I am now ready to lose weight permanently after 30 years of being overweight and an excessive over eating prior to Christmas. I have been overeating all my life - comfort eating for any reason . I know this will be difficult I’m at least 6 stone over weight and no longer want being this tired and lazy and clothes don’t fit property. I am going to start by walking every day, I am going to reduce chocolate desserts biscuits cake replacing with some fruit and nuts. I am reducing portion size. I will measure myself by my clothes size I’m size 20 on top, size 18 on bottom . I will be planing my meals later today
today is day 1
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Hi Blueeyes,welcome to this lovely community. To gain all the benefits of the forum I suggest you read the newbie pack carefully,follow all the suggested links so that you can find your way around the site.
I'm still new here and have found that joining the Daily Diary and the weekly weigh in to be a great incentive to turning my eating habits around.
I was about three stone overweight for decades, and then, after a bereavement, I put on another stone and a half. The human body has not changed much over the last few millennia - but now the Low-fat diet and fasting are becoming the main-stream methodology.
If you "slim smart" weight loss is not so hard! It is not all about motivation and masochism.
Some of us here find that what works is a combination of The Low Carbohydrate, High-Fat (LCHF) diet (see the forum here on Health Unlocked) and Not Snacking All Day AKA Intermittent Fasting (IF). See:
Welcome BlueeyesHa5 - You will find this a great supportive environment to lose that weight.
When I started my weight loss over 6 years ago, I had 4.5 stone to lose.
I have a disability that I was born with (shortening of all four limbs as a result of the drug Thalidomide my mum took when pregnant with me). As a result my mobility is minimal - and was further reduced following a serious head on car crash in 2002 when I broke my ankle. I went on to have my ankle joint fused and am still in constant pain with it.
I started my weight loss journey at 14 stone - 5 and a half years ago. I am just 4ft 9" tall and so was classed clinically obese.
I was 49 years old and had been trying to lose weight all of my life since the age of 9. My disability makes exercise difficult (I am very sedentary and use a wheelchair outside of the house).
The one thing that I realised very early on in my journey was that I was just eating FAR TOO MUCH! I was a short, middle aged, sedentary female and I was eating the same as 5ft 9" active man (my now husband!). No wonder I was piling on the weight!
I started my journey at the end of February 2012, and managed to lose 4.5 stone in 2 and a half years through calorie counting and logging/weighing all of my food. That works out at 130 weeks, so on average my weight loss was less than half a pound a week - of course some weeks I lost more, others I gained... but I am trying to impress upon you the importance of just keeping on going, even though the weight may not come off as quickly as you would like it to.
I cannot stress enough how important this part of the weight loss journey is - being able to recognise just how much we are eating and address that. It is not about cutting out any foods but about being able to make informed choices about the foods we eat Also about learning how to behave differently around food. Just because food is in front of us does not mean to say that we have to eat it! Being able to exercise control and moderate intake is paramount.
I re-gained some of the weight I lost, then lost it again and have now managed to more or less maintain for the past 6 months at around 10 stone. Still considered "over weight".
Ideally I would love to drop another stone to 9 stone and maintain there.
The other great news is that it is entirely possible to lose weight without moving. Of course though, there are lots of advantages to moving a bit more - but it doesn't have to be as formal as going to a gym or out for a five mile run. A good session of house work, mowing the lawn (when the weather permits!) or even a cooking session will all burn calories and have the advantage of making you feel much better emotionally too! It's good to find something that you LIKE doing, that is enjoyable and that you are likely to sustain on a regular basis.
My weight loss journey has been long, but I am still learning new tips and tricks to help me along the way and what's more, still enjoying the challenge! I would say that my behaviour around food has changed massively - I have learned to respect food, to "break" it's control over me, and to be able to modify how I behave with food. Just because food is within sight doesn't mean I have to eat it! I don't see eating the way I do as meaning that I am missing out any more - in fact I am now able to enjoy my life and have regained the ability to do things that I struggled to do or even found impossible to do.
I won't try and tell you that my journey was easy - my weight loss graph shows there were many blips along the way, but almost 8 years down the line, I feel about 20 years younger than I did when I was lugging around 4 stone more.
What I found has worked for me is that I absolutely have choice and control over what I can eat. Over the course of my weight loss journey I realise that sometimes that means I have to make choices that are very different to "old me", but that has been part of the journey to the final destination.
There are no "forbidden foods", there are no "specific requirements" - sticking within calories and how you manage to do that is entirely up to you, whether it's earning lots of additional calories through exercise - or meal replacements. The main aim is to chose your rate of loss and activity level and log your food stringently (which gets much easier the longer you are here)
Please do pop back to the forums and share your journey with us - we are here for you, day and night and happy to share your success or support you when you need it.
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Hi Folks! This is me 3 stone lighter with 12lbs still to loose in the New Year
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A long way to go (day 2) and I’m hungry
