’s my two cents worth. Keep chipping away lovely 💕
Hi Jane. Can really see all your frustration in this video. I am really sorry to see you are struggling but i think it is through these sufferings that sometimes we can see a bit better whats going on with us and what we really need. I needed a Change. After being on Slimming World for years I had to leave. It was not working for me anymore and I realized that the reason was that it had become a diet for me. A continuous battle with myself. Despite trying and adapting it continuosly ( i was adapting it more on a low carb lifestyle)I could not stick to it in the long run. Had asked myself why so many times. Why did I want to get away from a plan that was still allowing me to eat a lot of food? My answer is now that I wanted to feel normal around food and did not want to diet anymore. Did not want to follow a structure that wasnt my own one. Ideally i would love to be able to do intuitive eating but I simply cant. I dont know how and when to stop eating. I have understood that and accepted it. I have started calorie counting 2 months ago. I saw it as the only option left to me. It was the only diet i have never tried and I thought i would not last a day but i had lost 1 stones and 7 pounds instead. I feel like I do eat normally now. I try to use my calories on nutritious food but i have accepted i am not perfect and never will be with my choices. That is ok. Calorie counting is working for me because it tells me when to stop. It is as simple as that. I know how to eat healthily, i know which food is good for me and which is not. I dont need a plan to teach me to eat healthily. I know all that. I just need to know when to stop. With free food I wasnt and was not getting satisfied despite all the food i was eating. I am not suggesting calorie counting for you, i am just telling you my own experience. Result for me is that I feel more normal around food. The fuss about calorie counting is the control i need over food and like ' normal' people sometimes calories are spent well and sometimes are not. That is ok. Freedom at last for me. Wish you all the best Janex
Thanks for your honesty Jane. Believe me there are lots of us who know exactly what you're going through. I think the only solution to food addiction is a lobotomy! Since that isn't a viable option we just have to battle on. maybe seeing it as a mental health issue rather than being a weak failure is the way forward. I don't know. I watch your channel and other people who struggle in the hope there's an answer. Every time I see someone who has regained the weight they lost back I feel so sad and hopeless. It seems we can lose the weight but then the real task begins and it's a killer! I've watched you long enought to know you're a strong determined person and if there's a way through you'll find it (Hi to Joe! He's a star!) X
Hi Jane, this is what I love about your channel your real and honest, funny enough I have an F of my own and my F is FUNG as in Dr Jason Fung i hope you don't mind but I'd like to recommend a book for you to read (if you haven't already) as I think it might help you its called the obesity code by Dr jason fung stay safe Jane much love Tanya x
Hi Jane, glad to see you, thanks for honesty, I cannot believe you got slim fast!! well all you can do is one day at a time, that's what I am aiming at good day bad day only we can do it, but hope you have a good week xx
Did I imagine it or did you once mentioned you attended a group for food addiction? Like alcohol it had a 12 step plan which you found useful? Maybe your GP can do a bit of research on your behalf and offer you another opportunity to try it again or maybe it’s not on the NHS and May cost you some pennies but worth it I’m sure…….just a thought. Your honesty is amazing and quite humbling, any silly ideas or well meaning comments I’m sure are coming from your groupies on here who soooo want to help but just don’t know how. Well done Joe for putting the tin hat on and giving you a few home truths!! Thank you for sharing your thoughts how ever hard…..keep talking to us I’m hoping in some small way it may help.
