Help me lose weight fast

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I'm 5ft 8 and 15stone and by fuck, don't I look every ounce of it! Just come back from holiday and the photos of me are horrendous, I'm so embarrassed that I went out and about looking that way and even believed that I looked good or sexy at times! How people must have pitied or laughed at me. I'm about 3.5 stone heavier than I want to be, and 3 stone heavier than I started lockdown. I don't feel like myself, I don't feel happy and I need help.

This is what I want. I don't want anyone to sell me a fat loss miracle because if they existed, nobody would need to lose weight at all. What I want is someone to tell me a really good kick start method with good results. I feel I am far more likely to feel positive and keep going if there is a good initial result. I know all about safe rates of weight loss and calories in being fewer than calories out etc. I would like to lose all of this excess weight and stop feeling so disgusting within 8 months. In time for next summer. Doable?

A sustainable weight loss is around 2lbs a week on average - some weeks will be less some more. So 8months is doable. I have lost 30lbs so far by calorie counting and running. I aim for 1500 a day and run 3x a week.

Fast - literally: do Fast 800, it'll fall off . Track everything, 16:8 fast.

Have you dieted in the past? There are so many methods and finding what doesn’t work can help you find what does work.

Fasting or very low calorie diets/ meal replacements or juicing diets can help to drop weight quickly but they don’t work for everyone and I would have a think about whether you try one of those and fail, would it make you give up or binge when you aren’t doing it?

I see my current lifestyle/ diet as sustainable as I’m not going crazy low on cals but I am walking 15k steps daily and also doing spinning and weights regularly.

I don’t know if you have seen the show on channel 4 How to loose weight well? They feature crash diets and longer term diets and there are episodes on four on demand

Calorie count is the easiest, most flexible way, I've lost over 4st by sticking to roughly 1500 per day.

I've done keto before and it was successful but I feel unhealthy and a bit sluggish on it. I have also done weight watchers and it was rubbish. Honestly the easiest ever weight loss for me was when I was suffering from a terrible bout of health anxiety and was convinced almost everything was going to give me a disease. I barely ate and had so much nervous energy. I wish I could have that effect without the horrible mental health issue. I can't eat gluten and I think my body has issues with inflammation or something with other cereals, because my stomach bloats out huge and all my clothes are tight for days if I have things like rice or porridge. Honestly, some of my holiday photos I look about 7 months pregnant because there wasn't much else I could eat except rice dishes.

I don't have much of a sweet tooth usually and I don't like gluten free cake or biscuits or things like that. I think it's wine and cheeses that have put the weight on me, I got a taste for them during lockdown and have indulged far too much.

Forget about fast.
Focus on being healthy

Lean protein and lots of vegetables, plus moderate amounts of unrefined carbs and healthy fats.

Exercise.
Not to lose weight, but to get fit and motivated to avoid unhealthy dietary choices.
Try Growingannanas and Caroline Girvan. Free workouts on YouTube.

Bottom line
To lose weight and keep it off, you need to change your lifestyle.
See above...

Maybe worth trying a cut the crap type diet and work on eating foods that your body agrees with and cutting out foods that bloat you, junk food and booze. Get your steps in and drink plenty of water and see how it goes.

It's all well and good saying I want to lose it fast but you need to be a realistic in that you choose a diet you can actually stick to for eight months otherwise you will lose the initial stone quickly, get bored or frustrated a month or two in and then put that stone and then some back on!! this is why the boring 2lb a week is best because you can build long term sustainable habits so you don't keep yoyoing.
All diets work if you stick to them long enough. Find something you believe in and can stick to. REALISTICALLY.

Join slimming world - bet you'd easily lose half a stone in first week and then steady 2 lb loss a week, you'll be feeling much better by Christmas and could easily be 3 stone down by spring /summer next year . So easy to follow, never need to be hungry

Jane Plan took 2 stone off me. and giving up booze

You didn't put 3.5 stone on in 8 months. Statistically the quicker you lose weight the faster its put back on, slow small incremental lifestyle changes that you can sustain for ever is the way to go. It might be boring only losing a little bit each week but you'll have much a higher chance of keeping it off in the long run.

Cut out the wine as much as possible and walk at least 10k steps a day. That should be a non negotiable just something that becomes part of your daily routine.

Diets don't work but lifestyle changes do.

Knock the booze on the head and the weight will fly off you.

Cambridge 1:1 diet is great for a kick start. I'm doing it and have lost 25lbs in 7 weeks

Knock the alcohol on the head.

I am the top of my normal BMI but cutting out alcohol for one month before my holiday resulted in a noticeable weight loss. It isn't just the alcohol for me but that drinking also makes me hungry so I eat more rubbish on top of the empty calories from the drink.

Focus on what you can eat rather than what you can't. Meat with lots of vegetables and have fruit when you feel hungry. Don't sweat about the odd higher calorie day if you stick to a balanced diet 90% of the time. It needs to be sustainable rather than a crash diet or so restrictive that you will ultimately 'fail'.

Cambridge 1:1 diet is great for a kick start. I'm doing it and have lost 25lbs in 7 weeks, yes you are correct it's a good start you can follow it

I’ve been dieting for around four months now and have gone down several dress sizes. I’ve counted calories and also given up alcohol, not completely I still have a couple of drinks when I am out which is rarely! It can be done, but it is not quick. I still have another couple of stone to go. It is easy to despair, I’ve been there, but each day is a new one if you slip up occasionally, it doesn’t matter! No matter what size you are you are a human being and there is value in you despite how you look.

Hot yoga helped me

You are seeking fast way to deal heavy body weight issue.
My small advice for achieving your weight loss goal in a quick way is better to avoid junk food and oil rich food items. Please add fiber rich food items and drinking plenty of water (minimum 3 liters) in a day. Do simple workouts every day in your home. This will surely help to lose weight very quickly.

I lost 3 stone in about 10 months by having no alcohol and about 1800 calories a day plus exercising. I had cake, treats, chocolate etc, ate exactly what I wanted but my only rule was no alcohol.

Most importantly I have kept it off for over a year and slowly lost another half stone.

Had I done a quick/fast diet (which is tempting when you feel big) I would have probably put it all back on again, which is what I had done for 20 years!

This is exactly what I have done

Losing weight is simple, keeping it off is tricky so well done. A guy on YouTube called Greg Doucette changed my life and the way I thought of dieting. I've lost nearly 6 stone and haven't put any of it back on and I no longer see foods as good or bad either. Can eat whatever I want as long is fits my calories.