CassWakefield, UK · 46 entries
Wakefield, forty-one, ex-army, now a driving instructor, structure helps.
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153 members writing in public, for themselves and for whoever arrives six months behind them. Nothing here is a progress report. Nobody is keeping score, there is no field for a weight, and the entries people come back to are almost always the flat ones.
PetuaKampala, UG · 46 entries
Kampala, thirty-nine, teacher, reading, learning, mostly listening.
FlorrieBlackburn, UK · 46 entries
Blackburn, sixty-five, grandma of five, doing this for the floor-play.
BunnyWeston-super-Mare, UK · 46 entries
Weston-super-Mare, fifty-five, care home cook, feeds everyone but herself.
MarnieAyr, UK · 46 entries
Ayr, fifty-one, teacher, perimenopausal, finally understanding her own sleep.
GwynethAberdare, UK · 46 entries
Aberdare, fifty-seven, retired nurse, valleys born, blunt and warm.
WystanCheltenham, UK · 46 entries
Cheltenham, fifty-two, poet and bookshop manager, journalling suits him.
NettieBarrow, UK · 46 entries
Barrow, forty-three, shipyard, good union rep, difficult shifts.
TaviaPalermo, IT · 46 entries
Palermo, forty-nine, teacher, Sicilian family, very loud and very loving.
SorrelMachynlleth, UK · 46 entries
Machynlleth, forty-two, smallholder, off-grid-ish, the fridge is a genuine question.
GillyWorcester, UK · 46 entries
Worcester, forty-eight, practice nurse, terrible at taking her own advice.
HéloïseGeneva, CH · 46 entries
Geneva, forty-seven, translator, precise and private.
BrodyDunfermline, UK · 46 entries
Dunfermline, thirty-nine, plumber, van, ladder, weekly injection.
NualaArmagh, NI · 46 entries
Armagh, forty-four, teacher, two teenagers, no privacy, journalling anyway.
GwendaEbbw Vale, UK · 46 entries
Ebbw Vale, sixty-two, retired shop manager, type 2, feet much better.
MorayElgin, UK · 46 entries
Elgin, fifty-three, distillery worker, whisky country and no interest in whisky.
RinManchester, UK · 46 entries
Manchester, thirty-eight, nurse, journalling daily since week one.
BlySheffield, UK · 46 entries
Sheffield, thirty-one, nonbinary, museum technician, cautious optimist.
AshSunderland, UK · 46 entries
Sunderland, thirty-three, A&E nurse, ask nothing before 2pm.
SolomonManchester, UK · 46 entries
Manchester, forty-five, accountant, bloodwork nerd, reformed.
AmbroseYork, UK · 46 entries
York, sixty-six, retired surveyor, strength circle convert.
IvesPenzance, UK · 46 entries
Penzance, forty-six, fisherman, injection day at sea is a puzzle.
PosyChichester, UK · 46 entries
Chichester, sixty-two, retired GP receptionist, garden, dog, no drama.
HarlanDenver, CO · 46 entries
Denver, forty-nine, engineer, altitude, hydration, electrolytes — learned the hard way.
MapleToronto, CA · 46 entries
Toronto, thirty-five, teacher, journalling since day one.
OdileMontreal, CA · 46 entries
Montreal, forty-three, civil servant, bilingual paperwork nightmares.
RaviLeicester, UK · 46 entries
Leicester, fifty-four, pharmacist, type 2 for nine years, numbers finally moving.
BirdieMargate, UK · 46 entries
Margate, thirty-seven, care worker, seaside and steady weeks.
CatoAntwerp, BE · 46 entries
Antwerp, fifty, logistics, blunt and kind, occasionally both at once.
EphraimBrooklyn, NY · 46 entries
Brooklyn, forty-six, teacher, kosher kitchen, high protein, big family.
MossHebden Bridge, UK · 46 entries
Hebden Bridge, forty-four, bookseller, walks, weather, weekly journal.
TullaTralee, IE · 46 entries
Tralee, forty-seven, teacher, rural GP and long waiting lists.
NedChesterfield, UK · 46 entries
Chesterfield, fifty-one, warehouse supervisor, quiet bloke posting anyway.
GigiNaples, IT · 46 entries
Naples, fifty-six, teacher, her mother cooks and she eats what she can.
BaySt Ives, UK · 46 entries
St Ives, forty-three, gallery assistant, sea swimming and reflux.
RomyVienna, AT · 46 entries
Vienna, forty-five, museum curator, maintenance is her favourite word.
IkeChicago, IL · 46 entries
Chicago, forty-eight, teacher, compounded to brand switch that went badly then well.
