General Weight Loss Support Thread

Birdie086 wrote: »

I think finally I am getting away from the scales. I have not lost a single pound the last four weeks but that is fine with me because my clothes are slightly looser than four weeks ago so something is obviously going in the right direction. I think I am ready to throw the scales in the bin!!!! Getting to really love the strenght training and have changed my initial goal.

I started in Feb, giving myself almost a year to lose my extra weight before my wedding (New Years Eve). Extra weight being about five stone.

The new goal is to lose weight this year, measured by drop in dress sizes, and NEXT year getting stronger and even fitter - this is a new me!

Well done, things seem to be going really well. As i say with me it needs to be a lifestyle change and if i continue the way i'm going then the weight should follow

Well here it am proudly and loudly reporting that I am now down 1 and a half stone.
It took me 20weeks to lose the stone and 4 weeks to lose the next half stone.
I know that is very slow compared to other losses here but when I started unislim in January I said no more starvation and quick losses followed by binges. This for me is truly a life style change that I hope to build on and continuously improve as time goes on.

The first 20wks were about building healthy habits, and reestablishing proper portion sizes as well as eliminating picking/grazing habits.

So go me and I really hope I'll keep it up.
Checking In Here helps and I've found Unislim great for portion sizes and so on.

So thanks to everyone for sharing their stories it really does help

green_screen wrote: »

Up 4lbs.

I was put on medication recently that has a common side effect of weight gain. Not increased appetite like the pill, just weight gain.

I can't stop taking it, and will be on it a minimum on 9 months, so I'm feeling a bit disheartened.

The doctor said it'll hopefully drop back off shortly, but it's a pain in the hole because I'm working really hard.

Time to cut the cals even further

That's tough to take Green screen.
But your health must come first.
I don't want to go near 'giving out medical advice' territory but cutting cals might be counter productive in the long run. Would increasing exercise be more effective maybe?
Could you talk to a proper dietician/nutritionalist (am not sure of correct title) that could advise you long term ?

Best of luck

Hi popcornbowl

As I've said here a few times unislim helped me lose weight by reeducating me on portion sizes and the correct amount of carbs. Psychologically I need the weekly weigh in too.

Just to give you an idea of a day
Breakfast
2 weetabix
Some fruit

Lunch
Large Brown pitta bread
Salad
Lean protein (tuna/chicken/ham etc)

Dinner
2 small pots or 1/4plate Brown rice/brown pasta
Lean protein
Veg

2 small snacks in day
Main points brown carbs only, not too much
As much veg as u like, you can gave a lit if fruit too but watch sugar amounts
Low fat yoghurt
Drink water.

It's pretty doable the full plan obviously has more details I just quickly typed what has helped me.
In my eyes sugar is as bad as fat so I am conscious of sugar intake

Best of luck

Reiketsu wrote: »

I am down 1.5lbs this week . I'm getting a bit lazy with the exercise and water intake so I need to watch that! I am finding it harder to keep motivated this past week but I have managed...barely.

If my motivation is low I tell myself that I'd hate to put on again what I lost last week.
Sometimes to stay the same is a challenge Enough.

4lb is brilliant! I'm only on day two and I'm starving ;-( I already ate 3 of my extra points and I really wanted to make it until Thursday with them in tact I am either overthinking it (i.e. thinkng too much about being on weightwatchers in making me hungry) or I'm not using my points well. 26 does not seem like a lot!

Edit sorry that should have been in response to post in weightwatchers thread. Well done again popcornbowl!

popcornbowl wrote: »

so after my 2 weeks of hour long walks every day, I decided to kick it up a notch and just finished day one of the Jillian Michaels 30 day shred (found it on Youtube)...all I'll say is WOWZER!!!
22 mins and my clothes were soaked right through. If anyone is looking for a bit of a kick, I'd defo recommend it. Its hard but definitely doable!

Its amazing, I love that you can feel it getting easier every day.

Some great losses on this thread.........well done all.

It's interesting the way people are getting more focussed on fitness now as opposed to weight loss. I've been on various diets for years now and have weighed between 10 stone 2 lbs and 12 stone for the past 7 or eight years or so.

