Diet - plz Advise .

[Zoemad-04]

Hi

I hope everyone reading this is well . I am hoping to start my diet tomorrow. I would like to lose 10KG. I have never been on a diet . This is my first ever challenge. Any tips ? Thank you. X

[Budda72]

Hi and welcome to the forum, someone from admin will be along soon or tomorrow to welcome you properly with some links for you to look at explaining how to use the site safely and what your bmi is and what range of calories you should be eating to get to your ideal weight in a safe gradual way. Try staying in between your range that it sets you as you won’t feel hungry which is one of the main reasons that people fail. We have a page called daily diary where people put down what they are planning to eat the next day. I think you’ll find some good healthy meal ideas on there. There is also the Nhs 12 week plan which has a meal plan for you to follow but it is set for 1400 calories which might not be in your range but you can alter it to suit.

Hope I haven’t bored you to death with the length of the message but there is lots on here that can help you, so join in with as much as you want and ask as many questions you need to as someone on here has most probably tried it and can say if it works or not so don’t be afraid to ask.

So welcome once again and enjoy your lifestyle change in losing the weight.

Pete

[Zoemad-04 in reply to Budda72]

Thank you . I really appreciate the very informative message . I will try and follow your advice. Once again thank you .

[gman1961 Restart April 2024]

Hi zoemad-04,

Stick on this forum and you will be fine ,honest.

Good luck and welcome .

Gary

[Zoemad-04 in reply to gman1961]

Thank you .

[katy9617]

hello and welcome Zoemad-04! you have to remember not to call this a diet but a new way of living to ease you into it. it truly is a new and better and more fulfilling way of eating and I am sure you have gotten or will get response from an administrator soon. they will give you all the good links to go to read and get started on. my advice is to not sneaky eat, where no one will see you cuz you know what you ate anyway. I recommend always eating at the dinner table when possible and make it an event, even with snacks. use a plate and fork even with snacks and drink lots of water with all meals. these are the things I do (mostly) and it helps me tremendously. good luck and chin up!

[Zoemad-04 in reply to katy9617]

I never thought of eating all the meals at a table . I will give that a go starting today . Thank you once again.

[Hidden]

Great advice on here already - i'd just add to that planning!

Plan your meals to be less tempted to grab things on the go - Budda72 mentioned the daily diary which is a great place to help plan and keep to a plan!

Good luck on your journey

[Zoemad-04 in reply to Hidden]

Thank you . I will find that NHS food plan and start tweaking it if need be . Thank you once again

[moreless Administrator 7 stone]

Hi and welcome, Zoemad-04

You have been given some excellent advice and, with our help, are in the enviable position of being able to get things right at your first and only attempt to lose weight, as most of us have managed to get ourselves hooked up with extreme dieting and yoyo techniques.

Take things very slowly, eat well and do some enjoyable exercise and you'll lose the excess kilos, without setting yourself up for a lifetime of 'dieting'.

I suggest you log onto our Daily Diary, for great meal ideas and assistance with meal planning.

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[Zoemad-04 in reply to moreless]

Thank you . I have been looking for the link . Thank you for putting it here .

[cheritorrox]

I'm on week 5 of "new life" and am still writing down everything I eat and drink in a little notebook plus the calories. It sounds like a pain but I think when you're just starting it's really useful. There are loads of different approaches and theories about what kind of food is best - the main agreement seems to be stick to natural and avoid processed! There'll be loads of advice from more experienced people than me and lots of support so my only other advice is find what suits you and still lets you enjoy eating!

[Zoemad-04]

Thank you . Day 1 so far has been pretty good . I will start to note down everything I eat to help calculate the calories . Thank you once again.