Weightloss advice welcome

[pamela70]

Good advice needed 😓

[moreless Administrator 7 stone]

Hi and welcome Pamela

Take a look at the Pinned posts section to the right of your screen (bottom if you're using a mobile), read the Welcome Newbie thread, then move through to the challenges, where we hope you'll find at least one that will appeal to you

Move down to the Topics, to find a variety of threads, collated into specific topics for ease of access and we ask that you also 'file' your own threads, so that others won't miss your important news

Have a look at the 12 week plan, as a lot of people have been successful with it. Don't forget to take your starting measurements and a 'before' picture, as they can be very motivating on days that the scales refuse to co-operate

We run daily weigh-in's and you'd be very welcome to join us. The threads can always be found in the Events section, to the right of the home page, bottom on a mobile.

We've found that to get the best out of this community, we need to be active on the forum, as it's where we exchange information, get motivation and inspiration and make friends. We hope that you'll join us here, regularly, too

It's only left for me to wish you well on your journey

[pamela70 in reply to moreless]

Thank you, I'm so embarrassed about the amount of weight I've piled on!!

I weighed myself tonight, and it's disgusting, my bmi was down from 28 to 20, now it's back up 31. Something!! Not good 😔😔

[moreless Administrator 7 stone in reply to pamela70]

Dearie me, Pamela, that's why we're all here, when I first joined, my BMI was 44.5 and is still 28.4. You're no worse than anyone else and you should be proud that you're taking steps to improve your health

[pamela70 in reply to moreless]

Thank you x

[nteapea in reply to pamela70]

Oh no pamela70 dont feel embarrassed mine was the same when I started. Small steps it went on over a long time but it will come off 😀

[2stoneup]

Good luck Pamela. Looks like you've lost weight before if your BMI went from 28 to 20. Let's do it again!

[ANewMe2022 1 stone]

Welcome Newbie! That first small step is the biggest one you'll take. Be honest with the calories you intake, exercise daily (if you can) to burn those calories off, and keep reading and posting regularly for motivation. Even at times if you put a 1 lb or 2 back on, don't leave us, we're all here for each other, and want to hear about trials and tribulations so that we can chivvy each other along...xx

[izzy1981]

Hi Pamela70, welcome to the weight loss forum, everyone on here are so nice and friendly, take one step at a time and plan your meals ahead and set yourself small targets and remember everyone has good and bad days if you have a bad day just move on from it don't stress over it the day has happened you cant look back but you can look forward. Good Luck with your weight loss journey.

[pamela70]

Thanks, my downfall is at night once my daughter's in bed, crisps and chocolate are my vice 😔

[Pineapple27 in reply to pamela70]

Try making some swaps and limiting yourself. I have two poppadum each night (35 calories each) and stop there. But chocolate is the devils food - if you can't avoid temptation, best just to keep it out of the house! Or again, limit yourself - perhaps one single finger wrapped Twix? However, chocolate is seriously addictive. It's sugar! Our bodies crave it like a drug!

Are there things you could do to keep your mind from food and your hands busy in the evening? Perhaps plan and prep a healthy meal for the following day? Make a batch of low calorie vegetable soup? Adult colouring? Reading?

TV adverts are there just to send subliminal messages - especially those that feature food. Even when we aren't hungry, we thing about food!

[Ceals]

That's good Pamela - you know your weaknesses. Try to keep some of your calories for the evenings and be creative with them. Try freezing a pot of your favourite yogurt and then gouging it out to eat with a teaspoon. Takes ages and is just like an ice-cream treat.

Enjoy your journey, the scenic, meandering route can be just as good as the direct route, indeed possible better as loosing more slowly gives your body chance to adapt and it is more likely to stay off.

[Gottodothis]

Hi Pamela,

I sympathise with you night time is bad for me too. Can't avoid to have biscuits, cakes and chocolate in the house due to family, so this makes it even harder.

At first I made my weakness hard to get at top of a cupboard so had to get stool out to get it. or would get something so sweet like maltesers marshmallows you can only eat afew at a time. Ate later, eat less carbs like rice or spuds much more veg fills you longer. Low sugar jelly, liberte-total plain yogurt, berries (some fruit are full of carbs like banana). Sugar free peanut butter. Kallo corn thins buy the square ones you can have 2 which is hte same size of 1 normal one. Houmous with pak choi or lettace.

For rice or pasta look at Barenaked or slimrice slimpasta Holland & Barrett or supermarkets for Barenaked.

Myfitnesspal app perfect cal tracker & steps counter.

Be patient training your brain takes longer to re programme (it did with me my sweet tooth is on 24/7). But worth it.

If you have an off day don't beat yourself up just get back to it.

Good luck please keep us updated.

Wendy