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Anyone walked themselves slim

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tadpole73 · 07/10/2018 22:41

Hi. Just that. How often, how long, how much lost, changes in dress size. Thanks

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carrie74 · 08/10/2018 10:29

Walking makes me feel good, clears my head etc, but it doesn't really burn many calories. But I still try to get out frequently, even if just for 15 mins. I make sure my heart rate is elevated, and I'm generally slightly out of breath and a bit sweaty by the end of a walk.

Exercise is about so much more than weight maintenance IMO. So many mental benefits and generally good for heart, lungs, muscles. Do it!

cherrytree63 · 08/10/2018 10:31

I did. I gave up sugar and went low carb and started walking. I lived in a hilly area and walked every day for about 40 minutes with the dogs.
I walked as fast as I could and got sweaty and out of breath.
I went from 12 stone to 9 1/2, size 14/16 to size 10.
I added in HIIT routines 3x week to tone up and dropped to 9st.

SpoonBlender · 08/10/2018 10:33

You need elevated heart rate in order to lose weight walking - which means as soon as you get slightly fit, walking is doing very little to your outgoing calorie count. So it's a great start, but you need to match it with diet improvement or move onto more serious exercise as soon as it becomes easy.

FATEdestiny · 09/10/2018 14:46

I started off walking, because it was the only form of exercise I could manage when morbidly obese.

But I committed to it and what it did was develop the mentality of spending 30-60 minutes every day with the sole purpose of exercise. It lead to daily running.

How often, how long, how much lost, changes in dress size

See attached for that. The only thing my spreadsheet doesn't cover in your question is dress size. I was Size 24/26 on 1st January 2018. Now I'm Size 10.

Worth noting though that my weight loss is mostly due to changes in my diet. I exercise to be healthy, not to lose weight.

Anyone walked themselves slim
theboxofdelights · 09/10/2018 14:49

Wow FATE. That is amazing.

I walk briskly for fitness with Nordic poles. I am a completely sweaty mess after 40 mins.

I don’t restrict what I eat too often but yes, you can definitely lose weight by walking alone.

tadpole73 · 09/10/2018 22:36

FATEdestiny Well done, that's absolutely amazing. Thank you so much for uploading your spreadsheet, I really appreciate it. You are right, it's slotting that mentality into place to do something every day. I've always exercised, but having increased my hours, I'm struggling to motivate myself after eating at night. Plus, I need to stop snacking - something I could go when attending the gym 3 times a week. You have given me motivation thank you

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Fairgroundtoast · 09/10/2018 22:44

Fate! You are amazing! Sorry to hijack the thread but please tell us more about your journey.

FATEdestiny · 10/10/2018 19:18

I go out for my run every morning OP. I find that a more convenient time to fit in exercise than in the evening. Plus I prefer to run on an empty stomach, so first thing is better for me.

Nothing special about my journey, I'm not following any commercial diet just common sence healthy eating.

I don't snack, ever. Just eat at meal times. I only have breakfast after a long run (10k+) or if I'm physically hungry - I'm usually not.

I reduce my carb intake but don't have no carbs and only have wholegrain carbs, nothing processed (so limited amounts of oats, rice, quinoa, couscous, but no pasta or bread). I also have low fat dairy and lean low fat meats.

Most of my meals are 2/3 vegetables and 1/3 protein and no carbs. I have big portions but that means filling up on protein and veg, not carbs and sugar. I have
about 7-10 portions of vegetables a day (not just 7-10 types of veg, a full portion size of each).

I have Sunday Dinner eat week as a treat meal - when I have roast potatoes and a pudding. All other meals are 100% healthy choices.

I don't think of this as a diet, I've no intention of every stopping this way of eating.

Doing this I lost my first 5 stone at a rate of 1 stone per month, the next 2 1/2 stone to healthy in the following 4 months. My aim is to lose half my body weight (8st 11) within a year.

IAmRubbishAtDIY · 10/10/2018 19:40

@FATEdestiny

That weight loss is INCREDIBLE!

Can I ask you one thing? Have you suffered from the sagging skin some people do when they lose weight? If not, why not? What makes you have or not have sagging skin after such a drastic loss? I think I have a good 4 stones to lose, so not as much as you, but it is a major worry for me.

FATEdestiny · 14/10/2018 19:13

I haven't got a flat stomach. But then I'm "only" BMI 24 and my understanding is that flat stomachs is a thing for much lower body fat amounts and lower end BMIs.

