If you had to lose a stone how would you go about it?

Cut calories to 500 a day below my TDEE. 20-30 minutes on a stationary bike every day. It’ll drop off.

Intermittent fasting. I had never dieted in my life and it worked a treat, for me.

I cut out carbs for 4 weeks, only eating meat, plenty of vegetables (omitting potatoes) & fruit and the weight just dropped off me.

It also helps if you work on reducing your portion size and I would walk lots.

There isn't much to losing weight; eat less and move more and it drops off.

It's also nice just doing it for 4 weeks as it doesn't feel like a bore.

If I need to lose a stone, I eat a small breakfast and lunch, then nothing else. It’s tough, but you soon get into the swing of it.

Or train and do martial arts etc, every day, as well as a high step count.

I would walk briskly for 30 minutes every day.

Worked for me.

I am in this camp I have a BMI of 22 to get down to a BMI of 20 I would need to eat 1,000 calories a day for a least a month maybe 2. No alcohol, no cheese, no puddings.

Drink an insane amount of water. No other drinks other than tea / coffee.
Exercise - weights & cardio.
Eat as little as you can and as much protein as you can.

It’s very Hard work!!! And miserable work too.

I lost loads of weight through walking and slimming world. Unfortunately I put two thirds back on and am struggling to lose it again

MCT oil with your coffee, it shuts down your hunger, admittedly I do jab as well but I have friends who say MCT on its own is enough

@Graee no you can do that no problem, MCT oil til lunch or jab?

I lost a stone by just cutting out sugar and low carbs (no crisps or anything like that). Basically I snacked on nuts and a little bit of fruit, such as apples, blueberries. I'm still no sugar, low carb and started exersicing again and easy to maintain the weight. Also I'm in my late 40s.

No I wasn't

Different things work for different people.

I would walk an hour every day, eat an apple every day and drink loads of water every day.

( I need to follow my own advice )

Different things work for different people.

Cut all sugars - that means carbs too and any drinks with calories except the odd glass of wine. Protein, green veg, beans. I lost 7kg in three months which is a bit over 1st. Didn’t count calories.

Cut down on bread, sugar and portion size. I lost weight by having crackers and a piece of fruit for breakfast and making a (massive!) salad of some sort for lunch most days, then a normal meal in the evening, such as fish, a few new potatoes and lots of veg. Hardly ever have sandwiches, cake or pudding, now. I’m not good at eliminating anything completely, but I was ruthless about cutting down - e.g. a tiny piece of a pudding or 1 choc, if a box was handed round. Snacking is my downfall, so I substituted snacks which were either low cal or healthier (Proper popcorn, apple slices with peanut butter, a handful of nuts and raisins, a rich tea finger instead of choc hobnobs!) Am strict about buying stuff with no added sugar where possible (not where artificial sweeteners have been added), such as Dalfour jam. Lost 2 stone over 18 months and have kept it off.

@Pansykavalier yeah I can see your point,but if you change your habits, it's really a no brainer,plus it's so cheap you can stay on a small dose anyway I do.

I’ve lost 2 stone since March, I had my 3rd baby in October and was feeling gross.

The first thing I did was weigh myself and work out my maintenance calories and how much of a deficit I’d need to lose weight - for me this was 1600 cals a day. Going from eating whatever I want whenever I want was a struggle at first I have to say 😂 but I am really used to it now. I do have one day a week where I don’t track calories at all and allow myself whatever I want but I have found my habits have changed completely and eg whereas before my dream breakfast would be a bacon and egg sandwich on warbies toastie bread, this morning I chose a mango chia pudding instead… I also make date and peanut butter snacks, the old me would never!!

I think it helps that we only have one car which DH needs for work so I walk absolutely everywhere, at least 12k a day and sometimes up to 18k a day. I can rack up 6/7/8 miles a day walking sometimes which must help.

I am 3lbs away from my target now where I will switch to maintenance calories (1900.)

@Empress13 gives good advice 😀

What do you mean lie

I would worry that the change would only be temporary and I would put the weight back on once I stopped.

First and foremost Don’t call it a diet ! You won’t stick to it once you’ve reached your goal weight. I have lost half a stone within the last 3 months by doubling my protein eg eggs for breakfast , have 1/3 of my dinner plate with chicken, salmon, sardines meat of choice etc. I have cut down my portion sizes on potatoes and pasta which was my biggest problem. I buy the veet rice which are great for portion size and then fill rest of plate with veggies. The biggest change for me though was letting my food digest and not reaching for seconds , dessert straight afterwards. You will find once you do this your stomach is telling your brain you’re full. I do have treats occasionally as well as alcohol but not to the extent I used to. Make other small changes eg I only have half tsp sugar in drinks. Oh and lots of water very important! And I do go on long dog walks podcast on and off I go makes alot of difference in steps. It’s a lifestyle I now follow. You can do it!

Yup, just do it, whichever way, mounjaro/tirz, just help yourself it's easy! Why torture yourself?