A very honest and straight to the point vlog. I am so like you with craving chocolate and I get it home then don't want it. I go through stages of doubting slimming World and wonder if its right for me, then I try another fad diet which lasts no time at all then I get fed up & return to slimming World. I need to kick myself up the bum. Have a good week xx
hi Jane I was happy to see that you had posted a video today and listening about the Slimfast /Cambridge shakes brought back memories of my desperation several decades ago to drop weight . Been there done that , glad you nipped Slimfast in the bud . Yes I agree it is a lifelong process and once a dieter a person always has to adhere to some plan/ habit /regime as we are not like other people who never had to lose weight. It is not about food it is why food is used to numb feelings, boredom , entertainment etc. I think it is finding a middle way of eating food that is enjoyable, not overly restricting, having no end game or final destination and also fair play to you for your honesty , that is one of the reasons I always look forward to your uploads xxxx take care
Have you thought to listen to some of your old videos Jane, see if they can motivate you. I hope you can turn this F for flipping, blip around Jane. Much love, strength, determination and good choices I wish for you. Take care, every moment in every day can be the start, hope you find your start button soon xx
Wish you well Jane .Why do we stuff our faces knowing what were doing is just making us feel fat and ugly and depressed 😕 And then start all over again or is that just me ? Xxx
Dearest Jane. It’s June 2023 and I’m watching your 2021 video today. Your words are my words. I have never been honest with myself about food so your video has helped me realise this. Thank you xx
I recognise and understand every word.
I don't know what else to say, but every word resonates and is true to me. Sometimes we really have to manage every meal and that leads to every day etc.....thanks for sharing
Jane. Please take care and don't be too hard on yourself. Have followed you for a few years. You are an inspiration to me. Love to Joe.
I do love your honesty Jane and saying it as it is now I am going to be honest because every thing you say relates to me and I don’t quite know where to go with it. After losing 5 st 7lb and maintained for 5 years I have gone back to my old ways and have regained 2 stone by binging each day I get up with a new resolve and each day by night time I have broken my resolve and I really don’t know how to stop this, people do say you have done this before so you can do it again but it is not as simple as that. I do wish you lots if luck with whatever way to try to combat your problem and I hope we can both get through this somehow, lots of love to you and Joe xx
FACT your honesty is one of the many reasons I am here xx
Hello Jane thank you thank you so much I needed to hear this have a good week whatever you are doing love Annie ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨
Hi Jane. I'm feeling your frustration and wish I could give you a hug. For me, SW can never become a lifestyle choice until we understand why we make the food choices we do and address it. Some of these are easy, maybe just lazy habits or whatever. But others are so deeply ingrained it can be hard to get to the root of it, if we can identify it at all. I don't think SW, or any weight loss programme, goes into the mental aspects particularly well; we're left to figure it out ourselves. But there is support out there and there is no shame at all in seeking help. Until we're choosing healthy food because we want to, not because we have to, we will forever be on a diet. I'd say I'm not even halfway there yet. For all I've been at target for 3 tears, I made bad choices for 20+ years, I'm still battling my inner chimp on a regular basis, and I don't always win. But I very much like the healthier me, so I get up every day and I'll keep fighting the good fight. It might be viewed as a negative word but my F is for Fight. I also want to give you F for Fabulous and Frank, you are both these things. F is for Faith, believe in yourself. F is for Friendship, your friends will support you and help you find your path. Joe did the right thing, telling someone we love something they don't want to hear is one of the hardest things to do. Stay strong, Jane. You are one of the most determined people I know and I know you'll do what's right for you. X
The last ten weeks ive been switched into binge mode (ive managed to control it for so long) I like you can easily skip meals but come nighttime I swear food calls out to me im not hungry but I eat it, if its there I have to eat it! Im evil when im in this mode. I like you need to somehow gain control I know its down to me, I know its life long it will always be a part of me. For now its in control but I try everyday to regain control and I wont give up. Ive gained 12lbs since March its effecting my health my clothes are uncomfy I feel this I know this, ive always been on a diet of some sort since my late teens after listening to Joe's wise words ive never had a normal relationship with food. At the moment im going concentrate on putting good food in and trying to gain control on those voices in my head! Good luck Jane x
Hi Jane, Joe, thank you for been so honest we do have to stop thinking diets and change it to healthy eating ..Take Care . love Ros xxx
Love this Jane . F is for forward , F is for future F is for feeling better x
Thank you Jane. I could have said every word of that and although I wouldn’t wish it on anyone it is quite liberating to know I am not alone. I am about 3 stone over what I should be but have never been more than that. I have dieted since I was about 13 and have been down to a very slim weight at various times but always seem to have been fighting weight gain. It has quite literally been a lifetime struggle and like you I believe it always will be.
