@SunshineCake I am trying to be positive thank you it's not something that comes naturally to me at all!
Therapist yesterday but after several weeks of nothing everything I'd been thinking/worrying about kinda came out in a rush!
Sure the dog would appreciate more walks. I'd love to have a dog but couldn't cope with picking up poop.
@swampytiggaa glad girl child coping well and well done on 2lb loss
I used to (when I could!) go to the gym and I'd do a mix of treadmill, cycle and cross trainer, rowing machine and fixed and free weights. As I said it's not muscle that's the issue it's the bloody nerves! If I were to try and use free weights now I'd be at risk of involuntarily throwing the damn things!
Will definitely consider a cross trainer if I have the room and money
Just to weigh in with an opinion here - I've been unwittingly intermittent fasting for years due to a messed up sleep cycle and the knock on effects on my eating patterns and I gained! So I don't think it's as simple as just not eating at certain times, as with any weight loss it's also what you eat and how much. My sleep pattern improved for a time and I was having breakfast lunch and dinner but I was eating different foods and amounts and I lost weight. Then the sleep started to deteriorate again and now I'm back to a very late dinner followed by a lunch type snack at 3/4am BUT I am eating less and more healthy options so 2 weeks in 3 I've lost weight.
Admittedly that is just a few weeks so far.
Different methods of reducing cals intake work for different people but intermittent fasting alone won't work from what I know of metabolism and calorie burning (which while I have issues applying the knowledge as a former nurse I have some understanding of the metabolic system)
You wouldn't lose weight if you only ate within 8 hours a day BUT in those 8 hours you're eating lots of deep fried carbs and fatty foods and sweets and puddings etc. (Which is basically what I was doing before!)
Calorie density is a more logical way of approaching things I feel
It's a lot harder to eat 5 apples in one sitting than one doughnut for example.
As I say different things work for different people - which is why I love this thread as there's not a "one size fits all approach"
There are cons to various weight loss methods too, there are certain ones which over the decades have been popular and worked for some but caused major health issues for others.
Eg Atkins - my mum tried this one and ended up with gall bladder problems, someone else I know tried Keto and that made them very ill.
But I also know people for whom those regimens work/worked well.
People need to research and assess whether a plan is suitable for them based not only on dietary habits and preferences (inc when they like to eat as with me) but also prior medical history and risk factors.
Personally I wish the nhs was much better informed and knowledgeable on this stuff, whenever I've been referred to a dietician (or even worse a nutritionist - which is not a protected and regulated profession) on the nhs I've found them woefully ill informed and outdated on their knowledge - and quite often fatter than me! Which while I know SHOULDN'T affect how I feel but it certainly doesn't inspire confidence nor motivation when you're being lectured at on losing weight by someone who clearly cannot do so themselves! That's one of the reasons I liked ww - the leaders have been there and have not only lost the weight but kept it off. I understand some of the other weight loss clubs have the same set up and that totally makes sense to me because someone who's been fat, lost the weight and kept it off is an expert in the matter. Whereas someone who is fat but never lost weight OR someone who has always been slim and never had to deal with losing weight themselves can only possibly know theories and cannot know how it feels and what actually works.
Bit of a rant but it frustrates me that we STILL cannot get quality and well informed support on this from the nhs when it is so important to health. And especially when many of us that need to lose weight have other medically complicating factors like medication, mh issues, metabolic disorders (that seem to go massively undiagnosed and untreated) and genetic factors.
Sorry just drives me nuts!