Anyone else on a diet and struggling?

Tink2

Been on a diet since 6th jan, first four weeks I lost 6lbs, next four weeks I lost 9lbs and the last four weeks I lost 0.8lb so it's a total of 15.8lbs which I'm so pleased about but for the last few weeks I'm struggled, using any excuse to not count calories

I wouldn't care but I'm not cutting anything out I'm just trying to be sensible, I don't get why I'm struggling so much, I really want this because I'm miserable being fat

I'm hoping this will help or someone will give me a kick up the !!!! or something

mrcow

Do you use a food diary?

Use one and stick to it. Use it as inspiration to show how well you are doing.

Diets can be very boring if you get stuck in a rut. Why don't you have a search and find some different/interesting meals that still fit your diet plan? Make it a goal this week that you will try something different every day.

Queen81

Don't count calories. That's restricting your food intake which will make you miserable (if you love food like me ha). Try doing slimming worlds plan, I eat loads and still manage to lose weight

fufu_banterwaite

No I'm not. I'd love to gain weight but I can't.

onlyroz

I think you said that you'd tried the 5:2 but didn't get on with it. Instead of going for the full 500 kal fast how about aim for 2-3 days a week on 1000 kcals then 3-4 days on the "normal" 2000 kcals, leaving one day a week as an "anything goes" day?

I think that the biggest problem with "diets" is that they're so boring and so you just end up thoroughly miserable which leads to slips and binges. Whereas if you alternate low calorie and normal calorie days, giving yourself the odd day where it doesn't matter what you eat it gives you reprieves from the tedium.

mummyroysof3

I'm just starting as I've put 8lb on in last couple of months and could have done with being more careful before that. I plan on eating more fruit veg and salad and cutting down my treats to one a day rather than cake after tea and a bar of choc in the eve and biscuits with my cuppa in the day...it's a start at least

UKGuy

I'm on the same diet that I have always been on, the eat whatever takes my fancy diet, I highly recommend it to anyone! :cool:

pinkteapot

Queen81 wrote: »

Don't count calories. That's restricting your food intake which will make you miserable (if you love food like me ha). Try doing slimming worlds plan, I eat loads and still manage to lose weight

All diet plans do exactly the same thing. The only way to lose weight is to consume less calories than you use. All diet plans take a different approach to restricting your calories, but they all do it.

Different plans work for different people based more on psychology than anything else. Some people can handle 5:2 because they're happy to get themselves through two really tough days so that they can relax on other days. I'm hyper-organised and like systems and lists, so logging all my food and sticking to a daily calorie goal in My Fitness Pal works for me. I used to use Weight Watchers till I realised there was no point paying, as counting WW points is no different to counting calories.

Slimming World lets you eat as much as you want of low calorie foods. There's hardly any difference between this and calorie counting. Low calorie fruit and veg hardly take up any of my daily allowance of calories. But Slimming World works for people who don't want the faff of having to write down and add up everything they eat or drink.

tink2 - what all diet plans have in common is that they're a slog. The thing to remember is that they're about making a life-long change. When you put on weight you're eating more calories than you use. You can't go back to doing that after losing weight, so you can't go back to eating the way you were before. You need to eat less calories to lose weight and then only add a small amount extra back in to maintain weight afterwards.

I lost 2.5 stone about three years ago and have maintained since. I have slips where I put a few lbs back on then have to lose them again. It is worth it in the end - you need to find strategies that work for you. Distractions for when you fancy eating something naughty. Looking at pictures from when you were bigger. Getting a family member to stop you when you go to eat something. Whatever helps you.

amistupid

Queen81 wrote: »

Don't count calories.

That's exactly what I do. Last year I lost almost 3 stone and have kept the weight of by watching my daily calorie intake and exercising.

Losing weight and maintaining your target weight is not easy, it takes a lot of will power, but is well worth it.

torbrex

Hey look guys, Tinks is on a diet and posting on MSE about it :rotfl:

What's next, not having sex with her live-in boyfriend, getting a taxi to the chemist to get painkillers for her sore head, not having enough money to pay for said taxi so asking for help from the dole etc etc

Queen81

pinkteapot wrote: »

All diet plans do exactly the same thing. The only way to lose weight is to consume less calories than you use. All diet plans take a different approach to restricting your calories, but they all do it.

Different plans work for different people based more on psychology than anything else. Some people can handle 5:2 because they're happy to get themselves through two really tough days so that they can relax on other days. I'm hyper-organised and like systems and lists, so logging all my food and sticking to a daily calorie goal in My Fitness Pal works for me. I used to use Weight Watchers till I realised there was no point paying, as counting WW points is no different to counting calories.

Slimming World lets you eat as much as you want of low calorie foods. There's hardly any difference between this and calorie counting. Low calorie fruit and veg hardly take up any of my daily allowance of calories. But Slimming World works for people who don't want the faff of having to write down and add up everything they eat or drink.

tink2 - what all diet plans have in common is that they're a slog. The thing to remember is that they're about making a life-long change. When you put on weight you're eating more calories than you use. You can't go back to doing that after losing weight, so you can't go back to eating the way you were before. You need to eat less calories to lose weight and then only add a small amount extra back in to maintain weight afterwards.

I lost 2.5 stone about three years ago and have maintained since. I have slips where I put a few lbs back on then have to lose them again. It is worth it in the end - you need to find strategies that work for you. Distractions for when you fancy eating something naughty. Looking at pictures from when you were bigger. Getting a family member to stop you when you go to eat something. Whatever helps you.

That's why I like it. Cos if I have to write down how many calories I've ate and then it gets to the end of the day and I don't have any or many left then I start craving allsorts of stuff. At least with slimming world you can make an omelette or pasta salad, something pretty substantial if you're always hungry rather than snack on fruit or veg say.