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Sick of being obese

6 replies

Foreverbaffled · 06/05/2023 12:54

I weighed myself last week and I’m 18st10lb. I am 6ft but still clearly have so much to lose.

The plan is 1500 calories a day. Thinking of using meal replacement products for breakfast and lunch with fruit for snacks and a sensible evening meal (we use HelloFresh 650 calorie meals.)

I written a list of why I’m doing this so I can refer back to it in moments of desperation:

  • I’m hurtling towards 40 and although I’m fairly healthy I know being this overweight will catch up with me.
  • Being here and healthy for my young children and DH.
  • Wearing the clothes I want to wear rather than being stuck with the frumpy mess I’m wearing now.
  • Not feeling trapped in my own body.

I wondered if anyone fancied joining me? Maybe people with at least 3 stone to lose like me.

🙂

OP posts:
QueefQueen80s · 06/05/2023 13:37

Hey OP, I was 20 stone at one point for a short while, did meal replacement and lost 9 stone in 9 months and kept it off with healthy eating. You can do it! You could be slim by Christmas if you start now, and we all know how fast time goes.

Foreverbaffled · 06/05/2023 14:37

@QueefQueen80s wow! Well done. What an achievement 🙂 You must feel so different. Thanks for the words of encouragement!

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instantpotnoodle · 06/05/2023 14:42

There’s a monthly weight loss thread. Come and join us!

orangegato · 08/05/2023 07:38

QueefQueen80s · 06/05/2023 13:37

Hey OP, I was 20 stone at one point for a short while, did meal replacement and lost 9 stone in 9 months and kept it off with healthy eating. You can do it! You could be slim by Christmas if you start now, and we all know how fast time goes.

Which meal replacements please? Did you find it hard, cravings, tiredness etc?

jamdonut · 20/08/2023 18:05

Sounds good to me! It has taken Type 2 diabetes and Ozempic to get me losing weight. A year ago last May I was 23 stone...now, with all the medication, I am just under 17 stone (and 5ft 7 and age 58)...technically still obese but feeling so good now that I can get into size 22 clothes again ,from being size 26-28! My eating has changed...I watch carb and sugar intake and try to not eat very processed foods, and try and keep active. I don't crave anything...if anything I've gone off a lot of foods, but that's the injections.

AndrewHillPT · 08/01/2024 19:48

It's a good plan but why will it work for you? How do you know if it will work for you?

Do you know what your diet actually looks like right now to compare it to?

HelloFresh are good but you do have to be careful; at work, we tested some of their products and by weight, they typically contain more calories than advertised.

Meal replacement products, like shakes, etc. serve a purpose but they're not intended for long term use and whilst there are so many really good options out there, there are double the number of really poor quality options out there too but they're all ultraprocessed and not very good compared to meals with wholefood ingredients. I'll tout batch cooking and meal prep all day long for people who are limited in the amount of time they have available each day over meal replacement products any day.

If I were you, I'd jump on Nutracheck and start logging everything I'm eating and drinking after every meal. Every single thing that passes your lips should be logged (within reason, I don't think there's many calories in chewing a pen lid amongst other non-food things we might put in our mouth... I'm sure there's a joke here somewhere but I'm far too innocent to see it). This will give you a clear picture of the state of your diet right now, how many calories on average your consuming per week etc.

The average woman needs 2000 calories per day to maintain their weight, men need 2500; we'll call these "maintenance calories". There are different factors which will influence this figure but as a rule of thumb... If you're currently eating 2800 calories per day, you need to reduce your portion sizes to achieve the maintenance calories first and develop this new way of eating as a habit engrained into your lifestyle before you attempt a calorie deficit. 2800 calories to 1500 calories is a MASSIVE jump, completely unsustainable. 2800 calories to maintenance calories is a massive drop for women, a lot more manageable for men. So we reduce our intake incrementally until we achieve maintenance calories. Once this has formed as a habit (around 6-12 weeks of strict consistency), then you can start incrementally reducing the amount you eat to achieve your deficit goal of 1500. You might find you're quite happy with the progression of results at 1800 and decide that 1500 is unnecessarily low or that you feel lethargic and irritable at 1700 so 1500 is going to be an absolute nightmare!

The easiest, most sustainable way to lose weight and keep it off is to take small and deliberate but consistent steps towards your goal over a period of time. You have to be as consistent with your decisions that will make you lose weight as you were with your decisions that lead you to gain weight in the first place. You didn't use meal replacement shakes to gain weight... Something to think about. :)

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