*** Big Fat Weight Loss Thread ***
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4 weeks in now, energy levels still great, 1 stone down, very happy with this new way of life and still no cravings
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Not too confident on tomorrows weight in. Our guests have been cooking and the meals have been old school british food for the main part and huge. Tuesday tea we had cottage pie, then there was still leftovers for dinner yesterday, then fish pie for tea, so loads of extra buttery mash, then today i've got more cottage pie leftovers for dinner. We've eaten out a few times too.
Are you free of that ill feeling that's knocked you out for ages? Always tough to manage food when you're not feeling at your best to start with.
Somehow in at 13st 6lbs this morning, so back to where I should be.
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I wouldn't say i was completely recovered, but i'm certainly close. Main issue now is the huge drop in fitness which i can really feel on the bike, which isn't ideal with an event in 3 weeks which i was already going to struggle with!
Today was luckily still under 100kg and i feel heavily bloated. Last night was homemade cheese and onion pie, with another left for dinner today. Tonight i said i'd make pizza. Kind looking forward to them leaving so we can just get back to eating normally and smaller portions. Just haven't wanted to sound ungrateful since they've been cooking every night thinking they were doing us a solid.
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I've been trying omad for a few weeks. I'm liking it so far. I was 14 stone 7 pounds and I'm down to 14.
It is the first time I've have really earnestly tried to lose weight for about 10yrs. I generally eat fairly health food and I'm fairly active but my weight has crept up. My issues are, I'm greedy and have large portions, I dad eat and tidy up the last bits of food, and I drink too much beer.
What I like about omad is that I can be part of the normal family meal. I've been surprised how easy I have found it so far. I don't feel low in energy through the day and i have been able to exercise most days - running /cycling /lifting weights/martial arts. I also like feeling "empty", before omad I have quite iffy digestion and regularly feel massively bloated, and that has basically gone.
At the moment I intend to keep going until Christmas and hope to get get down to 13st.
It is the first time I've have really earnestly tried to lose weight for about 10yrs. I generally eat fairly health food and I'm fairly active but my weight has crept up. My issues are, I'm greedy and have large portions, I dad eat and tidy up the last bits of food, and I drink too much beer.
What I like about omad is that I can be part of the normal family meal. I've been surprised how easy I have found it so far. I don't feel low in energy through the day and i have been able to exercise most days - running /cycling /lifting weights/martial arts. I also like feeling "empty", before omad I have quite iffy digestion and regularly feel massively bloated, and that has basically gone.
At the moment I intend to keep going until Christmas and hope to get get down to 13st.
It's not exactly omad but I generally do intermittent fasting with the majority of my calories coming from my evening meal, I completely agree about the bloating feeling - it's also been really helpful in understanding what proper hunger (rather than cravings) feels like.
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Hi all.. Thought I'd pop in and say hello. in my 50s and been overweight almost all my life so really need to do something about it. just looking for some support and advice as I do my best to get the fat off
For the last 6 weeks I've changed my diet, cut out a lot of the take aways, snacks, cola etc (no chocolate for 2 months now, and no cola for 6 weeks). So far it's been ok, just finding my way and changing my eating habits. I'm not expecting to loose it all over night but hoping for a steady drop over time. At the moment I'm just walking a lot more, I do about 30 mins on the morning before work, then fit in more after work if I can, then usually go for a longer walk at the weekend. Haven't joined a Gym, I've looked at a few locally but I don't feel I'm ready to go there yet.
First weigh in was on 24th August - 137.9kg
My last weigh in was 30th Sept - 132.6kg
So I think I'm averaging about 0.8 or 0.9kg per week (According to the app I'm using to track).
Just really wanted to get an idea if 0.8-9kg a week loss is OK, or should I be pushing harder to average better than that?
