To ask how I can lose weight?

My name is Priya Dogra and I hail from a small hilltown of Shimla, India. I have suffered silently for years with weight gain. Then I got introduced to Keto. I saw some incredible Keto weight loss transformations. and I was zapped. But I was not sure if it will work for me.

Finaly, my Keto journey started on 1st January 2015 with a focus on losing weight. When I started, I was 100 kg. Today I am in a healthy weight range, and successfully maintaining it for the past 6 years. My trials and failures with the Keto diet have led me to a transformed version of me.

I haven't tried any other diet other than Keto, so I can't comment about any other diet but this one works. And I say so on basis of my personal experince and my weight loss journey. You can chech out my weight loss transformation here.

Great advice from @PSEnny and so agree. For me, things turned around and I lost weight when I let go of the " broken it, might as well continue doing so". I used to have 2-3 days of bad eating - and don't forget sugar and unhealthy carbs are designed to keep us craving more...

Now I find as soon as I become aware of eating unhealthily, I talk to myself (out loud - as it's slower and my brain hears myself better - and I try for gentle and kind as well, like a really good friend) about what i want to do next. Sometimes it is to eat another 3 chocolates, sometimes I'm not ready to hear myself but most times I make a more sensible decision than if I haven't stopped and thought it through... such as okay, I am sad nad really hungry so want something big and filling but I'll make sure its really healthy ... that's the best I can do now.

Don't forget that everyone breaks diets all the time, and the secret is how to find a way of keeping on moving forward.

If you think you might be depressed, please please please make an appointment with your GP - I think its around 20% of UK women are on simple antidepressants that really work...lifting them that little bit which means they can be proactive about weightless and other good choices in their lives.

And do consider Intermittent Fasting - for me its hte only time Ive dieted nad not felt deprived... I love how full and satisfied I feel.

It is hard but everything people have said on here is good advice. It seems like you need to shift your mentality. If you do have a day where you revert back to old habits just make it one day. Don’t fall into the trap of ‘I may as well wait until Monday to start again’. Don’t beat yourself up and get back on it the next day. If you did this it might mean that out of 7 days you had two ‘bad’ days but 5 ‘good’ ones. If you did this over a sustained period you would lose weight.

@2024NewStart how are you getting on??

Perhaps take a look at Intermittent Fasting - go onto the Mumsnet board which has lots of posts for this (5:2 n fasting)

For me, it is the first time I've dieted and not felt hungry and indeed often feel deeply satisfied with a medium/large meal.

Yes the first 2-3 weeks can be tough but since then for me it's been a dream... actually hugely enjoyable.

ps I'm not saying you dont need to think about what you eat, just that when your body adapts it feels full and satisfied... I am fairly low carb, high protein, lots of veggies ie very healthy food

Accept that you will feel hungry.

I think expecting to lose weight while never being hungry is fairly naive and I'm always surprised when people say it.

Not exactly true. Many people fall into the trap of eating whatever they want on their non fast days, leading to no losses or even gains. You still need to stick to 2000cals per day.

OP - all the answers are here: calorie deficit, use MyFitnessPal, increase protein, move more. I find I need to get just a little bit obsessed with weight loss to get in the swing. So I track on MFP obsessively, love watching the exercise calories burned mount up (but I never eat them back), look at healthy switches for fave foods etc.

So my advice would be to make a plan of action: get a notebook, research easy healthy recipes, try out lots of exercise til you find one you like.

My final tip would be - lift weights. I’ve been doing Caroline Girvan since November but not watched my diet til this week. When I weighed on Monday I was surprised how much weight I’d lost in the 5 weeks before.

Calorie counting is so useful, even short term. It really opens your eyes to the calories in foods.

Calculate your weight loss calorie target on the James Smith Academy free calculator. Then log everything religiously on the my fitness pal free app, including butter, ketchup, oil, etc.

You can eat any food, just stay within your calories. Lean protein is good to fill you up, also veg. Don’t cut out carbs. Eat plenty fibre
Follow the Fitness Chef and Jordan Syatt PT for tips and support

Yes you need a calorie deficit but omg, the idea of weighing and measuring everything I eat and writing it down sounds so demoralising it makes me want to stick the pencil I'm writing it down with in my eye. For many, if not most people, it's completely unsustainable.

