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Little_lizzie2 stone
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Good evening all!

I'm after some advise please..

I'm 6ft tall and I weight 17st 12lb in also Non Coeliac wheat and gluten intolerant in doing the Couch to 5k, week 1 Run 3 on Tuesday.

I'm happy to talk about my weight and anything else.

So, my calorie intake due to my height and weight is 2,300 a day,

I'm struggling to reach it, I can be around 600 calories off my target. Before starting the c25k I would easily reach it and pass it!

I've heard the saying, you need to eat to lose weight...

My question is this...

Do I have to intake the full amount of calories as that would mean me eating to just hit it.

I dont feel hungry or have lack of energy..

Thanks

Lizzie xx

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BridgeGirl profile image
BridgeGirlAdministratorSS Supercook2 stone

Hello and welcome, Little_lizzie 😊

The concern about eating too little is that the metabolism slows to compensate, in anticipation of a famine: it's on that basis that you'll hear that you should hit your calorie target.

An alternative view is that what we eat is far more important than any calorie total. It's a fallacy that 'a calorie is a calorie': different foods have very different effects on the body.

This is a simpler approach, based on real food, with no need to count anything phcuk.org/wp-content/upload...

You'll find all the information you need about the forum in our Pinned Posts healthunlocked.com/nhsweigh... including a Welcome message. A good place to start is by joining a weekly weigh in, and using the Daily Diary, where members share their meal plans.

You might also like our Fit is Fun club, for members who enjoy being active at any level.

This gives you a tour of the forum healthunlocked.com/?tour=true and, along with Pinned Posts, will show you how things work. I hope you'll become an active member and we will see you joining in around the forum 😊

PS the app doesn’t give access to all parts of the forum so we advise everyone to get rid of the app and log on to the full website using the browser on their phone

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Little_lizzie2 stone in reply to BridgeGirl

thank you! I shall take a look!

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Little_lizzie2 stone in reply to Little_lizzie

.... I'm not using the app, it's straight from the .. xx

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BridgeGirlAdministratorSS Supercook2 stone in reply to Little_lizzie

You're welcome :)

You may also find this Diet Myth interesting healthunlocked.com/nhsweigh...

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SofaJockey

I see little point in forcing yourself to eat food when you're not hungry.

It's true that too little food can lead to the body behaving as if it is starving, but by the sound of it, that's not the case here.

What happens if you just eat some healthy food until you no longer feel hungry and don't concern yourself too much with the calorie number? 😊

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Little_lizzie2 stone in reply to SofaJockey

Hi!

This is stuck in my brain regarding calorie intake when I calorie counted in my other 'diets' I was told its extremely important that you have the required calories or you wont lose weight.... seems i need to kick that voice right out!!

In that case I shall concern myself less in calories and more on enjoying my new healthier lifestyle!

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BrynGlas in reply to Little_lizzie

I don't think that you will find many of us here telling you to eat past your body's own appetite level. As long as you are eating healthy food until you are no longer hungry, I would have thought that was the ideal thing to do.

However, I have never done a lot of running, you might need more fuel on the day perhaps, but I am sure that there are people on here who are more athletic than I am and who are more able to help in that case. Your own body fat should be used as fuel I would think, but don't take my word for it, others will be better able to advise on that one.

Good luck.

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ErylVisitor

If you look at it another way, you need vitamins and minerals to stay healthy, and most of those are in vegetables. Vitamin K2 controls how calcium is stored in the body. If you don't have enough the calcium goes to the arterie and vein walls instead of the bones, resulting in cardiovascular problems and osteoporosis in later life. You'll get vitaminK2 in dark leafy greens like kale. Kale also contains as much if not more vitamin C as oranges, so you can forget the regular juice with your breakfast and avaoid the fructose which contributes to weight gain and many other medical problems like gout. Other veg will provide most of the other vitamins and minerals. The rest will come from meat, especially offal which is very nutrient dense. If you can't stand it on its own, mix a little with other meats to make casseroles, meatballs etc.

By the time you've made sure that you're eating enough veg, you won't have room for the bad high carb foods.

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SofaJockey in reply to Eryl

I've eliminated 'fruit juice' entirely from my diet. I see no reason to drink 'sugar water' again. 😊

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Little_lizzie2 stone in reply to Eryl

Thank you, that's useful info!!

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Subtle_badger

If you are eating all your body asks for, it's not going to think there is a famine.

I have experienced exercise unnaturally curbing appetite to the point I wasn't fuelling enough, but that was way more exercise than c25k. Even if it suppresses it for a few hours, you will get hungry later if your body thinks it needs it.

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Lytham3 stone

Hiya, would you like to join us on the Daily Diary and post your menu for tomorrow? Here's the link, hope to see you there! :-) x

healthunlocked.com/nhsweigh...

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