Hi there, I'm Molly and joined this site because I need to lose a lorra weight and need encouragement. I am 70 and weigh 17 stone - mainly through being very inactive, boredom picking and obviously overeating! I have started this diet last week using calorie count and trying to do 10,000 steps a day (which is quite hard).
On my weigh in yesterday I had lost 3 lbs so am keen to keep on losing 2-3 lbs a week. My initial goal is 1 stone and once I achieve that I will go onto another goal of 1 stone
I think that your aim for a 2 - 3lb loss per week is over-ambitious and unsustainable. Weight loss is rarely linear and 1 - 2lbs a week is a more realistic and healthy goal. I would also suggest breaking your goals into smaller increments too, maybe half stones.
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When I started to lose weight for my 70th birthday I was about 19½ stone - and I have lost over 4 stone - mostly at one pound a week. Weight lost slowly is easier to keep off.
I started trying to walk 10,000 steps a day... but it was too much - and I now walk 30 or 40 Km per week. (I was disabled for about half a decade.)
What works for many of us here is the Low-Carbohydrate (LCHF) diet (see the forum here on Health Unlocked) and Not Eating All day) AKA Intermittent Fasting. See:
Thanks for you advice although the fasting diet wouldn't be good for my body as my doctor recommend small meals throughout my day, but, I am looking at the LCHF one
Does your doctor not believe in Intermittent fasting... or do you have a condition that makes it not advisable for you?
I have no gall bladder, so one or two meals a day of Low-Carbohydrate High-Fat would not suit me (the gall bladder stores bile to digest large, fatty meals) so I do moderate-carbs, moderate-fat.
I haven't asked to be honest. He just recommended eater smaller meals and getting more exercise. I do have high blood pressure and cholesterol but not sure whether fasting would affect either or whether I would "take" to it
Good luck on your journey, Molly. Try to aim for 1-2lbs a week weight loss. I know losing weight often feels very urgent and you want to shed pounds as quickly as possible but a steady weight loss of between 1-2lbs a week will have a much much much higher chance of staying off than rapid weight loss. Expect a big drop the first week or so, then it will (and should) slow down to 0.5-2lbs a week.
Cool, thanks for your advice ! I was so excited to lose that first 3 lbs but can see not to expect it every week. I use myfitnesspal to calculate my calories and also record my exercise bouts
Unfortunately my hobbies of knitting and reading don't help ! Today wasn't so bad I reached my 10,000 steps goal, but yes I hope the exercise gets easier. The calorie counting isn't so bad
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