I also cannot know what my body would have looked like if I hadn't been big. I have had four children, 1 c-section and am in my 40s. So I'm not expecting to have the gloriously flat stomach my 14yo DD has, even though we are the same clothes size.

I have two rolls of fat across my stomach. Not big rolls, I fit into a size 10 easily but nonetheless it's there. My stomach is where I carry all of my excess weight - arms, legs, chest, back, bum are all slim now. I have wondered if these rolls on my stomach are skin, rather than fat. But I don't think it is, I think it is fat still waiting to be shifted.

I've got bingo wings, but nothing different to that which many other women my age age. They're not terrible and look much better than I did.

That last sentence is the crux of it really. I look so, so much better... healthier than I did a year ago. So the fact that I don't have the body of a toned 20 year old isn't a problem to me. I'm not expecting to look like that. But I do look significantly better than I did, even if my body is not that of Cindy Crawford.

tadpole73 · 15/10/2018 22:17

DATEDestiny where your typical diet like/meals?

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tadpole73 · 15/10/2018 22:18

FATEDestiny - sorry, auto-correct on phone

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MarthasGinYard · 15/10/2018 22:21

Just founds this
So inspired by FateShock

Amazing

SusanWalker · 15/10/2018 22:26

FATEdestiny i have a lot of weight to lose and am going to steal your goalsetting and spreadsheet idea if that's ok. I have lost two stone but very slowly and am more than aware that I could do better.

I am in awe of what you have achieved. It's my birthday next week. I would like to be significantly lighter by my 44th.

BlueChampagne · 23/10/2018 12:06

I am walking at the moment because I can't run. However, according to MapMyRun, I use approximately 84 calories a mile walking briskly (just over 4mph). Does that help?

MarmaladeTeepee · 24/10/2018 05:40

I've done it twice before. First time, when i was at uni and got a summer job as a postie, I went from a size 14/16 in June to a size 12 by the end of August. Although the fact I was back home and not living on a student diet of pasta and bread probably helped too! The second time was when I had my 2nd DC and I couldn't bear the faff of catching a bus with a double buggy or lugging said buggy in and out of the boot, so I would just walk everywhere (averaged 4 miles a day walking to and from playgroups, the park etc) and within a year I'd lost all my pregnancy weight plus dropped another dress size.

FATEdestiny · 24/10/2018 14:41

FATEdestiny where your typical diet like/meals?

I've only just seen this. How's it going OP?

Generally my meals are mostly protein plus veg, with occassional plant based, unrefined carbs.

I don't routinely have breakfast but when I do it's porridge oats with 100g milk / 100g water mix. Just plain, warmed in microwave. Very comforting kind of meal.

Lunch is usually: 0.5 can of chickpeas, whizzed up to a dip. Two whole peppers, sliced and 3 whole celery sticks cut in half. That lunch works out as 7 full vegetable portions.

Dinner is a family meal (I have 4 children aged 4-14). But I make it low carb, always include at least 3 veg portions each and as healthy as possible.

I do a lot of meat-and-3-veg type meals. Roast chicken / fish / lamb chops / pork chops / quorn etc with a load of steamed vegetables (not potatoes though). I also do stews, casseroles, curries with rice, bolognese sauce with quinoa. Often use lentils or pulses in stews - kids don't notice them.

I don't routinely have desert after meals, so can go most of the week without eating fruit or anything sweet if I don't feel like it. But I don't deny myself if I fancy something sweet midweek, just make it healthy - plain yoghurt with honey or fruit, apple with peanut butter dip, sometimes I have a hot cocoa. That kind of thing.

HTH

tadpole73 · 26/10/2018 00:37

FATEDestiny thanks xx

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RunningWhileTheWorldBurns · 26/10/2018 00:47

FATE is an absolute force of nature. I’m doing Couch 2 5k just now and she’s inspiring.

IAmRubbishAtDIY · 26/10/2018 16:35

Thank you FATE.

I've actually screenshotted your/her weight loss from the weight I am, and I'm going to see if I can match it week for week.

I suspect not, but I'll give it a go!

FATEdestiny · 26/10/2018 17:47

There's really nothing special about my journey, I'm sure you can do it IAmRubbishAtDIY.

Yesterday I tried a pair of jeans on in Tesco. Size frigging 8 - I cannot quite believe it.

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