I have to lose some weight but how? !

[Yorkshirebornandbred]

I hate the sight of myself. I'm at least two stone overweight and I can't seem to shift it. I've tried low carb, slimming world, I can't stick with anything for long, I give in to sugar cravings.

Anyone else have a couple of stone to lose? Maybe this could be a support thread. .

I'm 5 foot 7 and weigh 12 stone 8.5. Id be happy to get down to 10 and a half stone. I've even considered throwing up as I can't seem to stop myself eating junk.

I'm 52 which probably isn't helping . I can't exercise much due to health reasons.

I may try a shake diet or vlcd, need to see quick results or I just give up

Any suggestions?

Yorkshireborn - who are you addressing in your last post please?

Your posts are really strange to be honest. You say you are going to do slim and save on the one hand and then appear to be having a go at someone by saying you are not prepared to risk your health by eating artificial sugars. You also mention bad breath which obviously comes from low carb diets which is exactly what slim and save is....

I am so glad I took the time out of my life to try and help.....

You do realize that there are masses of artificial sugars in a slim and save packet right?

A friend really struggled with drinking water - it made her gag. She went to a hypnotist and it really helped. She drinks water now no problem.

As well as slices of lemon you could add any fruit. I have a big plastic jug with a lid and I fill it with water and some slices of orange. That's nice. You can also buy water drinking bottles on Amazon with a bit in the middle to infuse fruit. Oh - if you drank from a sports water bottle would you still be able to smell it?

You can do low carb but not as extreme as lchf and you would'nt end up with bad breath. I'm sort of doing that - no white bread, pasta rice etc. I know someone who lost three stone by just cutting out crap carbs and sugar.

I was pretty bad a few weeks ago with bread and sugary stuff but it didn't take long for the cravings to go.

Ive no idea what slim and save is. How you lose weight, and keep it off, is to objectively look at your lifestyle and identify the issues, want to change them and then actually changing them.

I Would suggest you keep a food diary. A very accurate one. I can almost guarantee your portion sizes are too big. Most people have a really skewed idea on what is an appropriate portion size of food for them. Anack of fruit or veg.

Secondly, an active diary. How much exercise are you actually getting? How can you incorporate more into you week easily?

Hi All,

I'm 5ft 7in used to weigh 21st 7lbs and in total have lost just over 12st. I am now 9st 4-6lbs depending on the day.

What I did was start small, i started using myfitnesspal app to track my food and worked out I was definitely not eating enough good fats and protein but was eating a lot of carbs. It also helped me see what was in the food I was eating and educated me on what my body needed. This helped me slowly overhaul my diet and I felt a lot better for it and that feeling better helped me continue. (I also used to drink about 2ltr of full fat coke a day which definitely stopped).

Also when I started I didn't go to the gym but I forced myself to walk a little everyday, increasing the distance and speed when I was more confident or comfortable.

When I got down to about 19st I did start going to the gym but I know that isn't for everyone.
Nowadays I do try and swim once a week and do a Pilates class, but that's mainly to keep my mental health upbeat.

Losing weight for anyone is a struggle and you do have set backs. But it can be done!

Xx

Wow Imo. That's bloody amazing and inspirational. Well done you.

I was recently diagnosed with high blood pressure.

I decided to cut my sodium intake. I am in the US and the commercially produced bread here is high in salt. Cakes and cookies also use salt and baking powder so high in sodium again. By focusing on cutting out sodium rather than 'dieting' I found I was cutting out crisps, salted nuts, butter, most cheese, cakes, cookies, and a lot of bread (which I used to eat with butter as my go to snack).

I increased my water intake, cut back drastically on coffee, and cut my alcohol to one or two days a week instead of one beer a day. A 12 oz bottle of beer is about 250 calories so I've cut about 1,000 calories a week just with that alone.

So far I have lost around 16lbs in 6 weeks.

I don't regard it as dieting. I do eat a small amount of chocolate each day which takes care of the sugar cravings. I also added 20 minutes on a rowing machine every day. I cut out breakfast which for me was really just white toast and butter - not particularly nutritious. I now eat a smallish lunch, a small snack at 4.00 p.m. and a decent evening meal.

Again I don't regard this as a diet, so I don't get the whole 'I'm on a diet, this is soooo horrible when will it end' vibe, I've just changed the way I eat, added fruit, and taken some things away. My blood pressure is because I am older, if I lose weight I can probably come off the meds, my 'diet' therefore isn't going away, this is how it is for the rest of my life or I can face a stroke or heart attack. That is quite the motivator.

Yes that makes sense, not seeing it as a diet would definitely help.