busy mum needs help...

[queenbx]

hi all just wondering what is best less fat and less calories or less carbs I don't understand I weigh in at 11lb 5 stone please help...as I am eating round about 400-700 calories a day and cant seem to lose the weight were I want it gone from...

[Pklme]

It doesn't sound like you are eating enough, how do you manage a day on so little? If you are worried about a particular area, it is usually exercise that helps change your shape. some people find that eating low carb helps with inch loss even after weight loss has stopped- but I have no personal experience as I am still at the weight loss stage. If you try low carb (see diet doctor) you should see quite quickly if it suits you, and hits the area you are trying to hit!

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By all means try various approaches but... 400 to 700 calories a day is really very low! You certainly don't need to restrict your calories...

[amateurwriter]

Hi, I also am on here because I weight to much for my height, I have read various articles, books on diets, spoke to various people and watched a lot of diet and cookery shows on tv and to be quite honest most contradict the other, the way I'm trying to lose weight is to find what works for me, it's not a diet but a lifestyle change as I got told in my high school cooking class once that 'a diet is just what you put in your mouth' no matter what you put in it's your diet, every one is different so you have to try to find what works for you, for me for example I have found reducing calories helps but I only reduce my calorie intake to around 1800 a day and I spread it across the day so I'm never hungry and my metabolism is burning full speed ahead and will burn more calories if you include a bit of exercise e.g. you have children, maybe going out into the garden and playing catch and just running around enjoying a bit of sport with your children, at the time it may not seem like exercise because it's fun, but even a 10 minute run around is really beneficial for someone who is trying to lose weight. I try to go to the gym 3 times a week, but that's only because I have no children (would love to have some though) and it's for rehabilitation as well from a brain injury, but I forget some days when I've planned to go, so I've started writing up when I want to go gym in my little diary that I can carry around with me.

You could do simple things as well as changing your diet, you could do simple things like if you watch a lot of tv (I'm guilty lol but trying to change that) you could get up during the ad breaks and do a few sit ups, lungees, wall press-ups, squats, if you look on the internet you will probably find a ton more simple exercises that can be done in a few minutes, because they are just off the top of my head, it may not seem like much a 3-4 minute ad break but add them altogether in 1 hour length tv show you've done anywhere from 12-16minutes of exercise, now I'm not saying you have to do this for every ad break you could always start with 1, 3-4 minute ad break a day try some exercises in that, maybe include some of your children, my sisters love it when I let them join in with my exercises, and build it up from there in next to no time it will become a habit and you will see the weight come off, at first when I started working out during the ad breaks, I am being totally honest I have a bit of social anxiety so I would start off with the wall-presses and sit ups as then no one would be able to see me but after a bit I realised that I'm doing this for me and nobody else, but if you feel a bit self-concious then I'd close the curtains, or do the ones on the floor or wall until you feel a bit more confident (if you aren't confident already, I'm not saying your not confident and I'm sorry if you took that the wrong way).

I'm not a professional dietician or doctor, I am just a gym instructor only level 2 so it's only basic, but I find things fascinating, to read, but I hope I have helped you with some things and I'm sorry for the length of the comment, anything you don't understand I will be more than happy to explain to you, and I wish you all the best in your weightloss journey and your future as well.

[Slowbro]

Could I just clarify do you weigh 11st 5lbs or 5st 11lbs? I ask because if you weigh the second and are only eating 400-700 calories a day and still want to lose weight it sounds like you may need to speak to your doctor about possibly having an eating disorder. That amount of calories is not enough to healthily maintain a person.