For the last 6 weeks I've changed my diet, cut out a lot of the take aways, snacks, cola etc (no chocolate for 2 months now, and no cola for 6 weeks). So far it's been ok, just finding my way and changing my eating habits. I'm not expecting to loose it all over night but hoping for a steady drop over time. At the moment I'm just walking a lot more, I do about 30 mins on the morning before work, then fit in more after work if I can, then usually go for a longer walk at the weekend. Haven't joined a Gym, I've looked at a few locally but I don't feel I'm ready to go there yet.
First weigh in was on 24th August - 137.9kg
My last weigh in was 30th Sept - 132.6kg
So I think I'm averaging about 0.8 or 0.9kg per week (According to the app I'm using to track).
Just really wanted to get an idea if 0.8-9kg a week loss is OK, or should I be pushing harder to average better than that?
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Good rate and sounds sustainable long term
Walking and reducing sugar are great. Track down added sugar products. I was really surprised to see how much I was consuming in stuff like ketchup, yoghurt, cocoa, instant oats. And fruit juices are as bad as cola.
Another advice I wish I had when I hit weight loss plateau is to increase protein. 2g protein per kg of ideal weight from whole sources. Meat, fish, eggs, cheese, don't fear the fat that comes with it.
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Welcome!
Weight loss progress is whatever works for you. If it feels natural for you to lose a kilo a week (sounds like a lot to me!) then you do you. As @alec has said, it's more about the sustainability and maintenance of losing a consistent amount of weight. If that's slower or quicker, then it's whatever feels comfortable for you.
Weight loss progress is whatever works for you. If it feels natural for you to lose a kilo a week (sounds like a lot to me!) then you do you. As @alec has said, it's more about the sustainability and maintenance of losing a consistent amount of weight. If that's slower or quicker, then it's whatever feels comfortable for you.
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I think 1kg per week is around the most that's advisable from memory and to be targeted initially with it then dropping.
Mines going great. It's 10 past 4 and i've got a beer
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I think 1lb per week is what is generally considered healthy, 1kg is easily done in the initial phase but it will only last the first week or two then it is 1lb.
On paper, 1lb of fat is 3500 calories, so divide that up by a week it's 500 calorie deficit per day, which is 1/4 of daily calorie intake. To double that you have to cut your intake by 50% which is quite drastic.* In order to achieve that 1000 calorie daily deficit.
*assuming your metabolic rate burns 2000 calories per day. Mine is more like 1800 and assuming you are not changing your daily exercise routine.
(discounting the water loss in the beginning)
On paper, 1lb of fat is 3500 calories, so divide that up by a week it's 500 calorie deficit per day, which is 1/4 of daily calorie intake. To double that you have to cut your intake by 50% which is quite drastic.* In order to achieve that 1000 calorie daily deficit.
*assuming your metabolic rate burns 2000 calories per day. Mine is more like 1800 and assuming you are not changing your daily exercise routine.
(discounting the water loss in the beginning)
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Foot long meatball marinara sub for lunch, followed by a rainbow cookie....I think 1kg per week is around the most that's advisable from memory and to be targeted initially with it then dropping.
Mines going great. It's 10 past 4 and i've got a beer
At over 130 he'll likely be burning more than 2,000 cals a day, I think. As others have said, you want something sustainable. Also, bear in mind, as your weight comes down, you'll need to either exercise more or eat less. Right now you might be at a 500 calorie deficit, but as you drop weight, you'll burn less doing the same walk and your BMR will lower, so in time 400 cal deficit will become maybe 100 cal deficit and eventually maybe zero.
You're coming from almost exactly where I came from. I attacked it hard and upped exercise and lowered cals and kept dropping more than a kilo a week for about 7 months, so it certainly is possible. Honestly, looking back now, I don't know I could do it again. It was HARD! Take it at whatever is comfortable though. Assuming there is no particular rush. Better to change your lifestyle to a sustainable, healthy new one, than hit it too hard, crash, give up and start putting it back on.
