I'm looking for a diet to do to lose a bit of weight quickly as a kick start. I've never dieted in my life, and I generally eat healthy and have always exercised. I had a baby earlier this year and have unfortunately been unable to breast feed and have not shifted any weight - I'm 3stone more than my pre-pregnancy weight and have gone up two dress sizes. I feel ready to start a gentle fitness routine but as I had a c-section this had to be incredibly gentle. So I thought a little bit of a diet might help kickstart me before Xmas. As I'm not bf I can do this safely.
My metabolism is normally very slow and in pre-pregnancy if I wanted to stay a slim size 12 I had to achieve a baseline of 1300 calories a day max (once exercise all factored in). I'm 5'10". So I think calorie counting is a good fast way to kick start my weight loss.
I've never done a slim fast diet but wondered if there's a healthy natural version if this type of idea around? Eg meal replacement and healthy dinner? I think I'd find this achievable as being at home in lockdown I'm not rushing around like I normally do so I think I could stick to a strict daytime plan for a few weeks. However I'm not keen on slim fast as it seems to be sweet shakes or long life soups and doesn't seem particularly nutritious sad I don't have a sweet tooth.
Are there any more healthy meal replacement type diets out there that have worked fit people? Or anything quick and easy I can do during the day time and then have a hot healthy meal for dinner?
I really want to drop a few pounds so give me that boost, but can't do a ton of exercise yet apart from walking.
Thanks!