Ive had success with both Slimming World and Weight Watchers (2 stone each time on both) but never kept it off fully...... and dont want to slate them as both have worked for me (to a point) but I would never do them again and here's why.........

Basically I have outgrown them and my mindset has "evolved" for want of a better word. I hated the way you felt permanently on a diet. I dont agree the way they promote unhealthy food and the kind of "you can buck the system" and still eat processed false foods,, pink n white wafers, mueller light yoghurts, mugshots to name but a few. Those type of things are about as much nutritional value as cardboard. Also, the way you are either being "good" or "bold". And also how exercise is referred to as "body magic" in Slimming World.

After much I weighed 2 months ago at 10 stone 10 and decided I needed to get back to 10 stone. So, followed a healthy eating plan.......which involves every type of food, all unprocessed and also doing a fair bit of exercise.......mostly gym and spin classes. As a result, I've lost way over a stone and am now 9 stone 7 lbs. I cant believe it. Im I never felt I had that much weight to lose, but boy does it suit me. My whole shape has changed, I dont look skinny, I look very very fit. I feel healthy,look younger, full of energy and am mentally sharp. And I've never felt once on a diet. Ive just cut the crap.

It's interesting the amount of people lately that are shifting away from numbers on scales and focusing on fitness and healthy eating (no more processed false foods)

I really think SW and WW do have a place in weight loss and will take people so far, so I am not slating them in any way, but love the thought of never being on a diet again, but looking at food from a healthier perspective as opposed to low fat.

Hey all,

Never posted here before but thought I would give it a bash!

Currently trying really hard to get my weight down. I was about 16st 9 at christmas.

Concentrated my mind a little bit, and hit bang on 15st this morning. Getting back into swimming soon, so that should help! I'm good at calorie counting. I religiously use my fitness pal!

On approx. day 10 of the 30 day shred (Jillian Michaels). Scales haven't moved much as such but I know I've replaced at least a bit of fat with muscle. Seriously there are muscles appearing that I hadn't even realised existed in my body.

Really enjoying the workouts, only 20 mins but I give it socks and have cleaned up my diet a fair bit. Lots of protein, veg & fruit, less dairy, less carbs, more water.

First 5 days I was in bits, couldn't actually sit down or walk down stairs properly at all!

Scales haven't moved much in a while but the another few inches have come off.

I was in my workplace the other day, on my day off, out of uniform and got ton of compliments from customers which was a great boost.

My fitness levels have gone through the roof, a bin needed to be taken out yesterday in work and two of my female colleagues were gonna take it out between them, I was able to take it out on my own, cue lots of banter - 'oh there goes muscles'!!!!! 'Do you want another one for the other hand'!!!! etc.

I suppose the moral of my update is while the scales isn't always moving downwards, my whole bodyshape/fitness/strenght is constantly improving so I am finally getting away properly from the whole obsession with wieght!(I hope)

Mink wrote: »

If you don't mind me asking, what sort of diet were you following while losing the weight? As in, what's an example of what you ate for brekkie, lunch, dinner, snacks.

I'm 10st 10lbs now and would love to get down to 9st 7lbs as that was when I was last really comfortable.

I'd be in same mindset, no interest in following points systems, don't want to cut out food groups and will be increasing my exercise. Also we've been generally eating cleaner the past few months - lots of fresher food, home cooked nearly all the time - so I think I'm ready to get this last bit of weight off with some hard work.

I'd really like to see an example of your diet?

My story is that Im the heaviest of my sisters at 11 stone. I had got myself down to 10'7 before my holidays, and Im now back at 11 stone. Im so frustrated, as I seem to gain weight so easily. I have a good fitness regime, and have just taken up kick-boxing. I ran Fri, Sat and Sunday of the weekend (8km each time) and still managed to put on 2 pounds.
I am determined to stick to the following diet:
5:2 with 500 calories per day, with the other 5 days being sugar and processed food free-zones. I have no problems during the week, but I fall down on the weekends. I have been reading through these threads and have realised I eat quite a lot of fruit, which is basically sugar. I also eat alot of yoghurts, so I may remove them from my diet. Im going to limit my carb intake also. I eat up to 4 eggs per day on this diet though-is that normal?