SadieSalford, UK · 46 entries
Salford, thirty-two, two jobs, one bike, no car.
RillaAberdeen, UK · 46 entries
Aberdeen, forty-one, offshore catering, three weeks on and three off.
AbelAddis Ababa, ET · 46 entries
Addis Ababa, forty-five, NGO logistician, rare here, reading and learning.
PeggyRotherham, UK · 46 entries
Rotherham, seventy, retired dinner lady, told nobody for six months.
OssianTromsø, NO · 46 entries
Tromsø, forty-three, teacher, polar night is hard on everything.
BodhiByron Bay, AU · 46 entries
Byron Bay, thirty-eight, yoga teacher, slow living and slow titration.
EsmeAix-en-Provence, FR · 46 entries
Aix-en-Provence, fifty-four, teacher, long lunches and small plates.
RonanBelfast, NI · 46 entries
Belfast, forty-two, former club rugby, now a desk job and a bad back.
HattieExeter, UK · 46 entries
Exeter, forty-five, librarian, post-viral fatigue since 2021, pacing carefully.
NixLeith, UK · 46 entries
Leith, thirty-one, developer, autistic, routine is everything.
BrunoMilan, IT · 46 entries
Milan, fifty-one, architect, Italian family meals going better than expected.
PamSouthport, UK · 46 entries
Southport, fifty-nine, retired teacher, paper diary, distrusts apps.
HuwWrexham, UK · 46 entries
Wrexham, forty-three, steelworks shifts, the 4am staff-room meal problem.
FlossieShrewsbury, UK · 46 entries
Shrewsbury, forty-nine, florist, on her feet all day.
KeeleyBlackpool, UK · 46 entries
Blackpool, forty-seven, carer for her mother who has dementia. Barely thought about herself until now.
SaoirseKilkenny, IE · 46 entries
Kilkenny, thirty-eight, graphic designer, gentle with herself, finally.
BertieHarrogate, UK · 46 entries
Harrogate, sixty-six, retired teacher, marking his own homework now.
AshwinBengaluru, IN · 46 entries
Bengaluru, thirty-six, product manager, vegetarian, protein is his project.
DotFalmouth, UK · 46 entries
Falmouth, fifty-five, radio amateur and terrible sleeper.
RafeBordeaux, FR · 46 entries
Bordeaux, fifty-three, wine merchant, French food culture and a reduced appetite.
LuPreston, UK · 46 entries
Preston, forty-one, nursery worker, the other half of the Preston pair.
LilPreston, UK · 46 entries
Preston, forty-four, teaching assistant, started the same week as her sister.
BridieWexford, IE · 46 entries
Wexford, fifty-two, farmer, four dogs, no time and she made time.
AmmiKarachi, PK · 46 entries
Karachi, forty-three, school administrator, reads far more than she posts.
GusStirling, UK · 46 entries
Stirling, forty-six, chef turned school cook, finally understands why he was hungry for thirty years.
NorahDerry, NI · 46 entries
Derry, thirty-four, care home nurse, nights then days then nights.
AleksLjubljana, SI · 46 entries
Ljubljana, forty-one, translator, small country, thin supply, big determination.
TildaCambridge, UK · 46 entries
Cambridge, thirty-five, postdoc, tries things and reports back.
PrueChester, UK · 46 entries
Chester, fifty-seven, solicitor, careful by nature and it has served her well.
ColNewquay, UK · 46 entries
Newquay, thirty-three, surf instructor living in a van, cold chain is a genuine puzzle.
MaeveSligo, IE · 46 entries
Sligo, thirty-six, community nurse, puts things off less than she used to.
RuthieLeicester, UK · 46 entries
Leicester, fifty-three, librarian, applies book-group energy to trial papers.
LarkGalway, IE · 46 entries
Galway, thirty-nine, baker's assistant, up at four, writes before dawn.
VivLuton, UK · 46 entries
Luton, forty-five, dental receptionist, reflux was her entire first year.
HarriSwansea, UK · 46 entries
Swansea, thirty-six, PE teacher and former rugby player, both knees rebuilt.
BelCroydon, UK · 46 entries
Croydon, forty-two, HR manager, sensible on the outside and struggling on the inside.
TedIpswich, UK · 46 entries
Ipswich, sixty-three, retired postman, likes the Tuesday ritual.
SorayaTehran, IR · 46 entries
Tehran, forty-one, dentist, access is complicated and she is grateful for the room.
MoBradford, UK · 46 entries
Bradford, thirty-seven, project analyst, made a flowchart for his insurance appeal and won.
HeddaCopenhagen, DK · 46 entries
Copenhagen, fifty-one, physiotherapist, Danish directness.
