I'm a 25 years old and I currently weigh 87kg which is classified as Obese. I went to see my GP today and he suggested to cut down a lot of Carbs. I like eating Pizza, cookies, sweets and junk food.
I'm aiming to see if I can lose up to 1kg a week through reducing the stuff I eat and doing exercises.
Hi T4ga ,
Welcome to the Weight Loss NHS forum. Have you read our 'Welcome Newbies' post? It's in the Pinned posts area, and is well worth a look - also I would recommend having a look at the NHS 12 week plan, as it's very good and easy to follow. I've found the planning sheets to be extremely helpful in keeping me on track with my healthy eating and exercise.
You can download the plan from the link below:
nhs.uk/Tools/Documents/WEIG...
I would like to wish you all the very best in your aim of losing a kilo a week. Personally, I've found joining the challenges extremely motivating.
Being active on the forum is also a good way to stay engaged.
You might find it useful to take your measurements as well as a note of your starting weight. A 'before' picture is also useful to see the progress you have made and to keep you motivated.
Have a great week. 
Hello .......................remember protein is your friend, the great filler, I think a trip to portion distortion land is needed, we have all got so used to bigger portions than we need, I think the nhs 12 plan has them, I will check later!
Without knowing what you eat and how much, that is tough to say, tho veg heavy, small protein and a bit of carbs will help. I can' t actually remember the last time I had two slices of toast for breakfast, tho do have a normal sandwich for lunch and relatively low carbs for dinner.
Good luck on your journey
Hi, just replied to another person on a similar aspect. My view is that you are young and you have the opportunity to perhaps change the course of your life now with a complete lifestyle change as far as food and exercise go. There are so many posters on here in their 50s and 60s who have had a lifetime of struggle to lose weight. I think the younger people on here should read some of these posts and take note of this. If you make changes now you have the chance for a very different outcome.
All the junk food you mentioned should be a (very, very!) occasional treat. It is difficult to break the addiction of food like this as I do think all the sugars and fats are incredibly addictive and if that's what your diet has consisted of it will be a big change. What you need to keep in mind that even if you were one of those people who live on rubbish and don't put on weight a diet full of over processed food full of fat and sugar is still doing your body a lot of damage which will eventually catch up with you. What I'm trying to say is that it's not just the weight that is detrimental with a diet full of the above.
I keep mentioning it in my posting but personally I find things like the 5:2 diet quite achievable as a life eating plan but they don't suit everyone so you have to find an healthy eating plan to suit you. It's boring but my own experience of using something like the 5:2 is that when you use it as a weight loss (as opposed to a maintenance method) you need to count calories. I think this is a useful thing to do anyway in early days of weight loss as it is very easy to fool yourself that you are eating less than you really are. Maybe consider keeping a food diary - be brutally honest with yourself! There are quite a few good apps for helping with keeping a food diary. I find one called My Net Diary is really good. Find an exercise you enjoy and exercise as often as possible - great for you mentally as well as physically. I have recently started using a basic activity tracker and find that motivates me to do that extra bit. Good luck!
This is good advice. I'd add that if you commit yourself now, by this time next year you will have got the job done, and you have the rest of your life to enjoy being slim and healthy. So it is really worth going for.
I heard someone on the radio who had lost 11 stones (sorry, don;t do metric, but that is basically a whole person, so a lot of weight lost) - anyway, he talked about his temptation foods as being a switch rather than a dial - ie the swtich is either on or off. He realised that there were certain foods where he couldn't control himself, and he just cut them out.
You might find that some/many of the junk food you like really has to go completely, at least while you are losing weight. Be honest with yourself, and if you can't eat them in normal portions, cut them out. There are lots or really nice foods you can replace them with.
Good luck!
God bless you.
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