Catxscotch wrote: »

I'd really like to see an example of your diet?

My story is that Im the heaviest of my sisters at 11 stone. I had got myself down to 10'7 before my holidays, and Im now back at 11 stone. Im so frustrated, as I seem to gain weight so easily. I have a good fitness regime, and have just taken up kick-boxing. I ran Fri, Sat and Sunday of the weekend (8km each time) and still managed to put on 2 pounds.
I am determined to stick to the following diet:
5:2 with 500 calories per day, with the other 5 days being sugar and processed food free-zones. I have no problems during the week, but I fall down on the weekends. I have been reading through these threads and have realised I eat quite a lot of fruit, which is basically sugar. I also eat alot of yoghurts, so I may remove them from my diet. Im going to limit my carb intake also. I eat up to 4 eggs per day on this diet though-is that normal?

I don't think I could stomach 4 eggs every day, 2 maybe.
Too much of anything is bad, everything in moderation is fine, that's the only way I can do it.

Breakfast is either 1) berries/chopped fruit with 2 big dollops of natural greek yogurt & a drizzle of honey. or 2) a slice of toast with peanut butter, 3) a slice of toast with either scrambled eggs or 2 poached eggs.

(the bread I have is the Low-GI bread from Aldi. I really like it, lots of seeds and nutty bits in it, small slices and I just like the taste so much better than usual breads).

Mid morning I have a piece of fruit.

Lunch is either 1) chicken or turkey (salvaged bits from a roast or from packets or deli, best quality I can get) with a salad, 2) Once a week Sausages &a slice of toast (not exactly clean but I have a 2yr old so I can't resist), 3) Slice of French toast. I have a small chocolate bar after (like a Roar bar from Aldi, there's about 2 bites in them). Sometimes lunch is just leftovers from the previous nights home made dinners.

Dinner is either Bolognese (homemade sauce with lots of veg & very small portion of pasta), Indian chicken curry (homemade, little rice), Thai green chicken curry (homemade, little rice), Chicken & broccoli pasta bake (my version is very calorific but my 2yr old absolutely loves this so... I aint making 2 dinners), homemade burgers, stir fry with lots of veg...

You get the picture. It's a lot easier when you can make your dinners from scratch. Get a good recipe and once you've cooked it maybe 3 times, it's like second nature. I do double batches of my sauces and freeze them.

A good source is bbc good foods website, you can see which recipes have highest ratings - a big thing for me is simple ingredients, there's no way the wee fella is getting dragged into lots of speciality shops looking for obscure items.

I have another small choc bar with my coffee in the evening.

Small/er portions, lots of veg & protein, try & make things from scratch.

I know what you mean about the weekends, I find it tougher as well as we are out and about and there's all sorts of food stalls and you want to have lots of treats while watching a movie, or out to dinner/cinema etc. I was really good last weekend and what I kept in mind is "I didn't just work my hole off in that workout last night to then go and ruin it just because I'm a bit peckish for a cup cake!" The craving passes.

At the same time, I do like to have a treat one of the weekend nights when we finally get around to watching a movie or something, can't deny it.

Everybody seems to be doing so well, I'm in awe.
I posted here before but nothing has changed since. I had a 4 week holiday away so eating out most of the time (all of the time!).
I'll be back to work soon and things HAVE to change then. I've a wedding at Christmas and a dress that my boyfriend bought for me last Christmas that never fit and I WANT TO FIT INTO IT!
Things I need to do:

Drink more water
Exercise more
Eat cleaner
Cut down on the carbs

My boyfriend makes the dinner during the week as he's home before me so I don't get a huge amount of say but it's normally chicken stir fry, or chicken fajitas or chicken with pesto and pasta. I need to make sure I get smaller amounts of the rice/pasta on my plate, and more veg. Sometimes I cook lasagne. Every Friday I make homemade burgers and chips (that's our treat) but maybe the rest of the week is too 'treaty' anyway.