System 10 Weight Loss

I know someone who followed it and got decent results for a couple of months. Ultimately though, that's all she did it for. They effectively lay out your menu every single day, and there isn't much deviation from that. (from what I remember).

I do remember not thinking too much of the exercise plan though...all based around swiss balls from home. I guess it depends on what level of 'buy in' you're going to have, your level of fitness and if you're the type of person that can work off that sort of strict menu.

Of course this was also about 5years ago, so some of that may have changed.

ambman wrote: »

My Mrs did it about 5 years ago. She tried everything else i.e. Weight watchers , curves etc. Nothing else worked only this. She lost 35kgs and went from a size 20 to a size 8 and has never looked back and never put the weight back on.

But fcuk me she worked hard at it and still does. She mainly walks now and does about 10klms on the treadmill everyday.

Hope this helps.

Also at the start they get you to fill in what you would normally eat in a day etc and they go from there with your metabolism.

so what you are saying is that in all the other methods she was really just faffing about and then it was the consistent hard work that was the key.

ANY system will work to a degree so long as its done with lazer like focus

RobAMerc wrote: »

Really ? what's the test ? I know the calculations alright but they are more estimate. I imagine someone actual BMR could be running significantly slower or higher based on overall health no ?

jasus dude who cares - train more, eat better. Its just a marketing tool to make you think you are getting some special extra bonus feature

Transform wrote: »

so what you are saying is that in all the other methods she was really just faffing about and then it was the consistent hard work that was the key.

ANY system will work to a degree so long as its done with lazer like focus

Transform wrote: »

jasus dude who cares - train more, eat better. Its just a marketing tool to make you think you are getting some special extra bonus feature

I completly understand where your coming from ultimatly it takes the individuals commitment and focus and determination for any weight loss plan to work. But in my opinion you are like so many others missing the big picture. We all know that to lose weight you need to take in less calories than you use up. And put like that it sounds so simple but unfortunatly its not. The eat less be more active idealogy does not take into account why people overeat and for a lot of people, myself included, my eating is controlled largely by my emotions. Why this is I have no idea I wish I knew but doubt I ever will. I have a great life fantastic husband and family lovely job no big money worries the only major issue I have is controlling my emotional eating! I eat if I am happy, sad, celebrating, bored angry, you get the idea. Just like breaking any habit that is bad or has became addictive there is no one size fits all approach. Lots of people beat their different demons be it smoking, drinking, gambeling, anger issues by using different approaches there is no "one size fits all" for any of lifes problems and weight loss should be no different. Sure weight watchers and the like fail long term for more people than they do actually work for, but so does alcoholics anonomous and similar help groups. But for some people these weightloss plans do work something about their way just clicks and they go on to achieve their ideal weight. I really think its unfair that people are so ready to dismiss them so easily. Don't get me wrong I know that the main objective of the majority of these weightloss companies is to make a large profit. In an ideal world none of us would need any help for the multitude of problems that can effect human kind, we would all be able to take a "I will beat this myself" attitude and manage any problems we have. A little understanding of an individuals problems would go a long way towards helping them and less critisim when someone does achieve their goal in a way you don't think was correct would go a long way.
I have had my say and I am not interested in continuing to argue the point I just wanted to try and present a different opinion from someone who knows what a healthy diet is, takes regular exercise, eats well for all meals which are largely homecooked, knows what is required to lose weight but who suffers from triggers caused by my emotions which sends me off to the snack cupboard and can end up undoing days of a healthy eating approach in a 10 minutes.

Emotional eating my arse. We are all addicted to food.
As an ex fattie, I can assure you there is will power and there is no will power.
It's up to the individual. Period.
You can obfuscate the issue as much as you want but ultimately, for the overwhelming vast majority of folks, it is up to the will power to control bodyshape.

I've a nice bum now g'em. Except for the stretch marks...:o

is mise astra wrote: »

! I eat if I am happy, sad, celebrating, bored angry, you get the idea.

I mean no disrespect to those who rely on food to comfort them during times of stress or sadness.

But to say that you eat when happy, sad, celebrating, bored etc etc makes it look like your emotions have nothing to do with it.

If you eat the same during all emotional states, then that would suggest that variation in your emotions is not having an affect on your eating habits.

I'm not claiming to be an expert on this, I'm just following logic.