Trying my best

[Anitapal]

Morning everyone

I'm trying my best but I have had no weight loss, I'm only doing little exercise and trying to eat healthy that's hard sometimes. I feel I need to start all over again .

[IndigoBlue61]

Hello and welcome to the Weight Loss Forum

I was in exactly the same boat Anitapal and the problem was portion size. Sometimes even when eating healthily we are still eating more calories than our bodies need 😕

Here are a few suggestions on how to get the most out of the forum. Please note if you are using the new HU App many of these features are not available so I suggest you use the full website version.

The first place to look is at the Pinned posts section to the right of your screen (bottom if you're using a mobile), read the Welcome Newbie thread first and move through to the challenges, where we hope you'll find at least one that will appeal to you. Move down to the Topics, to find a variety of threads, collated into specific topics for ease of access and we ask that you also 'file' your own threads, so that others won't miss your important news

Have a look at the NHS 12 week plan, as many people have had success with it. Also use the BMI checker to find your target calories, it's important to eat enough. This was a major turning point for me, realising I could eat anything I wanted as long as the calories are accounted for. Don't forget to take your starting measurements and a 'before' picture, as they can be very motivating on days that the scales refuse to co-operate

The forum also have group weigh-ins every day, as well as a new Daily Diary, if you wish to take part. The posts can always be found in the Events section on the 'home' page. And if you just want to chat, to say hello or share any news or struggles then look out for What's Happening Today thread.

You'll notice a grey box next to people's names, these are achievement badges, and as a new member you have a 'Newbie' badge. We've found that to get the best out of this community, we need to be active on the forum, as it's where we exchange information, get motivation and inspiration and make friends. We hope that you'll join us here, regularly, too. If you have any questions please just ask

Best wishes

Anna

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hi and welcome

Are you calorie counting?

I started out weighing all my food and counting every calorie, it was a chore to start with but I set up a spread sheet and logged food ie 3 hash brown out the freezer are xx calories and there you go you get them out chuck in oven and check spread sheet and put calories in app - easy

Takes some prep to get the spreadsheet up to date but saves loads of time in the long run and makes things so much easier (piece of chicken, weigh it and in spread sheet have the calorie content for 100g and then work out that piece of chicken from there )

Hope this helps

[blackbeauty99]

Hi and welcome Anitapal

Wishing you all the best with your weight loss journey

[James40Cheshire]

I agree with Anna and Cracker. Fantastic news that you still want to succeed. I think you should calorie count for a few days. Although this is a bit of a pain it will allow you to see exactly what you are taking in. Then you can assess where you need to be. Good luck. James

[Hedgehog17]

I too would recommend calorie counting. I was surprised that when I was eating healthily (i.e. not snacking and having no cheese, sweet stuff at all etc) I actually wasn't eating enough calories to be within the weight loss range suggested for my BMI. As soon as I did start eating more calories I started to lose weight. I also find that keeping the variety and eating the odd cake means I haven't craved anything and haven't binged (apart from one blip!) which was my problem. The increased food variety and calories has overall made me feel better and had a good effect on my digestion too!

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Hi and welcome to the community. Good luck to you on your journey.