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How have you lost weight

95 replies

Takeitonthechin · 11/01/2023 07:18

Please can you tell me how you've lost weight, if you've had a lot to lose, how long did it take you and which plan did you follow? Also how much exercise you do a week?
I've got about six stone to lose, I'm aware it's not going to be a quick fix and I'm prepared for this to be a slow and steady process, I'd appreciate your thoughts and ideas? TIA

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faffadoodledo · 11/01/2023 07:21

There's a lot of hate on here for Slimming World. But I lost 2.5 stone in 6 months with SW and have largely kept it off (three years on). That represents very steady, sustainable loss. If i feel it creeping back I just do a few SW tweaks. It's normal food but v low fat, and restricts carbs. I did it by doing down the no SYN route - so no alcohol for a start! Which turned out to be a good thing because my consumption has remained at a low level

Screwcorona · 11/01/2023 07:28

I'm currently using xls medical fat binders. They reduce the amount of fat I will digest. I'm losing a little. My issue is struggling with emotional eating. If that maybe relevant.

I have lost before by using the app, my fitness pal, to count calories and ensure I'm in deficit.

BarrelOfOtters · 11/01/2023 07:34

My sister did it over a year and has kept it off for about 3 years now. She did it by walking for an hour every morning, started off on the flat but now her route is hilly and she goes hill walking at weekends now just coz she likes it . She’s in her late 50s. She lost 7 stone. She also changed her diet as they’d been eating a lot of carbs and puddings. She’s not on anything drastic like keto or anything just sensible portions, bit of protein lots of veg, a measured portion of rice or potatoes, so whatever the packet tells you is a portion. Stopped puddings.

she looks great and stays she feels great. With her job this involves getting up at 5.30 every day…but she just does it.

crossstitchingnana · 11/01/2023 07:38

Stress does it for me.

Newusernameaug · 11/01/2023 07:39

Cold water dipping

Worldgonecrazy · 11/01/2023 07:40

Caroline Girvan, jogging, low glycaemic load diet. Took 3 years but I feel amazing and fit!

Mintakan · 11/01/2023 07:41

I lost 8 stone with keto and moved to carnivore diet for autoimmune disease. I’ve kept it off for 7 years now!

MrAloysiusSnuffleupagus · 11/01/2023 07:42

3.5 stone lost. Kept off for nearly 4 years now.

logging everything in my fitness pal and sticking to 1,500 calories to lose, upping to 1,700 calories to maintain.

Drinking unflavoured Kefir every morning to keep my good gut bacteria boosted.

DigitalGoat · 11/01/2023 07:45

I've lost just over 2 stone in 6 months by giving up rice, pasta and bread, and not eating biscuits at work. I've had to view it as a long term thing, ie I will never go back to eating those things, even once I've reached my target weight. Every time I've lost weight before I've ended up putting it back on and this time it needs to be different.

Weight loss has been slow and steady, I do do some exercise but the weight loss has been constant whether I was doing it or not, so I think it's mainly the diet that's doing the work. I found after about 4 months I was a lot less interested in sugary things, as if my body has adapted.

WordtoYoMumma · 11/01/2023 07:47

I'd also say slimming world. As a PP said it gets a lot of hate but it is an easy plan to follow and understand, it is largely IMO a healthy way of eating as you have to include lots of fruit and vegetables, you get lots of healthy recipes which work for the whole family. I have never understood the hate for SW to be honest, it changed the entire way I look at food and how I eat, I have been eating the SW way for years now and I probably will forever! Lifestyle change not diet innit 😜

Ellie1015 · 11/01/2023 07:48

I am making sure I get 10k steps per day, 8 glasses of water and less snacks, alcohol max once per week. Small changes that I can maintain, so far so good.

Once I am happy with these changes I am going to get a bit more serious about calorie tracking and get to an aerobics class once or twice a week.

Chwo · 11/01/2023 07:53

I lost 38kg, I didn't do any exercise really until i had lost most of it, then I got the fitness bug. Just did calorie counting with myfitnesspal, didn't cut anything out or follow a plan apart from that, it massively helped me, I'd really lost sight of how a snack here, a snack there really adds up and what a portion size should look like vs what I ate.

theremustonlybeone · 11/01/2023 07:58

I had three stone to lose post lockdown. I had been watching a trainer on insta doing live workouts for free but would just flick past. However I decided to sign up to one of his programme. £80 for a 8 week programme- it is all done from your home which suited me. He helps you set your goals , explains what you need to do to achieve these include his own website where you put in what weight per week you want to lose, how much exercise you commit too and calories are set for the week and you track them daily. Exercise is not done for weight loss being in calorie deficit is the way to lose weight. The exercise is great for mental health and getting your steps in. There is recipes on the website. I have lost 2 and a half stone. I am the fittest I have been since a teenager . It has worked for me and I like his style and he is a good motivator. You can see the results on his Instagram - I should add that there are live workouts between 2 and 3 and one per day at the weekend. You can join them live ot do them on catch up.

