Medical reasons for not losing weight
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MYOB said:
Not something I bothered with. It is possible to lose weight without anally recording everything.
I agree; I keep a rough idea in my head but never note anything down. Have one day a week where I don't worry about it. Just make sure I get enough exercise in.The thought of weighing things and entering it into an app just seems too much effort.
Minimum of 30 mins decent paced walk a day and about 5 hours a week gym seem to be the amount of exercise I need.
I've helped a few friends (mostly women) with weight-loss in recent years and its always the same things; make your own food (especially lunches), don't put the bloody TV on - go for a walk, stop lying to yourself about what you eat e.g. just a 'few' biscuits at work/treats, do some proper exercise that makes you go red in the face at least twice a week.
Not really rocket science.....
jdw100 said:
MYOB said:
Not something I bothered with. It is possible to lose weight without anally recording everything.
I agree; I keep a rough idea in my head but never note anything down. Have one day a week where I don't worry about it. Just make sure I get enough exercise in.The thought of weighing things and entering it into an app just seems too much effort.
Minimum of 30 mins decent paced walk a day and about 5 hours a week gym seem to be the amount of exercise I need.
I've helped a few friends (mostly women) with weight-loss in recent years and its always the same things; make your own food (especially lunches), don't put the bloody TV on - go for a walk, stop lying to yourself about what you eat e.g. just a 'few' biscuits at work/treats, do some proper exercise that makes you go red in the face at least twice a week.
Not really rocket science.....
Mentally noting everything down usually results in people saying they don't eat much.Eleven said:
All of which is fine... for you. But the OP's problem appears to be that she thinks she is eating right but almost certainly isn't. So anally recording things (and being honest) is probably the only way she'll understand that despite what she'd like to believe she is not in a calorie deficit, which is why she is not losing fat.
Oh I totally agree with you, I was just backing up the comment by the other poster.Clearly if she is 12/13 stone and 5'2" (I think that was what she quoted) which must be borderline obese but thinks she eats healthily then something doesn't add up.
That's why I added the comment re a few other female friends - "I only have porridge for breakfast and salad for lunch..." Er yeah but what about all the biscuits, crisps, bottles of wine....?
Its as if they think food eaten outside a main meal or on a night out somehow doesn't count.
I'm the same height as you and female, about 5 years ago my weight shot up to 10 stone, I'd always been around 8 stone, even when pregnant I hadn't seen my weight increase that much.
I tried a couple of 'diets' all of which recommended around 1500 calories, I tried the gym, the more I tried the more I seemed to fail.
I then found a calculator online which allowed me to calculate my base metabolic rate, I was eating too much, all healthy food, but my portions were too big, I cut my calories to between 800-1000 a day, I'm sure people will jump up and say that's too low, but the weight steadily came off, I now sit around 8st 10 which is probably a healthy weight for my age and I can maintain on around 1200 - 1500 calories a day.
Oh and I never ate the exercise calories, I focused on what my base rate was on a totally sedentary lifestyle.
I tried a couple of 'diets' all of which recommended around 1500 calories, I tried the gym, the more I tried the more I seemed to fail.
I then found a calculator online which allowed me to calculate my base metabolic rate, I was eating too much, all healthy food, but my portions were too big, I cut my calories to between 800-1000 a day, I'm sure people will jump up and say that's too low, but the weight steadily came off, I now sit around 8st 10 which is probably a healthy weight for my age and I can maintain on around 1200 - 1500 calories a day.
Oh and I never ate the exercise calories, I focused on what my base rate was on a totally sedentary lifestyle.
Eleven said:
So anally recording things (and being honest) is probably the only way she'll understand that despite what she'd like to believe she is not in a calorie deficit, which is why she is not losing fat.
Understood, and I concur that this might be the best route for OP to understand how calorie intake and baseline amount.
Hoofy said:
So if I don't do any exercise, eat all the junk food I can, can I get the ripped look? 
Exercise you do not need, and you could grossly overeat and get ripped using the right drugs. If it's healthy or safe is what we should really ask though... At high doses ive never known anyone not lose obscene amounts of fat on dnp even when there diet has been shocking!
photosnob said:
Exercise you do not need, and you could grossly overeat and get ripped using the right drugs. If it's healthy or safe is what we should really ask though...
At high doses ive never known anyone not lose obscene amounts of fat on dnp even when there diet has been shocking!
Yeah, sod healthy, though. Not relevant here. At high doses ive never known anyone not lose obscene amounts of fat on dnp even when there diet has been shocking!