You're coming from almost exactly where I came from. I attacked it hard and upped exercise and lowered cals and kept dropping more than a kilo a week for about 7 months, so it certainly is possible. Honestly, looking back now, I don't know I could do it again. It was HARD! Take it at whatever is comfortable though. Assuming there is no particular rush. Better to change your lifestyle to a sustainable, healthy new one, than hit it too hard, crash, give up and start putting it back on.
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88.0kg this morning. Was definitely dehydrated, but that’s the lowest since last year. Nice to be making some progress.
Welcome @Si. sounds like you’re well on the right track!
Welcome @Si. sounds like you’re well on the right track!
Soldato
I have plans to join a gym and do a lot more exercise, but at the moment, I'm not comfortable going into a Gym.. Maybe in a few months.
Good to know others have done it.. can I ask,. where did you start, and where are you now?
I was 137kg and now I'm around 97kg. We've argued about this previously, but I'll just say... I've been going to a gym since I was about 13, so that has made zero difference to me losing weight. That's not to say it's not very important, but IMO it's for general health rather than losing weight.
Soldato
Thanks.
Todays weight.. 131.4kg. So heading in the right direction.
Todays weight.. 131.4kg. So heading in the right direction.
Well done.Hi all.. Thought I'd pop in and say hello. in my 50s and been overweight almost all my life so really need to do something about it. just looking for some support and advice as I do my best to get the fat off
For the last 6 weeks I've changed my diet, cut out a lot of the take aways, snacks, cola etc (no chocolate for 2 months now, and no cola for 6 weeks). So far it's been ok, just finding my way and changing my eating habits. I'm not expecting to loose it all over night but hoping for a steady drop over time. At the moment I'm just walking a lot more, I do about 30 mins on the morning before work, then fit in more after work if I can, then usually go for a longer walk at the weekend. Haven't joined a Gym, I've looked at a few locally but I don't feel I'm ready to go there yet.
First weigh in was on 24th August - 137.9kg
My last weigh in was 30th Sept - 132.6kg
So I think I'm averaging about 0.8 or 0.9kg per week (According to the app I'm using to track).
Just really wanted to get an idea if 0.8-9kg a week loss is OK, or should I be pushing harder to average better than that?
For me, one of the most important aspects that I've found crucial to avoiding eating excess (particularly at nighttime),
is to make sure I eat plenty of protein for my evening meal. In the past, I didn't always give it enough priority,
and time and time again, it resulted in me being ravenously hungry at around 10pm or later.
Another bonus with protein is that it takes more energy to digest it compared to carbs or fats.
Whatever you find works needs to be maintainable over the long term (very important), otherwise, as someone else mentioned,
you'll just crash and eat to excess. Slow and steady wins over the longer term.
And, without wishing to sound too negative, further down the track I would also be prepared for the occasional minor lapse.
Maybe not early on, but after the honeymoon period has worn off, then this may happen. However, don't beat yourself up over it.
It's perfectly normal, as the body doesn't naturally like being in a calorie deficit. A blowout once in a while is fine.
Another thing I will also throw in, is that personally, I don't think weighing yourself very frequently is necessary.
I have found that once or twice a month is ample, with possibly even less often being better still. But each to their own.
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I find weighing daily and then taking the average is preferable as my salt consumption can vary quite a lot each day and my water retention can easily pile on 4 or 5 pounds; if I were to weight fortnightly for example, I may not be able to see much of a trend.
@Si. I'd highly recommend going to the gym as soon as possible - not to lose weight but rather retain and potentially build muscle (especially upper body). Everyone's generally friendly and there are lots of people at different stages of size and fitness.
I started going to the gym at about 130kg, beginning my weight loss at 147kg. I'm currently 104kg and amazed at what I'm physically capable of after spending my entire adult life being obese.
@Si. I'd highly recommend going to the gym as soon as possible - not to lose weight but rather retain and potentially build muscle (especially upper body). Everyone's generally friendly and there are lots of people at different stages of size and fitness.
I started going to the gym at about 130kg, beginning my weight loss at 147kg. I'm currently 104kg and amazed at what I'm physically capable of after spending my entire adult life being obese.