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

MJ.

Lost 2.5 stone since October alongside healthy eating. Am 61 and menopause was a bitch adding an extra stone. For the last 10 odd years I’ve been trying and failing to lose weight.

MJ all the way.

I’d download a food tracking app and log everything that passes my lips.

It’s the only thing that works for me - I exercise lots anyway and eat well but it’s all the extra bits you don’t think about that add up.

Food wise I just stick to as unprocessed as possible - I prep salad stuff so it’s in the fridge, make things like low fat curries/chilli with loads of veg and have it available in the freezer. Just basically make sure there’s stuff I can have when I’m peckish. Don’t buy crap to have in the cupboards.

Your friend saying don’t bother walking is talking shite - in terms of making you lose weight - no you can’t outwalk a bad diet but it’s healthy to exercise and better than sitting on your arse. Weights are good too.

I’ve gone from pretty much 10stone (63kg) to just over 9st (57.6kg) in two weeks by doing 15:8 and eating minimum carbs. Now I will say that was never my intention, I started because I was feeling shitty and I have been diagnosed coeliac. But I feel a MILLION times better eating this way. I literally only eat two meals. A big brunch at 10am and then dinner between 5-6pm.

I’m 41 and 5ft 2. I have an office job and do light exercise 3times a week and walk 1-2 times a week.

I loose a stone every spring and put it back on every winter, the difference is that I seat loads of salad in summer and loads of sandwiches in winter. I think exercise goes up a bit, but mainly it's the calories in for me.

Depends on whether you are overweight and if so why.

The reason lots of people recommend lots of ways us because they all work and whats easiest depends on you..

When I felt deprived if I couldn't eat I'd do low carb. When I needed strict rules I'd do one meal a day. When I had been a glutton I'd do 3 sensible meals a day.

Now I'm 50 nothing works, I've been so strict and what would previously get rid of a stone in a month does nothing. I'm on low dose wegovy and eating more than I was on my diets, lost a stone in 6 weeks.

1200 cals. 7 weeks. Tough but doable.

Works for me.

This really depends on age &starting weight.

At age 31 i could drop a stone in 6-8 weeks easily by cutting out booze & sugary treats, running 3-5km 3 times a week, and making some healthier substitutions at meal times - less fatty meats like pork & lamb, more turkey & fish, brown carbs instead of white and a bit of sensible portion control.

At age 41? Despite being 2 stone heavier & drinking far less to start with, its much, much harder. I'm perimenopausal, have lost muscle & struggling to regain it. I've tried every diet under the sun & can only ever shift about 5lbs and can't keep it off unless i restrict calories to under 1000 a day forever, even with tailored exercise regimes. Most of the time even if I do lose weight I cant get it off my stomach, which was flat as a pancake until i was 38, even after two pregnancies.

I have so much less energy & find that prolonged dieting makes me feel lacklustre. It takes all the joy out of life

Vegan 28 day detox. No alcohol, caffeine etc. You will drop a dress size. Decide it you want to keep it going afterwards will occasional breaks. No more food noise and you’ll look amazing.

Low carb always does it for me.

Lying by saying the weight has been lost via diet and exercise.

However, people still need to exercise and learn healthy habits mounjaro or not.

I'd do an 1000 kcal/day calorie deficit, and count all my calories using My Fitness Pal. Boring, but it works. 2 lb per week, so 7 weeks to lose a stone.

I've lost 10llbs (slowly) by making an effort to be more active, just things like walking instead of the car and making a proper effort with the garden this year.

And by pushing breakfast to 10:30/11am, fruit and plain greek yogurt for a snack/lunch mid afternoon and an early dinner no later than 6:30pm. No other snacks and absolutely nothing after dinner because it's this time that if I start snacking I won't stop.

It's been surprsingly easy to stick to once in the routine, and the extra activity helps because it eats into snacking time.

Don’t eat after 7pm.
No snacks.
Have a big lunch and a smaller dinner, add plenty of veggies.

So it took me a year to loose my first stone.... i did intermittent fasting, lots of protein etc.

Ive lost 4 lb in 8 days since deciding that husband and I are divorcing (pretty big horrid revelation from him. Obviously it's different circumstances and I wouldnt recommend just to loose weight but basically am eating 2 small meals per day, cant really be bothered to cook so am eating am omelette or beaded chicken wrap as one meal and overnight oats for another x

O also added consistent weight training in (only 2 or 3 half hour sessions a week) nd noticed that made a difference
Anyway good luck.

Walking is absolutely worth it - you can burn 250/300 calories with an hour of walking.

But the best is cutting back on what you eat and making better food choices. You can't out-run a bad diet.

Low carb and intermittent fasting - it’ll just fall off!

I restricted my calories to 1,680 a day and started running- only 1 mile at first. I lost just over a stone in 4 months. I’m now 11lb from my target, but weight has been the same for around 3 weeks.

It has been a slow, frustrating and quite miserable process.

No walking is not a waste of time and effort - IF it is done consistently, at a fair pace and at least 20-30 minutes a day.

Efficiency can be improved by wearing a weighted vest and/or ankle and wrist weights.

I would say calorie counting. I use nutra check. The only way to loose weight is to be in a calorie deficit and the only way to do that without cutting out whole food groups like carbs is to count calories.
Once you get the hang of it it’s pretty simple and it really educates you on which foods are calorie dense and which aren’t.

You don’t have to do it forever but it’s the only way to truly know how much your consuming.

Count calories (use James Smith Academy for calories calculator)
Use my fitness pal and count EVERYTHING that goes in your mouth.
Don't eat calories gained by exercise.
Don't eat calories 'left over' from a previous day.
Drink tonnes of water.
Weigh yourself everyday and record it on a weight tracker, the downwards graph will give you motivation until your clothes start to feel looser.
Eat smartly, you'll soon learn 2 bits of bread for a sandwich is A LOT of calories and that 5grams of butter is a tiny amount and yet has loads of calories.
If you have a bad day, don't give up, start again tomorrow.
Exercise if you can, at the very least 10,000 steps a day.
You can do this.

I beg to differ. Most of my calorie burn is from walking - approx 300-400 a day from an hour to 2 hours brisk walking (or slower walking with hills).

Plus, in this heat, you burn more calories just because your body is constantly working harder trying to cool down.

How do you lie? I thought it was by online appointments etc?

OP, calorie counting but if you’ve not a lot to shift, it can be really hard

Walking at pace and particularly including inclines is the best excercise you can do for all round healthband of course it contributes to weight loss. OK, if you're going to plod along slowly for ten minutes, it won't show on the scales, but if you start there and increase pace and distance it absolutely does.

Work out TDEE and deduct at least 500 calories a day
Look to The Fast 800 for low-calory meal examples
Intermittent fasting - 2 meals + 1 healthy snack a day
Cut out UPF, sugar, alcohol
Also no refined carbs - in fact virtually no carbs other than what's in fruit and veg, plus tiny portions of legumes
Focus on protein and vegetables/fibre
Plus strength based exercise regimen using dumbbells, with some HIIT