I must also add I am about 10 years older than you so it’s been a very long time but I don’t intend to give up.
I know my mindset is the answer but I’m not obviously always in control of that.
Good luck.
Dearest Jane you certainly struck a chord... it's because you're so transparent that's why the majority [I'd say] are even here. You tell it as it is, that's why we find you so relatable. We need to be honest with ourselves. It's this honesty fixation with being honest with myself that has kept me sane hun. Sending much 🤗😘
Hi Jane, I'm sorry to hear you are going through this rough patch, but we really appreciate your honesty. All the best x
What a F n week you have had Jane, well done Joe saying how it is with F food behaviour s . Jane this is life ( your life / journey) Your F en right Food / SW/ Cambridge diet. Love the frankness and feel in a similar place Best wishes both of you 😀 xx
I love your honesty Jane xx
My fascinating fab pal, one meal at a time, that's what helps me, Not one week at a time. Agree 100 % the walking has both mental and physical benefits but doesn't shed the lbs. Loved your honest chat. Jx
Hi Jane.....
Nice to see you today.
This video and all your feelings in it really resonates with me. All how you feel and describe and how you have behaved recently....it could be me. Not just now but it has been many times in the past. It takes so much out of you and so much strength to drag yourself up and out of these feelings and behaviour. It is exhausting totally exhausting.
I know what you mean about you would gain weight if you lived in America....I feel the same about if I lived in England. I struggle really struggle but for sure if I still lived there I would be 20 stones or something. I can put a stone on if I just come for a couple of weeks. Easily. I have been for short stays and joined slimming clubs or slimming world 3 times over the years....just to try and curb things while I'm there...but still go home heavier than when I arrived.
It's such a horrid thing then that feeling of not caring comes over you and wondering what you can eat next and as you say buying it and not enjoying it. The difference between you and me is you can bin it. I won't do that and I will force myself to finish it rather than throw it even tho I'm not enjoying it and it's making me sick and poorly. When I feel a bit better I come back to it to finish it and feel poorly again. Madness. And then low low that you feel when reality hits you and the dragging yourself back to reality and trying to make positive changes is nothing other than pure exhaustion that takes every drop of mental strength....but after the realisation and coming through the other side and getting a few better days under your belt makes the world of difference.. unless like me you can screw that up and end right back where you were very quickly 3 or 4 days ago and feeling in an even bigger mess.
Sometimes I feel like I need a holiday away from myself. it never ends. There is no escape. Just have to try and have better days until it all eventually comes back and then try again to get out of it again.
So I'm hoping for some better days for you Jane. Xxx
Oh and well done to Joe for calling you out. Its good to have someone like that in your life. A reality check.
Plus I really believe a lot of it is related to what you said before about having a healthy gut biome. It doesn't have to be a perfect biome but a gut thats not full of bacteria wanting to feed off more and more sugar really helps. I do wonder if it really is like those sugar desiring bacteria fiddle with your brain and partly make you eat more rubbish. Even when you don't want it or fancy it. So when you come out the other side and do have a few good days the bad bacteria reduce and things do get better mentally.
Lovely to see you popping up. Life just isn’t easy and we will always have to be accountable for what goes in our mouth. I agree with you that walking makes us feel better. I have to walk now as Hollie needs it. Some days I have to push myself especially when it’s raining. I have a sore foot at the moment which doesn’t help. I can walk on it but when the boots come off it throbs. Think I’ve strained a wee tendon but wish it would do one!! Had a picnic up at crail to put flowers there as mum and dads ashes were scattered on the water . Well I decided to throw a rose on the water as we did 2 years ago and never thought for a minute Hollie would jump off the edge, luckily it was only a couple of feet drop, and retrieve the rose. Brought it back in her mouth and then shook and all the petals went everywhere. Now I bet your laughing😂😂 look forward to your blog on Friday whatever it tells us but I do pray you get your head in a better mindset. With the help of Joe I’m sure you will get there . Love and hugs Doris x
Gain or lose, still inspirational and a refreshing change to see a more realistic perspective.