KaiVancouver, CA · 46 entries
Vancouver, thirty-four, social worker, trying to speak to himself the way he speaks to clients.
OttolineEdinburgh, UK · 46 entries
Edinburgh, fifty, university lecturer, long words and short energy.
TobySwindon, UK · 46 entries
Swindon, forty-one, IT support, cooks for four every night and wants none of it.
SalmaManchester, UK · 46 entries
Manchester, thirty-eight, teaching assistant, a long history with food she is careful about.
FreyaReykjavík, IS · 46 entries
Reykjavík, thirty, teacher, new to all of it and asking the obvious questions.
RayBarnsley, UK · 46 entries
Barnsley, fifty-six, ex-miner, complains and then does it anyway.
InêsPorto, PT · 46 entries
Porto, forty-two, nurse, small steps only because that is what lasts.
BoWhitby, UK · 46 entries
Whitby, forty-eight, joiner and cold-water swimmer.
AnnaAthens, GR · 46 entries
Athens, thirty-three, classicist and translator, reads everything before deciding anything.
KezWigan, UK · 46 entries
Wigan, thirty-five, two jobs, care work and a supermarket, permanently tired.
SoniaValencia, ES · 46 entries
Valencia, forty-five, chef, determined not to lose the joy in food.
NadiaCairo, EG · 46 entries
Cairo, thirty-nine, expatriate teacher, pharmacy availability changes month to month.
LucasSão Paulo, BR · 46 entries
São Paulo, forty-three, architect, late to everything including this.
PippaTruro, UK · 46 entries
Truro, thirty-seven, occupational therapist, learning to stop before she is shattered.
DuncanPerth, UK · 46 entries
Perth, fifty-four, engineer, practical to a fault, invented three cool-bag solutions.
HollyBath, UK · 46 entries
Bath, fifty-two, garden designer, perimenopausal, on HRT since 2023.
FenEly, UK · 46 entries
Ely, forty, bookkeeper, unremarkable weeks recorded faithfully.
RohanPune, IN · 46 entries
Pune, thirty-one, software engineer and club runner, worried about fuelling.
AnnikaStockholm, SE · 46 entries
Stockholm, forty-six, architect, nearly gave up in month four.
ClemmieNorwich, UK · 46 entries
Norwich, twenty-eight, veterinary nurse, PCOS since nineteen, complicated feelings about fertility.
DevManchester, UK · 46 entries
Manchester, thirty-four, research nurse, reads the paper before believing the post.
MinaLisbon, PT · 46 entries
Lisbon, forty-nine, translator, writes on Mondays without fail.
SaraOslo, NO · 46 entries
Oslo, thirty-eight, midwife, stopped once at nine weeks and came back six months later.
CarlMiddlesbrough, UK · 46 entries
Middlesbrough, sixty-one, retired steel fitter, type 2 for eleven years, two grandchildren.
LenaMunich, DE · 46 entries
Munich, thirty-five, competitive powerlifter at regional level, terrified of losing strength.
TamGlasgow, UK · 46 entries
Glasgow, forty-three, transport planner, writes everything down and it has twice changed a clinical decision.
BeaDublin, IE · 46 entries
Dublin, forty-one, teacher, reads everything before she does anything.
OllieCardiff, UK · 46 entries
Cardiff, fifty-eight, civil servant, a border collie called Nel who is the entire exercise programme.
NoahHull, UK · 46 entries
Hull, twenty-nine, healthcare assistant on a respiratory ward, permanent nights.
MaryamBirmingham, UK · 46 entries
Birmingham, thirty-six, pharmacist by training, works in a GP practice, injects on Sunday mornings.
GavinDundee, UK · 46 entries
Dundee, forty-seven, joiner, both knees shot, used to hillwalk every weekend.
DoraUtrecht, NL · 46 entries
Utrecht, fifty-two, project manager, copes with everything by building a system for it.
PoppyLeeds, UK · 46 entries
Leeds, thirty-three, two children under six, a very small kitchen and a smaller fridge.
PriyaReading, UK · 46 entries
Reading, forty-four, NHS administrator, one of the six people on the original Thursday call.
KateBelfast, NI · 46 entries
Belfast, sixty-one, retired from a bank, arthritis in both hands.
SamPortland, OR · 46 entries
Software tester in Portland, Oregon. Went up too fast the first time on someone else's advice and had a fortnight he will not…
HannahSheffield, UK · 46 entries
Works in a school office in Sheffield, two teenagers, PCOS diagnosed at nineteen after six years of being told to try harder.
NolanHalifax, CA · 45 entries
Halifax, Nova Scotia, fifty-two, teacher, long waits for endocrinology.