You need to make lifestyle changes that you can actually stick to. You do need to understand calories, know what foods are calorie dense and eat less of them and have them less often but you don't need to be obsessed with them.

Essential eat a balanced diet; MOSTLY PLANTS. Try to eat whole foods and avoid 'fat free' or 'low calorie' labels. The less processed food in your diet the better.

There’s a forum for weight loss on MN - if you respond well to encouragement and people being all in it together :)

Upping my exercise doesn’t work for me as I get more hungry and overestimate the calories I have burned.
I know you don’t want to cut food groups but I’ve lost 2 stone 11lbs since July by cutting down on carbohydrates and not drinking any diet sodas.
I have reintroduced a limited number of carbs and my weight has been stable for the last month as my appetite has shrunk and I’ve got so used to eating healthy foods.

I follow calorie counting. Use my fitness pal to log food and work out your calorie allowance on a TDEE calculator (then knock off 500 a day for 1lb a week or 1000 a day for 2lbs). Nothing is off bounds within allowance

I don't drink tea or coffee but couldn't exist without my 2 hot chocolate each day - 40 cals each is hardly over indulging.

Try letting yourself have a little treat every 5-7lbs you lose so smaller targets to work towards. Could be a nice coffee or a new top or anything that you enjoy .

Stop drinking soft drinks and alcohol, give up sugar in tea and coffee no more lattes, cappuccinos or hot chocolate. Don’t drink your calories

I had some success with a hypnoisis book and audio file.

All the diets are calorie counting they are just disguised as other things ..

The nutra check app is the best one .. also you don't need to cut down to 1300 cals if you have 4 stone to lose as you will be burning more calories just moving around ..

Work out your bmr and make sure you eat less than that .

Record everything and prioritise protein and make sure you don't get hungry. !

Joggo app was great for me, until I injured myself, nothing to do with the app.

Nutracheck has really opened my eyes to what I must have been eating prior to logging it. It is helping me to log it as it stops me eating those unnecessary late night snacks and stops me drinking wine too.

Some more tips, if you are a volume eater and don’t want to feel like you are being deprived with small quantities then eat cucumber sticks with humus as a starter, and then your meal and then fruit like water melon which is filling but low on calories. If you need to drink soda then only zero cal soda drinks like coke zero, pepsi max etc. but ideally water with a dash of lemon is best. There is also a free 30 day program by Betty Rocker called Make Fat burn. It is only 15 mins but will really rev up your metabolism. Bit hard initially but it gets better. The best part is it introduces you to yoga, pilates, aerobics, HIIT and lots of different types of work outs. You may try and then decide which one you like best and the best part only 15 mins a day!

My will-power is absolutely pants and I eat & drink whatever I feel like (to my detriment). However, I've decided to get back in control and one of the things I can commit to is upping my exercise from 500 (est!) steps per day to a reasonable amount plus increasing my water intake. I highly recommend walking videos on Youtube, especially people like Leslie Sansome as she does 15 minute / 1 mile + sessions which are very easy to follow. I restarted this today and am aiming to work up to the 5 mile session eventually. Another idea is that rather than trying to restrict foods, just make tiny adjustments such as reducing treats a little bit - I know that I felt almost punished by not having that 2nd piece of chocolate, but if I re-phrased it, it was not quite so bad.
Also, as a list freak, I've drawn up a spreadsheet of where I could be if I lose a pound per week, which is not unachievable and it looks quite good for summer holidays in six months time!
Fingers crossed and all the best,
Clare
xxx

When i was in boarding school we once got in trouble and got grounded to our rooms. We asked about dinner and the head teacher told us to drink water if we are hungry. Its now my diet motto. Always drink 2 big glasses of water before a meal. Always leave the table a little bit hungry still.
You cant do a diet where you wont be hungry 🤷🏻‍♀️ That feelings just part of it if you wanna lose weight. Learn to distract yourself.

Slimming world is great , you can eat loads and still lose weight , I love it