Losing Weight Q&A

rubytuesday

amistupid wrote: »

I've found losing weight is not too big a problem, it's maintaining your target weight that I find difficult.

Apparently that is most people's problem - most have gained the weight lost and also gained a bit more within a year but the longer you do maintain it then the easier it is - if that makes sense.

Missli

Is anyone else sticking with a weight loss program. I'm finding calorie counting very helpful. Even after lunch, and wine in company, still managed to only consume 1900 yesterday. Will be back to 1400 today, as on the HM soup (plus wine).

Breast_Cancer_Survivor

I'm planning on doing Slimming World, I just need to choose a date to start & then stick to it.

I really like my food but fortunately can still eat alot of the foods I like on SW & reasonable portions too.

I find being hungry hard & thats the main reason I usually give up along with being restricted to what foods you can eat.

Mozette

sarkin1 wrote: »

As Billy Connolly says move a little more, eat a little less.

any fatties out there take note

It is the only way, however you dress it up!

verysillyguy06

We should lose some of the threads......:A

That would shift some fat

southernscouser

simmed wrote: »

- Always READ THE LABEL. I was drinking a bottle of fruit concentrate (Tesco High Juice) for a few weeks, little did I realize it had 1800 calories packed into a small bottle.

- Calories are NOT your enemy. Foods that contain no nutritional value whilst having many calories, however, ARE your enemy. Crisps, chocolate, cakes, sweets, fizzy soda - eliminate them. To a lesser extent, the same logic applies to things like cereals, bread, pasta, chips, rice, etc. These foods were all great in years gone by, when food was scarce and food energy was hard to come by. Nowadays, not so much.

- Water. Drink 3L of it a day, minimum. I drink 5L.

- Many people say weight loss is 80% diet 20% exercise. I see the logic, but disagree. I put much more emphasis on exercise, but it has to be the right kind. Firstly, ignore crap exercises such as repetitively lifting light weights, this will do nothing for you. Secondly, difficulty. When I exercise in the cold winter air I'm drenched in sweat and my heart rate is through the roof. The old saying "you're only cheating yourself" applies here. You, and only you, know if that exercise you did was challenging.

Numbers 2 and 3 contradict each other. Do calories matter or not?

People should drink the amount of water they need. A sedentry person will require less water than an active person. Heat conditions will also affect the amount needed. Listen to your body, not other people spouting figures at you.

You can disagree all you like, that's the great thing about opinions. I disagree too. It's more like 90%/10%.

Lifting weights is not 'crap exercise'. It's intense and explosive. It develops bone strength and more importantly for fat loss, builds more muscle which in turn takes more energy for them to function. This will boost your growth hormone which adds to an increase in your metabolism resulting in you burning more fat.

You shouldn't be offering advice without having some basic knowledge.

puddy

Missli wrote: »

Is anyone else sticking with a weight loss program. I'm finding calorie counting very helpful. Even after lunch, and wine in company, still managed to only consume 1900 yesterday. Will be back to 1400 today, as on the HM soup (plus wine).

out of everything ive ever done, i have found calorie counting the most successful, along with really cutting down carbs, only 2 slices of bread in the morning with protein and then the only other carbs for the rest of the day are in fruit and veg or starchy veg. i find carbs make me hungry and give me terrible cravings even the so called 'good' ones like porridge

years ago i could never understand how after a huge bowl of porridge in the morning i'd be starving by about 10ish

southernscouser

puddy wrote: »

out of everything ive ever done, i have found calorie counting the most successful, along with really cutting down carbs, only 2 slices of bread in the morning with protein and then the only other carbs for the rest of the day are in fruit and veg or starchy veg. i find carbs make me hungry and give me terrible cravings even the so called 'good' ones like porridge

years ago i could never understand how after a huge bowl of porridge in the morning i'd be starving by about 10ish

Stick to 100g or less of carbs a day and you'll lose weight.

The mess with your insulin and leptin levels causing your body to panic and tell you you're hungry, even when you're not.

It's why low carbers are able to fast for even up to 24 hours without feeling hungry.

Refined carbs, as great tasting as they are, are a health timebomb.

Scarpacci

southernscouser wrote: »

Stick to 100g or less of carbs a day and you'll lose weight.

Since carbs make up about 50% of most people's calorific intake, of course cutting them down will lead to weight loss. Cutting the carbs and replacing them with equal amounts of fat wouldn't. Cutting carbs, fat and protein to fit in a reasonable calorie-controlled diet would work. It's not the case that cutting carbs has been proven to do anything above and beyond what you'd expect from simply controlling calories.

How people want to portion out their calories for the day is pretty much up to them. There's a wide range of possibilities there and what seems to matter most is controlling calories.

simmed

rubytuesday wrote: »

Increasing your fruit and veg really does help as does keeping a food diary.

I don't bother with that now I'm walking about three hours a day but it really helped me lose weight initially - I've lost over three stone but if I hadn't gained it would probably be four which is sad.

Anyway well done you!

How do you get so much time for that..? Can you spare that length of time?

Just a thought that you might want to bump it up to a higher intensity: 1 hour of jogging, getting your heart properly racing, is better than 3 hours of slow walking.