'Diet' poll - if you've lost around 2 stone - how did you do it?

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Would love to hear how people have successfully lost weight have done it !

Slimming world for me. Started end of January and have lost and kept off 2 stone. I have been on two holidays in that time and gained around half a stone on each but it has come off easily again.

Slimming World for me too. Lost 5.5 stone since Jan 2013.

5:2 for me and aiming to only eat1500 calories in the other days. Mostly I didn't stick to 1500 but I watched what I ate closely and used my fitness pal.

Have lost 2 stone since the end of June, low carbing (under 20g carbs per day). :)

my fitness pal app. think i might try weightwatchers meals with next pg (not actually go to sessions but i like the ready meals)

btw kept it off for last 2 years but pg now

Myfitnesspal and 3x a week at the gym.

I look better now as a size 12 than I did as a small size 10, and feel better too.

Eating less and moving more.

And getting divorced too, pounds have just melted off.

Possibly a bit drastic for most though

Low carbing.

... and I started going to the gym with a personal trainer twice a week, and took up running - but it was mainly the diet that did it

Slimming World two years ago and so far so good. Taken up swimming and that seems to help, also fast walking the dog (he thinks I do it for him). The SW diet is basically low fat, low sugar, plenty of veg, nothing forbidden as long as you don't go mad. It's a really healthy way of eating and suitable for all the family.

Slimming world, lost 2 stone baby weight in 2010 and kept it off until next pregnancy, now 1 stone down and 1 to go.

MyFitnessPal, stopping eating when I wasn't hungry (instead of when I was absolutely stuffed full or when the plate was empty) and lots of walking and cycling.
Balancing any extra food with extra exercise.
I lost 5 1/2 stone, 1/3rd of my body weight, and it's stayed off for 18 months so far.

Spare time that's awesome, well done you.

I'm currently 25lb into a planned 52lb weight loss, started on June 30th.

I hit a bit of a plateau at present, am thinking of low carbing on non gym days, are there any websites/info about which people could point me to please?

Slimming World too. 3 stone, 2 years ago. Put half a stone back over the summer, but it's coming off again with SW eating - not going to mtgs again.

Weight Loss Resources. It's £6ish a month. Basically you get a calorie allowance and have to log everything you eat and drink plus exercise calories. There's a members forum and lots of stuff to keep you motivated. I lost 3 stone and kept it off til I got pregnant. Gonna use it again to lose the babyweight!

Took up cycling and then triathlon.

I slightly rejigged my portion control as I was already eating healthily, just a bit too much.

Cycling regularly, then adding in cycling to work started to build my fitness, which increased more when I took up triathlon. I shed 3/4 stone this summer over about a month by upping my training and eating no more than 2000 cals.

5:2 and running with a friend. Kept it off until got pg again but will go back to that as soon as I'm out of the crazy new born period again.

Stone and a half off so far, in January and February I really cut down on my calories and also did a big of a 5:2

My calories were too low but it was the only thing that worked and (apart from my holiday) I've kept it off, I want to lose another 7 lbs this year so I need to pull my finger out and get back on the wagon!!

I've lost three stones one January I followed weight watchers and did Jillian micheals 30 day shred three to four times a week. I also ride my bike a lot

Calorie restriction (1400 per day) mainly through carb reduction and increasing protein, tracking everything on MyFitnessPal, and exercising more (cycling or running, every week day).

Sure I have bad days, and Haribo is my particular kryptonite on days when I'm angry, but what I have managed to change is the woe is me guilt trip after a fall. Now I just shrug and get straight back on the waggon the next day. So far I'm two stone down exactly, in six months. I'd like to lose at least another half stone to ten pounds.

I've found a great deal on ww online but not sure if I'd be best just logging everything on mfp and sticking to 1500 cals

It's a minefield my sister has lost weight doing paleo but I'm not that keen on meat !

MyFitnessPal for tracking intake plus low carbing has got me 12kg down. I have 5kg to go and seem to have plateaued, thinking of adding in 5:2 as well to see if it jump starts me again!

Plus increasing my exercise massively - from none to several sessions of martial arts a week.

Doing Slim fast and then swapping 200kcal shakes for 200kcal meal with better nutritional value. Still occasionally have a shake, and they've helped so much to keep me on track. Lost almost 2.5 stone since beginning of May.