I’ve lost 52 pounds but I’m just kinda over it now

No, I was replying to another poster about WLI.

What you've done sounds about right, a little indulgence when you fancy it. Restricting 24/7 rarely works.

I fast on the plan as well ☺️

Have you tried fasting at all? I have found following 16:8 along with some exercise allows me to relax a bit on the diet. I still follow about 80% of the diet I’m on (slimming world) but there’s room to slip a bit here and there and I find that helps it become more of a lifestyle and less of a total ball ache 😂

Yes, I'd love to know the science behind that!!

@WellINeverrr welldone !!!!
Thats exactly the right thing to do enjoy an indulgence and just be straight in it tomorrow !
I did the same today too so be been out had a lovely burger chips wine and some nuts ! And tomorrow I’ll be doing a healthy eating day ❤️

I think you should do this occasionally. It makes things so much more bearable. Also I found that I’d have a bigger loss after I’d had a break for a night and overindulged a bit. There must be some science behind that!

So you want out, enjoyed a meal with out restrictions and feel better for it.

So there's your answer, make it a monthly thing. Life isn't all about restriction.

It might be a good idea for him to maybe look into one of the alternatives, wegovy, ozempic etc.

You are doing SO well OP.

And nothing beats feeling better.

Let your success carry on driving you, and celebrate how much better you are feeling.

I have been on Mj for 6 months and trust me it takes effort, day in, day out, of effort. So please don’t insult me by saying it takes no effort at all when quite frankly you don’t know what you’re talking about!

I am really sorry @Whis that your thread has been derailed.

250 mcg 18 clicks, weekly.
He lost 2 stone at the beginning but has put one and a bit back on.
He started in October, seems like a waste of money to me.

It suppresses the feelings of hunger that the OP is struggling with. Which is why many celebrities become emaciated all of a sudden...

What dose is he on? Can I ask why he continues with it if it doesn't work for him? It must be very frustrating for him.

See my diet previously was so shit that to me, it's a diet. Everyone has a different definition I guess. My point is more that diets can work if they are based off a healthy model.

OP you’ve done fantastically well. Don’t beat yourself up. I get it. It seems like a milestone so far away but look how far you’ve come! Is there a way of tweaking your way of eating to mix things up a bit. Have you tried intermittent fasting? It’s the only thing that worked for me and it worked bloody quickly! Easy to maintain too. Hugs 🤗

You are doing amazing!

I just want to give you a virtual squishy hug.

You can do this 💪

” it’s no effort at all”

REALLY?

You’ve done brilliantly. I agree it is really annoying. I’ve lost 2st since last year and maintained since Christmas- I feel sad that to stay this size I won’t ever be able to eat without thinking about calories and going for the least calorie option in restaurants etc- but I felt worse about being overweight, no clothes fitting well etc. I do however eat cake, go out for dinner etc and still enjoy these but it has to be just occasional. I eat chocolate every day, within my calorie allowance. I’m lucky in that there is healthy food that I really enjoy (like fresh raspberries) so I treat myself to these as often as possible!

Just want to say well done @Whis

Amazing achievement. I wish I had your staying power

You've done incredibly well. I agree though it is relentless. I hope that eventually I would want to drink loads of water, snack on fruit and not miss carbs but honestly some days I could kill for a pie. I find that a lot of people who are naturally slim eat what they want but the majority of what they want are really healthy choices so the odd fish and chips doesn't make a difference. Whereas overeaters the chips are a gateway into a week of poor habits.

I agree with what somebody else said above - this year will have passed anyway and you could be the way you were last year or the way you are now so even though you have more to lose you've done so well. I think when you're in the thick of it you forget how far you've come
You've lost Six standard bowling balls Or A weighted blanket (extra-large, heavy version) Or A seven-year-old child. That is amazing

I think that's the self sabotage giving you false euphoric recall because look where eating mindlessly whatever you fancied got you to begin with?
It will stop feeling like 'work' when you no longer associate food with treats and emotions. It's exactly like an alcoholic mourning not being able to have just one social drink like everyone else. You're not like everyone else, and others who might not struggle with food and weight might well have other addictions and struggles like gambling, shopping, porn, self harm... We all have our shit to carry in this life and deal with.

Maintain for a while and then restart. I had 6 stone to lose in total. I dieted from mar to nov last year and lost 2 stone. Restarted this Mar and aiming to lose another two by Dec. Will.start again in Mar next year. I want to eat what I want at Christmas and practice maintaining. As long as i weigh less at the end of the year, fine by me if not exactly where I want to be yet. It took time to get fat.

Well done on your amazing weight loss! I don’t know if I have any advice, but as someone who has lost 2.5 stone in the last 6 months and it feeling like such a slog, you have my sympathy. I am bored of all of it, don’t want to prepare or cook any meals, don’t want to be measuring and weighing everything and tracking it all, but realistically I know that this is the only thing that works for me. Good luck and don’t forget the amazing progress you have made x

You may not go back to normal as such but you won’t necessarily need to always be so “strict” and eat at a deficit. I was 12 stone in my 20s - as a short woman this was heavy on me. I gained this weight at college through eating whole batches of brownies, having large savoury snacks after dinner and leading a sedentary lifestyle while living in a U.S. city for part of that time which was not walkable.

When I came back to the UK I lost 3 stone over 18 months through gym 3-4 times week, and aiming for around 1400 calories a day.

Maintained it for well over a decade, all the while regularly eating stuff like coffee and pastry for breakfast,huge plates of pasta for dinner and eating any cakes in the office - and my office had cake a lot - or baking at home. And I’d always order dessert when going with friends for dinner etc.

I think it was because I did about 15k steps a day and would sporadically go to the gym so while I didn’t lose weight much weight once I reached 9 stone I maintained it give or take 5 pounds on either end.

So no my lifestyle didn’t go back to my “college normal” which was constantly massively over-eating, and eating crazy amounts (even for my standards) of cake etc, but I didn’t have to stick to the diet and exercise regime I was on during that 18 months weight loss. I achieved a balance somewhere in the middle and only put the weight back on once I reverted to my college lifestyle.