Weight loss

[Jand13811]

Hi I am Jan just signed up and need to lose weight I am disabled so exercise is very limited as legs not good at all. Any ideas will be most appreciated. Thanks

[Hidden]

Hi Jan, welcome to a supportive and friendly forum. The nhs 12 week plan is a good place to start, gives you lots of hints and tips. However you chose to lose weight, good luck 😊

[Jand13811 in reply to Hidden]

Thank u need all the help I can get

[Diana]

Hello, be aware that diet is more important than excercise, do what you can excercise wise, maybe arm excercises, whatever you feel you can do

[Jand13811 in reply to Diana]

Thank u for ur advice it is much appreciated iam getting over breaking my upper arm in 2 places and still having physio, but I wilk do as much as I can also just had hysterectomy and now got huge hernia so have to be careful, but diet is more important for me at the moment, its just getting use to life style change, thank u for ur support

[Diana in reply to Jand13811]

What a pain, I feel for you, diet for now is your best option

[Jand13811 in reply to Diana]

Thank u Diana

[moreless Administrator 7 stone]

Hi Jan and welcome

You've come to exactly the right place for advice, support and motivation. We're a friendly bunch with the same aim - lose weight, get healthy and be happy

Keep reading and replying to posts and you'll find the answers to most of your queries.

Wishing you the best of luck on your journey

[Jand13811 in reply to moreless]

Thank u so much ur support is so much appreciated which is what I need to gey started wishing u the same targets, best wishes

[Andyt2120]

Don't let the lack of exercise dishearten you or make you think you cannot succeed. I lost 4 stones with very little exercise. I then exercised and didn't notice any greater weight loss although much fitter. Due to back problems I've now not done anything other than some walking for over 6 weeks but still loosing weight.

Concentrate on the diet and you can still lose significantly. Excercise is only quite a small part of weight loss.

[Jand13811 in reply to Andyt2120]

Thank u, u have done brilliantly keep up ur great work, I will keep going I need to do this, I love fruit so no more sweets fruit instead,

[Bluerider]

Hi Jan I am disabled too and after going to the gym for a month ended up with severe wrist and other joint issues so had to just work on my diet. I found if I took a salad with everything I ate it helped with my appetite and bags of apple slices for snacks. On a positive side the change really helped with acid reflux my medication gives me and I have just recently reached a loss of two stones although still going. I really wish you luck and this forum is great for support and others keeping you going as I had a few times where I was stuck. Best wishes

[Jand13811 in reply to Bluerider]

Firstly well done, what u said is a great idea, I love salad and love fruit so instead of snacking on crisps and choc, I will cut up fruit and replace it instead of sweets, once I get confidence I will start swimming as its less impact for the joints but great excerxise, this site has given me gteat support and I only joined yesterday, keep up ur brilliant work and thank u

[Hidden]

Hi there welcome to the 12 week plan. Don't worry about exercise if it's just too difficult. It's what you put in your mouth that counts. Calculate your calories and stick to it. Moving less means you have to be more careful not To go over your allowance. Have you calculated your bmi and calorie allowance. Ltd of support here. I'm quite new too and love it.

[Jand13811 in reply to Hidden]

Thank u I will check up on that I done bmi but not calories, I will be careful, what I put in my mouth, need all the support and ideas I can get.

[Betty67]

May sound stupid but relax in a safe place and picture yourself excercising. Start with a warm up and finish with a cool down. Do this everyday for 15 minutes.

Can you stand? Even if you have to hold on to something and stand up for 5 minutes.

[Jand13811 in reply to Betty67]

Thank u Betty67 I will give it ago