desperate

[kbed]

Hi new to this but i'm getting desperate. I lost 2st since August 2015 iv'e stuck at 65kg i am 67yrs old fit&healthy go to gym 6 dys a week i keep a food diary tried to tweak it to see if that made any difference i added 2 aerobic classes last week a 2 mile jog/walk not an ounce off help!!

[moreless Administrator 7 stone]

Hi and welcome, kbed

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[lesres]

Your doing well i used to run 4 miles three times a week play squash twice a week and five miles now and again I was thirty four I'm 65 don't do much these days keep trying

[Zest Healthy BMI]

Hi Kbed,

I think you've done brilliantly to have lost 2 stone since August 2015 - and I know you're stuck at the moment, despite doing exercise and keeping your food diary. Have you calculated your current BMI to see if you still need to lose any more weight? This calculator is good, if you want to check it out:

nhs.uk/tools/pages/healthyw...

You sound like you're in great shape, being 67 years old and fit and healthy - attending the gym 6 days a week and doing 2 aerobic classes last week and your 2 mile jog/walk - wow, I think you are doing really well - maybe you are already at a healthy weight, and infact you have more muscle? Do you feel your clothes are fitting how you'd like them to? There are other ways to look at your success - it's more than purely weight that matters - but how you feel.

Anyway, good luck with your goals, and I hope you have a great week.

Zest

[lucigret]

Hi kbed , I agree with Zest , you should check your BMI. You're doing a lot of exercise, are you eating enough, if your not, your body maybe holding on to what it's got. You have done really well to loose the 2 stone and I think 63kg is just over 10 stone, that sounds like a healthy weight, depending on your height of course. I know it can be hard to loose those last few pounds, although I'm way off from the yet. I hope you find the answer. Good luck😊

[kbed in reply to lucigret]

Hi lucigret my bmi is 27 i'm 67 5ft1. i don't eat diary except for eggs occaisonally eat wheatgerm bread have either pasta or rice once a week eat a lot of chicken & turkey still stuck at 65kg now for a month at least even though I have started aerobics also walking 40 mins daily as well as gym 6 days. I go from 900 cals to 1200a day except for w/e then i might go to 1400, i am eating more cals this week to see what if any difference it makes

[lucigret in reply to kbed]

Hi kbed , I just looked up your BMI on the NHS and says you should eat between 1388 and 1785 cals a day. I personally don't eat as much as they say I should, 900 cals however does seem a bit low. I too save some calories for Friday and Saturday. They are the two days I will struggle with so I keep an extra 100 calories for each day. I know from past experience that it can be good to have a total food shake up and to try and vary what you eat. I see you have upped your calories, it can be scary to do that. I upped mine from 1300 to 1400 initially and now I sometimes go as far as 1500, I am in my 5th week and so far I have lost 6.25lbs. I'm not looking to loose too quickly, i've done that before and put it all back and more. Post again and let me know how you get on with upping them. Good luck.

[kbed]

Thank you concerned i follow a low fat diet,don't eat diary products except eggs, don't eat much bread if i do it's wheatgerm' eat a lot of chicken, pasta or rice once a week. My BMI is 27 & i am 5ft 1 65kg i go from 900cals to 1200 cals 1 day a week 1400 cals, this week as an expiriment i am eating more lets see how i go (also i don;t eat potatoes)