To ask how EXACTLY you have lost weight?

[twoblackdogs]

There are so many threads with the New Year resolutions, weight loss discussions, advice and probably lies as well - so many words, so many things.
I have finally reached that point from which there is no turning back. I will do this, no matter what, but - please, help me. Those of you, the heroes who have really done it - please, name 3 main things that finally helped you to get rid of that weight.
Please.

By eating healthier and going to the gym.

1. Add things into your life before you take things away. e.g. add in more veg, add in a walk, add in extra water, add a hobby. Add in the good stuff before you remove the things below:
2. Eat less sugar
3. Get rid of beige food
4. Move more
5. Accept it’s a change for good, not for 6 weeks or until you’ve lost X kg etc

I tried every bloody diet going and it wasn’t until I simplified it that I actually lost weight permanently. I’m just left with the regret that I shelled out so much money signing up to all sorts of complex diets and regimens

Classic divorce diet.

I am the polar opposite of a comfort eater, I cannot stomach food when I am stressed or angry or upset or tired. So when he was forced to leave our house due to attempted strangulation of me, me having to up my hours and paying everything on my own, I lost 5 stone in 6 months.

Sadly, as I am post 40 my skin didnt spring back as it did when I lost a lot of weight in my early 30's. Dressed I look good, naked I looked like a raw chicken thats had the meat stripped from the carcass. So I would recommend following the 2lb a week ish goal of loss as it will give your skin a chance to keep up.

I still only eat one full meal every 3 days or so as I am so conditioned to not eating normally. Not healthy at all and I am trying to improve but in my job (pub management) the last 2 months have been a haze of 15 hour days so I havent really had time or inclination to do more than grab a few chips from the kitchen occasionally. I get hungry but tiredness kills it before I can eat. Currently a 10/12 but am quite wide in the shoulders and hips (classic hourglass) so I cant lose anymore or I will look skeletal.

I lost 5 stone by just calorie tracking and exercising more, taking the dog on longer walks, drinking tons of water. I also started doing virtual runs which gives you motivation to go out and walk/run/cycle because you get a medal ☺️

Lost 1 stone in a month by going gym three times a week. All i would do is about 30 mins on the treadmill (could be replaced with a run/jog in the park). Cut out all snacks..crisps, biscuits, chocolate. Not eating past 7pm. Would also eat exactly the same foods (inc takeaways) just smaller portions, so no particular diet. I then did all the above bit without the running x3 a week. And over the next few months i lost another stone. I maintained my weight since then for the past 3 years and its recently started to creep up ive been eating really badly. This has reminded me i need to get back to losing weight again!

For me, it was about resetting my relationship with food.
This had to be drastic, so I did total meal replacement with the cambridge diet.
It made me realise how much I had been eating without thinking about it.
In 10 ish weeks I went from 15.7 to 13st. I didn't feel hungry
The reason I stopped before reaching my target weight was due to a difference of opinion with the consultant about cooking my own food.
I stopped in July and am now 13.6
I will do it again to shake another 2 st but not think that the consultant will help this time.

Not sure if it's a weight loss thing but I'm gluten and dairy intolerant so I am only able to eat natural food such as meat, fish,
veg, rice, potatoes, fruit, salad and nothing else goes on the plate and I have always been a size 6-8.
People often say don't you miss juicy burgers and cheesecake but honestly no I don't see it as food as it's artificial.
If you stick to what nature intended it's very difficult to be overweight.
A lot of people are addicted to the additives pumped into processed food which is imo why it's so hard to stop eating it, I say this from someone who can't eat it and so has never been exposed to it.
Under no circumstances would I suggest cutting out a crucial part of your food intake unnecessarily but this was a what works for you so I'm just saying my own experience has led me to believe it's man made (processed) food that can be a problem to overcome.

Cambridge Diet is now MLM but there are plenty of other meal replacement diets that are cheaper and don’t involve any pyramiddy activity.

