week 5

[kazz1234]

eating less this week without potatoes and rice ect havent lost a inch not fed up keepgoing wondering if ive ate to much home made soup so addicted to it

[Judywood]

As always portions do matter! I really love homemade soup to! I generally make about a litre - then divide into 4 - so each portion is around 250mls! I have porridge for breakfast, then soup for lunch and dinner! Seems to be working for me! 2 k to go till target!

[kazz1234 in reply to Judywood]

really ive been on shakes but fed up with them i eat very healthy but dont think ive ate much this week

[Windswept1]

Unless you count calories you don't know how much you have had. If you are eating healthily what are the shakes you are having?

nhs.uk/livewell/loseweight/... Try the advice here & good luck.

[kazz1234 in reply to Windswept1]

been having ultra slim shakes i have stoped them as it makes me hungery in an hour but i cut out all the crap but im confused how much my pan of soup is im so love it i eat it when 9m hungery and a healthy meal at tea time like fish rice potatoes dont any sauces nothing dont if it coming up to 50 this year your weight loss slows down im started to walk more to see if can lose next week

[Windswept1 in reply to kazz1234]

It should be easy enough to work out how many calories in your pan of soup just by the ingredients. Some people use an app called my fitness pal, but you can do on-line searches for calories. I use a wee book called pocket calorie counter which I bought on Amazon. My book says 2 ladles of home made veg soup is 93 calories, so its a good snack. (Obviously to a certain extent it depends what veg is in it but provided its not all hi carb stuff that's a reasonable average.

I don't think age is necessarily an issue. I lost 22lb 2 years ago when I was 58 and then took up c25k and last summer at 59 walked/jogged a marathon (26.2 miles).

Gingernut, who also posts on here, is in her 60s and uses the 5:2 diet and also c25k.

I couldn't do 5:2 as I tend to binge if I get too hungry. I find it useful to have snacks planned into my daily calorie count so I keep the pangs at bay.

Good luck

[Judywood in reply to Windswept1]

Yes I agree re age I'm 66 now - not that I'm planning on a marathon but try to go to the gym +swim for 50 mins 3 x a week - 7am to 8 ish - just had broccoli, cauliflower, carrot and chickpea soup - with black pepper! Was delicious! Agree with irenc! Keep it up!

[irenc]

If you do home made soups with veg I think you can eat what you like..