Dieting

A bit of competition might help is anybody prepared to log progress,  on a casual basis,  to keep those of in need to slim down motivated?  Or is a gardening forum, not quite the right place? 

Sounds like not a bad idea JJB. Logging progress either privately or in public is often helpful. Maybe consider recording measurements (chest, waist, hips, thighs) as well as weight. Remember that as we become more active and do more exercise in an effort to become more healthy (not necessarily lose weight) that our body composition changes. Fat is a lot less dense than muscle. If you lose fat and replace it with a similar weight in new muscle you will not notice a weight loss but your trousers may not fit any more.

Before I retired I worked in the office of a care home riddled with overweight women ( myself included). It really helped me to have a hillarious girly weekly weigh in on the scales in my office and have a spreadsheet/graph showing everyone's  progress - or not.  I might record measurements privately but then again I know myself well enough that I can become obsessive, and let's face it, at my age the flab is unlikely to become muscle unless I go hardcore exercising and that's not going to happen. Knowing there is the potential for public scrutiny for the lack of progress might keep me on the straight and narrow.  The motivation used to be the annual holiday abroad, not this year sadly, or ever perhaps.