MarthaCork, IE · 45 entries
Cork, sixty-eight, retired school principal, arthritis, lives alone since her husband died in 2021.
ZebAustin, TX · 44 entries
Austin, Texas, forty-one, developer, US insurance maze, winning slowly.
TheaBergen, NO · 44 entries
Bergen, thirty-seven, marine researcher, thinks out loud in her journal.
MarkCoventry, UK · 44 entries
Coventry, thirty-nine, warehouse team leader, first person in his family to see a doctor about any of this.
NanNeath, UK · 43 entries
Neath, sixty-four, retired care worker, knees with opinions.
PatrickLimerick, IE · 43 entries
Limerick, forty-four, secondary teacher, pacing himself for the first time in his life.
StellanMalmö, SE · 42 entries
Malmö, forty-four, teacher, reads Swedish guidance and argues with it.
DillyNewport, UK · 42 entries
Newport, thirty-nine, hairdresser, compares shedding notes with Winnie.
GwenBangor, UK · 42 entries
Bangor, forty-nine, hospital porter, Welsh, stubborn, doing fine.
AriaAuckland, NZ · 41 entries
Auckland, forty, consultant, ten hours of flights a year, cool-bag expert now.
MattNottingham, UK · 41 entries
Nottingham, forty-seven, quantity surveyor, one of the founding six, on maintenance since 2025.
WilfStoke, UK · 41 entries
Stoke, seventy-two, retired potter, allotment, a dog called Gladys.
BramSheffield, UK · 40 entries
Sheffield, thirty-three, bike mechanic, third Bram on the site.
TinukeManchester, UK · 40 entries
Manchester, forty-one, midwife, Nigerian-British, two food cultures and one appetite.
BexPlymouth, UK · 40 entries
Plymouth, thirty-eight, navy family, moves every eighteen months.
LinnetKendal, UK · 39 entries
Kendal, forty-eight, teacher, fell walking is her whole non-scale story.
TobiasHamburg, DE · 39 entries
Hamburg, forty-seven, engineer, precise about doses and vague about feelings.
EspeSeville, ES · 38 entries
Seville, forty-five, teacher, Andalusian heat and late dinners.
CallaWellington, NZ · 38 entries
Wellington, thirty-nine, public servant, telehealth and patience.
IzzyWatford, UK · 37 entries
Watford, thirty-six, between jobs, between doses, between plans.
MaritGroningen, NL · 37 entries
Groningen, forty, teacher, cycles everywhere, eating enough is the hard bit.
YannickBrussels, BE · 37 entries
Brussels, forty-four, EU civil servant, two languages and three pharmacies.
JontyOxford, UK · 37 entries
Oxford, forty-three, academic administrator, overthinks it professionally.
WinnieCarlisle, UK · 36 entries
Carlisle, forty-two, hairdresser, extremely aware of hair shedding.
OzzyAdelaide, AU · 35 entries
Adelaide, forty-eight, teacher, southern-hemisphere summers ruin the cool-bag advice.
JunoBrighton, UK · 35 entries
Brighton, thirty-two, graphic designer, sceptical of everything including this.
CloverTotnes, UK · 33 entries
Totnes, thirty-four, potter, vegan, protein has been an education.
TarnKeswick, UK · 32 entries
Keswick, forty-five, outdoor instructor, walking herself back to strength.
TansyLudlow, UK · 32 entries
Ludlow, thirty-seven, baker. Yes, really.
MinnieDoncaster, UK · 31 entries
Doncaster, forty-six, admin, hypothyroid since 2016, two sets of bloods.
NellFrome, UK · 31 entries
Frome, forty-seven, beekeeper and part-time bookkeeper, very interested in eating enough.
RowanInverness, UK · 31 entries
Near Inverness, fifty-five, crofter and part-time postie, four hours from the nearest specialist.
JuniperMachynlleth, UK · 30 entries
Machynlleth, thirty-six, woodworker, off-grid-ish, sceptical of most things.
StefanZurich, CH · 30 entries
Zurich, fifty, actuary, stepped back a dose and everything improved.
GilTel Aviv, IL · 29 entries
Tel Aviv, forty-nine, engineer, reads the reading-group papers twice.
OskarWarsaw, PL · 29 entries
Warsaw, forty-eight, engineer, reads Polish and English guidance side by side and argues with both.
ZoëHackney, UK · 28 entries
Hackney, twenty-six, works in a bike shop, paying out of pocket, watching every penny.
ObiLagos, NG · 25 entries
Lagos, forty-four, logistics manager, heat, import rules, and a very good pharmacist.