For the last six months to so I have been on a fairly specific approach as I wanted to lose quite a lot of weight...
(10 Daily gym - one hour of cardio, 30 mins free weights and machines
(2) Only eat between 6am and 6 pm apart from water
(3) Very,very little alcohol- maybe a glass of wine every two weeks
(4) -Breakfast :Earl grey tea and fruit
-lunch: Chicken or tuna wrap and side salad from local lebanese cafe
-dinner: skinless chicken breast/tomatoes/whole wheat bread/ maybe a fresh apple for desert.
-only drink water or tea with no milk.
However, if I go out for an occasion, or am on holiday, I just eat pretty much what I want.
(5) Since its a long term thing I do not bother with any tracking apart from one item...the holes in my belt. I also keep a target shirt in the wardrobe..one that is deliberately too small. I am not on my third target shirt.
I was motivated to do this for two reasons.
- My blood pressure was beginning to rise
- I have a car on order that has lightweight bucket seats suitable for a jockey
...so by September 2 I want to be able to fit into it comfortably.
Well ahead of my target at this stage but have to build up a bit of muscle now. BP is fine, my medical good, cholesterol low etc, so the overall effect has been good.
(10 Daily gym - one hour of cardio, 30 mins free weights and machines
(2) Only eat between 6am and 6 pm apart from water
(3) Very,very little alcohol- maybe a glass of wine every two weeks
(4) -Breakfast :Earl grey tea and fruit
-lunch: Chicken or tuna wrap and side salad from local lebanese cafe
-dinner: skinless chicken breast/tomatoes/whole wheat bread/ maybe a fresh apple for desert.
-only drink water or tea with no milk.
However, if I go out for an occasion, or am on holiday, I just eat pretty much what I want.
(5) Since its a long term thing I do not bother with any tracking apart from one item...the holes in my belt. I also keep a target shirt in the wardrobe..one that is deliberately too small. I am not on my third target shirt.
I was motivated to do this for two reasons.
- My blood pressure was beginning to rise
- I have a car on order that has lightweight bucket seats suitable for a jockey
...so by September 2 I want to be able to fit into it comfortably. Well ahead of my target at this stage but have to build up a bit of muscle now. BP is fine, my medical good, cholesterol low etc, so the overall effect has been good.
Yes, goals are very important, I think 6, 12 months, even two years down the line regarding what I want to achieve. The first six months was nothing but calorie deficit and training.
If your aim is look 'buff' or lose all of your belly fat in a month or so time, ready for your holiday, then you will most probably fail - if you aim to get the body you want, or near to what you want for this time next year and train and change your diet permanently (not use the fad diet mentality), then you'll probably succeed...
I did find that the first three months to be the hardest and required a large amount of willpower (I remember trying to do some sit-ups, and laughing at myself, thinking what a site I must look), but get through this, and it does become easier and a lot more rewarding.
Cutting out sugar and bread was one of the easiest things I did, and I thought it would be one of the hardest!
If your aim is look 'buff' or lose all of your belly fat in a month or so time, ready for your holiday, then you will most probably fail - if you aim to get the body you want, or near to what you want for this time next year and train and change your diet permanently (not use the fad diet mentality), then you'll probably succeed...
I did find that the first three months to be the hardest and required a large amount of willpower (I remember trying to do some sit-ups, and laughing at myself, thinking what a site I must look), but get through this, and it does become easier and a lot more rewarding.
Cutting out sugar and bread was one of the easiest things I did, and I thought it would be one of the hardest!
I've been using a combination of Myfitnesspal & Fitbit (Flex and now a Charge HR).
Was 16st13 and now 14st9, 5ft 8 so BMI is still "obese".
Swimming has been my main thing, started swimming every other day 1hour/1.5hour average.. Doing a 5K Swimathon on Sunday for Marie Curie.
Hoping to get down to around 12.5 stone eventually.
Was 16st13 and now 14st9, 5ft 8 so BMI is still "obese".
Swimming has been my main thing, started swimming every other day 1hour/1.5hour average.. Doing a 5K Swimathon on Sunday for Marie Curie.
Hoping to get down to around 12.5 stone eventually.
In my opinion.. Ham is a poor protein, full of fat and salt. Bin ham. Chicken, turkey . Alcohol, even small amounts kill weight loss. It is far more than the calories. If you are serious, eat 1000 calories a day, no pasta, no bread, carbs from green veg and protein. You will lose plentyq
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