My DP was told he had pre-diabetes, and went to a talk at his surgery by a retired doctor who had cured himself of type 2 diabetes. He came back with the information, and we did it together - me more to support him than anything else. It involved cutting out carbs and sugar. I already did not eat sugar anyway. We both lost a lot of weight - me 8kg. in three months (even though I was not trying to lose weight as such though feel much better for it), and him 15kg in five months. It has been a revelation - mostly that we do not need carbs at all or if we do, much less than we are used to- bread is redundant to us now. I do not agree with the one meal a day idea as it is bad for cholesterol apparently. My advice would be eat three meals a day, preferably with nothing in between, and cut out carbs. Only eat them if you are doing heavy manual work or running marathons.

Exante, I've lost 7 1/2 stone in 11 months.

Exercise - weights daily (body part spilts), cardio as and when I can. One meal a day- usually protein and veggies. Utterly transformed my health from pre-diabetic to now healthy bmi. I’ve dropped 3 dress sizes and have toned up considerably from where I was before. Exercise alone did not work for me - I had to reduce calories too. I rarely get hungry and if I do I don’t crave for crap foods anymore.

I lost 8 stones.

Slimming World, staying to meetings was important.

Exercise, as much as I could, swimming, walking, lots of badminton. I think it’s important to find an exercise you like. I was obsessed with badminton!

Extremely honest food and exercise diary. It was motivating to look back and see how I’d lost the weight.

Which meal replacement plans would people recommend?

Keto - have lost 60kg and maintained it for 3 years now. No more migraines or arthritis, either!!!

Running and calorie counting over the week with two days a week of very low consumption.

I also got rid of all the sweet things in the house - cake, biscuits etc. - and got lots of baby carrots, grapes and strawberries in so I could have a snack I liked without it recking my plans. I used calorie counted microwave meals a fair bit to stop me over indulging when I was cooking. And I bribed myself with wine - if I had enough calories left I could have wine, if I didn’t, I couldn’t. These were basically ways to help stop myself from the most tempting ways to break my calorie counting - it was the increasing exercise and eating less that did it, not eating fruit and microwave meals and drinking wine !

Meal replacement plans are a really bad idea, as they are not sustainable, and as soon as you come off you need to start eating normally, you've not learned different and uou jist pile it on.

At least with things like keto, or slimming world you learn how to eat to both loose and maintain weight. Meal replacements don't do this.

Definitely calorie counting using an app. Helps with the discipline and encourages me to eat much healthier as I can have a plate full of salad or veg for the same calories as a biscuit! I also up the walking.

I have lost almost 2 stones this year. I lost it pretty quick and really never intended to. I decided to give up dairy for lent so just for 6 weeks initially. This was for ethical reasons. I felt the health benefits almost immediately and because I felt less sluggish and had more energy I found myself running more, and further distances. I used to do a 5k run around 3 times a week, this went up to 10k 3 times a week and I lost half a stone really fast. The running has become addictive and I go a 10k run every day if I can, at the very least I manage to run 6 days out of 7. This combined with a dairy free diet (I don’t have bread or pasta much either) has resulted in weight loss.
I saw a nutritionist who analysed my new diet and she reassured me it was totally healthy. I am not sure if I will keep up the running, i’m still loving it and it’s been great for my mental wellbeing, my weight has stabilised at 8 stone so if I gained a bit it wouldn’t be a problem. I have treats and there are plenty of dairy free/vegan options out there. Basically if you burn more calories than you consume, providing there are no health issues - you’ll lose weight, it’s just finding what works long term for you. Good luck xx

Following WW online religiously since September. I've lost 30 pounds.

I lost loads of weight (unintentionally) when I cut out dairy.

Almost no bread, strict portion control, Saturdays are a 'free' day when you can eat sweets, chips whatever. Lots of fruit, celery, carrots as snacks or rice cakes.

Hyperemesis. Can’t say I recommend it though!

What worked for me was :
Working out how many calories I needed each day and trying to stay slightly below this number on most days
Weighing myself every morning.
Taking up running especially Park Run.
I have gradually lost a stone over 8 months.

The big change to my eating habits that came out of calorie counting was portion control. The quantity of meat and carbs at a meal went right down (and veg went up). And, after a while, learning to estimate that made eating out fairly easy.

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