Anyone here paid to go and see a dietician ? Did it help what did they tell you ? I’m thinking of trying mounjaro

[Stuckinthemiddlewithyouuhoh]

And I think perhaps I should try harder with my diet
I did try for a couple of weeks after Xmas
made no weight loss

inhave a good stone to lose maybe bit more

then had a couple of very stressful weeks and fell off the wagon

so now I’m ready to restart

I’ve lost weigh before with slimming world and gym
but slimming world polluted my mind with all sorts of disordered thinking around food

and I want to ideally
think about eatting for nutrition rather than cardboard and whatever just because it’s low calories or syns or whatever

a typical day I might have no breakfast
not hungry

i dont tend to eat till lunchtime
then its maybe sarnie, Crisps drink and maybe say a club biscuit or choc mouse

dinners tend to be family type meals
sausage and mash n beans
burgers n chips pea
roasts
omlettes
beef stew
shepards pie

I don’t tend to snack between meals
I tend to drink one or two cans of sugary drink(which I know is an easy fix)
don’t drink enough water or squash

don’t drink alcohol tea or coffee
no drugs no medication
no smoking
active

5ft 4 11.8 stone

I didn't think of that sucking one sweet, I'll try that

Oh and I do like weetabix

1000 calories on 50g of granola and 50ml of milk ..? Surely not !!!!

I think the poser is referring to when you weren't weighing it out

Yes i liek all these things you suggest
fish amd meat and yoghurt, cheese, chicken; healthy fats: nuts are a food source of this; vegetables and fruit, grains

Can I ask what do you class as healthy fay's I keep seeing things about avoid seed oil ? I usually use rape seed or sunflower
Daft question but is olive oil seed oil ?
I know it has a nut stone thing inside

I lie nuts and things and some of the slimming world disordered thinking has made me think negatively about them but I know they are full of goodness

Oh yes probably was then !!

@Stuckinthemiddlewithyouuhoh , you said you thought it was 50g but probably 4 times that, so 200g.
100 g of granola is about 500 cals. 200g would be about 1000g.

Your mind would be thinking 'I didn't have a meal, I just had a bowl of cereal' but you'd eaten more than half your recommended daily calorie intake.

Could you recommend me some books please

Oh yes ive been having huge portions of ceral

OP.
I've calculated your BMI to be 27.8

The usual criteria is a BMI of 30 unless your BMI is over 27 and you have a healthy condition that places you at risk such as high cholesterol, high blood pressure, cardiac issues or sleep apnoea then you're not eligible for it.

Or you have a BMI of 27.5 and are from a higher risk ethnic minority background.

MJ isnt a quick fix and neither is it a magic bullet. I've been taking it since October 24 and have lost a lot but as I had a BMI of 47 to start with I had (and still do) a lot to lose.

I like the Bored of Lunch ones, Pinch of Nom, Roasting Tin, Hayley Dean does some
good ones but she does sometimes try to substitute Elmlea etc for cream which I don’t like, if you have younger kids then Sarah Rossi’s books are good, Jon Watt has a good weekday one.

In terms of specifically lower calorie stuff, the Hairy Dieters book actually has some really nice stuff in it that we cook even though we are not dieting. Tangle pie and the salmon dish are two of our favourites. The Fast 800 book by Michael Mosley has some nice Mediterranean-style recipes.

No I don't pick at the kids food, they don't ever leave any anyway

And I don't really snack between meals as I would day my evening dinners are not, don't really know why I don't lose weight if I only have 1500 calories for say a fortnight

I also don't drink coffee tea or alchol no smoking so I should be fairly healthy surely

I find the stuff lethal.

The 'I'll only have a sandwich' does the mind trick thing too. Some sandwiches are high in calories.
Crisps always leave me wanting more and they're not really very nice.
A small amount of good chocolate is satisfying.

😂 sometimes get a coop baguette and I don't even enjoy it
It's pure habit !

Thanks for the book recommendations what would you recommend I start with

I think I'll be better off ordering these than booking in with dietician

Are you weighing everything and putting it into My fitness pal or another calorie counting app?
I have had a lot of success using with a Programme called revive and thrive. Lost 13kg since 2025
Its a mix of calorie counting, information on nutrition and mindset and walking. It’s helped me a lot.

Great idea to see a dietician!

Get some new habits.
I eat loads but I eat slowly and I eat lots of veg.

Is revive and thrive free ? I write it all down
and add it all up

and I don’t miss anything off

I do think it’s bad habits
and mental blocks and bad mindset
I don’t know how to improve my mindset

I think I’m gonna give it ago full on for a month and if still make no progress
I’m gonna try the injections just to get that stone off then I’ll try v hard to keep it off
maybe once I’ve lost a stone I’ll be more motivated to keep it off as I’ve got a few clothes items I can’t really wear atm

granola? You’re better off with some eggs!

I want new habits but I don’t know what

Use My fitness Pal app to really see how many calories you are eating. Use an online calculator to work out how many calories you need to maintain and also lose weight. Aim for the amount to lose weight. Focus on getting your calories from protein, fibre, fruit and veg. Go online and find lots of healthy recipes.

The absolute biggest one is not eating until you are full. Eat until you're not hungry. There's a big difference but it's one most people don't recognise.

Don't you want to be able to eat what you like without worrying about calories?
Easy way is to learn to enjoy food that isn't high in calories and not like ones that are high in calories.

I don't like eating late in the day, so once I realised I didn't have to I stopped.

I always do that
even if I’m in a restaurant