Hi all just found this site and wondered if anyone is following an Eating Plan. I find it very hard to do it myself as feel im either not eating enough or too much!!!
Im really struggling at the mo. Im 12 stone 3 and really want to get down to 10 stone 7 where I was really happy at.
Thank you
Personally, I weigh myself every morning first thing (after my first pee) and before eating and exercising. Your body weight will go up and down through the day, but that's a pretty good place to track a trend.
If my weight is the same as yesterday or slightly less - then great. If it goes up, then I need to trim off a bit more from the calorie intake. If I'm losing it too fast, then perhaps a slightly larger breakfast, or whatever to compensate.
So basically, my scales tell me how I'm doing and if I need to tweak things a bit.
Look around these blogs and questions for anything that might help you on your journey. And there's lots of free advice on the NHS live well lose weight pages including a free weight loss plan at nhs.uk/LiveWell/weight-loss...
Though personally I don't really follow a prescribed diet / eating plan - I've just chucked out the 'naughties' from my diet, made what I eat healthier and less calorific and less fatty, and reduced my notion of 'portion' downwards from super-size.
However you choose to do it, Good Luck.
Hi there yes Ive joined that Nhs.uk website and found loads of good ideas but just need someone to say right eat this and eat that!!! Im useless on my own even though I do use My fitness pal for the calories.
Thank you for the info.
Hi SteveAnna19,
I'm following the 12 week plan on the nhs (link above) and I'm on week 2 day 1.
Its basically a 1400 calorie a day diet including your 5 a day, with a requirement for 150 mins aerobic exercise a week. There are recipes and meal ideas on the nhs website as well as some exercise tips and routines to get you into exercising again.
So far I've not even looked at the meal plans, just made sure that my diet was limited to the 1400 cals each day. It does mean a change in diet though - smaller portions - more veg and fruit - and making sure you plan what you eat or at least look at what you are putting into each meal so you can adjust the amount of carbs/veg accordingly.
The good thing is it means you can eat what you want as long as you are sensible - obviously if you overload with a large McDonalds meal or similar then you may feel hungry later on but not have a lot of calories left to sedate that hunger.
Download the nhs tracker today - it starts on a Monday - and stick it on the fridge. You have to fill it in every day with several sets of information. Its really helped me become accountable for my weight even over 1 week!
One more thing about weighing yourself - I agree with doikosp to weigh yourself at the same time every time you step on the scales but for me every day is too much mentally. I'm sticking to once a week on a monday after the gym.
Good Luck
The Be Food Smart site might be helpful. It has lots of recipes and a meal mixer that gives you ideas for three meals a day . All have the calories counted and are simple and tasty!
Thank you everyone for the great info. Hopefully I will start to see the pounds disappearing!!! Thank you again
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