Mind over matter, this is THE MOST IMPORTANT thing in my life for health reasons, I just have to concentrate, I calorie count which I am finding extremely successful for me. It is only yourself you are letting down and sabotaging so keep doing that or do the other thing! I wish you only the very best Jane
I definitely agree with you about slimming world it's not a lifestyle I can eat on plan 5 days out of 7 and the other two days I can eat pizza Chinese etc etc if it was a lifestyle by 4 years surely I would be eating foods without think is this on plan is it off ? But I'm not I use any excuse to eat whatever I want. I spend a lot of money on food a week because I think I could say I'm addicted to food and food shopping. I tried to be frugal on food shopping set a budget kept to it then went and spend the same again by the end of the week. I really admire your honest and enjoy your weekly vlogs it's nice to hear someone say it how it is rather than pretend everything is ok . Take care both stay safe . X
What a lovely honest video Jane and well done Joe & hubby for telling the truth. Jane I have never lloked at sw as a life change only as a diet. Slim fast only tried it once had to hold my nose to drink it and felt sick. My daughter said to me about 4 years ago after me dieting all my life, Mom dont weigh yourself ( I was obsessed on weighing) just eat in what you want in moderation if you eat to much cut down the next day. To be honest when I went on holiday abroad I lost weigh because I would eat all the nice salads, meat and veg and friuts I wanted Im not a pudding or chocolate fan. I am happy to say I have been the same weight now give or take about 3Ibs for the last 3 yrs, but I could over eat easily its hard when you have weight problems and until you experience it no one knows what its like. Lovely to see you both back, lol xxx
I don't think you said one thing in this video which doesn't match how I feel. I really relate to the whole problem not beginning with the eating, but it starts with that first thought, the planning, buying preparing, everything. The saddest thing you said, which I often think myself, is that I can't actually see a time in my life when the constant cycle will stop. My only thoughts on that are to try and make the stable bits last longer than the chaotic bits. Glad you had Joe to give you a talking to. I think that will help. Andy has done that a few times with me in the past when the situation has got very bad and it really did pull me up short and help me to sort things out. Good job we have brave men around, I wouldn't approach myself, that's for sure. Get the Slim Fast in the bin and do something sustainable. Don't be afraid to ask Joe as it's often helpful to listen to someone who hasn't gone TEMPORARILY round the bend until you get back on track. Sending lots of love and hope you don't feel too bruised for too long. Shell X
New subscriber, I hope the talking about this has helped you, look forward and not back xx 😘
I’m having quite a few ‘can’t be arsed’ moments followed by regret and guilt. I don’t watch any food related RUclips apart from yourself and UsTwo and even this is sporadic. You will find that mental strength and food plan that works for your lifestyle and health because your bloody minded and don’t give up. So that’s my two cents worth. Keep chipping away lovely 💕
Hi Jane. Can really see all your frustration in this video. I am really sorry to see you are struggling but i think it is through these sufferings that sometimes we can see a bit better whats going on with us and what we really need. I needed a Change. After being on Slimming World for years I had to leave. It was not working for me anymore and I realized that the reason was that it had become a diet for me. A continuous battle with myself. Despite trying and adapting it continuosly ( i was adapting it more on a low carb lifestyle)I could not stick to it in the long run. Had asked myself why so many times. Why did I want to get away from a plan that was still allowing me to eat a lot of food? My answer is now that I wanted to feel normal around food and did not want to diet anymore. Did not want to follow a structure that wasnt my own one. Ideally i would love to be able to do intuitive eating but I simply cant. I dont know how and when to stop eating. I have understood that and accepted it. I have started calorie counting 2 months ago. I saw it as the only option left to me. It was the only diet i have never tried and I thought i would not last a day but i had lost 1 stones and 7 pounds