Best thing I have ever done

hobbledyhoy · 11/01/2023 07:59

Intermittent Fasting 16:8 and eating a high fat, low carb med diet. Lost 3 stone and currently maintained for around a year.
Feels manageable as you can add in a couple of fast days if you over indulge one week or have an event so easy to live with.

MagpiePi · 11/01/2023 08:02

Calorie counting, reducing portion sizes, eating ‘real’ food instead of low calorie snacks or processed ‘diet’ foods, taking it one day at a time, knowing that there will be ups and downs and not giving up if you have a splurge, enjoying celebrations that involve food without going mad, knowing it is going to take time, reminding yourself why you are doing it, willpower!

MonsoonMadness · 11/01/2023 08:03

DigitalGoat · 11/01/2023 07:45

I've lost just over 2 stone in 6 months by giving up rice, pasta and bread, and not eating biscuits at work. I've had to view it as a long term thing, ie I will never go back to eating those things, even once I've reached my target weight. Every time I've lost weight before I've ended up putting it back on and this time it needs to be different.

Weight loss has been slow and steady, I do do some exercise but the weight loss has been constant whether I was doing it or not, so I think it's mainly the diet that's doing the work. I found after about 4 months I was a lot less interested in sugary things, as if my body has adapted.

Would you eat porridge?

MonsoonMadness · 11/01/2023 08:04

theremustonlybeone · 11/01/2023 07:58

I had three stone to lose post lockdown. I had been watching a trainer on insta doing live workouts for free but would just flick past. However I decided to sign up to one of his programme. £80 for a 8 week programme- it is all done from your home which suited me. He helps you set your goals , explains what you need to do to achieve these include his own website where you put in what weight per week you want to lose, how much exercise you commit too and calories are set for the week and you track them daily. Exercise is not done for weight loss being in calorie deficit is the way to lose weight. The exercise is great for mental health and getting your steps in. There is recipes on the website. I have lost 2 and a half stone. I am the fittest I have been since a teenager . It has worked for me and I like his style and he is a good motivator. You can see the results on his Instagram - I should add that there are live workouts between 2 and 3 and one per day at the weekend. You can join them live ot do them on catch up.

Best thing I have ever done

Could you give details of the trainer please?

pawprintseverywhere · 11/01/2023 08:05

Stress
Nothing more nothing less.
Hubby said yesterday (first time he had seen me without a jumper in weeks) - omg wtf have you been doing? I hadn't realised. I was just right not under or over but now... I looked in the mirror and well yeah..look ill tbh... no idea how stress causes weight loss because I've still be comfort eating on shit.

Ifulikepinacoladas · 11/01/2023 08:06

faffadoodledo · 11/01/2023 07:21

There's a lot of hate on here for Slimming World. But I lost 2.5 stone in 6 months with SW and have largely kept it off (three years on). That represents very steady, sustainable loss. If i feel it creeping back I just do a few SW tweaks. It's normal food but v low fat, and restricts carbs. I did it by doing down the no SYN route - so no alcohol for a start! Which turned out to be a good thing because my consumption has remained at a low level

I've followed SW for 19 years now and am below my original target weight. I'm not as strict as I used to be but it educates you so you can make better choices.

People on here always talk about how the weight will go straight back on once you stop, the point with SW is you don't stop, it's a healthy way of living / eating. And I'm not obsessed with muller lights or mountains of pasta 😄

troppibambini6 · 11/01/2023 08:07

Saxanda.
I'm not there yet but lost 2 stone since the beginning of September. It makes you eat less and takes away the urge to over eat.
I've got 2 more stone to go.

Cherry35 · 11/01/2023 08:15

I did keto but low calories, only 1 meal and 2 snacks plus 1 low calorie protein shake per day. Lost 19 kg in 6 months. I plateau and then got weight loss injections to help the metabolism.

I found keto to be the easiest diet to follow because it's more of a lifestyle and there are many free apps that can help track your food.

Good luck.

faffadoodledo · 11/01/2023 08:22

Ha @Ifulikepinacoladas I don't think I've ever eaten a Muller Lite, nor any of those funny bars they sell at group! I treat it as a low fat, high fibre regime. Granted it's quite tricky if Yiu don't eat meat because it's very lean meat heavy. But apart from that it's healthy. And crucially you don't get hungry!

orangeblosssom · 11/01/2023 08:23

Fast 800

DanseAvecLesLoups · 11/01/2023 08:27

For me:

Cut our the booze (or seriously reduce it)
No junk snacks in the house
Huel shake for breakfast
No bread
Home made soups for lunch
Simple portion controlled meals in the evenings (no processed food, stir fries, jacket potatoes, large salads, lots of veg, pulses, etc)

As much exercise as you can manage, proper exercise, not a 15 min walk around the block, prolonged raising of your heart rate, preferably as part of some programme (couch to 5km, park run, weights programme). I get a bit irritated on here at times when I read some of the 'it does not work' comments when it comes to exercise, to me it has always been vital, not just for weight control but for general wellbeing)

lunar1 · 11/01/2023 08:30

I lost 70lbs with keto about 4 years ago. It stayed off when I slowly reintroduced some carbs. It took 6 months and had the benefit of completely getting rid of my psoriasis and ibs.