Any advice please

[Heatherblackscott]

I am 49 and 15 st 5lb need to sort this before I turn 50 in 282 days

[JoolieB1 Graduate]

I have tried a diet club which went well for some time but then I ground to a halt and gave up. However, for me, the best way to lose weight is counting calories and that doesn't cost a penny. There is for example a free App for your phone called My Fitness Pal where you can enter all the food you eat and work towards a daily calorie goal, access a friendly forum etc. In addition to this, regular exercise for 30 minutes three times a week will significantly improve your health. I have found it is quite easy to run regularly and still put on weight because I reward myself with food so I could even eat more despite being more active. However, I recommend running wholeheartedly and found this programme to be both challenging and effective. I have now lost 2 stone, 3 lbs through calorie counting

[Heatherblackscott in reply to JoolieB1]

Santa has brought me a Fitbit

[Pc59 Graduate]

First of all merry Christmas & enjoy!! Then first step is week1 c25k and posting on this forum its the best!!! Once you start you will feel like healthy eating!! I also go to slimming world but thats not for everyone. Its the running that has really helped me & ive list 1st 2lvs since August. Like my running slow😂😂but getting there ! Aiming to be slimmer for my 60th in july😀😀 ps id never run before & you get hooked!! Good luck 😊

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

Lots of great advice from JoolieB1 ...I have used My Fitness plan... mainly for carb' information... the running within the C25K, will as she says, improve your health, in all ways and could help with the weight too!

Weight Loss forum, linked on the NHS site is useful too. Many of the friends on here, are on both forums and find it very helpful!

Start this.... you will never regret it...

[Heatherblackscott in reply to Oldfloss]

Santa has bought me a Fitbit

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Heatherblackscott]

Wow... you must have been very good!!!!

[Heatherblackscott in reply to Oldfloss]

I have done 6145 now lunch x

[GoogleMe Graduate]

Well, you have found your way to the Couch to 5K running forum, so clearly you are thinking of dipping your toe in the water of being more active.... so the next step from that would be to download the NHS podcasts and get out there. There are a lot of people who do the programme around that particular birthday! The great thing about taking up running in this structured way is that it stops you from going at a weight loss project like a bull at a gate and, typically, giving up before reaping benefits. Whether you lose any weight or not, you will be improving your health... but many of us find we are more toned and our emotional health and resilience are improved which all has a positive effect on addressing our eating (There's an NHS weight loss plan to help with that - as JoolieB1 says My Fitness Pal is a good nutrition database and you can use it with the NHS plan)

I have a couple of other suggestions - you could try thinking in kilos and see the difference it makes. Forget the 'deadline' - it is a great motivator for getting started but being fit and health is not about a snapshot, it is about the rest of your life. So, break that big goal down into smaller goals.

Enjoy the process!

[Woodsrunner Graduate]

Good advice above, I found C25K helped me eat less almost by accident in the later stages of the 9 weeks, exercising somehow helps with food choices, so it won't make you loose weight, the programme isn't a miracle in that way but it really seems to help in so many other ways 😊 good luck 🍀

[Di-L Graduate]

Weight watchers all the way for me, have lost 61/2 stone this year, though I agree that if you exercise more you eat more healthily and therefore feel like exercise more. A great circle to get into. I am 50 in March 2018 and am determined to be fit and healthy by then. Am sure you will too, you've already made a good start!

Good luck

[misswobble Graduate]

I love going to my WW class 😊 Great way to stay on the straight and narrow. Being more mobile, while maintaining a healthy diet will see the weight come off. Just get cracking and don't quit

C25k gets many thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of ordinary people running. You can achieve your goals so just go for it ☺

[boptillyoudrop49 Graduate]

Hi Heather and welcome I wouldn't wait for the perfect plan. Start the C25K plan and keep improving your eating plans, dropping unhealthy and fattening choices or replacing them with better choices. Maybe write a food and exercise journal to keep track of what you're doing. Good luck