instead. I feel like I do eat normally now. I try to use my calories on nutritious food but i have accepted i am not perfect and never will be with my choices. That is ok. Calorie counting is working for me because it tells me when to stop. It is as simple as that. I know how to eat healthily, i know which food is good for me and which is not. I dont need a plan to teach me to eat healthily. I know all that. I just need to know when to stop. With free food I wasnt and was not getting satisfied despite all the food i was eating. I am not suggesting calorie counting for you, i am just telling you my own experience. Result for me is that I feel more normal around food. The fuss about calorie counting is the control i need over food and like ' normal' people sometimes calories are spent well and sometimes are not. That is ok. Freedom at last for me. Wish you all the best Janex
Thanks for your honesty Jane. Believe me there are lots of us who know exactly what you're going through. I think the only solution to food addiction is a lobotomy! Since that isn't a viable option we just have to battle on. maybe seeing it as a mental health issue rather than being a weak failure is the way forward. I don't know. I watch your channel and other people who struggle in the hope there's an answer. Every time I see someone who has regained the weight they lost back I feel so sad and hopeless. It seems we can lose the weight but then the real task begins and it's a killer! I've watched you long enought to know you're a strong determined person and if there's a way through you'll find it (Hi to Joe! He's a star!) X
Hi Jane, this is what I love about your channel your real and honest, funny enough I have an F of my own and my F is FUNG as in Dr Jason Fung i hope you don't mind but I'd like to recommend a book for you to read (if you haven't already) as I think it might help you its called the obesity code by Dr jason fung stay safe Jane much love Tanya x
Hi Jane, glad to see you, thanks for honesty, I cannot believe you got slim fast!! well all you can do is one day at a time, that's what I am aiming at good day bad day only we can do it, but hope you have a good week xx
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Did I imagine it or did you once mentioned you attended a group for food addiction? Like alcohol it had a 12 step plan which you found useful? Maybe your GP can do a bit of research on your behalf and offer you another opportunity to try it again or maybe it’s not on the NHS and May cost you some pennies but worth it I’m sure…….just a thought. Your honesty is amazing and quite humbling, any silly ideas or well meaning comments I’m sure are coming from your groupies on here who soooo want to help but just don’t know how. Well done Joe for putting the tin hat on and giving you a few home truths!!
Thank you for sharing your thoughts how ever hard…..keep talking to us I’m hoping in some small way it may help.
A very honest and straight to the point vlog.
I am so like you with craving chocolate and I get it home then don't want it.
I go through stages of doubting slimming World and wonder if its right for me, then I try another fad diet which lasts no time at all then I get fed up & return to slimming World.
I need to kick myself up the bum.
Have a good week xx
hi Jane I was happy to see that you had posted a video today and listening about the Slimfast /Cambridge shakes brought back memories of my desperation several decades ago to drop weight . Been there done that , glad you nipped Slimfast in the bud .
Yes I agree it is a lifelong process and once a dieter a person always has to adhere to some plan/ habit /regime as we are not like other people who never had to lose weight. It is not about food it is why food is used to numb feelings, boredom , entertainment etc.
I think it is finding a middle way of eating food that is enjoyable, not overly restricting, having no end game or final destination and also fair play to you for your honesty , that is one of the reasons I always look forward to your uploads xxxx take care
Have you thought to listen to some of your old videos Jane, see if they can motivate you. I hope you can turn this F for flipping, blip around Jane. Much love, strength, determination and good choices I wish for you. Take care, every moment in every day can be the start, hope you find your start button soon xx
Wish you well Jane .Why do we stuff our faces knowing what were doing is just making us feel fat and ugly and depressed 😕 And then start all over again or is that just me ? Xxx